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  • #ThePlaylist – 115 – Heroes

    #ThePlaylist – 115 – Heroes

    This week's theme-specific artwork, which is pretty much the box design from Heroes chocolates, but it says 'ThePlaylist' instead of that firm that used to make decent chocolate, but then got bought out by Americans and now it's 90% palm oil and tastes like ass.
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    #ThePlaylist – 115 – Heroes
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    This week we have another guest theme, this time from @FloatingOnion@cyberplace.social who flew in, (without a cape) to ask for songs about:

    Heroes

    He wanted to hear YOUR most heroic tunes. He wanted to hear songs that’ll save people from a hijacked passenger jet, or have the capability to leave the last chocolate Hob Nob in the packet. He wanted songs that were strong, and fast, and fresh from the fight, and by golly, he got ’em.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 

01. Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero
02. It Bites - Calling All The Heroes
03. Kool & The Gang - Celebration
04. Black Grape - Kelly's Heroes
05. The Timelords - Doctorin' the Tardis
06. Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
07. Woody Guthrie - Pretty Boy Floyd
08. Percival Schuttenbach - Silver For Monsters...
09. Electric Youth, College - A Real Hero
10. Underworld - Bruce Lee
11. Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
12. Reuben Bell - Superjock
13. Metallica with Michael Kamen - Hero of the Day
14. Scala & Kolacny Brothers - Heroes
15. Rise Against - Savior
16. 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
17. Spin Doctors - Jimmy Olsen's Blues
18. Skunk Anansie - I Hope You Get To Meet Your Hero
19. The Stranglers - No More Heroes
20. Madness - The Prince
21. Redman - A Day Of Sooperman Lover
22. Post Malone Swae Lee - Sunflower
23. Strange Boy, Enda Gallery - Immortal
24. The Pogues - The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn
25. Jon Anderson - Do You Want To Be A Hero
26. John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)
27. Go West - We Close Our Eyes
28. Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero

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  • #ThePlaylist – 114 – Electric Dreams

    #ThePlaylist – 114 – Electric Dreams

    This week's theme-specific artwork, as produced for us by Troggie. It's a glitchy bundle of wires and neon lights in a cool, futuristic blue and purple, with a tremendously digital font that says "THEPLAYLIST"
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    #ThePlaylist – 114 – Electric Dreams
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    Join #ThePlaylist once again, where this week the Mainframe has chosen the theme of:

    Electric Dreams

    And we’re too scared of the Mainframe to go against its wishes. So two hours of whatever the phrase “electric dreams” conjured up in the silicon minds of the LLMs that sent in their suggestions for thematically appropriate songs that humans ‘enjoy’.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 

01. Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams
02. Kabin Krew & Lisdoornvarma Crew - The Spark
03. Daft Punk - Aerodynamic
04. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Electricity
05. Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
06. Sparks feat. Faith No More - This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us
07. Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric
08. Classix Nouveaux - Is It a Dream
09. Alec Bathgate - Your Heavy Dream (Won't Fly)
10. Moody Joody - Dream Girl
11. Marnie - Electric Youth
12. Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
13. Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town
14. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Have You Ever Been (to Electric Ladyland)
15. Dan Mangan - Robots
16. Electric Callboy - Tekkno Train
17. Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage
18. Brother Wallace - Electric Love
19. My Robot Friend - Robot High School
20. Bedrock KYO - For What You Dream Of
21. Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You
22. Debbie Gibson - Only in My Dreams
23. Faust vs. Dälek - T-Electronique
24. Toshybot - The Life of Toshybot
25. Rush - The Body Electric
26. Say Anything - Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too
27. Lonely Robot - False Lights

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  • #ThePlaylist – 113 – South (of the United States of) America

    #ThePlaylist – 113 – South (of the United States of) America

    This week's theme-specific artwork. Screenshot of a globe of South America. An arrow is pointing at Mexico with a note that says "Also South America"
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    #ThePlaylist – 113 – South (of the United States of) America
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    Join #ThePlaylist on a grand tour as this week’s theme takes us to:

    South (of the United States of) America

    where all of the tunes are, in some ways moreso than others, related to the lands to be found South (of the United States of) America. And not South Africa. Definitely not. It’s a whole different place.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 

