Welcome to October! With October we announce the wonderful birth of our Grandson,Tre! October also brings Halloween - although it'll be a brief visit this time around. Hope you enjoy and share the podcast! 1. Stay Up Late - Talking Heads 2. Burning Inside [12" remix] - Ministry 3. Maybe Just Once - NIN 4. Assimilate - Skinny Puppy 5. Halloween - Siouxsie and The Banshees 6. Kiss Of Death - Lords Of the New Church 7. Some Candy Talking - Jesus and Mary Chain 8. Spirit - Bauhaus 9. Fear Of Ghosts - The Cure 10. Ghost Dancing - Simple Minds 11. Where The Streets Have No Name - U2 12. Your Heart Keeps Beating - Dreamworld 13. Over The Hills And Far Away - The Mission 14. Nobody's Diary [Remixed Extended Version] - Yazoo 15.  Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - The Smiths 16. This Is The Sea - The Waterboys 17. Welcome To The Pleasuredome - FGTH Download October_2016.mp3

August is almost over - and no podcast! Well, we're here to fix that. Thank you all for your requests - here ya go! 1. Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners 2. Perfect Skin - Lloyd Cole and The Commotions 3. A Forest - The Cure 4. Method To My Madness - Lords of The New Church 5. Here Comes Your Man - The Pixies 6. Only You '99 [Original Mix] - Yazoo 7. The Last Song - Trisomie 21 8. Doctor Jeep [Extended mix] - Sisters of Mercy 9. Sister of Mercy [12" version] - Thompson Twins 10. Supernaut [Trent Reznor Vocal mix] - 1000 Homo DJs 11. Real Toys - Altered Images 12. Love Missle F-111 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 13. Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics 14. Rainfall - A Flock Of Seagulls 15. Happy When It Rains - Jesus And Mary Chain 16. In The Sun - Blondie 17. I Live For The Sun - Surf Punks 18. Welcome To The Pleasuredome [a remade world] - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 19. Just Like Heaven [Dizzy Mix] - The Cure Download August_22__2016.mp3

It's kind of nice when we have time to get another podcast out so quickly! A bevy of bands you have heard of, and some you may not have but will want more of after listening to this episode! Track Listing: 1. Andy Fell - Human Sexual Response 2. Strobe Light - B 52s 3. Burn Me Up [12" Mix] - The Factory 4. Taking Your Love Away - Les Enfants 5. More To Lose [12" Ultimate Mix] - Seona Dancing 6. Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee 7. Mind - Talking Heads 8. Mouth Of An Angel - Two People 9. Kid [1987 Extended Mix] - The Pretenders 10. I Need You - Eternal Triangle 11. No Stars - Figures On A Beach 12. Panorama - The Cars 13. We Are Glass - Gary Numan 14. Will Anything Happen - Blondie 15. It's A Mugs Game - Soft Cell 16. Rage Hard [Young Person's Guide To The 12 Inch Mix] - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 17. Dog Eat Dog [Single] - Adam Ant 18. Viva Las Vegas [12" Remix] - ZZ Top Download July_4_2016.mp3

Another podcast, another cheesy title! More music, more fun, more of the stuff you want to hear, but weren't aware of. Oh, and SurfingTrucker may have had a bit too much to drink... 1. Runaway [Extended remix] - Thompson Twins 2. Never Let Me Down Again [Aggro Mix] - Depeche Mode 3. Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega w/DNA 4. All She Wants Is - Duran Duran 5. Right Now - Missing Persons 6. Falling To Pieces - Faith No More 7. Beads Are Burning - Midnight Oil 8. The Hurting - Tears For Fears 9. 21st Century Boy - Sigue Sigue Sputnik 10. Deep Down Trauma Hounds - Skinny Puppy 11. True Faith [Shep Pettibone Remix] - New Order 12. Situation [Extended Version] - Yazoo 13. Something In My House [Razormaid Remix] - Dead Or Alive 14. Paranoimia '89 [Dance Mix] - Art Of Noise 15. The Only Mistake - Joy Division 16. Cold - The Cure 17. Maybe Just Once - NIN 18. Head Like A Hole [Copper] - NIN Download June_27__2016.mp3

We're back with another podcast chock full of great music - no themes or tributes, just good tunes! The Mission, Gene Loves Jezebel, Roxy Music, Freur - we dug a little deep. Enjoy the tunes! [And a shameless hello to Paul Hardcastle who started following us on Twitter this week] 1. Watusi Radio - Guadalcanal Diary 2. Skin Deep - The Stranglers 3. We Are What We Are - The Others 4. MTV Get off The Air - Dead Kennedy 5. Golly! Golly! Go Buddy! - Bow Wow Wow 6. Love Comes Quickly [Dance Mix] - Pet Shop Boys 7. Sally Maclennane - The Pogues 8. Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper 9. Burning Flame [Extended Version] - Vitamin Z 10. Wednesday Week - The Undertones 11. Disappointed - P.I.L. 12. The Main Thing [12" Version] - Roxy Music 13. 19 [The Final Story] - Paul Hardcastle 14. Jealous - Gene Loves Jezebel 15. Rain Bird - Love and Rockets 16. Wasteland - The Mission 17. You Can Never Say It - The Rings 18. Take Me I'm Yours - Squeeze 19. Matters Of The Heart - Freur 20. R U Experienced? - Devo Special shout out to http://www.bullmoose.com/ - the store we mentioned in the podcast. Be sure to check them out, especially if you're in the New England area. https://twitter.com@BullMooseVinyl Request? [email protected] Find and like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/Alt80s/ https://twitter.com/hardcastlemusic - thanks for the follow! Download June_2016.mp3

