Rediscovering 1983

In 1983 my 8-year old self sat in my room with my ears glued to WDCV, the radio station run by Dickinson College. I kept a cassette recorder (with the mono speaker and the large buttons) nestled against a clock radio in order to capture what was coming out. That christmas a dual-cassette boombox appeared elegantly solving all of life's problems. Unfortunately, all of the mixes from that time were destroyed or unceremoniously appropriated by siblings.

Lately I have been thinking a lot about how “fresh” everything sounded back then. I thought it would be cool to put up a page with my favorites on it, via youtube links. (Warning: Some of this material was probably never appropriate for my 8-year old self)

(*this one is a work in progress)

Jam On It
Electric Kingdom
White Lines
No Parking on the Dance Floor
Friends
Freaks Come Out At Night
It's Yours (Radio Mix)
Can You Feel It
Roxanne Roxanne