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Favoriting September 3, 2022: The Jim Varney Memorial Playlist

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Artist Track Label Comments Approx. start time
Bo Diddley  Gimme A Break   Favoriting Checker    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Rockin' Wedges  The Wedge   Favoriting Wedge    0:04:55 (Pop-up)
The Cruisers  Cruisin'   Favoriting Winston    0:06:44 (Pop-up)
The Prem Airs  Premier Rock   Favoriting Lori--Lieu    0:08:44 (Pop-up)
The Musical Linn Twins !!  Rockin' Out the Blues   Favoriting Blue Feather    0:14:04 (Pop-up)
The Galaxies  My Tattle Tale   Favoriting Guaranteed    0:16:53 (Pop-up)
Aubrey Cagle  Bop and Stroll   Favoriting Nasty LP    0:17:51 (Pop-up)
The Night Hawks  Jitterbug Joe   Favoriting Cuca    0:19:36 (Pop-up)
Kenny Owens  I Got The Bug   Favoriting Poplar    0:21:45 (Pop-up)
The Storms (w/ Carl Groves)  Canteen Baby   Favoriting Musicale    0:23:53 (Pop-up)
Lloyd Arnold  Memphis   Favoriting K-Ark    0:26:31 (Pop-up)
Honey & Sonny (The Davis Twins)  I'm Rough Stuff   Favoriting H & S    0:28:48 (Pop-up)
Jim Boyd and his Men of the West  Truck Driver's Boogie   Favoriting RCA Victor    0:32:34 (Pop-up)
Boyd Peterson  (They Took) Little Johnny   Favoriting Top Gun    0:33:37 (Pop-up)
Don Malone  Camp Fire Girl For The FBI   Favoriting Imp    0:44:34 (Pop-up)
Frank London  Let 'Em Know We're In Love   Favoriting Okie    0:47:30 (Pop-up)
Bennie Hess  The Truck Drivin' Man   Favoriting Space    0:49:01 (Pop-up)
Marvin Dawson  The Great Divide   Favoriting Nashville    0:50:35 (Pop-up)
Tony Scott  Let Us Pray   Favoriting Dale    0:53:04 (Pop-up)
Sticks McGhee  Sleep In Job   Favoriting Herald    0:59:47 (Pop-up)
Dolly Cooper  My Man   Favoriting Modern    1:02:24 (Pop-up)
Long Tall Marvin  Have Mercy Miss Percy   Favoriting Modern    1:05:02 (Pop-up)
Little Arthur Mathews  I'm Gonna Whale on You   Favoriting Federal    1:07:05 (Pop-up)
Bill Parker and his Band  Sweet Potato   Favoriting Goldband    1:10:50 (Pop-up)
J.L. Smith  Got My Top Let Down   Favoriting F-M    1:13:31 (Pop-up)
Chuck Berry  Oh Yeah!   Favoriting Sleazy 45 Box    1:15:37 (Pop-up)
Hank Moore and Orchestra  Sour Mash   Favoriting 54 Records    1:18:14 (Pop-up)
Cal Hayes  (Now It's) Back To Scholl   Favoriting D'Oro  Another Dave the Spazz discovery!  1:26:47 (Pop-up)
Kookie  Oobie Doobie   Favoriting Milky Way    1:28:17 (Pop-up)
The Interpreters  I Get The Message   Favoriting Gemini 00    1:30:47 (Pop-up)
The Jay Randall Group  Hamburger   Favoriting Lanor    1:34:30 (Pop-up)
Dick Goodwin  French Fries   Favoriting Impact    1:35:38 (Pop-up)
Dean Beard  Strawberry Shake   Favoriting Gina    1:37:50 (Pop-up)
The Rockin' Continentals  The 309   Favoriting Casino    1:47:22 (Pop-up)
The Sotos Brothers  Little Lila   Favoriting Fredlo    1:49:46 (Pop-up)
Los Solitarios  Koko Joe   Favoriting RCA Victor Mexico    1:51:47 (Pop-up)
Four Bits + Tax  You Can't Sit Down   Favoriting Iris    1:52:29 (Pop-up)
The Embers  Walk All Night   Favoriting Hammer Lock    1:57:02 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Brainiac from Neuron 3:

Notable birthdays today include:

1942 Happy 80th! Al Jardine, American guitarist and singer (Beach Boys - "Help Me Rhonda"; "Sloop John B."), born in Lima, Ohio

1947 Happy 75th! Eric Bell, Northern Irish rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy - "The Boys Are Back In Town", "Whiskey In The Jar"), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland

1948 Don Brewer, American rock drummer (Grand Funk Railroad - "We're An American Band"), born in Flint, Michigan

1950 Aaron "A-Train" Smith, American drummer (The Temptations; Romeo Void), born in Nashville, Tennessee

1950 Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King's X; "It's Love"), born in Braidwood, Illinois

1955 Steve Jones, British punk rock guitarist (Sex Pistols; "Anarchy In The UK"), born in London, England

1970 Jeremy Glick, Heroic actions on United Airlines Flight 93, born in Saddle River , New Jersey (d. 9/11/2001)

1980 (Jason) "Cone" McCaslin, Canadian punk rock bassist (Sum 41), born in North York, Ontario
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Avatar 1:01pm
Mister Dobalina:

₥ Ø ₥₥ ₳
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Don Gorden:

Weeeeeeeeee!!! here we goooooo
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:01pm
DjLorraine:

Intense and unusual. ..count me in! Rex all
Avatar 1:01pm
HyperDose:

Love that you're remembering Jim Varney. Grew up on the Hey Vern! show and his Ernest movies. 💙
  1:02pm
phil.vas:

Rex ! Fools ! Paradise !
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Mister Dobalina:

Florida's finest, Mr. Varney !!!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

This is a radio thing? How can I be sure?
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:02pm
Bruce S.:

Happy Birthday Steve Jones and Eric Bell
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timmy c. from brooklyn:

Ready got my radio thing
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Hams:

hotdog!
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Mister Dobalina:

As a kid, I loved all the Ernest flicks. Good memories.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:04pm
DjLorraine:

Get your hot dogs!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:04pm
dave miss:

lawdy!
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Mailman Tom:

For a good time, watch Match Game '74 on YT. It's a barrel of laughs!
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:05pm
The Butterman:

Yo yo yo, what up, gang? I’m not going anywhere so what better than this here excursion?
Avatar 1:07pm
HyperDose:

Right on, MD!
  1:07pm
Sylvia's Mother:

First and only time those names in the first comment will ever be mentioned here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:07pm
Alex of Chicago:

I think the audio engineer on that last one was a bit hard of hearing in the left ear.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:07pm
dave miss:

Ernest goes fully no brow
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:08pm
Bruce S.:

The Rockin Wedges do the wedge and now the Cruisers do cruisin, is this a theme set?
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Hubig Pie:

Only know Jim Varney from his TV commercials that aired in La. late 80's - early 90's
Avatar 1:09pm
Mister Dobalina:

Rex & his wayward teens are really active on the board today. Love it.
  1:09pm
egould:

The Themes play the the theme from ‘The Theme’.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:09pm
Dave in Vermont:

knowwhatamean?
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Creature Boy:

Isn't it a little early for such a rockin ruckus?
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Hubig Pie:

Adverts for aluminum siding, air conditioners and something involving fire ants
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Jim voiced the Slinky™ dog in the Toys movies.
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:11pm
Bruce S.:

I wonder if there was ever a band called the Themes
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The Butterman:

There was the band called The Band. And The The.
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Mailman Tom:

Undeniably. the greatest song ever recorded!
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dave miss:

David Lynch needs the Linn Twins number
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:14pm
Dominick:

Oh boy!
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:15pm
Bruce S.:

