Revenge of the 80s Radio - Hour 2

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/IVAN-3-300x225.jpg) The podcast edit for our 9/9 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, Ivan Doroschuk of Men Without Hats (http://www.menwithouthats.com/) is our guest. Ivan talks about the history of Men Without Hats, the lineups, the music and his current U.S. tour - Men Without Hats' first American trip in 20 years. We also discuss the band's upcoming new album. Our conversation leads off Hour 2 of the show. We also play classic tracks by Blancmange, Altered Images, Wall of Voodoo, Julian Cope, Kate Bush, Wall of Voodoo and more of your favorite classic alternative artists.

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/andyp11-204x300.jpg) The podcast for our 9/2 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, we re-broadcast our April 2011 interview with Andy Prieboy, who is currently working on new music.

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/revenge-logo-3x1-300x300.jpg) The podcast edit for this week's Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, we play more of your requests. new music from The Cars (http://thecars.org/) and Coati Mundi (http://www.coatimundiworld.com/cm/Home.html) plus classics by INXS, King, the Hoodoo Gurus, ABC, Kate Bush and more.

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/darkcont-300x300.jpg) The podcast/syndication edit for our 8/19/11 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, we catch up on some requests while honoring the 30th anniversary of the release of Wall of Voodoo (http://www.wallofvoodoo.net/)'s Dark Continent (http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Continent-Wall-Voodoo/dp/B000008M3P) album. The LP was a game-changer for the music industry, which (along with the radio industry) was looking for a way to pigeonhole music out of the various new wave movements. Dark Continent offered a first listen to a very different mix of rock, LA new wave and southwestern Americana well-represented by splendid musicians who payed homage to great songwriters of years past. This opened the door for other acts that were not part of the then-common industry definition of "new wave" to gain a larger audience. Wall of Voodoo remains an influential band today. We will also play classic tracks by REM, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Mondo Rock, The Damned, APB, General Public, XTC and more. .

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/TonyHadley.jpg) The podcast edit for our 8/12/11 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. Hour 2 features our conversation with Tony Hadley (http://www.tonyhadley.com/), former lead singer for Spandau Ballet (http://www.spandauballet.com/home).. He is about to embark on a mini-tour of the US and is working on a new album, which he says will likely be ready in the spring of 2012. Our conversation leads off the second hour of the show. During our discussion, Tony and I talk about: * The early Spandau Ballet sound * The many phases of Spandau Ballet * Tony's solo work * A new album in the works * His appearance on a realty TV show * ...And thoughts on a possible "Cool Suits Tour" We also play classic tracks from Icehouse, Fishbone, Devo, ABC, Mental As Anything, Paul King, Berlin and more.

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/MTVVV-300x225.jpg) As MTV (http://www.mtv.com/) celebrates its 30th anniversary today, August 1, 2011, we can all try to remember with reverence the cable channel that evolved from being a work-in-progress experiment to a financial juggernaut. While we may reminisce today about the great music and the original VJs of the early-to-mid 80s, the vast majority of today's Music Television audience knows very little, if anything, of the days where the cable station was a cutting-edge (virtually) 24-hour music video channel that opened the nation up to new and interesting artists. While is it naive to expect nothing to change over three decades, today's MTV is truly a shadow of its former self with less videos, generic playlist and overloaded with reality shows that would insult the intelligence of someone deemed to be "minimally exceptional." MTV, in its early years, was more than simply an all-music-video cable entity. In an era where the majority of the radio industry's strongest-signaled stations were littered with the same watered down chart pop, MTV exposed a young audience with developing musical tastes to more obscure acts and regional sensations who wound up becoming more widely popular thanks to the national exposure. The station quickly became part of the American lexicon and was highly influential to the music industry through ti mid-1980s. A performer's video became just as important as his or her music in producing a hit song. We saw what Kevin Rowland looked like, watched the fervent destruction of a piano in the Art of Noise's "Close to the Edit" video, witnessed Michael Jackson become a werewolf, observed David Bowie developing his acting skills, admired the pure genius of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme as video producers and laughed as Weird Al Yankovic "hijacked" MTV's signal. As for the VJs, we welcomed, JJ Jackson, Martha Quinn, Nina Blackwood, Adam Curry and the rest into our homes and still enjoy hearing or reading about them today. Continue reading on Examiner.com MTV: 30 Years of exceptional and dubious contributions to music, entertainment - National Alternative Music | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/alternative-music-in-national/mtv-30-years-of-exceptional-and-dubious-contributions-to-entertainment#ixzz1Tpkn84wP (http://www.examiner.com/alternative-music-in-national/mtv-30-years-of-exceptional-and-dubious-contributions-to-entertainment#ixzz1Tpkn84wP) The podcast edit for our 7/29/11 show is below. In hour 2, we pay tribute to the early days of MTV by playing tracks from the first classic alternative artists whose videos aired on the station's 8/1/81 launch date.

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/revenge-logo-3x1-300x300.jpg) The podcast edit for our 7/22/11 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week,. we play new music from Julie Brown (http://juliebrown.com/) and Kid Creole (http://kidcreole.com/), plus classic tracks by The (Paul Collins) Beat, Missing Persons, Nick Cave, Doug and the Slugs, Josie Cotton, Men Without Hats, INXS and more.

