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

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

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

Hands down this ended up being just about the most bizzare and diversified setlist to date. Just listening to it is giving me schizophenia! So now more than usual, if you don't like the song, wait a minute (or three). If you didn't already guess, it's songs with the word "wild" in the titles.

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Setlist:

1) Wilderness by Dead Can Dance 0:00

2) Wild Wood by Paul Weller 1:20

3) Kings of the Wild Frontier by Adam and the Ants 4:34

4) Wild Dances by Ruslana 8:20

5) Wild World by Maxi Priest 11:20

6) The Wild Ones by Lou Busch 14:38

7) Running Wild by The Soup Dragons 17:03

8) Wild Thing by The Troggs 21:00

9) Little Wild One by The Wonders 23:32

10) Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf 25:54

11) Wild Boys by Duran Duran 29:18

12) Real Wild Child by Iggy Pop 33:29

13) Youth Gone Wild by Skid Row 36:50

14) Wild, Wild, West by The Escape Club 40:04

15) Wild, Wild Life by Talking Heads 44:01

16) Wild Places by Barry Manilow 47:35

17) Ride a Wild Horse by Dee Clarck 51:41

18) Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed 54:24

19) Your Wildest Dreams by The Moody Blues 58:20

20) Wild Thing by Tone Loc 1:02:53

21) I'm Wild About That Thing (The Lost Sex Tapes: Position I) by Coldcut 1:07:05

22) Wild Honey Pie by The Beatles 1:13:51

23) Wildlife by Meat Beat Manifesto 1:14:45

24) Wild Women with Steak Knives by Diamanda Galas 1:18:40

I've been stirring my cauldron feverishly to conjure up this selection of magical themed songs for your Halloween enjoyment. Hope you find them bewitchingly enjoyable.

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Setlist:

1) Enchanted by Delirium 0:00

2) Hocus Pocus by Focus 8:27

3) Strange Magic by Electric Light Orchestra 15:04

4) Magic by Pilot 19:26

5) Magic by Olivia Newton-John 22:27

6) Magic by The Cars 26:50

7) Spellbound by Paula Abdul 30:40

8) Could It Be Magic by Donna Summer 35:19

9) Voodoo People by Prodigy 39:00

10) Egyptian Magician [Jan Driver Remix] by Jungle Juice 44:52

11) Voodoo Ray by A Guy Called Gerald 49:01

12) Voodoo Child Remix by Voodoo Child 52:48

13) Major Magic by Sly and Robbie 55:30

14) Voodoo Baby by Love and Rockets 1:00:08

15) Magic [Pyramid Mix] by Alien Sex Fiend 1:03:30

16) Every Little Thing She Does is Magic by The Police 1:08:12

17) A Kind of Magic by Queen 1:12:00

18) Abracadabra by The Steve Miller Band 1:16:11

19) That Voodoo! by Adam and the Ants 1:19:43

20) I Put a Spell on You by Nina Simone 1:23:30

21) That Old Black Magic by Sammy Davis Jr. 1:26:02

22) Magical Spell by Masters of Reality 1:29:18

23) Bad Magic by Godsmack 1:32:54

O.K. yeah it's up early, but it was done and I figured why not? It's October and that means.... Halloween Themed Episodes once again!!!!!!!!! (I think I'm more excited about this than you are). Anyways, this all all about those things that go bump in the night, ghosts, spectres, phantoms, spirits, and the whole shebang. It starts off a little fluffy, but becomes more eerie in the middle and includes by far the creepiest song I own which is not about ghosts at all but I put it in for effect; Pica's "Caller On Line One", as well as a couple others I snuck in there regardless of title because they just fit nice.

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SETLIST:

1) Haunted When the Minutes Drag by Love and Rockets 0:00

2) Spirit by The Beloved 7:54

3) Yulunga (Spirit Dance) by Dead Can Dance 12:23

4) Ghost Song by Air 19:00

5) Apparition by Faith and the Muse 21:02

6) Noumena of Spirit by Love Spirals Downwards 24:41

7) Poltergeist End Title (Carol Anne's Theme) by Jerry Goldsmith 28:42

8) Haunting and Heartbreaking by Angelo Badalamenti 32:48

9) Ghost Writer by Daniel Ash 34:54

10) Spirit by Dead Can Dance 39:40

11) Spiritual Master Key by Osmani Soundz 44:32

12) I Dream of Ghosts by Land of the Loops 49:35

13) Ghosts of the Multiple Feature by Love and Rockets 52:38

14) The Ballet {a.k.a. The Phantom of the Opera techno} by J'N'J 57:10

15) The Spirit [Extended Vocal Mix] by Fiocco 1:01:14

16) Nightmare [Sinister Strings Mix] by Brainbug 1:05:53

17) Something in My House by Dead or Alive 1:10:09

18) The Doors by Earth Leakage Trip 1:14:08

19) Ghost by Animus Amour 1:21:08

20) Return of the Phantom Stranger by Rob Zombie 1:29:23

21) Casper, the Friendly Ghost by Jerry Livingston and Mack David 1:33:48

22) Caller on Line One by Pica 1:34:25

23) Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. 1:37:03

24) Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man by Concrete Blonde 1:40:56

25) The Haunting [Main Mix] by Nosferatu 1:44:37

26) Ghost Town by The Specials 1:49:28

27) Spirit by Bauhaus 1:52:58

O.K. then I admit I was a little caught off guard this week. Normally I have episodes set up weeks in advance, and this week since I've been busy I found my self with a whole list of unfinished playlists but no completed episodes to play. I had previously started a theme about "fire" and then scrapped it, only to then hear "Fire On High" this weekend, so I recreated the setlist using the bits that weren't crappy and well here you go. I am pretty satisfied with it considering I hated the first attempt, so I hope you like it too.

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SETLIST:

1) Fiery Spirit (O ignee Spiritus) by Richard Souther {Hildegard von Bingen - composer}

2) My Little Shirtwaist Fire by Rasputina

3) Fire on High by Electric Light Orchestra

4) Baby's On Fire by Brian Eno

5) Fire Woman by The Cult

6) Hairdresser on Fire by Morrissey

7) Firesuite by The Doves

8) Tongue of Fire by Gitane Demone

9) Fire in the Twilight by Wang Chung

10) Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis

11) Fireball Stomp by The Amazing Royal Crowns

12) Fight Fire with Fire by Metallica

13) Fire by Scooter

14-16) (The Unofficial) Prodigy "Fire" Trilogy

14) Fire [Sunrise Version] by Prodigy

15) Fuel My Fire by Prodigy

16) Firestarter by Prodigy

17) Firething by Gudrun Gut

18) Blood & Fire [Out of the Ashes Mix] by Type O Negative

19) Fire Woman [Mix by cEvin Key] by Psychic T.V.

20) See the Fire Burning by Tackhead

21) Fire Brigade by The Move

22) Fight Fire by The Golliwogs

23) This Fire by Franz Ferdinand

24) Fire by Arthur Brown

25) Rooms on Fire by Stevie Nicks

26) Light My Fire by The Doors

27) Fire Lake by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

28) This Wheel's on Fire by Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll

29) Fireball XL-5 {TV Theme} by Barry Gray

30) Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash

31) I'm on Fire by Bruce Springsteen

32) The Fire of the Spirit (O ignis Spiritus Paracliti) by Richard Souther {Hildegard von Bingen - composer}

Cap'n Ishtar be settin' ou' t' sail once again, an' this time she has brought along lil' two year old Meaghan. Tho she be only a deckhand, Meaghan has convinced Mommy, er uh Th' Cap'n t' play some more child-friendly songs on this voyage. So if ye`re lookin' fer a playlist t' play at a kid`s Shipmate party, this be th' one fer ye!

