PLAYLIST: Mondo Radio (08/27/25)

Here's the playlist for this week's edition of Mondo Radio, which you can download or stream here. This episode: "Beyond the Limit", featuring punk-funk, mutant disco and more. If you dig it, don't forget to also follow the show on Bluesky, Facebook and Tumblr!

Artist - Song - Album

James White And The Blacks - Contort Yourself (August Darnell Remix) - Off White

James Chance & The Contortions - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough (Live) - Soul Exorcism Redux

Bush Tetras - You Can't Be Funky - Boom In The Night: Original Studio Recordings 1980-1983

ESG - UFO - Dance To The Best Of ESG

Grace Jones - Nightclubbing - Nightclubbing

Judy Nylon And Crucial - Trial By Fire - Pal Judy

Lou Reed - Disco Mystic - The Bells

The B-52's - Dance This Mess Around - Nude On The Moon: The B-52's Anthology

The Waitresses - The Comb - Punk 45: Burn Rubber City, Burn! - Akron, Ohio: Punk And The Decline Of The  Mid-West 1975-80

Pylon - Gyrate - Chomp More

Glorious Strangers - Move It Time - New York Noise, Vol. 2: Music From The New York Underground 1977-1984

John O'Hurley - Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk - Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk

Talking Heads - I Zimbra - Fear Of Music

Lizzy Mercier Descloux - I'm Liquor - Zulu Rock

Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) - Remain In Light

Material - Upriver - Memory Serves

John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice - Double Fantasy

Liquid Liquid - Optimo - Def Jam Recordings 30

Time Zone Feat. Afrika Bambaataa & John Lydon - World Destruction (Original 12" Version - Bill Laswell Rmx) - The Celluloid Years - 12"es And More ...

Casino Music - Viol Af Dis - Bippp: French Synth Wave 1979-85

Suicide - Shadazz - The Second Album + The First Rehearsal Tapes

Blondie - Heart Of Glass - The Best Of Blondie

Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love (Live) - Stop Making Sense

Common Sense - Voices Inside My Head - Disco Not Disco

Loose Joints - Tell You Today - Disco Not Disco

Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Darrio - The Last Party - Music Inspired By The Book The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco And The Culture Of The Night

Was Not Was - Tell Me That I'm Dreaming - The Last Party - Music Inspired By The Book The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco And The Culture Of The Night

The Clash - Radio Clash - Hits Back

Debbie Harry - Beyond The Limit - Rockbird

Buster Poindexter - DeBourge Yourself - Buster Goes Berserk

PLAYLIST: Mondo Radio (08/20/25)

Here's the playlist for this week's edition of Mondo Radio, which you can download or stream here. This episode: "Looks That Kill", featuring classic hair metal and more. If you enjoy it, be sure to also follow the show on Bluesky, Facebook and Tumblr!

Artist - Song - Album

Mötley Crüe - Live Wire - Too Fast For Love

Ratt - Tell The World - Ratt & Roll 8191

Ratt - You Think You're Tough - Ratt & Roll 8191

Mötley Crüe - Looks That Kill - Shout At The Devil

Quiet Riot - Danger Zone (Live) - Live At The US Festival: May 29, 1983

Quiet Riot - Metal Health (Bang Your Head) (Live) - Live At The US Festival: May 29, 1983

Twisted Sister - The Kids Are Back - Big Hits And Nasty Cuts: The Best Of Twisted Sister

Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll - Big Hits And Nasty Cuts: The Best Of Twisted Sister

Lita Ford - Can't Catch Me - Lita

Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly - Lita

Rozlyn Sorrell - Sucker For Candy (The Sucking Mix) - Sucker For Candy (Single)

Krokus - Midnite Maniac - Glam Rock, Vol. 2: The 80's And Beyond

Slaughter - Up All Night - Glam Rock, Vol. 2: The 80's And Beyond

Whitesnake - Slow An' Easy - Slide It In

Whitesnake - Standing In The Shadow - Slide It In

Def Leppard - Hysteria - Hysteria

Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me - Hysteria

Autograph - Turn Up The Radio - The 80's: Glam Rock

White Lion - Wait - The 80's: Glam Rock

Poison - Cry Tough - Look What The Cat Dragged In

Contraband - Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Livin' - Contraband

Warrant - Sure Feels Good To Me - Cherry Pie

Poison - Play Dirty - Look What The Cat Dragged In

Bon Jovi - Let It Rock - Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi - Raise Your Hands - Slippery When Wet

Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild - Skid Row

Skid Row - Makin' A Mess - Skid Row

Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle - Appetite For Destruction

W.A.S.P. - Blind In Texas - Youth Gone Wild: Heavy Metal Hits Of The '80s, Vol. 1

L.A. Guns - Never Enough - Youth Gone Wild: Heavy Metal Hits Of The '80s, Vol. 1

Guns N' Roses - Dead Horse - Use Your Illusion I

PLAYLIST: Mondo Radio (08/13/25)

Here's the playlist for this week's edition of Mondo Radio, which you can download or stream here. This episode: "Art to the People", featuring classic Brechtian theater and more. If you enjoy it, remember to also follow the show on Bluesky, Facebook and Tumblr!

