Tonight on Subculture: DANCE YER TURKEY OFF!

Fun extended mixes from the 80s-2YK to help work off yer turkey dinner!

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Noho, MA or live onlone@ valleyfreeradio.org // replays Sunday AM 2-4 // FB: SubcultureMA // Playlists: wxojsubculture.wordpress.com

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Tonight on Subculture: CVS! (A Fundraiser)

Covers, Versions and Samples – A 4-hour fundraising music powerhouse with Mark (Table of Contents) and Wendy (Subculture)! 8p-12a ET

SUBCULTURE: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // FB: subculturema

NAMING NAMES

Origins of band names!

HOUR ONE:

1. A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS – TELECOMMUNICATION (NAMED AFTER A LINE IN THE STRANGLERS’ SONG, “TOILER ON THE SEA”)
2. THE STRANGLERS – TOILER ON THE SEA
3. NEW ORDER – CRYSTAL
4. THE KILLERS – JOY RIDE (NAMED AFTER A FICTIONAL BAND IN NEW ORDER’S VIDEO FOR THE SONG, “CRYSTAL”)
5. SIMPLE MINDS – NO CURE (FORMERLY ‘COCTEAU TWINS’ PERFORMED ONLY AT CONCERTS IN THE 70s)
6. COCTEAU TWINS – BLUE BELL KNOLL (NAMED AFTER THE SIMPLE MINDS SONG, “COCTEAU TWINS” THAT WAS ONLY PERFORMED BY SIMPLE MINDS IN THE 70s AT CONCERTS. THE NAME OF THE SONG AND WAS LATER CHANGED TO “NO CURE” ON THEIR 1979 ALBUM, “LIFE IN A DAY”)
7. PJ HARVEY – UH HUH HER
8. UH HUH HER – SO LONG (NAMED AFTER PJ HARVEY’S SONG)
9. ART OF NOISE – SNAPSHOT (NAMED AFTER THE 1913 MANIFESTO CALLED “THE ART OF NOISES” BY LUIGI RUSSOLO)
10. PICOTROPICO – LADYTRON (OFFICIAL REMIX FT. ROXY MUSIC)
11. LADYTRON – KLETVA (NAMED AFTER THE ROXY MUSIC SONG, “LADYTRON”) * P.S. LADYTRON HAS A NEW ALBUM COMING IN 2019!
12. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS – THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND
13. THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND – SUNBEAM (NAMED AFTER THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS’ SONG, “THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND”)
14. THE DIVINE COMEDY – EUROPOP (NAMED AFTER DANTE’S POEM, “THE DIVINE COMEDY”)

 

HOUR TWO:

1. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – SLOWDIVE
2. SLOWDIVE – EVERYONE KNOWS (NAMED AFTER SIOUXSIE’S SONG, “SLOWDIVE” OFF THEIR 1982 ALBUM, “A KISS IN THE DREAMHOUSE”)
3. BRIAN ENO – THE TRUE WHEEL
4. A CERTAIN RATIO – MAKE IT HAPPEN (NAMED AFTER LYRICS FROM BRIAN ENO’S SONG, “THE TRUE WHEEL” OFF HIS 1974 ALBUM, “TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN (BY STRATEGY))
5. THE HUMAN LEAGUE – DREAMS OF LEAVING (NAMED AFTER THE SCIENCE FICTION BOARD GAME, “Starforce Alpha Centauri.” IN THE GAME THERE IS TALK OF A ‘BOND OF PEOPLE’ – AKA THE HUMAN LEAGUE)\
6. XIU XIU – BOTANICA DE LOS ANGELES (NAMED AFTER THE 1998 FILM DIRECTED BY ACTRESS JOAN CHEN TITLED XIU XIU: THE SENT DOWN GIRL. THE MOVIE WAS BANNED IN CHINA FOR CERTAIN POLITICAL AND SEXUAL SCENES.)
7. NEU! – NEGATIVLAND
8. NEGATIVLAND – THE PERFECT CUT (CANNED MUSIC) (NAMED AFTER NEU!’S SONG, “NEGATIVELAND”)
9. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BANDS – DALI’S CAR
10. DALI’S CAR – THE JUDGEMENT IS IN THE MIRROR (NAMED AFTER CAPTAIN BEEFHEART’S SONG, “DALI’S CAR” FROM THE “TROUT MASK REPLICA” ALBUM)
11. THE FALL – NEW PURITAN
12. THESE NEW PURITANS – DOPPELGANGER (NAMED AFTER THE FALL’S SONG, “NEW PURITAN” OFF THEIR 1980 ALBUM, “TOTALE’S TURN”)

 

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Tonight on Subculture: Same As It Ever Was

A retro (yet current) listen of voices of the Resistance from the ’80s to now.

