This is where you'll find information (and the download) for the music being played during the TBA Theatres Pre-Show Slideshow!

This month (and possibly in the future) rather than songs from upcoming films (because sometimes I just don't always know what those are going to be unless it's a sequel) we're going to do songs from popular past films.

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List of Songs/Corresponding Films and Release Year to TBA Theatres:

1) Popcorn by Hot Butter

2) Clubbed to Death [Kurayamino Variation] by Robert (Rob D) Dougan: from "The Matrix" (1999)

3) Stayin' Alive by The Bee Gees: from Saturday Night Fever (1977)

4) Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat) by The Immortals: from Mortal Kombat (1995)

5) He's A Pirate [Pete 'n' Red's Jolly Roger Trance Remix] composed by Klaus Badelt/ remixed by Redtop & Sneaky Pete: from Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

6) Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.: from Ghostbusters (1984) *Happy 25th Anniversary!*

7) When You're Good to Mama by Queen Latifah & Taye Diggs: from Chicago (2002)

8) That Thing You Do! [Live at the Hollywood Television Showcase] by The Wonders {not the O-ne-ders}: from That Thing You Do! (1996)

9) Happy Workers by Tori Amos: from Toys (1992)

10) That's How You Know by Amy Adams & Cast: from Enchanted (2007)

11) Grow Old with You by Adam Sandler feat. Billy Idol: from The Wedding Singer (1998)

Hi! Remember me, your friendly neighborhood podcaster? I know I have been a bad, bad monkey this year and haven't updated nearly as often as I promised myself, and worse less than I promised you. I am attempting to remedy that. I come bearing this peace offering of a NEW EPISODE.

The title bears a bit of explanation.. aside from the obvious Dr. Strangelove reference. As some of you who may have been listening to the show since the olden days (1998) may remember from my old bio, I used to be Goth.

While I still like some of that music, and maybe still retain some of the dress sensibilites now and again (I'm actually wearing black nail polish right now for the first time since 2000 that isn't a Halloween occasion); I left that scene long ago for one main reason. Music snobbery.

It's ironic in a way that a sub-culture that prides themselves on being "different" is in fact no less cliquey than any other subculture. That's not to say it applies to everyone, I still maintain friendships with a handful of more open-minded people; but as a whole I got quite bored with the pompous attitudes where if you didn't like someone you weren't "Goth" enough or if you did like someone (who wasn't Goth; say "The Beatles") then you were a poseur. It seemed ludicrous to me as a music lover to narrow my tastes to such a level, esp. when I have the belief that all music evolves in some manner from the music that precedes it. Therefore Goth and Industrial, which has it's roots in Progressive, Punk, and Glam (and a smattering of others depending what you're listening to); really has no right to discount another style, esp. as without those preceeding movements it would otherwise not exist.

Towards the tail end of my Goth period, for a short period of time on Tuesday nights, DJ Winston would host a night of non-Goth tunes but at ManRay (boston's now-defunct Goth mecca). It didn't last long because attendence was low, but it was one of the best times I had ever had at that club. It was the night that introduced me to Gary Numan (or at least songs beyond the hit "Cars" anyway) and T. Rex. He was the person who influenced me to see the film "Velvet Goldmine", and taught me it was OK to dance to the Beastie Boys even if I was draped in tafetta and wearing 5" platform boots. I could finally dust off all those CDs I had put into hiding, fearing people would judge me. I learned not to care what other people thought what I should like, and to just be myself.

As part of this acceptance I also re-embraced house & techno (which I had liked in a previous incarnation as a raver in the early 1990s) as well as a whole slew of other styles, and haven't stopped learning to love new things ever since. It's one of the reasons some of these setlists have such varied genre: and to pay homage to that fact this setlist continues in that vein. One of my favorite club classics continues to be "The Bomb" by The Bucketheads from 1994. It inspired me to make this set (bomb themed) and as such contains a mix of various mixes of the song clocking in at about 12 minutes in the middle of the set.

