Theme Time radio – www.dylanradio.com www.themetimeradio.com April 14, 14
Episode 100: Goodbye
Posted on April 7, 2014 213 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
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“It’s one thing to make an entrance, it’s another thing entirely to get out alive. So for the next hour we’ll be checking all the exits, finding our way outta here…and this show might run a little long this week, but that’s OK. What are they gonna do, fire me?” Read more episode notes ?
Episode 99: Clearance Sale
Posted on April 7, 2014 219 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Extended Special, Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
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It’s night time in the big city
Everything must go, and we pass the savings onto you
It’s Theme Time Radio Hour with your host from coast to coast, Bob Dylan Read more episode notes ?
Episode 98: Noah’s Ark part 2
Posted on April 7, 2014 221 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
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It’s night time in the big city
A cop runs a license plate
I never tell the truth
Episode 97: Noah’s Ark part 1
Posted on April 7, 2014 221 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
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It’s night time in the big city
A burly man sells factory-seconds tube socks out of his trunk
An abandoned balloon is stuck in a tree
Episode 96: Family Circle
Posted on April 7, 2014 218 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
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It’s night time in the big city
The city lights reflect off the Burnett River
Working girls share an inside joke
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Episode 95: Truth & Lies
Posted on April 7, 2014 215 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
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“Heh heh heh…Welcome to the Underground Garage. I’m Little Steven.” Read more episode notes ?
Episode 94: Questions
Posted on April 7, 2014 214 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
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“Welcome to Theme Time Radio Hour. Are you havin’ a good time? Are you enjoying yourself? Are you comfortable? Does it seem like I’m asking a lot of questions? Well you better get used to it ‘cause that’s all you’re gonna be hearing for the next hour.”
Episode 93: Sugar & Candy
Posted on April 7, 2014 216 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
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It’s night time in the big city
The bartender wipes the counter with a damp rag
That car’s been parked there all night
There’s no one left to call
Episode 92: Cops & Robbers
Posted on April 7, 2014 217 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
“We’re gonna be looking at officers and fuzz, bulls and coppers, private eyes, private investigators, police and private detectives, deputies and constables, lawmen, marshals, and meter maids, the law, and the man. But of course that’s just one side of the law. We’re also gonna turn the Theme Time spotlight on bandits and buccaneers, burglars and cheats, conmen and crooks, looters and marauders, something and pickpockets, stickup men, swindlers, thieves, thugs, gangsters, gunmen and hijackers. Bruisers and Godfathers, Mafioso and mobsters. I’m sure we have a lot of listeners on both sides.” Read more episode notes ?
Episode 91: Happiness
Posted on April 7, 2014 214 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night in the city
A cop runs a license plate
Ten will get you twenty
Episode 90: Madness
Posted on April 7, 2014 212 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
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It’s night time in the big city
The worst has already happened
A well dressed couple lean on the balcony; they laugh as they sip martinis
Episode 89: Cats
Posted on April 7, 2014 209 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s nighttime in the city
A man makes a promise he’ll never keep
Spring just won’t come
Episode 88: Something
Posted on April 7, 2014 214 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
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It’s night time in the big city
A man falls asleep far from home
There’s a strange car parked outside
Episode 87: Nothing
Posted on April 7, 2014 212 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A wealthy man terrorizes a waitress
The dogs can smell rain
Episode 86: Work
Posted on April 7, 2014 209 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
“This week we’re talking about work. We’re talkin’ about golden parachutes, poison pills, golden handshakes. We’re talking about workin’ like a dog, work around the clock, workin’ 9 to 5; talking about all the workin’ stiffs who’re workin’ for a livin’, who live to work, labor intensive, doin’ odd jobs, married to their job, them employee of the month hard at work.” Read more episode notes ?
Episode 85: Numbers 11 & Up
Posted on April 7, 2014 218 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A man tries to wash the lipstick off his collar in the men’s room sink
It’s hard to find a legitimate masseuse around here
Episode 84: Famous People
Posted on April 7, 2014 218 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
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It’s night time in the big city
There’s a new coffee place on the corner
I hope somebody has change for a dollar
Episode 83: Street Map
Posted on April 7, 2014 215 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A cold wind blows no good
A woman tries to remember when things first went wrong
I can’t believe it’s not butter
Episode 82: Fruit
Posted on April 7, 2014 210 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s nighttime in the big city
The rain soaked streets reflect the glare of passing headlights
A man pace around in his hotel room
Do you know where your children are?
