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• 1. At 10:19am on 12 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Monday:
  
  Patti Smith Group - Because The Night
  Talking Heads - Naive Melody (This Must Be The Place)
  New order - True Faith
  Prince and The New Power Generation - Cream
  
  Or is it a night of Bucks Fizz, Brotherhood of man etc....

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• 2. At 10:28am on 12 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  TUESDAY
  
  'Oui, we wee-wee' - The Soggy Bottom Boys

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• 3. At 10:44am on 12 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  For Tuesday Bowie also does a song called Repitition and two tracks which would be suitable Holy Holy and as said by Danielle Rebel Rebel.

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• 4. At 10:52am on 12 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  And of course Mr Bowie goes mad on space night!
  
  Space Oddity
  Starman
  Moonage Daydream
  Life on Mars
  Planet of Dreams
  Star (great track)
  Loving The Alien
  Hallo spaceboy
  
  

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• 5. At 11:04am on 12 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Norrie,
  Are AC/DC coming to Glasgow?
  
  Or should that read
  
  Is AC/DC coming to Glasgow?

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• 6. At 11:09am on 12 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  I can reveal you should set aside 30 June for Hampden. Lots and lots of rumours kicking about but this is definite.

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• 7. At 11:13am on 12 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Very revealing! I thank you.
  
  MONDAY
  
  'The Day Before You Came' - Abba
  
  'The Chain' - Fleetwood Mac

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• 8. At 11:18am on 12 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  Oh nice one with the mixed band theme.
  
  So we can get
  * Sandy Denny era Fairport
  * Tango in the Night era Fleetwood Mac
  * The Thompson Twins
  * Capercaille
  * White Stripes
  * Clannad
  * The Corrs
  * The Pixies
  * The Cranberries
  * Cocteau Twins/This Mortal Coil
  * Sonic Youth
  * The Go! Team
  
  
  And as it got requested but not played on 'one word' night:
  http://www.last.fm/music/The+Primitives/_/Crash
  
  There are a couple of band collaborations too - Girlschool/Motorhead and Fun Boy Three/Bananarama spring to mind.
  
  Is anyone going to dare to suggest The Bangles?
  
  (interesting how these are mostly bloke bands with a female singer... more contrasting suggestions would be good)

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• 9. At 11:22am on 12 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Scotch that was meant to be in Chick Young style voice! I tried to get mary gauthier tickets but failed, are you going to a lot of Celtic Connections things.
  
  I hope Maria got her Morrissey tickets!

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• 10. At 11:25am on 12 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  Are we going to have that Babylon Zoo thing inflicted on us on Space night?
  
  Bowie's a definite - Life on Mars would be good.
  
  And there's a Billy Bragg song too (actually, Woody Guthrie written and from the BB/Wilco collaboration, but I'm not complaining):
  http://www.last.fm/music/Billy%2BBragg%2B%2526%2BWilco/_/My+Flying+Saucer
  
  Hope we're going to get the Rocky Horror classic Planet Schmanet Janet
  
  
  

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• 11. At 11:29am on 12 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Alas, not a lot. I only have tickets for Mary Gauthier and Saint Andrew.
  It's like the fringe in Edinburgh; so much on you want to see, so little free time, so little money.
  
  Isn't Sarah Millican's accent incredibly sexy?
  
  I think I'm in lurrrrrve!!

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• 12. At 11:44am on 12 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  She is funny too Scotch!
  

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• 13. At 11:56am on 12 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Norrie,
  If you promise not to sing along with Mary, you're welcome to my spare ticket.
  
  (Sarah Millican can't make it. She's staying in that night to wash her hair).

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• 14. At 12:07pm on 12 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Scotch - very kind offer and happy to take you up on that! I dont sing, I promise!

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• 15. At 12:16pm on 12 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  CaptRamius - great list! I too was thinking of The White Stripes, The Pixies and Sonic Youth. Time to think up some more.
  
  Norrie - Have you heard of The Dears? They are from Montreal and have a bit of a Morrissey sound (they've actually opened for him in the past). They would also count toward Monday's theme. A good introduction would be their single 'Lost In The Plot'. Enjoy!
  
  Scotch-git - Happy Friday!

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• 16. At 12:22pm on 12 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  I notice Cerys Matthews is playing at Celtic Connections this year (says Julie before running away to hide from the ensuing vitriol).

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• 17. At 12:25pm on 12 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Danielle - happy Friday! No I have not heard of the Dears, I will check them out (this blog is costing me a fortune lol!).
  
  I of course omitted The Cowboy Junkies from my previous list, but thought 'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel would be a great track for Thursday!

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• 18. At 12:41pm on 12 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  @julie
  
  Oh, yes, of course Catatonia.
  
  Mulder and Sculley this time? As they're a mixed band too...

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• 19. At 12:59pm on 12 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Tuesday evening:
  
  Middle of the Road's 'Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep' or 'Soley Soley'
  
  On second thoughts, don't bother
  
  DC in Cellardyke

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• 20. At 1:15pm on 12 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Danielle,
  A Happy Friday to you and yours!
  
  I wonder if this celestial conjunction thingy is responsible for my mood-swings this week?
  
  Nah, I'm just a temperamental git!!
  
  
  
  
  I'm pretty sure I heard Eddi Reader sing 'Moon River' on the radio at the end of a gig recorded in Glasgow 3 or 4 years ago. Can anyone confirm this?

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• 21. At 1:22pm on 12 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  Norrie
  Now my heart is full! Tickets secured, will I see you at Stirling??
  Maria

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• 22. At 1:28pm on 12 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  'When the heart is full, the eyes overflow'
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  omigod, I need help!!!

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• 23. At 1:28pm on 12 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Maria - great I was starting to worry about your silence! You sure will and I am not sure wether to ask Scotch along or not?
  
  Serioulsy impressed with Richard Hawley!
  
  Scotch Eddie Reader - Moon River she performed on the Other Voices Robert Burns tribute with Boo Hewerdine ....I am fairly sure.

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• 24. At 1:37pm on 12 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Norrie, that'll do for me.
  
  WEDNESDAY
  
  'Moon River' - Eddi Reader
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Norrie, Re: Stirling
  I feel the return of the cantankerousness. Thank you!
  And now, back to work................

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• 25. At 1:42pm on 12 Dec 2008, HarryFaeGatehoose wrote:

  Monday
  
  The Slits "Shoplifting"
  The Adverts "Bored Teenagers"
  Hawkwind "Images" (Rachel Wishart on vocals)
  
  Tuesday
  
  The Cocteau Twins "Pearly Dew Drops Drops"
  A drunk wee wumman in the Hop Step & Jump, Marionville Road c. 1983 (or Englebert Humperdinck) "Quando Quando". An outstanding performance.
  
  Wednesday
  
  The entire Hawkwind ouevre, but in particular:
  
  Spirit of the Age (original version)
  Space is Deep
  PXR5
  Master of the Universe
  
  Pleased to report they are on form on current tour. :-)
  
  Thursday
  
  Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin "It's My Party (and I'll Cry if I want To)"
  Chesney Hawkes "One and Only" (only joking)
  Freddie and the Dreamers "You Belong to Me"
  

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• 26. At 2:25pm on 12 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  TUE (before I forget):
  
  "I can see for miles" (and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles etc. etc. Oh Yeah :0) ) - The Who.

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• 27. At 2:32pm on 12 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  Tue:
  
  "Tell Her This" - Del Amitri

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• 28. At 2:49pm on 12 Dec 2008, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

  Oh no! Not Space again as a theme!
  
  It'll just be a matter of time before someone asks for that Clouds across the Moon song again.
  
  And worse....it'll get played!
  
  

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• 29. At 2:51pm on 12 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Clouds across the Moon? What is that??

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• 30. At 2:52pm on 12 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  AFR pps I cannot get over thought of Human Leauge night (quite like them but cannot imagine 2 hours worth)!

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• 31. At 2:57pm on 12 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  Thurs: Why does it always rain on me? (Insert Glasgow joke here, while I make a run for it)

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• 32. At 2:57pm on 12 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  @norrie
  
  I'm presuming this:
  http://www.last.fm/music/Rah+Band/_/Clouds+Across+the+Moon
  

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• 33. At 3:05pm on 12 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  CaptRamius - that is eh interesting.

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• 34. At 3:08pm on 12 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  Yeah, I'd blanked it from my memory (along with the 1978 World Cup)

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• 35. At 3:29pm on 12 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Adam #28
  
  Ah kain......
  
  
  
  
  
  Repeats: 'Guabi Guabi' by Arlo Guthrie
  
  
  DC in Cellardyke

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• 36. At 4:12pm on 12 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  Norrie, I think SG would love a night in the Central Belt with Mr Moz, come on SG, you know it makes sense ;-)
  
  AFR;Clouds Across The Moon is a great track, but I can confirm we did have Space as a theme already this year as it was my suggestion and we did indeed have that played.
  
  Zoom by Fat Larrys Band always a good one to hear!
  
  Have a good weekend everyone, the Xmas season of madness is upon us, out yesterday (all day!, Norrie you would have been proud as would Hoppolocos) and then again tomorrow..... feel like I have been hit by the 11pm train from booze central!!
  
  p.s Apparently Boyzone are covering Tom Baxter's "Better" - really??!

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• 37. At 4:30pm on 12 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Maria - surely not! Boyzone that is, not the 11pm from booze central!

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• 38. At 5:06pm on 12 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  Yes surely Norrie....reminds me of that old joke...don't call me Shirley ;-)

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• 39. At 5:08pm on 12 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  Where is Salt Spring Sherri?
  
  Severe Canadian winter?

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• 40. At 5:14pm on 12 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  WEDNESDAY
  
  'Never Moon an American Werewolf in London' - Warren Wossisname

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• 41. At 5:26pm on 12 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  Monday
  Theme from A Clockwork Orange - Walter/Wanda Carlos - From Purcell to Pursey
  
  Tuesday
  Shame Shame Shame - Jimmy Reed - Accept no pale copies
  
  Wed
  Outa Space - Billy Preston - Toured with the Stones and survived
  
  Thursday
  My S---- F------ Up (Radio Edit) - Warren Zevon - He was right
  

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• 42. At 6:44pm on 12 Dec 2008, ECTheNorthSea wrote:

  Glad tidings of Great Joy.
  
  All of this weeks themes are repeats from sometime this year.
  
  However, BB is working on the theory that we're all getting old and dottery so chances are we will have forgotten by the time they roll round again.
  
  A cunning plan as Baldrick would say.
  
  A tune for Monday and/or Tuesday -
  Mama's and Papa's - Monday, Monday
  
  Wednesday
  The Firm - Star Trekkin
  

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• 43. At 7:03pm on 12 Dec 2008, RedEtin wrote:

  Tuesday
  
  Never, Never by the Assembly (Feargal Sharkey)

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• 44. At 7:03pm on 12 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  EC #42:
  
  Aha!...he's obviously forgotten about my alleged themes dossier...I do believe you're right, with the possible exception of Monday (if I had a moustache I'd twiddle it before exiting stage left)

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• 45. At 7:12pm on 12 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  AFR was going to make a list I thought?
  
  I dont notice the repitition I must admit....must say more about me than anything else. Focus Norrie, focus!

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• 46. At 7:24pm on 12 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  ps before scatter brain forgets to add to the Fleetwood Mac suggestions:
  
  Fleetwood Mac - Over and Over
  
  fits two themes and good song.

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• 47. At 8:44pm on 12 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  Julie #44
  If you had a moustache you could twizzle I think you would be easy to recognise at the meet up in January ;-)
  
  EC, nice to see you back on the blog again. BTW, I think you meant "doddery" not "dottery"....BB may think we have all got bad memories seeing as all we ever seem to hear from certain bloggers is how much wine they have been drinking!!
  
  

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• 48. At 8:46pm on 12 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Ouch - that hurt!

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• 49. At 8:55pm on 12 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  Maria #44 ha ha ha, that'd work right enough...I'll start knitting one now :0)

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• 50. At 9:50pm on 12 Dec 2008, ECTheNorthSea wrote:

  #47 Maria - I was posting at various stages last week. Just ask your pal Julie. I was accused of "having a go" at her on several occassions on one day!!!!
  
  No I meant dottery. It's a local take on your English doddery.
  
  

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• 51. At 9:59pm on 12 Dec 2008, ECTheNorthSea wrote:

  #44 & 45
  
  The 'Head Boy' will be on soon to correct me if I'm wrong about the repititions.

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• 52. At 11:23pm on 12 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  EC - No, He won't. You knock yourself out. Have a great time!

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• 53. At 11:45pm on 12 Dec 2008, joe-k-brown wrote:

  Apologies, the alphabet thing is proving to be addictive (although there are obvious gaps). This the last time...
  
  Groups
  
  Arcade Fire - Wake-up
  Blondie - Denis
  Cowboy Junkies - Misguided Angel
  DeVotchka - Clockwise Witness
  E-street Band - Tougher than the rest
  Fleetwood mac - Go your own way
  Gladys Knight and the Pips - Baby don't change your mind
  Human league - Don't you want me baby
  I think I love you by The Partridge Family
  Knock three times by Tony Orlando and Dawn
  Last Town Chorus - Modern Love
  Magic Numbers - Love's a game
  Never-ending love - New Seekers
  Oh Atlanta by Alison Krauss and Union Station
  Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
  Roxette - Listen to your heart
  Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - 100 days, 100 nights
  Texas - Sleep
  Up, Up and Away by The Fifth Dimension,
  Von Bondies - C'mon, C'mon
  Wanted by the Dooleys
  Yazoo - Only You
  Zutons - Valerie
  
  (A few are only fit for the intro-mix)
  
  Repeating
  
  New York, New York or Chin Up Cheer Up - Ryan Adams
  Hold the Line - Toto
  2 Kool 2 Be 4-gotten - Lucinda Williams
  
  Space
  
  Life on Mars - Bowie
  Saturn - Stevie Wonder
  Pluto - Clare and the Reasons
  The sun ain't gonna shine any more - Walker Brothers
  Blue Moon Revisited - Cowboy Junkies
  
  Me
  
  When will I be loved - Linda Ronstadt
  Turn on me - The Shins
  I'll work for your love or Walk like a man - Springsteen
  Back to me - Kathleen Edwards
  
  Have a good weekend
  
  Joe
  Linlithgow

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• 54. At 00:04am on 13 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Re: Theme repetitions.
  I do remember the Me, Myself and I theme. I guess that is similar enough to Thursday's. I'm too new to GiO to recognize any other repeats. I guess we either need that 'past themes list', or the long time listeners have to come up with some 'new' theme suggestions.
  
  Norrie: That Cowboy Junkies song would work nicely. I see that Joe has them on his list too!

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• 55. At 03:44am on 13 Dec 2008, Dennis Junior wrote:

  nice shows next week bryan....

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• 56. At 05:11am on 13 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  WEDNESDAY
  
  'Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future)' - Elton John

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• 57. At 05:27am on 13 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  WEDNESDAY
  
  'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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• 58. At 07:23am on 13 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Joe - tremendous suggestions as ever. I hesitated over E Street Band but given the relationship between Bruce and Pattti and how it all woked I think you have picked the perfect track! I think she murders some of his work but her solo albums are great. Strange.
  
  

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• 59. At 10:23am on 13 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Re: #42
  
  Support for EC and Star Trekkin'
  
  WARP FACTOR 9!
  
  ye cannae' change the laws of physics......

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• 60. At 10:23am on 13 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  Is it me or is Monday's theme a bit vague? Does the group need to feature male and female vocalists or could it be like the aforementioned Zutons featuring Abi on the sax? Am I taking this too seriously?!
  Off to get a life......
  
  Maria
  
  p.s. Angus and Julia Stone - Mango Tree - I am determined BB will play them one day after skipping them for Fruits and Brothers and Sisters nights!!
  
  I think I have Norrie's Grumpy Hat on today ;-)

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• 61. At 10:24am on 13 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  Is it me or is Monday's theme a bit vague? Does the group need to feature male and female vocalists or could it be like the aforementioned Zutons featuring Abi on the sax? Am I taking this too seriously?!
  Off to get a life......
  
  Maria
  
  p.s. I would love to hear Angus and Julia Stone - Mango Tree - I am determined BB will play them one day after skipping them for Fruits and Brothers and Sisters nights!!
  
  I think I have Norrie's Grumpy Hat on today ;-)

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• 62. At 10:28am on 13 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Maria,
  It's the celestial conjunction. Keep drinking.
  
  Julie,
  Do me a favour, dig out my file and tell me what I'll be requesting on Thursday. It'll save me the hassle.

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• 63. At 10:50am on 13 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Re: #60, #61
  
  Too many repeats on the BBC

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• 64. At 11:29am on 13 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Maria - I fear it could be a night of Brotherhood of Man etc etc.!!

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• 65. At 3:12pm on 13 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Monday
  
  Light And Day - The Polyphonic Spree
  Away - The Feelies (Brenda Sauter was in the band at this time)
  Get Off - The Dandy Warhols
  Mary - The Dutchess And The Duke
  Running With Your Eyes Closed - Mojave 3
  
  Wednesday
  
  Lazy Eye - Silversun Pickups
  Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones
  Who Loves The Sun - The Velvet Underground
  California - Phantom Planet
  Fade Into You - Mazzy Star (inspired by Maria!)
  
  Thursday
  
  So Says I - The Shins
  I Will Possess Your Heart (radio edit - for time, not language) - Death Cab For Cutie
  First Day Of My Life - Bright Eyes
  Read My Mind - The Killers
  Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand

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• 66. At 3:24pm on 13 Dec 2008, RoxyJohn wrote:

  Monday:
  
  well as it's bands night this might be my chance to get Roxy Music 'Re-make/Re-model' played on the radio
  
  Tuesday:
  Roxy Music 'Cry Cry Cry' (easily their worst song)
  Roxy Music 'Rain Rain Rain' (almost their best later period song)
  Bryan Ferry 'Shame Shame Shame'
  
  Wednesday:
  When Bryan Ferry wrote 'Ladytron' he asked Brian Eno to make a sound that would be like the apollo moon landing. Eno's synth and Mackay's oboe create the perfect haunting desolate soundscape.
  
  Thursday:
  Bryan Ferry
  'Can't Let Go' (written when he was in the verge of giving up......)
  Bryan Ferry 'Nobody Loves Me' (which I am sure some forum members will agree with him he hee)

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• 67. At 3:53pm on 13 Dec 2008, RoxyJohn wrote:

  Hello I am Roxy John's imaginary friend, the one that likes other artists too, and tonght Mathew I am going to be Bowie John.
  
  Monday: Bands
  Bowie's Tin Machine 'If There is Something'
  
  Tuesday Repitition
  Bowie Rebel rebel
  
  Wednesday
  Bowie, well where do we start 'Space Oddity', 'Life On Mars', 'Starman', 'Moonage Daydream', 'Hallo Spaceboy,'
  'Planet Of Dreams,' 'Loving The Alien', 'Star'
  
  Thursday
  
  Bowie
  'Star'

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• 68. At 3:58pm on 13 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  I await Tull John's contribution with interest. :-D

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• 69. At 4:09pm on 13 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  RJ - straight off with an apology. I suspect your are comfortable with the fact that us Civil Engineers dont do humour very well and I did not mean to cause you any offence with my comment last week......moving very swiftly on....
  
  Great Bowie list. You know how much a fan I am and I think you hit all the spots with yor alter ego list!
  
  Star is horribly underplayed.
  
  Thursday
  
  All I Want Is You
  Take A Chance With Me
  I Put A Spell On YOu
  You Go To My Head
  Love Me Madly Again
  
  from my favourite Bryan album
  
  Thats How Strong My Love Is
  
  and a bit of Eno
  
  Mea Culpa!
  
  (total aside do you work with Bob Blair?)

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• 70. At 4:45pm on 13 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  TUESDAY
  
  'On Again! On Again!' - Jake Thackray
  
  (I'll get this song played if it kills me. After all, if it's good enough for Iain Anderson...............)

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• 71. At 6:09pm on 13 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  I like Iain Anderson's show.
  
  I once won a Kathleen Edwards CD.
  
  I too apologise for sending up Roxy John's list.

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• 72. At 6:11pm on 13 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Ah Glen - the difference you are funny, and incitefull and other words I cannot spell!

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• 73. At 6:24pm on 13 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  You're saying that with the benefit of hindcite.

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• 74. At 7:26pm on 13 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  WEDNESDAY
  
  'Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes' - kd lang

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• 75. At 8:32pm on 13 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  Glen - #73:
  
  http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/wiki?CITEtionary
  
  :-)

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• 76. At 9:03pm on 13 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  EC # 42
  
  I agree but I can't recall if I sent this post already...
  
  I'm sure I have the 'Space' list from November 2007 that I sent in
  
  Now where did I put it? Where's my specs?
  
  DC in Cellardyke

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• 77. At 9:46pm on 13 Dec 2008, janfromrutherglen wrote:

  DC, Try underneath the cushions of your winged Chesterfield, or perhaps in one of the pockets of your smoking jacket, maybe even in the your pipe caddy, or next to your big baffies? Get them on! :-)
  

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• 78. At 9:52pm on 13 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Baffies! I haven't heard that word since I was last in Methilhill.
  Come to think of it, I've never, until now, encountered the word outside Methilhill!!

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• 79. At 9:53pm on 13 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  #75
  
  There's nothing new under the sun.
  
  BC University have a useful programme called Autostitch.

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• 80. At 10:26pm on 13 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Still cannae find it. Ah deh hae a smokin jacket, but I hae baffies.
  
  S-G, they dont speak our language in Methilhill. Actually, it's pronounced 'Meffullhull' by the locals (so I've been telt, caws none who enter that place ever return...)
  
  My wife has just called me through to the living room to hear the X-factor rendition of 'Haleluia'. I went in to slag it off &, I have to say, I was mesmerised by what Alexandra did. I hate Eck and all the factors he has, but she was good....
  
  DC in Cellardyke (well to the east o' Meffull)

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• 81. At 10:32pm on 13 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Found it in the cover of my Maw Broons Cookbook
  
  Here we go..
  
  Lonestar - Norah Jones
  Here comes the sun - The Beatles
  Prettiest Star - Bowie
  Moonbeam Song - Nilsson
  Moon is up - Rolling Stones
  Ticket to the moon - ELO
  To the moon & back - Savage Garden
  Jane - Jefferson Starship
  That lucky old sun - Ray Charles
  Rocket man - Elton John
  Space oddity - David Bowie
  Venus in Furs - Velvet underground
  Telstar - Tornados
  Starman - David Bowie
  Star Trekkin - Dr Demento
  Star - Nazareth
  Rocket to the moon - Runrig
  Pink marshmallow moon - Big Country
  Moondance - Van the man
  Man from Mars - Joni Mitchell
  Lonely Planet Boy - New York Dolls
  Liquid Mercury - Jimmy Page
  Girl from Mars - Ash
  Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
  Across the Universe - The Beatles
  
  and of course, the theme tune from Fireball xl5
  
  DC in Cellardyke

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• 82. At 10:42pm on 13 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  I thought that there would be a flurry of bloggers all trying to prove that they were not watching Eck's Factor just now. I seem to be the only one here. Have you all gone over to the other side????
  
  DC in Cellardyke........

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• 83. At 10:46pm on 13 Dec 2008, janfromrutherglen wrote:

  Eck's Factor, got no time for it ......
  

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• 84. At 10:47pm on 13 Dec 2008, janfromrutherglen wrote:

  excellent list btw DC

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• 85. At 10:51pm on 13 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!
  
  That makes two of us Jan!
  
  DC in a soakin weet Cellardyke

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• 86. At 10:55pm on 13 Dec 2008, madmacfraeclydebank wrote:

  Monday,
  Waking up by Elastica
  
  Tuesday,
  Gone gone gone, Plant & Krauss
  
  Wednesday,
  Skinhead Moonstomp by Symarip
  
  Thursday,
  I saw the light, Hank Williams Snr.

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• 87. At 11:00pm on 13 Dec 2008, janfromrutherglen wrote:

  85# I cannot see out of my windows, they all steamed up ! LOL

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• 88. At 11:06pm on 13 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  #65 Thanks Danielle, Mazzy Star "Fade Into You" is an amazing track :-)
  
  Totally had it with Ecks Factor, all the crying and stuff is just ridiculous, cannae believe I am sitting here hankering for Will Young and his inherent professionalism he seemed to have from day one....
  
  Been out and had a few wines, apologies bloggers!
  
  M

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• 89. At 11:07pm on 13 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  #87
  Too much information.....
  
  'Star Star' by The Rolling Stones with Keith Richards's mum humming along in the background must cover all four themes this week?
  
  DC in Cellardyke

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• 90. At 11:09pm on 13 Dec 2008, janfromrutherglen wrote:

  Maria, I couldn't agree more with you on Will Young. I take it, it was a good Christmas night out....

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• 91. At 11:58pm on 13 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  I can't be bothered with Will Young, although he is perhaps amongst the better winners of these talent comps...

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• 92. At 00:51am on 14 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Wis Will Young no a referee?
  
  DC

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• 93. At 00:55am on 14 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  The SPL is doomed then...

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• 94. At 00:55am on 14 Dec 2008, saltspringsherri wrote:

  Re comment 39 from glenmiller--yes i'm still alive but haven't been posting much lately,as am feeling quite uninspired and too pre-occupied with work...i will be back on form soonish,tho.
  As for Canadian winters, we are at the warmer end of the country, although we are due snow this evening and it's going down to about -9.Time for the long underwear and stoking up the woodstove(No we are not living in the woods,but close).
  

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• 95. At 03:36am on 14 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  cannot sleep - I think its the trauma! X factor, Hallelujah.....

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• 96. At 11:04am on 14 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  For Thursday a great artist would be Iris DeMent
  
  When My Morning Comes Around
  I'll Take My Sorrow Straight
  My Life
  
  and the fantastic
  
  The Way I Should

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• 97. At 11:44am on 14 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  Ooh more space stuff, with a prog rock bent:
  
  Fanfare for the Common Man - ELP (for the Space 2001 link)
  Mad Man Moon - Genesis
  
  I think the chances of getting Astronomy Domine on are lower than zero, but surely something from Dark Side of the Moon would do? Great Gig in the Sky perhaps?
  
  #86 I'd forgotten about Skinhead Moonstomp, nice one.

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• 98. At 12:32pm on 14 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  #94 SSS
  
  Themes have been a bit repetitive and uninspiring.
  
  It was -5 here last week.
  
  Enjoy your day off at Christmas.

