October 28th, 2009
The creepy sound of the night… it’s our fourth annual Halloween show! No real theme this year aside from a serious attempt to weird you out. May I suggest an endless loop at your party?
* Bernard Hermann – The Nightmare
* Residents – The Electricutioner
* William Shatner – Mr. Tambourine Man
* Portal Soundtrack – Still Alive
* Devo – Shrivel Up
* Spinal Tap – Rock and Roll Nightmare
* They Might Be Giants – Cage and Aquarium
* Richard Cheese – Insane in the Brain
* Residents – God’s Magic Finger
* Laurie Anderson – From The Air
* Love – My Little Red Book
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October 20th, 2009
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October 13th, 2009
For the incredibly tiny number of my subscribers across the Pacific, a show about the East. Okay, it was just going to be about China until I realized that I have few China-based songs, then it was about China and Japan but I finally had to throw in a Vietnam tune as well. Sosumi.
* Graham Parker – Discovering Japan
* The Bird and The Bee – Love Letter To Japan
* The Vapors – Turning Japanese
* Pizzicato Five – The Girl From Ipanema
* Japan – Ghosts
* OMD – Enola Gay
* Residents – Japanese Watercolor
* Paul Hardcastle – Nineteen
* David Bowie – China Girl
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October 6th, 2009
D’ja ever hear someone saying something that is clearly the complete opposite of what they feel? Join Dark Meat as we explore the frisson between words and meaning.
* Sparks – I Like Girls
* Amanda Palmer – Oasis
* Amy Winehouse – Rehab
* They Might Be Giants – Spiraling Shape
* Dave Frishberg – I’m Hip
* Jonathan Coulton – I Feel Fantastic
* Cowsills – Grey, Sunny Day
* Kinks – Lola
* Eminem – ‘97 Bonnie And Clyde
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September 29th, 2009
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September 23rd, 2009
As promised (threatened?) the second show of songs about the men and women and what they are really after. This one is almost completely misogynistic, and there’s another bad language advisory because of that scamp Amy Winehouse. Enjoy the show, but don’t listen to it before a date.
* Vanilla Fudge – She’s Not There
* Bitter:Sweet – Trouble
* Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention – How Could I Be Such a Fool?
* Sparks – At Home At Work At Play
* Abba – Dancing Queen
* Kinks – Tired Of Waiting For You
* William Shatner – Common People
* Joe Jackson – The Other Me
* Amy Winehouse – Me And Mr. Jones
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September 15th, 2009
What do women want? What do men want? You ain’t never gonna find out by asking! Actually, let’s put it this way, you ain’t never gonna find out. Though on this episode, we offer clues.
(Note – explicit language! And frankly, you want to shield your children from the BEHAVIOR in these songs, let alone the words.)
* Stan Ridgway – Peg & Pete and Me
* Dave Frishberg – Slappin’ The Cakes On Me
* Dramarama – Femme Fatale
* Amanda Palmer – What’s the Use of Wond’rin’
* The Bird and The Bee – F***ing Boyfriend
* Nat King Cole – Pick Up (Just Blaze Mix)
* Roxy Music – Casanova
* Rupert Holmes – The Man Behind The Woman
* White Stripes – A Martyr For My Love For You
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September 8th, 2009
It’s early September, the time when school traditionally starts up again after summer vacation. If that alone isn’t depressing enough for you, maybe this show will help. Songs about school, or subjects taught in school, or tangentially related songs. Come to think of it, this is exactly the same amount of attention I used to put into book reports.
(The title, incidentally: worth googling. You’ll learn something.)
* Sparks – Tarzan and Jane
* Randy Newman – The World Isn’t Fair
* Richard Cheese – Hot For Teacher
* Sugarplastic – Transworld Modal Operator
* Laurie Anderson – Let X=X
* Oingo Boingo – No Spill Blood
* Dramarama – 400 Blows
* Blossom Dearie – Figure Eight
* Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays
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September 1st, 2009
I’m tired of being here… let’s be there for a while. And how do we get there? Dark Meat looks at a few of the ways.
* Barry Gray Orchestra – Stingray and Supercar
* Kraftwerk – Tour De France
* Spinning Jennies – Jetfighter
* Be Bop Deluxe – Ships In The Night
* Laurie Anderson – Walking And Falling
* Sugarplastic – Skinny Hotrod
* David Bowie – She’ll Drive The Big Car
* Ben Folds Five – Lullabye
* Joe Jackson – The UpTown Train
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August 26th, 2009
Pour yourself a stiff one on the rocks and sit back – Dark Meat’s goin’ a-boozin’ and a-carousin’! Try to figure out the verb form of “dissolute” as you enjoy these tunes:
* Combustible Edison – Theme to The Tiki Wonder Hour
* Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
* They Might Be Giants – Drink!
* Ani Di Franco – I Know This Bar
* David Bowie – Joe The Lion
* Foo Fighters – Baker Street
* Tom Waits – The Piano Has Been Drinking
* Johnny Cash – Hurt
* Stan Ridgway – The Coffee Song
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