Sunday, June 5, 2011

We survived 6 hours on air overnight!

Thanks to everyone who listened to our six-hour Adam Lambert special and tweeted/emailed us. Our biggest thanks go to those who donated $$$ to help keep JOY 94.9 on air. You can donate or become a member any time - see the previous blog entry for instructions.

The wonderful @mmyy9 recorded the entire show and has made it available for download: click here (MP3, 6 hours 3 mins, 332 MB) or here (3 smaller files of about 110 MB each).

We'll blog again after we've had a few hours' sleep!

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Donating to JOY 94.9 during Adam Lambert Sleepover Party

This six-hour Adam Lambert show is taking place as part of JOY's annual radiothon, during which the station signs up lots of new members and also accepts donations. You'll hear us talking about this a lot during the show!

The membership drive is what keeps JOY on air and what helps JOY to produce fantastic radio – not only for the diverse gay and lesbian communities, but for the greater community as a whole.

Please help us make the “I LOVE JOY” Radiothon Campaign the station's most successful and fun membership drive ever. JOY is one of only a handful of gay radio stations worldwide, and your membership and/or donation will help keep JOY alive!

HOW TO BECOME A JOY MEMBER OR DONATE TO JOY - AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTS
Membership - Please follow the instructions on the JOY website membership page: click here.
Donation - Please follow the instructions on the JOY website donation page: click here.

HOW TO DONATE TO JOY - NON-AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTS
If you have a PayPal account
1. Log in to your PayPal account.
2. Click on 'Send Money'.
3. In the 'To' box, type themeparty@joy.org.au
4. Put in the amount of money you are donating.
5. Click on the 'Personal' tab.
6. Click 'Gift', then 'CONTINUE'.
7. Review your payment, and then scroll down and type a message that contains your email address and anything else you want to say. [Please note that the $$ will go to an account called 'Kay Purvis' - Katie has set up this account especially to receive donations for JOY, and will transfer the money to JOY as soon as possible after the radio show.]
8. Click 'Send Money'.

If you do not have a PayPal account
1. Please phone +61 3 9267 6000 and have your credit card details on hand to donate over the phone OR
2. Download a printable donation form from this page (under 'donate by Fax'), complete the form and fax to JOY 94.9 at +61 3 9267 6080.

HOW TO BECOME A JOY MEMBER - NON-AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTS
1. Please phone +61 3 9267 6000 and have your credit card details on hand to sign up over the phone OR
2. Click here and follow the instructions under 'join as a JOY 94.9 member by post / fax'.

Friday, June 3, 2011

New Adam Lambert show

Following on from our three hugely successful two-hour specials devoted to Adam Lambert, Katie has gone completely mad and on June 4-5 will be presenting SIX HOURS of fabulous radio featuring Adam and the artists who inspire him: Lady Gaga, David Bowie, Sia, Goldfrapp, Queen, Jessie J, Miike Snow, Michael Jackson, Madonna and many, many more. It's gonna be glamtastic!

The six-hour special is being broadcast during JOY 94.9's annual radiothon, which aims to raise money to keep the station on air. JOY 94.9 is an independent GLBTIQ community radio station based in Melbourne, Australia, streaming live online to the world here.

Here are world times for the special and a Facebook page. We'll post details soon on how you can donate to JOY and/or join up as a member. We hope you can tune in!

March/April/May playlists

Here are our playlists for March, April and May 2011.

BEAT songs - 3 March
Turn the Beat Around - Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine
A Beat for You - Pseudo Echo
Heart Beat Rock - Kylie Minogue
The Beat Goes On - Britney Spears
Beatnik Fly - Johnny & The Hurricanes
Counting The Beat - The Swingers
Wen dein Herz zu schlagen aufhört* - Wir sind Helden
Beat Me Up - Allison Iraheta
The Beat Goes On - Mark Trevorrow feat. Bob Downe
Beat It - Michael Jackson

* translates as 'When your heart stops beating'

HIT songs - 10 March
Hit That Perfect Beat - Bronski Beat
Hit 'Em Up Style - Blu Cantrell
Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles
Three Hits - Indigo Girls
Hit the Road - The Andrews Sisters
Feel Good Hit of the Summer - Queens of the Stone Age
Heavenly Pop Hit - The Chills
Hit the Freeway - Toni Braxton
Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick - Pastel Vespa
Hit Me with Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
Hit the Road to Dreamland - Betty Hutton

IRISH songs for St Patrick's Day - 17 March
C'est la Vie - B*witched
New Beginning - Stephen Gately
Fairytale of New York - The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl
Never Meant to Stay - Jimeoin
Gotta Pull Myself Together - The Nolans
This Is to Mother You - Sinead O'Connor
Rugby - Dead Cat Bounce
All I Want Is You - Damien Leith
I've Just Seen a Face - The Paperboys