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• 99. At 12:40pm on 14 Dec 2008, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

  #45 - Norrie, I never said I would come up with a theme list. The last time this holy grail for BB's bloggers was talked about, Producer Mandi said she would do it.
  
  If only Julie would share hers.......

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• 100. At 12:45pm on 14 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  More Bowie for Space night
  
  Fall Dog Bombs The Moon
  
  New Killer Star
  
  I Took A Trip on A Gemini Spacecraft
  
  

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• 101. At 12:48pm on 14 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  #99 AFR sorry I obvioulsy got confused! No change there eh! My problem is that even though the themes may repeat I forget quite easily what I have sugggested or what is on my mind. For example for relatives night it was on my mind all week to suggest some Grand Drive, forgot all about them. So next time....

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• 102. At 12:50pm on 14 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Adam, #99
  
  Julie is obviously busy updating my file. (see #62)
  
  You'll have to join the queue. :-D

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• 103. At 12:53pm on 14 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  QUESTION
  
  'Over The Hills And Far Away' - Led Zeppelin
  
  Was this song used on the soundtrack of Jeff Bridges' movie Starman?

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• 104. At 1:12pm on 14 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Scotch-git - Weren't you the one who suggested Mary Gauthier's - I Drink, the last time around? I remember it being a hit with the listeners! Possible GiO bloggers anthem?

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• 105. At 1:34pm on 14 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Danielle,
  Yeah, I did. This time I'll have to ask for
  'I Drink Alone' - George Thorogood
  
  Another contender for a bloggers anthem, methinks! :-D

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• 106. At 1:37pm on 14 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Speaking of drinking;
  Jim,
  How's your hand? Not your drinking arm, I hope? :-D

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• 107. At 2:35pm on 14 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  I've just noticed the guy in the picture is playing a Shergold Masquerader.
  
  
  

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• 108. At 2:56pm on 14 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  Thank you for not pointing out that it is obviously a Shergold Marathon 6 string bass.

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• 109. At 3:02pm on 14 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  You're welcome.

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• 110. At 3:13pm on 14 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  I should have remembered seeing Shergolds in New Order videos. Mike Rutherford and Julian Cope used them too, back in the days when Britain made things.

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• 111. At 3:17pm on 14 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  I salute your recognisability!

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• 112. At 3:41pm on 14 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  I hesitate to say this, after Mad Mac's comments and I realise it is of little general interest but I own one myself. No. 34 made in 1976 for any Shergold spotters out there.
  
  
  

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• 113. At 3:51pm on 14 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  I salute your realisability!

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• 114. At 3:58pm on 14 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  Thank you for humouring me. They're taking me back to the dayroom now.

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• 115. At 4:18pm on 14 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  I give up!

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• 116. At 4:20pm on 14 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Disregard #115
  
  This laptop is having a nervous breakdown! :-D

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• 117. At 4:37pm on 14 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Glen - is that a good bass guitar then?

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• 118. At 4:55pm on 14 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  Morals don't come into it - it's British.
  
  It follows a line from the Burns guitars that the Shadows used to use. It has of course gone the way of the Morris Minor and Triumph Tiger - unreliable products gratefully received by an empire which knew no better.

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• 119. At 5:00pm on 14 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Glen - my question was actually serious, dont know anything about these things. My brother certainly used to play bass and he had a guitar at one point that he claimed was fantastic.

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• 120. At 5:08pm on 14 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  I'm beginning to wonder if the BBC,s profanity filter is acting up again.
  
  Not that I was attempting to post anything profane............

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• 121. At 5:10pm on 14 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Scotch - seems to be letting my particular brand of drivel through!

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• 122. At 5:11pm on 14 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  That comma should be an apostrophe.
  
  ' not ,

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• 123. At 5:17pm on 14 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Norrie, Howzitgaun?
  
  Around 4ish I made several attempts to post a comment without success.
  
  Maybe the problem is at this end.
  
  (Not even Glen would fall into such an obvious trap).

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• 124. At 5:24pm on 14 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Scotch - I am absolutely choked with the cold. Seems to be a lot of it going round!
  
  Hope it goes away - would hate to miss a night out!

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• 125. At 5:44pm on 14 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Norrie,
  That's not good. See 'The Searchers' thread #4
  Sounds disgusting, but nothing ventured.............

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• 126. At 6:55pm on 14 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  #119
  
  Norrie - Shergold's were a solid British product with a Canadian rock maple neck.
  
  And they were reliable - mine still starts first time on cold mornings.

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• 127. At 6:56pm on 14 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  Apologies for the grocer's apostrophe.

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• 128. At 7:08pm on 14 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  #126 Unlike me Glen.

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• 129. At 7:41pm on 14 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  Monday:
  
  One to search for nice and early...The Undisputed Truth - "Help Yourself" or "Showtime" (a truly fantastic track though perhaps a bit long...but hopefully not) were a Norman Whitfield, Motown, psychedelic soul band...used to test out songs that were usually more successful for The Temptations. Trivia fact is that Quentin Tarantino (a fan) called the truth serum in Kill Bill 2 The Undisputed Truth!!!
  
  The B-52s - "Dance This Mess Around"
  
  In reply to Scotch and AFR...sorry, can't find your files amongst all the Christmas decorations.
  
  
  
  

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• 130. At 8:03pm on 14 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  Scotch - re #106 - Naw that's working fine! The wrist is pretty much healed now - typing is now faster and not quite so sore, but my left elbow is still killing me! Apparently I almost broke both the wrist and the elbow and was pretty lucky. Been stuck in the house for two weeks so I am starting to go a bit stir-crazy... No change there then.

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• 131. At 9:21pm on 14 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  The Burns guitar is of course also the very thing that Lord William of Bragg has used for his distinctive sound for many a year, and he credits it with making a big difference to his output.
  
  (hat-tip: the Bragg podcast http://www.billybragg.co.uk/wordpress/category/podcasts/ )

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• 132. At 10:08pm on 14 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  Thursday:
  
  "I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz

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• 133. At 10:14pm on 14 Dec 2008, Jim_in_giffnock wrote:

  Resisted the urge to suggest Dollar, Tapau, or Bucks Fizz, but thought I would go for 70/80 nostalgia through the week
  
  Monday
  Must be an angel - Eurythmics
  I go to sleep - Pretenders
  Missing - Everything but the girl
  
  Do collaborations count, if so
  Boogie Wonderland - EWF & Emotions
  It ain't what you do - Bananarama and fun boy three
  
  Tuesday
  
  Shame,shame,shame - Shirley and Co
  On and On - Stephen Bishop
  
  Wednesday
  
  Wishing on a star - Rose Royce
  Life on Mars - David Bowie
  
  Thursday
  
  Heart on my sleeve - Gallagher and Lyle
  
  

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• 134. At 10:17pm on 14 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  OK...just to be neat and tidy really...my requests for the week:
  
  Mon:
  "Showtime" or "Help Yourself" by The Undisputed Truth.
  
  "Dance This Mess Around" - B-52s.
  
  
  Tue:
  "I Can See For Miles" - The Who.
  
  "Tell Her This" - Del Amitri
  
  
  Wed:
  "Big Bang Theory Theme Song" - Barenaked Ladies.
  
  
  Thu:
  "I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz.
  
  

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• 135. At 11:54pm on 14 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Re: #129
  
  Julie,
  Don't tell me, let me guess.
  The cupboard under the stairs?
  
  Just as well that wee lassie in Canada has such a good memory. Whatever her name is. :-D

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• 136. At 11:58pm on 14 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  THURSDAY
  
  'Stay With Me Baby' - Kiki Dee
  
  'I Can't Make You Love Me' - Bonnie Raitt
  
  'Shut Up and Kiss Me' - Mary Chapin Carpenter
  
  'Far From Me' - John Prine

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• 137. At 00:51am on 15 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  I would like to suggest:
  
  Monday
  Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane - Up the revolution
  
  Tuesday
  Run Run Rudolph - Chuck Berry - He's seen 81 Christmases
  
  Wednesday
  Big Eyed Beans From Venus - Captain Beefheart - Easy listening for the criminally insane
  
  Thursday
  Reconsider Me - Warren Zevon - Call him up and he'll come running

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• 138. At 08:43am on 15 Dec 2008, HarryFaeGatehoose wrote:

  #67
  
  Is it too late to welcome Bowie John on board, and say what a refreshing change he makes? :-)

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• 139. At 08:56am on 15 Dec 2008, HoppoLocos wrote:

  Struggling with mixed gender. There are so many where it's just a band with a female singer and I'm not sure if that counts. being picky I know. Also havign soem toruble with the repetertive titles, but that's more to do with having no tiem over the past few days. Space and self absorption etc., is much easier, with the former it's what to leave out that's difficult. So here's what I came up with so far.
  
  Mixed Gender
  
  California Dreaming - Mama and the Papas
  Thorn in My Side - Eurythmics
  Love’s a Game - Magic Numbers
  
  
  Repeat
  
  Louie Louie - Kingsmen
  Da Da Da - Trio
  
  
  Space
  
  Bad Moon Rising - Credence Clearwater Revival
  Another Girl Another Planet - The Only Ones
  Rocket Man - Elton John
  Hey Mr Spaceman - Byrds
  Across the Universe - Beatles
  Johnny Be Good - Chuck Berry (no space references but was on the Voyager craft sent out to deep space to find intelligent life, maybe)
  2000 Light Years from Home - Rolling Stones
  Lost in Space - Aimee Mann
  Moondance - Van Morrison
  Man on the Moon - REM
  Space Station No 5 - Montrose
  3rd Planet - Modest Mouse
  Satellite of Love - Lou Reed
  The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
  Venus in Furs - Velvet Underground
  The Whole of the Moon - Waterboys
  Girl from Mars - Ash
  Move Over Moon (Get out Uranus) - Kate and Anna McGarrigle
  Star - Zazareth
  
  
  I
  
  I Want You - Bob Dylan
  I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow - Soggy Bottom Boys
  I’m a Man - Spencer Davis Group
  I am a Rock - Simon and Garfunkel
  I Am the Upsetter - Lee Scratch Perry
  I Can’t Stand Up for Falling Down - Elvis Costello
  I’ll Work For Your Love - Bruce Springsteen
  What About Me - Moving Pictures
  

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• 140. At 09:03am on 15 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Adam #99 and subsequent posts from various bloggers re previous themes:
  
  How serious are we about compiling this list? It can be done (albeit with a lot of work) by going through the blog archives. If we really want to get THE definitive list, we could divvy up the research & then pool the answers.
  
  But, as I say, it depends how serious we are about this....
  
  DC in Cellardyke (at work but on holiday for a fortnight this weekend so might have some time for research purposes)

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• 141. At 09:30am on 15 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  #90 - Jan - it was more of a late lunch/long evening out but yes thanks, it was great :-)
  
  My favourite title for the "me me me" theme would be "I oughtta give you a shot in the head for making me live in this dump" but unfortunately its an album title! Great album by Shivaree.
  
  

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• 142. At 11:20am on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Hoppo - great list obviously inspired by your teams thumping victory at the weekend.
  
  Maria - glad to hear you enjotyed your nights out!
  
  Reconsider Me by Warren Zevon as suggested by Glen would be brilliant. Glan have you heard the Enjoy Every Sadwich Zevon tribute album as there are some really good tracks on that put together by his son and Jorge Calderon.
  
  This man flu is killing me.

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• 143. At 11:44am on 15 Dec 2008, HoppoLocos wrote:

  Repetition
  
  I and I - Bob Dylan
  
  More for the 'I' evening (I'm liking thsi theme, so many songs to choose form)
  
  I am a Lonesome Hobo, I'll Be Your baby Tonght, My Back Pages - Bob Dylan
  I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
  I'm The Man - Joe Jackson
  I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones
  I'm Your man - Leonard Cohen
  I Still Miss Someone, I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
  I Just Can't help Believing - Elvis Presley

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• 144. At 11:57am on 15 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Norrie,
  Sympathy is not much consolation. May your recovery be swift.

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• 145. At 12:24pm on 15 Dec 2008, slopestatic wrote:

  The only trouble I had with a list for Monday was cutting it down (see below!). Certainly no need for Eurovision chancers to pad it out (Dana International?)! I think all of the following are good songs and a lot of the bands are Scottish, by the way.
  
  #8/#139 - Not sure if bands are more 'equal opps' now or if it's just my age/knowledge of indie groups that makes it seem that way?
  
  Kenickie and Elastica are the most female-dominated bands (they just have male drummers). There are some female bassists (Sons and Daughters, Smashing Pumpkins, The Make-up), keyboard players (Pulp, Dandy Warhols) and guitarists (Ash, Echobelly). Most female drummers (apart from the Velvets) seem to be in more recent bands - White Stripes, Gossip, Glasvegas, Popup. Is this more acceptable now than in more chauvinistic times? Obviously there are all-girl rock bands too like L7, Sleater Kinney, The Donnas, etc.
  
