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531: December 1979 albums - Clash vs. Cross
Episode 537
Our infatuation with the late '70s continues for at least one more show as we honor the albums released in December 1979. Actually, we just focus on …
6 years, 10 months ago
530: Holiday Songs from Before the '80s
Episode 536
We've tried to wipe so many of them from our memory, but there were some fun Christmas songs in the late '70s. This week we go back in time to relive…
6 years, 10 months ago
529: Holiday Movie Season Showdown - 1979 vs 1989
Episode 535
It's time for another showdown on holiday movie seasons. Again we pit the plucky year 1979 vs. the stuffy but solid work from 1989. How will "The Jer…
6 years, 11 months ago
528: Same Title, Different Songs Part 2 - Oh, Canada!
Episode 534
Oh, Canada - we're sorry if you felt insulted by the previous Stuck in the '80s episode, so we're doing a Part 2 right away to honor songs with the s…
6 years, 11 months ago
527: Songs with the Same Title Part 1 | 80s Music
Episode 533
Hey hey, we start a new series this week by honoring "Songs with the Same Title in the '80s." It sounds better than the title, trust us. Plus, we spr…
6 years, 11 months ago
526: Halloween Tribute to Goofy Vampire Flicks of the '80s
Episode 532
This year, we celebrate Halloween by honoring (or maybe dis-honoring) two goofy vampire flicks of the '80s: "Once Bitten" and "My Best Friend is a Va…
7 years ago
Lori Majewski on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Women in Music and ’80s Pop Culture
Episode 525
Few music journalists have explored the heart of 1980s music culture as deeply as Lori Majewski. As co-author of Mad World: An Oral History of New Wa…
7 years ago
524: No. 2 Songs from 1979 | Village People | Donna Summer
Episode 530
Oh, we're so close to the actual '80s, we can almost taste it. Well, you definitely can't hear it because the hit songs from 1979 bear little resembl…
7 years ago
Remembering Ric Ocasek and the Music of The Cars
Episode 530
If you were trying to design a band perfectly suited for the transition from the ’70s into the ’80s, you might end up with The Cars.
Rock guitars. Ne…
7 years ago
522: We Honor 'Working Girl' | Harrison Ford | '80s Rom Coms
Episode 528
The movie Working Girl is 31 years old now (but she doesn't look a day over 29). Okay, bad joke. Hosts Jen with One N and Gayle in DC take the lead f…
7 years, 1 month ago