The Linn twins sound overheated
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:15pm
The Butterman:

He sings kinda like Johnny Rotten meets Elvis.
  1:16pm
Sylvia's Mother:

Thin Lizzie never rocked out the blues!
  1:17pm
PB:

Love this old “rockabilly” (or whatever you call it).
  1:18pm
b0b0bob Milw Plasticland:

Drank Gran Marnier with Bo Diddley in dressing room Marty Zivcos Ballroom in Hartford Wi.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:19pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Aubrey sure sounds like Hasil !...
  1:20pm
bobob:

Such a nice guy he Also offered me some KFC he had in a bucket there👍
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Tony in Durham NC:

I met Jim Varney in Raleigh, NC when he was a TV pitchman for Pine State Milk, and on the same day, before I met her...so did my future wife! Great guy.
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Hubig Pie:

KFC and Gran Marnier, gotta try that combo
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:23pm
Bruce S.:

I got the B U G I got the Bug
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Tony in Durham NC:

...summer of 1987. Dang. We old.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:24pm
dave miss:

So Bo Diddley, Jim Varney and Gabby Hayes walk into a Waffle House.....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:24pm
fred:

@Hubig Pie: Have you ever heard of a Fool's Paradise combo you wouldn't try?
  1:25pm
b0b0b0b:

the band i was in Plasticland was his pickup band in Milwaukee ..we played with him ..but the time at Zivcos was a different time
  1:26pm
b0b0b:

Waffle House they said NO more Syrupy music please!!!!!
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Hubig Pie:

fred, I might have to draw the line at LSD and moonshine
Avatar 1:27pm
HyperDose:

WFMU isn't being broadcast from a parking lot?
  1:28pm
Xangoir:

-We’re a long way from Memphis.
-Memphis has nothing to do with it.
-Bullshit!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:28pm
Alex of Chicago:

Don't recall the guitar being so chunky and awesome on this version of Memphis. Maybe it's the new headphones.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:31pm
fred:

@Hubig Pie: Makes sense, especially since you wouldn't be sure who's driving
  1:31pm
phil.vas:

Enough is, in fact, enough
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:32pm
DjLorraine:

Mama likeey
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:33pm
fred:

@HyperDose: I think the station sold the parking lot. Ghosts included
  1:35pm
egould:

Greasy af!
  1:37pm
egould:

She would listen to it four hours…
Avatar 1:38pm
HyperDose:

Who left?
...MAMA!
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Mister Dobalina:

Why did I think he was born in Florida, I'm such a dolt.
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HyperDose:

Jim was a paid regular at the Comedy Store? Get out
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:41pm
Bruce S.:

Rex is Promoting Hillbilly Awarness
  1:41pm
paddy on mobilewan:

Hey Vern! love love love the legend of Jim Varney!
  1:41pm
egould:

The Rousters sounds absolutely bonkers!
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timmy c. from brooklyn:

Pink Lady...the great Japanese duet!
  1:42pm
egould:

Regional commercials in central Indiana, too.
  1:42pm
paddy in matawan:

cigarette humor is good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:43pm
fred:

@Mister Dobalina: The playlist pic could have understandably thrown you astray
  1:43pm
b0b0b0b:

Verne verne Verne verne verne
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:45pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...when Rex says it's the weirdest record...
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:45pm
Bruce S.:

Camp Fire Comunist
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Dominick:

oh!
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HyperDose:

Can't help throwing the radio. Mets were losing.
  1:47pm
yippie:

i hope we get to hear that malone b-side soon
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:48pm
Bruce S.:

I Don't Know If I'm Happier that the Mets are Winning Or that The Yankees are Loseing
  1:48pm
Xangoir:

Don living the campFire girl dream .
  1:48pm
Huperson:

That Camp Fire song sounds like a song poem.
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:50pm
Bruce S.:

I Think September Should Be Hillbilly Awarness Month
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:52pm
fred:

@Bruce S.: Mets winning seems rare enough to enjoy. It also has been known not to last as long as expected
  1:52pm
Listener Jumpy in Brooklyn:

Jim Varney also played Jed Clampett...
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Hubig Pie:

Amen
  1:53pm
P-90:

Elvis has left the building
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...it's too bad Shakespeare didn't write any Comedies...
  1:54pm
MplsCoco:

Dang Rex... this is some heavy stuff
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HyperDose:

Sounds like the kind of crowd Spazz runs with
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dave miss:

Does hillbilly up here mean North Jersey?
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:56pm
Bruce S.:

Rex Is really tugging at the Heartstrings today
  1:56pm
Huperson:

"He sent us a mammal" did I hear that right?
  1:57pm
Joeybug69:

Moby Dick??
  1:58pm
?:

Shakespeare "The Taming Of The Shrew" is considered a comedy.
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dave miss:

Polar bear?
  2:01pm
Huperson:

New bumper sticker "Jesus Was a White Mammal: Follow Him"
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fred:

Should As You Like it qualify too?
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JohnEBGood:

Go Go Go Rex. You already know ; )
  2:03pm
Mr C:

King Rex, that LLoyd Arnold was bad ass! So is Sticks! Always a delight!
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Mailman Tom:

Go, Dolly, Go!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Follow Me !
...aka - the Taming of the Shoe...
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fred:

@RRN63: Good point, I should visit my cobbler soon
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JohnEBGood:

Jitterbub Rex!!!
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Annette:

Hey Rex Really Rockin!
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:08pm
Bruce S.:

Hey This is great, Good one Rex
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Arthur just needs to come up for air...
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:09pm
Bruce S.:

I Don't condone the sentiments expressed though
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Hubig Pie:

Make like a humpback and breech
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The Butterman:

Joey bug69, you predicted that Whale on you song! How’s ya do that?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:10pm
dave miss:

Burn KDoe Burn!
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Hubig Pie:

...umm I mean breach
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:13pm
Bruce S.:

wasn't there a movie about a rumble at the Beach called Breach at the Beach?
Avatar 2:14pm
ledzeppelinsucks:

that's great
  2:14pm
Little Danny:

This is incredible!
  2:14pm
Little Danny:

Hi Rex hi all!
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:15pm
Bruce S.:

Hey Little Danny
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Hubig Pie:

erbah stimulah !
  2:16pm
ledzeppelinsucks:

Bumbershoot is in break this year. I saw Nomeansno there once, never liked the fest.
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:16pm
Bruce S.:

Just a Few Drops at Bedtime
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Hubig Pie:

Bruce S, every beach movie I've watched has a rumble scene
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:18pm
Bruce S.:

Frankie and Annette Saw their share of action at the Beach
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ledzeppelinsucks:

Beach movies vs reality. Reality is kkkops and bums.
  2:20pm
ledzeppelinsucks:

I was at the July 6, 1989 riot in Mission Beach. It was funny. SDPD were on ATV's, bicycles, motorbikes, horses, 4x4s and helicopter.
  2:22pm
egould:

Just ran out to the store an hot some Jim Beam. Sour mash indeed. Let’s get lunked!
  2:22pm
Huperson:

Ducktails, pompadours, switchblades and rumbles all mandatory for Fool's Paradise
  2:22pm
Joeybug69:

@The Butterman Whale, wail, it all comes out in the wash. Or “warsh.”
  2:23pm
egould:

Commotion at the Ocean!
  2:24pm
egould:

Spazzco turning out the hits!
  2:25pm
egould:

At least the package wasn’t soggy this time.
  2:26pm
Huperson:

Ariel Pink eat your heart out
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Hubig Pie:

It would take me 6 weeks to finish a 1 ltr bottle o' Fresca
  2:26pm
Syd B:

I like it so far.
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timmy c. from brooklyn:

I heard Spazzco was about to release Dave's one-man band version of Shoot the Juice to Me, Bruce, famously recorded by Splash Morgan snd His Nine Musical Drips...and Dave plays all nine instruments!
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Kitschy Mama:

Love it!
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Dave the Spazz:

The Now Sound!
  2:28pm
egould:

Haunting melody.
  2:28pm
Senor Headache:

Was that a Suicide demo?
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McGroovey:

(Now It's) Back To Scholl : A twue cwassic
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...now that one's just special...
  2:28pm
Greg:

Ahh just like Beach boys on a Saturday at 33/1/3
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ledzeppelinsucks:

I stayed at Snoqualmie motel. The PCT hikers break there. It is days from the end. They all looked so healthy, more than people that frequent gyms. They have all been on the trail for 3 months then.
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:28pm
Bruce S.:

I'm Speechless
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

HaHa Senor Headache ! ...there will be continual Alan Vega sightings as there were for Elvis...
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ledzeppelinsucks:

There was a table with a 'free' sign on it. There were plastic zip bags with stale nuts, crumbed out crackers, broken pretzels, pulverized cookies and melted candy. I took all of it and stripped the packaging and fed it to crows in Seattle.
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Mailman Tom:

Very funny, Senor!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:32pm
JohnEBGood:

I'm sure Suzy Hot Rod is twisting with these rockers 🥤🎸🎳
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:33pm
dave miss:

I mean the Spazz Co records never stop delivering
  2:34pm
ledzeppelinsucks:

There is a pile of it left in the trunk. I hear crows outside. They want more rancid trail mix.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:34pm
dave miss:

What they’re delivering maybe questionable
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dave miss:

“Lay off I’m starving!”
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McGroovey:

I supposed after dessert, the next song should be either about sex, or getting drunk. Or both.
  2:39pm
Richard Whig:

I would kiss for fries as well!
  2:39pm
Joeybug69:

“I can’t believe I ate the whole thing.”
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:41pm
Bruce S.:

I'm Glad It's almost Lunch Time,I'm getting Hungry
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Mailman Tom:

"Not this girl"!
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dave miss:

Not this campfire girl. I just need some Barbasol
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Hey Vern! It's No Brow!
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Kitschy Mama:

Food is the only thing worth singing about.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:45pm
dave miss:

Don’t The Beach Boys sing about formula 409?
  2:47pm
morphe':

.... sadly, got no baby to get back to so Simon and I will go play footie in the park, I'll make his dinner and read and to bed alone ...
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Hubig Pie:

I also like songs about booze
  2:53pm
Cosmic Caveman:

Thanks Rex!
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:55pm
The Butterman:

Awesome Rex, tanks a lot. As always! Couldn’t live without ya!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:55pm
dave miss:

I wish the show was sponsored by rolling roaster
  2:55pm
Cosmic Caveman:

The original 'You can't sit down', then The Dovell's covered it?
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:56pm
Bruce S.:

really loved the show today, Thanks Rex

everyone enjoy Labor Day weekend

Go Mets and Go Yanks, I'm sure they will turn it around
hey the Embers Great!
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Annette:

Thanks Rex, you Rock!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:57pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ Rex ~
  2:57pm
Cosmic Caveman:

dave miss, Ha yep, and the cleaning strength of 409.
  2:57pm
morphe':

Thanks Rex !!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:58pm
DjLorraine:

I waited all week...oh look at the time! Thx Rex
  2:58pm
Cosmic Caveman:

METS!!!
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ledzeppelinsucks:

that's a part time bummer
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Kevin-san:

Thanks as always, Rex~
  2:59pm
ledzeppelinsucks:

Thanks for the delicious show.
  2:59pm
egould:

Thanx Rex!
  3:01pm
ledzeppelinsucks:

MDC 'I Hate Work'
  3:31pm
Jed:

Wicked, loved the Jay Randall Group Hamburger track and Musical Linn Twins Rockin out the Blues especially. Perfect wierdness!
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