At last!

After much voting, statistics and introducing we are extremely happy to bring you the concluding part of the festive fifty. So sit back and cruise into 2009 with our favourite tunes from 2008.

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Playlist:

17 Sigur Ros - Inní mér syngur vitleysingur

Jim from Quick Before it Melts

16 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!

Eiron from The S+7 Method

15 MGMT - Kids

DC from The Waiting Room

14 Ben Folds - You Don’t Know Me

Alex from Totally True Tales from Texas

13 M.I.A. - Paper Planes

Nicole from Sexy Loser

12 Death Cab For Cutie - I will possess your heart

Andy from Circles of Concrete

11 TV On The Radio - Golden Age

Matt from Earfarm

10 Portishead - The Rip

Linda from Speed of Dark

9 MGMT - Electric Feel

Diana from Lipsynchsuck

8 British Sea Power - No Lucifer

Anglopunk from Condemned to Rock ‘n Roll

7 Flight Of The Conchords - Business Time

Greer from A Sweet Unrest

6 British Sea Power - Waving Flags

Tricia

5 Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma

Debb

4 Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines

Brian Stoos

3 Elbow - Grounds for Divorce

Adam from Pretending life is like a song

2 MGMT - Time To Pretend

Agnes from It all started with carbon monoxide

1 Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal

Marcy from Lost in your inbox

Thanks to all of you who made this episode, the rest of the festive fifty and all the other podcasts this year possible. Without your support our little community wouldn’t exist, so give yourself a little pat on the back. You’ve done a very good thing indeed.

Our first episode of 2009 with celebrate the joy of B sides.

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Seasons greetings!

You don’t have to feel the package to find out what we’ve got for you because I’m sure you already know that it’s the second part of our festive countdown of our favourite music from 2008. Joy!

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Playlist:

33 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue

Matthew from Song by Toad

32 DeVotchKa - The Clockwise Witness

Rachel from Untitled Records

31 Northern Portrait - I Give You Two Seconds To Entertain Me

Stytzer from Hits in the car

30 Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa

James from Appetite For Distraction

29 Frightened Rabbit - The Modern Leper

Elspeth from Nothing compares to Elspeth

28 The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight

Natalie from Mini-Obs

27 They Might Be Giants - Seven Days Of The Week (I Never Go To Work)

Paul from Bauerschmidt.com

26 The Fall - 50 Year Old Man

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

25 David Byrne & Brian Eno - Strange Overtones

Bob from Gimme Tinnitus

24 Billy Bragg - Old Clash Fan Fight Song

Dirk from Sexy Loser

23 Vampire Weekend - A-Punk

Robert Todd

22 Hello Saferide - Anna

Charles from Heartache with Hard Work

21 Ida Maria - I Like You So Much Better When You Are Naked

TWoTH from The Waiting Room

20 The Felice Brothers - Frankie’s Gun!

Duke of Straw from The Late Greats

19 Thao Nyugen - Bag Of Hammers

Pieter from Two tramps in mud time

18 Elbow - On a Day Like This

Stuart Dade

Thanks to all of you who helped to make this episode. Don’t forget to come back next time for the last part of the countdown.

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With the shortest day almost upon us it must be time to celebrate our most prized songs of the year in the first part of our fantastic festive fifty rundown. Best enjoyed with mince pies and eggnog!

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Playlist:

50 The Wedding Present - Spiderman On Hollywood

Tim from The face of today

49 Beck - Gamma Ray

Thomas from Better in the Dark

48 The Young Knives - Up All Night

FiL from Pogoagogo

47 Lykke Li - Little Bit

Chloé and Gwendal

46 Elvis Costello and The Imposters - Stella Hurt

Holly from The song in my head today

45 Ida Maria - Oh My God

Katy from Love in the Time of Katertot

44 She & Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?

Chip from Atomic Ned

43 A.A. Bondy - Witness Blues (Daytrotter Session)

Steve from Domino Rally

42 Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby - Here Comes My Ship

The In Crowd from I’m Learning to Share!

41 Hercules & Love Affair - Blind

Tim from The Daily Growl

40 Half Man Half Biscuit - Totnes Bickering Fair

John Q.