As always, please Don't Forget T' 'isit The Official Site O' International Talk Like A Pirate Day, For More Swashbucklin' Fun:

http://talklikeapirate.com

1) Hoist the Colors by Hanz Zimmer {From the film: Pirates of the Carribean - At World's End}

2) Pirate Song by Andy Z {From his album: Welcome to Andyland} 

3) The Pirate Song by Steve Songs {From his album: Little Superman} 

4) Steve the Pirate by Steve Goodie {From his album: When Harry Met Charlie}  

5) Captain Feathersword by The Wiggles {From thier album: Yummy Yummy} 

6) Professional Pirate by The Muppets feat. Tim Curry {From the film: Muppet Treasure Island} 

7) SpongeBob SquarePants Theme by The Pirates {From the film: SpongeBob SquarePants the Movie}  *aye we know he's nay a pirate, but it sounds so nautical we couldn't help ourselves*

8) Pirates by Uncle Ira {From his album: Hippos on My Head... and Other Madcap Adventures} 

9) Pirate's Cove Medley by Toucan Pirates {From their album: Sea Changes of the Toucan Pirates} 

10) A Pirate's Life by Jud Conlon Chorus{From the film: Peter Pan}

11) The Chocolate Chip Pirates by Paul Borgese & The Strawberry Traffic Jam {From thier album: Even Monkeys Fall Out of the Trees} 

12) I'm a Singin' Pirate by Captain Bogg & Salty {From thier album: Bedtime Stories for Pirates} 

13) Pirates of the Universe by Saint Sebastian's School for Wicked Girls {from their album: How to Do Everything Correctly} 

14) Pirates by David Byrne {From his album: Grown Backwards} 

15) The Pirate Song by George Harrison {As featured on the BBC2 program: Rutland Weekend Television}

16) The Pirate of Penance by Joni Mitchell {from her album: Song to a Seagull}  

17) The Pirate Song (I Want to Sing & Dance) by Ray Stevens {From his album: #1 With a Bullet} 

18) Terry the Pirate by Girl for Samson {From thier album: 12}

19) The Pirate Song by Caseyporn {Lyrics and mp3 available at: http://caseyporn.com/pirate/lyrics.php}

20) The Pirate Song by The Art Bears {From thier album: Hopes and Fears}

21) The Pirate Song by Plexigrass {From thier album: Songs for a Narrow Demographic} 

22) Pirate Song by Loopend Tuyg {From thier album: The Sailorboy}

23) Pirate Song by Two of a Kind {From thier album: Going on an Adventure}

24) The Pirate's Bride by Sting {From his album: You Still Touch Me}

This is a flashback edition of "The Theme Show". The original "Bugs" episode first aired on 12/9/1999. Songs that appeared in the original episode are marked with an asterisk (*). Oh, and if you look hard enough, you might notice this episode contains one of my original compositions, which can be found at http://ishtarandromeda.com

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Setlist:

1) Boris the Spider by The Who 0:00

2) There's A New Sound by Tony Burello* 2:25

3) The Ugly Bug Ball by Burl Ives* 4:48

4) Bad Bug by Zorak, Space Ghost & Brak* 7:42

5) The Bugaloos by Collective Soul 9:31

6) Bug Girl by Mary Schmary 12:43

7) Buggin' by The Flaming Lips 15:04

8) The Cockroach that Ate Cincinatti by Rose and the Arrangements* 18:07

9) Eric the Half a Bee by Monty Python* 20:09

10) Spider's Strategem by Dead Can Dance 22:15

11) The Firefly by Niraj Chag 28:37

12) Butterfly by Talvin Singh 34:00

13) Euphoria (Firefly) by Delerium 37:55

14) Bugeyed Sunglassed by Q Burns Abstract Message 42:52

15) Butterfly [Tilt's Mechanism Mix] by Tilt* 49:15

16) Covered in Bees by "The Diva" DJ Ishtar 57:24

17) The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin') by The Beastie Boys 1:03:27

18) Heartworms by Coil* 1:06:20

19) Bullet with Butterfly Wings by Smashing Pumpkins 1:13:18

20) Butterfly Potion by Foetus* 1:17:33

21) Five Fleas by Rasputina* 1:20:44

22) Elusive Butterfly by Bob Lind 1:21:45

23) Waiting for the Worms by Pink Floyd 1:24:30

24) Ants Marching by The Dave Matthews Band 1:28:28

25) Butterfly Wings by Machines of Loving Grace* 1:32:51

26) The Fly by U2* 1:36:27

27) Come My Lady (Butterfly) by Crazytown 1:40:51

28) Angry Cockroaches by Tito and Tarantula 1:44:19

29) Spiders Attack by Bruce Boughton 1:49:31

30) Poor Butterfly by Sonny Rollins 1:51:34

OK, so first off, I made this one a bit closer to the usual length. Apparently the three hour episode from last week was a bit too long to handle as only about half of my usual audience bothered with it. I'm stealing a little bit from those old "Crazy Eddie's Superstore" ads we used to have when I was younger with the title of this one, but essentially it's all songs about insanity and craziness... whee *weaves baskets*

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Setlist:

1) Let's Go Crazy by Prince and the Revolution 0:00

2) Crazy for You by Madonna 4:37

3) Crazy by Men at Work 8:02

4) Love You Like Crazy by Chaka Demus and Pliers 10:33

5) Virtual Insanity by Jamiroquai 14:07

6) Crazy in Love by Beyonce 18:56

7) Insane in the Brain by Cypress Hill 22:43

8) Crazy For You by Let Loose 25:22

9) (You Drive Me) Crazy by Britney Spears 29:24

10) She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals 32:41

11) Crazy by Gnarls Barkley 36:05

12) Crazy by Mark Morrison 38:58

13) Insanity by Praga Khan 42:40

14) Baby's Insane by Diamanda Galas and John Paul Jones 45:50

15) Crazy by Material Issue 50:15

16) Crazy Crazy Nights by Kiss 53:40

17) Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) by Pink Floyd 57:21

18) Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen 1:09:28

19) The Sanity Assassin by Bauhaus 1:11:58

20) Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne 1:15:47

21) You're Crazy by Guns 'N' Roses 1:20:30

22) Welcome Home (Sanitarium) by Metallica 1:23:44

23) Institutionalized by Suicidal Tendencies 1:30:00

24) Crazy Lovesick Fool by Brak, Zorak and Space Ghost 1:33:44

25) Crazy One by Ramases & Selket 1:35:15

26) Crazy by Patsy Cline 1:38:20

27) Miss You Like Crazy by Natalie Cole 1:40:56

28) Crazy Dream by Jim Dale 1:44:32

29) They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! by Napoleon XIV 1:46:29

This week's episode is double the length! I just had so many songs about stars I just didn't know what to do with them all. Just remember to be patient when downloading the file, it's a doozy!

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Setlist:

1) We Are All Made of Stars by Moby

2) Superstar by Jamelia

3) Superstar by Lords of Acid

4) Starz in Their Eyes by Just Jack

5) Stars Align by Kaskade

6) Star [Original Centerstage Mix] by Mecca Headz

7) Starmartyr by My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult

8) StarFuckers, Inc. by Nine Inch Nails

9) Starsign by Apoptygma Berzerk

10) Dead Stars by Covenant

11) Little Star by Madonna

12) Stars by Dubstar

13) Star 6 & 7 8 9 by The Orb

14) Stary Eyed by Michael Holliday

15) Swinging on a Star by Big Dee Irwin

16) Stardust by Benny Goodman

17) When You Wish Apon a Star (from Disney's Pinnochio) by Cliff Edwards

18) The Second Star to the Right (from Disney's Peter Pan) music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Sammy Cahn

19) Goodmorning Starshine by Oliver

20) Shining Star by The Manhattans

21) Midnight Star by "Weird Al" Yankovic

22) Stardust by Menswear

23) No Stars by Figures on a Beach

24) Baby I'm a Star by Prince and the Revolution

25) Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles

26) Lucky Star by Madonna

27) Star [The Trafalmadore Mix] by Erasure

28) Waiting For a Star to Fall by Boy Meets Girl

29) Wishing on Telstar by Susanna Hoffs

30) Stars by Simply Red

31) Catch a Star by Men at Work

32) Might Be Stars by The Wannadies

33) It's Written in the Stars by Paul Weller

34) All Star by Smash Mouth

35) By Starlight by Smashing Pumpkins

36) Starcrazy by Suede

37) Star Collector by The Monkees

38) Spit at Stars by Jack Penate

39) Your Star Will Shine by The Stone Roses

40) Starry Night by Iggy Pop

41) Little Star by David J.

