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Once in a while in Southern California, we get this phenomenon where water falls from the sky. I’m not kidding! Very weird. Anyway, it’s expected this weekend so I’m doing the show about it. Remember if you look up at the falling water, keep your mouth closed.

* Scott Walker – It’s Raining Today
* Joe Jackson – A Place In The Rain
* The Anderson Council – Hole In The Sky
* Cracker – Rainy Days And Mondays
* Tom Waits – More Than Rain
* They Might Be Giants – Snowball In Hell
* Spinal Tap – Rainy Day Sun
* ELO – Mr. Blue Sky

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Need a little more magic in your life? Overdo it with this week’s Dark Meat! Marvel as I misdirect you from the fact that it’s a rerun – and don’t forget to tip your waitresses.

* ELO – Strange Magic
* Sugar Ray – Abracadabra
* Super Furry Animals – God! Show Me The Magic
* Fleetwood Mac – Black Magic Woman
* Ben Folds Five – Magic
* M.Y.M.P – Every Little Thing He Does Is Magic
* Blind Melon – 3 Is A Magic Number
* Lou Reed – This Magic Moment
* Cheap Trick – Magical Mystery Tour

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No emotional through-line this week: just songs with either the word NOW or AGAIN in the title. Still, there’s a kind of sweet pop vibe to the proceedings.  You might want to rim your glass with rock salt to cut it a little.

* The Tubes – I Want It All Now
* Spinal Tap (with Cher) – Just Begin Again
* Buzzcocks – Something’s Gone Wrong Again
* The Forum – The Time Is Now
* The Masticators – This Time Right Now
* Vera Lynn – We’ll Meet Again
* Material Issue – Out Right Now
* Velvet Underground – There She Goes Again
* Katie Melua – On The Road Again

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Step Right Up! Dark Meat returns from a month in the hinterlands of rerunville with a show about that creepiest of American entertainments, the circus. Today’s show features an ultra-rare Human League vinyl track too, for people who are desperate to hear everything the Human League ever did.

* Combustible Edison – Carnival Of Souls
* Tom Waits – Circus
* Kinks – Death Of A Clown
* Kevin Ayers – Unfairground
* Stan Ridgway – Running With the Circus
* Leonard Cohen – Bird On A Wire
* Peaches – Tent In your Pants
* Beatles – Being For the Benefit Of Mr. Kite
* Human League – Circus Of Death (per album notes: recorded directly into Sony 2-track Jan 78 at Devonishire Lane Workshop, Sheffield – produced & engineered by The Human League – mono – first released 17/6/78)

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