Desert Island Discourse

This week, the castaways trade in the idyllic island life for cold storage as Max and Andrew tackle their first survey/grab bag episode. From the wild and ragged sounds of the Slits to the catchy innocence of Stockholm Monsters, we commemorate three episodes of crowd-pleasing hit-makers by diving into a scattered array of the great obscure and semi-obscure arty rockers that made the bleak industrial wastes of northern Britain so very fashionable for decades to come. It's a celebration of our favorite difficult-to-define and stunningly imperfect genre, resulting in quite possibly our nerdiest and most gushing episode to date. Also: electric dildos, two different Radio Pragues, The Chameleons Fan Cast, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' shocking post-punk past. _ Songs: This Is Helena - OMD God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols Shoplifting and Love Und Romance - The Slits Damaged Goods and Ether - Gang of Four Albatross and Poptones - PiL Atrocity Exhibition and A Means to an End - Joy Division I Can't Escape M