This Tuesday Night @ Record Bar!

Also, this week's issue of The Pitch has a little blurb in the Night & Day section for Tuesday night! I gave 'em a photo too.

Here's the text:
Rocking On, Sunshine
By Rebecca Braverman

Music critics may use older bands Joy Division, Gang of Four, Echo & the Bunnymen to describe newer ones (particularly those that rip off the music of the early 80s), but what good does it do for listeners who have never heard the originals? Forever Young had a life before Youth Group and The O.C. but does anyone remember Alphaville?

Sunshine does. The host of Retro Red-Eye Express on KKFI 90.1 spins a mix of bands such as Devo and Bauhaus on Saturday nights from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. while blending in new tunes from up-and-comers like the Arctic Monkeys and We Are Scientists. Tonight she moves the music to the Record Bar (1020 Westport Road, 816-753-5207), where shell take the decks around 10 p.m. Old-school new-wave types: Sunshine encourages you to bust out your vintage gear. Tue., April 18, 10 p.m. Record Bar, 1020 Westport Rd. , Kansas City
Reference (link to the blurb online w/ photo)

Playlist April 8, 2006 (Fundraiser wk2)

I have to say thank you to those who did contribute to KKFI during my show the past couple of weeks. All of you helped Retro Red-Eye Express raise a total of $390 for the station this time around!

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
Circuit - Marbles - Expo
Talk Talk - Talk Talk
What Do All The People Know - The Monroes
Money Changes Everything - Cyndi Lauper
Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee
I Don't Want To Fall In Love - She Wants Revenge - s/t
Munich - Editors - The Back Room
Get A Grip On Yourself - The Stranglers
Lay All Your Love On Me (c. Abba) - Information Society
Overflow - Conner
Say You're Sorry - Ministry
Hyperactive - Thomas Dolby
Now - Meatbeat Manifesto (R)
A Dream - Cut Copy
Romanticide - Combo Audio
Man Overboard - Blondie
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - The Arcade Fire
Broken Heart - Red Flag (R)
You (Automator Remix) - Tokyo Marine Fire
A Forest - The Cure
Stigmata Martyr (Dance Mix) - Bauhaus
Victim Is Another Name For Lover - Sunshine
Living For The Weekend - Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV
Dress - PJ Harvey
Textbook - We Are Scientists
Scary Monsters - David Bowie
A Certain Romance - Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am...
Ascension Day - The Tear Garden
I Can't Get Behind That - William Shatner (feat. Henry Rollins)
Shipwrecked - The Perfects - Nigel Is Dead EP
Anarchy In The UK - Sex Pistols
Hollow Inside - The Buzzcocks
God Tonight - Real Life
Kool Thing - Sonic Youth
Blue Dress - Depeche Mode

(R) = Requests

Playlist April 1, 2006

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
Kiss That Frog - Peter Gabriel
Fingers In The Factories - Editors - The Back Room
Common People - Pulp (R)
What You Want - The Capes - Hello
Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes
Movement - LCD Soundsystem
We Care A Lot - Faith No More
Future - Cut Copy
Reptile - The Church
Black Cat - Broadcast
Let's Never Go To Sleep - Action Action
When The Pigs Drugged Alice - Polarized Mind
Social Fools - Devo
Static - The Countdown
Russian Radio - Red Flag
Red Red Sun - INXS
The Promise - When In Rome
Love Me Madly - Human League
Sleep By Windows - Gary Numan
Vienna - Ultravox
Blues From A Gun - Jesus & Mary Chain (R)
I Wanna Be A Cowboy - Boys Don't Cry
Loving The Alien - David Bowie
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (c. B. Dylan) - Bryan Ferry
London Calling - The Clash
Johnny & Mary - Robert Palmer
Always Crashing The Same Car (c. Bowie) - Silent Order
My Ever Changing Moods - Style Council
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division (R)


(R) = Requests

Thank You & Some Music News

First of all, many thanks to all who contributed during Retro Red-Eye Express last week and all throughout the week during our other programs. R2E2 managed to raise a respectable $220 last week. Your contributions help KKFI's independent voice continue to be heard! Let's try to up the ante tonight, shall we? I'm not entirely sure that my playlist for last week is complete, but I was kind of preoccupied, so I hope you will forgive me. Whatever I have will be posted a little bit later.

In Music News (Some of which is stolen borrowed from RememberTheEighties.com.):
Two members of Editors did an acoustic session during the "Rolling Stone Original" show during SXSW festival in Austin, TX recently. Here's a link to the over 15 minute peformance. It's in a format that only RealPlayer will read, so you will need to open RealPlayer and copy/paste the link address into the "Open Location" blank. It's definitely worth a listen. I think it's quite lovely.

Thomas Dolby is performing 20 dates in the US starting next week and going through May. Apparently he has a new album in the works as well and is warming himself up for something bigger. What has he been doing all this time? Apparently he founded a company called Beatnik that specializes in cell-phone ringtone software.

Psychedelic Furs and Love Spit Love frontman Richard Butler's first solo album is due out on April 18th (in the US), and he plays the last night of his US promotion tour tonight in Solana Beach, CA. (I can't tell you how much I wished he'd have visited us here in KC, but perhaps there's hope he'll add us to the upcoming Psych Furs tour rumored to take place this Summer.)

For those who haven't heard yet (I'm sure there's someone who hasn't yet), Bauhaus are playing US tour dates in support of Nine Inch Nails.

Duran Duran has been working on a new album and the latest I've heard is that they hope the first single will see a pre-Summer 2006 release. (One can only hope. Those guys are notorious perfectionists.)

I'm all kinds of excited for the May 10 Depeche Mode/She Wants Revenge show at Starlight in KC, MO! You're all going too, right?

Erasure are set to do an acoustic tour of the US and Europe, and have a new album due out on April 18th called Union St. It's comprised of reworkings of tracks from their back-catalogue, and they've released a new single called "Boy."

When In Rome, best known for their hit single "The Promise" (revisited recently on the Napoleon Dynamite soundtrack) have scheduled some US tour dates. Most notably is a gig on May 5th in Chicago, IL. Further info is forthcoming and should be available on their official myspace page.

90.1 FM & Retro Red-Eye need your support!

Spring has sprung, and you know what that means...

It's time for KKFI's Spring 2006 on-air fund drive! Please pledge your support for Kansas City's only listener supported, independent community radio station! Our fund drive runs for only 9 days, starting on Friday March 31st (yesterday) through Saturday April 8th.

There are a couple of different ways you can donate to KKFI.
1.) Local Phone: If you're local, call (816) 931-3122 during your favorite shows
2.) Toll-Free Phone: If you're from outside the Greater Kansas City area, you may call our special Toll-Free number (866) 745-6336
3) Website: you may donate via the web --- go to http://www.kkfi.org and submit your donation online.

Tune in tonight to Retro Red-eye Express for your weekly fix of New Wave/Alternative/Industrial/Punk, and help keep KKFI on the air!

Retro Red-eye spins @ The Record Bar!

Get ready to dance to your favorite tunes and mine on Tuesday, April 18th, because Retro Red-Eye Express will be spinning live at The Record Bar (after Rex Hobart) from around 10pm - 1:30am. If you're 21 or over, dust off your New Romantic/Dark Wave gear and come on down!

Venue: The Record Bar
Location: 1020 Westport Rd,Kansas City, MO 64111
Date: Tues., April 18th from
Time: 10pm(ish) - 1:30am (after Rex Hobart)

Still confused? The Record Bar is located next to First Watch inside the covered wagon shopping center on the North-West corner of Southwest Traffickway and Westport Rd.

