Dark Meat

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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It’s all indies this week, as I work through my guilt about violating the RIAA rules. Listen to great but unheralded music, and go onto iTunes and buy a few of these will ya?

* Song of the Sinking Woman – Revolving Doris
* Do Whatever – Scooters
* Goldfish and Cigarettes – Rich Grant
* Paragon of Mediocrity – Andrew Podos Orchestra
* All I Want is Misery – Selters
* Oil and Water – Withdrawal
* Chiron Beta Prime – Jonathan Coulton

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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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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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