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Favoriting May 24, 2020: What was it we were always wanting?

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Artist Track Album Label New Approx. start time
Superchunk  Unbelievable Things   Favoriting Indoor Living  Merge Records    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Kevin Ayers  Religious Experience (Singing a Song in the Morning)   Favoriting Joy of a Toy (Reissue)  Harvest    0:05:20 (Pop-up)
Habibi  Dragging Me Down   Favoriting Anywhere but Here  Muddguts Records  *   0:09:58 (Pop-up)
The Pastels  Nothing to Be Done   Favoriting Sittin' Pretty  Homestead Records    0:13:39 (Pop-up)
The Vaselines  Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam   Favoriting The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History  Sub Pop Records    0:17:16 (Pop-up)
MB Jones  My Genealogy   Favoriting NOSCI NOFI  Feeding Tube Records  *   0:20:53 (Pop-up)
Barbra Streisand  Don't Rain on My Parade   Favoriting Funny Girl  Columbia Masterworks    0:27:55 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Yann Tiersen 

Les Jours Tristes   Favoriting

Amélie OST 

Virgin Records 

 

0:30:38 (Pop-up)
Bob Seger System  2+2=?   Favoriting Ramblin' Gamblin' Man  Capitol Records     0:36:12 (Pop-up)
Donovan  To Susan on the West Coast Waiting   Favoriting Barabajagal  Epic Records    0:39:07 (Pop-up)
Bob Mould  I Fought   Favoriting Sunshine Rock  Merge Records    0:42:14 (Pop-up)
Death of Samantha  New Soldier, New Sailor   Favoriting Come All Ye Faithless  Homestead Records    0:44:48 (Pop-up)
The Good, the Bad & the Queen  A Soldier's Tale   Favoriting The Good, the Bad & the Queen  EMI    0:48:30 (Pop-up)
New Order  Love Vigilantes   Favoriting (The Best of) New Order  London Records    0:51:04 (Pop-up)
Game Theory  Last Day that We're Young   Favoriting Lolita Nation (Reissue)  Omnivore Recordings    0:55:20 (Pop-up)
Freda Payne  Bring the Boys Home   Favoriting Bring the Boys Home Single  Invictus Records    1:00:30 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Yann Tiersen 

Les Jours Tristes   Favoriting

Amélie OST 

Virgin Records 

 

1:03:58 (Pop-up)
Neu!  Hero   Favoriting Neu! 75  Capitol Records     1:12:03 (Pop-up)
Flaming Fire  High Bell   Favoriting When the High Bell Rings  Silly Bird Records    1:19:09 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Richman  Velvet Underground   Favoriting I, Jonathan  Rounder Records    1:23:26 (Pop-up)
The Velvet Underground  Beginning to See the Light   Favoriting The Velvet Underground  Verve Records    1:26:45 (Pop-up)
Haunted House  Millie's Not Afraid   Favoriting Blue Ghost Blues  Northern Spy Records    1:31:17 (Pop-up)
Kate Bush  Wuthering Heights   Favoriting The Whole Story  EMI Records    1:41:10 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Yann Tiersen 

Les Jours Tristes   Favoriting

Amélie OST 

Virgin Records 

 

1:45:55 (Pop-up)
Interpol  PDA   Favoriting Turn on the Bright Lights  Matador Records    1:54:31 (Pop-up)
The Cure  A Night Like This   Favoriting The Head on the Door  Fiction Records    1:59:25 (Pop-up)
Agnes Obel  Myopia   Favoriting Myopia  Blue Note, Deutsche Grammophon  *   2:03:50 (Pop-up)
The Mountain Goats  Damn These Vampires   Favoriting All Eternals Deck  Merge Records    2:09:08 (Pop-up)
Elvis Perkins  While You Were Sleeping   Favoriting Ash Wednesday  XL Recordings    2:12:23 (Pop-up)
Future Bible Heroes  I'm a Vampire   Favoriting Memories of Love, Eternal Youth, and Partygoing  Merge Records    2:18:49 (Pop-up)
Darkstar  Timeaway   Favoriting News from Nowhere  Warp Records     2:22:10 (Pop-up)
Siouxsie & the Banshees  Cities in Dust   Favoriting Twice Upon A Time: The Singles  Geffen Records    2:25:39 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Yann Tiersen 

