Dark Meat

Incredibly it’s been two years or so since this show ran, and there is still war! What’s up with that? Knock it off you guys! Anyway, you can imagine that if any genre has produced plenty of material for THIS show, it’d be war songs.

* Boingo – War Again
* Tom Lehrer – So Long Mom
* U.S Military Academy Band – When Johnny Comes Marching Home
* Bjork – Army Of Me
* Elvis Costello – Oliver’s Army
* Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – Wooden Ships
* Vera Lynn – We’ll Meet Again
* John Williams – Battlestar Galactica
* Eric Burden and the Animals – Sky Pilot

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More music with the weird easy-listening aesthetic of Luxuriamusic.com. Mix up a cocktail and kick your feet up onto the chaise, and enjoy.

* Martin Denny – Quiet Village (Moog Version)
* Dancer, Prancer and Nervous – The Happy Reindeer
* Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra – Some Velvet Morning
* Tennessee Ernie Ford – Let It Be
* Claudine Longet – Jealous Guy
* Telly Savalas – Something
* Hot Butter – Popcorn
* Elliot Fisher – Our Man Flint
* Dean Martin – Baby It’s Cold Outside
* Berto Pisano – Kill Them All

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Paying my respects to internet radio powerhouse Luxuriamusic.com, who have been having serious equipment trouble lately. Send them money, or at least send them CD players!

* Combustible Edison – The Millionaire’s Holiday
* The Forum – The River Is Wide
* Dick Hyman – The Moog And Me
* Denny McLain – Cute
* Barry Gray – Thunderbirds Closing Theme
* Laurie Johnson Orchestra – Theme From The Avengers
* Patrick McNee and Honor Blackman – Kinky Boots
* Petula Clark – Romeo
* The Brothers Four – Revolution
* Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich – Zabadack!
* Ferrante and Teicher – Midnight Cowboy
* Scott Walker – Montague Terrace (In Blue)

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I’m afraid the show is about fear this week. To quote Woody Allen, “who among us has not at some point felt the icy hand of death on the back of their neck? Not me, thank God, but some have.” Just sayin’.

* Mark Snow – X-Files Theme * Siouxie and the Banshees – Fear (Of The Unknown)
* Sparks – Angst In My Pants
* The Humans – Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark
* David Bowie – I’m Afraid of Americans
* Rupert Holmes – Too Scared To Sing
* Randy Newman – The One You Love
* Amanda Palmer – Another Year

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Because I wasn’t able to sleep much this week, I’m doing a show about sleep. Warning – most of it will keep you awake.

Purist note about the title

* Counting Crows – I’m Not Sleeping
* Sugarplastic – Don’t Sleep
* Harry Nilsson – Sleep Late My Lady Friend
* Residents – The Sleeper
* Stan Ridgway – Valerie Is Sleeping
* Beatles – Golden Slumbers
* Jethro Tull – Sweet Dream
* Kevin Ayers – It Begins With A Blessing/Once I Awakened/But It Ends With A Curse
* BeBop Deluxe – Sleep That Burns

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Today’s rerun features songs about alcohol – can we call them spirituals? – for your listening pleasure. The show goes down better with a splash of coke. Play it twice if you think your liver can take it!

* Steely Dan – Daddy Don’t Live
* They Might Be Giants – Lie Still, Little Bottle
* Procol Harum – Whiskey Train
* They Might Be Giant – Drink
* Ani Di Franco – I Know This Bar
* Tom Waits – The Piano Has Been Drinking
* Dean Martin – Cha-Cha-Cha d’Amour
* Jaime Cullum – I Get A Kick Out Of You
* The Colorblind James Experience – Weding At Cana

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Since I’m busy every single night this week, I’m slapping a show together. Musically it might be a little weak, but as far as title cohesion goes it’s GOLDEN. Golden brown, as a matter of fact.

* Inara George – Dirty White
* David Bowie – Red Sails
* Nick Drake – Pink Moon
* Kevin Ayers – Blue
* Richard Cheese – Yellow
* Kinks – Village Green
* Barry Grey Orchestra – Captain Scarlett (Closing Theme)
* Leonard Cohen – Famous Blue Raincoat
* TMBG – Purple Toupee
* Mitch And Mickey – A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow

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(Trivia points for identifying the quote in the title) Words fail me. And so this week they’re mostly absent. The show is all instrumentals, in almost all cases from people who aren’t known for instrumentals. Think of it as music for depressives to do their homework to.

* Devo – Devo Corporate Anthem
* Pete Townshend & Ronnie Laine – Rough Mix
* ELO – Fire On High
* Sugarplastic – Ben Takes a Walk
* Stan Ridgeway – Heat Takes a Walk
* Jefferson Airplane – Embryonic Journey
* Kevin Ayers – There is Loving / Among Us / There Is Loving
* Nick Drake – Sunday
* Combustible Edison – Spy Vs. Spy

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And all this time you thought some specific body part was making the decisions for you – it’s a chemical! Join us for a look at the the world’s most influential chemical compound! Songs about male behavior. Got a problem with that?

* White Stripes – Offend in Every Way
* Avenue Q – I’m Not Wearing Underwear Today
* Red Rat – Tight Up Skirt
* Tori Amos – Real Men
* Love – Hey Joe
* The Blanks – Commandos (Attack!)
* New Model Army – 51st State
* Brendon Benson – Folk Singer
* Bill Pritchard – I’m Your Man
* Meat Loaf – Paradise by the Dashboard Light

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Once in a while in Southern California, we get this phenomenon where water falls from the sky. I’m not kidding! Very weird. Anyway, it’s expected this weekend so I’m doing the show about it. Remember if you look up at the falling water, keep your mouth closed.

* Scott Walker – It’s Raining Today
* Joe Jackson – A Place In The Rain
* The Anderson Council – Hole In The Sky
* Cracker – Rainy Days And Mondays
* Tom Waits – More Than Rain
* They Might Be Giants – Snowball In Hell
* Spinal Tap – Rainy Day Sun
* ELO – Mr. Blue Sky

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