Radio Fragments

It's my 52 weekaversary! And to celebrate a year back on the radio, I'm dedicating the show to a year. A specific year: 1982.

Why 1982? Well, it sort of fits right in there at the cusp between punk & post-punk; disco was fading, new wave was being driven by MTV which was blowing up; it was the year of the second English invasion, but also the year some great british bands offered up their swan songs (Led Zeppelin's "Coda", Roxy Music's "Avalon); and the first CDs went on sale in Japan. Also, I was 14 and starting to develop my own tastes in music. All around, an important year for music, and an important one for me.

So that's what I'll be looking at for a couple hours. It's not all new wave, there's some great Iron Maiden, Who & Pink Floyd tossed in, my favorite song by Bruce Springsteen, and some great first-wave American punk. Let's not forget Jarre & Tangerine Dream. It's a great year, it'll be a great couple of hours.

The show is available from the streaming archive, or you can download the podcast/mp3 version by hour (below).

Hour 1 – 1-2 am (Download - 57 Mb)

Pink Floyd, "When The Tigers Broke Free" (UK, 1982)
Depeche Mode, "See You" (UK, 1982)
Men Without Hats, "I Like" (Canada, 1982)
Adam Ant, "A Place in the Country" (UK, 1982)
English Beat, "Rotating Head" (UK, 1982)
The Au Pairs, "America" (UK, 1982)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions, "Beyond Belief" (UK, 1982)
Iron Maiden, "The Prisoner" (UK, 1982)
The Who, "Eminence Front" (UK, 1982)
Angry Samoans, "Lights Out" (US, 1982)
The Descendents, "I'm Not A Punk" (UK, 1982)
Bauhaus, "Third Uncle" (UK, 1982)
Bruce Springsteen, "State Trooper" (US, 1982)
Laurie Anderson, "From The Air" (US, 1982)

Hour 2 – 2-3 am (Download - 57 Mb)

Agentss, "Agentss" (Brazil, 1982)
Nick Lowe, "Ba Doom" (UK, 1982)
23 Skidoo, "Vegas El Bandito" (UK, 1982)
Don Percival & Vangelis, "One More Kiss Dear" (Greece, 1982)
Jean Michel Jarre, "Arpeggiator" (France, 1982)
Tangerine Dream, "Convention of the 24" (UK, 1982)
Gary Numan, "White Boys and Heroes" (Germany, 1982)
The Bongos, "In The Congo" (US, 1982)
Devo, "Big Mess" (US, 1982)
Siouxsie & the Banshees, "Green Fingers" (UK, 1982)
Roxy Music, "While My Heart is Still Beating" (UK, 1982)
Sting, "Spread a Little Happiness" (UK, 1982)