Retroshock Program Notes (09/27/08)

• Stephen "Tin-Tin" Duffy - Kiss Me
• Cure - Facination Street (Remix)
• A-ha - Take On Me (Remix)
• Underworld - Born Slippy
• Communards - Never Can Say Goodbye
• Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel/Route 66 (Remix)
• U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing (Remix)
• Tones On Tail - Performance
• The Shamen - Move Any Mountain
• Thompson Twins - You Take Me Up (Remix)
• Enigma - Return To Innocence (Remix)
• Love & Rockets - Motorcycle
• Nitzer Ebb - Join In The Chant
• Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion (Remix)
• Nine Inch Nails - Perfect Drug (Remix)
• Clan of Xymox - The Stranger

Retroshock Program Notes (09/20/08)

Playlist:
• Bauhaus - Slice Of Life
• Prince - Let's Go Crazy (Remix)
• Information Society - Pure Energy (Remix)
• Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon
• Alien Sex Fiend - Now I'm Feeling Zombified
• Culture Club - Crying Game (Remix)
• Limahl - Never Ending Story (Remix)
• Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
• Yaz - Goodbye Seventies
• Art Of Noise - Paranomia
• Cure - A Forest (Remix)
• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities in Dust (Remix)
• Mission UK - Wasteland
• Billy Idol - Heroin
• Smiths - How Soon Is Now
• Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town (Remix)
• Yello - Oh Yeah (Remix)

Retroshock Program Notes (09/13/08)

Playlist:
• Lush - For Love
• Thompson Twins - The Gap
• Filter - Take A Picture (Remix)
• Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin (Remix)
• Sugarcubes - Motorcrash
• Revco - Attach Ships
• Love & Rockets - So Alive (Remix)
• Soft Cell - Tainted Love (Remix)
• Smashing Pumpkins - Rotten Apples
• New Order - Temptation
• Depeche Mode - Master & Servant (Remix)
• Ministry - Halloween (Remix)
• Bauhaus - Third Uncle
• Big Audio Dynamite - The Bottom Line (Remix)
• Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (Remix)
• Portishead - Cowboys

Retroshock Program Notes (09/06/08)

Note: Live & Accoustic Rettorshock Show
Playlist:
• Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Live)
• Smashing Pumpkins - Today (Accoustic)
• The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (Accoustic)
• Love & Rockets - Ball of Confision (Live)
• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Swimming Horses (Live)
• 10,000 Maniacs - Candy Everybody Wants (W/ Michael Stipe)
• Men At Work - Down Under (Accoustic)
• Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (Accoustic)
• Beck - Lord Only Knows (Live)
• Duran Duran - Ordinary World (Accoustic)
• Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl (Live)
• Bauhaus - Silent Hedges (Live)
• Oasis - Wonderall (Accoustic)
• R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (Unplugged)
• Berlin - The Metro (Accoustic)
• Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up (Live w/ Sinnead O'Conner)
• Radiohead - Creep (Accoustic)
• No Doubt - Don't Speak (Accoustic)
• The Cure - Why Can't I Be You (Accoustic)
• Alanis Morissette - Head Over Heals (Unplugged)
• Stone Temple Pilots - Plush (Accoustic)
• Live - I Alone (Accoustic)
• Howard Jones - No One Is To Blame (Live)

Retroshock Program Notes (08/30/08)

Playlist:
• Front 242 - Head Hunter
• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kiss Them For Me (Remix)
• Depeche Mode - Dream On
• Eidelweiss - Eidelweiss
• Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missle F1-11 (Remix)
• The Glove - Like An Animal
• Pet Shop Boys - Go West
• Sugarcubes - Birthday (Remix)
• Camer Van Beethoven - I was Born In A Laundrmat
• Skinny Puppy - Assimulate
• Public Image Limited - This Is Not A Love
• Peter Murphy - Socrates The Python
• Tones on Tail - Twist
• KMFDM - Muppet Theme
• Soft Cell - Numbers (Remix)
• The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary (Long Version)
• The Cure - Pictures of You (Remix)
• David Bowie - I'm Deranged

Retroshock Program Notes (08/23/08)

Note: Retroshock interviewed Cracker guitarist Johnny Hickman in anticpation of upcoming Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven show in Truckee, CA on Aug. 31

Playlist:
• Lush - Sweetness & Light
• Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (Remix)
• Smashing Pumkins - Eye
• Depeche Mode - Get The Balance Right
• Jane's Addiction - Sex Is Violent
• The Beloved - The Sun Rising
• Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Remix)
• Love & Rockets - An American Dream
• Dramarama - Anything, Anything
• Joy Division - Dead Souls
• Cocteau Twins - Carolyn's Fingers
• Bono - In The Name of the Father
• Tones on Tail - Real Life
• Bjork - Army of Me
• Alien Sex Fiend - Ignore The Machine
• Beck - MTV Makes Me Want To Smoke Crack
• Cracker - Low
• Inteview with Cracker Guitarist Johnny Hickman
• Cracker - Nostalgia
• Cracker - Blue Rosebuds
• Camper Van Beethoven - Eye Of Fatima

Retroshock Playlist (08/16/08)

Albums in the Retroshock Shuffle:
• Siouxsie & the Banshees - "Hyaena"
• Duran Duran - "Rio"
• Nine Inch Nails - "Pretty Hate Machine"
• Erasure - "The Innocents"
• Soft Cell - "Non Stop Erotic Caboret
• Smashing Pumpkins - "Siamese Dream"

Playlist:
• Soft Cell - Chips on My Shoulder
• Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
• Siouxsie & the Banshees - Belladonna
• Nine Inch Nails - Down in It
• Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock
• Erasure - When I Needed You
• Siouxsie & the Banshees - Dazzle
• Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole
• Erasure - A Little Respect
• Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf
• Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
• Duran Duran - The Chauffeur
• Smashing Pumpkins - Soma
• Siouxsie & the Banshees - Dear Prudence
• Nine Inch Nails - Ringfinger
• Duran Duran - Rio
• Soft Cell - Tainted Love
• Erasure - Ship of Fools
• Smashing Pumpkins - Rocket
• Duran Duran - Save a Prayer
• Siouxsie & the Banshees - Swimming Horses
• Erasure - Chains of Love
• Nine Inch Nails - That's What I Get
• Soft Cell - Entertain Me

Retroshock Playlist (08/09/08)

Playlist:
• Nine Inch Nails - Mr. Self Destruction Part 2
• Filter - Take A Picture (Remix)
• Erasure - Victim of Love (Remix)
• Cocteau Twins - Carolyn's Fingers
• Sugarcubes - Birthday
• Sisters of Mercy - Dominion/ Mother Russia
• Pet Shop Boys - Yesterday When I was Mad
• Book of Love - Boy (Remix)
• Cure - 39
• Sinead O'Connor - Last Day of Our Acaintance
• Rev(olting) Co(cks) - No Devotion
• Yaz - Didn't I leave Your Love Down
• Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear (But Fear Itself)
• Ministry - Nature of Love
• Stone Temple Pilots - Plush (Acoustic)
• Bauhaus - Rose Garden Funeral of Sores
• L.A. Style - James Brown is Dead
• Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight (Remix)
• Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling
• Cracker - Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now)

Retroshock Program Notes (08/02/08)

Playlist:
• Erasure - Solsbury Hill
Originally by Peter Gabirel
• Noise For Pretend - It's Oh So Quiet
Originally by Bjork
• Tori Amost - Heart of Gold
Originally by Crosby Stills & Nash
• Sisters of Mercy - Gimme Shelter
Originally by The Rolling Stones
• Everclear - Brown Eyed Girl
Originally by Van Morrison
• Billy Idol - Heroin
Originally by Lou Reed
• Sinead O'Conner - All Aplogies
Originally by Nirvana
• Duran Duran - White Lines
Originally by Grandmaster Flash
• New Romanic Orchestra - Wild Boys
Originally by Duran Duran
• Art of Noise w/ Tom Jones - Kiss
Originally by Prince
• Psuedo Echo - Funky Town
Originally by Lipps, Inc.
• Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Piggy
Originally by Nine Inch Nails
• The Cure - Purple Haze
Originally by Jimi Hendrix
• Marylin Manson - You Spin Me Round
Originally by Dead or Alive
• Beck - Diamond Dogs
Originally by David Bowie
• Alanis Morissette - Crazy
Originally by Seal
• Seal - Fly Like An Eagle
Originally by Steve Miller Band
• English Beat - Tears of a Clown
Originally by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
• Electric Hellfire Orchestra - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Originally by Bauhaus
• Smashing Pumpkins - Never Let Me Down
Originally by Depeche Mode
• Daniel Ash - Day Tripper
Originally by The Beatles
• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Helter Skelter
Originally by The Beatles
• 7 Seconds - 99 Red Balloons
Originally by Nina Hagan
• Motley Crue - Anarchy in the UK
Originally by The Sex Pistols
• Paul Anka - Black Hole Sun
Originally by Soundgarden

Retroshock Program Notes (07/26/08)

Playlist:
• The English Beat - March of the Swivelheads
• Suzanne Vega - Blood Makes Noise
• Depeche Mode - Flies on the Windscrean
• Culture Club - The Crying Game (Remix)
• Single Gun Theory - Fall
• Love & Rockets - RIP 20 C
• The Cure - Why Can't I Be You (Remix)
• Prince - Mountains
• Time Zone - World Destruction (Remix)
• Nine Inch Nails - The Becoming
• Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby
• Tori Amos - Professional Widow (Remix)
• Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen
• Pornos For Pyros - Meija
• Peter Gabriel - Blood Of Eden (Remix)
• Hooters - All You Zombies
• Moby - Ain't Never Learned
• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Peek A Boo (Remix)
• Daniel Ash - Closer To You
• Yaz - Situation
• Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl

Retroshock Program Notes (07/19/08)

Albums in the Retroshock Shuffle:
• Prince - Around The World In A Day
• B-52s - Bouncing off the Satellites
• Annie Lennox - Medusa
• Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses
• Moby - Play
• The Cranberries - Everyone Else Is Doing It, Why Can't We?


Playlist:
• Moby - Body Rock
• Annie Lennox - A Whiter Shade of Pale
• Depeche Mode - Little 15
• The Cranberries - Linger
• Prince - America
• B-52s - Summer of Love
• The Cranberries - Waltzing Back
• Prince - Rasberry Beret
• B-52s - Wig
• Depeche Mode - Pleasure, Little Treasure
• Annie Lennox - Don't Let It Bring You Down
• Moby - Porcelein
• Prince - Temptation
• The Cranberries - Pretty
• Depeche Mode - Strangelove
• Annie Lennox - Take Me To The River
• Moby - Run On
• B-52s - The Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland
• Annie Lennox - Downtown Lights
• Prince - Pop Life
• Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down
• B-52s - She Brakes for Rainbows
• The Cranberries - Dreams
• Moby - Southside

Retroshock Program Notes (07/12/08)

Playlist:
• Love & Rockets - No Big Deal (Remix)
• Thompson Twins - You Take Me Up
• The Cure - I'm Cold
• Lou Reed - What's Good
• Hole - Gold Dust Woman
• Primus - Too Many Puppies
• Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (Remix)
• Ministry - Every Day Is Halloween
• Berlin - The Metro (Accoustic)
• Styx - Mr. Roboto (Remix)
• Depeche Mode - Clean
• OMD - Forever Live And Die
• Erasure - Blue Savannah
• Prince & Shelia E. - The Love Bizzare
• Culture Club - It's A Miracle
• Moby - Porcelin (Remix)
• Bauhaus - King Volcano

Retroshock Playlist (07/05/08)

Playlist
• Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod
• The Cure - The Walk (Remix)
• My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Do You Fear For Your Child
• Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Atari Baby
• New Order - Shellshock
• Whale Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe
• Yello - Oh Yeah (Remix)
• Rammsteinn - Stripped
• Information Society - Pure Energy (Remix)
• Love & Rockets - Lucifer Sam
• The Clash - This Is England
• Tori Amos w/ BT - Blue Skies
• Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (Remix)
• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Voices On The Air
• Bauhaus - Mask
• Gary Numan - Down In The Park
• Erasure - Rock Me Baby
• Depeche Mode - See You
• Public Limited Image - Death Disco
• Smashing Pumpkins - Destination Unknown
• Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

Retroshock Playlist (06/28/08)

Note: Special Billy Idol Retroshock co-hosted by Sean Powers from BoB-FM

Playlist:
• Billy Idol - White Wedding Parts 1 &2 (Long Verson)
• Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
• Siouxsie & Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
• Generation X – Kiss Me Deadly
• Sigue Sigue Sputnik – 20th Century Boy
• Billy Idol - Rebel Yell Live
• Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
• David Bowie - Heroes
• Power Station - Bang A Gong
• Duran Duran - The Chauffeur
• Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen
• Billy Idol – Hot In The City (Remix)
• Blink 182 - Dancing with Myself
• Scooter - Rebel Yell
• Paul Anka - Eyes Without a Face
• David Coverdale - The Last Note of Freedom
• Thompson Twins – Revolution
• Harold Faltameyer/Steve Stevens – Top Gun Theme
• Billy Idol - Mony, Mony
• Billy Idol – LA Woman
• Billy Idol – Heroin

Retroshock Program Notes (06/21/08)

Playlist:
• Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town (Remix)
• Love & Rockets - No Big Deal
• Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
• Don't Mess With Dr. Dream
• Sisters of Mercy - Gimme Shelter
• Church - Under the Milky Way
• Prince - Girls & Boys
• Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Mille F1-11
• Big Audio Dynomite - The Bottom Line (Remix)
• Violent Fems - Blister In The Sun
• A-ha - Take On Me (Remix)
• B-52s - Channel Z
• Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby
• Siouxsie & Banshees - Something Wicked This Way Comes
• The Cure - Catapiller (Remix)
• U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing (Remix)
• Culture Club - Sweet Toxic Love
• Joy Division - Atmosphere
• Limahl - Never Ending Story (Remix)

Retroshock Program Notes (06/14/08)

Albums in the Retroshock Shuffle:

• Peter Gabriel - "Us"

• INXS - "Listen Like Thieves

• Janes Addiction - "Ritual De Habitual"

• The Cure - "Japanese Whispers"

• Concrete Blonde - "Bloodletting"

• Sinead O' Conner - "The Lion & The Cobra"

Playlist:

• Peter Gabriel - Come Talk To Me

• INXS - What You Need

• The Cure - The Upstairs Room

• Jane's Addiction - Stop!

• Concrete Blonde - Darking of The Light

• Sinead O'Conner - Mandinka

• Jane's Addiction - Obvious

• Concrete Blonde - Joey

• Peter Gabriel - Washing of The Water

• Sinead O'Conner - Drink Before The War

• INXS - Listen Like Thieves

• The Cure - The Walk

• Concrete Blonde - Lullaby

• INXS - Falling Down The Mountain (Kiss The Dirt)

• Sinead O'Conner - Jackie

• Peter Gabriel - Digging In The Dirt

• The Cure - Lovecats

• Jane's Addiction - Classic Girl

• The Cure - Just One Kiss

• Peter Gabirel - Blood of Eden

• Concrete Blonde - Tomorrow, Wendy

• Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing

• Sinead O'Conner - Just Like You Said It Would Be

• INXS - This Time

Retroshock Playlist (06/07/08)

Playlist:
• Sigue Sigue Sputnik - 21st Century Boy
• Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Remix)
• Bauhaus - Third Uncle
• Pet Shop Boys - Where The Street Have No Name
• Book of Love - I Touch Roses
• Medicine - Time Baby III
• A-ha - Take On Me (Remix)
• Smashing Pumkins - We Only Come Out At Night
• New Order - Temptation
• Garbage - Stupid Girl
• XTC - Dear God
• Public Image Limited - This Is Not A Lovesong
• Dramarama - Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)
• White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
• Depeche Mode - Everything Counts (Remix)
• Sleeper - Atomic
• Skinny Puppy - Assimulate
• Enigma - Sadness (Remix)
• Ministry - The Nature of Love
• Sugarcubes - Birthday
• Stone Temple Pilots - Plush (Accoustic)

Retroshock Program Notes (05/30/08)

Playlist:

• Pychedelic Furs - Dumb Waiters

• They Might Be Giants - Ana Ang

• Depeche Mode - Waiting For The Night

• Lush - DeLuxe

• ABC - Be Near Me (Remix)

• Joe Strummer - Dumb Dumb Club

• Daniel Ash - Walk This Way

• Sinead O'Conner - Just Like You Said It Would Be

• Dirty Vegas - Days Go By

• INXS - Need You Tonight/Mediate

• Talking Heads - Sax & Violins

• Concrete Blonde - Tomarrow Wendy

• Peter Murphy - A Strange Kind Of Love (Version 2)

• The Cure - Push

• Filter - Take A Picture (Remix)

• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities In Dust (Remix)

• Cocteau Twins - Bluebeard

• Yaz - Situation (Remix)

• Culture Club - Bow Down Mister

• The Sundays - Where The Story Ends

Retroshock Program Notes (05/24/08)

Since this was a three day weekend for the Memorial Day Holiday, we did a three-in-a-row of artists on 97.3 BoB FM.