39 Melody Gardot - Love Me Like A River Does

Rick from Are you embarrassed easily too?

38 British Sea Power - Atom

Chris from Phosphorous.net

37 M83 - Kim & Jessie

Chris from Culture Bully

36 Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes

Ross from Hummin’ Cummins

35 Frightened Rabbit - Keep Yourself Warm

JC aka The Vinyl Villian

34 Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook

John Nisbet

Thanks to all of you who helped to make this part of the fifty. Don’t forget to come back next week for the excitement of part two!

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Shouldn’t you be working?

Thomas from Better in the Dark proposed that we make a podcast to find music that said something about our jobs. So make sure you listen when your boss isn’t around. They might just enjoy it!

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Playlist:

(00:00) Ben Folds - Rent-a-cop

Thomas from Better in the Dark

(05:48) Clinic - I.P.C. Subeditors dictate our youth

Stuart

(08:56) The School - All I wanna do

John Q.

(12:07) The Delta Rhythm Boys - Dry bones

Rhiannah

(15:25) The Clash - Janie Jones

Dirk from Sexy Loser

(18:54) The White Stripes - Black math

Eiron from The S+7 Method

(23:03) John Lithgow - Singin’ in the bath

Tricia

(27:10) Maxeen - Block out the world

James from Appetite For Distraction

(31:29) Co-Real Artists - What about you (in the world today)

The In Crowd from I’m Learning to Share!

(36:02) Placebo - Slave to the wage

Chris from Culture Bully

(41:05) The Go-Betweens - Karen

Greer from A Sweet Unrest

(46:09) Talking Heads - Found a job

Tim from The face of today

(51:49) McCarthy - The drinking song of the merchant bankers

FiL from Pogoagogo

(56:38) Elbow - Forget myself

Marcy from Lost in your inbox

(01:02:53) Odyssey - Going back to my roots

JC aka The Vinyl Villian

(01:09:09) Blur - Tender

Adam from Pretending life is like a song

Thanks to all of you for your continuing support of out little podcast community. Next week we will be starting the countdown of our 2008 Festive Fifty (goodness, is it that time already?)

I’d like to dedicate this episode to the memory of Oliver Postgate without whom we’d have been much sadder boys and girls.

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The sticky sleeping worker came from here.

Apparently the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

It seems that after 139 parties it was time to do our recycling, so that is exactly what we did and came home with a lovely set of mashups. If one tune at once isn’t enough, this is the show for you!

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Playlist:

(00:00) DJ Marcel Dejeune - Drop it like your heart and brain are done in (Bonzos vs Snoop vs Death Cab)

Tim from The face of today

(04:12) Brat Productions - Easy heaven (Commodores vs The Cure)

Natalie from Mini-Obs

(08:14) IDC - Hey mug (The Streets vs Outkast)

JC aka The Vinyl Villian

(12:52) DJ Lobsterdust - Baby Arrow (Marvin Gaye vs Mary Wells vs The Carpenters vs The Album Leaf)

Chris from Culture Bully

(18:36) Go Home Productions - Ray of gob (Madonna vs The Sex Pistols)

FiL from Pogoagogo

(23:31) DJ Schmolli - Wicked wedding (Chris Isaak vs Billy Idol)

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

(28:17) A plus D - An honest M.I.A. (M.I.A. vs The Bravery)

Eiron from The S+7 Method

(31:25) Bobby Martini - Too busy thinking about the magnificent seven (The Clash vs Marvin Gaye)

Tricia

(34:47) The Illuminoids - I’m a girl U want (The Monkees vs Devo)

Ross from Hummin’ Cummins

(38:14) The Very Best - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (ft. Vampire Weekend)

Bob from Gimme Tinnitus

(42:39) Aggro1 - Wonderwall Tribulations (Oasis vs LCD Soundsystem)

Adam from Pretending life is like a song

(47:10) Norwegian Recycling - How six songs collide

James from Appetite For Distraction

(53:31) 65 Days of Static - I’m dreaming of a white noise christmas (ft. Christina Aguilera)

John Q.

Thanks, as always, to all of you for everything. Next week’s theme, suggested by Thom from Better in the Dark is My Job. If you wanna tell us all about it in the form of a introduction, read this.