  2000s:
  'Ladyflash' - The GO! Team (saw them at ABC - great fun live)
  'Girls Make Me Sick' - Butcher Boy (does fitting the theme with both song and band name, and knowing the keyboard/accordionist, help get it played? She'd probably want me to ask!)
  'Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground' - White Stripes
  'Anyone Else But You' - Moldy Peaches
  'The LSB' - Make Model
  'Gilt Complex' - Sons and Daughters
  'Strict Machine' - Goldfrapp
  'Love Me Like You' - Magic Numbers
  'Standing in the Way of Control' - Gossip
  'Destroy Everything You Touch' - Ladytron
  'We're from Barcelona' - I'm from Barcelona
  'The Green Grass of Tunnel' - Mum
  + Arcade Fire, Dandy Warhols, The Ting Tings, Ladyhawk, Glasvegas, El Presidente, Popup, The Zutons, Juliette and the Licks
  
  1990s:
  'Come Out Tonight' - Kenickie (saw them at King Tut's when guitarist blew up her amp!)
  'R U A Believer' - The Make-up (show at King Tut's still my favourite gig ever)
  'Sour Times' - Portishead
  'French Disko' - Stereolab
  'Connection' - Elastica
  'Misshapes' - Pulp
  'Lazy Line Painter Jane' - Belle & Sebastian
  'You're in a Bad Way' - St Etienne
  'Tipp City' - The Amps
  'Today' - Smashing Pumpkins
  + The Breeders, Throwing Muses, Ash, Skunk Anansie, Echobelly, Salad, Bis, Sleeper, Lush, The Go-Betweens, Belly, Slowdive, Lamb
  
  1980s:
  'TeenAge Riot' - Sonic Youth
  'Monkey Gone to Heaven' - The Pixies
  'Sometimes' - My Bloody Valentine
  'Temptation' - New Order
  'Hanging on the Telephone' - Blondie
  'Pearly Dew Drops Drop' - Cocteau Twins
  'Hit' - The Sugarcubes
  + The Pastels, The Vaselines
  
  1970s:
  'Love in a Void' - Siouxsie and the Banshees
  + X-Ray Spex, Talking Heads
  
  1960s:
  'I'm Waiting for the Man' - Velvet Underground
  + Sly and the Family Stone, The Mamas and the Papas

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• 146. At 12:33pm on 15 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Great list slopestatic! I had I'm From Barcelona on my list too, but took them off as I thought one 10+ member band (The Polyphonic Spree) was probably enough. I'd second it though.

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• 147. At 12:48pm on 15 Dec 2008, slopestatic wrote:

  Cheers Danielle. The I'm From Barcelona one is a really upbeat song (and video) and I like the way they are really Scandinavian!
  
  I kind of want my friend's band (Butcher Boy) played now but it would be good to hear any of the above. The GO! Team, Kenickie and The Make-up are probably particular favourites since I've seen them live.

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• 148. At 1:07pm on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Went on to their myspce site - good track.

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• 149. At 1:10pm on 15 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  I just did the same - youtube. It is a great track!

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• 150. At 2:18pm on 15 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  Alphabeat "Boyfriend" please please please please for tonight....I bet anyone 20p that AFR hates this tracke ;-)
  
  Maria

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• 151. At 2:18pm on 15 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  TRACK - sorry less haste and all that
  M

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• 152. At 2:47pm on 15 Dec 2008, davidmcn wrote:

  #145 - some good selections there.
  
  In particular I'd second Butcher Boy - I can't understand why they're not better-known. And 'Girls Make Me Sick' is their best song by a mile.

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• 153. At 3:49pm on 15 Dec 2008, martinh1971 wrote:

  Yep, BUtcher Boy deserve some airplay.
  
  Failing that (and staying in Glasgow indie land) has naebody mentioned the Delgados yet? I would suggest 'Accused of Stealing', though anything would be good.
  
  
  

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• 154. At 4:19pm on 15 Dec 2008, slopestatic wrote:

  Cheers guys - good there's a few more indie fans listen to the show. How could I forget the Delgados? And Secret Goldfish - both bands I've seen live. I also missed out the 90s band Powder, but they were quite forgettable!

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• 155. At 4:56pm on 15 Dec 2008, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

  Tuesday:
  
  The last time we had Repetition as a theme was Tuesday 5th Feb this year when Gillian MacFarlane suggested it. The song I requested then I dont think was played so I'll try again:
  
  Talk Talk "Its My Life".
  
  Andrea True Connection "More, More More" would be another shout.
  
  Maria #150, do I get to take the bet?

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• 156. At 5:07pm on 15 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  martinh - great shout for Delgados - get it on Bryan!!
  
  AFR, I think its a safe bet so I guess the more the merrier ;-) I take it you don't know the track?!

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• 157. At 5:07pm on 15 Dec 2008, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

  Monday;
  Guys and Dolls - You Dont Have To Say You Love Me, for Maria.
  
  

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• 158. At 5:09pm on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Carmel - I'm Over You.

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• 159. At 6:04pm on 15 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  Monday - Suggesting 'Jetstream' by New Order. The female lead vocaist from Scissor Sisters is on it. Best New Order track for some time - just don't ask them to perform it live...

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• 160. At 6:22pm on 15 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  Just heard the montage... Hopefully that's most of the duffers covered already! Don't know that particular mix of the Everything But The Girl track.

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• 161. At 6:23pm on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Does anyone think Suicide and Dream Baby Dream could get played on repitition night? If people were complaining about th, excellent, Velvet Underground then Suicide would wake them up!

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• 162. At 7:03pm on 15 Dec 2008, RichMurrayNC wrote:

  I'm so happy Bryan played Voice of the Beehive ... such a smart, catchy, underrated band. Their debut 'Let It Bee' is still one of my top 10 albums of all time -- there's not a bad track to be found on that record.
  
  And yep, it was Woody from Madness who was the drummer in VOTB!

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• 163. At 8:06pm on 15 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Adam #155
  
  You noticed that too! I take it that, like me, you have a list?
  
  What about you Julie? Will you be requesting the same songs you did 10 months ago?
  
  DC in Cellardyke

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• 164. At 8:17pm on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  DC is a list of songs you have requested?
  
  I know you were asking Julie, but I do have several artists who crop up in my requests pretty regularly but I suppose that is inevitable.
  
  I wonder, idly, how many musicians have been in different successful bands like Woody from Madness. It took me a few reads to realise it was not Woody Woodmansey and I was confused!

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• 165. At 8:19pm on 15 Dec 2008, ECTheNorthSea wrote:

  We must be due a "Julie theme" soon.
  
  She had been averaging one every other month.

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• 166. At 8:22pm on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  A Julie theme?
  
  

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• 167. At 8:23pm on 15 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Norrie, I was talking about the list of all the themes there's ever been on Get It On.
  
  EC's right by the way, Julie is Bryan's favourite blogger because she has a theme every six weeks or so.
  
  I think she must be his mum. We need to be telt
  
  DC

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• 168. At 8:36pm on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Time for my Tuesday list then...
  
  Morrissey - Ouija Board, Ouija Board
  
  Suicide - Dream Baby Dream
  
  second / third all previous Velvets suggestions ut how fabolous would it be to hear
  
  Mick Ronson - White Light / White Heat
  
  Cowboy Junkies - Cowboy Junkies Lament
  
  Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
  
  Thats it.

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• 169. At 8:37pm on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Oh and Julies far too young to be Bryans mum.

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• 170. At 8:39pm on 15 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  One wonders how you were able to verify that, Norrie... ;-)

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• 171. At 8:41pm on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  I met Julie at Steve Forbert remember. And I was sober, Julie should be able to confirm, so unless she is aging spectacularly well.....

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• 172. At 8:48pm on 15 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  crawling git...............

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• 173. At 8:50pm on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Of course Scotch! Nothing new there!! ;o)

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• 174. At 8:51pm on 15 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  Guys - Julie seems to have been a bit of a hit - is there photographic evidence from this particular evening? :-)

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• 175. At 8:54pm on 15 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  Just a white carnation pressed between the pages of abook.

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• 176. At 8:55pm on 15 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Maria reckons Julie has a moustache.......

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• 177. At 8:55pm on 15 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  If we're wanting to build our own theme list then http://colonsay.easyweb.co.uk/~martin/gio/themes/allthemes.html
  might come in handy...

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• 178. At 8:57pm on 15 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Re: #169
  
  What you really mean is Bryan's far too old to be Julie's laddie...........

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• 179. At 8:57pm on 15 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  They can be nice if they're neatlly trimmed.

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• 180. At 9:00pm on 15 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  Glen - re #175 - I wondered how that sentence was going to end when I started reading it...

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• 181. At 9:01pm on 15 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  Re #179 - I think we need Adam's opinion on that...

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• 182. At 9:23pm on 15 Dec 2008, janfromrutherglen wrote:

  Now now boys, girls are very displeased you lot discussing them in their absence. I would not think any one of you would like to endure a scorned woman's wrath (particularly Julie's) on 17th January...not that any of us have met before you all suggest! lol lol
  
  
  

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• 183. At 9:24pm on 15 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  Jan - it's OK... She will have had her tea by then.

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• 184. At 9:40pm on 15 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Re: #178
  
  Norrie,
  Having a go at our beloved presenter.....how could you?!?

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• 185. At 9:43pm on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Danielle - I was listening to the Dears on youtube, really enjoyed a lot of their stuff. I see they are touring in Canada at the moment. What CD would you buy first? Gang of Losers?

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• 186. At 9:45pm on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Re #184
  
  Scotch - really do you blame me. Have you heard Gene Clark on Radio Scotland! No.
  
  On a more serious note - when will I learn on this blog. When will I learn.
  
  ;o)

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• 187. At 9:53pm on 15 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Norrie,
  Yeah, it can be frustrating. I'm still requesting Jake Thackray whenever the theme allows.
  But if you can't have a giggle then what's the point?

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• 188. At 9:59pm on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Scotch - I dont know much about him but what about On Again! On Again! have you suggested that this week. I imagine you must have?

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• 189. At 10:07pm on 15 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Norrie: I'm happy to hear you are enjoying The Dears. I would suggest No Cities Left. It is probably my favourite CD of theirs.
  Yes, they just played Toronto a few nights ago. Alas, having two small children has limited my concert goings. Sad, but true. They are touring with Metric and Tokyo Police Club. Two other great bands. Also, check out Stars. Oh, I guess I should have suggested them for Wednesday. 'Take Me To The Riot' is a great song. I don't want to be responsible for breaking the bank, so some YouTube listening will probably be sufficient!

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• 190. At 10:15pm on 15 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Did I just go On Again, On Again, On Again?

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• 191. At 10:17pm on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Danielle - not at all. New music is part of why we are here (for me anyway).
  
  
  
  
  
  
  cue comments from others....LOL!

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• 192. At 10:20pm on 15 Dec 2008, Bryan_A wrote:

  Enjoyed what I heard of the show on Monday
  
  Here are some suggestions for the next couple of days
  
  Repetition
  
  ‘Ya Ya’ – by Lee Dorsey (also on the John Lennon RnR album)
  ‘Wah Wah’ – by George Harrison
  
  
  Space theme
  Of the ones suggested so far ‘Moondance’ and ‘Across the Universe’ get my vote.
  
  My other suggestions are
  
  Gonna make you a star - David Essex
  “is he more too much more than a pretty face (I don fink so)”
  
  Supersonic Rocket Ship – Kinks
  
  Urban Spaceman – Bonzos
  
  After the Goldrush – Neil Young / Dolly
  “Well, I dreamed I saw the silver
  Space ships flying
  In the yellow haze of the sun”
  
  The joker – Steve Miller
  “ Some people call me the space cowboy”
  
  Mr Spaceman – the Byrds
  
  Another girl another planet – the Only Ones
  
  Rope Ladder to the moon – Jack Bruce / Colosseum (Chris Farlowe)
  
  Rocket in my pocket - Little Feat
  
  2000 light years from home – Stones
  
  Here comes the Sun – Beatles / Nina Simone
  
  Point me at the sky – Pink Floyd
  
  Third stone from the sun – Jimi / Emmylou
  
  Cosmic wheels – Donovan
  Intergalactic laxative – Donovan
  
  
  Hope to be able to hear at least part of these shows over the next few days.

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• 193. At 10:21pm on 15 Dec 2008, slopestatic wrote:

  #160 I think that was the original mix of EBTG, it was a remix that became a hit. You spoke too soon about the opening montage. I had misgivings about Starship (at least they shouldn't be played on Wed). But the Seekers really should've been confined to a clip, if not Room 101.
  
  I'm glad I stuck with the show to hear the Soul Children. You can't go far wrong with Stax.

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• 194. At 10:30pm on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  #192 Bryan A - After The Goldrush is an inspired suggestion!

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• 195. At 10:35pm on 15 Dec 2008, Bryan_A wrote:

  Thnaks - beautiful song - hope it gets played

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• 196. At 10:42pm on 15 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Norrie,
  Yeah, for sure! See #70
  
  You're feeling better?

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• 197. At 10:43pm on 15 Dec 2008, slopestatic wrote:

  #192 I'd like to hear Lee Dorsey - nice one.
  
  Tue:
  'Ain't No Love Ain't No Use' - Sub Sub
  'View to a Kill' - Duran Duran
  'It's a Man's Man's Man's World' - James Brown
  '(Sus-sus-sus-sus-sus-sus) Suspect Device' - Stiff Little Fingers ;-)
  

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• 198. At 10:47pm on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Better tonight Scotch but honestly I have been completely floored, don't wish it on anyone!!
  
  Still better it is this week than next I suppose.
  
  Very kind of you to ask.
  

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• 199. At 11:01pm on 15 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  Norrie - I had the same thing just prior to the near breakage of wrist and elbow - so believe me I do sympathise! I will blog more when I am back to par again sometime - er - this century...

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• 200. At 11:08pm on 15 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  Stop feeling so sorry for yourselves.
  
