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December 17, 1989
Source for this playlist: Matthew Z.
(according to Dave Kendall, next episode was on Christmas)

Sugar Cubes-Planet*
Depeche Mode-Personal Jesus
Kate Bush-Love & Anger
The The-This is the day
Screaming Blue Messiahs
Iggy Pop-Living on the Edge of the Night
Das Damen-Noon Daylight
Dramarama-Last Cigarette
The Creatures-Standing There
The Smiths-how soon is now
Psychedelic furs-house*
Ramones-Merry Christmas Baby
Stone Roses-I wanna be Adored
Jesus and Mary Chain-Blues From a Gun
Hex-Etheral Meesage
b52s-Roam
The Ocean Blue-Drifting and Fallin
Nine Inch Nails-Down in it
Souled American-All Cool Things
Mighty Lemon Drops-Into the Heart of Love

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December ?, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.

Don't Let Me Down Gently - The Wonder Stuff
Secrets - The Primitives
Merry Christmas Baby (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) - The Ramones
Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.
Blues From A Gun - The Jesus & Mary Chain
Of Course I'm Lying - Yello
Down In It - Nine Inch Nails
This Gift - Mudhoney
Last Cigarette - Dramarama
When Will You Come Home - Galaxie 500
Proud To Fall - Ian Mcculloch
House - The Psychedelic Furs
Charlotte Anne - Julian Cope
Sam Hall - Frank Tovey
A Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues
Temptation - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
All I Want For Christmas - Timbuk 3
The Night Before Christmas (Hey Baby) - The Rave-Ups
A New Day - Killing Joke

November 20, 1989
Source for this playlist: Winston B.

The Primitives - Secrets
Ian McCulloch - Proud To Fall
Kate Bush - Love And Anger
The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink
The Original Sins - Why You Love Me So
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Blues From A Gun
Nine Inch Nails - Down In It
Deborah Harry - I Want That Man
The Innocence Mission - Black Sheep Wall
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
fIREHOSE - Riddle Of The Eighties
Flesh For Lulu - Time And Space
Soundgarden - Loud Love
The Mighty Lemon Drops - Into The Heart Of Love
New Order - Shell Shock
Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures Of Matchstick Men

October 23, 1989
Source for this playlist: Winston B.

The Primitives - Sick Of It
Big Audio Dynamite - James Brown
Public Image Ltd. - Warrior
The Cult - Rain
The Ocean Blue - Between Something And Nothing
The Cure - Love Song
The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
Public Image Ltd. - Disappointed
The Sugarcubes - Regina
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image

(first half only)

September 3, 1989
Source for this playlist: Chudbeagle

Big Audio Dynamite - James Brown (world premiere)
The Smiths - There Is A Light
B-52's - Channel Z
The Pogues - Misty Morning Albert Bridge
Hodoo Gurus - Come Anytime
Hodoo Gurus - I Want You Back
Paul Kelly & Messengers - Dumb Things
Syd Straw - Future 40's (String Of Pearls)
Manufacture - As The End Draws Near (not chyroned)
Replacements - Achin' To Be
X-Ray on Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Knock Me Down
The Cure - Love Song (world premiere)

Cult Classic block:
Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army
O.M.D. - Tesla Girls
Aztec Camera - Oblivious
Red Rockers - China
General Public - Tenderness

Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven
Long Ryders - Looking For Lewis & Clark
Crazyhead - Time Has Taken Its Toll On You
The Pixies - Here Comes Your Man
Bill Pritchett - Why Did She Leave (not chyroned)
Jason & Scorchers - Find You

unknown #1, 1989
Source for this playlist: Dr. Rock
Host: Kevin Seal
Guest: The Dead Milkmen

New Order "Round & Round"
Lou Reed "Dirty Blvd"
Beatnigs "Television"
Smiths "Boy With The Thorn In His Side"
Thelonious Monster "So What If I Did"
animated short: "Angry Youth: Steve & Zoya in 'Where's the Party?'"
in studio segment: Dead Milkmen interview
Plimsouls "Million Miles Away"
Elvis Costello "Veronica"
in studio segment: Dead Milkmen interview
Dead Milkmen "Big Time Operator"
Dead Milkmen "The Puking Song" live in studio
Hugo Largo "The Turtle Song"
Wonder Stuff "Give Give Give Me More More More"

MTV promo: "Max"
in studio segment: Dead Milkmen interview
Go-Betweens "Streets Of Your Town"
Pursuit Of Happiness "Hard To Laugh"
Easterhouse "Come Out Fighting"
in studio segment: Dead Milkmen read fan mail
Thrashing Doves "Angel Visit"
Jane's Addiction "The Mountain Song"
in studio segment: Dead Milkmen interview
Dead Milkmen "Punk Rock Girl"
He Said "Could You"
Proclaimers "On My Way"
in studio segment: Dead Milkmen interview

August ?, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.

