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Flying trapeze in 1890
It’s time to fly high with all the triumphs and tragedies of the arena, from escaping elephants to crazy clowns, tentative tightropes to human cannonballs! This excellent entertainment is provided by guest Loud Atlas, picking songs from last week’s Big Top-ic
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Some of this week’s house band …
Aristotelianism to absurdism, cynicism to nihilism to stoicism and more, this week’s musings on our existence come no shortage of great musicians as well as philosophers, thoughtfully chosen and superbly described by guest playlister Uncleben from last week’s theme
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Living in a … Rock or Hard Place?
Tough neighbourhood? Bland or gentrified? Inhabiting this playlist space in response to a huge urban sprawl of song nominations, guest of the week DiscoMonster unveils a strong selection that capture many ups, downs and other aspects, architectural and social, of city life
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Where will lightning strike in this week’s playlists?
Ancient lightning gods and rods to pioneers of current, this week’s bright spark EnglishOutlaw connects nature, history and scientific experiment into musical form with playlists inspired by last week’s electrifying topic
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Saint or sinner? A singer from this week's A-list bows in martyr mode ... Photograph: Amy Jett
St Louis to St Vitus, Malcolm X to Bauhaus's Stigmata Martyr, this week's playlists selected by Song Bar's regular TatankaYotanka from last week's topic come with a particularly poetic air
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