The world's on fire, so here's some tunes to drown out the flames...

"169 dudes!"

The very end of this episode may give you musical whiplash. I make no apologies.

Hey! I've got a new blog, where once a week I write a fictional story based on something that happened to me while being an Uber driver! It's updated every Wednesday and you can find it over at alwaystipyourdriver.com - It would mean a lot if you'd check it out and tell people about it. Free new story every week.

Random? Oh yeah, I got yer random right here, Rando Calrissian. This week'll be all over the place, but it's fun, and tuneful. You should give it a listen. It includes a mini block of two artists who had hit singles where they sung the name of their own band in the chorus. Can you guess the two of them without looking at the set list? Good luck...

I'm back from the holidays and have a whole slew of new things to introduce you to... music from all around the world, throughout time and space...

A supersized episode that covers hiphop in three languages, prog piano, electrometal, emo and a ton more...

So we're returning to the one-a-week, two-hour-show format starting immediately. I talk a little bit about why in the episode, but basically, it's just easier for me to manage, and I didn't see much of an uptick one way or another in doing two shows a week. Consider yourself notified.

Lots of international flavor this week, but also lots of classics, and a small rant from me on why I think "nü-metal" got unfairly slagged as we mourn the passing of Linkin Park's Chester Bennington.

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Setlist:

• "Der Tanz" - von Brücken
• "Where Are We Going?" - Marvin Gaye
• "Los Angeles" - Counting Crows
• "Réalité" - Ulan Bator
• "Decatur St." - The Twilight Singers
• "Wake Up With Me" - 208 Talks Of Angels
• "Space" - Dizzee Rascal
• "La Femme Fetal" - Digable Planets
• "Alaturka Çeşmesi"- Ceza
• "Спокойная ночь" - Кино
• "Sleeping With Ghosts" - Placebo
• "Go!" - Public Service Broadcasting
• "SHIBUYA Morning" - SUPERCAR
• "Liberation" - Pet Shop Boys
• "The Magic In You" - Ulrich Schnauss
• "Do What You Have To Do" - Sarah McLachlan
• "The Fog" - STS9
• "It's Over Now" - Air Formation
• "Going Nowhere" - Working For A Nuclear Free City
• "Millionaire Blues" - Dire Straits
• "Surfer's Song" - James
• "Sueles Dejarme Solo" - Soda Stereo
• "Medal Of Honor" - You Blew It!
• "You Can Call Me Al" - Paul Simon
• "Somewhere I Belong" - Linkin Park (RIP Chester Bennington)
• "Systemic (feat. Nas)" - DJ Shadow
• העיר הלבנה - אתניקס

It is time to deploy the greatest weapon in your groove arsenal, a mix so truly thunderously buttshakingly wiggle inducing, that you may have no choice but to get up, and, as the kids say, shake that thang.

We at Starlight Society Productions assume no responsibility for damages that you may incur due to unsupervised overextension of your glutteous maximus.

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Setlist:

• "Shake Your Euphemism" - Blue Man Group
• "Wild, Sweet And Cool" - The Crystal Method
• "Up And Down Stairs" - Sean Callery
• "From Rusholme With Love" - Mint Royale
• "Window Licker" - Aphex Twin
• "Eye For An Eye" - UNKLE
• "In Dust We Trust" - The Chemical Brothers
• "I Wish" - Infected Mushroom
• "Jumbo" - Underworld
• "Never Gonna Come Down (ft. Mike Doughty)" - BT
• "Peace and Love, Inc." - Information Society
• "Go Daddy-O" - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Quickly thrown together Tuesday show is quickly thrown together.

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Setlist:

• "I Slept With The Devil" - Lucky Boys Confusion
• "Killer Inside Me" - MC 900 Ft. Jesus
• "Wake Up Time For Freedom" - The Cult
• "Overdrive" - Fightstar
• "Our Love Is A Painted Picture" - Mae
• "Time Erases Everything" - Steady & Co.
• "The Great Spectacular" - Dixie Dregs
• "Carpal Tunnel Slug" - Buckethead
• "Drive Your Car" - Engineers
• "Jelly Roll" - Charles Mingus
• "Aoharu Youth" - SUPERCAR
• "One Heart Beating" - Better Than Ezra
• "Down" - Buffalo Tom

This month's scene show is all about grebo, a very specific substrata of music that was focused around 1988-1999 in the Midlands of the UK. There's a small number of bands in it, but some of them were quite prolific, and a number of them have returned after long absences, so it seemed like a good time to bust it out. It's a little short for a scene show, but should give you a good idea of the whole field, and inspire you to seek out some of these bands on your own.

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Setlist:

• "Oh Grebo I Think I Love You" - Pop Will Eat Itself
• "Never Enough" - Jesus Jones
• "Don't Let Me Down Gently" - The Wonder Stuff
• "Grey Cell Green" - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
• "The Only Living Boy In New Cross" - Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
• "Everything's Alright" - Crazyhead
• "Can U Dig It?" - Pop Will Eat Itself
• "Not Sleeping Around" - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
• "Karmadrome" - Pop Will Eat Itself
• "Titch" - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
• "Ich Bin Ein Auslander" - Pop Will Eat Itself
• "Bloodsport For All" - Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
• "Jesus Was A Pinko" - The Bomb Party
• "Everything's Groovy" - Gaye Bykers On Acid
• "Give Me Your Soul" - The Hunters Club
• "Unbelievable" - EMF
• "Caught In My Shadow" - The Wonder Stuff
• "Message" - Jesus Jones
• "Hibernation" - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
• "Back 2 Business" - Pop Will Eat Itself
• "Happy (Live at 25)" - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
• "Sheriff Fatman" - Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
• "International Bright Young Thing" - Jesus Jones
• "Planet Earth" - The Wonder Stuff
• "Kill Your Television" - Ned's Atomic Dustbin

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Also, I have to include some pictures of grebo haircuts, because man, I just can't avoid that...

 

 

 

Seriously... go watch some of the music videos from this era and these bands and you will be amazed at wild fashion/hair they had...