What Would Stiv Bators Do? Tales from the Swanky Modesverse
About this episode
This week, we’re going full VHS cult chaos with a tribute to the 1988 film Tapeheads—a weird, wonderful satire about two misfit video-makers on a mission to resurrect their favorite forgotten soul duo, the Swanky Modes. If you’ve ever fallen in love with a band no one else seems to remember, this movie (and this episode) is for you.
Also featuring music from Bacci Pouch, Tamar Berk, Geoff Palmer, Yee Loi, our featured artist, Stiv Bators, and more—and of course, no episode would be complete without a song by my favorite band, 20/20.
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Today's Tracks:
bacci pouch- Running Around
20/20- When The Sun Goes Down
Yee Loi- Poor Girl
Geoff Palmer- BYE BYE BABY
Sloan- Live Forever
Hard-Ons- What Would Stiv Bators Do
Dead Boys- Flame Thrower Love
Stiv Bators- It's Cold Outside
Lords of the New Church- Livin' On Livin'
Stiv Bators- Not That Way Anymore
Barracudas- Middle Class Blues
Nearly Skulls- Only In America
The Possibilities- You Don't Mean It
Marshall Crenshaw- Television Light
Splitsville- A Glorious Lie
The dB's- Amplifier (2024 Remaster)
Cosmo Topper- For... The Time Being
Myracle Brah- Action Reaction
Tamar Berk- Tragic Endings
The Rallies- Love
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