Playlist Mar. 25, 2006

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am...
Here Comes Your Man - Pixies
First Base - The Capes - Hello
Desire On Repeat - Vedera
Video Killed The Radio Star (c. The Buggles) - Erasure (R)
Come Alive - The Devils
Macrovision - Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel
Digging Your Scene - The Blow Monkeys

Celebratory Nick Lowe Birthday Block
So It Goes - Nick Lowe
Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello
Middle of the Road - The Pretenders

Church of the Poison Mind - Culture Club
Shine - The Psychedelic Furs
Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III - Cornershop (R)
Tears Are Not Enough - ABC
In A Big Country (live) - Big Country
Unlovable - The Smiths
Dong Eat Dog - Adam Ant
Birth, School, Work, Death - The Godfathers
Jumping Someone Else's Train - The Cure
Stars of CCTV - Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV

Cheesetastic Song of the Week
I Go Crazy - Flesh For Lulu

Far Gone & Out - Jesus & Mary Chain
I Don't Remember - Peter Gabriel
For Miles Around (Scratch to Void) - People In Planes - EP
Lips Like Sugar - Echo & The Bunnymen
Nifty - Monc - TwentyOneNine Knox St
Vienna - Ultravox
Munich - Editors - The Back Room
Atmosphere - Joy Division
I'll Be Your Mirror (c. Velvet Underground) - The Primitives
Real Toys - Altered Images
John, I'm Only Dancing - David Bowie
Guns of Brixton - The Clash
Ever Fallen In Love - The Buzzcocks
That's Enhtertainment - The Jam
Blue Highway - Billy Idol
Lucky Number - Lene Lovich (R)
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Only A Memory - The Smithereens
Rock 'n' Roll High School - Ramones (R)
I Want Candy (live) - Bow Wow Wow
Someone's Lookin' At You - The Boomtown Rats
No Cabaret! - VHS or Beta

(R) = Requests

Playlist Mar. 18, 2006

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
Weekend - Ladytron - Witching Hour
We're Only Science - Dot-Allison
Mirror In The Bathroom - The English Beat (R)
Tightly Wound - The Capes - Hello
Antonio Baka Guy - Shonen Knife
Moi. - Kaito UK
Pluto Drive - The Creatures
Make Me Yours - Halovox
Red Flags & Lonely Nights - She Wants Revenge - s/t
Marelene Dietrich's Favourite Poem - Peter Murphy
It's A Hit - We Are Scientists - With Love & Squalor
Power Crisis - APB - Something To Believe In (reissue)
Tropical Flesh Mandala - Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Jezebel - Piney Gir
Walking In Silence - Veldt - The Cause: The Effect
Lovely 2 C U - Goldfrapp - Supernature
Lost In Time - Stellastar*
Violent Heart - Three Alarm Fire
All Sparks - Editors - The Back Room
Sanctified - Nine Inch Nails
Oh Fine - French Kicks
The Twilight - Cut Copy
Dream Attack - New Order
Day Sleeper - Longwave
She Is Mine - The Psychedelic Furs
How We Do - Mount Sims
I Know You Well - Ian McCulloch
Revenge - Ministry
Runaway Boys (live) - The Stray Cats
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before - The Smiths
This & That - Michael Penn
Sometimes - Midnight Oil
Space Girl Blues - Devo
Forever Live & Die - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Promise - Violent Femmes
Making Plans for Nigel - XTC
Monkey's Gone To Heaven - Pixies (R)


