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Ushers to Ashes: Alternative 80s

This podcast is about often overlooked or under appreciated aspects of popular culture in the 1980s with a focus on popular music, art, film and television. Early episodes concentrate on The Australia... Read more

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Ranked #1

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So This is Permanence : Joy Division's Closer

So This is Permanence : Joy Division's Closer

We look back on an album that turned 40 in July 2020: Joy Division's second album Closer is a wonder of durability, cont... Read more

30 Dec 2020

1hr 12mins

Ranked #2

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Brain Space: Alt Comedy in OZ

Brain Space: Alt Comedy in OZ

Having reminisced about the impact and legacy of the Young Ones in the last episode, we turn our attention to Australian... Read more

19 Dec 2020

31mins

Ranked #3

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Post-Punk Comedy: The Young Ones

Post-Punk Comedy: The Young Ones

Comedians like Rik Mayal, Alexie Sayle, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders were an integral part of alternative culture i... Read more

14 Dec 2020

53mins

Ranked #4

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Music for Evenings: Young Marble Giants' Colossal Youth

Music for Evenings: Young Marble Giants' Colossal Youth

Glenn and Peter talk about one of the most influential albums of the 1980s, released at the very start of its first year... Read more

25 Oct 2020

1hr 1min

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Ranked #5

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Bright Lights, Big City: 80s Melbourne

Bright Lights, Big City: 80s Melbourne

This episode pays tribute to Melbourne's eclectic alternative music scene in the 80s. COVID 19 has put a temporary halt ... Read more

14 Sep 2020

48mins

Ranked #6

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80s Arthouse Cinema: Repo Man

80s Arthouse Cinema: Repo Man

1984. Newspaper columnists were playing Spot the Orwellian Overtone. Hawke in Australia but Thatcher in Britain and Reag... Read more

10 Jan 2020

58mins

Ranked #7

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80s Arthouse Cinema: Liquid Sky (1982)

80s Arthouse Cinema: Liquid Sky (1982)

If you stood in the margins of culture in the early 80s you marvelled at the sound of the ragged punk larvae metamorphos... Read more

17 Dec 2019

56mins

Ranked #8

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Insecurity City: 80s Brisbane

Insecurity City: 80s Brisbane

Peter talks about his experiences coming to a monocultural Brisbane ruled by a repressive government and politicised pol... Read more

23 Oct 2019

54mins

Ranked #9

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The Sound Alternative: 80s Perth

The Sound Alternative: 80s Perth

Presented by Glenn D'Cruz and Peter Jetnikoff, this episode focuses on Perth's alternative music scene in the 1980s. In ... Read more

4 Oct 2019

59mins

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