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  • #ThePlaylist – 079 – Festival of Lights

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It's simply the word 'Light" in front of a sky full of fireworks. The bottom half of the image is a reflection of the top half.
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    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It's simply the word 'Light" in front of a sky full of fireworks. The bottom half of the image is a reflection of the top half.

    Look ye to the sky, for this week’s edition of #ThePlaylist is kinda sorta about bonfire night and the end of Diwali, but maybe kinda sorta not. The theme is:

    Festival of Lights

    So we’ve built two wonderful hours of music about splody things and lights and that, and it’s all great.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Queen - Flash's Theme 02. Johnny Marr - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 03. The Fat Lady Sings - Arclight 04. Kate Bush - Rocket's Tail 05. Andreas Johnson - Shine 06. Royksopp - What Else Is There (Thin White Duke mix) 07. VÉRITÉ - Colors 08. J Dilla - Lightworks 09. The Go! Team - Flashlight Fight (feat. Chuck D) 10. The Tragically Hip - Fireworks 11. Villagers - A Trick of the Light 12. Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight 13. Leon Rosselson - Tim Mcguire 14. Explosions in the Sky - Moving On 15. Feuerschwanz - Blinding Lights 16. Biffy Clyro - Tiny Indoor Fireworks 17. Kyuss - Phototropic 18. Lanterns On The Lake - Don't Have Nightmares 19. Dead Can Dance - Carnival of Light 20. Lila Tirando a Violeta - Seeing the Light 21. Knife Party - Bonfire 22. B-52's - Strobe Light 23. Gene - Be My Light, Be My Guide 24. Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light 25. Thin Lizzy - Dancing In The Moonlight 26. Lou Reed - White Light, White Heat 27. Elton John - Rocket Man '03

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  • #ThePlaylist – 078 – Haunting

    The artwork for this week's show. It features an image of my massive, ghostly head, hovering over the stairway of an old stately home.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's show. It features an image of my massive, ghostly head, hovering over the stairway of an old stately home.

    Mind the shivers down your spine, because the theme on #ThePlaylist this week is:

    Haunting

    Two hours of haunting tunes, most of which are about ghosts and ghoulies and that. But not all.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me 02. PVRIS - Mirrors 03. SoKo - I'll Kill Her 04. Concrete Blonde - Ghost Of A Texas Ladies Man 05. The Cure - A Forest 06. Sinead O'Connor & Shane Macgowan - Haunted 07. St. Vincent - Slow Disco 08. The Chieftains with Mick Jagger - The Long Black Veil 09. Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party - The lover's ghost 10. Kate Rusby - I Am Stretched on Your Grave 11. Annie Lennox - Love Song For A Vampire 12. Agnes Obel - Aventine 13. Lau - Ghosts 14. Rob Zombie - Dragula 15. Therapy? - Joey 16. The Awakening - Haunting 17. Gerry Cinnamon - Ghost 18. Ella Henderson - Ghost 19. Buraka Som Sistema Afrikan Boy - Eskeleto 20. Shirt - Phantom (Redux) 21. The Wailers - Mr Brown 22. 10CC - I'm Not In Love 23. Peter Knight's Gigspanner - Two Constant Lovers (Live) 24. Hannah Cartwright & Ross Tones - All You Leave Behind 25. This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren 26. Goldfrapp - Lovely Head

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  • #ThePlaylist – 077 – Science

    Artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist, in which Troggie has used a photo of me looking quite mad, staring at a flask of blue liquid that "#ThePlaylist" written on it. On the bench are more flasks with different genres written on them. Behind me are indistinct creatures in tanks.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    Artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist, in which Troggie has used a photo of me looking quite mad, staring at a flask of blue liquid that "#ThePlaylist" written on it. On the bench are more flasks with different genres written on them. Behind me are indistinct creatures in tanks.

    Don your safety goggles and white lab coats, because this week #ThePlaylist is concerned only with the highest scientific rigour. The theme this week is:

    Science

    Two hours of dangerous bangers for you to enjoy. Just keep them away from sources of ignition.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Girls Aloud - Biology 02. The Pointer Sisters - Neutron dance 03. Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science 04. Public Service Broadcasting - ROYGBIV 05. Moby - We Are All Made of Stars 06. CHVRCHES - Science/Visions 07. Björk - Human Behaviour 08. They Might Be Giants - Science Is Real 09. They Might Be Giants - Solid Liquid Gas 10. They Might Be Giants - Particle Man 11. They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Shine? 12. They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Really Shine? 13. Anja Kotar - Anja Kotar - Timekeeper's Secret 14. Peter Gabriel - We Do What We're Told 15. Coldplay - The Scientist 16. Pixies - Distance equals rate times time 17. We Are The Physics - Goran Ivanisevic 18. Chris Knox - The Uncertainty Principle 19. Goldfrapp - Strict Machine 20. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Electricity 21. Tom Lehrer - The Elements song 22. Mighty Sparrow - Russian Satellite 23. Cut Chemist - Work My Mind 24. LAAKE - ELECTRICITY 25. Landscape - Einstein a Go-Go 26. Eat Static - Science of the Gods 27. The Coup - The Gods of Science 28. Semisonic - Chemistry 29. Hawkwind - Silver Machine 30. GLaDOS - Still Alive

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  • #ThePlaylist – 076 – Duets

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It's my head. Twice, facing away from each other, like conjoined twin folks artists.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It's my head. Twice, facing away from each other, like conjoined twin folks artists.

    Break out a second microphone, because this week #ThePlaylist is all about:

    Duets

    Two hours of fine, fine tunes tunes featuring featuring two two singers.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Philip Bailey & Phil Collins - Easy Lover 02. Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds 03. The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (feat. Sarah Jane Morris) 04. Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey - I Know What You Want 05. Nancy & Frank Sinatra - Something Stupid 06. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Summer Wine 07. Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash - Jackson 08. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Please Read the Letter 09. Bitter Ruin - Trust 10. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Dinner For Two 11. Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow 12. Mark Knopfler & James Taylor - Sailing To Philadelphia 13. Meat Loaf & Cher - Dead Ringer for Love 14. Emigrate - Get Down (ft. Peaches) 15. Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston - It Takes Two 16. FFS - Johnny Delusional 17. Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Hanging up My Heart 18. The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow 19. Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead 20. Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson - Ukulele Lady - (If Paradise Is) Half as Nice 21. Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound 22. UB40 & Chrissie Hynde - I Got You Babe 23. The Beautiful South - A Little Time 24. Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up 25. Spiritualized - Lord Can You Hear Me

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  • #ThePlaylist – 075 – Samples

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It features me, a bearded man, offering a bottle of Vimto to the camera. Behind me, a table covered in other bottles of Vimto, offering samples.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It features me, a bearded man, offering a bottle of Vimto to the camera. Behind me, a table covered in other bottles of Vimto, offering samples.

    Enjoy a tiny paper pot full of #ThePlaylist, because this week’s theme is:

    Samples

    We’ve got two glorious hours of music that samples, and music that has been sampled, all of which has been suggested YOU, the fine folks of the Fediverse. So bust out your spelunking helmets and join us in digging through the rarest of vintage crates.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. Chic - Good Times 02. Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation 03. Bob & Earl - Harlem Shuffle 04. Al Bowlly & White Town - MYour Woman 05. The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist 06. Various - The Last Mix 07. Apollo 440 - Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub 08. Max Romeo & The Upsetters - Chase The Devil 09. The Winstons - Amen, Brother 10. Eddie Johns - More Spell On You 11. Labi Siffre - I Got The 12. Toto - I Won't Hold You Back 13. M.I.A. - Born Free 14. The Prodigy - Firestarter 15. Cuban Boys - Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia 16. Eric B. & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul 17. Public Enemy - Caught, Can We Get A Witness 18. Beastie Boys - Rhymin & Stealin 19. Enigma - Modern Crusaders 20. Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandel - Dueling Banjos 21. Camille Yarborough - Take Yo' Praise 22. Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise 23. TomTom Club - Genius of Love 24. The Art of Noise - Close (to the Edit) 25. Steely Dan - Peg

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  • #ThePlaylist – 074 – Instruments (of pleasure)

    The artwork for this week's show. It's "#ThePlaylist" spelled out in instruments that are roughly the same shape as the letters they represent. In the background, a photo of the Royal Albert Hall.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's show. It's @#ThePlaylist@ spelled ou in instruments that are roughly the same shape as the letters they represent. In the background, a photo of the Royal Albert Hall.

