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This week on Deep Dive we enjoy the talents of the 80s boy band the Pet Shop Boys. We hear that it's a sin, about West end girls, domino dancing and suburbia.

Tune in at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is now - thanks to daylight savings time, 7 AM in Eastern Australia. Or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, which is 9 PM in Eastern Australia. That SmartThing of yours can take you there - just say play Mushroom FM. The wonders of modern technology!

This week Damo is taking a break, and fun guy Graeme from Deep Dive is jumping into the chair.

It has been rainy and stormy in Tweed Heads where I live this week so the breakfast will focus on the weather, playing songs about the weather from different genres. We'll take the weather with you, experience stormy weather, mandolin wind, Sunday sunshine and sunshine on Leith.

Join me, Graeme not Damo, at 4 PM Eastern Friday which is 6 AM Saturday morning in Eastern Australia. Or replayed at 3 AM Eastern Sunday, which is 5 PM in Eastern Australia.

This week on Deep Dive we enjoy the excellent voice and great songwriting skills of Neil Diamond. We meet Cracklin' Rosie, here a song sung blue, and play me.

Tune in at 4 PM Eastern Monday, 6 AM in Eastern Australia. Or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, 8 PM in Eastern Australia. We are coming into that weird time-changing part of the year, so watch your times in the next few weeks. I'll try to keep up but I have been known to get it wrong. Just say Play Mushroom FM to your SmartThing and you will be there.

This week on Deep Dive we discover which fun guy loves Judy Collins. We look from both sides now, here about when I go, and learn when to send in the clowns. Judy Collins is a wonderful talent with a long career so there is much to choose from.

Join me, and the other fun guy, at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is 6 AM Tuesday in Eastern Australia. Or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, which is 8 PM in Eastern Australia. Just walk up to your SmartSpeaker of choice and say commandingly, play Mushroom FM and you will be there.

This week on Deep Dive we enjoy the wonderful music of Abba, including a track from their new album. We have a dream, lay all your love on me, and take a chance on me. We hear about the band, and how they got their name.

So tune in at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is 6 AM Tuesday in Eastern Australia. Or alternatively at 6 AM Wednesday Eastern, which is 8 PM in Eastern Australia. Simply approach your SmartThing and give it the good words play Mushroom FM and it will whisk you there faster than you can say her serene highness Princess Anni-Fride.

This week on Deep Dive we enjoy the talents of singer and songwriter Neil Sedaka. We find that it hurts to be in love, discover a diary, and sing about a calendar girl.

To hear these and many more you can tell your SmartSpeaker to play Mushroom FM at 4 PM Eastern Monday, Tuesday at 6 AM in Eastern Australia. Or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, which is 8 PM in Eastern Australia.

This week on Deep Dive we enjoy the raw and powerful voice of Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. We hear that it's heartache, that my guns are loaded, and experience a total eclipse of the heart.

Tune in on Monday at 4 PM Eastern, which is 6 AM Tuesday in Eastern Australia. Or at Wednesday 6 AM Eastern, which is 8 PM in Eastern Australia. your SmartSpeaker will take you in if you ask it to play Mushroom FM.

The country music world lost its old storyteller this week with the passing of Tom T Hall last Friday. Deep Dive pays tribute to him in this week's show. We hear the story of the Harper Valley PTA, the views of the cowboy and the poet, all about Sneaky Snake and what I Love.

Join me at 4 PM Eastern this Monday, which is 6 AM Tuesday in Eastern Australia. Or at 6 AM Wednesday, which is 8 PM in Eastern Australia. Simply tell your SmartThing to take you to Mushroom FM, the home of the fun guys, and you will be there.

This week on Deep Dive we enjoy the talent of Australian band the Bee Gee's, although the claim to their heritage may be a little thin. We ask how deep is your love, here somejive talkin, and hear how I started a joke.

Join me at 4 PM Eastern Monday, 6 AM Tuesday in Eastern Australia, or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, 8 PM in Eastern Australia. Just ask your SmartThing for Mushroom FM and you will be there.

This week on Deep Dive we meet the piano man, and enjoy the multiple talents of American singer-song-writer Billy Joel. We encourage Virginia, hear about a big shot, and learn that she's always a woman to me. Billy Joel is one of my favourite entertainers - yes we hear that one as well - so it's a party in the studio during the show.

Join me at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is 6 AM Tuesday in Eastern Australia. Or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, which is 8 PM in Eastern Australia. Just talk to your SmartThing - they are the best form of transport to Mushroom FM.