These are my demons, ones that I’ve grown
These are my demons, from seeds that I’ve sown
These are my demons, leave them alone
These are my demons, go get your own!
Category Archives: 81 82 83 84
81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 34: Bring Me the Head of Yukio Mishima!
My mother gave me an intercontinental
Ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead
With USA on the side of it and
Coca-Cola in brackets …
… For Christmas!
81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 33: World Service Bulletin
To all wavebands on Earth
Reconnoiter on the kilohertz This tune is going out to Marconi To all corners of the globe There ain’t no hut in the Serengeti Where my wavelengths do not probe And if a rocket went to Saturn We sure hope a D.J. is on board81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 32: Just Another Day
There’s razors in my bed,
That come out late at night. They always disappear, Before the morning light!81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 31: Is That Love?
If only I’d thought of the right words
I could have held on to your heart If only I’d thought of the right words I wouldn’t be breaking apart all my pictures of you81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 30: Sorry!
Feeling attack put up defenses
Nothing you’ve ever said made much sense
Words are just another violence
Nothing rings as true as silence
81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 29: Some New Old Favourites
Since re-starting this show after a 37-year hiatus some 18 months ago, I’ve discovered or re-discovered a lot of songs that have become the new soundtrack of my life. This show includes sixteen of them. Hope you enjoy!
81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 28: What’s Happening On Wall Street? I Want to Know!
I watch you on the TV every single day
Those eyes make everything okay81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 27: Kill. Your. Television.
I want to go to cool places with you
I want to take you to cool places tonight I want to go where nobody’s a fool And no one says uh, “Hey girl, need a light?”81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 26: Sixth World? What Were the Other Five?
I can’t tell you
We can’t tell you They can’t tell you Why
81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 25: What We All Want
You can’t help being hard up
Can’t trust the gods we trusted
Don’t think that’s any insurance
Could I be happy with something else?
I need something to fill my time
81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 24: Could You Please Explain … ?
Is it an horrific dream?
Am I sinking fast? Could a person be so mean As to laugh and laugh on my own? Could you ease my load? Could you see my pain? Could you please explain the hurting?81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 23: The Story of My Life
I want to be a Yank. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve got unfinished business to straighten out, because the night. Let’s all make a bomb.
81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 22: Why Can’t You Be Like Endicott?
Endicott’s carryin’ a heavy load but Endicott never really ever moans
Endicott’s not a wealthy guy but Endicott pays the bills on time Endicott’s got ideas and plans, Endicott’s what you call a real man Endicott always will provide ’cause Endicott is the family type Why can’t you be like Endicott?81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 21: For My Birthday …
… I thought these lyrics sounded eerily appropriate:
Another year older and what have I done, I’m crippled by guilt, blinded by science, I’ve been waiting for tomorrow all of my life
my aspirations have shriveled in the sun,81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 20: Keeping It 1000
Hey! On this show we play our 1000th unique song! I never would have thought we’d get there but it’s been a fun ride so far. Hope you enjoy it!
81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 19: Rest Gently, Sweet Poet
Sadly we bid farewell this week to the genius singer, songwriter, and guitarist Tom Verlaine. He was the founder and driving force behind the groundbreaking band Television who reshaped music as part of the late 70’s NYC scene. This week’s show features some of Verlaine’s music. Hope you’ll enjoy and look up more of his stuff if it wasn’t already on your radar.
81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 18: J. G. Ballard
This week’s show comprises songs inspired by the writings of the masterful British sci-fi novelist and story-teller, J. G. Ballard.
81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 17: Mummy, Daddy, Look at Me!
Hey you, in the front row, are you coming backstage after the show?
Because I’ve got a chaise longue in my dressing room, and a pack of warm beer that we can consume
81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 16: Punk and New Wave Classics
This week’s show features music not heard previously on this show, selected from the #PunkandNewWaveClassics tournament on Twitter that can be found on the “Everything 80’s” feed curated by @Oliver_Shergold. Check it out by clicking here!
81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 15: Something Better Change
Don’t you like the way I move when you see me?
Don’t you like the things that I say? Don’t you like the way I seem to enjoy it? When you shout things but I don’t care81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 14: Happy New Year!
Walk out to winter, swear I’ll be there
Chill will wake you, high and dry You’ll wonder why Walk out to winter, swear I’ll be there Chance is buried just below the blinding snow81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 13: Into the Valley
Out of concealment
Blank and stark-eyed Why so uncertain? This culture deceives81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 12: So Where the Hell is Memphis?
I had a one-way ticket and a little radio
I turned it on, heard the sound from twenty years ago
Somebody smiled and said, that’s the only way to go
He died at twenty-one, now nobody’s innocent in
Memphis! So where the hell is Memphis?
81 82 83 84 Season 2 Episode 11: Rebel Girl(s)
When she walks, the revolution’s comin’
In her hips, there’s revolution When she talks, I hear the revolution In her kiss, I taste the revolution