(R) = Requests

Playlist Mar. 11, 2006

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
Can't Lose - We Are Scientists - With Love & Squalor
Stigmata Martyr (Dance mix) - Bauhaus
Auto Mowdown - Devo
When Darkness Calls - Barry Adamson
Sugar Hooker - Jerra
She's Lost Control - Joy Division
The Falling Kind - Vedera
My Mind Ain't So Open - Magazine
New York, NY (German) - Nina Hagen (R) It was her 51st birthday!
Roy (Back from the offworld) - Happy Rhodes
Subbacultcha - Frank Black
Indigo Eyes - Peter Murphy (R)
Hollywood Boulevard - Big Audio Dynamite
Insanity Lurks Nearby - Frontline Assembly
At Home He's A Tourist - Gang of Four
Straight A's - Ambulance Ltd - New English EP
Dreamtime - The Stranglers (R)
Oblivious - Aztec Camera
Golden Playpen - INXS
Master & Servant - Depeche Mode (R)
Greasy Spoon - Ak-Momo
Balloon Man - Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Youth Culture Killed My Dog - They Might Be Giants
All The Things She Said - Simple Minds (R)
Vodiak - Stereolab - Fab Four Suture
You Tear Me Up - The Buzzcocks
Going Nowhere - Cut Copy
Anyone Out There - Duran Duran
Rip Her To Shreds (live) - Blondie
Trouble Ahead - The Grabs
Wishing (If I Had a Photograph) - A Flock of Seagulls

Random Morrissey Duo
Bigmouth Strikes Again (live) (Smiths song) - Morrissey
November Spawned A Monster (live) - "

The Last High - The Dandy Warhols (R)
I Wanna Eat Choco Bars - Shonen Knife
Jennifer - The Eurythmics
Cash Machine - Hard-Fi
Blue Day - Mount Sims
Ring of Fire (c. J. Cash) - Wall of Voodoo

(R) = Requests

Playlist Mar. 4, 2006

Wow... I'm terribly sorry that I set up these last two posts with "Watch This Space" last Sunday and never got to them until now. I had good intentions, but I didn't know then that I would be working a six day week. Last week I played a Depeche Mode song per hour to express my excitement about their upcoming show and the fact that tickets went on sale that Friday. At any rate... here is last week's list:

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
Strobe Light - The B-52s
Public Bath - Shonen Knife
KungFu Girls - Blondie
Textbook - We Are Scientists - With Love & Squalor
Pictures of You (live) - The Cure (to compare with the above song)
Walking In Silence - Veldt - The Cause: The Effect
Mongoloid - Devo
Out of Control - She Wants Revenge - s/t
The Darkest Star - Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel
Of Crime & Passion - Duran Duran
After All (c. Bowie) - The Mission UK
One Day - APB
Little Fluffy Clouds - The Orb (R)
Hand In Glove - The Smiths (R)
Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo (R)
Another Way - Swayzak
I Am The Light - Del Rey & The Sun Kings
Munich - Editors - The Back Room
Pyjamarama - Roxy Music
A Certain Romance - Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am...
Close To The Edit - The Art of Noise
Halo (Goldfrapp mix) - Depeche Mode
Seven Seas - Echo & The Bunnymen
Effigy (I'm Not An) - Ministry (R)
Changes - David Bowie
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - The Arcade Fire
Half Harvest - Michael Penn
Mayor of Simpleton - XTC
Living For The Weekend - Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV
Living On The Ceiling - Blancmange
Circling Overland - Front242
Time Stands Still - Cut Copy
Enola Gay - OMD
The Sun & The Rainfall - Depeche Mode
Promises Promises - Naked Eyes
Immortal - John Taylor
Momma Was An Opium Smoker (live) - Rasputina
Magnificent Seven - The Clash
The Diver - Stellastar*

(R) = Requests

Playlist Feb 25, 2006

Track - Artist - Album (if new)