  Read the next thread about the guy with the hip replacement who dressed up as Santa and ran about the streets of Glasgow.
  
  He's now in a secure unit, of course, but it was all in a good claus.

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• 201. At 11:08pm on 15 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  #157 Thanks Adam, I think I am touched ;-)
  Thats a figure of speech before you all get the wrong idea!
  Hope the man flu is improving Norrie ;-)
  
  Maria

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• 202. At 11:11pm on 15 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  White carnations are expensive at this time of year and you look damn silly wearing a poinsettia.

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• 203. At 11:13pm on 15 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Maria - thats incredible you diagnosed that from so far away! And I have hardly mentioned being unwell!
  
  ;o)

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• 204. At 11:27pm on 15 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  Honestly...you boys! The daughter and I haven't laughed so much in ages as we just have reading what's been written about me while I was away having my tea, searching for theme files in the cupboard under the stairs and crocheting myself a moustache for 17th Jan (btw - we've had a moustache theme haven't we?).
  
  Norrie's quite right...I'm far too young to be Bryan's ma.
  
  Don't understand the blether about me having had lots of themes chosen..only had 2 as far as I'm aware...trains and songs with screamy-bits in them...ages ago. Would really like my bakery items theme to be chosen one day, purely so I can have "PANdora's Box played. Oh yes, I did have a playlist chosen this summer but then I have been a loyal listener almost since the programme started.
  
  Disappointed that Bryan didn't play my The Undisputed Truth request tonight - great soul funk band - afraid even Fergie's track couldn't make up for it.

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• 205. At 00:18am on 16 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Julie: A bit of inspiration - ha! ha!
  http://jpolka.blogspot.com/2008/12/mustaches.html

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• 206. At 01:06am on 16 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  They look like they were knitted for some bizarre episode of The Clangers...

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• 207. At 02:10am on 16 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  @julie:
  
  * 1 Oct 07: 7 deadly Sins
  * 17 Feb 08: songs with screams or shout
  * 18 Apr 08: the office
  * 2 May 08: 'things you might find in the bible'
  
  It's easy when it's all on one page ;-)
  
  

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• 208. At 07:04am on 16 Dec 2008, HoppoLocos wrote:

  Enjoyed what i heard of last night's show. Alway good to hear some Stax, I ahev a soft spot for The Soul Children's 'I'll Be the Other Woman' , not a pc song I woudl suggest. For reasons I can;t understand I seem to be rather busy of late, so posting infrequently.
  
  Re #142 Norriew, yes it was a thumping victory and might have been more but for the horrible conditions, rained all day. However, now it's Motherwell on 10th Jan, which will probably be our exit point, but it should be fun. Back to work!

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• 209. At 08:12am on 16 Dec 2008, KillieMad wrote:

  For Tuesday night I'd like to challenge you to find and play "Here Comes the Man" by the Boom Boom Room. It was a smashing pop song of the late eightites which peaked at 92 in the charts.
  
  And I haven't heard "Little Willie" by the Sweet for ages either.

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• 210. At 08:18am on 16 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  #207: Blimey Cap'n...OK, I must concede that EC does have a point...and all the more reason for the GIO team to keep records of tracks played and themes used I would think - in the cause fair-play and equality :0) Och well, it's up to you lot to suggest some really good themes...something different from what we've had before. Sometimes it's good to revisit previously-done themes but a mix of old and new would be better.

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• 211. At 08:38am on 16 Dec 2008, HoppoLocos wrote:

  As there is a theem theme running here here are some Theme suggestions:
  
  Multilingual songs
  Songs recorded for movies (no just song used in movies)
  Songs about the cold (seasonal?)
  Questions (eg Who Are You, When Will I see You Again)

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• 212. At 08:59am on 16 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Captain #207
  There was also the first week in March, when Julie was given credit for screaming & shouting again. Now was this a postponed show? If not, Julie screamed in February and shouted in March.
  
  I think we should be telt
  
  DC in Cellardyke

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• 213. At 09:01am on 16 Dec 2008, HoppoLocos wrote:

  'A theem theme' I really need to learn how to type.

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• 214. At 09:05am on 16 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  the screamie-bits show was postponed...can't remember why...and was rescheduled.

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• 215. At 09:30am on 16 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  So you were still in with a shout?
  
  DC

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• 216. At 09:33am on 16 Dec 2008, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

  JimErs # 199, You are joking, of course. The blog would run out of ink.

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• 217. At 09:45am on 16 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  @Dykerlad #212
  
  Same theme, delayed I think.
  
  Check the page:
  http://colonsay.easyweb.co.uk/~martin/gio/themes/allthemes.html
  (hmm must add in-page anchors)

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• 218. At 11:48am on 16 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  #207 Capt - now you are scaring me!!
  
  Last nights show didn't really do it for me folks, sorry, I kinda knew it wouldn't as the mixed gender thing was too wider scope for my wee brain to cope with!
  
  For repetition tonight;
  
  THE THE - This Is The Day, Slow Emotion Replay, Uncertain Smile.....
  
  I am a huge fan and could go on!
  
  AMY GRANT - Baby Baby
  BILLY IDOL - Mony Mony
  
  Julie, good luck with the moustache knitting, can't wait to see it ;-)
  
  Maria
  
  
  

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• 219. At 12:14pm on 16 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Maria,
  I thought an Abba song was a foregone conclusion for last night.
  My flabber has again been gasted!

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• 220. At 12:16pm on 16 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Captain #207
  
  Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!
  
  I must have spent ages trawling through the archives and typing things up, only to find that someone has already done this!!! Who compiled your list?
  
  Ach well, at least Im now familiar with the themes which have already been done and which have been repeated. Its also given me a few ideas for suggestions.
  
  However, I suppose I should get some work done instead...
  
  Maria #218
  I agree, last nights show wasnt to my taste either. Its not often I think like that because, given the huge variety of folk who contribute to GIO, theres normally something for everyone
  
  DC in Cellardyke

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• 221. At 12:28pm on 16 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  I enjoyed last nights show. Especially Patti Smith Group!
  
  The The would be great my favourite is the Beat (en) Generation or Infected.

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• 222. At 12:49pm on 16 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Danielle - that knitted moustache thing is just bizarre. Also I see kniited squid and shells? What on earth would you do with them?

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• 223. At 1:04pm on 16 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Norrie: It's actually surprising the number of 'craft' mustaches there are out there!
  As for the squid and shells, I suppose they could be used in an 'under the sea' children's room?

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• 224. At 1:29pm on 16 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  DC - we appreciate your efforts!
  
  How long has GiO been on air?

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• 225. At 1:46pm on 16 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  DC #220
  As AFR and EC will tell you I don't like to be negative (!) but last nights show just didn't provide the normal variety as you say....Just a shame there were some really unusual tracks suggested which seemed to be ignored....
  
  M

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• 226. At 2:15pm on 16 Dec 2008, The Real Martoto wrote:

  TUESDAY:
  
  Crying by Roy Orbison.
  
  For the "crying,crying,crying" refrain, obviously.
  
  Or you could play "In Dreams" as he does a wee bit of repitition of the title in that as well but mainly because i'm in a wallowing kind of mood and will use any excuse to hear a bit of the Big O and commemorate 20 years since his premature passing.

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• 227. At 2:34pm on 16 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Maria # 225
  
  Adam and EC being positive about non-negativity? Hmmmm... I suppose that's progress!
  
  Danielle #224
  
  I have mailed Bryan with a suggestion for a theme & have asked him exactly that question. I know that the blogs didn't start until July 2007 and I didn't start tuning in to the show until two months after that
  
  Hopefully he'll answer tonight!
  
  DC in Cellardyke

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• 228. At 3:02pm on 16 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  #225...I agree Maria. A bit lacklustre last night...I like to hear more tracks i've not heard before, or that really aren't heard too often...and it's not just the no-Undisputed Truth disappointment talking.
  
  I hope tonight doesn't focus too much on just the usual tracks from Duran Duran or Talk Talk or songs like Money Money Money at the expense of playing more interesting and unusual music. Maybe I'm becoming a wee bit bah humbug just now but It seems as if there are more of the uninspired choices played these day...or am I imagining it?

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• 229. At 3:08pm on 16 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  Julie
  I was thinking about this (I am having one of those weeks at work where focussing on GIO is the preferred alternative!) earlier and I guess we have to appreciate that there are new listeners to the show every night and BB and the team have to keep the listening figures up and play songs they think that people will want to hear.........all that aside I do think sometimes that something stops lesser known tracks being played for some reason.....
  blahblahblah...my God, I am going to stop before we turn into Statler & Waldorf#2!!
  
  M
  
  p.s. I am definitely feeling bah humbug this week - nowt wrong with that!!

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• 230. At 3:08pm on 16 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  OHMYGOD!!! I managed to blog with an ampersand - this can't be solved at last??!!

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• 231. At 3:15pm on 16 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  Maria...Statler & Waldorf...perish the thought. I'll keep my uncharitable thoughts to myself too...don't want to go down that route he he he.

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• 232. At 3:16pm on 16 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  Oooh! Me too !!! Me too !!!

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• 233. At 3:27pm on 16 Dec 2008, KeneGelly wrote:

  Billie Holiday's trying hard for Wednesday ...
  
  What A Night, What A Moon, What A Girl -Billie Holiday
  What A Little Moonlight Can Do -
  Billie Holiday
  Under A Blue Jungle Moon -
  Billie Holiday
  The Moon Looks Down And Laughs -
  Billie Holiday
  A Sailboat In The Moonlight Billie -Holiday
  Moonlight In Vermont -
  Billie Holiday
  Moonglow-
  Billie Holiday
  Let's Dream In The Moonlight -
  Billie Holiday
  It's Like Reaching For The Moon -
  Billie Holiday
  If The Moon Turns Green -
  Billie Holiday
  I Wished On The Moon -
  Billie Holiday
  Blue Moon -
  Billie Holiday

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• 234. At 3:33pm on 16 Dec 2008, HoppoLocos wrote:

  kenegelly, I agree she is trying too hard, but how did she know that GIO would have this theme? That's planning ahead.

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• 235. At 3:48pm on 16 Dec 2008, KeneGelly wrote:

  So's wierd Al ...
  
  'Attack of the radioactive hamsters from a planet near Mars'
  
  - Wierd Al Yankovic

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• 236. At 3:54pm on 16 Dec 2008, KeneGelly wrote:

  Think The Dead Kennedies might just swing it though ...
  
  'One-way ticket to Pluto'

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• 237. At 3:56pm on 16 Dec 2008, KeneGelly wrote:

  That should have been (of course) the other 'Dead Kennedys :o)

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• 238. At 4:22pm on 16 Dec 2008, StewartonTam wrote:

  Tuesday Tuesday night night just has to include
  
  Roman Roman by Nick Cave which is on his album Door Door !
  
  
  Tam Tam

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• 239. At 4:53pm on 16 Dec 2008, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

  #228 and #229
  Well, well, well!
  Two of BB's most loyal fans turning coat!
  "There have been a couple of grumpy old wimmin on the Blog" could well be Mr Burnett's opening line (after his usual ones) tonight.

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• 240. At 6:20pm on 16 Dec 2008, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

  Just finished listening to Monday's show and Bryan and his producer will be very surprised by the criticisms - they thought they were putting out a great show.
  
  I thought We Built Our City and The New Seekers were the only real low points. ( I mean if you're going to playThe New Seekers then at least play PB Wizard which wasnt THAT bad. As far as Jefferson Whatstheirname is concerned, that song is first into Room 101 right along with Final Countdown).

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• 241. At 6:24pm on 16 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  If you are determined to play 'New York New York' can we please hear the original Liza Minnelli version? Thank you.

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• 242. At 6:26pm on 16 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Run RUn Rudolph was great fun, Chuck Berry is always good. Must agree with Adam as I did not see much wrong with last night, a lot of tracks I like and quite a few I didnt even know so I would be wrong to criticise. I had feraed a lot of Brotherhood of Man etc.

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• 243. At 6:32pm on 16 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  #240
  
  Everyone was asking for Jefferson Airplane and we got Starship.
  
  I sometimes think that the more readily available songs are chosen.
  
  What system do they have - are they stored on a computer, are they downloaded as required, is there a basement full of dust-covered 78s?

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• 244. At 6:43pm on 16 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  The dust-covered 78s are all in Julie's cupboard under the stairs. :-D

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• 245. At 6:49pm on 16 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  The first records I ever bought were 78's - I stil have hunners! :-)

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• 246. At 7:13pm on 16 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  I withdraw my aspersion that the programme ever took the easy option.
  
  The playing of the little-heard-of American vocalist Chuck Berry (coincidentally featured on Radio 2 this morning and on TV last night) blew that right out of the water.
  
  
  

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• 247. At 7:23pm on 16 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Oh, I just thought of another one:
  What about The Wonder Stuff - Give Give Give, Me More More More.
  The Decemberists - July July! would be great to hear too.

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• 248. At 7:34pm on 16 Dec 2008, RichMurrayNC wrote:

  I'm not asking for either of these (cos I got my Voice of the Beehive request played last night and am not being greedy). But surely two of the most repetitive songs of all time are "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" by the Pogues and "The Yip Song" by Robyn Hitchcock, which by my count says the word "yip" about 48 times in a row.

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• 249. At 7:35pm on 16 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Glen have I got this right you suggested Chuck Berry as a test and they fell for it?
  
  If so you must have been like a smash martain when I came straight on the blog to say it was good!

