Pledge Drive Update

Massive thank yous to all who pledged/donated and to all volunteers and staff who put in their time and made this pledge drive a massive success. With all your respective contributions, 90.1 FM KKFI raised well over our goal of $100,000! All of you rock so much!

~Sunshine

Playlist Oct. 22, 2005 (Fundraiser Wk 2)

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
Love At First Sight - XTC
Hearing Aid - They Might Be Giants
Answer Me - Anything Box
Love On Your Side - The Thompson Twins
Blue Highway - Billy Idol
World Destruction - The Time Zone
Dumb Waiters - The Psychedelic Furs
To The Shore - Duran Duran (R)
Across The Dial - Tarwater
Disco Infiltrator - LCD Soundsystem
Looking For Clues - Robert Palmer
Substance - Dot-Allison
Cities Beneath The Sea - Gravenhurst - Fires In Distant Buildings
Telephone Operator - Pete Shelley (R)
Don't Take Your Love Away - Vast
Big Sky - Kate Bush (R)
Whispering Streets - Barry Adamson
Riddle - Lake Trout - Not Them, You
Already Gone - Woven
Time Bomb Dub - Meatbeat Manifesto
Sleep By Windows - Gary Numan
The Twilight - Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love
Kinda I Want To - Nine Inch Nails
Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Look Sharp! - Joe Jackson
Run (live) - New Order
Crash - Cause & Effect (R)
Easty Risin' (ext. remix) - Julian Cope
French Disko - Stereolab
99.9 F Degrees - Suzanne Vega
Caterpillar - The Cure

Cheesetastic Song of the Month
Monkey - George Michael

Last High - The Dandy Warhols (R)

(R) = Requests

Halloween Show Requests

Hey everyone,
Here's a chance for you to make your requests for what you'd like to hear on the Halloween edition of Retro Red-eye Express airing next week (Oct. 29). I'm posting this entry, because haven't received one request yet.

Feel free to comment here w/ your request or email me at retroredeye at gmail dot com. (obviously typed out w/ the symbols in place of "at" and "dot").

Playlist Oct. 15, 2005 (Fundraiser Wk 1)

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
I Beg Your Pardon - Kon Kan
The Scientist - The Dandy Warhols
Our Lips Are Sealed - Fun Boy Three
I Am Over It - The Dandy Warhols
The Stand - The Alarm
Highwire Days - The Psychedelic Furs
The Promise - When In Rome
Channel Z - The B-52s
Candleland - Ian McCulloch
Stars of Warburton - Midnight Oil
Hyperactive - Thomas Dolby
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
Going Nowhere - Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love
Money (That's What I Want) - The Flying Lizards
Pop Muzik - M
Bedbugs & Ballyhoo - Echo & The Bunnymen
Deadman's Party - Oingo Boingo
Stand & Deliver - Adam & The Ants
Radio Clash - The Clash
Music For Vampires - Cocteau Twins
Nightboat - Duran Duran (R)
Leave In Silence - Depeche Mode
Sexy Boy - Air
Compulsion - Martin L. Gore
Torch - Marc Almond
We Are So Fragile (c. Gary Numan) - Jesus Jones
Russian Radio (ext.) - Red Flag
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division (R)

