[Podcast] 17. Standing on the brink in the eve of destruction
[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 17. Standing on the brink in the eve of destruction
The 80s ended more than 30 years ago, but it was an interesting time in the eye of an impressionable youth such as me. I was 5 when it started and 15 when it was over. In between we had the closing chapter in the cold war, a battle between home computers, a combat where silence met the truth of an incident in a village near Kiev and off course the monumental clash between east and west as the borders fell. Most of this is presented through the eyes of the child I was back then.Playlist:
00:00 Jingle – Top of the hour – Good evening
00:05 DJ Daemon introduces the episode.
00:25 Amiga – 80s_remix
03:22 DJ Daemon speaks about Swedish rap group “Just D” and their song 87-87 then about 80s retro computers and the politics of the decade.
05:51 Amiga – beyond_forever!
09:45 DJ Daemon speaks about an article about retro computers in Ny Times. References Clint Basinger / LGR.
11:55 Amiga – nowhere to run!
19:06 DJ Daemon speaks about Ronald Reagans (in)famous “bombing Russia” speech.
20:25 Amiga – nuclear_winter
24:20 DJ Daemon speaks about the Chernobyl meltdown.
25:38 Amiga – chernbyl
29:57 DJ Daemon speaks about Nato vs the Warsaw pact. References Theatre Europe and Red storm rising for the C64.
30:52 Amiga – cannon_fodder_funk
33:41 DJ Daemon speaks about the fall of the Berlin wall.
34:21 Eatme_-_freedom_in_the_world
38:24 DJ Daemon speaks about the choosen songs for this episode. You can see the pattern, can’t you?.
38:53 Amiga – europe5
44:07 DJ Daemon speaks about there never a boring day since the 80s.
44:37 Amiga – a_moment_in_time
48:34 DJ Daemon gets a bit misty eyed and hope the times have left an impression on you.
49:06 Amiga – alpmar-planetary
52:17 DJ Daemon points out we don’t take sides.
52:52 Amiga – am-fm_-_raining_stars
54:56 DJ Daemon references the game “Auf Wiedersen, Monty” then plays a remix of the intro tunes for that game.
55:08 Amiga – aufweide_monty_fmix
57:02 DJ Daemon thanks you for listening.
57:23 Amiga – blackjack
Production notes:
This is an episode built around me finding Ronald Reagan's infamour gaffe on Wikipedia and that made me laugh. Then I though of how little I understood of world politics back then.
Colophon:
Warning for word sallad. The title references the tune "On the eve of destruction" by Barry McGuire and the term "brinkmanship". The latter is a game when two or more nations compete in a dangerous buildup of nuclear armaments, pushing the world to the brink of desctruction. If it never passes the brink everyone wins (for now), else everyone lose (their lives).
Tags: Storytelling, Host: DJ Daemon, 2021