Heyo! This week's episode is all about sharp things. Knives, saws, razors... well you get the idea. The interesting thing I found about this set is that songs about things that are sharp also tend to have a sharp sort of sound to them, so you'll find a lot of the time the stillness of one track brutally interrupted by the harsh unrepentant sounds of another. It's a bit more avant garde then my usual sets, so it may not be for everyone... but I like how it came out.

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Setlist:

1) Six Blade Knife (w/ dialogue from the film "Desperado") by Dire Straits 0:00

2) Chickasaw (No Shit Pussy Mix) by Pigface 4:26

3) I'll Fall With Your Knife by Peter Murphy 8:28

4) Rock, Paper, Scissors by Ani DiFranco 12:35

5) Fire Up the Shoesaw (Vocal Mix) by Lionrock 17:30

6) The Razor Girl Machine by Death Ride 69 21:25

7) Confessions of A Knife (Theme Part II) by My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult 25:05

8) Machete by Moby 27:23

9) Razorback by Juno Reactor 30:55

10) A Dagger is Found {from the video game "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time"} by Stuart Chatwood 37:12

11) Sword of Islam by Delerium 37:40

12) Sword Fight (Bransle) {from the film "The Three Musketeers"} by Michael Kamen 41:47

13) Edward Scissorhands {from the film "Edward Scissorhands"} by Danny Elfman 45:03

14) Careful With That Axe, Eugene [Live] by Pink Floyd 47:37

15) SAW2 Cs1 Trk2 (Original Mix) by Aphex Twin 56:11

16) Wild Women With Steak Knives by Diamada Galas 1:02:38

17) Razor Blades (Go Berserk) by Leather Strip 1:20:17

18) Twist the Knife (Slowly) by Napalm Death 1:25:46

19) Knife Party by Deftones 1:28:35

20) Swords of a Thousand Men by Tenpole Tudor 1:33:22

21) Small Axe by Bob Marley and the Wailers 1:36:11

This one has been kicking around in the "potential playlist" file for a while and I just couldn't get worked out musically due to the varying styles. Then in a sudden bout of inspiration it just sort of clicked, so I made it and here it is. A couple songs technically belong in other setlists (Words, Voices Carry) but I decided to put them here instead to illustate a point.

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Setlist:

1) The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel 0:00

2) Silence by Delerium 3:03

3) Enjoy the Silence [Harmonium] by Depeche Mode 9:32

4) Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) by Mike + The Mechanics 12:10

5) There's a Kind of Hush by Herman's Hermits 16:17

6) Words by Missing Persons 18:48

7) Voices Carry by 'Til Tuesday 23:02

8) Hush by Joe South 27:11

9) Peace and Quiet by The Librarians 30:48

10) Hush by Tool 32:59

11) Silence of the Setting Sun by Amber Asylum 35:44

12) Silent Order 4 by Die Form 40:54

13) Silent Scream by Project Pitchfork 44:41

14) The Silence by Wideband Network 48:57

15) Silent Hedges by Bauhaus 54:15

16) Silence by Red Lorry Yellow Lorry 57:15

17) Speechless by Count Basic 59:29

18) Silent Six [Remix] by DJ Glenn vs. Voltage Club 1:05:19

19) What Silence Knows (Unreleased Version) by Shara Nelson 1:09:53

20) It's Oh So Quiet by Bjork 1:17:13

21) Leave in Silence by Depeche Mode 1:20:49

22) Dot's Quiet Time by The Animaniacs 1:24:43

Yeah... so this weeks episode is all about time. And what a fleeting thing it is, because somewhere I lost an entire week without realizing it. I thought about doing an episode last Tuesday and talked myself out of it ("nah you just did one") but apprently I hadn't "just done one" and should have went with my first instict, as now this episode is a week late. Sorry about that!

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Setlist:

1) The Time Warp (Remix 1989 Extended Version) by Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Little Nell & Cast [From the film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"] 0:00

2) Time is Passing [Live: Young Vic 4/26/1971] by The Who

3) If I Could Turn Back Time by Cher

4) Time Capsule by Matthew Sweet

5) Time by Culture Club

6) Praying for Time by George Michael

7) Child in Time by Deep Purple

8) Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce

9) Time Won't Let Me by The Outsiders

10) Time/The End of Time by The Chameleons [UK]

11) A Question of Time by Depeche Mode

12) T for Timstretch [Bonus Mix] by Two Little Boys

13) Time by Pink Floyd

14) Time by Alan Parsons Project

15) Time Only Knows by Stuart Chatwood and Cindy Gomez [From the Video Game " Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time"]

16) Timeworm by Kula Shaker

17) 'Til the End of Time by Delerium

18) Temple of Time by Koji Kondo [From the Video Game "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time"]

19) Space Time by The Shamen

20) Travel Through TIme by Praga Khan

21) Time (Original Mix) by Dream Traveler

22) What Time is Love? (The KLF Original Version) by The KLF

23) Running Out of Time (Rave Mix) by Digital Orgasm

I was originally going to do the podcast about royalty in general, until I realized that yes, I have enough songs to actually divide them up King/Queen, Prince/Princess, etc. so instead I went with the King only theme.

Due to the diversity of genres in this one I had a bit of a harder time than usual making it flow as smoothly as I normally like, but I think it came out pretty good regardless.

Also you may have noticed I put a bit more detail in the descriptions of some works (particularly instrumentals), this is partially due to distinguish either classical works which may have many different renditions (depending on orchestra/conductor) and/or music from films, musicals, etc. whose source material may not be clear (i.e. the Lion King film versus Broadway).

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Setlist:

1) Kings of the Wild Frontier by Adam and the Ants 0:00

2) King of Saturday Night by 13 Engines 3:46

3) I'm Henry the VII, I Am by Herman's Hermits 6:59

4) King Midas in Reverse byThe Hollies 8:47

5) I Just Can't Wait to Be King [From Disney's "The Lion King" Motion Picture Soundtrack] as sung by Jason Weaver, Laura Willams and Rowan Atkinson 11:43

6) Possum Kingdom by The Toadies 14:28

7) Kill the King by Masters of Reality 19:32

8) King of New York by Fun Lovin' Criminals 27:08

9) King of Wishful Thinking by Go West 30:23

10) King For a Day by The Thompson Twins 34:05

11) King of the Road by Roger Miller 39:08

12) King for a Day by XTC 41:23

13) King of Pain by The Police 44:49

14) King Tut by Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons 49:31

15) King Midas by Army of Lovers 51:40

16) In the Land of the King, the Butcher is King by Meat Loaf 55:34

17) King of Swing by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 1:00:59

18) King of the Joint by The Amazing Royal Crowns 1:05:54

19) Rock 'N' Roll is King by Electric Light Orchestra 1:08:10

20) Kingdom Chairs by Soup Dragons 1:11:12

21) King Z by Perry Farrell 1:14:44

22) Sudder/King of Snake by Underworld 1:18:13

23) Sun King by The Beatles 1:27:03

24) In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite No.1 [Edvard Greig] as played by The Philharmonia Orchestra; Andrew Davis, conductor 1:29:25

25) In the Kingdom of the Blind, the One-Eyed Are Kings by Dead Can Dance 1:31:47

26) Gabriel, fram heven-king by Anonymous 4 1:35:46

27) King Herod's Song (Try It and See) [from "Jesus Christ Superstar" (Original Concept Recording) music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice] as sung by Mike D'Abo 1:39:36

28) King Louis XIII, Queen Anna and Constance, Lady in Waiting [From the Motion Picture "The Three Musketeers"] composed by Michael Kamen and performed by The Greater Los Angeles All Star Orchestra  1:42:36

29) If I were King of the Forest [From the Motion Picture "The Wizard of Oz"] as sung by Burt Lahr 1:47:32

30) King Porter Stomp by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra 1:50:58

If you guessed that this episode features songs with both the word "garden" and/or "flower" in the title, then you win a gold star!!! Yes I am still in Spring mode. Now if only the weather would cooperate, one day its 70 the next its 40 again, and now I've got a Spring cold!!!

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Setlist:

1) Flowers on the Wall by The Statler Brothers 0:00

2) The Garden of Your Heart by Tiny Tim 2:21

3) Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall by Simon and Garfunkel 3:28

4) Give Him a Flower by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown 5:35

5) Funky Little Flower by Loud Sugar 8:32

6) Flower by Eels 12:03

7) Flowers in the Rain by The Move 15:36

8) Flowers and Beads by Iron Butterfly 17:54

9) The Garden by Einsturzende Neubauten 20:57

10) Dark Gardens by Stuart Chatwood 26:07

11) Father of the Flower by Trial of the Bow 27:30

12) Meg's Garden {From Disney's "Hercules"} by Alan Menken 31:26

13) Into the Garden by The Unquiet Void 32:34

14) Flowers {From "Batman" OMPS} by Danny Elfman 38:45

15) Garden Party by Mezzoforte 40:27

16) The Flower Gleams (Hodie Aperuit) by Richard Souther 44:08

17) The Garden of Zephirus by Dead Can Dance 47:07

18) The Hanging Gardens by Stuart Chatwood 48:16

19) Flower by Kore 50:10

20) Wallflower by Switchblade Symphony 55:37

21) Into the Garden by Bleeding Like Mine 1:00:32

22) Lucifer's Flowers by My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult 1:04:26

23) This Lush Garden Within by Human Drama 1:08:25

24) Our Lady of the Flowers by Elijah's Mantle 1:10:55

25) The Garden by Birmingham 6 1:19:13

26) In This Garden of Mine by Fading Colours 1:25:10

27) Yin and Yang and the Flowerpot Man by Love and Rockets 1:33:26

28) Flowers Melt Away by Fahrenheit 451 1:39:17

29) Garden of Earthly Delights by XTC 1:43:10

30) Lady of the Flowers by Placebo 1:47:55

31) Secret Garden by Madonna 1:52:33

32) Elephants and Flowers by Prince 1:57:53

33) Garden by Pearl Jam 2:01:42

34) The Blue Garden by Masters of Reality 2:06:31

35) Empty Garden (Hey, Hey Johnny) by Elton John 2:10:55

Sorry this episode is a wee bit late. Among other things my CD-Rom broke and I couldn't rip tracks. I also had some personal issues that kept me busy for the past couple of weeks. This episode is dedicated to my friends, who listened to me when I needed them the most, and to the many artists (some of whom regularly feature in the show) who write songs that inspire me and help me through both good times and bad. You are all my "light" and with your guidance I can overcome whatever obstacles lay ahead.

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Setlist:

1) Cave of Clear Light by The Bystanders 0:00

2) The Light of Love by Humble Pie 3:32

3) Temple of Everlasting Light by Kula Shaker 6:26

4) Rome is the Light by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard 8:56

5) Word of Light by Richard Souther 11:37

6) Light and Shade by David J. 15:00

7) A Certain Slant of Light by The Tea Party 18:41

8) In the Light by Led Zeppelin 23:24

9) Don't Enter the Light by Stuart Chatwood 31:56

10) The Living Light by Richard Souther 33:52

11) Don't Leave the Light on Baby by Belle and Sebastian 35:51

12) Light by Talvin Singh 40:12

13) Lightspan by The Shamen 46:29

14) Ray of Light by Madonna 51:04

15) Light by K.M.F.D.M. 56:14

16) Let There Be More Light by Pressurehead 1:02:00

17) Light Up by Styx 1:07:38

18) Faster Than the Speed of Light by Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force 1:11:37

19) White Light-White Heat by Mick Ronson 1:16:04

20) Trick of the Light [Live] by The Who 1:20:08

21) Blue Light by Prince and the New Power Generation 1:24:57

22) Light of Love by T-Rex 1:29:30

23) 1-2-3 Red Light by The Ohio Express 1:32:35

24) Dim All the Lights by Donna Summer 1:34:48

25) I See the Light by The Young Americans 1:38:52

26) See A Little Light by Bob Mould 1:40:56

27) City Lights by William Pitt 1:44:23

28) There is A Light by Nick Cave 1:47:58

29) The Light by Love and Rockets 1:52:13

30) Paradise by the Dashboard Light by Meat Loaf 1:56:01

Well I did a podcast about cats, and birds (twice even!) so I figured it was about time to give dogs a whirl. Yeah it probably should have been about God, or Jesus or even bunnies being as Easter is coming up, but it's not! :-)

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Setlist

1) Black Dog by Led Zeppelin 0:00

2) Hound Dog by Elvis Presley 4:49

3) Hey Bulldog by The Beatles 7:01

4) Atomic Dog [Original Extended Version] by George Clinton 10:09

5) Jingle of a Dog's Collar by Butthole Surfers 19:59

6) Diamond Dogs [Live] by David Bowie 23:02

7) The Dogs of War [Live] by Pink Floyd 29:05

8/9) Dogs, Part 1 36:18 and Dogs, Part 2 38:56 by The Who

10) Dog End of a Day Gone By by Love and Rockets 41:19

11) I Wanna Be Your Dog [Live] by Iggy Pop 48:20

12) Underdog by Butthole Surfers 52:31

13) Hot Doggie by Colourbox 56:16

14) All God's Dogs by Neither/Neither World 59:09

15) The Quarterdrawing of the Dog by Siouxsie and the Banshees 1:04:01

16) Backwards Dog by The Soup Dragons 1:08:20

17) Dog Eat Dog by "Weird Al" Yankovic 1:10:34

18) Dog New Tricks by Garbage 1:14:14

19) Hot Dog [12" Remix] by Martini Ranch 1:18:10

20) Bite of Dog by Die Form 1:25:51

21) Doggie Tom (Overture) by Lords of Acid 1:31:40

22) Hot Dog by Led Zeppelin 1:35:24

23) My Dead Dog Rover by Hank, Dave, Stu and Hank 1:38:26

24) Dog on Wheels by Belle and Sebastian 1:40:41

25) Smart Dog by Kula Shaker 1:43:36

26) Dog Eat Dog by Adam and the Ants 1:46:50

27) Dogs Rule the Night by Porno for Pyros 1:49:45

28) Dog's Life by Kottonmouth Kings feat. Too Rude and Dog-Boy 1:52:53

29) Who Let the Dogs Out? by the Baha Men 1:57:02

So as I sit here looking out the window at snow... again... and thinking about how Punxatawney Phil saw his shadow this year which means there's at least two more weeks left of winter (since that was four weeks ago) I figured: never underestimate the power of positive thinking, and decided to make an extra long set of songs all about the sun. Enjoy!

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Setlist:

1) Open Up Your Heart and Let the Sun Shine In by Frente! 0:00

2) Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles 3:29

3) Baz Lurhmann Presents: Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) by Lee Perry and Quindon Tarver {a.k.a. The Sunscreen Song: Class of '99} 6:28

4) The Sun's Come Into the Room by Loud Sugar 13:31

5) Sunshine Day by Jethro Toe (Tull) 17:03

6) Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks 19:22

7) To Try for the Sun by Donovan 22:44

8) Sunrise by The Who 25:53

9) Sunshine Girl by Herman's Hermits 28:55

10) Sunshine of Your Love by Cream 31:28

11) Good Day Sunshine by The Beatles 35:36

12) Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks 37:37

13) Sun is Shining by Bob Marley Vs. Funkstar De Luxe 41:04

14) Sun Up the Centre by Lionrock 44:47

15) Setting Sun by The Chemical Brothers 48:52

16) The Sun is Rising by The Beloved 54:08

17) Far Beyond the Sun by Praga Khan 58:47

18) You're Always the Sun by Supreme Beings of Leisure 1:03:26

19) Take Off Your Clothes to Feel the Setting Sun by Wolfgang Dauner Quintet 1:06:56

20) Kissing the Sun by The Young Gods 1:10:34

21) The Sun Always Shines on T.V. by a-Ha 1:14:58

22) Sunny Goodge Street by Donovan 1:19:50

23) Walkin' on the Sun by Smash Mouth 1:22:41

24) It Could Be Sunshine by Love and Rockets 1:26:00

25) Sun Going Down by The Tea Party 1:30:54

26) Higher Than the Sun by Primal Scream 1:37:19

27) Sunrise by New Order 1:40:44

28) Sweet Sunshine by Beck 1:46:30

29) Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden 1:50:34

30) Distant Sun by Crowded House 1:55:42

31) Walkin' on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves 1:59:15

32) Blister in the Sun by Violent Femmes 2:01:57

33) Steal My Sunshine by Len 2:04:19

34) I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine by Patti Page 2:08:13

35) On the Sunny Side of the Street by Dorothy Squires 2:10:52

36) Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying by Gerry and the Pacemakers 2:13:34

37) Love Me 'till the Sun Shines by The Kinks 2:16:07

38) The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore by The Walker Brothers 2:18:47

39) Sunny South Kensington by Donovan 2:21:53

40) Paper Sun by Traffic 2:25:37

41) Sun King by The Beatles 2:29:49

42) Sunshine by Gun 2:32:13

43) Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In by The 5th Dimension 2:36:02

So I was trying to come up with a Valentine's Day sort of theme, I was originally going to do songs with "heart" in the titles... but had way too many songs and couldn't decide which ones I wanted more than others. In the meantime I have been archiving my old websites and came across the setlist for January 19, 2000's episode "Love Stinks" which was always one of my favorites.

As is probably obvious, I had just had a really bad breakup about 4 months prior to the episodes original airing, so it's not really nice and fluffy. I kept all the same songs (so no need for the usual flashback asterisks) just reorganized them into a better mix. There are also two "blocks" in this set as I had far less CDs back in 2000 than I have now, so hope you really like Prozzak and "Weird Al" Yankovic a lot.

As far as the title, it is named after a party a friend of mine in college used to throw every Valentine's day, in which you were not allowed to do anything Valentiney whatsoever (no dates, no hooking up while at the party, etc.). Stictly meant as an antithesis to the entire holiday, so I thought it appropriate.

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Setlist

The "Prozzak" Love Block

1) Sleep With Myself

2) Strange Disease

3) Sucks to Be You

4) Anna-Lisa

5) Don't Leave Me Now by Pink Floyd

6) Closer to You by Daniel Ash

7) Love Stinks by J. Geils Band

8) Heartbreaker by Led Zeppelin

9) Everytime You Lie by Army of Lovers

10) Tainted Love by Coil

11) Something I Can Never Have by Nine Inch Nails

12) Sally's Song by Catherine O'Hara

13) I'll Never Fall in Love Again by Burt Bacharach featuring Elvis Costello

14) I Will Survive [1993 Phil Kelsey Classic 12" Mix] by Gloria Gaynor

15) What is Love by Haddaway

16) Don't You Want Me [Snap Remix] by The Human League

17) Luv U Still by Praga Khan

18) Stormtrooper in Drag by St. Etienne

19) Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division

20) Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime) by The Flirts

21) Guilty Partner by New Order

22) Babylon Drifter by My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult

23) Without You I'm Nothing by Placebo

24) Crucified by Army of Lovers

25) This Love by Daniel Ash

26) What is Love? by Howard Jones

27) Sour Times by Portishead

The "Weird Al" Love Block

28) I Was Only Kidding

29) You Don't Love Me Anymore

30) One More Minute

31) Since You've Been Gone

Obligatory Polka

32) Come Back to Me by Brave Combo

This week's theme has to do with all things military. Originally it was meant only to be about various ranks (General, Major, Sergeant, Etc.) but I kind of ran out of songs and improvised a bit. Also included in this set is the track "... Of Free Enterprise" by Coil for my friend Terri, though it does not specifically have a name having anything to do with the military, because she and I always joked it sounded a bit like a Salvation Army Band being slaughtered by Cenobites (Coil was at one point Clive Barker's favorite band). It also begins and ends with skits by my favorite comedian, Eddie Izzard, because I just couldn't resist putting either the bit about the 1st Battalion Transvestite Brigade nor the bit about using Orange Frooties as weaponry out. So without futher ado...

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Setlist:

1) Male Tomboy by Eddie Izzard 0:00

2) Major Tom (Coming Home) by Peter Schilling 6:01

3) General by Dispatch 10:00

4) Battery by Metallica 14:02

5) My Army of Lovers by Army of Lovers 19:10

6) Admiral Albert's Apparition by The Squires of the Subterrain 22:35

7) Sgt. Baker by Primus 25:43

8) Military Fashion Show by And One 29:53

9) Generals and Majors by XTC 34:22

10) Soldier Without Faith by Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force 38:23

11) The General by Hans Zimmer featuring Michael Gambon 44:29

12) Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by The Andrews Sisters 46:49

13) Naval Officer by Jocelyn Pook 49:24

14) I've Rented Soldiers by Paul Levesque 54:11

15) ... Of Free Enterprise by Coil 58:14

16) The General Who Became a Slave by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard 59:29

17) Miltary Aggresion by Stuart Chatwood 1:02:26

18) I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company 1:04:38

19) Pas de Guerriers Evolution d'Infanterie et Cavalerie by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra 1:09:48

20) Regimental Company March by The Gordon Highlanders 1:13:02

21) The Virginia Company by Disney Chorus (from the film "Pocahontas") 1:17:55

22) Captain Shiner by Primus 1:19:25

23) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles 1:20:33

24) Stop the Cavalry by Jona Lewie 1:22:30

25) In the Navy by The Village People 1:25:22

26) I Don't Want to Be a Soldier [studio demo] by John Lennon 1:29:00

27) Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley and the Wailers 1:34:13

28) Overture/Captain Walker {Live at Leeds} by The Who 1:38:24

29) Tin Soldier by Small Faces 1:45:00

30) Colour Sergeant Lillywhite by West Coast Consortium 1:48:20

31) 2nd World War by Eddie Izzard 1:51:23