Ashes to Ashes to Kings of the Wild Frontier: Adventures in the forbidden zone

Two odd little new wave bits have come my way this week.

First off, via my friend Phil, who subscribes to the Antpeople Twitter, a link to a man writing about how listening to Adam and the Ants' "Kings of the Wild Frontier" brought him to a deeper understanding of himself and his Christian faith. No, I didn't make this up. Considering that Ant himself has grown up to be a deeply troubled individual (alas Prince Charming!) I'm sure he'd be glad to hear his music is making people into better individuals with each listen.

2nd, how happy I was to tune into the new BBC America show "Ashes to Ashes" this week? Though I could not quite sort out the story, the premise is excellent. A policewoman, at the very moment she is about to be shot to death, is surprisingly transported back in time to 1981. After having a hallucinogenic vision of David Bowie in his Ashes to Ashes video, she awakes to find herself in a tarty yet posh getup like a member of Vanity 6, partying on a boat with poofy haired men with big round glasses singing along loudly to Ultravox's "Vienna". I really don't care what happens in this show, so long as they keep setting chase scenes to Duran Duran's "Careless Memories" I am so in.