42) Trust All-Stars by Rasputina

43) Stir About the Stars by Love Spirals Downward

44) Little Star by Stina Nordenstam

45) TV Star by Butthole Surfers

46) Telstar by The Tornados

47) Mission Stardust by My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult

48) Stars by Pizzicato Five

Containing songs with the word "beat" in it, this episode lent itself to be a bit more dance orientated than most of the previous podcasts. It begins and ends with two different versions of Coldcut's "More Beats & Pieces" because well, you've just got to admire anyone who slips "Peter & the Wolf" into thier remix. Of course this then makes my mixing skills sound shite by comparison, but what're you going to do?

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Setlist:

1) More Beats & Pieces [DJ Lord Fader Turntable Mix] by Coldcut

2) Rock the Funky Beat [Radio Edit] by Natural Born Chillers

3) Block Rockin' Beats by The Chemical Brothers

4) Beat Dis by Bomb the Bass

5) Good Beat by Deee-lite

6) My Beatbox [Les Rythmes Digitales "As De Pique".rmx] by Deejay Punk-Roc

7) Flat Beat by Mr. Oizo

8) The Deadliest Beat by Birmingham 6

9) Dark Beat 2005 [Gianluca Motta Hard Beat] by Oscar G and Ralph Falcon

10) Drop a Beat by Moby

11) Feel the Beat [Tall Paul Remix] by Camisra

12) Deal With Beats by Nasty Django and DJ Cirillo

13) Breakbeat Vol. 1 Sampler mixed by The Rock

14) X-Beats [Orbital Remix] by Pressure of Speech

15) Breakbeat-City by Mautry-Breakfast-Pozze

16) Beat My Gueat by Adam Ant

17) Beat's So Lonely by Charlie Sexton

18) Beat Surrender by The Jam

19) We Got the Beat by The Go-Go's

20) Beat It by Michael Jackson

21) Turn the Beat Around by Vicki Sue Robinson

22) The Beat Goes On by The Whispers

23) Life's a Beat by Plan B

24) Beatbox by Roni Size and Reprazent

25) More Beats & Pieces [Daddy Rips It Up Mix} by Coldcut

So, yeah I didn't really have a plan for this year's 4th of July podcast, but I had been planning a podcast called "The Big Bang" and then the gears in my brain started turning and I kind of did this... "well fireworks, they go bang don't they?" and well there you go. I did something I don't normally do in my episodes (aside from the repeating of a song from two previous episodes) and left in the experimental music and the comedy, though I put them at the end just in case the experimental music makes your speakers bleed (you have been warned)! If you don't like it I guess you can always listen to last years 4th of July episode "America".

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Setlist:

1) Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) by Cher

2) Boom Bang-a-Bang by Lulu

3) Biff Bang Pow by Creation

4) Back with a Bang by Inciting Riots

5) Bang by Armchair Cynics

6) My Heart Goes Bang by Dead or Alive

7) Bang by Cedric Gervais

8) Bingo Bango by Bassment Jaxx

9) Bing Bang [Adam Marano Remix] by Juliana Rose Mauriello {Lazytown}

10) She Bangs the Drums by The Stone Roses

11) Get It On (Bang A Gong) by T-Rex

12) Bang Your Head by Quiet Riot

13) Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang by Dionne Warwick

14) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Part 2) by Dick Van Dyke

15) Tick, Tick, Bang by Prince

16) Children Go Bang by Nekromantik

17) Bang On! by Propellerheads

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING TWO SONGS ARE EXPERIMENTAL NOISE RECORDINGS. PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS WITH THE VOLUME TO PROTECT YOUR SPEAKERS (OR YOUR EARS)

18) Bang! by Painjerk

19) Bing Before Bang (etc. apres ski) by Edward Graham Lewis

END WARNING

20) Big Bang Salmon by Eddie Izzard

I should probably begin by saying that I am not actually suggesting people eat some of the animals mentioned in my podcast (because I know people are sensitive about dolphins), I was just trying to find a catchy (no pun intended) name for this week's theme which is all about various sea life (real and imaginary). I should also probably add that there is varying opinions upon what the acronym Scrod (Schrod) actually stands for. It has also been translated as Small Cod or Haddock Remaining on Dock or Special Catch Recorded on Day, or even that it isn't a acronym at all but simply derives from the ducth word schrod which meands "to fillet". Whatever the case may be, I hope you at least enjoy these fishy tunes.

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Setlist:

1) Wet Dream by Kip Adotta

2) Rock Lobster by the B-52's

3) Octopus's Garden by The Beatles

4) When Mermaids Cry by Eagle-Eye Cherry

5) Cockles and Mussels (Traditional Irish Folk Song)

6) Fish Heads by Barnes & Barnes

7) A Whale of a Tale {From 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea} by Kirk Douglas

8) Fish by Throwing Muses

9) Porpoise Song {From Head}by The Monkees

10) Barracuda by Heart

11) Pearl in the Shell by Howard Jones

12) No Mermaid by Sinead Lohan

13) The Dolphin's Cry by Live

14) Porpose Head by Porno for Pyros

15) Let My Fish Loose (Aphex Twin Mix) by Nobukazu Takemura

16) Shark by Juno Reactor

17) Lifting Rocks for Crayfish by Winx (Josh WInk)

18) Shrimp Shack {From That Thing You Do!} by Cap'n Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters

19) I am the Walrus by The Beatles

20 - 22) The Fisherman's Chronicles Parts I-III by Primus

20) John the Fisherman

21) Fish On

22) The Ol' Diamondback Sturgeon

It's getting warm (finally!), school is getting out, and that can only mean one thing. Time for some summer fun! This episode of The Theme SHow contains many classic summer favorites, and a few others not as familiar. Don't forget your sunscreen!

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Setlist:

1) The Door into Summer by The Monkees

2) Hot Fun in the Summertime by Sly and the Family Stone

3) Staying out for the Summer '95 by Dodgy

4) The Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams

5) Summer Teeth byWilco

6) That Summer Feeling by Jonathan Richman

7) Summer Nights by Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta & the Cast of "Grease"

8) Lonely Summer Nights by The Stray Cats

9) Suddenly Last Summer by The Motels

10) Picnic in the Summertime by Deee-Lite

11) Cruel Summer by Bananarama

12) Summer Jamming by Inner Circle

13) Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

14) Summer Girls by LFO

15) Boys of Summer by Don Henley

16) Endless Summer Nights by Richard Marx

17) Summer Breeze by Seals & Crofts

18) In the Summertime by Mungo Jerry

19) Summer in the City by The Lovin' Spoonful

20) Summertime Blues [Live] by The Who

21) Summer Nights by Van Halen

22) Cold Summer's Day by Erasure

23) Summer Jam by UD Project

24) Summer Son by Texas

25) Summertime is Over by Birmingham 6

For our birthdays, my husband and I went away to London, which is a place I've been wanting to go forever. Also I've been dying to put "London Calling" by the Clash in an episode anyways, so I figured what better place then to do one all about that great city across the pond. I've also included a couple other British related items to fill the set.

