Overview
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| 120. | 2011 | 2012 |
Contents
| December 27, 1987 | Mojo Nixon |
| December 20, 1987 | host Kevin Seal |
| December 13, 1987 | host Kevin Seal |
| November 29, 1987 | host Adam Curry |
| October ?, 1987 | host Adam Curry |
| September ?, 1987 | host Kevin Seal |
| July 5, 1987 | host Alan Hunter |
| May 10, 1987 | host Alan Hunter |
| May 3, 1987 | host Alan Hunter |
| April 19, 1987 | host Alan Hunter |
| March 22, 1987 | (no guest listed) |
| March 15, 1987 | host Downtown Julie Brown |
| February 1, 1987 | (no guest listed) |
| January 25, 1987 | host Downtown Julie Brown |
| September 28, 1986 | (no guest listed) |
| April 27, 1986 | host J.J. Jackson |
December 27,
1987
Source for this playlist: David G.
Public Image Limited - Seattle
Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion
Bryan Ferry - The Right Stuff
Easter - Lights Out
Gene Loves Jezebel - The Motion of Love
The Housemartins - Caravan of Love
Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
Sinead O'Connor - Troy
Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper - Elvis is Everywhere
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
That Petrol Emotion - Genius Move
Fields of the Nephilim - Preacher Man
Love and Rockets - No New Tale to Tell
Guadalcanal Diary - Litany (Life Goes On)
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Age of Chance - Don't Get Mad, Get Even
Sonic Youth - Beauty Lies in the Eye
Echo and the Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses
The Lime Spiders - My Favorite Room
The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
Three Hits - Lori (The Last Girl on the Beach)
Thoughts from Jeremy H.: "What I have has Mojo Nixon as a special guest. He's talking about the U.S. funding of the contras. It's pretty cool to look at now."
Source for this playlist: David G.
Public Image Limited - Seattle
Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion
Bryan Ferry - The Right Stuff
Easter - Lights Out
Gene Loves Jezebel - The Motion of Love
The Housemartins - Caravan of Love
Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
Sinead O'Connor - Troy
Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper - Elvis is Everywhere
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
That Petrol Emotion - Genius Move
Fields of the Nephilim - Preacher Man
Love and Rockets - No New Tale to Tell
Guadalcanal Diary - Litany (Life Goes On)
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Age of Chance - Don't Get Mad, Get Even
Sonic Youth - Beauty Lies in the Eye
Echo and the Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses
The Lime Spiders - My Favorite Room
The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
Three Hits - Lori (The Last Girl on the Beach)
Thoughts from Jeremy H.: "What I have has Mojo Nixon as a special guest. He's talking about the U.S. funding of the contras. It's pretty cool to look at now."
December 20,
1987
Source for this playlist: Amy Macnamara
Host: Kevin Seal
This is a partial episode for sure and I can't reconstruct it because when I tried to play the tape it was nothing but blank static. I am going by what my 7th grade handwriting had written down on the tape insert:
"The Right Stuff" - Bryan Ferry
"Postcards From Paradise" - Flesh For Lulu
"Lips Like Sugar" - Echo & The Bunnymen
"Happy When It Rains" - Jesus & Mary Chain
"It's The End Of The World As We Know It" - R.E.M.
"Binoculars" - Fetchin' Bones
"Revenge" - Ministry (Cult Classic)
"Don't Let's Start" - They Might Be Giants
"Snake Handler" - Divine Horsemen
"Ahead" - Wire
"Desire" - Gene Loves Jezebel
"True Faith" - New Order
Record Reviews - Dave Kendall
120 X-ray - Richard Lloyd
Source for this playlist: Amy Macnamara
Host: Kevin Seal
This is a partial episode for sure and I can't reconstruct it because when I tried to play the tape it was nothing but blank static. I am going by what my 7th grade handwriting had written down on the tape insert:
"The Right Stuff" - Bryan Ferry
"Postcards From Paradise" - Flesh For Lulu
"Lips Like Sugar" - Echo & The Bunnymen
"Happy When It Rains" - Jesus & Mary Chain
"It's The End Of The World As We Know It" - R.E.M.
"Binoculars" - Fetchin' Bones
"Revenge" - Ministry (Cult Classic)
"Don't Let's Start" - They Might Be Giants
"Snake Handler" - Divine Horsemen
"Ahead" - Wire
"Desire" - Gene Loves Jezebel
"True Faith" - New Order
Record Reviews - Dave Kendall
120 X-ray - Richard Lloyd
December 13,
1987
Source for this playlist: Amy Macnamara
Host: Kevin Seal
"Stop me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" - The Smiths
"Oh Lucky Man" - Grapes Of Wrath
Dave's Record Reviews: Hagatha, a German Christian Industrial rock band whose name I can't spell, Jesters Of Destiny (?), and Dead Milkmen
"Fourth Of July" - X
"It's The End Of The World As We Know It" - R.E.M.
"Pump Up The Volume - M/A/R/R/S
"Gone Daddy Gone" - Violent Femmes (Cult Classic)
"It's A Wonderful Life" - Fishbone
120 X-Ray on the Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Fight Like A Brave" - RHCP
"Never Let Me Down" - Depeche Mode
"Motion Of Love" - Gene Loves Jezebel
"Wheels Turning" - The Woodentops
Dave's Record Reviews: Less Than Zero (soundtrack), Straight To Hell (soundtrack), The Black Girls, Great Plains
"Cara Lee" - Chris Stamie
"E=MC2" - Big Audio Dynamite
"Second Chance" - Lemonheads
"Big Time Operator" - Dead Milkmen
New Music News: Nitzer Ebb will not be able to open for Depeche Mode in North America because their visas were turned down, Pogues make a new album with Joe Strummer + a clip from their new video "Fairytale In New York", AIDS Benefit in NYC called Where The Rubber Hits The Road.
"I Wanna Be A Flintstone" - Screaming Blue Messiahs
Kevin Seal signs off and says "I leave you with Public Image Ltd, the Housemartins, and The Cure." Tape ends.
During the episode Kevin Seal also announces videos by The Golden Palaminos (?), That Petrol Emotion, and Fields Of The Nephilum, which I didn't record.
Source for this playlist: Amy Macnamara
Host: Kevin Seal
"Stop me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" - The Smiths
"Oh Lucky Man" - Grapes Of Wrath
Dave's Record Reviews: Hagatha, a German Christian Industrial rock band whose name I can't spell, Jesters Of Destiny (?), and Dead Milkmen
"Fourth Of July" - X
"It's The End Of The World As We Know It" - R.E.M.
"Pump Up The Volume - M/A/R/R/S
"Gone Daddy Gone" - Violent Femmes (Cult Classic)
"It's A Wonderful Life" - Fishbone
120 X-Ray on the Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Fight Like A Brave" - RHCP
"Never Let Me Down" - Depeche Mode
"Motion Of Love" - Gene Loves Jezebel
"Wheels Turning" - The Woodentops
Dave's Record Reviews: Less Than Zero (soundtrack), Straight To Hell (soundtrack), The Black Girls, Great Plains
"Cara Lee" - Chris Stamie
"E=MC2" - Big Audio Dynamite
"Second Chance" - Lemonheads
"Big Time Operator" - Dead Milkmen
New Music News: Nitzer Ebb will not be able to open for Depeche Mode in North America because their visas were turned down, Pogues make a new album with Joe Strummer + a clip from their new video "Fairytale In New York", AIDS Benefit in NYC called Where The Rubber Hits The Road.
"I Wanna Be A Flintstone" - Screaming Blue Messiahs
Kevin Seal signs off and says "I leave you with Public Image Ltd, the Housemartins, and The Cure." Tape ends.
During the episode Kevin Seal also announces videos by The Golden Palaminos (?), That Petrol Emotion, and Fields Of The Nephilum, which I didn't record.
November 29,
1987
Source for this playlist: Amy Macnamara
Host: Adam Curry
120 X-Ray: Love & Rockets
"Never Let Me Down" - Depeche Mode
"Body" - PiL
"Anything, Anything" - Dramarama
"Surf & Destroy" - B'last
"I Don't Wanna Know If You Are Lonely" - Husker Du
"Postcards From Paradise" - Flesh For Lulu
"The Stand" - The Alarm (Cult Classic Clip)
"No New Tale To Tell" - Love & Rockets
"Life Goes On" - Guadicanal Diary
"Genius Move" - That Petrol Emotion
"My Boyfriend" - The Cucumbers
"Alone Again Or" - The Damned
"The Passenger" - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Dave Kendall Reviews records by Screaming Blue Messiahs and Plan Nine (?)
