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Butts, bums and arses, whatever you call them, we've all got one.  We are all pretty fascinated by them, judging by the numbers of songs written about them.  With mixed results. We choose five of them.   

Average playlist: 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5qc32YlqYZdD46EZpVnbyX?si=788736e154ea4dfa

Shared: Sir Mix A Lot, "Baby got back" (official video)

https://youtu.be/X53ZSxkQ3Ho?si=-wYwVAbIwqH9Uhls

Mark : The Mummies, "Your ass is next in line" (Live in Detroit, video}  

https://youtu.be/OJ-TcYCzB84?si=pUE5JZmiCHnRMyqH

Dave : Major Lazor, "Bubble butt" (Official video) 

https://youtu.be/PbjVdJfvYqI?si=1YG9q-GHmjeAE8Ii

Eberg, "Love your bum" (Audio) 

https://youtu.be/TAb1G88Q71k?si=TWamEX6baFpJma1k

Dave: Spinal Tap, "Big bottom" (Video) 

https://youtu.be/YjC0vMIrOAk?si=NzxHeSFB80CH_IaB

Extras:

Look I've ruined it, "Hallelujah (but it's Baby Got Back)"

https://youtu.be/Nuz6iNjTkjo?si=5ahDdlSmhMSUAhWa

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The devil's got all the best tunes! Or has he? On our companion episode to songs about heaven we choose 5 completely different tracks as we try and answer the question. 

Playlist :  

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3sMz1kEn7ofN0jV7Q0brNW?si=yvvc9qccRUO7IHUBHR58pg

Shared : AC/DC, "Highway to Hell", (Official video)

https://youtu.be/l482T0yNkeo?si=d9aAEVGTD1mfKu28

Dave, Robert Johnson, "Me and the devil blues" (Audio) 

https://youtu.be/3MCHI23FTP8?si=3xQ4SmcQryjp7jdg

Mark, The Future of the Left , "You need satan more than he needs you"  (Unofficial video)

https://youtu.be/VjNtFMzthwQ?si=tjrCgozU4GiJXl-L

Mark, Tricky, "Hell is round the corner" (Official video)

https://youtu.be/E3R_3h6zQEs?si=Kuo7LLxDpPC2sA9e

Dave, Rush, "YYZ" (Live video, Rio) 

https://youtu.be/1eSlvoO3Vw8?si=usylpyz4FgI_isXU 

Extras: 

mclusky, Live show (great 4k video) Paris, 2024 

https://youtu.be/gZ7txNkZB1A?si=rly2blCCATV8Fd6b

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The majority of religions have a concept of an afterlife, where we are rewarded for good deeds on earth. We don't know much about religion on the show, but we do know about music. Here's 5 tracks that may or not be about heaven.    

Shared : Pixies, "This monkey gone to heaven" , (Official video) 

https://youtu.be/EHC9HE7vazI?si=fMpN76LOo16jfP5A

Dave: OPM "Heaven is a half pipe" (Officially terrible video and song )   

https://youtu.be/jCSJzw6QM_Q?si=lyGCvdp5ptEZ33IL

Mark : Iron and Wine, "The Trapeez swinger"  Live on KCRW 

https://youtu.be/W6HTMNe6omY?si=p6euvsl96J_eY5MK

Dave: The Staple Singers "On my way to heaven"

https://youtu.be/1S5TYxkHg2g?si=8hOVM1Tf-W9PI_bD

Mark: The Chills, "Heavenly pop hit", (Official video)  

https://youtu.be/GJxdex3QHog?si=AC1V7c_NqX6SJnUP

Extras: 

Pixies, "Loud Quiet Loud", documentary

https://youtu.be/bIFV8mA__6A?si=CQaiWPR9pFID1fmv

The Cure, "Just like Heaven" (Official video) 

https://youtu.be/n3nPiBai66M?si=QNKSWr6P94GjHQn7

Heavenly Pop Hit (Flying Nun records story) documentary  

https://youtu.be/GJxdex3QHog?si=AC1V7c_NqX6SJnUP

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Time, we can't escape it and everyone seems to always want more of it. It's also inspired many a song. Here's five we chose to unpack the topic. 

