New Wave Night: January 2010

DURAN DURAN night boat ~ CROWDED HOUSE don't dream it's over ~ INXS spy of love ~ THE FLIRTS passion ~ WAYNE COUNTY toilet love ~ CHEAP TRICK hello there ~ DAVID BOWIE ziggy stardust ~ ALPHAVILLE the jet set ~ THE CURE snow in summer/killing an arab ~ BANANARAMA he was really sayin' somethin' ~ THOMPSON TWINS beach culture ~ POLECATS make a circuit with me ~ SPARKS i predict ~ STRAY CATS stray cat strut/(she's) sexy + 17 ~ THE SPECIALS stereotype/rat race ~ MADNESS one step beyond ~ THE BEAT tears of a clown/can't get used to losing you/mirror in the bathroom ~ ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN rescue ~ THE CULT she sells sanctuary ~ CHEAP TRICK surrender ~ SHEENA & THE ROCKETS you really got me ~ ELTON MOTELLO jet boy, jet girl ~ POLYROCK no love lost ~ JONA LEWIE love detonator ~ BLUE ZOO i'm your man ~ THE CARS hello again ~ BLANCMANGE that's love, that it is ~ THE SPECIALS rude boys outta jail ~ HILLY MICHAELS calling all girls ~ IGGY POP lust for life ~ BONNIE HAYES girls like me ~ BAD MANNERS my girl lollipop ~ STRAY CATS rock this town ~ BAUHAUS ziggy stardust ~ LOVE AND ROCKETS ball of confusion/so alive ~ NEW ORDER blue monday ~ NAKED EYES always something there to remind me ~ MEN WITHOUT HATS safety dance ~ THE JAM the modern world ~ REZILLOS (my baby does) good sculptures ~ REVILLOS yeah yeah ~ RAMONES do you remember rock n' roll radio? ~ JOAN JETT i love rock 'n' roll ~ BILLY IDOL money money ~ JONA LEWIE you'll always find me in the kitchen at parties ~ THE SMITHS this charming man ~ BERLIN the metro ~ ADAM ANT goody two shoes ~ KILLING JOKE eighties ~ GANG OF FOUR to hell with poverty ~ TALKING HEADS once in a lifetime ~ ELTON MOTELLO falling like a domino ~ VIOLENT FEMMES blister in the sun ~ BUZZCOCKS ever fallen in love? ~ THE CLASH this is radio clash ~ TONES ON TAIL go! ~ BIG COUNTRY in a big country ~ DURAN DURAN hungry like the wolf ~ GUN CLUB sex beat ~ WAYNE COUNTY fuck off ~ DAVID BOWIE blue jean ~ THE CURE just like heaven ~ MODERN ENGLISH i melt with you ~ BOW WOW WOW i want candy ~ OINGO BOINGO weird science ~ PETER SCHILLING major tom ~ NENA 99 red balloons ~ THE SMITHS ask ~ DEPECHE MODE enjoy the silence ~ SIMPLE MINDS (don't you) forget about me ~ GENERATION X 100 punks ~ OMD electricity ~ AFTER THE FIRE der kommisar ~ DURAN DURAN planet earth ~ A-HA take on me ~ PETE SHELLEY homosapien ~ BUGGLES video killed the radio star ~ ALPHAVILLE forever young ~ TALK TALK it's my life ~ PAT BENATAR love is a battlefield ~ KRAFTWERK autobahn

talk talk talk - what people are saying...

"I love the fact that you can finally go somewhere and not care about what you wear or how you dance. Everybody is there to have a great time!" (new wave night)

"This is the happiest place on earth." (biff bang pow!!)

"The deejays obviously love this music and know it inside out... they know how to make people freak out, I mean really lose it!" (new wave night)

"You will hear music that is far better than anything on the radio today... mostly early 80's stuff, which many will argue is the best of the era, and it is all over the map... hits, cult classics, 7" and 12" versions, skankin' ska, synth pop, post-punk, and one hit wonders." (new wave night)

"The crowd was super diverse, no elitist bulls**t, everybody fit in. The drinks were pricey but strong... I danced my ass off." (biff bang pow!!)

"You will be hard-pressed to find anything that can top the sweat soaked, rip-roaring bliss of a New Wave Night... the cheering bodies on the dance floor were vibratin' like washing machines and flailing around with the breathless abandon of a group of toddlers." (new wave night)

"Ridiculously fun!" (MEOW)

"New Wave Night is not much different from dancing at home alone in your pajamas to your favorite Smiths or Cure albums, only here you've got someone to mix your drinks and change the records for you." (new wave night)

"The Root Cellar's mid-80's house party vibe fits the music like a glove and really adds to the time travel effect." (new wave night)

"The best part for me was the lack of hipster snobbery, the deejays were happy to play my requests." (new wave night)

"Great mix of freaks - goths, ex-goths, new wavers, post punkers, rock & rollers, it was awesome." (new wave night)

"Transports you back to a more simple era before cell phones, the Internet, and iPods." (new wave night)

"Mason and Jonny have turned what could have been a by-the-numbers dance party into a transcendent nightlife experience." (new wave night)

"Almost everybody was dressed up in fancy mod clothes, girls in shiny boots and weird sunglasses dancing everywhere." (biff bang pow!!)

"The whole room (I mean the WHOLE room) was dancing." (MEOW)

"The music was louder, grittier, faster and weirder than the usual fare of a "retro" dance night" (new wave night)

"It's loud, busy with sythesizers, snapping and cracking like a space station gone beserk" (MEOW)

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