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Setlist:

1) London Calling by The Clash

2) Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon

3) London Rain (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do) by Heather Nova

4) Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks

5) Streets of London by Ralph McTell

6) Friday Night in London by Bryan Adams

7) London by Cinerama

8) Walking in London by Concrete Blonde

9) You're Not from Brighton by Fatboy Slim

10) London by Akira the Don

11) London by Third Eye Blind

12) London by Girlschool

13) London Bridge by Fergie

14) Battle for Britain (The Letter) by David Bowie

15) Moonlight Over London by Eloquent

16) Little Britain by Dreadzone

17) The London Radar by Cornershop

18) Birmingham by Amanda Marshall

19) London by The Pet Shop Boys

20) London Town by Shrubs

21) Dark Streets of London by The Pogues

22) Rumble in Brighton by Stray Cats

23) London is the Place for Me by Lord Kitchener

24) London Bridge by Bread

25) Winchester Catherdral by New Vaudville Band

26) Last Train to London by Electric Light Orchestra

27) God Save the Queen [Live] by Brian May

So May is the month of my birthday, and also my husband's birthday, and also three of my other friend's birthday. So to celebrate I've made an episode all about birthdays. The funny thing is only some of them are actually happy songs, maybe I should have called this episode "Not-So-Happy Birthday" instead. Oh well!

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Setlist:

1) Birthday by Blur

2) The Birthday Party by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

3) Happy Birthday by "Weird Al" Yankovic

4) Birthday by The Beatles

5) Wiggley Waggly Birthday by Michael Vecchio (As Waggles the Clown)

6) The Birthday Party by Peter Mayer

7) Birthday by The Sugarcubes

8) Birthday by Broken Spindles

9) Happy Birthday by The Birthday Massacre

10) Birthday by The Cruxshadows

11) Happy Birthday Jubilee by Perry Farrell

12) Birthday by Andoujaparov

13) Birthday by The Jesus and Mary Chain

14) Birthday by D'Sound

15) Birthday Girl by The Suggestions

16) Birthday by Taproot

17) Birthday by 17 Reasons Why

18) Birthday by 28 Days

19) Birthday Cake [Crumbs Version] by Cibo Matto

20) Watashi Ni Happy Birthday (Happy Birthday to Me) by Megumi Hayashibara {from the anime "Cat Girl Nuku Nuku"}

This week's cast has songs with the word game or games in the titles. I left two songs I had out: Quit Playing Games by the Backstreet Boys and Two Can Play at that Game by Bobby Brown, not so much because I was ashamed they were even on my computer to begin with (or else I wouldn't have mentioned them, besides they came on a compilation) but because they seemed like they ruined the continuity that was occuring with the songs, maybe they'll show up later in some other theme, who knows?

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Setlist:

1) Silly Games by Lindy Layton

2) Putting Shame in Your Game by The Beastie Boys

3) Games Without Frontiers by Peter Gabriel

4) The Game by Love and Rockets

5) The Name of the Game by Dave Grusin

6) The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game by Massive Attack

7) The Mating Game by Bitter:Sweet

8) Gamemaster [Original Mix] by Lost Tribe

9) My Favourite Game by The Cardigans

10) War Game by David J.

11) Play that Game by Queen

12) Games People Play by The Alan Parsons Project

13) The Name Game by Divine

14) Dark Scenery Court Games by Roger Doyle

15) Game Show by Ministry

16) Crying Game by Dave Berry

17) Games People Play by Joe South

18) The Human Game by Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke 

So as some of you know (and the rest of you probably don't) my husband and I (along with my husband's best friend and his wife, Hi Joe and Heidi!) recently purchased a movie theatre. So to celebrate; this week's podcast is movie themed. It is not themed so much in the way of songs FROM movies, but songs about the movie industry, cinemas, theatres, etc. Enjoy!

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Setlist:

1) Science Fiction/Double Feature by Richard O. Brien {Rocky Horror Picture Show}

2) Alone at the Drive-In Movie by John Barrowman {from the Broadway Play version of Grease}

3) Variety Speak by The Animaniacs

4) Independent Film by Bray

5) No Bone Movies by Ozzy Osbourne

6) Camelback Cinema by Primus

7) Ghosts of the Multiple Feature by Love and Rockets

8) Movie Star by Harpo

9) Popcorn {Cover of the song by Hot Butter} by Crazy Frog

10) Girls on Film {Cover of the song by Duran Duran} by Blunt

11) Figurative Theatre [Klute Mix] by Christian Death

12) Films [Live] by Gary Numan

13) The Theatre Song by Mantra

14) Silent Films by The Jim James Band

15) Filmstar by (The London) Suede

16) Twin Cinema by The New Pornographers

17) Magic Theatre by Kula Shaker

18) Yet Another Movie [Live] by Pink Floyd

19) Exit Music (For a Film) by Radiohead

20) Tea and Theatre by The Who

Yes I know it's still March, but I wanted to get this one out in time to play on April 1, and the next episode doesn't come out until April 3, so I was naughty and decided to disrespect my Irish blood for this year and skip St. Patrick's day (though hopefully the weeks fall right next year and I can do a set then). Welcome to this episode featuring of course songs about fools.

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Setlist:

1) Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin

2) Fool for Love by Sandy Rogers

3) If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody by Freddie and the Dreamers

4) Why Do Fools Fall in Love by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers

5) Foolish Heart by The Mavericks

6) Only a Fool by Byron Lee and Mighty Sparrow

7) The Fool on the Hill by The Beatles

8) Fooling Yourself by Styx

9) Fool in the Rain by Led Zeppelin

10) Kissing a Fool by George Michael

11) Fool of Me by Me'Shell Ndegeocello

12) Lovefool by The Cardigans

13) Ship of Fools (Orbital Southsea Isles of Holy Beats Mix) by Erasure

14) Fool For Your Loving by Whitesnake

15) Fool Like You by Ozzy Osbourne

16) Words of a Fool by Love and Rockets

17) Foolish Thing Desire by Daniel Ash

18) Ship of Fools by David J.

19) Holy Fool (LP Version) by Love and Rockets

20) Big Love of a Tiny Fool by Peter Murphy

21) Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who

This week's cast is all about cats (which is in a way funny since one is an anagram of the other, but I digress). So clean your wiskers, and ditch your collar we're howling on the fence tonight!

Setlist:

1) Stray Cat Strut by The Stray Cats

2) The Love Cats by The Cure

3) What The Cat Brought In by Lemon Kittens

4) Pussy Power by Iggy Pop

5) Kill Pussy Kill by Girl Eats Boy

6) Lions by Tones On Tail

7) Paper Tigers by The Chameleons (UK)

8) Mad Cat by Roni Size & Reprazent

9) Pussycat Meow by Deee-lite

10) Pussy (Harald's 3PM Dub Mix) by Lord of Acid

11) Kittens by Underworld

12) Kitten Moon by Fluke

13) Sad Harriet/No Cats by Jamshied Sharifi

14) Cat Video by Blue Man Group

15) The Lioness Hunt from The Lion King: Original Broadway Cast

16) Top Cat by Hoyt Curtain, Joseph Barbera & William Hanna

17) The Siamese Cat Song by Peggy Lee

18) Josie & The Pussycats by Juliana Hatfield & Tanya Donelly

19) Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat by Liz English, Phil Harris, Scatman Crothers & Thurl Ravenscroft

20) Felix The Cat by Winston Sharples

21) Tiger Feet by Mud

22) Puss n' Boots by Adam Ant

23) Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

24) I'm A Tiger by Lulu

25) This Cat's On A Hot Tin Roof by The Brian Setzer Orchestra

26) Tommy The Cat by Primus

27) Cat Scratch Fever by Ted Nugent

28) Teach Me Tiger by April Stevens

29) Eye Of The Tiger by Survivor

30) Honky Cat by Elton John

31) The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens

I had a couple of other casts ready to go, and instead decided on this impromtu set inspired by our weekend vacation to Las Vegas (no we weren't there for the NBA AllStar game, it was just a coincidence). Too bad I insisted the trip be a surprise, perhaps if I had this setlist to inspire me we would have won something, oh well! Anyways it's all songs about luck with a few songs about Vegas.

