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  • #ThePlaylist – 102 – Other

    #ThePlaylist – 102 – Other

    This week's theme-specific artwork by Troggie. It me viewed from the side, but there are loads of Others of me, all stretching off to the left, like the stacking cards at the end of a game of Windows Solitaire.
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    This week on #ThePlaylist, we welcome a Guest Suggestor. Giflian brings us the theme of:

    Other

    And like Santa working as a butcher, we’re bringing you a sackful of bangers. Some of them even fit the theme!

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet 02. One Direction - One Way or Another 03. Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man 04. Benny Benassi - Who's Your Daddy 05. Beverly Ann - You Got Your Mind On Other Things 06. Dolly Parton - Jolene 07. Caro Emerald - The Other Woman 08. KT Tunstall - Other Side of the World 09. Del Amitri - Some other sucker's parade 10. KD Lang - Constant Craving 11. Weird Al Yankovic - The Alternative Polka 12. The BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Ziwzih Ziwzih OO-OO-OO 13. Mika - Any Other World 14. Yann Tiersen - Comptine d’un autre été (l’après‐midi) 15. Jeff Buckley - The Other Woman 16. Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster 17. Supergrass - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others 18. Wire - The Other Window(Peel Session) 19. The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes 20. Sloan - The Other Man 21. Birds of Tokyo - The Others 22. Geoff Thompson - Drone081622 23. Sally Shapiro - The Other Days 24. Maribou State; Holly Walker - Otherside 25. Digital Underground - Same Song 26. TV Rock vs. Dukes of Windsor - The Others 27. Elbow - Fugitive Motel 28. Biffy Clyro - Different People 29. The Doors - Break On Through (To The Other Side)

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  • #ThePlaylist – 101 – Moooon!

    #ThePlaylist – 101 – Moooon!

    The artwork for this week's episode. It's a drawing of the moon, but it has my creepy, distorted face. Orbiting around it is an Artemis craft, presumably full of astronauts who are suitably terrified by what they are witnessing. Thanks Troggie.
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    #ThePlaylist – 101 – Moooon!
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    This week we’re all about the:

    Mooooon!

    Because, y’know, the ruddy bloody moon and folks flying around it and that. So two hours of tunes all about (or tangentially related to) our greatest satellite.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon 02. Tasmin Archer - Sleeping satellite 03. Mike Oldfield - Moonlight shadow 04. Gil Scott‐Heron - Whitey on the Moon 05. Ernie, Aaron Neville - I Don't Want To Live On The Moon 06. Hooters - Satellite 07. Gowan - Moonlight Desires 08. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon 09. Belinda Carlisle - La Luna 10. AfroCubism - A la Luna Yo Me Voy 11. Feist - My Moon My Man 12. Enya - Astra et luna 13. Marielle Kraft, William Hinson - Carroll 14. Julie London - Fly Me To The Moon 15. Posthuman - Lander 16. The Field Mice - Missing The Moon_edit 17. Flight Facilities - Clair de Lune 18. The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight 19. Creeper - Black Moon 20. Fields of the Nephilim - Moonchild 21. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising 22. Dave Cortez & The Moon People - Happy Soul 23. Murda x Ezhel - AYA 24. Nanci Griffith - Once In A Very Blue Moon 25. Elliott Smith - St. Ides Heaven 26. Shakespears Sister - Moonchild 27. Television - Venus 28. Public Service Broadcasting - Go!

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  • #ThePlaylist – 100 – ONE HUNDRED

    #ThePlaylist – 100 – ONE HUNDRED

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    #ThePlaylist – 100 – ONE HUNDRED
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    This week on #ThePlaylist:

    ONE HUNDRED

    Because, somehow, despite EVERYONE’S better judgement, we’ve still managed to wring one hundred weeks out of this nonsense. Which says more for my endless desire to be relevant than anything else.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day 02. Sleeper - Sale Of The Century 03. Nena - 99 Red Balloons 04. AsapSCIENCE - The Pi Song (Memorize 100 Digits Of π) 05. The Tragically Hip - Ahead by a Century 06. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (100 Miles) 07. Lord Kitchener - The Denis Compton Calypso 08. T. Rex - 20th Century Boy 09. Kiss - 100,000 Years 10. Flanders and Swann - The Hundred Song 11. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black 12. Jamie Cullum - 21st Century Kid 13. Augie March - One Crowded Hour 14. Mark Lanegan Band - One Hundred Days 15. Dan Reeder - This New Century 16. Tegan and Sara - 100x 17. The Golden Horde - 100 Boys 18. Idlewild - Little Discourage 19. Levellers - 100 Years of Solitude 20. Sonic Youth - 100% 21. Hundred Reasons - If I Could 22. Modena City Ramblers - I Cento Passi 23. AJR - 100 Bad Days 24. Crystal Waters - 100% Pure Love 25. 808 State - 10x10 26. Sidestepper - Sidestepper 27. MF DOOM feat. DJ Cucumber Slice - Rhymes Like Dimes 28. N.W.A - 100 Miles And Runnin' 29. Mazarati - 100 Mph 30. Faithless - God Is a DJ

    // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

  • #ThePlaylist – 099 – Tin

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It features a can that looks like a Heinz bean can being played on a turntable like a record. The label of the can reads "ThePlaylist - Extra Juicy". The can is full of my baldy head, looking like a loads of beans.
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    #ThePlaylist – 099 – Tin
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    Behold this week’s glorious edition of #ThePlaylist, where our theme this week is:

    Tin

    It’s mine and Troggie’s tenth anniversary on Thursday, and the Big Tin Men from down Cornwall way have decreed that we must be showered with tin gifts, and what finer gifts that songs that are in some tangential way related to tin.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. The Presidents Of The United States Of America - Peaches 02. Tin Tin Out\\Shelley Nelson - Here's Where the Story Ends 03. Natalie Cole - This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) 04. Father Abraham & The Smurfs - Smurfing Beer 05. Paolo Nutini - 10/10 06. Can - Vitamin C 07. Tintern Abbey - Vacuum Cleaner 08. Candlebone - Old Tin Can 09. Fred Astaire - Cheek to Cheek 10. Elias and His Zig-Zag Jive Flutes - Tom Hark 11. Tin Hat Trio - Willow Weep for Me 12. Tinariwen - Tin Ihlan 13. Blue Nile - Tinseltown In The Rain 14. Chris Hadfield - Space Oddity 15. Tin Machine - Tin Machine 16. Fightstar - Paint Your Target 17. Stan Bush - The Touch 18. Suzi Quatro - Can The Can 19. Boney M. - Rasputin 20. Stephen ‘Tin Tin’ Duffy - Kiss Me 21. RÜFÜS DU SOL - Innerbloom 22. Tinman - Eighteen Strings 23. The Junkyard Band - Sardines 24. Cowboy Junkies - Anniversary Song 25. Peter Sellers - Any Old Iron 26. Bobby McFerrin - Tin Man ("If I Only Had A Heart") 27. Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

    // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

  • #ThePlaylist – 098 – Fast

    This weeks theme-specific artwork by Troggie. It's a full English breakfast zipping through space at faster than the speed of light. Obviously.
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    #ThePlaylist – 098 – Fast
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    Strap in for this week’s high-octane edition of #ThePlaylist, where our theme is:

    Fast

    Or, for our Northern comrades, ‘fast’.

    Will the tunes rocket along at 300bpm, or will they be about being fast? Or a secret third option. Listen in to find out.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone 02. Chris Spedding - Motor Bikin' 03. Strange Advance - We Run 04. Käärijä & Joost Klein - TRAFIK! 05. Dirtyphonics - Got Your Love (Jakka-B Hard Psy Flip) 06. Geri Halliwell - Scream If You Wanna Go Faster 07. Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf 08. The Sisters of Mercy - Something Fast 09. The Primatives - Crash 10. Eagles - Life in the Fast Lane 11. Charlie Ryan - Hot Rod Lincoln 12. Alabama 3 - Speed of the Sound of Lonliness 13. Dusty Springfield - Breakfast In Bed 14. Snow Patrol - Run 15. The Chats - 6L GTR 16. Feeder - Hole In My Head 17. Manic Street Preachers - Faster 18. Primus - Jerry Was a Race Car Driver 19. Toby Fox - Thundersnail 20. Pendulum - Colourfast 21. Ultramagnetic MC's - Travelling at the Speed of Thought 22. Nice & Smooth - Sometimes I Rhyme Slow 23. Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle With You 24. Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning 25. Pat Boone - Speedy Gonzales 26. Ray Stevens - The Streak 27. Billy Idol - Speed 28. Joe Satriani - Can’t Slow Down 29. Tom Petty - Runnin' Down A Dream 30. Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills

    // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

  • #ThePlaylist – 097 – Åççéñtš

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It features a musical crotchet on a white background, with a black and white photo of Jarvis Cocker looked squished in the filled in head. Above the crotchet is a stylised circumfle with one leg thicker than the other.
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    #ThePlaylist – 097 – Åççéñtš
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    Behold this week’s edition of #ThePlaylist, where our theme is:

    Accents

    This week we’re taking a trip around the world of accents – both linguistically and designerly. You won’t hear a single generic mid-Atlantic voice in this show. Apart from that one tune. Oh, and that other one.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Shakin' Stevens - Green Door 02. The Proclaimers - Letter From America 03. Billy Bragg - The Milkman of Human Kindness 04. Björk - Play Dead 05. David Holmes - Don't Die Just Yet (Arab Strap Remix) 06. Shakira - Suerte 07. Bad Bunny - NUEVAYoL 08. A Tribe Called Quest - Luck of Lucien 09. Morgan McVey, Neneh Cherry - Looking Good Diving With The Wild Bunch 10. Paolo Conte - Via con me 11. Pulp - I Spy 12. Polica - Lay Your Cards Out 13. Fran Smith - Contours 14. Wax - American English 15. Hamish Hawk - The Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion, 1973 16. The Dubliners - McAlpine's Fusiliers 17. Christine And The Queens - Tilted 18. Pez feat. 360 & Hailey Cramer - The Festival Song 19. Bob and Doug McKenzie - Take Off 20. Kasey Chambers - The Captain 21. Ray Wylie Hubbard - Without Love 22. Allan Smethurst - Hev Yew Gotta Loight Boy 23. Lord Kitchener - London Is The Place For Me 24. Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely 25. Las Ketchup - Aserejé 26. Catatonia - Road Rage 27. Duke Special - Freewheel

    // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

  • #ThePlaylist – 096 – Toys & Games

    This week's artwork for #ThePlaylist. It's a photo of a toy digger on a bright, multi-coloured backdrop. Beneath it, the word 'TOYS' in a fun, colourful, rounded font.
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    #ThePlaylist – 096 – Toys & Games
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    Have a rummage around in the big box for this week’s edition of #ThePlaylist, where our theme is:

    Toys & Games

    So all of the suggestions this week have been formatted to play on one of those Fisher Price ‘My First Record Players’. Two hours of gentle tinkling that vaguely reminds you of Top Pop Tunes.

    Or not.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Randy Newman - You've Got a Friend in Me 02. Roachford - Cuddly Toy 03. The Cardigans - My Favourite Game 04. The Bees - Chicken Payback 05. Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing 06. Blancmange - Game Above My Head 07. Men Without Hats - Pop Goes The World 08. Main Source - Snake Eyes 09. Paul and Storm - Frogger! The Frogger Musical 10. MJ Hibbett & The Validators - Hey Hey 16K 11. Harry Nilsson - Cuddly Toy 12. Joe South - Games People Play 13. France Gall - Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son 14. Joss Stone - Snakes And Ladders 15. Julianna Raye - Dominoes 16. Motörhead - Ace of Spades 17. Spiderbait - Buy Me A Pony 18. Porter Robinson - Cheerleader 19. Hideki Sakamoto feat. Abby Trott - Lifelight 20. ATARASHII GAKKO! - NAINAINAI 21. The Sugarcubes - Sick for Toys 22. Down With Webster - Big Wheels 23. Huggy Bear - Hopscotch 24. Grinspoon - Just Ace 25. Silversun Pickups - Toy Soldiers 26. Kenny Rogers - The Gambler 27. Small Faces - Tin Soldier 28. The Idle Race - I Like My Toys 29. Mick Jagger - Strange Game 30. The Devonnes - I'm Gonna Pick Up My Toys (And Go Home) 31. The Pooh Sticks - Dare True Kiss Promise 32. Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic

    // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

  • #ThePlaylist – 095 – Ya Mama

    Artwork for this week's episode, which is a photo of a mother holding her newborn baby to her breast. But the mother is me, a baldy, beardy man, and the newborn baby is an iPod with me on the screen. Looking on in horror is Troggie, the artist who devised this magnificent piece.
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    #ThePlaylist – 095 – Ya Mama
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    This week on #ThePlaylist we celebrated:

    Ya Mama

    Yes, YOUR mother. We celebrated her*, and we celebrated** her good. Two hours of songs about *your* mother.
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    *if she is/was great. We will berate her if not. Harshly.
    **or berate her

