Mixtape 004

Mixtape 004

I’m thrilled to present this month’s playlist—a journey through the 80s, crafted for everyone who lived through the late 70s and onto the 80s outside the mold. Boys, girls, and all in between, grab your rubber bracelets, lace gloves, and hairspray. This is more than just music—it’s a rebellion, a declaration of identity from a generation that forged their path without the convenience of cell phones or computers. The rockabilly’s, goths, mods, punks, and new wave outcasts, the disenfranchised of the 80s Los Angeles alternative club scene—particularly the human individuals who found their tribe at Phases in Canoga Park and created a space where diversity Inclusions and Equity thrived long before it was a trend. These are the sonic tattoos of their youth, memories in sound from those who dared to be different. Each song suggested and connected to experience and memories, both individually and collectively best times and worst, first times and last, we were there.

As David Bowie sang, “We can be heroes, just for one day”—and these trailblazers were heroes of their time. So, strap in, and strap on. let’s take a trip back to an era that shaped the unconventional and the brave.

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ArtistSong Title
999Homicide
54-40Baby Ran
A Flock Of SeagullsI Ran (So Far Away)
ABCHow To Be A Millionaire
ABCPoison Arrow
ABCThe Look Of Love
AC/DCYou Shook Me All Night Long
Adam & The AntsAntmusic
Adam & The AntsStand and Deliver
Adam AntChristian D’or
Adam AntDesperate but Not Serious
Adam AntGoody Two Shoes
After The FireDer Kommissar
AlphavilleBig in Japan
Altered ImagesHappy Birthday
Amanda LearFollow Me
Andreas DorauFred vom Jupiter
AnimotionObsession
B-52’sPlanet Claire
B-MovieNowhere Girl
BananaramaVenus
Barbie And The KensJust A Gigolo
BauhausBela Lugosi’s Dead
BauhausDark Entries
BauhausKick in the Eye
BauhausShe’s in Parties
BauhausThird Uncle
BauhausZiggy Stardust
Beauty Of PoisinSpecimen
BerlinThe Metro
Big Audio DynamiteRush
Billy IdolEyes Without A Face
Billy IdolRebel Yell
BlancmangeLiving On The Ceiling
Book Of LoveBoy
Bow Wow WowDo You Want to Hold Me?
Bow Wow WowI Want Candy
Boys Don’t CryI Wanna Be A Cowboy
Bronski BeatSmalltown Boy
BuzzcocksWhat Do I Get?
C-BankOne More Shot
Cabaret VoltaireSensoria
Captain SensibleJet Boy Jet Girl
CautionUfo
Cee FarrowShould I Love You
CharlieSpacer Woman
Cocteau TwinsLorelei
CristinaIs That All There Is?
Culture ClubKarma Chameleon
Cyndi LauperGirls Just Want to Have Fun
Cyndi LauperShe Bop
David BowieCat People (Putting Out Fire)
David BowieChanges
David BowieLet’s Dance
David BowiePutting Out the Fire with Gasoline
David BowieSpace Oddity
David BowieSuffragette City
Dead KennedysHoliday in Cambodia
Dead or AliveBrand New Lover
Dead Or AliveYou Spin Me Round (Like a Record)
Debbie DebLookout Weekend
Depeche ModeMaster and Servant
Depeche ModePeople Are People
Depeche ModePersonal Jesus
Depeche ModePolicy of Truth
Depeche ModeSomebody
Depeche ModeStrangelove
DevoGirl U Want
DevoPlanet Earth
DevoWhip It
DevoWorking in a Coalmine
DominatrixThe Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight
Dr SexPleasure and The Beast
DramaramaAnything, Anything
Duran DuranGirls on Film
Duran DuranPlanet Earth / Hold Back the Rain
Duran DuranRio
Ebn OznAEIOU Sometimes Y
Echo & the BunnymenBring on the Dancing Horses
Echo & the BunnymenDo It Clean
Echo & the BunnymenLips Like Sugar
Echo & the BunnymenNever Stop
Echo & the BunnymenThe Cutter
Echo & the BunnymenThe Killing Moon
ElectricityOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Elvis Costello & The AttractionsPump It Up
EuropeansAnimal Song
EurythmicsSweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
ExposePoint of No Return
Fad GadgetCollapsing New People
FishboneParty at Ground Zero
Flash and the PanHey St. Peter
Frankie Goes To HollywoodRelax
FreurDoot Doot
Front 242Headhunter
Gang Of FourDamaged Goods
Gary NumanAre ‘Friends’ Electric?
