Dark Meat 151: Towns Without Pity

September 13th, 2011

Hiya townies! Dark Meat takes a look at a buncha towns for your listening pleasure. Take your iPod to the town square and stomp your feet to them! Don’t worry, the others are just jealous.

* Ronnie Montrose – Town Without Pity
* Stan Ridgway – Big Dumb Town
* Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Wicked Little Town
* They Might Be Giants – Cowtown
* Joe Jackson – Home Town
* Tom Waits – Downtown Train
* Sparks – This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us
* The Specials – Ghost Town
*Petula Clark – Downtown

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New Video From They Might Be Giants: “Spoiler Alert”

September 7th, 2011

Pretty charming, isn’t it?

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Dark Meat 250: Kickin’ The Gong Around

September 6th, 2011

Songs about drugs, man.

* The Tubes – White Punks On Dope
* Weezer – Hash Pipe
* Beatles – Doctor Robert
* Rolling Stones – Mother’s Little Helper
* Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit
* Velvet Underground – Heroin
* Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug
* Richard Cheese – Insane In The Brain

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Dark Meat 249: Regrets

August 30th, 2011

This is intended to be a kind of comeback after last week’s poor excuse for a theme – regrets! Have a few!

* Leonard Cohen – I Can’t Forget
* Harry Nilsson – Without Her
* Rupert Holmes – Terminal
* Harry Chapin – Cat’s In The Cradle
* Foo Fighters – Baker Street
* Kevin Ayers – Yes I Do
* Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues
* Graham Parker – I Want You Back (Alive)
* Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter – Aftermath

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Dark Meat 248: NXNW

August 23rd, 2011

Look, this one is so slapped together I’d rather not write about it. Let’s just say it’s a bunch of songs this week and leave it at that.

* Bernard Hermann – North By Northwest
* The Beatles – Only A Northern Song
* Tom Waits – Goin’ Out West
* Joe Jackson – Wild West
* Nick Drake – Northern Sky
* Steely Dan – West of Hollywood
* Brian Eno – Northern Lights
* Go West – We Close Our Eyes

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Dark Meat 247: Identification Shard

August 16th, 2011

I had intended to avoid a theme this week, and my subconscious chose one for me. Let your subconscious be your guide, as Jiminy Freud used to say! Anyway, the show is about not knowing what it’s about. You’ll see.

* Anonymous Studio Musicians – The Man Fron UNCLE
* Transit Tones – Who Am I
* Viva K – Does It Matter?
* Television – Marquee Moon
* The New Pornographers – Go Places
* Monsters of Folk – Magic Marker
* Malvina Reynolds – Little Boxes
* Bobby Darin – Gyp, The Cat

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Dark Meat 246: A Little Much

August 9th, 2011

Sometimes it’s a fine line between just enough and too much. However, sometimes you can’t even see the line from the too much that you’re at. That’s where you’ll be spending this half hour and more.

* Tally Hall – Fate Of The Stars
* William Shatner with Henry Rollins – I Can’t Get Behind This
* The Forum – The Time Is Now
* Scott Walker – The Amorous Humphrey Plugg
* Kevin Ayers – There is Loving/Among Us/There Is Loving
* Dresden Dolls – Missed Me
* Mountain Goats – No Children
* Garfunkel and Oates – Worst Song Medley

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Dark Meat 245: Eat Up!

August 1st, 2011

Today’s show is perfect for people who are fed up with junk culture – instead, get fed up on junk food! Songs about delicious snacks, for your listening and gulping pleasure. Consider a bib when listening.

* Hot Butter – Popcorn
* Iggy Pop & Kate Pierson – Candy
* White Stripes – Little Cream Soda
* Roxy Music – Bitter-Sweet
* Spinal Tap – Cups and Cakes
* Dramarama – Baby Rhino’s Eye
* Gloria Wood – Oh Honey
* Ethyl Meatplow – Ripened Peach
* Dave Frishberg – Sweet Kentucky Ham
* Jethro Tull – Fat Man

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Dark Meat 244: Shhh!

July 19th, 2011

Shhh.

* Residents – Shut Up Shut Up
* ‘Til Tuesday – Voices Carry
* Rupert Holmes – Letters That Cross In The Mail
* Simon And Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence
* Esquivel! – Speak Low
* They Might Be Giants – Unrelated Thing
* William Shatner – Ideal Woman
* Sparks – Something For the Girl With Everything
* The Fatima Mansions – A Singer Must Die
* Julian Cope – World Shut Your Mouth
* Martin Denny – Quiet Village

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Dark Meat 243: Into That Good Night

July 12th, 2011

Okay, you spend 8 hours a day working, and 8 is devoted to TV and sex. What about the other 8? That’s right, sleep! You’d think there’s not a lot you can say about sleep but let’s face it, a lot of people literally write their best songs while they’re sleeping. And the Beach Boys have been performing under those conditions for years! So lay back and listen.

* Philip Glass – Orphee’s Bedroom
* Loudon Wainright – Bed
* Counting Crows – I’m Not Sleeping
* Tom Waits – Innocent When You Dream (Barroom)
* Sugarplastic – Don’t Sleep
* Harry Nilsson – Sleep Late My Lady Friend
* Soft Machine – Why Are We Sleeping
* Kinks – Sleepwalker
* ELO – One Summer Dream

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