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Kendrick versus Drake. Where did all of this start, what the heck happened? I'm going to do my best to break it down. Some great bars and some great beats, but I have to admit that, by the end I really needed a palate cleanser. This one is extra long and is full of foul language; consider yourself warned.

• Drake ft. Kendrick Lamar - Marvin's Room/Buried Alive (Interlude)
• Kendrick Lamar ft. Drake - Poetic Justice
• Big Sean ft. Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica - Control
• Schoolboy Q, Ab-Sol, Jay Rock, Isaiah Rashad & Kendrick Lamar - BET Cypher
• Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
• The Game ft. Drake - 100
• Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 4
• Pulitzer Award Ceremony 2018 - Kendrick Lamar wins
• Pulitzer Award Ceremony 2018 - Kendrick Lamar responds to winning
• Pusha T - Infrared
• Drake - Duppy Freestyle
• Pusha T - The Story of Adidon
• Drake ft. J Cole - First Person Shooter
• Future & Metro Boomin ft. Kendrick Lamar - Like That
• J Cole - 7 Minute Drill
• J Cole's apology to his fans and Kendrick Lamar, live on stage at Dreamville
• Drake - Push Ups
• Rick Ross - Champagne Moments
• Drake (with AI)- Taylor Made Freestyle
• Snoop's reaction to Drake's use of AI
• Kendrick Lamar - Euphoria
• Kendrick Lamar - 6:16 In L.A.
• Drake - Family Matters
• Kendrick Lamar - Meet The Grahams
• Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
• Metro Boomin - BBL Drizzy
• Drake - The Heart Part 6
• PALATE CLEANSER! Michie Mee ft. Tonya P. - Made It

Resources:

https://nowtoronto.com/culture/all-eyes-are-on-drake-and-kendrick-lamar-but-has-the-internet-ruined-rap-battle-culture-heres-what-an-expert-says/

Vox’s Today Explained: “Kendrick, Drake, and the last great rap beef” https://megaphone.link/VMP5577147875

https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/short-cuts-drake-is-a-journalist/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eminem/comments/1ck36wp/can_someone_explain_the_kendrick_and_drake_beef/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hnenu36Ltg 

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x161da0

https://www.theroot.com/quentin-miller-claims-he-wasn-t-properly-paid-for-writi-1849950507

https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/j-cole-7-minute-drill-kendrick-lamar-diss-1235650339/

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bbl-drake

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/drake-kendrick-diss-tracks-timeline-of-their-beef-the-heart-part-6-secret-daughter-meet-the-grahams/ 

https://www.xxlmag.com/kendrick-lamar-6-16-hidden-meanings/

https://www.xxlmag.com/metro-boomin-bbl-drizzy-beat-giveaway-entries/

The FNPS lost its most prominent feline co-host a month ago. In this short bonus episode, you'll find a collection of show outtakes featuring G.

For the show's anniversary this year, I'm doing a rundown of records that I've bought repeatedly. This tends to happen for a few reasons, some of which are deliberate!

Oops I bought it again

• Ratt - Out Of The Cellar - Round And Round
• INXS - Kick - New Sensation
• Pat Benetar - Love Is A Battlefield (12” Mix)
• Howard Jones - One To One - All I Want
• Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene 8 (Dado’s Ethnic Mix)
• Mike Oldfield - Let There Be Light (Hardfloor Remix)
• Crystal Method - Vegas - Comin’ Back

Format switchers

• The Monks - Bad Habits - I Ain’t Getting Any
• Rush - Presto - Chain Lightning
• Gowan - Strange Animal - Cosmetics
• Ned’s Atomic Dustbin - Are You Normal? - Spring

But I need that thiiiiiing

• Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - Mayonaise
• Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)
• Marillion - Brave - Hard As Love

Desert island albums

• The Cure - Disintegration - Plainsong
• Depeche Mode - Violator - Blue Dress
• Orbital - Snivilisation - Crash And Carry
• 808 State - Gorgeous - Nimbus
• The Black Crowes - Amorica - Ballad In Urgency

A Valentine for anyone who didn't have a Valentine.

• The War On Drugs - Thinking Of A Place
• Bob Dylan - Nobody ’Cept You
• Jim Croce - I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
• Elbow - The Only Road
• The Wilderness Of Manitoba - Northern Sky
• The Killers - Running Towards A Place
• Gerry Cinnamon - Where We’re Going
• Bruce Springsteen - Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
• Jackie Wilson - Nothing But Blue Skies
• Bill Withers - Lovely Day
• Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun
• The Delays - Nearer Than Heaven
• Hunters & Collectors - Throw Your Arms Around Me
• The Box - My Dreams Of You
• James - Sometimes
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
• The Cure - Close To Me
• Transviolet - Close
• Lights - Morphine
• Esthero - Superheroes
• Yello - Junior B
• Neneh Cherry - Move With Me
• Novo Amor - Carry You
• The Watchmen - Lucky As I Am
• The Black Keys - You’re The One
• R.E.M. - You Are The Everything
• Neil Finn - Wherever You Are
• The Lumineers - Where The Skies Are Blue
• Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World
• Ray Charles - Come Rain Or Come Shine

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Work has been nuts, to a point where I barely had time to even listen to music. When I did, I found myself digging through a few old playlists. Enjoy! Or don't. It's your life.

• York ft. Angelina - Iceflowers
• Conjure One ft. Poe - Make A Wish
• Elsiane - Morphing
• 808 State ft. Louise Rhodes - Azura
• Mandalay - Beautiful (7” Canny Remix)
• Korine - Burn The World
• Soviet - Marbleyezed
• Icehouse - No Promises
• UNKLE ft. The Big Pink - Find an Outsider (Rōnin Reconstruction)
• BT - Force Of Gravity
• Brendan Perry - Wintersun
• Moby - First Cool Hive
• Lamb - Angelica
• CHVRCHES - Strong Hand
• White Lies - Unfinished Business
• Atlas Genius - Molecules
• The Killers - Human (Pink Noise Remix)
• Of Monsters and Men - Slow And Steady
• Sarah McLachlan - Vox
• Pascal Pinion - When I Can’t Sleep
• Death Cab For Cutie - Doors Unlocked And Open
• De/Vision - The Brightest Star
• a-ha - I’m In

Four years ago this Wednesday, our friend Darrell left this world. I wanted to take some time this week to pay tribute to the man by collecting songs by artists that were meaningful to him, and some stories from the people who loved him.

To learn more about non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and other blood cancers, or to make a donation of time or money, please visit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society website (lls.org in the US). If you don't have time or money to spare, donations of blood, platelets, and plasma can improve and extend the lives of those with blood cancers. I know they made a big difference to my mom when she had leukemia.

Also incredibly valuable and important is getting on your national stem cell (or bone marrow) registry (Canada's registry, the US registry). You may never be called on as a match, but the more people who are registered, the better the odds of someone surviving blood cancer. Registry is easy and painless, and donation is simpler and less invasive than it's ever been. A heartfelt thank you to all those who donate regularly, and are on the registry; you give us more time with our loved ones, and that's a gift beyond measure.

• Rancid - An Intimate Close Up of A Street Punk Trouble Maker
• Rose Tattoo - Rock & Roll Outlaw
• The Class Assassins - Urban Rebel
• The Clash - All The Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)
• Motorhead - Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
• Merton Parkas - (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone
• D.O.A. - World War 3
• The Clash - Straight To Hell
• Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop
• The Class Assassins - No Justice
• The Bouncing Souls - Hopeless Romantic
• New Model Army - Vagabonds
• Rush - The Trees
• The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue
• The Interrupters - Got Each Other
• Rancid - Make It Out Alive
• The Bouncing Souls - Sing Along Forever
• Cock Sparrer - We Love You
• New Model Army - Green And Grey
• Billy Bragg - Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted
• Social Distortion - Angel’s Wings
• The Stranglers - 96 Tears
• The Interrupters - A Friend Like Me
• The Dropkick Murphys - Going Out In Style
• The Irish Rovers - Whiskey In The Jar
• Wilco & Billy Bragg - When The Roses Bloom Again
• Billy Bragg - Sing Their Souls Back Home
• The Dropkick Murphys - You’ll Never Walk Alone
• The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
• Stiff Little Fingers - When We Were Young

Things have been a little nutty as of late. I have two shows I still need to do post on (one from Valentine's, and one from last week), and the two remaining episodes for Quiet Storm haven't happened yet. This one's out of order, and I have some catching up to do, but things should be back on track soon.

This week's show is intended to describe what a panic attack (or an acute anxiety attack) feels like, and some of the songs I find help me ease down from that place.

• Massive Attack - Inertia Creeps
• Gary Numan - I Can’t Breathe
• Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
• FC Kahuna - Nothing Is Wrong
• Orbital - The Box, pt. 1
• The Prodigy - Full Throttle
• Klute - Make It Stop
• Goon - Panic (Tekara Remix)
• Nostrum - Brainchild
• Underworld - Mo Move
• Way Out West - Mindcircus (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)
• FC Kahuna ft. Hafdis Huld - Hayling
• Telepopmusik - Breathe (Chunky Bass Mix)
• Underworld - Scribble
• VNV Nation - Lost Horizon
• BT - Divinity
• Orbital - One Perfect Sunrise

This week, we're continuing our look at the Quiet Storm format for Black History Month, in particular material from 1979 through 1985.

• The Commodores - Still
• Cameo - Sparkle
• GQ - I Do Love You
• The Jones Girls - Who Can I Run To
• Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO
• Shalamar - This Is For The Lover In You
• The Isley Brothers - Don’t Say Goodnight
• The Stylistics - Hurry Up This Way Again
• Grover Washington & Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us
• Maze & Frankie Beverly - Joy & Pain (live in New Orleans)
• Champaign - How Bout Us
• Gap Band - Yearning For Your Love
• Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
• Patrice Rushen - Where There Is Love
• Anita Baker - Angel
• DeBarge - Time Will Reveal
• Bobby Womack & Patti LaBelle - Love Has Finally Come At Last
• Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett - Don't Look Any Further
• Klymaxx - I Miss You
• Kool & The Gang - Cherish
• Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
• Freddie Jackson - Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times’ Sake)
• Johnny Gill - Because Of You
• Billy Ocean - There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)

For Black History Month, we're going to do a deep dive into the Quiet Storm Movement pioneered by Melvin Lindsey. It's also perfect timing to get you into the mood for Valentine's Day, if that's your thing. And if it's not, well, you can still enjoy the tunes for what they are: a smooth selection of R&B, soul, rare grooves, and slow jams chosen in the spirit of Quiet Storm.

• Smokey Robinson - Quiet Storm
• Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - If You Don’t Know Me By Now
• Ruby Winters - For The Good Times
• Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia
• The Spinners - Love Don’t Love Nobody
• The Friends of Distinction - Going In Circles
• Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)
• The O’Jays - Brandy (I Really Miss You)
• Barry White - So Much To Give
• The Temptations - Just My Imagination
• The Emotions - Don’t Ask My Neighbours
• Eddie Holman - Hey There Lonely Girl
• Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
• Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - The Closer I Get To You
• Major Harris - Love Won’t Let Me Wait
• Rose Royce - I Wanna Get Next To You
• Earth, Wind & Fire - Love’s Holiday
• Billy Paul - Me And Mrs. Jones
• Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On
• Peaches & Herb - Reunited
• Teddy Pendergrass - When Somebody Loves You Back
• Rufus & Chaka Khan - Sweet Thing
• Ben E. King - Supernatural Thing
• Al Green - Let’s Stay Together
• Eddie Floyd - California Girl
• The Dells - Always Together
• Stevie Wonder - I Believe (When I Fall In Love)

This episode picks up from where we left off last week, in 1985. Note that at least one song uses objectionable language, and I don't just mean f-bombs. Use your best judgement about what you're comfortable with.

• The Firm - Star Trekkin’
• The Frantics - Boot To The Head
• Morris Minor & The Majors - Stutter Rap (No Sleep Til Bedtime)
• Kip Adotta - Wet Dream
• The Timelords - Doctorin’ The Tardis (Radio Edit)
• Happy Flowers - Unhappy Meal
• Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs
• The Simpsons - Do The Bartman
• The Dead Milkmen - If You Love Somebody, Set Them On Fire
• They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 
• Kids In The Hall - Terriers
• King Missile - Detachable Penis
• Corky & The Juice Pigs - Pandas
• Ween - Push th’Little Daisies
• Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back
• Denis Leary - Asshole
• Adam Sandler - Lunchlady Land
• Aqua - Barbie Girl
• Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)
• Prozzak - Sucks To Be You
• Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
• Afroman - Because I Got High
• Tenacious D - Rock Your Socks
• O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei (Eurodance Mix)
• Samwell - What What (In The Butt)
• The Lonely Island ft. T-Pain - I’m On A Boat
• The Rubberbandits - Horse Outside
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop
• Ylvis - The Fox (What Does the Fox Say)
• Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road
• Tom Cardy - HYCYBh

This week, we're checking out the fun little genre, novelty songs. It has a few subgenres, but we're mostly going to keep it broad for now. Be cautioned that some of the songs have themes that some may find to be in poor taste, and the Frank Zappa one contains a slur.

• Billy Jones And His Orchestra - Yes, We Have No Bananas!
• Helen Kane - I Wanna Be Loved By You
• Spike Jones And His City Slickers - Cocktails For Two
• Groucho Marx - Lydia The Tattooed Lady
• Benny Bell - Shaving Cream
• Lonzo & Oscar - I’m My Own Grandpa
• Patty Page - How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?
• Nervous Norvus - Transfusion
• The Chips - Rubber Biscuit
• David Seville & The Chipmunks - The Witch Doctor
• Sheb Wooley - The Purple People Eater
• The Coasters - Yakety Yak
• Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
• Harry Belafonte & Odetta - There’s A Hole In My Bucket
• Barry Mann - Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp Bomp Bomp)
• Johnny Cymbal - Mr. Bass Man
• Allan Sherman - Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! (A Letter From Camp)
• Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons In The Park
• Tom Glazer & the Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus - On Top of Spaghetti
• Leonard Nimoy - Highly Illogical
• Tiny Tim - Tiptoe Through The Tulips
• Piero Umiliani - Mah Na Mah Na
• Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling
• Cheech & Chong - Basketball Jones
• Frank Zappa - Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow
• Ray Stevens - The Streak
• Dickie Goodman - Mr. Jaws
• Rick Dees - Disco Duck
• Ogden Edsl - Dead Puppies
• Willis Alan Ramsey - Hamster Love
• Barnes & Barnes - Fish Heads
• Weird Al Yankovic - My Bologna
• Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face
• Buckner & Garcia - Pacman Fever
• The Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Super Bowl Shuffle

In this episode, we're taking a look at Jon and Marsha Zazula's baby, Megaforce Records. Features an excerpt from a Camp Chaos cartoon (nb: nsfw, and may offend some), as well as anecdotes from podcasts by Let It Roll and RIP A Livecast. If you want to check out Jonny Z's book, you can get more details about it on his website.

• Judas Priest - Betrayer
• Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
• Anvil - Bondage
• Metallica - Seek And Destroy
• Raven - Mind Over Metal
• Blue Cheer - Girl Next Door
• Anthrax - Caught In A Mosh
• S.O.D. - Sergeant D And The S.O.D.
• Exciter - Violence And Force
• M.O.D. - Man Of Your Dreams
• T.T. Quick - Hard As A Rock
• Overkill - Use Your Head
• Testament - Over The Wall
• Prophet - Frontline
• Bad Brains - Build A Nation
• King’s X - Over My Head
• Vio-Lence - Oppressing The Masses
• The Skatenigs - Chemical Imbalance
• Sweaty Nipples - Zipperfish
• Fozzy - Stand Up And Shout
• Ministry - Fear Is Big Business
• Living Colour - The Chair
• Mushroomhead - Simple Survival
• Skid Row - World On Fire

We're coming out of hiatus briefly to do a show dedicated to Ben Przybylinski, a dear friend of the show who passed away too soon on February 19, 2024, on the eve of his celebration of life, to keep him with us just a little longer.

• Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
• Genesis - Follow You Follow Me
• Howlin' Wolf - Down In The Bottom
• Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia
• Jim Croce - Age
• Gordon Lightfoot - Long Way Back Home
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Hey Tonight
• The Eagles - Take It Easy
• Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
• Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise
• Dire Straits - Ride Across The River
• Dan Mangan - Road Regrets
• Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
• Fall Out Boy - Just One Yesterday
• Hall & Oates - Out Of Touch
• The Rolling Stones - Fool To Cry
• The Beatles - Hey Jude
• The Burden Brothers - If You're Going To Heaven
• Mischief Brew - Roll Me Through The Gates Of Hell
• Blood, Sweat & Tears - And When I Die
• Jimmy Buffet - Cheeseburger In Paradise
• Violent Femmes - American Music
• David Bowie - 'Heroes'
• Tom Waits - Anywhere I Lay My Head
• Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart
• Johnny Cash - Bird On A Wire
• Sid Vicious - My Way
• Elvis Presley - Viva Las Vegas
• Fiddlers Green - The Parting Glass
• Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

This episode wraps up our look at some of the musicians we lost during 2022, as well as 2022 as a whole.

• Nazareth - Love Hurts
• The Delfonics - Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
• Q Lazzarus - Transformation (Demo)
• The Impressions - People Get Ready
• The Seekers - Georgy Girl
• Teenage Head - Those Things You Do
• Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu
• The Pogues - Love You Til The End
• Mable John - Your Good Thing Is About To End
• Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner’s Daughter
• The Sadies - Another Year Again
• Dead Kennedys - Let’s Lynch The Landlord
• Migos - Coolin’
• Aaron Carter - Aaron’s Party
• Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds
• Low - Slide
• Hurricane G - Neva Give Up
• The Boomtown Rats - Lookin’ After Number One
• The Clash - Rudie Can’t Fail
• Irene Cara - Fame
• Fleetwood Mac - Songbird
• The Stranglers - Everybody Loves You When You’re Dead
• Angelo Badalamenti - Mulholland Drive Love Theme
• The Velvelettes - Needle In A Haystack
• The Specials - Ghost Town
• Faithless - Insomnia (The Monster Mix)

Post on last night's show is going to be delayed as I prepare for tonight's gig, but I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all of you who've tuned in this year. As always, you make this work worth doing. Here's to 2023; may it be better than 2022.

Music: Cosmic Baby - Fantasia

As we come to the end of 2022, we're going to take this time to reflect on some of the musicians who we've lost this year. (Unrelated: I'll be DJing on Twitch on New Year's Eve, and you can find out all the details here: https://fb.me/e/38OBzsmnA)

• Force MDs - Tender Love
• Parliament - Flashlight
• The Dixie Cups - Iko Iko
• Five Satins - To The Aisle
• The Detroit Cobras - You'll Never Change
• The Ventures - Walk Don't Run
• Anthrax - Belly of The Beast
• King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
• Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different
• Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale
• Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You
• Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly
• The Marcels - Blue Moon
• Hi-Five - I Like The Way
• The Judds - Why Not Me
• Black Dahlia Murder - That Which Erodes The Most Tender Of Things
• Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth
• Yes - Turn of the Century
• Ronnie Hawkins - Who Do You Love
• Trouble, Mike WiLL Made-It, & Drake - Bring It Back
• Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
• Seals & Crofts - We May Never Pass This Way Again
• Julee Cruise - Questions In A World Of Blue

As the year comes to a close, there's lots of stuff going on with the day job, so I'm doing one final week of the café. As a sidebar, I'll be DJing on Twitch on New Year's Eve with the Retread crew, so if you want to check it out, here's the Facebook page: https://fb.me/e/38OBzsmnA 

• Blondie - Call Me
• ZZ Top - Sharp-Dressed Man
• Smithereens - Girl Like You
• Elastica - Stutter
• Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now
• Gary Numan - Haunted
• National Velvet - Flesh Under Skin
• Howard Jones - Like To Get To Know You Well
• The B52s - Love Shack
• Jesus Jones - Bring It On Down
• Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins - It’s Like That
• LL Cool J - Goin Back To Cali
• Malcom McLaren - Madam Butterfly
• Crowded House - World Where You Live
• Spandau Ballet - True
• Stephen “Tin Tin” Duffy - Kiss Me
• The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
• The The - This Is The Day
• Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Secret
• The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon
• T’Pau - Heart And Soul
• The Glove - Like An Animal
• Toronto - Your Daddy Don’t Know
• The Screaming Blue Messiahs - I Wanna Be A Flintstone
• Right Said Fred - I’m Too Sexy
• Was (Not Was) - Walk The Dinosaur
• Digital Underground - Doowutchyalike (extended version)

This week continues the throwback to the café days of the mid-aughts.

• Arcadia - The Promise (7”)
• Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly
• Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!
• Robert Palmer - Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)
• Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey
• Corey Hart - Boy In The Box
• Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go?
• The Communards - Don’t Leave Me This Way
• Erasure - Oh L’Amour
• General Public - Tenderness
• George Michael - Freedom! ‘90
• Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (7”)
• Public Enemy - Welcome To The Terrordome
• The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love
• Beastie Boys - Jimmy James
• DNA ft. Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner
• Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
• New Order - 1963
• Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices
• Talk Talk - Life’s What You Make It
• Strange Advance - We Run
• Rush - Time Stand Still
• Gowan - Keep Up The Fight
• Sinead O’Connor - Mandinka

This week, I'm continuing my dive into the crates and playing stuff I used to spin when I was doing a weekly in my house. MOAR 80s! With a fair bit of Canadian and even Torontonian nostalgia.

• Information Society - What’s On Your Mind
• Animotion - Obsession
• Pigbag - Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag
• The Shuffle Demons - Spadina Bus
• The Art Of Noise - Peter Gunn
• Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
• Yello - Oh Yeah
• M\A\R\R\S - Pump Up The Volume
• Trio - Da Da Da
• Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
• Pat Benetar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot
• Alexei Sayle - Didn’t You Kill My Brother
• The Monks - Drugs In My Pocket
• The Northern Pikes - Things I Do For Money
• The Pursuit Of Happiness - I’m An Adult Now
• Pop Will Eat Itself - Can U Dig It?
• Split Enz - Nobody Takes Me Seriously
• Re-Flex - The Politics Of Dancing
• The Cure - Shake Dog Shake
• Love And Rockets - So Alive
• Chalk Circle - 20th Century Boy
• Madness - Our House
• XTC - Senses Working Overtime
• Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
• Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut
• The Power Station - Get It On
• Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself
• Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret
• Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days

Years ago, I used to host a weekly out of my house for friends. I found myself thinking of it this week, and decided to go digging through the crates so I could play a selection of the tunes I would have played then. This week and next, you can expect a fair bit of 80s new wave and pop.

