"You're a hard act to follow, a hard act to follow..."

I only did the first hour of this show, which aired Wednesday at 6 a.m. I had an early morning aerobic class M-W-F, so I’m assuming I agreed to do someone’s first hour so that they could sleep in or something. I’ve added the labeling for each cut; hopefully it will make sense to non-radio folk.

2 April 1986

K Nick Lowe – “I Knew the Bride”
PWR 9353 – “Born to be Wild”
#1 Blow Monkeys – “Diggin’ Your Scene”
H Death of Samantha – “Coca-Cola & Licorice”
DC Split Enz – “Hard Act to Follow”
M Swimming Pool Q's – “Now I’m Talking ‘Bout Now”
PWR Moev – “Alibis”
REC Cocteau Twins – “Pearly Dewdrops Drop”
H The Church – “Tantalized”
L Peter Murphy – “Final Solution”
K Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (OMD) – “If You Leave”
PWR Minutemen – “No One”
DC Fear – “More Beer”
H Kommunity FK – “Something Inside Me Has Died”

I’m amused that one of my DJ choices this hour was Fear’s “More Beer,” which followed The Minutemen. I was either trying to wake myself up, or wake up the entire campus.

"I hear the talking of the DJ, can't understand, just what does he say?"

WWSU playlist 3/27/1986

Wall of Voodoo - "Mexican Radio"
Moev - "Alabis"
Blow Monkeys - "Diggin' Your Scene"
Crazy 85 - "Nervous in Suburbia
The Shoes - "Bound to be a Reason"
The Reducers - "Let's Go"
MicroDisney - "Birthday Girl"
Circle Jerks - "American Heavy Metal Weekend"
Soul Asylum - "Never Really Been"
Blue In Heaven - "I Just Wanna"
The Plimsouls - "A Million Miles Away"
Elvis Costello - "Our Little Angel"
Robyn Hitchcock - "Strawberry Mind"
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - "Lost Weekend"
Naked Prey - "Rawhead"
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - "Love Missle F1-11"
Let's Active - "Last Chance Town"
APB - "Shoot You Down"
John Cale - "When the Dogs Bark"
Dream Academy - "Bound to Be"
Nick Lowe - "I Knew the Bride"
9353 - "Americana Schizo"
Peter Murphy - "Final Solution"
Death of Samantha - "Coca-Cola & Licorice"
Swimming Pool Q's - "Now I'm Talking 'bout Now"
Sex Pistols - "Problems"
Husker Du - "No Promise Have I Made"
Tex & the Horseheads - "Tumbleweed"
The Underachievers - "I'm So Tall"
The Cure - "Man Inside My Mouth"
The March Violets - "Snake Dance"
Tommy Keene - "Places That Are Gone"
Suicidal Tendencies - "Institutionalized"
Kommunity FK - "The Vision & The Voice"
Icicle Works - "Perambulation"
David Bowie - "Absolute Beginners"
Public Image Ltd. - "FFF"
The Alarm - "Spirit of '76"
The Jesus & Mary Chain - "Sowing Seeds"
Cocteau Twins - "Pearly Dewdrops Drop"
Fine Young Cannibals - "Suspicious Minds"

"I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial, doing anything my radio advised..."

I found a bunch of my old WWSU playlists. Here's one from 3/20/1986.

Wall of Voodoo - "Mexican Radio"
Let's Active - "Fell"
Blow Monkeys - "Diggin' Your Scene"
Stan Ridgway - "Camouflage"
Dead Kennedys - "Halloween"
Flesh For Lulu - "Baby Hurricane"
Echo & the Bunnymen - "Bring on the Dancing Horses"
Golden Palominos - "The Animal Speaks"
Exploding White Mice - "Let the Kids Dance"
Beastie Boys - "She's On It"
Dead Milkmen - "Bitchin' Camaro"
Public Image Ltd. - "FFF"
The Smiths - "How Soon is Now"
Ruefrex - "Flowers for All Occasions"
Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel - "Decendent into the Inferno"
Pet Shop Boys - "Opportunities"
The Bangles - "If She Knew What She Wants"
Colour Field - "Pushing Up Daisies"
Mr. Bonus - "Elvis What Happened?"
Dementia Precox - "Teenage TV Jesus"
The March Violets - "Snake Dance"
MicroDisney - "Horse Overboard"
Bryan Ferry - "Is Your Love Strong Enough"
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - "Lost Weekend"
Del Lords - "True Love"
Circle Jerks - "When the Shit Hits the Fan"
Husker Du - "Sorry Somehow"
Hoodoo Gurus - "Like Wow, Wipeout"
Falco - "Rock Me Amadaeus"
A Flock of Seagulls - "Heartbeat Like a Drum"
Nina Hagan - "Prima Nina in Ecstasy"
Fine Young Cannibals - "Johnny Come Home"
REM - "Feeling Gravity's Pull"
The Cult - "Rain"
Erasure - "Who Needs Love Like That?"
Butthole Surfers - "Movin' to Florida"
The Cramps - "How Far Can Too Far Go?"
Split Enz - "History Never Repeats"
APB - "Shoot You Down"