Fifty episodes in! Seems like I'm doing a lot of these things, huh? Oh well, it's another mishmash show full of loads of fun things. I don't talk as much this week, simply because I've been stellarly busy with a bunch of other projects, but there's still tons of awesome music for you to go and listen to.

Bring a friend! Pack a lunch! Stay for the day!

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Setlist:

• "Don't Save Us From The Flames" - M83
• "Kool Thing" - Sonic Youth
• "Livin' In A Bitch Of A World" - 7Horse
• "No One Can Be That Stupid" - Too Much Joy
• "Ambar" - Raghu Dixit
• "Love And Loss" - Jayson Belt
• "Feelin' Alright?" - Traffic
• "Silver Bullets" - The Chills
• "Kiss The Judas" - Fury In The Slaughterhouse
• "The Way I Tend To Be" - Frank Turner
• "Asleep On The Motorway" - Jesus Jones
• "Tom Courtnenay" - Yo La Tengo
• "Réalité" - Ulan Bator
• "Fu - Yu" - DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo
• "Sun Touch" - Herbie Hancock
• "Crazy" - The Afghan Whigs
• "Kenya" - Weebl's Stuff
• "Outsiders" - Suede
• "Change" - Asian Dub Foundation
• "Бизнес" - Centr
• "Prism" - m-flo
• "Nosebleeder Turbo TV" - Pop Will Eat Itself
• "Teske boje" - Goran Bare & Majke
• "Beautiful Thing" - The Stone Roses
• "Dim" - dada
• "I Am The Message" - Fightstar
• "The Staunton Lick" - Lemon Jelly

Oh! Hey there. It's the Starlight Society, innit? This week, we play a bunch of music from a bunch of countries and have a grand old time, and in no way did I just remember that we were doing a show when someone pointed a microphone in my face....

As always, I recommend not reading the setlist until you've heard the show. You'll only spoil your surprises. Also, go out and make new people listen to the show. We need more fresh blood. And to my new listener in Bulgaria who seems to be listening to most of the shows, welcome! No idea how you found us, but go get some friends to listen!

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Setlist:

• "Nostalgia" - The Chameleons
• "Compliment" - 208 Talks Of Angels
• "38 Years Old" - The Tragically Hip
• "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss" - P.M. Dawn
• "Shinjitsu no Koi" - 2814
• "Where Does the Past End and the Present Begin?" - Ian O'Brien
• "Invisible" - Colin Hay
• "The Only Way" - Brad
• "Horn OK Please" - Sukhwinder Singh, Yo Yo Honey Singh & Anoushka Manchanda
• "A Solid Bond In Your Heart" - The Style Council
• "Daydream" - Judy and Mary
• "The Last Garrison" - Enter Shikari
• "Bloodhounds" - All Them Witches
• "Watch Your Back" - Dizzee Rascal
• "A Legitimate Business Man" - Tangerine Dream, Woody Jackson, The Alchemist, Oh No & DJ Shadow
• "Fly, Gundam!" - Andrew W.K.
• "Pretty Paracetamol" - Fischer-Z
• "Variety Speak" - The Animaniacs
• "Road Rats" - Alice Cooper
• "Burn" - endive
• "Auto-Tune the News #8- dragons. geese. Michael Vick. (ft. T-Pain)" - The Gregory Brothers
• "Breakdown" - Tantric
• "Sorpresa de Shanghai" - Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota
• "Unsteady" - Kill Creek
• "Nothing But Love" - James
• "The Fire Down Below" - Slaves (US)
• "Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up" - Busta Rhymes
• אתניקס - צ'ארלי
• "Last Defense" - Year Of The Rabbit
• "Cry Little Sister" - G Tom Mac
• "Wild One" - Thin Lizzy
• "Last Song" - The Smashing Pumpkins

In the early 1990s, England had a series of reactions to the grunge and shoegaze movements, the biggest of which was a desire to return to the classic rock stylings of the 60s and 70s. This spawned the movement known as BritPop, whose heyday ran from 1991 until 1997 or so.

