Hi there! Well, it sure is nice of you to come back to ThemeLounge after we ignored you for so long. Sorry for behaving so badly, but we got caught up in a bunch of other stuff and before we knew it, nearly two months had gotten away from us! But we’re back just like we promised, and I’m hopeful that we’ll be able to avoid such a bad delay for Show #60.

Anyway, in case you hadn’t guessed yet, this is the Bad show, and it turns out to be a good opportunity for you to hear some great music! In this episode you’ll hear songs from Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, the Jayhawks, NRBQ, Sublime and more.

One note about this show: the segment with Alex was recorded a few weeks ago, so the references to various end-of-senior-year activities are a bit out of sync. He has already graduated, folks, and we couldn’t be more proud!

Interestingly, one of the qualities that Alex’s high school aims to instill in its graduates is being open to growth. And of course, Alex’s matriculation means that a whole new world will be opening up to him. How fitting, then, that the theme of our next episode, Show #60, will be Open!. Think you know some songs that might fit? Please send your suggestions via e-mail to the address shown at right, post a comment here on the blog, or hit the “Call Me!” button at right to leave us a message! Thanks for listening, and tell your friends!

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Hey, welcome back to ThemeLounge! Sorry it took a bit longer than I expected to produce the follow-up to our triumphant return in Episode 57, but I’m hoping you’ll find it worth the wait. This show features songs specially chosen for the theme of Moving. There are some very cool tunes in here – some familiar, some listener requests, and some new discoveries. You’ll hear from Monte Montgomery, The Kooks, The Cars, The Sweet Remains and more.

A few quick notes: 1) During the show I give the wrong album title for the Cars song – it’s correct in the track list below; 2) For all of my gushing about the Sweet Remains song, I fail to mention its title – again, see the track list; 3) When we recorded the Alex segment, we picked up a bit more wind noise than I realized – sorry about that, and we won’t do another remote segment for a while.

I’ll make it a priority to get Episode #59 out the door more promptly than this one. Making you wait this long again would just be Bad. But wait…that’s the theme of the next show – Bad! So I’ve gotta be good and get out the Bad show ASAP! And if you’ve got some songs that you just know would be good for the Bad show, now’s the time to send ‘em our way! Send your suggestions via e-mail to the address shown at right, post a comment here on the blog, or hit the “Call Me!” button at right to leave us a message! Thanks for listening, and tell your friends!

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Well, you asked for it (okay, some of you asked for it) and now you’ve got it – the return of ThemeLounge! There’s so much to explain, so much apologizing and groveling to be done…but if I take up time doing that, I’ll just keep you from diving into this new show! And it’s an awfully cool one, because it features a “lost” segment with Alex that was recorded TWO YEARS AGO, in a SECRET location! Not only that, but this show faithfully continues the ThemeLounge tradition of top-notch songs expertly selected for their relationship to the theme – some chosen by me and Alex, and some chosen by listeners like you. Although, of course…those of you who submitted requests for this show may barely remember your song choices, seeing as how it was, um, two years ago and everything…

I’m not gonna go out on a limb and tell you that Show #58 will be coming up in a week. It just ain’t gonna be that soon. But there is going to be a Show #58, and it will show up here soon. All of which begs the question…what will be the theme? Well, the theme for our next show will be Moving. Or Move. We’re flexible. So start warming up those song request muscles and get crackin’! We look forward to hearing from all you cool people again! Send your suggestions via e-mail to the address shown at right, post a comment here on the blog, or hit the “Call Me!” button at right to leave us a message!

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Hi, everybody! Sorry, didn’t mean to sneak OUT on you there. We know it’s been a while since we did a show, and we do feel truly bad about it. There’s nothing specific that’s been going on to keep us from the show….it’s just that it’s been really hard lately to get organized and focused and stick to our schedule. But we did manage to get this one cranked OUT, and we do have another one coming soon. Not next week exactly, but soon.

And what will be the theme for that next show? Well, actually, it’ll be a secret. No wait, that’s not right — the theme will actually be…Secret! So many possibilities, right? Well, don’t keep your great song suggestions a Secret — we need your input for this one! Send those song ideas via e-mail to the address shown at right, post a comment right here on the blog, or leave us a message at 206-202-LOUNGE!

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Hey there! Thanks for Rollin’ into the ThemeLounge. You picked a good week to drop by, because this show about Roll is gonna be a winner. With carefully-selected standout tunes by The Cars, Paul McCartney & Wings, Little Feat, Del Amitri and more, how can you go wrong? Hope you like it — oh, and be sure to fasten your seat belt for Alex’s segment.

Next week it’s gonna be time to rock Out! In other words, our theme will be Out. So be sure to go all-Out and send in your suggestions for songs that fit the theme. How, you ask? Well, you can e-mail us using the address shown at right, post a comment right here on the blog, or leave us a message at 206-202-LOUNGE!

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