Tomorrow is an Octopus Wed Nov 16 with Dan Ruccia on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Howdy y'all. You ready to party like it's nineteen eighty-two??

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(sipping Orange Julius). Like...yeah!

Happs Birpps Dan!

HBD!

Do you have Leprechaun Julius?

1982 was a good year

Thanks, y'all! I'm now officially 5 octopuses old!

Scorpios in the house

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I'm 44 on Saturday

Woot woot! Happy birthday!

Sorry for repeat but... Knock knock. Who's there? Knock knock. Who's there? Knock knock. Who's there? Knock knock. Who's there? Knock knock. Who's there? Knock knock. Who's there? Knock knock. Who's there? Knock knock. Who's there? .... Philip Glass

@ Dan Ruccia (host) Yessir! Get past the stereotype of hard rock "hair bands" and the 1980s really brought it as a monumental music decade. Question: Do all requests needs must be 1982 releases?

I think stitching Pink's birthday was a few days ago

@Richard: Sadly no requests today. The show is already recorded (and I'm sitting in a work meeting...yay)

@ Dan Ruccia (host) Happy Birthday, youngster! ;-))

@Brian: LOL

oi oi oi let's dance cephypods

Love that Neil Young "Trans" art for the 1982 theme title there

And happy birthday!

@ Dan Ruccia (host) Whew ...! I'm actually relieved at the no-request Octopus. I've got soooo much to do that I shouldn't be researching 1982 pop music releases. Okay, back to my work as well ...

Plug: Dana K is interviewing Jerry from Devo on WPRB tonight around 6:00 pm ET!

This is the perfect song after watching Real Genius (1985)

(I have the week off.)

OH YEAH.

Gotta have Devo! Oooohh... Any Iron Maiden in the set? Woe to you, o'er Earth and Sea For the devil sends the beast with wrath...

Jon is right also happy birthday also omg Zolar X

@Brian: Can't forget the Maiden! They're coming later

OMG--Grandmaster Flash&FF!

Can't celebrate Scorpio season without Scorpio

And yeah, Dana, Zolar X are so wonderfully ridiculously fun

Very cool! My 13th year on earth. 1982. Atari 2600 played a big part.

Consider this Patrick Cowley as a stand-in for Sylvester's "Do You Wanna Funk"

Saw a new comp or re-release maybe for Patrick Cowley recently came out. 'Malebox'

Just read, it's an EP of unreleased material

Definitely a "heard it first on Deirdre Lights are on.. show" artist

Yes, Atari 2600

Good job on being born in 1982. My kind of year!

Yar! It's me revenge matey!

Neil! Reading his bio Shakey shed light on this lp and how the electro voice was related to his non vocal son. Lots of very heavy details about that period of his life

Related to communication with his son that is. A way of presenting that musically with the tech of that era....

That's really interesting. It sounds like the story behind Trans has so many different layers

Hat tip to Hanif Abdurraqib's 65 to 05 project for this song: https://www.68to05.com/

SPARKS!

They and lp are so so 1982 right here

The Valley Girl era ( 2 songs are in that film)

Disappointed at the lack of mustache emoji options available.

Ron Mael dissapointed face.gif

Going back several songs but at the DEVO convention I saw a Chilean DEVO cover band cover “Time Out For Fun” in a tonally perfect way except for the accented English. It was great. I also partied with them in a motel room, it was their first time in America.

Amazing!

SCREAMING! YEEEAAAAAHHHH!

Judas Priest it's Judas Priest

Heard Rob Halford interviewed in advance of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony and he was incredibly excited at the possibility of finally meeting Dolly Parton.

yay!

SHREDS! KK! THEN GLEN!

And both!

Rob duet on Jolene with Dolly at the awards show. Still have to check that out

We have now entered the wprb classic zone...

"We are such fans of your music and all of your records. I'm not speaking of yours personally but the whole genre of rock and roll "

Great show

What a year. Great selections Dan!