01. Shakira - Suerte
02. Sash! - Ecuador
03. Os Mutantes - A minha menina
04. Terrorvision - Tequila
05. Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We’re Goin Down
06. Pacifica - What You Doing
07. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Fisty Nuts
08. Duran Duran - Rio
09. Kirsty MacColl - England 2 Columbia 0
10. Toto la Momposina y sus Tambores - El Pescador
11. Mario  Gareña - YO  ME  LLAMO  CUMBIA  (LETRA)
12. luz - Disco Ball
13. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Ship Song
14. Sepultura - Ratamahatta
15. System Of A Down - Sugar
16. Skiltron - Bagpipes of War
17. Bakermat / Nia Archives - Baianana
18. Kaleidoscópio - Você me Apareceu
19. Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca
20. Juçara Marçal - Sem cais
21. Stan Getz / João Gilberto - The Girl From Ipanema
22. Enya - Orinoco Flow
23. Athlete - El Salvador
24. Latin Quarter - The beautiful Game?
25. The Longest Johns - Paddy Lay Back
26. Quantic & Nickodemus Feat. Tempo & The Candela Allstars - Mi Swing Es Tropical
27. J Balvin & Willy William - Mi gente

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  • #ThePlaylist – 112 – Farming the Land

    #ThePlaylist – 112 – Farming the Land

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    #ThePlaylist – 112 – Farming the Land
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    Find the spare key for your combine harvester (if John Deere will even let you have one), and pull on your wellies, because #ThePlaylist, along with @RolloTreadway is off:

    Farming the land

    Yes, in another guest theme, this week we’re looking at the songs that popped into the collective, diseased minds of #ThePlaylist listeners when asked to consider the countryside. Are any of them even about farming?

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 

01. The Wonder Stuff - Size Of A Cow
02. The Wurzels - Combine Harvester
03. O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei
04. The Isley Brothers - Harvest For The World
05. Laura Lee - Dirty Man
06. Seasick Steve - Down On The Farm
07. Keith Urban The Ranch - Walkin' The Country
08. Rage Against the Machine - Maggie’s Farm
09. Aesop Rock - Keep Off the Lawn
10. Squid - If You Had Seen The Bull’s Swimming Attempts You Would Have Stayed Away
11. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cotton Fields
12. Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country
13. Paul Giovanni and Magnet - Corn Rigs
14. Rufous Nightjar - Black Horses
15. Rancid Hell Spawn - Farm Night
16. Monster Magnet - Tractor
17. The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing - Baby Farmer
18. The Farm - All Together Now
19. The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It?
20. The Beatles - Octopus's Garden - Remastered 2009
21. The Bonzo Dog Band - Jollity Farm
22. Stompin' Tom Connors - Bud The Spud
23. Bill Callahan - Bowevil
24. Balming Tiger feat. 新しい学校のリーダーズ - Narani Narani
25. The Go-Betweens - Cattle And Cane
26. The Native - Tramlines
27. THE BOBBY LEES - Strange Days
28. Something Corporate - Watch the Sky
29. Primal Scream - Country Girl

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  • #ThePlaylist – 111 – DIY

    #ThePlaylist – 111 – DIY

    This week's theme-specific artwork, courtesy of Troggie. It's the classic Rosie the Riveter 'We Can Do It' image, but unfortunately Rosie now has my stupid, beardy face. And I'm saying "#ThePlaylist" instead of something inspiring.
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    #ThePlaylist – 111 – DIY
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    This week, a theme brought to you – yes YOU – by @daveybot@mastodon.scot, who wants to hear your songs about:

    DIY

    Davey has been “working in his shed” a lot lately, so needs a good soundtrack to help him along. And wouldn’t you know, this week’s show *is* a good soundtrack to help him along.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are:

01. The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
02. Aretha Franklin & Eurythmics - Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves
03. Elton John - I’m Still Standing
04. Tom Waits - What's He Building In There?
05. MJ Cole - Sincere
06. Chaka Demus & Pliers - Tease Me
07. Hey Rosetta! - Bricks
08. The Breeders - Divine Hammer
09. "Weird Al" Yankovic - Hardware Store
10. Mitch Benn and the Distractions - IKEA
11. Nanowar of Steel - Ironmonger (The Copier of the Seven Keys)
12. The Black Keys - Tighten Up
13. Meg Washington - Clementine
14. Death Cab For Cutie - Full of Stars
15. Big Black - Grinder
16. Ghost - Square Hammer
17. Half Man Half Biscuit - Tommy Walsh's Eco House
18. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - A Normal Suburban Lifestyle Is a Near Impossibility Once You've Fallen in Love With an International Spy
19. The Housemartins - Build
20. Billy Bragg - Handyman Blues
21. The Beatles - Fixing A Hole
22. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl - Bang Bang Bang
23. De La Soul - We Made It
24. Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5
25. Jungle Brothers - Doin’ Our Own Dang
26. Alisha’s Attic - The House That We Built
27. Blondie - Picture This
28. Bernard Cribbins - Right Said Fred
29. Johnny Cash - One Piece At A Time

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  • #ThePlaylist – 110 – Morally Bankrupt

    #ThePlaylist – 110 – Morally Bankrupt

    Promotional artwork for my radio show. It's designed to look like the now playing screen on a classic iPod, with the show info on the right side of the screen, and a photo of me on the left. It details that the show is broadcast on Mondays from 7pm until 9pm UK time.
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    This week on #ThePlaylist, we’re celebrating the World Cup™️, with the theme of:

    Morally Bankrupt

    So sit back and enjoy all the tunes that people paid us the most to play.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 

01. Pet Shop Boys - Shameless
02. Heaven 17 - Temptation
03. BTS - BAEPSAE (뱁새) (Try-Hard/Silver Spoon)
04. The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
05. Talking Heads - Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
06. She Drew The Gun - Class War (How Much)
07. Bo Burnham - Bezos I
08. Electronic - Getting Away With It
09. B.B. King - Sell My Monkey
10. Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Devils Look Like Angels
11. Elvis Presley - (You're the) Devil in Disguise
12. Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight
13. Midnight Oil - Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine
14. Skunk Anansie - Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)
15. Violent Femmes - America Is
16. The Fall - Kicker Conspiracy
17. The Fatima Mansions - A Pack of Lies
18. The Northern Pikes - Things I Do For Money
19. TISM - (He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River
20. New Order - Thieves Like Us
21. Geto Boys - Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta
22. Alex Brightman - The Whole "Being Dead" Thing
23. Supergrass - In It For The Money
24. My Vitriol - Infantile
25. AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
26. Neil Young - Rockin in the Free World
27. INXS - The Devil Inside
28. The Levellers - What A Beautiful Day

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  • #ThePlaylist – 109 – Car Wash Songs

    #ThePlaylist – 109 – Car Wash Songs

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    #ThePlaylist – 109 – Car Wash Songs
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    This week on #ThePlaylist, a guest theme, courtesy of @Nickiquote@mstdn.social, who wants to hear the world’s finest:

    Car Wash Songs

    And I do believe he’ll be very happy with what you’ve suggested. Will it be two hours of just that one song? Listen in and 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. Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
02. Take That - Shine
03. HyunA - Bubble Pop!
04. Rose Royce - Car Wash
05. Grace Jones - Pull Up to the Bumper
06. Prince - Soft And Wet
07. Chris Rea - The Road To Hell
08. Roxette - Joyride
09. The Cure - Mint Car
10. Cathy Davey - Clean & Neat
11. Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
12. Rainy Miller - There's A Fiesta MkII On Fire
13. Einsturzende Neubauten - Fiat Lux
14. Cornershop - Summer Fun In A Beat Up Datsun
15. Sponge - Go Speed Racer Go
16. 7 Seconds of Love - My Car
17. Gino Vannelli - Black Cars
18. Studio Killers - Dirty Car
19. Crystal Method & Emily Haines - Come Back Clean
20. Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
21. Outkast - So Fresh and Clean
22. Masta Ace Incorporated - Sittin' on Chrome
23. Playlunch - Keith
24. Sweet Thing - Change of Seasons
25. The Turtles - Happy Together
26. Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats - Oil It Up and Go
27. Squeeze - Up The Junction
28. The House of Love - Shine On

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  • #ThePlaylist – 108 – Puddin’

    #ThePlaylist – 108 – Puddin’

    This week's theme-specific artwork by Troggie, which is a trifle wearing headphones. Obviously. I am the raspberries in the jelly layer.
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    #ThePlaylist – 108 – Puddin’
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    Behold the (knickerbocker) GLORY(ous) return of #ThePlaylist, where our theme this week is:

    Puddin’

    So go ahead and spoil your dinner with the (ice) CREAM of musical selections, some of which are actually related to the idea of pudding. Or dessert, if you’re one of *those*.

    You’d be a (strawberry) FOOL to miss out!

