Kryptic Pop Thrills

Host(s): 
Kameron Ackerman
Timeslot: 
Friday, July 11, 2025 - 11:00am
Length: 
1 hour
Type of Show: 
Music

Spanning time throughout the 1980s.  Dipping tentatively backwards into the 1970s on occasion.  Tipping a hat forward into the 1990s even less frequently.

Past Episodes

  • Random Emergency Aired: Friday, February 2, 2018

    I had a white car in Germany, and I used it to go check out the checkout girl. When I got there, I realized she was just a ladytron, and she had a truncated vocabulary, including, "Wot," "Make it quick," "Promises, promises," and "Doubleplusgood." Even when watching their eyes with a one chord wonder's harmony in my head, these lady-bots tend to be tempermental, so I took drastic actions and got the hell out of there: Kryptic Pop Thrills from 2/2/18.

  • Starblood Scapegoat Aired: Friday, January 19, 2018

    The Worker was bold as brass, walking in L.A., but he came to a grinding halt on Independence Day, when rotation's logic brought him to drowning in the inner city of Berlin. To cut a long story short, there's only one, and he lost his mind: Kryptic Pop Thrills from 1/19/18.

  • Giant Pop Tarantula Aired: Friday, December 15, 2017

    The wild, the beautiful, and the damned were head over heels with the black hit of space. We reminisce, part one, about taking me to your sacred heart because I love her all the time. In the alleys of your mind, we are playing Russian roulette at the Hotel Bloedel: Kryptic Pop Thrills from 12/15/17.

  • A Cure For Something's Wrong Aired: Sunday, December 10, 2017

    On black satin nights under heavy clouds in San Antonio, TX, Jacky 0'lantern and the devil delight took one beat to come into the open and announce that they were back on the hunt. They both lay it on the line and they let love in: Mixtape from 12/10/17.

  • Chosen Time Flake Out Aired: Friday, December 8, 2017

    And I say, if you want to live underneath the radar and avoid heartache in this lonely place, stop being ten feet tall, and just stay young. Also, the magic man is a far concern from your blue eyes and ever changing face: Kryptic Pop Thrills from 12/8/17.

  • Manic Wipeout (Zug Island Wildlife Survey) Aired: Sunday, December 3, 2017

    These are the things that dreams are made of, and whenever you're walking away, I beg you and your house, don't leave me this way because this is the moment in love. The more you know, the more you'll see I am a fierce dancer: Zug Island Wildlife Survey from 12/3/17.

  • Confrontation and Inconvenience Aired: Friday, December 1, 2017

    Take that and all that Jazz, hanging around and, again, hanging around: Kryptic Pop Thrills half show from 12/1/17

  • Film Theme for Great Cities Aired: Friday, November 24, 2017

    The American Jean Genie was walking down the street in a dream montage - he promised you a miracle, but then you were forgotten, you poor old soul. Someone at the factory started to shake off the ghost in a twist-run-repulsion type movement, and he proclaimed, amidst the cacophony, as heads watched, "Remember all the things she said, and Don't You (Forget About Me)!" Kryptic Pop Thrills from 11/24/17: Simple Minds Tribute!

  • Out Back to Nature Aired: Friday, November 10, 2017

    Even when I'm touching you, the writing on the wall is loud and clear: Sunday you need love, Monday be alone. While your hand sketches view of blue roses and beginner deccadancers, I wish for future days when you will finally lay your hands on me: Kryptic Pop Thrills from 11/10/17.

  • Price Tag and Spare Change Aired: Friday, November 3, 2017

    Our offshore banking business was doing so well we might as well sell the world - did you know you could make a killing on casinos and credit? The bad penny moneymaker allowed us to pay it back upwards of 14K - now that is big industry! Kryptic Pop Thrills from 11/3/17 part 3 of 3: Donate money to WAYO!

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