Over the next three hours, I'll walk you through some of the key moments in BritPop, play you some of the biggest tunes, introduce you to a bunch of "also-rans" and talk about what ended up causing BritPop's decline (Spoiler: mostly BritPop itself).

It's a fun show, a "best of BritPop" if you will, full of lots of bright and bouncy songs, plus a whole lot of England.

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Setlist:

• "Common People" - Pulp
• "Animal Nitrate" - Suede
• "Popscene" - Blur
• "Wonderwall" - Oasis
• "Come Together" - The Beatles
• "Live Life" - The Kinks
• "Girlfriend In A Coma" - The Smiths
• "The Drowners" - Suede
• "Parklife" - Blur
• "Lipgloss" - Pulp
• "Rock'n'Roll Star" - Oasis
• "Caught By The Fuzz" - Supergrass
• "Daydreamer" - Menswear
• "Wide Open Space" - Mansun
• "Connection" - Elastica
• "Wake Up Boo!" - The Boo Radleys
• "The Life Of Riley" - The Lightning Seeds
• "Going For Gold" - Shed Seven
• "Slight Return (John Peel Session 1994)" - The Bluetones
• "Changingman" - Paul Weller
• "The Riverboat Song" - Ocean Colour Scene
• "One To Another" - The Charlatans
• "Ladykillers" - Lush
• "Sonnet" - The Verve
• "A Design For Life" - Manic Street Preachers
• "Girl From Mars" - Ash
• "Female Of The Species" - Space
• "I'm So Lonely" - Cast
• "Miss Trudy" - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
• "You're Gorgeous" - Babybird
• "Songs Of Love" - The Divine Comedy
• "Come Back To What You Know" - Embrace
• "A Girl Like You" - Edwyn Collins
• "Waking Up" - Elastica
• "Atom" - Echobelly
• "Road Rage" - Catatonia
• "What Do I Do Now?" - Sleeper
• "Don't Go Away" - Oasis
• "Bittersweet Symphony" - The Verve
• "Song 2" - Blur
• "Karma Police" - Radiohead
• "The Shock Of The Lightning" - Oasis

Weird week. As I type this in, I'm sitting on a Ticketmaster page, camped, waiting to get tickets to Prophets of Rage, listening to the second Stone Roses single (which will be in next week's show), being sad that the singer/guitarist from Boom Boom Satellites is losing his battle with his brain tumor. I saw Caravan Palace a few days ago, and that was good. There's a song this week about "the best part of Ohio" for my Ohio peeps. There's a bit of Indonesian rock.

This week's show, like most shows, we'll cover all sorts of stuff. It's a few minutes long, but I wanted to spend a little bit of extra time on Boom Boom Satellites, so I did, and you can't stop me.

The webpage - http://www.starlightsociety.com
The donate page - http://www.patreon.com/StarlightSociety
Me on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/Devinoch

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Setlist:

• "Still Water" - The Samples
• "Revolusi Cinta" - Slank
• "You Know You Can't Help It" - Buzzcocks
• "Mala Truba" - Urban & 4
• "The Magic Clap" - The Coup
• "I Gotsta Get Paid" - ZZ Top
• "Giant Balls Of Gold" - Steve Vai
• "Теряю голову (feat. Symphony Orchestra of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia)" - Bi-2
• "Sorry About Your Irony" - El Ten Eleven
• "Tonto" - Battles
• "Fool In The Rain" - BalticSeaChild
• "Galaxy Detour" - The Phenomenauts
• "Lucky" - Supercar
• "Almost Perfect" - The Pretenders
• "From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea" - The Cure
• "(Rock) Superstar" - Cypress Hill
• "Fight The Power" - Public Enemy
• "Killing In The Name Of" - Rage Against The Machine
• "I'm Sick Of This Place" - The Brilliant Green
• "Wonderland" - Caravan Palace
• "Just One Dance" - Caro Emerald
• "Ready To Receive" - The Animalhouse
• "Second Head" - The Teardrop Explodes
• "Silver" - Hundred Reasons
• "On The Painted Desert" - Boom Boom Satellites
• "Lay Your Hands On Me" - Boom Boom Satellites
   

This week's your usual sized, fun-filled episode, stuffed to the gills with music from Japan, Turkey, Thailand, Finland, Germany and more. We go as far back as swing, and as cutting edge as trip-hop. We play music from The GothFather, from the king of Proto-Punk, and music that's somewhat educational.

