The not-so-mad DJ is back to talk 'bout Japan: the band and the country – as the winds then shift to Akiko Yano and YMO. CK-1 keeps bringing up Duran Duran, for some reasons, and I hope you like clips, because this is our clippiest to date.

A voice screams from heaven.

0:00: Mayo Intro 0:08: Band of the Rising Sun 0:25: Obligatory Song Countdown 5-4 0:34: Commercial Break 0:36: Countdown 3-1 1:15: New "Romantic" Outro

CLIPLIST: Japan – Still Life In Mobile Homes / Japan – Cantonese Boy / Japan – Adolescent SAX / Japan – The Experience of Swimming / Japan – Sons of Pioneers / Japan – Methods of Dance / Masami Tsuchiya – Secret Party / David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto – Bamboo Music / David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto – Forbidden Colors / Japan – The Art of Parties / Japan – Swing / Japan – Life In Tokyo / Japan – The Other Side of Life / (Misc. Commercials) / Japan – Ghosts / Japan – Quiet Life / Japan – European Son / Simon & Garfunkel – The Only Living Boy In New York / Japan – Visions of China / Men Without Hats – Living In China / Japan – Taking Islands in Africa / Japan – Methods of Dance / Japan – Gentlemen Take Polaroids / Japan – Still Life In Mobile Homes / David Sylvian – Pulling Punches / Rain Tree Crow – Rain Tree Crow / The Dolphin Brothers – Pushing The River / Mick Karn – Sensitive / Gary Numan – Slowcar To China / Akiko Yano – Sleep On My Baby / Akiko Yano – Goodnight / Akiko Yano – David / Yellow Magic Orchestra – Be A Superman / Thomas Dolby – Radio Silence / Yellow Magic Orchestra – Rydeen / Yukihiro Takahashi – Something In The Air / Yukihiro Takahashi – Flashback / ABC – Tears Are Not Enough / ABC – Valentine's Day / Japan – Still Life In Mobile Homes

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HALLOWEEN MAYHEM in our latest BONUS MOVIE-CAST! DJ CK-1 and the Notorious J.A.M. unearth three of the kookiest horror flicks of the era: Ghoulies II, Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College, and HauntedWeen. Brace for pint-sized terrors, frat-house shenanigans, and unsettling spook-house anarchy. You'll scream until you like it.

:01: Ghoulies II :18: Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go To College :23: Commercial break :25: (a little more of that) Ghoulies Go To College :28: HauntedWeen

Featured Links: -The Ultimate '80s Halloween Song YouTube Playlist: bit.ly/spooky80s (or Spotify version) -W.A.S.P. - Scream Until You Like It (music video)

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Embrace that Robotcalypse, Modren Man

:00: Intro of Confusion :02: Toddler Recall :08: Kilroy Was Queer :24: Commercial Break :27: Roboto Songo :33: The Joy of Styx :43: Outro of Cringe

Featured Links: - Gobotron 2000's '80 Robot Playlist (YouTube) - Gobotron 2000's '80 Robot Playlist (Spotify) - Kilroy Was Here: The Film - Dennis DeYoung: Behind The Vinyl Interview - Permanent Record Podcast: Kilroy Was Here Review - DonorSee: The Humanitarian Crowdfunding Platform

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Cruising smoothly before surfacing like a submarine sandwich with tasty layers of Kraftwerk and glockenspiel: Did this song inspire the entire sophisti-pop movement or a just a corny chick flick? Is it about freedom, fantasy, or the afterlife? What's a TVO? Is it different for girls? Can you get what you want if you don't know what you want? Then we chat about the new Beetlejuice movie and a Duran Duran concert.

:00: Intro the Light :03: Step 1: The Sound :11: Reviewing All Night and Day :20: Step 2: The Gist :30: Commercial Break :32: 3 Honorable Mentions :35: Another Night and Day :40: Step 3: The FPM :42: Bugged About Beetlejuice :47: It Was Live: Duran Duran

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Dial into the triumph and the tragedy (the wieners and the bluts) of a man of many names: Hans, Mr. Intercool, The Pride of Austria, The Master of Os – totally worthy of a boppy 8-song countdown.

