I love well-made radio almost as much as I love print media, so Internet podcasts are catnip to me. I found Ruby's Chicky Boil-Ups by following a link from my favourite podcast, The Bike Show, broadcast from London by Jack Thurston on Resonance 101 FM (link below). The Bike Show, not surprisingly, focuses mainly on cycling. Ruby (who, it turns out, is Jack's cousin) focuses entirely on music.

She chooses a loose theme for each show, then chooses a surprising range of music to fit each theme. She also finds a well-informed someone to talk to about this theme, and includes music that this person chooses. The result is eclectic, unusual, and wonderful.

How surprising? How eclectic? A few themes and playlists are shown below. Scroll down and have a look...

Gospel Train - Sunbury Junior Singers of the Salvation Army Heaven's Radio - Molly O'Day and the Cumberland Mountain Folks Female Jesus - Men in Gray Suits Dominique - The Singing Nun Saved - Lavern Baker Jesus in His Pomp - The Chimps Six and Seven Books of Moses - The Maytals as The Vikings Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho - Paul Robeson Soul Train - Judith Angels Laid Him Away - Mississippi John Hurt Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet - Gavin Bryars

Rockin’ Bicycle - Fats Domino En Bicicleta - Manuel Jiminez La Troisiéme Roue De Ton Velo - Antoine A Bicyclette - Yves Montane Motorcycle - The Rumble Strips Gravel Rash - Cookin' on Three Burners Pedal Pusher - Abdominal Tour De France - Kraftwerk Bravo Eddy - Jean Narcy Blood on the Saddle - Tex Ritter Henkie de Fiets - Henkie The Highway Code - The Master Singers Waiting At The Bus Stop - Kay-Gees La bicyclette - Annie Duparc

I Came Out of the Wilderness - Pete Molinari Arizona Yodeller - DeZurik Sisters Building a Boat - The Rumble Strips Run Rabbit Run - Harry Smith Country Death Song - The Violent Femmes Moonlight & Roses - Tommy Sanderson Francis, Day & Hunter The Valleys - Electrelane Inakano Musume - Ban Ban Bazar Goodbye California - Jolie Holland Puszta-Fox - Orchester Barnabask von Geczy Roam - B52s La Montagne - Choeur des Armaillis de la Gruyere Whispering Grass - The Ink Spots Lord Blow the Moon out Please - Hem Down by the Riverside - Lesley First Man Walks Among Us - Jonathan Richman

The Smoke Comes Out My Chimney Just the Same - Skeets McDonald Do The Whirlwind - Architecture in Helsinki This is the House that Jack Built - Willy Whyton London Calling - The Clash Luton Bungalow - John Hegley First Row Balcony - The Gaylords Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout Home is where the Hatred Is - Gil Scott-Heron I Wish to Build a Mosque - Markos Vamvakaris In Your House - The Cure Crying in the Chapel - Elvis Living on the Ceiling - Blancmange Maison Rose - Emmanuelle Parrenin Underneath the Arches - Billy's Banjo Band My Head is My Only House Unless it Rains - Captain Beefheart Lara’s Castle - Yann Tiersen Come on Feel the Illinoise! - Sufjan Stevens Build - The Housemartins Christopher Robin at Buckingham Palace - Anne Stephens We Built this City on Rock and Roll - Starship

Enjoy! I certainly do, and hats off(!) to Ruby.