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 

01. The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
02. Sugar Pie Desanto - Go Go Power
03. Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate
04. Michelle Gayle - Sweetness
05. Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar
06. The KLF - Justified & Ancient (Stand By The Jams) (feat. Tammy Wynette)
07. Lady Danville - Spoon
08. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
09. Everything but the Girl - Missing (Todd Terry remix)
10. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
11. Pixies - Wild Honey Pie
12. CAKE - I Will Survive
13. Jelly Roll - I Am Not Okay
14. RAYE - Ice Cream Man.
15. John Grant - Caramel
16. BABYMETAL - Gimme Chocolate!!
17. Bloodywood - Tadka
18. My Bloody Valentine - Sunny Sundae Smile
19. Sam Apple Pie - Tiger Man
20. Art d’Ecco - Honeycomb
21. Bodo Wartke - Barbaras Rhabarberbar (feat. Marti Fischer)
22. DNCE - Cake by the Ocean
23. Dagny - Strawberry Dream
24. Artemis Munoz - Yoghurt
25. The Cast of Schmigadoon! - Corn Puddin'
26. The Muppets - Cottleston Pie
27. Weird Al Yankovic - Eat It
28. Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
29. Led Zeppelin - Custard Pie
30. Dana Louise and the Glorious Birds - Sweetest Thing
31. Eileen Barton - If I Knew You Were Coming I'd Have Baked A Cake

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  • #ThePlaylist – 107 – To Gaol With Ye!

    #ThePlaylist – 107 – To Gaol With Ye!

    This week's theme-specific artwork, in which I, a mediocre bearded white man with Good Headphones and hipster glasses, have my mugshot taken. I look proud of my crimes, as, indeed, I am. But what are my crimes? Well, it's up to you to find out.
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    #ThePlaylist – 107 – To Gaol With Ye!
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    #ThePlaylist returns jingling a big ‘ol buncha keys, fixin’ to lock you away, because our theme this week is:

    To Gaol With Ye!

    Two hours of bangup bangers, celebrating feeling the grip of the long arm of the law.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 

01. Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz
02. Bananarama - Love In The First Degree
03. En Vogue - Free Your Mind
04. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
05. AC/DC - Jailbreak
06. The Donutsh - The Other Ronald True
07. Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
08. The Soggy Bottom Boys Tim Blake Nelson - In The Jailhouse Now
09. Toots & The Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number
10. Duke Reid's All Stars - Judge Sympathy
11. Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang
12. TAEMIN - Criminal
13. Bob Marley & The Wailers - I Shot The Sheriff
14. Amigo the Devil - Letter From Death Row
15. System of a Down - Prison Song
16. Clutch - Your Love Is Incarceration
17. The Living End - Prisoner of Society
18. Lambrini Girls - Bad Apple
19. Tom Waits - Hell Broke Luce
20. The Jezabels - Prisoner
21. Primal Scream - Jailbird
22. WildChild - Renegade Master [Fatboy Slim Old Skool Mix]
23. elio mei - Partner in Crime
24. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
25. Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne
26. The Arrogant Worms - The Last Saskatchewan Pirate
27. DLT feat. Che Fu - Chains
28. The Pharcyde - Officer
29. The Clash - I Fought the Law

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  • #ThePlaylist – 106 – slooooow

    This week's theme-specific artwork, in which I am, amazingly, a sloth. A DJ Sloth no less. I'm sitting at my desk, spinning the tunes, and being a sloth.
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    #ThePlaylist – 106 – slooooow
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    The weather is hotting up here in the UK, so our theme here at #ThePlaylist this week is:

    slooooow

    in an effort to encourage everyone to just chill out, alright?

    But, well, not every track this week is chilled. Sorry about that.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Kylie Minogue - Slow 02. Dolly Parton - Slowlene 03. Simon & Garfunkel - The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) 04. Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady 05. Jimi Hendrix - Slow Blues 06. Ultravox - Slow Motion 07. Slowdive - When The Sun Hits 08. Interpol - Slow Hands 09. Tegan and Sara - Speak Slow 10. Luis Fonsi Feat. Daddy Yankee - Despacito 11. Brand Nubian - Slow Down 12. Flight Of The Conchords - A Kiss Is Not a Contract 13. Spiers & Boden - Sloe Gin Set 14. Benjamin Booker - Slow Dance in a Gay Bar 15. Rumer - Slow 16. Obituary - Slowly We Rot 17. Strong Bad - Moving Very Slowly 18. Sum 41 - Still Waiting 19. slowthai & Mura Masa - Doorman 20. PJ Harvey - The Slow Drug 21. Collie Buddz - Take It Easy 22. J‐Live - Them That's Not 23. Julianna Raye - Slowly 24. Laufey - Slow Down 25. The Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand 26. Girls At Our Best - Getting Nowhere Fast 27. Metallica - Creeping Death 28. Epica - Tides of Time 29. Louis Armstrong - We Have All the Time in the World

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