THE INVESTIGATION

WE LOVE THIS MUSIC.
THAT DOESN’T MEAN IT GETS AWAY WITH EVERYTHING.

Chris and Henry drag five albums from every month of the 1980s back into the light. Blockbusters, cult classics, sacred cows, and dollar-bin disasters—what still hits, what aged like milk, and what the hell were they thinking?

LATEST INVESTIGATION / INTAKE

THE FUTURE CALLED.
IT WOULD LIKE ITS RECOMMENDATIONS BACK.

The ’80s kept promising us tomorrow: home computers, cable astronauts, perfect pop, and a machine for absolutely everything. We are now living in that tomorrow. The results are mixed.

New episodes are being prepared. Boot up your feed.

PROVISIONAL HOMEWORK

FIVE RECORDS FROM 1984. START LISTENING.

This is not the episode lineup. We choose five records month by month; until then, consider these year-wide listening assignments.

01 — PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION / PURPLE RAIN
02 — BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN / BORN IN THE U.S.A.
03 — THE SMITHS / THE SMITHS
04 — MADONNA / LIKE A VIRGIN
05 — TALKING HEADS / STOP MAKING SENSE

HISTORICAL EVIDENCE

THE FILES WERE DORMANT. THEY WERE NOT DESTROYED.

Sixty-nine recovered transmissions. Hundreds of albums. Years of perfectly reasonable arguments preserved for appeal.

CHOOSE YOUR MACHINE

HEAR THE EVIDENCE.

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Serious listening. Petty grievances. The occasional revised emergency contact.