This episode is introduced by Adam from Pretending life is like a song who has asked the contributors to read poems and play songs to go with them. So get your chin ready for a thorough stroke!

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Playlist:

(00:00) Dorothy Parker - I shall come back
Hungry Lucy - Love vigilantes

Adam from Pretending life is like a song

(06:19) Richard Brautigan - Map shower
Johnny Powers with the band of Stan Getz and Tom Cats - Long blond hair, rose red lips

ZB from So the wind won’t blow it all away

(08:37) Shel Silverstein - Hug O War
Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs - Hug you, kiss you, squeeze you

Natalie from Mini-Obs

(12:02) John Cooper Clarke - I wrote the songs
Jodi Jett - Greasy

Tim from The face of today

(16:05) John Anderson - Blair Bush news conference on Iraq
Barenaked Ladies - Fun and games

James from Appetite For Distraction

(20:21) Janet Paisley - Glen Village
Passenger - Night vision binoculars

Greer from A Sweet Unrest

(24:31) Carl Sandburg - Stars, Songs, Faces
Shearwater - The hunter’s star

Linda from Speed of dark

(28:19) Mountain - Nantucket sleighride

Lyle from Mentok the Mind-taker

(35:05) Ted Hughes - Lovesong
The Fugitives - Haunted

FiL from Pogoagogo

(41:05) Joyce Maxtone Graham - Evening
Counting Crows - Colorblind

Marcy from Lost in your inbox

(45:14) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - The Erl King
Hannah Fury - Beware the touch

Victoria from Muruch

(50:20) C.P.Cavafy - Despair
Japan - Despair

Conrad from White Car Records

(55:14) John Betjeman - Loneliness
Joy Division - The Eternal

John Q.

(01:01:35) Attila The Stockbroker - Nigel wants to go and see Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode - Leave in Silence

Tricia

(01:06:32) Robert Burns - Despondency: An Ode
The Smiths - I know it’s over

JC aka The Vinyl Villian

(01:13:35) The Undertones - Teenage kicks

Dirk from Sexy Loser

(01:17:10) Edgar Allan Poe - The Lake
Antony and the Johnsons - The Lake

Agnes from It all started with carbon monoxide

(01:23:12) E. E. Cummings - Love is more thicker than forget
Elbow - Newborn

Mark from Cinema du Lyon

Thanks to all of you for taking part and listening. Next week’s nice easy theme is The Telephone. If you would like to take part you’ll find out what to do by having a read of these instructions.

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I found those poetry books here.

This episode of the podcast is another blast of contrasty goodness brought to you by the people who actually made it. So get yourself a nice cuppa and settle down to enjoy an hour of aural pleasure!

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Playlist:

(00:37) Devon Sproule - It should have been snow

Devon Sproule’s website
Devon Sproule on myspace

(07:08) Marianne Dissard - L’Embelie

Marianne Dissard’s website
Marianne Dissard on myspace

(10:05) Pulled Apart by Horses - High five, swan dive, nose dive

Pulled Apart by Horses website
Pulled Apart by Horses on myspace

(13:35) Applicants - History has been kind to Spike Milligan

Applicants website
Applicants on myspace

(17:57) Alan Wilkis - Burnin’

Alan Wilkis on myspace

(22:26) My First Earthquake - Teleprompt

My First Earthquake website
My First Earthquake on myspace

(27:44) Wojtek Godzisz - The wild earth

Wojtek Godzisz on myspace

(32:34) Rykarda Parasol - Candy gold

Rykarda Parasol’s website
Rykarda Parasol on myspace

(36:45) I Am Not Lefthanded - Long goodbyes

I Am Not Lefthanded website
I Am Not Lefthanded on myspace

(40:52) IreneB - Forgive me now

IreneB on myspace

(45:49) Laura Harley - Little by little

Laura Harley’s website
Laura Harley on myspace

(50:30) The Jellyheads - Filthy mechanoid

The Jellyheads website

(56:45) jon athans project - Used books, torn pages

jon athans project’s website

Thanks to all of the musicians for taking part in this week’s episode. If you would like to be on the next musician’s episode (or you know someone who might like to take part) please follow the handy set of instructions that you’ll find hiding over here.

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Lovely backlit bass playing photo from here

With fists clenched and teeth furiously grating we find ourselves colliding headlong into our seventh visit to the subject of the deadly sins. If you haven’t heard the previous six you’ll find them hanging out and doing all manner of naughty things over here.

