With no offense to all those year-end lists filled with artists you’ve never heard of, this list should include lots of familiar names for listeners of a certain age…
Thompson Twins
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David Medsker
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The idea came, as a lot of my ideas do, from a Duran Duran song. Do I have enough songs to do a full show about dreams? As I quickly…
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David Medsker
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Many of Bailey’s 80s-era peers have been trying to write songs this good as far back as 1984, and here he is, 34 years later, besting them at the top of their game. They must be furious.
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David Medsker
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I have an all-female band. And my big joke is that every time we hit a town, if it was guys, they’d be saying, ”Where’s the guitar shop?” With the girls, they all say, ”Where’s the Whole Foods store?”
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David Medsker
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In which I execute a pivot so sharp that only John Cleese can effectively prepare the audience for what’s about to happen. And so he does. And a new Dizzy Heights tradition is born.
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David Medsker
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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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Keith Creighton
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There’s no shortage of scrape the vaults, lost demos saturated, resist the urge overkill, 10-pound, 20-disc, collector’s edition reissues designed to take the hardcore fan by the ankles to shake…
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Popdose Staff
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Here’s where we start digging into Disc 4 of the seven-disc box set Like, Omigod! The ’80s Pop Culture Box (Totally). Let’s waste no time — grab your shovels and…
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Popdose Staff
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And it’s on to Disc 3 of this seven-disc compilation — and it looks like we’ve pinpointed the moment when the 80s become, irrevocably, ”The Eighties”… #1 Duran Duran, ”Hungry…
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David Medsker
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David Medsker runs 1992 through the beat mix blender.
Kelly Stitzel
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Strap on your velcro hi-top Reeboks and your day-glo leotard. It’s time for another crazy fun ’80s dance party!
Kelly Stitzel
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This week’s ’80s Dance Party is brought to you by heartbreak, passion, longing, lace and dark lipstick.
David Medsker
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It’s White Label Friday, kids! When I say dance, you best dance, muthafucka! Note: It should be said up front that most of these MP3s were acquired during the Wild…
Dave Steed
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Looking at pictures of Tiffany for this week got me a little hot and bothered, shall we say. It’s always fun to dig up the Playboys in the attic, isn’t…
David Medsker
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David Medsker goes back in time and returns with a retro beat mix this week, featuring songs from a-ha, Wham!, Pet Shop Boys, Go West, and many more.
John C. Hughes
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There are certain acts and albums I absolutely adored in my younger days in the ’80s that I don’t quite care for now. One of these groups is the Thompson…
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