Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec Cumming22 Jun

Why 1979 was the best year for music, featuring Edgar Wright and Julia Cumming

OK, this Snap Crackle POP! is a DOOZY. For this show, my live in-studio guests (for the first 1 hour and 15 minutes of the 2-hour show, at least) are singer/songwriter/bassist Julia Cumming from Sunflower Bean whose 2026 debut solo album Julia is blowing people away, and legendary film director Edgar Wright who, believe it or not, I do not talk about movies with here at all. Why? Because we are all there to talk about our shared thesis - that 1979 is the best year for music EVER - and we are letting out GEEK. FLAGS. FLY. This is a must listen, people.

Up The Junction – Squeeze

Lucky Number – Lene Lovich

Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick – Ian Dury & The Blockheads

One Step Beyond – Madness

Ring My Bell – Anita Ward

Regiment – David Byrne & Brian Eno

Beat the Clock – Sparks

Is She Really Going Out With Him? – Joe Jackson

Making Plans for Nigel – XTC

Pop Muzik – M

Dance Away – Roxy Music

Street Life – Randy Crawford & The Crusaders

I Don’t Like Mondays – The Boomtown Rats

52 Girls - The B-52s

I Walk a Thin Line – Fleetwood Mac
Kid – The Pretenders

Clampdown – The Clash

Good Times – Chic (w/ brief excerpt of “Rapper’s Delight” by The Sugarhill Gang)

Swan Lake (Death Disco)/Radio 4 – P.I.L. (partial)

Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles

'Nuff Said.

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