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Favoriting September 26, 2013: Part 260

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Rhys Chatham  Part 3   Favoriting The Crimson Grail  Nonesuch  2010  CD      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
La Femme  It's Time to Wake Up (2023)   Favoriting Psycho Tropical Berlin  Born Bad  2013  LP    *   0:23:36 (Pop-up)
Love Tractor  Festival   Favoriting Love Tractor  DB Recs  1982  LP      0:30:44 (Pop-up)
Speed the Plough  Big Bus   Favoriting The Plough and the Stars  Bar None  2013  CD  From 1989  *   0:34:27 (Pop-up)
 
National Wake  International News   Favoriting Walk in Africa 1979-81  Light in the Attic  2013  CD    *   0:46:40 (Pop-up)
Tony Sarfo & The Funky Afrosibi  I Beg   Favoriting Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983  Analog Africa  2013  CD  From 1976  *   0:50:15 (Pop-up)
Eddie Horan  I'm Gonna Speak Out   Favoriting I'm Gonna Speak Out  HDM  2013  CD  From 1979  *   0:54:58 (Pop-up)
The Opals  You Can't Hurt Me No More   Favoriting Looking Good: 75 Femme Mod Soul Nuggets  RPM  2013  CD  From 1965  *   0:58:10 (Pop-up)
Barry White  I Wanna Lay Down with You Baby   Favoriting Is This Whatcha Wont?  20th Century  1976  LP      1:01:41 (Pop-up)
Andy Lewis Featuring Keni Burke  (Love Is) Alive in My Heart   Favoriting Move On Up: A Modernist Compendium  MOJO  2012  CD      1:09:00 (Pop-up)
The Style Council  Walls Come Tumbling Down   Favoriting Internationalists  Geffen  1985  LP      1:12:04 (Pop-up)
The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy  Angels   Favoriting Distressed Gentlefolk  Big Time  1986  LP      1:15:22 (Pop-up)
Alex Chilton  Motel Blues   Favoriting Electricity by Candlelight NYC 2/13/97  Bar None  2013  CD    *   1:20:45 (Pop-up)
The Replacements  Answering Machine   Favoriting Let It Be  Twin/Tone  1985  LP      1:23:54 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row
Larry Jon Wilson  The Truth Ain't in You   Favoriting   Monument  1975  45      1:33:58 (Pop-up)
Ruthi Navon  The Ballad of Lucy Jordan   Favoriting   Polydor  1980  45      1:36:50 (Pop-up)
The Flirts  All You Ever Think About Is (Sex)!   Favoriting   CBS Associated  1986  45      1:40:28 (Pop-up)
Louis Brooks and His Hi-Toppers  It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)   Favoriting   Excello  1955  45  Vocal: Earl Gaines    1:43:57 (Pop-up)
Pollution  Do You Really Have a Heart   Favoriting   Prophesy  1971  45      1:46:35 (Pop-up)
Rupert Holmes  Our National Pastime   Favoriting   Epic  1974  45      1:49:52 (Pop-up)
Meat Loaf  Paradise by the Dashboard Light   Favoriting   Epic  1977  45  I. Paradise II. Let Me Sleep on It III. Praying for the End of Time    1:52:46 (Pop-up)
 
The Young Tradition  Knight William and the Shepherd's Daughter   Favoriting Oberlin 1968  Fledg'ling  2013  CD    *   2:15:25 (Pop-up)
Linda Thompson  Blue Bleezin' Blind Drunk   Favoriting Won't Be Long Now  Pettifer Sounds  2013  CD    *   2:19:00 (Pop-up)
The Watersons  John Barleycorn   Favoriting Frost and Fire: A Calendar of Ceremonial Folk Songs  Topic  1965  LP      2:21:00 (Pop-up)
Berzilla Wallin  Conversation with Death   Favoriting Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways  Smithsonian Folkways  2002  CD  Recorded in 1963    2:24:20 (Pop-up)
Lad Un  Thawai Phaka Thi   Favoriting Longing for the Past: The 78 rpm Era in Southeast Asia  Dust-to-Digital  2013  CD  From 1930; "Offering Flowers to a Monk"  *   2:29:45 (Pop-up)
Plah and Raslah  Lagu Daerah Sumatera   Favoriting Longing for the Past: The 78 rpm Era in Southeast Asia  Dust-to-Digital  2013  CD  From 1955; "Sumatran Song: The One Who Sits Has an Impeded Voice"  *   2:32:24 (Pop-up)
Bill Callahan  The Sing   Favoriting Dream River  Drag City  2013  CD    *   2:35:51 (Pop-up)
The Renderizers  Tuanjiehu 1 / Sleeping Entrance   Favoriting Vivid Cloud / Lucky Din  Grapefruit  2013  LP    *   2:40:08 (Pop-up)
Henry Burr  I'm Glad I Can Make You Cry   Favoriting Moral Turpitude on Record: Antique Phonograph Music Program 2013 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2013  CD-R  From 1918  *   2:45:48 (Pop-up)
The Mills Brothers  Diga Diga Doo   Favoriting Four Boys and a Guitar: The Essential Mills Brothers  Legacy  1995  CD  From 1932    2:49:03 (Pop-up)
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra  Diga Diga Doo   Favoriting The Very Best of Artie Shaw  RCA Victor  2001  CD  live in 1939    2:52:11 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:05am
duke:

Hello Joe, whadya know?
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Happy, happy, boing, boing!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
common:

BOING! mornin.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:08am
Stevel:

Gut morgan.
Avatar 9:10am
Cheri Pi:

strong opener-boing boing boing boing!!
Avatar 9:10am
duke:

That intro makes me happy happy
Avatar 9:10am
Parq:

My favorite part of the Muppets into is when they react to the Contemporary station. I can't even count how often I react to things that way.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:11am
SeanG:

Let's do this
Avatar 9:15am
northguineahills:

I was thinking all of the above, everybody.....
Avatar 9:16am
Joe McG:

@duke: I know something about love. You've got to want it bad. Happy boing boing, everybody!
Avatar 9:18am
northguineahills:

One of my prepositions must have boinged of somewhere....
Avatar 9:19am
Sem Chumbo:

Hiya, Joe, and all youse listeners. Good morning. Lovely start to an getting-better day!
Avatar 9:21am
duke:

This Rhys Chatham track is wonderful
Avatar 9:22am
Cheri Pi:

I lent this album to a friend and I never got it back!!!!!!
Avatar 9:23am
Joe McG:

We're building to an early climax this morning.
  9:23am
glenn m:

good morning!
Avatar 9:23am
Cheri Pi:

I'll need a nap in about 3 minutes.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:23am
SeanG:

more guitar!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
common:

early climax and then back to bed!
Avatar 9:25am
Joe McG:

Anybody have a cigarette?
Avatar 9:25am
northguineahills:

I was at the Chatham show, fine awesome stuff...
Avatar 9:25am
Cheri Pi:

Snuggle pile
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am
Armitage Shanks:

good morning from a hilltop above the jurassic coast, coated in fog and mist.

locked in for the ride...love rhys, perhaps some billy childish later? thanks
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:30am
KevinfromBayRidge:

Now that we've been all dolled up (terrestrially, I might add), let's rock & boing!
Avatar 9:31am
Joe McG:

Hey, Armitage Shanks, Sem, Glenn, Cheri, KevinfromBayRidge, northguineahills, common, SeanG, Parq, and Stevel! I thought Jersey was the Jurassic coast?
Avatar 9:32am
maja:

huh?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34am
common:

wish i were on the jurassic coast. looks greeeet!
Avatar 9:34am
Joe McG:

Maybe it's the Jerztastic coast.
Avatar 9:36am
Cheri Pi:

My coworker just handed me another bag of freshly picked ghost peppers, habaneros, lemon pepper and curry leaves.
Avatar 9:37am
Sem Chumbo:

In addition to being ideal access points to the Jurassic Coast, gateway towns provide a complete range of services which support conservation and the management of the World Heritage Site. Each of the towns are destinations in their own respect.

Beer
I stopped at that one, though the list is very much longer.
Avatar 9:39am
Sem Chumbo:

The village of Beer is situated on the 95-mile long Jurassic Coast, England's first natural World Heritage Site and its picturesque cliffs, including Beer Head, form part of the South West Coast Path.
Avatar 9:41am
maja:

cheri pi i'm jealous! hi all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:42am
Armitage Shanks:

nice pictures here of where i live:
www.flickr.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43am
common:

thanks armitage! let's go to the village of beer, sem!
Avatar 9:43am
Cheri Pi:

Jethro Tull is my I hate the flute.
Avatar 9:44am
duke:

Whatever you do, don't do an all Bohemian Rhapsody show.
Avatar 9:44am
Cheri Pi:

not all flute of course, just Jethro Tull flute.
Avatar 9:45am
Cheri Pi:

Let's never speak of it again @duke!
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

@cheri 9:36: I must have this coworker thing. It yields goodies.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

People.
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SeanG:

holy shit Armitage Shanks, those photos are incredible
Avatar 9:45am
Sem Chumbo:

common:Only if there are reasonably priced, and quiet, accommodations available in nearby Hangover.
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armitage Shanks:

yes and lets not forget james galway and his flute too

enough to put you off the flute
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tim from champaign:

Very cool, Armitage.
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Cheri Pi:

Co-workers are full of goodies. Find one and shake them down RTD.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:47am
tim from champaign:

CP, what are lemon peppers?
Avatar 9:48am
Cheri Pi:

Rahsaan Roland Kirk can play all the flutes he wants though...
Avatar 9:49am
glenn:

and he frequently does. or did, i guess.
Avatar 9:49am
Cheri Pi:

Here ya go TfC: www.rareseeds.com...
  9:50am
trish:

(Femme sounds like 'fem'. The 'e' at the end gives it a longer 'mm' than the two m's would sound in english. Not quite a tastes-good sounding 'mm-mm' but in that direction.)
Avatar 9:50am
Cheri Pi:

There's a flute and a recorder in there: upload.wikimedia.org...
Avatar 9:51am
herb.nyc:

hi joe (et al). i've seen Speed The Plough several times, bk *then*. thanks for playing. and "international news" reminds me of The (Newtown) Neurotics song "local news". maybe if it's lying around you can play. thanks, take care.
Avatar 9:53am
dc pat:

Wie gehts?..
  9:53am
trish:

(Unaccented silent e's at the end are double consonant stretchers)
Avatar 9:53am
duke:

Coltrane played the flute on occasion. He could have played tissue paper and comb and it would work.
Avatar 9:55am
Cheri Pi:

what's shaking DCP?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56am
common:

@Sem: HA! sorry bout the late reaction. works for jerks.
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tim from champaign:

I'll have to look out for lemon peppers. From the description it sounds like they could add a citrus flavor to a dish? Sounds nice. I've been using limes and lemons a lot recently in my cooking.
Avatar 9:57am
Rev. Turnip Druid:

Might actually have one or two of those "coworker" things soon. After a year-plus of post-layoff temp/contracting, might finally have some deep hooks in a place. if so, the Fullers Vintage Ale is gettin' cracked and synths will be ordered...
Avatar 9:58am
glenn:

it's good to have your priorities straight, rev.
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dc pat:

PI! You were in one of the dreams the other night--don't worry, everyone's clothes remained on.
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Cecile:

hola!
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dc pat:

you were cleaning lint out of a kitchen sink filter or something. I dunno...you're innocent when you dream...
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dc pat:

way to be, RTD.
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Cheri Pi:

I had a dream last night i was cleaning up dog pee on carpeting. Why am I always doing chores???
Avatar 10:03am
Cecile:

Gene Chandler did a great version of "you can't hurt me" too.
Avatar 10:03am
Cecile:

hahahahaha, I was watching Counting Cars the other night, and they were souping up Barry White's last car.
Avatar 10:04am
Cecile:

It had white fur in the trunk!
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Cecile:

It was a Stutz. Pimptastic.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:04am
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe where you going with that bun in your hand?
Avatar 10:04am
dc pat:

yeah, you shouldn't waste time in a dream doing that crap, come on! and, STAY THE HELL OUT OF MY DREAMS!
Avatar 10:05am
Cheri Pi:

I'll do my best, every dish in my house needs to be washed BTW. How did you know that?
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Joe McG:

Good news, Rev! I want to drive Barry's car. Did it have a diamond in the back?
Avatar 10:06am
dc pat:

well, for a fee, I can try to focus on you doing dishes tonight if you want...
Avatar 10:07am
dc pat:

You haven't seen fuzzy cars until you've been to a low-rider festival...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:08am
Brian in UK:

Hey Mr Shanks love your porcelain work. The Undercliff is a wonderful. Remember buying Stefan Zweig's 'Beware of Pity in a secondhand bookshop in Lyme Regis about half a lifetime ago.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:10am
Brian in UK:

Is Lemongrass the biggest con ever, by the time you have cut out the gristle there is nothing left.
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Cheri Pi:

heya JMcG, got any Billy Ocean?
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Cheri Pi:

agreed Brian UK.
Avatar 10:12am
Joe McG:

@Cheri: I don't have any with me, darnit! Do you think FMU has any? I'm doubtful.
Avatar 10:12am
Cheri Pi:

I want to put a diamond in the back on my Camry, is there a sticker or something I wonder?
Avatar 10:13am
Cheri Pi:

LOL, DJ Keili has some I bet ;)
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Cheri Pi:

Style Council!!
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dc pat:

STOP PI.
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dc pat:

Nooooooooo! Style Council!!! AAAAAAAAA
Avatar 10:16am
Cheri Pi:

this album gets WORN OUT @ CP/HQ
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Joe McG:

@Cheri: Unity is powerful!
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Cheri Pi:

tell it JMcG! I have to go stand around a chocolate cake now for a few minutes in the cube next door...
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Joe McG:

@cheri: What strange rituals you have.
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Brian in UK:

Just bought a giant Toblerone at half price. Who wants a piece?
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tim from champaign:

Here comes the Jazz part of the Conspiracy.
Avatar 10:22am
glenn:

no. ethanol is the biggest con ever, no matter what neil young says.
  10:26am
trish:

How is it a con? Agric.fields spacing out those of food, sure, but con??
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:27am
tim from champaign:

Nice, Joe!

Alex Chilton + Terry Reid + Only Ones = Paul Westerberg
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am
DCE:

*pant pant*...late to the party...can I still come in?
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ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

Wonder what Paul Westerberg thinks of cell phones.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29am
Greg from Bloomfield:

I always thought this would pair nicely with Tribe's "Skypager."
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Dave B:

I've been here the whole time, but working, its tough to get in a HOWDY!
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Cecile:

It did! And The Count put root beer flake colored accents on it. And all the knobs and things were gold plated.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:30am
common:

sounded good to me, too. love that whole record.
Avatar 10:31am
Cecile:

Brian, buy the pre-ground or the paste.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:31am
Lyme Regis:

@Brian in UK u got me there mate, just a silent homage to the life and times of billy childish and his associated bands. i live near lyme, just relocated here from shoreditch.
Avatar 10:32am
Cecile:

I had a clerk at a Asian grocery steer me toward the frozen ground up lemongrass when I was going to buy fresh. He shook his head no.
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Cecile:

I think it gets too dried out by the time it gets to us.
Avatar 10:34am
glenn:

www.nytimes.com...
www.businessweek.com...
www.prairiefirenewspaper.com...
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tim from champaign:

Alright! My favorite show within a show.
Avatar 10:36am
Joe McG:

Howdy, Dave B! Howdy, Greg and Jennique!
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Davee:

Greetings everyone, was distracted by work!
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northguineahills:

The only fresh lemongrass I see was grown locally.
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Cecile:

I like this a lot.
Very Jerry Reed like
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Joe McG:

@Cecile: I agree!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:39am
common:

i find fresh lemongrass at the asian market I shop at in philly. just sayin.
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Cecile:

This singer is a weak Olivia Newton-Johnalike, but the arrangement is hot.
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Cecile:

so no real hate from this.
Avatar 10:40am
Cecile:

I'd rather listen to Jerry Reed or Tom T. Hall over Gram Parsons any day. I'm kinda dopey that way.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:41am
tim from champaign:

Last weekend, I DJed at a record store in Bloomington, IL. I picked out used records for my sets. I started off my first set with the theme from Jaws, then followed up with an extremely scratchy copy of Sweetleaf. I was quite pleased with myself.
Avatar 10:41am
Parq:

Lucy Jordan -- another one of those Shel Silverstein songs that are best known through versions by others.
Avatar 10:42am
Joe McG:

Nice job, tim! @Parq: Bobby Bare made a career out of 'em!
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Cecile:

with a different singer this would be classic
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Davee:

I like this segment of the show!
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Cecile:

oh. the. flirts.
oy.
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Cecile:

Davee, I agree - it's always eclectic and surprising.
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glenn:

don't forget that with lemongrass, you have to beat hell out of it with a hammer or rolling pin.
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efd:

Shout-out to Bobby O!
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Liz Berg:

Joe, this Flirts song is outta control hilarious!
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Joe McG:

@efd: I think he lost his mind on this record! @Liz: Funny, right? Hoof and Mouth cover! ;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
DCE:

this is getting me excited...
  10:45am
Elias:

I need to find this for my jukebox! NEED.
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ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

How did I miss the Flirts?!? Wow. The circle is complete. I wish I could go back in time and join this group.
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Parq:

What else is there?
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Cecile:

You should play "I Know What Boys Like" after this.
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Cecile:

The Flirts still give me a headache.
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dc pat:

@DCE: www.google.com...
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Cecile:

now this is choice.
Great jump blues.
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Cecile:

dcp, keeping those dreams of being the American Bananarama alive.
  10:48am
J-Mar:

Louis Brooks/Earl Gaines - one of my favorites! Thanks for playing some Nashville R&B!
Avatar 10:48am
dc pat:

apparently the Flirts all had back problems...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:48am
tim from champaign:

Flirts is to 80s as Fanny Pack is to 00s
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Davee:

The Waitresses are in order here!
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Cecile:

Jesus-horn-rock!
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Joe McG:

My pleasure, J-Mar! @Davee: Would you believe I don't have any Waitresses 45s? Ugh!
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dc pat:

weren't fanny packs more 90's? I once saw those things excessively employed at a rainbow gathering...eyooooo...
Avatar 10:50am
Cecile:

Davee- they are the greatest Tin Huey spin-off band ever!
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northguineahills:

I was wearing fanny packs '86-88.
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Cecile:

this is actually a good little number.
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dc pat:

I wouldn't mind hearing Stuffing Martha's Muffins about now...
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MenfussMike:

Sucker!
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Cecile:

oh, so much I didn't like about the 80s....
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dc pat:

@ngh: yeah, that's what I thought....and also, don't talk to me anymore...
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Cecile:

oh, you and Clay and your Rupert Holmes love.
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Cecile:

I hate this song hard.
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Cecile:

sorry.
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Cheri Pi:

daggnabbit I missed the Flirts. I'm gonna grow some lemon grass this year in a pot methinks. with all my peppers its a win/win.
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Cecile:

Nielsen? grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Joe McG:

@Cecile: You'll hate the next one even more!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:54am
Andrew Waterloo:

This song is a bit creepy.
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Cheri Pi:

Don't be sorry C$, let the hate flow.
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glenn:

so no clicky star, eh, cecile?
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dc pat:

I'm with Cecile....
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PKNY:

I. AM. IN. TO. CHAMPAGNE.
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Cecile:

depends.
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Cecile:

Is this Bernadette Peters?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:54am
tim from champaign:

Please follow this up with the theme from Arthur!
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ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

Is this the part where Rupert says that he just slipped a roofie into her drink?
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dc pat:

where's the GODDAM clicky skull??
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PKNY:

Dug that Pollution track. I have the album, but the only track I remembered was their version of Sly's "Underdog". Will have to dig that out and give it a full listen sometime.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:55am
DCE:

great link, dcp...now I'm REALLY excited!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:55am
Stevel:

Whoooooooootttt!!!!!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:55am
efd:

That was quite possibly the worst baseball song ever.
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Cecile:

OH I HATE THIS FUCKING SONG SO MUCH.

hahahah Jennique, I thought that too.
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dc pat:

back problems...
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glenn:

roofert holmes?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:55am
tim from champaign:

hooooooo boy
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dc pat:

with Cecile again....not sorry...
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Cecile:

I need to find an mp3 of Dock Ellis to purify my soul.
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glenn:

that's MR. loaf to you.
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Skirkie:

Whyyyyyyy.
  10:56am
trish:

@glenn I think I must've missed the media-con on the subject altogether. Not conned so wouldn't call it a con; no big arg, here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:56am
Andrew Waterloo:

@Jennique, he did say she wouldn't feel a thing. He didn't even ask her name or out for dinner before talking up his waterbed.
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PKNY:

Had no idea that Meat put this out on a 45. Was it the A or B side?
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Joe McG:

Hey, good news: Somehow they fit all 7 minutes and 55 seconds of this song on the 45!
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Cecile:

www.youtube.com...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:56am
efd:

Meat Loaf's birthday is tomorrow, by the way.
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dc pat:

man that woman's voice is WAY worse than I remember...
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ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

@glenn, was just thinking the same thing!
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Kathy:

I thought someone changed the station.....
no.....
uh......
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Parq:

I respectfully dissent; this is an old favorite.
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Cheri Pi:

It's not Bohemian Rhapsody :)
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

Much of my weapons-grade hatred is in reserve for Mr. Loaf there. I can't explain it. But it is a deep, deep well...
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glenn:

ellen foley is pretty great here, though, i gotta say.
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tim from champaign:

Something tells me Joe is grinning ear to ear right now.
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dc pat:

ah, he's a big dick anyway so it's ok to hate.
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Cecile:

Parq, I like corn, but this just makes me twitchy.
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Cheri Pi:

I wonder what kind of human person really, really digs Meatloaf?
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DCE:

Frank-n-furter does!
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Kathy:

Fight Club!!!
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Stevel:

Meat Loaf was good before he went insane. We all were.
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Joe McG:

@tim: You know me too well.
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PKNY:

@Rev - I'm claiming "Weapons-Grade Hatred" as a band name right now.
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Mark:

That Rupert Holmes track was really something.
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Andrew Waterloo:

For the longest time I thought Meatloaf was just a joke on Married With Children.
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Cecile:

dock ellis is doing the trick....
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Parq:

Scharpling and Pseu did this for a marathon finale in, dang what was it, 2006? And yes, I was also just about to bring up Fight Club.
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ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

"goin' all the way" love that 70s terminology. Same thing as "makin' it"
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northguineahills:

I remember when I would read my Boy/Cub Scout magazines when I was a kid, and there used to be PSA comics w/ Meat Loaf about how kids shouldn't use drugs. I was confused, I thought Meat Loaf was some sort of lame superhero.
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Stevel:

Any regular WFMU listener knows what happens when you goad the DJ. See Ken's Bohemian Rhapsody epic from yesterday.
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Parq:

'Cile, I am what I am.
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glenn:

when i was in grade 13, i remember a couple of the italian guys forked out big bucks to have the bat out of hell cover spray painted on their shaggin' wagons.
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DCE:

yeah, that Rhapsody marathon had me runnin' to my ipod!
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Mark:

Dock Ellis & the LSD No-No--a friend of mine played that on WCBN in Ann Arbor a couple of months ago. Speaking of WCBN, I'm still on their email thread and Ken's epic was all they were talking about--they had links and everything!
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Cheri Pi:

Wasn't Meatloaf really John Candy?
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Cecile:

oh, jenn, that was 50s terminology.
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Joe McG:

Interesting fact about this song from the Wiki page: It was originally 27 minutes long.
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DCE:

YES OR NO???
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Cheri Pi:

Oh Glenn, the good old days...
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tim from champaign:

Cecile - check out this painting my friend made of Doc Ellis. (sorry it's via facespace)

www.facebook.com...
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Cecile:

Parq, I like Kix, so who am I to judge?
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Parq:

Joe, apparently to most of my fellow listeners, it still feels that way.
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Mark:

Oh, I thought THIS take was 27 minutes long.
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J-Mar:

Love it or hate it, this song takes me back to riding around in my big brother's muscle car as a kid.
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Cheri Pi:

Part 3 was only 24 minutes!
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?:

It still feels like it's 27 minutes long
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Stevel:

I love this song. Come shoot me if you must. Always makes me smile.
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ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

Didn't realize Ellen Foley was in Cocktail www.hotflick.net...
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Cecile:

www.youtube.com...
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12539:

And so we finally arrive at the end of time.
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dc pat:

Ach Cecile, ya had to remind me about Kix...
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Cecile:

Cold blood is all you bleed, dcp.
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Cheri Pi:

Permaguest on Hollywood Squares?
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Cecile:

you make me ssssshhhhiver, earthquake!
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dc pat:

stop!
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Cecile:

hahahahahaha
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Elias:

YES! PLAY IT!
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Davee:

How about some ketchup with the meat loaf? Anyone?
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Elias:

And the baseball metaphor of The Flirts!
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Dan B From Upstate:

As a kid, when my mother played that song... I thought it was about baseball.
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Brian in UK:

Hey Jude?
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Davee:

Hey Dude?
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Elias:

And then Rupert Holmes came up with The Pina Colada Song. Wow.
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Davee:

Meat loaf and pina colada's for everyone!
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Listening Out There:

"Vincent" was deep...
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Cecile:

elias, which is like frickin 'yesterday" compared to the baseball song.
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Cecile:

All I wanted was a Pepsi!
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glenn:

ernie harwell, songwriter. mlb.mlb.com...
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Parq:

Fortuitously, this particular bed music goes perfectly with cheesy poetry.
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Listening Out There:

Yep. "Gone and Back" is gone. Phew.
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Michele:

What is happening.... Joe you are reading poetry!?
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Elias:

Elephant fights! That makes way more sense than Chicken fights, which is what we called that game. Ah Phil Rizzuto.
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Davee:

He's reading from his biography.
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Elias:

Yes, Rupert Holmes is the gift that keeps on giving.
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Davee:

Need Money, call the Money store!
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

man, had to turn away for a few minutes & missed such exquisite hate... how I adore this group. Next round of weird ale is on me...
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Davee:

Did Joe run out of 45's?
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

@PKNY 10:58, you got it! I get 10% of all your fame & fortune & sin, though. We must do this right.
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Cecile:

it's as rare as the dodo.


sorry.
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efd:

thanks Joe!
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Brian in UK:

Ramones
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Whosondephone:

Rammstein!!!
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Cecile:

Four Pints Shy are a pretty good trad-folk group here.
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slater:

bring us a shrubbery
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Brian in UK:

Have you will of me. Call me Roger.
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Cheri Pi:

what slater said
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Davee:

Mr. Rogers?
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Cecile:

Do you have some good Steeleye Span songs about boozing?
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ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

Oh you went dark Joe.
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Davee:

Garnished with Lark's vomit.
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dc pat:

DAMMIT! took a break to do a little paintin and that stupid Meatloaf song was going through my head. DAMN YOU McGASKO!!!
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Carmichael:

Good Holy Christ, I show up late to this board and have to catch up with all the Barry White and skiddle de dy. I do like the Flirts, though, in their sachariney goodness.
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Davee:

Steele eye span is a good choice - Alison gross?
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Joe McG:

@dc pat: It will be there now FOREVER.
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Mike Noble:

oh yes! I love this version of John Barleycorn!
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Carmichael:

Cecile, every Irish song is either about good times in the boozer or being hungover at home being while by the brats.
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glenn:

i always loved traffic doing this.
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Cecile:

yes! Davee.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

Steeleye Span's version of KING HENRY is an infinite classic.
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slater:

Joe, you like bagpipes? my Scottish genes yearn for wall-of-sound pipes (consider this a request)
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Cecile:

Oh, don't I know it.
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Carmichael:

*hungover and pestered ..."
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dc pat:

HA, well this here up in the morn song is proving a fine antidote..
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Cecile:

hahahaha, carm.

