Mobilize Some Laughs
Video of the Day: The Kings – This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ to Glide Canada’s The Kings perform the world’s only 2-in-One Hit Wonder in this band-made video encompassing footage from their entire career, Enjoy.
Category: New Wave
A Pocket for yr Rock, A Pocket for yr Roll
Song of the Day: Phil ‘n’ the Blanks – Pockets of Pleasure Pockets of Pleasure is a super obscure little New Wave ditty circa 1983 that we ripped off a Trouser Press flexi-disc just before it disintegrated (the disc that is, Trouser Press lasted a few more years). According to a quick Google search, Phil …
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Who Are The Romeos?
Song of the Day: The Romeos – Let Go Tonight There are more than a few groups calling themselves The Romeos, including one with Leon Huff and Lamont Dozier but, these Romeos aren’t any of them. We can find very little about them, no wiki, nothing much at AllMusicGuide but, since there is an Internet, …
Totally Tubular
Featured Playlist: A New Wave-ish collection of cool covers.
The One That’ll Follow You Everywhere
Song of the Day: Holly Beth Vincent – Samurai and Courtesan Holly Beth Vincent was the eponymous singer of the band Holly and the Italians. That group had a minor hit with a song called Tell that Girl to Shut Up, later a bigger hit for Transvision Vamp. The album our Song of the Day …
Friday Never Hesitate
Song of the Friday: The Cure – Friday I’m in Love The Happiest of all Cure songs is still pretty twisted, which makes us love it even more. Happy Friday!
OK?
Song of the Day: The Hitmen – OK Another deep dig into the Infinite Jones Archives dredges up this super bouncy little New Wave ditty. It is from the oddly titled Aim for the Feet album from 1980. All we can tell you about the Hitmen is that these are NOT the Australian Hitmen, who …
Get Paid
Song of the Friday: Joe Jackson – Friday Joe Jackson don’t care as long as it’s Friday ’cause that’s the day he gets paid. Uh huh. This Friday Classic is from Joe’s 1979 I’m the Man album. Happy Friday.
The Infinite Jones Stairways Collection #1
Video Of the Day: Stairway to Heaven by the Rock Lobsters OK, so there are A LOT of versions of Stairway to Heaven out their. This is one of the weirder and as a bonus, one of the shorter. Enjoy.
Scene in a Dream with a Movie Queen
Song of the Day: Gruppo Sportivo – Dreamin’ This is one of the more mysterious records in the vast Infinite Jones Archives. Gruppo Sportivo is a Dutch Satirical / New Wave group, mildly popular in their home country and known somewhat in Europe but, ignored in the States. Dreamin’ appears on a compilation of their early …