25 Years: A Nebulous Beginning!

It’s hard to believe, but 2026 marks 25 years since I first started streaming obscure 80’s new wave songs out into the great unknown.  In celebration of this milestone, I have restored the original catalog of songs from the early beginnings of what was then known as the Nebulous Jukebox.  Many of these songs were pulled from imperfect and well-played vinyl sources – evident by the analog crackle-and-pop.  Furthermore, this was done in an era long before lossless encoding so expect some low bitrates and aliasing, but I think that all adds to the warmth of the experience.  Thank you to all who have tuned in over the years!  And thank you to the early internet radio broadcasters who inspired me to start this hobby those many years ago: wavefans.com, Radio Free Akron, Pure Obscure/Audio Paragon Radio, DJ Lex (who I met in-person a few years ago) and Club80s, Andys80s, and more!

Tune in now, request your favorite songs, and enjoy the broadcast through the end of September!

The Playlist

A House - Call Me Blue (Blue-Green Mix) 
Adventures, The - Broken Land 
Adventures, The - Send My Heart (Extended) 
Adventures, The - Two Rivers 
Aztec Camera - Oblivious (Remix) 
Aztec Camera - Still On Fire 
Bible, The - Crystal Palace 
Big Audio Dynamite - E=mc2 (Extended) 
Big Dish - Slide (Extended) 
Blue Nile, The - The Downtown Lights (Extended) 
Blue Zoo - Love Moves In Strange Ways 
B-Movie - Nowhere Girl (Extended) 
Bolshoi, The - Away (Extended) 
Bolshoi, The - Sunday Morning 
Cactus World News - Years Later (Extended) 
Call, The - Even Now 
Call, The - Everywhere I Go 
Care - Flaming Sword 
Care - My Boyish Days 
Care - Whatever Possessed You 
Cetu Javu - Situations (Extended) 
Chameleons, The - Up The Down Escalator 
China Crisis - African And White (Live) 
China Crisis - African And White (Steve Proctor Mix) 
China Crisis - Black Man Ray (Live) 
China Crisis - King In A Catholic Syle (Extended) 
Clan Of Xymox - Blind Hearts (Remix) 
Cocteau Twins - A Kissed Out Red Floatboat 
Colourfield, The - Colourfield (Extended) 
Colourfield, The - Running Away (Remix) 
Comsat Angels, The - I'm Falling 
Comsat Angels, The - Independence Day 
Comsat Angels, The - Lost Continent 
Comsat Angels, The - You Move Me 
Danse Society - Heaven Is Waiting (Extended) 
Dawn, The - Enveloped Ideas (Dance Mix) 
Echo & The Bunnymen - Bedbugs And Ballyhoo (Club Mix) 
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (All Night Version) 
Eurogliders - Heaven 
Everything But The Girl - Ballad Of The Times 
Everything But The Girl - When All's Well 
Eyeless In Gaza - Welcome Now 
Felt - Primitive Painters 
Fiction Factory - Panic 
Fiction Factory -Feels Like Heaven 
Fra Lippo Lippi - Everytime I See You 
Fra Lippo Lippi - Some People 
Fra Lippo Lippi - The Distance Between Us (Remix) 
Freur - Doot-Doot 
Gang Of Four - I Love A Man In Uniform (Remix) 
Gangway - Come Back As A Dog 
Gene Loves Jezebel - Heartache (Extended) 
Go West - Call Me (Indiscriminate Mix) 
Housemartins, The - Happy Hour 
Housemartins, The - People Who Grinned Themselves To Death 
I Start Counting - Still Smiling (Extended) 
Icehouse - No Promises (Dance Mix) 
Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Frantic Mix) 
Industry - Communication 
Industry - State Of The NationExtended Dance Version 
Kershaw, Nik - Wideboy 
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Male Curiosity 
Killing Joke - Adorations (Extended) 
Kissing The Pink - Certain Things Are Likely (Remix) 
Lotus Eaters, The - First Picture Of You 
Lotus Eaters, The - German Girl 
Lotus Eaters, The - Lost In Flow 
Mission UK, The - Wasteland 
Moev - Crucify Me (GM Extended Mix) 
Morrissey - Jack The Ripper (Live) 
Moyet, Alison - Love Resurrection (Extended) 
New Musik - A Train on Twisted Tracks 
New Musik - Churches 
New Musik - Hunting 
New Order - Love Vigilantes (Remix) 
New Order - Round & Round (Extended) 
Orange Juice - Lean Period (Extended 12-inch Remix) 
Pale Fountains - These Are The Things 
Plus One - Nevermore (More More Mix) 
Prefab Sprout - Appetite 
Prefab Sprout - Looking For Atlantis (Extended) 
Propaganda - Heaven Give Me Words (Remix) 
Psychedelic Furs, The - Like A Stranger 
Psychedelic Furs, The - The Ghost In You (Remix) 
Railway Children, The - A Pleasure 
Railway Children, The - Something So Good (Extended) 
Red Flag - If I Ever (Remix) 
Red Flag - Machines (Hammer & Saw Mix) 
Red Flag - Russian Radio 
Red Rockers - China 
Ridgway, Stan - The Big Heat 
Seona Dancing - More To Lose 
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities In Dust (Extended) 
Sisters Of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection (Extended) 
Stewart, Amii - Friends (Remix) 
Strange Advance - We Run 
Style Council, The - My Ever Changing Moods (Long Version) 
Tea For Two - Time And Love 
Tears For Fears - Way You Are (Extended) 
The The - This Is The Day 
The The - Uncertain Smile (Remix) 
Then Jerico - Fault (NY Mix) 
This Mortal Coil - Sixteen Days (Gathering Dust Mix) 
Two Minds Crack - Upside Down 
Ure, Midge - Answers To Nothing (Extended) 
Vitamin Z - Burning Flame (Extended Remix) 
Wiedlin, Jane - Blue Kiss (Dance Mix) 
Wild Swans - Worst Year Of My Life 
Wire Train - Chamber Of Hellos (Extended) 
Wire Train - Last Perfect Thing (NY Remix) 
Wire Train - Never 
Xmal Deutschland - Matador 
Xmal Deutschland - Polarlicht