• Platinum Blonde - Doesn’t Really Matter
• The Cars - Hello Again
• Faith No More - The Morning After
• Cyndi Lauper - She Bop
• Psychedelic Furs - Here Come Cowboys
• Duran Duran - The Wild Boys
• Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (The Can Am Mix)
• Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
• Alphaville - Big In Japan
• INXS - Mystify
• Tears For Fears - Mothers Talk (7” Single)
• The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter
• Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
• Laura Branigan - Self Control
• Lisa Lougheed - Run With Us (7” Mix)
• Level 42 - Lessons In Love
• Blue Peter - Don’t Walk Past
• The Glove - Mr. Alphabet Says
• Kate Bush - Experiment IV
• The Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep
• Bryan Ferry - Don’t Stop The Dance
• Moev - Yeah Whatever
• Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
• Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger
• Gino Vannelli - Black Cars
• The Spoons - Romantic Traffic
• David Bowie - China Girl
• Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

After a week off to let my back injury heal, I'm back - no pun intended! This week, we're wrapping up our look at the work of Patrick Cowley, intended to coincide with the anniversary of his passing on November 12, 1982. Don't forget to check out all of Dark Entries' posthumous Cowley releases on Bandcamp, including last Saturday's brand-new release, Malebox! As well, here's the Mixmag article about Cowley's remix of "I Feel Love".

• Lipps Inc. - Funkytown (Patrick Cowley Remix)
• Hot Posse - An American Dream (12” Mix)
• LTD - (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again
• Passengers - Hot Leather (Patrick Cowley Remix)
• Sarah Dash - Lucky Tonight
• Sylvester - Stars
• Carl Carlton - Baby I Need Your Loving
• Jeanie Tracy - Time Bomb (Patrick Cowley Extended Mix)
• Two Tons O’ Fun - I Got The Feeling
• Sylvester - Dance (Disco Heat)
• Tantra - The Hills Of Katmandu (Patrick Cowley Underground Remix)
• Fever - Standing In The Shadows Of Love
• Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Bootleg Megamix)
• Patrick Cowley - If You Feel It

In honour of what would have been Morricone's 94th birthday next week, we're diving into a look at some of his work. This episode's focus is on his work in spaghetti westerns. To take a look at the entire top 20 list, visit the Spaghetti Western database.

With Duccio Tussari:

Una Pistola Per Ringo (A Pistol For Ringo), 1965

• Main title (instrumental)
• Angel Face (vocal)

Il Ritorno Di Ringo (The Return Of Ringo), 1965

• Main title (vocal)
• Peace Comes Back in Mimbres

With Sergio Sollima:

La resa dei conti (The Big Gundown), 1966

• Main title, second chase
• Dopo la Condanna (After Sentencing)

Faccia a Faccia (Face To Face), 1967

• Main title
• Interlude

Corri, uomo, corri (Run, Man, Run), 1968

• Main title
• Viaggo (Voyage)

With Sergio Corbucci:

Navajo Joe, 1966

• Main title
• A Silhouette of Doom
• Raw Hides And Dead Hides

Il Grande Silenzio (The Great Silence), 1968

• Main title (Restless)
• Barbara E Tagliente (Barbara and Sharp)
• Invito All'Amore (Silent Love)

Il Mercenario (The Mercenary), 1968

• Main title
• Libertà (Free)

Vamos A Matar Compañeros (Let's Kill, Comrades), 1970

• Main title
• La Loro Patria #3 (Their Homeland)

Che C'entriamo Noi Con La Rivoluzione? (What Am I Doing In The Middle Of A Revolution?), 1972

• Main title

With Sergio Lione:

A Fistful Of Dollars, 1964

• Main title
• Quasi Morto (Almost Dead)
• The Chase

For A Few Dollars More, 1965

• Main title
• Carillon
• Il Colpo (The Blow)

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly, 1966

• Main title
• The Story Of A Soldier, #2 (film version)
• Death Of A Soldier
• The Ecstasy of Gold

Once Upon A Time In The West, 1968

• Main title
• Man With A Harmonica
• Final Duel

This year for Hallowe'en, I decided against doing another installment of Killer Tunes, and instead went digging for some less-common Hallowe'en music, with a sprinkling of some old-pal faves. It's ghoulishly good! /dadjoke

• Danny Elfman - This Is Halloween
• Sippie Wallace - Devil Dance Blues
• Salty Holmes - The Ghost Song
• Louis Armstrong with Gordon Jenkins And His Orchestra - Spooks
• Harry Belafonte - Jump In The Line
• Lord Kitchener - Love In The Cemetery
• Bobby "Boris" Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash
• The Ghouls - Be True To Your Ghoul
• The Diamonds - Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein, or Dracula
• Chuck Berry - Trick Or Treat
• Jackie Morningstar - Rockin' In The Graveyard
• Jack and Jim - Midnight Monsters Hop
• Bobby Bare - Voodoo Woman
• Tarantula Goul - Graveyard Rock
• Bily Snel - Queen of Halloween
• Kip Tyler - She's My Witch
• The Frantics - Werewolf (Don't Eat Stuff Off The Sidewalk)
• The Ventures - One Step Beyond (Fear) The Twilight Zone
• Eartha Kitt - I'd Rather Be Burned As A Witch
• The Burns  (ザ・バーンズ) - Strange Brew
• Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
• Cliff Richard - Devil Woman
• Donovan - Season Of The Witch
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
• Alice Cooper - Feed My Frankenstein
• Golden Earring - Twilight Zone (7")
• Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
• Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
• Queens Of The Stone Age - Burn The Witch (UNKLE Remix)
• Lady Gaga - Monster
• Rihanna - Disturbia
• Ghost - Dance Macabre
• Muse - You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween
• Ministry - Every Day Is Halloween (Retro Electro Mix)

This week is a birthday episode for one of my longest-supporting Patrons, and it's the first of two looking at the work of Mike Patton. First, we get into his work with Faith No More!

• We Care A Lot*
• From Out Of Nowhere
• Surprise! You’re Dead
• Falling To Pieces
• The Morning After
• Epic
• The Edge Of The World
• Land Of Sunshine
• Midlife Crisis
• Everything’s Ruined
• Be Aggressive
• RV
• Easy
• Let’s Lynch The Landlord
• Ricochet
• Take This Bottle
• The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies
• Stripsearch
• Last Cup Of Sorrow
• Ashes To Ashes
• Superhero
• Motherfucker
• Cone Of Shame

Friday's show is a bit late due to my spending yesterday prepping for last night's gig, but here we go: we're finally getting to our look at Patrick Cowley. This will be a two-parter, because there's a lot of material. This first one is his solo material and collaborations; the second part will be production and remixes. Additional resources include the New York Times article I cite throughout, and you can find the preorder for the upcoming release of Malebox on Bandcamp.

• Seven Sacred Pools (excerpt)
• Shimmering (Where Am I?) (excerpt, with Candida Royalle)
• Kickin’ In (ft. Frank Loverde)
• In And Out (with Jorge Socarras)
• Lumberjacks In Heat (excerpt)
• Thrill Of The Hunt (excerpt)
• Do It Any Way You Wanna (Vocal)
• Dynomite
• Papa Wuzza Rollinston (Vocal)
• Pigfoot
• Timelink
• You Gotta Make It Loose
• Menergy
• Megatron Man (Radio Edit)
• I Wanna Take You Home
• Lift Off (ft. Paul Parker)
• Mind Warp
• Goin’ Home

Due to technical difficulties, you're getting a mixtape of sorts this week. We'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming next week. Hopefully.

• Ghostly Kisses ft. Louis-Étienne Santais - J'ai demandé à la lune
• Maya Hawke - Luna Moth
• Phoebe Bridgers - Moon Song
• James Blake - Atmosphere
• Ghostly Kisses - Call My Name
• The Cure - The Figurehead
• Matte Blvck - Midnight & Angel
• Depeche Mode - Halo
• Röyksopp ft. Susanne Sundfør - Oh, Lover
• Twin Shadow - Five Seconds
• Above & Beyond ft. Marty Longstaff - Chains (Above & Beyond Club Mix)
• Then Comes Silence - Rise To The Bait
• Editors - An End Has A Start
• A Silent Film - You Will Leave A Mark
• One Night Only - Say You Don't Want It
• Archive - Bullets
• Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
• Styrofoam - It Wouldn't Change A Thing
• Hannah Jadagu - Say It Now
• Death Cab For Cutie - Asphalt Meadows
• Silversun Pickups - It Doesn't Matter Why
• The Decemberists - Severed
• Razorlight - Carry Yourself
• Death Cab For Cutie - Your Heart Is An Empty Room
• The Midnight - A Place of Her Own
• The Wind And The Wave - Before The World Explodes
• Ayria - The Next Time
• Portugal. The Man - Atomic Man
• White Lies - Farewell To The Fairground
• Wolf Alice - No Hard Feelings (Lullaby Version)

I got knocked on my butt last week by a really bad migraine (presumably due to Hurricane Ian) so this week's show is actually the show I'd been planning to do last week. It's a first, in that it's three separate segments. The first one is on Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian woman whose tragic and preventable death on September 16th has spurred worldwide protest. The second segment honours Truth & Reconciliation Day (Orange Shirt Day), which was September 28th. The final segment is a brief look at some of Coolio's best stuff, to acknowledge his passing on September 26th.

NB: This episode touches on some difficult subjects, such as systemic abuse. Use your best judgement as to what you feel you can handle, and take care of yourself

This week, the second part of our look at songs named for girls and women. There really could have easily been a third part, but I think this is enough for now. 

• The Eurythmics - Jennifer
• Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie
• Starship - Sara
• Ready For The World - Oh Sheila
• The Sisters Of Mercy - Marian (version)
• Steve Winwood - Valerie
• Guns n’ Roses - My Michelle
• Run DMC - Mary, Mary
• A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum
• Sons Of Freedom - Mona Lisa
• Concrete Blonde - Caroline
• Material Issue - Valerie Loves Me
• Me Mom & Mortgentaler - Laura
• Queen - Delilah
• Shaggy - Oh Carolina
• Brad - Nadine
• Elastica - Annie
• Bjork - Isobel
• Size 14 - Claire Danes Poster
• Blink-182 - Josie
• Butthole Surfers - I Love You, Peggy
• Fountains of Wayne - Stacey’s Mom
• Scooter - Maria (I Like It Loud)
• The Killers - Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
• La Roux - Tiger Lily
• Styrofoam - Carloyn
• Fleet Foxes - Lorelai
• Zedd - Daisy
• Alvvays - Belinda Says

This week and next, we're looking at the proliferation of songs named for girls and women over the last 70 years.

• Dale Hawkins - Susie-Q
• The Everly Brothers - Wake Up, Little Susie
• Harry Belafonte - Mary Ann
• Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly
• Richie Valens - Donna
• Ricky Nelson - Hello, Mary Lou
• Ray Charles - Ruby
• Jerry Lee Lewis - Long Tall Sally
• The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann
• The Beatles - Michelle
• The Four Tops - Bernadette
• Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
• The Kinks - Lola
• Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia
• Rod Stewart - Maggie Mae
• Jim Croce - Walkin’ Back To Georgia
• Electric Light Orchestra - Oh No, Not Susan
• The Rolling Stones - Angie
• Barry Manilow - Mandy
• Dolly Parton - Jolene
• Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
• Heart - Dreamboat Annie
• Elvis Costello - Alison
• The Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
• The Police - Roxanne
• The Knack - My Sharona
• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Christine  
• The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes
• Duran Duran - Rio
• Toto - Rosanna
• Laura Branigan - Gloria
• Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

On this week's show, we're listening to some songs that found themselves on the wrong side of censors for one reason or another. This episode is primarily focused on the US and the UK, but I imagine we'll check out other countries in the future.

• Shirley Bassey - Burn My Candle At Both Ends
• Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne
• Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin - Je T’aime...Moi Non Plus
• Billy Joel - Only The Good Die Young
• Queen - Body Language
• Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
• George Michael - I Want Your Sex, pt. 1
• Fats Waller - If You’re A Viper
• Peter, Paul & Mary - Puff The Magic Dragon
• The Osmonds - Crazy Horses
• Ian Dury & The Blockheads- Sex Drugs & Rock N Roll
• Link Wray & The Wraymen - Rumble
• Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
• The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
• The Doors - Unknown Soldier
• Paul McCartney & Wings - Give Ireland Back To The Irish
• The Police - Invisible Sun
• Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
• The Tom Robinson Band - Glad To Be Gay
• Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Radio, Radio
• Neil Young & The Bluenotes - This Note’s For You
• Body Count - Cop Killer
• Ella Fitzgerald - Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered
• XTC - Dear God
• Lady Gaga - Judas
• Madonna - Like A Prayer

A busy week means another theme show. This week, it's all about the end of summer, for better or worse. If you're curious to hear more about the heat wave in China, the podcast I was referencing was Thursday's episode of It Could Happen Here.

• Billy Idol - Hot In The City
• The Cure - The Upstairs Room
• Jane Sibbery - Mimi On The Beach (edit)
• Cocteau Twins - Summerhead
• Childish Gambino - Summertime Magic
• DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime
• clipping. ft. King T - Summertime
• People Under The Stairs - The Effects Of Climate Change on Densely Populated Areas
• Industria Secundaria - Catastrophic Global Warming
• Deftones - My Own Summer (Shove It)
• Type O Negative - Summer Breeze (Rick Rubin Mix)
• XTC - Summer’s Cauldron
• Jane’s Addiction - Summertime Rolls
• Billow - August Heat
• Trentemoller - A Summer’s Empty Room
• The Future Sound Of London - A Sweltering Heat
• Mono Han - Long Hot Summer
• De/Vision - Summer Sun (Out of Sight Out of Mind Mix)
• The Alarm - Rain In The Summertime
• The Northern Lights - Boys of Summer
• The Ataris - Boys of Summer
• Foo Fighters - Summer’s End
• Frank Black - End of the Summer
• Death Cab For Cutie - Summer Skin
• Jacco Gardner - The End of August
• New York Dolls - End of the Summer
• The Happenings - See You In September

Me feeling a bit like a zombie all week means you get a theme show. Tonight, it's a variety of songs about dreams and dreaming. Enjoy!

• The Crew Cuts - Shboom
• The Everly Brothers - (All I Have To Do Is) Dream
• Lead Belly - Goodnight, Irene
• The Staple Singers - I Had A Dream
• The Butthole Surfers - Whatever (I Had A Dream)
• Ministry - Dream Song
• Kate Bush - The Dreaming
• I, Monster - Daydream In Blue
• Menahan Street Band - Everyday A Dream
• The Crown Heights Affair - Dreaming A Dream (Disco)
• The Coral - Dreaming Of You
• Depeche Mode - Dreaming Of Me (*note: it was "See You" I was thinking of)
• Gary Numan - I Dream Of Wires
• The Boxer Rebellion - Dream
• The Depreciation Guild - Dream About Me
• Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (*The Mighty Boosh bit I referenced)
• Joe Cocker - Edge Of A Dream
• Steve Tyler - Dream On
• Tonight Alive - In My Dreams
• The Northern Pikes - Dream Away
• Bat For Lashes - Pearl’s Dream
• Goldfrapp - Dreaming
• Hybrid ft. Julee Cruise - Dreaming Your Dreams
• De/Vision - Digital Dream (Analogoue at 46hz by Icon of Coil)
• The Art Of Noise - Dreaming (Colour Green)
• BT ft. Kirsty Hawkshaw - Dreaming (Lucid Radio Edit)
• Quench - Dreams (Radio Edit)
• Debbie Gibson - Only In My Dreams (Junior Vasquez Riff Dub)

On this week's show, we're looking at dreampop - its origins, where it overlaps with shoegaze, how it evolved, what it borrowed from chillwave, and where it is now.

• The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs
• The Beach Boys - All I Wanna Do
• George Harrison - Let It Down
• The Durutti Column - Sketch For Summer
• This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren
• Dead Can Dance - De Profundis (Out Of The Depths Of Sorrow)
• Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops
• A.R. Kane - Sun Falls Into The Sea
• Angelo Badalamenti & Julee Cruise - Falling
• Chapterhouse - Mesmerise
• The Sundays - Wild Horses
• Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
• Blonde Redhead - For The Damaged
• Panda Bear - Search For Delicious
• Bat For Lashes - Daniel
• Lykke Li - Sadness Is A Blessing
• Washed Out - Eyes Be Closed
• Beach House - Myth
• DIIV - (Druun)
• Cigarettes After Sex - Affection
• London Grammar - Rooting For You
• Alvvays - Dreams Tonite
• No Vacation - Yam Yam
• Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex
• Purity Ring - Pink Lightning

On this week's show, we take a look at the roots and peak of shoegaze in the 80s and early 90s. The excellent box set I reference in the episode can be found on Cherry Red Records website, and there's a solid post on Reddit about the history of shoegaze. Pitchfork's top 50 shoegaze albums is also an excellent read (though the pagination chafes my butt - just use an infinite scroll!), and this New York Times article from 1991 provides a cool window into the attitudes of the time.

• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Slowdive
• The Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
• The House of Love - Christine
• Cocteau Twins - Cherry-Coloured Funk
• Jane From Occupied Europe - Ocean Run Dry
• Lush - Sweetness & Light
• Cranes - Inescapable
• Pale Saints - Sight of You
• Kitchens of Distinction - Drive That Fast
• Moose - Butterfly Collector
• My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
• Ride - Today
• Swervedriver - Rave Down
• Chapterhouse - Something More
• Lowlife - June Wilson
• The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa - Square Wave
• Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic
• Slowdive - Brighter
• Curve - The Colour Hurts
• Drop Nineteens - Kick The Tragedy
• Loveliescrushing - Babysbreath
• Adorable - Sunshine Smile

I lost a family member to fentanyl recently, so I wanted to take this opportunity to dedicate a show to him and do a little public education about naloxone.

As promised, links to resources: 

Health Canada's page on naloxone, as well as where to get free kits

Ontario-specific information about getting naloxone kits

Ontario Harm Reduction Network page with resources including a training video

BC's Harm Reduction Network page with the SAVEME acronym & video

Red Cross training videos for naloxone administration, both injection and spray

• Supertramp - The Logical Song
• Billy Joel - Pressure
• Soundgarden - Fell On Black Days
• Nine Inch Nails - Down In It
• Alice In Chains - Down In A Hole
• Deftones - This Place Is Death
• Howard Jones - A Little Bit Of Snow
• U2 - Running To Stand Still
• Frightened Rabbit - I Wish I Was Sober
• The Lumineers - Salt And The Sea
• Mike Shinoda - fine
• CHVRCHES - God’s Plan
• Orbital - Halcyon & On (Jon Hopkins Remix)
• Chicane - Lost You Somewhere (Album edit)
• Aesthetic Perfection - For All The Lost
• HEALTH - LOSS DELUXE
• Hundred In The Hands - Dead Ending
• Biffy Clyro - Medicine
• Placebo - The Prodigal
• VNV Nation - Nova
• James - Hush
• Linkin Park - Leave Out All The Rest
• Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart
• Our Lady Peace - Innocent
• Jimmy Eat World - Hear You Me
• Billy Bragg - Pass It On

On tonight's show, as a nod to the passing of Paul Ryder (bassist of the Happy Mondays), we're diving into the Madchester sound and the baggy scene. 

• James Brown - Funky Drummer, pts 1 & 2
• The Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People
• The Stone Roses - Fools Gold (edit)
• New Order - Fine Time
• Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels
• James - Come Home (Flood Mix)
• 808 State - Pacific State
• A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
• The Charlatans - The Only One I Know
• World Of Twist - Sons of the Stage
• New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Big (edit)
• Northside - Take 5
• Paris Angels - Perfume (Loved Up Mix)
• The Farm - Groovy Train
• Flowered Up - It's On
• The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It?
• The Honey Turtles - Don't You Know
• Blur - There's No Other Way
• Electronic - Get The Message
• Primal Scream - Come Together (Terry Farley 7" Mix)
• The Soup Dragons - I'm Free
• Candyflip - Strawberry Fields Forever

After last week's national internet outage, we're back with the final part on the life and impact of the work of Dave Smith, inventor of the Prophet synthesizer, and one of the fathers of MIDI.

• Xiu Xiu - Crank Heart
• M83 - Midnight City
• ((pressures)) - Casting Shadows
• Angels & Airwaves - Surrender (remix)
• Tegan & Sara - Closer
• Bonobo - Don't Wait
• Daft Punk - Contact
• 3TEETH - Nihil
• Death Cab For Cutie - Black Sun
• Deerhunter - Living My Life
• Bon Iver - 21 Moon Water
• Tigercide - Nightwing
• Makeup and Vanity Set - Wavehymnal
• Perturbator - She Moves Like A Knife
• LCD Soundsystem - I Used To
• Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better (Live)
• The Crystal Method - Moment of Truth
• CHVRCHES - Graves
• Betamaxx ft. Vandal Moon - Never Sleep Again
• Hotel Pools ft. oDDling - Parallel
• BT ft. April Bender - Windows (Extended mix)
• cEvin Key - Sorry, I'm Going To Think Positive
• Modeling - Somewhere Before

This week, we're continuing our look at the impact of Dave Smith's work on music. Tonight's focus is (broadly speaking) 80s pop. 

• The Cars - Let’s Go
• Devo - Girl U Want
• Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
• Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
• Japan - Ghosts
• Hall & Oates - I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)
• Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
• Duran Duran - Planet Earth
• Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
• Roxy Music - Avalon
• Gary Numan - Music For Chameleons
• Yazoo - Don’t Go
• Thomas Dolby - Flying North
• The Fixx - Red Skies
• Steve Winwood - Valerie
• Billy Idol - Eyes Without A Face
• The Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance
• Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
• Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Art Of Falling Apart
• Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!
• Tears For Fears - Pale Shelter (live at Massey Hall)
• Howard Jones - Specialty
• Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
• INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

This week, we finally begin our look at the impact that Dave Smith's work had on music. The first part of this series looks at the early days of the Prophet series synthesizers in experimental, ambient, jazz, R&B, and hip-hop.

• Excerpt: Doctor Mix - Prophet-5's Famous Preset Sounds
• Weather Report - Young and Fine
• Bill Bruford - Forever Until Sunday
• Rick Wakeman - Summertime
• Giorgio Moroder - Night Drive
• Yellow Magic Orchestra - 1000 Knives
• Patrick Cowley - Megatron Man
• PhD - I Won't Let You Down
• Kraftwerk - Computer Love
• John Carpenter - Escape From New York
• Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi
• Vangelis - Rachel's Song
• Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out
• Jean-Michel Jarre - Fishing Junks At Sunset
• Grandmaster Flash - The Message (7" edit)
• Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian - Forbidden Colours
• Tangerine Dream - The Dream Is Always The Same
• Ralph Towner - Blue Sun
• Midnight Star - Operator (7" edit)
• Brad Fiedel - Terminator Theme

This week is the third and final part of our look at music from the Cold War era, 1945-1991. Technical issues with the stream last night (ostensibly caused by local high winds) meant that some bits had to be re-recorded, so you may hear variations in the audio. Mea culpa :)

Resources for the excerpted footage, should you want to see/hear more: The tearing down of the Berlin Wall, The Berlin Freedom Concert, Gorbachev's remarks prior to the Malta Summit, and Bush's remarks at the close of the Malta Summit.