(R) = Requests

Playlist Oct 8, 2005

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
Half Jack - The Dresden Dolls
Southern Belles In London Sing - The Faint
Hot Chocolate (Stereolab mix) - Shonen Knife
The List - Metric
In Your Room - Yaz (R)
AEIOU & Sometimes Y - EBN OZN (R)
So In Love - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Future - Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love
Avalon - Juliet - Random Order
Driving Through Rain - Veronica Lipgloss & The Evil Eyes - The Witch's Dagger
Keep Me From Harm - Peter Murphy
No Escape - Cabaret Voltaire (R)
Send Me An Angel (ext. remix) - Real Life
Georgie Blue - Dressy Bessy
Miniskirt Blues - The Cramps (R)
Legal Tender - The B-52s
One Step Beyond - Madness
How To Be A Millionaire - ABC
First, Last & Always - Sisters of Mercy (R)
Modern Love Is Automatic - A Flock of Seagulls
Silly Girl - The Descendents (R)
Daft Punk Is Playing At My House - LCD Soundsystem
Precious - Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel
Love Is A Deserter - The Kills - No Wow
Insanity Lurks Nearby - Frontline Assembly
Once In A Lifetime - Wolfsheim
Living In Oblivion - Anything Box
Nurse Bob - Mr. Oizo - Mustache (Half A Scissor)
Why - Bronski Beat
Spy of Love - INXS
Life Begins at The Hop - XTC
Seconds - U2
Slippery People (live) - Talking Heads
Don't Need A Gun - Billy Idol
Social Fools - Devo
Lullaby (live) - Devo
Angel - Swans (R)
If Your Kisses Can't Hold... - Rasputina - Radical Recital
Brand New cadillac - The Clash
Chinese Rock - Ramones
Bubblewrap - Woven

(R) = Request

(R) = Request

Playlist Oct 1, 2005

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
Whispering Streets - Barry Adamson
The Light 3000 (c. The Smiths) - Scheider TM
Everyday I Love You Less & Less - Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
To Look At You - INXS
Precious - Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel
Handout - The Nein
Born To A Family - The Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart
Dear God - Midge Ure
Sugar Hooker - Jerra
The Sky Is A Poisonous Garden - Concrete Blonde
Everybody Loves A Loser - Morcheeba - The Antidote
Start Again - Ian McCulloch
The Falling Kind - Veda
Lifeline - Frontline Assembly (R)
Stigmata Martyr - Bauhaus
Kooler Than Jesus (Electrik Messiah mix) - My Life w/ the Thrill Kill Kult (R)
Paranoiattack - The Faint
Music Non-Stop - Kraftwerk (R)
Time Stands Still - Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love
M.E. - Gary Numan (R)
Lost In Time - Stellastarr* - Harmonies for the Haunted
Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat (R)
Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths
Love Like Blood - Killing Joke
Black Sunglasses - Mount Sims
Une Annee sas Lumiere - Arcade Fire - Funeral
I Dig U - Cult Hero
Mars Meets Venus - Duran Duran
Tribulations - LCD Soundsystem
Left To My Own Devices - Pet Shop Boys (R)
Inject Me - Pop Will Eat Itself
Mad Dialect - The Damage Manual - Ltd Edition
You (Automator mix) - Tokyo Marine Fire
Johnny & Mary - Robert Palmer
Just Another High (c. Roxy Music) - John Taylor
Goodbye Seventies - Yaz
Sour Times - Portishead (R)
Just Let Go - Pepe Deluxe (R)
Lady Ice - Arcadia
July - Colored Shadows - s/t EP

(R) = Request

Playlist September 24, 2005

Apparently I need to keep better track of what I play by keeping up with posting these playlists! I hope to be better about it.
~S.

