Rediscover the 1980's pop & underground landscape with a great mix of cult classics and new wave anthems, woven together by DJ Robert Drake the final Friday of every month from 7-11pm on WXPN.
Drake began spinning the new wave sounds when they were NEW wave sounds, working in various underground clubs in Philadelphia during the gritty era of 1980-1986. From off-radar spots like The Love Club to commanding nights at Philly’s premier alternative hotspots The Kennel Club, Omni’s and a few special nights at Danceteria in NYC, the Rock of the 80s became his passion.
And now he shares his passion with you - every final Friday on WXPN.
Click to listen to a streaming loop of the Ladies of The 80s LOTL Special from January 2013
Join me the final Friday of May - May 31 - as we enter the Land Of The Lost and celebrate the Rock of the 80s!
Besides our normal celebration of the Rock of the 80s, I'll be chatting with Chris Frantz & Tina Weymouth of Tom Tom Club in the 8pm hour! Also, I'll be spotlighting just some of the answers I've received this month - when I asked listeners to share a New Wave song that really changed or shaped your life when you first heard it years ago!
The LOTL chat room will be up and running - to enter, just click HERE. See you on the radio from 7-11pm EDT or live worldwide - just click the Listen Live dropdown at the top of the screen.
Join me this Friday, April 26, for our next trip into the LAND OF THE LOST, the monthly 4-hour block of the Rock of the 80s! Besides our usual mix of fun flashbacks, I will turn the spotlight on several LOTL artists who will be in town over the next few months including; Johnny Marr, Peter Murphy (performing Bauhaus), Bush Tetras, The Psychedelic Furs, OMD, Wire, New Order and more!
The LOTL chat room will be up and running - to enter, just click HERE. See you on the radio from 7-11pm EDT or live worldwide - just click the Listen Live dropdown at the top of the screen.
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n this edition of the LAND OF THE LOST, we'll spotlight some of the New Wave artists that will be passing through town this spring and summer! Expect to hear tracks from Bauhaus, OMD and Sparks - all three will be in Philly over the next few months. Plus our temporary LOTL Chat room will be up and running - visit it here: http://www.chatzy.com/LOTL
So, move the furniture and roll up the rugs -- it's time to dance this mess around - inside the LAND OF THE LOST!
It’s time for our monthly trip inside the Land Of The Lost – however, thanks to Penn Basketball we’ll have a shorter than usual 4-hour block of the Rock of the 80s this time ‘round.
Every month in the Land Of The Lost (LOTL) I celebrate the genre that will never be forgotten; New Wave. There are so many talented artists that deserve their place in the history of the Rock of the 80s but quite often the men of New Wave over shadow the women.
You can
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to request your favorite female artist of the Rock of the 80s genre; it can be a soloist or the leader of a band.
It was in 1983 that Howard Jones released his first single "New Song" in the UK. The expectation was that it might sell a few thousand copies and introduce his fresh new music to an unsuspecting world. The reality was quite different. The single steadily climbed the UK chart to peak at No. 3. Then came the second single "What Is Love?" which reached No. 2 in the UK and the third single, the enigmatic "Hide and Seek", which showed the spiritual side of Howard Jones' writing. This was followed by the first album Human's Lib which came straight in at No. 1 in the UK in April 1984, eventually going platinum and which took the synthesizer and Howard to a new plateau.