The Darbus Show Archive

Date: February 05, 2010 (Tonight's theme: See paragraph below)

Length: 4:01:11

This evening's episode was a fun and challenging one to do. The first letter in the title of each song that I played was the same as the last letter in the title of the previous song. I also debuted the Word Chain. There was a little bit of confusion as to how it works at first, though. See the playlist below for an example of the word chain.

  1. "Hi Friend" - Deadmau5
  2. "Dial 7 (Axiom of Creamy Spies)" - Digable Planets
  3. "Solsbury Hill" - Peter Gabriel
  4. "Left Right" - The Chemical Brothers
  5. "To the Sky" - The Cure
  6. "You're Beautiful" - James Blunt
  7. "Lay All Your Love on Me" - Information Society
  8. "Everything Counts" - Depeche Mode
  9. "Seven Lives" - Enigma

    10. Dinner Mix

    (Breakfast potatoes (eggs, potatoes, cheese, and ham))

  10. "Stars Come Out" - Calvin Harris
  11. "Time Won't Let Me Go" (Tall Paul Remix Edit) - Bravery
  12. "Otter Rock" - The Chemical Brothers
  13. "Knowledge of Self" - BT
  14. "Funplex" - The B-52's
  15. "XR2" - M.I.A.
  16. "2 Kool 4 Skool" - Überzone

  17. "Light" - KMFDM
  18. "Take Off" - Bob & Doug McKenzie
  19. "Female of the Species" - Space
  20. "Smile Around the Face" - Four Tet
  21. "Eat It" - "Weird Al" Yankovic

    22. "Weird Al" Song of the Week

  22. "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" - "Weird Al" Yankovic

    23. Darbus Sings

  23. "Ace of Spades" (Version 3.0 for DJMCDJ) - DJMCDJ

    24. iTunes Single of the Week

  24. "Shark in the Water" - V.V. Brown

    25. Word Chain

    (The target word was 'Saturday', submitted my Mr. A)

  25. "Radio, Radio" - Elvis Costello
  26. "Radio Song" - R.E.M.
  27. "Fire Maple Song" - Everclear
  28. "Sleep Now in the Fire" - Rage Against the Machine
  29. "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" - Beastie Boys
  30. "Brooklyn-Queens" - 3rd Bass
  31. "Dancing Queen" - ABBA
  32. "Dancing Machine" - The Jackson 5
  33. "The Man-Machine" - Kraftwerk
  34. "Pac-Man Fever" - Buckner and Garcia
  35. "Night Fever" - The Bee Gees
  36. "Saturday Night" - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
  37. "Saturday's Child" - The Monkees
    38.
  38. "Busy Child" - The Crystal Method

    39. Mrs. Darbus' Pick of the Week

  39. "Do Your Thing" - Basement Jaxx

  40. "Gotta Work" - Amerie
  41. "Know My Name" - Blake Lewis

    42. Then and Now

  42. "Jumpin' Jack" - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (1994/1998)
  43. "The Jumpin' Jive" - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (2009)

  44. "Electropop" - Jupiter Rising

    45. The Onion Radio Weekly World Report

  45. "Put a Lid on It" - Squirrel Nut Zippers
  46. "Today" - Smashing Pumpkins
  47. "Yellow Rose of Texas" - Stan Freberg
  48. "Sesame's Treet" - Smart E's

    49. Real News... Really

  49. "Mumble Song" - Steven Wright (played during news between two stories)