Irregular Eighties Fridays Strike Back

Today's eighties music list:

1. The Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat (5:13)
2. The Blow Monkeys - He's Shredding Skin (4:03)
3. Tears for Fears - Break It Down Again (4:31)
4. Simple Minds - All The Things She Said (4:18)
5. The Fixx - Saved by Zero (3:41)
6. David Bowie - Fashion (Single Version) (2002 Digital Remaster) (3:26)
7. Sisters Of Mercy - Nine While Nine (4:11)
8. The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary (4:23)
9. Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy (1999 Digital Remaster) (4:37)
10. The Hooters - Don't Take My Car Out Tonight (3:51)
11. INXS - Good Times (3:51)
12. Eurythmics - Missionary Man (3:47)
13. The Jam - Town Called Malice (2:53)
14. Oingo Boingo - Gratitude (5:14)
15. Culture Club - Church of the Poison Mind (3:33)
16. Cyndi Lauper - Change Of Heart (4:25)
17. Madonna - Express Yourself (3:59)
18. P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss (3:59)
19. Spandau Ballet - True (5:38)
20. Simply Red - Picture Book (5:48)
21. George Michael - One More Try (5:49)
22. Roxy Music - Avalon (4:16)
23. Peter Gabriel - That Voice Again (4:52)
24. Pet Shop Boys - This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave (5:30)
25. Talk Talk - My Foolish Friend (3:21)
26. The Fixx - Less Cities, More Moving People (3:54)
27. Duran Duran - The Wild Boys (4:17)
28. Split Enz - Dirty Creature (4:02)
29. Shelleyan Orphan - Timeblind (3:34)
30. The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends (3:54)
31. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - Little Miss S. (3:39)
32. U2 - 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (4:43)
33. Morrissey - Suedehead (3:49)
34. Journey - Only The Young (4:04)
35. The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer (3:38)
36. 'Til Tuesday - Love In A Vacuum (3:36)
37. Rod Stewart - Love Touch [Extended Version] (5:01)
38. Violent Femmes - Kiss Off [Live] (4:59)
39. Bodysnatchers - Ruder Than You (2:49)
40. UB40 - One in Ten (4:32)
41. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Watching the Detectives (3:46)
42. The Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town (4:19)
43. David & David - Welcome To The Boomtown (5:31)

(eighties 6)

My upcoming gigs

Where I'll be spinning for the next couple of months, as of right now:

7/29 - with DJ Blu-Ray in the blues room at the Austin Swing Syndicate's Thursday night dance
8/05 - with DJ Blu-Ray in the blues room at the Austin Swing Syndicate's Thursday night dance
8/27 - with Steven at Kick Butt Blues
9/23 - with DJ Blu-Ray in the blues room at the Austin Swing Syndicate's Thursday night dance
9/30 - with Nathan in the eighties room at the Austin Swing Syndicate's Thursday night dance

This Week in the Shack

This week's set replays this set from last July.

BUT there will be a new Irregular Eighties Friday this week, and another new set next week (probably spotlighting Chicago blues). There will be a new soul set...um, really soon now, too.

Guy Forsyth at Antone's this Sunday

Yes, the calendar is way out of date; I hope to fix it this weekend.

If you're in town, you should go see Guy Forsyth at Antone's this Sunday. It's part of Antone's ongoing 35th anniversary celebration, and special guests are promised.

This Week in the Shack

Apologies for this being a day late, but I'm recovering from being sick all weekend. This week's set is three hours of blues from Texas artists. I hope you dig it.

1. Shorty Long - Richland Woman (2:52)
2. Boxcar Preachers - Can't Get That Stuff No Mo' (3:04)
3. Asylum Street Spankers - Song With No Words (4:14)
4. Mingo Fishtrap - Jangle When I Walk (5:14)
5. Malford Milligan - I've Never Been to Seminary (4:30)
6. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Life by the Drop (2:27)
7. Guy Forsyth - Hometown Boy (4:48)
8. E.R. Shorts - Panama City Blues (5:41)
9. White Ghost Shivers - Weed Smoker's Dream (5:06)
10. Jim Cullum, Jr. - St. Louis Blues (7:59)
11. Sarah Jarosz - Come On Up To The House (4:27)
12. Porterdavis - Come On In My Kitchen (5:53)
13. LZ Love & Lightning Red - Wang Dang Doodle (5:05)
14. Papa Mali - If I Ever Get Right (5:02)
15. Ray Wylie Hubbard - Name Droppin' (3:31)
16. Gary Clark, Jr. - Blue Light Boogie (2:59)
17. Carolyn Wonderland - Ain't Nobody's Business (3:43)
18. W.C. Clark - Real Live Livin' Hurtin' Man (3:34)
19. Delbert McClinton - Everything I Know About the Blues (3:31)
20. Last Real Texas Blues Band Featuring Doug Sahm - Reconsider Baby [Live] (4:47)
21. Cheryl Arena - Blues Got Me (6:26)
22. Greg Izor & The Boxkickers - I Was Wrong (3:40)
23. Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmy Vaughn - Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth (4:01)
24. Spencer Thomas - Missin' Persons (3:46)
25. Freddie King - Living on the Highway (4:16)
26. Eastside Band/Texas Trumpets - The Eastside (6:24)
27. Eve Monsees - You Belong to Me (4:17)
28. Sweetman with his South Side Groove Kings - Angela's Strut (4:36)
29. T-Bone Walker - Mean Old World (2:53)
30. Johnny Copeland - Greater Man (4:42)
31. Marcia Ball - Louisiana 1927 (5:13)
32. Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers - True Religion (4:03)
33. Ruthie Foster - Walk On (4:10)
34. Seth Walker - Sun Down (4:00)
35. Lonnie Brooks, Long John Hunter and Phillip Walker - Two Trains Running (5:56)
36. Lightnin' Hopkins - Ain't It A Pity (6:48)
37. Blind Willie Johnson - Trouble Will Soon Be Over (3:08)
38. Pinetop Perkins - Hey Mr. Pinetop Perkins (With Angela Strehli) (3:31)
39. Omar & The Howlers - Give Me Back My Wig (2:20)
40. Doyle Bramhall - I'd Rather Be (Blind, Crippled And Crazy) (3:54)
41. Lavelle White - Why Young Men Go Wild (3:32)

