I'm a firm believer that even in a lean period (sure, that's an Orange Juice reference, why not?), there's always great music to be found. Sometimes you just have to look a little harder for it. Thanks to my go-to record shops - Zig-Zag, Bleecker Bob's and others in my old town and Atomic, Earwaves and Rush-Mor in my current one - I was able to easily get the best of the best in the 1980s. I'll play some of the music I mined in those places Wednesday night on WMSE.