Setlist:

1) Time Bomb [Single Mix] by Royal Crescent Mob 0:00

2) Bombin' the L by Fun Lovin' Criminals 3:58

3) Atom Bomb by Fluke 7:09

4) The Bomber by Aphrodite 12:06

5) Twisted Bomb by Odesio & Fabio 16:03

6 - 8) "The Bomb!" Mixes

6) The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind) [Electro Mix] by Sunrider 23:04

7) The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind) by The Bucketheads 27:35

8) The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind) [Hans-O-Matic Remix] by Sunrider 30:17

9) Sex Bomb [Club Mix] by Tom Jones 35:20

10) You Dropped a Bomb on Me by The Gap Band 38:56

11) Sex Bomb by Lords of Acid 42:32

12) Smart Bomb by Eighth Man 45:27

13) Divebomber by Pigface 48:43

14) Bombers by Gary Numan 52:38

15) Cherry Bomb by The Runaways 56:01

16) Bomb H-Bomb Rock by H-Bomb Ferguson 58:15

17) We Got the Neutron Bomb by The Weirdos 1:00:20

18) Spanish Bombs by The Clash 1:03:10

19) Bombscare by The Selecter 1:06:24

20) Bombs to Fall by Thee Earls 1:09:07

21) Building a Bomb by Tiny Dylan and the 85's 1:13:00 

Really, I swear I am trying to get these out more often!!!

Finally after thinking about it, oh two years ago, I came up with a St. Patrick's Day set that incorporates fun modernized (not stale and drab) traditional Irish Drinking Songs with a few other songs by Irish artists. I even slowed it down a bit towards the end.. consider it "hangover insurance" ;-) Hope you enjoy!

Setlist:

1) Whiskey in the Jar by The Dubliners 0:00

2) Traditional Irish Folk Song by Denis Leary 2:25

3) Drunken Night in Dublin by The Mohones 4:21

4) The Wild Rover by Dropkick Murphys 7:48

5) When Irish Eyes Are Smiling by Freeminstrel 11:07

6) Four Leaf Clover by Old 97's 13:00

7) Lily the Pink by The Irish Rovers. 16:11

8) Sally MacLennane by The Pogues 19:25

9) The Wearing of the Green by Danny O'Flaherty and Maurice Franks 22:00

10) Finnegan's Wake by The Bleeding Irish 24:48

11) Phil the Fluter by Trianam 27:46

12) An Irish Party in Third Class (from the film "Titanic") by Gaelic Storm 30:18

13) Fiddler's Green by Spailpin 33:54

14) Dear Old Donegal by The Donegal X-Press 36:52

15) Danny Boy by Moe Tucker 40:21

16) The Wind that Shakes the Barley by Dead Can Dance 45:25

As you may recall from last year, it's a tradition to in fact celebrate anti-Valentine's Day; a.k.a. 'Blackhearts" each February the 14th. As such I'm continuing on in that vein for this year.

As a random aside, to answer a question previously posed; No, I have no idea if the name has anthing to do with Joan Jett's band "The Blackhearts"... though if it did, that would indeed make it infinitely cooler!

Will future Valentines' ever elicit proper love songs? Even I don't know...

Setlist:

1) Heartbreak Hotel (Live) by Tones on Tail 0:00

2) Won't Fall in Love Today by Suicidal Tendencies 3:16

3) Everything About You by Ugly Kid Joe 4:12

4) Used to Love Her by Guns 'N' Roses 8:30

5) Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? by Moby 11:40

6) Haunting & Heartbreaking by Angelo Badalamenti [from the film: "Lost Highway"] 15:55

7) You Don't Know What Love Is by John Martyn and The Guy Barker International [from the film "The Talented Mr. Ripley"] 17:31

8) You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Dusty Springfield 22:35

9) Why Can't This Be Love? by Van Halen 25:21

10) You Give Love a Bad Name by Bon Jovi 28:50

11) You Gave Up on Love by Boston 32:22

12) Without Your Love by Roger Daltrey 36:28

13) Piece of My Heart by Janis Joplin 39:37

14) When You Told Me You Loved Me by Deee-Lite 43:42

15) Your Love Takes Me Higher by The Beloved 46:30

16) Heart of Glass by Blondie 49:49

17) Dancing With Tears in My Eyes by Ultravox 53:00

18) Posion Arrow by ABC 56:50

19) Heartbreaker by Pat Benetar 1:00:10

20) Everybody Knows by Concrete Blonde 1:03:35

21) All Cried Out by Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam 1:08:10

Hi, and welcome to 2009. I have to apologize as one of my resolutions this year was to try and keep on top of the show and not be late with episodes. As you can tell I broke that one right out of the gate. To try and make up for this small oversight I'll be posting two episodes today one post-dated for January 26th and the second for earlier this week February 9th.