Episode 81: War
Posted on April 7, 2014 208 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
“Back to Theme Time Radio Hour. As you know, we cover a lot of ground here but this week’s subject has a greater gravity than usual.”
• on 1
• Season 2
• Season 3
• Extended Specials
• Podcast
Episode 80: Blood
Posted on April 7, 2014 210 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
The hotel room smells like cigarettes and cheap perfume
A woman shops for fruit in a trench coat.
I don’t know if this city’s more like Sodom or Gomorrah
Episode 79: Beginnings, Middles & Ends
Posted on April 7, 2014 228 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A woman goes through her husband’s pockets while he sleeps
Everyone’s either asleep or in the emergency room
Episode 78: Night
Posted on April 7, 2014 210 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A Brinks truck pulls up in front of a bank
A man makes a promise he’ll never keep
Episode 77: Money part 2
Posted on April 7, 2014 215 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night in the big city
The last deal has gone down
The city lights reflect of the Burnett River
Episode 76: Money part 1
Posted on April 7, 2014 215 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 3, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night in the big city
A man says a prayer, puts down a $20 and rolls the dice
The faucet won’t stop dripping
Episode 75: Cold
Posted on April 7, 2014 210 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night in the big city
A man falls asleep far from home
The last piece of pie is gone
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Episode 74: Heat
Posted on April 7, 2014 210 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
There’s a gas leak somewhere
The bartender’s hairpiece isn’t fooling anyone
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Episode 73: Joe
Posted on April 7, 2014 209 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A man’s wife confronts his mistress
A firefly hovers near the window
Episode 72: More Birds
Posted on April 7, 2014 216 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
Freshly fallen snow turns gray in the gutter
The engineer won’t stop coughing
Episode 71: Birds
Posted on April 7, 2014 211 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
“Look up in the sky, it’s a bird. Most likely it’s a bird…you might want to gather up some twigs, some little bits of yarn, almost any kind of material that you might find, build yourself a little nest, settle in for the next hour…We’ll talk about bird brains, eagle eyes, the bluebird of happiness, we’ll play a little chicken, we’ll find something to crow about, and maybe even flip you the bird.”
Episode 70: Danger
Posted on April 7, 2014 212 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
That car’s still outside
The first ray of sunlight peeks over the Jackhead Mountains
Episode 69: Doctors
Posted on April 7, 2014 213 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night in the big city
A lawyer has troubled sleep
The dogs can smell rain
Episode 68: Presidents
Posted on April 7, 2014 216 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Extended Special, Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
The server is down
The parakeet is restless
Episode 67: Mail
Posted on April 7, 2014 210 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A hotdog vendor drains water from his cart
There’s a low cloud cover
Episode 66: Lock & Key
Posted on April 7, 2014 214 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A school teacher drinks alone
They’re finally tearing down the old shoe factory
Episode 65: Travelling Around The World part 2
Posted on April 7, 2014 238 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A woman realizes she’s no longer in love
The batteries in the remote control are dead
Episode 64: Travelling Around The World part 1
Posted on April 7, 2014 238 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A pawn shop owner shuts his iron gate
A man realizes he is in love
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Episode 63: Walking
Posted on April 7, 2014 213 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A local band packs their gear into a van
It’s easier to buy a gun than cold medicine.
Episode 62: Number One
Posted on April 7, 2014 216 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
Temptation is on every corner
A man rents a hotel room under an assumed name
Episode 60: Party
Posted on April 7, 2014 211 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A woman cuts pictures of places she’ll never visit out of a magazine
I wonder if there’s any cake left
Episode 59: Dreams
Posted on April 7, 2014 212 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
Thunder echoes through the streets
A man rents a hotel room under an assumed name
Episode 58: Smoking
Posted on April 7, 2014 213 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A man’s wife confronts his mistress
There’s a low cloud cover
Two runaways sleep in a doorway
Episode 57: Head to Toe
Posted on April 7, 2014 217 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
Two high school kids steal a case of beer
Sneakers hang from a phone wire
Episode 56: Cadillac
Posted on April 7, 2014 214 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
Vandals deface a wall
There are no stars in the sky.
Episode 55: Classic Rock
Posted on April 7, 2014 218 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A woman dances beneath a strobe light
A man rolls a joint on the second Johnny Winter album
(Jimi Hendrix, Third Stone From The Sun in background)
Episode 54: California
Posted on April 7, 2014 216 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(Dragnet Theme in Background)
“This is the city: Los Angeles, Ca…Sometimes you want to know about more than just the city, you want to know about the whole state. That’s where I step in, I host the radio show.”
Episode 53: Days of the Week
Posted on April 7, 2014 222 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A storm is coming
A woman wonders.
Episode 52: Young & Old
Posted on April 7, 2014 215 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city.
A man bangs the 8 ball into the corner pocket.
Neon sputters and goes out.
(Smells Like Teen Spirit (instrumental) – The Bad Plus)
Bob reads from William Shakespeare “As usual, Willie the Shake / Sheik said everything you need to say, so for the next hour we’ll just be presenting footnotes of a musical variety on the subject of youth and age, young and old…”
Episode 51: Hello
Posted on April 7, 2014 211 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 2, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city.
Something isn’t quite right.
Nobody will answer the phone.
“Every place I go, and I go a lot of places, people say hello.”
Episode 50: Spring Cleaning
Posted on April 7, 2014 221 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Extended Special, Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
You can smell rain in the air
I really gotta get those boxes out of the basement
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Episode 49: Death & Taxes
Posted on April 7, 2014 217 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A woman pulls out a 1099 form
A man lies about his deductions
“Well it’s the middle of April, and if you’re like me you were up all night last night finishing your tax returns. As Benjamin Franklin once put it, in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. One other thing is certain, for the next hour we’re going to be covering both those subjects with our usual musical abandon so call all the deductions into the room, gather around the radio and enjoy the next 58 minutes. It would 60 minutes, but the government wants its taste…”
Episode 48: New York
Posted on April 7, 2014 214 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
The rain soaked streets reflect the glare of passing headlights
A cab driver tosses a fifty cent tip out the window
A woman with a torch stands in the harbor.
“Tonight we’re gonna be goin’ from the Bowery to the Bronx, from the East Village to Harlem, from Hudson Heights to Lenox Hill and from Korea Town to Little Italy, from Hell’s Kitchen to Greenwich Village, from Manhattan Valley to Marble Hill, from Midtown South to Midtown itself, from Murray Hill to NoHo, from Roosevelt Island to SoHo, from Spanish Harlem to Sugar Hill, from Sutton Place to Tribeka, from Tudor City to Turtle Bay, from the upper Eastside to the upper Westside, from the West Village to Washington Heights, from West Harlem to Yorkville…”
Episode 47: Fools
Posted on April 7, 2014 211 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A businessman kisses his secretary under a street light
A drunken security guard drops his flashlight
“James Thurber once said, ’you can fool too many of the people too much of the time’ and for the next hour we’re gonna try and do just that…for the next hour we‘re gonna play the greatest records about our favorite half-wits, the fools.”
Episode 46: More Trains
Posted on April 7, 2014 217 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
Fog horns bellow in the gloom along the wharf
A spinster finishes a jigsaw puzzle
“This is Theme Time Radio Hour and last week we played a bunch of train songs. We had so many that this week we’re gonna do it again this week. We’re gonna buckle the rubbers, grease the pig and hook her up and pull her tail because it’s railroad time.” (background intro music is Blue Train/Coltrane)
Episode 45: Trains
Posted on April 7, 2014 212 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A night watchman rinses out his thermos
The last train from Overbrook pulls into the station.
“Today we’re gonna hit the road, we’re gonna ride the blinds, and dodge the yard bulls. We’re gonna take a ride on the Redding, transfer over to the B & O, and if we have time, pick up our tickets for the Orient Express. So all you box car tourists, get yourselves out of the roundhouse and hop aboard, as we spend the next hour contemplating the iron horse. It’s not a crazy idea, but we got a ‘loco motive’ and it’s all about trains. In the background, Meade Anderson Lewis; perhaps you know him better as Mead Lux Lewis. He was one of the kings of the honky tonk piano and, like a lot of the great piano players, he used his rockin’ left hand to imitate the rhythm of the trains on the tracks.”
