“Kirsty MacColl was cute as a button and smarter than anyone, and didn’t take any bullshit.”
David Medsker
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David Medsker used to be "with it." But then they changed what "it" was. Now what he's "with" isn't "it," and what's "it" seems weird and scary to him. He is available for children's parties.
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Total widescreen pop show this week, and new Simple Minds!
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When it takes an hour to come up with a follow-up track to a song…that’s a sign.
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In which I come face to face with the fact that I am still ‘Sitting on the Floor Playing with Tapes’ David, and always will be.
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In which I rave about a Pernice Brothers song, and then throw Joe Pernice under the bus for being a jerk to the guy on the mixing board at a show.
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Thomas Dolby is one of the few people to have enough money to have Oprah killed. Not that he would.
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Have you thanked your mother lately? No, seriously, thank your mother.
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*Enters ‘Holiday’ into iTunes search bar* Hey, I think I can make this work!
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For the first time in this show’s history, I stay in my (’80s) lane.
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Fair warning: this week’s show was heavily influenced by “Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs That Defined the 1980s.”
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This week’s show is a love letter to next week’s Summerfest. $13 weekday tickets. That is not a typo.
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Five acts from Scotland, and a cover of a sixth Scottish act. And remember, if it’s not Scottish…
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It is the sound of a band acting their age, while making fun of it at the same time.
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I do a set of cover songs that may make the writer of both songs call me a wanker. One can only hope, anyway.
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The lesson to be learned here is, don’t say ‘power pop’ to Marshall Crenshaw. Also, don’t call Kerli a Goth. She will hurt you.
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Today is Take Your Child to Work Day. I took that one step further.
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In which my cat unintentionally makes his Dizzy Heights debut.
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If you were a modern rock club rat in the late ’80s, this mix will speak to you.
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Vacation, all I ever wanted. Vacation, have to post a show. Vacation, happy birthday to my son.
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Welcome to Mope Like Me, the audio book version! Wait, where are you going?
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My first request: will you play a melodic pop/prog set? Yes, Yes, I will.
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Seven years from the 1990s are represented this week. But you should listen, anyway.
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Not gonna lie, this is a strange show, but it all makes sense in the Medskerverse, if you take a step back.
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Fans of a-ha, Sigue Sigue Sputnik and the Thompson Twins might want to tune in, you know, in case I play any bands similar to them.
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If you’re married to me, you will really, really like this show.
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Dizzy Heights is proud to present its first world premiere of a band. But you have to listen to the very end to hear it, because I am a cruel and terrible person.
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I’m still laughing that I went from Ellie Goulding to an ’80s hard rock icon with only two songs in between. What hard rock icon, you ask? Check the episode’s…