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A-ha: The Sun Always Shines On TV / Atomic May 13

When people think of A-ha, the first thing that usually comes to mind is "Take On Me", shortly followed by the thought "one hit wonders". Oh but how we forget the '80s... A-ha also won an MTV Music Video Award [back when that meant something] for "The Sun Always Shines On TV", a better song in my opinion and something of a follow up video, featuring that girl. What is wrong with her!? She's always shrinking away from Morten Harket like she's afraid of him. Yes, hot Scandinavian men in combat boots singing synthpop...totally frightening.

Twenty-five years later, A-ha is doing one last world tour before they call it quits [they've been putting out albums, good ones even, all this time]. They haven't been to Chicago since 1986, so chances are this is the only chance you have had or will have to see them. Tickets available here.

We'll be hosting the official afterparty that night, so come by and see us after the show--and bring your ticket stub to get in free. Guest DJing with us that evening will be DJ Nando, and I can't tell you how excited we are to be having him in the booth with us that night. Nando's career stretches as far as A-ha's, and he has a reputation in Chicago for throwing down some amazing new wave sets. We're honored to have him at Atomic for his first gig ever at Neo.

Fatima: Hassan

I first heard this song on an untitled mix tape with no track listing about twenty years ago. The tape was destroyed after years of over-use, and sadly I never learned the name or artist. Sometime in the early part of the last decade, DJ Dave Roberts loaned me a CD with a bunch of obscure new wave. When I realized that this song was on the CD, I nearly pissed myself. It's crazy how songs from the past somehow always end up finding you years later. The quality of this song isn't that great; it was ripped  from a CDR  and then burned onto another. If anyone has the actual release of this song, please let me know!

Lisa's note: I found a great post on Hassan, along with the Razormaid mix, here on RetroWonderland. Definitely worth checking out!