Playlist:

• Duran Duran - Perfect Day

• Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf

• Duran Duran - Too Much Information

• Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio

• Wall of Voodoo - Back in Flesh

• Wall of Voodoo - Ring Of Fire

• Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Passenger

• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Dazzle

• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities In Dust

• Fine Young Cannibles - Jonny Come Home

• Fine Young Cannibles - She Drives Me Crazy

• Fine Young Cannibles - - Suspicious Minds

• Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

• Soft Cell - Tainted Love

• Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf

• Tones on Tail - Go

• Tones on Tail - Performance

• Tones on Tail - Twist

• Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight

• Depeche Mode - People Are People

• Depeche Mode - Black Celebration

• Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger

• Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Mde Of This)

• Eurythmics - Thorn In My Side

Retroshock Program Notes (05/17/08)

We held a "Cure Retro Party" at The Red Martini and gave a fewpairs of tickets to the Cure May 28th Show at the HP Pavillion in San Jose to those who dressed up for the night.

Ashley Boswell (in photo) was one of the lucky winners. Since I had to host the event, I would like to thank Reagan, who does 10-Midnight Weekdays on 97.3 BoB FM, for filling in for me.

The following playlist had Cure Remixes and covers from a variety of unique artists:
• The Cure - Why Can't I Be You (Remix)

• Nosferatu - 100 Years

• Tori Amos - Love Song

• A.F.I. - The Hanging Garden

• The Cure - The Walk (Remix)

• Fahrenheit 451 - The Blood

• Reel Big Fish - Boy's Don't Cry

• Ben Folds - Lets Go To Bed

• The Glove - Mr. Alphabet Says

• The Cure - Facination Street (Remix)

• Kill Switch Klick - Jumping Someone Else's Train

• Bell, Book & Candle - Primary

• Deftones - If Only Tonight We Could Sleep

• The Cure - Winter

• Siouxsie & Banshees - Dear Prudence

• The Cure - A Forest (Remix)

• Ex Voto - Shake Dog Shake

• Smashing Pumpkins - A Night Like This

• Dinasour Jr. - Just Like Heaven

• Paul Anka - Love Cats

Retroshock Program Notes (05/10/08)

Albums in the Retroshock Shuffle:

• Beck - "Odelay"

• Love & Rockets - "Earth, Sun, Moon"

• R.E.M. - "Green"

• Belly - "Star"

• U2 - "Actung Baby"

• Suzanne Vega - "Solitude Standing"

Playlist:

• Beck - New Pollution

• Love & Rockets - The Light

• R.E.M. - Stand

• Belly - Gepetto

• U2 - One

• Suzanne Vega - Gypsy

• Love & Rockets - Waiting For The Flood

• U2 - The Fly

• Suzanne Vega - Luka

• Belly - Feed The Tree

• R.E.M. - World Leader Pretend

• Beck - Jack Ass

• Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing

• Beck - Where It's At

• Belly - Someone To Die For

• U2- Until The End Of The World

• Love & Rockets - Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven

• R.E.M. - Orange Crush

• Beck - Devil's Haircut

• U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing

• Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner

• Love & Rockets - No New Tail To Tell

Retroshock Program Notes (5/03/08)

Note: Co-hosted wth Reagan from BoB-FM.
Playlist:

• Killing Joke - Eighties

• The Cure - Facination Street

• Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go?

• Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch*

• Tones on Tail - Go

• Public Image Limited (Rise)*

• Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11 (Remix)*

• Cracker - Low

• Iggy Pop - Lust For Life

• Prince - Let's Go Crazy (Remix)*

• Rage Against The Machine - Rennegades of Funk*

• Timezone - World Destruction (Remix)

• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Helter Skelter

• Bad Religion - 21st Century Digital Boy

• My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Do You Fear For Your Child?

• 5,6,7,8s - Fruit Bubble Love

• Clash - I Fought The Law

• Alien Sex Fiend - Dead & Buried

• Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia

• New Order - Blue Monday

• Ray Charles - Ghostbusters

• Rick James - Super Freak

Retroshock Program Notes (04/26/08)

Note: Co-hosted by Sam from BoB-FM. These were artists who have performed at the Coachella Arts & Music Festival in Southern California

Playlist:
• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Dazzle
• Blur - Song #2
• The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (Accoustic)
• The Cure - 10:15 On A Saturday Night
• Bjork - Army of Me
• Beck - Devil's Haircut*
• Love & Rockets - Yin and Yang The Flowerpot Man*
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Roller Coaster of Love
• Cocteau Twins - Know Who You Are At Every Age
• Prince - Rasberry Beret*
• Moby - Go
• Beastie Boys - Sabotage*
• Basement Jaxx - Where's your Heat At*
• The Breeders - Cannonball
• Nine Inch Nails - Ringfinger
• Portishead - Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)
• Lemmonheads - Mrs. Robinson
• Art of Noise - Close To The Edit*
• Fatboy Slim - Praise You
• Daft Punk - Da Funk
• Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down
• Roger Waters - The Tide Is Turning*