Setlist:

1) The Gambler by Kenny Rogers

2) Roulette by Russ Conway

3) You Got Lucky by Tom Petty

4) Lucky Charm by Stray Cats

5) Mr. Lucky by The Amazing Royal Crowns

6) Viva Las Vegas by Elvis Presley

7) The Great Gambler from Bombay The Hard Way: Guns, Cars & Sitars

8) King Midas by Army of Lovers

9) Breakfast in Vegas by Praga Khan

10) Wish Me Luck (Karamazov Mix) by Ofra Haza

11) I Should Be So Lucky by Kylie Minogue

12) Is It Luck? by Primus

13) Iceblink Luck by Cocteau Twins

14) Lucky by Radiohead

15) Your Lucky Day in Hell by The Eels

16) Trying Your Luck by The Strokes

17) A Stroke Of Luck by Garbage

18) Lucky Number by Lene Lovich

19) Just Got Lucky by JoBoxers

20) Lucky Lisp by Morrissey

21) Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

A little explanation, "The Name Game" will be a series with song titles featuring the Full Name (first and last and occasionally middle initials or names) of a person or persons. There will be several installments (not all in a row) one featuring movie themed names, music themed names, book themed names, television themed names, and celebrity themed names (which will basically anyone who doesn't fit into the previous categories such as sports themed names, political themed names etc.) This installment is the original non-celebrity edition. Songs with only one name (i.e. Wake Up Little Susie) will be featured in a defferent series at a later time.

Setlist:

1) Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie

2) The Return of Sathington Willoughby by Primus

3) Me And Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin

4) Baba O'Riley by The Who

5) Brenda Stubbert by Ashley MacIssac

6) Maggie May by Rod Stewart

7) Ana Ng by They Might Be Giants

8) Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles

9) The Tale of Miss Virginia Epitome by Coldcut

10) Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry

11) Kimberly Austin by Porno For Pyros

12) Amanda Ruth by Rand And File

13) The Legend Of Barry Kable (Live) by Thirty Odd Foot Of Grunts

14) Virginia Plain by Roxy Music

15) Ebeneezer Goode (Beatmasters Mix) by The Shamen

16) Del Davis Tree Farm by Primus

17) Mr. E. Leon Rauis by Rasputina

18) The Ballad Of Resurrection Joe and Rosa Whore by Rob Zombie

19) Jimmy James by The Beastie Boys

20) Johnny Reggae by The Piglets

21) Sally Simpson by The Who

No, I swear I am not running out of ideas for themes. I was originally going to wait to do this episode, as we just had a Hero theme about ten episodes ago, but I'm so psyched that the television show "Heroes" is back on tonight with new episodes, I just had to!! These songs are less general and refer to our heroes and heroines by name. Not all of them were specifically written about a particular hero, but the ones that aren't still seemed to suit the particular character I had in mind. This setlist features visual aides (for those of you viewing it from the actual blog at http://ishtarandromeda.libsyn.com) but won't work if you're looking at the setlist from a podcatcher.

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Setlist:

1) Iron Man by Black Sabbath

2) Spiderman by The Ramones

3) Wonder Woman by New World Symphony

4) Batman Theme by Danny Elfman

5) Batman T.V. Theme by Neil Hefti

6) Ghostrider by Rollins Band

 7) Superman T.V. Theme by Leon Klatskin

 8) Superman by Five For Fighting

 9) Superman by Stereophonics

10) Superman (Main Title) by John WIlliams

 11) (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman by The Kinks


12) Sunshine Superman by Donovan

13) Super-Duper Man by Toy-Box

14) Superman by Lazlo Bane (a.k.a. The Theme From "Scrubs")

15) Green Lantern by Simple Frustration (note: the photo is of Silver Age Green Lantern Hal Jordan even though the song also refers to several other Green Lantern incarnations)

16) Underdog by Butthole Surfers

17) Swamp Thing by Juno Reactor

18) Swamp Thing by The Chameleons (UK)

19) Super Girl by Graham Bonney

 20) Enter Sandman by Metallica

21) Flash's Theme by Queen

22) Phoenix by Tear Garden (note: technically the photo is of Dark Phoenix not Phoenix)

23) The Incredible Hulk by Joe Harnell

And for a little flashback of some of the lesser known heroes I grew up with:

24) Starblazers (a.k.a. Space Battleship Yamoto) The Quest For Iscandar Theme

25) Battle of The Planets Theme (a.k.a. G-Force or Gatchaman)

26) Starvengers Theme (notes: Starvengers {Getta Robo G} was one of five different shows which alternated on a series called Force Five {a.k.a. Shogun Warriors}, the other four shows were Gaiking, Dangard Ace, Grandizer, and Spaceketeers {Starzinger})

The holidays are over, and it's back to work. As such this weeks theme is all about work. I went out on a limb a little on a couple of songs because I really wanted them in there, even though thier titles technically did not have the words work, worker or working in the title. Also thanks to my husband, Steven, for the title since I couldn't think of a fun one, and for suggesting a couple of the songs.

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Setlist:

1) The Worker by Fischer-Z

2) The Happy Worker by Tori Amos

3) 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton

4) Working Class Hero by John Lennon

5) Work Song by Nina Simone

6) Working My Way Back To You by The Detroit Spinners

7) Work by Bob Marley and the Wailers

8) The Work Sng by The Disney Chorus (Mice from "Cinderella")

9) She Works Hard For The Money by Donna Summer

10) Working In The Coalmine by Lee Dorsey

11) Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford

12) Working For The Weekend by Loverboy

13) Working Man by Rush

14) Workin' For A Livin' by Huey Lewis and the News

15) Bang The Drum All Day by Todd Rundgren

16) Dirty Work by Steely Dan

17) Working With Fire And Steel by China Crisis

18) Work Hard by Depeche Mode

19) Working Girl by The Members

20) Senses Working Overtime by XTC

21) Supermodel (You Better Work) by RuPaul

22) Birth, School, Work, Death by The Godfathers

23) 9 to 5 by Sheena Easton

24) Working On The Building by Elvis Presley

The 2006 Christmas podcast, so big I had to make it an hour longer than the average Theme Show episode. Yes, this means it will take a bit longer to download it, but it should be worth it simply for a selection of Christmas songs you probably won't hear anywhere else this year (Mud, Gary Glitter, Slade, The Ramones, "Weird Al" Yankovic). I tried to keep it as clean as possible, but as always use caution (just in case).

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Setlist:

1) A Johnny Ace Christmas by Squirrel Nut Zippers

2) Driving Home For Christmas by Chirs Rea

3) Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney

4) Merry Christmas, Baby by The Beach Boys

5) Lonely This Christmas by Mud

6) White Christmas by Bing Crosby

7) Mery Christmas Everybody by Shakin' Stevens

8) The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) by Nat "King" Cole

9) Last Christmas by Wham!