Gary NumanCars
Gary NumanMetal
GazuzuGo Go Gorilla
General PublicTenderness
Gleaming SpiresAre You Ready for the Sex Girls
Grandmaster Flash & Melle MelWhite Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)
Haircut 100Fantastic Day
Haircut 100Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)
Haircut 100Love Plus One
Haysi FantayzeeShiny Shiny
Heaven 17Let Me Go
Heaven 17Penthouse and Pavement
Heaven 17Temptation
Howard JonesThings Can Only Get Better
Human Sexual ResponseWhat Does Sex Mean to Me?
HumansGet You Tonight
INXSDon’t Change
Jean-Michel JarreMagnetic Fields
Jo BoxersJust Got Lucky
Joan Jett & the BlackheartsI Love Rock ‘N Roll
Joe JacksonI’m The Man
Johnny ThundersYou Can’t Put Your Arms Round a Memory
Josie CottonJohnny Are You Queer
JourneyLine of Fire
Joy DivisionDead Souls
Joy DivisionIsolation
Joy DivisionLove Will Tear Us Apart
Joy DivisionTransmission
Katrina & The WavesWalking On Sunshine
Killing JokeEighties
Killing JokeFollow The Leaders
Killing JokeLove Like Blood
Kim WildeKids In America
KingLove & Pride
LandserElectrical Parade
Lene LovichLucky Number
Lene LovichNew Toy
Little Shop of HorrorsFeed Me Seymour
Lords Of The New ChurchDance With Me
Lords Of The New ChurchOpen Your Eyes
Love and RocketsAll in My Mind
Love and RocketsBall of Confusion
Love and RocketsMirror People
Love and RocketsNo New Tale to Tell
Love and RocketsSo Alive
Lulu TempleDon’t Say No
MadnessOne Step Beyond
MadnessOur House
MadonnaBurning Up
MadonnaPhysical Attraction
Magazine 60Don Quichotte – No Estan Aqui
Marc AlmondTears Run Rings
Martha and the MuffinsBlack Stations / White Stations
Martha and the MuffinsEcho Beach
Maurice & The ClichesSoft Core
Men At WorkWho Can It Be Now?
Men Without HatsThe Safety Dance
MinistryAll Day
MinistryEveryday Is Halloween
MinistryRevenge
Missing PersonsWalking In L.A.
Modern EnglishGathering Dust
Modern EnglishI Melt with You
Naked EyesAlways Something There to Remind Me
Nena99 Red Balloons
New OrderBizarre Love Triangle
New OrderBlue Monday
New OrderTrue Faith
Nina HagenBorn In Xixax
Nina HagenCosma Shiva
Oingo BoingoAin’t This The Life
Oingo BoingoOnly A Lad
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkEnola Gay
Pat BenatarHeartbreaker
Pet Shop BoysWest End Girls
Pete ShelleyHomosapien
Pete ShelleyTelephone Operator
Peter MurphyAll Night Long
Peter MurphyCuts You Up
Peter SchillingMajor Tom (Coming Home)
PixiesHere Comes Your Man
Pleasure and the BeastDr Sex
Public Image Ltd.Rise
Q-FeelDancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)
RamonesI Wanna Be Sedated
RamonesTeenage Lobotomy
Ready for the WorldDigital Display
Real LifeSend Me An Angel
Rich KidsGhosts of Princes in Towers
Rocky Horror Picture ShowTime Warp
Romeo VoidNever Say Never
ScandalGoodbye to You
Scritti PolittiWood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
Sex PistolsPretty Vacant
SexbeatSex Beat
Sham 69If The Kids Are United
ShannonLet the Music Play
Sheila E.Glamorous Life
ShriekbackMy Spine (Is The Bass Line)
ShriekbackNemesis
Sigue Sigue SputnikLove Missile F1-11
Simple MindsDon’t You (Forget About Me)
Siouxsie and the BansheesChristine
Siouxsie and the BansheesCities In Dust
Siouxsie and the BansheesDazzle
Siouxsie and the BansheesHappy House
Siouxsie and the BansheesIsrael
Siouxsie and the BansheesKiss Them For Me
Siouxsie and the BansheesPeek-A-Boo
Sisters of MercyThis Corrosion
Skinny PuppyAssimilate
Skinny PuppyKilling Game
Slow ChildrenPresident I Am
Soft CellBedsitter
Soft CellInsecure Me
