JFRO'S BACK ON THE AIRWAVES!

Every so often, I miss my college radio days, so I decided to do a show on my college radio station for reunion weekend. My theme was "Fogotten 80s", either tracks by forgotten bands or rare tracks, live shows, b-sides, 12-inch extended versions, etc. by somewhat more well-known bands. I have a terrible voice for radio, but please listen anyway:

JFRO'S RADIO SHOW

Track List:

Driving the Dynamite Truck - Breaking Circus
Marseilles (Live)- Rifle Sport
Burn - Black Spot
Koolegged (Live) - The Melvins
Test - Airlines
Alone - Colin Newman
You Were An Optimist - Band of Susans
Easy As It Was - The Melvins
Strange Fruit - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Wichita Lineman - B.E.F.
What We All Want (Live) - Gang of Four
Accretions - Shriekback
Hungry, So Angry - Medium Medium
Fish - Throwing Muses

Kansas - The Wolfgang Press

Incubus Succubus II - Xmal Deutschland

All To Myself - Indoor Life

Never Never - The Assembly

Sensoria - Cabaret Voltaire

Dan Destiny & the Silver Dawn - The Chills

My Boyfriend - The Cucumbers

Big Brown Eyes - The dB's

Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance) - M/A/R/R/S
The Moon is Blue - Colourbox

Dance - ESG

Watch The Closing Doors -- IRT (Interboro Rhythm Team)

The Signifying Rapper - Schooly D

If you enjoy that, there is much much more in that vein here. Also, some local action from the 80s-90s here. And if you're ever on Turntable.fm, message me and we can DJ together.

Comments

JethSeux said…

Right where she belongs!
Way to go Sweetie!

5:18 PM

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