*Selected videos from songs on the playlist

Beck - Devils Haircut


Love and Rockets - Yin and Yang and the Flowerpot Man


RHCP - Roller Coaster of Love


Prince - Raspberry Beret


Beastie Boys - Sabotage


Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Heat At


Art of Noise - Close (To The Edit)


Roger Waters - Tide Is Turning

Retroshock Program Notes (4/19/08)

Playlist:
• Big Audio Dynamite - The Bottom Line (Remix)
• Cocteau Twins - Carolyn's Fingers*
• Love & Rockets - Everybody Wants to go to Heaven
• Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling*
• INXS - Falling Down The Mountain (Kissing Dirt)*
• Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town (remix)
• Bono - In The Name Of The Father*
• Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye*
• Yello - Oh Yeah
• Brian Ferry - Is Your Love Strong Enough*
• U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing (Remix)
• Peter Gabriel (w/ Deep Forest) - While The Earth Sleeps
• Ministry - Jesus Built My Hot Rod
• Fishbone - ?'s Of Modern Industry*
• Pet Shop Boys - Absolutely Fabulous
• Underworld - Born Slippy
• The Cure - Why Can't I Be You (Remix)
• Clash - This Is England
• Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
• Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill)*
• Crash Test Dummies - Superman Song*

*Videos of selected songs:
Cocteau Twins - Carolyn's Fingers


Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling


INXS - Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)


Bono - In The Name Of The Father


Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye


Bryan Ferry- Is your Love Strong Enough?


Fishbone - Modern Industry


Kate Bush - Running up that Hill


Crash Test Dummies: Superman's Song

Retroshock Program Notes (4/11/08)

Playlist:
• BT Featuring Tori Amos - Blue Sky*
• Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Remix)
• Peter Murphy - A Strange Kind Of Love*
• Tones on Tail - Twist
• Martin L. Gore - Compulsion
• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Spellbound*
• Duran Duran - Too Much Information*
• The Cure - The Walk (Remix)
• K.M.F.D.M. - Meglamaniac
• Bad Religion - Atomic Garden
• Sleeper - Atomic
• Depeche Mode - But Not Tonight*
• Mission U.K. - Wasteland
• R.E.M. - Fretless
• Wall of Voodoo - Back In Flesh
• Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion*
• Daft Punk - Da Funk*
• Soft Cell - Memorbelia
• Joe Strummer - Dumb Dumb Club
• Soft Cell - Memorabilia
• Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind*
• Moby - James Bond Theme*

*Videos From Selected Songs:

BT featuring Tori Amos - Blue Skies


Peter Murphy - Strange Kind Of Love


Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound


Duran Duran - Too Much Information


Depeche Mode - But not tonight (from Soundtrack of Modern Girls)


Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion


Daft Punk - Da Funk


Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind


Moby - James Bond Theme

Retroshock Promgram Notes 04/05/08

Albums In The Retroshock Shuffle:
• Tori Amos - "Little Earthquakes"
• Bauhaus - "Burning from the Inside"
• Bjork - "Post"
• Cocteau Twins - "Heven or Las Vegas"
• The Cure - "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me"
• Depeche Mode - "Violator"

Playlist:
• Cocteau Twins - Pitch The Bay
• Depeche Mode - World In My Eyes
• Bjork - Army Of Me
• The Cure - The Perfect Girl
• Tori Amos - Winter
• Bauhaus - Kingdom's Comig
• The Cure - Shiver and Shake
• Tori Amos - Leather
• Bauhaus - She's In Parties*
• Bjork - Headphones
• Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence*
• Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas*
• Bjork - I Miss You
• The Cure - Just Like Heaven*
• Tori Amos - Crucify
• Bauhaus - Kingdom's Coming
• Cocteau Twins - Fotepolitic
• Depeche Mode - Clean
• Cocteau Twins - Cherry-Coulered Funk
• Depeche Mode - Waiting For The Night
• Bjork - It's Oh So Quiet*
• The Cure - Like Cocatoos
• Tori Amos - Silent All The Years
• Bauhaus - Hope

