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FAQ: The return of Slicing Up Eyeballs

FAQ: The return of Slicing Up Eyeballs

Mildly popular music-news outpost Slicing Up Eyeballs creaked back into action late this evening, promising to renew its stream of posts about ’80s college rock acts — old music for old people, as it were — and the like. Here’s our founder answering a series of frequently asked questions.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 106, aired 1/22/13

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 106, aired 1/22/13

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio featured brand-new music from Wire, Mudhoney and Billy Bragg, plus old favorites from The Smithereens, The Waterboys, Echo & The Bunnymen, Fred Schneider, The Specials, Husker Du, Bronski Beat, Rain Parade and more. Replay at 2 p.m. EST Friday.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 105, aired 1/15/13

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 105, aired 1/15/13

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour featured brand-new music from Johny Marr, OMD, New Order, David Bowie, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Thurston Moore’s Chelsea Light Moving and Camer Van Beethoven, plus old favorites from Aztec Camera, XTC, The Repalcements and more.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 104, aired 1/8/13

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 104, aired 1/8/13

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio featured music from The Only Ones, MIssion of Burma, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Monks of Doom, The Housemartins, Midge Ure, The Cure, Kate Bush, Steve Wynn and the Miracle Three and many more.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 103, aired 1/1/13

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio; Episode 103, aired 1/1/13

Tonight’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour on Strangeways Radio featured new music by Pulp, The Dead Milkmen, Edwyn Collins, Pet Shop Boys and They Might Be Giants, plus favorites old and new from Bernard Sumner, The Smithereens, Pixies, The Smiths, Johnny Thunders, Aztec Camera and more.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 102, first aired 12/25/12

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 102, first aired 12/25/12

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour featured some of the best new and reissued music from 2012, including tracks from Paul Weller, Bob Mould, The House of Love, David Newton and Thee Mighty Angels, Dinosaur Jr, Paul Westerberg, Killing Joke, Pet Shop Boys and more.

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 101, first aired 12/18/12

Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 101, first aired 12/18/12

This week’s Slicing Up Eyeballs Music Hour featured Christmas-themed music from the likes of The Smithereens, Ramones, The Primitives, Al Jourgensen, The Pretenders, R.E.M., Throwing Muses, Kate Bush, Pet Shop Boys, The Pogues, They Might Be Giants, The Fall and more.