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Rock Arena - Suzanne Dowling July - Dec 1988

August 12 1988
THIS WEEKS PROGRAM FEATURES VIDEO CLIPS FROM SINEAD O'CONNOR, TALKING HEADS, SWIMMING WITH SHARKS, ROSS HANNAFORD & PAUL MADIGAN, AND K D LANG. SUZANNE DOWLING INTRODUCES THE NEW VIDEOS AND INTERVIEWS JERRY HARRISON(10.20) ABOUT FORMING HIS OWN BAND WHILE STILL BEING A MEMBER OF TALKING HEADS.;ARTISTS:;SINEAD O'CONNOR WITH M C LYTE 'I WANT YOUR HANDS ON ME'(2.18);JERRY HARRISON 'REV IT UP'(6.44);JERRY HARRISON 'MAN WITH A GUN'(15.58);TALKING HEADS 'ONCE IN A LIFETIME'(22.30);TALKING HEADS 'SWAMP'(25.53);SWIMMING WITH SHARKS 'CARELESS LOVE'(31.21);ROSS HANNAFORD & PAUL MADIGAN 'J A G';ROSS HANNAFORD 7 PAUL MADIGAN 'W A TOWNS'(41.28);ROSS HANNAFORD & PAUL MADIGAN 'FLIP FLOP FLY'(43.53);K D LANG 'HONKY TONK ANGELS MEDLEY'(48.35);K D LANG & THE RECLINES 'TURN ME AROUND'(51.24);SCHNELL FENSTER 'WHISPER'(55.36);THE SWINGERS 'COUNT THE BEAT'(59.09)

August 23 1988
SUZANNE DOWLING PRESENTS ROCK ARENA FEATURING A SPECIAL ON ROCK MUSIC IN POLAND ENTITLED 'MY BLOOD,YOUR BLOOD'; OTHER CLIPS ARE ESCAPE CLUB 'WILD WILD WEST',BLACK SORROWS 'HOLD ON TO ME',JELLYBEAN 'JUST A MIRAGE' & 'THE REAL THING',HOTHOUSE FLOWERS 'I'M SORRY' & 'DON'T GO'; OPENING TITLES HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 'THE WAY TO GO OUT'

August 27 1988
SHOW HOSTED BY SUZANNE DOWLING FEATURES A DOCUMENTARY CALLED 'REGGAE IN A BABYLON' ABOUT THE REGGAE SCENE IN BRITAIN. DOCUMENTARY MAKES UP ABOUT 45 MINUTES OF THIS 75 MINUTE PROGRAM AND IS AN INDEPENDENT GERMAN PRODUCTION. UNIDENTIFIED PERFORMERS IN DOCO INCLUDE STILL PULSE, MANTOOBI, ASWAD, ALTON ELLIS, JIMMY LINDSAY & FIFTEEN SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN. MUSIC PLAYED THROUGHOUT FOR EXAMPLE 'AINT NO SUNSHINE' & 'KU KLUX KLAN' INCLUDING IN-STUDIO PERFORMING AND CONCERTS. WEST INDIAN COMMUNITY PRIMARILY OF LONDON IS FEATURED & DISCUSSION OF REGGAE AND BLACK CULTURE. CLIPS ALSO SHOWN. ;ARTIST/TITLE:;THE ESCAPE CLUB 'WILD WILD WEST' (2.17);THE BLACK SORROWS 'HOLD ON TO ME' (7.02);JELLYBEAN 'JUST A MIRAGE' (11.09);JELLYBEAN 'THE REAL THING' (14.00);HOTHOUSE FLOWERS 'I'M SORRY' (19.06);HOTHOUSE FLOWERS 'DON'T GO' (22.40);'REGGAE IN A BABYLON' (DOCUMENTARY) (29.42)

August 30 1988
THIS WEEKS SHOW FEATURES THE COLIN HAY BAND RECORDED LIVE AT MADIGANS. SUZANNE DOWLING INTRODUCES VIDEO CLIPS FROM JAMES MORRISON, THE SUGARCUBES AND HAPPY MONDAYS.;ARTISTS;DWIGHT YOAKAM 'STREETS OF BAKERSFIELD'(0.20);EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL 'I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT'(4.22);EVERTYTHING BUT THE GIRL 'THESE EARLY DAYS'(8.34);ALEX PROYAS 'SPIRITS OF THE AIR'(12.47);COLIN HAY BAND 'ALL GOOD WAYFARING SONS'(17.10);COLIN HAY BAND 'DREAMTIME IN GLASGOW'(21.26);COLIN HAY BAND 'OVERKILL';COLIN HAY BAND 'THE MELBOURNE SONG'(31.21);COLIN HAY BAND 'WILD MOUNTAIN THYME'(36.38);STING 'THEY DANCE ALONE'(42.17);THE WILD SWANS 'YOUNG MANHOOD'(48.23);JAMES MORRISON 'THE WEDNESDAY RACE'(52.45);SUGAR CUBES 'DEUS'(58.42);SUGAR CUBES 'COLD SWEAT'(62.39);HAPPY MONDAYS 'TART TART'(66.33);HAPPY MONDAYS 'TWENTY FOUR HOUR PARTY PEOPLE'(70.52)

