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hey gang -

in honor of my birthday [that i share with george clinton], id like to devote my radio show this week to playing records from the year of my birth, 1978. [shush, it could be worse - i could be born in the 80s]

ive got a few already but feel free to list your own top picks here.

if your'e curious about how i fared, tune into WPRB at 3PM EST today.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 22 July 2004 14:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Parallel Lines - Blondie
Street Hassle - Lou Reed

― Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose), Thursday, 22 July 2004 14:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Other threads that might help:

CDR700MB Go! 1978
the ILMer considers 1978-82 to be the greatest ever years for music, and the real lifer thinks they're the worst.
Best album of every year since....

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Thursday, 22 July 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Answers you probably don't want:

Louie Ramirez y Sus Amigos (especially for "En un Beso la Vida")
Tipica 73: Encendida (especially for "Baila Que Baila")
Hector Lavoe: Comedia (try "Bandolera" though some of the samba-inflected stuff is nice too)

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Thursday, 22 July 2004 14:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I forgot the very classic:

Willie Colon & Ruben Blades: Siembra

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Thursday, 22 July 2004 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

It's all about Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller).

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 22 July 2004 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

rockist, the links are duly noted. thanks!

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Thursday, 22 July 2004 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

oh god, where to start...

magazine, "shot by both sides"
x, "adult books"
rachel sweet, "who does lisa like"
buzzcocks, "ever fallen in love"
undertones, "teenage kicks"
the normal, "warm leatherette"
mekons, "never been in a riot"
pil, "public image"

and on and on and blah and blah.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 22 July 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Dyan Diamond - In The Dark
and
Kim Fowley - Sunset Boulevard

would go well together.

― dlp9001, Thursday, 22 July 2004 15:37 (twenty-one years ago)

HOW LONG IS IT ON?

I FORGOT TO TUNE IN UNTIL NOW!

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Thursday, 22 July 2004 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 22 July 2004 19:47 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 22 July 2004 19:48 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 22 July 2004 19:49 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 22 July 2004 19:51 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 22 July 2004 19:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I can listen to this on real live radio, not just the internet. WPRB is still the best radio station in Philadelphia. I think that sould be the slogan. (Cut off the "is" though.) Not that this stuff is really my cup of tea, but overall you know. And I missed the Raintcoats, probably my favorite thing in this set she played.

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Thursday, 22 July 2004 19:52 (twenty-one years ago)

This Heat "24 Track Loop"
Scritti Politti "Is and Ought the Western World"
The Fall "Repetition"
some Chic
that Short People song

― artdamages (artdamages), Thursday, 22 July 2004 19:53 (twenty-one years ago)

wait is this over already?

― artdamages (artdamages), Thursday, 22 July 2004 19:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I think it might be over at 5:00, unfortunately.

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Thursday, 22 July 2004 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, here comes a different DJ.

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Thursday, 22 July 2004 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought it was going to be just starting. I have never been able to figure out timezone stuff.

― artdamages (artdamages), Thursday, 22 July 2004 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm in the same timezone and I still missed it, so that's no excuse. (Or I have no excuse, or something like that.)

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Thursday, 22 July 2004 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Did you WPRB people boost your signal lately? This is coming in so clear.

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Thursday, 22 July 2004 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow, "Good Times" really is that good isn't it? I'll have to add it to my to buy list.

(This is not playing on WPRB, incidentally, but I thought I'd put it here, since they were playing some ironic disco or something.)

I want to learn to hustle!

My foot feels all better.

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Thursday, 22 July 2004 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm listening to Sunny 104.5. (Not for long I think. Is this Phil Collins?)

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Thursday, 22 July 2004 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Anything Sparks and Donna Summer did that year.

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 22 July 2004 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

yes!

― artdamages (artdamages), Thursday, 22 July 2004 20:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Was "Good Times" more like '79?

Seconds on "Siembra" and "Shiny Beast."

Also:
Funkadelic, "One Nation Under a Groove"
Big Star, "Third"
Nick Lowe, "Pure Pop for Now People"
Vibrators, "Pure Mania"
Lee Dorsey, "Night People"
Pere Ubu, "Modern Dance"
Shoes, "Black Vinyl Shoes"
James Brown, "Jam/1980s"
Marvin Gaye, "Here, My Dear"
"No New York"
Gary Stewart, "Little Junior"

― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 22 July 2004 20:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I just mentioned "Good Times" because it came on the radio.

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Thursday, 22 July 2004 20:39 (twenty-one years ago)

X-Ray Spex, Germfree Adolescents
Boney M, Nightflight To Venus
Chrome, Alien Soundtracks
Ram Jam, Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Ram (no kidding!)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 22 July 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

The Adverts - Crossing The Red Sea
Dr Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken In Town
Alternative TV - The Image Has Cracked
Blondie - Parallel Lines
The Boys - Alternative Chartbusters
Burning Spear - Marcus Children
Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen, Love Bites
Captain Beefheart - Shiny Beast
The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope
Elvis Costello - This Years Model
The Cramps - Human Fly
Culture - Two Seven's Clash, Harder Than The Rest
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are DEVO!
The Fall - Bingo Master's Breakout / It's The New Thing
Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods EP
Keith Hudson - Rasta Communication
I-Roy - Ten Commandments
The Jam - All Mod Cons
Magazine - Real Life
The Mekons - Where Were You?
999 - Separates
Penetration - Moving Targets
Pere Ubu - Modern Dance, Dub Housing
Poet & The Roots (Linton Kwesi Johnson) - Dread Beat & Blood
Price Far-I - Message From The King, Long Life
Public Image Ltd - First Edition
Ramones - Road To Ruin
Rezillos - I Can't Stand
Lou Reed - Street Hassle
Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Scream
Patti Smith - Easter
Steel Pulse - Handsworth Rebellion
The Stranglers - Black & White
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings & Food
Undertones - Teenage Kicks EP
Wire - Chairs Missing
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescence
XTC - Go2

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 23 July 2004 08:16 (twenty-one years ago)

the show was OK! [our playlist software is wonky right now so i cant post the url] i pulled a bunch of 78 records and then once it started, i got bored with the idea. i was also distracted by the fact that i had left my wallet in philadelphia and my car's gas tank was a hair above "E." the turntables acted all wacky on me PLUS i kept screwing up on using the new cd players* so i was all flustered. not my best show but fun to do regardless.

thanks for all your suggestions! yes, that really was my mom on the mic during my 4:00 break.

* i dont think this has been mentioned on ILM but WPRB moved to a brand new station about a month and a half ago. still on campus but leaky-air conditioner free. i believe our signal strength was fixed last summer. most listener problems have more to do with geography than anything on our end. [in example: i know west philly listeners run into trouble trying to listen but most of them are stuck at the bottom of the hills here. i live on top of spruce hill and have no trouble getting a signal. also, some station at 47th & kingsessing uses our signal to broadcast their gospel station.]

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Friday, 23 July 2004 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

today is the anniversary of 1978

― naked as sin (naked as sin), Saturday, 24 July 2004 02:24 (twenty-one years ago)

twenty-one years pass...

82 songs from 1978

― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Friday, 13 February 2026 03:46 (one month ago)

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