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!

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'.

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)

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

Interview with Cassidy Haley

We interviewed US singer/songwriter Cassidy Haley on 16 February 2011 on the phone from his home in Los Angeles. Having met and interviewed Cassidy when he visited Melbourne in November 2010, we were delighted to catch up with him again.

Part 1
In which Cassidy discusses the video for his new video, 'This Time'.


Part 2
In which Cassidy discusses availability of the video for 'This Time' and his plans to perhaps visit Australia again.

Finally, what you've all been waiting for

Here is our interview with Matthew Mitcham, as it went to air on December 30, 2010.

Part 1
In which Matt talks about his success at the 2010-11 National Diving Championships in Melbourne, and the strength of Australian diving in general (Australia is ranked no.2 in the world after China).


Part 2
In which Matt talks about what makes a good diver, how he got into diving even though he was "an unsporting kid", being an "A-list gay" in Australia, and his admiration for US Olympic ice-skater Johnny Weir.


Part 3
In which Matt talks about his ambitions for his own TV show for kids, his medals, his appearance on Pam Ann's TV show, and his love of music (he's learning to play the ukulele!).


Part 4
In which the interview descends into hilarity. Did you know Matt comes from a very hairy family? (NB: There is a reference to Norrie - click for info.)


Part 5
In which Matt talks about his social media presence, his "coming out" experience, and his university exam results in French and Spanish.


Part 6
In which Matt talks further about his French and Spanish studies, about his appreciation for JOY94.9, and about warts. Yes - warts.


Track listing
Matt chose these songs:
Why Don't You - Gramophonedzie
Hanky Panky - Madonna
Take Your Mama - Scissor Sisters
Ride On Time - Black Box
Cooler Couleur - Crookers feat. Yelle

And we also played:
Fever - Adam Lambert
Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Celebrity Theme Party with Matthew Mitcham - 30 December

We're very excited for tonight's show, which features Olympic-gold-medal-winning Australian diver Matthew Mitcham. We sat down for a chat with Matthew a couple of weeks ago, and he was eloquent on the topics of his sport, coming out, social media, his university studies, and much more. He also went off on some hilarious tangents! Tune in at 9pm for a full hour of Matthew, including some of his favourite party tracks.

Celebrity Theme Party with Cassidy Haley - 25 November

We'll be posting a full track listing and links to Cassidy's videos soon. If you missed the show tonight or want to listen again, you can download it in full here thanks to two beautiful listeners in Tokyo, @mmyy9 and @glambee666.

November song lists

Here are the songs we played in our first three November shows. Comments are open - don't be shy!

HORSES songs - 4 November
Guns and Horses - Ellie Goulding
Ride a White Horse - Goldfrapp
A Horse with No Name - America
Crazy Horses - The Osmonds [Totally freaky. Check out the video!]
A Horse Is Not a Home - Miike Snow
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
All the King's Horses (and All the King's Men) - Honey Cone
White Horses - The Whitlams
The Horses - Daryl Braithwaite

From Daniel's blog: “On the cocktail menu, we had four cocktails: the Four Horsemen (equal parts gold tequila, Jägermeister, Rumple Minze and Bacardi 151), the Headless Horseman (vodka and ginger ale with bitters and a slice of orange), the Trojan Horse (a pint glass with equal parts Coke and Guinness), and, just to completely break everyone, the Horse Jizz (equal parts beer and milk). As one of our Twitter followers, SammiLou, commented DON’T EVER GOOGLE IT WITH SAFE SEARCH OFF. Words to live by, I think. Incidentally, that last link is to SammiLou’s tweet, not to a Google search on Horse Jizz. It’s totally safe.”

WAR songs - 11 November
Love Is a War - Rogue Traders
Heartbreak Warfare - John Mayer
No More War - Bronski Beat
The Start of War - Clare Bowditch & The New Slang
The War Song - Culture Club
The War Is Not Over - Walters & Kazha
Cold War - Janelle Monae
Some Unholy War - Amy Winehouse
When the War Is Over - Cosima DeVito
War - Edwin Starr

From Daniel's blog:
Costumes: “Katie came all bundled up in a (faux)fur hat and blankets and such; she was a Cold War. Nat came as someone who was sick at home and was Silent War (I may have made that up, but she was at home ill). I came as a copy of The Truth, i.e. The First Casualty of War.”
Cocktails: “... the kinda disgusting Celtic War Party, the kinda lethal Suburban War Hammer, and the kinda awesome Unknown Warrior.”

LOVERS songs - 18 November
All the Lovers - Kylie Minogue
Lovers in the Backseat - Scissor Sisters
The Book Lovers - Broadcast
Calling All Lovers - Rogue Traders
Such Unlikely Lovers - Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach
True Lovers - Dannii Minogue
Young Lovers - Paul Kelly
Lovers (Live a Little Longer) - ABBA
Hello Young Lovers - Julie Andrews

Costumes: Daniel came as one of the extras in Kylie's “All the Lovers” video (i.e. in a pair of white undies), Katie carried many books and was a Book Lover, and Nat wore a toga-type-situation-experience - she was the Greek god of love, Eros.
Conversation Pit: The topic was, “What makes a good lover?” Between us and our listeners, the consensus seemed to be “a sense of humour”, though Daniel insisted that a cock helps.

Cassidy Haley in Melbourne

Gorgeous and talented LA queer artist Cassidy Haley will be in our fair city this weekend for an intimate gig at Kaye Sera's BiZARRE. Prior to the gig (which we're going to, of course!), we'll be pre-recording an interview with Cassidy about his music and videos. The interview will go to air on our next Celebrity Theme Party, Thursday 25 November.

September and October song lists

Here are the songs we played on our September and October shows. Comments are open - please tell us what you think!

CRACKS songs - 2 September
(Crack It) Something Going On - Bomfunk MCs
Crack the Shutters - Snow Patrol
The Visitors (Cracking Up) - ABBA
You Crack Me Up - Huey Lewis and The News
The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away!) - Doris Day
Pavement Cracks - Annie Lennox
Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond
Walking on the Cracks - The Backsliders
MTV Makes Me Wanna Smoke Crack - Beck

Costumes: Katie painted cracks all over herself, Nat showed off her plumber's crack, and Daniel came as a particularly tragic crack whore.
Cocktails: 'Pitbull on Crack', 'Back, Crack and Sack' and the delicious 'Sand in Your Crack'.

CLOWNS songs - 9 September
The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson
Cathy's Clown - You Am I
Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers
Cabaret Clown - Marc Almond
Ha Ha Said the Clown - The Yardbirds
Clown Song - P-Control
Laughin' and Clownin' - Sam Cooke
Send in the Clowns - Judi Dench
Rodeo Clowns - Jack Johnson
Clowns - Goldfrapp

STONE songs - 16 September
Rolling Stone - Robbie Williams
Papa Was a Rolling Stone - Was (Not Was)
Stepping Stone - Duffy
The World Is Stone - Cyndi Lauper
Stone Cold - Jimmy Barnes
Heart of Stone - Bucks Fizz
Heart of Stone - Cher
Apricot Stone - Eva Rivas
The Stone Age - Hair 2009 Broadway Revival Cast
Blood from a Stone - Shooter Jennings
We Do (The Stonecutters' Song) - The Simpsons
To Turn the Stone - Frida

BLOW songs - 23 September
Blown It Again - Daniel Bedingfield
Blown Away - Bachelor Girl
Blow Your Mind - Nick Carter
Blow Up the Pokies - Tim Freedman
Blowin' in the Wind - Jay Brannan
Blow Me Away - Vanessa Amorosi
The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice
When the Wind Blows - David Bowie
Any Way the Wind Blows - Doris Day

Celebrity Theme Party - 30 September
Writer and broadcaster Clem Bastow was our special guest for this show, and she brought along some of her favourite party tracks. If you're not already following her on Twitter (@clembastow), we highly recommend that you do! Here's our playlist, with the name of the person who chose each track in parentheses.

Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love) - Kylie Minogue (Daniel)
Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) - Lady Gaga (Katie)
Cyprestition - Lenlow (Clem)
Do Something - Britney Spears (Clem)
Fuck You - Cee Lo Green (Daniel)
Holy Grail - Hunters & Collectors (Katie)
Breakaway - Big Pig (Clem)
Voodoo - Adam Lambert (Katie)

SPRING songs - 7 October
Come On Spring - Antenna
The First Day of Spring - The Ghandarvas
Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most - Rickie Lee Jones
Sprung - Nedra Johnson
You Must Believe in Spring - Ann Hampton Callaway & Liz Callaway
Springtime's Here Again - Scared Weird Little Guys
I Am the Spring - Morcheeba
Life Looks Better in Spring - Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders
I Dream of Spring - k.d. lang

FLOWERS songs - 14 October
Flowers on the Wall - Eric Heatherly
Life Is a Flower - Ace of Base
100 Flowers in Bloom - David Bridie
You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
Flowers - UnClubbed feat. Sweet Female Attitude
Flowers in the Rain - Kaiser Chiefs
Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave) - Roxette
Flowers - The Bluehouse

ALONE songs - 21 October
Leave Me Alone - Pink
I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
Leave Me Alone - The Veronicas
You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry & The Pacemakers
Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
When I Get You Alone - Thicke
Alone - Kristin Chenoweth & Matthew Morrison
Never Alone - Sara Bareilles
Never Leave Your Heart Alone - Butterfly Boucher
Wake Up Alone - Amy Winehouse

Celebrity Theme Party - 28 October
Drug/alcohol centre worker and erstwhile tarot-card reader Amanda Kelly was our special guest for this show, and as is our format with a Celebrity Theme Party, she brought along some of her favourite party tracks. Here's our playlist, with the name of the person who chose each track in parentheses.

Whataya Want from Me (Brad Walsh Remix) - Adam Lambert (Amanda)
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton (Daniel)
Running Away - Spacifix (Katie)
The Song that Never Was (Voide Remix) - Imogen Heap (Amanda)
Je Ne Sais Quoi - Hera Björk (Daniel)
Overboard - Rezzalp (Katie)
Get Outta My Way - Kylie Minogue (Daniel)
Whiskey in Churches - Cassidy Haley (Amanda)
Strut - Adam Lambert (Katie)

ADAM LAMBERT SPECIAL #2 - 29 August

Here is the playlist from our wildly successful second Adam Lambert special - sorry it's taken so long to post it! Video links are provided for the less well-known ones. Audio and download of the whole two hours are available here.

1. Pick U Up*
2. Starlight (Idols Live 2009 tour, Dallas, TX, 23 July)
3. Starlight (Good Morning America Summer Concert Series, 7 August 2009)
4. Time for Miracles**
5. Music Again (acoustic performance on Netherlands radio station MetMichiel 3fm, 27 April 2010)
6. Whataya Want from Me (acoustic performance on Germany's Viva Live TV show, 30 April 2010)
7. Broken Open (VH1 Unplugged, 10 March 2010)
8. My Conviction (European tour of Hair, 2003 - audio only, no video)
9. Kiss and Tell (MySpace version)
10. Ray of Light (soundcheck at Council Bluffs, IA, 10 June 2010)
11. Voodoo**
12. Down the Rabbit Hole**
14. Ring of Fire***
15. Sleepwalker (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 2 March 2010)
16. Aftermath (Cleveland, OH, 9 July 2010)
17. Master Plan**
18. Can't Let You Go**
19. Mad World/20th Century Boy (Providence, RI, 17 August 2010 - with bonus tongue-diving)

* from For Your Entertainment
** bonus track from For Your Entertainment
*** American Idol official recording

Celebrity Theme Party with Chris Stevenson - 26 August

For Celebrity Theme Party this month, we welcomed Chris Stevenson, trainer and technical dude from San Francisco IT company Thoughtworks, to the JOY studio. 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:
Fever - Adam Lambert (Katie)
Alejandro - Lady Gaga (Chris)
Boys in Town - Divinyls (Katie)
It's the Time to Disco - K. K. Shaan & Vasundhava Das (Chris)
California Gurls/Tik Tok (mash-up) - Katy Perry/Ke$ha (Katie)
Groove is in the Heart - Deee-Lite (Nat)
One Night in Beijing - Shin (Chris)
Fuck You - Cee-Lo (Daniel)
San Francisco - Scott McKenzie (Chris)
Hello - The Cat Empire (Nat)

Download or listen to our August 29 Adam Lambert special!

Thanks to Japanese Adam fan @mmyy9 for recording the show and making it available so quickly to download. Check out @TheSpindleshay's blog here for audio and a download link.

Another Lambert special

We told you we loved Adam Lambert, and to prove it we'll be doing another two-hour special on the Glittery Alien from Planet Fierce this Sunday 29 August from 9pm to 11pm! A slot opened up on the grid and it was offered to us, and we said, 'Can we do another show on Adam Lambert?' The answer was yes, so it's ON.

Last time we did this we had people listening all over the world at joy.org.au/listenlive. Our Twitter feed went crazy, and we even received a tweet from Adam himself! We look forward to seeing how it goes this time around.

Click here for the equivalent world times for 9pm in Melbourne. We hope you can tune in!

Celebrity Theme Party - 26 August

Tonight on our monthly Celebrity Theme Party, our guest is Chris Stevenson, trainer and technical dude from San Francisco-based global IT company Thoughtworks. He's bringing five of his favourite party songs, and Katie, Nat and Daniel will be adding their own favourites to the mix.

PROMISES songs - 19 August

Here is the playlist for last week's show, which was the third of our trio of election-themed shows. Seeing as how Australia has ended up with a hung parliament after last Saturday's federal election, the BLAME, SHAME and PROMISES are still flying thick and fast!

The Promise - Girls Aloud
Too Young for Promises - Koo De Tah
Promises - Kylie Minogue
Promised You a Miracle - Simple Minds
Promises, Promises - Dionne Warwick
Promises - Lyle Lovett
Promises - The Cranberries
Promises - Take That
The Promise - Olivia Newton-John
You Promised Me (Tu es foutu) - In-Grid
The Promise - Hayley Clare

Costumes? Dress code for the party was Promise Rings, and everyone had to stand around not touching each other. At a given signal, our guests were told they could remove their promise rings and let their crazy roam free. You can imagine what happened after that. ;)

Adam Lambert special now downloadable

You can now download our Adam Lambert special from TheSpindleshay's blog. (Thanks, babe - you rock!) Don't forget to leave a comment here on our blog if you have any feedback.

We love Adam Lambert

If you've only been listening to Theme Party for a short time, you might have missed the two-hour special we did back in March on the then-little-known-in-Australia Adam Lambert. Since then, Australia has gone crazy for Adam, with both Whataya Want from Me and If I Had You going platinum. Australian fans are eagerly anticipating the GlamNation tour dates here in October.

You can listen to the show here on TheSpindleshay's blog, All That Glitters, and then, if you're interested, have a look back at our April posts to see how our special WENT OFF all over the world.

We hope to do another Adam Lambert Theme Party in October in honour of Adam's Australian tour. Watch this space!