Les Jours Tristes   Favoriting

Amélie OST 

Virgin Records 

 

2:29:28 (Pop-up)
Anri  Last Summer Whisper   Favoriting Pacific Breeze Volume 2: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1972-1986  Light in the Attic Records  *   2:35:21 (Pop-up)
Beyoncé  Countdown   Favoriting 4  Columbia Records    2:40:18 (Pop-up)
Bloc Party  I Still Remember   Favoriting A Weekend in the City  Vice Music    2:43:56 (Pop-up)
The Darkness  I Believe in a Thing Called Love   Favoriting Permission to Land  Atlantic Records    2:48:30 (Pop-up)
Yann Tiersen  Les Jours Tristes   Favoriting Amélie OST  Virgin Records    2:51:57 (Pop-up)
Björk  It's Oh So Quiet   Favoriting Post  Elektra    2:56:12 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Tome:

ahhh HI Therese !<>!
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Therese:

Hello!
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lukavino:

Therese is on, how lovely.
  5:03pm
CC:

What's happening..?..Therese...
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Sigurður:

Hi Therese, and all who read and listen, hello.
  5:05pm
CC:

Sunday afternoon!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:06pm
Tome:

I think 90's most think ie.. Perl Jam I prefer super Chunk too !<>!
  5:06pm
ami ad:

Hello D.J. Hello all.Let the fun time continue.Thank you.
  5:07pm
Jett:

Can never get enough Kevin Ayers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:08pm
Scott Williams:

Kevin Ayers is always a balm in insane times. Hi Therese!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:09pm
Therese:

Hi Scott! Hi everybody!
  5:10pm
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Hi Therese √√√√√√√√√√√
  5:14pm
JakeGould:

Hey Therese and the skeletons! Up on a roof enjoying Habibi.
  5:19pm
Jett:

Thank God for Therese on the radio on Sundays.
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Sigurður:

Lol
  5:20pm
kev:

Pastels Vaselines love it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:20pm
radioronan:

Hello Therese and everyone! Hitting the happy zone right from the start..
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Ken From Hyde Park:

All I wanted was a Pepsi! Hello, Therese and conglomerate!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 5:22pm
suzyhotrod:

Therese! I’m in heaven listening to the Vaselines on your show and taking in roof sun
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:24pm
Therese:

Hiya, Suzy! Can you roller skate on your roof, or would that be ill-advised?
  5:24pm
Doug in JC:

Good afternoon
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:25pm
ParUbi:

Hey everyone, hi Therese
  5:30pm
JakeGould:

Babs on a Sunday is very Midwood.
  5:30pm
steveL:

Good fuck, Streisand is tremendous. !
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 5:31pm
suzyhotrod:

Hah! I could probably skate here, but there are neighbors under. I love BABS
  5:32pm
JakeGould:

Yeah, she’s a respectable chonky voiced Jewess.
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Sigurður:

Religion and superstition are powerful "magnets" when the masses believe. The collected beauty through the time is so immense. Freedom of religion is important so is my uttering of these sentences. The focus of beliefs is incredible. But what the hell do I know I'm a registered Ásatrú believer.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:33pm
Therese:

You are a good neighbor, Suzy.
  5:34pm
queems:

2020 needs an attitude adjustment
  5:35pm
steveL:

#2020sezno #2020saysno
  5:36pm
JakeGould:

Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters were the decent 20/20
  5:36pm
ami ad:

@JakeGould:Are you familiar with Deaf Chonky?Female powered band from Israel.
  5:37pm
JakeGould:

Nope. Cool name!
  5:38pm
ami ad:

Can't spell nonsense without sense.@JakeGould:Fine band too.
  5:38pm
Carmichael:

Heya Therese and fellow sufferers.
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Sigurður:

Yeah
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:40pm
chresti:

Hi everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:40pm
lukavino:

this Seger song whips so hard, a had it confused in my mind with “i’m not a number”.
  5:42pm
ami ad:

Seger is Quarantine in the Hebrew Language.
  5:45pm
Carmichael:

The Bob Quarantine System.
Avatar 5:47pm
Sigurður:

It's weirdly educationally freeing and fun 2 break the norm. I apologize to the folks who want routine. This is so freeing and with some great music, ahhh. Thank you volonters.. Don't let me forget!
  5:47pm
JakeGould:

Bob Quarantine and the Silver Family Bar Mitzvah Band
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Sigurður:

If I'm being disrespectful with out a cause, please let me know
  5:53pm
JakeGould:

Very Sunday New Order track.
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herb.nyc:

ooh, laura cantrell sang this new order song friday night, via thomas memorial library fb set.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:54pm
Therese:

Laura does a lovely version of this song!
  5:56pm
jesse in illinois:

i am really enjoying the show on this warm beauty of a sunday! you folks are really impressing me, bountiful wfmu under global stress, keep it kicking : ) thanks for sending us great tunes on yet another sunday Therese!
  5:58pm
Jesse G:

Game Theory! Whoa!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:58pm
radioronan:

Oh Scott Miller again..much missed.
  5:58pm
ChrisB.:

Oh, thank you for this Game Theory! They are very special to me.
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Sigurður:

Nicely combined!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:01pm
McGroovey:

This Game Theory is very riffy. The melody is suitably all-over-the-place, though. Cool.
  6:01pm
ami ad:

Update:There is someone getting a haircut/shave out front by a barber with an electric razor that's hooked up to a minivans' lighter port.Fancy drinks strait from the bottle and no masks or gloves.
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herb.nyc:

aside - i've bought so so few music (other music closed. thrift shops are not open. glug.). am at MERGE site and will get waxahatchee and redd kross and destroyer. 15% off with STAYHOME code, til end of month. booyakosh!
  6:04pm
Jett:

As a kid in Williamsburg Brooklyn Freda Payne's Bring The Boys Home was a huge hit in my house in 1971. Played this record into the ground!
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Doug in JC:

@herb ooh, good tip. Thanks!
  6:08pm
ChrisB.:

There is a burger, and potato salad in my future!
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herb.nyc:

@doug - glad to help. now, who will go to 7sd's HOPSCOTCH tournament on wednesday, 6pm? i just might chk it out.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:10pm
efd:

thanks for the mention, Therese!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:12pm
Therese:

@efd Of course!
  6:13pm
steveL:

Fort flicking Wayne? No shit!
  6:14pm
steveL:

Flicking? Really, autocorrect?
  6:16pm
jesse in illinois:

free speach 4 ever, autocract for never
  6:19pm
JakeGould:

@herb.nyc Good stuff! I have finally crossed a line and have thrown tons more money at Bandcamp than I ever had before during these ‘rona days.
  6:23pm
ami ad:

I am still waiting in a vinyl album purchased in the beginning of April,last time they said it will be shipped by mid May,still nothing.
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herb.nyc:

@jakegould - i have never buyed on bandcamp, but will on june 5(?), when fees go to artists/covid cause. i'll get exbats and tony molina and (i forgot)
  6:25pm
ami ad:

The only download on my comp. is the movie Rockers,even that a bud did for me.
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herb.nyc:

(oh no, may exit soon. to watch a play reading of CANDIDA. plz excuse me, wfmu and jonathan richman. do i need an oxford comma?)
  6:26pm
ChrisB.:

How is it I have never heard this song?
  6:26pm
steveL:

Jonathan Richman is a saint, if not actually a god.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:26pm
listener 126464:

Yoo-hoo Therese, everybody.
  6:26pm
JakeGould:

Mail is screwed up. For me I have had media mail packages coming and going to me arrive within a few days and priority mail and regular mail take weeks.
  6:27pm
steveL:

Chris b: new to me. It explains everything!
  6:27pm
JakeGould:

Of all of the versions of that one song Jonathan Richman sings, this is my fave.
  6:28pm
steveL:

Damn, Therese! Keep it up!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:29pm
listener 126464:

herb.nyc- I love the Tony Molina stuff
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:29pm
lukavino:

Therese, i am reading Astral Weeks rn, so this set is Doing It For Me.
  6:34pm
steveL:

Wait. You’re taking us down. Deeper. TO HELL!!!