Episode 44: Texas
Posted on April 7, 2014 211 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
The people upstairs are making noise
A coyote cowers in the bushes on Observatory Hill
Episode 43: Colors
Posted on April 7, 2014 212 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A truck driver runs a red light
A ringing phone goes unanswered.
(Somewhere Over The Rainbow) (Background during intro)
Episode 42: Shoes
Posted on April 7, 2014 211 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
Bananas ripen on the dock
A number 5 bus breaks down.
“Get out your shoe horns, because today we’re going to trumpet those things at the end of your legs.”
Episode 41: Heart
Posted on April 7, 2014 211 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
The last train from Overbrook pulls into the station
A man runs out of excuses.
“Here we are smack-dab in the middle of February, so we’re gonna talk about that fist sized muscle that lies in your chest, right behind and slightly to the left of the breast bone. Just sittin there between your lungs. It’s a remarkable organ; it works hard for you 24 hours a day.”
Episode 40: Laughter
Posted on April 7, 2014 214 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the Big City
Freshly fallen slow turns grey in the gutter
A waitress returns home, happy to take her shoes off
“For the next hour we are going to examine the involuntary, unconscious activity known as laughter. We can consciously inhibit it, but we can’t consciously produce it. It’s impossible to laugh on command. You can fake an orgasm, but you can’t fake laughter.”
Episode 39: Tears
Posted on April 7, 2014 211 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
Three homeless men share a bottle around a trash can inferno
A rock goes through a window on 12th St.
Episode 38: Luck
Posted on April 7, 2014 210 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
Foghorns bellow in the gloom along the wharf
Milk in the coffee only turns it gray.
“As Albert Einstein once said: I will never believe that God plays dice with the universe. Well, I’m not usually one to disagree with someone as smart as Albert Einstein, but today going to look at the idea of playing dice with the universe, as we examine the world of luck. Good luck and bad luck. Luck of the draw. Dumb luck. The luck of the lady and the luck of the Irish. Lucky ducky and pressin’ your luck. We’re talking about being lucky in love and tough luck. We’re gonna be talking about hard luck and down on your luck. And as luck would have it we’re gonna be talkin’ about shit outta luck.”
Episode 37: Musical Instruments
Posted on April 7, 2014 225 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A writer stares at a blank sheet of paper
A writer stares at a blank sheet paper
Episode 36: Hair
Posted on April 7, 2014 210 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the Big City
A fat man spits cherry pits into a cuspidor
Freshly fallen snow turns gray in the gutter
“We got quite a show for you tonight. it’s about a subject that everyone’s familiar with, and I can talk about it off the top of my head…Gonna be playin songs about hairdos and hair don’ts.”
Episode 35: Women’s Names
Posted on April 7, 2014 218 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the Big City
Foghorns bellow in the gloom along the wharf
A crying woman in a nightgown can’t flag down a cab.
“Tonight we’re gonna talk about a subject close to my heart, women’s names. That which we call are nearest and dearest, those who we love and want to love. Let me quote William Shakespeare to ya: ‘What’s in a name that which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet’ .”
Episode 34: Christmas & New Year’s
Posted on April 7, 2014 225 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Extended Special, Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – instrumental in background)
It’s nightime in the Big City
A department store Santa sneaks a sip of gin
Mistletoe makes an old man sad
Eight reindeer land on the roof of the Abernathy building
“Well it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And for the next couple of hours, it’s going to sound like Christmas too. This is the special yuletide extravaganza edition of TTRH, chock full of Christmas themes, holiday dreams, and jingle bell schemes.
Episode 33: Countdown
Posted on April 7, 2014 215 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city.
A bus driver talks to his only passenger.
A sailor on shore leave plays Egyptian Ratscrew with a fallen priest…
“It’s our first annual Theme Time Radio countdown show. Where we count down the top ten songs as determined by you, the listener.”
Episode 32: Moon
Posted on April 7, 2014 210 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata)
It’s night time in the big city
A pet poodle scratches at a window
The last piece of pie is gone
“This is your man in the moon welcoming you to 60 minutes of lunar melodies. In the background, Charlie Parker playing Ornithology. Based on the chord structure of How High The Moon, which tells ya that the moon is far away and love is far away too…Wow, that one sure knocked some heads together!”