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• 250. At 7:38pm on 16 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  MEEMAWMEEMAWMEEMAWMEEMAW
  
  Police repitition.

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• 251. At 7:45pm on 16 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Morrissey is renowned for inducing comas. >8-D

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• 252. At 7:47pm on 16 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,?

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• 253. At 7:49pm on 16 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Re: #250
  
  Please ignore the speling misteak.

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• 254. At 7:50pm on 16 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  #251 - well his girlfriend should know...

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• 255. At 7:50pm on 16 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  #249
  
  I've always liked Chuck Berry but I don't think playing him is any evidence of an adventurous programming policy, do you?
  
  Occasionally interesting music is played but you have wade through a lot of Queen and Police to get there.

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• 256. At 7:52pm on 16 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  #255 probably not Glen but I hardly hear Chuck Berry on the radio - I alweays thought he was on a wee kinda banned list due to his, ahem, indiscretions.

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• 257. At 7:55pm on 16 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  There's no law against playing with your ding-a-ling.

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• 258. At 7:58pm on 16 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  He had a second career as a film director.

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• 259. At 8:08pm on 16 Dec 2008, slopestatic wrote:

  It was good to hear Lee Dorsey - he had a second career as a car mechanic. If his label folded he went back to fixing cars. You can see the garage he owned in a clip of him singing 'Working in a Coalmine'!

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• 260. At 8:09pm on 16 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Space night
  
  Any of the great David Bowie suggestions, my favourites are too many to list again.
  
  Mary Chapin Carpenter - Haley Came To Jackson
  
  Adam Ant - Apollo 9
  
  Black (Colin Vearncombe) with Sam Brown - Fly Up To The Moon.
  

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• 261. At 8:12pm on 16 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Oh this is seriously a great track
  
  Andy White - Me The Moon My Car and You
  
  If Joe K reads this well worth checking out, nice Springsteen refernce and the refrain from Racing In the Street in the song. Sung by a really nice guy as well.

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• 262. At 8:18pm on 16 Dec 2008, RichMurrayNC wrote:

  Oh, great call on Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Halley Came To Jackson," norrie -- that's a gorgeous track.
  
  I had to laugh at the listener talking about listening to Get It On while exercising. Last time I tried that, Bryan played "Falling In Love Again" by Marlene Dietrich, which is 0 bpm and completely put an end to my workout.

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• 263. At 8:43pm on 16 Dec 2008, slopestatic wrote:

  Wed:
  'Doctor?' - Orbital
  
  It's a Doctor Who theme homage. I was lucky enough to see them play it at Glastonbury in the late 90s when they were a fixture there.
  
  The sci-fi series connection and their name surely has to score pretty high? I think if Martyn Bennet and The Prodigy have been played on GiO then there's no reason not to play Orbital.
  
  Alternatives:
  'The Event Horizon' - Orbital (from the sci-fi film soundtrack)
  'Funny Break (One is Enough)' - Orbital (if you insist on a vocal and a track under 5mins!)

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• 264. At 9:12pm on 16 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Rich #262
  
  It's a great way of listening to GIO. Perhaps I should have suggested an exercise bike theme
  
  DC in Cellardyke (all showered now)

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• 265. At 9:28pm on 16 Dec 2008, slopestatic wrote:

  #264 Exercise bike theme - depends how much you want to hear 'Physical' by Olivia Newton-John!

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• 266. At 9:33pm on 16 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  DC,
  Please desist from so doing.
  As soon as you mention bikes they reach for 'Queen's Greatest Irritating Hits'

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• 267. At 9:39pm on 16 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  Enjoyed the show tonight...good variety of music...and i really enjoyed the Chuck Berry track (get your point though Glen).
  
  Norrie - the Mary Chapin Carpenter track would be really good to hear.
  
  Apart from the Barenaked Ladies track, when i think of the space theme i can't get past wanting to hear again (although they're not music) are the Dead Ringers radio prank phone call sketches (from before it moved to TV)...there was one where Dr Who wanted his TARDIS fixed so he could get back to Gallifrey and another where (I think) David Bowie objects to a parking ticket ("my Ford Cortina's blue and there's nothing I can do"). Wish i could find them online...if crochetable moustaches can be found i'm sure someone can come up with a link :0)
  

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• 268. At 9:50pm on 16 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Speaking of comedy, Bowie and space - what about Flight of the Concords' 'Bowie In Space'?

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• 269. At 10:03pm on 16 Dec 2008, slopestatic wrote:

  #267 www.audiobookstoreportal.com/Title.aspx?titleId=89&srch=dead+ringers - click "Hear sample" and you get a bit of 'Tom Baker' near the end.
  
  #268 - I wondered what the Bowie fans thought about that track. And if GiO would play a song with "nipple antennas" in it!

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• 270. At 10:03pm on 16 Dec 2008, janfromrutherglen wrote:

  Julie does this site have have what you are looking for ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/clips/funny.shtml

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• 271. At 10:33pm on 16 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  Kene Gelly
  whenever BB mentioned your name I thought of Keen Jelly, there you go, you learn something new every day.
  
  #240 Adam - I think you would disagree with Julie and I whatever we said!
  
  Maria

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• 272. At 10:35pm on 16 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  S-G #266
  
  it was a tongue in cheek comment...
  
  B A Robertson was good tonight by the way. Great lyrics to that song
  
  DC

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• 273. At 10:45pm on 16 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  Did I mention that I used to play with B A Robertson?

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• 274. At 10:49pm on 16 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Tempted as am Glen.......
  
  Were you on TOTP

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• 275. At 10:56pm on 16 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  We both played clarinet in the school orchestra. Alan Spence was on flute.

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• 276. At 11:08pm on 16 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Thats quite cool actually. Nothing like that in my school that I know of.

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• 277. At 11:25pm on 16 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  I have sung with Jamie McDougall of the BBC... Same school, same choirs! And after he went pro I also played in an orchestra when we did a performance of Vivaldi's Gloria. :-)

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• 278. At 11:39pm on 16 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Mozart introduced the clarinet to the orchestra.
  
  
  Clarinet, Orchestra
  
  Orchestra, Clarinet

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• 279. At 11:51pm on 16 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  Jim - G-L-O-R-I-A? Perhaps not. You must've been good to sing with him, though.
  
  SG - Like Gary Larsen's horse being introduced to America.
  
  Vivaldi to Van der Graaf Generator
  Mozart to Mozza
  Berlioz to Berry .......
  
  
  

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• 280. At 11:54pm on 16 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Glen,
  Did Alan Spence really play the flute?
  Or are you making another link to Mozart?

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• 281. At 11:55pm on 16 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  Glen - #279 - I doubt if he remembers me as it was the 80's but I know we have a friend in common at the BBC. I won't be stalking him on Friends Reunited though...
  
  :-)

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• 282. At 11:57pm on 16 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Glen loved his Doctor books.

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• 283. At 09:13am on 17 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  Thanks guys...going out tonight so will check the links later.

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• 284. At 11:24am on 17 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Re: #282
  
  The comment is silly and intrusive. Apologies.

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• 285. At 12:13pm on 17 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  More for Space:
  
  "Shame On The Moon" - Bob Seger
  
  I suppose the Christmas song for this theme has to be Chris de Burgh's "A Spaceman Came Travelling".

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• 286. At 12:13pm on 17 Dec 2008, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

  Maria #271 - No I wouldn't!

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• 287. At 12:15pm on 17 Dec 2008, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

  Julie, how can you say Bob Seger and Chris de Burgh in the same breath?

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• 288. At 12:29pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  I love Bob Seger - would like to hear Shame on The Moon or the Rodney Crowell original would be good too.

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• 289. At 12:57pm on 17 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Re: #286
  
  FOTCL :-D

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• 290. At 1:11pm on 17 Dec 2008, HarryFaeGatehoose wrote:

  Hahaha...
  
  Missed the show last night, and just seen the playlist.
  
  Can I just apologise for Quando Quando Quando! It was only a joke, honest! The Cocteaus would have been my preference.
  
  Looking forward to loads of Hawkwind tonight though.......(mebbes)

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• 291. At 1:12pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Sparks - Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
  
  Can anyone tell me did Cozy Powell really play the drums on
  
  Boney M - Nighflight To Venus
  
  

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• 292. At 1:16pm on 17 Dec 2008, HoppoLocos wrote:

  Re #285 the mention of the boring irish numptie got me moderated I believe. Don't even go there, don't give anyone even the slightest excuse to play that garbage.

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• 293. At 1:37pm on 17 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  #292. Sorry Hoppo...I'm not over keen on him myself but think that song's OK. I remember a time when my friends who were into Rock and Heavy Metal and were avid listeners to Tommy Vance's Friday Rock Show were dead keen on CdB's song "Spanish Train" which I'm pretty certain used to be played on that show so, before all the Lady In Red nonsense did he not have at least a scrap of credibility, at least among those in their late teens? Bryan - please ignore my Christmas song request for Wed night as it's already causing too much trouble. P.S. the previous line wasn't made in a huff (before I'm accused of being thin-skinned) :0)

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• 294. At 1:43pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Chris deBurgh is interesting. I dont happen to like him but before the Lady In Red came out he was considered a reasonably serious artist - I think.
  
  Having said all that I dont think I would like to hear Spaceman again!

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• 295. At 1:44pm on 17 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  One of my good colleagues at work is a great fan of CdB. Mind you, he also plays CDs by Rolf Harris and Roger Whittaker in his car (we won't let them be played in the office - once in a while is fine but not on a loop). He does however redeem himself with his Jake Thakray CD so at least Scotch would approve of his taste in music.

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• 296. At 1:51pm on 17 Dec 2008, HoppoLocos wrote:

  Problem with CdB is that every song and every line in it is supposed be full of "meaning". Psuedo intellectual crap is really what it is. That said I did love how he put 'Wifie in Reed' down to his wife, then it was the nanny / girlfriend. Execrable does not do that song justice.

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• 297. At 2:08pm on 17 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  Don't hold back now Hoppo...say what you really mean!!!
  
  Did you ever see that episode of Stars in Their Eyes when the person imitating CdB was joined on stage by the real CdB - so bad it was good.

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• 298. At 2:23pm on 17 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  Norrie - got your AC/DC tickets yet? Hear they're on sale today.

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• 299. At 2:25pm on 17 Dec 2008, RichMurrayNC wrote:

  #290: don't apologize, HarryFaeGatehoose -- I actually thought "Quando Quando Quando" was a lot of fun!

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• 300. At 2:29pm on 17 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  Must be the season of goodwill right enough - some of us are apologising very readily.

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• 301. At 2:30pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Hi Julie - I did thanks, seem to have sold out very very quickly. Manchester will probably be better as it is a arena venue but more than happy to be going to both. All I need is that Bruce tour confirmation now!

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• 302. At 2:43pm on 17 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  That's good Norrie. saw them when Bon was still with us - fantastic but think I'm a bit old for all that now - would take weeks for my neck to recover he he. I'm just not keen on stadium concerts these days but I am swithering about getting Coldplay tickets for Hampden because I think they'd be good live and the daughter wants to go (plus there's JayZ who i think is great). I'll await the diatribe from whoever about how banal Coldplay are. Sigh! Saw Bruce at St James's Park many moons ago - good concert but i object to having to take binoculars to see who i've paid loadsa money to. Suppose the big screens make a difference nowdays but i can't help thinking I may as well buy a DVD. Blimey, i am grumpy today. Oh well...Sunshine on Leith at the Festival Theatre tonight should cheer me up.

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• 303. At 2:49pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Enjoy the show Julie - I took my nephew to see Bruce at Cardiff he is partially sighted and the Springsteen people were brilliant to us, right down the front literally within touching distance. Mind you I think Bruce breaks down that distance in a way I dont think anyone else can.
  
  Coldpaly and Jay Z is a great bill in fairness.

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• 304. At 3:01pm on 17 Dec 2008, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

  Norrie #301 - Is Strictly Come Dancing going on the road then?

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• 305. At 3:07pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Sorry Adam?

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• 306. At 3:07pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Oh Bruce Forsyth do you mean? Dont think he would survive a tour do you?

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• 307. At 3:21pm on 17 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  If we're slagging off Chris de Burgh, then we have to acknowledge the genius of Bill Bailey:
  http://www.last.fm/music/Bill+Bailey/_/Beautiful+Ladies+(In+Honour+of+Chris+De+Burgh)
  
  @Dykerlad #220
  I compiled my list :-) with a bit of help from some nifty technical tools (wget, bash and Perl for those playing along at home). You can tell it's extracts from the original page because it's got the same rubbish HTML coding in it ;-) (although I did strip out some of the worst 'Copy and paste from Word' nastiness).
  

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• 308. At 3:32pm on 17 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  CaptRamius: We appreciate your efforts too!

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• 309. At 3:45pm on 17 Dec 2008, KirstyFromKillie wrote:

  Selfish night -
  
  Me, Myself and I, De La Soul
  
  Leave Me Alone, Pink
  
  I Don't Care, Transvision Vamp
  
  Me and my Shadow, Robbie Williams and Johnny Wilkes
  
  
  

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• 310. At 3:52pm on 17 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  There are soooooo many good songs for Thursday (good theme or too vague a theme...who cares?) but I'm going to do my best to stick to just the one request, that being "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz...and hope I'm successful because the daughter really likes it.