It's a fun show. You should enjoy it. I know I did.

The usual set of links for the show:

    The webpage - http://www.starlightsociety.com
    The donate page - http://www.patreon.com/StarlightSociety
    Me on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/Devinoch
    Why talking to random people in the Bay Area can be like Hell incarnate (I give it until 2018) - http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/on-local-color

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Setlist:

• "When You're On Top" - The Wallflowers
• "Why Can't This Be Love?" - Van Halen
• "Guerilla Radio" - Rage Against The Machine
• "戰勝心魔" - Beyond
• "East Easy Rider" - Julian Cope
• "Rapstar" - Ceza
• "Traded In My Cigarettes" - Plan B
• "Hamishpat" - Mashina
• "Late Goodbye" - Poets Of The Fall
• "Beginning To See The Light" - The Velvet Underground
• "Cry For Love" - Iggy Pop
• "Bastard Landlord" - The Pogues
• "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" - Dean Martin
• "Mad About You" - Sting
• "I Am My Own Name" - Peter Murphy
• "San Francisco" - The Mowgli's
• "Forget Myself" - Third Eye Blind
• "Fake Tales Of San Francisco" - Arctic Monkeys
• "Guten Tag" - Wir sind Helden
• "Teenage Wristband" - The Twilight Singers
• "ความรัก" - Bodyslam
• "The Look (Unplugged)" - Roxette
• "Sir Duke" - Stevie Wonder
• "Missing Link" - DJ Krush
• "On the Edge of a Cliff" - The Streets
• "New Math" - Tom Lehrer
• "Enid" - Barenaked Ladies
• "Singing In My Sleep" - Semisonic
• "Carolina" - Eric Bachmann

It's the end of the month, and in constantly proving that Cliff is bad with space estimates, I had a ton of time left over, so I provide to an XL sized show stuffed full of awesomeness and excitement, with loads of our favorites all crammed into an epic 3-hour episode.

This is also a week I recommend NOT looking at the set list until after the show is done, simply because it's full of a bunch of fun surprises.

You will get stuff from Argentina, Japan, Germany, Russia, Israel, Portugal, a big block of Scottish rock, and even more things that I'm too excited to type in right now. Rock, jazz, hip-hop, stuff from the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and teens... Oh, and the new Stone Roses single!

Just listen to it. It's awesome.

The usual set of links for the show:

    The webpage - http://www.starlightsociety.com
    The donate page - http://www.patreon.com/StarlightSociety
    Me on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/Devinoch
    Your random technology joke of the day - https://xkcd.com/678/

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Setlist:

• "All For One" - The Stone Roses
• "Here We Go" - Fury In The Slaughterhouse
• "Run to the Sun" - Dragon Ash
• "Friends" - Joe Satriani
• "Fearless Boogie" - Hank Williams III
• "Century Lovers" - Porno Graffiti
• "Don't Change" - INXS
• "America" - Neil Diamond
• "Take It From Me" - KONGOS
• "Stargazer" - Mother Love Bone
• "Voices In The Jungle" - Rock Sugar
• "The Payback" - James Brown
• "Red Shift" - Enter Shikari
• "Still Life" - Men At Work
• "Perfekt" - Wingenfelder:Wingenfelder
• "Cuts You Up" - Peter Murphy
• "What's Good" - Lou Reed
• "Dream On" - Aerosmith
• "Love Song" - The Cure
• "Deviant Personality" - Blasted Mechanism
• "Start!" - The Jam
• "Zman Lehitorer" - Hadag Nahash
• "Tunnel Vision" - Justin Timberlake
• "DD弾[改]" - SOUL'd OUT
• "Lights" - Journey
• "Симфония" - Splean
• "Letter Read" - Rachel Yamagata
• "American English" - Idlewild
• "Act On Impulse" - We Were Promised Jetpacks
• "Almost Gold" - The Jesus & Mary Chain
• "Black Chandelier" - Biffy Clyro
• "Stringer" - The Jaguar Club
• "Omaha Celebration" - Pat Metheny
• "Every Car You Chase (The Snow Police)" - Party Ben
• "Bad Reputation" - Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
• "26 Is Dancier Than 4" - This Town Needs Guns
• "Juego de Seducción" - Soda Stereo
• "Improvise" - Jurassic 5
• "This Is How It Feels" - Richard Ashcroft
• "Hey Beautiful (Theme from "How I Met Your Mother")" - The Solids
• "Heaven" - The Walkmen
• "High" - The Cure

This week, we deep dive into the world of post-rock, full of gorgeous instrumentals and soundscapes that build worlds out of songs without words. This is one of my favorite subgenres of music - I have an entire playlist full of this stuff for when I'm writing that I just set on shuffle, and it drifts me through all sorts of moods and mindscapes. A guy I bumped into at the Motion City Soundtrack show said I should do a scene show on post-rock, so here we are.

If you aren't familiar with post-rock, it's rock without lyrics. I think you'll dig it. I know that I have for almost 20 years now. There isn't a ton about the history or development of the genre, simply because it isn't a centralized movement with a discernible story arc, but there is such a plethora of amazing bands doing this stuff, I didn't repeat anyone in the show, just to give you as many different sounds as possible, and I still had post rock bands I left out.

You can keep digging if you want more, I'm sure, but now you know where to start...

The usual set of links for the show:

• The webpage - http://www.starlightsociety.com
• The donate page - http://www.patreon.com/StarlightSociety
• Me on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/Devinoch
• Your random science joke of the day - https://xkcd.com/1680/

And here's what I played...

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Setlist:

• "Always Crashing In The Same Car" - David Bowie
• "Carol" - Slint
• "Chief Sitting Duck" - Don Caballero
• "1000 Miles" - Dirty Three
• "A Simple Way To Go Faster Than Light That Does Not Work" - Tortoise
• "Shifty Drifty" - Tristeza
• "Amber, Ember, Glow" - Saxon Shore
• "Soul City" - Bowery Electric
• "Loft" - Caspian
• "Bellevue Bridge" - Cul De Sac
• "California Is Too Long" - Signal Hill
• "Untitled 1" - Sigur Rós
• "The Sun Smells Too Loud" - Mogwai
• "So Long, Lonesome" - Explosions In The Sky
• "Threads" - This Will Destroy You
• "Knock At My Door" - The Six Parts Seven
• "6pm" - This Is Your Captain Speaking
• "The Air Between Us" - Hammock
• "In Mind" - Do Make Say Think
• "Arrived/Departed" - The Mercury Program
• "Radio Protector" - 65daysofstatic
• "The Colorfreak" - Kiln
• "Call" - The American Dollar
• "Forever Lost" - God Is An Astronaut
• "A Little Bit Of Solidarity Goes A Long Way" - And So I Watch You From Afar
• "Circa" - Beware Of Safety
• "Leyendecker" - Battles
• "Weightless Frame" - Gifts From Enola
• "Malko" - Russian Circles
• "Pyramid Of The Sun" - Maserati
• "In Every Mind" - Red Sparowes
• "The Writer's Audience Is Always Fiction" - You May Die in the Desert
• "After Image" - Toe
• "A Heart Has Asked For The Pleasure" - Mono
• "No Name" - The Samuel Jackson Five
• "Seraphim & Cherubim" - Maybeshewill

This week, we finally do our tribute to Prince. Born Prince Rogers Nelson, The Artist Mostly Known As Prince was one of the most prolific songwriters of our time. Blending funk, rock and R&B, Prince was a force to be reckoned with. One of the Top 50 Guitarists by Rolling Stone magazine, Prince lived a life that was envied by many. He got a recording contract at age 17. He replaced his name with a symbol, then changed it back again.