Track - Artist - Album (if New)
Elevator Love Letter - Stars
You Are A runner & I am My Father's Son - Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Strip Mall Glass - Veronica Lipgloss & The Evil Eyes - The Witch's Dagger
All We Ever Wanted - Bauhaus
Possibly Maybe - Bjork
It's Not Right - Devo
The Grandmother Wolf - Pretty Girls Make Graves
Life's What You Make It - Talk Talk
Love Is The Drug (c. Roxy Music) - Dad's Porno Mag (R)
The Twilight - Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love
Avalon - Juliet - Random Order
Over You - Roxy Music (R)
When I Disappear - Stellastar* - Harmonies for the Haunted
Desperate But Not Serious - Adam Ant
Magnificent Seven - The Clash
African Nights - Hello Goodbye - Heart Attack
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnel) - Arcade Fire - Funeral
Loving The Alien - David Bowie
Aero Dynamik - Kraftwerk (R)
Celebrate - Real Life
Sister Europe - Pyschedelic Furs
Lucretia My Reflection - Sisters of Mercy (R)
The Hardest Button to Button - The White Stripes (R)
Electricity - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Escape Hatch - Mount Sims
Wishing (If I Had A Photograph) (12") - A Flock of Seagulls
Ceremony - New Order (R)
Uh-Oh Love Comes To Town - Talking Heads (R)
I Love A Man In Uniform - Gang of Four
If You Want - Depeche Mode
Anyone - Moving Units
There's A Fire - Longwave - There's A Fire
Girl Afraid - The Smiths
Can U Dig It? - Pop Will Eat Itself
52 Girls - The B-52s
Waiting Room - Fugazi (R)
Homeward - VNV Nation (R)
Candy - Iggy Pop & Kate Pearson (B-52s)

(R) = Requests

Playlist September 17, 2005

Track - Artist - Album (if New)
I Fall Down - U2
I Don't Need A Hero - Concrete Blonde
It's You - PJ Harvey
Une Annee Sans Lumiere - Arcade Fire - Funeral
Here Comes A City - The Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart
Missionary Man - The Eurythmics
Looking At The Sun - Matthew Sweet (R)
Gimme Shock Treatment - Ramones
The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen (D)
I Send A Message - INXS
Make Me Yours - Halovox (R)
The Twilight - Cut Copy - Bright Like Neon Love
The Diver - Stellastar* - Harmonies for the Haunted
That Smiling Face - Camouflage (R)
There Is Something In My House - Dead or Alive
Cash Machine - Hard-Fi - Cash Machine EP
Life In A Northern Town - Rick Springfield - The Day After Yesterday
She's In Parties - Bauhaus
I Wanted To Tell Her - Ministry
Blue Day - Mount Sims
Stand & Deliver - Adam Ant
It Must Be Love - Madness (R)
Shoot You Down - APB
Us - Regina Spektor
Head Over Heels/Broken (live) - Tears For Fears
Smart Set - Faux Fox
Messages - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
The Model - Kraftwerk
Screw - The Cure
2 Minute Warning - Depeche Mode
Balloon Man - Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Half A Person - The Smiths
Are You Receiving Me? - XTC
Part Time Punks - Television Personalities
Banana Republic - The Boomtown Rats
After Hours - The Velvet Underground
The Scientist - The Dandy Warhols (R)
Strung Out - Dot-Allison
Revenge Fiction - Damage Manual - Limited Edition

(R) = Request
(D) = Dedication

Playlist September 10, 2005

Track - Artist - Album (if New)
Once More - Dressy Bessy
River (Depot Song) - Longwave - There's A Fire
52 Girls - The B-52s
Who's That Girl - The Eurythmics
Soul Meets Body - Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
Human Shield - Bad Dudes - s/t
Have You Seen My Boy? - Hello Goodbye - Heart Attack
c30 c60 c90 Go - Bow Wow Wow
Idols - Altered Images
Try Me Out - KaitO UK
Driving Through The Rain - Veronica Lipgloss & The Evil Eyes - The Witch's Dagger
Cretin Hop - Ramones
Dancing w/ Joey Ramone - Amy Rigby - Little Fugitive
Mad Dialect - Damage Manual - Limited Edition
Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids
Between Us & Them - Moving Units
Baracuda (live c. Heart) - Rasputina - A Radical Recital
Imperfection - Real Life
Yeah (excerpt) - LCD Soundsystem
The Globe (mix) - Big Audio Dynamite
Black Planet - Sisters of Mercy (R)
Palace Filled w/ Love - APB
Damaged Goods - Gang of Four (R)
Grounds for Divorce - Wolf Parade - Apologies to Queen Mary
All We Ever Wanted - Bauhaus (R)
The Sound of Single Girls - Three Alarm Fire
A Night Like This (live) - The Cure
15 Minutes of Fame - Sheep on Drugs (R)
The Loving Sounds of Static - Mobius Band - The Loving Sounds of Static
Red Skies - The Fixx
Sweetness - Fischerspooner (R)
Chrome - VNV Nation (R)
Twist - Goldfrapp
Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight (12" mix) - Dominatrix
Hold Back The Rain - Duran Duran
Pluto Drive - The Creatures (R)
Dressed In Black - Depeche Mode
Far Side of Crazy - Wall of Voodoo
Pistol - Erasure
Debaser - Pixies (R)
Lorelei - The Cocteau Twins (R)
Between Something & Nothing - The Ocean Blue
Disappointed - Public Image Ltd