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/robey14-300x300.jpg) The podcast/syndication edit for this week's Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, we feature new music from Louise Robey and Debora Iyall. We also play classic tracks by Icehouse, Altered Images, Madness, The English Beat, The Cure and more

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/mzi_wxyudlpj_170x170-75.jpg) This week on Revenge of the 80s Radio, we will have the world radio premiere of "Boards and Bikinis Rule (Down at Malibu) from The Hollyberries (http://www.facebook.com/pages/THE-HOLLYBERRIES-LA-Band-2009-Now/105921472792815) (Kip Brown of The Little Girls (http://www.myspace.com/caronmurray)with Caron Maso Murray and Michele Maso Tinsely (also of the Little Girls) on vocals. We also play classic tracks by The Clash, Divinyls, Nikki and the Corvettes, Mental As Anything, Strawberry Switchblade, Kajagoogoo and more.

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/revenge-logo-3x1-300x300.jpg) The podcast for our 7/1 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, we play new music from Stan Ridgway (http://www.stanridgway.com/) and The Cars (http://www.thecars.org/) plus classic cuts by The Tom Tom Club, Gang of Four, Wall of Voodoo, The Time Bandits and more.

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ferris-bueller-300x197.jpg) Our 6/24 Revenge of the 80s Radio podcast is up and available at the bottom of this post. In hour 2, our special guest is screenwriter Rick Rapier, who wrote a controversial sequel to "Ferris Bueller's Day Off (http://www.amazon.com/Ferris-Buellers-Day-Bueller-Blu-ray/dp/B001S86J1C/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1309006785&sr=1-2)," titled: "Ferris Bueller: Another Day Off." While fans have sent me mixed reactions after bringing it up in a previous post, Rapier's screenplay is circulating Hollywood and impressing producers. Because of the buzz, this script may soon become a reality. Among the topics Rapier and I discuss are: * Why he decided to write the sequel * Matthew Broderick (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000111/)as Ferris * His thoughts on the movie's characters and writer John Hughes * What Ferris, Cameron and the rest of the characters would be doing today and why * The importance of Ed Rooney and the significance of the minor characters Rick also reveals a few things from the script that have not been made public before this interview. I admit I was quite skeptical at first, but after reading the script I could see the potential of this becoming an honorable homage to Mr. Bueller as long as it is only Broderick who plays him. What do you think of the idea of a Ferris Bueller sequel? Would you see it? What would make you like or dislike the idea? You can comment on the bottom of this post or check in on either out Twitter or Facebook pages. Rick and I would like to know your opinion. We also play classic alternative tracks from Nikki and the Corvettes, Haysi Fantayzee, the Hoodoo Gurus, The Little Girls, Big Audio Dynamite, Voice of the Beehive and more.

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/AK3-300x292.jpg) The podcast edit for our 6/17/11 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, we play new music from Adriana Kaegi (http://adrianakaegi.com/) (the world radio premiere of "He Delivers") and Martha and the Muffins (http://www.marthaandthemuffins.com/#index.html). Adriana released "He Delivers" only a few days ago as of the publishing of this post. It is a sultry, romantic electronica love track featuring Kaegi smoothly transitioning between a tempting tenuto to a cute, bouncy staccato and a little spoken word. The track is produced by dance hit-maker and Ze Records innovator Ronnie Bruce Rogers (http://www.google.com/search?q=Ronnie+Bruce+Rogers&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7RNWI_en). plus classics by A Flock of Seagulls, INXS, Mondo Rock, The Motels, Missing Persons, Split Enz, Julian Cope, New Order and more.

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/revenge-logo-3x1-300x300.jpg) The podcast edit for this week's Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, we play new music from Coati Mundi (http://www.coatimundiworld.com/) and The Cars (http://www.thecars.org/), plus classics by The Boomtown Rats, The Coconuts, Icehouse, Wall of Voodoo, XTC, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Camper Van Beethoven and more..

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/deb-cover-adg-082610-300x267.jpg) The podcast for our 6/3 Revenge of the 80s Radio show is up and available at the bottom of this post. This week, we re-broadcast our December 2010 conversation with Debora Iyall (http://www.deboraiyall.com/) as we discuss her career and new CD, Stay Strong.

(http://www.revengeofthe80sradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/cmundi.jpg) Our 5/27 Revenge of the 80s Radio show podcast edit is up and available at the bottom of this post. In hour 2, Coati Mundi (http://www.coatimundiworld.com/cm/Home.html) is our guest. While is he best known for his work with Kid Creole and the Coconuts (http://kidcreole.com/) and Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dr.+Buzzard's+Original+Savannah+Band), Coati (Andy Hernandez) is an all-around entertainer who combined his natural comedic talents, musical inclination and his uncanny ability to learn quickly to become an all-around entertainment renaissance man. Mundi recently released the album Coati Mundi is Dancing for the Cabana Code in the Land of Boo-Hoo (http://astore.amazon.com/reveofthe80sr-20/detail/B004I4QXJQ). During our conversation, Coati Mundi and I discuss: * His first instrument, the vibraphone * Working with Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band * Creating Kid Creole and the Coconuts with August Darnell (http://www.reverbnation.com/augustdarnell) and Adriana Kaegi (http://adrianakaegi.com/) * The origins of Coati's on-stage character and comedic style * A special children's DVD collection * Coati's new music Mundi is a musician, actor, producer, comedian and dog lover. He tells the story behind the Cabana Code track "I Love My Dog, Doo Doo Doo," tells us where the land of Boo-Hoo actually is and premieres some breaking news during our interview. The album is a mix of Mundi jammies ranging from the delightful to the musically profound, crossing genres and ultimately inventing his own. We also feature two cuts from Coati Mundi is Dancing for the Cabana Code in the Land of Boo-Hoo (http://astore.amazon.com/reveofthe80sr-20/detail/B004I4QXJQ). In hour 1, we play a 2010 track from Annabella Lwin (http://www.annabellalwin.com/) and classics by Amazulu, INXS, Strawberry Switchblade, Men At Work, Bronski Beat and more.