#ThePlaylist Archive

#ThePlaylist

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#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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#ThePlaylist – 087 – Looking Forward 12.01.2026 2:00:57

Behold the GLORIOUS return of #ThePlaylist, ready to fiddle with your ears and generally make you feel all funny inside. It’s the start of yet another year, so the theme this week is: Looking Forward We have two splendid hours of splendid tunes, all about looking forward. Or, more literally, being able to see. Either […]

#ThePlaylist – 086 – The Twelve Days of Christmas 22.12.2025 2:00:14

ROLL UP ROLL UP for this week’s edition of #ThePlaylist, and the final show of the year! Our theme this week: The Twelve Days of Christmas And yeah, you lot have dug deep and managed to rustle up a whole bunch of songs that are almost about the things from the song. Almost. And a […]

#ThePlaylist – 085 – We’re In The Mood For Dancing 15.12.2025

Many folks are heading out to christmas parties, where they’ll be cutting the rug with reckless abandon, so this week’s theme is: We’re in the mood for dancing We’re taking the opportunity to celebrate all things dance. So two hours of dance floor fillers, and well, dancefloor emptiers, if we’re honest. But two hours of […]

#ThePlaylist – 084 – Be Thankful for what You Got 08.12.2025 2:01:05

Our friends across the pond celebrated Thanksgiving last week, so being the timely professionals we are at #ThePlaylist, we figured it would be great to think about giving thanks. And so, this week’s theme is: Be thankful for what you got Leaving us with two hours of solid gold thankfulness. We’re on our knees, prostrate […]

#ThePlaylist – 083 – Clean 01.12.2025 2:03:02

Behold, the return of #ThePlaylist, ready to wash your dishes and scrub your dirty, dirty underwear, for this week’s theme is: Clean Two hours of songs about cleaning, and washing, and generally not being discustang scrotters. Not that any of you Eternal Aoifes are, of course. (the Late Kates are, mind) Click to see the […]

#ThePlaylist – 082 – Haaair 24.11.2025 2:01:03

The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site. This week’s theme: Haaair We thought about just playing the original Broadway cast recording of the musical ‘Hair’, but instead decided to once again take suggestions from the Eternal Angies out there, who stepped up and suggested […]

#ThePlaylist – 081 – Maximum Nut November 17.11.2025 2:03:30

The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site. In honour of the time of year when squirrels begin hoarding their winter feasts in earnest, this week’s theme is: Maximum Nut November So, two hours of songs about chestnuts, and peanuts, and butternuts, and hazelnuts and […]

#ThePlaylist – 080 – Ocean 10.11.2025 1:59:58

The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site. Bust out your sextant and chart a course for the deep, dark waters of #ThePlaylist, where our theme this week is: Ocean Two hours of nautical tunes that are …mostly… about actual oceans. Click to see the […]

#ThePlaylist – 079 – Festival of Lights 03.11.2025 1:59:28

The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site. Look ye to the sky, for this week’s edition of #ThePlaylist is kinda sorta about bonfire night and the end of Diwali, but maybe kinda sorta not. The theme is: Festival of Lights So we’ve built two […]

#ThePlaylist – 078 – Haunting 27.10.2025 2:01:26

The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site. Mind the shivers down your spine, because the theme on #ThePlaylist this week is: Haunting Two hours of haunting tunes, most of which are about ghosts and ghoulies and that. But not all. Click to see the […]

#ThePlaylist – 077 – Science 20.10.2025 2:01:41

The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site. Don your safety goggles and white lab coats, because this week #ThePlaylist is concerned only with the highest scientific rigour. The theme this week is: Science Two hours of dangerous bangers for you to enjoy. Just keep […]

#ThePlaylist – 076 – Duets 13.10.2025 2:04:02

The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site. Break out a second microphone, because this week #ThePlaylist is all about: Duets Two hours of fine, fine tunes tunes featuring featuring two two singers. Click to see the track listing // https://stream.djdarren.site // Monday 19:00-21:00 UK […]

#ThePlaylist – 075 – Samples 06.10.2025 1:59:12

The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site. Enjoy a tiny paper pot full of #ThePlaylist, because this week’s theme is: Samples We’ve got two glorious hours of music that samples, and music that has been sampled, all of which has been suggested YOU, the […]

#ThePlaylist – 074 – Instruments (of pleasure) 29.09.2025 2:00:44

The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site. Wrap your lips around your horns, and finger your banjo strings, because this week the theme on #ThePlaylist is: Instruments (of pleasure) And what a pleasure this week’s show is. Who knew that two hours of music […]

#ThePlaylist – 073 – Days become Nights 22.09.2025 2:01:59

The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site. Rage, rage against the dying of the light with #ThePlaylist, and this week’s theme of: Days become Nights We intended it to be about the equinox, the nights getting longer, but most of you suggested songs about […]

#ThePlaylist – 072 – International 15.09.2025 2:00:44

The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site. Grab your passports and your tiny bottles of liquid, because this week #ThePlaylist is going: International Two hours of cromulent bangers, crossing the globe from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe (though not necessarily touching down in either country) Click […]

#ThePlaylist – 071 – School Days 08.09.2025 2:00:07

The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site. You boy! Don your starchy, new, ill-fitting uniform and pray you’re not late for your first lesson, because the kids are back to school, so we’re celebrating with two hours of the finest tunes about, well, school. […]

#ThePlaylist – 070 – What About this Weather, eh? 01.09.2025 2:03:16

The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site. Here in the UK we ruddy bloody love talking about the weather, so here’s two hours of music about it. And yeah, 12 of the 26 tracks are about rain. IT RAINS HERE ALOT, OK‽ Click to […]

#ThePlaylist – 069 – Niiice 25.08.2025 2:01:53

The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site. This week being show 069 means that the proceedings are very nice indeed. So the theme this week is: Nice. And the tunes are very, very nice indeed. Click to see the track listing // https://stream.djdarren.site // […]

#ThePlaylist – 068 – Suggestions 18.08.2025 1:59:31

The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site. Might I suggest you listen to this week’s edition of #ThePlaylist, where the theme was: Suggestions. Whether you act on the suggestions offered by these tunes is between you and your lawyer. Click to see the track […]

#ThePlaylist – 067 – My Name Is… 11.08.2025 1:59:40

The podcast version of the world renowned radio show that broadcasts every Monday, 1900-2100 UK time at https://stream.djdarren.site. Please allow me to introduce you to this week’s edition of #ThePlaylist, where the theme this week was: My Name Is… So we have two hours of excellent tunes featuring people’s names. And to give you some […]

#ThePlaylist – 066 – Unsuitable (Funeral) Songs 04.08.2025 2:02:22

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#ThePlaylist – 050 – Television 03.08.2025 2:01:13

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#ThePlaylist – 065 – Hangin’ on the Telephone 28.07.2025 2:00:31

#ThePlaylist – 064 – Cheese 21.07.2025 2:00:00