After many years with Libsyn, I have decided to self-host my podcast.

The old episodes are currently being relocated, and new material will hopefully be available soon, after a long three year hiatus from podcasting.

You will find the new home at:

thethemeshow.com

redirect has been set up for those of you published via iTunes and/or the RSS feed, but be sure to bookmark the new page, just in case that doesn't go smoothly.

Thank you for listening!!

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1) Popcorn by Hot Butter 0:00

2) Now or Never by the cast of "High School Musical 3" 2:30

3) I Like to Move It by Sacha Baron Cohen (Madagascar 2) 6:39

4) James Bond Theme by Moby (James Bind: Quantum of Solace)10:28

5) Little Less Conversation by Elvis vs. Junkie XL (Bolt) 13:49

6) You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch by Thurl Ravenscroft (Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas)16:54

7) Ride of the Valkyries composed by Robert Wagner, performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra 

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

I was feeling scandalous, what can I say? It all started because I was looking for the good version of Masochist by Die Form (version 4) and kind of just spiraled from there. In case you weren't already sure, this episode is not at all child friendly, so consider yourself warned. Oh and for those not so quick people out there, yes it is a S& M themed cast.

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Setlist:

1) These Boots Were Made for Walking by Nancy Sinatra 0:00

2) Darling Nikki by The Foo Fighters 2:34

3) Waiting for Mommie by My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult 5:49

4) Happiness in Slavery by Nine Inch Nails 11:12

5) Master and Servant by Depeche Mode 16:24

6) Spank My Booty (Reprise) by Lords of Acid 20:08

7) Domination by Athamay 23:57

8) Whip in My Valise by Adam and the Ants 27:26

9) Whip It by Devo 31:20

10) She and Mr. Jones (Original Version) by Lords of Acid 33:57

11) Smack My Bitch Up by Prodigy 38:33

12) Masochist 4 (Remix) by Die Form 44:14

13) Let it Whip by The Dazz Band 47:34

14) Rough Sex by Lords of Acid 53:30

15) Venus in Furs by Velvet Underground 58:10

16) Digital Submission by Death Ride 69 1:03:14

17) Masochism Tango by Tom Lehrer 1:08:00

18) Hit (LP Version) by The Sugarcubes 1:10:51

19) ...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears 1:14:33

Alrighty, for those of you that don't read the MySpace page, it's been a crazy december here, and though I did try to get up a Christmas episode, I was doomed from the start because everytime I tried to upload new songs, my computer would be all pesky and give me error messages, so I took the month off instead. But it's a new year, so no more being lazy! And with the new year comes lots of songs about other "New" things, so hope you all had happy holidays and enjoy!

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Setlist:

1) No New Tale to Tell by Love and Rockets 0:00

2) Brand New Key by Rasputina 3:25

3) Say Something New by The Concretes 5:31

4) New Position by Prince and the Revolution 9:07

5) New Eden by Tear Garden 11:24

6) No New World by Coil 15:30

7) A New Song by Pizzicato Five 18:56

8) Amazing New Product by Lionrock 23:14

9) New Life by Severed Heads 29:15

10) New World Order [Crusader Mix] by Hate Dept. 33:13

11) Brand New, You're Retro by Tricky 38:21

12) New Song by Howard Jones 41:14

13) New Sensation by INXS 45:17

14) Brand New Lover by Dead or Alive 48:47

15) New Moon on Monday by Duran Duran 53:15

16) Promise of a New Day by Paula Abdul 57:11

17) A Whole New World by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga 1:01:35

18) New Power Generation by Prince and The New Power Generation 1:03:55

19) Looking For a New Love by Jody Watley 1:07:23

20) I Want a New Drug by Huey Lewis and the News 1:11:46

21) Something New by Susanna Hoffs 1:16:13

22) The New Style by The Beastie Boys 1:19:48

23) New Woman is an Attitude by David J. 1:24:20

24) I Will Buy You a New Life by Everclear 1:28:06

25) New Gel in Town by Xysma 1:32:20

26) Dog New Tricks by Garbage 1:36:03

27) Sensitive New Age Guys by Christine Lavin 1:39:59