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Mr. T - Treat Your Mother Right 02. Big Mama Thornton - They Call Me Big Mama 03. Mama Cass - Make Your Own Kind Of Music 04. ABBA - Does Your Mother Know 05. Junior - Mama Used To Say 06. Fatboy Slim - Ya Mama 07. Outkast - Ms. Jackson 08. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 09. Rag 'n' Bone Man - Human 10. Cliff Richard - Devil Woman 11. Sparks - Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth 12. Nadine Shah - Topless Mother 13. Brian Eno - Mother Whale Eyeless 14. Jann Arden - Good Mother 15. La Femme Pendu - Maman 16. Tom Lehrer - Oedipus Rex 17. Lemmy Kilmister - Tie Your Mother Down 18. Babes In Toyland - Mother 19. Wolfmother - Joker And The Thief 20. John Butler Trio - Treat Yo Mama 21. Lenny Kravitz - Always On The Run 22. The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love 23. Annie and the Caldwells - Wrong 24. LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out 25. Suprême NTM - Police 26. Danzig - Mother 27. Rammstein - Mutter 28. Thunder - Low Life In High Places 29. Will Young - Leave Right Now

    // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

  • #ThePlaylist – 094 – Whistling

    #ThePlaylist – 094 – Whistling

    This week's artwork, featuring a photo of me - a baldy, beardy man with glasses and big headphones, whistling. "#ThePlaylist" is snaking out of my mouth.
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    Behold #ThePlaylist in its somewhat less than glorious form, having wrestled with us for two whole hours worth of every tech issue it could throw. But we managed it! And our theme this week was:

    Whistling.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger 02. Gorillaz - Orange County 03. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home 04. Jim Guthrie & JJ Ipsen - The Light in Us All 05. Andrew Bird - Sisyphus 06. Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers 07. Nik Kershaw - Bogart 08. Mike + the Mechanics - Over My Shoulder 09. Bobby Mcferrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy 10. Lick the Tins - Can't Help Falling in Love 11. Molly Lewis - On the Lips 12. Einstürzende Neubauten - Der Schacht von Babel 13. Goldfrapp - Lovely Head 14. Homespun - Whistlestop Blues 15. Avatar - A Secret Door 16. My Chemical Romance - Hang 'Em High 17. Thy Catafalque - Thy Catafalque - Embersolyom 18. Jethro Tull - The Whistler 19. Stromae - Santé 20. Bob Sinclar feat. Gary "Nesta" Pine - Love Generation 21. The Goodmen - Give It Up 22. Brother Bones & his Shadows - Sweet Georgia Brown 23. They Might Be Giants - Whistling in the Dark 24. Area Code 615 - Stone Fox Chase 25. Air - Alpha Beta Gaga 26. Otis Redding - Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay 27. Eliza Carthy - The Galaxy Song 28. Monty Python - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

    // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

  • #ThePlaylist – 093 – Behind

    #ThePlaylist – 093 – Behind

    The artwork for this week's episode. It's a purple butt, with "The Playlist" tattooed on it in fancy script.
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    Behold the return of #ThePlaylist, with the theme this week of:

    Behind

    And, well, obviously most of the songs are about butts. We should have anticipated this. So yeah, kick back, relax, and enjoy two hours of fine, artisanal songs about arses.

    (though not *entirely* about arses)

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back 02. Groove Armada, Gram’ma Funk - I See You Baby 03. Kylie Minogue - Step Back in Time 04. Phil Collins - Behind the Lines 05. The O’Jays - Back Stabbers 06. The Isley Brothers - Behind a Painted Smile 07. Ella Fitzgerald - Get Thee Behind Me Satan 08. Spın̈al Tap - Big Bottom 09. Scott Walker - Get Behind Me 10. Stump - Buffalo 11. AFI - Behind The Clock 12. The Nectarine No. 9 - This Arsehole's Been Burned Too Many Times Before 13. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush 14. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 15. Slipknot - Left Behind 16. The Jonny Cats - Pinky Black 17. The Saints - (I'm) Stranded 18. The Offspring - Leave It Behind 19. Rise Against - Behind Closed Doors 20. INFINITE - The Chaser 21. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Behind the Mask 22. Darren Hayes - Strange Relationship 23. Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) 24. The Who - Behind Blue Eyes 25. Brian - Don't Leave Me Behind 26. Rickie Lee Jones - The Last Chance Texaco 27. Wolfe Tones - The Men Behind The Wire 28. Ride - Leave Them All Behind

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