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Welcome to the Boomtown<p>45 years ago today, this classic album was released. Giving it a listen as the weekend comes to a close. Benny Banzai will fight anyone who says that <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheChipmunks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheChipmunks</span></a> - Chipmunk Punk (1980) isn’t one of the great albums of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>Ending the weekend listening to Clear Light/Dark Matter, the new compilation album from Wang Chung. Have a great night everybody! <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WangChung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WangChung</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>Some 38 Special for the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a> listen today. Special Forces was released this month in 1982. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/38Special" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>38Special</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>Benny Banzai picked this up at a flea market today, so Monty Python’s Contractual Obligation Album (1980) is the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a>. So many good bits, which episode(s) to use them in? 🤔 Don’t worry, we already know. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MontyPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MontyPython</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>An album I haven’t heard since I was in college. I don’t remember it, but I’m digging it. 20/20 Look Out! (1981) <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>Giving the excellent debut album of Mike + The Mechanics (1985) a listen tonight for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a>. A song from this album will be featured in our next episode. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MikeandtheMechanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikeandtheMechanics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheGenesisTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGenesisTree</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>Simple Minds has recently announced the release of their third Live in the City of… album. Closing out the weekend with a listen of the first in the series, Live in the City of Light (1987). <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SimpleMinds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SimpleMinds</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LICOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LICOD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>The Dream Academy will be featured in an upcoming episode, so giving their Religion, Revolution and Railways box set a listen before the Big Game tonight. Some good stuff here. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheDreamAcademy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheDreamAcademy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/forgotten80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forgotten80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JH75" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JH75</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>Still thinking about the passing of David Lynch. Closing out the weekend with the Blue Velvet (1986) <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/soundtrack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soundtrack</span></a>. A great mix of vintage and modern pop songs and score by composer Angelo Badalamenti. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RIPDavidLynch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIPDavidLynch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smovie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smovie</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Var%C3%A8seSarabande" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VarèseSarabande</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>Closing out the weekend with a listen to Full Moon Fever (1989), Tom Petty’s debut solo album. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TomPetty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TomPetty</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>Today’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a> album is Golden Earring’s third live album, Something Heavy Going Down (1984) , which was released 40 years ago last month. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GoldenEarring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenEarring</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>Our <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a> album is not from the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a>, but it is from an 80s band. After a hectic and a busy couple of days, enjoying Songs of a Lost World (2024), the new album from The Cure. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCure</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>A little Vulture Culture (1985) from The Alan Parsons Project for the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/progressiverock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressiverock</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/APP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheAlanParsonsProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheAlanParsonsProject</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>Yesterday in 1985, Dire Straits had the #1 song with “Money For Nothing” and the #1 album with our <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a> selection, Brothers in Arms. The title track will be featured in an upcoming episode. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DireStraits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DireStraits</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>Benny Banzai here. I had a such a good time at Jeff Lynne’s ELO Over and Out Tour last night, so I’m re-listening to their 1986 Balance of Power album for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a>. I haven’t listened to this album all the way through since its release. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ELO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ELO</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a> features two great albums, Disintegration (1989) from The Cure and the Duran Duran compilation Night Versions (1998), which features the 12” and dance versions of the band’s early singles. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCure</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DuranDuran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuranDuran</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>Benny Banzai here, not only were we looking at a song on this album for an upcoming episode, but I recently found my cassette in a box of stuff I hadn’t opened in 20(?) years. Today’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a> is Boston’s Third Stage (1986). I’d forgotten how much I liked this album. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a> features Once Upon a Time, the seventh studio album from Simple Minds. A song from this album is featured in the current episode of our podcast, as well as an episode we’re starting to put together. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SimpleMinds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SimpleMinds</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>Time for the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a>, today with So, the fifth solo studio album from Peter Gabriel, which was released on this day in 1986. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PeterGabriel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterGabriel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fluteythings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fluteythings</span></a></p>
Welcome to the Boomtown<p>With today being the 65th birthday of Echo and the Bunnymen’s Ian McCullough, we’re pressing play on Ballyhoo, the band’s greatest hits album for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeekendUnwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeekendUnwind</span></a>. Be on the lookout for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EATB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EATB</span></a> in the next episode of our podcast. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EchoandtheBunnymen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EchoandtheBunnymen</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/80smusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80smusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/postpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postpunk</span></a></p>