It was so much fun to be involved in Tim and Sam’s radio show. The whole process of choosing songs, trying to find stories for each of them, burning them to CD.. and then driving off without the CD. As we were leaving Elphinstone, Tim drove off without an essential set of headphones. Then we got caught behind a learner driver, already behind schedule. Ah yes.. all part of the adventure.

The open mic can be a little terrifying.. even though we suspect there’s an audience of somewhere between 1-6 people. However these two wonderful people do their very best to make their guest feel comfortable. They are hilarious together, and are building up such a lovely new radio show.. i heartily recommend you listen in (fortnightly Wednesday evenings, wmafm.com).

Okay, here’s the set list i finally selected for Tim and Sam’s Junk City. Well not exactly.. i originally wanted to play Chemical Brothers’s In Dust we Trust.. but on the spot i chose Hand Made Hope from Emma Tonkin’s Cave of Lights feat. first chorus band of singers, because it brought me so much joy to be involved in the singing and production – and it’s a beautiful song.

But they don’t have either Chemical Brothers or Emma Tonkin on Grooveshark, so you’ll get Marc Bolan who was next on the list.

The stories? Well.. most of the first 5 – the melancholy ones – involve being a teenager in the eighties, filled with morose longing for adventures and safety all at once.

And the second 5 are all about the joys of moving to the rhythms of an unruly dancefloor.

There you go.

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Of course i only got to #11 (skipping #10 in the moment), but here’s the full top20 list if you can’t get that grooveshark player to work for you:

01 – Billie Holiday – I Cried For You
02 – Eurythmics – Here Comes The Rain Again
03 – Split Enz – One Step Ahead
04 – The Reels – Quasimodo’s Dream
05 – Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence [Reinterpreted]
06 – Feist – Inside and Out
07 – b(if)tek – Wired For Sound
08 – madonna – Hung Up (The Album Version)
09 – bob marley vs funkstar deluxe – sun is shining
10 – Chemical Brothers – In Dust We Trust
11 – Emma Tonkin with first chorus band of singers – hand made hope
12 – Marc Bolan And T-Rex – Children Of The Revolution
13 – Fingers Inc. – Can You Feel It (Spoken Word – Dr Martin Luther King, Jr.)
14 – b(if)tek – We Think You’re Dishy
15 – Black – Wonderful Life (Original Audio 1987)
16 – Cyndi Lauper – True Colors
17 – Scissor Sisters – Filthy Gorgeous
18 – Patti Smith – Smells Like Teen Spirit
19 – Scissor Sisters – Take Your Mama Out
20 – The Reels – Pleasure And Pain

PLUS there is more

If you’ve never heard this remix of Can you feel it (the Larry Fingers Chicago house original).. tap into it here: The Martin Luther King remix, released in 1988: