Starlight Society - Global Music Discovery

Mixed bag as I continue to avoid being drowned by the flood waters. Enjoy the music.

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Setlist:

• "Three Stars" - Ultra Vivid Scene
• "Remember Fun (Like We Was Young)" - Future Pilot AKA
• "I'll Be Waiting" - Adele
• "Left Of The Dial" - The Replacements
• "When The Stars Go Blue" - Ryan Adams
• "This Moment" - Matthew Sweet
• "Radio Orchid" - Fury In The Slaughterhouse
• "Kill The Light" - Kitten
• "Obsession" - ATB
• "Control" - VNV Nation
• "Nothing" - Stabbing Westward
• "We Might As Well Be Strangers (DJ Shadow Remix)" - DJ Shadow vs. Keane

So this one's back to random access theater - music done with no concern for being consistent or reliable. It's just going to play what it wants how it wants. You should just shove it into your earholes and not try and fight back. You'll only go crazy if you do...

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Setlist:

• "Offensive Language" - George Carlin
• "Star Roving" - Slowdive
• "Припева нет" - Uma2rman
• "Bird's Nest" - Charlie Parker
• "Selfless, Cold, and Composed" - Ben Folds Five
• "Inside Out" - The Chameleons UK
• "Euphoria, Take My Hand" - Glasvegas
• "Not Afraid Anymore" - Halsey
• "This Is War" - Thirty Seconds To Mars
• "I'm Into Something Good" - Herman's Hermits
• "Falling Down" - Oasis
• "How Bizarre" - OMC
• "La Lune (ft. Dan Smith)" - Madeon
• "I Am Here" - Picnic

This isn't an episode full of chipper, happy, upbeat love songs, but there's a lot of good music here, if you like...

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Setlist:

• "Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns" - Mother Love Bone
• "Cologne (Piano Orchestra Version)" - Ben Folds
• "Something I Can Never Have (2010 Remaster)" - Nine Inch Nails
• "My Instincts Are The Enemy" - American Football
• "Heaven Knows I'm Lonely Now" - Cracker
• "Curse Of Love" - The Pogues
• "So Lonely" - The Police
• "Love Is Blindness" - U2
• "Why Can't You Be" - Third Eye Blind
• "Tired Of Giving Up" - Ryan Adams
• "Again I Go Unnoticed" - Dashboard Confessional
• "Tell Tale Signs" - Frank Turner
• "Nothing Lasts For Long" - The Samples

This episode is not for kids. But it makes me laugh. Give it a listen. Tell other people to listen to it. And good LORD the show with me and Topher got a lot of downloads... I'm not sure if that's because it's long, or because people enjoyed hearing me and someone else bounce off one another...

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Setlist:

• "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television" - George Carlin
• "Fortunate Son" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "This House Is Not For Sale" - Ryan Adams
• "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)" - Pink Floyd
• "Jimmy" - Tool
• "I Fought The Law" - The Clash
• "War Pigs" - Faith No More
• "Dominion/Mother Russia" - The Sisters Of Mercy
• "Super Stupid" - Funkadelic
• "Filthy Words" - George Carlin

Sort of back to our normal mishmash of styles and genres and bands and things, but hey, who can tell any more. It's a lot of music that keeps me moving and getting through the rough political snafus we keep getting. It seems like each and every day, something new gets fucked up. The show on the weekend is going to swear a lot, so be warned of that, but this should mostly just be music to ease the roughness of the days...

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Playlist:

• "Have You Passed Through This Night?" - Explosions In The Sky
• "Where'd You Go (ft. Holly Brook & Jonah Matranga)" - Fort Minor
• "Love Or Confusion" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• "Doomsday" - Ryan Adams
• "King Of Pain" - The Police
• "Know Your Quarry" - Biffy Clyro
• "Unfamiliar Ceilings" - Fightstar
• "My Descent Into Madness" - Eels
• "I Can't Quit You Baby" - Led Zeppelin
• "Silent All These Years" - Tori Amos
• "Break Myself" - Something Corporate
• "Leather Jacket" - Arkells
• "Call Me" - Blondie
• "Sexual Healing" - Marvin Gaye

So, this is a strange one... I don't know how many of you are going to want to download and listen to this, but this show was recorded Wednesday with my oldest friend, Topher, who was in town, and features a lot of us talking about how we met, how we grew up, our time rooming together in college, the period in time where we faded from each others' lives and our eventual return and where it's found us.

Don't get me wrong. There's a bunch of music here, and I think the conversations are a fascinating look inside of my head from an outside perspective of someone who's known me the longest, but your mileage may vary. What with downloads being as low as they have been the last few weeks, I'm starting to think that I can do whatever I want and it won't affect the tiny number of listeners I have anyway.

The conversation volume levels for this episode are all over the place - sorry about that. I've never done a show with someone else before. The music selection leans very heavily into the late '90s (surprise) but I think the show is worth listening to, even if you may not. It's up to you. It's also a long show, just under 3 hours, with probably 45 minutes of that me and Topher talking. Up to you.

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Setlist:

• "Carouselambra" - Led Zeppelin
• "San Jose" - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
• "Going Back To Cali" - The Notorious B.I.G.
• "Song 2" - Blur
• "My Kingdom" - The Future Sound Of London
• "Army" - Ben Fold Five
• "Don't Drink The Water" - Dave Matthews Band
• "Perfect Day" - Lou Reed
• "3 Libras" - A Perfect Circle
• "The Great Below" - Nine Inch Nails
• "My Name Is Mud" - Primus
• "Black Star" - Radiohead
• "The Lovecats" - The Cure
• "Lemon" - U2
• "Kick The P.A." - Korn & The Dust Brothers
• "Homicidal Schizophrenic (A Lad Insane)" - Emergency Broadcast Network
• "Schism" - Tool
• "$300" - Soul Coughing
• "Cure For Pain" - Morphine
• "Goodbye You Lizard Scum" - Bill Hicks
• "Journey To The End Of The East Bay" - Rancid

An episode mostly of protest music, to put you in the right mindset to be fighting daily, and to keep your spirits up, so you know people have your back. It's hardest to be the first person to stand, and it's just as hard to take your first stand, but it's important that everybody get out and protest right now, so we don't take this lying down.

There's classic rock, stuff from two of the countries that Trump hates (Syria/Mexico), some stuff from countries that are worried about us (UK/Germany/Japan) some stuff to get you angry, some stuff to help you ease off enough to get your second wind, and then a bit more to get you angry again. This is one of the times that I have to say that Roger Daltrey is wrong - the new boss is not the same as the old boss. Trump's gotta be removed from office as soon as possible, before that's no longer an option... He's currently making Nixon look like a 3rd grade class president with delusions of grandeur. Keep at it, folks.

Yeah, I took a little time off. Head wasn't in the right space, body was failing a bit, bunch of other things went sideways, but I didn't quit on you. Don't quit on me. We're worth it, all of us. (And feel free to spread the show around - I know, I know, self-promotion is a shitty thing to have to do when we're in the middle of a revolution, but we all gotta do it anyway...)

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Setlist:

• "World Leader Pretend" - R.E.M.
• "Hikari No Machi" - Dragon Ash
• "We're Not Gonna Take It" - Twisted Sister
• "Concept of Freedom" - Will Varley
• "The Sand In The Gears (live)" - Frank Turner
• "This Is Not America" - David Bowie & The Pat Methany Group
• "Paint It Black" - The Rolling Stones
• "Take The Power Back" - Rage Against The Machine
• "Fighting My Way Back" - Thin Lizzy
• "Heei Yaa Alahobalin Hoobalowa" - Waaberi
• "When Life Gives You Lemons PUNCH LIFE IN THE FUCKING FACE" - Akira The Don
• "Know Your Rights" - The Clash
• "Revolution" - Wingenfelder:Wingenfelder
• "Appalachian Springs" - The Verve
• "11:11" - Rodrigo y Gabriela & C.U.B.A.
• "Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who

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Setlist:

• "Dark Days (Main Theme)" - DJ Shadow
• "A Deafening Distance" - God Is An Astronaut
• "Cody" - Mogwai
• "Quiet" - This Will Destroy You
• "Losing You To You" - Hammock
• "God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters" - Moby
• "Our Sisters" - Signal Hill
• "Our Hearts Are Read" - The American Dollar
• "Small Steps" - Saxon Shore
• "Everything Wrong Is Right Again" - The Six Parts Seven
• "Your Hand In Mine" - Explosions In The Sky

It's a hard time right now. One of the most despicable people just became the President of the United States, and he's trying to take the country back to the 1800's. We aren't going to stand for it, but it's also important we stand together, and that we remember who and what we're fighting for. It's okay to stumble, it's okay to sit and take a breather, it's okay to lean on someone else for help now and again, but we aren't going to back down, and this show's all about togetherness and trying to stay positive in the face of adversity.

I know I said I wasn't going to do a Friday show, but I can change my mind, too, and I keep coming back to this Frank Turner lyric...

"So try and get better and don't ever accept less..."

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Setlist:

• "I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor
• "Tomorrow" - James
• "On the Edge of a Cliff" - The Streets
• "Leon On Me" - Bill Withers
• "Stand Up And Be Strong" - Soul Asylum
• "Gimme Shelter" - The Rolling Stones
• "Don't Give In" - Third Eye Blind
• "Protection" - Fury In The Slaughterhouse
• "With A Little Help From My Friends" - Joe Cocker
• "Get Better" - Frank Turner
• "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" - U2
• "Stand By Me" - Ben E. King
• "We Take Care Of Our Own" - Bruce Springsteen
• "Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds

Double long show again, because I wanted to do an extra long work out show of stuff I use to motivate myself into going to the horrible gym in an effort to try and get back into shape, a shape other than the one I'm currently in. I hate the gym. Everybody hates the gym, but fuck it, if you want to eat rich, you need to do the work to be able to afford it. And while I'm scaling back what and how I eat, I'm not giving up all the things I like. Fuck that.

Also, no show over the weekend. And still need ideas for the next scene show.

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Setlist:

• "Born Slippy (Nuxx)" - Underworld
• "Everything" - VNV Nation
• "Ready, Steady, Go" - Oakenfold
• "Nobody Speak (ft. Run The Jewels)" - DJ Shadow
• "Mind Killer" - Adam Freeland
• "Stronger" - Kanye West
• "Let Forever Be" - The Chemical Brothers
• "Faint" - Linkin Park
• "Stop The Rock" - Apollo 400
• "Our Demons (ft. Aja Volkman)" - The Glitch Mob
• "Discipline" - Nine Inch Nails
• "Aerodynamic" - Daft Punk
• "Good Luck (ft. Lisa Kekaula)" - Basement Jaxx
• "Simply Being Loved (Somnambulist)" - BT
• "Keep Hope Alive" - The Crystal Method
• "Hysteria" - Muse
• "Chinese Burn" - Curve
• "Dive For You" - Boom Boom Satellites
• "Come With Me Now" - KONGOS
• "Ya Mama" - Fatboy Slim
• "Spybreak!" - Propellerheads
• "Spygame" - Parov Stelar
• "All Sewn Up" - David Holmes
• "A Midwestern Night's Dream" - Ian O'Brien