The Friday Night Parkdale Special

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Kendrick versus Drake. Where did all of this start, what the heck happened? I'm going to do my best to break it down. Some great bars and some great beats, but I have to admit that, by the end I really needed a palate cleanser. This one is extra long and is full of foul language; consider yourself warned.

Drake ft. Kendrick Lamar - Marvin's Room/Buried Alive (Interlude)
Kendrick Lamar ft. Drake - Poetic Justice
Big Sean ft. Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica - Control
Schoolboy Q, Ab-Sol, Jay Rock, Isaiah Rashad & Kendrick Lamar - BET Cypher
Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
The Game ft. Drake - 100
Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 4
Pulitzer Award Ceremony 2018 - Kendrick Lamar wins
Pulitzer Award Ceremony 2018 - Kendrick Lamar responds to winning
Pusha T - Infrared
Drake - Duppy Freestyle
Pusha T - The Story of Adidon
Drake ft. J Cole - First Person Shooter
Future & Metro Boomin ft. Kendrick Lamar - Like That
J Cole - 7 Minute Drill
J Cole's apology to his fans and Kendrick Lamar, live on stage at Dreamville
Drake - Push Ups
Rick Ross - Champagne Moments
Drake (with AI)- Taylor Made Freestyle
Snoop's reaction to Drake's use of AI
Kendrick Lamar - Euphoria
Kendrick Lamar - 6:16 In L.A.
Drake - Family Matters
Kendrick Lamar - Meet The Grahams
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
Metro Boomin - BBL Drizzy
Drake - The Heart Part 6
PALATE CLEANSER! Michie Mee ft. Tonya P. - Made It

Resources:

https://nowtoronto.com/culture/all-eyes-are-on-drake-and-kendrick-lamar-but-has-the-internet-ruined-rap-battle-culture-heres-what-an-expert-says/

Vox’s Today Explained: “Kendrick, Drake, and the last great rap beef” https://megaphone.link/VMP5577147875

https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/short-cuts-drake-is-a-journalist/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eminem/comments/1ck36wp/can_someone_explain_the_kendrick_and_drake_beef/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hnenu36Ltg

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x161da0

https://www.theroot.com/quentin-miller-claims-he-wasn-t-properly-paid-for-writi-1849950507

https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/j-cole-7-minute-drill-kendrick-lamar-diss-1235650339/

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bbl-drake

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/drake-kendrick-diss-tracks-timeline-of-their-beef-the-heart-part-6-secret-daughter-meet-the-grahams/

https://www.xxlmag.com/kendrick-lamar-6-16-hidden-meanings/

https://www.xxlmag.com/metro-boomin-bbl-drizzy-beat-giveaway-entries/

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The FNPS lost its most prominent feline co-host a month ago. In this short bonus episode, you'll find a collection of show outtakes featuring G.

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We're coming out of hiatus briefly to do a show dedicated to Ben Przybylinski, a dear friend of the show who passed away too soon on February 19, 2024, on the eve of his celebration of life, to keep him with us just a little longer.

Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
Genesis - Follow You Follow Me
Howlin' Wolf - Down In The Bottom
Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia
Jim Croce - Age
Gordon Lightfoot - Long Way Back Home
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Hey Tonight
The Eagles - Take It Easy
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise
Dire Straits - Ride Across The River
Dan Mangan - Road Regrets
Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
Fall Out Boy - Just One Yesterday
Hall & Oates - Out Of Touch
The Rolling Stones - Fool To Cry
The Beatles - Hey Jude
The Burden Brothers - If You're Going To Heaven
Mischief Brew - Roll Me Through The Gates Of Hell
Blood, Sweat & Tears - And When I Die
Jimmy Buffet - Cheeseburger In Paradise
Violent Femmes - American Music
David Bowie - 'Heroes'
Tom Waits - Anywhere I Lay My Head
Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart
Johnny Cash - Bird On A Wire
Sid Vicious - My Way
Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas
Fiddlers Green - The Parting Glass
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

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This week is a birthday episode for one of my longest-supporting Patrons, and it's the first of two looking at the work of Mike Patton. First, we get into his work with Faith No More!

We Care A Lot*
From Out Of Nowhere
Surprise! You’re Dead
Falling To Pieces
The Morning After
Epic
The Edge Of The World
Land Of Sunshine
Midlife Crisis
Everything’s Ruined
Be Aggressive
RV
Easy
Let’s Lynch The Landlord
Ricochet
Take This Bottle
The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies
Stripsearch
Last Cup Of Sorrow
Ashes To Ashes
Superhero
Motherfucker
Cone Of Shame

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I lost a family member to fentanyl recently, so I wanted to take this opportunity to dedicate a show to him and do a little public education about naloxone.

As promised, links to resources:

Health Canada's page on naloxone, as well as where to get free kits

Ontario-specific information about getting naloxone kits

Ontario Harm Reduction Network page with resources including a training video

BC's Harm Reduction Network page with the SAVEME acronym & video

Red Cross training videos for naloxone administration, both injection and spray

Supertramp - The Logical Song
Billy Joel - Pressure
Soundgarden - Fell On Black Days
Nine Inch Nails - Down In It
Alice In Chains - Down In A Hole
Deftones - This Place Is Death
Howard Jones - A Little Bit Of Snow
U2 - Running To Stand Still
Frightened Rabbit - I Wish I Was Sober
The Lumineers - Salt And The Sea
Mike Shinoda - fine
CHVRCHES - God’s Plan
Orbital - Halcyon & On (Jon Hopkins Remix)
Chicane - Lost You Somewhere (Album edit)
Aesthetic Perfection - For All The Lost
HEALTH - LOSS DELUXE
Hundred In The Hands - Dead Ending
Biffy Clyro - Medicine
Placebo - The Prodigal
VNV Nation - Nova
James - Hush
Linkin Park - Leave Out All The Rest
Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart
Our Lady Peace - Innocent
Jimmy Eat World - Hear You Me
Billy Bragg - Pass It On

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This week, we're going back to something that came up during the second Funky Drummer episode, a microgenre out of Japan that has some relation to City pop (and opens up even more rabbit holes!)

Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
Roger Nichols &The Small Circle of Friends - Always You
Van Dyke Parks - Sailing Shoes
Louis Phillipe - So Long Sailor
Maki Nomiya - Bishonen
Pizzicato Five - They All Laughed
Flipper’s Guitar - (Spend Bubble Hour In Your) Sleep Machine
Cornelius - The Sun Is My Enemy
Towa Tei - Technova (La em Copacabana)
Takako Minekawa - Fantastic Cat
Fantastic Plastic Machine - There Must Be An Angel
The Pillows - Monochrome Lovers
Cubismo Grafico - Salon à Sunday
Losfeld - New Balance
Maki Nomiya - Baby Universe
Toast Girl - Chanson Populaire
Montparnasse - The Wiggely Cat Walk
Serani Poji - シュガーブー (Sugar Boo)
Hideki Kaji - Tropical Girl
SAWA - Mr. Brown
Dmitri From Paris ft. Maki Nomiya - Merumo
Humming Urban Stereo - More And More
Capsule - Le Salon
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Do Do Pi Do

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This week, we're taking a look at the legal blowback that resulted from the rise of sampling, and where it's led us to in the present day. Tons of resources were used for this episode, so be sure to check the show notes on the website (now under News & Gigs) for the full details.

Biz Markie - Alone Again
Gilbert O’Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)
A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?
Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side
De La Soul - Transmitting Live From Mars
The Turtles - You Showed Me
J Dilla - Geek Down
ESG - UFO
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
The Andrew Oldham Orchestra - The Last Time
The Rolling Stones - The Last Time
Portishead - Biscuit
Johnny Ray - I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
Beastie Boys - The Sounds Of Science
Lil Wayne - Georgia…Bush
Field Mob ft. Ludacris & Jamie Foxx - Georgia
Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind
The Kronos Quartet - Mishima: Blood Oath
Mr. Len ft. Jean Grae - Taco Day
Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise
Coolio - Gangsta’s Paradise
The Beatles - Helter Skelter
Danger Mouse - 99 Problems
Ghostwriter - Heart On My Sleeve

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The final installment on Clyde Stubblefield's Funky Drummer. This one's a bit of a grab bag including pop, house, industrial, and rock. If you want to learn more, I highly recommend this podcast, which features personal anecdotes and interviews with Mr. Stubblefield himself.

Pop Will Eat Itself - Not Now James, We’re Busy
Fine Young Cannibals - I’m Not The Man I Used To Be
DNA - La Serenissima (Single Edit)
Sinead O’Connor - I Am Stretched On Your Grave
Army Of Lovers - Say Goodbye To Babylon
Lisa Lisa And The Cult Jam - Let The Music Play
C + C Music Factory - Givin’ It To You
Jesus Jones - Are You Satisfied?
Big Audio Dynamite II - Rush (Single Edit)
Prince & The New Power Generation - Gangster Glam
LaTour - Blue (Single Edit)
Front Line Assembly - The Blade
Information Society - 1,000,000 Watts of Love
Falco - Nachtflug
TLC - Shock Dat Monkey
Sublime - Scarlet Begonias
Melissa Etheridge - 2001
Boy George - Sweet Toxic Love
Pizzicato 5 - Baby Love Child
Alanis Morrissette - Head Over Feet
Republica - Holly
Jamie Woon - Spirits
Emeli Sandé - Heaven
Foxes - Holding Onto Heaven (Radio Edit)
Stray - Dizzy
Royksopp & Karen Harding - Unity

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After a week off to go check out some live music, we're back with our second episode on the legacy of The Funky Drummer sample. This time, the focus is on breaks and hardcore (of the rave variety, not the punk persuasion).

Looney Tunes - Just As Long As I Got You
808 State - Pacific 212
Meat Beat Manifesto - Cutman
The KLF - The White Room
The Prodigy - Android
Metal Heads - Terminator
A Guy Called Gerald - This Is The Right Time
DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer - In Effect (DJ Slipmatt Remix)
Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo - Verrotted
Enigma - Carly’s Song
Deep Forest - Deep Forest
Tokyo Ghetto Pussy - I Kiss Your Lips (Radio/Video Edit)
Cujo - The Sighting
Atari Teenage Riot - Start The Riot
Amon Tobin - Night Life
Wagon Christ - Filthy Drummer
Intense - Only You
Venetian Snares - Poo Yourself Jason
Velocity - Ronin
Squarepusher - Midi Sans Frontières (avec Batterie)
Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Heartbreak

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Finally we’re getting to the impact of Clyde Stubblefield’s famous loop! Part one: the golden age of hip-hop.

James Brown - Funky Drummer (excerpt)
Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx
Kool Moe Dee - Go See The Doctor
MC Hammer - Feel My Power
Run-D.M.C. - Run’s House
Ultramagnetic MC’s - Give The Drummer Some
Stetsasonic - Sally
Kurtis Blow - Only The Strong Survive
Slick Rick - The Moment I Feared
Biz Markie - Spring Again
Public Enemy - Fight The Power
Maestro Fresh Wes - Let Your Backbone Slide
Gang Starr - The Lesson
De La Soul - The Magic Number
Vanilla Ice - Stop That Train
EPMD - Funky Piano
Boo Yaa! T.R.I.B.E. - Psyko Funk
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
Kid ’n Play - Funhouse
MC Lyte - Search 4 The Lyte
Michie Mee & L.A. Luv - Jamaican Funk Canadian Style
Ice-T - O.G. Original Gangster
Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride
Das EFX - Check It Out

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For the show's anniversary this year, I'm doing a rundown of records that I've bought repeatedly. This tends to happen for a few reasons, some of which are deliberate!

Oops I bought it again

Ratt - Out Of The Cellar - Round And Round
INXS - Kick - New Sensation
Pat Benetar - Love Is A Battlefield (12” Mix)
Howard Jones - One To One - All I Want
Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene 8 (Dado’s Ethnic Mix)
Mike Oldfield - Let There Be Light (Hardfloor Remix)
Crystal Method - Vegas - Comin’ Back

Format switchers

The Monks - Bad Habits - I Ain’t Getting Any
Rush - Presto - Chain Lightning
Gowan - Strange Animal - Cosmetics
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin - Are You Normal? - Spring

But I need that thiiiiiing

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - Mayonaise
Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)
Marillion - Brave - Hard As Love

Desert island albums

The Cure - Disintegration - Plainsong
Depeche Mode - Violator - Blue Dress
Orbital - Snivilisation - Crash And Carry
808 State - Gorgeous - Nimbus
The Black Crowes - Amorica - Ballad In Urgency

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A Valentine for anyone who didn't have a Valentine.

The War On Drugs - Thinking Of A Place
Bob Dylan - Nobody ’Cept You
Jim Croce - I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
Elbow - The Only Road
The Wilderness Of Manitoba - Northern Sky
The Killers - Running Towards A Place
Gerry Cinnamon - Where We’re Going
Bruce Springsteen - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
Jackie Wilson - Nothing But Blue Skies
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun
The Delays - Nearer Than Heaven
Hunters & Collectors - Throw Your Arms Around Me
The Box - My Dreams Of You
James - Sometimes
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
The Cure - Close To Me
Transviolet - Close
Lights - Morphine
Esthero - Superheroes
Yello - Junior B
Neneh Cherry - Move With Me
Novo Amor - Carry You
The Watchmen - Lucky As I Am
The Black Keys - You’re The One
R.E.M. - You Are The Everything
Neil Finn - Wherever You Are
The Lumineers - Where The Skies Are Blue
Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World
Ray Charles - Come Rain Or Come Shine

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Work has been nuts, to a point where I barely had time to even listen to music. When I did, I found myself digging through a few old playlists. Enjoy! Or don't. It's your life.

York ft. Angelina - Iceflowers
Conjure One ft. Poe - Make A Wish
Elsiane - Morphing
808 State ft. Louise Rhodes - Azura
Mandalay - Beautiful (7” Canny Remix)
Korine - Burn The World
Soviet - Marbleyezed
Icehouse - No Promises
UNKLE ft. The Big Pink - Find an Outsider (Rōnin Reconstruction)
BT - Force Of Gravity
Brendan Perry - Wintersun
Moby - First Cool Hive
Lamb - Angelica
CHVRCHES - Strong Hand
White Lies - Unfinished Business
Atlas Genius - Molecules
The Killers - Human (Pink Noise Remix)
Of Monsters and Men - Slow And Steady
Sarah McLachlan - Vox
Pascal Pinion - When I Can’t Sleep
Death Cab For Cutie - Doors Unlocked And Open
De/Vision - The Brightest Star
a-ha - I’m In

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Four years ago this Wednesday, our friend Darrell left this world. I wanted to take some time this week to pay tribute to the man by collecting songs by artists that were meaningful to him, and some stories from the people who loved him.

To learn more about non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and other blood cancers, or to make a donation of time or money, please visit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society website (lls.org in the US). If you don't have time or money to spare, donations of blood, platelets, and plasma can improve and extend the lives of those with blood cancers. I know they made a big difference to my mom when she had leukemia.

Also incredibly valuable and important is getting on your national stem cell (or bone marrow) registry (Canada's registry, the US registry). You may never be called on as a match, but the more people who are registered, the better the odds of someone surviving blood cancer. Registry is easy and painless, and donation is simpler and less invasive than it's ever been. A heartfelt thank you to all those who donate regularly, and are on the registry; you give us more time with our loved ones, and that's a gift beyond measure.

Rancid - An Intimate Close Up of A Street Punk Trouble Maker
Rose Tattoo - Rock & Roll Outlaw
The Class Assassins - Urban Rebel
The Clash - All The Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)
Motorhead - Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
Merton Parkas - (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone
D.O.A. - World War 3
The Clash - Straight To Hell
Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop
The Class Assassins - No Justice
The Bouncing Souls - Hopeless Romantic
New Model Army - Vagabonds
Rush - The Trees
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue
The Interrupters - Got Each Other
Rancid - Make It Out Alive
The Bouncing Souls - Sing Along Forever
Cock Sparrer - We Love You
New Model Army - Green And Grey
Billy Bragg - Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted
Social Distortion - Angel’s Wings
The Stranglers - 96 Tears
The Interrupters - A Friend Like Me
The Dropkick Murphys - Going Out In Style
The Irish Rovers - Whiskey In The Jar
Wilco & Billy Bragg - When The Roses Bloom Again
Billy Bragg - Sing Their Souls Back Home
The Dropkick Murphys - You’ll Never Walk Alone
The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Stiff Little Fingers - When We Were Young

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Things have been a little nutty as of late. I have two shows I still need to do post on (one from Valentine's, and one from last week), and the two remaining episodes for Quiet Storm haven't happened yet. This one's out of order, and I have some catching up to do, but things should be back on track soon.

This week's show is intended to describe what a panic attack (or an acute anxiety attack) feels like, and some of the songs I find help me ease down from that place.

Massive Attack - Inertia Creeps
Gary Numan - I Can’t Breathe
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
FC Kahuna - Nothing Is Wrong
Orbital - The Box, pt. 1
The Prodigy - Full Throttle
Klute - Make It Stop
Goon - Panic (Tekara Remix)
Nostrum - Brainchild
Underworld - Mo Move
Way Out West - Mindcircus (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)
FC Kahuna ft. Hafdis Huld - Hayling
Telepopmusik - Breathe (Chunky Bass Mix)
Underworld - Scribble
VNV Nation - Lost Horizon
BT - Divinity
Orbital - One Perfect Sunrise

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This week, we're continuing our look at the Quiet Storm format for Black History Month, in particular material from 1979 through 1985.

The Commodores - Still
Cameo - Sparkle
GQ - I Do Love You
The Jones Girls - Who Can I Run To
Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO
Shalamar - This Is For The Lover In You
The Isley Brothers - Don’t Say Goodnight
The Stylistics - Hurry Up This Way Again
Grover Washington & Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us
Maze & Frankie Beverly - Joy & Pain (live in New Orleans)
Champaign - How Bout Us
Gap Band - Yearning For Your Love
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Patrice Rushen - Where There Is Love
Anita Baker - Angel
DeBarge - Time Will Reveal
Bobby Womack & Patti LaBelle - Love Has Finally Come At Last
Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett - Don't Look Any Further
Klymaxx - I Miss You
Kool & The Gang - Cherish
Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
Freddie Jackson - Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times’ Sake)
Johnny Gill - Because Of You
Billy Ocean - There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)

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For Black History Month, we're going to do a deep dive into the Quiet Storm Movement pioneered by Melvin Lindsey. It's also perfect timing to get you into the mood for Valentine's Day, if that's your thing. And if it's not, well, you can still enjoy the tunes for what they are: a smooth selection of R&B, soul, rare grooves, and slow jams chosen in the spirit of Quiet Storm.

Smokey Robinson - Quiet Storm
Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - If You Don’t Know Me By Now
Ruby Winters - For The Good Times
Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia
The Spinners - Love Don’t Love Nobody
The Friends of Distinction - Going In Circles
Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)
The O’Jays - Brandy (I Really Miss You)
Barry White - So Much To Give
The Temptations - Just My Imagination
The Emotions - Don’t Ask My Neighbours
Eddie Holman - Hey There Lonely Girl
Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - The Closer I Get To You
Major Harris - Love Won’t Let Me Wait
Rose Royce - I Wanna Get Next To You
Earth, Wind & Fire - Love’s Holiday
Billy Paul - Me And Mrs. Jones
Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On
Peaches & Herb - Reunited
Teddy Pendergrass - When Somebody Loves You Back
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Sweet Thing
Ben E. King - Supernatural Thing
Al Green - Let’s Stay Together
Eddie Floyd - California Girl
The Dells - Always Together
Stevie Wonder - I Believe (When I Fall In Love)

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This episode picks up from where we left off last week, in 1985. Note that at least one song uses objectionable language, and I don't just mean f-bombs. Use your best judgement about what you're comfortable with.

The Firm - Star Trekkin’
The Frantics - Boot To The Head
Morris Minor & The Majors - Stutter Rap (No Sleep Til Bedtime)
Kip Adotta - Wet Dream
The Timelords - Doctorin’ The Tardis (Radio Edit)
Happy Flowers - Unhappy Meal
Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs
The Simpsons - Do The Bartman
The Dead Milkmen - If You Love Somebody, Set Them On Fire
They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Kids In The Hall - Terriers
King Missile - Detachable Penis
Corky & The Juice Pigs - Pandas
Ween - Push th’Little Daisies
Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back
Denis Leary - Asshole
Adam Sandler - Lunchlady Land
Aqua - Barbie Girl
Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)
Prozzak - Sucks To Be You
Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
Afroman - Because I Got High
Tenacious D - Rock Your Socks
O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei (Eurodance Mix)
Samwell - What What (In The Butt)
The Lonely Island ft. T-Pain - I’m On A Boat
The Rubberbandits - Horse Outside
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop
Ylvis - The Fox (What Does the Fox Say)
Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road
Tom Cardy - HYCYBh

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This week, we're checking out the fun little genre, novelty songs. It has a few subgenres, but we're mostly going to keep it broad for now. Be cautioned that some of the songs have themes that some may find to be in poor taste, and the Frank Zappa one contains a slur.

Billy Jones And His Orchestra - Yes, We Have No Bananas!
Helen Kane - I Wanna Be Loved By You
Spike Jones And His City Slickers - Cocktails For Two
Groucho Marx - Lydia The Tattooed Lady
Benny Bell - Shaving Cream
Lonzo & Oscar - I’m My Own Grandpa
Patty Page - How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?
Nervous Norvus - Transfusion
The Chips - Rubber Biscuit
David Seville & The Chipmunks - The Witch Doctor
Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater
The Coasters - Yakety Yak
Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
Harry Belafonte & Odetta - There’s A Hole In My Bucket
Barry Mann - Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp Bomp Bomp)
Johnny Cymbal - Mr. Bass Man
Allan Sherman - Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! (A Letter From Camp)
Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons In The Park
Tom Glazer & the Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus - On Top of Spaghetti
Leonard Nimoy - Highly Illogical
Tiny Tim - Tiptoe Through The Tulips
Piero Umiliani - Mah Na Mah Na
Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling
Cheech & Chong - Basketball Jones
Frank Zappa - Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow
Ray Stevens - The Streak
Dickie Goodman - Mr. Jaws
Rick Dees - Disco Duck
Ogden Edsl - Dead Puppies
Willis Alan Ramsey - Hamster Love
Barnes & Barnes - Fish Heads
Weird Al Yankovic - My Bologna
Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face
Buckner & Garcia - Pacman Fever
The Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Super Bowl Shuffle

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In this episode, we're taking a look at Jon and Marsha Zazula's baby, Megaforce Records. Features an excerpt from a Camp Chaos cartoon (nb: nsfw, and may offend some), as well as anecdotes from podcasts by Let It Roll and RIP A Livecast. If you want to check out Jonny Z's book, you can get more details about it on his website.

Judas Priest - Betrayer
Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Anvil - Bondage
Metallica - Seek And Destroy
Raven - Mind Over Metal
Blue Cheer - Girl Next Door
Anthrax - Caught In A Mosh
S.O.D. - Sergeant D And The S.O.D.
Exciter - Violence And Force
M.O.D. - Man Of Your Dreams
T.T. Quick - Hard As A Rock
Overkill - Use Your Head
Testament - Over The Wall
Prophet - Frontline
Bad Brains - Build A Nation
King’s X - Over My Head
Vio-Lence - Oppressing The Masses
The Skatenigs - Chemical Imbalance
Sweaty Nipples - Zipperfish
Fozzy - Stand Up And Shout
Ministry - Fear Is Big Business
Living Colour - The Chair
Mushroomhead - Simple Survival
Skid Row - World On Fire

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This episode wraps up our look at some of the musicians we lost during 2022, as well as 2022 as a whole.

Nazareth - Love Hurts
The Delfonics - Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
Q Lazzarus - Transformation (Demo)
The Impressions - People Get Ready
The Seekers - Georgy Girl
Teenage Head - Those Things You Do
Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu
The Pogues - Love You Til The End
Mable John - Your Good Thing Is About To End
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner’s Daughter
The Sadies - Another Year Again
Dead Kennedys - Let’s Lynch The Landlord
Migos - Coolin’
Aaron Carter - Aaron’s Party
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds
Low - Slide
Hurricane G - Neva Give Up
The Boomtown Rats - Lookin’ After Number One
The Clash - Rudie Can’t Fail
Irene Cara - Fame
Fleetwood Mac - Songbird
The Stranglers - Everybody Loves You When You’re Dead
Angelo Badalamenti - Mulholland Drive Love Theme
The Velvelettes - Needle In A Haystack
The Specials - Ghost Town
Faithless - Insomnia (The Monster Mix)

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Post on last night's show is going to be delayed as I prepare for tonight's gig, but I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all of you who've tuned in this year. As always, you make this work worth doing. Here's to 2023; may it be better than 2022.

Music: Cosmic Baby - Fantasia

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As we come to the end of 2022, we're going to take this time to reflect on some of the musicians who we've lost this year. (Unrelated: I'll be DJing on Twitch on New Year's Eve, and you can find out all the details here: https://fb.me/e/38OBzsmnA)

Force MDs - Tender Love
Parliament - Flashlight
The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko
Five Satins - To The Aisle
The Detroit Cobras - You'll Never Change
The Ventures - Walk Don't Run
Anthrax - Belly of The Beast
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different
Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale
Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You
Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly
The Marcels - Blue Moon
Hi-Five - I Like The Way
The Judds - Why Not Me
Black Dahlia Murder - That Which Erodes The Most Tender Of Things
Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth
Yes - Turn of the Century
Ronnie Hawkins - Who Do You Love
Trouble, Mike WiLL Made-It, & Drake - Bring It Back
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
Seals & Crofts - We May Never Pass This Way Again
Julee Cruise - Questions In A World Of Blue

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As the year comes to a close, there's lots of stuff going on with the day job, so I'm doing one final week of the café. As a sidebar, I'll be DJing on Twitch on New Year's Eve with the Retread crew, so if you want to check it out, here's the Facebook page: https://fb.me/e/38OBzsmnA

Blondie - Call Me
ZZ Top - Sharp-Dressed Man
Smithereens - Girl Like You
Elastica - Stutter
Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
Gary Numan - Haunted
National Velvet - Flesh Under Skin
Howard Jones - Like To Get To Know You Well
The B52s - Love Shack
Jesus Jones - Bring It On Down
Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins - It’s Like That
LL Cool J - Goin Back To Cali
Malcom McLaren - Madam Butterfly
Crowded House - World Where You Live
Spandau Ballet - True
Stephen “Tin Tin” Duffy - Kiss Me
The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
The The - This Is The Day
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Secret
The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon
T’Pau - Heart And Soul
The Glove - Like An Animal
Toronto - Your Daddy Don’t Know
The Screaming Blue Messiahs - I Wanna Be A Flintstone
Right Said Fred - I’m Too Sexy
Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur
Digital Underground - Doowutchyalike (extended version)

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This week continues the throwback to the café days of the mid-aughts.

Arcadia - The Promise (7”)
Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly
Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!
Robert Palmer - Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)
Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey
Corey Hart - Boy In The Box
Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go?
The Communards - Don’t Leave Me This Way
Erasure - Oh L’Amour
General Public - Tenderness
George Michael - Freedom! ‘90
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (7”)
Public Enemy - Welcome To The Terrordome
The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love
Beastie Boys - Jimmy James
DNA ft. Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner
Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
New Order - 1963
Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices
Talk Talk - Life’s What You Make It
Strange Advance - We Run
Rush - Time Stand Still
Gowan - Keep Up The Fight
Sinead O’Connor - Mandinka

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This week, I'm continuing my dive into the crates and playing stuff I used to spin when I was doing a weekly in my house. MOAR 80s! With a fair bit of Canadian and even Torontonian nostalgia.

Information Society - What’s On Your Mind
Animotion - Obsession
Pigbag - Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag
The Shuffle Demons - Spadina Bus
The Art Of Noise - Peter Gunn
Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
Yello - Oh Yeah
M\A\R\R\S - Pump Up The Volume
Trio - Da Da Da
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Pat Benetar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Alexei Sayle - Didn’t You Kill My Brother
The Monks - Drugs In My Pocket
The Northern Pikes - Things I Do For Money
The Pursuit Of Happiness - I’m An Adult Now
Pop Will Eat Itself - Can U Dig It?
Split Enz - Nobody Takes Me Seriously
Re-Flex - The Politics Of Dancing
The Cure - Shake Dog Shake
Love And Rockets - So Alive
Chalk Circle - 20th Century Boy
Madness - Our House
XTC - Senses Working Overtime
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
The Power Station - Get It On
Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret
Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days

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Years ago, I used to host a weekly out of my house for friends. I found myself thinking of it this week, and decided to go digging through the crates so I could play a selection of the tunes I would have played then. This week and next, you can expect a fair bit of 80s new wave and pop.

Platinum Blonde - Doesn’t Really Matter
The Cars - Hello Again
Faith No More - The Morning After
Cyndi Lauper - She Bop
Psychedelic Furs - Here Come Cowboys
Duran Duran - The Wild Boys
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (The Can Am Mix)
Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
Alphaville - Big In Japan
INXS - Mystify
Tears For Fears - Mothers Talk (7” Single)
The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Laura Branigan - Self Control
Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us (7” Mix)
Level 42 - Lessons In Love
Blue Peter - Don’t Walk Past
The Glove - Mr. Alphabet Says
Kate Bush - Experiment IV
The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep
Bryan Ferry - Don’t Stop The Dance
Moev - Yeah Whatever
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger
Gino Vannelli - Black Cars
The Spoons - Romantic Traffic
David Bowie - China Girl
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

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After a week off to let my back injury heal, I'm back - no pun intended! This week, we're wrapping up our look at the work of Patrick Cowley, intended to coincide with the anniversary of his passing on November 12, 1982. Don't forget to check out all of Dark Entries' posthumous Cowley releases on Bandcamp, including last Saturday's brand-new release, Malebox! As well, here's the Mixmag article about Cowley's remix of "I Feel Love".

Lipps Inc. - Funkytown (Patrick Cowley Remix)
Hot Posse - An American Dream (12” Mix)
LTD - (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again
Passengers - Hot Leather (Patrick Cowley Remix)
Sarah Dash - Lucky Tonight
Sylvester - Stars
Carl Carlton - Baby I Need Your Loving
Jeanie Tracy - Time Bomb (Patrick Cowley Extended Mix)
Two Tons O’ Fun - I Got The Feeling
Sylvester - Dance (Disco Heat)
Tantra - The Hills Of Katmandu (Patrick Cowley Underground Remix)
Fever - Standing In The Shadows Of Love
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Bootleg Megamix)
Patrick Cowley - If You Feel It

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In honour of what would have been Morricone's 94th birthday next week, we're diving into a look at some of his work. This episode's focus is on his work in spaghetti westerns. To take a look at the entire top 20 list, visit the Spaghetti Western database.

With Duccio Tussari:

Una Pistola Per Ringo (A Pistol For Ringo), 1965

Main title (instrumental)
Angel Face (vocal)

Il Ritorno Di Ringo (The Return Of Ringo), 1965

Main title (vocal)
Peace Comes Back in Mimbres

With Sergio Sollima:

La resa dei conti (The Big Gundown), 1966

Main title, second chase
Dopo la Condanna (After Sentencing)

Faccia a Faccia (Face To Face), 1967

Main title
Interlude

Corri, uomo, corri (Run, Man, Run), 1968

Main title
Viaggo (Voyage)

With Sergio Corbucci:

Navajo Joe, 1966

Main title
A Silhouette of Doom
Raw Hides And Dead Hides

Il Grande Silenzio (The Great Silence), 1968

Main title (Restless)
Barbara E Tagliente (Barbara and Sharp)
Invito All'Amore (Silent Love)

Il Mercenario (The Mercenary), 1968

Main title
Libertà (Free)

Vamos A Matar Compañeros (Let's Kill, Comrades), 1970

Main title
La Loro Patria #3 (Their Homeland)

Che C'entriamo Noi Con La Rivoluzione? (What Am I Doing In The Middle Of A Revolution?), 1972

Main title

With Sergio Lione:

A Fistful Of Dollars, 1964

Main title
Quasi Morto (Almost Dead)
The Chase

For A Few Dollars More, 1965

Main title
Carillon
Il Colpo (The Blow)

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly, 1966

Main title
The Story Of A Soldier, #2 (film version)
Death Of A Soldier
The Ecstasy of Gold

Once Upon A Time In The West, 1968

Main title
Man With A Harmonica
Final Duel

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This year for Hallowe'en, I decided against doing another installment of Killer Tunes, and instead went digging for some less-common Hallowe'en music, with a sprinkling of some old-pal faves. It's ghoulishly good! /dadjoke

Danny Elfman - This Is Halloween
Sippie Wallace - Devil Dance Blues
Salty Holmes - The Ghost Song
Louis Armstrong with Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra - Spooks
Harry Belafonte - Jump In The Line
Lord Kitchener - Love In The Cemetery
Bobby "Boris" Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
The Ghouls - Be True To Your Ghoul
The Diamonds - Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein, or Dracula
Chuck Berry - Trick Or Treat
Jackie Morningstar - Rockin' In The Graveyard
Jack and Jim - Midnight Monsters Hop
Bobby Bare - Voodoo Woman
Tarantula Goul - Graveyard Rock
Bily Snel - Queen of Halloween
Kip Tyler - She's My Witch
The Frantics - Werewolf (Don't Eat Stuff Off The Sidewalk)
The Ventures - One Step Beyond (Fear) The Twilight Zone
Eartha Kitt - I'd Rather Be Burned As A Witch
The Burns (ザ・バーンズ) - Strange Brew
Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
Cliff Richard - Devil Woman
Donovan - Season Of The Witch
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Alice Cooper - Feed My Frankenstein
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone (7")
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
Queens Of The Stone Age - Burn The Witch (UNKLE Remix)
Lady Gaga - Monster
Rihanna - Disturbia
Ghost - Dance Macabre
Muse - You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween
Ministry - Every Day Is Halloween (Retro Electro Mix)

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Friday's show is a bit late due to my spending yesterday prepping for last night's gig, but here we go: we're finally getting to our look at Patrick Cowley. This will be a two-parter, because there's a lot of material. This first one is his solo material and collaborations; the second part will be production and remixes. Additional resources include the New York Times article I cite throughout, and you can find the preorder for the upcoming release of Malebox on Bandcamp.

Seven Sacred Pools (excerpt)
Shimmering (Where Am I?) (excerpt, with Candida Royalle)
Kickin’ In (ft. Frank Loverde)
In And Out (with Jorge Socarras)
Lumberjacks In Heat (excerpt)
Thrill Of The Hunt (excerpt)
Do It Any Way You Wanna (Vocal)
Dynomite
Papa Wuzza Rollinston (Vocal)
Pigfoot
Timelink
You Gotta Make It Loose
Menergy
Megatron Man (Radio Edit)
I Wanna Take You Home
Lift Off (ft. Paul Parker)
Mind Warp
Goin’ Home

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Due to technical difficulties, you're getting a mixtape of sorts this week. We'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming next week. Hopefully.

Ghostly Kisses ft. Louis-Étienne Santais - J'ai demandé à la lune
Maya Hawke - Luna Moth
Phoebe Bridgers - Moon Song
James Blake - Atmosphere
Ghostly Kisses - Call My Name
The Cure - The Figurehead
Matte Blvck - Midnight & Angel
Depeche Mode - Halo
Röyksopp ft. Susanne Sundfør - Oh, Lover
Twin Shadow - Five Seconds
Above & Beyond ft. Marty Longstaff - Chains (Above & Beyond Club Mix)
Then Comes Silence - Rise To The Bait
Editors - An End Has A Start
A Silent Film - You Will Leave A Mark
One Night Only - Say You Don't Want It
Archive - Bullets
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Styrofoam - It Wouldn't Change A Thing
Hannah Jadagu - Say It Now
Death Cab For Cutie - Asphalt Meadows
Silversun Pickups - It Doesn't Matter Why
The Decemberists - Severed
Razorlight - Carry Yourself
Death Cab For Cutie - Your Heart Is An Empty Room
The Midnight - A Place of Her Own
The Wind And The Wave - Before The World Explodes
Ayria - The Next Time
Portugal. The Man - Atomic Man
White Lies - Farewell To The Fairground
Wolf Alice - No Hard Feelings (Lullaby Version)

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I got knocked on my butt last week by a really bad migraine (presumably due to Hurricane Ian) so this week's show is actually the show I'd been planning to do last week. It's a first, in that it's three separate segments. The first one is on Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian woman whose tragic and preventable death on September 16th has spurred worldwide protest. The second segment honours Truth & Reconciliation Day (Orange Shirt Day), which was September 28th. The final segment is a brief look at some of Coolio's best stuff, to acknowledge his passing on September 26th.

NB: This episode touches on some difficult subjects, such as systemic abuse. Use your best judgement as to what you feel you can handle, and take care of yourself

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This week, the second part of our look at songs named for girls and women. There really could have easily been a third part, but I think this is enough for now.

The Eurythmics - Jennifer
Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie
Starship - Sara
Ready For The World - Oh Sheila
The Sisters Of Mercy - Marian (version)
Steve Winwood - Valerie
Guns n’ Roses - My Michelle
Run DMC - Mary, Mary
A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum
Sons Of Freedom - Mona Lisa
Concrete Blonde - Caroline
Material Issue - Valerie Loves Me
Me Mom & Mortgentaler - Laura
Queen - Delilah
Shaggy - Oh Carolina
Brad - Nadine
Elastica - Annie
Bjork - Isobel
Size 14 - Claire Danes Poster
Blink-182 - Josie
Butthole Surfers - I Love You, Peggy
Fountains of Wayne - Stacey’s Mom
Scooter - Maria (I Like It Loud)
The Killers - Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
La Roux - Tiger Lily
Styrofoam - Carloyn
Fleet Foxes - Lorelai
Zedd - Daisy
Alvvays - Belinda Says

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This week and next, we're looking at the proliferation of songs named for girls and women over the last 70 years.

Dale Hawkins - Susie-Q
The Everly Brothers - Wake Up, Little Susie
Harry Belafonte - Mary Ann
Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly
Richie Valens - Donna
Ricky Nelson - Hello, Mary Lou
Ray Charles - Ruby
Jerry Lee Lewis - Long Tall Sally
The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann
The Beatles - Michelle
The Four Tops - Bernadette
Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
The Kinks - Lola
Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia
Rod Stewart - Maggie Mae
Jim Croce - Walkin’ Back To Georgia
Electric Light Orchestra - Oh No, Not Susan
The Rolling Stones - Angie
Barry Manilow - Mandy
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Elvis Costello - Alison
The Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
The Police - Roxanne
The Knack - My Sharona
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Christine
The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes
Duran Duran - Rio
Toto - Rosanna
Laura Branigan - Gloria
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

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On this week's show, we're listening to some songs that found themselves on the wrong side of censors for one reason or another. This episode is primarily focused on the US and the UK, but I imagine we'll check out other countries in the future.

Shirley Bassey - Burn My Candle At Both Ends
Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne
Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin - Je T’aime...Moi Non Plus
Billy Joel - Only The Good Die Young
Queen - Body Language
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
George Michael - I Want Your Sex, pt. 1
Fats Waller - If You’re A Viper
Peter, Paul & Mary - Puff The Magic Dragon
The Osmonds - Crazy Horses
Ian Dury & The Blockheads- Sex Drugs & Rock N Roll
Link Wray & The Wraymen - Rumble
Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
The Doors - Unknown Soldier
Paul McCartney & Wings - Give Ireland Back To The Irish
The Police - Invisible Sun
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
The Tom Robinson Band - Glad To Be Gay
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Radio, Radio
Neil Young & The Bluenotes - This Note’s For You
Body Count - Cop Killer
Ella Fitzgerald - Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered
XTC - Dear God
Lady Gaga - Judas
Madonna - Like A Prayer

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A busy week means another theme show. This week, it's all about the end of summer, for better or worse. If you're curious to hear more about the heat wave in China, the podcast I was referencing was Thursday's episode of It Could Happen Here.

Billy Idol - Hot In The City
The Cure - The Upstairs Room
Jane Sibbery - Mimi On The Beach (edit)
Cocteau Twins - Summerhead
Childish Gambino - Summertime Magic
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime
clipping. ft. King T - Summertime
People Under The Stairs - The Effects Of Climate Change on Densely Populated Areas
Industria Secundaria - Catastrophic Global Warming
Deftones - My Own Summer (Shove It)
Type O Negative - Summer Breeze (Rick Rubin Mix)
XTC - Summer’s Cauldron
Jane’s Addiction - Summertime Rolls
Billow - August Heat
Trentemoller - A Summer’s Empty Room
The Future Sound Of London - A Sweltering Heat
Mono Han - Long Hot Summer
De/Vision - Summer Sun (Out of Sight Out of Mind Mix)
The Alarm - Rain In The Summertime
The Northern Lights - Boys of Summer
The Ataris - Boys of Summer
Foo Fighters - Summer’s End
Frank Black - End of the Summer
Death Cab For Cutie - Summer Skin
Jacco Gardner - The End of August
New York Dolls - End of the Summer
The Happenings - See You In September

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Me feeling a bit like a zombie all week means you get a theme show. Tonight, it's a variety of songs about dreams and dreaming. Enjoy!

The Crew Cuts - Shboom
The Everly Brothers - (All I Have To Do Is) Dream
Lead Belly - Goodnight, Irene
The Staple Singers - I Had A Dream
The Butthole Surfers - Whatever (I Had A Dream)
Ministry - Dream Song
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
I, Monster - Daydream In Blue
Menahan Street Band - Everyday A Dream
The Crown Heights Affair - Dreaming A Dream (Disco)
The Coral - Dreaming Of You
Depeche Mode - Dreaming Of Me (*note: it was "See You" I was thinking of)
Gary Numan - I Dream Of Wires
The Boxer Rebellion - Dream
The Depreciation Guild - Dream About Me
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (*The Mighty Boosh bit I referenced)
Joe Cocker - Edge Of A Dream
Steve Tyler - Dream On
Tonight Alive - In My Dreams
The Northern Pikes - Dream Away
Bat For Lashes - Pearl’s Dream
Goldfrapp - Dreaming
Hybrid ft. Julee Cruise - Dreaming Your Dreams
De/Vision - Digital Dream (Analogoue at 46hz by Icon of Coil)
The Art Of Noise - Dreaming (Colour Green)
BT ft. Kirsty Hawkshaw - Dreaming (Lucid Radio Edit)
Quench - Dreams (Radio Edit)
Debbie Gibson - Only In My Dreams (Junior Vasquez Riff Dub)

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On this week's show, we're looking at dreampop - its origins, where it overlaps with shoegaze, how it evolved, what it borrowed from chillwave, and where it is now.

The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs
The Beach Boys - All I Wanna Do
George Harrison - Let It Down
The Durutti Column - Sketch For Summer
This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren
Dead Can Dance - De Profundis (Out Of The Depths Of Sorrow)
Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops
A.R. Kane - Sun Falls Into The Sea
Angelo Badalamenti & Julee Cruise - Falling
Chapterhouse - Mesmerise
The Sundays - Wild Horses
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Blonde Redhead - For The Damaged
Panda Bear - Search For Delicious
Bat For Lashes - Daniel
Lykke Li - Sadness Is A Blessing
Washed Out - Eyes Be Closed
Beach House - Myth
DIIV - (Druun)
Cigarettes After Sex - Affection
London Grammar - Rooting For You
Alvvays - Dreams Tonite
No Vacation - Yam Yam
Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex
Purity Ring - Pink Lightning

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On this week's show, we take a look at the roots and peak of shoegaze in the 80s and early 90s. The excellent box set I reference in the episode can be found on Cherry Red Records website, and there's a solid post on Reddit about the history of shoegaze. Pitchfork's top 50 shoegaze albums is also an excellent read (though the pagination chafes my butt - just use an infinite scroll!), and this New York Times article from 1991 provides a cool window into the attitudes of the time.

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Slowdive
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
The House of Love - Christine
Cocteau Twins - Cherry-Coloured Funk
Jane From Occupied Europe - Ocean Run Dry
Lush - Sweetness & Light
Cranes - Inescapable
Pale Saints - Sight of You
Kitchens of Distinction - Drive That Fast
Moose - Butterfly Collector
My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
Ride - Today
Swervedriver - Rave Down
Chapterhouse - Something More
Lowlife - June Wilson
The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa - Square Wave
Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic
Slowdive - Brighter
Curve - The Colour Hurts
Drop Nineteens - Kick The Tragedy
Loveliescrushing - Babysbreath
Adorable - Sunshine Smile

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On tonight's show, as a nod to the passing of Paul Ryder (bassist of the Happy Mondays), we're diving into the Madchester sound and the baggy scene.