Into The Heart Of Love - The Mighty Lemon Drops
Regina - The Sugarcubes
Higher Ground - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Make Believe Mambo - David Byrne
The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Drama! - Erasure
More & Faster - Kmfdm
Warrior - Public Image Ltd.
X-Ray On Pop Will Eat Itself
Can U Dig It - Pop Will Eat Itself
Lullaby - The Cure
One Little Girl - Toad The Wet Sprocket
I Against I - Bad Brains
James Brown - Big Audio Dynamite
Between Something And Nothing - The Ocean Blue
The Right Side Of A Good Thing - The Fleshtones
Madonna Of The Wasps - Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Blow At High Dough - The Tragically Hip
Pictures Of Matchstick Men - Camper Van Beethoven
Any Cure - The Subdudes

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July ?, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.

Love Song - The Cure
Wasteland - The Mission UK
Come Anytime - Hoodoo Gurus
Love Crushing - Fetchin' Bones
I'll Be You - The Replacements
Achin' To Be - The Replacements
Gravitate To Me - The The
Television - The Beatnigs
X-Ray On Killing Joke
Eighties - Killing Joke
Get Up - R.E.M.
Candle - Sonic Youth
Under The Milky Way - The Church
Crash - The Primitives
Inside Out - The Mighty Lemon Drops
Passionate Kisses - Lucinda Williams
Knock Me Down - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Postcard - Boris Grebenshikov

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June 25, 1989
Alternative Rock Blocks episode (first half only)
Source for this playlist: Winston B.

The Cure - Why Can't I Be You?
The Cure - Fascination Street
Public Image Ltd. - Disappointed
Public Image Ltd. - Seattle
Morrissey - Interesting Drug
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
The The - The Beat(en) Generation
The The - Infected
Love And Rockets - So Alive
Love And Rockets - Ball Of Confusion

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June 11, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.

Here Comes Your Man - Pixies
The Sheep's A Wolf - Caterwaul
So Alive - Love And Rockets
Raintime - The Wolfgang Press
The Beat(en) Generation - The The
Wonderland - XTC
Lawrence Of Euphoria - The Ophelias
X-Ray On Stan Ridgway
Goin' Southbound - Stan Ridgway
Disappointed - Public Image Ltd.
Dig It - Skinny Puppy
Boy's Don't Cry - The Cure
Don't Crash The Car Tonight - Mary's Danish
Making Fun Of Bums - Too Much Joy
She's So Young - The Pursuit Of Happiness
One Long Pair Of Eyes - Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Honeysuckle Blue - Drivin' N' Cryin'
Hush Little Baby - The Horseflies
Waiting For Mary - Pere Ubu

June 4, 1989
Guest hosts: Marky Ramone and Dee Dee Ramone
Source for this playlist: Jon C., Tom Walsh

Morrissey - Interesting Drug
firehose - Time with You
The Ramones - Pet Sematary
Concrete Blonde - God Is a Bullet
Faith No More - From out of Nowhere
The Godfathers - She Gives Me Love
Bob Mould - See a Little Light
Romeo Void - Never Say Never
Thee Hypnotics - Justice in Freedom
Dee Dee King - Funky Man

R.E.M. - Pop Song 89
Sisters of Mercy - Dominion
Soul Asylum - P-9
Swans - Saved
Wire - Eardrum Buzz
The Wonder Stuff - A Wish Away
The Darling Buds - Let's Go Round There
The Cure - Fascination Street
The Way Moves - Shadows of Love
The Dead Milkmen - Smokin' Banana Peels
Tour Info on The Ramones
The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated

May 28, 1989
Guest hosts: Tom Tom Club
Source for this playlist: Tom Walsh

Public Image Ltd. - Disappointed
drivin' n' cryin' - Honeysuckle Blue
Tom Tom Club - Suboceana
Wire - Eardrum Buzz
Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
Robyn Hitchcock - One Long Pair of Eyes
APB - Shoot You Down
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead ("The Hunger" version)
Love and Rockets - So Alive
The Ramones - Pet Semetary

Caterwaul - The Sheep's a Wolf
False Prophets - Never Again. Again
Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
Stan Ridgway - Goin' Southbound
The Connells - Something to Say
New Order - Blue Monday (Top of the Pops version)
Pere Ubu - Waiting for Mary
Bob Mould - See a Little Light
Treat Her Right - Picture of the Future
The Cure - Close to Me
Tour Info on Tom Tom Club
The Ophelias - Lawrence of Euphoria

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May 22, 1989
Sources for this playlist: David G., Jon C.

So Alive - Love And Rockets
P-9 - Soul Asylum
Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
Master And Servant - Depeche Mode
Smokin' Banana Peels - The Dead Milkmen
Dear God - XTC
Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley
She Gives Me Love - The Godfathers
X-Ray On Nitzer Ebb
Hearts And Minds - Nitzer Ebb
One Long Pair Of Eyes (Live In Studio?) - Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Stupid Question - New Model Army
Oh Daddy - Adrian Belew
Eat A Horse - The Wygals
Fascination Street - The Cure
(619)-239-King - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
She's So Young - The Pursuit Of Happiness
Decorated Life - Ecoteur
Fire Woman - The Cult
News Update: Love And Rockets
Sun Gone Down - House Of Freaks

April 12, 1989
Source for this playlist: Matthew Z.
Guest: Throwing Muses

Robin hitchcock-Madonna of the wasps
new order - round and round
XTC- The Mayor of Simpleton
soul asylum - sometime to return
love tractor-venice
fine young cannibals suspicious minds
simple minds - water front
throwing muses -fish autopicture
Throwing muses- dizzy
Pixies-monkey gone to heaven
psyadelic furs- heart break beat
mojo nickson & skid roper- 619 239 king
Soundgarden-Flower
R.E.M.-can't get there from here
Christmas - stupid kids
the ramones - i want to be sedated
The replacements-I'll be you
The bambi slam - it's been a long time comming
guadalcanal Diary - always saturday
nizer ebb - hearts and mind
The untouchables - agent 00 soul (BAD)
[incomplete tape]

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April ?, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.

Busload Of Faith - Lou Reed
C'mon Every Beatbox - Big Audio Dynamite
Hearts And Minds - Nitzer Ebb
Madonna Of The Wasps - Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely - Hüsker Dü
Shoot You Down - Apb
Motorcycle - Love And Rockets
Beat Surrender - The Jam
Closer To Fine - Indigo Girls
The Mercy Seat - Ultra Vivid Scene
I Want To Kill Everybody - Ed Haynes
Music Goes Round My Head - The Saints
Fascination Street - The Cure
So What If I Did - Thelonius Monster
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
Come Out Fighting - Easterhouse
Turn You Inside Out - R.E.M.
Sun Gone Down - House Of Freaks
Everything Counts (Live) - Depeche Mode
Stupid Question - New Model Army
Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
With You - O-Positive
Obsession - Xymox

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March ?, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.

Guest: Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
Everything Counts (Live) - Depeche Mode
Always Saturday - Guadalcanal Diary
Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-
Headed Love Child (Live In Studio) - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
God Is A Bullet - Concrete Blonde
Angel's Visit - Thrashing Doves
Witchdoctor - The Sidewinders
Turn You Inside Out - R.E.M.
Never Again, Again - False Prophets
Chicken Drop (Live In Studio) - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
(6239-King - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
Depeche Mode: The Story Of 101 (Mini-Special)
Ayatollah (Live In Studio) - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
Burn Down The Malls - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
House In The Country - The Sandmen
Making Fun Of Bums - Too Much Joy
Fascination Street - The Cure

March ?, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.

Music Goes Round My Head - The Saints (W/Clips From Young Einstein)
Always Saturday - Guadalcanal Diary
The Mayor Of Simpleton - XTC
All Night Long - Peter Murphy
Making Fun Of Bums - Too Much Joy
Five O'clock World - Julian Cope
Eighties - Killing Joke
Madonna Of The Wasps - Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
X-Ray On Miracle Legion
You're The One, Lee - Miracle Legion
Fire Woman - The Cult
(6239-King - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
Sun Gone Down - House Of Freaks
Round And Round - New Order
Witchdoctor - The Sidewinders
So What If I Did - Thelonius Monster
I'll Be You - The Replacements
Success - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Hot Hot Hot!!! - The Cure
Nightmares - Violent Femmes
Uptight - King Blank
The Sky And The Ground - Pierce Turner

February ?, 1989
Source for this playlist: Amy Macnamara
Host: Kevin Seal with swirly background!

"Big New Prinz" - The Fall
"Sweet Jane" - Cowboy Junkies
"Tears Run Rings" - Marc Almond
"Fine Time" - New Order
"Graind Of Sand" - The Saints
"Was There Anything I Could Do?" - The Go-Betweens
-Tour dates for Hothouse Flowers for February, which is the only clue I had for dating this episode!
-New Music News: A band called Spiral Jetty (in which Kevin Seal takes jabs at their pretentiousness!) and what members of The Clash are doing these days (heavily features Mick Jones' recovery from chicken pox!)
"Yeah Yeah Yeah" - The Pogues
"Kansas" - The Wolfgang Press
"Hard To Laugh" - The Pursuit Of Happiness
"Don't Call Me Baby" - Voice Of The Beehive
Kevin Seal mentions to tune in next week after "the British Comic Strip."
Copyright date at the end of the credits is 1989.

January 29, 1989
Source for this playlist: Laura M.
Host - Kevin Seal

The Pogues - Yeah Yeah Yeah
New Order - True Faith
Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
Lou Reed - Dirty Blvd.
Camper Van Beethoven - Good Guys And Bad Guys
The Replacements - I'll Be You
The Feelies - Away
Special AKA - Free Nelson Mandela
The Saints - Grain Of Sand
X-Ray segment - Cowboy Junkies with interview of Margo Timmons
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
Violent Femmes - Nightmares
Nitzer Ebb - Control I'm Here
The Pursuit Of Happiness - Hard To Laugh
Midge Ure - Dear God
The Smiths - The Boy With A Thorn In His Side
Ciccone Youth - Addicted To Love
Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
The Lilac Time - Return To Yesterday
They Might Be Giants - They'll Need A Crane
Lime Spiders - The Other Side Of You
Echo & The Bunnymen - Bedbugs And Ballyhoo
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
R.E.M. - Stand
A-House - Call Me Blue

January ?, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.

Nightmares - Violent Femmes
Jennifer She Said - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
Quite Unusual - Front 242
Makes No Sense At All/Love Is All Around - Hüsker Dü
Mountain Song - Jane's Addiction
Motorcrash - The Sugarcubes
I Melt With You - Modern English
Was There Anything I Could Do? - The Go-Betweens
X-Ray On Fine Young Cannibals
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Time - New Order
Faith Healer - Big Dipper
New Big Prinz - The Fall
I'll Be You - The Replacements
No More Gravy - Rude Buddha
Stand - R.E.M.
Dog End Of A Day Gone By - Love And Rockets
Sympathy For The Devil - Laibach
Tears Run Rings - Marc Almond
Inbetween Days - The Cure
Private Life - Oingo Boingo
Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkmen
Five O'clock World - Julian Cope
What Am I Doing Here - Rollins Band

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January 1, 1989
Source for this playlist: Jon C.
Top 20 Videos of 1988 (in order #20-#1)

Carolyn's Fingers - Cocteau Twins
Sometime To Return - Soul Asylum
Anchorage - Michelle Shocked
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Swans
Kidney Bingos - Wire
All Night Long - Peter Murphy
Orange Crush - R.E.M.
Just Play Music - Big Audio Dynamite
Inside Out - The Mighty Lemon Drops
Only A Memory - The Smithereens
Mandinka - Sinead O'Connor
No New Tale To Tell - Love And Rockets
Eye Of Fatima, Part 1 - Camper Van Beethoven
Suedehead - Morrissey
Balloon Man - Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Birth, School, Work, Death - The Godfathers
Coldsweat - The Sugarcubes
Under The Milky Way - The Church
Peek-A-Boo - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil