The Steam Rocker, Sept. 8, '12

Rounding out the week, the party that never wants to die, The Steam Rocker broke the 3 hour mark this week (again), giving it the first and second spot for longest sets amongst all the ones I've done in the last 12 months. So get ready to party, folks. Here's the link to the podcast, and here's the playlist:

1. Runaway by Angelzoom
2. The Monkees (Theme From)(Tokapis Radio Edit) by The Benzedrine Monks Of Santo Domonica
3. Pioneers by KK & The Steampunk Orchestra
4. Angel of Harlem by U2
5. Save a Prayer by Duran Duran
6. July, July! by The Decemberists
7. Cracklin' Rosie by Neil Diamond
8. Toil by Flatfoot 56
9. Desolation Row by The Juggernaut Jug Band
10. Bullet for Vapid Beer by The Cherry Coke$ *
11. Tam Lin by Fairport Convention *
12. Bedlam Boys by Annwn *
13. Measurement by Jordan Reyne aka Dr. Kevorkian & the Suicide Machine
14. Holding Out for A Hero by Frou Frou
15. Dusty Bones by Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band
16. We're All Going to Hell by The Bastard Fairies
17. Rockin the Suburbs by Ben Folds
18. Automatonic Electronic Harmonics by Steam Powered Giraffe *
19. Honeybee by Steam Powered Giraffe *
20. Don't Unplug Me by All Caps *
21. The Rocky Road to Dublin by The Chieftains & The Rolling Stones *
22. I'm Shipping Up to Boston by Dropkick Murphys *
23. No Guns Allowed in My Bar by The Clockwork Dolls *
24. The Irish Rover by The Pogues (feat. The Dubliners) *
25. It is Pitch Dark by MC Frontalot *
26. Anywhere by Evanescence *
27. Jump Around by House of Pain *
28. We Are Young by Fun. (feat. Janelle Monae) *
29. Hang on St. Christopher by Tom Waits *
30. Gay, Straight or Bi by Kinsey Sicks
31. Want You Gone by Jonathan Coulton
32. Jive Talkin' by Bee Gees
33. The Face of Destiny by Etherine
34. I Go To Extremes by Billy Joel
35. (Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy by The Magnetic Fields
36. 2 All Hands by The Black Wreck Music Project
37. Pompeii by E.S. Posthumus *
38. Tricked the Machine by Abney Park
39. Lay All Your Love On Me by ABBA
40. Fool Says by M. Ward
41. My Best Friend's Girl by The Cars
42. Stand by R.E.M.
43. The Look Of Love (1990 Remix) by ABC
44. Who Can It Be Now? by Men at Work
45. Can't Stand Losing You by The Police
46. Catch The Waves by Escape The Clouds
47. Kids In America by Kim Wilde
48. Stuck in the Middle with You by Da Vinci's Notebook

* = Request

Running time = 3 hours 18 minutes

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.
 

Geared-Up Jazz, Sept. 8, '12

Continuing with the week's sets, here's the link for the podcast, and here's the playlist:

1. Wheel Of Fortune by Kay Starr
2. Fools Like Us by Emilie Simon
3. Raven by Gregorian
4. Jump With Me Baby by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
5. Just an Old Fashioned Girl by Eartha Kitt
6. X Marks The Spot by Humanwine
7. Old Joe's Hittin' The Jug by The Juggernaut Jug Band
8. Bourbon in your Eyes by Devil Doll
9. Lucas With the Lid Off by Lucas *
10. Love Me Or Leave Me by Anita O'Day
11. All My Little Words by The Magnetic Fields
12. Escher by Brillig
13. Now That I Know by Devendra Banhart
14. Redshirt by Jonathan Coulton
15. Psychoactive by Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band
16. Phobos by Etherine
17. Let Me Be Your Man by The Cog is Dead
18. Girls! Girls! Girls! by Emilie Autumn
19. Hello, Dolly! by Louis Armstrong *
20. Eleanor Rigby by BeatleJazz
21. Odalisque by The Decemberists
22. Drinkski Song by Ghostfire
23. Love Somebody by Buddy Clark/Doris Day
24. 6 10 by Flatfoot 56
25. Two Planets by Bat for Lashes
26. I Do I Do I Do by The Brotherhood of St. Gregory
27. Tattooed Her Face by The Jugtown Pirates
28. 10 Lb. Moustache by Man Man
29. Belvedere Engine by Flying Chivaus
30. Star Scat by Caravan Palace
31. The Meat in the Sandwich by Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers
32. Bei Mir Bist Du Schon by The Puppini Sisters

* = Request

Running time = 2 hours 8 minutes

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.
 

Chai Me Up, Sept. 5, '12

Okay, yes I'm a bit behind. RL events have been draining me of time & energy and, I'm sorry to say, this blog is usually the first casualty. I won't make any promises as to when we will be back up to date, but I will give it some more effort.

In the meantime, here's one of the backed-up sets for you. Chai Me Up's party from back on the 5th of this month. Here's the link to the recording, and here's the playlist:

1. Moribund (Acoustic) by The Bastard Fairies
2. Smells Like Teen Spirit by The Benzedrine Monks Of Santo Domonica
3. Everything You Do Is A Balloon by Boards of Canada
4. Facing East by Thievery Corporation
5. Black Soul Choir by 16 Horsepower
6. Nothing's All I Know by Aeon Now
7. Siberian Cakewalk by White Ghost Shivers
8. In Your Sleep by Escape The Clouds
9. The Body Breaks by Devendra Banhart
10. I Put A Spell On You by Natacha Atlas
11. Dissolve by Jonathan Coulton
12. Ghazal by Niyaz
13. Hallelujah Baby, Babylon! by Corset
14. Wedding Song by Clare Fader & The Vaudevillians
15. What's a Girl to Do? by Bat for Lashes
16. Walk Like an Egyptian by The Puppini Sisters *
17. Harem by R.E.G. Project
18. Indian Fever by David Starfire
19. Mechanical Menagerie by The Cog is Dead
20. Halloween by Jason Webley
21. Wild Girl & Crazy Dog by Alexandra Hamer
22. Scupper Shanty by Abney Park
23. The Way I See You by Emilie Simon
24. Erase by Beats Antique
25. The Scarab Of Culloden by Forgotten Fish Memory Orchestra
26. Twilight Came Once by Etherine
27. André had a Farm by Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers
28. Alabaster Dub by Sub Swara
29. Day Of The Dead by Voltaire
30. Kismet by Bond
31. Geen Sores by Amsterdam Klezmer Band

* = Request

Running time = 2 hours 3 minutes

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.

Drake Steele's 10th Rez-day

It's not often that you get to celebrate a 10th anniversary in Second Life, and especially not when the official start of Second Life is only 9 years in the past. But when the avatar Drake Steele first rezzed into virtual life, the operator of that identity was beta testing something that was called Linden World, the service that would be revealed to the world as Second Life a year later.

So when Drake's 10th rez-day approached, he and his partner decided to have a two day long Steampunk Festival and I was chosen to be one of the DJs for the event. This podcast is the result of that party. I hope you enjoy it.

Here's the link to the recording, and here's the playlist:

1. The Money Train by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
2. Sepia Theme by Toy Box Trio
3. This Town by Vermillion Lies
4. Bogeyman Boogie by Dr. Steel
5. Arabia by Bliki Circus
6. Weed Smoker's Dream by White Ghost Shivers
7. The Rope by Black Tape for a Blue Girl
8. Behold the Machine by Vernian Process
9. Carousel by KK & The Steampunk Orchestra
10. Mr Soot's Black Book by Unextraordinary Gentlemen
11. Spindrift by Sunday Driver
12. Ever Falls the Twilight by The Gothic Archies
13. Hideous Clown by Thee Hobo Gobbelins
14. Donkey Town by Dr. Steel
15. Above the Overcast (video version) by Escape the Clouds
16. Jolie Coquine by Caravan Palace
17. SteamLife by Tom Slatter
18. Dim Allentown Cove (Part 1) by Humanwine
19. Soulcatcher (A Cappella) by Tekin Kesen
20. Wicked Fascinations by Circus Contraption
21. Milord by Edith Piaf *
22. Follow Me by Max Raabe
23. The Steam Song by The Violet Tribe
24. Cup Of Brown Joy (Tea Bag Remix) by Professor Elemental
25. Circles by Dandelion Junk Queens
26. New York, New York (Kein Schwein Ruft An) by Max Raabe *
27. Down and Out Rag by White Ghost Shivers
28. Out of Reach by Voltaire
29. The Great Edwardian Air-Raid by Paul Roland
30. Blacksmith by The Gypsy Nomads
31. The Littlest Birds by The Be Good Tanyas
32. Cat Skillz by Beats Antique *
33. If by Etherine
34. Wicked Dickie by Rasputina

* = Request

Running time = 2 hours 13 minutes
 

The Steam Rocker, Sept. 1, '12

And rounding out the week, here's the link to the recording of this set, and here's the playlist (and your occasional reminder about the link to buy most of the music at the bottom):

1. A Letter to Michelle by The Cog is Dead
2. Land of a Thousand Dances by Rockapella
3. Fun Der Khuppe by Forgotten Fish Memory Orchestra
4. I Will Survive by Cake
5. Sticking It to Myself by Jonathan Coulton
6. Golden Years by David Bowie
7. X Marks The Spot by Humanwine
8. The Amino Acids Song by Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers
9. Hold Me Now by Thompson Twins
10. Belleville Rendez-Vous (English version) by M
11. My Real Hero by String Driven Thing *
12. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper *
13. Dragons by Caravan Palace *
14. My Heart Still Beats by Maria Mena *
15. Magical Potion by Robert Calvert (Lucky Leif & the Longships)*
16. Doctor Who on Holiday by Dean Gray (ft. Green Day & The Timelords) *
17. The Martian Boogie by Brownsville Station *
18. Short Skirt, Long Jacket by Cake *
19. Legs by ZZ Top *
20. Love Don't Roam by Murray Gold *
21. I Don't Feel Like Dancin' by Scissor Sisters *
22. Dumas Walker by Kentucky Headhunters *
23. (I Wanna Be) Your Underwear by Bryan Adams *
24. Galileo by Indigo Girls
25. Betrayed (Bonus) by Van Canto
26. All Through The Night by Cyndi Lauper
27. You Can Leave Your Hat On by Tom Jones *
28. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me by Culture Club
29. Washboard Highway by The Juggernaut Jug Band
30. The Crane Wife 3 by The Decemberists
31. Chinatown by Emilie Simon
32. Dissolved Girl by Massive Attack
33. White Rabbit by Emiliana Torrini *
34. Karma Chameleon by Culture Club*
35. Always Something There To Remind Me by Naked Eyes
36. My Little Girl by The Jugtown Pirates
37. King of Pain by The Police
38. An Introduction by Dave Davesworth III
39. The Mummer's Dance (remix) by Loreena McKennitt *
40. A Little Respect by Erasure
41. Regarding The Moonlight In Eastbourne by Duke Special
42. Pearl's Dream by Bat for Lashes
43. Mamma Mia by The Brotherhood of St. Gregory
44. Vacation by Go Go's
45. Box Set by Barenaked Ladies
46. Little Bird by Annie Lennox *
47. Big Bang Theory Man by Clare Fader & The Vaudevillains
48. The Man by Ghostfire

* = Request

Running time = 3 hours 21 minutes

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.
 

Geared-Up Jazz, Sept. 1, '12

Continuing on, here's the recording of this set, and here's the playlist (with a link to where you can buy most of the music):

1. Nicolosia by Amsterdam Klezmer Band
2. Bird From The Ashes by Brillig
3. Time Machine by The Cog is Dead
4. Nobody Loves A Fairy When She's Forty by Billy Cotton & His Band
5. The Rock And Roll Waltz by Kay Starr
6. Imitosis by Andrew Bird
7. Some Things Make Your Soul Feel Clean by Duke Special
8. Shall We Dance by Fred Astaire
9. Act I: The Crash Sequence by The Ford Theatre Reunion
10. I Think I'll Go Back There by A Halo Called Fred
11. Ballad Of The Big Machine by Emilie Simon
12. Ragtime Punk by Abney Park
13. Immigrant Punk by Gogol Bordello
14. Circles by Dandelion Junk Queens
15. Everything's Coming Up Roses by Annie Ross with The Buddy Bregman Band
16. Honey Honey by The Brotherhood of St. Gregory
17. Time for Tea by Emilie Autumn
18. Botch-a-me by Rosemary Clooney
19. The Enemy Guns by DeVotchKa
20. The 1812 by Bond
21. Land of the Lost by Dr. Steel
22. Close my eyes by Gregorian
23. Alabama Steampunk Blues by Charlie Terrell & The Murdered Johns
24. A Guy Is A Guy by Doris Day
25. Vaudevillain by Ghostfire
26. Rain and Snow by The Be Good Tanyas
27. Rhumboogie by The Andrews Sisters
28. Our Future Is In The Sky by Jonah Knight
29. Man o' War by The Black Wreck Music Project
30. The Desert is on Fire by Murder by Death

Running time = 2 hours 1 minutes

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.
 

Chai Me Up, Aug. 29, '12

OK, here we go with last week's regular sets. First up is Chai Me up. Here's the recording of the set, and here's the playlist:

1. Somebody To Love by Auscultate
2. Inion by Afro Celt Sound System
3. Only in the Past by The Be Good Tanyas
4. Leysh Nat'Arak by Natacha Atlas
5. Back Then by Citizen Cope
6. She Just Likes to Fight by Four Tet
7. Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder by Brillig
8. Sugar In My Coffin by Curtis Eller's American Circus
9. Egypt By Air (Bombay Dub's Funky Old Medina Remix) by Bombay Dub Orchestra
10. O Fortuna (Carmina Burana) by Carl Orff *
11. Chromakey Dreamcoat by Boards Of Canada
12. Led Carmina by Fuse *
13. Lonlon by Angelique Kidjo *
14. Korobushka by Bond
15. The Forgotten People (Bon Temps Remix) by Thievery Corporation
16. Transatlantic by Quantic
17. Waiting For You by Abney Park
18. Batwannis Beek by R.E.G. Project
19. The Clockwork Maid by The Clockwork Dolls
20. The Black Freighter (Demo) by Bat Country
21. Cobra by David Starfire
22. The Last Steampunk Waltz by Ghostfire *
23. April Fools (live) by Rufus Wainwright *
24. Circus Apocalypse by Vermillion Lies
25. We Can Dance by Caravan Palace
26. Uncovering the Old by Dr. Dog
27. Some Kind of Stranger by Unwoman
28. My Life by Abney Park *
29. A Celtic Medley by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
30. City Lights by Alex The Kid
31. Unrequited Love by Lykke Li
32. March of the Machines by Charles von Vitic

* = Request

Running time = 2 hours 28 minutes

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.
 

The Steam Rocker, Aug. 25, '12 - The fractured set

This set was special in that something was causing massive problems with the stream and I had the stream go down so many times I had to piece this recording together from nine (9!) different files to get something relatively coherent. So if things seem a little strange in the transitions on this one, it was probably caused by that. Enjoy! Anyway, here's the recording for this set, and here's the playlist:

1. Strange Theology by Flying Chivaus
2. Hope Eyrie by Leslie Fish
3. Ship Out on the Sea by The Be Good Tanyas
4. More Than a Woman by Bee Gees
5. East by The Black Wreck Music Project
6. Truth Or Dare (Radio Edit) by Brillig
7. Steph(v)enson by The Men That Will Not be Blamed For Nothing *
8. (Man With a) Clockwork Heart by The Dark Clan
9. The Styx by Ghostfire
10. If You Leave by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD)
11. Who Needs Sleep? by Barenaked Ladies
12. Chinese Translation by M. Ward
13. Michelle by Auscultate
14. Rapture by Blondie
15. The Watchmaker's Apprentice by The Clockwork Quartet
16. Manic Monday by Bangles
17. Armstrong by John Stewart
18. Steampunk by David Wezel
19. Holding Out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler *
20. Steampunk by Clockwork Boy
21. Pressure by Billy Joel
22. Suffragette City by David Bowie
23. Me & You (dirtyphonics remix) by Nero *
24. Im Nin'alu by Ofra Haza *
25. Never Gonna Give Your Teen Spirit Up (Nirvana vs. Rick Astley) by DJMorgoth *
26. Daniel by Bat for Lashes
27. It's My Life by Talk Talk
28. I'll Stand by You by The Pretenders *
29. Conspiracy by Dr. Steel
30. Everyone Cares by Angelzoom
31. Cars by Gary Numan
32. Shake It Up by The Cars
33. Moonlight Sonata by E.S. Posthumus *
34. Cheese by Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers
35. Harpsichord Row by Bethany Weimers
36. Xylem and Phloem by Circus Contraption

* = Request

Running time = 2 hours 51 minutes

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.
 

Geared-Up Jazz, Aug. 25, '12

Continuing on with the catching up, here's the link for the Geared-Up Jazz recording, and here's the playlist:

1. Leslie Anne Levine by The Decemberists
2. Hope Eyrie by Leslie Fish
3. Strange Fruit (Outsider Mix) by Billie Holiday
4. Tribal Connection by Gogol Bordello
5. Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35 by Ben Sidran
6. E Ma Ri Khrod by Forgotten Fish Memory Orchestra
7. Blood by Jordan Reyne
8. Light Enough to Travel by The Be Good Tanyas
9. In the Rowans by Balmorhea
10. How High the Moon by Les Paul & Mary Ford
11. Seventh & Trade by Clare Fader & The Vaudevillains
12. Sway by The Puppini Sisters
13. Jekyll & Hyde (& Ted & Alice) by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
14. Rhapsody by KK & The Steampunk Orchestra
15. Maiden Voyage by The Clockwork Dolls
16. Through The Garden by Escape The Clouds
17. That Old Black Magic by Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera
18. MacNamara's Band by Bing Crosby
19. Last Night I Nearly Died (But I Woke Up Just In Time) by Duke Special
20. What Kidz Sey by Humanwine
21. Rub Alcohol Blues by Dandelion Junk Queens
22. The Custard Song by Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers
23. Opening Yet Closing by Etherine
24. The Stache by Jonathan Coulton
25. J'ai deux amours by Josephine Baker
26. Jezebel by Frankie Laine
27. Lollipop by The Jugtown Pirates
28. Once Around The Sun by Jonah Knight
29. It's Good to Have Jayne on Your Side by Marian Call *
30. That Certain Feeling by Josephine Baker *
31. The Letter by Bethany Weimers
32. Music! Music! Music! by Teresa Brewer
33. Terrible Affliction by Abney Park

* = Request

Running time = 2 hours 10 minutes

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.
 

Playing catch up - Chai Me Up, Aug. 22, '12

OK, so RL had me a little too busy & drained to get the podcasts up last week. But we're back soldiering on and I'll be uploading three sets today and another three a little later this week. Let's start with Chai Me Up. Here's the link for the recording of the set and here's the playlist:

1. That Airship Song (Later Maiden Voyage) by The Clockwork Dolls
2. Feel (Thievery Corporation Remix) by Bombay Dub Orchestra
3. Beauty Beats by Beats Antique
4. The Masonic Ritual by Wunderbar!
5. Toi by Amsterdam Klezmer Band
6. Ancient World by Abney Park
7. Banana Ghost by Man Man
8. Qalanderi by Cheb I Sabbah
9. Trophy by Bat for Lashes
10. I Cash Radii by Pentaphobe
11. Silver Moon by Bethany Weimers
12. Amber by Banco De Gaia
13. Death At Sea by Brillig
14. Ceremony by Unwoman
15. The Things You Said by Angelzoom
16. Lay All Your Love On Me by The Brotherhood of St. Gregory
17. Le Moribond / My Family's Role In The World Revolution by Beirut
18. Whatever by The Bastard Fairies
19. Wish You Were Here by Rasputina
20. I'm Going Slightly Mad by Auscultate
21. Left With the Thought of You by Clare Fader & The Vaudevillains
22. Singapore by Tom Waits
23. Losing My Religion by The Benzedrine Monks of Santo Domonica
24. Youth Knows No Pain by Lykke Li
25. Beige by Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers
26. Terrapin by Bonobo
27. In Denial by Charles von Vitic
28. If I Told You Once by Circus Contraption

Running time = 2 hours 2 minutes

And for those who'd like to acquire as many of these as you can, here's the link to the iTunes playlist.