James Brown - Funky Drummer, pts 1 & 2
The Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People
The Stone Roses - Fools Gold (edit)
New Order - Fine Time
Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels
James - Come Home (Flood Mix)
808 State - Pacific State
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
The Charlatans - The Only One I Know
World Of Twist - Sons of the Stage
New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Big (edit)
Northside - Take 5
Paris Angels - Perfume (Loved Up Mix)
The Farm - Groovy Train
Flowered Up - It's On
The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It?
The Honey Turtles - Don't You Know
Blur - There's No Other Way
Electronic - Get The Message
Primal Scream - Come Together (Terry Farley 7" Mix)
The Soup Dragons - I'm Free
Candyflip - Strawberry Fields Forever

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After last week's national internet outage, we're back with the final part on the life and impact of the work of Dave Smith, inventor of the Prophet synthesizer, and one of the fathers of MIDI.

Xiu Xiu - Crank Heart
M83 - Midnight City
((pressures)) - Casting Shadows
Angels & Airwaves - Surrender (remix)
Tegan & Sara - Closer
Bonobo - Don't Wait
Daft Punk - Contact
3TEETH - Nihil
Death Cab For Cutie - Black Sun
Deerhunter - Living My Life
Bon Iver - 21 Moon Water
Tigercide - Nightwing
Makeup and Vanity Set - Wavehymnal
Perturbator - She Moves Like A Knife
LCD Soundsystem - I Used To
Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better (Live)
The Crystal Method - Moment of Truth
CHVRCHES - Graves
Betamaxx ft. Vandal Moon - Never Sleep Again
Hotel Pools ft. oDDling - Parallel
BT ft. April Bender - Windows (Extended mix)
cEvin Key - Sorry, I'm Going To Think Positive
Modeling - Somewhere Before

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This week, we're continuing our look at the impact of Dave Smith's work on music. Tonight's focus is (broadly speaking) 80s pop.

The Cars - Let’s Go
Devo - Girl U Want
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
Japan - Ghosts
Hall & Oates - I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
Roxy Music - Avalon
Gary Numan - Music For Chameleons
Yazoo - Don’t Go
Thomas Dolby - Flying North
The Fixx - Red Skies
Steve Winwood - Valerie
Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face
The Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Art Of Falling Apart
Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!
Tears For Fears - Pale Shelter (live at Massey Hall)
Howard Jones - Specialty
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

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This week, we finally begin our look at the impact that Dave Smith's work had on music. The first part of this series looks at the early days of the Prophet series synthesizers in experimental, ambient, jazz, R&B, and hip-hop.

Excerpt: Doctor Mix - Prophet-5's Famous Preset Sounds
Weather Report - Young and Fine
Bill Bruford - Forever Until Sunday
Rick Wakeman - Summertime
Giorgio Moroder - Night Drive
Yellow Magic Orchestra - 1000 Knives
Patrick Cowley - Megatron Man
PhD - I Won't Let You Down
Kraftwerk - Computer Love
John Carpenter - Escape From New York
Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi
Vangelis - Rachel's Song
Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out
Jean-Michel Jarre - Fishing Junks At Sunset
Grandmaster Flash - The Message (7" edit)
Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian - Forbidden Colours
Tangerine Dream - The Dream Is Always The Same
Ralph Towner - Blue Sun
Midnight Star - Operator (7" edit)
Brad Fiedel - Terminator Theme

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This week is the third and final part of our look at music from the Cold War era, 1945-1991. Technical issues with the stream last night (ostensibly caused by local high winds) meant that some bits had to be re-recorded, so you may hear variations in the audio. Mea culpa :)

Resources for the excerpted footage, should you want to see/hear more: The tearing down of the Berlin Wall, The Berlin Freedom Concert, Gorbachev's remarks prior to the Malta Summit, and Bush's remarks at the close of the Malta Summit.

Bananarama - White Train
Avion - Berlin Wall
John Denver & Alexander Gradsky - Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?)
Genesis - Land of Confusion
Podvigov Nurkena - Strange Drunken Boy
Impakt - Def Con
Johnny Clegg and Savuka - Berlin Wall
The Box - Ordinary People
R.E.M. - It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Antis - Kada Kada
Anonuumne Ak - Mis Vahid
Living Colour - Cult Of Personality
J.M.K.E. - Hello Perestroika
Eva - Clap Your Hands For Mikhael Gorbachev
Billy Joel - We Didn’t Start The Fire
Fishbone - Party At Ground Zero
Jugo-Zapad - Walking On Broken Bottles
Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One
Scorpions - Wind Of Change
(excerpt: news footage from the Berlin Wall, Nov. 10, 1989)
Marc Seaberg - Looking For Freedom
(excerpt: news footage from Malta, Dec. 2, 1989)
(excerpt: news footage from Malta, Dec. 3, 1989)
(excerpt: Leonard Bernstein conducting Beethoven’s 9th; Freedom Concert, Dec 25, 1989)
Pink Floyd & Company - The Trial (Live from the Berlin Wall, July 21, 1990)
Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now

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"Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated."

This is so very late, but sometimes life happens. Regardless, here's part two of music of the Cold War era - this episode covers 1982 through 1985.

Midnight Oil - US Forces
Rational Youth - Dancing On The Berlin Wall
Falco - Der Kommissar
The Fixx - Stand or Fall
Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear (But Fear Itself)
Dox Sinistra - Soviet Invasion
U2 - Seconds
Men At Work - It's A Mistake
Namenlos ft. Kein Talent - Links Zwo Drei Vier
Depeche Mode - Two Minute Warning
Zoopark - Suburban Blues
Kino - Anarchy
The Human League - The Lebanon
Alphaville - Forever Young
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
Iron Maiden - Two Minutes To Midnight
Queen - Hammer To Fall
Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
SS Til - Efek
Nena - 99 Luftballons
Bruce Cockburn - If I Had a Rocket Launcher
Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City
Killing Joke - Eighties
Sting - Russians
Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

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Get ready to get your history on! We're talking about the Cold War this week--what led up to it, the events through the decades, and the music that was a part of the time. (Except the Vietnam war for the most part, because that's much more common knowledge.) If you'd like to learn more beyond what I touch on in these episodes, check out this documentary, and view the entire Cold War timeline in greater detail. And don't forget to check out the Atomic Platters compilation for more early deep cuts!

Slim Gaillard Quartet - Atomic Cocktail
Floyd Tillman - This Cold War With You
Dick "Two-Ton" Baker - Bert The Turtle (The Duck And Cover Song)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - Dig Myself A Hole
The Louvin Brothers - The Great Atomic Power
Jim Eanes - They Locked God Outside The Iron Curtain
Ray Anderson - Stalin Kicked The Bucket
The Crown City Four - Watch World War Three (On Pay TV)
Mike & Bernie Winters - Fallout Shelter
Sonny Russel - Fifty Megatons
Louisiana Red - Red's Dream
Bob Dylan - Masters of War
Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction
Donovan - Universal Soldier
Jan & Dean - Universal Coward
Tom Lehrer - So Long Mom (A Song For World War Three)
Marty Robbins - Ain't I Right
Creedence Clearwater Revival - It Came Out Of The Sky
The Dubliners - The Button Pusher
Edwin Starr - Stop The War Now
David Bowie - Weeping Wall
Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns, & Money
Kate Bush - Breathing
Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
Gillan - MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)
Prince - Ronnie, Talk To Russia

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Another birthday show! This week's episode, by request of the birthday celebrant, focuses on clowns and happy hardcore - and I am more than happy to oblige :D

Insane Clown Posse - Clown Love
Clown Core - Diarrhea Inferno Welfare Burrito
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
Placebo - Pierrot The Clown
The Murlocs - Lonely Clown
Mike Emilio - Clown
Jolly Roger - Co Co's March
Fade & Excess - Ready To Fly (DJ Stompy Mix)
Scott Brown - Now Is The Time
Billy Bunter, D-Zyne, and Rob Vanden - Let Yourself Go
Druid & Sharkey - Rocket To The Moon
DJ Brisk - Airhead (Slipmatt Mix)
Bang! - Sail Away (Trixxy Remix)
Jimmy J & Cru-L-T - Hand of Destiny (DJ Evil & Cru-L-T Remix)
Justin Time - Sweet In Pocket (Force & The Evolution Mix)
Ramos, Supreme & The Sunset Regime - Gotta Believe (Force & Styles Mix)
DJ Demo - I've Got A Feeling (Ham & Brisk Remix)
Helix ft. Marlon & Becks - U R Everything
Illogik & DNA - Kick Your Legs In The Air
DJ Ham, DJ Demo & Justin Time ft. Becks - Here I Am
Brisk & Trixxy - Eyeopener
Scott Brown vs. Ultrabeat - Elysium (I Go Crazy) (Scott Brown Remix)
Bang! - Cloudy Daze (Ham Remix)
Dune - I Can't Stop Raving

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This week, it's a birthday show featuring antifascist, anti-capitalist, and pro-union music!

Woody Guthrie & Sonny Terry - All You Fascists Bound To Lose
Pete Seeger - Talking Union Blues
Faith Petric - Ain't Done Nothing If You Ain't Been Called A Red
Phil Ochs - Love Me, I'm A Liberal
Leon Rosselson - Song Of The Old Communist
Bob Dylan - Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
Bartees Strange - Tear These Fascists Down
Billy Bragg - Never Cross A Picket Line
Tom Morello - Solidarity Forever
Grace Petrie - Maggie Thatcher's Dream
The Mountain Goats - There Is Power In A Union
Greg Spiridopolous - No. 12, This Trombone Kills Fascists
The Clash - Clampdown
Reagan Youth - Jesus Was A Communist
Rejected Youth - Antifascista
Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off
Propaghandi - The Only Good Fascist Is A Very Dead Fascist
Los Fastidios - Antifa Hooligans
Pidzama Porno - Antifa
Wizo - Antifa
The Oppressed - Nazi Skinhead (Go Away And Die)
The Ramones - My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg)
Suicidal Tendencies - Fascist Pig
F.F.D. - C'mon Kids
Elvis Costello - Night Rally
Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing
Chumbawamba & Credit To The Nation - Enough Is Enough
Ana Tijoux - Antifa Dance
Rauliki DJ & 3vol Soundsystem - Decolonisation Intravenus Obschina
The Prophecy23 - Intergalactic Anti-Capitalism
Lazzee The Cynic - Jesus Was An Anti-Capitalist Metaphor
Steve Aoki & Marnik - Bella Ciao
Skip & Die - Anti-Capitalista
Frente Popular - A las Barricadas

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Keeping it low-key this week with some chill and synth pieces while my arm heals up.

- Northbridge/Southbridge
Timecop1983 - On The Run
Unfound - Without
Hotel Pools - Nightshade
Shikimo ft. Fractal Man - Ghost Trigger
b o d y l i n e - Castles In The Air
C418 - Beton
Davz - Golden Igloo
John Dunder - Vega
Forhill - Odyssey
A.L.I.S.O.N - Nightride (Revisited)
bl00dwave - Fake Reality
Zane Alexander - Air
A K A N E I N T O K I O ft. - P E N T I U M 2 - ダニ - 本当に愛して (ｌｏｖｅ)
Don Dellpiero - Tougher Than Ice
Retröxx - The Pact
Pontiac At Night - Call Me After Midnight
The Midnight - Wave (Instrumental)
Emil Rottmayer - Limit
Glass Apple Bonzai - Beyond The Twilight v2
Chungking Mansions - Flash Special
Memorex Memories - Pictures Of Purple Skies
HOME - Headfirst
Wolf & Raven - On The Run

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The leak of the draft Supreme Court judgement overturning Roe v Wade in the US sparked this week's show, along with a ton of research about the history of the initial decision and how things got to where they are now. Sorry it's a bit late - my streaming host is now a giant question mark, and my arm is still bugging me.

For more information regarding the history of Roe v Wade, check out We The People's episode on the 14th amendment, The Daily's episodes on Jane Roe and the culture wars that came as a result of it, as well as the legal vulnerability of Roe v Wade. Behind The Bastards also has some great episodes on how the rich became entangled with the religious right, as well as Jerry Falwell (both of which are two-parters).

Peggy Seeger - Nine Month Blues
Judy Small - Backyard Abortion Waltz
Dead Kennedys - Moral Majority
Kim Wallach - Freedom To Choose
Bad Religion - Operation Rescue
Nuclear Assault - Hypocrisy
Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me
Digable Planets - La Femme Fetal
David Byrne - Lilies Of The Valley
Consolidated - Butyric Acid
Lunachicks - Fallopian Rhapsody
Neil Young - Song X
Mudhoney - F.D.K. (Fearless Doctor Killers)
Ben Folds Five - Brick
Portobello Bones - Jailed For Having An Abortion
Anti-Flag - No Apology
A Global Threat - Cause For Abortion
Tilt - Die Of Shame
Anna Nalick - Breathe (2AM)
Oi Polloi - The Right To Choose
Roy Zimmerman - Kill A Doctor For Christ
Eskit - Roe v Wade
Kristin Lems - Days Of The Theocracy
PJ Harvey - When Under Ether
Kendl Winter - Dr. Tiller
Mommy Long Legs - Abortion
Deli Girls - Abortion
Thank God For Abortion - Thank God For Abortion Anthem
Evie Joy - The Right (A Pro-Choice Anthem)
Petrol Girls - Baby, I Had An Abortion

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My arm is still messed up, but I wanted to do a show on Klaus Schulze, formerly of Tangerine Dream, who passed away on April 26th.

Tangerine Dream - Cold Smoke
Ash Ra Tempel - Traummaschine (excerpt)
Klaus Schulze - Satz: Gewitter Energy Rise Energy Collapse
Stomu Yamashta’s Go - Space Requiem
Richard Wahnfried - Grandma’s Clockwork
Klaus Schulze - The Looper Isn’t a Hooker
Klaus Schulze - Spielglocken (excerpt)
Klaus Schulze & Rainer Bloss - Racing
Alphaville - Romeos
Richard Wahnfried - Intrance
Klaus Schulze & Pete Namlook ft. Bill Laswell - Psychedelic Brunch v8
Ash Ra Tempel - Reunion (excerpt)
Klaus Schulze - And She Is Kind and Gentle (excerpt)
Klaus Schulze & Lisa Gerrard - Liquid Coincidence 4 (excerpt)
Klaus Schulze - Silhouettes (excerpt)
Klaus Schulze - Osiris, pt. 1

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On this week's show, we're taking a listen to vaporwave from 2010 to 2021, and touching briefly on a few of the offshoots. The documentary by Wolfenstein OSX I mention in the show can be viewed here, at archive.org. This timeline of vaporwave put together by a group of Redditors was also an excellent resource.

Chuck Person - She’s Waiting
Vektroid - Nobody Here
Skeleton 骷 - Fountain
James Ferraro - Palm Trees, Wi-Fi, and Dream Sushi
Oneohtrix Point Never - Power of Persuasion
USER32 - y o u ' r e h a l f a w o r l d a w a y
Macintosh Plus - Lisa Frank 420 Modern Computing
Blank Banshee - Wavestep
Saint Pepsi - Enjoy Yourself
Infinity Frequencies - Lotus Bloom
ECO VIRTUAL - Cumulus Fractus
Macross 82-99 - マあなた The Night In Tokyo
Disconscious - Lunar Food Court
Infinite Quazar - HachiRoku
BBRAINZ - DATA TOUCH DELUXE
bittertv - combat home electronics
18 Carat Affair - Lonely Eyes
NMESH - 滞在 STΛY4ΞVΞR
PrismCorp Virtual Enterprises - If I Ever
Mensa Group International - Lord Byron At The End Of The World
Hong Kong Express - Traces Of Tears
Golden Living Room - Flying In Your Sleep
Vaperror - 808 Dreams
猫シ Corp. - Hiraeth I
§E▲ ▓F D▓G§ - NO FEAR
ghosting - tonight
Phoenix #2772 - Miami Love
2 8 1 4 - 遠くの愛好家 Distant Lovers
Renjā - Girl
ECO VIRTUAL - Ultraviolet
New Dreams Ltd. - I Can Still Feel It
Lola Disco ☀ - Feelin'
Windows 96 - Languages
Pad Chennington - Your Apartment Can't Really Be That Small
Death's Dynamic Shroud.wmv - Just To Be Needed

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On this week's show, we're finally getting into Japanese City Pop, a genre that has a lot of similarities to Yacht Rock, which we covered in Episode 86. If after listening to this show, you want to learn more about City Pop, I highly recommend this episode of Switched On Pop, in which they sit down with Cat Zhang of Pitchfork.

Eiichi Ohtaki - Yubikiri
Bread & Butter - Pink Shadow
Sugar Babe - Downtown
Tatsuro Yamashita - Circus Town
Taeko Onuki - Machi
Taeko Onuki - One's Love
Kimiko Kasai - Vibration (Love Celebration)
Nanako Sato - Subterranean Futari Bocci
Junko Ohashi & Minoya Central Station - Rainy Saturday & Coffee Break
Tomoko Soryo - I Say Who
Sadistics - The Tokyo Taste
Haruomi Hosono - Coral Reef
Taeko Onuki - Umi To Syounen
Tazumi Toyoshima - Machibouke
Miki Matsubara - Stay With Me
Eiichi Ohtaki - Velvet Motel
Anri - Last Summer Whisper
Tatsuro Yamashita - Loveland, Island
Hiroshi Sato - Say Goodbye
Kunio Muramatsu - Katharina
Yumi Murata - Kanpoo
Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love
Tetsuji Hayashi - Hidarimune No Seiza
Yasuko Agawa - L.A. Nights
Tatsuro Yamashita - Never Grow Old

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In honor of April Fools' Day, we're going to be listening to a bunch of songs that reference fools across time and genres. And you have my word, no Rickrolls ;)

A Tribe Called Quest - Description Of A Fool
DMX - Party Up
Muddy Waters - Still A Fool
The Manish Boys - I Pity The Fool
Joe Cocker - Chain of Fools
Ray Charles - A Fool For You
Aretha Franklin - Maybe I'm A Fool
Nat King Cole - A Fool Was I
Tony Bennett - Once There Lived A Fool
Frank Sinatra - I'm A Fool To Want You
George Michael - Kissing A Fool
Sam Cooke - My Foolish Heart
Wendy Rene - Young And Foolish
LaBelle - Running Out Of Fools/If You Gotta Make A Fool Out Of Someone
Dionne Warwick - The April Fools
The Rolling Stones - Fool To Cry
Led Zeppelin - Fool In The Rain
Culture Club - Maybe I'm A Fool
Prince - There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
Whitesnake - Fool For Your Loving
Def Leppard - Foolin'
Cinderella - Nobody's Fool
Erasure - Ship Of Fools
Chalk Circle - April Fool
Stone Roses - Fool's Gold (Jarod Preston Mix)
Anteros - Fool Moon
The Strokes - Taken For A Fool
The Cranberries - Linger (acoustic version)
Patti Smith - April Fool

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On this week's show, we're talking about the history of hidden tracks. They're less common with digital albums these days, but the resurgence of vinyl and cassettes among collectors and fans means that the window of opportunity hasn't closed entirely!

The Beatles - A Day In The Life (sample)
Pink Floyd - Jugband Blues
The Beatles - Her Majesty
The Ramones - Carbona Not Glue
The Clash - Train In Vain
Nine Inch Nails - Physical
Nirvana - Verse Chorus Verse (AKA Sappy)
Cracker - Eurotrash Girl (album edit)
World Party - Kuwait City
Green Day - All By Myself
Alanis Morissette - Your House (a capella)
Ash - Jack Names The Planets
Deftones - Damone
Dropkick Murphys - Rebel (You’re A)
Lauryn Hill - Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
Q-Tip - Do It, Be It, See It
VNV Nation - [untitled hidden track from “Praise The Fallen”]
Papa Roach - Tightrope
Placebo - Black Market Blood
Daniel Ash - Lights Out
ZZ Top - As Time Goes By
TV On The Radio - Mr. Grieves
Bloc Party - Every Time Is The Last TIme
P!nk - I Have Seen The Rain
Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Reading My Dreams
Prince - Laydown
Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Poor Song

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Oh good, you turned the page! Welcome to part 2 of our second anniversary episode, the bonus recut version with Even More Tunes (tm)!

The Tea Party - The River
I Mother Earth - Rain Will Fall
Eric's Trip - May 11th
Superconductor - Nobody's Cutie
The Inbreds - Tell The Truth
Chicken Milk - Sink
Phallocracy - Inbetween Days
The Killjoys - Today I Hate Everyone
Doughboys - Shine
Bif Naked - Never Alone
The Gandharvas - First Day of Spring
The Rheostatics - Dez's Lament/Claire
Moist - Into Everything
Thrush Hermit - All Dressed Up
Punchbuggy - Tell Me
King Cobb Steelie - Slump
Digital Poodle - Division!
Delerium - Flowers Become Screens
hHead - Flower
Our Lady Peace - Starseed
Glueleg - Heroic Doses
Rusty - Wake Me
Gob - Custer's Last One Night Stand
Econoline Crush - Affliction

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Happy birthday to us! On this week's show, we're checking out Canadian alternative music from 1990-1995. And although it's our anniversary, you're the ones getting a gift: a bonus episode!

National Velvet - Shine On
Moev - Head Down
Skydiggers - I Will Give You Everything
Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson
Five Foot Nothing - In A Dream
Odds - Love Is The Subject
Me, Mom & Morgentaler - Spittle On My Chin
Dayglo Abortions - Two Dogs F*cking
The Lowest Of The Low - Subversives
Blue Rodeo - Trust Yourself
The Grapes Of Wrath - You May Be Right
Sarah McLachlan - Into The Fire
Meryn Cadell - The Sweater
Sloan - Underwhelmed
Change Of Heart - Yeah, It Matters
The Walk - Annalisa
Rymes With Orange - Itchycoo Park
Furnaceface - She Thinks She's Fat
Corky & The Juice Pigs - Rok Stedy
The Waltons - The Naked Rain
13 Engines - Perpetual Motion Machine
The Watchmen - Must To Be Free
Pure - Spiritual Pollution

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Holy cannoli, we made it to a hundred episodes! For such a landmark, I decided to choose something that's currently pretty important: Ukraine. I was hoping that the Russian invasion would stop or be stopped before I had a chance to address the theme, but that was not to be so.

