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.
BEST OF 1980 EDITION
Intro: Love and Rockets, “Motorcycle”
The Clash, “Police On My Back”
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Pictures On My Wall”
The Feelies, “Original Love”
OMD, “Messages”
The Cure, “Seventeen Seconds”
Talking Heads, “Crosseyed and Painless”
U2, “An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart”
Dead Kennedys, “Holiday in Cambodia”
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Spellbound”
Japan, “Gentlemen Take Polariods”
John Foxx, “Underpass”
Pretenders, “Mystery Achievement”
X, “Los Angeles”
Joy Division, “Heart and Soul”
they do know that spellbound was released in 1981