This post is for the 1/29/09 episode, entitled "Teenage Rampage". Some of the best rock songs ever seem to be about teenage rebellion, angst, etc.. so yeah thought I'd give that a whirl. Hope you enjoy!

Setlist:

1) Atari Teenage Riot by Atari Teenage Riot 0:00

2) Seventeen by Alexa Vega featuring Joan Jett [from the film "Repo: The Genetic Opera"] 3:24

3) Teenage Kicks by The Undertones 5:09

4) Teenage Rampage by Sweet 7:29

5) Teenage Angst by Placebo 10:55

6) Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana 13:26

7) Teenage Enema Nurses in Bondage by Killer Pussy 18:20

8) Eighteen by Alice Cooper 22:23

9) Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus 25:13

10) Teenage Dream by T. Rex 29:06

11) Judy Teen by Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel 33:53

12) 18 and Life by Skid Row 37:24

13) Sweet Little Sixteen by John Lennon 41:08

14) Excerpt from a Teenage Opera by Ken West 44:00

15) Hey Nineteen by Steely Dan 48:34

16) Eighteen With a Bullet by Pete Wingfield 53:17

17) A Teenager in Love by Dion and The Belmonts 56:39

18) You're Sixteen by Johnny Burnette 59:06

19) (She's) Sexy + 17 by The Stray Cats 1:00:58

20) The 6-Teens by Sweet 1:04:23

21) Little 15 by Depeche Mode 1:08:22

22) 19 by Paul Hardcastle 1:12:30

23) Savage Sexteen by My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 1:16:00

24) Deep Seventeen by The Wake 1:18:42

25) Seventh Dream of a Teenage Heaven by Love and Rockets 1:21:56

26) Conversations with My 13 Year Old Self by Pink 1:28:24

27) Teenager by The Deftones 1:31:45

Hey all. Sorry I haven't been too consistent with getting out episodes this year. Things have been a little hectic from time to time. I think I'm going to make it my New Year's resolution to try a bit harder next year.

In order to make up for it I'm posting two episodes this week. Both are October/Halloween themed episodes. This one, entitled "Out Comes the Evil" predictably contains songs with the word Evil in them. Hope you forgive, and enjoy! Happy Halloween.

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Playlist:

1) Evil Woman by Electric Light Orchestra 0:00

2) My Evil is Strong by Tricky 4:09

3) Evil is Even [Edit] by The Shamen 7:58

4) Out Comes the Evil by Lords of Acid 12:12

5) Slave to Evil by :wumpscut: 16:31

6) Son of Evil by Obszön Geschöpf 20:27

7) Lesser of 2 Evils by Benestrophe 26:44

8) Blood Evil-Mix by K.M.F.D.M. 31:39

9) Am I Evil? by Metallica 36:47

10) Horny for Evil by Skatenigs 44:32

11) When You're Evil by Voltaire 48:38

12) Evil Harriet by Jamshied Sharifi 53:11

13) The Evil Children by King Missle 54:43

14) Evil by Interpol 1:00:04

15) Necessary Evil by Debbie Harry 1:03:33

16) Evil Ways by Willie Bobo 1:06:56

17) It's Not Eay Being Evil by Zorak 1:09:33

Posted a tad late (okay more like two weeks), the second of the October/Halloween themed episodes. This one strictly focuses on the Autumn season, though it doesn't necessarily stick to songs with only "Autumn" in the titles. Bit of a mix actually, but I liked how it ended up. The songs kind of pool together in a sound similar to the actual falling of leaves, the wind blowing, etc...

Also I really felt like putting "California Dreamin'" in there (all the leaves are brown/and the sky is grey) but decided to be a little different and use the Bobby Womack rendition; though the Mamas and the Papas would have worked just as well.

And yeah I know.. All Souls Night is technically in November.. and that Scarborough Fair traditionally ran from August 15th into late September.. but I liked how they flowed in the set.

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Setlist:

1) Leaves Falling by Bill and Tammy's Children's World Music Expo 0:00

2) October Dreams by John Kay 2:57

3) Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin 6:22

4) Autumn Leaves by Ray Brown 9:30

5) Autumn in New York by Billie Holiday 14:54

6) When October Goes by Barry Manilow 18:42

7) California Dreamin' by Bobby Womack 22:35

8) Scarborough Fair/Canticle by Simon and Garfunkel 25:50

9) All Souls Night by Loreena McKennitt 28:54

10) And the Wood Comes into Leaf by Love Spirals Downward 33:52

11) October (Love Song) by Chris and Cosey 38:31

12) Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground by The White Stripes 42:18

13) Supernatural Equinox by Outrageous Cherry 45:14

14) Autumn Acid by µ-Ziq 49:00

15) Equinox by Orbital 52:35

16) Antonio Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons) - Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, "L'autunno" (Autumn) 57:47

So I got this idea, right? I wanted to do a podcast on Greek Mythology. Only problem was I had too many songs, even for an extended episode. So I decided to break it up ito chapters. There will be quite a few episodes (I'm guessing without having put them together yet, about five) posted over the next few weeks. They might even be pseudo-educational (though that doesn't mean that the "explicit" tag has been removed: just a note for you parents out there).

This episode is about Primodial Deities and The Olympians

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Setlist:

Primordial Deities: They existed before anything else and created the earth and the universe. In the beginning there was only Chaos, God of Nothingness. The earth was without form and void (I think I just stole that from te Genesis chapter of the bible?). He made from himself five children, Gaia (Goddess of the Earth), Tartarus (God of the Underworld), Nyx (Goddess of Night {Earth Darkness}), Erebus (God of Shadow {Tartarus Darkness}) and Eros (Goddess of Lust).

Nyx and Erebus bore Aether (God of Heaven) and Hemera (Goddess of Day).

Lastly there was Chronos (God of Time).

1) A Chaos of Desire by Alio Die 0:00

2) Earth (Gaia) by The Orb 3:40

3) Tartarus by Chris Huelsbeck 13:20

4) Tongue of Nyx by Imajika 16:30

5) The Erebus and the Terror by Billy Oskay 17:28

6) Eros by Ensemble Melponem 21:55

7) Aether 2 by Moodra 22:37

8) Hemere Persat by J.S.R. 23:57

9) Chronos Reel/Reel Around the Sun by Cormac 27:56

The Olympians: Gaia created from herself the god Uranus. She took him as a husband and they bore many children, including the Titans (to be covered in a later chapter). Two of these Titans, Cronus (not to be confused with Chronos above) and Rhea bore five children: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, and Hestia. Zeus then fathered the rest of the Olympians with various women. Ares and Hephaestus with Hera, Hermes with the nymph Maia, Aphrodite from Dione, Athena from Metis, Apollo and Artemis from Leto, and Dionysus from Semele. There are twleve Olympians (though you will count thirteen on this list). Hestia growing tired of her postion left the mount and turned over her rights to Dionysus. You may also notice the absence of Hades, who is not technically an Olympian (as he resides in the Underworld) who will be covered at a later time.

Aphrodite (Goddess of Love)

10) Aphrodite by Colette and Phil 31:40

Dionysus (God of Wine)

11) Dionysus by Jocelyn Pook 37:25

Hephaestus (God of Fire and Crafting)

12) Hephaestus (Original Mix) by Matheos 41:48

Demeter (Goddess of Agriculture)

13) On Demeter by Rachel's 46:52

Ares (God of War)

14) Ares by Kelly Andrew Keveny 53:37

Hera (Goddess of Marriage)

15) Hera by Theophilos 57:21

Hestia (Goddess of the Hearth)

16) Hestia by The Voices 1:01:03

Hermes (The God of Everything Not Already Covered. He was the Messenger of the Gods as well as the Guide of Dead Souls. He was alo the patron god of travelers, thieves, literature, orators, shepards and cowherds. It's probably a good thing he could run so fast!)

17) Hermes by Santana 1:10:41

Zeus (God of Thunder and Ruler of Olympus)

18) Oh Mighty Zeus [from Disney's "Hercules"] 1:14:43

Athena (Goddess of Warfare* and Domestic Arts. Athena differs from Ares in that she is the Goddess of civilised warfare, as opposed to frenzied uncontrolled barbarian-like rage, which is more what Ares is all about.)

19) Athena by The Who 1:15:20

Apollo (God of Healing and Music)

20) Apollo by Way Out West 1:19:00

Poseidon (God of the Sea)

21) Bulls of Poseidon by Gabriel Aliman 1:26:50

Artemis (Goddess of Animals and the Hunt)

22) Artemis by Dali's Car 1:32:20

I've been serverly addicted to song #2 {Shadowlands by Kula Shaker} on this week's setlist for a couple of weeks now, so partially in a effort to include the song in a podcast and partially just because the songs ended up making a really beautiful (if somewhat melancholy) set, this weeks episode is all about shade and shadows.

Also included in this set is what I call "die Bauhausschule" section of the podcast. This occurs at towards the end in which various offshoots (Daniel Ash and David J.) of the band Bauhaus as well as bands directly influenced by Bauhaus ("Black Rebel Motorcycle Club" as influenced by the Bauhaus offshoot "Love and Rockets" and "Love Like Blood" influenced by fellow Bauhaus "Beggar's Banquet" labelmates "Fields of the Nephilim") as well as Bauhaus themselves appear.

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Setlist:

1) Moonlight Shadow by Mike Oldfield and Maggie Reilly 0:00

2) Shadowlands by Kula Shaker 3:31

3) Shadowland by Heather Headley {from the musical "Disney presents The Lion King"} 7:34

4) Shadow Magnet by Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke 11:58

5) Between the Shadows by Loreena McKennit 19:11

6) Shadows of the Tower by Stuart Chatwood 22:44

7) A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harem 24:21

8) Shades of Gray by The Monkees 28:19

9) Forever Night Shade Mary by The Latin Playboys 31:37

10) Book of Shadows by Meat Beat Manifesto 34:34

11) Shadows by The Blue Man Group 40:13

Die Bauhausschule segment:

12) Me and My Shadow by Daniel Ash 42:17

13) Shade of Blue by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 46:35

14) Light and Shade by David J. 50:52

15-17) The Three Shadows Parts 1-3 by Bauhaus 54:34

18) Pale Shadow by Love Like Blood 1:03:35

19) I Can't Shake This Shadow of Fear by David J. 1:09:00

20) Shadows Part 2 by The Blue Man Group 1:15:54

Well this episode should hopefully be more fun than a barrel of... well you know. Surprisingly, there's a lot of obscenity is songs about something as innocent as monkeys, so ths isn't child friendly at all (are they ever really?) As per usual I had like two of three ideas and this ended up being the best of them, so hope you like it.

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Setlist:

1) My Monkey by Marilyn Manson 0:00

2) The Lord Is a Monkey by Butthole Surfers 4:29

3) Grease Paint and Monkey Brains by White Zombie 9:10

4) Monkey Wrench by Foo Fighters 12:53

5) Where the Monkey Meets the Man by Primitive Radio Gods 16:44

6) Monkeyland by The Chameleons [UK] 21:00

7) Monkey Gone to Heaven by The Pixies 26:13

8) Monkey Strange by Usherhouse 29:06

9) Cetch Da Monkey by Atomic Babies 32:50

10) Introduccion from Suite Punta del Este [Theme from the film "12 Monkeys"] by Paul Buckmaster 37:56

11) The Gorillas (score) [from "Walt Disney's: Tarzan"] by Mark Messina 38:46

12) Tweeter and the Monkey Man by The Travelling Wilburys 43:08

13) Brass Monkey by The Beastie Boys 47:58

14) Monkey by George Michael 50:12

15) Shock the Monkey by Peter Gabriel 55:07

16) Picaso Visita El Planeta De Los Simios by Adam and The Ants 59:03

17) Monkey Man by Toots and the Maytals 1:02:28

18) Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey by The Beatles 1:05:20

19) Rubber Monkey by Santa Barbara Machine Head 1:07:43

20) The Monkey's Uncle [from the Walt Disney film] by Annette Funicello and The Beach Boys 1:10:14

21) The Monkey Song by The Animaniacs 1:12:48

22) (Theme From) The Monkees by The Monkees 1:15:38

23) Brak's School Daze: Trust A Monkey [from "Space Ghost's Cartoon Planet"] 1:17:54