Celebrity Theme Party - 24 March
For February's Celebrity Theme Party we were thrilled to have Melbourne cabaret artist Pastel Vespa in the studio with us. (We have a Celebrity Theme Party on one Thursday of every month, in which our guest brings some of his or her favourite party tracks and we fill up the playlist with party songs of our own.) Here's the playlist, with the name of the person who chose each song in parentheses:

Fever (Glam Nation live) - Adam Lambert (Katie)
Pais Tropical - Wilson Simonal (Pastel)
Never Let Me Go - The Black Sorrows (Nat)
Senza Paura - Ornella Vanoni & Toquinho (Pastel)
Music to Watch Girls By - Andy Williams (Pastel)
Teenage Dirtbag - Pastel Vespa (Katie, Nat & Daniel)
Elizabeth - Keith Cromwell (from Howard Crabtree's Whoop de Doo) (Daniel)
Wedding Bell Blues - The 5th Dimension (Pastel)
Chasing Pavements - Adele (Katie)
Tubthumping - Pastel Vespa (Katie, Nat & Daniel)

LIGHT songs - 31 March
Light Years - Kylie Minogue
Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
The Boys Light Up - Australian Crawl
I'm Beginning to See the Light - Della Reese
Light My Fire - Will Young
Love Shine a Light - Katrina & The Waves
Lights - Scissor Sisters
Keep the Light On - The Whitlams

DARK songs - 7 April
Dance in the Dark - Lady Gaga
(Better) In the Dark - Rogue Traders
Dark Sky - Jimmy Somerville
In the Dark - Nina Simone
Dark Road - Annie Lennox
After Dark - Kylie Minogue
Into the Dark - Ben Lee
In the Darkest Place - Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach
Sensations in the Dark - Gruff Rhys
Dark of Night - Little Birdy

GOLD songs - 14 April
Gold - Spandau Ballet
Black and Gold - Sam Sparro
Gold Canary - Cloud Control
GoldenEye - Tina Turner
After the Gold Rush - k.d. lang
We Are Golden - Mika
Band of Gold - Freda Payne
Golden Revolver - San Cisco
Gold - John Stewart

VIEW songs - 21 April
View from a Bridge - Kim Wilde
Point of View - DB Boulevard
A Different Point of View - Pet Shop Boys
Rear View Mirror - Alicia Keys
Rear View Mirror - Tim Finn
The Hill, the View and the Lights - Cajun Dance Party
The View - Modest Mouse
Beautiful View - Wendy Matthews
A View to a Kill - Duran Duran
The Greatest View - Silverchair

Celebrity Theme Party - 28 April
For February's Celebrity Theme Party Katie was lucky enough to prerecord an interview with fabulous Australian actor Sacha Horler, who is currently appearing in a new Australian TV dramedy called Small Time Gangster. Here's the playlist, with the name of the person who chose each song in parentheses:

Born This Way - Lady Gaga (Katie)
Can't Stop the Beat - Original Broadway Cast of Hairspray (Katie, Nat & Daniel)
Popular - Eric Saade (Daniel)
Someone Like You - Adele (live on Ellen) (Katie)
Man Overboard - Deborah Conway (Nat)
Poetry Man - Phoebe Snow (Katie)
Fever - Kylie Minogue (Daniel)

EUROPEAN CITIES songs I - 5 May
Berlin Berlin - Video Video
Rome Wasn't Built in a Day - Morcheeba
Istanbul - They Might Be Giants
Barcelona - Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe
Vienna - Ultravox
London Still - The Waifs
Everyone Falls in Love in Prague - Janet Robin
Every Fucking City - Paul Kelly

EUROPEAN CITIES songs II - 12 May
Moscow - Genghis Khan (aka Moscau - Dschinghis Khan)
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Rome Munich Rome - Robbie Williams
Rotterdam (or Anywhere) - The Beautiful South
Dublin Song - george
Amsterdam - John Waters
I'm Sarajevo, Taste Me - Bronya (aka Julia Zemiro)
I Love Paris - Les Negresses Vertes
London Bridge - Fergie
Lisbon Sunrise - S Groove

RUNNING songs - 19 May
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
Running Out - Scissor Sisters
Running - Clare Bowditch & The New Slang
Off and Running - Lesley Gore
Running Away - Spacifix
Running Away - Delta Goodrem
Running on Ice - Billy Joel
I'll Come Running Back to You - Anoop Desai
Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
Keep the Car Running - Arcade Fire
You & Me Running - Tiddas

Celebrity Theme Party - 26 May
For May's Celebrity Theme Party we were joined by JOY presenter and celebrity interviewer Stevie T. Here's the playlist, with the name of the person who chose each song in parentheses:

I Don't Feel Like Dancing - Scissor Sisters (Katie)
Get Outta My Way - Kylie Minogue (Stevie)
Rolling in the Deep/Crazy - Adele/Gnarls Barkley (mashup by Divide & Kreate) (Katie)
Lipstick - Jedward (Daniel)
On the Floor - Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull (Stevie)
Whole Lotta Love (Jump Around Remix) - Adam Lambert (Katie)
Million Dollar Bill - Whitney Nouston (Stevie)
Ooh Aah ... Just a Little Bit - Gina G (Daniel)
These Boots Are Made for Walkin' - Little Birdy (Katie)

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Song lists update

Here are our playlists for January and February 2011.

NEW YEAR songs - 6 January
Happy New Year - A-Teens
All I Want for Christmas Is New Year's Day - Hurts
New Year - Sugababes
Our New Year - Tori Amos
New Year's Baby (First Lullaby) - Cyndi Lauper
The New Year - Death Cab for Cutie
What Are You Doing New Year's Day - Barry Manilow
Planet New Year - Sarah Blasko
New Year's Day - U2

PHONE songs - 13 January
Telephone - Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce
Pick Up the Phone - Dragonette
Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie
He's on the Phone - Saint Etienne
Speakerphone - Kylie Minogue
Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra
Telephone Pole - Neneh Cherry
Phones Don't Feud - Holiday Shores
The Phone Call - The Pretenders
Video Phone - Beyonce feat. Lady Gaga

RAINBOW songs - 20 January
Rainbow - Paul Mac feat. Ngaiire
Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows - Lesley Gore
Rainbow - Colbie Caillat
Over the Rainbow - Rufus Wainwright
Rainbow High - Madonna
Rainbow - Barbie
Rainbow Connection - Mark Trevorrow
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - Della Reese
Rainbow Eyes - Jimmy Christo
She's a Rainbow - The Rolling Stones
Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamikawiwo'ole

Celebrity Theme Party - 27 January
For January's Celebrity Theme Party we welcomed well-known Melbourne drag queen Glenda Waverley. (We have a Celebrity Theme Party on the last Thursday of every month, in which our guest brings some of his or her favourite party tracks and we fill up the playlist with party songs of our own.) Here's the playlist, with the name of the person who chose each song in parentheses:

Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) (Leo Zero remix) - Florence + The Machine (Katie)
Dress You Up - Madonna (Glenda)
She Loves to Hear the Music - Peter Allen (Glenda)
Touch Your Woman - Dolly Parton (Glenda)
Don't Cry Out Loud - Liza Minnelli (Glenda)
Apartment - Shirley Bassey (Glenda)
I'm in Here - Sia (Katie)

Katie's Birthday - 3 February
Katie got to choose the whole playlist for this show as it was her birthday!

Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) - Lady Gaga
Feelin' Good - Adam Lambert
Bigger than the Money - Clare Bowditch
Whiskey in Churches - Cassidy Haley
Sway - Rezzalp
69 Annee Erotique - Fiona Thorn
Coat Tails - Aluka
Together Again - Toomas Jerker (aka Luke Gallagher)
Whataya Want from Me - Adam Lambert

HELP songs - 10 February
Help! - The Beatles
Help Me Make It Through the Night - Bluehouse
I Can Help - Billy Swan
Cry for Help - Rick Astley
Help Me Rhonda - The Beach Boys
Help Is Coming - Crowded House
Mother's Little Helper - The Rolling Stones
Help Is on the Way - David Campbell
Help Is on Its Way - Little River Band

THIS TIME songs - 17 February
This Time I Know It's for Real - Donna Summer
This Time - INXS
Maybe This Time - Kristin Chenoweth & Lea Michele
Love This Time - Vika & Linda
This Time - Dragon
This Time - Cassidy Haley
Sing of This Time - Coco's Lunch
This Time - Tracy Chapman
This Time Around - Peter Allen

Comedy songs - 24 February
Sometimes we just like to play a bunch of funny stuff.

Captain Cameltoe - Margaret Cho feat. Ani DiFranco
Cleanin' Out My Tuckerbag - Scared Weird Little Guys
The Sound of Muzak - Patrick Scott Brady & Company (from Closer Than Ever)
Smut - Tom Lehrer
Four Chord Song - Axis of Awesome
My New Philosophy - Kristin Chenoweth & Stanley Wayne Mathis
Love Song - Bill Bailey
Docteur Qui - Bill Bailey & BBC Concert Orchestra
Happy - Ann Harada
Ten Foot Cock and a Few Hundred Virgins - Tim Minchin
Suicide Bomber - Tripod
Fuck You Like an Animal - Richard Cheese