I've really only skimmed the surface here, but I tried to choose selections from a number of different genres, some of which are more lighthearted than others. There's a brief discussion of fascism in black metal, which is unpleasant but important because fascism isn't always as obvious as you might think, especially if the context is unfamiliar.

As always, I'm not multilingual so I've tried my best, and apologies for where I've mucked up translations or pronunciations, or missed bits of information. Many of these artists can be found on Bandcamp, Instagram, Facebook, and other social media platforms, so make sure to support them where you can, especially now.

MARUV - Focus On Me
Alina Pash - Oinagori (On The Mountain)
Dzidzio ft. Іван Попович (Ivan Popyovich) - Василина (Vasilina)
Boosin - Nomer Odin (Number One)
The Maneken - Mary
Laud - У цю ніч (That Night)
TOF ft Білий Бо (White Bo) - До світанку (Until Dawn)
MamaRika - Xxdd (Boys Go To Girls)
Alyona Alyona - Велика й смiшна (Big and Funny)
KAZKA - Літаки (Aircraft)
Grebz (Shrooms) - Поп Пайф (Pop Pajf)
U:Lav - Де ж Тут Жити? (Where To Live Here?)
Макс Пташник (Max Ptashnik) - Поки ніхто не бачить (So Far No-one Sees)
Sad Novelist - Божевільний (Crazy)
ТНМК (Танок на майдані Конґо) (Dance On The Congo Square) - Проїхали (We Drove)
Kozak System - Brat za Brata (Brother To Brother)
TAPTAK (Tartak) - Я не хочу (I Do Not Want)
Go_A (How, Hey) - Жальменiна (Zhalmenina)
TAPTAK (Tartak)- Голос крові (The Voice Of Blood)
Svrm - Vtrata (Loss)
Тарас Чубай (Taras Chubay) - Водограй (Fountain)
ТИМПАЧЕ (ESPECIALLY) - Чорна гора (Montenegro)
Zgard - Koloslovo (Colossus)
Khors - Beneath The Keen Edge Of Time
Ieschure - Through The Chaos Of Voices
Тина Кароль (Tina Karol) - Намалюю тобi зорі (I Draw You Stars)
Bahroma - Назавжди-Навсегда (Forever, Forever)
Sad Novelist ft. SadSvit - Тління (Decay)
TikTu - Korol' Ptahiv (King of Birds)

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On tonight's show we pay tribute to Henry Lavelle, a pioneer in music packaging and brother to UNKLE. This episode focuses primarily on the later part of his career, so we may come back to this theme down the road.

Gabriel Lavelle - Where The Praties Grow
Handel-Beecham - The Gods Go A-Begging (Musette)
The Dubliners - Jar Of Porter (Live)
Aidan Lavelle - Issues
UNKLE ft. Gavin Clark - Keys To The Kingdom
Underworld - Always Loved A Film
Faithless - Sun To Me
Sigur Rós - Inní mér syngur vitleysingur
Lamb - Butterfly Effect
Muse - Madness
The Boxer Rebellion - Always
Glasvegas - Later...When The TV Turns To Static
Stereophonics - We Share The Same Sun
Timber Timbre - Resurrection Drive, Part II
Smoke Fairies - Waiting For Something To Begin
Bombay Bicycle Club - Whenever, Wherever
Mumford And Sons - Wilder Mind
8:58 ft. Cillian Murphy - 8:58
Elbow - Montparnasse
Radiohead - True Love Waits
White Lies - Take It Out On Me
Black Honey - Summer '92

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This was not the episode I'd planned on doing this week, but sometimes things come up, and all you can do is play some music about it. Title is from Philip Larkin's "This Be The Verse".

Supertramp - The Logical Song
Gowan - Dedication
Howard Jones - Look Mama
The Grapes of Wrath - All The Things I Wasn't
Gary Numan - Not The Love We Dream Of
Jesus Jones - Idiot Stare
New Order - Ruined In A Day
Genesis - Mama
Pet Shop Boys - Rent
Nine Inch Nails - I Do Not Want This
Depeche Mode - In Your Room (The Jeep Rock Mix)
Stabbing Westward - What Do I Have To Do?
Rev - Shanty Bay
Pearl Jam - Once
Ministry - You Know What You Are
Peter Gabriel - Digging In The Dirt
Marillion - The Great Escape, The Last Of You, Fallin' From The Moon
How To Destroy Angels - The Space In Between
The Cure - Homesick
Dream Into Dust - Bruises Never Fade (web mix)
The New Law - Tired Of Feeling Like This
Skylar Grey - Invisible
Eurythmics - You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes

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We're not quite done with the gothy nostalgia, I'm afraid. Gothstalgia? Anyway, here's another sampling of tunes that got a lot of play at Savage back in 2003...plus one from 2004 that gets a special pass.

Juno Reactor - Pistolero
Brainbug - Nightmare (Sinister Strings Mix)
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (Francois Kevorkian's Pump Mix)
Covenant - Like Tears In Rain (Extended)
Delerium ft. Sarah McLachlan - Silence (Tiesto Mix)
Neuroticfish - Wake Me Up (Extended Dance mix)
VNV Nation - Legion
Icon of Coil - Former Self
State Of The Union - Black City Lights
Rob Zombie - Living Dead Girl
Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod
Orgy - Blue Monday (single mix)
De/Vision - Dress Me When I Bleed (DJ Ram's Day By Day Mix)
Seabound - Watching Over You (Haujobb Remix)
Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground (Nellee Hooper Edit)
Portishead - Glory Box
Alien Sex Fiend - I Walk The Line
Covenant - Call The Ships To Port (Kaylab Remix)
Blur - Song 2 (White Label Import Mix)
Abba - Dancing Queen

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In lieu of a live broadcast, you're getting the podcast at the same time I'd ordinarily go live! We're going to enjoy this bit of nostalgia a little bit longer, if you'll indulge me...

Technoir - Requiem
VNV Nation - Beloved (Hiver & Hammer Full Vocal Mix)
Delerium ft. Sarah McLachlan - Silence (Tiesto Remix)
De/Vision - Strange Affection (Mesh Remix)
Icon Of Coil - Floorkiller
Apoptygma Berzerk - Mourn (APB Mix)
Fiction 8 - Let Go
Schiller mit Heppner - Dream of You
Fictional - Blue Lights
Fischerspooner - Emerge
Ladytron - Seventeen
Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar (Armand van Helden's Dark Garage Mix)
Backlash - Blind (Slot B mix)
Silke Bischoff - Under Your Skin
Massive Attack - Teardrop
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peekaboo
Boole - Everyday Is Halloween
Covenant - Dead Stars
Beborn Beton - Another World
Wolfsheim - Once In A Lifetime
And One - Wasted (Naghavi Mix)
Body Count - Body Count's In The House

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We're going to hang out in 2003 for a little while longer, so pull out your Tripp pants and your Demonias and let's have some fun. Oh--and also some education. There's at least one artist in this bunch who's got the stank of racism on them, and while it would be easy to just not play their stuff, I don't want to be dishonest about what we were listening to then, and I think it's important to contextualize that in modern terms. Goth is supposed to be welcoming. Goth is political. It always has been. Racism and sexism is contemptible. It's beneath us. We can do better. We need to do better.

For more in-depth information, check out It's Midnight Somewhere's episode on problematic artists, and be sure to watch the excellent piece by Ad·ver·sary and Antigen Shift which I reference in this episode. Coilhouse also has a fantastic post on misogyny in industrial music which I highly recommend.

The Grid - Swamp Thing
Underworld - Cowgirl
The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl
Filter & The Crystal Method - (Can't You) Trip Like I Do
White Zombie - More Human Than Human
Project Pitchfork - Steelrose (Apoptygma Berzerk remix)
Rammstein - Du Hast
Nitzer Ebb - Join In The Chant
Front 242 - Headhunter v1.0
Pop Will Eat Itself - Ich Bin Ein Auslander
Garbage - #1 Crush
Portishead - Strangers
Lo-Fidelity Allstars - Battleflag
The Prodigy - Poison
Computorgirl - Could You Ever Ignore
:wumpscut: - Wreath Of Barbs
Wolfsheim - Touch
De/Vision - Drifting Sideways (T.O.Y.Toburger Wald Mix)
Merge - Lost In Eternity (radio edit)
Seabound - Hooked (Radical Mix)
Covenant - Bullet (radio edit)
The Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion (12" Vinyl version)
Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart

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When the day job consumes all your time, what do you do? Well, your intrepid host pulled out an old hard drive and found a box set of tunes that were popular at a favourite goth club in 2003. If you liked EBM, classic gothy tunes, industrial, and all that jazz back in the day, you'll enjoy tonight's episode. Dust off your skullies and your UV-reactive accessories, put on your black eyeliner and get ready for some old favourites.

Project Pitchfork - Timekiller (And One Remix)
1000 Homo DJs - Supernaut
Razed In Black - Oh My Goth!
Rob Zombie - Dragula (Charle Clauser's Si Non Oscillas Noli Tintinnare Mix)
KMFDM - Juke Joint Jezebel
Apoptygma Berzerk - Kathy's Song (Ferry Corsten Remix)
Assemblage 23 - Document (Echo Image's Ultimate Gloom Mix)
Namnambulu - Now Or Never (Distant Mix)
Bruderschaft - Forever (Dracos' Harlem Hardstyle Remix)
Golden Boy ft. Miss Kittin - Rippin Kittin (Glove Tension Club Mix)
Frontline Assembly ft. Kristy Thirsk - Justify My Love
Rammstein - Stripped
Mlada Fronta - XB-33
Sinead O'Connor - I Am Stretched On Your Grave
Dead Can Dance - The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand
The Chameleons UK - Swamp Thing
Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
Conjure One ft. Marie-Claire d'Ubaldo - Sleep (Ian Van Dahl Remix)
Cruxshadows - Tears (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)
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This week's show is a crossover episode with our friends at Prophecy's podcast It's Midnight Somewhere! We're talking all about giallo, an Italian movie genre. They tackle much of the modern sounds, and I get into the history of it. There are some echoes of the sounds of space age pop, and you can hear how the sound of 80s slasher flicks developed.

The Girl Who Knew Too Much; Mario Bava, 1963:

Roberto Nicolosi - Morte Di Edith E Aggressione Notturna
Roberto Nicolosi - Un Ospite Inatteso El I Delitti Dell'Alfabeto

Blood & Black Lace; Mario Bava, 1964:

Carlo Rustichelli - Atelier (Titoli)
Carlo Rustichelli - Brutale Aggressione
Carlo Rustichelli - Assassinio
Carlo Rustichelli - Attacco Notturno

The Bird With The Crystal Plumage; Dario Argento, 1970:

Ennio Morricone - Corso Sui Tetti
Ennio Morricone - Silenzio nel Caos
Ennio Morricone - Violenza Inattesa

The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh; Sergio Martino, 1970:

Nora Orlandi - Lo Strano Vizio Della Signora Wardh, Seq. 10
Nora Orlandi - Lo Strano Vizio Della Signora Wardh, Seq. 23
Nora Orlandi - Lo Strano Vizio Della Signora Wardh, Seq. 29
Nora Orlandi - Lo Strano Vizio Della Signora Wardh, Seq. 30
Nora Orlandi - Lo Strano Vizio Della Signora Wardh, Seq. 31

Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key; Sergio Martino, 1972:

Bruno Nicolai - Il Tuo Vizio é una Stanza Chiusa e solo Io ne ho la Chiave, Seq. 1
Bruno Nicolai - Il Tuo Vizio é una Stanza Chiusa e solo Io ne ho la Chiave, Seq. 4
Bruno Nicolai - Il Tuo Vizio é una Stanza Chiusa e solo Io ne ho la Chiave, Seq. 10
Bruno Nicolai - Il Tuo Vizio é una Stanza Chiusa e solo Io ne ho la Chiave, Seq. 12

All The Colours Of The Dark; Sergio Martino, 1972:

Bruno Nicolai - Magico Incontro
Bruno Nicolai - Insidia
Bruno Nicolai - Ipnosi
Bruno Nicolai - Sabba
Bruno Nicolai - Medium

Death Descends Lightly; Leopoldo Savona, 1972:

Lallo Gori - La Morte Scende Leggera, Seq. 3
Lallo Gori - La Morte Scende Leggera, Seq. 7
Lallo Gori - La Morte Scende Leggera, Seq. 15
Lallo Gori - La Morte Scende Leggera, Seq. 17

AMUCK!; Silvio Amadio, 1972:

Teo Usuelli - Alla Ricerca Del Piacere, Seq. 3
Teo Usuelli - Alla Ricerca Del Piacere, Seq. 8
Teo Usuelli - Alla Ricerca Del Piacere, Seq. 13
Teo Usuelli - Piacere Sequence, M36

The Perfume Of The Woman In Black; Francesco Barilli, 1974:

Nicola Piovani - Il Profuma Della Signora In Nero
Nicola Piovani - Silvia's Nightmare
Nicola Piovani - Mimsy (#6)

Deep Red; Dario Argento, 1975:

Goblin - Profondo Rosso
Goblin - Death Dies

Tenebrae; Dario Argento, 1982:

Goblin - Tenebre

Demoni; Lamberto Bava & Dario Argento, 1985:

Claudio Simonetti - Demon
Claudio Simonetti - Cruel Demon [sidebar: Lamberto Bava is the son of Mario Bava!]

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A little later than I'd intended, but better late than not at all. This is a thank you to everyone who tuned in from around the world last year. I'm always excited to see people from around the globe show up in the stats, and while world domination isn't my goal, I'd love to see a pin in every country! Thanks again for listening, and I hope 2022 is good to you.

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On this week's show, we're taking a look at the life and legacy of Ronnie Spector.

Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
The Students - I'm So Young
The Ronettes - I Want A Boy
The Ronettes - I'm Gonna Quit While I'm Ahead
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
The Ronettes - Baby I Love You
The Ronettes - (The Best Part Of) Breaking Up
The Ronettes - Walking In The Rain
The Ronettes - Is This What I Get For Loving You?
The Ronettes - I Can Hear Music
The Ronettes - You Came, You Saw, You Conquered
The Beatles - It Won't Be Long
The Rolling Stones - Tell Me
George Harrison ft. Ronnie Spector - Try Some, Buy Some
The Ronettes - I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes ft. Bruce Springsteen & Ronnie Spector - You Mean So Much To Me (live)
Ronnie Spector & The E-Street Band - Say Goodbye To Hollywood
Ronnie Spector - Any Way That You Want Me
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
Eddie Money ft. Ronnie Spector - Take Me Home Tonight
Ronnie Spector - Good Love Is Hard To Find
Ronnie Spector - Don't Worry Baby (live)
Ronnie Spector - She Talks To Rainbows
The Misfits with Marky Ramone & Ronnie Spector - You Belong To Me
Ronnie Spector - Girl From The Ghetto
Ronnie Spector - Back To Black
Ronnie Spector - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

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On this week's show, we're looking at concept albums that predated Pet Sounds, in a little-known genre called Space Age Pop. This episode is not a deep dive on space age pop, but a look strictly at some of the concept albums within the genre. Pardon the late upload; I was in bed sick for a couple days, but - to quote Night Court - I'm feeling much better now!

Esquivel! - Blue Danube
Esquivel! - April In Portugal
Esquivel! - In A Persian Market
Esquivel! - El Carro del Sol (Venetian Love Song)
Les Baxter - Moonscape
Les Baxter - Mr. Robot
Les Baxter - Winds of Sirius
Les Baxter - Saturday Night on Saturn
Jimmie Haskell - Rockin' In The Orbit
Jimmie Haskell - Moon Mist
Jimmie Haskell - We Get Messages
Jimmie Haskell - Moonlight Cha Cha Cha
Jimmie Haskell - Asteroid Hop
Russ Garcia - Volcanoes of Mercury
Russ Garcia - Venus
Russ Garcia - Red Sands of Mars
Russ Garcia - Monsters of Jupiter
Russ Garcia - Lost Souls of Saturn
Russ Garcia - Frozen Neptune
Marty Manning - The Twilight Zone
Marty Manning - Forbidden Planet
Marty Manning - You Stepped Out Of A Dream
Marty Manning - The Unknown
Marty Manning - Night On Bald Mountain
Russ Garcia - Mermaid
Russ Garcia - Lost/Hallucinations
Russ Garcia - Atlantis
Russ Garcia - Fight With Giant
Frank Comstock - Stella By Starlight
Frank Comstock - On The Dark Side Of The Moon
Frank Comstock - When You Wish Upon A Star
Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo - Moon Gas
Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo - Maid of The Moon
Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo - Stella By Starlight
Ferrante & Teicher - The James Bond Theme
Ferrante & Teicher - Goldfinger

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I was going to keep going with the concept albums this week, but with it being new year's eve, I was feeling introspective. So I went through all my shows and playlists from the year and selected a few that spoke to the sort of year it's been, at least for me.

CHVRCHES - Under The Tide
The National - I Am Easy To Find
Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Last Beat Of My Heart
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
Zola Jesus - Soak
Miserable - Damned To Love You
The Cinematics - A Strange Education
Lamb - The Silence In Between (acoustic)
Emma Ruth Rundle - Shadows Of My Name
Drab Majesty - Ellipsis
Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld - Still Smiling
Depeche Mode - Halo
The Sundays - A Certain Someone
Frightened Rabbit - Still Want To Be Here
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
Genesis - Follow You Follow Me
Hundred In The Hands - Pale Moon Out
Jean-Michel Jarre & Gary Numan - Here For You
Lana Del Rey - Mariner's Apartment Complex
The Tiny - Closer
Editors - Sugar
Placebo - Loud Like Love
CHVRCHES - Asking For A Friend
INXS - Don't Change
London Grammar - Bones Of Ribbon
Gang Of Youths - Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane
Neil Finn - Wherever You Are

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This week, we're continuing our look at concept albums. Part two takes us through the 1970s.

The Who - Overture
The Who - Pinball Wizard
The Who - We're Not Gonna Take It
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Marvin Gaye - God Is Love (radio version)
Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
David Bowie - Five Years
David Bowie - Lady Stardust
David Bowie - Rock n' Roll Suicide
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis - The Chamber of 32 Doors
Genesis - It
Parliament - P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)
Parliament - Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication
Parliament - Night Of The Thumpasorus People
Pink Floyd - In The Flesh
Pink Floyd - Hey You
Pink Floyd - Outside The Wall
Frank Zappa - The Central Scrutinizer
Frank Zappa - A Token Of My Extreme
Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay

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What other impacts did Pet Sounds have on music, besides yacht rock? To answer this question properly will take multiple episodes. The first part of the answer is concept albums. This week's show covers the history of concept albums up to the late 1960s.

The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
The Beach Boys - Caroline, No
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - She's Leaving Home
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
Woody Guthrie - The Great Dust Storm
Woody Guthrie - Talkin' Dust Bowl Blues
Woody Guthrie - Vigilante Man
Pete Johnson - Pete's Lonesome Blues
Pete Johnson - J.C. From K.C.
Pete Johnson - Man Wanted
Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours of The Morning
Frank Sinatra - What Is This Thing Called Love
Frank Sinatra - This Love Of Mine
Nat "King" Cole - Intro (Wild Is Love)
Nat "King" Cole - Wild Is Love
Nat "King" Cole - Beggar For The Blues
Nat "King" Cole - He Who Hesitates
Nat "King" Cole - Wild Is Love (Reprise)
Marty Robbins - Big Iron
Marty Robbins - El Paso
Marty Robbins - Utah Carol
Johnny Cash - Loading Coal
Johnny Cash - Dorraine of Ponchartrain
Johnny Cash - Old Doc Brown
The Kinks - Party Line
The Kinks - A House In The Country
The Kinks - I'll Remember
The Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
The Small Faces - Happiness Stan
The Small Faces - Happy Days Toy Town

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I'm into the busy season at work, so this week, you get a theme: time, and how little of it there seems to be these days.

Pink Floyd - Time
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
Dr. Dog - Where'd All The Time Go?
Tom Waits - TIme
Dooley Wilson - As Time Goes By
Jex Nwalor - Time Goes "Bye"
Quantic - Time Is The Enemy
Tech N9ne - Running Out Of Time (ROOT)
IAMX - Volatile Times
Muse - Time Is Running Out
Turbonegro - Hurry Up & Die
Pennywise - Running Out Of Time
Anthrax - Time
Royal Thunder - Time Machine
White Lies - Time To Give
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
The Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter
Joe Jackson - Got The Time
Guster - Hard Times
Elsiane - Time For Us
Covenant - Bullet
De/Vision - Right On Time
808 State - Timebomb
Black Box - Ride On Time
The KLF - What Time Is Love? (7" Radio Edit)
The Gothsicles - Straight Up Otter Time

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A short break from our regular programming to say thank you to all the listeners around the world. You make this worth doing :)

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On this week's show, we're going to find out about yacht rock. Grab your deck shoes and a drink in a coconut, and let's set sail on the seas of cheese! If you want to watch the Yacht Rock series, you can find them on channel101.com, and the podcast I found most informative about the genre is by An Impossible Way Of Life, who can be found on all the usual podcasting platforms. I hope they do a second part on yacht rock; I was disappointed to only find the first part!

