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Oi oi! The Dury has returned, with a verdict on this clever bastard.
Intelligence comes in all forms, from brain to skin to feet. This week's guest writer ParaMhor comes up clever with playlists from last week's topic that, from Tom Tom Club to Tom Lehrer, will make you feel sharp
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What does it mean and how does it feel to be clever, smart, savvy, canny, brainy, or have clout? Or the opposite? What is emotional and musical intelligence? It's time to play out these ideas in song
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One, two, three ... fox in snow
Winter blues? Shivery nights? Dark mornings? Warm your cockles with these perfect playlists that shed a global light on this inspiring season, created by our guest writer Sidecar Shiv from last week's topic
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Winter? It's cold, but it's all about warmth. I just thought penguins were too obvious ...
Snow, ice, frost, storms, survival, and darkness? Well, it’s not all bad. Hunker down in the Song Bar snug, and get cosy with the culture and wonders of a musical winter
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Van Der Graaf Generator ... in a state of some confusion?
Etta Jones to Dr John, the Cure to Bob Dylan, if you were unclear about misunderstandings, then our guest writer Suzi straightens it out with perfect playlists inspired by last week's topic
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Arrival of aliens. The human bit? That's where we might have a problem, Houston.
Don't take this the wrong way. Historic shambles to the pitfalls of predictive text, friends falling out to argumentative relationships, this week it's all about songs where language and more is a barrier
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Andy. Remembered by Lou ...
Soaring soul to gentle lament, Ray Davies on his sister to Lou Reed's farewell to Andy Warhol, guest writer barbryn's beautiful playlists inspired by last week's elegy topic will leave you moved and inspired
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Away from all the political turmoil, it’s time for musical rest, something poetic. Honouring soldiers or victims of war to family, friends or lost fellow bandmates, suggest music that remembers the departed on a personal, profound and beautiful note
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Is that the zombie apocalypse, or just Hawkwind?
Star date 9/11/2016, and in his final log, the admirable Admiral EnglishOutlaw records the last available data about humanity on the eve of election doomsday, with songs from last week's catastrophic topic
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The naked truth ...
Apocalyptic tunes? From calamitous elections to climate chaos, the world may be going to hell in a handbasket, but let's try and carry ourselves there with dignity, humour and music to match
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Bessie's got the Yellow Dog Blues, but it's not getting her down
From double lines on road or rail, to fruit, teeth, eyes, dog, or snow, guest writer treefrogdemon's choices of songs from last week's topic will have you feeling sunny side up and mellow
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Halloween theme? No, it's artist Yahoi Kusama's pumpkins
Sunlight to stars, ribbons to rivers, animals, birds, to flowers and vehicles, from the firey to the sickly, have a look into the musical and other cultural associations of this sublime colour
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James Joyce knew how to riff on a narrative …
Leading us first into the magical world of an Irish boozer via the portal of the great James Joyce, this week's guest writer Uncleben plays out a prize-winning tale of supreme storytelling in song
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It's him again, with story or two to tell ...
It's not just about the story, but the way it's told. Suggest songs that, using plot or perspectives, twists or timeframes, play out musical page-turners you just can't put down
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A shivering Shivaree to the phobias of Jasmine Sullivan, Public Enemy's politics to Kate Bush running, this week's lists by guest writer DiscoMonster will shake you awake
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Be afraid, very afraid ... that your makeup might smudge
Physical phobias to worldly worries, horror, panic, dread, to jittery unease, name everything in song that teases the imagination, from scary clowns to spiders, to insecurity in love
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Peter Gabriel gets tooled up ...
Stitching to scything, hammering to drilling, this week's guest writer Mnemosene2 gets busy with a musical toolkit to build a practically perfect playlist from last week's suggestions
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If I had a hammer ...
From hand-held hammering to skilful sawing, sewing, screwing, or searching, take a good look in your musical shed for top tool-related tunes and place them in the suggestion box below
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Siouxsie's verdant moment
Siouxsie to XTC, Cure to Coltrane, this week's guest writer severin picks and musical colour scheme from your songs suggestions with a full range of shades. It will definitely grow on you
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Green is the colour ...
Trees to traffic lights, climate change to cultures, jealousy to money to weed, suggest your songs relating to anything about this colour. It will be more than a shade better
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