"It's A Wonderful Life" - Fishbone
"Around The World" - Pressure Boys
"Caravan Of Love" - Housemartins
"Deep & Wide & Tall" - Aztec Camera
"I Wanna Live" - The Ramones
Source for this playlist: Amy Macnamara
Host: Adam Curry
120 X-Ray: Love & Rockets
"Never Let Me Down" - Depeche Mode
"Body" - PiL
"Anything, Anything" - Dramarama
"Surf & Destroy" - B'last
"I Don't Wanna Know If You Are Lonely" - Husker Du
"Postcards From Paradise" - Flesh For Lulu
"The Stand" - The Alarm (Cult Classic Clip)
"No New Tale To Tell" - Love & Rockets
"Life Goes On" - Guadicanal Diary
"Genius Move" - That Petrol Emotion
"My Boyfriend" - The Cucumbers
"Alone Again Or" - The Damned
"The Passenger" - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Dave Kendall Reviews records by Screaming Blue Messiahs and Plan Nine (?)
"It's A Wonderful Life" - Fishbone
"Around The World" - Pressure Boys
"Caravan Of Love" - Housemartins
"Deep & Wide & Tall" - Aztec Camera
"I Wanna Live" - The Ramones
October ?, 1987
Source for this playlist: Keith B.
Host: Adam Curry
The Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
54-50 - Walk In Line
Flesh For Lulu - Postcards From Paradise
Jesus & Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains
(New releases - Erasure - The Circus 12" (Sept. 21, 1987); Test Dept. - A Good Night Out (1987); RuPaul / La Palace de Beatue - Ping Ting Ting (1987); P.M.S. - s/t)
R.E.M. - It's the End of the World as we Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Love and Rockets - All in my Mind
Killing Joke - Eighties
The Grapes of Wrath - Oh Lucky Man
Lene Lovich - New Toy
Leather Nun - I Can Smell Your Thoughts
(Faith No More interview)
Faith No More - We Care A Lot
Public Image Ltd. - Body
Aztec Camera - Deep & Wide & Tall
Chris Stamey - Cara Lee
Jane's Addiction - Trip Away
Fetchin' Bones - Binoculars
(New releases with Dave Kendall - Eurythmics - Savage (11/14/87); Crocodile Shop - Head 12" (1987); Thin White Rope - Bottom Feeders (1987); Mission of Burma - 79-82 Taang rerelease)
Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
Icicle Works - Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)
Screaming Blue Messiahs - I Wanna Be a Flintstone
The Cure - Close to Me
Game Theory - The Real Sheila
The Bears - Trust
Woodentops - Give It Time
M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume
Source for this playlist: Keith B.
Host: Adam Curry
The Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
54-50 - Walk In Line
Flesh For Lulu - Postcards From Paradise
Jesus & Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains
(New releases - Erasure - The Circus 12" (Sept. 21, 1987); Test Dept. - A Good Night Out (1987); RuPaul / La Palace de Beatue - Ping Ting Ting (1987); P.M.S. - s/t)
R.E.M. - It's the End of the World as we Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Love and Rockets - All in my Mind
Killing Joke - Eighties
The Grapes of Wrath - Oh Lucky Man
Lene Lovich - New Toy
Leather Nun - I Can Smell Your Thoughts
(Faith No More interview)
Faith No More - We Care A Lot
Public Image Ltd. - Body
Aztec Camera - Deep & Wide & Tall
Chris Stamey - Cara Lee
Jane's Addiction - Trip Away
Fetchin' Bones - Binoculars
(New releases with Dave Kendall - Eurythmics - Savage (11/14/87); Crocodile Shop - Head 12" (1987); Thin White Rope - Bottom Feeders (1987); Mission of Burma - 79-82 Taang rerelease)
Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
Icicle Works - Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)
Screaming Blue Messiahs - I Wanna Be a Flintstone
The Cure - Close to Me
Game Theory - The Real Sheila
The Bears - Trust
Woodentops - Give It Time
M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume
September ?, 1987
Source for this playlist: Keith B.
Host: Kevin Seal
The Fleshtones - I Was A Teenage Zombie
Yello - Oh Yeah
(New releases with Dave Kendall - Pressure Boys - Krandlebanum Monumentus; The Rain - Enough (single); The Ramones - Halfway to Sanity; Dee-Dee King - Funkyman)
Public Image Ltd - Seattle
Concrete Blonde - Still in Hollywood
Caterwaul - A Flower and a Stone
The Go-Betweens - Bye Bye Pride
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
New Order - True Faith
(Tama Janowitz interview)
Tom Waits - Blow Wind Blow
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Elvis is Everywhere
Dead Milkmen - Big Time Operator
Bad Brains - I Against I
The Royal Courts of China - It's All Changed
The Icicle Works - Evangeline
(Smiths breakup; career retrospective with Dave Kendall)
The Brandos - Gettysburg
Mood Six - I Saw the Light
The Bolshoi - Please
It's Immaterial - Drifting Away From Home
The Stranglers - Big In America
That Petrol Emotion - Big Decision
(Tama Janowitz interview)
Paul Kelly and the Messengers - Darling It Hurts
Source for this playlist: Keith B.
Host: Kevin Seal
The Fleshtones - I Was A Teenage Zombie
Yello - Oh Yeah
(New releases with Dave Kendall - Pressure Boys - Krandlebanum Monumentus; The Rain - Enough (single); The Ramones - Halfway to Sanity; Dee-Dee King - Funkyman)
Public Image Ltd - Seattle
Concrete Blonde - Still in Hollywood
Caterwaul - A Flower and a Stone
The Go-Betweens - Bye Bye Pride
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
New Order - True Faith
(Tama Janowitz interview)
Tom Waits - Blow Wind Blow
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Elvis is Everywhere
Dead Milkmen - Big Time Operator
Bad Brains - I Against I
The Royal Courts of China - It's All Changed
The Icicle Works - Evangeline
(Smiths breakup; career retrospective with Dave Kendall)
The Brandos - Gettysburg
Mood Six - I Saw the Light
The Bolshoi - Please
It's Immaterial - Drifting Away From Home
The Stranglers - Big In America
That Petrol Emotion - Big Decision
(Tama Janowitz interview)
Paul Kelly and the Messengers - Darling It Hurts
July 5, 1987
Source for this playlist: Keith B.
Host: Alan Hunter
(date from Alan saying "I hope you had a rad Independence Day")
Laibach - Geburt Einer Nation (Queen cover)
(New Releases - Psychedelic Furs - Shock; Trance Dance - A Ho Ho; Mood Six - I Saw the Light; Lonely Is An Eyesore (4AD comp))
The Golden Palominos - Boy (Go)
Nitzer Ebb - Murderous
The Downsiders - Another Horn's Cry (Count on Your Hands)
Long Ryders - I Want You Bad
Black Flag - TV Party
Suicidal Tendencies - Possessed to Skate
("Athens, GA Inside/Out" contest winners - tour of Athens)
R.E.M. - (All I've Got To Do Is) Dream (from "Athens, GA: Inside/Out")
The Wolfgang Press - Cut the Tree
Screaming Blue Messiahs - Wild Blue Yonder
The The - Infected
The Smiths - Sheila Take a Bow
Julian Cope - Eve's Volcano
(New releases - Trouble Funk - Trouble Over Here; Force M.D.'s - Love is a House; Kid Creole & The Coconuts - I Too Have Seen the Woods; The Saints - Temple of the Lord)
Spear of Destiny - Strangers in Our Town
(end cuts off)
Source for this playlist: Keith B.
Host: Alan Hunter
(date from Alan saying "I hope you had a rad Independence Day")
Laibach - Geburt Einer Nation (Queen cover)
(New Releases - Psychedelic Furs - Shock; Trance Dance - A Ho Ho; Mood Six - I Saw the Light; Lonely Is An Eyesore (4AD comp))
The Golden Palominos - Boy (Go)
Nitzer Ebb - Murderous
The Downsiders - Another Horn's Cry (Count on Your Hands)
Long Ryders - I Want You Bad
Black Flag - TV Party
Suicidal Tendencies - Possessed to Skate
("Athens, GA Inside/Out" contest winners - tour of Athens)
R.E.M. - (All I've Got To Do Is) Dream (from "Athens, GA: Inside/Out")
The Wolfgang Press - Cut the Tree
Screaming Blue Messiahs - Wild Blue Yonder
The The - Infected
The Smiths - Sheila Take a Bow
Julian Cope - Eve's Volcano
(New releases - Trouble Funk - Trouble Over Here; Force M.D.'s - Love is a House; Kid Creole & The Coconuts - I Too Have Seen the Woods; The Saints - Temple of the Lord)
Spear of Destiny - Strangers in Our Town
(end cuts off)
May 10, 1987
Source for this playlist: Tom Walsh
Host: Alan Hunter
Cocteau Twins - Love's Easy Tears
Mission U.K. - Severina
120 Spotlight on Frontier Records (by Dave Kendall)
Huxton Creepers - Autumn Leaves (4)*
Ups & Downs - Living Mind (4)
Mighty Lemon Drops - My Biggest Thrill (4)