10) Blue Christmas by Bobby Vee

11) Christmas Pics by Barenaked Ladies

12) Christmas Eve Montage by Danny Elfman

13) Welcome Christmas by MGM Studio Orchestra & Chorus

14) I Believe In Father Christmas by Greg Lake

15) I Tan't Wait Till Quithmuth Day by Mel Blanc

16) Christmas Time In Hell by Satan, Lord Of The Underworld (South Park)

17) A Christmas Carol by Tom Lehrer

18) Carolina Christmas by Squirrel Nut Zippers

19)  Do They Know It's Christmas by Band Aid

20) Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses

21) Nuttin' For Christmas by Stan Freberg

22) Christmastime (Oh Yeah) by Barenaked Ladies

23) Christmas/See Me, Feel Me by Tommy: 1992 Broadway Revival Original Cast

24) Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade

25) Christmas In Heaven by Monty Python

26) I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday by Roy Wood & Wizzard

27) The Twelve Days of Christmas Bob & Doug MacKenzie

28) Lonely Pup (In A Christmas Shop) by Adam Faith

29) O, Christmas Tree by Brave Combo

30) The Chipmunk Song by The Chipmunks

31) Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight) by The Ramones

32) Another Rock N' Roll Christmas by Gary Glitter

33) A Holly Jolly Christmas by The Silver And Gold Singers

34) Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree by Dion & The Belmonts

35) Christmas At Ground Zero by "Weird Al" Yankovic

36) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band

37) It's Christmas by Brave COmbo

38) Step Into Christmas by Elton John

39) (It's Gonna Be A) Punk Rock Christmas by  The Ravers

40) Call Me For Christmas by Gary U.S. Bonds

41) It's Christmas Time by The Five Keys

42) Christmas Time Is Here by Chicago

43) The Hat I Got For Christmas Is Too Beeg by Mel Blanc

44) Hot Christmas by Squirrel Nut Zippers

45) I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas by Yogi Yorgesson

46) We Wish You A Merry Christmas by The Chipmunks

47) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by Mr. Hankey from South Park

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Setlist:

1) Winter Reveries (Symphony No. 1) by Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky {"Toys" Soundtrack version}

2) Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! by Dean Martin

3) Frosty the Snowman by Brave Combo

4) Snow on the Sahara by Anggun

5) Icicle Melts by The Cranberries

6) Lady Winter by Poetry of Shadows

7) Iceblink Luck by Cocteau Twins

8) In the Bleak Midwinter by Bert Jansch

9) Snowman by Barenaked Ladies

10) Winter Wonderland by Doris Day

11) Sometimes it Snows in April by Prince

12) Snow by weaklazyliar

13) Winter Weather by Squirrel Nut Zippers

14) Ice by Monkeypox

15) Winter, That's All by Bedroom Walls

16) Hazy Shade of Winter by The Bangles

17) Ice 9 by Joe Satriani

18) The Snow by Coil

19) Frozen by Madonna

20) Die in Winter by :wumpscut:

21) Winter Solstice by The Tea Party

22) Ice, Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice

Hey there, and happy upcoming holiday season. Because of that the next few episodes will be holiday themes, beginning with this one which is aimed at Thanksgiving. Some of the songs are actual Thanksgiving songs, while others just have the word thank or thanks in the title, and at the end there is a kind of random Thanksgiving food selection guaranteed to make you hunrgy. So enjoy!

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Setlist:

1) Thank You by Dido

2) Thank Heaven 4 You by Esthero

3) Thank You by Led Zeppelin

4) Be Thankful For What You've Got by William DeVaughn

5) Thank You (Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) by Sly And The Family Stone

6) Thank U by Alanis Morisette

7) Thank You Very Much by The Scaffold

8) Thank You by The Charlatans

9) I Thank You by Sam & Dave

10) Thank You Everyday by Deee-lite

11) Thank You by Simple Plan

12) Thanksgiving by Loudon Wainwright III

13) Thanksgiving (No Way Out) by Violent Femmes

14) Thank You and Goodnight by Madonna and Antonio Banderas

15) (I'm Gonna Eat) On Thanksgiving Day by Laurie Berkner

16) Mashed Potatos by Brak

17) Happy Thanksgiving by Debbie Freidman

18) String Bean Jean by Belle And Sebastian

19) Apple Juice Kissing by Deee-lite

20) Cranberry Blues by Brak

21) The Thanksgiving Song by Adam Sandler

This week's theme is a sister episode to 7/18/06's For The Birds episode, which means it also contains some flashback elements from the original 12/16/99 Birds theme. Flashback songs are marked with an *. I put in as many birds as I could think of, except of course the turkey, who will obviously make a guest appearance in 11/21/06's Thaksgiving theme. Hope you enjoy!

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SETLIST:

1) Blue Jay Way by The Beatles *

2) My Little Chicken by Adam Sandler

3) Fly, Robin, Fly by Silver Connection *

4) Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow) by Rhythm Heritage

5) Oh, Sing Sweet Nightingale by Ilene Woods and Rhoda Williams

6) Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (Stop That Pigeon) by Paul Winchell

7) I Want A New Duck by Weird Al Yankovic

8) Albatross by Fleetwood Mac

9) Ibis by Cirque De Soleil *

10) Swandive by Ani DiFranco

11) Polly by Nirvana *

12) When Doves Cry by Prince and The Revolution *

13) The Falcon by Alio Die and Mathias Grassow

14) Seagulls Screaming, Kiss Her, Kiss Her by XTC *

15) Raven Skies by The Tea Party

16) Roadrunner by Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers

17) Fly Like An Eagle by The Four Seasons

18) Quietsche-Entchen Techno Remix (Rubber Duckie German) by Die Schonsten Liede * {note: the 12/16 theme had the english non-remix}

19) Year of the Parrot by Primus *

20) Lesbian Seagull by Englebert Humperdinck *

21) The Woody Woodpecker Show by G. Tibbles and R. Idriss *

22) Disco Duck by Rick Dees *

23) Pickin' A Chicken by Eve Boswell

24) Raven's Land by Voltaire *

25) Poisoning Pigeons in the Park by Tom Lehrer *

26) Daffy Duck's Rhapsody by Mel Blanc

Wow, somewhere I lost a whole week and didn't realize the 24th had come and gone already, so I apologize that this week's podcast is up two days late!! Continuing in the Halloween vein, this week's cast is about the undead (vampires, zombies, and skeletons predominately but a few other songs for filler).

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Setlist:

1) Call Of The Zombie by Rob Zombie

2) Night Of The Living Dead by The Misfits

3) The Vampire Strikes Back by Die Krupps

4) Poor Skeleton Steps Out by XTC

5) Zombie by Meat Beat Manifesto (This is actually a range I edited out from a longer song called Brainwashed This Way/Zombie/That Shirt from the album Satyricon)

6) Living Dead Girl by Rob Zombie

7) Love Song For A Vampire by Annie Lennox

8) Astro Zombies by The Misfits

9) Creature With The Atom Brain by Roky Erikson And The Aliens

10) Walking With A Zombie by Army Of Lovers

11) Vikram The Vampire by Talvin Singh

12) Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo

13) Zombie by The Cranberries

14) I, Zombie by White Zombie

15) Rawhead And Bloodybones by Siouxsie And The Banshees

16) Dead Man Walking by David Bowie

17) Horror Movie by Lords Of Acid (This is a hidden track at the end of You Belong To Me from the album Our Little Secret)

18) Vampire Hunters by Wojciech Kilar

19) Hill Of The Skull by Joe Satriani

20) Skulls by The Misfits

21) Theatre Des Vampires by Elliot Goldenthal

22) The Vampire Club by Voltaire

23) Dragula by Rob Zombie

It's that time of year again, when we encourage little children to dress up in costumes and shamelessly go door-to-door begging for sugary snacks that will rot their teeth. In honour of this hallowed occasion (pun intended) this episode of the cast features songs with names of various treats (chocolate, gum, lollipop) as well as songs with the word candy or sugar in them. Don't forget to bruch and floss after listening!