Artist - Song - Album

Dane Clark/Anne Jackson/Lotte Lenya/Viveca Lindfors/George Voskovec/Michael Wager - Of Poor B.B. - Brecht On Brecht

Dane Clark/Anne Jackson/Lotte Lenya/Viveca Lindfors/George Voskovec/Michael Wager - The Eternal Student - Brecht On Brecht

Members Of The Original Cast With The Lewis Ruth Band Conducted By Theo Mackeben - Overture; Moritat; Ballade Vom Angenehmen Leben; Liebeslied; Kanonensong; Die Seeräuberjenny; First Act Finale - Kurt Weills Die Dreigroschenoper (The Three-Penny Opera)

Orchestra And Chorus Conducted By Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg With Lotte Lenya - Surabaya-Johnny - Happy End

Orchestra And Chorus Conducted By Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg With Lotte Lenya - Matrosen-Tango - Happy End

Cadwallader, Asetta & Dixson - White Doves & Purple Silk - Quicker Than The Eye

Gisela May - Das Lied Vom Achten Elefanten - Gisela May Singt Brecht-Eisler-Dessau

Gisela May - Vier Wiegenlieder Einer Proletarischen Mutter - Gisela May Singt Brecht-Eisler-Dessau

Joseph Protschka/Lys Bert/Willibald Vohla/Walter Jenckel/Hans Markus/Alfons Holte/Dusseldorf Children's Chorus And Chamber Orchestra - Act One - Der Jasager: An Opera In Two Acts

The Playwrights' Company - The Hills Of Ixopo - Lost In The Stars

Folkways Records - Prologue; One: The Race Through The Desert; Two: The End Of A Much-Travelled Road - Bertolt Brecht's The Exception And The Rule

The Playwrights' Company - Train To Johannesburg-Reprise: Thousands Of Miles-The Search - Lost In The Stars

Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife (Live) - The Complete Ella In Berlin: Mack The Knife

Louis Armstrong - Mack The Knife - The Wonderful World Of Louis Armstrong

Eric Bentley/Folkways Records - October 30th 1947 Pt. 1 - Bertolt Brecht Before The Committee On Un-American Activities

London Records - Overture - The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) (Original Soundtrack)

Maurice Levine And His Orchestra - Westwind (From "One Touch Of Venus") - Speak Low: The Great Music Of Kurt Weill For Orchestra

PLAYLIST: Mondo Radio (08/06/25)

Here's the playlist for this week's edition of Mondo Radio, which you can download or stream here. This episode: "The Home of Hip Hop", featuring classic old-school hip hop and more. If you dig it, don't forget to also follow the show on Bluesky, Facebook and Tumblr!

Artist - Song - Album

Harlem World Crew - Rappers Convention - Boombox 1: Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro And Disco Rap 1979-82

Joe Bataan - Rap-O Clap-O (7" Version) - Anthology

Orange Krush - Action (12" Version) - Def Jam Recordings 30

Kool Kyle The Starchild - Do You Like That Funky Beat - First Generation Rap: The Old School, Vol. 3

Afrika Bambaataa Zulu Nation Cosmic Force - Zulu Nation Throwdown - Looking For The Perfect Beat 1980-1985

Fantastic Freaks - Fantastic Freaks At The Dixie (Live) - Wild Style Original Soundtrack

Double Trouble - Double Trouble At The Amphitheatre (Live) - Wild Style Original Soundtrack

Spitvalves - Attack Of The Killer Rollerbladers - Fine Print At The Bottom

"Love Bug" Starski - Starski Live At The Disco Fever (Live) - Kurtis Blow Presents The History Of Rap, Vol. 2

Spoonie Gee Meets The Sequence - Monster Jam - Kurtis Blow Presents The History Of Rap, Vol. 2

The Sequence - Simon Says - Sugar Hill Presents The Sequence

The Sequence - And You Know That - Sugar Hill Presents The Sequence

Funky 4 + 1 - That's The Joint - Best Of Sugar Hill Records

Sugar Hill Gang - Apache - Best Of Sugar Hill Records

Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five - The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel - Hits

Kurtis Blow - The Breaks - Hip-Hop Greats

Crash Crew - We Wanna Rock - Hip Hop Back In The Day

The Treacherous Three - At The Party - The Treacherous Three

Run-D.M.C. - Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1) - Run-D.M.C.

D.ST - Home Of Hip Hop (Original 12" Version) - The Celluloid Years - 12"es And More ...

L.L. Cool J - I Can't Live Without My Radio - Radio