Camper Van Beethoven - Good Guys and Bad Guys (4)
Tour Info on Young Fresh Fellows
XTC - Senses Working Overtime (Cult Classic video)
XTC - Dear God (Hip Clip of the Week)
120 X-Ray on Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies - Possessed to Skate (4)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Passenger (World Premiere) (4)
Fuzzbox - Love Is the Slug (4)
Faith No More - We Care a Lot (4)
Kraftwerk - The Telephone Call
Erasure - Sometimes
120 Spotlight on Club Music (by Dave Kendall)
Red Box - Lean on Me (4)
Thrashing Doves - Beautiful Imbalance (4)
The Damned - Alone Again Or (4)
Big Dipper - Faith Healer (4)
Quote of the Week
Kid Curry - In America (Basement Tapes Winner)
The Cure - Why Can't I Be You
New Music News
Cro-Mags - We Gotta Know (4)
Spear of Destiny - Strangers in Our Town (4)
The The - Heartland (4)
Iggy Pop - Isolation (4)
Note: Dave Kendall was only a voiceover at this point. I *think* he started appearing onscreen (in shadows or solarized) during the Kevin Seal era.
* the (4) designates part of a "4 in a Row" block.
Source for this playlist: Tom Walsh
Host: Alan Hunter
Cocteau Twins - Love's Easy Tears
Mission U.K. - Severina
120 Spotlight on Frontier Records (by Dave Kendall)
Huxton Creepers - Autumn Leaves (4)*
Ups & Downs - Living Mind (4)
Mighty Lemon Drops - My Biggest Thrill (4)
Camper Van Beethoven - Good Guys and Bad Guys (4)
Tour Info on Young Fresh Fellows
XTC - Senses Working Overtime (Cult Classic video)
XTC - Dear God (Hip Clip of the Week)
120 X-Ray on Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies - Possessed to Skate (4)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Passenger (World Premiere) (4)
Fuzzbox - Love Is the Slug (4)
Faith No More - We Care a Lot (4)
Kraftwerk - The Telephone Call
Erasure - Sometimes
120 Spotlight on Club Music (by Dave Kendall)
Red Box - Lean on Me (4)
Thrashing Doves - Beautiful Imbalance (4)
The Damned - Alone Again Or (4)
Big Dipper - Faith Healer (4)
Quote of the Week
Kid Curry - In America (Basement Tapes Winner)
The Cure - Why Can't I Be You
New Music News
Cro-Mags - We Gotta Know (4)
Spear of Destiny - Strangers in Our Town (4)
The The - Heartland (4)
Iggy Pop - Isolation (4)
Note: Dave Kendall was only a voiceover at this point. I *think* he started appearing onscreen (in shadows or solarized) during the Kevin Seal era.
* the (4) designates part of a "4 in a Row" block.
May 3, 1987
Source for this playlist: Tom Walsh
Host: Alan Hunter
This is the only video I know for certain since the May 10, 1987, episode mentioned it premiered on "last week's show."
XTC - Dear God (World Premiere)
Probably at the beginning of the second hour.
Source for this playlist: Tom Walsh
Host: Alan Hunter
This is the only video I know for certain since the May 10, 1987, episode mentioned it premiered on "last week's show."
XTC - Dear God (World Premiere)
Probably at the beginning of the second hour.
April 19, 1987
Source for this playlist: Keith B.
Host: Alan Hunter
(date clue: My Demon Lover in theaters this Friday - rel. 4/24/87)
Thrashing Doves - Beautiful Imbalance
Mighty Lemon Drops - My Biggest Thrill
(New releases with Dave Kendall - Voivod, Life Sentence - debut; Slap - Songs from the Cross; Alter-natives - Hold Your Tongue)
Suicidal Tendencies - Possessed to Skate
Gang Green - Another Wasted Night
Camper van Beethoven - Take the Skinheads Bowling
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Burn Down the Malls
R.E.M. - (All I've Got To Do Is) Dream (from "Athens, GA: Inside/Out")
The Style Council - Heavens Above
Bad Brains performance clip and interview
Bad Brains - I Against I
David Van Tieghem - Galaxy
Cocteau Twins - Love's Easy Tears
CS Angels - The Cutting Edge
Swinging Pistons - I Love the Sound of Machines
Kraftwerk - The Telephone Call
(New releases with Dave Kendall - Crowded House - Something So Strong 12"; Celibate Rifiles - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang EP; Bambi Slam - Bamp Bamp; David Sylvian - Gone to Earth)
Spear of Destiny - Strangers in Our Town
SWA - Arroyo
Microdisney - Town to Town
The Bolshoi - Sunday Morning
Frank Haskell - Jeannie Boppin' Jeannie (MTV Basement Tapes winner)
Wednesday Week - Missionary
(Alan Hunter - artists having trouble getting into US)
(Brief R.E.M. interview re: Athens, GA)
The Squalls - Na. Na. Na. Na.
Ups & Downs - Living Kind
Source for this playlist: Keith B.
Host: Alan Hunter
(date clue: My Demon Lover in theaters this Friday - rel. 4/24/87)
Thrashing Doves - Beautiful Imbalance
Mighty Lemon Drops - My Biggest Thrill
(New releases with Dave Kendall - Voivod, Life Sentence - debut; Slap - Songs from the Cross; Alter-natives - Hold Your Tongue)
Suicidal Tendencies - Possessed to Skate
Gang Green - Another Wasted Night
Camper van Beethoven - Take the Skinheads Bowling
Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Burn Down the Malls
R.E.M. - (All I've Got To Do Is) Dream (from "Athens, GA: Inside/Out")
The Style Council - Heavens Above
Bad Brains performance clip and interview
Bad Brains - I Against I
David Van Tieghem - Galaxy
Cocteau Twins - Love's Easy Tears
CS Angels - The Cutting Edge
Swinging Pistons - I Love the Sound of Machines
Kraftwerk - The Telephone Call
(New releases with Dave Kendall - Crowded House - Something So Strong 12"; Celibate Rifiles - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang EP; Bambi Slam - Bamp Bamp; David Sylvian - Gone to Earth)
Spear of Destiny - Strangers in Our Town
SWA - Arroyo
Microdisney - Town to Town
The Bolshoi - Sunday Morning
Frank Haskell - Jeannie Boppin' Jeannie (MTV Basement Tapes winner)
Wednesday Week - Missionary
(Alan Hunter - artists having trouble getting into US)
(Brief R.E.M. interview re: Athens, GA)
The Squalls - Na. Na. Na. Na.
Ups & Downs - Living Kind
March 22, 1987
Source for this playlist: Jon C.
Kiss - Age Of Chance
Ball Of Confusion - Love And Rockets
Angels - Jazz Butcher Conspiracy
Greetings To The New Brunette - Billy Bragg
G-Spot Tornado - Frank Zappa
Quite Unusual - Front 242
Stay Right Here - Deep Six
Sanity - Killing Joke
Anything - The Damned
We Are What We Are - The Other Ones
Wait Till The Morning - Winter Hours
Long Slide - The Del Fuegos
I Will Persuade You - The Huxton Creepers
V-13 - Big Audio Dynamite
Black Book - Rank And File
Wasteland - The Mission UK
She Comes On - Wire Train
Could You Be The One - Hüsker Dü
My Girl's Mad At Me - The Rumble
New Love - Beat Rodeo
Hats Off - The Connells
Source for this playlist: Jon C.