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VOTE! NOVEMBER 6th!

Background pic via Swedemason on YouTube

The Real 45

HOUR ONE:

1.  THE B-52’S – A: PRIVATE IDAHO  // B. THE B-52’S – PARTY OUT OF BOUNDS (INSTRUMENTAL)
2. ICICLE WORKS – A: WHISPER TO A SCREAM (BIRDS FLY) // B: GUN BOYS
3. JOY DIVISION – A: KOMAKINO // B: INCUBATION / AS YOU SAID
4. WIRE – A: OUR SWIMMER // B: MIDNIGHT BAHNHOF CAFE
5. GUIDED BY VOICES (2014) – A: VOTE FOR ME DUMMY // B: DOCTOR DRIVER DEMON / CHEESE AND BLANKETS (GBV LIVE @ GATEWAY CITY ARTS IN HOLYOKE 10/23!)
6. KRAFTWERK – A: COMPUTER LOVE // A: THE MODEL (double A-side)
7. THE VAPORS – A: JIMMIE JONES // B: SILVER MACHINES

 

HOUR TWO:

1. CHINA CRISIS – A: WISHFUL THINKING // B: THIS OCCUPATION
2. THE JESUS AND MARYCHAIN (1992) – A: REVERENCE // B: HEAT (LIVE @ THE WANG IN BOSTON TONIGHT 10/19 AND TOMORROW NIGHT W/ NINE INCH NAILS!)
3. DURAN DURAN – A: MY OWN WAY // B: LIKE AN ANGEL
4. THE CURE – A: PRIMARY / B: DESCENT
5. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – A: BEDBUGS & BALLYHOO / B: PEOPLE ARE STRANGE (THE DOORS) (ETBM LIVE IN NORTHAMPTON @ THE CALVIN 11/19!)
6. SOFT CELL – A: MEMORABILIA / B: A MAN COULD GET LOST
7. NEW ORDER – A: ROUND & ROUND / B: RUN 2

 

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REMEMBER TO V O T E! TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH

Tonight on Subculture: The REAL 45

Eighties complete 45’s… A-sides & B-sides! Wire, The Cure, Soft Cell & more!

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That Was Then, This Is Now

Classic and new (2018) songs from each artist!

HOUR ONE:

1. SHRIEKBACK – MY SPINE IS THE BASSLINE (12″ MIX) (1982)
2. SHRIEKBACK – SUCH, SUCH ARE THE JOYS (2018)
3. THE BREEDERS – SAINTS (1993)
4. THE BREEDERS – METAGOTH (2018)
5. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – CRYSTAL DAYS (1984)
6. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – THE KILLING MOON (TRANSFORMED) (2018) LIVE IN NORTHAMPTON NOV. 19TH!
7. INTERPOL – SAY HELLO TO THE ANGELS (2002)
8. INTERPOL – NUMBER 10 (2018)
9. (BONUS TRACK) THOM YORKE – SUSPIRIA (Music for the Luca Guadagnino Film) (2018)
10. JOHNNY MARR – THE TRACERS (2018) (LIVE IN BOSTON OCT. 12TH! – SOLD OUT)
11. JOHNNY MARR – WORLD STARTS ATTACK (2013)
12. METRIC – WET BLANKET (2003)
13. METRIC – RISK (2018) (METRIC & ZOE LIVE IN BOSTON FEB. 2019!)
14. MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO – HELLO TEENAGE AMERICA (1990)
15. MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO – UNIQUE BOUTIQUE (2018)

 

HOUR TWO:

1. APHEX TWIN – PULSEWIDTH (1992)
2. APHEX TWIN – T69 COLLAPSE (2018)
3. LADYTRON – DISCOTRAXX (2001)
4. LADYTRON – THE ANIMALS (VINCE CLARKE REMIX) (2018)
5. BODY/HEAD – AINT (2013)
6. BODY/HEAD – IN THE DARK ROOM (2018)
7. THROBBING GRISTLE – I.B.M. (1978)
8. THROBBING GRISTLE – SOMETHING CAME OVER ME (1980/REISSUE 2018)
9. BELLY – SLOW DOG (1993)
10. BELLY – ARMY OF CLAY (2018)
11. JAMES – COME HOME (1990)
12. JAMES – HEADS (2018)
13. A CERTAIN RATIO – MY SPIRIT (1981)
14. A CERTAIN RATIO – MAKE IT HAPPEN (2018)

 

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