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#AlternateFridayMusic is #Kinky

#MarinaSwingers - "I'm a Swinger" (1979)

Like a suntanned DEVO on roller skates, the Marina Swingers played novelty #NewWave to otherwise laid-back longhairs in the singles bars around beachy suburban Los Angeles in the late 70s/early 80s. They put out a few 45s, got some #KROQ & #DrDemento airplay, and once performed on #PeterIvers' #NewWaveTheatre local-access TV show. Keyboardist Tony Elka and his wife Eve Howard would go on to found a female friendly, spanking-fetish erotica video company called Shadow Lane that was a focus for that community for decades.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=eGwb787Mxko

So my Vault-tec Pip-Boy 3000's radio antenna receives 106.7FM KROQ pretty well & it feels pretty retro listening to FM radio for the 1st time in years. 😁
#kroq #pipboy #fallout #radio

It's graduation season! for all of you who graduated high school in or around 1987 (like me) here is the #KROQ top 106.7 for that year.

What were your favorites?

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/kroq-top-106-7-for-1987/pl.u-jVZNJTMVLAb

KROQ in Los Angeles - including Rodney Bingenheimer - hat tipped twice in this PoR video!

▶️ As little kids we all sang this Classic hit…not realizing it was really dirty! - Professor of Rock
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Io4AxWrVtoI&si=MnCRq9J4PPRO8JP8
#genx #kroq #LosAngeles

@MLE_online

That must be the guy who won KROQ's "Skylab Catcher's Mitt" contest ‼️🛰️👋🤠🇺🇲

#tallship #Skylab #KROQ #NASA

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How KROQ Became World Famous Again: Two Kevins, a Return to Rock and a Lot of Patience for Its New Morning Show
#Variety #News #Audacy #KevinRyder #Kevinweatherly #KROQ

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/kroq-ratings-up-kevin-ryder-weatherly-klein-ally-show-1236585879/

How does it feel, to treat me like you do... #music #youtubemusic #kroq #thecure #neworder #bronskibeat #musicmix

DJ Rick Rock KROQ 80s Flashba...

In 106.7FM KROQ news I didn't know:

✅ KROQ's Nicole Alvarez leaving after 22 years: 'I was done'
https://archive.ph/D7c1p

✅ Jed the Fish dead: KROQ DJ shaped ’80s and ’90s music scene
https://archive.ph/ci5Q6

✅ KROQ veteran Kevin Ryder is back on 106.7 FM in the afternoon
https://archive.ph/Um90i

#LosAngeles #KROQ

KROQ’s Nicole Alvarez Leaving After 23 Years: “Staying Would Have Been a Slow Death” (Exclusive)
#MusicNews #News #KROQ #Music

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/kroq-nicole-alvarez-on-sudden-departure-from-station-1236349240/

I need to figure out how to make my instance of #Mastodon more aware. Mine is saying that the tag #KROQ has been used only three times this week. By me.

That can't be right.

For those of you of a certain age (my age) who grew up with me in Southern California listening to #KROQ ..

Here is a little nostalgia overdose for you! the KROQ top 106.7 for the year 1987.

What was your favorite jam?

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/kroq-top-106-7-for-1987/pl.u-jVZNJTMVLAb

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: The Cure - The Head on the Door (1985). Fantastic album. Early Cure is often lumped in with electronica and new wave, but I think they’re really a proto alternative rock band using the tools that had become available. #music #KROQ #80s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDMDb8unsIA&list=OLAK5uy_lFxBkpDs-S_D9Kg9KQWh0NNTng_WMBE7s&pp=0gcJCWMEOCosWNin

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: The B52’s - Whammy (1983) The first B52’s album I bought after hearing Legal Tender & Whammy Kiss on #KROQ. This tape got played a lot in my Walkman WM-10. Great album, top to bottom. #music #newwave #punk #rock #clubmusic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtRFzDXfcYI&list=PL71pow8HmZHCwkgwtlnaummRPd95rZT3u

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless (1982). Hot take here, but I think Dolby was peak electronica of the #NewWave era. Still great music to this day. #music #80s #KROQ #electronicmusic #synth https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mGrbR_JUkZMllfZr3S18gkpAdKyxEqe-k&si=CrgeR4q8KCMc0Xtp

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (1983). This disc was on my turntable more than most after it dropped. Many artists of the time sounded like the 80’s. The Heads did not and still sound fresh. #music #80s #KROQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgJ-hyzl6jg&list=PLI6kLIhBBwmRbnqlgavxfzIinIkHoNbG6

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Squeeze - Babylon and On (1987). Their 8th studio album was also their break into the US market with top 40 hits Hourglass and 853-5937, but the band started in the UK in the 70’s with infectious #pop grooves. #music #80s #KROQ #NewWave https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mMeeuw2ihfn_pH4ccAwGsql03mmhEqISI&si=fewMvsWFL8cod7jH

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: The Smiths - The Queen is Dead (1986). Morrissey has turned out to be quite the knob, but the band itself was hugely influential in the #IndiePop, #PostPunk, #AltRock scene regularly charting with single after single. #music #80s #KROQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5cZ-oLVJzY&list=OLAK5uy_klS8Pn413KiwpcfIJpyE2aghZDLqAE-dY

#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (1985). I may not recall correctly, but I have a feeling that this is one of the few albums ever released where every single track got regular radio time. #music #altrock #StadiumRock #80s #KROQ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiaAut-7Gn2RBRJvyhrQu5od2dN41PIr8&si=KxwvXD2OvKfGkKg7