Apollo - OMD
Modern Love is Automatic - A Flock of Seagulls
Fractured Beauty - Autohypnosis
Sooner Or Later - Flesh For LuLu
Shinjuku Hi-5 - The Capes - Hello
The Stand - The Alarm
If I Didn't Love You - Squeeze
Red Skies - The Fixx (R)
Totally Wired - The Fall (R)
Bizarre Love Triangle (D)
Victims - Culture Club (R)
I Hate it That I Got What I Wanted - Clearlake
Tigers Not Daugthers - Controller.Controller - X-Amounts
How Could I Forget - The Faint
Tied Up Too Tight - Hard-Fi
Autobahn Music Box - Cut Copy
Studio City (Misery Loves Company) - John Taylor
Shipwrecked - The Perfects
Legal Tender - The B-52s
Talk To Me - APB
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am...
Following Waves - French Kicks
Yes, I Am Blind - Morrissey
Twenty Killer Hurts - Gene Loves Jezebel
Creature - Piney Gir
Number 1 - Goldfrapp - Supernature
Mental Powers - Autonomadic
King Rocker - Generation X
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Ramones
Love In A Void - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Burning - Fugazi
Circuit - Marbles
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not - She Wants Revenge - s/t
Goody Two Shoes (ext.) - Adam Ant (R)
Das Modell - Kraftwerk
Told You So - Depeche Mode
Tribulations - LCD Soundsystem
Destroy Everything You Touch - Ladytron - Witching Hour
In Bloom - Ian McCulloch
Sister Europe - Psychedelic Furs
Problems - Sex Pistols
My Antarctica - Duran Duran


(R) = Requests
(D) = Dedication

APB News! "Something To Believe In" for Sure!

Last week I was ranting and raving again about how my APB "Something To Believe In" CD (which was "printed" in 1985) has been worse for wear these past couple of years. It had scuffs on it that, at first, started to make the sound of the first four tracks fuzzy, then eliminated them altogether. I had it buffed at a music store, but all it did was bring back the first two tracks (Shoot You Down and Talk To Me) in their fuzzy state.

As it is one of my most prized possessions, I have been all torn up about it, and those who were listening when I first bemoaned its demise a year ago heard me talk about how in looking to replace it, I found it was going for upwards of $100! Who buys a CD for $100?! Needless to say, I was gutted! If you look for it now, you'll find that a "slightly scuffed" copy goes for nearly $100, and a "new" one goes for nearly $250! Outrageous!

So, imagine my delight at learning via an old WDRE/WLIR DiscJockey (Love to you, DJ Bird!) that Young American Recordings is reissuing my beloved "Something To Believe In" in an expanded two-disc version (Feb 21, 2006), PLUS a Live At The BBC recording (March 14, 2006) as well! Not only that, the band has been in the studio and are looking to release some brand new music soon!

As of this moment I've just ordered my new copy of "Something To Believe In" from Young American Recordings, and I simply cannot wait for its arrival so I can again share with you my love of scottish funk band APB on-air! I just wonder if the price gouging will continue once the new reissue is out.

~Sunshine

PS - Look! They even did a gig with Soul legend James Brown!

Playlist Feb 11, 2006 (unValentine's Show) + Moving Units Interview

It's sort of become a tradition that I do a Valentine's show with a healthy dose of cynicism. In some ways this show was successful, and in some ways it failed. Then... there were all the requests I received for cheesy-upbeat singles that I honored. I suppose it became whatever it was, you know? My only hope (each time I do the show, in fact) is that those who listened in had fun doing so.

In other news:
Last night's Nine Inch Nails show was nothing short of phenomenal! I unfortunately missed Moving Units' opening set, because as always, flippin' Kansas City fails to mention if the time posted on the ticket is the door time or the show time, and Moving Units mustn't have played more than a 20 minute set. Sometimes there are things that this city truly needs to work on, I swear. "Disappointed" doesn't scratch the surface. I am way beyond upset.

Here was last week's playlist:
Track - Artist - Album (if new)
Inject Me - Pop Will Eat Itself
Phantom Bride - Erasure
Love Action (I believe in love) - The Human League
Fashion - David Bowie
Standing In The Way of Control - The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control
Cold Enough to Snow - The Grabs
Eighties - Killing Joke (R)
Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
First Base - The Capes - Hello
Apollo 9 - Adam & The Ants
Sheila Take A Bow - The Smiths (R)
Poison Arrow - ABC
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend - Ramones (R)
Analogue (All I Know) - A-Ha - Analogue
Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears (R)

Moving Units Interview segment
Going For Adds
--Interview--
Anyone

Love You More - The Buzzcocks
I Beg Your Pardon (12" mix) - Kon Kan
Saturdays - Cut Copy
Sex & Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll - Ian Dury & The Blockheads (R)
International Dateline - Ladytron - Witching Hour
Waiting Room - Fugazi
Out of Control - She Wants Revenge - s/t
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush (R)
A Message - Coldplay
Work For Love - Ministry
Together Alone - Mount Sims
Let Me Go - Heaven 17 (R)
The Sound of Single Girls - Three Alarm Fire
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys (R)
Too Much Love - LCD Soundsystem
I Like You (live) - Morrissey
Shoot You Down - APB
Overflow - Conner - Hello Graphic Missile*
Just Let Go - Pepe Deluxe (R)
Don't Change - INXS
Electric Barbarella - Duran Duran

(R) = Requests
(s/t) = Self-titled
* - Conner are a local band out of Lawrence, KS (connermusic.com)

Off to NIN/Moving Units, back next week

Unfortunately I won't be doing my show tomorrow night as I'll be going to see Nine Inch Nails and Moving Units at Kemper Arena. The fabulous Chuck of Chux Mix (Thurs. mornings 1am - 5am) will hold down the fort, though, so give him some love won'tcha? :)

Be sure to tune in next week, though as I'll be back to bring you more Retro-y goodness! I'm off to get some crackers to go with my cheese.

~Sunshine

Playlist Feb 4, 2006

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
I Dig U - Cult Hero
Pillage - Woven
The Robots (ext.) - Kraftwerk
Ooh La La - Goldfrapp - Supernature
Paranoiattack - The Faint
If I Ever (ext.) - Red Flag
Bombers In The Sky - The Thompson Twins (R)
Is That Love - Squeeze (R)
Carolyn's Fingers - Cocteau Twins
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Love & Anger - Kate Bush (R)
Place In The Country - Adam Ant (R)
Sour Times - Portishead
Walk Like Me - Blondie
Jocko Homo - Devo
Bleed to the Beat - Veronica Lipgloss & The Evil Eyes
BGlack Cat - Broadcast - Tender Buttons
Jealous Girls - The Gossip - Standing In The Way of Control
No Cabaret! - VHS or Beta
Young Parisians - Adam & The Ants
I Don't Mind - The Buzzcocks
These Things Take Time - The Smiths (R)
Something Wicked - Siouxsie & The Banshees (R)
Love Like Blood - Killing Joke
Sanskrit - Isidore
I Am The Light - Del Rey & The Sun Kings - I Am The Light
The Defector - Recoil
Getting Away With It - Electronic
Spring Fever - Digitata
Never Enough (live) - The Cure
Submission - Moving Units
Love Is A Stranger - The Eurythmics
I Know What Women Want - My Robot Friend
Blue Dress - Depeche Mode
Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles) - The Arcade Fire
Happy - PiL (R)
Roadrunner - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers (R)
Black Balloon - Mink Lungs (R)
The Kill - Fugazi (R)

(R) = Requests

Playlist Jan 28, 2006

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
If I Can't Have You - Mount Sims
Motorcrash - The Sugar Cubes
The Great Escape - We Are Scientists - With Love & Squalor
Hard Day - OMD (R)
Ascension - The Tear Garden
Darkening of the Light - Concrete Blonde (R)
Cash Machine - Hard-Fi - Cash Machine EP
Broken Heart - Red Flag
Like Lead - Veronica Lipgloss & The Evil Eyes
Can't Stand Losing You - The Police
Deep Honey - Goldfrapp

Double-Shot: Duran Duran
One of Those Days - Duran Duran (R)
Fame (c. Bowie) - Duran Duran

Already Gone - Woven
Overflow - Conner - Hello Graphic Missile
Dress - PJ Harvey
Cool For Cats - Squeeze (R)
Available - Moving Units
Out of the Blues - John Taylor
We're The Pet Shop Boys - My Robot Friend
White Room - The KLF
Bloodline - Recoil
That Smiling Face - Camouflage
Changes - The Perfects - Nigel Is Dead EP
Confessions of a Knife (Theme Pt 1) - My Life w/ the Thrill Kill Kult
Being Boiled - The Human League
Mini-skirt Blues - The Cramps (R)
Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) - Tears For Fears
Breath of Life - Erasure
God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols
Satellite - Depeche Mode
God Tonight - Real Life
Everywhere You Turn - Longwave
Break Up The Family - Morrissey
A Dream - Cut Copy (R)
Train of Thought - A-Ha
Victim Is Another Name for Lover - Sunshine
Like Cockatoos - The Cure
Heaven - Psychedelic Furs
Kick - Adam Ant
One Thing Leads To Another (live) - The Fixx
Another Man's Rhubarb - Pop Will Eat Itself
A Wish Away - The Wonderstuff

(R) = Requests

Playlist Jan 21, 2006

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
Dark Entries - Bauhaus
When I Disappear - Stellastar*
The Laundromat Song - The Dead Milkmen
Showroom Dummies - Kraftwerk
Sweet Thing - Meg Lee Chin (R)
Senescape - Azalia Snail - Avec Amour
Half A Person - The Smiths
This Scene Is Dead - We Are Scientists - With Love & Squalor
Hounds of Love (c. Kate Bush) - The Futureheads
Big Store - The Devils
Dressed In Black - Depeche Mode
Go About Your Day - Three Alarm Fire
Down In The Park - Gary Numan
Sexuality - Billy Bragg
You Got Me - VHS or Beta
Push - The Cure
Janie Jones - The Clash
One of Our Submarines Is Missing - Thomas Dolby (R)
Palace Filled w/ Love - APB
Thunderstatement - Jai-Alai Savant - Thunderstatement EP
What Do I Get? - The Buzzcocks
Seven Seas - Echo & The Bunnymen
Freedom of Choice - Devo
Secret (12" mix) - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
The Twilight - Cut Copy (R)
Run of the Mill - John Taylor
Nighttime Ride - Big Audio Dynamite
Out of My Mind (live) - Duran Duran
Take Me I'm Yours - Squeeze
Dog Eat Dog - Adam Ant
My Mind Ain't So Open - Magazine
Love Me Madly - Human League
Dark Is The Night - A-Ha
Blue Day - Mount Sims
Put Down That Weapon - Midnight Oil
Khundalini Express - Love & Rockets (R)
Circuit - Marbles - Expo
Promises, Promises - Naked Eyes
Men In Belted Sweaters - Mink Lungs (R)
Is She Really Going Out with Him - Joe Jackson
China Girl - Iggy Pop
Nightmares - Violent Femmes
Everyday I Write The Book - Elvis Costello

(R) = Requests

New Music Recs for 1/21/06

Lately, I've been scouring MySpace for new music and have come up with some gems. The best thing about MySpace is that you can sample some of each band's music and decide very quickly whether or not they're any good. So, I want to share with you what I've come across:

The Flies
Talk about beautiful music... These guys are out of Bristol, England and have worked with acts like Tricky, Goldfrapp, and Portishead, among others.

Veldt
Out of Brighton, England (down on the southern coast), this band have lots of ethereal beauty to at least two of their dreamy songs. They sound like they draw influence from bands as disparate as A-Ha, Robyn Hitchcock, The Eurythmics and The Beatles. These guys actually just found me. Give 'em a listen.

We Are Scientists
These guys are creating a crazy buzz all over. All I know is that they're from the US, as their profile isn't specific. Their album was just released a week ago Tuesday, and their single "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt" has gotten plenty of airplay on 96.5 The Buzz. They're actually american, but have done lots of touring in the UK already. Their sound is choc-a-block with retro-y goodness. Think Moving Units, Gang of Four, etc.