    Wrap your lips around your horns, and finger your banjo strings, because this week the theme on #ThePlaylist is:

    Instruments (of pleasure)

    And what a pleasure this week’s show is. Who knew that two hours of music about instruments could be so enjoyable? WE DID, THAT’S WHY WE CHOSE THE THEME

    …breathe…

    Enjoy.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 1. Mike Oldfield - The Bell 2. T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) 3. The Avett Brothers - Kick Drum Heart 4. Flanders & Swann - Ill Wind 5. Dennis Brain & Morley College Symphony Orchestra - Concerto For Hosepipe And Strings (3rd Movement) 6. Lord Kitchener - Saxophone No. 2 7. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Braggin’ in Brass 8. Black Moon - Two Turntables & A Mic 9. MC Honky - 3 Turntables & 2 Microphones 10. Billy Joel - Piano Man 11. Pete Atkin - Thirty Year Man 12. The Watersons - Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy 13. Portishead - Roads 14. Joyryde Joyryde Joyryde - HOT DRUM 15. Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings of Life 16. Man Parrish - Six Simple Synthesizers 17. N.R.G. - Instruments of Destruction 18. Vibrators - Stiff Little Fingers 19. Candy Dulfer - Saxuality 20. The Gift - Love Without Violins feat. Brian Eno 21. The Alice Band - Tambourine song 22. Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark 23. Stereophonics - Violins And Tambourines 24. Blink - Cello 25. B.B. King - My Lucille

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  • #ThePlaylist – 073 – Days become Nights

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It features a drawing of a crescent moon with twinkling stars, with layers of clouds, all designed to look like they're made from felt.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist. It features a drawing of a crescent moon with twinkling stars, with layers of clouds, all designed to look like they're made from felt.

    Rage, rage against the dying of the light with #ThePlaylist, and this week’s theme of:

    Days become Nights

    We intended it to be about the equinox, the nights getting longer, but most of you suggested songs about night and twilight. And honestly, you all understood the assignment better than I did, because these tunes are magnificent.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod The songs are: 01. The KLF - 3 A.M. Eternal (Live At The S.S.L.) 02. Selena Gomez, benny blanco - Sunset Blvd 03. Ed Rush vs Tali - Dark Days 04. Commodores - Nightshift 05. Leathers - Day for Night 06. Massive Attack - Hymn of the Big Wheel 07. Breakestra - At The End Of The Day 08. Ice-T - Midnight 09. Keith Hudson - Darkest Night 10. Ella Fitzgerald - A Night in Tunisia 11. Melody Gardot - Your Heart Is as Black as Night 12. Alan Clayson - The Moonlight Skater 13. Nick Drake - Pink Moon 14. Reginald Mobley - Sunset 15. The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun 16. Pet Shop Boys - In The Night 17. Wire - Nocturnal Koreans 18. Jovanotti - Gente Della Notte 19. The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight 20. Mercury Rev - The Dark Is Rising 21. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves 22. Them - Here Comes the Night 23. Marc Laidlaw - Evening Air 24. R.E.M. - Daysleeper 25. Indigo Girls - Midnight Train To Georgia 26. The Gloaming - Freedom

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  • #ThePlaylist – 072 – International

    Artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist It looks like an old BBC ident screen, featuring a drawing of Earth, with 'INTERNATIONAL' written across it in a very 70s font.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    Artwork for this week's edition of #ThePlaylist It looks like an old BBC ident screen, featuring a drawing of Earth, with 'INTERNATIONAL' written across it in a very 70s font.

    Grab your passports and your tiny bottles of liquid, because this week #ThePlaylist is going:

    International

    Two hours of cromulent bangers, crossing the globe from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe (though not necessarily touching down in either country)

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated ipod The songs are: 01. Animaniacs - Yakko's World 02. Fuzzbox - International Rescue 03. Public Service Broadcasting - Towards the Dawn 04. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World 05. New Order - World in Motion 06. Sys Bjerre - Hey Vanessa 07. Camera Obscura - Let’s Get Out of This Country 08. Japan - Visions Of China 09. Depeche Mode - World in My Eyes 10. Luna - IHOP 11. Tom Waits - Singapore 12. Pekko Kappi - Sonja 13. Daniel Kahn - Ekh lyuli lyuli 14. Billy Bragg - The Internationale 15. The HU - The Trooper 16. The Von Bondies - It Came From Japan 17. La Femme Pandu - Je Vous Jette Dehors 18. Ladytron - International Dateline 19. Super Furry Animals - (Drawing) Rings Around The World 20. Think of One - Tirar Onda 21. Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 - La Travesia 22. Vaudou Game - Garantie 23. The Beach Boys - Kokomo 24. Stereophonics - Long Way Round 25. Dolly Parton - Travelin' Prayer 26. Mr. Oizo - Toodoo (feat. Carmen Castro) 27. Riit - Qaumajuapik 28. Hamish Hawk - Bridget St. John 29. Daft Punk - Around The World

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  • #ThePlaylist – 071 – School Days

    The artwork for this week's episode, featuring me as a headmaster wearing a mortarboard, looking very stern in front of a blackboard.
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    The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site.

    The artwork for this week's episode, featuring me as a headmaster wearing a mortarboard, looking very stern in front of a blackboard.

    You boy! Don your starchy, new, ill-fitting uniform and pray you’re not late for your first lesson, because the kids are back to school, so we’re celebrating with two hours of the finest tunes about, well, school. And learning.

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod. The songs are: 01. Madness - Baggy Trousers 02. Busted - What I Go to School For 03. The School - I Want You Back 04. Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks 05. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag 06. Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm 07. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 08. Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Schooldays 09. Cat Stevens - (Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard 10. Pete Seeger - What Did You Learn In School Today 11. Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley PTA 12. Chuck Berry - School Day 13. Sam Cooke - Wonderful World 14. The White Stripes - We're Going to Be Friends 15. Beck - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes 16. The Replacements - Fuck School 17. Nirvana - School 18. Ramones - Rock 'n' Roll High School 19. Nada Surf - Popular 20. U.S. Maple - Breeze, It's Your High School 21. Pulp - Pta 22. Ooberman - Physics Disco 23. Level 42 - Lessons In Love 24. The Chemical Brothers - No Geography 25. The Prodigy - Back 2 Skool 26. Monie Love - Monie In The Middle 27. Jurassic 5 - Lesson 6: The Lecture 28. School Of Rock - School Of Rock

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  • #ThePlaylist – 070 – What About this Weather, eh?

    This week's theme-specific artwork. It's a satellite image of the UK being battered by a hurricane. In the eye of the storm is me!
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    This week's theme-specific artwork. It's a satellite image of the UK being battered by a hurricane. In the eye of the storm is me!

    Here in the UK we ruddy bloody love talking about the weather, so here’s two hours of music about it. And yeah, 12 of the 26 tracks are about rain. IT RAINS HERE ALOT, OK‽

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    The tracks played on this episode, presented on the screen of a comically elongated iPod. The songs are: 01. The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men 02. Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again 03. A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV 04. The Midnight - Days of Thunder 05. Lindisfarne - Fog on the Tyne 06. The Cast of A Mighty Wind - A Mighty Wind 07. Elvis Presley - I Don’t Care If the Sun Don’t Shine 08. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Didn't It Rain 09. Francis Dunnery - Sunshine 10. Crowded House - Weather with You 11. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Patio Song 12. The Handsome Family - Cold, Cold, Cold 13. John Martyn - Bless The Weather 14. Scott Walker - It's Raining Today 15. Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane 16. The Cult - Rain 17. Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains 18. Wunderhorse - Rain 19. JJ72 - Snow 20. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain 21. Blind Melon - No Rain 22. Terry Hall - Chasing A Rainbow 23. Peter Gabriel - Red Rain 24. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall 25. The Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith 26. Prince And The Revolution - Sometimes It Snows In April

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