Cool.
  6:34pm
ami ad:

@JakeGould:They are still waiting on the shipment from the supplier in Europe,coming by ship to S.F. and than here,that's what I was told, still nothing.Got a different package from Cali. a day early last week.
  6:37pm
steveL:

Relentless. No mercy.
  6:42pm
Bri:

Kate Bush!
  6:43pm
steveL:

Kate Bush. My supremely unattainable fantasy. It’s ok. What a goddess !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:45pm
Therese:

May I recommend the Red Dress version of this song's video? youtu.be...
  6:48pm
phat:

flaming fire originally from Nebraska.
  6:50pm
phat:

Patrick is from Papillion, NE. I went to college with him. or, really, he was just ahead of me.
  6:51pm
thesecoronalives:

can just antybody sign up ? : - l
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:52pm
Therese:

Nebraska's loss is Jersey City's gain, @phat!
  6:56pm
Peter from Dover NJ:

Long time listener, first time commenter. Keep bringing it.
  6:56pm
Lolo in Brooklyn:

Therese is the best!! Play us some goth!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Doobois:

This outro... Cheers, Therese!
  7:03pm
steveL:

Therese: Yer killin’ me!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
Therese:

This saxophone solo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
DonJuanTijuana:

As usual ..Therese smashing it outta the park!
  7:05pm
steveL:

Inspired segue
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Joe B:

Hey Therese and everyone. seconded on the inspired segue!
  7:14pm
Carmichael:

Oh thanks for the Game Theory waaay back there, Therese. Scott and I were in competing bands in the same college town, and Nancy Becker and I had the same college classes. Good times.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15pm
Therese:

Aw, thanks!
  7:15pm
Andres:

Yes, Elvin Perkins! Don't hear him enough.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
Therese:

@Joe B: when I look at your avatar at thumbnail size, Don Knotts looks like Rodney Dangerfield.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:18pm
Therese:

That is Don Knotts, right? Or is a sports figure who just looks like Don Knotts?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
Aitch:

FBH the most fun of his projects
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Joe B:

definitely Don Knotts, in the film classic Gus
  7:23pm
phat:

Nebraska has sent a lot of talent elsewhere.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
Therese:

I just looked it up, how have I gone this long without seeing Gus?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
Therese:

I originally mistook him for Rodney Dangerfield in Ladybugs. It's the red uniform and the facial expression...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
Mr. Pumpy:

I'm here to pick up my daughter, MARtha!"
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Yay, Siouxsie is trending this week on WFMU!
  7:27pm
phat:

it's hard for me not to list Cities in Dust as my single favorite record of all time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
Mr. Pumpy:

Hello, Therese and all...Cities in Dust!
  7:28pm
Andres:

Making me think back to old CFNY days.
  7:29pm
Jett:

Ty for playing Siouxsie and the Banshees! You rule. @Therese
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Joe B:

hard to beat the all-star cast of Gus - Knotts, Asner, Bosley, Tim Conway, Richard Kiel, etc
  7:29pm
JakeGould:

Dittoing wgat Therese said. Thought it was Dangerfield too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:30pm
Therese:

I will seek it out this week, Joe.
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Joe B:

Not Don's best but still great!
  7:32pm
Jett:

It's funny, This morning I was playing Neu 2. Then you played Neu a while ago.
  7:33pm
JakeGould:

Craft services on “Gus” had to be completely bonkers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
diciassette:

I am having a difficult time ascertaining that non-humans can't play in the N.F.L.
  7:37pm
phat:

aaaah yeah
  7:41pm
phat:

harmonica solo!
  7:42pm
Hoky Hairickson:

Thats my squirrrrrel!
  7:42pm
JakeGould:

Man… “Gus” is about a Yugoslavian mule? Nice! youtu.be...
  7:43pm
Hoky Hairickson:

thank you. i love beyonce
  7:44pm
Andal:

Thank goodness, this is the music the music industry doesn't want you to know about.
  7:45pm
Hoky Hairickson:

that made my day. its snowing really hard right now. that just melted the feels away
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Liberté Égalité Beyoncé
  7:45pm
CC:

Jeremy and me are still sitting out in the front yard with Sarah...groovy tunes Therese!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
Therese:

@Hoky- where are you?
  7:46pm
Hoky Hairickson:

on top of the mountains in colorado
  7:47pm
Hoky Hairickson:

building a bed in the van, about to go to the desert
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:47pm
Therese:

I'm glad I I could help!
  7:50pm
JakeGould:

@HokyHairickson: On the run from “the man” or something?
  7:51pm
Hoky Hairickson:

always
  7:51pm
Andal:

Are you kidding me? This is mid late aughts schlock. The worst version of Queen I've ever heard. Not why I tune into this show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
Therese:

Well, I can't please everyone all the time, @Andal.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
Fuzzy:

I do not agree.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
Sweet Corn Lizzie:

I love The Darkness!
  7:53pm
Andal:

This is the worst thing I've ever heard on FMU, and I've listened to a lot of Vocal Fry.
  7:53pm
Hoky Hairickson:

rude
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
neil quarantino:

Love The Darkness!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
radioronan:

Great show - Thanks Therese! Thanks Skeleton Crew!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
listener 126464:

Thanks Therese and crew!!!
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Doug in JC:

Someone's having a bad night at the gas station
  7:55pm
JakeGould:

@HokyHairickson: Good!
  7:55pm
Hoky Hairickson:

thanks therese. good stuff
  7:55pm
Jett:

Any relation to the great Sidney Fields?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
Therese:

Also, why drag Vocal Fry?
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Chud:

@Hoky, what kind of van?
  7:56pm
JakeGould:

@Andal: You meant to say, “This is the worst thing I've ever heard on FMU, and I've listened to a lot of FMU all the time.”
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Doug in JC:

It's obviously a lie because it's impossible to pick what the worst thing you ever heard on WFMU was
  7:56pm
JakeGould:

“The food is terrible. And such small portions.”
  7:56pm
Jett:

Thanks for a nice show, stay well, and safe. We will get through this, maybe at some point I can thank you in person.
  7:57pm
Hoky Hairickson:

96 badASTRO
  7:57pm
CC:

we can all use each other!!!
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Chud:

Nice!
  7:58pm
Jett:

Nice Betty Hutton re-make!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
steveo:

thanks, Therese; wonderful to be listening
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Therese. Looks like you found the guy whose radio says to leave it on 91.1 no matter what. ❤️❤️❤️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
chresti:

Thanks Therese!
  7:59pm
Andres:

Thanks for today's Gothic celebration!
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Chud:

@JakeGould, a tiny toons reference?
  7:59pm
Hoky Hairickson:

was just rocking a bjork mixtape on my drive to the hardware store 30 miles through the snowy mountains. Happy unofficial time of summer!
  7:59pm
JakeGould:

@Chud: HELL NO! Tiny Toons is garbage.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
steveo:

i've never heard anything bad on this station; if i don't like something i assume i'm still growing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
juan:

Thanks, Therese, for another wonderful show.
Be well everyone
  8:00pm
JakeGould:

Thanks Therese!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
Matt Fiveash:

Well done there selector. One positive side effect of my Sunday job being on the shelf what with the global pandemic is hearing your show on Sunday evenings.
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Joe B:

thanks Therese
  8:00pm
JakeGould:

@steveo: “i've never heard anything bad on this station” Then you haven’t really listened.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 8:01pm
steveo:

is that bad meaning bad or bad meaning good?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:01pm
Therese:

See you next week, everyone! Stay tuned for Gaylord Fields.
  8:03pm
Dan:

Does anyone know who sang the cover of Tomorrow?
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