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Saturday morning radio program with a different theme each week - from 9am to midday

07/07/2024

On Saturday morning July 13 from 9 to noon, tune in to The Theme Machine with Paul Young for the 32-track playlist named ‘Tales True & Tall’. While by and large songs are essentially stories put to music, this list consists of songs based on actual events. Featured acts include The Who, The Darkness, The Beatles, The Clash, The Animals & The Band … and 26 others not beginning with the word ‘the’! 😊
Suss out thusly:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

04/07/2024

Important notice to Theme Machine listeners:
On Saturday July the 6th, the show will not air, owing to Paul Young’s being ill with COVID-19. First dance with this delightful disease … and hopefully last! Apologies. 😞
Back on the following Saturday the 13th, come hell or high water!

27/06/2024

Saturday morning June the 29th from 9 until midday, tune in to The Theme Machine with Paul Young on Radio Blue Mountains for the 43-track playlist ‘One Hit Wonders’. Featuring acts that had only one hit on the Aussie charts, and not necessarily Australian artists. They may have hit elsewhere in the world multiple times – but not here! Which songs made the list? Well, that would be telling …
Listen like this:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

20/06/2024

Saturday morning 22nd of June from 9 to noon, tune in to The Theme Machine with Paul Young for a 36-track playlist entitled ‘Newcastle - UK’. Some of the artists: The Animals, The Wildhearts, Raven, 3 Colours Red, Geordie, Sting, Jimmy Nail and Spike.
How to hear it:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

11/06/2024

On Saturday morning June 15 from 9-12, tune in to Paul Young’s The Theme Machine for the 43-track playlist called ‘Adelaide Acts’. Featured artists from South Australia’s capital city include Cold Chisel, Wolf & Cub, Redgum, Urban Guerillas, Zoot, The Transatlantics, The Twilights and The Testeagles.
To soak up the sounds:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

02/06/2024

On Saturday June the 8th from 9 to noon, tune in to The Theme Machine with Paul Young for a 41-track playlist called ‘Mama – The Sequel’. This list is composed of songs with the word ‘Mama’ in the title. It’s a follow-up to a similarly themed show from a couple of weeks ago. Some of the acts that made the list include B.B. King, Janis Joplin, The Black Crowes, Jeff Buckley, Neil Young, Taste, Quiet Riot and Fleetwood Mac.
Listen like this:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

30/05/2024

On Saturday June the 1st from 9 through midday, tune in to The Theme Machine with Paul Young for a 44-track playlist called ‘The Sounds Of Brisbane’. The list is made up of musical acts that formed in Brisbane, or whose founding members were either born or brought up in that city. Featured artists include The Riptides, The Saints, The Go-Betweens, The Screaming Tribesmen, Lobby Loyde, Custard, Regurgitator and Sheppard.
How to hear it:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

21/05/2024

On Saturday May 25 from 9 to noon, tune in to The Theme Machine with Paul Young for the 45-track playlist simply entitled ‘Mama’. This compilation is comprised of songs with the word ‘Mama’ in the title, and in the lyrics. Both the title and lyrics otherwise there’s just too big a pool! Featured artists include Jeff Beck, Lou Reed, Tami Neilson, Slade, The Cramps, The Stones, Ramones and Howard Jones.
Tune in thusly:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

17/05/2024

On Saturday the 18th of May from 9am until midday Radio Blue Mountains, owing to The Theme Machine’s presenter Paul Young being a fully sick Sandgroper, presents ‘Best of the West’, a 45-track playlist rerun from the first day of 2023. He has chosen this show as being not only a personal favourite, but one of several which received a great deal of positive feedback. Please note that the recently promised show of Mancunian musos has been replaced for purely technical reasons — apologies for that. Some of the artists featured include Dave Warner's From the Suburbs, Jebediah, The Triffids, The Dugites, The Waifs, Diesel, The Scientists and Eurogliders.

How to hear it:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

07/05/2024

On Saturday May the 11th, Paul Young’s The Theme Machine presents yet another unique weekly theme, this one being entitled ‘Memory Lane Sequel’. A follow-up to a show from October last year, this show features songs about the importance of memory and recall. Artists include Free, Robert Plant, Tame Impala, Ultravox, Buffalo Springfield, XTC, Split Enz and David Bowie. Remember to tune in from 9 to noon for this 38-track playlist.
How to hear it:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

01/05/2024

EDIT! EDIT! EDIT! This weekend only The Theme Machine will air one day late, owing to the Leura Harvest Festival RBM outside broadcast.
On SUNDAY May the 5th from 9 until midday, tune in to The Theme Machine with Paul Young for ‘Keep The Faith’. This show is comprised of a 36-track playlist of songs with the word ‘Faith’ in the title — and is NOT religious in nature. Featured artists include George Michael, Bon Jovi, The Who, The Cure, Sweet, Eric Clapton, New Order and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
Listen like this:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