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Playlist:

(00:00) Intro from Mr G. Letch & Mr A. Thrub

(03:25) The Anti-Nowhere League - I hate people

Tim from The face of today

(05:46) Queen - Death on two legs

Natalie from Mini-Obs

(09:54) The Reverend Horton Heat - 400 bucks

Chris from Phosphorous.net

(14:01) Bob Dylan - Only a pawn in their game

James from Appetite For Distraction

(18:17) The Cure - Us or them

Adam from Pretending life is like a song

(23:05) Björk - Army of me

Anna from Desert Island Jukebox

(27:22) Léo Ferré - Abel et Cain (translation)

ZB from So the wind won’t blow it all away

(29:36) The Buff Medways - You piss me off

FiL from Pogoagogo

(32:50) PiL - Rise

JC aka The Vinyl Villian

(39:37) The Go! Team - The wrath of Marcie

Marcy from Lost in your inbox

(43:16) John Vanderslice - Bill Gates must die

Lyle from Mentok the Mind-taker

(48:00) Dinosaur Jr. - Little fury things

Eiron from The S+7 Method

(51:16) The Jet Black Berries - Sweet revenge

Tricia

(54:58) Pernice Brothers - Number two

Greer from A Sweet Unrest

(59:59) Dream City Film Club - The curse

John Q.

(01:04:45) Happy Flowers - I said I wanna watch cartoons

The In Crowd from I’m Learning to Share!

Thanks to all of you for listening and taking part. Next week we have the ninth of our Musicians introduce their own songs episodes, so please do come back in seven days to enjoy it.

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Bruegel wrath etching hatefully nicked from here.

Game on!

With the Olympics in full swing James from Appetite For Distraction thought it might be rather enjoyable for us to have a podcast all about those competitive activities that we call sport.

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Playlist:

(00:00) Ozma - Baseball

James from Appetite For Distraction

(06:21) Thousand Yard Stare - 0-0 a.e.t.

Chris from Phosphorous.net

(11:40) The Herbaliser - Game set match

ZB from So the wind won’t blow it all away

(16:24) The Decemberists - The sporting life

Tricia

(21:34) The Vandals - Change the world with my hockey stick

Linda from Speed of dark

(24:17) The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Sport (the odd boy)

Tim from The face of today

(27:26) Laura Veirs - Lake swimming

Natalie from Mini-Obs

(31:41) Miaow - Sport most royal

FiL from Pogoagogo

(35:00) Prefab Sprout - I never play basketball now

Adam from Pretending life is like a song

(38:56) Saba - World cup cricket dance

Ross from Just gimme indie rock

(42:36) The Zambonis - Bob Marley and the Hartford Whalers

Thom from Better in the Dark

(45:27) Screaming Females - Sports

Bob from Gimme Tinnitus

(47:46) Rolf Harris - Waltzing Matilda

Anna from Desert Island Jukebox

(53:00) Fat Les - Vindaloo

DC from The Waiting Room

(58:54) Belle and Sebastian - Piazza, New York catcher

JC aka The Vinyl Villian

(01:03:11) The Trash Can Sinatras - I’m immortal

Greer from A Sweet Unrest

(01:07:25) Drag Racing Underground - Hellfire

Dirk from Sexy Loser

(01:13:02) Ballboy - A relatively famous victory

John Q.

(01:19:52) Eric Idle & Neil Innes - The football song

The In Crowd from I’m Learning to Share!

Thank you all for taking part and listening this week. We are all winners. Next week we will be making our seventh visit to the deadly sins with the theme of Wrath. If you would like to take part, but aren’t sure what to do, you’ll find some help here.

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Sporty illustration from here.

Who do you like the most?

This episode is a little less contrasty than usual because it celebrates the artists who have appeared most frequently on our previous podcasts in a convenient top sixteen countdown. Joy!

Special thanks must go to James from Appetite For Distraction for undertaking the toilsome task of compiling the list. Thanks James.

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Playlist:

(00:00) They Might be Giants - We’re The Replacements

Tim from The face of today

(03:04) The Replacements - I hate music

Bob from Gimme Tinnitus

(05:37) Smashing Pumpkins - Geek USA

James from Appetite For Distraction

(11:35) R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe

Natalie from Mini-Obs

(16:46) Ian Dury & the Blockheads - If I was with a woman

Dean from Pod of Funk

(20:56) Ben Folds Five - Alice Childress

Marcy from Lost in your inbox

(26:24) Belle & Sebastian - Marx & Engels

Colin from And Before the First Kiss

(30:59) The Smiths - Rubber Ring

Matt from Earfarm

(36:41) Radiohead - All I need

Linda from Speed of dark

(41:28) Elvis Costello - Chewing gum

Chris from Phosphorous.net

(47:47) Dexys Midnight Runners - Until I believe in my soul

Adam from Pretending life is like a song

(56:22) The Fall - Living too late

Pieter from Two Tramps in Mud Time

(01:02:04) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jack the ripper

JC aka The Vinyl Villian

(01:09:10) Tom Waits - What’s he building in there?

Thom from Better in the Dark

(01:13:14) The Jam - And your bird can sing

Dirk from Sexy Loser

(01:16:02) Billy Bragg - A New England

FiL from Pogoagogo

I do hope you all enjoyed listening and taking part in this episode. It would be so much less without you all. Next time, again thanks to James from Appetite For Distraction we will be exploring songs about Sport. If you would like to take part but aren’t sure what to do then you will find some helpful instructions hiding over here.

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Starry photo from here.

Quite a while ago we had a podcast all about politics, so it was about time that we had a look at religion too. Thanks to Tricia that’s exactly what we are doing on this week’s heavenly episode.

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Playlist:

(00:00) Moneybrother - Blow him back into my arms

Tricia

(05:17) Lipstick Killers - Hindu gods (of love)

Ross from Just gimme indie rock

(08:53) Hugh X. Lewis - Evolution and the bible

The In Crowd from I’m Learning to Share!

(12:27) Soul Messengers - Burn devil burn

ZB from So the wind won’t blow it all away

(16:35) The Dead Milkmen - Methodist coloring book

Thom from Better in the Dark

(20:01) Super Furry Animals - Run, christian, run

Chris from Phosphorous.net

(25:35) Half Man Half Biscuit - Vatican Broadside

Dirk from Sexy Loser

(26:48) Scroobius Pip vs Dan le Sac - Letter from god to man

The Devil from Hell

(31:20) Antje Duvekot - Judas

DC & TWoTH from The Waiting Room

(37:30) Tammy Faye Bakker - Jesus keeps takin’ me higher and higher

Marcy from Lost in your inbox

(41:44) Siouxsie & The Banshees - Icon

John Q.

(47:19) Camille O’Sullivan - God is in the house

Victoria from Muruch

(53:28) The The - Armageddon days are here again

JC aka The Vinyl Villian

(58:20) Dar Williams - The christians and the pagans

James from Appetite For Distraction

(01:01:43) Roddy Frame - Rock god

Greer from A Sweet Unrest

(01:07:18) Spanish Prisoners - Where god does his laundry

Linda from Speed of dark

(01:11:31) Andy White - Religious persuasion

Adam from Pretending life is like a song

(01:16:03) Ben Harper - Picture of jesus

Anna from Desert Island Jukebox

(01:22:00) Little Marcy - Devil devil go away

FiL from Pogoagogo

Thanks to all of you for taking part and religiously listening. Next week we will be exploring the artists who have been played the most on the podcast in an episode called All Stars. The contributors for that one have already been picked, but come back here next week for another theme that will be open to all.

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Religious unity lives here.

Hello sunshine, goodbye rain, contrast podcast is here again!

Marcy from Lost in your inbox has asked us to choose our favourite songs that involve the days of the week. Who would have thought that Monday would have been the most popular one!?

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Playlist:

(00:00) Mark Geary - Tuesday

Marcy from Lost in your inbox

(04:32) Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Tuesday wonderland

ZB from So the wind won’t blow it all away

(10:59) Drive by Truckers - Wednesday

Ross from Just gimme indie rock

(15:40) The Chameleons - Thursday’s child

John Q.

(19:14) Asobi Seksu - Thursday

Tricia

(24:08) Jens Lekman - Friday night at the drive in bingo

JC aka The Vinyl Villian

(29:28) The Specials - Friday night and Saturday morning

FiL from Pogoagogo

(33:28) De La Soul - A roller skating jam named “Saturdays”

Greer from A Sweet Unrest

(37:36) The Leyton Buzzards - Saturday night beneath the plastic palm trees

Dirk from Sexy Loser

(42:31) The Acid House Kings - Sunday morning

Tim from The face of today

(46:08) Kind Hearts and Coronets - Sunday best

Linda from Speed of dark

(51:52) David Bowie - Sunday

Eiron from The S+7 Method

(57:15) The New Radicals - Crying like a church on Monday

James from Appetite For Distraction

(01:02:31) Wilco - Monday

Natalie from Mini-obs

(01:06:30) Little Milton - Stormy Monday

Chris from Phosphorous.net

(01:12:00) Billy Bragg - St. Monday (live)

Adam from Pretending life is like a song

Daily thanks to all of you for taking part and listening. Next week, thanks to Tricia, we will be taking a long hard look at Religion. If you would like to take part you’ll find some instructions here.

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I found the days of the week painting here.