Archive for the ‘Lame Theme’ Category

Dark Meat 264: Under The Circumstances

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Dear lord, I can weather any personal difficulty except computer trouble. Sadly, that’s the kind of trouble I’ve been having the last two weeks, and it’s makin’ me insane. Basically I can’t keep iTunes open for very long, or it crashes the system. This show is put together in an iTunes-proximate environment, which makes it very hard to assemble under these conditions. Basically I picked the songs from my hard drives, remembering the titles and free-associating. Which is kind of what I do normally but for pete’s sake this is nuts! Anyway, enjoy the show kids.

* Gary Neuman – Remind Me To Smile
* Sparks – There’s No Such Thing As Aliens
* Soul Coughing – Unmarked Helicopters
* Tubes – Space Baby
* David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes
* Rolling Stones – Mother’s Little Helper
* Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug
* Husker Du – Love Is All Around
* Kinks – Juke Box Music

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Dark Meat 255: Countdown

Monday, October 17th, 2011

Everything about you and me can be broken down and quantified into a series of numbers. Especially me. So let’s enjoy songs about all our favorite digits except zero, which doesn’t have any good songs.

PRODUCTION NOTE: Some of you may have downloaded the first version of the show, in which I had managed to erase my narration in the first half. Congratulations! It is a valuable collector’s item. However, if you’d like a more complete show it’s now available for download below.

* Lene Lovich – Lucky Number
* Katie Melua – Nine Million Bicycles
* David Bowie – Eight Line Poem
* Brian Eno – Seven Deadly Finns
* The Blanks – Six Million Dollar Man
* The Vogues – 5 O’Clock World
* Barry Grey Orchestra – Four Feather Falls
* Roxy Music – Three and Nine
* Kevin Ayers, Brian Eno, John Cale and Nico – Two Goes Into Four
* Harry Nilsson – One
* Owada – 1-100

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Dark Meat 151: Towns Without Pity

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Hiya townies! Dark Meat takes a look at a buncha towns for your listening pleasure. Take your iPod to the town square and stomp your feet to them! Don’t worry, the others are just jealous.

* Ronnie Montrose – Town Without Pity
* Stan Ridgway – Big Dumb Town
* Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Wicked Little Town
* They Might Be Giants – Cowtown
* Joe Jackson – Home Town
* Tom Waits – Downtown Train
* Sparks – This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us
* The Specials – Ghost Town
*Petula Clark – Downtown

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Dark Meat 248: NXNW

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Look, this one is so slapped together I’d rather not write about it. Let’s just say it’s a bunch of songs this week and leave it at that.

* Bernard Hermann – North By Northwest
* The Beatles – Only A Northern Song
* Tom Waits – Goin’ Out West
* Joe Jackson – Wild West
* Nick Drake – Northern Sky
* Steely Dan – West of Hollywood
* Brian Eno – Northern Lights
* Go West – We Close Our Eyes

Dark Meat 139: Anthony Weiner

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

I don’t usually do topical shows (it cuts into their rerun potential) but the Anthony Weiner OMG IT’S A PICTURE OF UNDERPANTS scandal has captured the nation’s imagination. Enjoys songs that seem to be about it, though some were written when even he was just a kid.

* Beatles – Carry That Weight
* Avenue Q – The Internet Is For Porn
* Nilsson – Everybody’s Talkin’
* Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention – How Could I Be Such A Fool
* Ben Folds Five – Mess
* Admiral Twin – Be The Show
* Candypants – Cherry Picker
* The Kinks – Dandy
* Randy Newman – I’m Dead (But I Don’t Know It)
* Papas Fritas – Say Goodbye
* Peaches – Tent In Your Pants

Dark Meat 235 – Music Even I Don’t Know I Have

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Digging deep, deep DEEP into the catalog tonight for items I never (okay, at most seldom) play on the show. What the hell am I doing with this stuff? I don’t know!

* Doug Duke – Witchcraft
* Paul Jones – Privilege
* David G. Moore – Kitten On The Keys
* Kevin Ayers – Guru Banana
* Captain Beefheart – Ella Guru
* Boney M. – Ra Ra Rasputin
* Circus Maximus – Negative Dreamer Girl
* Dilator – California Loves You
* Esquivel! – Mucha Muchacha
* Ian Hunter – Standing In My Light

Dark Meat 232 – Story IS Character

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

The title is a quote from my screenwriting teacher, Robert McKee, who taught me 3-act structure. If you saw ADAPTATION, he was played by Brian Cox! Anyway, the show is about movies and more narrowly about screenplays, except a couple of songs that are about actors. Because they would insist on the attention. It’s never about the writers! NEVER!

* Dramarama – Scenario
* Paul Simon – Rewrite
* Stan Ridgway – Classic Hollywood Ending
* David Bowie – Cracked Actor
* The Kinks – Celluloid Heroes
* Rupert Holmes – Widescreen
* Soul Coughing – Screenwriter’s Blues
* Limahl – Never Ending Story

Dark Meat 227: NoTheme Going On

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

This week, it’s just a bunch of songs, one after the other. How do they relate to each other? They do not! What clever point am I making? None! The best I’ll say is I tried to play artists I don’t usually play. Or at least haven’t played lately. Except for … you know what, there is NO THEME.

* Roxy Music – All I Want Is You
* Suki Tawdry – Night Of Joy
* Scott Walker – Such A Small Love
* Velvet Underground – All Tomorrow’s Parties
* Talking Heads – Don’t Worry About The Government
* Tom Waits – Goin’ Out West
* The New Pornographers – The Spirit of Giving In
* Lambchop – The Old Gold Shoe
* Shivaree – Daring Lousy Guy

Dark Meat 214: Stereo Demonstration Record

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

YOU MUST LISTEN TO THIS SHOW EITHER WITH HEADPHONES, EARBUDS, OR LAYING ON YOUR BACK WITH YOUR HEAD BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT SPEAKERS. It’s all about the mix, baby.

* Sigue Sigue Sputnik – Love Missile F1-11
* Esquivel! – Sentimental Journey
* Jefferson Airplane – Lather
* Kraftwerk – Autobahn (Single Version)
* Beatles – Revolution 9
* Tomorrow – My White Bicycle
* Residents – Boy In Love
* Free Design – I Found Love
* 10cc – Iceberg

Dark Meat 210: Journalism 101

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Anybody who cares about journalism knows there are certain basics you have to convey when you’re writing a story: who, what, where, when, why and how. Anyone who puts together a weekly themed music show knows a lazy theme when they see one. Voila!

* Talking Heads – Who Is It
* The House Of Love – Who By Fire
* Tom Jones – What’s New Pussycat
* Steely Dan – What A Shame About Me
* They Might Be Giants – Where Your Eyes Don’t Go
* Rupert Holmes – The Place Where Failure Goes
* Suzanne Vega- When Heroes Go Down
* Residents – When We Were Young
* Duran Duran – Reflex
* Soft Machine – Why Are We Sleeping
* Sparks – How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall