Favoriting Fool's Paradise with Rex: Playlist from May 1, 2021 Favoriting

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Favoriting May 1, 2021: The Felix Silla Memorial Playlist

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Artist Track Label Comments Approx. start time
The Panics  Love Riot   Favoriting Bobby    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Abel and The Starliners Combo  Chicken Hop Twist   Favoriting Chico    0:04:59 (Pop-up)
The Contenders  Drag Slot   Favoriting Chattahoochee    0:08:20 (Pop-up)
Ronnie D and the Valiants  Hound Dog Twist   Favoriting Sea-Lock    0:10:25 (Pop-up)
Frank Triolo and the Shipmates Orchestra  Ice Cream Baby   Favoriting Flagship    0:17:00 (Pop-up)
Ken Cook  Crazy Baby   Favoriting Philllips    0:17:49 (Pop-up)
Johnny Bachelor  Bad Company   Favoriting Kem    0:19:47 (Pop-up)
Danny and The Galaxies  If You Want To Be My Baby   Favoriting Darbo    0:22:25 (Pop-up)
Curley Money  Hurricane Baby   Favoriting Rambler    0:24:53 (Pop-up)
George & Earl  Done Gone   Favoriting Mercury    0:26:59 (Pop-up)
Charlie Gore and Louis Innis  (You Ain't Nothin' but a Female) Hound Dog   Favoriting King    0:30:02 (Pop-up)
Buddy Jones  Rockin' Rollin' Mama   Favoriting Decca    0:32:07 (Pop-up)
Red Pierce  Bartender's Lament   Favoriting Kloc    0:37:44 (Pop-up)
Virgil Pittman  Have Your Fun While Your Young   Favoriting Country Star  Dave the Spazz's pick of the week!!  0:47:19 (Pop-up)
Bill Mack  Six Big Man   Favoriting Charay    0:47:56 (Pop-up)
Don Gibson  Don't Tell Me Your Troubles   Favoriting RCA Victor    0:51:39 (Pop-up)
Jim Nesbitt with guitarist Bill Moore  Cry Me A River   Favoriting Chart    0:52:21 (Pop-up)
Bobby Wright  Upstairs In The Bedroom   Favoriting Decca    0:56:40 (Pop-up)
Bobby Long  Jersey City   Favoriting Fountainhead    1:00:05 (Pop-up)
Louis Jones  Rock And Roll Bells   Favoriting Peacock    1:02:38 (Pop-up)
J.C. Gent and the Keystones  Bad Gal Blues   Favoriting Marlo    1:05:03 (Pop-up)
Don Ramon Sr. y Su Orquestra  Wine-O Boogie   Favoriting Master    1:08:07 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Rogers and his Rocking Four  Sloppy Drunk   Favoriting Chess    1:10:53 (Pop-up)
"Big Bob" Dougherty  Squeezer   Favoriting Golden Crest    1:14:01 (Pop-up)
Nothing and the No Names  Cute Little Sweetie   Favoriting Norton    1:21:42 (Pop-up)
Rivieres  Knock On Wood   Favoriting K-Lee    1:23:46 (Pop-up)
The Lady Bugs  Fraternity U S A   Favoriting LeGrand    1:24:10 (Pop-up)
Tony Fresca  Jungle Farm   Favoriting Largo    1:26:13 (Pop-up)
Carl Wheeler  Beautiful Delilah   Favoriting Supreme    1:28:37 (Pop-up)
Buddy And The Hearts  Let It Rock   Favoriting Landa    1:30:36 (Pop-up)
  The Science Of A Burb   Candy-Co    1:33:07 (Pop-up)
Alf Newman  It's A Gas   Favoriting Golden 12    1:37:02 (Pop-up)
Jack Southern  Darlene   Favoriting Challenge    1:44:48 (Pop-up)
Ken Williams  My Very Own (Trash Can)   Favoriting Renay    1:46:14 (Pop-up)
The Terrible Teens  Don't Stop Now   Favoriting Pic 1    1:49:47 (Pop-up)
The Starks  Shelly Belly   Favoriting Greasy    1:52:40 (Pop-up)
        1:52:41 (Pop-up)
Terry Tyler  A Thousand Feet Below   Favoriting Landa    1:56:07 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Juke Joint Jonny:

Hairy!
  1:01pm
paul:

Itt!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:01pm
Handy Haversack:

From an undisclosed location deep under Jersey City!

