2/5/16 Friday!! A Mystery Year… Do You Remember?*

1. Earth Wind and Fire- September (RIP Maurice White) (B.O.S!)
(Movie: Foul Play)
2. Little River Band- Reminiscing
3. Blondie- Sunday Girl
4. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band- Still The Same
(News: Assasination of Mayor Moscone & Supervisor Harvey Milk)
5. Elvis Costello- What’s so Funny About Peace Love and Understanding?
6. Hall and Oates- It’s a Laugh
(TV: SNL Gilda Radner-“That’s so funny I forgot to laugh”)
7. Cheryl Lynn- Got To Be Real
(Radio: Casey Kasem intro to Heatwave)
8. Heatwave- Always and Forever
(TV: SNL- Gilda Radner/Jane Curtin)
9. The Ramones- Needles and Pins
(News:Canada-Keith Richards gets probation for heroin charge)
10. The Rolling Stones- When The Whip Comes Down
* All from the Mystery Year of…1978!!

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2/4/16 Thursday!! Trippin’ Back to…1996!!

1. Dave Matthews Band- Trippin’ Billies
2. Stone Temple Pilots- Trippin’ On A Hole In A Paper Heart
(Movie: Trainspotting-Choose life)
3. Weezer- The Good Life
(Movie: Beavis and Butt-head Do America)
4. Eels- Novocaine for The Soul
5. Dishwalla- Counting Blue Cars
(Movie: Slingblade)
6. Paula Cole- Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?
7. Johnny Cash- I’ve Been Everywhere
8. Cake- The Distance
(News: Al Gore in VP debate)
9. Fiona Apple- Shadowboxer
(News: Astronomer Carl Sagan passes away)
10. U2- Staring at The Sun

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2/3/16 Wednesday!! Ride the Tiger to…1974!!

1. Jefferson Starship- Ride the Tiger (R.I.P. Paul Kantner)
(Movie: Lenny)
2. Roxy Music- The Thrill Of it All
(Movie: Lenny)
3. Elton John- The Bitch is Back
(TV: Columbo)
4. Joni Mitchell- Free Man In Paris
5. Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris-Love Hurts
(Movie: Blazing Saddles)
6. Bob Marley- No Woman No Cry
(Movie: Blazing Saddles)
7. Carl Carlton- Everlasting Love
(News: SF reacts to Nixon resignation)
8. Stevie Wonder- You Haven’t Done Nothin’
(News: Nixon at the beach during hearings)
9. Terry Jacks- Seasons in the Sun
(Movie: Blazing Saddles)
10. Frank Zappa- Cosmik Debris (B.O.S!)

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02/02/16 Tuesday!! Hitting Some Cool Places in…1983!!

02/02/16 Tuesday!! Hitting Some Cool Places in…1983!!

1. Duran Duran- Is There Something I Should Know?
(Movie: Risky Business)
2. English Beat- I Confess
3. Burning Sensations- Belly of the Whale
4. Tears for Fears- Pale Shelter
(News: Reagan’s Strategic Defense “Star Wars” Initiative/ Mov: Wargames)
5. Robert Hazard- Escalator of Life
(Ad: Atari Valley Girl- Totally Tubular)
6. The Tubes- She’s a Beauty (B.O.S-Tie!)
(Valley girl speak)
7. Missing Persons- Walking In L.A.
8. Sparks w/Jane Wiedlin- Cool Places (B.O.S-Tie!)
(Movie: Trading Places)
9. Talking Heads- Girlfriend is Better (B.O.S-Tie!)
(Ad: New Apple personal computer, “Lisa”)
10. Stevie Ray Vaughan- Love Struck Baby

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02/01/16 Monday!! Getting Delirious in…….1982!!

02/01/16 Monday!! Getting Delirious in…….1982!!
1. Wall of Voodoo- Mexican Radio
2. Prince- Delirious (B.O.S-Tie!)
3. Toto- Rosanna
(TV: Cheers)
4. The Members- Working Girl
5. Thomas Dolby- She Blinded Me With Science
(TV: Cheers)
6. Thompson Twins- Lies
(News: Thatcher Falklands “not a war”)
7. Duran Duran- Rio
(TV: Square Pegs)
8. The Motels- Only the Lonely
9. Roxy Music- To Turn You On (B.O.S-Tie!)
(Movie: E.T)
10. Men At Work- Be Good, Johnny

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1/29/2016 Friday!! Virtual Insanity in…1997!

1/29/2016 Friday!! Virtual Insanity in…1997!