25/04/2024

Saturday April 27 from 9 to noon, tune in to Paul Young’s The Theme Machine for ‘Here’s Hoping’. The show consists of a 42-track playlist of songs with the word ‘Hope’ (or similar) in the title, with a couple of exceptions in which the songs are hopeful in nature (and are really catchy). Some of the featured artists include The Purple Hearts, Traffic, Lana Del Rey, Desmond Dekker, The Moody Blues, Klaatu, Michelle Shocked, They Might Be Giants and Rush.
How to hear it:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

17/04/2024

Saturday April the 20th from 9am to noon, tune in to Paul Young’s The Theme Machine for ‘Capital Records – The Reboot’ – not Capitol Records as that’s a record label and this is a playlist consisting of 37 tracks with the capital city of a country or state in the title. It’s a revised version of a show I presented back in 2021. Some of the featured artists include XL Capris, Madness, Bob Seger, Bryan Ferry, Joni Mitchell, The Saints, Leonard Cohen and The Mutton Birds.
To soak up the sounds:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

09/04/2024

On Saturday April 13 from 9am to midday, tune in to Paul Young’s The Theme Machine for ‘Aces Of Bass’, a playlist of 34 (often lengthy) tracks highlighting the skills of several of the most outstanding bass players over the last half century or so — both band members and session musos. There are some glaring omissions — owing to the substantial number of exceptionally talented bassists, and my personal preferences … so expect a sequel down the track! Featured players include Jack Bruce, Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn, Bill Wyman, Lemmy, Les Claypool, Peter Hook, Geezer Butler, Suzi Quatro and Tina Weymouth.
Listen like this:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

03/04/2024

From 9 to noon Saturday April 06, listen out for Paul Young’s The Theme Machine for ‘Family Bands’, a 42-track playlist comprised of songs performed by bands with members (often founders or those most talented and influential) of the same family. Several tunes don’t exclusively feature members of a particular family, but they’ve made the list nevertheless. Keep in mind that the vast majority of bands include (often uncredited) session musos anyway! The wide array of musical acts includes Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Kinks, Oasis, The Beach Boys, Heart, Devo, The Pips and The Bellamy Brothers.

P.S. Double shots shall abound - hard to choose a single song as it happens! Hence the ensuing sequel, more about that later …
To tune in:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

25/03/2024

From 9 until midday Saturday the 30th of March tune in to Paul Young’s The Theme Machine for ‘Merely Mythical’, a 40-track playlist consisting of songs that refer to fables, fairy tales, folk tales, myths and nursery rhymes. Artists include Paul Kelly, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Black Sabbath, Bjork, Iron Maiden, The Who, Franz Ferdinand and Pink Floyd.
Listen like this:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

21/03/2024

On March 17 Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated in more countries than any other national festival. From 9 through noon this Saturday March 23 tune in to presenter Paul Young for The Theme Machine’s rebooted St Pat’s Day playlist of 40 rock, pop and folk songs, all by Irish bands and solo acts. Belated but well worth the wait for this 5th annually revised and revamped show.
How to hear it:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

14/03/2024

On Saturday March 16 from nine to noon, The Theme Machine with Paul Young presents ‘Funkytown’, a 34-track playlist which simply consists of tracks by funk bands and solo artists. Musicians include Sly & The Family Stone, Kool & The Gang, James Brown, The Isley Brothers, Tower of Power, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Prince and Bootsy.
To tune in:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

07/03/2024

On Saturday March the 9th from nine through midday, tune in to The Theme Machine with Paul Young for a 43-track playlist entitled ‘Down and Out’. This show features tracks by musicians who’ve lost their lives in an aeroplane or helicopter crash. Artists include the big three from the day the music died (Feb 03, 1959), Stevie Ray Vaughan, Randy Rhoads, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Patsy Cline, Aaliyah, La Bouche and Skyhooks.
Listen like this:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

28/02/2024

Saturday March the 2nd from nine to noon, tune in to The Theme Machine for a 41-track playlist entitled ‘Animal Tracks’. It features songs with an animal reference in the titles. It’s a segued sequel to last Saturday’s show, ‘Animal Acts’. The songs include Diamond Dogs, Hungry Like The Wolf, The Love Cats, Fox on the Run, Bat Out Of Hell, Barracuda, Walk the Dinosaur and Black Dog.
How to hear it:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

19/02/2024

Saturday Feb 24 from nine through midday, tune in to The Theme Machine for ‘Animal Acts’. Rather than being about what you get up to during a night on the booze, it’s a 42-track playlist featuring bands and solo artists with an animal reference in their name/s. Acts include Fox, The Eagles, Little Birdy, Lobo, The Animals, The Blow Monkeys, Hawkwind, Stray Cats and Tame Impala.
To tune in:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