Kiss - Age Of Chance
Ball Of Confusion - Love And Rockets
Angels - Jazz Butcher Conspiracy
Greetings To The New Brunette - Billy Bragg
G-Spot Tornado - Frank Zappa
Quite Unusual - Front 242
Stay Right Here - Deep Six
Sanity - Killing Joke
Anything - The Damned
We Are What We Are - The Other Ones
Wait Till The Morning - Winter Hours
Long Slide - The Del Fuegos
I Will Persuade You - The Huxton Creepers
V-13 - Big Audio Dynamite
Black Book - Rank And File
Wasteland - The Mission UK
She Comes On - Wire Train
Could You Be The One - Hüsker Dü
My Girl's Mad At Me - The Rumble
New Love - Beat Rodeo
Hats Off - The Connells
March 15, 1987
Source for this playlist: Mr. Briefcase
Host: Downtown Julie Brown
The Connells - Hats Off
The Smithereens - In A Lonely Place
Husker Du - Could You Be The One
The Damned - Anything
Julian Cope - Trampoline
Rank And File - Black Book
Deep Six - Stay Right Here
Wire Train - She Comes On
The Mission U.K. - Wasteland
The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy - Angels
Huxton Creepers - I Will Persuade You
The Saints - Just Like Fire Would
Beat Rodeo - New Love
General Public - Come Again
Del Fuegos - Long Slide
Love Tractor - Party Train
The Rumble - My Girl's Mad At Me
Broken Homes - Steeltown
Billy Bragg - Greetings To The New Brunette
Flesh For Lulu - I Go Crazy
Heaven 17 - Contenders
Frank Zappa - G-Spot Tornado
Source for this playlist: Mr. Briefcase
Host: Downtown Julie Brown
The Connells - Hats Off
The Smithereens - In A Lonely Place
Husker Du - Could You Be The One
The Damned - Anything
Julian Cope - Trampoline
Rank And File - Black Book
Deep Six - Stay Right Here
Wire Train - She Comes On
The Mission U.K. - Wasteland
The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy - Angels
Huxton Creepers - I Will Persuade You
The Saints - Just Like Fire Would
Beat Rodeo - New Love
General Public - Come Again
Del Fuegos - Long Slide
Love Tractor - Party Train
The Rumble - My Girl's Mad At Me
Broken Homes - Steeltown
Billy Bragg - Greetings To The New Brunette
Flesh For Lulu - I Go Crazy
Heaven 17 - Contenders
Frank Zappa - G-Spot Tornado
February 1, 1987
Source for this playlist: Jon C.
Still In Hollywood - Concrete Blonde
Whistling In The Dark - Easterhouse
Raymond Chandler Evening - Robyn Hitchcock
Eleventh Confession - Peter Himmellman
Talk Talk - The Arrows
Bridges Over Borders - Spoons
Always The Sun - The Stranglers
Sweetest Thing - Gene Loves Jezebel
A Million Things - The Lucy Show
Real Wild Child - Iggy Pop
Hanging Around - Mood Six
Totally Nude - The Wallets
Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters And Collectors
Secrets - Dumptruck
Dig It - Skinny Puppy
We Love You - Omd
Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
Go Back To Hollywood - The Buddy System
Infected - The The
Experiment Iv - Kate Bush
Praying Mantis - Don Dixon
Source for this playlist: Jon C.
Still In Hollywood - Concrete Blonde
Whistling In The Dark - Easterhouse
Raymond Chandler Evening - Robyn Hitchcock
Eleventh Confession - Peter Himmellman
Talk Talk - The Arrows
Bridges Over Borders - Spoons
Always The Sun - The Stranglers
Sweetest Thing - Gene Loves Jezebel
A Million Things - The Lucy Show
Real Wild Child - Iggy Pop
Hanging Around - Mood Six
Totally Nude - The Wallets
Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters And Collectors
Secrets - Dumptruck
Dig It - Skinny Puppy
We Love You - Omd
Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
Go Back To Hollywood - The Buddy System
Infected - The The
Experiment Iv - Kate Bush
Praying Mantis - Don Dixon
January 25, 1987
Source for this playlist: Mr. Briefcase
Host: Downtown Julie Brown
Hunters & Collectors - Throw Your Arms Around Me
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - We Love You
The Stranglers - Always The Sun
Kate Bush - Experiment IV
Concrete Blonde - Still In Hollywood
Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One)
Skinny Puppy - Dig It
China Crisis - Arizona Sky
Don Dixon - Praying Mantis
The Wallets - Totally Nude
The Arrows - Talk Talk
Gene Loves Jezebel - Sweetest Thing
General Public - Come Again
Spoons - Bridges Over Borders
The The - Infected
Easterhouse - Whistling In The Dark
The Hungry Dutchmen - Alone On A Saturday Night
Dumptruck - Secrets
The Lucy Show - A Million Things
Zerra One - Rescue Me
Pseudo Echo - Living In A Dream
Ideola - Is It Any Wonder
Source for this playlist: Mr. Briefcase
Host: Downtown Julie Brown
Hunters & Collectors - Throw Your Arms Around Me
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - We Love You
The Stranglers - Always The Sun
Kate Bush - Experiment IV
Concrete Blonde - Still In Hollywood
Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One)
Skinny Puppy - Dig It
China Crisis - Arizona Sky
Don Dixon - Praying Mantis
The Wallets - Totally Nude
The Arrows - Talk Talk
Gene Loves Jezebel - Sweetest Thing
General Public - Come Again
Spoons - Bridges Over Borders
The The - Infected
Easterhouse - Whistling In The Dark
The Hungry Dutchmen - Alone On A Saturday Night
Dumptruck - Secrets
The Lucy Show - A Million Things
Zerra One - Rescue Me
Pseudo Echo - Living In A Dream
Ideola - Is It Any Wonder
September 28,
1986
Source for this playlist: Mike W.