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Setlist:

1) Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard

2) Candy Darling by Daniel Ash

3) Chocolate Elvis by Tosca

4) Candy Perfume Girl by Madonna

5) Candy by Mandy Moore

6) Creamsicle by Loud Sugar

7) A Spoonful Of Sugar by Julie Andrews

8) I Want Candy by Bow Wow Wow

9) Candyman Messiah by Army Of Lovers

10) Sugar Candy Kisses by Mac & Katie Kissoon

11) Candy- O by Out Out

12) Lips Like Sugar by Echo And The Bunnymen

13) The Candy Man by Aubrey Woods (Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory Version)

14) Candy by Iggy Pop

15) Candyman by Siouxsie And The Banshees

16) Sex And Cand by Marcy Playground

17) The Candy Song by Masters Of Reality

18) Sugar Town by Nancy Sinatra

19) Sugar And Spice by The Searchers

20) My Friend Jack (Eats Sugarlimps) by The Smoke

21) My Boy Lollipop by Minnie Small

22) Sweet Like Chocolate by Shanks And Bigfoot

23) You Treat Me Like Chocolate by Thirty Odd Foot Of Grunts (Yes, that IS Russell Crowe on vocals)

24) Sugar Walls by Sheena Easton

25) Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You) by Chef, From South Park (Issac Hayes)

26) Sugar, Sugar by The Archies\

27) Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor (On The Bedpost Overnight) by Lonnie Donnegan And His Skiffle Group

28) Sugar Me by Lynsey DePaul

29) Sugar Is Sweeter by C.J. Bolland

The Theme Show is back from her foray into plundering the seven seas, and like any pirate worth her salt, Ishtar has brought back plenty of booty! This week's cast features songs with the word gold in the titles (this includes the word golden as well). If you want to hear that Kanye West song, best go look somewhere else. It did end up being a little James Bond heavy, but James Bond is cool.

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Setlist:

1) Fields Of Gold by Sting

2) Golden Slumbers by The Beatles

3) Golden Years by David Bowie

4) Ornaments Of Gold by Siouxsie & The Banshees

5) Band Of Gold by Feda Payne

6) Solid Gold (TV Theme) by Dionne Warwick

7) The Man With The Golden Gun by Lulu

8) Golden Avatar by Kula Shaker

9) 3 Chains Of Gold by <-|O (Prince & The New Power Generation)

10) Golddigger by Supreme Beings Of Leisure

11) Fool's Gold by The Stone Roses

12) Gold by Spandau Ballet

13) (I've) Got A Golden Ticket by Jack Albertson & Peter Ostrum

14) Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey

15) Golden Strip by My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult

16) Solid Gold Easy Action by T. Rex

17) Golden Dawn by Ministry

18) Black Gold by Leaether Strip

19) Golden Boy by Primus

20) Dust to Gold by The Tea Party

21) Silence Is Golden by The Tremeloes

22) Goldeneye by Tina Turner

Strike the Colors, argh! The Theme Show hast officially surrendered her flag and hoisted The Jolly Roger, and is lea'in' port t' plunder the Se'en Seas.

Ahoy, the Wench Cap'n Ishtar speaks t' her faithful crew:

Aye, listen up ye landlubbers! Gar, Where can I find a bottle o'rum? September 19th is International Talk Like A Pirate Day. In honour o' this occasion, The Theme Show is donnin' tis' eyepatch and tis' wooden leg, and playin' nothin' but songs of, about, or relatin' t' Pirates. Gar!

Ye'll ne'er get me buried booty!

Arrr, please Don't Forget T' 'isit The Official Site O' International Talk Like A Pirate Day, For More Swashbucklin' Fun:

http://talklikeapirate.com

1) Talk Like A Pirate Day by Tom Smith with Steve Jackson and The Great Luke Ski {Official Talk Like A Pirate Day Song from PunguiCon 2004, courtesy of http://tomsmithonline.com/freestuff.htm} 

2) A Pirate I Was Meant to Be by Domenic Arnato & Pirate Chorus {from the video game, Monkey Island 3: The Curse Of Monkey Island} 

3) A Pirate Says Arr by The Backyardigans {From the NickJr television show, Episode#101 Pirate Treasure} 

4) Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) by The Disney Chorus {from the Disney Theme Parks ride, Pirates of the Caribbean}  

5) Oh, Better Far To Live and Die (a.k.a. The Pirate King) by The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company {from The Gilbert And Sullivan Musical, The Pirates Of Penzance} 

6) Pirate by Jen Cass {from her album Skies Burning Red} 

7) Jolly Roger by Adam and the Ants {from their album Kings of the Wild Frontier} 

8) The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything by Relient K {a cover of a song by Veggie Tales, from the album Veggie Tales: Veggie Rocks} 

9) A Pirate's Life is Peaceful ('Til Someone Cuts You Up) by Pirate Jenny {from their album Never-Sea Land} 

10) Cabin Fever {From The Film: Muppet Treasure Island} by The Muppets 

11) The Sailor Song by Toybox {I Know It Says Sailor, But Trust Me It's Piratey. From their album Fantastic} 

12) He's A Pirate (Pete N' Red's Jolly Roger Trance Remix) by Klaus Badlet and DJ Tiesto {a.k.a. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Techno, from the Pirates Remixed - EP available exclusively at iTunes} 

13) You're A Pirate by Stefan Karl Stefansson & Julianna Rose Mauriello {from the NickJr television show Lazytown, Episode #119 Rottenbeard} 

14) One Piece Theme: Be A Pirate/You Can't Turn The Tide by Russell Valsquez {From the anime: Shonen Jump's: One Piece - Grand Adventure on FOX Network 4 Kids TV} 

15) Rhymin' And Stealin' by The Beastie Boys {Go Ahead, Listen To It And Tell Me It's Not Appropriate. From their album Licensed To Ill} 

16) Scurvy by Captain Bogg & Salty {from their album Bedtime Stories For Pirates} 

17) What Do You Do With A Scurvy Pirate? By the Backyardigans {From the NickJr television show, Episode#101 Pirate Treasure} 

18) I Want To Be A Pirate by The Ben Gunn Society [from their album The Ben Gunn Society} 

19) The Lasr Saskatchwan Pirate by Captain Tractor {from their album East of Edson}

21) The Derelict (15 Men on A Dead Man's Chest) {a.k.a. Yo Ho Ho, And a Bottle of Rum} by Jolly Rogers {from their album Pirates' Gold} 

22) It's Great to Be a Pirate by Richard Marcus and Johnny Caruso {song courtesy of http://talklikeapirate.com} 

23) Pour, Oh Pour the Pirate Sherry by The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company {from The Gilbert And Sullivan Musical, The Pirates Of Penzance}  

24) A Pirate Looks At Forty by Jimmy Buffet {from the album Songs You Know by Heart: Jimmy Buffet's Greatest Hits}

This week features songs with the word "Hero" in the title. Other heroes specifically mentioned by name (i.e. Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc.) will probably be featured later in thier own cast.

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1) Greatest American Hero (Belive It Or Not) by Joey Scarbury

2) Holding Out For A Hero by Bonnie Tyler

3) My Hero by The Foo Fighters

4) Hero by Chad Kroeger

5) Heroes by The Wallflowers

6) Hero by Inrique Inglesias

7) Heroes And Villians by The Beach Boys

8) Working Class Hero by John Lennon

9) Heroes (Kruder's Long Loose Bossa) by Roni Size

10) Hero Of The Day by Metallica

11) Hero by Ministry

12) Tragic Hero by Funker Vogt

13) White Boys And Heroes by Gary Numan

14) We Don't Need Another Hero by Tina Turner

15) Search For The Hero by M People

16) Hero Takes A Fall by The Bangles

17) Billy Don't Be A Hero by Paper Lace

18) Super Heroes (From The Rocky Horror Picture Show) by Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, and Charles Gray

19) No More Heroes by The Stranglers

This edition features songs that have the names of weekdays in the titles. Somewhere in the middle is a big 'ole warp because I had no Tuesday or Wednesday songs, but hopefully you'll enjoy it regardless. For fun, I began and ended this set with the Monkees. Don't know why, it was just a whim.

