Friday's show is a bit late due to my spending yesterday prepping for last night's gig, but here we go: we're finally getting to our look at Patrick Cowley. This will be a two-parter, because there's a lot of material. This first one is his solo material and collaborations; the second part will be production and remixes. Additional resources include the New York Times article I cite throughout, and you can find the preorder for the upcoming release of Malebox on Bandcamp.

• Seven Sacred Pools (excerpt)

Due to technical difficulties, you're getting a mixtape of sorts this week. We'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming next week. Hopefully.

• Ghostly Kisses ft. Louis-Étienne Santais - J'ai demandé à la lune

I got knocked on my butt last week by a really bad migraine (presumably due to Hurricane Ian) so this week's show is actually the show I'd been planning to do last week. It's a first, in that it's three separate segments. The first one is on Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian woman whose tragic and preventable death on September 16th has spurred worldwide protest. The second segment honours Truth & Reconciliation Day (Orange Shirt Day), which was September 28th. The final segment is a brief look at some of Coolio's best stuff, to acknowledge his passing on September 26th.

NB: This episode touches on some difficult subjects, such as systemic abuse. Use your best judgement as to what you feel you can handle, and take care of yourself

This week, the second part of our look at songs named for girls and women. There really could have easily been a third part, but I think this is enough for now. 

• The Eurythmics - Jennifer

This week and next, we're looking at the proliferation of songs named for girls and women over the last 70 years.

• Dale Hawkins - Susie-Q

On this week's show, we're listening to some songs that found themselves on the wrong side of censors for one reason or another. This episode is primarily focused on the US and the UK, but I imagine we'll check out other countries in the future.

• Shirley Bassey - Burn My Candle At Both Ends

A busy week means another theme show. This week, it's all about the end of summer, for better or worse. If you're curious to hear more about the heat wave in China, the podcast I was referencing was Thursday's episode of It Could Happen Here.

• Billy Idol - Hot In The City

Me feeling a bit like a zombie all week means you get a theme show. Tonight, it's a variety of songs about dreams and dreaming. Enjoy!

• The Crew Cuts - Shboom

On this week's show, we're looking at dreampop - its origins, where it overlaps with shoegaze, how it evolved, what it borrowed from chillwave, and where it is now.

• The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs

On this week's show, we take a look at the roots and peak of shoegaze in the 80s and early 90s. The excellent box set I reference in the episode can be found on Cherry Red Records website, and there's a solid post on Reddit about the history of shoegaze. Pitchfork's top 50 shoegaze albums is also an excellent read (though the pagination chafes my butt - just use an infinite scroll!), and this New York Times article from 1991 provides a cool window into the attitudes of the time.

• Siouxsie & The Banshees - Slowdive