*Videos of Selected Songs:
The Cure - Just Like Heaven


Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence


Björk - It's Oh So Quiet


Bauhaus - She's in Parties


Tori Amos - Winter


Cocteau Twins- Heaven or Las Vegas

Retroshock Program Notes 3/29

NOTE: Co-hosted with Juan from El Punko Productions
Playlist:
• Sigue Sigue Sputnik - 21 Century Boy*
• Cramps - Goo Goo Muck
• Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
• Youth Brigade - Something To Believe In
• The Cure - Jumping Someone Else's Train*
• Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
• Devo - Working In Coal Mine
• 7 Seconds - We're Going Fight
• Midnight Oil - Dead Heart
• Lords Of The New Church - Hey Tonight
• Arcadia - Election Day*
• Sub Humans - Power Games
• My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult- Kooler Than Jesus
• Killing Joke - Eighties*
• Toy Dolls - Turtle Crazy
• Ramones - Blitzkreig Bop
• Talking Heads - Sax & Violins*
• 7 Seconds - 99 Red Balloons
• New Order - Shellshock
• Dead Milkman - Punk Rock Girl
• Adolescents - Amoeba
• Oingo Boingo - Just Another Day
• The Dickies - Paranoid
• Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen

*Videos of Some Of These Songs:

Sigue Sigue Sputnik - 21st Century Boy



The Cure - Jumping On Someone Else's Train



Arcadia - Election Day



Killing Joke - Eighties


Talking Heads - Sax and Violins

What A Great Party!

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Retroshock Anniversary Party on Friday, March 21 held at Discology CD Store.

Special thanks to George and Luke from the Atomiks for their performance, El Adobe Cafe for the catering and of course, our host Dave from Discology!

Retroshock Program Notes (3/22/08)

NOTE: with co-host Dave Calkins from Discology.

Playlist:
• Lenny Kravitz – Are You Going To Go My Way (Acoustic)
• The Cure - A Forest (Acoustic)*
• Dirty Vegas – Days Go By (Acoustic)
• Berlin – Metro (Acoustic)*
• The Go Gos – Our Lips Are Sealed (Acoustic)*
• Stone Temple Pilots – Plush (Acoustic)*
• Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock (Acoustic)*
• Men At Work – Down Under (Acoustic)*
• The National – Pretty In Pink (Acoustic)*
• Alanis Morissete – Ironic (Acoustic)*
• Naked Eyes – Promises, Promises (Acoustic)
• David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust (Acoustic)
• Tommy Tutone – 867-5309 (Jenny) (Acoustic)
• 10,000 Maniacs – Don’t Talk (Acoustic)
• Soul Asylum – Somebody To Shove (Acoustic)
• Outfield – Your Love (Acoustic)
• Chris Issak – Somebody’s Crying (Acoustic)
• The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony (Acoustic)*
• R.E.M. – Half A World Away (Acoustic)
• Annie Lennox – Why (Acoustic)*
• Howard Jones – No One Is To Blame (Acoustic)
• Oasis – Wonderall (Acoustic)
• Bauhaus – Spirit (Acoustic)*

Accoustic videos from the show:
The Cure - A Forest (Acoustic Version)


Stone Temple Pilots Plush (Acoustic MTV)


Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock (Acoustic)


Alanis Morissette - Ironic (2004 Live Acoustic VH1)


Richard Ashcroft of Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (acoustic)


Annie Lennox - Why


Oasis - Wonderwall - Acoustic


Bauhaus - Spirit (Live 1999)

Retroshock Program Notes (3/15/08)

Playlist:
• Filter - Take My Picture (Remix)
• The Dream Academy - The Love Parade
• Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
• Lush - De-Luxe
• Wiseguys - Start The Comotion
• Public Image Limited - Rise*
• Oingo Boingo - No One Lives Forever
• Tones On Tail - Twist
• A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV*
• Duran Duran - White Lines
• The Cure - A Forest (Remix)
• Thompson Twins - If You Were Here
• Talking Heads - Nothing But Flowers
• Wham - Everything She Wants
• Alien Sex Fiend - Dead & Buried*
• Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity*
• Belly - Feed The Tree
• Bauhaus - All We Ever Wanted*

*Videos I Mention During The Show:

Public Image Ltd - Rise
The granddaddy of punk next band after the Sex Pistols...


A-HA - The Sun Always Shines On TV
The Norwegian band with videos using sketch animation...


Alien Sex Fiend - Dead & Buried Live
Check out this recent live performance and the scary Nick Fiend...


Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
Featuring fancy footwork and moving furniture...


Bauhaus - All We Ever Wanted Live
A recent live performance of Bauhaus...

Retroshock Anniversary Party

You are invited to the first annual Retroshock Anniversary Party to be held from 6-9pm, Friday, March 21 at Discology CD Store, located on the corner of California and Plumas.

The celebration will include music provided by yours truely, an accoustic performance by Atomiks' frontman George Pickard, will feature a few 97.3 BoB FM personalities and some close friends.

The evening will also include a drawing for a vinyl of the newly released and unfortunately final Bauhaus Album "Go Away White." The winner of the drawing will be announced on the March 22 Retroshock Show on 97.3 BoB FM.

To have reached this milestone has been possible because of the support and encouragment of the following people:
• Dave Calkins, owner of Discology (one of Reno's only independent CD Stores) who sponsors my show and is a unlimited source of satisfying my voracious appetite for the music I play.
• Bill Schulz, the program director of 97.3 BoB FM, who gave me my radio opportunity and continues to put up with me. For those of you who listen to BoB's sister station, Alice @ 96.5, he is the co-host of the popular Bill & Connie Show.
• My fellow 97.3 BoB FM staff members for their support including Morning Show Host Dave Mencarelli, Traffic Trey Valentine, evening host Reagan and weekend midday host Sean Powers.
• Gone, but not forgotten: Former 97.3 BoB FM Personality Chris The Brit who started Retroshock with me and is now on the airwaves of the Phillipeans and former sales executives Trish Walker and Ivy Cohen for all their efforts.
• Last, but not least: My listening audience for their loyalty and continued interest.

Thank you to all of you and I hope to see all of you on Friday evening!

Retroshock Program Notes (3/8/08)

Playlist:
• Pychedelic Furs - Dumb Waiters
• ABC - Be Near Me (Remix)
• Love & Rockets - Haunted When The Minutes Drag
• 10,000 Maniacs - Candy Everybody Wants (featuring Michael Stipe)
• The Cure - Primary
• Medicine - Time Baby III
• Depeche Mode - Waiting for the Night*
• Concrete Blonde - Tomarrow Wendy
• INXS - Need You Tonight/Mediate*
• Wall of Voodoo - Ring of Fire
• Duran Duran - Planet Earth
• Bauhaus - Third Uncle
• Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger
• Peter Gabriel - Party Man
• The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
• The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (Accoustic)
• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Christine*
• Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
• Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
• The Clash - This is England

*Videos I Mention During The Show:

Depeche Mode - Waiting for the Night
One of the best live performances I ever saw from the band...


INXS - Need You Tonight/Mediate
Strangely familiar to Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues"...


Siouxsie & The Banshees - Christine
Inspired from the film The Three Faces of Eve

Bauhaus releases new album!

Three years after Bauhaus reunited and last toured in 2005, Bauhaus released on March 4 “Go Away White.” Written and recorded in only 18 days, it unfortunately led to "musical differences" that broke up the band. Lead singer Peter Murphy, who converted to Islam in the '90s, has gone back to his solo career in Turkey while remaining members are re-forming Love and Rockets, to play this year's Coachella Music Festival.

To celebrate the new release, 97.3 BoB FM's Retroshock and Discology are offering you a chance to win the new Bauhaus album on vinyl! To qualify, purchase a new Bauhaus “Go Away White” CD at Discology. You will then be registered for a drawing to be held Friday, March 21. The name of the winner will be announced on the March 22 Retroshock show on 97.3 BoB FM.

Related Links:

• Bauhaus: Godfathers of Goth Regroup (March 4 NPR Story)

• Bauhaus Official Web Site

Welcome to my blog!

Greetings

I am Willie from 97.3 BoB FM and after having my show Retroshock (airing 10pm-Midnight, Saturdays) reach its first anniversary, I felt it was time to start a blog.

Retroshock explores the more alternative side of the 80s and 90s, resurfaces old club hits, plays remixes of your favorite BoB FM tunes and opens the playlist to an occasional guest.

I envision this space to be used for previews of my upcoming Retroshock shows, announcing concerts and shows and as a platform for you to share your thoughts.

I wish to thank Dave Calkins of Discology, the sponsor of Retroshock, for his support of my show over the past year. Like we say on 97.3 BoB-FM: "The suits don't pick the music. We do!" And having an independent CD store sponsor my show reflects that.

Thanks,
Willie
97.3 BoB FM