• Bananarama - White Train
• Avion - Berlin Wall
• John Denver & Alexander Gradsky - Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?)
• Genesis - Land of Confusion
• Podvigov Nurkena - Strange Drunken Boy
• Impakt - Def Con
• Johnny Clegg and Savuka - Berlin Wall
• The Box - Ordinary People
• R.E.M. - It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
• Antis - Kada Kada
• Anonuumne Ak - Mis Vahid
• Living Colour - Cult Of Personality
• J.M.K.E. - Hello Perestroika
• Eva - Clap Your Hands For Mikhael Gorbachev
• Billy Joel - We Didn’t Start The Fire
• Fishbone - Party At Ground Zero
• Jugo-Zapad - Walking On Broken Bottles
• Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One
• Scorpions - Wind Of Change
• (excerpt: news footage from the Berlin Wall, Nov. 10, 1989)
• Marc Seaberg - Looking For Freedom
• (excerpt: news footage from Malta, Dec. 2, 1989)
• (excerpt: news footage from Malta, Dec. 3, 1989)
• (excerpt: Leonard Bernstein conducting Beethoven’s 9th; Freedom Concert, Dec 25, 1989)
• Pink Floyd & Company - The Trial (Live from the Berlin Wall, July 21, 1990)
• Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now

"Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated."

This is so very late, but sometimes life happens. Regardless, here's part two of music of the Cold War era - this episode covers 1982 through 1985.

• Midnight Oil - US Forces
• Rational Youth - Dancing On The Berlin Wall
• Falco - Der Kommissar
• The Fixx - Stand or Fall
• Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear (But Fear Itself)
• Dox Sinistra - Soviet Invasion
• U2 - Seconds
• Men At Work - It's A Mistake
• Namenlos ft. Kein Talent - Links Zwo Drei Vier
• Depeche Mode - Two Minute Warning
• Zoopark - Suburban Blues
• Kino - Anarchy
• The Human League - The Lebanon
• Alphaville - Forever Young
• Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
• Iron Maiden - Two Minutes To Midnight
• Queen - Hammer To Fall
• Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
• SS Til - Efek
• Nena - 99 Luftballons
• Bruce Cockburn - If I Had a Rocket Launcher
• Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City
• Killing Joke - Eighties
• Sting - Russians
• Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
• Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Get ready to get your history on! We're talking about the Cold War this week--what led up to it, the events through the decades, and the music that was a part of the time. (Except the Vietnam war for the most part, because that's much more common knowledge.) If you'd like to learn more beyond what I touch on in these episodes, check out this documentary, and view the entire Cold War timeline in greater detail. And don't forget to check out the Atomic Platters compilation for more early deep cuts!

• Slim Gaillard Quartet - Atomic Cocktail
• Floyd Tillman - This Cold War With You
• Dick "Two-Ton" Baker - Bert The Turtle (The Duck And Cover Song)
• Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - Dig Myself A Hole
• The Louvin Brothers - The Great Atomic Power
• Jim Eanes - They Locked God Outside The Iron Curtain
• Ray Anderson - Stalin Kicked The Bucket
• The Crown City Four - Watch World War Three (On Pay TV)
• Mike & Bernie Winters - Fallout Shelter
• Sonny Russel - Fifty Megatons
• Louisiana Red - Red's Dream
• Bob Dylan - Masters of War
• Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction
• Donovan - Universal Soldier
• Jan & Dean - Universal Coward
• Tom Lehrer - So Long Mom (A Song For World War Three)
• Marty Robbins - Ain't I Right
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - It Came Out Of The Sky
• The Dubliners - The Button Pusher
• Edwin Starr - Stop The War Now
• David Bowie - Weeping Wall
• Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns, & Money
• Kate Bush - Breathing
• Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
• Gillan - MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)
• Prince - Ronnie, Talk To Russia

Another birthday show! This week's episode, by request of the birthday celebrant, focuses on clowns and happy hardcore - and I am more than happy to oblige :D

• Insane Clown Posse - Clown Love
• Clown Core - Diarrhea Inferno Welfare Burrito
• Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
• Placebo - Pierrot The Clown
• The Murlocs - Lonely Clown
• Mike Emilio - Clown
• Jolly Roger - Co Co's March
• Fade & Excess - Ready To Fly (DJ Stompy Mix)
• Scott Brown - Now Is The Time
• Billy Bunter, D-Zyne, and Rob Vanden - Let Yourself Go
• Druid & Sharkey - Rocket To The Moon
• DJ Brisk - Airhead (Slipmatt Mix)
• Bang! - Sail Away (Trixxy Remix)
• Jimmy J & Cru-L-T - Hand of Destiny (DJ Evil & Cru-L-T Remix)
• Justin Time - Sweet In Pocket (Force & The Evolution Mix)
• Ramos, Supreme & The Sunset Regime - Gotta Believe (Force & Styles Mix)
• DJ Demo - I've Got A Feeling (Ham & Brisk Remix)
• Helix ft. Marlon & Becks - U R Everything
• Illogik & DNA - Kick Your Legs In The Air
• DJ Ham, DJ Demo & Justin Time ft. Becks - Here I Am
• Brisk & Trixxy - Eyeopener
• Scott Brown vs. Ultrabeat - Elysium (I Go Crazy) (Scott Brown Remix)
• Bang! - Cloudy Daze (Ham Remix)
• Dune - I Can't Stop Raving

This week, it's a birthday show featuring antifascist, anti-capitalist, and pro-union music!

• Woody Guthrie & Sonny Terry - All You Fascists Bound To Lose
• Pete Seeger - Talking Union Blues
• Faith Petric - Ain't Done Nothing If You Ain't Been Called A Red
• Phil Ochs - Love Me, I'm A Liberal
• Leon Rosselson - Song Of The Old Communist
• Bob Dylan - Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
• Bartees Strange - Tear These Fascists Down
• Billy Bragg - Never Cross A Picket Line
• Tom Morello - Solidarity Forever
• Grace Petrie - Maggie Thatcher's Dream
• The Mountain Goats - There Is Power In A Union
• Greg Spiridopolous - No. 12, This Trombone Kills Fascists
• The Clash - Clampdown
• Reagan Youth - Jesus Was A Communist
• Rejected Youth - Antifascista
• Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off
• Propaghandi - The Only Good Fascist Is A Very Dead Fascist
• Los Fastidios - Antifa Hooligans
• Pidzama Porno - Antifa
• Wizo - Antifa
• The Oppressed - Nazi Skinhead (Go Away And Die)
• The Ramones - My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg)
• Suicidal Tendencies - Fascist Pig
• F.F.D. - C'mon Kids
• Elvis Costello - Night Rally
• Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing
• Chumbawamba & Credit To The Nation - Enough Is Enough
• Ana Tijoux - Antifa Dance
• Rauliki DJ & 3vol Soundsystem - Decolonisation Intravenus Obschina
• The Prophecy23 - Intergalactic Anti-Capitalism
• Lazzee The Cynic - Jesus Was An Anti-Capitalist Metaphor
• Steve Aoki & Marnik - Bella Ciao
• Skip & Die - Anti-Capitalista
• Frente Popular - A las Barricadas

Keeping it low-key this week with some chill and synth pieces while my arm heals up.

• - Northbridge/Southbridge
• Timecop1983 - On The Run
• Unfound - Without
• Hotel Pools - Nightshade
• Shikimo ft. Fractal Man - Ghost Trigger
• b o d y l i n e - Castles In The Air
• C418 - Beton
• Davz - Golden Igloo
• John Dunder - Vega
• Forhill - Odyssey  
• A.L.I.S.O.N - Nightride (Revisited)
• bl00dwave - Fake Reality
• Zane Alexander - Air
• A K A N E I N T O K I O ft. - P E N T I U M 2 - ダニ - 本当に愛して (ｌｏｖｅ) 
• Don Dellpiero - Tougher Than Ice
• Retröxx -  The Pact
• Pontiac At Night - Call Me After Midnight
• The Midnight - Wave (Instrumental)
• Emil Rottmayer - Limit
• Glass Apple Bonzai - Beyond The Twilight v2
• Chungking Mansions - Flash Special
• Memorex Memories - Pictures Of Purple Skies
• HOME - Headfirst 
• Wolf & Raven - On The Run

This week, we're going back to something that came up during the second Funky Drummer episode, a microgenre out of Japan that has some relation to City pop (and opens up even more rabbit holes!)

• Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
• Roger Nichols &The Small Circle of Friends - Always You
• Van Dyke Parks - Sailing Shoes
• Louis Phillipe - So Long Sailor
• Maki Nomiya - Bishonen
• Pizzicato Five - They All Laughed
• Flipper’s Guitar - (Spend Bubble Hour In Your) Sleep Machine
• Cornelius - The Sun Is My Enemy
• Towa Tei - Technova (La em Copacabana)
• Takako Minekawa - Fantastic Cat
• Fantastic Plastic Machine - There Must Be An Angel
• The Pillows - Monochrome Lovers
• Cubismo Grafico - Salon à Sunday
• Losfeld - New Balance
• Maki Nomiya - Baby Universe
• Toast Girl - Chanson Populaire
• Montparnasse - The Wiggely Cat Walk
• Serani Poji -  シュガーブー (Sugar Boo)
• Hideki Kaji - Tropical Girl
• SAWA - Mr. Brown
• Dmitri From Paris ft. Maki Nomiya - Merumo
• Humming Urban Stereo - More And More
• Capsule - Le Salon
• Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Do Do Pi Do

The leak of the draft Supreme Court judgement overturning Roe v Wade in the US sparked this week's show, along with a ton of research about the history of the initial decision and how things got to where they are now. Sorry it's a bit late - my streaming host is now a giant question mark, and my arm is still bugging me.

For more information regarding the history of Roe v Wade, check out We The People's episode on the 14th amendment, The Daily's episodes on Jane Roe and the culture wars that came as a result of it, as well as the legal vulnerability of Roe v Wade. Behind The Bastards also has some great episodes on how the rich became entangled with the religious right, as well as Jerry Falwell (both of which are two-parters).

• Peggy Seeger - Nine Month Blues
• Judy Small - Backyard Abortion Waltz
• Dead Kennedys - Moral Majority
• Kim Wallach - Freedom To Choose
• Bad Religion - Operation Rescue
• Nuclear Assault - Hypocrisy
• Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me
• Digable Planets - La Femme Fetal
• David Byrne - Lilies Of The Valley
• Consolidated - Butyric Acid
• Lunachicks - Fallopian Rhapsody
• Neil Young - Song X
• Mudhoney - F.D.K. (Fearless Doctor Killers)
• Ben Folds Five - Brick
• Portobello Bones - Jailed For Having An Abortion
• Anti-Flag - No Apology
• A Global Threat - Cause For Abortion
• Tilt - Die Of Shame
• Anna Nalick - Breathe (2AM)
• Oi Polloi - The Right To Choose
• Roy Zimmerman - Kill A Doctor For Christ
• Eskit - Roe v Wade
• Kristin Lems - Days Of The Theocracy
• PJ Harvey - When Under Ether
• Kendl Winter - Dr. Tiller
• Mommy Long Legs - Abortion
• Deli Girls - Abortion
• Thank God For Abortion - Thank God For Abortion Anthem
• Evie Joy - The Right (A Pro-Choice Anthem)
• Petrol Girls - Baby, I Had An Abortion

My arm is still messed up, but I wanted to do a show on Klaus Schulze, formerly of Tangerine Dream, who passed away on April 26th. 

• Tangerine Dream - Cold Smoke
• Ash Ra Tempel - Traummaschine (excerpt)
• Klaus Schulze - Satz: Gewitter Energy Rise Energy Collapse
• Stomu Yamashta’s Go - Space Requiem
• Richard Wahnfried - Grandma’s Clockwork
• Klaus Schulze - The Looper Isn’t a Hooker
• Klaus Schulze - Spielglocken (excerpt)
• Klaus Schulze & Rainer Bloss - Racing
• Alphaville - Romeos
• Richard Wahnfried - Intrance
• Klaus Schulze & Pete Namlook ft. Bill Laswell - Psychedelic Brunch v8
• Ash Ra Tempel - Reunion (excerpt)
• Klaus Schulze - And She Is Kind and Gentle (excerpt)
• Klaus Schulze & Lisa Gerrard - Liquid Coincidence 4 (excerpt)
• Klaus Schulze - Silhouettes (excerpt)
• Klaus Schulze - Osiris, pt. 1

On this week's show, we're taking a listen to vaporwave from 2010 to 2021, and touching briefly on a few of the offshoots. The documentary by Wolfenstein OSX I mention in the show can be viewed here, at archive.org. This timeline of vaporwave put together by a group of Redditors was also an excellent resource.

• Chuck Person - She’s Waiting
• Vektroid - Nobody Here
• Skeleton 骷 - Fountain
• James Ferraro - Palm Trees, Wi-Fi, and Dream Sushi
• Oneohtrix Point Never - Power of Persuasion
• USER32 - y o u ' r e h a l f a w o r l d a w a y
• Macintosh Plus - Lisa Frank 420 Modern Computing
• Blank Banshee - Wavestep
• Saint Pepsi - Enjoy Yourself
• Infinity Frequencies - Lotus Bloom
• ECO VIRTUAL - Cumulus Fractus
• Macross 82-99 - マあなた The Night In Tokyo
• Disconscious - Lunar Food Court
• Infinite Quazar - HachiRoku
• BBRAINZ - DATA TOUCH DELUXE
• bittertv - combat home electronics
• 18 Carat Affair - Lonely Eyes
• NMESH - 滞在 STΛY4ΞVΞR
• PrismCorp Virtual Enterprises - If I Ever
• Mensa Group International - Lord Byron At The End Of The World
• Hong Kong Express - Traces Of Tears
• Golden Living Room - Flying In Your Sleep
• Vaperror - 808 Dreams
• 猫 シ Corp. - Hiraeth I
• §E▲ ▓F D▓G§ - NO FEAR
• ghosting - tonight
• Phoenix #2772 - Miami Love
• 2 8 1 4 - 遠くの愛好家 Distant Lovers
• Renjā - Girl
• ECO VIRTUAL - Ultraviolet
• New Dreams Ltd. - I Can Still Feel It
• Lola Disco ☀ - Feelin'
• Windows 96 - Languages
• Pad Chennington - Your Apartment Can't Really Be That Small
• Death's Dynamic Shroud.wmv - Just To Be Needed

On this week's show, we're finally getting into Japanese City Pop, a genre that has a lot of similarities to Yacht Rock, which we covered in Episode 86. If after listening to this show, you want to learn more about City Pop, I highly recommend this episode of Switched On Pop, in which they sit down with Cat Zhang of Pitchfork.

• Eiichi Ohtaki - Yubikiri
• Bread & Butter - Pink Shadow
• Sugar Babe - Downtown
• Tatsuro Yamashita - Circus Town
• Taeko Onuki - Machi
• Taeko Onuki - One's Love
• Kimiko Kasai - Vibration (Love Celebration)
• Nanako Sato - Subterranean Futari Bocci
• Junko Ohashi & Minoya Central Station - Rainy Saturday & Coffee Break
• Tomoko Soryo - I Say Who
• Sadistics - The Tokyo Taste
• Haruomi Hosono - Coral Reef
• Taeko Onuki - Umi To Syounen
• Tazumi Toyoshima - Machibouke
• Miki Matsubara - Stay With Me
• Eiichi Ohtaki - Velvet Motel
• Anri - Last Summer Whisper
• Tatsuro Yamashita - Loveland, Island
• Hiroshi Sato - Say Goodbye
• Kunio Muramatsu - Katharina
• Yumi Murata - Kanpoo
• Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love
• Tetsuji Hayashi - Hidarimune No Seiza
• Yasuko Agawa - L.A. Nights
• Tatsuro Yamashita - Never Grow Old