Rev Druid, and their Rogues in a Nation is just chilling.
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glenn:

the irish olympics - drinkin', fuckin' and fightn'.
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Joe McG:

@Rev: I played that one about a month ago when I did a fill-in for Doug! @sister: I LOVE bagpipes! Maybe!
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Mike Noble:

this is my favorite "murder" ballad.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

Brilliant, sir Joe!
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Brian in UK:

Joe Linda T recorded David Ackles Down River a few moons ago.
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DCE:

she does sound like a Berzilla.
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Joe McG:

@DCE: Ha ha ha! @brian: Really? I want to hear that!
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ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

userserve-ak.last.fm...
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Davee:

How about some Maura O'Connel?
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slater:

reminds me of "Oh Death" by Camper van Beethoven
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Carmichael:

Them's all Presbo Scots in Virginny, but at least they's keeping the music alive.
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Davee:

She's a Wailin'
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Davee:

Glad that's over!
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Carmichael:

Any version of I Am Stretched On Your Grave is a winner.
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Carmichael:

Randy Jackson would say, "Dog, too much riffin'."
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Stau:

Beautiful song from her soul. No how about more Barry White
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dc pat:

yes...this is cleansing the ears and the soul...
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Davee:

Still like Snead's version the best . . . speaking for myself.
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Carmichael:

In Ireland this style is called Sean Nos. Don't know what it's called in the US.
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Joe McG:

Stau: Ha! Don't tempt me.
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Brian in UK:

Joe Same label as Young Tradition. Proper Records for Proper people.
www.propermusic.com...
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Mark:

It's cool, the similarities from continent to continent.
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Davee:

Didn't Barry White Cover this song?
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Brian in UK:

Not sure if the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan would agree with this album title!
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Mike Noble:

@Joe: did you enter the wrong track from Frost and Fire in the playlist? I believe "Harvest Song: We Gets Up in the Morn" is the track after "John Barleycorn."
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Joe McG:

@Mike: Sure did, Mike! Thanks for noticing. That was definitely "John Barleycorn."
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Stau:

Yes! Bill Callahan. Looking forward to seeing him in Philly in a couple weeks
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Davee:

This sounds good . . . I think a track by Jack Tannehill would fit at this point.
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Stau:

Lonnie Holley is opening for him so it should be a strangely wild time
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Cecile:

The Renderers?
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Joe McG:

@Cecile: Yes. They're going by a little alias for this release. Just like the Jazz Butcher used to!
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glenn:

i could almost have sworn this was sally timms.
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glenn:

or is it? i know not the renderers/renderizers.
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Cecile:

They are a NZ band with a husband and wife songwriting/singing team. They are sort of like if Richard and Linda Thompson started on Flying Nun.
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tim from champaign:

Are the Renderizers the same as the Renderers? I love the Renderers album on Siltbreeze in the 90s.
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Cecile:

Yes, Joe said they were pulling a Jazz Butcher and chainging their name a little.
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glenn:

oh. so an adulterer and a hotel room wrecker, then?
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Cecile:

not really. They are still married.
There is just a lot of drama in their songs.
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DCE:

love this!
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Cecile:

they are more polite.
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Stau:

A quick wiki search reveals that there are many bad things you can do that are not classified as moral turpitude. Thank God!
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DCE:

makes me feel like putting on a black coat with tails, a cane, a monacle, a nice bowler...
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Cecile:

that's the narcissist's anthem right here.
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Joe McG:

@Cecile: He's a meanie!
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Carmichael:

This will explain all: grapefruitrecordclub.com...
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Brian in UK:

@DCE We shall meet at six o'clock prompt for cocktails then on to the club for a spot of dinner.
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Stau:

The Mills Brothers always remind me of Redd Foxx (as Fred Sanford). He did a great/funny impression
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Carmichael:

And if you're late, they'll tak away your fruit cup.
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Cecile:

is it on record, stau?
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tim from champaign:

I love it when Fred G. Sanford sings "If I Didn't Care". It gets me every time.
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Joe McG:

Too bad I'm out of time, I've got more diga diga doo in me. Anyway, thanks for listening everybody! I hope you all have a great week!
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Brian in UK:

I have been reading P G Wodehouse this last cupla weeks. Frightfully good. He really is in mid season form. Topping read.
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Carmichael:

23 skiddoo, Joe!
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glenn:

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.

H. L. Mencken
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Brian in UK:

Spiffing show, Mr McGasko.
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tim from champaign:

Thanks for the fun show, Joe!
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12539:

Thanks Joe, I had a very terrific time.
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Brian in UK:

Wadda you mean you did not know what to play, you scoundrel.
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duke:

really diga diga dug the show
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DCE:

bye Joe!
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Listening Out There:

thx, Joe!
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fxo:

yeah, thanks Mr. McG.
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