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

My daughter accidentally deleted this podcast from my page (thanks libsyn for not having a confirm window when you hit delete!) So I'm reposting it in case anyone wants it. It was part of the holiday series between Halloween and Christmas.

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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