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#ThePlaylist

#ThePlaylist Archive

#ThePlaylist is a weekly dive into seeing how tenuously people can connect a song they love to a given theme. It goes out live on https://stream.djdarren.site every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time. All episodes are available in gloriously high quality at https://djdarren.site/archive

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2:00:37

#ThePlaylist – 124 – Horticulture

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2026/10/05

Our theme this week comes courtesy of @losttourist who wanted to hear YOUR favourite songs about: Horticulture So bust out your little trowels, and grab that foam pad you have to kneel on these days because your knees aren’t what they used to be, and join in the fun. Click to see the track listing […]

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2:01:56

#ThePlaylist – 123 – Birthday Numbers One

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2026/09/28

On this week’s episode of #ThePlaylist… Two weeks ago I admitted the terrible secret of my birth, and the disco banger that heralded it, which has led to wanting to hear your: Birthday Number Ones We weren’t cruel though, and allowed you to pick from tracks that have attained the summit of Mount Pop on […]

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2:02:27

#ThePlaylist – 122 – Format Wars

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2026/09/21

Last week’s theme inspired this week’s, so, from perfect 3 minute 45rpm vinyl to: Format Wars Do *you* know any songs about wax cylinders, or shellac discs, or MiniDiscs? Listen in, and you just might hear them… Click to see the track listing // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //// https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/ //

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2:02:21

#ThePlaylist – 121 – Three Minute (or thereabouts)...

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2026/09/14

This week’s theme is: Three Minute (or thereabouts) Pop Bangers So, very simply, the favourite songs of the Suggestorate that fall into the three minute pop song category. How many of them could charitably be described as ‘pop’ we will leave up to you to decide. Click to see the track listing // https://stream.djdarren.site // […]

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2:01:39

#ThePlaylist – 120 – Furniture

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2026/09/07

This week we have a theme brought to you by none other than @daveybot, Laird of the Wild Lands Beyond The Wall, who wanted to hear your best songs about: Furniture So we’ve got two hours of tunes about tables and chairs and ottomans and beds, and armchairs and sofas and that. Or whatever sparked […]

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2:03:08

#ThePlaylist – 119 – Radio Desolation

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2026/08/31

I bought a t-shirt that made me laugh last week, and, well, @MintSpies decreed that it should be a theme. Therefore it is this week’s theme: Radio Desolation We asked what that might conjure up in your lightly broken minds, as you trawl your way across an empty wasteland, desperately trying to survive. Or as […]

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2:00:48

#ThePlaylist – 118 – Broke. Skint. Strapped. Brassic.

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2026/08/24

This week on #ThePlaylist, the theme is brought to you by none other than @swisslet and Dr Caitlin, who want to hear YOUR suggestions about being: Broke. Skint. Strapped. Brassic. Two hours of tunes about poverty. What could be more cheerful in *this* economy? Click to see the track listing // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 […]

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2:00:19

#ThePlaylist – 117 – Pharmacy

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2026/08/17

Behold the glorious return of #ThePlaylist! This week we have another guest theme, this time from @RealAleRocks@mastodon.social and Ben Gray, who are colleagues who work in a: Pharmacy So two hours of songs about having to wait for an hour because the pharmacist has just gone on their lunch break, and only being able to […]

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2:01:36

#ThePlaylist – 116 – The Discworld

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2026/08/03

We’re off to Discworld Con this weekend, so the theme for this week’s edition of #ThePlaylist is: The Discworld Songs about wizards, and flying turtles, and DEATH, and THE DEATH OF RATS, will abound. Or just songs about discs, or worlds. Are there any flat Earth bangers? Click to see the track listing // https://stream.djdarren.site […]

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2:02:04

#ThePlaylist – 115 – Heroes

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2026/07/27

This week we have another guest theme, this time from @FloatingOnion@cyberplace.social who flew in, (without a cape) to ask for songs about: Heroes He wanted to hear YOUR most heroic tunes. He wanted to hear songs that’ll save people from a hijacked passenger jet, or have the capability to leave the last chocolate Hob Nob […]

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2:00:31

#ThePlaylist – 114 – Electric Dreams

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2026/07/20

Join #ThePlaylist once again, where this week the Mainframe has chosen the theme of: Electric Dreams And we’re too scared of the Mainframe to go against its wishes. So two hours of whatever the phrase “electric dreams” conjured up in the silicon minds of the LLMs that sent in their suggestions for thematically appropriate songs […]

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2:01:51

#ThePlaylist – 113 – South (of the United States of)...

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2026/07/13

Join #ThePlaylist on a grand tour as this week’s theme takes us to: South (of the United States of) America where all of the tunes are, in some ways moreso than others, related to the lands to be found South (of the United States of) America. And not South Africa. Definitely not. It’s a whole […]

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2:01:22

#ThePlaylist – 112 – Farming the Land

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2026/07/06

Find the spare key for your combine harvester (if John Deere will even let you have one), and pull on your wellies, because #ThePlaylist, along with @RolloTreadway is off: Farming the land Yes, in another guest theme, this week we’re looking at the songs that popped into the collective, diseased minds of #ThePlaylist listeners when […]

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2:01:23

#ThePlaylist – 111 – DIY

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2026/06/29

This week, a theme brought to you – yes YOU – by @daveybot@mastodon.scot, who wants to hear your songs about: DIY Davey has been “working in his shed” a lot lately, so needs a good soundtrack to help him along. And wouldn’t you know, this week’s show *is* a good soundtrack to help him along. […]

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2:02:23

#ThePlaylist – 110 – Morally Bankrupt

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2026/06/22

This week on #ThePlaylist, we’re celebrating the World Cup™️, with the theme of: Morally Bankrupt So sit back and enjoy all the tunes that people paid us the most to play. Click to see the track listing // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //// https://djdarren.site/archive/podcast/ //

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2:01:25

#ThePlaylist – 109 – Car Wash Songs

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2026/06/15

This week on #ThePlaylist, a guest theme, courtesy of @Nickiquote@mstdn.social, who wants to hear the world’s finest: Car Wash Songs And I do believe he’ll be very happy with what you’ve suggested. Will it be two hours of just that one song? Listen in and find out. Click to see the track listing // https://stream.djdarren.site […]

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1:59:46

#ThePlaylist – 108 – Puddin’

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2026/06/08

Behold the (knickerbocker) GLORY(ous) return of #ThePlaylist, where our theme this week is: Puddin’ So go ahead and spoil your dinner with the (ice) CREAM of musical selections, some of which are actually related to the idea of pudding. Or dessert, if you’re one of *those*. You’d be a (strawberry) FOOL to miss out! Click […]

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1:59:28

#ThePlaylist – 107 – To Gaol With Ye!

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2026/06/01

#ThePlaylist returns jingling a big ‘ol buncha keys, fixin’ to lock you away, because our theme this week is: To Gaol With Ye! Two hours of bangup bangers, celebrating feeling the grip of the long arm of the law. Click to see the track listing // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

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1:58:16

#ThePlaylist – 106 – slooooow

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2026/05/25

The weather is hotting up here in the UK, so our theme here at #ThePlaylist this week is: slooooow in an effort to encourage everyone to just chill out, alright? But, well, not every track this week is chilled. Sorry about that. Click to see the track listing // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK //

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2:01:26

#ThePlaylist – 105 – Rumours

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2026/05/18

This week, another guest theme, this time from sodslawyer, who suggests: Rumours or ‘Rumors’ if you’re one of those folks who spells words wrong and that. Two hours of tunes that don’t like to spread gossip, but simply have to tell you that… Click to see the track listing // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK […]

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