Randal Haecker
@randalhaecker72.bsky.social
Music publicist based in Austin, TX. Formerly with Sony Music, EMI Music, and Slash Records. Writer, photographer, tastemaker, cinephile. Lifelong comic book reader. More at @primemovermedia.bsky.social. https://www.primemovermedia.com/
My annual 🎃 HALLOWEEN RADIO SHOW 🎃 is now available for FREE streaming at tinyurl.com/HalloweenRad.... The link will be active for many months. You can "Click to view playlist" at the top of the webpage. #punk #newwave #gothrock #synthpop #darkwave #garagerock #randyhaecker #halloweenmusic
READY FOR SOMETHING SCARY? My eighth annual 🎃 HALLOWEEN 🎃 radio show premieres Friday at midnight CDT (actually Saturday morning) at www.trinity.edu/krtu. Tune in to hear a wildly eclectic playlist of ghoulish music with me providing the stories behind the songs. #halloween2026 #halloweenmusic
GET CRAMPED! Me in my Cramps 'Off the Bone' t-shirt roaming the halls of my university newspaper, 1984.
Looking for spooky music? I suggest 'THE RETURN OF HALLOWEEN NUGGETS,' an orange & black splatter vinyl title that I co-produced for @liberationhall.bsky.social. It's also available on CD & digital. Buy it on Amazon, Bandcamp, or wherever else great music is sold. #Halloweenmusic
To celebrate today's release of 'Dreamworld' by @profandmadmanband.bsky.social, I've interviewed the band's co-frontmen, ALFIE AGNEW and SEAN ELLIOTT. The band also includes RAT SCABIES and PAUL GRAY. Shop for PATM on Bandcamp. rockandrollglobe.com/rock/mad-abo... #powerpop #punkrock
Mad About Professor and the Madman - Rock and Roll Globe
Professor and the Madman is primarily a duo, but occasionally a group. Formed in 2015 by co-frontmen and multi-instrumentalists Alfie Agnew (an actual
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If you live in Los Angeles, Shepard Fairey is distributing FREE posters for this Saturday's #NoKings March. OR, you can download the poster here: obeygiant.com/engineering/...
Downloads - Obey Giant
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We're a month away from #RSD2026 and the release of ROMEO VOID's 'Live '81-'85'. Spanning two slabs of wax, this hefty document will be available from @liberationhall.bsky.social. I'm arranging interviews for the group's @deboraiyall.bsky.social so get in touch if you're interested.
How much do we love this callback to ROMEO VOID's classic 'Never Say Never' EP?!? Designed by Skott Reader & the band's own Frank Zincavage, this is the sleeve to 'Live '81-'85', a just-announced #RecordStoreDay title. Available April 18 on double LP, CD & DL. #rsd2026 #newwavemusic #romeovoid
Hey all you Bluesky groovers! @deboraiyall.bsky.social of ROMEO VOID just launched an account. Feel free to give her a follow.
The FREE unlimited streaming link to my 7th ANNUAL 🎃HALLOWEEN🎃 RADIO SHOW is available now: tinyurl.com/Hween7 A great way to celebrate #Halloween2025, El Día de los Muertos & All Souls Day. #GothRock #PunkRock #Darkwave #Synthpop #GarageRock #HalloweenMusic #SpookMusic #witchcraft
Fantastic #NoKings poster created by my fellow Slash Records staffer, and label Art Director, Liz Hale. [with credits to cartoonists for the appropriated face images... RFK Jr by Ed Wexler, Hegseth: Dave Granlund, Miller: Dave Whamond.] #nokingsslo #indivisibleslocounty #protestposters
43 YEARS AGO, Madonna released her debut single, "Everybody." It's bittersweet to reflect on this image in 2025: The panorama of kids of color playing on the streets of NYC. Balloons reflecting a rainbow of diversity. A cop walking in harmony, upholding his duty "To Protect and to Serve."
The story behind THE BEAT's logo was explained by author Lu Hersey: "Comics artist Hunt Emerson found her pictured alongside Prince Buster. She turned out to be Brigitte Bond, a ska singer, actress & trans woman. No one in the band knew she was trans, but somehow that makes her even more perfect.'
Gorgeous new Paisley Underground-inspired track from @translator-band.bsky.social, who release an archival 1986 live album, 'Beyond Today,' this Friday. "With Your Dreams" features on it. youtu.be/WYmdFNnP_HM?...
Translator - With Your Dreams
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Delighted to receive my new issue (#120) of Films of the Golden Age. In addition to a 20-page retrospective on #DianaRigg, it also features articles on child actor #FreddieBartholomew and actresses #ColeenGray, #MarleneDietrich & #DianaDors. Order it at filmsofthegoldenage.com. #EmmaPeel
"Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, founding members of the new wave hitmakers, pay tribute to their late bandmate."
Clem Burke, Blondie’s drummer and ‘heartbeat’, dies aged 70
Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, founding members of the new wave hitmakers, pay tribute to their late bandmate
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Saddened to learn of the passing of a great guy and a true rock 'n' roll original, #ClemBurke. I was fortunate to see Clem perform with #Blondie and #Eurythmics, among others. Here's a photo of us at SXSW in 2008.
I was feasting on Dave Allen's (R.I.P.) basslines in 1983. I discovered #GangOfFour and #Shriekback at the same time and was drawn to their wit, passion & rhythms. I loved the whole musical package but it was "My Spine (Is the Bassline)" that made my backbone slip. youtu.be/qgn21ySTws4?...
Shriekback "My Spine (Is The Bassline)" 12" mix
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KURT COBAIN died 31 years ago today. Here are my memories of that week with #KimDeal, #TheBreeders, #JonSpencer and #KurtLoder. #KurtCobain #Nirvana #AltRock #120Minutes #MTV #90sMusic
"Those were the days my friends, we thought they'd never end... " www.theguardian.com/culture/2025... #TheFaceMagazine #1980s #NewWaveMusic #ClubCulture
Flamboyance, creativity, club culture – and no smart phones: why the 1980s are all the rage again
A series of major exhibitions focusing on the era has unleashed a wave of nostalgia for those who were there and curiosity from the young who envy its freedom
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Strong first episode of 'Daredevil: Born Again' on Disney+ tonight. Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio are leaving it all on the floor. The storyline captures current events in a queasily prescient fashion. Music by Nick Cave and TV on the Radio. #DaredevilBornAgain @filmandseries.bsky.social
NEW PROJECT! Excited to be working with #Translator, one of my favorite U.S. bands from the 1980s. The group's first-ever live album, 'Beyond Today: Live at the Farm,' is out May 9. Features TWO NEW SONGS mixed by Ed Stasium. portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2025/02/tran... #newwavemusic #80smusic
TRANSLATOR returns with vintage 1986 concert PLUS two new tracks mixed by Ed Stasium
TRANSLATOR RETURNS WITH BEYOND TODAY: LIVE AT THE FARM - SAN FRANCISCO 1986 THE FINAL CONCERT OF THE GROUP'S ORIGINAL FOUR-ALBUM DEAL FOR ...
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As a Virgo, I love to be organized. Part of that is making lists. Today I present a selection of music concert highlights (and low lights).
A decade ago, a French writer asked for an interview about my memories of #TheStrokes. I witnessed early shows by the band at Mercury Lounge, Bowery Ballroom, and at Randall's Island w/ #NYDolls. Apparently, the book was published in December. ifwebuildthestagecanweplay.com/part-four/
