Absolutely awesome piece of work. Thanks a million for an immersive and informative breakdown of the scoring process behind one of my favourite movies (and scores) of all time. This is treasure.

The Cure - Cold (Essen - Grugahalle - Germany1989)

In honor of our episode on 35000 Watts: The Story of College Radio - here's a little mix of some songs mentioned in the episode.

"Mexican Radio" - Wall of Voodoo
"The Wait" - The Holy Cows
"You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good in Bed" - Skyhooks
"Clever Trever" - Ian Dury and The Blockheads
"Add It Up" - The Violent Femmes
"Signals" - Squalls
"16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six" - Tom Waits
"Lawn Dart" - Ed's Redeeming Qualities
"Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal" - They Might Be Giants

35000 Watts Mix

City Hunter Sound Collection X -Theme Songs CD1

Kohiruimaki Kahoru - City Hunter ~Ai Yo Kienaide~

Cover art: Publicity photo of American television host, Chuck Barris promoting the June 14, 1976 premiere of the NBC reality talent show The Gong Show.

The world can be an unpredictable dog eat dog kind of place full of all sorts of all sorts of people who can get under your skin
Sometimes you just have to smile and nod and keep your feelings to yourself and try your best just to just to take it on the chin
And there’s people who seem friendly, but they’ve got a knife in their hand behind their back
And they’re waiting for the right moment to attack
There used to be a TV show, where you could dance or sing a song
and if the judges didn’t like your performance, they would strike a gong
It sure would be nice if you could walk around with a mallet in your hand every day
And you had access to a gong you that you could strike and make annoying people go away
It sure would be nice to have that kind of power
Amateur performers of dubious talent, trying to win a small prize
Five hundred sixteen dollars and 32 cents, You could see the hunger in their eyes
Chuck Barris hosting on that Burbank stage, he knew the people competing were toast
But he smiled and tried to encourage them and be a good friendly host
The dinosaurs ruled the earth for millions of years until the asteroid struck
it was like a giant cosmic gong
Mammals arose from the rubble and now humans rule the earth, but we haven’t been around for nearly so long
We’re all just making it up as we go along hoping somebody doesn’t strike that gong
It sure would be nice if real life was more like that old Gong Show
And you could get a large gong attach it to wheels and take it wherever you go
You could follow in the footsteps of Chuck Barris and be your own gong show emcee
And whenever people start to annoy you -you could strike that gong and make them flee
He wrote a book called Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Chuck Barris was one of a kind.

The Gong Show

CONEY ISLAND - ARLO M, ALEXA, MATTHEW, BEN, ANGUS, JESS

May Dreams

Killing Joke - Love Like Blood

The Cure - Primary (ExtendedVersion)

Can be purchased here - https://magnum71mixes.bandcamp.com/track/the-cure-the-walk-magnums-extended-mix

The Cure - The walk  [1983] (spiral tribe extended)

A peek behind the curtain of a classic horror soundtrack!

From an original interview, hear how John grew up watching movies at the local cinema, toured with rhythm and blues legend Roy Buchanan, connected with George Romero in Pittsburgh - and almost completely by accident - came to score one of the most exciting soundtracks in horror film history.

Originally broadcast as part of the Halloween Listening Party 2019 (www.halloweenlisteningparty.com)

John Harrison and the Music Of Creepshow

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