Thanks, Brian and Krista! It's almost impossible to really go wrong in 82

(other, you know, than all the things that were decidedly terrible about 82)

the Milkmen used to cover this back in the day

Angry Samoans had a thing with cutlery it seems

"Grab a fork" .. "Steak Knife"

Pulled the car over to type “fork!”

Latin is punk

This set made me super happy and nostalgic. Sexbomb, baby.

WPRB: Forks for everyone!

Doobies for all

regulators: mount up

King Sunny..Yes!!!

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Yes King Sune Yes!! What a Show!

Was King Sunny young when he started? When I saw him in the 90's, he didn't seem very old.

Apparently born in 1946

I guess the joy of his music keeps him young.

Well-bowled here, Dan.

There's a video of that performance, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWPx5N3rCvU

It's been a few years since I listened to WPRB. Heard LOW for first time and loved them. So deflating to learn one of their lead singers recently passed away. RIP Mimi.

Sonik Tooth! Love this!

@David: I hear you. I know a lot of us here feel the same way

@Brian: Gotta love Richard Edson's roto-toms!

i once almost hit richard edson with my car in nyc in the 90s. he suddenly stepped out into a narrow street on the lower east side. i

Happy birthday times Dan! This sounds nothing like the music that I was conceived to with all these whippersnappers playing their fancy electronics and roto-toms! :)

Thanks, Roffle! What do you mean everyone wasn't getting down to roto-toms back in the day???

Adam!

Andrew, that's a totally crazy story. How did you know it was him?

Still on the drawing board I'm affraid. :)

Van Halen with Daddy Jan Van Halen on clarinet

There are some really funny stories from the recording session of this song recounting the wiki page for the album

Dutch swinging

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diver_Down#Songs

UBU!

Not for you to calculate, but how many of today's songs have been reworked into Xmas tunes. I know of at least three...

he's quite recognizable and it was midday. dirty looks were exchanged so i got a very clear view

@Jon: The Fall, the Misfits, and...?

Angry Samoans!

Xmas tunes? LOL Sounds like a great idea for a really long playlist Jon!

Hex Inducted!

This album got a lot of exercise back in my day (go-go's)

I think the answer to the xmas tunes it was The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall The Fall...

Captain Captain!

The pasture is tenth

The pass chore is tends

always thought the song was about nervous cows

Woe....

OMG, I'm out to pasture!

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Or alternating 4 and 6. 10 beats.

This may be a dumb question, but is WPRB no longer part of the University?

4 now

We've actually always been independent from Princeton, even though we're on campus at Princeton

I was on the biggest Maiden kick a few weeks ago. Somewhere in Time is such a great album

Oh, thank you!

An island inside of a lake inside of an island inside of a lake inside of an island.. .

Love this lp. And Piece of Mind. Somewhere in Time pretty darn good too. Great run there

*that

In Henry Rollins diaries bio "Get in the Van" he has some great little bits featuring hijinx with Nick Cave. One i think involved them messing around with someone at a party saying they were working with triangular film....

maybe the first 'metal' cd I owned now that I think about it...purchased solely based on the cover art

"Slow Dive" is as much a Life-Directive as a Song.... for me at least!

Hey @JimBOctopuss, I have a question I need your help answering....

I start each day with at least 20 'Tounge-Ups'

The Gun Club's version of "John Hardy" is a hoot! It's a traditional Southern folk ballad that's very popular among bluegrassers, both as a vocal song and in instrumental versions of the melody. I never heard the Gun Club's treatment before.

WPRB has aired retrospectives of 1992 and 1982. It might be up to me to put together one for 1972.

Indeed!

DO IT

02, too?

We'd need to draft one of the undergrad DJs for that one

Venom wprb Trenton related (naughty url alert) https://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/08/youre_fuckin_pr.html

Jerry Gordon would need to do 1962.

Great show, Dan. HBD!!!!

Well curated Dan! Happy 40!

cheers

Great show Dan. The great Octopus will be greatly pleased!

Thanks, y'all!

Boris (and other band split i think? ) did a great homage to Screaming for Vengeance lp oover art

amazing show, dan! hbd!