Wien in not, so in not, hah!

:00: Artificial Intro :01: Bio-o-o-o :10: Tribute & Parody :15: Song Countdown #8-5 :25: Commercial Break :26: Song Countdown #4-2 :37: The Worst :41: #1 (w/less flute)

Featured Links: - DonorSee: The Humanitarian Crowdfunding Platform - The Simpsons Dr. Zaius - Muppet Babies: Rolfgang Amadogus - Steuermann Video - Jeanny Video - Permanent Record Podcast about Falco 3 album

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Our most controversial episode ever!

Just covering the man alone could span into another 80 episodes. So, let's (mostly) focus on the song and video.

Then we recount our exciting Total Tubular concert experience!

:01: Worst Podcast Intro Ever :08: Sequencing :13: Monologue :20: Theme :22: Synths & Sounds :29: Vocals :32: Commercial Break :35: Video :42: Disclaimer :45: Totally Turbular "Festival" Review 1:01: Longest Outro Ever 1:07: "Electric Nostalgia" (Theme to 80 of the 80s)

They will possess you.

Featured Links: -Hot Street -Vincent Price Monologue -Price on Alice Cooper's Nightmare -Starlight -Synths -Frog -Original Multitracks w/Chris Liepe -DonorSee: The Humanitarian Crowdfunding Platform -"Electric Nostalgia" (Theme to 80 of the '80s) -AK-47's Theme -The Ultimate '80s Halloween Song YouTube Playlist: bit.ly/spooky80s (or Spotify version)

You feel the cold hand.

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For four decades, the world's hotly debated. Now, like a back-and-forth game of cricket, we'll settle the score: The best Men At Work album: Will it be Business As Usual or Cargo (or is there a dark horse)?

Smell the desperation...

:01: Lingo intro :04: Cargo vs. Business As Usual (Side A) :20: Commercial break I :22: Cargo vs. Business As Usual (Side B) :37: But, what about Two Hearts? :40: Commercial break II :42: A tiny Naked Wang concert review

Featured Link: Permanent Record Podcast: Business As Usual review

We post a new episode on the first day of each quarter (at 8:00 AM EST). #26 will be on October 1st / #25 on January 1, 2025 / #24 April 1st, etc.

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What's the most iconic 80sish album from the most iconic 80sish band? I think you know, but when it comes to their best song… hear us out.

It's us who makes the noise.

:00: Pun-e intro :02: Duran and then Duran :04: Waffles & other honorable mentions :09: Album countdown 5 to 2 :24: Commercial break :27: Of course #1 is… :33: Now we're talking for free (It's new religion) :40: Even more albums / Sympathy for those guitarists :47: Out of chime

Featured Links: Arcadia's "The Flame" music video Annie Zaleski's Rio 33 1/3 book Classic Albums Rio documentary Permanent Record Podcast: Rio pt. 1 80sography Podcast

Hey, we're now posting on the first day of each quarter (at 8:00 AM EST). Like, #27 will be on July 1st / #26 on October 1 / #25: January 1, 2025, etc.

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We're not quite ready for #28. Let's warm up with an extraterrestrial dance. Was it influenced by swing, electro-funk, the aerobics craze, Thomas Dolby, Tom Tom Club, Ultravox, The Buggles, M, UFOs, or all of the heavens above?

:01: Get the Feel :19: Take a break :20: Get yo Fixx

Featured Links: 80sography Podcast Radio OwlsNest with Martin Page

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It's Halloween! Let's get into the spooky spirit with another fun and elusive BONUS MOVIE CAST. DJ CK1 is back with the Notorious JAM to review two too often overlooked masterpieces of 1980s cinema: Chopping Mall and Hack-O-Lantern.

:01: Chopping Mall review :20 Commercial break :22 Hack-O-Lantern review

Until we get down to that song #28…

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