1. A Challenge Of Honour – The Dragon's Breath (0.00)
2. Tan Dun - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (0.02)
3. Monkey - The Dragon King (0.03)
4. Jah Wobble and the Chinese Dub Orchestra - Dragon and Phoenix (0.05)
5. Lee "Scratch" Perry - Flames of the Dragon (0.06)
6. Rhythm Doctors - Temple of the Dragon (0.08)
7. Tenor Diamond vs L-Judas - Dem A Dragon (0.11)
8. DJ Red - Enta Da Dragon (0.15)
9. High Tone - Enter The Dragon (0.19)
10. Kottonmouth Kings - Dragon Slayer (0.24)
11. Nicki Minaj - Roman's Revenge (feat. Eminem) (0.27)
12. Sugarhill Downtown Orchestra - Like a Dungeon Dragon (0.32)
13. Tin Hat Trio - Blind Paper Dragon (0.35)
14. Einstürzende Neubauten - Drachen (0.40)
15. Tyrannosaurus Rex - Dragon's Ear (0.43)
16. Deerhoof - Red Dragon (0.46)
17. Corpus Delicti - Dragon Song (0.49)
18. Suede - So Young (0.52)
19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Dragon Queen (0.56)
20. Rick Nelson - Fire Breathin' Dragon (1.01)
21. Sufjan Stevens - Year Of The Dragon (1.04)

The first of a few mixes intended to show the development of the Sheffield scene, made for Freaks, Mis-Shapes, Weeds - http://pulpsongs.wordpress.com/

1. The Future - 4JG

2. 2.3 - All Time Low

3. The Extras - Playback

4. The Human League - Being Boiled

5. Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag

6. Vive Versa - New Girls / Neutrons

7. Comsat Angels - Ju Ju Money

8. They Must Be Russians - Don't Try To Cure Yourself

9. Y - End of Act One

10. Clock DVA - Remain Remain (Live)

11. Artery - Into The Garden

Anyone interested in these songs should check out the DVD 'Made In Sheffield' and the book / CD 'Beats Working For A Living' by Martin Lilleker, both available from Sheffield Vision - http://www.sheffieldvision.com/

As usual here's my annual Chinese New Year podcast. Happy 'Tu' Year.

1. Malcolm Williamson / Michael Hordern - Prologue
2. Animal Collective - Who Could Win A Rabbit
3. Do Make Say Think - Horns of a Rabbit
4. Randy Greif - The Rabbit Hole
5. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
6. Adam Green - Bunnyranch
7. Guru Guru - Samantha's Rabbit
8. Reika - Rabbit Rounds
9. The Yummy Fur - Bugs Bunny
10. Moondog - Rabbit Hop
11. Chas 'n' Dave - Rabbit
12. Flanagan & Allan - Run, Rabbit, Run
13. Frank & The Top Ten - Beach Bunny
14. The Shins - Red Rabbit
15. Milk 'n' Cookies - Rabbits Make Love
16. Sufjan Stevens - Enjoy Your Rabbit
17. Roots Manuva - Evil Rabbit
18. El Ultimo De La Fila - The Blue Rabbits Machine Corporation
19. Ooberman - Honeydew

Personally I'm a fan of Christmas, but I couldn't help but notice that lots of people like to complain about it. They may well be right. It's quite commercialised and it starts too early - these seem to be indisputable facts. All the same, though, it's a cliche to be cynical about the whole thing. There are lots of people who enjoy it a great deal, and if you don't want to join in with it all then spoiling their fun seems mean and petty. Why not listen to this selection of anti-festive songs instead?

1. The Fall - No Xmas For John Quays
2. Cristina - Things Fall Apart
3. The Kinks - Father Christmas
4. John Lennon - Cold Turkey
5. Loudon Wainwright III - Conspiracies
6. The Sonics - Don't Believe In Christmas
7. Sufjan Stevens - That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!
8. Joni Mitchell - River
9. Tom Waits - Christmas Cards From A Hooker In Minneapolis
10. Low - Just Like Christmas
11. The Long Blondes - Christmas Is Cancelled
12. Half Man Half Biscuit - It's Cliched To Be Cynical At Christmas

Bonus tracks (after the gap):

Kunt & The Gang - All I Want For Christmas Is You (To Bring Me Off)
Mr Garrison - Merry Fucking Christmas

This episode of Last Night A DJ Killed My Dog is all about being self-referential and self-conscious.

These are the tracks used:

Cassetteboy - Pilly the Biggs (clip)
Cornelius - Mic Check
Richard Brautigan - The Telephone Door To Richard Brautigan (clip)
Golden Boy with Miss Kittin - 1234
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control Part 2
Art Brut - Formed A Band
Excerpt from "Krautrock - The Rebirth of Germany"
Matching Mole - Signed Curtain
Can - Cutaway (clip)
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What A Waste
Cassetteboy - tr389 shl82 tr380 (clip)
DJ Shadow - MEDLEY: Right Thing/GDMFSOB (clean instrumental version)
Cassetteboy - tr389 shl82 tr380 (clip)
Mr Oizo - Analog Worms Attack (clip)
Mr Oizo - Smoking Tape
Kraftwerk - clip from 'Concert Classics' live bootleg
Chris Morris / Michael Alexander St. John - Club News 1
Bis - Popstar Kill (clip)
Handsome Boy Modeling School - Rock n' Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This)
Barry White - Advert Recording Out-take (clip)
Gang Starr - Words I Manifest (remix)
Excerpt from 'Let It Be' (1970 film)
Excerpt from 'This Is Spinal Tap' (1984 film)
Pavement - Stereo
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Pena (clip)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Black Snake Moan II (1972 live)
Pixies - Interlude
Lee 'Scratch' Perry - 25 Years Ago
Cassetteboy - My Dad's Brother Knows Russell Crowe
Shut Up & Dance - Here Comes A Different Type Of Rap Track Not The Usual 4 Bar Loop Crap
Chris Morris / Michael Alexander St. John - Club News 2 (clip)
Adam Buxton - Pirate Interruption (Chocolate Cake Slice) (clip)
Durrty Goodz - Switching Songs Pt.2 (The Good Ol' Days)
Quentin Crisp - Stop The Music For A Minute

This one has been in the planning stages for years, and is being put out there only at the stage of my finally giving up on ever making it what I want it to be. The idea originally was to combine the creepy waltzes of two of these tracks with a general theme of evil fairs. Since then I've waded through a huge amount of embarrasing goth-cabaret nonsense, some of which lingers here still.

Anyway, it's not a bad mix, not exactly. It was pretty good when I listened to it a couple of nights ago, but just annoying when I put it on again this morning. I suppose you have to be in the right sort of mood.

Tracks:

1. Minty - Procession 2. The Stranglers - Waltzinblack 3. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Mr Soft 4. Pulp - Fairground 5. Broadcast - Phantom 6. The Human League - Circus of Death 7. Circus Contraption - The Odditorium / Carousel 8. Irvin's 89 Key Marenghi Fairground Organ - Help! 9. The Beatles - Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! 10. Scunner - Lost at the Fair

What should the next mix be about?

Here we are again, after a long, long break while I finished my MA and moved back to China, with another animal-year-themed pod. Gongxifacai!

1. My Bloody Valentine - Tiger In My Tank
2. Empire Of The Sun - Tiger By My Side
3. Paul Anka - Eye Of The Tiger
4. The Bonzo Dog Band - Hunting Tigers Out In 'Indiah'
5. Ananda Shankar - Charging Tiger
6. Red Snapper - Get Some Sleep Tiger
7. Animal Collective - We Tigers
8. Eels - Tiger In My Tank
9. April Stevens - Teach Me Tiger
10. Rufus Thomas - Tiger Man
11. Sufjan Stevens - Year Of The Tiger

This one is an experiment. I've taken 6 songs which go strange in the middle before kicking back in, and embedded them within each-other. I think it sort-of works. But judge for yourself.

Tracks:
1. My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
2. Mogwai - Stereodee
3. Arab Strap - Trippy
4. Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive
5. John Martyn - I'd Rather Be The Devil
6. Soft Machine - Out-Bloody-Rageous
7. John Martyn - I'd Rather Be The Devil (continued)
8. Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive (continued)
9. Arab Strap - Trippy (continued)
10. Mogwai - Stereodee (continued)
11. My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise (continued)

When I was at school I thought that Autumn was my favorite season,possibly in a misguided attempt to be mysterious and cool. In real life, though, everyone knows that spring is the best, those first days of sun after a miserable British winter when the year just looks like getting better and better.
This time I just have music for you. Couldn't find any good speeches. Just lots of fairly relaxed music to listen to in the garden.

1. Moondog - Voices Of Spring
2. Epic45 - The Stars In Spring
3. Rites of Spring - Comin' On Back To Me
4. The Jesus & Mary Chain - April Skies
5. Simon & Garfunkel - April, Come She Will
6. The Go-Betweens - Spring Rain
7. Andromeda Island - Springtime
8. Blossom Dearie - It Might As Well Be Spring
9. St Etienne - Spring
10. The Lemon Drops - I Live In The Springtime
11. June & Johnny - When it's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)
12. Crescent - Spring
13. James Morton - Spring Is Here
14. Carmen McRae - Silent Spring
15. Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Maypole
(Bonus track: Owen J. McCormack - When It's Springtime in Virginia)

This mix has been in the LNADJKMD pipes for ages, I'm just glad to get it out of the system. Thanks for all the suggestions, sorry I could only use a few.

1. The Raincoats - Fairytale In The Supermarket
2. The Yummy Fur - Supermarket
3. Bis - Shopaholic
4. Joe Jackson (Do The) Instant Mash
5. Rob Sonic - Shoplift (El-P Remix)
6. Joe Cornish - European Supermarket
7. The Modern Lovers - Abominable Snowman In The Supermarket
8. Ladytron - Paco!
9. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Shop Around
10. The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket
11. 60ft Dolls - Happy Shopper
12. Lipkandy - Shopping
13. Devo - Freedom Of Choice
14. Pulp - His 'n' Hers