We’ve come to the end of 2022, but we’re going to party like it’s 1982. Today we are covering one of the best years (if not THE best) of the...

We are going back in time to the era of conspicuous consumption, when the hottest teen hangout was the local food court and Orange Julius and the Hot Dog On...

They are in! This week’s 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees are the most ’80s class ever. But which other ’80s artists deserve a nod? Who should be...

It’s spooky season, and we have a monster-sized episode to celebrate the freaky era that was the 1980s, the decadent decade that brought us such Haunted Halloween jams like “Thriller,”...

It’s been 37 years in the making, but the hottest artist of 2022 is Kate Bush. In a resurgence tied to the Netflix show Stranger Things, Kate’s 1985 single “Running...

This week I appear on Pamela Des Barres’s podcast, “Pamela Des Barres’s Pajama Party,” to discuss the autobiography of her late best friend, legendary muse and former GTOs member Mercy...

Believe it or not, it’s been 40 years since Duran Duran, Journey, Spandau Ballet, Depeche Mode, and of course MTV made their debuts, all in 1981. Join me and John Hughes...

Tina Turner! Nile Rodgers! Cher! The Monkees! Join me and John Hughes of Rhino Records as we discuss the biggest comeback stories of the ’80s with our special guest: the king of reinvention,...

Join me and John Hughes of Rhino Records) as we welcome author, musician, and podcaster Paul Myers (Record Store Day Podcast, Go All the Way: A Literary Appreciation of Powerpop)...

Join me and John Hughes of Rhino Records as we chat with music journalist and R.E.M. liner notes writer Annie Zaleski for a two-part deep dive in the original “alternative...