(R) = Requests

New Music Recommendations

Okay, I realize I haven't done this in a really long time, but I've been a tad busy. It happens sometimes. ;)

Hello Goodbye - Heart Attack (RacingJunior Records)
A band comprised of Swedes and Norwegians, Hello Goodbye gives me hope for new music yet. They kind of remind me of a new indie-rock Bow Wow Wow. I realize people don't always like to draw comparisons, but sometimes you have to in order to sort of figure out why you like something so much.

Longwave - There's A Fire (LongwaveTheBand.com)
Mellow at times, but rockin' at others. I can hear a definite influence of New Wave music coupled with a bit of acoustic guitar and vocals reminiscent of Michael Penn meets Radiohead. Good stuff! Favorite tracks: There's A Fire, River (Depot Song)

Hurdy Gurdy - Prototyp (NoSide.com)
Bizarre instrumentals developed with the use of an old string instrument called a Hurdy Gurdy. Hurdy Gurdies were fabled in Germany to be used by dirty old men to lure children out so they could kidnap them or somesuch nonsense, it also was connected to folklore that suggested it was used to convince parents to sell their daughters into prostitution/slavery. There is some haunting sounding stuff that I hope to find a way to incorporate into the show somehow, if only a couple of times. This duo consists of two swedish Hurdy Gurdy masters: Brisland-Ferner of a band called Garmarna and Totte Mattsson of Hedningarna (two swedish bands, I presume, since I've heard of neither). All this time I wondered what Donvan was singing about in "Hurdy Gurdy Man."

Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (SubPop Records)
Canadian band Wolf Parade have given me hope with this latest release. I hear piano, acoustic guitar and vocals that bring have a sort of Hot Hot Heat and Gary Numan soul. I definitely hear some Bowie influence as well. Nice. I like the following: Grounds For Divorce, Dear Sons & Daughters of Hungry Ghosts

Music NOT recommended:
I hate to bash people's bands and stuff, but sometimes you get something that you just expected so much more out of. I'm sorry, but I was disappointed in the following CDs that I received recently.

The Birthday Massacre --- bad 80s influenced band. They've taken an 80s sound and tried to make it into pop-punk, but not in a good way. What's worse is their image tries so hard to be a dark, ragdoll version of new wave. I think that's what they thought their sound would be like. They failed. If someone tries to recommend them to you, please reconsider checking them out.

Ghost In The Machine --- Likewise, except more like taking bad arena rock and marrying it to wannabe Trent Reznor stylings.

If you're going to create a band that's influenced by an era that I many people hold so dear, at least please have some respect. Sheesh.

More later...