Beach Boys - Sloop John B
Captain & Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together
Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes
Robbie Dupree - Steal Away
Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)
Steely Dan - Do It Again
Loggins & Messina - Vahevala
Seals & Croft - How Long
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue
Atlanta Rhythm Section - So Into You
10cc - The Things We Do For Love
Styx - Come Sail Away
Walter Egan - Magnet And Steel
Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island
Gino Vannelli - I Just Wanna Stop
Exile - Kiss You All Over
Dr. Hook - Sharing The Night Together
David Gates - Goodbye Girl
Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love
Ambrosia - How Much I Feel
Kenny Loggins - This Is It
Christopher Cross - Sailing
Hall & Oates - Kiss On My List
Bertie Higgins - Key Largo
Toto - Africa

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Your intrepid host went to a concert on Friday, was felled by a migraine on Saturday, and encountered technical issues on Sunday, but managed to get it together on Monday. Work is gearing up to the busy season, and so I did something different; it's a bit of an ASCII shrug, but more of a DJ set this time. Hope you enjoy it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Cannons - Bad Dream
Art School Girlfriend - Is It Light Where You Are
White Lies - As I Try Not To Fall Apart
Flight Facilities ft. Broods - Forever
CHVRCHES - Asking For A Friend
Christine & The Queens - People, I've Been Sad
AVIRA ft. Chris Howard - Gold
Small Black ft. Korine - Nobody Loves You (Korine Mix)
Moaning - Fall In Love
Editors - Sugar
Placebo - Loud Like Love
ACTORS - Obsession
Rüfüs Du Sol - Next To Me
Elderbrook ft. Emmit Fenn - I'll Find My Way To You
Howard Jones & BT - The One To Love You (The Lifelike Mix)
Camouflage ft. Peter Heppner - Count On Me (The Klaak Syndrome Mix)
Max Cooper - Hope (Parra For Cuva Remix)
Tycho ft. Ben Gibbard - Only Love (LP Giobbi Remix)
DJ Seinfeld - These Things Will Come To Pass
Lemon Jelly - '75 AKA Stay With You
Bonobo - Rosewood
Heaven - Truth Or Dare
London Grammar - Bones Of Ribbon
Wolf Alice - Delicious Things
Lana Del Rey - Cinnamon Girl
Gang Of Youths - Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane

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First of all, I'm very sorry for the delayed upload. The last few days, I was knocked flat by a headache. I also ended up rejigging some of the material; if you listened to the live broadcast, you'll notice that not only did I add a few songs, I removed a few too. And even at that, this sucker runs over two hours.

It's a rather grim episode, inspired by the tragedy of Astroworld earlier this month. I found myself down a pretty bleak rabbit hole, and ended up assembling a list of disasters that have happened at live music events. There are no doubt more, but these are some notable ones from the last century.

David Cassidy - (Oh No) No Way
Abba - Don't Shut Me Down
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Fire
Linkin Park - Lost In The Echo
DJ Kaleb - Merak
Guns N' Roses - Mr. Brownstone
AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Tyler The Creator - Awkward
The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb
Damageplan - Blink Of An Eye
Deftones - Risk
Pearl Jam - Alive
The Who - Squeezebox
Abdelaziz Stati - Hakmet Aliha Dorouf
Tiesto & Diplo - C'mon
Them Are Us Too - The Problem With Redheads
Sugarland - It Happens
Burn - ทางออก
Great White - Desert Moon
John Davidson - Once In A Lifetime
Callajeros - Una nueva noche fría
Walter Barnes and His Royal Creolites - If You're Thinking Of Me (excerpt)
Vic Damone - Marie
The Azalea Trio & Milton Herbert Orchesta ft. Dottie Myles, Teddy King & Bobby Lynn - I Wanna Be Near You

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This week, in honour of Palestine's Independence Day on November 15th, we're taking a listen to some modern Palestinian music, as well as some music by pro-Palestinian allies. From the river to the sea, we stand in solidarity.

Mohammad Assaf - Dammi Falastini
Al Eatesam Band - أنا ابن القدس
Toni Qattan - فلسطيني
Muhannad Khalaf - الله محيي فلسطين
El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance TRoupe - Nostalgia For Ramallah
Le Trio Joubran - The Trees We Wear
Ministry of Dubkey - Palestine
Samer - World Goes Blind
Maher Zain - Insha Allan
Saint Levant - Jerusalem Freestyle
Dosta - Palestine
Shihottie - Free Palestine
Abe Batshon - Free Palestine
Balti ft. Yasser Arafat - Palestine
Bariş Dede - Palestine
Toronto's Link Up - Heart Beating Palestine
Tamer Nafar - The Beat Never Goes Off (ft. MC Abdul & Noel Kharman)
DAM - I Don't Have Freedom
MC Abdul - Shouting At The WAll
Lowkey - Long Live Palestine Part 2
47SOUL ft. Lowkey - Hold Your Ground
Genocide - Free Palestine
S.O.N. - Free Palestine
Daboor - Sheikh Jarrah
Mahmood Jrere - I'm From There
BiGSaM - Haifa
Profondita - Free Palestine!
Code Rouge ft. Amel Mathlouthi - Horizon

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This week, we wrap up our look at the life and work of Leonard Cohen, who passed away five years ago this Sunday. No covers this time, just the man himself.

Leonard Cohen - In My Secret Life
Leonard Cohen - A Thousand Kisses Deep (spoken word)
Leonard Cohen - A Thousand Kisses Deep
Leonard Cohen - Here It Is
Leonard Cohen - Love Itself
Leonard Cohen - Boogie Street
Leonard Cohen - Go No More A-Roving
Leonard Cohen - Because Of
Leonard Cohen - On That Day
Leonard Cohen - There For You
Leonard Cohen - Dear Heather
Leonard Cohen - Going Home
Leonard Cohen - Amen
Leonard Cohen - Show Me The Place
Leonard Cohen - Crazy To Love You
Leonard Cohen - Slow
Leonard Cohen - Did I Ever Love You
Leonard Cohen - You Got Me Singing
Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen - If I Didn't Have Your Love
Leonard Cohen - Traveling Light
Leonard Cohen - Steer Your Way
Leonard Cohen - Happens To The Heart
Leonard Cohen - Moving On
Leonard Cohen - Thanks For The Dance

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Happy Hallowe'en! It's time to get creepy with a look at songs written about serial killers. Trigger warning: there is some discussion of violence, particularly sexual violence, and I swear a few times.

Rammstein - Mein Teil
Dismantled - Insecthead (Ramirez)
Miley Cyrus ft. Billy Idol - Night Crawling
Neko Case - Deep Red Bells
Porcupine Tree - Lips of Ashes
Xiu Xiu - House Sparrow
Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy Jr.
Fear Factory - Suffer Age
Therapy? - Trigger Inside
Swans - Killing For Company
The Melvins - Zodiac
Jane’s Addiction - Ted, Just Admit It…
Seabound - Murder
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Night Shift
Green Jellÿ - Albert Fish Liverwurst
Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler
The Smiths - Suffer Little Children
Blind Melon - Skinned
Bastille - No Angels
Slayer - Dead Skin Mask

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On this week's show, it's a loving kick in the pants for a dear friend who could use some motivational anthems. Who knows, maybe you do too :) Featuring a rare appearance from Floofmaster Toby!

Faderhead - Nothing Changes
The Boxer Rebellion - Let It Go
Frou Frou - Let Go
BT - The Only Constant Is Change
Lamb - Bonfire
Garbage - The Trick Is To Keep Breathing
The Black Crowes - Wiser Time
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light
The Staves - Sadness Don't Own Me
Beth Orton - Central Reservation (The Ben Watt 'Then Again' Version)
Backlash - Regression Is No Option
Télépopmusik - Breathe (Sunset & 2Square Nouvelle Versions)
Khalid & Disclosure - Know Your Worth
Above & Beyond ft. Justine Suissa - Almost Home (Extended Deep Mix)
BROODS - Free
Kesha - Learn To Let Go
Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better
Kite - Learn To Like It
Bastille - Survivin'
Moby - Into The Blue (Simple Mix)
Utah Saints - Something Good '08 (Esquire Mix)
BT - Divinity
Cosmic Baby - Fantasia

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If you've ever misheard a lyric in a way that's incredibly funny, then you basically have the jist of this week's episode. It's all songs that people have popularly misheard.

Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Blinded By The Light
The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand
The Clash - Rock The Casbah
Queen - We Will Rock You
The Police - Message In A Bottle
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
ABBA - Dancing Queen
Lil Nas X - Old Town Road
Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind
Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
Taylor Swift - Blank Space
Beyonce - Single Ladies
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
*NSYNC - It's Gonna Be Me
Selena Gomez ft. A$AP Rocky - Good For You
Eminem & Rihanna - The Monster
TLC - Waterfalls
Madonna - La Isla Bonita
Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

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Throat singing is something that crosses more cultures than many realize, and has been banned through history by colonial powers in a number of those cultures as well. But it's a tradition that has hung on, and is alive in contemporary music as well. This week, we're going to check out both traditional and contemporary examples around the world.

Tuvan kargiraa
Mongolian Xoomij
Egschiglen - Tavan Hasag
Tibetan Buddhist monk with singing bowl, cymbals, and ganta
Three Tibetan Buddhist monks
Harmonic Tibetan Buddhist monk chanting
Cantu a tenore - Su lamentu de su pastore
Cantu a tenore - Su grande agrariu
Xhosa Umngqokolo
Sayo & Utae - Rekuhkara
Inuit katajjaq - Three throat-game songs
Inuit Women's Music of Povungnituk - Song of a Sea Shore
Inuit Women's Music of Povungnituk - Song of Cooking Seal Flippers
Inuit Women's Music of Povungnituk - Song of Seaweed
Yat-Kha - Tozhu Girl
Yat-Kha - Opei Khoomei
Yat-Kha - Kadarchy
Kara-Sai Ak-Ool - U Miloy Sergi
Mikko Heikinpoika ft. Hilda Lansman - Polar Night
SOOHAN & Mikko Heikinpoika - Omnimanni
Heilung - Carpathian Forest
Heilung - Hakkerskaldyr
The Jerry Cans - Ukiuq
Weaves ft. Tanya Tagaq - Scream
Tanya Tagaq ft. Mike Patton - Fire ~ Ikuma
July Talk ft. Tanya Tagaq - Beck + Call
Bjork ft. Tanya Tagaq - Ancestors
A Tribe Called Red ft. Tanya Tagaq - Sila
The HU - Sad But True
The HU ft. Jacoby Shaddix - Wolf Totem

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This week, we wrap up our look at the work of Richard H. Kirk with a a selection of his solo material from 1980 through 2017.

Richard H. Kirk - Insect Friends of Allah
Al Jabr - Never Lose Your Shadow
Al Jabr - This Is The H-Bomb Sound
Acid Horse - No Name, No Slogan
Sweet Exorcist - Testone
Electronic Eye - Bush Techno Incident
Al Jabr - Love Is Deep
Papadoctrine - Hybrid Energy
Cold Warrior - Walk East
Robots + Humanoids - Paranoia
Nitrogen - Let It Ride
Dark Magus - Ocean Spray
Al Jabr - Spy In The Sky
Richard H. Kirk - Get Our Heads Straight
Blacworld - Gun Control
Al Jabr - When The Light Goes Down
Electronic Eye - City of Dreams
Lucidstatic & Chemical Agent - Tactile
Richard H. Kirk - 20 Block Lockdown

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On this week's show, in memory of his recent passing, we're doing a retrospective on Richard H. Kirk's work with, and as, Cabaret Voltaire. Next week, we'll dive into his solo work...of which there is a TON.

Cabaret Voltaire - The Possibility Of A Bum Trip
Cabaret Voltaire - Do The Snake
Cabaret Voltaire - A Touch Of Evil
Cabaret Voltaire - Walls of Kyoto
Cabaret Voltaire - Yashar
Cabaret Voltaire - Just Fascination (7” Version)
Cabaret Voltaire - James Brown (7” Version)
Cabaret Voltaire - Sleepwalking
Cabaret Voltaire - Warm
Cabaret Voltaire - Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself)
Cabaret Voltaire - Thank You America
Cabaret Voltaire - Searchin’
Cabaret Voltaire - This Is Our Religion
Cabaret Voltaire - Afterglow
Cabaret Voltaire - The Root
Kora & Cabaret Voltaire - Pop Your Bubble
The Tivoli vs. Cabaret Voltaire - Common Foot Soldiers
Cabaret Voltaire - Universal Energy
Cabaret Voltaire - The Power (Of Their Knowledge)

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On this week's show, we're paying tribute to Leonard Cohen on what would have been his 87th birthday. I've got a wide range of covers of his material to share with you, and this will definitely be a two-parter, with the second part dropping at the beginning of November.

Monsieur Camembert - Suzanne
Emmylou Harris - The Stranger Song
Beth Orton - Sisters Of Mercy
James - So Long, Marianne
The Lemonheads ft. Liv Tyler - Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye
Harvey Milk - One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
The Neville Brothers - Bird On A Wire
Goteki - The Partisan
Judy Collins - Dress Rehearsal Rag
Tori Amos - Famous Blue Raincoat
Adam Cohen & Lana Del Ray - Chelsea Hotel No.2
Buck 65 & Jenn Grant - Who By Fire
The Civil Wars - Dance Me To The End Of Love
Martin L. Gore - Coming Back To You
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Jennifer Warnes - First We Take Manhattan
Ane Brun - Ain’t No Cure For Love
Concrete Blonde - Everybody Knows
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - I’m Your Man
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Tower Of Song
Mia Dyson - Waiting For The Miracle
Billy Joel - Light As The Breeze

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On this week's episode, we're taking a look at the Tulsa sound. In addition to listening to some of the key songs and key players, we're also going to check out some the artists who were influenced by the Tulsa sound, and a few of the newer songs from the sound.

Clyde Stacey - Hoy Hoy
Rocky Curtiss and the Harmony Flames - I Told Myself A Lie
Flash Terry - She’s My Baby
Jesse Aycox - Black Cherry
Taj Mahal - EZ Rider
Leon Russell - Tightrope
JJ Cale - Cocaine
Roger Tillison - Down In The Flood
Teegarden & Van Winkle - God, Love & Rock N’ Roll
Delaney & Bonnie - Comin’ Home
Bobby Keys - Steal From A King
Elvin Bishop - Calling All Cows
David Gates - Can I Call You
The Gap Band - Steppin’ (Out)
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
Joe Cocker - Delta Lady (live)
Neil Young - The Needle And The Damage Done
Bob Seeger & The Silver Bullet Band - Against The Wind
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - I Won’t Back Down
Pink Floyd - One Slip
The Tractors - Baby Likes To Rock It
John Moreland - High On Tulsa Heat
Red Dirt Rangers - Staring Down The Sun
John Calvin Abney - Way Out
Jacob Tovar & The Saddle Tramps - Three Good Reasons

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After an unintended three-week hiatus, we're back! The mic cacked out halfway through the live broadcast and I had to re-record all the dialogue between songs, which was complicated by the too-loud air show happening right.over.my.head (and the reason why I sound so nonplussed in much of this episode). So, apologies for the hiatus and the delay, but without any further ado, this week, we have a brief retrospective on Lee "Scratch" Perry, who passed away on August 29th. The length and breadth of the man's career make it impossible to cover adequately in a single two-hour block, but I sure did my best.

Lee “King” Perry - Run For Cover
Lee “Scratch” Perry - People Funny Boy
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Mr. Brown
Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Black Panta
The Heptones - Baby I Need Your Love
The Congos - Children Crying
Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves
The Clash - Complete Control
The Meditations - House of Parliament
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Curly Locks
Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Mad Professor - I’m Not A Human Being
The Beastie Boys ft. Lee "Scratch" Perry - Dr. Lee, PhD
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Message From The Black Ark Studios
Lee "Scratch" Perry ft. Andrew W.K. - Chooga Cane
Lee "Scratch" Perry ft. Keith Richards - Heavy Voodoo
Lee "Scratch" Perry ft. George Clinton - Heads Gonna Roll
Lee "Scratch" Perry & Adrian Sherwood - Elixir of Life
Dubblestandart ft. Lee "Scratch" Perry - Iron Devil (Subatomic Sound System Dubstep Remix)
Subatomic Sound System ft. Ari Up & Lee "Scratch" Perry - Hello Hello Hell Is Very Low
The Orb ft. Lee "Scratch" Perry - Golden Clouds (OICHO Remix)
Forest Swords - Thor’s Stone (Lee Scratch Perry Remix)
Lee "Scratch" Perry & Pura Vida - Feeling So Good
Lee "Scratch" Perry & Mr. Green ft. Daniel Son & HR of The Bad Brains - Streak of Luck
Ral Ston ft. Lee "Scratch" Perry - No Bloody Friends

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I hope you're not sick of duets, because we're not quite done with them yet! On this week's show, we're looking at the most popular duets of the 40s. Please enjoy this sampling of finely aged Roquefort ;)

Kay Kyser & His Orchestra with Harry, Ginny, Jack & Ish - Friendship
Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell - Between 18th & 19th on Chestnut Street
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell - Green Eyes
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell - Amapola
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Sy Oliver & Jo Stafford - Yes Indeed!
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Tex Beneke, Paula Kelly & The Modernaires - Chattanooga Choo Choo
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Tex Beneke & The Modernaires - Boogily Woogily Piggy
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines & The Pied Pipers - Oh! Look At Me Now
Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye & The Glee Club - Remember Pearl Harbor
Kay Kyser & His Orchestra with Jack Martin & The Glee Club - Strip Polka
Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell - Tangerine
Bing Crosby & Trudy Irwin - People Will Say We’re In Love
Bing Crosby & Trudy Irwin - Oh! What A Beautiful Mornin’
Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - Pistol Packin’ Mama
Judy Garland & Gene Kelly - For Me And My Gal
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots - I’m Making Believe
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen - Star Eyes
Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest - Long Ago And Far Away
Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest - Together
Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t (My Baby)
Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers - Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen - Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
Bing Crosby & The Williams Brothers - Swinging On A Star
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots - I’m Beginning To See The Light
Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest - Oh, What It Seemed To Be
The Andrews Sisters & The Les Paul Trio - Rumors Are Flying
The Modernaires with Paula Kelly - To Each His Own
Russ Morgan & Mill Herth - I’m Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover
Doris Day & Buddy Clark - Love Somebody
Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae - Bluebird Of Happiness
Jon & Sondra Steele - My Happiness
Sons of The Pioneers - Cool Water
Perry Como with The Fontane Sisters - ‘A’, You’re Adorable
Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae - Whispering Hope
Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely - Slippin’ Around

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This week we continue our traipse through the history of duets with a jaunt through the 50s. Some lovely gems, and some true fromage (Camembert, perhaps!).

Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely - Broken Down Merry Go Round
Tony Martin & Fran Warren - I Said My Pajamas (and Put On My Prayers)
Dinah Shore & Tony Martin - A Penny A Kiss
Gary & Bing Crosby - Simple Melody
The Andrews Sisters & Gordon Jenkins - I Want To Be Loved
Sammy Kay & Don Cornell - It Isn’t Fair
Tennessee Ernie Ford & Kay Starr - I’ll Never Be Free
Guy Mitchell & Mitch Miller - My Heart Cries For You
Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter - Aba Daba Honeymoon
Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford - Hey Good Lookin’
Doris Day & Frankie Laine - Sugarbush
Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd - Tell Me A Story
Suzi Miller & The Johnston Brothers - Happy Days and Lonely Nights
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters - Honey Love
Les Paul & Mary Ford - I’m A Fool To Care
Johnnie & Jack - Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely)
Kitty Wells & Red Foley - You And Me
Patience & Prudence - Tonight You Belong To Me
Shirley & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll
The McGuire Sisters - Picnic
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Grace Kelly & Bing Crosby - True Love
The Del Vikings - Come Go With Me
Mickey & Sylvia - Love Is Strange
Johnnie & Joe - Over The Mountain and Across The Sea
Louis Prima & Keely Smith - That Old Black Magic
Robert & Johnny - We Belong Together
Jan & Dean - Jennie Lee
Tony & Joe - The Freeze
Art & Dotty Todd - Chanson d’Amour
Jan & Dean - Baby Talk
Dion & The Belmonts - A Teenager In Love
Edd Byrnes & Connie Stevens - Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb
Travis & Bob - Tell Him No
Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper - Big Midnight Special
Jamie & Jane - Snuggle Up Baby
Santo & Johnny - Blue Moon
David Seville & The Chipmunks - Alvin’s Harmonica

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We're going to stick with our little jaunt through the duets of the decades, this week making a pass through the 1960s. How far back will I go? Stick around and find out! In the meantime, enjoy some fine gorgonzola ;)

Everly Brothers - When Will I Be Loved
Brook Benton and Dinah Washington - Baby (You've Got What It Takes)
Santo & Johnny - Tear Drop
The Louvin Brothers - My Baby’s Gone
Skip & Flip - Cherry Pie
Jerry Butler ft. Curtis Mayfield - I’m A-Tellin’ You
Dick & Dee Dee - The Mountain’s High
Ray Charles & Margie Hendricks - Hit The Road, Jack
Dale and Grace - I'm Leaving It All Up To You
Inez & Charlie Foxx - Mockingbird
Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Deep Purple
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Ballad Of Jed Clampett
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
Jerry Butler & Betty Everett - Let It Be Me
Righteous Brothers - You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
Otis Redding and Carla Thomas - Tramp
Chuck Jackson and Maxine Brown - Something You Got
Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston - It Takes Two
Sam and Dave - Hold On I’m Comin’
Peter & Gordon - Lady Godiva
Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra - Some Velvet Morning
Frank & Nancy Sinatra - Somethin’ Stupid
Johnny Cash & June Carter-Cash - Jackson
Bill Anderson & Jan Howard - For Loving You
James and Bobby Purify - Shake A Tailfeather
Peaches and Herb - Close Your Eyes
Paul and Paula - Hey Paula
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By
Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson - Pickin’ Wild Mountain Berries
Gene & Debbe - Playboy
Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525
Fontella Bass and Tina Turner - Poor Little Fool

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Our exploration of duet-flavoured cheese continues this week (thanks to a three-day migraine) with 70s duets! We'll call this the Limburger episode ^_^

Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn - Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner - Run That By Me One More Time
Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings - Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
Mel & Tim - Starting All Over Again
Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond - You Don't Bring Me Flowers
Kate Bush & Peter Gabriel - Another Day
England Dan & John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
Eddie Floyd & Dorothy Moore - We Should Really Be In Love
Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks - Whenever I Call You, Friend
Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I Want
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. - You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)
Leon & Mary Russell - Rainbow In Your Eyes
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
Ashford & Simpson - Crazy
Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross - My Mistake (Was To Love You)
Diana Ross & Michael Jackson - Ease On Down The Road
Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
Stevie Wonder & Syreeta Wright - To Know You Is To Love You
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Where Is The Love?
Minnie Riperton ft. Peabo Bryson - Here We Go
Norman Connors ft. Michael Henderson & Jean Carn - Valentine Love
Thelma Houston & Jerry Butler - It's A Lifetime Thing
George & Gwen McCrae - Winners Together Or Losers Apart
Teena Marie & Rick James - I'm A Sucker For Your Love
Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary
McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

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On this week's show, we dive into a subset of the power ballad: duets! The 80s was a special time for duets, and so I've picked a selection of some of the stinkiest fromage of the era, just for you!

Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love
Dan Hill & Vonda Sheppard - Can't We Try
Bryan Adams & Tina Turner - It's Only Love
Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne - You're A Friend Of Mine
Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This?
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney - Say Say Say
Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony & Ivory
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - Islands In The Stream
Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton - We've Got Tonight
Peter Cetera & Cher - After All
Peter Cetera & Chaka Khan - Feels Like Heaven
Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin - Separate Lives
Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover
Stevie Nicks & Don Henley - Leather & Lace
Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life
Teddy Pendergrass & Whitney Houston - Hold Me
Whitney Houston & Jermaine Jackson - If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful
Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt - Don't Know Much
Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram - Somewhere Out There
George Michael & Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting
Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
Annie Lennox & Al Green - Put A Little Love In Your Heart
David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing In The Street
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure

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On this week's episode, we dive into diss tracks, particularly those from the early 80s to the early aughts, and talk a bit about the various rivalries in hip hop and gangsta rap. Fair warning, the lyrics can be homophobic and misogynistic, and there's a ton of swearing, including a bit from me. So...use your best judgment about whether this one's for you.

UTFO - Roxanne Roxanne
Roxanne Shante - Roxanne’s Revenge (Street Version)
MC Shan - The Bridge
Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx
Kool Moe Dee - How Ya Like Me Now
LL Cool J - To The Break of Dawn
Tim Dog - F*ck Compton
NWA - 100 Miles And Running
Ice Cube - No Vaseline
Dr. Dre Day - F*ck with Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')
Eazy-E - Real Muthaphuckkin Gs
DJ Quik - Dollaz & Sense
Tha Dogg Pound - New York, New York
Capone-N-Noreaga ft. Mobb Deep & Tragedy Khadafi - LA, LA (Kuwait Mix)
Tupac Shakur - Hit 'Em Up
Notorious BIG - Who Shot Ya?
Mack 10 ft. Ice Cube & WC - Westside Slaughterhouse
Common - The B*tch In Yoo (Street Version)
Jay-Z - Takeover
Nas - Ether
Eminem - Without Me
Base Attack - Nobody Listens To Techno (Flashrider Mix)

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On this week's show, we're taking a look at the roots of the diss track - answer songs!

Arthur Collins - Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home
Arthur Collins - I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home
Billy Jones - Yes! We Have No Bananas
Eva Taylor & Clarence Williams - I've Got The "Yes! We Have No Bananas" Blues
Al Bowlly & Fred Elizalde - Misery Farm
Leslie Sarony - Jollity Farm
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog
Rufus Thomas - Bear Cat
Hank Thompson - Wild Side of Life
Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Frank Sinatra - Goodnight Irene
Hank Thompson - Wake Up Irene
Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
Jayne Mansfield - That Makes It
The Silhouettes - Get A Job
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Got A Job
The Mistakes - I Got Fired
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Shop Around
Debbie Dean - Don't Let Him Shop Around
Elvis Presley - Good Luck Charm
Jo - Don't Wanna Be Another Good Luck Charm
James Brown - You've Got The Power
Joe Tex - You Keep her
Derrick Morgan - Housewives' Choice
Prince Buster - Black Head Chinee Man
Napoleon XIV - They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Ha
Josephine XIV - I'm Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Ha
Paul McCartney - Too Many People
John Lennon - How Do You Sleep?
Neil Sedaka - Love Will Keep Us Together
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
David Bowie - Space Oddity
Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?
Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
Coheed & Cambria ft. Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl 2

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On this week's show, we're taking a look at the Northern Soul movement. There may be a second part down the road, and Northern Soul leads to a few other movements that were pretty important.

Major Lance - It’s The Beat
The Impressions - You’ve Been Cheatin’
Shirley Ellis - Soul Time
Larry Williams & Jonny Watson - Too Late
The Soul Twins - Quick Change Artist
Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes
Tobi Legend - Time Will Pass You By
Jimmy Radcliffe - Long After Tonight Is Over
Dean Parish - I'm On My Way
Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
Duke Browner - Crying Over You
Billy Butler - Right Track
Edwin Starr - Time
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - The Night
The Carstairs - It Really Hurts Me Girl
Ujima - I’m Not Ready
The Rimshots - Do What You Feel
Van McCoy - Soul Improvisations, Pt.2
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
Anne Bridgeforth - What Should I Do?
Freddie Chavez - They'll Never Know Why
Chairmen of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time
Tony Clarke - Landslide
Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music
Marlena Shaw - Let's Wade In The Water
Joy Lovejoy - In Orbit
The Contours - Just A Little Misunderstanding
Willie Tee - Walking Up A One-Way Street
Dobie Gray - Out On The Floor
The Vibrations - Cause You're Mine
The M.V.Ps - Turnin' My Heartbeat Up
Lou Pride - I'm Com'un Home In The Morn'un
Showstoppers - Ain't Nothin' But a Houseparty

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Sometimes life happens, and instead of a properly-researched show, you get me, playing a bunch of random tunes that feel good together. Heck, I barely have a title for this one. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Enjoy!

The Cure ft. Earl Slick - A Forest (Mark Plati Mix)
Trentemøller - Into The Trees (Serenetti Pt 3)
iamamiwhoami - O
Mr.Kitty - Spirit Of The Forest
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
M83 - Skin Of The Night
7and5 - Whisper To Me
Gazelle Twin - Changelings
Zola Jesus - Night
School of Seven Bells - Iamundernodisguise
Ladytron - Black Cat
The Magnetic Fields - The Dreaming Moon
Maps - Don't Fear
Blonde Redhead - Here Sometimes
Ulrich Schnauss - Shine
The Radio Dept. - It's Personal
Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
Delerium - Flowers Become Screens (Acoustic)
King Creosote - No One Had It Better
Wolf Alice - Lipstick On The Glass
The Hundred In The Hands - Pale Moon Out
Jean-Michel Jarre ft. Gary Numan - Here For You
Shiny Toy Guns - Wait For Me
James - Hush

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On this week's episode, we finish up our two-part series for Bob Moog's birthday. There could be more...and there likely will be more...next year ;)

The Beatles - Because
The Monkees - Daily Nightly
Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?
Depeche Mode - New Life
Ultravox - Vienna
Thomas Dolby - Europa And The Pirate Twins
Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Skinny Puppy - Solvent
Front Line Assembly - Shutdown
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole
Digital Underground - Rhymin’ On The Funk
Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride
Buffalo Daughter - Autobahn
Hybrid - If I Survive
Goldfrapp - Utopia
MGMT - Kids
Alicia Keys - Wait Til You See My Smile
Duran Duran - Blame The Machines
Tycho - Daydream
Knife Party - Bonfire
Prince - This Could Be Us
CHVRCHES ft. Robert Smith - How Not To Drown
Trentemøller - Golden Sun

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On this week's show, we're celebrating the birthday of a regular listener and dear friend. They selected the tunes, I provided some chatter and anecdotes, and you get to enjoy it!

The Cure - Love Song
Depeche Mode - Stripped
Queensryche - Spreading the Disease
Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
Nine Inch Nails - Kinda I Want To
Alice in Chains - Junkhead
Sifl & Olly - Performance Art
Reel Big Fish - Another F.U. Song
Mephiskapheles - The Bumblebee Tuna Song
Rocky Horror Picture Show - Toucha Toucha Touch Me
Sneaker Pimps - Low Place Like Home
Type O Negative - Christian Woman ( Butt-Kissing Sellout Mix)
Catherine Wheel - Kill My Soul
Robert Miles - Children
Stompy, Supreme, & UFO - Here Beside Me (UFO Mix)
The Prodigy - Voodoo People (Pendulum Mix)
KMFDM - Looking For Strange (Super Strange Remix)
Billie Holiday - Them There Eyes
Linkin Park - Figure.09
Tori Amos - Winter
Korn - Pretty
Audioslave - I Am The Highway
The Birthday Massacre - Red Stars
New Order - Restless
Incubus - Wish You Were Here

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On this week's episode, for what would have been Bob Moog's 87th birthday, we dive into an examination of the breadth of the impact his inventions had on various genres of music. (Part 2 will likely be the first week of June.)

Wendy Carlos - Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G major, BWV 1048: II. Adagio
Sun Ra - Space Probe (excerpt)
Syrinx - Field Hymn (Epilogue)
Tangerine Dream - Sunrise in the Third System
Mike Oldfield - First Excursion
Kraftwerk - The Hall of Mirrors
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene 8
Daft Punk - Giorgio by Moroder
Roger Eno & Brian Eno - Celeste
Bee Gees - Sweet Song Of Summer
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky
Jellyfish - The Ghost At Number One
Earth Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove
Stevie Wonder - I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
Billy Preston - Space Race
Chaka Khan - And The Melody Still Lingers On
Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover
Led Zeppelin - Friends
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part IX)
Joni Mitchell - The Jungle Line
Simon & Garfunkel - Save The Life Of My Child
Cat Yusef Stevens - (Remember The Days Of The) Old School Yard
Genesis - Undertow

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On this week's show, I dive into a listener suggestion: Music that came out of the AIDS epidemic. (There may be a second part, as this really only covers a portion of it.)

Sylvester - You Are My Friend (Live)
Cyndi Lauper - Boy Blue
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Is Anybody Out There?
The Communards - For A Friend
Prince - Sign ‘O’ The Times
Coil - Tainted Love
Lou Reed - Halloween Parade
Gwen Guthrie - Can’t Love You Tonight (The Surgeon General’s Funky 4/4 Mix)
Elton John - The Last Song
Pet Shop Boys - Dreaming Of The Queen
Madonna - In This Life
Paula Cole & Peter Gabriel - Hush Hush Hush
Michael Callen with Cris Williamson & Holly Near - They Are Falling All Around Me
Boy George - Il Adore
George Michael - Jesus To A Child
Janet Jackson - Together Again
Queen - The Show Must Go On
Jimmy Somerville - Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)

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Welp, The FNPS got pulled from Spotify, and your indomitable host is deeply annoyed about it. While I look for a way to get broader distribution again, please enjoy a bookend to last week's mixtape from the past with a mixtape from the present.

Shakespear’s Sister - Hello (Turn Your Radio On)
Tove Lo - Sadder Badder Cooler (Y2K Mix)
The Kills - Black Balloon
Muna - Around U
Rush - Time Stand Still
The Grapes of Wrath - ...But I Guess We’ll Never Know
The Bravery - Unconditional
Frightened Rabbit - Still Want To Be Here
Robyn Hitchcock - The Ghost In You
TSUKI ft. First Person - Boy
Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand
King Creosote - My Favourite Girl
Matthew Sweet - I’ve Been Waiting
Mike Oldfield - Only Time Will Tell
CHVRCHES - Afterglow
HEALTH - LIFE
Death Cab For Cutie - Some Boys
INXS - Don’t Change
Catherine Wheel - Heal 2
The Sundays - A Certain Someone
Lush - Tiny Smiles
LIGHTS - Skydiving (Cliff Recording)
Porcupine Tree - Lazarus
Manchester Orchestra - The Maze
Leon Bridges - River
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees (Acoustic)
White Lies - What I Need

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The week got away from me and I didn't have time to do a properly researched episode, but rather than cancel, I pulled out a mixtape I made a while ago featuring tracks I loved as a teenager.

James - Born of Frustration
Rush - Presto
Jesus Jones - Song 13
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin - Suave And Suffocated
Guns N’ Roses - Estranged
Howard Jones - Human’s Lib
Crowded House - Into Temptation
The Watchmen - Must To Be Free
Pet Shop Boys - It Couldn’t Happen Here
The Grapes Of Wrath - All The Things I Wasn’t
Alice In Chains - Down In A Hole
Brad - Screen
Jane’s Addiction - Jane Says
The Cure - Homesick
Peter Gabriel - We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)
Depeche Mode - Waiting For The Night
Nine Inch Nails - A Warm Place
Marillion - Brave

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Last week, we were looking at how Public Enemy's collaboration with Anthrax set the stage for nu-metal, and I touched on the soundtrack for Judgment Night in 1993 (*kept saying 1994 in the recording, apologies) being something that furthered the potential for that genre to happen. Judgement Night also set the stage for further crossovers with metal. This week, we take a look at how the rise of electronic music to popular culture in soundtracks allowed the soundtrack for Spawn to happen, which was full of metal and electronic collaborations, a crossover style that's still alive and kicking.

Aerosmith & Run DMC - Walk This Way
Jesus Jones - International Bright Young Thing
Ministry - Thieves
Helmet & House Of Pain - Just Another Victim
Biohazard & Onyx - Judgment Night
Stabbing Westward - Lost
Orbital - Sad But True
The Prodigy - Voodoo People
Leftfield ft. John Lydon - Open Up
Brian Eno & U2 - Always Forever Now
Moby - God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters
New Order - Temptation (1987 version)
Underworld - Born Slippy [NUXX]
Orbital - The Saint
David Bowie - Dead Man Walking
Filter & Crystal Method - (Can't You) Trip Like I Do
DJ Spooky & Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls (The Irony Of It All)
The Prodigy & Tom Morello - One Man Army
Goldie & Henry Rollins - T-4 Strain
Atari Teenage Riot & Slayer - No Remorse (I Wanna Die)
Korn & Skrillex - Get Up
Tom Morello & Knife Party - Battle Sirens
REZZ & Underoath - Falling

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Last week's show got me wondering about the roots of nu metal, so this week, we're doing a brief overview of the history and some of the biggest names in the genre.

Ministry - Burning Inside
Anthrax & Public Enemy - Bring The Noise
Faith No More - A Small Victory
Helmet - In The Meantime
Korn - Blind
Mushroomhead - Too Much Nothing
Deftones - My Own Summer (Shove It)
Incubus - A Certain Shade Of Green
Machine Head - Take My Scars
Taproot - Again & Again
Slipknot - Eyeless
Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff
Static-X - I’m With Stupid
Coal Chamber - Shock The Monkey
Disturbed - Land of Confusion
Linkin Park - One Step Closer
Papa Roach - Last Resort
Kittie - Spit
(Hed)P.E. - Bartender
Mudvayne - Severed
Chimaira - Dead Inside
Drowning Pool - Reminded
System Of A Down - Chop Suey
Chevelle - The Red
Spineshank - Violent Mood Swings
Discrepancies - Art of War

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This week is the final installment of our miniseries looking at the impact of the Amen break on music over the last 30+ years. Lots of genres in this last one: pop, house, big beat, breaks, dubstep, industrial, EDM, indie, metal, and 90s alternative.

Alex Clare - War Rages On
Olly Murs - Right Place Right Time
Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss (Oliver Heldens Remix)
Amtrac - Those Days
Zedd ft. Foxes - Clarity (Brillz Remix)
Zeds Dead & Dirtyphonics ft. Bright Lights - Where Are You Now
Future Sound of London - We Have Explosive (Oil Dub)
Cirrus - Break In
Makoto - Bubbles
Primal Scream - Slip Inside This House
London Grammar - Nightcall
Mono - Life In Mono
Delerium ft. The Mediaeval Baebes - Aria
Baz Luhrmann - Everybody’s Free To Wear Sunscreen
Naughty Boy ft. Emeli Sande - Lifted
Orbital ft. Kirk Hammett - Satan (Spawn Version)
Skunk Anansie - Charlie Big Potato
Celldweller - Switchback
Pitchshifter - Genius
Lords of Acid - Voodoo-U
Garbage - Push It
JG Thirlwell - Assclamp!
KMFDM - Son Of A Gun
Babymetal - Catch Me If You Can

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This week, we're continuing our look at the Amen break, and in particular its impact on jungle and its subgenres.

DJ Rap - Divine Rhythm
Ellis Dee - Don’t Stop Rocking
Metalheads - Sinister
Ed Rush - I Wanna Stay In The Jungle
Apollo Two - Atlantis (I Need You) LTJ Bukem Mix
Foul Play - Music Is The Key
Omni Trio - Rollin’ Heights (More Strings Attached Mix)
System X - Got To Believe
DJ SS - Lighter
DJ Zinc - Super Sharp Shooter
Cutty Ranks - Limb By Limb (DJ SS Mix)
Squarepusher - Come On My Selector
Venetian Snares - Crackest
The Flashbulb - Sensual Data
Klute - Hell Hath No Fury
Keeno - Nocturne
The Nativist - I Love Us And What We Are Becoming
King Yosef - Instinct
High Contrast - Going Up
Sewerslvt - Blacklight
Tusken Raiders - Dystopic

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This week, we begin a deep dive on the Amen break, which is likely the most sampled sound in history. This is the first of several parts, covering its history, and its use in hip hop and hardcore. (Note: NSFW language in some of the songs.)

The Impressions - Theme From Lilies Of The Field (Amen)
The Impressions - We're A Winner
The Winstons - Amen, Brother
Salt-n-Pepa - I Desire
2 Live Crew - Feel Alright Y'all
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - Keep It Going Now
Neneh Cherry - The Next Generation
Kid n' Play - Bill's At The Door
Eric B. & Rakim - Casualties of War
The Game ft. will.i.am - Compton
Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Letter From God To Man
Tyler, The Creator - Pigs
clipping. ft. Cakes da Killa & Maxi Wild - Hot F*ck No Love
Acen - Close Your Eyes (XXX Mix)
Moby - Unloved Symphony
Ramos, Supreme & Sunset Regime - Got To Believe
Brothers In Crime - How Deep Is Your Love
Predator - Mind Of A Lunatic
Frankie Bones - Point Of No Return
M. Jay & Dan Vee - The Sun Always Shines
Dune - Can't Stop Raving
Atari Teenage Riot - Raverbashing
Ecchi-chan - This Whole Album Is Way Too Happy
Little Big - Hateful Love

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Happy birthday to us! On this week's episode, I reach out to some fellow local DJs to find out what are some key tracks for them. Guest DJs include: Mistress McCutchan, DJ Darq, The Wasteland, DJ Jacqueline, and Ryan of Toronto.

Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It
Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours
Bedless Bones - Drifting
Orbital - Halcyon & On & On
Utah Saints - Something Good
Alpha Portal - Acid Rain
Prince - Purple Rain
Paul Van Dyk - Another Way
ESA - The Scorn
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
New Order - Blue Monday
Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar
Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noize
Lesbian Bed Death - I Use My Powers For Evil
Black Dresses - Bulldozer
Duran Duran - The Wild Boys
(unknown Rotterdam track - if you know it, HMU!)
Zola Jesus - Soak

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On this week's show, we're getting into the spirit of St. Paddy's Day with some raucous Celtic Punk and raising a glass to lost loved ones on the local first anniversary of the initial lockdown for Covid. Also, Chatty G lives up to his name. Repeatedly.

The Cloverhearts - Drinking Songs
Kilmaine Saints - Go On Home British Soldiers
Auld Corn Brigade - Come Out Ye Black And Tans
The Bleeding Irish - Hunger Strike
The Killigans - Martyrs Of The Lower Middle Class
The ShamRogues - An Irish Soldier Laddie
Street Dogs - Up The Union
The Young Dubliners - Foggy Dew
The Roughneck Riot - This Is Our Day
The Real McKenzies - Chip
The Tossers - Siobhan
The Bastard Bearded Irishmen - Switchblade Molly
Fiddler’s Green - Life Full Of Pain
Pipers And Pints - Never Let You Down
Flatfoot 56 - The Long Road
The Rumjacks - Uncle Tommy
Mr. Irish Bastard - Galway Bay
The Go Set - Sing Me A Song
Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
Cutthroat Shamrock - Happier Living
Celkilt - Hey, What’s Under Your Kilt?
Hoist The Colours - Dance Through The Days
Social Distortion - Live Before You Die
The Mahones - A Great Night On The Lash
The Fighting Jamesons - Tell Me Ma
Sir Reg - Drink Up Ya Sinners
The Pubcrawlers ft. Chris Skel - Where Oh Where
The Porters - Too Many Pints of Guinness
Seven Nations - Last Call
The Vandon Arms - Brothers In Arms
Hey! Hey! Hooligan - Forever Loyal
Flogging Molly - What’s Left Of The Flag
The Dropkick Murphys - Your Spirit’s Alive
The Feelgood McLouds - Drink To All My Friends
The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God

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Bonus episode! Part 2 for International Women's Day on March 8th. Same caution applies as with the first part: the material discusses violence against women, so be aware of that going in.

Endegna - Abet
Ingoma Nshya - (traditional, excerpt)
Khadja Nin - Sambolera
Sampa The Great - F E M A L E
Chiwoniso Maraire - Rebel Woman
Gaye Su Akyol - İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir
May Matar - Metlak Mesh Ayzin
Women's Anthem of Equality - Iranian traditional
DAM - Jasadik-Hom
Majed Al-Esa - Hwages
TamTam - Gender Game
A-Wa - Hana Mash Hu Al Yaman
Aryana Sayeed - Qahramaan
Pussy Riot ft. Desi Mo & Leikeli47 - Straight Outta Vagina
Zere - Kyz
Tan Weiwei - Xiao Juan
Mamamoo - Girl Crush
BoA - Girls On Top
Tricot - E
Saara - Chi Heregüi
Shubha Mudgal - Mann Ke Manjeere
Sona Mohapatra - Bekhauff
Vartey Ganiva Band - Pdey Chongrai
Voice of Baceprot - School Revolution
The Male Gaze - Someday

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On this week's show, we go truly international for International Women's Day on March 8th. Part 2 will drop as a bonus podcast-only episode Sunday March 7th! Content warning: The artists discuss violence against women in their work, including sexual violence.

Vivir Quintana - Canción sin miedo
Calypso Rose ft. Manu Chao - Leave Me Alone
Karol G & Nicki Minaj - Tusa
Aterciopelados - Cosita Seria
Pocah - Não sou obrigada
MC Carol & Karol Conka - 100% Feminista
Elza Soares - Maria Da Vila Matilde
MC Soffia - Menina Pretinha
Las Tesis - Un Violador En Tu Camino (Nene H Remix)
Miss Bolivia - Paren de Matarnos
Daughters of Reykjavik - A Song To Kill Boys To
Silvana Imam ft. Fricky - Ta Hand Om Dig
Sookee ft. Refpolk - Einige meiner besten Freunde sind Männer
Mass Kotki - Forever 18
Piekło Kobiet - Wyzwolenie Kobiet Wyzwoleniem Mężczyzn
Los Trabantos - Rzeźnia
39 Femmes - Debout les femmes
Alaska y Dinarama - A quién le importa
Bnt Al-Masarwa - حريتي
Mina la voilée ft. Yaye boye - Girl Power
Alsarah - ما دام الريد اختلط بالدم
Star Feminine Band - Rew be me
Les Mamans du Congo - Boum
Waje, Victoria Kimani, Vanessa Mdee, Arielle T, Gabriela, Yemi Alade, Selmor Mtukudzi, Judith Sephuma, & Blessing Nwafor - Strong Girl

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For the final Friday of Black History Month for 2021, I wanted to wrap it up with a look at Black musicians in alternative music scenes. Lots of different genres in this show, including metal, punk, darkwave, coldwave, synthwave, pop-punk, and power noise.

Moor Mother & Billy Woods - The Blues Remembers Everything The Country Forgot
Algiers - Walk Like A Panther
Death Grips - Three Bedrooms In A Good Neighbourhood
Injury Reserve ft. Amine- Jailbreak The Tesla
clipping. - Body And Blood
HO99O9 - Hate Crimes
SATE - Warrior
Nova Twins - Play Fair
Big Joanie - Used To Be Friends
Brass Against ft. Sophie Urista - My Own Summer
Discrepancies - Control
Oxymorrons - Justice
Fever 333 - Bite Back
Echo Hawk - Don’t. Stop.
Dreamcrusher ft. Alice Glass - Youth Problem
Deviated Ascension - Maze of The Plague Rats
TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
She Wants Revenge - Pretend The World Has Ended
Militia Vox - This Is She
Mount Sims - The Bitten Bite Back
Light Asylum - Dark Allies
Shadow Age - Youth
O. Children - Chimera
Jay Diggs - Black Heart
Immortal Girlfriend - Celestials
Meet Me @ The Altar - Beyond My Control
Infinity Song - Everything Is Gonna Be Alright

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Another in our series for Black History Month! On this week's show, I get into the history of call & response.

Marv Johnson - Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
(unknown) - Prison Blues
Jesse Butcher - They'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
Cab Calloway - Minnie The Moocher
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
Blind Willie Johnson - John The Revelator
(unknown) - John Henry
CB & The Axe Gang - Rosie
The Blind Boys of Alabama - Marching Up To Zion
John Lee Hooker - How Long Must I Be Your Slave
Bertha Smith & The Moving Star Hall Singers - Eli, Eli (Somebody Call Eli)
Louis Armstrong - On My Way (Got On My Travelin' Shoes)
Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandel - Dueling Banjos
Ray Charles - What'd I Say (parts 1 & 2)
Chuck Berry - School Day (Ring Ring Goes The Bell)
Chubby Checker - Alouette
Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me
The White Gospel Four - There's A Meeting Here Tonight
James Brown - Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud)
Redbone - Come And Get Your Love
David Bowie - Can You Hear Me
Iggy Pop - Success
Paul Simon - Homeless
Zeal And Ardor - Devil Is Fine
clipping. - Long Way Away
Naughty By Nature - O.P.P.

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Continuing with Black History Month, this week's show is an overview of Black doo-wop and its roots.

The Mills Brothers - Paper Doll
The Ink Spots - The Best Things In Life Are Free
The Robins - If It’s So Baby
The Ravens - Rock Me All Night Long
The Crows - Gee
The Orioles - Crying In The Chapel
The 5 Royales - Baby Don’t Do It
The Spaniels - Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight
The Cadillacs - Gloria
The Moonglows - Sincerely
The Chords - Sh’boom
The Penguins - Earth Angel
The Nutmegs - Story Untold
The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
The Dells - Oh What A Night
The Platters - The Great Pretender
The Del-Vikings - Come And Go With Me
The Coasters - Searchin'
The Dubs - Don’t Ask Me To Be Lonely
The Bobettes - Mr. Lee
Lee Andrews & The Hearts - Long Lonely Nights
The Rays - Silhouettes
The Monotones - Book Of Love
The Drifters - Adorable
Little Anthony & The Imperials - Tears On My Pillow
The Chantels - Maybe
The Danleers - One Summer Night
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You
Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs - Stay
The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The Velvets - Tonight
The Jive Five - My True Story
Shep & The Limelites - Daddy’s Home
The Marcels - Blue Moon
Patti Labelle & The Bluebelles - You’ll Never Walk Alone

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On this week's show, for Black History Month, I take a look at Black musicians who didn't get their due. Show idea credit goes to Bianca Xunise, and a big nod to Margo Jefferson for her incredible piece in Harper's.

Papa Charlie Jackson - Salty Dog Blues
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton - Hound Dog
The Top Notes - Twist & Shout
Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven
Etta James - The Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry)
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Erma Franklin - Piece of My Heart
Brenda Holloway - Every Little Bit Hurts
Merry Clayton - It's In His Kiss
excerpt: Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
excerpt: The Beatles - Get Back
Billy Preston - You Are So Beautiful
The Chiffons - He's So Fine
excerpt: George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
Muddy Waters - You Need Love
excerpt: Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen
excerpt: Beach Boys - Surfin' USA
Isley Brothers - Love Is A Wonderful Thing
excerpt: Michael Bolton - Love Is A Wonderful Thing
Paul Robeson - No More Auction Block For Me
Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Strange Things Happening Every Day
Death - Politicians In My Eyes
X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours
The Selecter - They Make Me Mad
Bad Brains - Banned in DC
Bam Bam - Ground Zero
Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses

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On this week's episode, I take a look at the history (finally!) of DC go go. Special shout-out to the crew at All The Fly Kids whose panel episodes were a fantastic resource for this episode. Highly recommend giving it a listen if you want to learn more!

Grover Washington Jr - Mister Magic
Black Heat - No Time To Burn
Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - Bustin’ Loose
Trouble Funk - Hey Fellas
Kurtis Blow - Party Time
Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - We Need Some Money
The Junkyard Band - The Word
Rare Essence - Give It Here
Redds & The Boys - Movin’ and Groovin’
Slug-Go - Go Go Strut
E.U. - Da Butt
DJ Kool - Music Ain’t Loud Enough (DC Mix)
Northeast Groovers - Booty Call
Rare Essence - Overnight Scenario
Curtis Johnson & The Band Eternity - Da Boody Drop
AM-FM - Radio Free Go-Go (Remix)
Tony P. - The Go Go Slide

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On this week's show, I take a look at the history and function of sea shanties, and their current resurgence in pop culture. Note that while the content isn't explicit per se, there are a few bawdy ones in there. Oh, and a correction: 35 tracks, not 37 ;)

Nathan Evans & the Tiktok collaboration - The Wellerman
The Seekers - A’ Rovin’
Ian Giles - Paddy Doyle’s Boots
The Albany Shantymen - A Drop Of Nelson’s Blood
The Fisherman’s Friends - Shanty Man
The Jolly Rogers - Hanging Johnny
The Pirates Charles - Rye Whiskey
The Real McKenzies - Barrett’s Privateers
The Seadogs - 10,000 Miles Away
The Sheringham Shantymen - Rattle Them Winches
The Irish Rovers - Drunken Sailor
William Pint & Felicia Dale - Bring ‘Em Down
Perly I Lotry - Hej Ho, Dalej Go
A.L. Lloyd - Doodle Let Me Go (Yaller Girls)
The Longest Johns - Got no Beard
The Dreadnoughts - Sally Brown
Smokey Bastard - My Son John
Hair Of The Dog - The Scotsman
The Dubliners - All For Me Grog
Celtae - Merchant Marine
Cypress - Leave Her, Johnny
David Coffin - Here’s A Health To The Company
Duck Pond Sailors - I Am A Duck Pond Sailor
El Pony Pisador - Paddy Lay Back
Ian Giles - Goodbye, Fare Ye Well
Jerry Bryant - Spanish Ladies
Kimber’s Men - Bully In The Alley
Perly I Lotry - Szanta Korsarska
Pyrates! - Haul Away Joe
Silly Wizard - The Ramblin’ Rover
Skinny Lister - John Kanaka
The Exmouth Shanty Men - Haul Away For Rosie
The Celtic Connection - The Last Shanty
Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage
Pride of Bedlam - Blow Boys Blow

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On this week's show, I mix theme and storytelling, looking at the origins of Blue Monday, both the song and the day.

The Cranes - Beautiful Friend
The Cure - Pictures of You (live)
Slowdive - Erik’s Song
Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)
Trentemoller - Like Two Strangers
Arctic Lake - Blue Monday
Lamb - The Secret of Letting Go
PVRIS - January Rain
Our Lady Peace - Will Someday Change
Orbital - There Will Come A Time
DeVision - Try To Forget (Forget-me-not Mix)
Icehouse - Love Like Blood
Fever Ray - Mercy Street
The Neighbourhood - Daddy Issues
Eurythmics - Shame
Echo & The Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever (Transformed)
Elbow - The Night Will Always Win
MUNA - Memento
Kite - I Just Wanna Feel
Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Last Beat Of My Heart
Faderhead - My Heart Is Safe
The National - I Am Easy To Find
Lord Huron - The Night We Met

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On this week's episode, I encounter (but fix in post) some more technical issues and cover the origins, rise, and evolution of Eurodance.

A Split Second - Flesh
M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam
D-Mob ft. LRS - It Is Time To Get Funky
Snap! - The Power
C+C Music Factory ft. Martha Wash - Gonna Make You Sweat
Black Box - Strike It Up
2 Unlimited - Get Ready For This
KLF - What Time Is Love
The Shamen - Move Any Mountain
Quadrophonia - Quadrophonia
L.A. Style - I’m Raving
Corona - Rhythm Of The Night
Haddaway - What Is Love
Fun Factory - Close To You
La Bouche - Sweet Dreams
Maxx - Get-A-Way
Real McCoy - Another Night
Ice MC - Think About The Way
Scatman John - Scatman

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On this week's show, a variety of Christmas music from a number of genres, and the beginning of some issues with my streaming setup. (I had actually been planning to do a show on New Year's Day, but I couldn't get the problem resolved in time, and so I got an accidental bye week.)

Andy Williams - It’s The Most Wonderful Time of The Year
Perry Como - It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
Burl Ives - Holly Jolly Christmas
Louis Armstrong - Winter Wonderland
Dean Martin - Silver Bells
Bing Crosby - White Christmas
Ella Fitzgerald - Sleigh Ride
Bing Crosby & David Bowie - Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (live)
John Denver - Christmas Eve 1913
The Carpenters - Silent Night
Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas
St. Peter’s Choir - Angels We Have Heard On High
Boney M - Feliz Navidad
Mannheim Steamroller - Deck The Halls
Donna Summer - I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Unheilig - O Tannenbaum
Run DMC - Christmas In Hollis
Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin’
William Shatner - Good King Wenceslas
U2 - Baby Please Come Home
Alison Moyet - The Coventry Carol
The Pogues with Kirsty McColl - The Fairytale of New York
Billie Mae Richards & Paul Soales - We’re A Couple Of Misfits
Oscar The Grouch - I Hate Christmas
Pennywise - Christmas In Hell
The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight)
Dropkick Murphys - The Season Is Upon Us
Bad Religion - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Billy Idol - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Wham! - Last Christmas
Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow
Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
Bert & Ernie - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

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As the Fixx once sang, "One thing leads to another", and so it was with disco and funk. The more research I did on disco, the more I learned about funk, and I needed to go deeper (*insert "Inception" noise here)! This week's show is all about the funk.

James Brown - Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag
Parliament - Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off That Sucker)
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
The Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay
Lyn Collins - Think (About It)
Curtis Mayfield - Right on For The Darkness
Labelle - Lady Marmalade
Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
Brick - Dazz
Commodores - Brick House
Carl Carlton - She’s A Bad Mama Jama
The Gap Band - Outstanding
King Floyd - Groove Me
Rick James - Super Freak
Bootsy’s Rubber Band - Rubber Duckie
Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage
George Clinton - Atomic Dog
Zapp - More Bounce To The Ounce

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This is another genre that I had been meaning to get to for some time, but I wanted to make sure I gave myself enough time to do the research, because I had a feeling the history would be fascinating. And it was! If you want to get pedantic about it, disco traces its roots all the way back to Paris during the German occupation in WWII. Tune in to find out how! Additionally, this ended up being a birthday episode; this show aired on the birthday of the person I knew would love it the most.

Donna Summer - I Feel Love
CHIC - Le Freak
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
The Trammps - Disco Inferno
Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing
Yvonne Elliman - If I Can’t Have you
Earth, Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland
Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye
Boys Town Gang - Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
Patrick Cowley ft. Sylvester - Do You Wanna Funk
Cerrone - Supernature
Frantique - Strut Your Funky Stuff
MFSB - The Sound of Philadelphia
Madleen Kane - Rough Diamond
Eumir Deodato - Whistle Bump
Martin Circus - Disco Circus
Candido - Jingo

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On this week's show, I finally get to dive into a genre I have loved for a long time: New Jack Swing! It was one of those genres that had a brief window. So where did it come from? What defined it? Where did it go? Let's find out! Special thanks to Derek Rush for his contribution on some of the history in this episode.

Full Force - Alice! I Want You Just For Me
Janet Jackson - Nasty
Jody Watley - Looking For A New Love
Johnny Kemp - Just Got Paid
Guy - Teddy’s Jam
Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
New Edition - If It Isn’t Love
Al B. Sure! - Nite N Day
Karyn White - The Way You Love Me
Vanessa Williams - The Right Stuff
Soul II Soul ft. Caron Wheeler
After 7 - Can’t Stop
Tony! Toni! Tone! - Feels Good
Johnny Gill - Rub You The Right Way
L.L. Cool J - Around The Way Girl
Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison
Keith Sweat - Keep it Comin’
Heavy D & The Boyz - Is It Good To You
Digital Underground - Kiss You Back
Blackstreet - No Diggity

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Sometimes, one theme leads to another, and I can't help but chase the idea down whatever rabbit holes it leads me to. Last week's show about hair metal got me looking at power ballads, and I went exploring. What and when was the first power ballad? Ready yourself for some fromage!

Damn Yankees - High Enough
Motley Crue - Home Sweet Home
Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Cinderella - Don’t Know What You Got
Ozzy Osbourne - Mama I’m Coming Home
Skid Row - I Remember You
Slaughter - Fly To The Angels
Faster Pussycat - House of Pain
Kix - Don’t Close Your Eyes
Steelheart - I’ll Never Let You Go
Enuff Z’Nuff - Fly High Michelle
Def Leppard - Love Bites
Warrant - Heaven
Haywire - Man Enough
Queensryche - Silent Lucidity
Guns N’ Roses - November Rain

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On this week's show, I do a deep dive on hair metal: its origins and development, how and where it exploded, and its denouement. A big surprise? David Bowie's contribution to the genre.

Van Halen - Running With The Devil
Y&T - Mean Streak
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
Hanoi Rocks - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Motley Crue - Smokin’ In The Boys’ Room
Ratt - Round and Round
Dokken - Into The Fire
Britny Fox - Girlschool
Autograph - Turn Up The Radio
Cinderella - Shake Me
White Lion - Hungry
Def Leppard - Animal
Guns N’ Roses - Paradise City
Vixen - I Want You To Rock Me
Kix - Cold Blood
Poison - Talk Dirty To Me
Faster Pussycat - Poison Ivy
Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly
Bulletboys - Smooth Up In Ya
Dangerous Toys - Teas’n Pleas’n
L.A. Guns - Rip and Tear
Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild
Slaughter - Up All Night

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This week's show is another that focuses on a seasonal shift. Mid-March isn't the only ides to beware!

Tom Waits - November
Ashbury Heights - November Corrosion
Jenny March - November Nights
Akaal - November
Tomas Barfod ft. Nina Kinert - November Skies
CHVRN - November
NOVACUB - November
Chris Leibing ft. Ralf Hildenbeutel - Novembergrey
Jones Meadow - November 13th
Stimming - November Morning
August - November 13th
Trentemøller - November
Mythos - November
DYATHON - November
Stolen Jars - Another November
The Wilderness of Manitoba - November
Stornoway - November Song
The Dead Tongues - Pale November Dew
Matt Heckler - Old November
Tim Barry - This November
Skydiggers - November in Ontario
Jimi Hendrix - Suddenly November Morning

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This show is actually a double-birthday episode for two siblings whose birthdays are days apart: my youngest listener, Isaac, and his oldest sister, Bas!

Disparition - The Ballad of Fiedler & Mundt (Opening of "Night Vale")
Coil - Red Queen
Harry Callaghan & The Stupendium - Android Hell Blues
AWOL Nation - Sail
Lizz - Noche
Battles - Atlas
Primus - Too Many Puppies
Mr. Bungle - Ars Moriendi
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon
Jonathan Coulton - RE: Your Brains
Andrew Gold - Spooky, Scary Skeletons
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
The Original Caste - One Tin Soldier
Alice In Chains - Nutshell
Coil - The Dreamer Is Still Asleep
Radiohead - Reckoner
Les Filles de Illighadad - Imigradan

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The Hallowe'en show! This episode, I take a look at songs that held meaning for serial killers and other murderers. Be warned, I talk about the murders, and while I don't go into graphic detail, it might be triggering for some, particularly the cases where sexual violence was involved. It was a heavy show to put together, so it might be a heavy listen, too.

Ken Thorne - The Legion's Last Patrol (theme)
The Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein
REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
The Eurythmics - Better To Have Loved And Lost
AC/DC - Night Prowler
Live - I Alone
New Order - True Faith
Natalie Merchant - Carnival
Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
Clint Mansell - Lux Aeterna
U2 - Exit
Slayer - Raining Blood
The Mikado - Tit Willow
Clarence Williams’ Blue Seven - Baby Won’t You Please Come Home

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After a week of headaches, I was running short on time to do a proper episode, so this week's show is an amalgam of a few personal playlists I had on the go.

Frightened Rabbit - Woke Up Hurting
Xiu Xiu - Wondering
Bear’s Den & Paul Frith - When You Break (Fragments)
Peeping Tom ft. Rahzel & Dan The Automator - Mojo
Super Massive - Get Me Out Of My Head
JUNKSISTA - Trust No Bitch
Jay Robinson ft. Idris Elba - Know Yourself
Faderhead - Night Physics
UNKLE ft. Mick Jones - Kubrick
HEALTH ft. Xiu Xiu - DELICIOUS APE
La Roux - Bulletproof
The Knocks ft. Muna - Bodies (Tycho Remix)
CHVRCHES - Down Side Of Me
The Lumineers - Gale Song
Bahamas - Lost In The Light
Prinze George - Upswing
Editors - A Ton Of Love
Kate Rusby - Hunter Moon
The National - I Am Easy To Find
James - Oh My Heart

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On this week's show, I explore the big band sound, and muse about what exactly shoo fly pie is.

The Ink Spots - If I Didn’t Care
Don Vorhees Orchestra - Tiptoe Through The Tulips
Ray Noble - The Very Thought of You
Glenn Miller - In The Mood
Nat King Cole - On The Sunny Side of The Street
Dinah Shore - Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy
Dean Martin - Ain’t That A Kick In The Head
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie - Fly Me To The Moon
Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea
Dean Martin with the Dick Stabile Orchestra - Sway
Dinah Washington - Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
Billy Eckstine - Blue Moon
Perry Como - Papa Loves Mambo
Nat King Cole - I Could Have Danced All Night
Ella & Satchmo - Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Sammy Davis Jr. - I Ain’t Got Nobody
Harry James - It’s Been A Long, Long Time
Dean Martin - That’s Amore
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie - Pennies From Heaven
Louis Armstrong - A Kiss To Build A Dream On
Billie Holiday - All of Me
Sammy Davis Jr. - I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Ray Charles - It Had To Be You
Count Basie & Tony Bennett - I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face
Billie Holiday - These Foolish Things
Ella & Satchmo - The Nearness of You
Bing Crosby & John Scott Trotter - I’ll Be Seeing You
Dooley Wilson - As Time Goes By

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On this week's show, another birthday episode, this time for a friend.

Massive Attack - What Your Soul Sings
Tom Waits - Anywhere I Lay My Head
Placebo - Kings Of Medicine
Fever Ray - Keep The Streets Empty
Electric Guest - Oh Devil
Zaz - Je Veux
Fleetwood Mac - Big Love
George Harrison - What Is Life
Lera Lynn ft. Shovels & Rope - Wolf Like Me
Emancipator - Lionheart
UNKLE ft. Ian Astbury - Burn My Shadow
Jesus & Mary Chain - Gimme Hell
Tech N9ne ft. Kiddo A.i. - Til I’m Gone
Cannibal Ox ft. Space, Swave Sevah & Elohim Star - Thunder In July
Serena Ryder - Wolves
Cocteau Twins - Iceblink Luck
Cigarettes After Sex - Affection
Wolf Alice - Bros
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
Underworld - Nylon Strung
Diane Birch & The Phenomenal Handclap Band - Atmosphere
Peter Murphy - I’ll Fall With Your Knife

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On this week's show, I take a look at the roots of ragtime and its evolution

Antonin Dvorak - Humoresques (no.7)
John Philip Sousa - King Cotton
Ben Harney - You've Been a Good Old Wagon
Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer
James Scott - On The Pike
Jelly Roll Morton - Jelly Roll Blues
Joseph Lamb - Sensation
Debussy - Golliwog’s Cakewalk
Scott Joplin - Pineapple Rag
Lyons & Yosco - Spaghetti Rag
James P. Johnson - Twilight Rag
Irving Berlin (Bessie Smith) - Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Original Dixieland Band - Tiger Rag
James P. Johnson - Carolina Shout
Zez Confrey - Kitten on the Keys
James P. Johnson - Charleston
Jelly Roll Morton - Kansas City Stomp
Django Reinhardt - I’ll See You In My Dreams
Willie “The Lion” Smith - Harlem Joys
Jelly Roll Morton - Blackbottom Stomp
Phil Baxter - If I Had You And You Had Me
Blind Blake - Southern Rag
Phil Baxter - I Ain’t Got No Gal Now
Fats Waller - Ain’t Misbehavin’
Blind Boy Fuller - Rag, Mama, Rag
Django Reinhardt - Minor Swing
Willie “The Lion” Smith - Finger Buster

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This week's show is much more laid back than the last few weeks' shows. With the change of the seasons, I felt like putting together a set of songs that reflected that shift.

Dusty Springfield - Summer Is Over
EMVY - End of Summer
David Sylvian - September
Death Cab for Cutie - Summer Skin
Chicane ft. Justine Suissa - Autumn Tactics (End of Summer Edit)
Donna Summer - Autumn Changes
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
The Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather
Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater
Iron & Wine - Autumn Town Leaves
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - When The Golden Leaves Begin To Fall
Agnes Obel - September Song
bearbare - falling leaves
Buffy Sainte-Marie - Sweet September Morning
Andrei Krylov ft. Lana Ross - Autumn Sunrise over Montreal
Ella & Satchmo - Autumn In New York
Hall & Oates - Fall In Philadelphia
Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn
Marianne Faithfull - Flaming September
Milo Greene - Autumn Tree
Olafur Arnalds - Autumn Day
The Vines - Autumn Shade
Manic Street Preachers - Autumnsong

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This episode comes on the heels of the release of Cardi B & Megan THEE Stallion's collab, "W.A.P.", and all the breathless double-standard criticism and judgment that dogged them. On tonight's show, songs primarily by women, expressing sexual agency in a way that their contemporary society found offensive, across time and genres.

Salt ‘n’ Pepa - Let’s Talk About Sex
Lady Gaga - Lovegame
Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy
Sinead O’Connor - I Want Your (Hands On Me)
20 Fingers & Gillette - Short Dick Man
Consolidated & The Yeastie Girls - You Suck
Peaches - Fuck The Pain Away
Liz Phair - Flower
Madonna - Justify My Love
Kellis - Milkshake
Missy Elliot - Get Ur Freak On
Lil Kim ft. Sisqo - How Many Licks
Ludacris ft. Trina, Shawnna, & Foxy Brown - What’s Your Fantasy (remix)
Beyonce - Blow
The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
The Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand
Olivia Newton John - Physical
Colbie Calliat - Bubbly
Loretta Lynn - The Pill
Kitty Wells - It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Bessie Smith - I Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl

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After being on the receiving end of some creepy street harassment, I got riled up and put this show together. It's all songs by women who have had enough of men's crap. There will be a lot of swearing, just as an fyi.

Mecca Normal - I Walk Alone
Bif Naked - The Gross, Gross Man
War on Women - Broken Record
Courtney Barnett - Nameless, Faceless
The Ting Tings - That’s Not My Name
Bush Tetras - Too Many Creeps
Le Tigre - On Guard
Slant 6 - What Kind of Monster Are You?
The Regrettes - Ladylike/WHATTA B*TCH
The Coathangers - Shut The F*ck Up
Bikini Kill - Suck My Left One
Petrol Girls - Touch Me Again
The Shiverettes - Dead Men Can’t Catcall
L7 - Sh*tlist
X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage! Up Yours!
Bratmobile - What’s Wrong With You?
Chicks On Speed - Mind Your Own Business
Tacocat - Men Explain Things To Me
Kitten Forever - Get Loud
Lady Pills - Eat Them
Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls
Lunachicks - Bad Ass B*tch
Lily Allen - Hard Out Here
Peaches ft. Feint - I Mean Something
Emilie Autumn - Fight Like A Girl
TLC - No Scrubs
Miss Eaves - Fuccboi Salute
Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y.
Lady Gaga - Free Woman

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I collected so much good material last week that I couldn't help but do a second episode of songs based on real events. Well, mostly--Barrett's Privateers is likely more legend than reality, but...shhhh.

Depeche Mode - Agent Orange
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Ohio
Tom Robinson Band - Long Hot Summer
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
Audioslave - Wide Awake
Filter - Hey Man Nice Shot
The Vaccines - Radio Bikini
System of a Down - PLUCK
Rammstein - Wiener Blut
Nazareth - My White Bicycle
Tragically Hip - Fifty-Mission Cap
Bastille - Pompeii
Jack’s Mannequin - Platform Fire
The Albion Band - The Gresford Disaster
Stan Rogers - Barrett’s Privateers
Bob Dylan - The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill
Boomtown Rats - I Don’t Like Mondays
Johnny Cash - Wreck of the Old 97

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On this week's show, it's all songs that tell stories about real historical events. Music, history, and politics, all in one go!

Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddamn
Gordon Lightfoot - Black Day In July
Ill Wind - LAPD
Grateful Dead - New Speedway Boogie
Orchestral Manouvres In The Dark - 88 Seconds In Greensborough
Peter Gabriel - Biko
Simple Minds - Belfast Child
Mary Chapin Carpenter - 4 June 1989
Rush - Heresy
Iron Maiden - Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
Bruce Springsteen - Roulette
Dan Fogelberg - Face The Fire
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine
Bastille - Four Walls
10cc - Rubber Bullets
The Box - L’Affaire Dumoutier
Tragically Hip - Wheat Kings
Peter Katz - The Fence
The Unthanks - The Testimony of Patience Kershaw
Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood #3

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On this week's show, I get into the history behind the Parental Advisory stickers that began showing up on albums in 1990. This goes allllll the way back to the early days of the Satanic Panic in the 80s, the formation of the PMRC in 1985, and the creation of a list of songs that were considered the worst offenders, AKA The Filthy 15. As a post-meal sorbet, we round out the show with some songs lashing back at the PMRC, in particular, one former Vice President's wife. Tipper Gore would hate this episode ^_^

Prince - Darling Nikki
Sheena Easton - Sugar Walls
Judas Priest - Eat Me Alive
Vanity - Strap on Robbie Baby
Motley Crue - Bastard
AC/DC - Let Me Put My Love Into You
Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It
Madonna - Dress You Up
WASP - Animal
Def Leppard - High n’ Dry
Mercyful Fate - Into the Coven
Black Sabbath - Trashed
Mary Jane Girls - In My House
Venom - Possessed
Cyndi Lauper - She Bop
Dead Kennedys - I Kill Children
Danzig - Mother
Ice-T - Freedom of Speech
Alice Donut - Tipper Gore
Cinderella - Shelter Me
Warrant - Ode To Tipper Gore
Furnaceface - Tipper Gore

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This week's show is more personal; I process some grief over two heartbreaking incidents that got tangled together.

Chicane - Red Skies
Depeche Mode - In Your Room (Hiroshima Remix)
Peter Gabriel - Washing of the Water
Seabound - Watching Over You (Haujobb Remix)
Kevin Kerrigan - Perseids
sleepmakeswaves - Into The Arms of Ghosts
Rollins Band - Liar
Pet Shop Boys - It Couldn’t Happen Here
HEALTH & Perturbator - BODY/PRISON
Massive Attack - Dissolved Girl
MUNA - After
Eurythmics - Shame
IAMX - Sorrow
Dan Le Sac & Scroobius Pip - You Will See Me
clipping. - Body & Blood
Emilie Autumn - One Foot in Front of the Other
Sia - I’m Still Here
The Staves - Sadness Don’t Own Me
Joy Williams - Ordinary World
In-Flight Safety - Surround

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On this week's show, the second part of the history of Motown (1969-1978).

Jimmy Ruffin - It’s Wonderful (To Be Loved By You)
Edwin Starr - 25 Miles
The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache
The Originals - Baby, I’m For Real
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
The Temptations - Ball of Confusion
Edwin Starr - War
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Friendship Train
Jackson 5 - I’ll Be There
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears of a Clown
Diana Ross - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
The Temptations - Just My Imagination
Marvin Gaye - Mercy Me
Al Green - Let’s Stay Together
The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
The Spinners - I’ll Be Around
Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
The Miracles & Billy Griffin - Love Machine
Thelma Houston - Don’t Leave Me This Way
Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up
Rick James - You And I

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On this week's show, I take a look at some of the best performances from MTV's "Unplugged".

Incubus - Drive
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Soul Asylum - Somebody to Shove
Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonnaise
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush
Pearl Jam - Black
Nirvana - All Apologies
Radiohead - Creep
Alice In Chains - Heaven Beside You
Chris Cornell - Black Hole Sun
The Cranberries - Linger
Duran Duran - Ordinary World
R.E.M. - Half A World Away
Annie Lennox - Little Bird
A-ha ft. Ingrid Helene Havik - The Sun Always Shines On TV
Korn ft. Amy Lee - Freak On A Leash
Placebo - Because I Want You
Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down
Oasis - Wonderwall

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On this week's show, the first part of the history of Motown.

Jackie Wilson - Your Love
Barrett Strong - Money (That’s What I Want)
The Miracles - Bad Girl
The Miracles - Shop Around
Debbie Dean - Don’t Let Him Shop Around
The Marvelettes - Mr. Postman
Marvin Gaye - Stubborn Kind Of Fellow
Mary Wells - You Beat Me To The Punch
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - You Really Got A Hold on Me
Marvin Gaye - Hitch Hike
Martha & The Vandellas - Heatwave
The Miracles - Mickey’s Monkey
Stevie Wonder - Fingertips, pt 1
Marvin Gaye - Can I Get A Witness
The Temptations - The Way You Do The Things You Do
Mary Wells - My Guy
Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Streets
The Supremes - Baby Where Did Our Love Go
The Temptations - My Girl
The Velvelettes - He Was Really Sayin’ Something
The Supremes - Stop In The Name Of Love
The Miracles - Ooh Baby Baby
The Four Tops - I Can’t Help Myself
Jr Walker - Shake And Fingerpop
The Four Tops - Same Old Song
The Marvelettes - Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead
Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
The Supremes - You Can’t Hurry Love
Four Tops - Reach Out I’ll Be There
Marvin Gaye - Heard It Through The Grapevine
Diana Ross & The Supremes - Someday We’ll Be Together

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This week's show was inspired by the fact that, for days, it just.kept.raining.

Bananarama - Cruel Summer
Dusty Springfield - I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today
White Lies - A Place To Hide
Duran Duran - Hold Back The Rain
Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again
a-ha - Here I Stand And Face The Rain
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who’ll Stop The Rain
Lykke Li - Hard Rain
Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
Johnny Cash - Five Feet High And Rising
Electric Light Orchestra - Rain Is Falling
Roxy Music - Rain, Rain, Rain
Placebo - English Summer Rain
Pavement - It’s A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl
Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
The Killers - The Rising Tide
Yann Tiersen - The Drowned Girl
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
EDEN - drowning.
Alice In Chains - Rain When I Die
A Tribe Called Quest - Go Ahead In The Rain
Peter Gabriel - Red Rain
Smashing Pumpkins - Drown
Modest Mouse - Float On

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Having become more aware in the last year or so of the issues Indigenous people face, I decided that rather than doing a show of Canadian musicians, I would instead use this week's show to highlight Indigenous artists, choosing songs that focus on their experiences and the impact of colonialism on their lives.

Asani - O Canada
JB The First Lady - Spoken Word Reconciliation
Jerry Alfred - Residential School
Willie Dunn - I Pity The Country
Adrian Sutherland - Politician Man
Buffy Sainte Marie ft. Tanya Tagaq - You Got To Run (Spirit of the Wind)
Northern Cree - Fearless
Leonard Sumner - I Know You’re Sorry
Jah’toka, LB, Drezus, & Cleo Big Eagle - MMIW
War Party - Feelin' Reserved
Mob Bounce & Boogey the Beat - Vision Quest
Crook the Kid ft. Tiffany Ayalik - Locals Only
Eekwol - Waniska
Snotty Nose Rez Kids - The Warriors
Reddnation - Take A Stand
Boogey The Beat ft. Charlie, Wab Kinew, & Young Kidd - Idle No More
Tanya Tagaq - Retribution
Tribe Called Red ft. Boogey The Beat - Land Back
JB The First Lady - Still Here
The Dakhká Khwaán Dancers - Deconstruct/Reconstruct (DASH mix)
DJ Shub ft. Northern Cree Singers - Indomitable

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This birthday episode is for my mom, who would have turned 70 four days after this episode aired.

Gordon Lightfoot - Pussywillows, Cattails
Teresa Anne - I Need You To Turn To
Bruce Cockburn - If I Had A Rocket Launcher
Sting - They Dance Alone
Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
Simply Red - Holding Back The Years
Don Henley - The End of The Innocence
Eurythmics ft. Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves
Steve Winwood - Back In The High Life
The Beatles - You Won’t See Me
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
Peter Gabriel - That Voice Again
Pet Shop Boys - Rent
The Cure - Homesick
Primordial Urges - Courageous (vox update)
Alice In Chains - Would
Nine Inch Nails - I Do Not Want This
Genesis - Mama

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On this week's show, thanks to the Mayan calendar's end-of-the-world prognostication, I play with the idea of what I would do if this really was my last week on earth.

De/Vision - No Tomorrow
The Cure - One More Time
Depeche Mode - Insight
Mike Oldfield - Let There Be Light
808 State - Europa
CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue
The Delays - Nearer Than Heaven
Underworld - Always Loved A Film
Cocteau Twins - Cherry-Coloured Funk
UNKLE - Heaven ft. Gavin Clark
Jane’s Addiction - Summertime Rolls
Peter Gabriel - Heroes (Wildebeest Mix)
Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon
REM - Sweetness Follows
Faderheart - My Heart Is Safe
Small Black - Free At Dawn
James - Leviathan
Orbital - One Perfect Sunrise (radio edit)
VNV Nation - Where There Is Light

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This week's show is dedicated to my dad, whose birthday was several days before this aired. These are all artists he introduced me to.

The Blues Brothers - Rubber Biscuit
Led Zeppelin - Dancing Days
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon
Alice Cooper - Dead Babies
Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
Billy Joel - It’s Still Rock & Roll To Me
Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart of Rock & Roll
Doug & The Slugs - Making It Work
Jackson Browne - Daddy’s Tune
Judy Collins - Daddy You’ve Been On My Mind
Alan Parsons Project - Don’t Let It Show
James Taylor - Fire & Rain
Gordon Lightfoot - Carefree Highway
Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
The Cars - You Might Think
REO Speedwagon - Live Every Moment
Jim Croce - You Don’t Mess Around With Jim
Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey
Cat Stevens - Father And Son
The Flying Pickets - Only You
Ry Cooder - I Think It’s Going To Work Out Fine

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On this week's show, songs of black experience and black empowerment. This episode is dedicated to the memories of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and the far too many other Black people whose lives were cut short by the malice of white supremacy.

Nina Simone - Strange Fruit
Lead Belly - Jim Crow Blues
Mavis Staples - We Shall Not Be Moved
Gil Scott-Heron - Who’ll Pay Reparations On My Soul
Syl Johnson - Is It Because I’m Black
Tech N9ne - What If It Was Me
TI ft. Quavo, Meek Mill & RaRa - Black Man
SAULT - Foot on Necks
Common ft. Stevie Wonder - Black America Again
Kenneth Whalum ft. Big KRIT - Might Not Be OK
Usher ft. Nas & Bibi Bourelly - Chains
The Game ft. Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, Diddy, Fabolos, Wale, DJ Khaled, Swizz Beatz - Don’t Shoot
Vic Mensa - 16 Shots
Childish Gambino - This Is America
Public Enemy - Prophets of Rage
Rage Against the Machine - Take The Power Back
James Brown - Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud)
Mahalia Jackson - We Shall Overcome
Beyonce - Freedom

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On this week's show, in honour of the beginning of Pride Month, I take a look at the history of trans and non-binary folks in music. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Tony "The Tiger" McDade, a Black trans man who was shot and killed by police in Florida.

Billy Tipton - These Foolish Things
Willmer "Little Ax" Broadnax - You Are My Sunshine
Jackie Shane - Any Other Way
Wendy Carlos - Clockwork Orange Theme
Marie France - Daisy
Psychic TV - New Sexuality
Romy Haag - Memories Are Made Of
Life of Agony - River Runs Red
Tribe 8 - Wrong Bathroom
1.8.7. - Worlds Apart
Against Me! - The Ocean
Coyote Grace - Daughterson
Bell Nuntita - It Gets Better
Katastrophe - Wake Me If I'm Dreaming
Shawnee - Mirror Me
Anhoni & J Ralph - Manta Ray
Sophie - Lemonade
Jake Edwards - Second Puberty
KC Ortiz - Shut Up
Shea Diamond - I Am Her
Ryan Cassata - Daughter

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On this week's episode, the first part of the history of hip hop. This part focuses on the East Coast scene as it developed through the 80s.

DJ Kool Herc - B-Boy
Grand Wizard Theodore - Military Cut (Scratch)
Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
Grandmaster Flash - The Message
Whodini - Friends
Run-DMC - It's Tricky
Beastie Boys - No Sleep Til Brooklyn
Salt n' Pepa - Push It
LL Cool J - Going Back To Cali
Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
EPMD - Strictly Business
Slick Rick - Children's Story
Gang Starr - No More Mr. Nice Guy
Public Enemy - Fight The Power
Kool Moe Dee - I Go To Work
Maestro Fresh Wes - Let Your Backbone Slide
Queen Latifah & Monie Love - Ladies First

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On this week's show, a look at music that featured prominently in movie soundtracks of some of the biggest films of the 1980s. Buckle up, there's some fromage in there!

Blondie - Call Me
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire
Wendy Carlos - Tron End Titles
Irene Cara - What a Feeling
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero
Eurythmics - Sexcrime
Giorgio Moroder - The Neverending Story
Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
Simple Minds - Don’t You Forget About Me
Huey Lewis - The Power of Love
Madonna - Into The Groove
John Parr - St. Elmo’s Fire
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
Orchestral Manouvres In The Dark - If You Leave
Yello - Oh Yeah
El DeBarge - Who’s Johnny
Gerard McMann - Cry Little Sister
Bon Jovi - Blaze of Glory
Young MC - Bust A Move
Prince - Batdance

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On this week's show, a look at the legacy of Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk, who passed away two days before this episode aired. Additionally, in retrospect, this is where the FNPS really started to find its footing thematically. Exploring the history of a specific artist and the way his work affected other musicians across a number of other genres got my brain rolling in a new direction.

Kraftwerk - The Voice of Energy
Kraftwerk - Kometenmelodie 1
David Bowie - V2 Schneider
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force- Planet Rock
Gary Numan - I Dream of Wires
Human League - The Lebanon
New Order - Blue Monday
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hall of Mirrors
Martin Gore - Compulsion
The Prodigy - Wind It Up
The Orb - Toxygene (7" Edit)
Derrick May - Strings of Life
Bjork - Hyperballad
Aphex Twin - 4
Rammstein - Das Modell
Ladytron - He Took Her To A Movie
The Greatest Bits - Human After All

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On this week's show, really cool cover versions of great tracks. Technical issue with the mic, however; in retrospect it's likely that the buffer for the mic wasn't set high enough, which causes the crackle and pop you'll hear here. Sorry about that :(

Peter Gabriel - The Boy In The Bubble
Snake River Conspiracy - Lovesong
Halestorm - Get Lucky
Rammstein - Stripped
Dope - Rebel Yell
Machine Head - Message In A Bottle
Korn - Word Up!
HEALTH - Blue Monday
Dirty Vegas - Save A Prayer
Icehouse - Love Like Blood
Information Society - Lay All Your Love On Me
Parralox - Eye In The Sky
Concrete Blonde - Everybody Knows
London Grammar - Nightcall
The Rescues - Losing My Religion
Dead When I Found Her - In The Air Tonight
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Laibach - Across The Universe
Diane Birch & The Phenomenal Handclap Band - Atmosphere

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This week's show is another storytelling episode: a musical summation of the first 40 days of lockdown.

Tom Waits - God’s Away on Business
John Lennon - Nobody Told Me
Kate Bush - This Woman’s Work
Depeche Mode - Something To Do
The Cure - At Night
Pop Will Eat Itself - The Fuses Have Been Lit
Tricky - Hell Is Around The Corner
David Bowie - I’m Afraid of Americans
R.L. Burnside - It’s Bad You Know
Orbital - The Box, pt 2
Terra Ferma - The Scream
Ruelle - Monsters
Zed’s Dead ft. DNMO & GG Magree - Save My Grave
SONOIO - Heartbeat
Ta-ku - Day 40
Lisa Miskovsky - Still Alive (Teddybears Mix)
The Big Moon - Your Light
Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Having An Average Weekend
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
MUNA - I Know A Place
Tech N9ne ft. Jordan Omley - We Won’t Go Quietly

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On this week's show, songs you can sing along to!

The Carpenters - Sing
Prince - Let’s Go Crazy
The Cars - Good Times Roll
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better
INXS - New Sensation
Erasure - A Little Respect
Public Image Ltd. - Rise
TLC - No Scrubs
George Michael - Freedom! ‘90
The Proclaimers - 500 Miles
Aretha Franklin - Respect
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
Duran Duran - Ordinary World
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
David Bowie - Let’s Dance
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Lizzo - Good As Hell
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts (Live - 101)

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On this week's episode, I talk about not being okay in the midst of the ongoing pandemic.

Also, this is the first show with the new mic, and new software! At this point, I stopped using BUTT and moved to Mixxx. New software means growing pains, and there are some odd moments here and there because I kept forgetting to push the talk button, which would create echoes due to the latency on the mic and the output. Chalk it up to a learning curve ;)

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On this week's episode, an ode to music; songs that'll make you boogie. Still the basic setup, so yeah, in addition to hearing my cat G yelling in the background, you'll also hear me singing. Sorry about that :P

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On this episode of the FNPS, personal theme songs as submitted by friends. Still working with the open-air setup, but I think the mic was on its way by this point!

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The first episode of the Friday Night Parkdale Special! I had a week of lockdown to figure out how to do this, so the original tech setup was very much cobbled together: An older HP laptop, its onboard mic, Spotify, and BUTT as the broadcasting tool. The audio is by no means professional, but everyone starts somewhere, and the main objective was to play some music for my friends so we could still feel connected in a tumultuous time.

This show's theme is Canadian tunes, but I promise two things: No Bryan Adams, and no Sarah McLachlan sad-animals song.

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