Recap of HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY show

The band was back together for our return to the JOY airwaves, and we were very happy about it! Thanks for listening if you listened, and special thanks to those who sent us an email (onair@joy.org.au) or a text message (0427 JOY 949). Here's a quick recap of the show.

Song list
Are You Happy? - Will Young
I'll Make You Happy - Divinyls
Joy - Staxx
Gonna Make You Happy Tonight - Tripod
Tears of Joy - Tuck & Patti
Happy Together - The Turtles
Joy - Coco's Lunch
Put On a Happy Face - Jason Alexander
Joyful Girl - Ani DiFranco
The Happy Song - Otis Redding
Joy - Deni Hines
Happy Messy Love - Rachael Kane
Ring of Joy - Pansy Division
I Whistle a Happy Tune - Julie Andrews & Edmund Kingsley
Joy - Nu Colours
My Happy Ending - Avril Lavigne
Oh Gee Oh Joy - Michael Feinstein
Get Happy/Happy Days Are Here Again - Judy Garland & Barbra Streisand

Costumes: Nat temporarily tattooed HAPPY on each of her 'girls', and JOY in the 'tramp stamp' area of her person; Daniel came as Joy Turner from TV's My Name Is Earl; and Katie was 'The Happy Hooker'.

The Conversation Pit with Nat: The topic du jour was 'What makes you happy?' - for Nat it was her pussycat, for Daniel it was musical theatre, and for Katie it was US political satirist Jon Stewart. Listener contributions to the discussion on happy-making things included 'Dancing to Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves' and 'The Campervan' (the latter refers to JOY's weekday drivetime program).

Katie's Clutch Purse: Trivial tidbits covered the etymology of the word 'joy', definitions of happiness according to philosophers and religious thinkers, the role of social networks in spreading happiness, movies with HAPPY or JOY in the title, and the meaning of the phrase 'happy as Larry'.

Daniel's Cocktail Menu: How to make a Happy Skipper, a Joy Ride, a Cafe Joy and a Hairy Happy Trail.