Not much to say - we're all still in shock at the passing of Prince. We put together this podcast to celebrate his musical genius, but can no way come near to scratching the surface of his brilliance. As one friend of ours put it, "He was the one musical icon that WAS an icon." He will be dearly missed..... Download PrinceCast.mp3

Dubs, remixes, instrumentals - a lot of "uncommon" music came out of the 80's, and instrumentals was a genre' that really didn't' get a lot of airplay, so we decided to showcase some of our (and your) favorite instrumentals. They run from upbeat to mellow to downright uncommon - and here they are. Enjoy! 1. Split Endz - Double Happy 2. Ministry - Work For Love [Dub Version] 3. Images In Vogue - For Germans 4. Roxy Music - Tara 5. Thompson Twins - Nurse Shark 6. Yazoo - Situation [Original U.S. Dub Mix] 7. Tears For Fears - The Marauders 8. Icehouse - Glam 9. Duran Duran - Tev Aviv 10. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence [Ecstatic Dub] 11. Simple Minds - Theme For Great Cities 12. The Durutti Column - What Is It To Me (Woman) 13. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The World Is My Oyster (Trapped) 14. Human League - Travelogue 15. Cocteau Twins - Rococo 16. The Smiths - Oscillate Wildly 17. The Police - How Stupid Mr. Bates 18. Flock of Seagulls - Last Flight Of Yuri Gagarin 19. Art Of Noise - Chameleon's Dish 20. New Order - Confusion 21. Skinny Puppy - Nature's Revenge [Dub] 22. Love Tractor - Pretty 23. The Cure - Carnage Visors Download April_InstrumentalCast.mp3

We are in a new location and loving it! Such a good mood, and the podcast reflects it - full of lesser deep tracks, more fun, upbeat tunes this time around.  Hope you enjoy it! 1. Animotion - Obsession [Extended] 2. Eurythmics - Sexcrime (1984) [Extended Version] 3. Oingo Boingo - Weird Science [Extended Dance Version] 4. Trans-X - Living On Video [12" Vinyl Single Version] 5. Sparks w/ Jane Wiedlin - Cool Places [Doorman's Delirium Mix] 6. Talk Talk - It's My Life [12" Extended Version] 7.  Freur - Doot Doot [Extended Version] 8. Gino Vanelli - Black Cars [Special Dance Mix] 9. Big Pig - I Can't Break Away [Extended Mix] 10. Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better [Extended Mix] 11.Laurie Anderson - O Superman (For Massenet) 12. Romeo Void - Never Say Never [12" Version] 13. Paul Hardcastle - 19 [Destruction Mix] 14. Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait [12" Dutch Mix} Download March_2017.mp3

What better way to say goodbye to 2015 than with an extra-long podcast? We jump back 30 years and countdown the top 25 Alternative hits from 1985. It's a long podcast - and just in time for your New Year's Eve festivities. So long 2015 - we'll see you on the other side! Track Listing: 1. Kosciusko - Midnight Oil 2. One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head 3. Blue Kiss [V Mix] - Jane Weildin 4. Dancing in the Streets - Mick Jagger & David Bowie 5. Head Over Heels [Extended] - Tears For Fears 6. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free - Sting 7. Flexible [Remixed Extended] - Depeche Mode 8. World Destruction - Time Zone 9. So In Love - OMD 10. Love and Pride [Extended 12" mix] - King 11. The Bottom Line - Big Audio Dynamite 12. Don't You Forget About Me [12" Original Version] - Simple Minds 13. Viva La Rock [Unreleased Rico Conning 12" Mix] - Adam Ant 14. The Perfect Kiss [12" Version] - New Order 15. Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds 16. Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo 17. Everybody Wants to Rule the World [Urban Mix 12"] - Tears for Fears 18. This Time - INXS 19. Take On Me - A-ha 20. You Spin Me Round [Razormaid Remix] - Dead or Alive 21. Shout [U.S. Remix] - Tears for Fears 22. In Between Days [Shiver Mix] - The Cure 23. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) - Pet Shop Boys 24. Vigilante - Felony 25. New Year's Day [Francois Kevorkian U.S. Remix] - U2 26. XXXXX XXX XXXXXXX [Edit The Shake Mix] - XXXXXXX XXXX Download December_2015_Countdown.mp3 That's right - We purposely didn't reveal the title for #1, you'll have to listen to find out! Have a great 2016!

Can we get through a couple of weeks without any deaths please?? We have a pretty pleasant & upbeat podcast for y'all this week, with a little tribute at the beginning. Celebrate Sal Tessio & Fish as you enjoy this podcast chock full of happiness!!  1. Abe Vigoda's Dead - Greg Galcik & Greg Peters 2. AEIOU Sometimes Y [The Long Version] - Ebn-Ozn 3. Lay Your Hands On Me [Original Remix] - Thompson Twins 4. The Big Sky [Meteorological Mix] - Kate Bush 5. Always A Flame [Alternate Version] - Gene Loves Jezebel 6. No Stars - Figures On A Beach 7. Screen Kiss - Thomas Dolby 8. Flame In My Heart - White Door 9. Emeralds And Pearls - Freur 10. Temptation [12" Mix] - New Order 11. Can't Help Myself [US Club Mix] - Icehouse 12. Fields Of Fire - Big Country 13. Close To The Edge [Ruff Mix] - Art Of Noise 14. Mickey Mouse - Sparks 15. Dig It - Skinny Puppy 16. Down In It [Singe] - Nine Inch Nails 17. Red Eye Express - Devo Download February_3__2016.mp3