Hey, Rex, Fools! OK if I just slump in the corner and sweat out this pepper sauce and lager beer?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:01pm
DjLorraine:

I didn't chicken out.
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TheManWhoLaughs:

Itt is Itt!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:02pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

... It's - ! ...
  1:02pm
brez:

Hey, ho! Excellent memorial playlist honoree!!
Avatar 1:02pm
Mister Dobalina:

M O MM A!
Avatar 1:03pm
TheManWhoLaughs:

This opening bit always gives me a case of the whim whams
  1:03pm
Andres:

Rex. Cousin. Fools.
Avatar 1:04pm
Mister Dobalina:

Candle's lit, locks combed...Lets GO! GO! GO!
Avatar 1:06pm
HyperDose:

Sounds like Handy has a case of the veggie sweats!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:06pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...ain't you got tuning pegs on them horns??...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:07pm
Handy Haversack:

I'm on three meals in a row of roti, HyperDose!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:08pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...don't you worry boys - I'ma just click AutoDetune & have you sounding like Vintage GarageRawk like that...
  1:09pm
Andres:

Who let the chickens on the dance floor? They do have moves, though.
  1:09pm
The Butterman:

Hiya folks
  1:11pm
Andres:

Drag Slot is quite aptly a real Scorcher!!
  1:14pm
Andres:

Instrumentals every week! So great!
  1:15pm
pottybear:

This whole thing makes me sick!
Avatar 1:15pm
Mailman Tom:

Strike up the band, Rex has returned to Jersey!
  1:16pm
Kitchenwitch62:

Echo!!!
  1:16pm
Bugeye Sprite:

Yippee Yahoo, planets aligned, the super moon is waining and DJ Fool's Paradise with Rex is in the Mothership Commander's swivel chair!
  1:16pm
Andres:

Oh yeah! Nothing like Rex on mic in the studio!
Avatar 1:17pm
Mister Dobalina:

The //M O MM A\\ force is strong today!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:17pm
Sweet Corn Lizzie:

Those pizza boxes have served you well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:18pm
medson:

mamaaaaaaa
Avatar 1:19pm
Juke Joint Jonny:

Crazy Baby!!! Man, this thing smokes.
Avatar 1:20pm
Juke Joint Jonny:

If all these guys ever start playing the same song at once, look out!
  1:23pm
ed:

I think I like this bad company better than bad company's bad company
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:26pm
Handy Haversack:

It's just the exact kind of statement I find myself unable to let go at that.
  1:26pm
Richard Whig:

if we are keeping score....MY morals DO have a zipper
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:27pm
Handy Haversack:

medson! Sorry to have missed my dose yesterday -- we took our vaxxed asses out and were actually social! With friends! O brave new world!
Avatar 1:34pm
Juke Joint Jonny:

Hillbilly sides are choice today, Boss.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:39pm
DjLorraine:

Was breakaway velcro or snaps an option?
  1:44pm
Zetti:

Cool.
  1:44pm
Vivi:

Felix was a family friend! Lived in Las Vegas in his later years. Great guy, really sweet. Was hoping he’d be on the memorial soon.
Avatar 1:45pm
Mister Dobalina:

Dave the Spazz, what a hound doggy.
Avatar 1:45pm
Juke Joint Jonny:

Play it!
Avatar 1:46pm
Mister Dobalina:

Mo' MoMMa's, mo' better!
Avatar 1:46pm
Juke Joint Jonny:

Okay, going to retract that last message.
  1:46pm
wenzo llc.:

is this a hazing?
Avatar 1:46pm
amira:

This is terrible, I love it!
Avatar 1:46pm
TheManWhoLaughs:

Wow...Dave has really crappy taste in music!
Avatar 1:47pm
Juke Joint Jonny:

…maybe it's better with chimp noises?
Avatar 1:47pm
Mister Dobalina:

*Pulls tab off a can of Schlitz beer*
  1:48pm
MFlynn:

I wonder what Dave sees in this tune?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:48pm
Dave the Spazz:

Rex, you can have your Ritchie Blackmore Rainbow 45 back. I'm through with it.
  1:48pm
egould310:

That was a weird one.
  1:50pm
Andres:

I’m surprised there wasn’t an emergency banana in that box.
Avatar 1:50pm
Juke Joint Jonny:

I hope that Virgil Pittman thing is going to spark an epic Jack Benny / Fred Allen style feud.
  1:52pm
Irving Gluck, Esq.:

This is Dave The Spazz's attorney. Please cease and desist from playing any more Virgil Pittman records. Thank you in advance for your cooperation
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:54pm
Dave the Spazz:

@Irving Gluck, Esq: Gluck! There you are. How are my taxes going?
  1:55pm
The Butterman:

Whoa!
  1:56pm
The Butterman:

He doesn’t need to take it this far!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:56pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

The inestimable Cocaine & Rhinestones started a 2nd Season !:
cocaineandrhinestones.com...
- since I heard about it from Rex in the 1st place...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:56pm
listener 126464:

Ralph's Famous Italian Ice on the boardwalk update - getting cleaned for tomorrow's opening.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:56pm
DjLorraine:

Old Spice
  1:56pm
Irving Gluck, Esq.:

Great! We wrote off those Ming vases
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:57pm
Dave the Spazz:

@Irving Gluck, Esq: What if there's a problem with a disputed bill?
Avatar 1:58pm
Mister Dobalina:

Thinkin' of placing a bid on the oldest bottle of whiskey known to man, distilled between 1763 and 1803.
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:02pm
owenm:

Welcome back, my dear Space Echo, you have been much missed. xx
  2:02pm
The Butterman:

Misterdobolina, you then drink it or just look at it? Honest question!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:04pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Awright ! - MonsterKid got visuals going on a Saturday :
www.facebook.com...
Carnival of Souls later...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:04pm
Handy Haversack:

My Tom Collins glass has grass-skirt-wearing hula dancers painted on it. The only thing keeping it from full No-Brow status is the Michael Shelley coaster it's sitting on!
Avatar 2:05pm
Mister Dobalina:

@Butterman.. a lil bit of both.
  2:07pm
wenzo llc.:

@owenm don't suppose you're Owen Manure of Taking a Bath With My Cat fame by chance?
Avatar 2:09pm
Lux Exterior:

Hi
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Mister Dobalina:

Now were hablando a language I can understand!
Avatar 2:10pm
Mister Dobalina:

*we're
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:10pm
Fuzzy:

Tocamos la mota, amigos!
  2:13pm
Vivi:

Orale
  Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:13pm
owenm:

@wenzo amn't, i'm afraid. his m.o. sounds.. high risk.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:14pm
Handy Haversack:

Does Jimmy need a Rocking Fifth? I think I can clear up my schedule!
Avatar 2:15pm
Mister Dobalina:

'xsqueeze me?
  2:15pm
Dennis Diken:

Rex! diggin’!
  2:15pm
The Butterman:

Perfect answer Dobolina.
Avatar 2:17pm
Hubig Pie:

Takin' a bath with kitty not so high risk. My cat Suds hangs on the roll-top while I lather up
Avatar 2:18pm
Mister Dobalina:

Who let the wolves out?
Avatar 2:19pm
Mister Dobalina:

My name rhythms with squeezer.
  2:23pm
ChrisB.:

Rex, I think we’ll need a Johnny Crawford Memorial Playlist sometime in the near future.
  2:27pm
Richard Whig:

good to hear the fortune teller made her rounds on fraternity row!
  2:28pm
The Butterman:

Fantastic song! Top 5 ever.
Avatar 2:31pm
Melissa Jean:

happy Saturday!
Avatar 2:34pm
Juke Joint Jonny:

Let It Rock is one of those rare no bad version songs
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:35pm
Handy Haversack:

At some point previously, you will have properly relaxed your esophagus.
Avatar 2:35pm
Lux Exterior:

Just what I needed
  2:36pm
The Butterman:

What’s next? “The Contest?”? You know, the farting contest record. That’s a good one.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:36pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...hey ! - not so fast ...takin' notes here...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:37pm
listener 126464:

I didn't even know I had chromosomes.
Avatar 2:37pm
Mailman Tom:

This was on a 45 rpm record?
Avatar 2:37pm
Mister Dobalina:

& don't forget the ever so famous, Barney Gumble burp.
  2:37pm
Sylvia's Mother:

"Blow by blow?"
Avatar 2:37pm
Juke Joint Jonny:

Gee, that guy's good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:37pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

He has frog chromosomes.
Avatar 2:38pm
Melissa Jean:

laffin n laffin!
  2:38pm
Richard Whig:

fools paradise goes educational!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:39pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Pairs well with servicewomen being groomed :
www.facebook.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:41pm
Handy Haversack:

Tonight on Fright Theater: Wolves of the No-Brows!
Avatar 2:44pm
Creature Boy:

Happy Birthday everybody
  2:45pm
The Butterman:

Does anyone know of the record I mentioned? “The Contest”? I grew up with it and figured EVERYONE had it.
Avatar 2:47pm
Mister Dobalina:

I miss not having a motor-sickle..
  2:49pm
ChrisB.:

@Butterman: Sure. It was a “party record.” My friend’s parents had a copy we would sneak a listen to when they hey weren’t around.
  2:55pm
The Butterman:

ChrisB, Thanks. Party time! Then! Paul Boomer! I think he was in the contest. Not sure if he was the one who.... well, you know.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:56pm
DjLorraine:

Thanks for spreading the grease from 1-3
Avatar ♥ 2:57pm
mischi:

good to have the delay back on rex`s voice!
  2:57pm
Andres:

A triumphant return to the studio!
¡Gracias, Señor Rex!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:58pm
radioronan:

Thanks Rex..until next time!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:58pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Thx for commuting Rex !
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:58pm
Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Rex!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:59pm
listener 126464:

Thank you Rex live from Freeform Tower!
  3:01pm
Zetti:

Thank you!
Avatar 3:01pm
Melissa Jean:

thankya Rex!
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