~Sunshine

Playlist September 3, 2005

Track - Artist - Album (if New)
Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo
You Make Me - Wierd Al Yankovic
Snowball in Hell - They Might Be Giants
Mannequin - Wire
Rhythm of Cruelty - Magazine
God Tonight - Real Life
Leave In Silence - Depeche Mode
One of Our Submarines Is Missing - Thomas Dolby (R)
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - Soft Cell (R)
I Dig You - Cult Hero
Secret - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Reclamation - Fugazi
Barbarism Begins at Home - The Smiths
Pocket Calculator - Kraftwerk (R)
Being Boring - Pet Shop Boys (R)
Wise Up Sucker! - Pop Will Eat Itself
Lint of Love - Cibo Matto (R)
Early Morning - A-Ha
In Shakespeare's Garden - Cause & Effect (R)

Random Erasure Duo
The Circus - Erasure
Stop! - "

Bombers (live) - Gary Numan (Tubeway Army)
The Diver - Stellastar - Harmonies for the Haunted
Chant No. 1 - Spandau Ballet
Concrete Bed - Nada Surf - The Weight is a Gift
Bad Connection - Yaz (R)
Living On The Ceiling - Blancmange
Closedown - The Cure
My Love Paramour - The Cocteau Twins (R)
Red Shoes (Angels wanna wear my) - Elvis Costello
A Different Story - Peter Schilling
Boy - Book of Love (R)
Eighties - Killing Joke
Robots - The Golden Republic
Subbacultcha (Pixies tune reworked) - Frank Black
Skinflowers - The Young Gods
Love & Anger - Kate Bush (R)
Man Who Sold The World (c. Bowie) - Midge Ure
Mirror In The Bathroom - The English Beat (R)
Sombre Detune - Röyksopp - The Understanding

(R) = Request

Playlist August 27, 2005

I'm sorry it took me so long to get the past few lists posted. Life sometimes gets a bit hectic, you know? :)

Here's last week's list:
Track - Artist - Album (if New)
That Smiling Face - Camouflage
Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream) - Icicleworks
Sing Your Life - Morrissey
Invisible - Michael Penn
Listen Like Thieves - INXS
Jumping Someone Else's Train - The Cure
Something Bigger, Something Brighter - Pretty Girls Make Graves
Can U Dig It? - Pop Will Eat Itself
Photographic - Depeche Mode
Rip It Up - Sheep On Drugs - F**k (R)
Insanity Lurks Nearby - Frontline Assembly
First In/First Out - Front 242
Slow Rewind - Sam Champion - Slow Rewind
Gone Daddy Gone (live) - Violent Femmes - Viva Wisconsin
Christine - Siouxsie & The Banshees (R)
I Could Be Happy - Altered Images
Death & Glory - The Clash
The Body - Public Image Ltd
Velvet - A-Ha
Black Cherry - Goldfrapp
You! - The Creatures
Sleepwalkers - Gang of Four
Under The Milkyway (c. The Church) - Rick Springfield - The Day After Yesterday
Dear God (live) - Midge Ure
Still Breathing - Duran Duran - Astronaut
Effigy (I'm Not An) - Ministry
The Beat(en) Generation - The The
Let's Kill Some Time - Kiss N Ride
Guilty Partner - New Order (R)
Song For Europe (c. Roxy Music) - Dave Gahan
World Exclusive - The Devils
President Gas - The Psychedelic Furs
One More Time - Joe Jackson
Monkey's Gone To Heaven - The Pixies (R)
World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope
How We Do - Mount Sims
Cheesecake Truck - King Missile

Random Duo
Compulsion - Martin L. Gore
Smile In The Crowd - "

(R) = Request

Playlist August 20, 2005

Track - Artist - Album (if New)
Sunshine & Ecstacy - Tom Tom Club
Teenage Wasteland - The Twilight Singers
Lost In Time - Stellastar - Harmonies for the Haunted
Showroom Dummies - Kraftwerk
Everywhere You Turn - Longwave
Heaven Up Here - Echo & The Bunnymen (R)
Easy - The Dandy Warhols - Odditorium or Warlords of Mars
A Girl Like Me - Sandy Dillon
Arena - VNV Nation - Matter + Form (R)
Seven Nation Army (c. White Stripes) - Hard-Fi - Cash Machine EP
Real Wild Child (Wild One) - Iggy Pop
You Tear Me Up - The Buzzcocks
Mad World - Tears For Fears
July - Colored Shadows - Self-titled EP
Only This Moment - Röyksopp - The Understanding
Twist - Goldfrapp
Morning Star - Flunk
I Turned Out A Punk - Big Audio Dynamite
Road Runner - Johnathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
No One Lives Forever - Oingo Boingo
Antmusic - Adam Ant
Not Even Jail - Interpol (D)
Blue Eyed Pop - The Sugarcubes
Emancipation - Moving Units
Street Life - Roxy Music
Dancing w/ Joey Ramone - Amy Rigby - Little Fugitive
Only You - Yaz
Motorbike - Sheep On Drugs (R)
Nine Times - Frontline Assembly
Nutopia - Pigface
Dream Attack - New Order
Sex Crime (1984) - The Eurythmics
The Cape - Ian McCulloch
Remember I Was Vapor - Gary Numan
Fade To Grey - Visage
All The Things She Said - Simple Minds (R)
This Is Radio Clash - The Clash (R)

(D) = Dedication
(R) = Requests

Playlist August 13, 2005

Wow! This was nearly an all-request show! Where did all of you fine folks come from? :D It was also a bit of a gloomy night, so I did notice quite a lot of gothic/industrial requests. What was that all about anyway?

Here's the list:
Track - Artist - Album (if New)
Nighttime Ride - Big Audio Dynamite
Oblivious - Aztec Camera
Ruthie's Knocking - Throwing Muses
Birthday - The Sugarcubes (D)
Waiting For The Day - Erasure
Sombre Detune - Röyksopp - The Understanding
Work Hard - Depeche Mode
River (Depot Song) - Longwave - There's A Fire
Whiose Side R U On Anyway? - Kiss N Ride
Disorder - Joy Division
Tied Up Too Tight - Hard-Fi - Cash Machine EP
Blood Makes Noise - Suzanne Vega (R)
Take You On A Cruise - Interpol (R)
Sea Scandal - Digitata - Sexually Tranasmitted Emotions
Going Underground (c. The Jam) - I Am The World Trade Center
This Charming Man - The Smiths (R)
I Like You - Morrissey - Live @ Earl's Court
The Passenger (c. Iggy Pop) - Siouxsie & The Banshees (R)
15 Minutes of Fame - Sheep on Drugs (R)
Stone Man - Syd Matters - A Whisper & A Sigh
All In My Mind (acoustic) - Love & Rockets (R)
Ants Invasion - Adam & The Ants
Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus (R)
Homeward - VNV Nation - Matter + Form (R)
This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy (R)
Stone - Tarwater
Waiting for Mommy - My Life w/ the Thrill Kill Kult (R)
Johnny Make-up - Gravy Train!!! - Are You Wigglin? (R)
Terrible Lie - Nine Inch Nails (R)
Doctor! Doctor! - The Thompson Twins
That Feeling - [Tiger Baby] - Lost In You
Sound of Thunder - Duran Duran
Brand New Cadillac - The Clash (R)
Do You Wanna Hold Me - Bow Wow Wow (R)
Push - The Cure (R)
Secret - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
The War Song - Culture Club


(D) = Dedication
(R) = Request

Playlist August 6, 2005 (Interview Nick Rhodes)

Tonight I broadcast an interview I recorded with Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran on Thursday afternoon, July 21, 2005, just before they played the Midland Theatre here in KC (July 23rd). As I've said in a previous post, it will be re-broadcast Wed. night/Thursday morning (Aug. 11th) on Chux Mix, which airs from 1am to 5am.

I have to admit that leading up to the interview with the classic Duran Duran song "Careless Memories" finally made me realize how real the interview had been, and what it meant to me to get the opportunity to do it. It's indescribable, that feeling. :)
I hope it made for interesting listening, and I hope you got some laughs from it as well. I know I did. :D Unfortunately, (sort of), I got lots of calls afterwards, and had a hard time keeping the show sounding smooth (at least from my standpoint). I also may have missed writing down some of the songs I played, but I'm typing up what I have on paper. Also, I broke some of my rules this weekend... but I'm sure you can relate. We all have off nights.