Episode 31: Tennessee
Posted on April 7, 2014 214 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city.
A husband plots his escape route.
The last train from Overbrook pulls into the station
“Welcome to Theme Time Radio Hour – themes, dreams and schemes – where the future influences the present with no regard to the past.”
Episode 30: Thanksgiving Leftovers
Posted on April 7, 2014 227 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
Uncle Jim dozes in front of the television
A woman puts extra stuffing into a zip-lock bag
“I’ll let you in on a little secret. We plan the shows pretty carefully, but sometimes I get to yappin’ and we don’t have room for all the records I pick out.”
Episode 29: Food
Posted on April 7, 2014 209 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(ewww, we’re gonna have fun….OOOO Yes!)
It’s night time in the Big City
A woman steps carefully over a broken wine bottle
the television is still on
(it’s a cozy table isn’t it? I like it too, yes I do like it. Mmmmmm….delicious.)
“Welcome once again to Theme Time Radio Hour, and I hope you brought an appetite. Because tonight we’re gonna peruse the musical menu. We got a bill of fare that is truly appetizing. So I hope you’re eager to dig in.”
Episode 28: Sleep
Posted on April 7, 2014 210 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(Santo and Johnny-sleepwalk)
It’s night time in the Big City
A man regrets using a gas station restroom
birds are still a couple hours away from getting the worm
Your queen size home for themes, dreams and schemes. Please do not remove tag under penalty of law.
Episode 27: Dance
Posted on April 7, 2014 210 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the big city
A stray dog’s eyes glow in a dark alleyway
Tex Carbone unlocks studio B
Episode 26: Halloween
Posted on April 7, 2014 214 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(Male voice speaking)
a female announcer dresses like me
a skeleton puts on a fat suit
I gotta put some gas in my car but I don’t wanna put it in the tank
I don’t want to conform to what everyone else is doing
I know I won’t smoke that night though
Below the crypt lies theme time radio hour.
Episode 25: Guns
Posted on April 7, 2014 209 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the Big City
an elderly man looks at his wife’s empty pillow
a nervous thief stands in a doorway
Welcome to Theme Time Radio Hour. Leave your iron at the door, ’cause tonight we’re gonna be playing music of the highest caliber. We’re gonna shoot from the hip and put another notch on our barrel.
Episode 24: Time
Posted on April 7, 2014 209 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(As Time Goes By)
It’s night time in the Big City
a student faces down a deadline
a man with gin on his breath is pulled over
America’s favorite radio program
Episode 23: Water
Posted on April 7, 2014 210 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the Big City
A night watchman rinses out his thermos
clouds cover the top of the Abernathy building.
A giraffe can go a very long time without water. But he wants to see a menu right away.
Episode 22: Telephone
Posted on April 7, 2014 214 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the Big City
The air is thick with a chemical
a woman takes a shower before going home to her husband
Hello…This is Bob Dylan (Bob’s Anwsering Machine)
On the way to the studio I almost hit a telephone operator with my car. It was a close call.
Episode 21: School
Posted on April 7, 2014 211 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(school room noises)
It’s night time in the Big City
a writer stares at a blank sheet of paper
a pet poodle scratches at a window
Your school for dreams, schemes and themes. Your university of perversity.
School’s now in session.
Episode 20: Musical Map
Posted on April 7, 2014 216 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the Big City
a cab driver curses under his breath
roasted chickens hang in the window of a Chinese restaurant
Episode 19: The Bible
Posted on April 7, 2014 214 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the Big City
a girl goes through the medicine cabinet of the man who brought her home
a ringing phone goes unanswered
Episode 18: Radio
Posted on April 7, 2014 210 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the Big City
a woman in a red gown throws out her cell phone
a man sleeps with a gun under his pillow
Episode 17: Friends & Neighbors
Posted on April 7, 2014 222 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the Big City
a light drizzle starts to fall
an anxious lover waits by the phone
They say that good fences make good neighbors (Frost) and good friends make good music
Episode 16: Dogs
Posted on April 7, 2014 209 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(barking dogs)
It’s night time in the Big City
newlyweds make love on the roof
a ringing phone goes unanswered
Get off the couch, get yourself a bowl of water, and heel.
