New Wave Night: April 2010

INTERVIEW

DURAN DURAN save a prayer (live) ~ CHEAP TRICK the flame ~ KRAFTWERK showroom dummies ~ FUN BOY THREE funrama ~ DURAN DURAN new religion (live) ~ NEW ORDER state of the nation ~ DURAN DURAN secret oktober ~ THE JAM going underground ~ FUGAZI bad mouth ~ DEVO whip it ~ THE STRANGLERS no more heroes ~ DURAN DURAN my own way/khanada ~ JOHNNY THUNDERS born to lose ~ A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS space age love song ~ OINGO BOINGO weird science ~ DEPECHE MODE new life ~ THE CLASH rock the casbah ~ THE BEAT mirror in the bathroom ~ THE DAMNED anything ~ DURAN DURAN faith in this colour ~ CHEAP TRICK saturday at midnight ~ HUMAN LEAGUE being boiled ~ THE SMITHS bigmouth strikes again ~ THE CURE a man inside my mouth ~ BAUHAUS she's in parties ~ TONES ON TAIL go! ~ SISTERS OF MERCY black planet ~ THE VOIDOIDS love comes in spurts ~ THE ROMANTICS talking in your sleep ~ THE SMITHS william it was really nothing ~ THE CURE 10:15 saturday night ~ DURAN DURAN a view to a kill ~ EMF search and destroy ~ RED ROCKERS china ~ THE KINKS destroyer ~ VAN HALEN you really got me ~ DAVID BOWIE fame ~ MORRISSEY hairdresser on fire ~ THE CURE the walk ~ DURAN DURAN planet earth ~ POISON 13 strange movies ~ LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH live for today ~ DEVO are you experienced? ~ HUMAN LEAGUE (keep feeling) facination ~ BILLY JOEL you may be right ~ A-HA take on me ~ TONI BASIL mickey ~ JOAN JETT i love rock 'n' roll ~ KISS rock and roll all nite ~ THE CURE just like heaven ~ THE SMITHS hand in glove ~ NEW ORDER temptation ~ THE CURE in between days ~ THE SMITHS money changes everything ~ RAMONES i wanna be sedated ~ THE BUGGLES video killed the radio star ~ ROMANTICS what i like about you ~ BILLY IDOL money money ~ THE CURE love song ~ THE SMITHS what difference does it make? ~ NAKED EYES always something there to remind me ~ OUTFIELD your love ~ DEPECHE MODE enjoy the silence ~ TALKING HEADS burning down the house ~ THE CURE another journey by train ~ THE SMITHS girlfriend in a coma ~ BLONDIE heart of glass ~ PAT BENETAR love is a battlefield ~ RICK SPRINGFIELD jessie's girl ~ TOM TOM CLUB genius of love ~ THE SMITHS you've got everything now ~ THE CURE let's go to bed

THE CURE a short term effect ~ MINISTRY revenge ~ DEVO here to go ~ BUZZCOCKS fast cars ~ R.E.M. radio free europe ~ EGG HUNT we all fall down ~ REPLACEMENTS black diamond ~ THE VIBRATORS baby, baby ~ NEW YORK DOLLS personality crisis ~ PUBLIC ENEMY fight the power ~ THE CURE let's go to bed ~ DAVID BOWIE sound & vision ~ FUGAZI suggestion ~ POISON 13 strange movies ~ BLONDIE rapture ~ THE STOOGES shake appeal ~ MISFITS night of the living dead ~ THE DAMNED smash it up ~ THE CURE another journey by train ~ DINOSAUR JR freak scene ~ ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN do it clean ~ DEPECHE MODE new life ~ FRED SCHNEIDER boonga ~ BILLY IDOL money money ~ DURAN DURAN new religion ~ THE SMITHS hand in glove ~ REPLACEMENTS i will dare ~ SEX PISTOLS submission ~ DURAN DURAN planet earth ~ STIFF LITTLE FINGERS alternative ulster ~ TALKING HEADS burning down the house ~ THE HUMAN LEAGUE being boiled ~ ROXY MUSIC love is the drug ~ DEVO what we do ~ THE CRAMPS human fly ~ CHEAP TRICK surrender ~ BUZZCOCKS what do i get? ~ THE JAM in the city ~ NIKKI CORVETTE yummy, yummy, yummy ~ JOSIE COTTON he could be the one ~ DEVO whip it ~ TEENAGE HEAD picture my face ~ THE GIZMOS rock n' roll don't come from new york ~ BLACK FLAG louie louie ~ SEX PISTOLS seventeen/pretty vacant ~ DINOSAUR JR in a jar ~ SUICIDAL TENDENCIES possessed ~ CRIME san francisco's doomed ~ THE JAM beat surrender ~ THE CARS shake it up ~ ELVIS COSTELLO radio radio/pump it up ~ DEPECHE MODE more than a party ~ NINA HAGEN cosma shiva ~ JOY DIVISION love will tear us apart ~ CABARET VOLTAIRE nag, nag, nag ~ PAT BENATAR love is a battlefield

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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