Here's the playlist:
Track - Artist - Album (if new)
In My Room - Yaz
Heart's A Lonely Hunter - Thievery Corporation (feat. David Byrne)
Darts of Pleasure - Franz Ferdinand
Scary Monsters - David Bowie
Side 2 - Dressy Bessy - Electrified
2:03 - John Taylor (Duran Duran)
Tacoland - The Dead Milkmen
Red Skies - The Fixx
Mothers Talk - Tears For Fears
Until Death (Us Do Part) - Front 242 (R)
Chrome - VNV Nation - Matter + Form (R)
Make Me Yours - Halovox (R)
The Great Commandment - Camouflage (to compare to Halovox song)

Duran Duran/Nick Rhodes Interview Segment
Careless Memories (self-titled album,1981)
Want You More (Astronaut, 2004)
--Interview w/ Nick Rhodes--
One of Those Days (Astronaut, 2004)
Rebel Rebel (live Bowie cover, c. 1992)
Planet Earth (live) (Arena, 1984)
Signals In Smoke - The Devils (Nick Rhodes/Stephen "Tin-Tin" Duffy)

Movement - LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
Rainy Day - APB
Que Cera Cera/Girl - Piney Gir
Speakeasy - Swayzak
The Loving Sounds of Static - Mobius Band - The Loving Sounds of Static
Sleep By Windows - Gary Numan
Question of Lust - Depeche Mode
The Dead of Night - Depeche Mode (R)
Penthouse & Pavement - Heaven 17
Confusion - New Order
Divine Intervention - Matthew Sweet
What is Love? - Howard Jones
Rockit - Herbie Hancock
Public Image - Public Image Ltd (R)
Nobody's Diary - Yaz
Take Me To The River - Talking Heads

(R) = Requests

Special Interview!

I cannot flippin' believe I got this chance! However, tonight I'm airing my interview w/ Nick Rhodes, keyboardist and founding member of Duran Duran! Listen for it sometime around top of the hour at 11pm.

If you miss the interview tonight, it will be re-broadcast this coming Wednesday night/Thursday morning on Chux Mix which airs from 1am to 5am.

Playlist July 30, 2005

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
Tied Up Too Tight - Hard-Fi - Cash Machine EP
True Faith (New Order cover) - Flunk
Snowblind - Swayzak
Astronaut - Luna
Subbacultcha - Pixies
Date w/ The Night - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (R)
Crash V8 - Kill Memory Crash - American Automatic
Johnny Makeup - Gravy Train!!!! - Are You Wigglin?
Future Sightings - I Am The World Trade Center
Tubular Bells/Pretty Boys & Pretty Girls (Regan's House Medley) - Book of Love (R)
Deception - Halovox
Don't Go - Yaz
Revenge - Ministry
Androgyne - Faux Fox
Static - The Countdown
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads (D)
Veronica - Elvis Costello (R)
We Are Glass - Gary Numan
Death Disco - Public Image Ltd
Sheila Take a Bow - The Smiths
Talking Loud & Clear - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Random Double-shot of Depeche Mode
Master, Set Me Free (mash-up)
Stripped (Highland Mix)

Shaking The Tree - Peter Gabriel
Globe of Frogs - Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Deep Honey - Goldfrapp
The Letter - PJ Harvey (D)
Lint of Love - Cibo Matto
What Kind of Girl? - APB
I'm Not Down - The Clash
Elegia - New Order
Celebrate - Real Life (oops)
Untied Undone - The Creatures
Is There Something I Should Know (Monster Mix) - Duran Duran
Tribulations - LCD Soundsystem

(to give Mike more time, I added another LCD Soundsystem song:

Losing My Edge


(R) = Requests
(D) = Dedications

Playlist July 16, 2005 (3rd B-day for R2E2)

I went with a party/birthday/celebration type of theme to commemorate the third year I've been producing this little show for Kansas City and surrounding communities.
All the asterisks (*) denote songs that fit into my theme by having appropriate words (party, celebrate/celebration, birthday, etc.) in the lyrics titles.

