20. “Snakes for the Divine” by High on Fire
19. “Shannon Ain’t Dead (She’s Under My Bed)” by Kunt and the Gang
18. “On and Ever Onward” by Dirty Projectors + Björk
17. “Tightrope (Featuring Big Boi)” by Janelle Monae
16. “The Headmaster Ritual” by Janice Whaley
15. “Superstar” by Aeroplane
14. “Shameless (feat. Bryan Ferry)” by Groove Armada
13. “Fight in a Bus Stop” by 8-Bit Ninjas
12. “No One’s Gonna Love You” by Cee Lo Green
11. “Difficult” by Uffie
10. “Surrender ” by Olof Arnalds w/ Bjork
9. “Trapdoor” by Salem
8. “Rainbow in the Dark” by Das Racist (it’s a free download)
7. “Horse Outside” by The Rubberbandits
6. “Wicked Game” by sadnes (it’s a free download)
5. “What Good Am I?” by Tom Jones
4. “Lying” by Factory Floor
3. “Murder Weapon” by Tricky
2. “Cocaine Blues” by Escort (it’s a free download)
1. “Infinity Guitars” by Sleigh Bells

Prizes went to Nick Drew and James Cook for getting closest to the top 3 with their votes…

Here’s the tracks from 40-21 and here’s the bubbling under from 100 to 41.

and here’s the few of the top 100 that make it Spotify.

40 “Activate!” by Atari Teenage Riot (it’s a free download)
39 “Written On The Forehead” by ” PJ Harvey
38 “Pray (Hocus Pocus) [Trafik's Brave Bootleg]” by Jay-Z vs Focus
37 “God Is Me” by ” Gurdan Thomas
36 “Colouring of Pigeons” by The Knife
35 “Me And The Devil” by Gil Scott-Heron
34 “(It’s Not War) Just The End Of Love” by Manic Street Preachers
33 “I’m Cold and there are Wolves After Me (Hulk Remix)” by iwrestledabearonce (it’s a free download)
32 “Doe Deer” by Crystal Castles
31 “Synchronize (ft. Jarvis Cocker)” by Discodeine
30 “Guacha Rekix (ft. Natalia Clavier, Grems, Disiz & Micro Coz)” by Son of Kick
29 “yesIwalkedalone” by Health & Efficiency (it’s a free download)
28 “Funnel Of Love” by The Fall
27 “Palance (Soca 2010)” by JW & Blaze
26 “Wile Out (ft. Ms. Dynamite)” by DJ Zinc
25 “Duet” by Gonjasufi
24 “Old Age” by How I Quit Crack (it’s a free download)
23 “I L U” by School Of Seven Bells (it’s a free download)
22 “Superfast Jellyfish” (ft. Gruff Rhys & De La Soul) by Gorillaz
21 “Turn It Up” by //TENSE//

The Time Tunnel:

• This was the year that Scrabble was lauched.
• The Sutton Coldfield rail crash killed 17 near, no IN, Birmingham, England.
• Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• Actor James Dean wss killed when his car collided with another vehicle at a highway junction near Cholame, California at the age of 24.
• The first footage of Elvis Presley was filmed as part of a film short about the Cleveland, Ohio, disc jockey Bill Randle.
• Cardiff was announced as the capital city of the principality of Wales. Clart.
• Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person.
• November 12 in this year was the day of the famous Hill Valley Lightning Storm
• The Disneyland Theme Park opens to the public in Anaheim, California, it was shut down later that week due to a six foot mouse being found in the kitchen.
• Under the guidance of Dr Humphry Osmond, Christopher Mayhew ingested 400 mg of mescaline hydrochloride and allowed himself to be filmed as part of a Panorama special for BBC TV that was never broadcast. Groovy.
• Born in this year: unfamous at this point Rowan Atkinson, and unfamous at this point Bruce Willis, unfamous at this point, but cute Janet Ellis
• Died this year: German-born physicist, Albert Einstein, Portuguese fruit enthusiast Carmen Miranda and somewhat typecast American character actor Chief Thundercloud,
• The Brooklyn Dodgers finally won the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees 2–0 in Game 7 of the 1955 baseball playoff.

But what was the year?

“Christmas Alphabet” by Dickie Valentine (1955)

“Step Into Christmas” by Elton John
“All The Way From Memphis” by Mott The Hoople
“Rivers of Babylon” by The Melodians
“Radar Love” by Golden Earing
“Street Life” by Roxy Music
“Gaudete” by Steeleye Span
“Can the Can” by Suzi Quatro
“Merry Christmas Everybody” by Slade
“Love, Reign o’er Me” by The Who
“American Trilogy” by Elvis Presley (Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite)

Tediously Topical Telephone Tag Time: “Live and Let *Bondi*” by Paul McCartney and Wings

“Brumburger (FInale)” by Cliff Richard
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time

April 10th by crazygibbon

“Winter Wonderland” by James Yuill

The Time Tunnel

• Guns didn’t kill people in the year that Actor Charlton Heston became president of the National Rifle Association, people killed people
• It was the year that the United Kingdom formally abolishes the death penalty.
• Bear Grylls, at 23 became the youngest British climber to scale Mount Everest.
• A big hard decision: the Food and Drug Administration approved Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence.
• The first leap second since June 30, 1997 the previous year occured
• Google, Inc. was founded in Menlo Park, California, by Stanford University Ph.D. candidates Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
• Hugo Chávez Frías was elected President of Venezuela.
• The first RFID human implantation was tested in the United Kingdom.
• Jesse Ventura, former professional wrestler, is elected Governor of Minnesota, with Andre the Giant as Deputy.
• Born in this year: American actress, Elle Fanning, American actor Jaden Smith, and American actress Madison Pettis, nope, me neither
• Dyeing in this year: American singer, actor, politician and apalling skiier Sonny Bono, American athlete, pediatrician, and author Doctor Benjamin Spock, Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader and brother of Paul, Pol Pot.
• Dana International, the transsexual singer from Israel, won the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 held in Birmingham.

“Naughty Woman (Goblin In The Office)” by Fat Les (1998)

“Ascension” by Jon Lemmon (it’s a free download)
“Fast Lane” by Husky Rescue (it’s a free download)
“Night People” by The Human League

“Don’t Know About You” by Bardo Pond (it’s a free download)
“Come N Get It” by Nicolas Jaar

“Santa’s On His Way” by The Pipettes (it’s a free download)
“TRON Legacy (End Titles)” by Daft Punk

Furtive Forty: “Innundir Skinni” by Olaf Arnalds
Furtive Forty: “Crossfire” by Brandon Flowers

Tediously Topical Twitter Tag Time: Tedious Topical Twitter Tag Time Winner: “*Bum Cack* To Camden” by Morrissey

“The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” by Tegan and Sara
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time

The Time Tunnel

• It was the year that Band Aid recorded the charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” to raise money to combat the famine in Ethiopia.
• Moreish drug Crack, a smokeable form of cocaine, was first introduced into the Los Angeles area and soon spread across the United States.
• The Soviet Union announced that it would boycott that years 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
• Advance Australia Fair was proclaimed as Australia‘s national anthem, in this year.
• The Provisional IRA attempted to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the Brighton hotel bombing.
• Beverly Lynn Burns became the first woman Boeing 747 captain in the world.
• Virgin Atlantic Airways mades its inaugural flight.
• Sid was told, and British Telecom was privatised.
• Born in this year were: Man Utd makeweight Darren Fletcher, curly-haired Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg and Welsh singer and duck impressionist Duffy
• Died in this year: man film director Sam Peckinpah, Welsh comedian and magician Tommy Cooper, and famous Georgian chess player Tigran Petrosian.
• With the slogan “why 1984 won’t be like 1984” the Apple Macintosh was introduced.

But what was the year?

“Sexcrime (1984)” by Eurythmics (1984)

“Aitu” (LQD Live Edit) by Funerals (it’s a free download)
“Forget Me Not” by Glass Vaults (it’s a free download)
“Written On The Forehead” by PJ Harvey
“Brakehorn” by Sudanim (it’s a free download)

“Shake the Shackles” by Crystal Stilts (it’s a free download)
“Framebreaker ” by Return To Mono
“The Lion and Albert” – told by Jarvis Cocker
“Polarise” by Cameras (it’s a free download)

Furtive Forty: “Ancestors” by Gonjasufi
Furtive Forty: “MCs Can Kiss” by Uffie

Tediously Topical Twitter Tag Time: “*Poo* Are You” by The Who

“NY Is Killing Me” by Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time

The Time Tunnel:

• The President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, was among 96 killed when their airplane crashed in western Russia.
• Volcanic ash from one of several eruptions beneath Eyjafjallajökull, an ice cap in Iceland, disrupted air traffic across northern and western Europe.
• North Korea shelled Yeonpyeong Island, prompting a military response by South Korea.
• Eurozone countries agreed to a rescue package for the Republic of Ireland from the European Financial Stability Facility in response to the country’s financial crisis.
• The Togo national football team was involved in an attack in Angola, and as a result withdrew from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.
• Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides won the Nobel Prize for Economics
• Researchers at CERN trap 38 antihydrogen atoms for a sixth of a second, marking the first time in history that humans have trapped antimatter, but not for long, obviously.
• The United Nations designated 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity and International Year of Youth in honour of Teenagers wash baskets.
• Born in this year: tiny owl Cal Drew, minibrumcast Luke Downing and tiny Lichfieldian Gwilym Harrison
• Died in this year: Persuader Tony Curtis, reclusive author J. D. Salinger, and “British Chaplain” Sir Norman Wisdom,
• The 2010 Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.

“Dubstep Christmas” by Goldie Lookin Chain (2010)

“Nachtmusik” by Seams
“Trapdoor” by Salem
“Elephants & Little Girls” by Loch Lomond (it’s a free download)
“Surfin’ Geocities” by VEKTROID (it’s a free download)
“Bubble Gum” by Hodgy Beats Feat. Tyler Creator x Casey V (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All) (it’s a freedownload)
“Flawless Executioner” by Christopher Paul Stelling
“Seasick” by Tetris=Therapy (it’s a freedownload)
“Terry” by Anika

Furtive Forty: “FM Tan Sexy” by El Guincho
Furtive Forty: “Wicked game” by Sad NES

Tediously Topical Twitter Tag Time: “Do you know the *wafer* San Jose?” by Nancy Sinatra

“Little Bird” by Pancake Breakfast
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time

The Time Tunnel:

• It was the year that U.S. President Ronald Reagan was sworn in for a second term in office, although we’re not sure he knew much about it
• The charity single “We Are the World” was recorded by USA for Africa.
• Good news for lovers of sharks and Hitler as John Hendricks launched the Discovery Channel
• In big cat breeding news five lionesses at the Singapore Zoo are put on birth control after the lion population increases from 2 to 16.
• Sports entertainment would never be the same agian — WWF WrestleMania debuted at Madison Square Garden.
• The United Kingdom had its first ever national Glow-worm day, no news as yet on the second.
• Richard Ramirez, the serial killer known as the Night Stalker, was captured in Los Angeles.
• The computer game Tetris was released in this year.
• The Live Aid pop concerts in London and Philadelphia raise over £50 million for famine relief in Ethiopia, and awareness of Phil Collins
• Ruth Lawrence, 13, achieved a first in mathematics at Oxford University, becoming the youngest British person ever to earn a first-class degree and the youngest known graduate of Oxford University.
• The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior was bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by the French
• Born in this year were Dutch supermodel Doutzen Kroes,Dutch singer Simone Simons, and famous American prostitute and R & B singer-songwriter Ashley Alexandra Dupree,
• Passing away in this year were actor Sir Michael Redgrave, silent film godess Louise Brooks and brother of Telly Savalas George Savalas,

“She Sells Sanctuary” by The Cult (1985)

“Mrs. Jones” by Hokie Joint
“Cache Cache” by Cours Lapin
“I’m Cold and there are Wolves After Me (Hulk Remix)” by iwrestledabearonce (it’s a free download)
“World is Mine” by Supercell feat. Hatsune Miku

“Harry, Turn the Music Up” by Otis Taylor
“Lost Connection” by Melted Toys
“I Felt Just Like Anybody Else” by Ladycop
“Off Our Backs” by MEN

Furtive Forty: ‘Sink/Let It Sway’ by Somebody Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Furtive Forty: “What Good Am I?” by Tom Jones

Tediously Topical Twitter Tag Time: “Gla*n*d All Over” by The Budget Girls

“Accept Yourself (Live at the Fighting Cocks, Moseley 3/6/83)” by The Smiths
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time

“My Screen” (ft. Poni Hoax) by Black Devil Disco Club (it’s a free download)
“Shark Ridden Waters” by Gruff Rhys (it’s a free download)
“Goth BB” by †‡†
“My Life” by Hello Shark

The Time Tunnel:

• It was the year when it snowed in the Sahara Desert for 30 minutes.
• Ten shoppers died as the Manchester branch of Woolworth’s was seriously damaged by fire.
• McDonald’s introduces the Happy Meal in June.
• American President Jimmy Carter wss attacked by a swamp rabbit while fishing in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
• Odd numbered and therefore good, supposedly, or something Star Trek: The Motion Picture was Premiered at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
• The eradication of the smallpox virus was certified, making smallpox the first and to date only human disease driven to extinction.
• Lumps were in evidence however on the first British nudist beach that was established in Brighton in this year
• Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire at a school in San Diego, California, killing 2 faculty members and wounding 8 students. Her response to the action, “I don’t like Mondays,”
• It was the year that the Sony Walkman was released
• And the TV channel Entertainment Sports Programming Network, better known as ESPN, debuted.
• Philips demonstrates Compact Disc publicly for the first time, jam sales rise.
• Born: Australian singer Brody Dalle, drummer for the alternative band, Maroon 5 Matt Flynn, and famous Chinese weightlifter Tang Gonghong.
• Dead: Sex Pistol Sid Vicious, Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States Nelson Rockefeller, and Loving You singer Minnie Riperton.

• The 1979 general election ended with a Conservative victory and Margaret Thatcher the country’s first female prime minister.

“Guns of Brixton” by The Clash (1979)

“Limit To Your Love” by James Blake

“See Birds (Moon)” by Balam Acab
“Spark” by Grand Lake (it’s a free download)
“Guacha Rekix (ft. Natalia Clavier, Grems, Disiz & Micro Coz)” by Son of Kick

“Continental” by Jonny (it’s a free download)
“Cherry Bomb” by Verbal & Yoon

“Lucidity” (Pilooski remix) by Tame Impala (it’s a free download)
“I’m Up On That” (ft. Homeboy Sandman) by Das Racist (it’s a free download)

Furtive Forty: “We Can’t Fly” by Aeroplane
Furtive Forty: “Infinity Guitars” by Sleigh Bells

Tediously Topical Twitter Tag Time:  ”*Rhyl-in* in the years” by Steely Dan – the winner: @hughesy6066

“IxC999″ by White Ring
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time

The Time Tunnel:

• In this year British Airways was privatised and listed on the London Stock Exchange.
• A squirrel closed down the New York Stock Exchange when it burrowed through a telephone line.
• Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — at last some R E S C P T E for her.
• In Nazi News, Rudolf Hess was found dead in his cell in Spandau Prison after committing suicide by hanging himself with an electrical flex.
• In Nazi News, Klaus Barbie went on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II
• In Nazi News The Walt Disney Company, and Jacques Chirac, signed the agreement to construct the 4,800 acre Euro Disney Resort
• It was the year that unknown perpetrators hijacked the signal of WGN-TV for about 20 seconds, and WTTW for about 90 seconds,displaying a strange video of a man in a Max Headroom mask in what became known as the Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident.
• The World’s population reaches five billion people with a child born in Zagreb, Croatia, according to made up statistics from the United Nations.
• Terry Waite, the special envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury in Lebanon, was kidnapped in Beirut about to start 5 years of
• Born in this year were: hot but dull singer/songwriter Kate Nash, High School Musical’s Zac Efron, and Shad Gregory Moss also know as rapper Lil Bow Wow
• Died this year: Hairy Welsh football journeyman Trevor Hockey, actor and dancer Fred Astaire, and famous Singaporean composer, composer of Singapore’s national anthem Zubir Said
• October this year saw the Great Storm of 1987 when Hurricane-force winds hit much of South England, killing 23 people and injuring Rene out of Alo Alo

But what was the year?

“Where’s Captain Kirk?” by Spizz Energi (1987)

“Turn It Up’ by //TENSE//

“Boxer” by Lovers (it’s a free download)
“Demon Host” by Timber Timbre (it’s a free download)
“Old Age” by How I Quit Crack
“Chin Up” by Former Ghosts (it’s a free download)
“Habibi” by De Staat (it’s a free download)
“Heartache By Numbers” by Bryan Ferry
“Older Brother” by Pepper Rabbit (it’s a free download)

Furtive Forty: “Cocaine Blues” by Escort
Furtive Forty: “Me and the Devil” by Gil Scott-Heron

Vote now for your Furtive Forty of 2010…

Tediously Topical Twitter Tag Time:  ”*Savannah* Be Your (Prairie) Dog ” by Sid Vicious (winner: @nicktheowl)

“Round One (ft. Gucci Mane)” by Salem
“Paradise Circus” by The Lilac Time

We couldn’t be in the studio, but we, and JP are there in spirit:

“Police And Thieves” by Junior Murvin
“Lonely Saturday Night” by Don French (John Peel’s Record Box)
“Theme From Sparta F.C.” by The Fall
“Bloody” by The Golinski Brothers (John Peel’s Record Box)
“Still Ill” by The Smiths (Peel Session)
“Ever Fallen In Love” by Buzzcocks
“I Gave My Punk Jacket To Rickie” by Mary Monday & The Bitches (John Peel’s Record Box)
“Acetone” by Kenickie (Peel Session)
“The Big Three Killed My Baby” by The White Stripes (John Peel’s Record Box)
“If you ever change your mind (bring it on home to me)” by The Big Three (John Peel’s Record Box)
“Y.M.C.A.” by The Galactic Symposium (John Peel’s Record Box)
“Down Down” by Status Quo (John Peel’s Record Box)
“Weeds” by Pulp (Peel Session)
“I Can Take You To The Sun” by Flying Saucer Attack (Peel Session)
“Four Skinny Indie Kids Drinking Weak Lager” by Half Man Half Biscuit (Peel Session)
“I Am The Fly” by Wire (Peel session)
“Hell On Earth” by Big Stick (John Peel’s Record Box)
“Concrete Jungle” by Bob Marley & The Wailers (Peel Session, Japanese Broadcast)
“Oz On 45″ by The Squirrels (John Peel’s Record Box)
“Her Blade” by Eazy Teeth (John Peel’s Record Box)
“(Ghost) Riders in the Sky” by The Ramrods (John Peel’s Record Box)
“Traffic Lights” by Anti Social (John Peel’s Record Box)
“Bad Girls In Love” by Anemic Boyfriends (John Peel’s Record Box)
“Pop A Top” by Andy Capp (John Peel’s Record Box)
“Don’t Play Blue Eyes” by Al Ferrier (John Peel’s Record Box)
“The Leader Is Burning” by Pocket Fishermen (John Peel’s Record Box)
“Ranking Full Stop” by The Beat (Peel Session)
“Freakin’ Out” by Graham Coxon
“Nightcap Rock” by The Nightcaps (John Peel’s Record Box)
“I Put A Spell On You” by Alan Price (John Peel’s Record Box)
“Little Maid’s Song” by Sasha Caro (John Peel’s Record Box)
“Grapevine Will Lie Sometimes” by Roshell Anderson (John Peel’s Record Box)
“It’s Alright” by Stanley Winston (John Peel’s Record Box)
“Such A Beautiful Thing” by Roshell Anderson (John Peel’s Record Box)
“On Ilkla Moor Baht ‘At” by Bill Oddie (John Peel’s Record Box)