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Episode 11: Everybody’s Irish!

March 16, 2011

Just in time for St Patrick’s Day, here’s a rollicking set of songs to get you in the mood. Pour Me Another—Doug Folkins Beer, Beer, Beer—Brobdingnagian Bards 3 by the Blaggards: Drunken Sailor, Wild Rover, Botany Bay The Whiskey Never Lies—Sligo Rags 3 by Marc Gunn: The Moonshiner, Johnny Jump Up, Kilted For Her Pleasure [kilts are more Scottish…

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Episode 10: Love, Lust and Broken Hearts

February 13, 2011

Welcome to the semi-traditional February episode of Random Acts Radio! Yes, it’s predictable, but there’s a certain comfort in predictability, right? So we’ve got love songs. And lust songs. And songs somewhere in between, before or after. Hopefully you’ll be able to find one song, of the 22 we’ve got here, that speaks to you…

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Episode 9: I Need a Drink

January 26, 2011

Whether it’s celebrating the new year, starting off the 12th Night celebration or congratulating yourself for getting the mammoth end-of-year to-do list, done, a drink with a kick can do wonders. After all, what we call cordials and liqueurs were once known as restoratives! As I rambled mentioned on the show, one of my many…

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Episode #8: Belated

December 29, 2010

Better late than never, right, folks? Just because this episode is holiday-themed, I don’t see why you can’t give it a listen now or any other time of the year you need a bit of twisted Christmas cheer! On this podcast we have Cool Yule–Chris Daniels & The Kings Soulstice–Gentlemen Prefer Bombs Carol of the…

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Episode 7: Grab a Spoon

November 11, 2010

Extra pretend points if you think of Friends at today’s title Not so much if you think Matrix. I was really impressed with the number of songs I found for this episode–once again I had so many that it was tough to pare this episode down to just over an hour! Of course, when one…

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