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• 311. At 4:09pm on 17 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  CaptainCopyAndPaste
  
  You're technical wizardry is way beyond my pitiful skills. My list exists on a notepad only.
  
  However, it does the same I suppose
  
  DC in Cellardyke

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• 312. At 4:11pm on 17 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Julie #310
  
  You're bound to be successful with your request because Get It On wouldn't be the same without your input
  
  :-)
  
  DC in Cellardyke

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• 313. At 4:13pm on 17 Dec 2008, KeneGelly wrote:

  Maria ... re #271
  
  My Grannie always said that ...
  
  Still, could've been worse ... could've been Gobby Billespie ... who wouldn't thank me for letting that one slip (from our school band days ...)

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• 314. At 4:29pm on 17 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  #312...well it wasn't the same on Monday when my Undisputed Truth request didn't get a look-in :-(

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• 315. At 4:33pm on 17 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  If someone could turn it into a nice wee table, that'd be ace.
  
  It's a shame there's no historical record of playlists beyond the previous week.
  
  As I've said before, GiO should have a http://last.fm feed like certain radio operators do: http://www.last.fm/user/bbc6music (hmm my compatibility with Radio6: high - maybe I should listen to it more often)
  and then we could truly understand the degree of pro-Morrissey/Divine Comedy bias ;-)

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• 316. At 4:40pm on 17 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  CaptainComputer,
  
  What sort of table do you mean? My notebook file has transformed nicely into an excel document...
  
  DC

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• 317. At 5:11pm on 17 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  @Dykerlad: HTML table, but an excel doc (or better: a CSV) would no nicely.

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• 318. At 5:25pm on 17 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  #280
  
  Yes but he was no Galway. We called him Speedy.
  
  You can read about it in The Magic Flute.

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• 319. At 5:25pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Can this be translated for me - are you both making a list of themse? Seperately or together? Surely the BBC must have a list?
  
  See the last.fm feed what is that? Its been referred to a couple of times and I looked on the page but what is it - a list of songs played on the show presumably but say for BBC6 is it done by the BBC or someone at last.fm typing it in.
  
  Finally, and I am not being funny, what do you do with the info on last.fm is it for interest to see what is current etc.?

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• 320. At 6:17pm on 17 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  Norrie: We appear to be both collating a list - I thought I'd got in quickly enough to save anyone manually visiting all 50+ "next week's themes" pages and typing them up, but apparently not.
  
  Last.fm is a very nifty service - you download a wee application that links into pretty much every popular media player, and tells last.fm what you're listening to. It's all done automagically - although I expect the BBC has a thingy[1] built into their music system rather than a desktop application, which is why I think it'd be really easy for GiO to do this.
  
  The site then builds up a profile of your listening, with lots of nice stats coming out of it, which are nicely and programatically accessible to external systems. So I have a wee thingy on my own website that displays the 10 artistes I listened to most often (using iTunes) in the previous week.
  
  Here's my profile:
  http://www.last.fm/user/martinb9999 (why yes, I *am* a massive Billy Bragg fan, but didn't realise it until I joined last.fm and looked at my stats)
  
  It's also a good way to discover new music (as they do recommendations based on your listening), and people who share your musical tastes.
  
  More here: http://www.last.fm/about
  
  [1] Technical term! The real way it almost certainly works is a service running in their music system that calls the last.fm API.

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• 321. At 6:23pm on 17 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Norrie,
  
  I have made a list of themes & it's on notepad / word / excel (caws they all talk to each other)
  
  CaptRamius, who has also compiled a list (look back up this blog#217) has asked for a table and he's got me bamboozled by computerspeak once again.
  
  CaptR, how do I get this list to you? Or do I just put the lot (in small batches) onto this blog? (no doubt much to the annoyance of the GIO crew!)
  
  DC in Cellardyke

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• 322. At 6:26pm on 17 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  Oh, and forgot to say (repeat): the purpose for GiO is to easily and automatically identify what's over/under-represented in the playlist over time.
  
  Which you can use to either ensure that your suggestion is played (ie make sure it's Morrissey), or prod the GiO production team to play stuff they've overlooked (ie Billy Bragg or the Police).
  
  And, I'd really, really like to confirm my suspicion that the GiO community is a bunch of totally eclectic music-heads who've likely all gone out and bought *other* versions of Hallelujah this week, just to stop that X-Factor thing being the Christmas number one.

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• 323. At 6:37pm on 17 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  OK, final list for tonight (as I'm about to head home, so some time around 7pm would be nice. Spag Bol for tea is waiting, I'm told.. om nom nom):
  
  * Billy Bragg (with or without Wilco): My Flying Saucer, which is a Woody Guthrie lyric
  * The Rocky Horror: Planet Schmanet Janet
  * Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Fanfare for the Common Man (for the Space 2001 link)
  * Genesis: Mad Man Moon
  * Pink Floyd: Great Gig in the Sky from Dark Side of the Moon

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• 324. At 6:42pm on 17 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  Just created a Last.fm group for us: http://www.last.fm/group/Get%2BIt%2BOn%2BListeners
  
  Come join!

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• 325. At 6:44pm on 17 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  Space theme - 'The Competition Of Supermassive Black Holes And Galactic Spheroids In The Destruction of Globular Clusters' by Jah Wobble from his Deep Space album. It's a stoater.

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• 326. At 6:46pm on 17 Dec 2008, EuanRyan wrote:

  Feeder - Buck Rodgers
  
  This is one for my mum, Janie
  
  Cheers
  
  Euan

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• 327. At 6:49pm on 17 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  Space theme - 'Star Clusters, Nebulae and Places In Devon' by David Bedford. It's a stoater.

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• 328. At 6:49pm on 17 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Out of curiosity - I'm interested to know if anyone has done the Dark Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz sync up?

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• 329. At 7:30pm on 17 Dec 2008, VibrationalMan wrote:

  Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl, for ma wee Glasgow pal!

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• 330. At 7:43pm on 17 Dec 2008, RichMurrayNC wrote:

  Wow, Sigue Sigue Sputnik were even worse than I'd remembered. You try to prepare yourself for something like this, but you can't really.
  
  Rich in North Carolina

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• 331. At 7:52pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Danielle - was that you who pointed thisout? I watched it it was quite amazing. I saw Wicked at the theatre in the summer and so it was added fun watching that.
  
  

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• 332. At 8:00pm on 17 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  CaptainR#324
  
  I've tried to join (honestly!) but it keeps rejecting me. Story of my life....
  
  Rich, #330
  
  I agree, the sputniks should be launched into outer space. Apart from them and the Carpenters, a good show
  
  DC in Cellardyke

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• 333. At 8:00pm on 17 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Norrie: yes, I tried it too, many (many) years ago. It was really interesting to hear/see how it synced up. I'd like to do it again, as I have forgotten most of the music/movie relationships. I remember 'Money' being played when the film switched from black and white to colour. Very cool!

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• 334. At 8:13pm on 17 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  #313 Kene Gelly
  Ha! I like the Gobby Billespie better ;-)
  
  CaptRamius - much as I admire your "we'll fight them on the beaches and in our underwear", (oops sorry, slipped into some The The lyrics there...) I do believe that Ecks Factor will be number one this week....
  
  I think Jacqueline McQueen deserves it more mind you.....
  
  Maria :-)

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• 335. At 8:16pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Danielle I will now try my answer again in English.
  
  When I went to see Wicked in the summer I was reminded of this and tried it when I came back, quite a few incredible co-incidences in it like when the storm is brewing and Dorothy is picked up by the farmfolk.
  
  For anyone else trying it remember to set your CD to repeat!

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• 336. At 8:18pm on 17 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Re: #320 CaptRamius,
  
  'Automagically' is a wonderful word! I look forward to seeing it in the next edition of the OED.
  
  I usually find something to moan about, but apart from the final song (easily solved by pulling the plug out) I really enjoyed the show tonight. Nice one Bryan!

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• 337. At 8:21pm on 17 Dec 2008, slopestatic wrote:

  #324 I'm on Last.fm but I never downloaded the software. I just registered and then played tracks for free like a radio station. Every one you play gets noted and you build up a 'Library' or artists that they use to show you other bands you might like. I think you're meant to buy tracks too but I haven't so far.
  
  I love how you can discover new music you don't have. I've used it to check out more songs by folk I've seen on Jools Holland or wherever, like Nicole Atkins, Rodrigo y Gabriella and Laura Marling.
  
  It is a bit patchy since Warners spat the dummy about royalties and pulled their artists' tracks. So you go to Led Zeppelin, White Stripes or Arctic Monkeys and can't play anything.
  
  #319 Norrie: Think of a 'feed' like a channel on the radio or TV. Every artist on Last.fm has their own one with their songs plus ones from similar bands. (Apart from Warner artists who just have other labels tracks.)

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• 338. At 8:22pm on 17 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  slopestatic Re: 269 Flight of the Conchords.
  Maybe too risque, but loved in my household.
  "...It's 1972 David Bowie from the Ziggy Stardust tour...Am I freaking you out...is this a freaky dream..." Good stuff!

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• 339. At 8:22pm on 17 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  #336
  
  The new pills are working, then?

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• 340. At 8:28pm on 17 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Re: 335 - press play (or drop the needle) on the third roar of the lion if I'm not mistaken.

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• 341. At 8:29pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  On last fm now getting confused,,,,,expect daft questions! Sorry everyone else....

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• 342. At 8:34pm on 17 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  Norrie, you work it out and then explain it to us in simple terms, my nose was fair bleeding trying to understand the earlier posts - sorry guys, I am normally OK with technology but this one has lost me!!
  
  M

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• 343. At 8:35pm on 17 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Re: 337 - slopestatic - Once you become a member are you able to listen to full songs? I've seen this site before, but have only been able to listen to the first few seconds of a song. I'm sure I could look around on their site for an answer. I'm taking the lazy way out, but thank you in advance for the answer!

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• 344. At 8:36pm on 17 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Re: #339
  
  Technically they're capsules.

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• 345. At 8:38pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Maria - I have got the start of it I think. You sign up very easily then it asks you to list a few of your favourite artists and then submit that it then guesses which artists you like and is amazingly accurate and then you can tick them to add to your library. Then you can just hit play your library and you have a brillaint radio station all of your own. The idea must be to build up on recommendations I think.
  
  Don't yet know how it links to GIO! But it seems to like me I have not broken it yet.

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• 346. At 8:39pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  LOL its like get it on but without my annoying banter! Must suit some of the bloggers as an idea!

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• 347. At 8:42pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Oh Hurrah this is good, 4th track in and its picked John Cale Hallelujah! I will stop now.....suggestions for tomorrow now.
  
  Glad everyone enjoyed Love Missile F1-11!

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• 348. At 8:44pm on 17 Dec 2008, mazzystar1 wrote:

  right......I might try it at weekend when I have more time and patience ;-)
  
  I would miss your banter!

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• 349. At 8:45pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Thursday
  
  I and I - Bob Dylan
  
  The Way I Should - Iris DeMent
  
  My Heart Is Free - Tift Merrit
  
  If I Ever Loved You - Justin Currie
  
  Must be time for another track by Justin?

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• 350. At 8:47pm on 17 Dec 2008, slopestatic wrote:

  Is there an unwritten rule on GiO that the last half hour has to have something unbearably twee in it? I've only recently listened to whole shows but now I start to get a sense of foreboding at about 7.25pm!
  
  The last few nights I've only kept listening in the hope I get something played. It is a good hook. But sometimes I think the show ends up being like every other radio station's Real Golden Hour/Top 10 at Ten or whatever - playing any old guff just for nostalgia.
  
  Diversity, yes. But it makes you wonder how some songs/artists win through. If there are too many suggestions for the show then how do the New Seekers or Chris de Burgh get picked over anything else? Honestly, go to his site and see how long you can last with the intro movie. On second thoughts, don't!

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• 351. At 8:49pm on 17 Dec 2008, slopestatic wrote:

  #343 Yes, you get full songs if you're a member. But they don't have full tracks for everything (see #337).

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• 352. At 8:57pm on 17 Dec 2008, RichMurrayNC wrote:

  I don't think I'd ever sat through that entire Carpenters song before. Hopefully I won't again. But Babes in Toyland did an excellent cover of "Calling Occupants" a few years ago that's definitely worth tracking down.
  
  #349 -- Norrie, I approve of any Tift Merritt requests cos she's from my hometown and we went to the same university (though she was a few years after me).
  
  Rich

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• 353. At 9:05pm on 17 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  The numbers are pure wonky, BTW
  
  We have 337, 339, 338, 340
  
  
  Unless it's these bloody capsules.............

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• 354. At 9:07pm on 17 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  #350
  
  Like Scotch I thought tonight's show was great.
  
  A lot of people like Chris de Burgh and they're given crayons to write in with.

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• 355. At 9:08pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Rich - that is cool! I am going to see her in January, really looking forward to it. Het album was one of my favourites this year!
  
  Scotch...dont tell me you are coming down as well with this flu!

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• 356. At 9:15pm on 17 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Norrie,
  No, I'm fine. Thank you for your concern!

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• 357. At 9:15pm on 17 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  Tift - is that a misprint?

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• 358. At 9:18pm on 17 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  Has she had alopaecia?

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• 359. At 9:19pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  No its not a misprint!!

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• 360. At 9:21pm on 17 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  Does she wear a hat to cover it?

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• 361. At 9:22pm on 17 Dec 2008, slopestatic wrote:

  #309 De La Soul would be good.
  