1. Everclear-Everything to Everyone
(News: Dolly the cloned sheep)
2. Space- The Female of the Species
3. Big Head Todd and The Monsters- Please Don’t Tell Her
(TV: Seinfeld..”serenity now…insanity later..”)
4. Jamiroquai- Virtual Insanity (B.O.S!)
5. Paula Cole- I Don’t Want to Wait
(TV: Seinfeld- Serenity Now!!)
6. Morphine- Early to Bed
(News: Bill Clinton on Iraq weapons inspections)
7. Mark Knopfler- Wag the Dog
8. Daft Punk- Da Funk
(Movie: Liar Liar “I wish for only one day, dad couldn’t tell a lie..”)
9. Pearl Jam- Wishlist
(Movie: Liar Liar “Was it good for you? I’ve had better…”)
10. Reel Big Fish- Sell Out

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1/28/2016 Thursday!! Shuffling Back to…1986!

1/28/2016 Thursday!! Shuffling Back to…1986!

1. Rolling Stones- Harlem Shuffle
2. Bangles- Walk Like an Egyptian
(Movie: Top Gun)
3. Run DMC/Aerosmith- Walk This Way
(Ad: Casio Keyboard- “be the drummer”)
4. Bronski Beat- Hit That Perfect Beat
5. Smithereens- Behind the Wall of Sleep
(Movie: Star Trek 4- “hello, computer…oh, a keyboard, how quaint”)
6. Fabulous Thunderbirds- Tuff Enuff
(News: Flint Michigan/ GM lay-offs)
7. Robert Cray- Smoking Gun
(Movie: Hannah & Her Sisters-exploring religion)
8. Love and Rockets- Kundalini Express (B.O.S. Tie!)
(Movie: Blue Velvet- Radio WOOD/ “The candy colored clown they call the sandman”)
9. Roy Orbison- In Dreams (B.O.S. Tie!)
(Ad: The Clapper)
10. Iggy Pop- Real Wild Child

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1/27/2016 Wednesday!! Cruising through…1990!!

1/27/2016 Wednesday!! Cruising through…1990!!

(TV: Twin Peaks)
1. Charlatans UK- The Only One I Know
2. Happy Mondays- Step On
(TV: Twin Peaks Agent Cooper’s black coffee)
3. Alannah Myles- Black Velvet
4. Chris Rea- Texas
5. Iggy Pop w/Kate Pierson- Candy (B.O.S-Tie!)
(TV: Twin Peaks- Audrey and Agent Cooper)
6. Julee Cruise- Falling (the Twin Peaks theme)
(TV: Twin Peaks promo- Double R Diner scene w/David Lynch)
7. Jane’s Addiction- Been Caught Stealing
(TV: SNL: The Sinatra Group/ “Sinbad” O’Connor)
8. Sinead O’Connor- The Emporer’s New Clothes
(TV: SNL: The Sinatra Group/ “Sine-aid” O’Connor & Billy Idol)
9. Billy Idol- Cradle of Love
(News: DC Mayor Marion Barry FBI sting)
10. Deee-lite- Groove Is In the Heart (B.O.S-Tie!)

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1/26/2016 Tuesday! One Step Beyond in…1979!

1/26/2016 – Tuesday! One Step Beyond in…1979!

1. Madness – One Step Beyond
2. The English Beat – Tears of a Clown
(News: Walter Cronkite reporting on the total eclipse of the sun)
3. ZZ Top – Cheap Sunglasses
4. Rod Stewart – Do You Think I’m Sexy?
(Steve Dahl – Do Ya Think I’m Sexy-disco parody)
5. Frank Zappa – Dancin’ Fool
(Video intro-Cheap Trick The Dream Police)
6. Cheap Trick – The Dream Police
7. ELO – Don’t Bring Me Down
8. Styx – Babe
9. Patti Smith – Dancin’ Barefoot
(News: Jello for Mayor of San Francisco-“There’s always room for Jello”)
10. Dead Kennedys – California Uber Alles (B.O.S!)

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1/25/2016 Monday! Feeling Great…1968

1/25/2016 Monday! Feeling Great…1968

1. Big Brother & The Holding Company w/Janis Joplin – Piece Of My Heart
(Ads: 1968 Cars)
2. Jimi Hendrix Experience- Crosstown Traffic
3. Fleetwood Mac- Black Magic Woman
(TV: Smothers Brothers Introducing New Tune “Jude”)
4. Beatles- Hey Jude
(TV: interview w/Paul McCartney-pop is the new classical)
5. Otis Redding- (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay
6. Aretha Franklin- I Say A Little Prayer
(News: Teddy Kennedy’s Eulogy For Brother Bobby Kennedy)
7. The Box Tops- Cry Like A Baby
8. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell- ‘Aint Nothing Like The Real Thing (B.O.S!) **
(Ad: McDonalds for Kids)
9. Buffalo Springfield- I Am A Child
(Movie: Planet Of The Apes)
10. Moody Blues- Departure/Ride My See Saw
(Movie: Planet of The Apes)

** Rest in Peace: Nick Ashford who wrote this with his wife Valerie Simpson

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