Link to playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2C49nesfu4FiVy7KUqAKjb

Shared track : Eddy Current Suppression Ring, "Get up Morning" (Official video) 

https://youtu.be/B9VDoK4UDjI?si=ZiSOlqLmKGT6U8JP  

Dave:  XTC, " Day in, day out" (Audio) 

https://youtu.be/QtvHH2sa8D0?si=pUAPa2V-CaJrzH6N

Mark : Snapped Ankles "I want my minutes back" Live on KEXP (You tube) live at Studio 9294 in Hackney Wick, London 2019
https://youtu.be/UW4dQwQo-8o

Dave : The Strokes, "12.51" (Official video) 

https://youtu.be/LPAVDHo1Elc?si=i-hcAIbs1updGYTl   

Mark : King Creosote and John Hopkins "John Taylors month away"
How we wrote sessions  (The Guardian, interview and track) You Tube
https://youtu.be/LJ723RFTe4Q

Extra bits and bobs: 

Eddy Current Suppression ring , Live ''Super8 Diaries fundraiser'', 2007 , full set
https://youtu.be/HgCJLAMJCRI

Japandroids "Younger us", Live at Lincoln Hall - Sound opinions
https://youtu.be/sNGusAH3bOI

The Earlies "Morning Wonder",  (official video)
https://youtu.be/ShObiF3Fgpk

King Creosote and Jon Hopkins NPR tiny desk concert Sep 2011
https://youtu.be/ej8vMh28SJY

XTC, "This is pop", Documentary 

https://youtu.be/QtvHH2sa8D0?si=pUAPa2V-CaJrzH6N 

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In all cultures, friendships are important, these relationships continue throughout a person’s life. We've chosen 5 songs, exploring some of the different elements of friendship.      

Playlist: 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6RNNqEkr93e3bWvBgACnow?si=GK0DC0kYTLSeXq85FXD9gg

Shared : LCD Soundsystem, "All my friends", Live Glastonbury 2024  

https://youtu.be/WqxRFxseT98?si=PlUZXExJA-keLTXo

Mark:  Red House Painters, "Michael", (Audio)

https://youtu.be/SYjc_ZpU-_A?si=Lv46guM0vcJvCXhR

Dave: PUP. "If this tour doesn't kill you, then I will"  (Video) 

https://youtu.be/8IM472k0Md8?si=IUhoO5odFP6Z0DHl

The Libertines, "Can't stand you now" (Video)

https://youtu.be/CqM11bt9QvI?si=PEqMvEvJvj4Mf6MA

Mark: Bonnie "Prince" Billy, "I see a darkness" (Video)

https://youtu.be/4iV4NwSbscg?si=cn3fR3fLlEPcB7AE  

Dave: Echo Kid, "How you doing friend", (Audio) 

https://open.spotify.com/track/67iscMAGLwZKB1bKazoINH?si=9048e2d05f8544f0 

Extras:

John Lennon on his feud with Paul McCartney and tensions between the Beatles

(Video)

https://youtu.be/8c0RYMpSEQE?si=0_cYueszBS9MzLDS

LCD Soundsystem, "Too Old To be new Too New To Be Classic" Short documentary(Video)

https://youtu.be/uzNDuKgoJf8?si=p8OFbt2mGr9GbQ4X

Bonnie "Prince" Billy, "The making of I see a darkness", Life of a record - Interview

 https://youtu.be/rz6k3RexdSk?si=uYelyuqR1xyZL-RJ

Libertines, Pete Doherty and Carl Barat talk about their friendship - Louis Theroux  (short interview)

https://youtu.be/j4kGbyzRbJ0?si=K5B9gABENBpAwj31

Sun Kil Moon, "Ben's my friend" (Audio) 

https://youtu.be/U9RfKKfNT0Q?si=MJqfyb2feSX8QIZL

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Cult leaders often use music as a tool to unify their followers on an emotional level and it is used as a control mechanism. But is any good? We have chosen 5 examples of music created by cult leaders and followers or people who have escaped.   

Playlist : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6KpaIaXfOQUdlz110TpsGj?si=68f5234945d941ec  

Shared :Charles Manson, "Look at your game girl", https://youtu.be/ncufspI_d60?si=ZhiKhbfuwbkUWWeM 

Dave : Christopher Owens,"I can  feel heaven", https://youtu.be/uIpzFOvwP88?si=_Nx4xOW5FcarsY5K

Mark : Source Family short video footage of some Live shows:                     https://youtu.be/WhBdWDLOgDo?si=OPw17ewh2LQ4ZOZv 

Mark :Sky 'Sunlight' Saxon and the World Spirits live, Austin Psych Festival 2009 https://youtu.be/X-Nxs8Ps8ZU?si=EK6G1h1JCl87CWu4

Dave: Beck, "We live again", https://youtu.be/dFfAic-wsw8?si=O5kVwUElHH48p3FI

Dave: At the drive in, "One armed scissor" (official video) https://youtu.be/7NYbojdoAQE?si=oG973_4rXBaQut2k 

Mark : Adrianna Lenker, "Ruined", Official video https://youtu.be/6iJmIL83vas?si=h0CFpl9F09KAXqvb   

Extras:

Cult fiction:  Neil Young, talks about Charles Manson (short video) 

https://youtu.be/W92sIuPLJfc?si=ne7FeovpP31cAG_H

Sky 'Sunlight' Saxon invades London (short documentary) video:  https://youtu.be/mylmobI0GVM?si=DliO72VwmN4q1474

Review with Myles Barlow, "Starting a cult", (Great Australian comedy show)   Video:  https://youtu.be/jRZIIms7MCU?si=mxtTNAiFaKh_-Sys

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Dave's challenge is a tough one, he has to convince Mark that Bruce Springsteen is actually fantastic. Bear in mind, this is someone he has no interest in. Dave's only got 5 tracks to do it. 

Playlist:   

 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/47u1BGPGqtBeFQv2gDoj11?si=6hTtsiUmTD6t3-_eZvI63g                                                                                                                                     

Bruce Springsteen "Darkness on the edge of town", live MTV plugged                     https://youtu.be/ifi5Uf73bec?si=539oN6ENY6eSrcsS                                              

"Born to run", (official video)                                              https://youtu.be/IxuThNgl3YA?si=_kOxUVRGPs63zI-b                                             

"The ghost of Tom Joad", Solo with explanation of songs origins      https://youtu.be/rF9jQHwRbDk?si=L_YWVW_iohdQaCI7                                        

 "State Trooper", (Audio)                                                  https://youtu.be/wpvXfLlcHwc?si=T1cPWWH0ryueFwE-                                    

"Badlands", Live 1979 No Nukes concert                   https://youtu.be/LzsAPhGpMkA?si=d7dg--ooANh79LcF 

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Mark's challenge is to convince Dave that Reggae is great. A genre he has never  listened to or knows anything about. He's got 5 tracks to do it. 

Playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ce99AcpUj3Txz7qeJuhoS?si=GagevQsGTuuBzeZl8rv-Zw                                                                                             Track 1: Toots and the Maytals, "54-46 was my number",(Audio)      https://youtu.be/wNxNwvjzGM0?si=0kg_-GspZQEXSAPe                                       Track 2: The Slickers, "Johnny Too Bad", (Audio)                           https://youtu.be/J4QviLqgY8M?si=XQYSnc3pW07rJpeC                                         Track 3: Desmond Dekkar,"007 (Shanty Town)  Official video         https://youtu.be/kpVxwWQjIy0?si=mg5XfdkDfuGj4iXK                                         Track 4: Lee Scratch Perry, "Soul Fire" (Audio)                                                       https://youtu.be/U-JmjBJAorU?si=lNhYG_-Df1JL4wI7                                                 Track 5: Max Romeo, "Chase the devil"  (Video)                   https://youtu.be/XcMNfX5yh28?si=PHAGxwyWt7d1yKLs

Extras: 

'The Harder they come', An amazing, gritty Jamaican movie. Full movie, highly recommended.                                                              https://youtu.be/774yn0FO0mY?si=tODovdyvEj7ooLsV                    

"Reggae, a brief history", short doco                        https://youtu.be/aESKQxeWCZQ?si=r8L2F9S9XAi6WqEL   

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On today's episode we are discussing whether plants like music, are they sentient and can they also make music? Chat includes: The CIA, Stevie Wonder, Woods, Vampire Weekend, Hurray for the riff raff and The Band.
Massive playlist here:
 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3MZNeXDCcTA3qG3LKMyR8o?si=0Ayg19CWRHq4j7sWvha2dQ     
Track 1, Shared: Stevie Wonder, "The Secret Life of Plants", (Video)
https://youtu.be/PveWXfUZEJg?si=chOg6ibU7FUn2f5m
Track 2, Mark: Woods, "Seed" (Audio)
https://youtu.be/SQmhZa3u6IE?si=JQf5MGGkXVHBmF3y
Track 3, Dave: Vampire Weekend, feat. Steve Lacey", Sunflower", (Video)
https://youtu.be/sKDesEcDrcc?si=slxWr8Wma0fKrucG
Track 4, Mark: Hurray for the riff raff, "Rhododendron", Live on KEXP
https://youtu.be/WjgHj4_zB8Y?si=Tz-PHnXgkSkpBeZI
Track 5, Dave: The Band, "Whispering Pines", (Audio)  
https://youtu.be/cML_5PgazW4?si=Hw9hZCUEtgQN41-O
Extras:
TED talk: Electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate | Greg Gage:
https://youtu.be/pvBlSFVmoaw?si=6dpvMhO0aklTL2ni
Plantwave, MIDI Sprout:
https://www.midisprout.com/
Making music with plants, Motherboard episode (You tube)
https://youtu.be/wYU18eiiFt4?si=1AijKESoTaD6jaLK
Mort Garsen, "Swingin' Spathiphyllums", 
https://youtu.be/C1yzxgNLChI?si=u7Xu0OjgHhR-N1o2
Jacques Dutronc + Thomas Dutronc,"Les Cactus" (Video)
https://youtu.be/b6A-Enj9NuM?si=qZAWaIXMzuzbyVWb
Iron and Wine, "Passing afternoon", Live
https://youtu.be/dGYVj1bzsoc?si=MEV1j6b4858QYNBY
Nick Drake, "Fruit tree"(Audio)
https://youtu.be/lBBeyHk8Gmw?si=wLZenP8gs6IpDnlM
Ween, "Push th'little daisies"
https://youtu.be/gPjPb3nNprg?si=JEg9X4VEyzM9v4_d
 Bonnie Prince Billy" Willow, Pine and Oak", (Video)
https://youtu.be/GiY-nWCW5lA?si=ufiox-yPBntezhAe
Belbury Poly, "The Willows".(Audio)
https://youtu.be/s5y8nd92Daw?si=_5cTHREy4HrTdKOo

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2024 was an absolute ripper for new music. We got together to share some of our favourite tracks.
Here's a couple of belting playlists for you:
Mark's 24 from 24
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5fwvm6Pb16DcYqAcUJNZp8?si=NKXqKU59QdqVmlroQGbZ7g 
Dave's 24 from 24:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6zEMGTq6O4Qcl3GKr9Nk4Q?si=KZxajlI-Qo-Au9Zsq8Jq7A
Shared tracks:
Waxahatchie, feat. MJ Lenderman,"Right back to it", (Live on the lateshow)
https://youtu.be/DDTwEi1leyI?si=Tw_qkaUlyl9oiZe5 
Yard Act, "We make hits", (Later with Jools Holland)
https://youtu.be/dKFS0CEA_48?si=RHIZai6Yj-lf57-I
Mark:
Cindy Lee, "Dracula", Official video
https://youtu.be/URewU5ll7VY?si=2H6axg0X1UNQMz10
The Cure, "Songs from a lost world" Live stream, full show
https://www.youtube.com/live/_aWDlaxvEZo?si=njRPgniXIORLbBgy
Hard Quartet, "Our hometown boy", (Official video)
https://youtu.be/LAMWAzo_Y4k?si=ymkawdp2eUcj2_JN
Kim Deal, "A good time pushed", (official video)
https://youtu.be/MpqLQIoivAY?si=tDMj38nJVLWC5NDW
Cola, "Pulling quotes", (Official video)
https://youtu.be/bI4MihOSrxQ?si=2bSli5VEhr60_nQu
Wand, "Smile", (Official video)
https://youtu.be/8d-k95sYVVk?si=AhdMsVfhK2ZpviFb
WH Lung, "How to walk" (Official video)
https://youtu.be/724dSJxSKV0?si=l_aNcdyRXUvoryLd
Dave:
Omni, "Plastic pyramid" (Live KEXP)
https://youtu.be/0ksTFuwSEFE?si=-HA-4kDuezT-jx15 
Hurray for the Riff Raff,"Alibi"(Official video)
https://youtu.be/QXHWxHUiJCc?si=zGYZz3Upz6i87z_H
Fontaines DC, "Favourite", (Live at Reading 2024)
https://youtu.be/T8xTWriGEOo?si=Vx_WQFXUzp2Bc3Yc
Karen O + Dangermouse,"Supermouth"
https://youtu.be/Q-vYzgg7d3k?si=K2RDtLleYdbNtTDn
No Hay Ventas, "Vecinos/Pinpilinpussies"
https://youtu.be/2rFdXlfONfQ?si=tTl1OFhiBlyeJoBw
Ginger root,"No problems"
https://youtu.be/PiOdGpR0TdU?si=CQqQngsYHxli3w0D
Ezra Collective,"Hear my cry"(Video)
https://youtu.be/3yrZlW3WRkE?si=yU8Sjgyqn2WYQLBt 
Spunloves, "True North" (Official video)
https://youtu.be/xfkXJ3bn4zg?si=ZMh_4ZhwLmGxx1H- 

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