  I thought of suggesting a 'samples' theme of songs that have been sampled or featuring samples. I had it all worked out as originals in the first hour then hip hop/dance tracks using samples in the second hour. Then I realised I'd never heard either on GiO!
  
  The Prodigy and maybe Martyn Bennet count for dance music but I can't think of any hip hop on the show. Shame a lot of people only think of the 'guns+cars' commercial stuff. I guess that theme is more for 6 Music's Sonic Safari.

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• 362. At 9:22pm on 17 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  Did an experiment go wrong at that university?

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• 363. At 9:23pm on 17 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  My son used to listen to hip hop - that's why he's in America.

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• 364. At 9:25pm on 17 Dec 2008, slopestatic wrote:

  #363 Okay - they have it here too, you know. You might need to move yourself.

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• 365. At 9:27pm on 17 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  I don't have to move - I can hear it from here.

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• 366. At 9:29pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Samples is a great idea for a theme. Hope its not been done before.

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• 367. At 9:35pm on 17 Dec 2008, slopestatic wrote:

  #366 I figure it'd have to be original songs but it gives you loads of scope... And now I can't remember what I'd worked out for it!
  
  James Brown anyway. And 'Flashlight' by Funkadelic. They must be on every other hip hop record. I think there was some law...
  

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• 368. At 9:36pm on 17 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Norrie I don't see you in the GiO lastfm group. Signing up was pretty painless. Maria I have faith that you can do it too! I'm listening to my own little play list now.
  I agree that tonight's show was really good!

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• 369. At 9:42pm on 17 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  I joined too but so far nothing's happened.

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• 370. At 9:46pm on 17 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  glenmiller: I saw Mr. Winter had joined. What were you expecting to happen? Did you add any artists/songs you liked? If so, a library will be created for you and you can then play the songs in your library. Other than that, I'm not quite sure what to add/do?

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• 371. At 9:48pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  I am on now....I think!

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• 372. At 9:51pm on 17 Dec 2008, slopestatic wrote:

  I thought the group's radio would pick tracks from each member's library. Where's automagic when you need it?

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• 373. At 9:54pm on 17 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Norrie: it looks like you're there now!
  
  It says there has to be at least 10 members to create a 'chart'. That could be how the automagic happens. It looks like there are 6 members now. Scotch-git, come on, you know you want to join!

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• 374. At 10:22pm on 17 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Getting there slowly.....us dinasours are slow off the mark.

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• 375. At 11:16pm on 17 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Danielle,
  I'm in! I've just been listening to Yehudit Ravitz. Automagic indeed!!

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• 376. At 11:27pm on 17 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Scotch-git - I don't see you in the group yet. Come and join us!

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• 377. At 11:45pm on 17 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  Don't listen to them - you'll wake up in Shanghai with a beard.

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• 378. At 11:47pm on 17 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Not a beard, just a mustache!

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• 379. At 00:10am on 18 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  Yeah, you can use last.fm as a pure radio station too (sorry, forgot that cos I don't do it... playing via the site while you've got listened (but as yet unsync'd) tracks on your iPod screws with your stats).
  
  #334: iTunes says that Jeff Buckley's the number 2 bestseller on the store this week (behind the *other* thing). Good news for Laughing Len either way I suppose. He needs the cash.

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• 380. At 09:50am on 18 Dec 2008, norriemaclean wrote:

  Laughing Len got some of my cash this year (Glasgow gig) and I have to say he was welcome to every penny.
  
  One of the best gigs I have ever been to.
  
  

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• 381. At 10:33am on 18 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  Self-obsession tracks for tonight:
  
  * The Passions: I'm in Love with a German Film Star (the Foo Fighters cover is OK too)
  * The Vapors: Turning Japanese
  * Generation X: Dancing with Myself (which is very, very similar to 'Do the Hippogriff' from Harry Potter IV - fronted by Jarvis Cocker apparently http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330373/soundtrack)
  * Martha and the Muffins: Echo Beach
  * Peter Gabriel: Big Time
  * Pink Floyd: Bike
  * Billy Bragg: Dry Bed (another Woody Guthrie track, but this is one for the children, and is a lot of fun)

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• 382. At 10:51am on 18 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  OK, so I like to be different...
  
  Song for tonight: 'Summer Holiday' by Cliff & the Shadows
  
  DC in (sunny) Cellardyke

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• 383. At 10:59am on 18 Dec 2008, StewartonTam wrote:

  Thursday's show
  
  ROCK AND ROLL (I Gave You the Best Years Of My Life) - Kevin Johnson
  
  I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER - Bob Dylan
  
  PS I Love You - Love you 'till the end - The Pogues
  
  Flowers in the Rain - The Move
  
  I'm a little bit country ..... Donny and Marie
  
  
  Tam

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• 384. At 11:06am on 18 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  Oh, also thought of:
  
  But Not For Me - the Elton John version from the 4 Weddings soundtrack will do nicely, and from the same source:
  It Should Have Been Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips

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• 385. At 11:24am on 18 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Re: #376
  Danielle,
  I thought I already had. There's more?

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• 386. At 11:28am on 18 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Scotch-git - you joined the site as a member, but not the group. I just 'shouted' you some instructions.

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• 387. At 11:39am on 18 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  Ah, there ya are in the group :-)

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• 388. At 11:41am on 18 Dec 2008, DanielleFromCanada wrote:

  Scotch-git - you're there - yay!

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• 389. At 11:46am on 18 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  This is Shanghai?
  
  I need a shave.....................

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• 390. At 11:58am on 18 Dec 2008, HoppoLocos wrote:

  I missed last most of night's show due to daughter's school concert, and now I see the listing I'm happy I missed the end. A rather expensive radio could have been thrown out a window, what a load of pretentious drivel Hopefully tonight will be CdB (you could confuse it with CJD which you would need to have to think he was any good) free.
  
  Re #350 I think you're right, some twaddle always seems to be thrown in, whether this is just to wind people like me up I'm not sure, but it's working.

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• 391. At 12:11pm on 18 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  #390.
  
  Well, once again I'm very sorry i mentioned CdB but, not having heard yesterday's show yet, I assume lots of folk will have suggested it anyway. Hope I wasn't held solely responsible :0)
  
  re second point: I suppose one person's guff/twaddle will be another person's nostalgia. Being the age I am, The New Seekers is my nostalgia and I like hearing songs by them every now and then...not often mind you. I think variety is the best thing in GIO. I am irked though when the same track is played on many occasions throughout the year...I suspect that when a theme is repeated, so is some of the music. But, hey ho! I'm feeling happier than I was this time yesterday...went to see the musical Sunshine on Leith last night and it was thoroughly enjoyable. Go and see it if you can.

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• 392. At 12:16pm on 18 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Question for the GiO team or any knowledgeable blogger:
  
  When did GiO start? I found a reference in August 2007 to the fact that the show had been going for 'about a year and a half'. Unfortunately there are no archives (that I can locate) prior to 08/07 so the theme list seems to be only half complete.
  
  Anyone able to help?
  
  DC

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• 393. At 1:16pm on 18 Dec 2008, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

  Weeks ago someone mentioned "On the Farm" as a theme. As far as I can see from the Captain's list its never been done.
  Lots of good stuff and fun to be had here I think.
  You could have songs from Korn, Wheatus and Colin Hay. XTC's Life on A Farmboys Wages. All the songs about fields. Little Red Rooster, Dixie Chicks, Don Henley, Ma Coo Ca Choo. BB would get a couple of CW songs in.
  
  
  And of course Joe Cocker(el) - "With a Little Help From My Hens"

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• 394. At 1:18pm on 18 Dec 2008, RoxyJohn wrote:

  It looks like we will reach 400+ posts on this thread, is this a record?
  
  RJ

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• 395. At 1:31pm on 18 Dec 2008, HoppoLocos wrote:

  But will we reach 300 posts????

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• 396. At 2:15pm on 18 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  Adam #393
  
  Good idea! It's about time you had a theme played!
  
  The theme could start off with that well-known Christmas tune 'Ding Dung Merrily on High' or anything by Cowpatsy Cline.
  
  DC

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• 397. At 2:28pm on 18 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  Adam, DC: The Jethro Tull campaign would no doubt continue with renewed enthusiasm.

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• 398. At 2:28pm on 18 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  Adam #393
  
  Me & the Farmer - the Housemartins
  My Oklahoma Home - Springsteen
  
  Please, no Wurzels...
  
  I'm being a *bad* Captain, obviously - encouraging the GiO Listener Community to expand beyond what the GiO staff team generously provide as a forum - but on our http://last.fm group, I've put a wee place for us to put our ideas for future themes:
  http://www.last.fm/group/Get+It+On+Listeners/forum/111464/_/485967

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• 399. At 2:46pm on 18 Dec 2008, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

  Aye, there could be a mutiny, Captain.

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• 400. At 2:49pm on 18 Dec 2008, HoppoLocos wrote:

  This is mutiny!

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• 401. At 3:02pm on 18 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  Yarrrrr! (and other such pirattitude). I was going for The Fun Boy Three: http://www.last.fm/music/Fun+Boy+Three/_/The+Lunatics+(Have+Taken+Over+the+Asylum) but mutiny works too.
  
  GiO staff:
  I've had plenty of experience with online communities, and the healthiest & strongest ones pretty much always end up self-organising to a degree. We still love you* and aren't running away from here, but just want some stuff that would be extra work for you to organise.
  
  * Would I get a slap for saying 'especially Miss Babs'?

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• 402. At 3:10pm on 18 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  I think it makes sense for us to have our heated discussions as to the merits of this and that theme elsewhere. By doing so, it would prevent further occurrences of 400+ blogs in a thread (sounds like the sort of thing my granny used to say) and leave the place uncluttered for BB & his team to read serious suggestions for the show.

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• 403. At 3:58pm on 18 Dec 2008, StewartonTam wrote:

  
  Another two .......
  
  
  "(I'd Go The) Whole Wide World" - Wreckless Eric
  
  
  Jilted John - by Jilted John aka John Fellows
  
  
  Tam :-)

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• 404. At 4:00pm on 18 Dec 2008, HoppoLocos wrote:

  Totally off the usual subject:
  
  What comes next in the sequence D, W, W, B, J, ?

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• 405. At 4:12pm on 18 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  DC - #392 - That would be about right. Prior to that the show was called 'Summer Of Song' so you'd need to search under that name.

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• 406. At 4:22pm on 18 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  #405 I remember it being Summer of Song when I first chanced upon it. Even then, I liked the eclectic mix of songs played but I didn't ask for anything to be played. Sure I was listening when Get It On was mooted as a possible title. Don't think the themes were as frequent in the early shows - they just kind of evolved. Anyone else remember?

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• 407. At 4:29pm on 18 Dec 2008, JuliefromEdinburgh wrote:

  Look at JZ's Blog for 1st Aug 06 which mentions Get It On starting once Summer of Song comes to an end (unfortunately can't see a date for that)...presumably whenever BB declared Autumn open!

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• 408. At 4:55pm on 18 Dec 2008, Dykerlad wrote:

  #405, 406 and 407
  
  Got it, Jim and Julie. Looks like JZ was impressed with BB's musical format and the increased listening figures (in his report of 26-10-06). September of that year seems to be the start time roughly. Now all we need is the following 10 months of themes....
  
  However, I don't see anything wrong with repeating themes say a year apart, as long as it's a wide enough choice to allow a different selection of songs to be played!
  
  DC

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• 409. At 5:08pm on 18 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  DC,
  The show was originally intended to be a stopgap during the close season, but proved to be much more popular than anticipated.

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• 410. At 5:10pm on 18 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Danielle,
  I want to add more artists/bands to my library thingy. How do I access this?

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• 411. At 5:15pm on 18 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  Scotch-Git:
  Listen to them, either on the site or on a media player linked to it (via Scrobbler).
  
  More info and methods:
  http://www.last.fm/help/faq?category=User+Profiles#218
  but I suggest we all move last.fm queries over there, rather than cluttering it up here.

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• 412. At 5:39pm on 18 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Re: #411
  
  Yes, let us not be discourteous.
  
  Besides, Monday to Thursday this is the place to be.
  
  The other thingy can be a wee diversion at weekends.

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• 413. At 6:08pm on 18 Dec 2008, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

  Something for the weekend, Scotch Git?

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• 414. At 8:18pm on 18 Dec 2008, CaptRamius wrote:

  The weekend starts here [fatboyslim]

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• 415. At 8:58pm on 18 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Adam,
  At the moment it's all work and no play. Roll on January!
  Will you be having Xmas dinner on the beach?

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• 416. At 9:41pm on 18 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  Red snapper and sprouts. Fabulous! LOL

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• 417. At 12:25pm on 19 Dec 2008, Adam_from_Rio wrote:

  #415 - SG, you never know!
  
  I'm heading down to the south of Brazil tomorrow morning for a week. I'm going to the state of Santa Catarina where unfortunately there has been a lot of flooding and landslides over the last few weeks

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• 418. At 7:02pm on 19 Dec 2008, glenmiller wrote:

  Adam,
  
  Give Santa our best.
  
  Merry Christmas and and a great 2009 to everybody and goodbye from me.

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• 419. At 11:50pm on 19 Dec 2008, Scotch-git wrote:

  Let's not say goodbye.
  
  Let's say, 'au revoir'

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• 420. At 00:16am on 20 Dec 2008, JimFraeErskine wrote:

  what about 'faux reservoir'?

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