(blues 35)

This Week in the Shack

I played a set at the gospel brunch for Austin Blues Party yesterday, although attendance was pretty sparse, given that it had to compete with both classes and sleep. Given that I've been wanting to do another gospel set on here, I've extended that one from it's original ninety minutes to a full three-hour show.

As always, I hope you dig it.

1. Asylum Street Spankers - Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (2:59)
2. Ian Siegal - I'll Fly Away (5:09)
3. Ollabelle - Before This Time (2:17)
4. Lyle Lovett - I'm Going to the Place (3:22)
5. Patty Griffin Featuring Regina McCrary And Ann McCrary - If I Had My Way (3:24)
6. Joan Osborne - Pensacola (4:31)
7. Asylum Street Spankers - Last Mile of the Way (3:41)
8. Isaac Freeman - You Must Come in at the Bottom (2:57)
9. Luther Dickinson/The Sons of Mudboy - Back Back Train (4:35)
10. Malford Milligan - I've Never Been to Seminary (4:30)
11. Papa Mali - If I Ever Get Right (5:02)
12. The Dixie Hummingbirds - Nobody's Fault (3:17)
13. Marion Williams - Drunkards Down There (2:34)
14. Rory Block - Declare (3:56)
15. Guy Forsyth - God Moves on the Water (3:37)
16. The Blind Boys of Alabama - Old Blind Barnabas (3:30)
17. Guy Forsyth - I'm Going Home (1:42)
18. Guy Forsyth - Run On (4:43)
19. Ollabelle - Soul of a Man (3:59)
20. Ian Siegal - Mary Don't You Weep (Live) (3:55)
21. Preservation Hall Jazz Band - His Eye Is on the Sparrow (6:11)
22. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - John The Revelator (4:39)
23. John Hammond, Jr. - I Know I've Been Changed (2:19)
24. Michelle Shocked - Quality of Mercy (4:52)
25. Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers - True Religion (4:03)
26. Asylum Street Spankers - Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (2:42)
27. The Pilgrim Travelers - Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb (2:27)
28. Lyle Lovett - I'm a Soldier in the Army of the Lord (3:29)
29. Ruthie Foster - Death Came a Knockin' (Travelin' Shoes) (3:36)
30. Rory Block - Hallelu, Hallelu (2:11)
31. Scrapomatic - I Belong to the Band (4:06)
32. Otis Redding - Amen (3:06)
33. Ben Harper/The Blind Boys of Alabama - Picture of Jesus (3:44)
34. Malford Milligan/Stephen Bruton - Touch the Hem of His Garment (3:57)
35. Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Old Rugged Cross (2:54)
36. Fairfield Four - Roll Jordan Roll (4:45)
37. The Dixie Hummingbirds - Christian's Automobile (2:12)
38. Patty Griffin Featuring Regina McCrary And Ann McCrary - Death’s Got A Warrant (Feat. Regina McCrary And Ann McCrary) (1:43)
39. Luther Dickinson/The Sons of Mudboy - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed & Burning (4:08)
40. Blind Willie Johnson - Church, I'm Fully Saved Today (3:08)
41. Jesse Mae Hemphill - He's A Mighty Good Leader (3:26)
42. Ben Harper/The Blind Boys of Alabama - Church on Time (4:16)
43. Susan Tedeschi - Magnificent Sanctuary Band (3:01)
44. Lyle Lovett - I'm Going to Wait (4:41)
45. The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Do Lord (4:05)
46. Dr. John/Mavis Staples - Lay My Burden Down (4:32)
47. Isaac Freeman - Jesus Is on the Mainline (3:31)
48. Old Crow Medicine Show - God's Got It (2:38)
49. Denise With The Campbell Brothers - The Storm Is Passing Over (4:32)
50. Spencer Bohren - Wade In The Water (4:31)

(gospel 3)

In which Irregular Eighties Fridays goes into reruns

Austin Blues Party starts this afternoon, and I'll be dancing all night every night, as well as DJing about four and a half hours over the next couple of days. Today's eighties set is a rerun of the first one from early April. New sets will resume next time.