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1) Pleasant Valley Sunday by The Monkees

2) Everyday Is Like Sunday by Morrissey

3) Sunday by Aldo Nova

4) Sunday Girl by Blondie

5) Lazy Sunday by The Small Faces

6) Dancing Through Sunday by AFI

7) I Don't Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats

8) Monday Monday by The Mamas And The Papas

9) Manic Monday by The Bangles

10) New Moon On Monday by Duran Duran

11) Blue Monday by New Order

12) Thursday's Child by The Chameleons (UK)

13) Friday I'm In Love by The Cure

14) Friday On My Mind by The Easybeats

15) Hot Patootie/Bless My Soul (What Ever Happened To Saturday Night?) From the Rocky Horror Picture Show (Meatloaf)

16) Saturday Night's Allright For Fighting by Elton John

17) Dancin' (On A Saturday Night) by Barry Blue

18) Saturday Night by Whigfield

19) Saturday Morning Confusion by Bobby Russell

20) Saturday Night by (The London) Suede

21) King Of Saturday Night by 13 Engines

22) Saturday Nite At The Duck-Pond by The Cougars

23) Saturday's Child by The Monkees

This podcast features songs which for the most part wouldn't ever be covered in most other categories. Basically the titles of all the songs in the cast are comprised mainly of nonsense and made-up words. I actually had to cut a few that I wanted to put in for time contraints, due to the presence of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly. I just couldn't bring myself to put in the radio edit, it made no sense to me to put a version of a song famous for being one of the first recorded drum solos, and then put a version that doesn't even have the solo in it, so hopefully you all like this song; as I have put in the unedited 17 minute version. Look for the songs I decided to leave out someday in a future cast, Son Of Utter Nonsense... maybe.

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1) Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp Bomp Bomp) by Barry Mann

2) Hoodlehoo by Space Ghost, Brak and Zorak

3) Chick A Boom Boom Boom by Mocean Worker

4) Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo by Verna Felton and James MacDonald

5) Sussudio by Phil Collins

6) My Ding-A-Ling by Chuck Berry

7) Be Bop A Lula by Gene Vincent

8) Da Da Da (I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha) by Trio

9) Da Doo Ron Ron by The Crystals

10) De Doo Doo Doo, De Da Da Da by The Police

11) Supercalifragilisticeexpialidocious by Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke

12) Sha La La by Manfred Mann

13) Gimme Dat Ding by The Pipkins

14) Do Wah Diddy Diddy by Manfred Mann

15) Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jus' Love It) by Daddy Dewdrop

16) In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

17) Diddy Wah Diddie by Leon Redbone

18) Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da by The Beatles

19) Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah (Means I Love You) by Violent Femmes

20) Mmmbop by Hanson

21) Da-Doo by Rick Moranis (Little Shop Of Horrors MPST)

22) Boom Bang-A-Bang by Lulu

23) Mah Na Mah Na by Mahna Mahna And The Snowths (The Muppet Show)

Welcome to another Flashback Edition of the Theme Show. The Birds theme was originally broadcast December 16, 1999. I reworked it a little again, sticking only to songs which had bird in the titles. Sorry, this is about a day late. The joke is that I own all the CD's yet for some reason I was hard pressed to find a copy of Free Bird and apparently I need to buy a 3rd copy of The White Album because it's missing... again (instead I had to put a cover.. I felt bad replacing the Beatles, but it turned out the cover was a nice pick me up for the set). So yeah, for some reason 75% of songs about birds are mellow, so this is a really subdued set. Also for those of you that remember from way back the Theme Shows all used to end in an Obligatory Polka, in this case I left it in (sort of). Songs which appeared in the original cast, designated with an *.

REMINDER: Before e-mailing me regarding questions, problems, requests, please read the F.A.Q!http://ishtarandromeda.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=104989

1) Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen * 0:00

2) Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynrd 2:18

3) The Bird (Live) by Morris Day 6:29

4) Blue Bird by Stacy Robin 10:38

5) The Birds of Rhiannon by Faith And The Muse * 14:02

6) A Flock of Birds by Chako * 16:36

7) Circus Bird by The River Gods 19:23

8) Bluebird Tattoo by Circe Link 23:09

9) Mexican Blackbird by ZZ Top * 26:10

10) Suprise, Suprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox) by John Lennon 29:10

11) Bluebird by Daniel Ash * 32:00

12) This Little Bird by Marianne Faithfull 36:45

13) The Birds and the Bees by Jewel Akens 39:39

14) Mockingbird by Inez And Charlie Foxx 40:41

15) Tenessee Bird Walk by Jack Blanchard And Misty Morgan * 43:06

16) Feed The Birds (Tuppence A Bag) by Julie Andrews * 45:47

17) Rain Bird by Love And Rockets * 49:30

18) Blackbird by Eros 52:37

19) Bird by Dead Can Dance * 57:13

20) Three Little Birds by Bob Marley And The Wailers 1:01:42

21) Bird of Paradise by Guitar Garden 1:04:35

22) Whisper to a Scream (Birds Fly) by Icicle Works * 1:06:11

23) Caged Bird by The Shroud * 1:09:44

24) Birdie Song (A.K.A. The Chicken Dance) by Hampton the Hampster 1:13:26

OK, I know I said BI-weekly. :-)

But I realized I probably should have started off the show with this cast instead of Space Is The Place, since it makes no sense to have it available AFTER the holiday! DUH! DUH! DUH! Anyways; if you're looking for a nice fluffy happy Forth of July soundtrack with America the Beautiful and God Bless America, then this is not your mix. Either that or just skip over everything and go to the last track. The mix gets a bit sarchastic and un-patriotic, but I end it on an ironic note with God Bless The U.S.A. because well while we may have our issues, at least I still have the freedom to play these somewhat un-patriotic songs without going to the stockades, or worse!

REMINDER: Before e-mailing me regarding questions, problems, requests, please read the F.A.Q!http://ishtarandromeda.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=104989

Setlist:

1) Wakko's America by The Animaniacs 0:00

2) Young Americans by David Bowie 1:52

3) Living in America by James Brown 6:43

4) America by Prince & The Revolution 10:56

5) American Dreaming by Dead Can Dance 14:05

6) American Life by Primus 18:05

7) Corporate America by Boston 22:06

8) America by The Nice 26:30

9) Kids in Amercia by Kim Wilde 32:20

10) 4th of July by Amiee Mann 35:30

11) Independence Day by L.C.D. 38:32

12) An American Dream by Love And Rockets 44:34

13) Miss America by Styx 50:12

14) Independence by Praga Khan 55:48

15) American Life by Madonna 59:10

16) American Woman by Lenny Kravitz 1:03:26

17) All American Boy by Bill Parsons 1:07:07

18) American Pie by Don McLean 1:09:56

19) America is Not the World by Morrissey 1:14:02

20) God Bless the U.S.A. by Lee Greenwood 1:17:57

This is a Flashback Edition of the first cast from 12/02/1999. Back then it was simply entitled Space and didn't really stick to the theme as it jumped around from space to stars to planets (which will now be featured later in thier own casts). I have mixed the setlist, removed some songs and replaced them with new ones for more continuity. Songs which appeared in the original cast, designated with an *.

REMINDER: Before e-mailing me regarding questions, problems, requests, please read the F.A.Q!http://ishtarandromeda.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=104989

SETLIST:

1) I'm the Urban Spaceman by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band 0:00

2) Space Lord by Monster Magnet 2:19

3) Lost in Space by Space 6:32

4) Slime Creatures from Outer Space by Weird Al Yankovic 9:47

5) Outerspace Girl by The Beloved 13:31

6) Space by Butthole Surfers * 18:05

7) Space Oasis by Billie Ray Martin * 20:09

8) Space Invader by CJ Bolland 24:40

9) Space Oddity by David Bowie 29:36

10) Spaceman by Babylon Zoo 34:02

11) Deep Sexy Space (Chorale) by Lords of Acid * 39:00

12) Lost in Space (Theme) by Pressure Head * 41:08

13) Space Age Love Song by Eleven Shadows * 45:07

14) Space Funk (The Caterpillar) by Rumpus * 49:00

15) Space Farm by Primus 54:35

16) Space is the Place by Irresistable Force 56:05

17) Space Time by The Shamen 1:01:58

18) Space Cowboy (Dance Remix) by Jamiroquai 1:06:20

19) Space Journey by Coldcut * 1:09:39