TSOL - Colors
Walk the West - Lonely Boy
Descendents - Kids on Coffee
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
James - So Many Ways
The Housemartins - Happy Hour
Gene Loves Jezebel - Heartache
The Bolshoi - A Way
Bang - Summertime
Cactus World News - The Bridge
The Go-Betweens - Head Full of Steam
The Bodeans - She's a Runaway
R.E.M. - Fall On Me
The Wind - Good News, Bad News
UB40 - Our Own Song
Cryin' Out Loud - Live It Up
Level 42 - Leaving Me Now
Bronski Beat - C'mon! C'mon!
Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Christmas - Big Plans
The Rainmakers - Let My People Go
Source for this playlist: Mike W.
TSOL - Colors
Walk the West - Lonely Boy
Descendents - Kids on Coffee
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
James - So Many Ways
The Housemartins - Happy Hour
Gene Loves Jezebel - Heartache
The Bolshoi - A Way
Bang - Summertime
Cactus World News - The Bridge
The Go-Betweens - Head Full of Steam
The Bodeans - She's a Runaway
R.E.M. - Fall On Me
The Wind - Good News, Bad News
UB40 - Our Own Song
Cryin' Out Loud - Live It Up
Level 42 - Leaving Me Now
Bronski Beat - C'mon! C'mon!
Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Christmas - Big Plans
The Rainmakers - Let My People Go
April 27,
1986
Source for this playlist: Plarocks
Host: J.J. Jackson (We miss you!!)
Lou Reed - No Money Down
The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene
The Art of Noise - Peter Gunn Theme
The Epidemics - Never Take No For An Answer
Bodeans - Fade Away
Hoodoo Gurus - Bittersweet
Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be A Cowboy
Latin Quarter - Modern Times
X-Ray: The Untouchables
The Untouchables - What's Gone Wrong
Cactus World News - Years Later
King - Alone Without You
Platinum Blonde - Somebody Somewhere
Vanity - Under The Influence
Chacko - Once Bitten, Twice Shy (No, not the Great White song!)
The Go Betweens - Bachelor Kisses
Roaring Boys - House of Stone
Oingo Boingo - Stay
John Farnham - Break The Ice (From the motion picture "Rad")
Sharks - Only Time Will Tell
Wild Blue - Fire With Fire
X-Ray: Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson - Language Is A Virus
Rob Jungklas - Boystown
Jean Beauvoir - Feel The Heat
Peter Frampton - All Eyes On You
Plarocks' comments: "The EARLIEST 120 Minutes episode in the trading circuit! I believe this is the 4th episode ever of this legendary program. After this episode, another episode starts with Mark Goodman hosting and he mentions that he will be playing Suzanne Vega, then the tape cuts off."
Source for this playlist: Plarocks
Host: J.J. Jackson (We miss you!!)
Lou Reed - No Money Down
The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene
The Art of Noise - Peter Gunn Theme
The Epidemics - Never Take No For An Answer
Bodeans - Fade Away
Hoodoo Gurus - Bittersweet
Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be A Cowboy
Latin Quarter - Modern Times
X-Ray: The Untouchables
The Untouchables - What's Gone Wrong
Cactus World News - Years Later
King - Alone Without You
Platinum Blonde - Somebody Somewhere
Vanity - Under The Influence
Chacko - Once Bitten, Twice Shy (No, not the Great White song!)
The Go Betweens - Bachelor Kisses
Roaring Boys - House of Stone
Oingo Boingo - Stay
John Farnham - Break The Ice (From the motion picture "Rad")
Sharks - Only Time Will Tell
Wild Blue - Fire With Fire
X-Ray: Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson - Language Is A Virus
Rob Jungklas - Boystown
Jean Beauvoir - Feel The Heat
Peter Frampton - All Eyes On You
Plarocks' comments: "The EARLIEST 120 Minutes episode in the trading circuit! I believe this is the 4th episode ever of this legendary program. After this episode, another episode starts with Mark Goodman hosting and he mentions that he will be playing Suzanne Vega, then the tape cuts off."
About 120 Minutes
Exit Interview
Series Finale Video
Jim Shearer Q&A