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The lady with the blender hangs out here.

In episode sixty eight we looked at everything young, so it just seems fitting that we should have eventually ended up looking at the other end of the scale. After all, we are all heading that way.

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Playlist:

(00:00) They Might Be Giants - O, do not forsake me

Tim from The face of today

(03:00) The Faces - Ooh la la

Taylor from T-Sides

(06:35) Huggy Bear - Her jazz

FiL from Pogoagogo and
Colin from And before the first kiss

(11:45) Apples in Stereo - Same old drag

Diana from Lipsynchsuck

(15:20) The Dogs - When I was young

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

(19:09) The Heartless Bastards - Done got old

Linda from Speed of Dark

(22:55) Michelle Shocked - When I grow up

Adam from Pretending life is like a song

(26:36) William Hut - Twin town (radio edit)

Tricia

(31:50) Gracie Fields - Will you still love me when I’m mutton?

Agnes from It all started with carbon monoxide

(35:31) Cock Sparrer - What’s it like to be old?

The In Crowd from I’m Learning to Share!

(39:25) Pavement - Old to begin

Marcy from Lost in your inbox

(43:35) Celebration - Ancient animals

Eiron from The S+7 Method

(49:25) Terry and Gerry - Wait until you are older

Dirk from Sexy Loser

(53:44) The Origin - Growing old

Greer from A Sweet Unrest

(57:58) The Rolling Stones - Rocks off

James from Appetite For Distraction

(01:02:17) Neil Young - The old laughing lady

Natalie from Mini-Obs

(01:07:37) Giants - While the ages steal

John Q.

Thanks to all of you for your continued support and ears. Next time we will be taking a long overdue trip to the land of Marvellous mash-ups. If you would like to take part read this.

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Look into your heart! Just like this woman did!

A little while ago JC aka The Vinyl Villian suggested that we should have a series of podcasts about parts of the human body and so we are starting it off this week by finding some music from our hearts.

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Playlist:

(00:00) Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren - Goodness gracious me

Tim from The face of today

(03:37) Malcolm Middleton - Break your heart

JC aka The Vinyl Villian

(08:28) McLusky - That man will not hang

Chris from Phosphorous.net

(13:48) Glasvegas - It’s my own cheating heart that makes me cry

James from Appetite For Distraction

(19:16) The 101′ers - Keys to your heart

Dirk from Sexy Loser

(24:12) My name is nobody - A heart beating louder

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

(28:11) Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention (featuring Don ‘Sugarcane’ Harris) - Directly from my heart to you

The In Crowd from I’m Learning to Share!

(34:46) The Physics of Meaning - Around the bend

Marcy from Lost in your inbox

(39:59) Teitur - I was just thinking

Agnes from It all started with carbon monoxide

(45:14) Everything but the Girl - Don’t let the teardrops rust your shining heart

Adam from Pretending life is like a song

(49:08) Rae Spoon - My heart is a piece of garbage. Fight seagulls. Fight!

Linda from Speed of Dark

(53:51) Thrushes - Heartbeats

John Q.

(58:24) The Lemonheads - Pin your heart

Ross from Hummin’ Cummins

(01:02:21) The Go-Gos - Skidmarks on my heart

Greer from A Sweet Unrest

(01:05:33) The Futureheads - Radio heart

Thom from Better in the Dark

(01:08:52) Rammstein - Mein Herz Brennt

Eiron from The S+7 Method

(01:14:14) Warren Zevon - Searching for a heart

Natalie from Mini-Obs

(01:19:04) Neil Young - Heart of gold

FiL from Pogoagogo
and Mentok from Mentok the Mind-Taker

(01:25:58) Eyeless in Gaza - Drumming the beating heart

Tricia

Thanks to all of you for all your continuing contributions and general enjoyment of all of this! Next time we will filling our boots with the opposite of episode 68 by looking at all things Old. If you would like to take part but aren’t sure what to do, then read this.

You are also all invited to vote for your favourite songs of the year that will appear in our festive fifty. Just follow the link to the face of today where I’ve posted all the instructions that you will need.

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