In which the host of this show owns up to his incredible laziness and lack of motivation. Why? No particular reason.
*10CC – Lazy Ways
* Rupert Holmes – Soap Opera
* They Might Be Giants – A Self Called Nowhere
* Sparks – Dick Around
* Shawn Farley – Squandered All My Time
* Kevin Ayers – Circular Letter
* The Cowsills – Meet Me At The Wishing Well
* Beatles – I’m A Loser
This week’s title comes from a Jonathan Coulton song that I’m NOT playing on the show, not the one I am. Go figure.
Today we celebrate the robots in our lives – the good work that they do, they way they capture our imagination, their sexy sexy automated ways. Thanks robots! Here’s to you.
* Kraftwerk – Die Roboter (The Robots)
* Tin Machine – Tin Machine
* Laurie Anderson – The Puppet Motel
* Dresden Dolls – Coin Operated Boy
* Jonathan Coulton – Better
* Scott Walker – Time Operator
* Roxy Music – Ladytron
* The Billy Nayer Show – The Girl With The Vagina Made Of Glass
* Stan Ridgway – Pile Driver
PS: A helpful link to the movie I was mentioning.
I’ve done bad love shows on Dark Meat before, but this is the sappiest one ever. Lost love never sounded so… produced. Down a couple of glasses of red and enjoy!
* Neil Diamond – Love On The Rocks
* Leonard Cohen – Hey That’s No Way To Say Goodbye
* Frank Sinatra – Lady Day
* Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart
* Cheryl Crow – Solitaire
* Harry Nilsson – Without You
* Earth, Wind and Fire – After The Love Has Gone
* Don McLean – Castles In The Air
* Velvet Underground – Who Loves The Sun
Now and then my younger friends ask me, what’s it like to be old and broken down, with no future or potential? Rather than answer them directly (because at that point they couldn’t hear me, with my head buried in my chest and all the sobbing) I think I’ll direct them to listen to this episode, which features songs about men my age and the things they go through.
* Rupert Holmes – Terminal
* They Might Me Giants – Older (Live)
* Leonard Cohen – I Can’t Forget
* Tom Waits – The One That Got Away
* Steely Dan – What A Shame About Me
* William Shatner – It Hasn’t Happened Yet
* Louden Wainright Jr. – Surviving Twin
* David Bowie – Never Get Old
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