Exploring the legacy of ’80s college rock, Slicing Up Eyeballs airs every Tuesday at 10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific on Strangeways Radio. If you caught tonight’s episode, pop over to the Strangeways message board to leave comments or requests for future shows. And if you missed tonight’s episode, it’ll rebroadcast at 2 p.m. Eastern/11 a.m. Pacific on Friday at strangewaysradio.com.
Intro: Love and Rockets, “Motorcycle”
Depeche Mode, “Happiest Girl” (Jack Mix)
Bronski Beat, “Why”
Billy Bragg, “Sexuality”
Lightning Seeds, “The Life of Riley”
The Wedding Present, “You Jane”
Iggy Pop, “China Girl”
Close Lobsters, “Going to Heaven to See If It Rains”
Colin Meloy, “I’ve Changed My Plea To Guilty” (Morrissey)
Simple Minds, “See the Lights” (Live 2008)
Dexys, “Nowhere is Home”
Howard Jones, “Like To Get To Know You Well” (Live 2008)
The Go Betweens, “Right Here”
Erasure, “Fill Us With Fire”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Seven Seas”
Frank Black, “Los Angeles”