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Theme Songs, Episode 17: Irresistible Dance Music

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This week’s theme was Irresistible Dance Music. Dave & Steel were joined by Steel’s old friend Alice to talk about her love of ecstatic dance and play great dance tracks by Michael Jackson, Sly & the Family Stone, Bag Raiders, MGMT, Disclosure, and Tani Diakite & the Afrofunkstars.

Links

  • Tommy Franklin [Bag Raiders] appearance on Australia’s Got Talent:

  • Tani Diakite’s Bandcamp page: https://tanidiakite.bandcamp.com/
  • Wellesley’s student radio station: http://wzly.net/ [Alice was a former DJ for a Friday night show called “The Jazz Enthusiast”

Special Bonus Gift: Advice from Alice on how to practice movement meditation.

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Theme Songs, Episode 15: Hair

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This week’s theme was hair. Not only did Dave and Steel cover the greatest hair in Minnesota High School boy hockey and their profound appreciation for what Ricky Rubio and Elfrid Payton are doing to revolutionize basketball hair this year, but they also played great hair-related music by P.M. Dawn, Pavement, The Cowsills, Old 97’s, Hunx, and America. Enjoy!

https://open.spotify.com/user/steelwagstaff/playlist/75dzA1Xr6bpIlVGl5qJrba?si=ynQrzOQnSgmhqMyl4Y8msw

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Theme Songs, Episode 11: Sea Shanties

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Happy New Year! Our first episode of the year features sea shanties and is dedicated to the Aubrey-Maturin novels, which Steel read for the first time in 2017. Steel & Dave play classic naval themed songs from Stan Rogers, The Decemberists, Jackshit, Katey Red & Big Freedia, The Beach Boys, Louis Killen, Jeff & Gerrett Werner, Fud Benson, and Loudon Wainwright. Enjoy!

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Theme Songs, Episode 10: Songs to Clean Your House To

The Mop

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This week Dave and Steel were joined by Dave’s sister Melissa to talk about music to clean your house to, with great tunes from LCD Soundsystem, Rufus Wainwright, James Brown, The Eagles, Radiohead, and Bomba Estéreo. You’re in for a couple of extra special treats this week as well, as they also talked for a while about the worst things they’ve had to clean (a lot of poop talk, since Dave’s a nurse and all three guests are parents), and Toad the Wet Sprocket’s  bassist (and international sex symbol) Dean Dinning.

Dean Dinning
Dean Dinning, Toad the Wet Sprocket bassist.

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Theme Songs, Episode 9: Kids Music You Don’t Hate

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This week’s theme was “kids music you don’t hate.” Every parent knows that there’s plenty of kids music out there that’s just plain dreadful. This episode is designed to help you find great music that you and your kids will both like. Our old friend Amy joined us to play songs our kids like by Priscilla Ahn, Jurassic 5, the Old 97s, Toots & The Maytals and Julien Baker.