Eighties Friday: Dead Man's Party

This week's eighties show is Halloween-themed, and will run through Halloween night on Sunday. As always, I hope you dig it.

1. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (6:23)
2. The Judy's - Ghost In a Bikini (2:12)
3. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence (3:50)
4. Peter Murphy - All Night Long (5:44)
5. The Sisters of Mercy - Flood II (6:46)
6. Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) (4:30)
7. Billy Idol - L.A. Woman (Single Edit) (2001 Digital Remaster) (4:03)
8. Shriekback - My Spine (Is The Bassline) (Long Version) (4:00)
9. Yello - Domingo (4:33)
10. Pet Shop Boys - Integral (3:53)
11. Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan (5:59)
12. The Judy's - Trixie and the Killer (2:51)
13. Bauhaus - She's In Parties (5:54)
14. The Cure - Burn (6:37)
15. Book of Love - Tubular Bells (4:09)
16. Depeche Mode - Black Celebration [Live at Pasadena Rose Bowl, June 18, 1988] (4:54)
17. Yaz - In My Room (3:54)
18. The Cult - Brother Wolf Sister Moon (6:47)
19. Cocteau Twins - Lorelei (3:43)
20. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Kiss Them for Me (4:28)
21. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? (6:46)
22. Oingo Boingo - No One Lives Forever (4:08)
23. The Hooters - All You Zombies (5:58)
24. The Cure - Lullaby (4:10)
25. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (13:31)
26. The Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion (10:54)
27. Shriekback - Nemesis (3:43)
28. Concrete Blonde - God Is A Bullet (4:24)
29. The Southern Death Cult - False Faces (3:41)
30. Pet Shop Boys - King's Cross (5:09)
31. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust (4:07)
32. Oingo Boingo - Weird Science (6:06)
33. Echo And The Bunnymen - Buried Alive (3:55)
34. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands (5:29)
35. The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary (Long Version) (6:58)
36. The Sisters of Mercy - Gimme Shelter (5:57)

(Eighties 12)

This Week in the Shack

This week's set is the first new soul set I've done in several months, I think. I'll also be deejaying Serious Soul Night at the Highball Lounge tomorrow with DJ Blu-Ray from 9 until midnight. There's no cover, and it's a fantastic venue. Come by and say hello if you're in the area.

1. Ryan Shaw - It Gets Better (3:29)
2. Wilson Pickett - Barefootin' (2:19)
3. Booker T. & the MG's - Hip Hug-Her (2:25)
4. Booker T. Jones - Hey Ya (3:52)
5. Junior Walker & the All-Stars - Shotgun (2:59)
6. Rufus Thomas - The Memphis Train (2:33)
7. The J.B.'s - Givin' Up Food for Funk, Pts. 1 & 2 (5:48)
8. Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman (5:05)
9. Kings Go Forth - You're the One (4:06)
10. Major Lance - The Monkey Time (2:48)
11. Jackson 5 - Penny Arcade (2:41)
12. Mayer Hawthorne - Shiny & New (2:59)
13. Wilson Pickett - Up Tight Good Woman (2:32)
14. Isaac Hayes - Good Love (5:18)
15. Chairmen Of The Board - Feelin' Alright? (3:43)
16. Stephen Bishop - Animal House (4:08)
17. Otis Leavill - Love Uprising (2:32)
18. Honey Cone - Want Ads [Long Version] (3:51)
19. Marvin Gaye - What's Happening Brother (2:43)
20. The Intruders - Cowboys To Girls (2:37)
21. Gloria Jones - Tainted Love (2:13)
22. Martha & the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack (2:53)
23. Chairmen Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time (2:42)
24. Dusty Springfield - Breakfast in Bed (2:58)
25. Joan Osborne - Sara Smile (3:36)
26. Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Who is He and What is He to You (4:49)
27. Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone (3:28)
28. Curtis Mayfield - No Thing on Me (Cocaine Song) (4:57)
29. The Bee Gees - Love You Inside Out (4:13)
30. Earth, Wind & Fire - In the Stone (4:24)
31. Cameo - We're Goin' out Tonight (4:42)
32. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody (7:32)
33. The Temptations - My Girl (2:57)
34. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - I Like It Like That (2:35)
35. Mel and Tim - Backfield in Motion (2:34)
36. Marvin Gaye - Court of the Common Plea (2:57)
37. Young-Holt Unlimited - Wack Wack (3:01)
38. Ray Charles - What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 (6:29)
39. Niamh Kavanagh - Destination: Anywhere (3:09)
40. Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools (2:47)
41. Ann Peebles - I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home (2:28)
42. Laura Lee - What A Man (2:55)
43. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights (3:45)
44. Alice Russell - Hurry On Now (4:39)
45. Dusty Springfield - Spooky (2:41)
46. Jackson Sisters - Shake Her Loose (2:30)
47. Al Green - Let's Stay Together (3:19)
48. Otis Redding - The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) (2:45)
49. Sam & Dave - You Don't Know Like I Know (2:40)
50. James Carr - The Dark End Of The Street (2:34)
51. The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There (3:56)
52. Bobby Patterson - Soul Is Our Music (2:30)
53. Bobby Byrd/James Brown - Sweet Soul Music (2:37)

(soul 30)

Eighties Friday

This Friday, The Shotgun Shack repeats this set from last spring.

Friday Eighties Music

Friday is upon us, and that means that it's time to once again accelerate The Shotgun Shack to 88 mph and travel back to the 1980s.

1. Concrete Blonde - Joey (4:08)
2. The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer (3:38)
3. Marillion - Warm Wet Circles (1999 Digital Remaster) (4:25)
4. The Sundays - My Finest Hour (3:59)
5. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - She (5:08)
6. The Style Council - The Lodgers (Or She Was Only A Shopkeeper's Daughter) (4:56)
7. Sade - The Sweetest Taboo (4:24)
8. Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done to Deserve This? (4:18)
9. Book of Love - Boy (2:57)
10. Yaz - Goodbye Seventies (2:37)
11. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (3:36)
12. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (3:28)
13. Bronski Beat - Why? (4:04)
14. Madonna - La Isla Bonita (4:02)
15. Soft Cell - Bedsitter (3:35)
16. Morrissey - You're The One For Me, Fatty (2:57)
17. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? (3:34)
18. The Clash - London Calling (3:19)
19. Talking Heads - I Zimbra (3:07)
20. Johnny Clegg - It's an Illusion (Live) (4:57)
21. Duran Duran - Rio (US Edit) (4:44)
22. David Bowie - Modern Love (Single Version) (2002 Digital Remaster) (3:58)
23. The Cure - Fascination Street (5:15)
24. Erasure - Ship Of Fools (4:01)
25. George Michael - I Want Your Sex (9:13)
26. Prince - It's About That Walk (4:25)
27. Echo and the Bunnymen - Bombers Bay (4:24)
28. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - If You Leave (4:30)
29. Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking (5:26)
30. The Fixx - Deeper and Deeper [#][Long Version] (6:30)
31. Morrissey - The National Front Disco (4:23)
32. U2 - Gloria (4:44)
33. The Alarm - Hallowed Ground (4:22)
34. The Church - Essence (5:15)
35. Lightning Seeds - The Life of Riley (4:03)
36. Culture Club - Black Money (5:21)
37. Howard Jones - No One Is To Blame (4:12)
38. Madonna - Live To Tell (5:51)
39. The Blow Monkeys - This Is Your Life (5:11)
40. ABC - Poison Arrow (3:23)
41. Mr Mister - Kyrie (4:16)

(eighties 11)

This Week in the Shack

This week's show is an extremely Austin-centric set of Texas artists, ranging from blues and blues-rock to Texas country, Americana, jazz, soul, and western swing. With just a handful of exceptions, all of these artists are still around and performing. As always, I hope you dig it.