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
More Than A Party - Depeche Mode*
Happy Birthday - Altered Images*
This Is Radio Clash - The Clash
She's In Parties - Bauhaus*
Leechwife - Rasputina (R)
Good Tonic - Three Alarm Fire*
Still Standing - Veda*
Come Undone - Duran Duran*
Marianne - Sisters of Mercy (R)
Party Girl - U2*
All Tomorrow's Parties - The Velvet Underground*

Random Doubleshot of The B-52s
Rock Lobster - The B-52s*
Party Out of Bounds - "*

Unhappy Birthday - The Smiths* (R)
Black Celebration - Depeche Mode*
Happy Birthday - The Ramones/Simpsons*
Jubilation - Anything Box*
Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
2 2 Tail - Digitata - Sexually Transmitted Emotions
Your Retro Career Melted - The Faint* (I think it's appropos)
Night Shift - Siouxsie & The Banshees* (also appropos)
Signals in Smoke - The Devils
Beautiful Colours - Duran Duran
Red-Eye Express - Devo
We're Looking for the Whales - A-Ha
Birthday - The Sugar Cubes
Days of Swine & Roses - My Life w/ The Thrill Kill Kult (R)
Celebrate - Real Life*
Life Begins @ The Hop - XTC*
Goody Two Shoes (ext) - Adam Ant
A Message - ColdPlay - X&Y
Russian Radio - Red Flag
In Between Days (acoustic) - The Cure
Strawberry Cream Puffs - Shonen Knife
Fun To Be Had - Nitzer Ebb*
15 Minutes of Fame - Sheep on Drugs* (appropos)
Burundi - Pigface
I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead - Weird Al


(R) = Request

Upcoming Concerts

The next couple of weeks:
Action Action Sun. July 17th @ El Torreon
Billy Idol Wed. July 19th @ The Blue Note (Columbia)
Billy Idol Thu. July 21st@ The Uptown
Duran Duran Fri. July 22nd @ The Fox Theatre (St. Louis)
Duran Duran Sat. July 23rd @ The Midland Theatre
The Bravery Mon. July 25 @ The Madrid Theatre
Kasabian Mon. July 25 @ Mojos (Columbia)
Dressy Bessy Tue. July 26 @ Mojos (Columbia)
Von Bondies Tue. July 26 @ The Bottleneck (Lawrence)

August:
Le Tigre Tue. Aug. 2nd @ The Granada (Lawrence)
Elvis Costello, Wed. Aug. 3rd @ The Uptown
The White Stripes, Aug. 23 @ Starlight Theatre
Pretty Girls Make Graves Aug 23rd @ The Blue Note (Columbia)
Jack Johnson Aug 26th @ Starlight Theatre
Pretty Girls Make Graves Aug 29th @ The Bottleneck (Lawrence)

I'm sure there are some I'm missing, but it's not like anyone else can't check on pollstar or ticketmaster themselves. ;)

R2E2's 3rd Birthday

July 19, 2002 was the first night that Retro Red-Eye Express aired on KKFI. So, tune in this weekend (July 16th) when I celebrate the show's 3rd Birthday! Can you believe it's been three years? Where did the time go?

If anyone wants to do something special, please email me (retroredeye@gmail.com) in advance. I really don't like surprises late on a Saturday night. Believe me, it's been done. Unless you ask me in advance, please don't just turn up during the show.

FYI, I won't be doing the show on Saturday, July 23rd due to a special concert I'm attending (you know the one). Curt, host of "The Rocker" on Tuesday nights, will guest host to bring you his version of Retro Red-Eye Express.