He was the purple one.

From his home in Paisley Park (just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota), Prince built an empire, releasing 39 albums, recording dozens (maybe hundreds) more. A tiny guy with a big amount of style. This week, we give you an overview of the life and music of Prince.

As always, the website for the show is www.starlightsociety.com and you can find us on Twitter @Devinoch and if you want to donate to the show, you can do so over at www.patreon.com/StarlightSociety - All of these are things that are worth doing.

You should also be spreading the good word about the show, trying to get us new listeners. I'm not above pandering....

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Setlist:

• "I Wanna Be Your Lover" - Prince
• "Darling Nikki" - Foo Fighters
• "1999" - Prince
• "Purple Rain" - Prince & The Revolution
• "When Doves Cry" - Prince & The Revolution
• "Raspberry Beret" - Prince & The Revolution
• "Kiss" - Prince
• "Sign O The Times" - Prince
• "Alphabet St" - Prince
• "When 2 R In Love" - Prince
• "Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sinead O'Connor
• "Manic Monday" - The Bangles
• "Jungle Love" - Morris Day & The Time
• "Batdance" - Prince
• "Diamonds And Pearls" - Prince
• "Sexy M.F." - Prince
• "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" - Prince
• "Get Yo Groove On" - Prince
• "The Sensual Everafter" - Prince
• "Lolita" - Prince
• "Guitar" - Prince
• "Dreamer" - Prince
• "Breakfast Can Wait" - Prince
• "Look At Me" - Prince

Show #42 was always planned to be a special show. We will have a tribute to Prince next week, but this week, we're celebrating the life and works of Douglas Adams, and all the musicians that he touched. I tell stories about how he nearly got Monty Python killed, and how he named Pink Floyd's album "The Division Bell." But mostly I talk about Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and how important it's been to me over the years, in all its various incarnations - radio, book, movie and game.

As always, you can find the shows at www.starlightsociety.com and I'm on Twitter @Devinoch and if you want to contribute to the show, you can do so at www.patreon.com/StarlightSociety - all of these are things you can do.

Finally and most importantly, please continue telling folks about the show. I do so love seeing fresh faces (and locations) in the crowd, and there are a whole lot of states (and countries) we haven't hit yet, so keep on spreading the good word. Or bad word. Or whatever words you happen to have about the show.

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Setlist:

• "Journey Of The Sorcerer" - Eagles
• "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" - HGTTG - Season 1
• "Telegraph Road" - Dire Straits
• "So Long & Thanks For All The Fish" - Hilary Summers, Kemi Ominiyi & The R'svp Voices
• "Grand Hotel" - Procol Harum
• "Life, The Universe and Everything" - HGTTG - Season 1
• "Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd
• "Philosophers" - HGTTG - Season 1
• "Brain Damage" - Pink Floyd
• "Seven-and-a-half Million Year Itch" - HGTTG - Season 1
• "In Held 'Twas In I" - Procol Harum
• "The Bistromathic Drive" - HGTTG - Season 3
• "Vote Beeblebrox" - Andy Dunlop, Chuck Norman, Douglas Payne, Fran Balke, Hannah Thomas, Miggy Barradas & Neil Hannon
• "Romeo & Juliet" - Dire Straits
• "Fit The Twenty First - Fenchurch's Story" - HGTTG - Season 4
• "Tunnel of Love" - Dire Straits
• "So Long & Thanks For All The Fish (Reprise)" - Neil Hannon
• "High Hopes" - Pink Floyd
• "What A Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong
• "Reasons To Be Miserable (His Name Is Marvin)" - Stephen Fry

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As always, you can find all our podcasts at www.starlightsociety.com and

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