October 4 1988
THIS WEEKS SHOW FEATURES AN INTERVIEW WITH PATTI SMITH(27.23), SHE TALKS ABOUT HER NEW ALBUM 'DREAM OF LIFE', WHY SHE CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT AND THE INFLUENCES ON HER MUSIC SUCH AS RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY. SUZANNE DOWLING INTRODUCES VIDEOS FROM A VARIETY OF ARTISTS;ARTISTS:;SUGARCUBES 'BIRTHDAY'(2.29);SHRIEKBACK 'GET DOWN TONIGHT'(7.04);SHRIEKBACK 'BLACK LIGHT TRAP'(10.19);SEVERED HEADS 'GREATER REWARD'(15.36);ROACHFORD 'CUDDLY TOY'(19.56);GOOD QUESTION 'GOT A NEW LOVE'(23.39);CATFISH 'THE EARLY HOURS'(49.36);BIGSTORM 'RUBBER LOVE'(53.56);VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE 'DON'T CALL ME BABY'(57.59);VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE 'I SAY NOTHING'(61.54);RAMONES 'I WANNA BE SEDATED'(65.00);RAMONES 'ROCK N'ROLL HIGH SCHOOL'(67.27);LIVING COLOUR 'MIDDLE MAN'(70.28);PATTI SMITH 'PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER'(34.39);PATTI SMITH 'UP THERE, DOWN THERE'(40.56);PATTI SMITH 'WHERE DUTY CALLS'(42.34);PATTI SMITH 'DREAM OF LIFE'(44.31);PATTI SMITH 'THE JACKSON SONG'(46.36)

November 19 1988
SUZANNE DOWLING HOSTS MUSIC PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDES MUSIC VIDEO CLIPS, TISM (THIS IS SERIOUS MUM) LIVE IN CONCERT AT THE CLUB, AND PAUL HARRIS IV WITH LUC BESSON, ACTOR & JEAN RENO, DIRECTOR "THE BIG BLUE";
0.02.00 OPENING TITLES;
0.02.28 "COPPERHEAD ROAD" STEVE EARLE;
0.06.56 DOWLING LINK;
0.07.56 "ORINOCO FLOW" ENYA;
0.11.26 DOWLING LINK;
0.11.56 "I WISH YOU HEAVEN" PRINCE;
0.14.40 "LITTLE RED CORVETTE" PRINCE;
0.17.40 DOWLING LINK;
0.18.26 "ANARCHY MEANS CROSSING THE ROAD WHEN I SAY DON'T WALK" TISM;
0.20.06 "FORTY YEARS THEN DEATH" TISM;
0.23.57 VS MOCK AUCTION MAN AT MIC ON STAGE (INTERCUT THROUGHOUT REST OF TISM CONCERT);
0.25.21 "SATURDAY NIGHT PALSY" TISM;
0.28.43 "DEFECATE ON MY FACE" TISM;
0.31.40 "I DRIVE A TRUCK" TISM;
0.35.50 "ROOT" TISM;
0.38.58 DOWLING LINK;
0.39.35 "FELL OFF A MOUNTAIN" BIG BAM BOO;
0.43.08 DOWLING LINK;
0.43.31 VS CLIP FROM MOVIE "THE BIG BLUE";
0.45.03 VS IV BESSON & RENO RE FILM "THE BIG BLUE", BESSON'S STYLE OF FILM MAKING;
0.53.27 DOWLING LINK;
0.54.05 "IT'S MONEY THAT MATTERS" RANDY NEWMAN;
0.58.31 "THAT'S WHY I LOVE MANKIND" RANDY NEWMAN;
1.01.55 DOWLING LINK;
1.02.41 "SAFE SEX" PAINTERS & DOCKERS;
1.06.40 DOWLING LINK;
1.07.15 "PEEK A BOO" SIOUXIE AND THE BANSHEES;
1.10.24 "HAPPY HOUSE" SIOUXIE AND THE BANSHEES;
1.14.14 END CREDITS