Soft CellIt’s a Mugs Game
Soft CellMemorabilia
Soft CellSex Dwarf
Soft CellState Farm
Soft CellTainted Love
Soft CellWhat
Spandau BalletTo Cut a long Story Short
Spandau BalletTrue
Sparks; Jane WiedlinCool Places
Split EnzI Got You
StarpointObject of My Desire
Stephen “Tin Tin” DuffyKiss Me
Stray CatsRock This Town
Stray CatsRunaway Boys
Suburban LawnsJanitor
SweetBallroom Blitz
Talk TalkTalk Talk
Talking HeadsBig Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)
Talking HeadsOnce in a Lifetime
Talking HeadsPsycho Killer
Tears For FearsMad World
Tears For FearsShout
The B-52’sGive Me Back My Man
The B-52’sPrivate Idaho
The B-52’sRock Lobster
The BlastersI’m Shakin’
The Bollock BrothersHarley David (Son Of A Bitch)
The BugglesVideo Killed The Radio Star
The Bus BoysDid You See Me
The CarsDangerous Type
The ChameleonsSwamp Thing
The CharlatansThe Only One I Know
The ChurchReptile
The ChurchUnder the Milky Way
The ClashShould I Stay or Should I Go
The Clash – Rock the CasbahRock the Casbah
The CrampsRockin’ Bones
The CultLove Removal Machine
The CultShe Sells Sanctuary
The CureA Forest
The CureBoys Don’t Cry
The CureFascination Street
The CureIn Between Days
The CureJumping Someone Else’s Train
The CureJust like Heaven
The CureLet’s Go To Bed
The CurePrimary
The CureThe Lovecats
The CureThe Walk
The DamnedAlone Again Or
The DamnedNew Rose
The English BeatRanking Full Stop
The FixxOne Thing Leads To Another
The FixxRed Skies
The FlirtsJukebox (Don’t Put Another Dime)
The Flying LizardsMoney
The House of LoveDestroy The Heart
The Human League(Keep Feeling) Fascination
The Icicle WorksWhisper to a Scream (Birds Fly)
The JamThat’s Entertainment
The Jesus and Mary ChainJust Like Honey
The JetsRocket 2 U
The Jim Carroll BandPeople Who Died
The KnackGood Girls Don’t
The KnackMy Sharona
The March VioletsSnake Dance
The MembersWorking Girl
The Nails88 Lines about 44 Women
The NormalWarm Leatherette
The PassionsI’m In Love With A German Film Star
The PlimsoulsA Million Miles Away
The PolecatsMake A Circuit With Me
The PoliceCanary In A Coalmine
The PoliceMessage In A Bottle
The PoliceNext To You
The PoliceSynchronicity
The Psychedelic FursDumb Waiters
The Psychedelic FursHeaven
The Psychedelic FursLove My Way
The Psychedelic FursPresident Gas
The Psychedelic FursPretty in Pink
The Psychedelic FursThe Ghost In You
The RockatsMake That Move
The Shakin’ PyramidsTake a Trip
The Shakin’ PyramidsTeenage Boogie
The SmithsHow Soon is Now
The SmithsThis Charming Man
The Southern Death CultMoya
The SpecialsA Message to You Rudy
The StranglersAll Roads Lead to Rome
The Style CouncilShout To The Top
The SuburbsMusic for Boys
The Teardrop ExplodesReward
The TheUncertain Smile
The TimelordsDoctorin The Tardis
The VandalsUrban Struggle
The VaporsTurning Japanese
This Mortal CoilSong To The Siren
Thomas DolbyShe Blinded Me With Science
Til TuesdayVoices Carry
Tim CurrySweet Transvestite
Time ZoneWorld Destruction
Tones on TailGo
Toto CoeloI Eat Cannibals
Trans-XLiving On Video
TranslatorEverywhere That I’m Not
UB40Rat in the Kitchen
UltravoxAll Stood Still
UltravoxVienna
Violent FemmesBlister In The Sun
Violent FemmesGone Daddy Gone
VisageFade To Grey
VisageFrequency 7
VisagePleasure Boys
Wall Of VoodooMexican Radio
Wang ChungDance Hall Days
When In RomeThe Promise
Wide Boy AwakeChicken Outlaw
Wide Boy AwakeSlang Teacher
Wire TrainChamber of Hellos
Wire TrainI’ll Do You
YazooDon’t Go
YazooSituation
YelloDomingo
YelloOh Yeah
YelloI Love You
Toni BasilHey Mickey
BaltimoraTarzan Boy