Episode 15: Eyes
Posted on April 7, 2014 209 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(sirens in city)
It’s night time in the Big City
a trail of perfume follows a girl leaving a cheap hotel
a man wakes up in an alleyway
Welcome once again to Theme Time Radio Hour. This week the eyes/I’s have it. Whether they’re blue eyes, brown eyes, green eyes, ya got pink eye or red eye. If you’re an eyesore, or if you’re walleyed, we got the song for you.
Episode 14: Devil
Posted on April 7, 2014 210 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(fire)
It’s night time in the Big City
an ambulance races though downtown
an off duty cops parks in front of his ex-wife’s house
This is Theme Time Radio Hour, and there’s Hell to pay
Episode 13: Rich Man, Poor Man
Posted on April 7, 2014 222 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(coins)
It’s night time in the Big City
a guilty man goes home to his wife
it’s time to make the doughnuts
“Get rich quick themes, dreams, and schemes”
Episode 12: Cars
Posted on July 19, 2006 209 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
Standard Podcast Play in Popup
(rain)
It’s night time in the Big City
the wind picks up from over the bay
a delivery boy makes a wrong turn
“Today we’re gonna talk about the endless gray ribbons of asphalt that crisscross this country. So strap yourself in, put the peddle to the metal, and listen.”
Episode 11: Flowers
Posted on July 12, 2006 212 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the Big City
outside the dogs are barking
a woman walks barefoot, her high heels in her handbag
The most beautiful things on earth
Episode 10: Summer
Posted on July 5, 2006 210 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
It’s night time in the Big City
angry prostitutes fight over a street corner
a man gets drunk and shaves off his moustache
Time to open up the fire hydrants and have a party in the streets, because it’s summertime
Episode 9: Divorce
Posted on June 28, 2006 211 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(shouting boxing match?)
It’s night time in the Big City
a woman watches her neighbor through binoculars
a cat knocks over a lamp
Episode 8: Weddings
Posted on June 21, 2006 212 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(talking at a wedding)
It’s night time in the Big City
a man buys a pack of gum, steals a nail clipper
2 pairs of sneakers are strung over a phone line
It’s the month of June and that means church bells are ringing all over this great land of ours. Strap yourself in and get me to the church on time!
Episode 7: Fathers
Posted on June 14, 2006 211 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(subway noises)
It’s night time in the Big City
a nightshift nurse smokes the last cigarette in her pack
a married couple has a late night snack
Episode 6: Jail
Posted on June 7, 2006 207 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(prison noises) It’s night time in the big city
A truck driver runs a red light
A strange quiet man practices tae chi in a park
“The Big House, the brig, the clink, the coop, the gray bar hotel, the hoosegow, the joint , the jug, the pen, the pokie, the slammer, the stir”
Episode 5: Coffee
Posted on May 31, 2006 209 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(diner noises)
It’s night time in the Big City
pizza parlor is locking up
a drunken security guard drops his flashlight
“Full of caffeinated dreams, schemes, and themes”
Episode 4: Baseball
Posted on May 24, 2006 211 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(car noises)
It’s NIGHT in the big city
somewhere a car alarm goes off
a woman walks barefoot, her high heels in her handbag
“Tonight we’re going to head out to the field of dreams, schemes and themes.”
Episode 3: Drinking
Posted on May 17, 2006 212 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(restaurant noises)
It’s night time in the big city
A styrofoam coffee cup rolls across the street
Two sailors get out of a cab
“The world of liquid libation, booze, sauce, hooch, white lightning, fire water, hard stuff, pick me up ,gin and juice, moonshine, canned heat.”
Episode 2: Mothers
Posted on May 10, 2006 211 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(Sounds of sirens in city)
It’s night time in the big city
The moon goes behind a cloud
A truck drops off tomorrow’s newspapers
Episode 1: Weather
Posted on May 3, 2006 210 by ThemeTime 230 Posted in Season 1, Theme Time Radio Hour .
(The sounds of rain falling)
It’s night time in the big city
Rain is falling, fog rolls in from the waterfront
A night shift nurse smokes the last cigarette in a pack
“Curious about what the weather looks like? Just look out your window, take a walk outside.”