Cut Copy
Okay, I didn't find out about this Australian electronic band via MySpace, but they are absolutely worth a mention. I saw them live when they opened for Franz Ferdinand, and they are just amazing.

Stimulator
Another band I didn't find out about from MySpace. This California based band opened for Duran Duran during part of their US tour, and I got to see them open for them when they played Kansas City. They are retro-y and put on a great show.

Astronaut
An NY based band. Great stuff! I don't know what else to say about them. Also didn't find them on MySpace.

Femme Fatality
Based in Missouri (St. Charles, I think), these guys are good to check out.

Vedera
Vedera (formerly Veda) are amazing! They're local Kansas City talent that is already going places! It's sad they had to change their band name because of some losers from California called "Veada"...that's all I'm gonna say on that. I digress, this band is one of the best things to come out of Kansas City in a while. Kristin has a beautiful voice and their instrumentation is nothing short of spectacular. If you are into Cocteau Twins, Bjork, or other bands fronted by beautiful, strong female voices, you have to check out Vedera.

The Tender Box
This CA based retro-alt-rock band isn't even signed yet, though they're getting airplay on California's Indie 103.1 FM and KROQ stations, not to mention their full tour schedule. Look out for them!

Clear Static
California based (are we seeing a patern forming here?) Clear Static are good, somewhat clean fun. They have a single out called Make-Up Sex which shows promise. These guys also opened for Duran Duran for part of their US tour this past Summer.

Orson
London, England based, pop-retro-rock, great stuff! Also supported Duran Duran at their recent UK shows. I swear I'm not biased! Ha!

Suit of Lights
Dreamy... good stuff out of Totowa, NJ.

The God Project
Industrial/Goth Rock out of the dark, brooding, college-town depths of Lawrence, KS.

Chew on that for a while. There's quite a lot more to be discovered, but I will continue this later. This entry barely scratches the surface.

A-Ha Interviewed on BBC Radio 2 Fri. 1/20

You can "Listen Again" for up to one week here: www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/bruce/sessions/aha.shtml

For the out of the loop...
Their new album "Analogue" is released on Jan 30th in the UK and they're slated to do a signing the day of it's UK release, and play a gig at Shepard's Bush Empire in London on Feb 2nd.

Playlist Jan 14, 2006

Track - Artist - Album (if new)
Number 1 - Goldfrapp - Supernature
Being Boring - Pet Shop Boys
Selbstportrait mit Kater - Einsturzende Neubauten (R)
Circling Overland - Front 242
Blues From A Gun - Jesus & Mary Chain (R)
How Soon Is Now - The Smiths (R)
When You Open - Marbles - Expo
Mummy Cat Part 1 - Electronicat
Idols - Altered Images
At Home He's A Tourist - Gang of Four
EMI - Sex Pistols
Pinhead - Ramones
I Am A Poseur - X-Ray Specs
Sombre Detune - Royksopp
Stand or Fall (live) - The Fixx
Confusion - New Order (R)
Grounds For Divorce - Wolf Parade
Concrete Sky - Beth Orton
Spy Of Love - INXS
Venus As A Boy - Bjork
Lorelei - Cocteau Twins
El Diablo - Arcadia
Keep It Coming - Swayzak
Highwire Days - Psychedelic Furs
Over & Over - Hot Chip (single)
Sex Dwarf - Soft Cell
Que Sera Sera/Girl - Piney Gir (D)
Saltwater - Isidore
Halo - Depeche Mode
24 Hours - Joy Division (R)
Out Of The Blues - John Taylor
Going For Adds - Moving Units
That's Entertainment - The Jam (R)
No Escape - Cabaret Voltaire (R)
Doctorin' The Tardis - The Time Lords (R)
SUV - Faux Fox
Virginia Plain - Roxy Music
Une Annee Sans Lumiere - Arcade Fire
In Between Days (live) - The Cure
Black Balloon - Mink Lungs (R)

(R) = Requests
(D) = Dedication