14/02/2024

Saturday February 17 from nine to noon, tune in to The Theme Machine for 44 tracks containing the word ‘Valentine’ in the title, or that celebrate Valentine’s Day. You gotta love it … it’s certainly more than just a bunch of ballads. Featured artists include The Dream Academy, The Turtles, The Cure, The Righteous Brothers, The Replacements, The Foundations, The Emotions, The Human League, The Beatles, The Beach Boys and The The. Plus 33 additional bands and solo acts whose names do not begin with the word ‘The’!
Listen like this:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

07/02/2024

On Saturday the 10th of February, from 9 to noon, The Theme Machine presents a playlist named ‘Ocker Rockers’. This show consists exclusively of Aussie musicians. Artists include The Models, The Cruel Sea, The Dingoes, The Id, The Atlantics, The Church, The Badloves and The Living End … and 34 other bands & solo acts.
How to hear :
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

01/02/2024

Saturday February 03, from 9 until midday, The Theme Machine gives you ‘Bang The Drum’. This 36-track playlist consists of songs showcasing the skills of several of our world’s greatest drummers, past and present. Drummers display speed and power, technique and feel, and in particular keep time for the other musos they work with. Featured artists include Cozy Powell, John Bonham, Sandy Nelson, Keith Moon, Dave Grohl, Ginger Baker, Rob Hirst and Neil Peart. As for the rest — tune in …
To tune in:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or find and use a radio app

26/01/2024

Saturday January 27, from 9 to noon, The Theme Machine presents ‘Schooled Or Fooled — Part 2’. This 45-track playlist consists of songs with the words ‘school’ or ‘fool’ (or similar) in the titles, alternating throughout, and is a sequel to the show held on the previous Saturday morning. Featured artists include The Ramones, The Silver Bullet Band, The Fifth Estate, The Bluebells, The Pineapple Thief, The Stones, The Flower Kings and The Yardbirds.
To tune in:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or find and use a radio app

23/01/2024

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16/01/2024

Saturday January 20, from 9 to midday, The Theme Machine presents ‘Schooled Or Fooled’. This 43-track playlist consists of songs with the words ‘school’ or ‘fool’ (or variants thereof) in the titles, alternating throughout. The idea appealed to me because the words rhyme and yet arguably have essentially opposite meanings. Featured artists include Ween, Argent, Nirvana, Divinyls, TISM & Supertramp.
To tune in:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or find and use a radio app

07/01/2024

Saturday January the 13th from 9 to noon, The Theme Machine presents ‘Name That Song Guys – Part 2’. This sequel to the Jan 06 show yet again consists of a playlist of tunes with a man’s name in the title — 43 tracks worth! The acts include Bo, Bob, Billy, Boz and Bowie. Plus The Reels, The Who, The Beach Boys, The Vandellas and … well that would be telling! Tune in to Radio Blue Mountains then, to find out who the other 34 bands (and solo artists) are.
Listen like this:
89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or find and use a radio app

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On March 17 Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated in more countries than any other national festival. From 9 through noon this Saturday March 23 tune in to presenter Paul Young for The Theme Machine’s rebooted St Pat’s Day playlist of 40 rock, pop and folk songs, all by Irish bands and solo acts. Belated but well worth the wait for this 5th annually revised and revamped show. How to hear it: 89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

On Saturday March 16 from nine to noon, The Theme Machine with Paul Young presents ‘Funkytown’, a 34-track playlist which simply consists of tracks by funk bands and solo artists. Musicians include Sly & The Family Stone, Kool & The Gang, James Brown, The Isley Brothers, Tower of Power, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Prince and Bootsy. To tune in: 89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

Saturday December 16 from 9 to noon, tune in to The Theme Machine for the 45-track playlist ‘Name That Song – Gals, Part 2’. It’s a sequel to last Saturday’s show. They’re once again all tracks with a girl’s name in the title, and the acts range from Creedence to The Monkees to The Cure, Split Enz, Ted Mulry, Jona Lewie and oh so many more … How to hear: 89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

On The Theme Machine Saturday morning, September the 9th from 9 until 11 – ‘Let’s Cook’ is a 25-track playlist of songs in support of our same-day FUNDRAISER BARBECUE at Bunnings’ Katoomba store. The BBQ runs from 9 to 4 and will help your community radio station to continue providing essential alerts and valuable services — as it has for the last several decades. Artists include Blondie, Bread, Booker T. & The MG’s, The Cure, Led Zep and a host of others. To paraphrase Prince ‘We’re gonna barby like it’s 2023’. How to hear it: 89.1FM, stream live via rbm.org.au, or use a radio app

This Saturday November 26 on The Theme Machine tune in for ‘Heaven & Hell (Opposites Repel) – The 2022 Edition’. Revised and revamped! 38 tracks by The Clash, The Cure, The Who, The Darkness, The Jam, The Pogues, The Cramps, The Stranglers and The Easybeats – and several other acts not beginning with the word ‘the’! Tune in how? Like so: 89.1 FM, stream via our website at rbm.org.au (click ‘Listen Live’ button at top-right of the Home page), or use a radio app