1. Ray Wylie Hubbard - Screw You, We're from Texas (4:01)
2. T Bird and the Breaks - Two Tone Cadillac (4:35)
3. The Scabs - Man of the Year (4:27)
4. Mingo Fishtrap - Land of Dreams (4:22)
5. Papa Mali - Keep Happy (4:41)
6. Guy Forsyth - Needle Gun (5:12)
7. The Spencer Thomas Band - Blackjack - Live (6:42)
8. Carolyn Wonderland - Ain't Nobody's Business (3:43)
9. Asylum Street Spankers - Coffee Grindin' Blues (3:15)
10. White Ghost Shivers - Big N Easy (2:51)
11. Malford Milligan - Death Don't Have No Mercy (4:08)
12. James McMurtry And The Heartless Bastards - No More Buffalo (6:52)
13. Jon Dee Graham - The Restraining Order Song (4:05)
14. porterdavis - Grass Growing Through Concrete (4:17)
15. Steve Earle / Townes Van Zandt / Guy Clark - Dublin Blues (Guy Clark) (4:29)
16. Willis Alan Ramsey - Ballad of Spider John (4:19)
17. Lyle Lovett - If I Had a Boat (3:10)
18. Delbert McClinton - Every Time I Roll the Dice (4:27)
19. THe Fabulous Thunderbirds - Powerful Stuff (4:38)
20. Storyville - Nice Ain't Got Me Nothing (4:34)
21. Ian Moore - Revelation (4:34)
22. E.R. Shorts - Down But Not Out (7:25)
23. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Life Without You (4:18)
24. Doyle Bramhall - I'd Rather Be (Blind, Crippled And Crazy) (3:54)
25. W.C. Clark - Ain't Lost Nothin' (3:48)
26. Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmy Vaughn - Hush, Hush (3:01)
27. Gary Clark, Jr. - Blue Light Boogie (2:59)
28. T-Bone Walker - It's a Lowdown Dirty Deal (2:55)
29. Jazz Pharaohs - Careless Love (11:13)
30. Paris '49 - Johnny, tu n'es pas un ange (3:57)
31. Hot Club of Cowtown - It Stops with Me (4:24)
32. Boxcar Preachers - Venus In Furs (3:21)
33. Robert Earl Keen - Furnace Fan (3:58)
34. Ruthie Foster - Another Rain Song (4:16)
35. Karl Morgan - Sunny (3:52)
36. Cheryl Arena - He Aint No Prince (4:27)
37. Pinetop Perkins - Kansas City (4:45)
38. Freddie King - Reconsider Baby (4:00)
39. Greg Izor & The Boxkickers - I Don't Want to Be the One (2:15)
40. Albert Collins - Ain't Got Time (3:05)
41. Lyle Lovett - That's Right (You're Not from Texas) (4:53)

(Texas 8)

TGIF

As I announced last week, there will be an eighties set every Friday, alternating between new sets and old ones, beginning today with the first eighties set I did back in April.

Also, sorry about the regular set extending from last week into this one. Work has killed me all of this week, and I hope to get a new set up by Monday.

Wherein Irregular Eighties Fridays become less irregular

Starting today, every Friday will be for eighties music in The Shack. I'll alternate rerunning old sets with new ones.

Today's set:

1. The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene (4:05)
2. Scritti Politti - Small Talk (3:39)
3. The Style Council - The Big Boss Groove (4:38)
4. Echo and the Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses (5:50)
5. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (4:23)
6. ABC - How To Be A Millionaire (3:34)
7. Pet Shop Boys - Two Divided by Zero (3:34)
8. Cameo - Single Life (4:28)
9. Soft Cell - Seedy Films (5:04)
10. Dead Or Alive - Isn't It A Pity (4:43)
11. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes (Single Version) (2002 Digital Remaster) (3:36)
12. The Motels - Shame (4:10)
13. 'Til Tuesday - Love In A Vacuum (3:36)
14. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Black Night White Light (4:08)
15. David & David - Welcome To The Boomtown (5:31)
16. The Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat (5:13)
17. Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night (4:12)
18. Morrissey - Ouija Board, Ouija Board (4:25)
19. Lightning Seeds - Pure (3:46)
20. The Outfield - Your Love (3:36)
21. The Pretenders - Message Of Love (3:25)
22. Bobby Brown - Every Little Step (4:43)
23. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (3:21)
24. T'Pau - Heart And Soul (4:16)
25. U2 - Party Girl (3:21)
26. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now (4:45)
27. Soft Cell - Tainted Love (2:33)
28. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Electricity (3:31)
29. The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (3:47)
30. The Style Council - Speak Like A Child (3:18)
31. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Everyday I Write the Book (3:55)
32. Squeeze - Tempted (3:58)
33. Split Enz - I Got You (3:30)
34. Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon (3:10)
35. UB40 - Wear You to the Ball (3:30)
36. Spandau Ballet - Communication (3:26)
37. Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better [Live] (3:36)
38. The Time - Jungle Love (5:32)
39. Madonna - Express Yourself (3:59)
40. Duran Duran - All She Wants Is (45 Mix) (4:26)
41. The Hooters - All You Zombies (5:58)
42. The Church - Metropolis (4:45)
43. A-Ha - The Blue Sky (2:36)
44. The Alarm - Rescue Me [Tearing The Bonds Assunder Mix] (5:12)

(eighties 10)