Great song from this lp

Happy happy BDAy DJ Dan! such a great variety of songs from '882 <3

Happy Birthday and totally fun show!!

'82

What a fun show! My heyday, so much nostalgia for me. Happy Birthday!

Thanks, Dan

12:02 PM		Prince Delirious 1999 Warner Records 1982
12:07 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:10 PM		Zolar X Timeless Timeless Pyramid 1982
12:12 PM		Devo Time Out for Fun Oh, No! It's Devo Warner Records 1982
12:15 PM		Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five Scorpio The Message Sugar Hill 1982
12:20 PM		Patrick Cowley Invasion Mind Warp Unidisc Music Inc. 1982
12:26 PM		Neil Young Transformer Man Trans Geffen 1982
12:30 PM		Evelyn "Champagne" King Get Up Off Your Love Get Loose RCA 1982
12:34 PM		Sparks Moustache Angst In My Pants Lil Beethoven Records 1982
12:38 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
12:40 PM		Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance Screaming for Vengeance Columbia 1982
12:45 PM		Nina Hagen Smack Jack Nunsexmonkrock CBS 1982
12:50 PM		Flipper Sex Bomb Album - Generic Flipper American Recordings 1982
12:58 PM		Dead Kennedys I Am the Owl Plastic Surgery Disasters Alternative Tentacles 1982
1:03 PM		The Misfits Astro Zombies Walk Among Us Ruby 1982
1:05 PM		Angry Samoans Lights Out Back from Samoa Nickel and Dime / Triple X Records 1982
1:06 PM		Bad Brains Banned In D.C. Bad Brains ROIR 1982
1:08 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:11 PM		Robert Wyatt Shipbuilding Shipbuilding / Memories of You Rough Trade 1982
1:15 PM		Michael McDonald I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) If That's What It Takes Reprise 1982
1:18 PM		Alice Coltrane Charanam Turiya Sings Avatar Book Institute 1982
1:24 PM		King Sunny Ade & His African Beats Eje Nlo Gba Ara Mi Juju Music Island 1982
1:31 PM		Holger Czukay, Jah Wobble & Jaki Liebezeit How Much Are They? Full Circle Virgin 1982
1:36 PM		Laurie Anderson Sweaters Big Science Warner Bros 1982
1:38 PM		Low Africa n/a 2011 Toto cover. RIP Mimi Parker
1:43 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
1:49 PM		Grace Jones Living My Life (7" Version) Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions Island Records 1998 Recorded 1982
1:52 PM		Sonic Youth I Don't Want to Push It Sonic Youth Neutral 1982
1:56 PM		Rick James Money Talks Throwin' Down Gordy 1982
2:01 PM		Adam Ant Goody Two Shoes Friend or Foe Epic 1982
2:05 PM		Van Halen Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) Diver Down Warner Bros. 1982 Ager/Yellen cover
2:07 PM		Pere Ubu Big Ed's Used Farms Song of the Bailing Man Rough Trade 1982
2:10 PM		The Fall Jawbone and the Air-Rifle Hex Enduction Hour Kamera 1982
2:13 PM		The Go-Go's He's So Strange Vacation I.R.S. Records 1982
2:16 PM		Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band The Past Sure Is Tense Ice Cream for Crow Virgin Records 1982
2:20 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:24 PM		Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast The Number of the Beast EMI 1982
2:29 PM		The Birthday Party 6" Gold Blade Junkyard 4AD 1982
2:32 PM		Siouxsie & The Banshees Slowdive A Kiss In the Dreamhouse Polydor 1982
2:36 PM		The Gun Club John Hardy Miami Animal 1982
2:39 PM		Venom Black Metal Black Metal Neat 1982
2:43 PM		Kate Bush Sat In Your Lap The Dreaming EMI 1982
2:47 PM		Roxy Music To Turn You On Avalon EG Records 1982
2:51 PM		Elvis Costello & The Attractions Human Hands Imperial Bedroom Columbia 1982
2:53 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
2:57 PM		Duran Duran The Chauffeur Rio EMI 1982

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