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An hour of prog and prog-adjacent music.

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Favoriting December 12, 2022

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Yes  Five Percent for Nothing   Favoriting Fragile  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
 
Magma  Hortz Fur Dëhn Stekëhn West   Favoriting Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh  0:04:39 (Pop-up)
Art Zoyd  Simulacres   Favoriting V/A: Recommended Records Sampler  0:14:14 (Pop-up)
 
The Muffins  Zoom Resume   Favoriting 185  0:28:00 (Pop-up)
Onségen Ensemble  The Sleeping Lion   Favoriting Realms  0:34:26 (Pop-up)
 
Eric Dolphy  Hat and Beard   Favoriting Out to Lunch  0:42:14 (Pop-up)
 
Henry Cow  Slice   Favoriting V/A: Recommended Records Sampler  0:52:45 (Pop-up)
Henry Cow  Viva Papa Ubu   Favoriting V/A: Recommended Records Sampler  0:53:16 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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ultradamno:

Dave! Complicators!
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dale:

hey now.
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Dave Mandl and all!!!
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TroyD8:

Present
  7:01pm
SeanG:

prog it up
  7:01pm
ike-o:

Peace
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Frawg Defacement ??
  7:02pm
bleubombersune:

Dave Good Monday Evening
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Webhamster Henry:

Magma: A Giorgio Gomelsky project.
  7:02pm
mic_a:

Hello Dave and fellow prog survivors!
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ultradamno:

Was detained elsewhere last week, but wanted to express my extreme approval of playing Slapp Happy/Henry Cow
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SeaCreature:

Bring it
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dday:

MAGMA a favorite of Dr. Evil:
www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
Count d'Al Dente:

Complicated, messy, yet still somewhat organized.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
steveo:

greetings & glad to be listening
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

Hi Dave and friends! Happy to have this show as my dinner music (for a pack of hungry cannibals) tonight.
  7:04pm
mic_a:

(heard a Daevid Allen radio interview where he was talking about Magma being kind of scary, including a roadie who would pound nails into a wall with his bare fist.)
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JohnEBGood:

After the Gold Rush !!
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HollyRT:

Evening, proglodytes!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

! - knew of Gomelsky from the yARdbiRdS - did not know of the Prawg connections :
en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
pot8o:

hi dave! love art zoyd
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
Aitch:

Proglodytes?
  7:05pm
P-90:

and I thought the language was called “Magmasperanto”
  7:05pm
Toothgrinder Tom:

Love me some Magma.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Aitch:

or a strong Matmos
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Dave Mandl:

Greetings, all! Thanks for joining me tonight.
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redkayak:

Happy Monday!
  7:07pm
Dr. Yo:

Magma!! Thank you
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dday:

Music for root canals
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Webhamster Henry:

Gomelsky was also Daevid Allen's producer at some point.
  7:07pm
mic_a:

(DA interview was back around, ooh, 1980.)
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TDK60:

Hi Dave! This Magma is Greek to me. I mean...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
JohnEBGood:

Sounding great here in New Port Richey Florida, USA. Hit it!!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
Webhamster Henry:

Dave Mandl could do a Gomelsky tribute show - it wouldn't be all prog, but it would be complicated sometimes.
  7:08pm
mic_a:

Gomelsky had his hands in a lot of interesting stuff.
  7:09pm
Jackie G:

this Magma song really grows on you, because its complicated
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Dave Mandl:

Welcome ultradamno, date, Will, Troy, SeanG, ike-o, RRN63, bleuHenry, mic_a, SeaCreature, dday, Count, Wendy del Cheese, JonEBGood, Hollypot8o, P-90, Toothgrinder, Aitch, redkayak, TDK60, Jackie!
  7:09pm
mic_a:

Okay, throwing out a 'roots of prog' suggestion for everyone to bat around. Mid-1960s: young, classically trained musicians trying to find (or create) a place for themselves in the exciting new world of Rock.
Avatar 🤯 7:10pm
redkayak:

@Dave - Good evening, sir :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
JohnEBGood:

Are Deep Purple Prog?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...3 drummers playing
- 2 keyboardists swaying
- everyone's patience fraying
- & a Concept in a PrawgTree...
  7:11pm
Peter from Boonton formerly Dover NJ:

Hello Dave and everyone. Dave, thanks for putting Magma out there... I'd heard of them but had never bought any of their records.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11pm
steveo:

no, that would be Deep Proggle
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TDK60:

Oh, they're singing in Deutsch on this?
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dale:

fantastic!
  7:12pm
Peter from Boonton formerly Dover NJ:

@JohnEBGood 7:10. Hard no on that.
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redkayak:

RIP Angelo Badalamenti, also...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

The Purple ...not quite - but note their early Classical influence. Metal in fact having many intersections (for lack of better word) with Classical Musics.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15pm
dale:

getting to be a bit like the chorus of nuke-worshipping mutant people in beneath the planet of the apes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
dale:

and THIS is totally planet of the apes! where's roddy mcdowell to verify things?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

O Mighty PrawgBomb ...well was the Magma concept somewhat PostApocalyptic ?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
StringOFperils:

'Progressive Rock' was a term that used for many years to differentiate new and innovative rock from rock 'n' roll, and 'acid-rock', and then those words collapsed in on themselves to yield 'prog', but by that time there was....aaaaacccckkk....(gets caned off the stage....mic feeds back)
Avatar 🤯 7:16pm
TroyD8:

beneath the planet of the apes Freaked me out as a kid, in a good way
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
dale:

victor buono was just creepy and oily looking.
Avatar 7:18pm
Coach32sm:

French Bred
  7:18pm
Dr. Yo:

Magma have their own language called Kobaian, with a deep mythology that I do not purport to understand
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
dale:

love the skip!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
StringOFperils:

That's a good loop
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Webhamster Henry:

Diggin' the skip!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
ultradamno:

Just let this ride
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HollyRT:

ruh roh!
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Dave Mandl:

@dale: I meant to do that.
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Feldy:

Prog is crazy
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redkayak:

skippy
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
Webhamster Henry:

Speaking of which, WFMU is sold out of their remaining stock of "Running In Place", the 2009 WFMU locked groove record.
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dday:

choosy mothers don't choose skippy
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ultradamno:

I may have more Badalamenti here than Residents or Fall...look forward to Devon's tribute
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
JohnEBGood:

And they blew the music away with Deep Purple in Rock
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Coach32sm:

Damn turntable
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
Feldy:

@Henry, I enjoyed your limericks in Techtonic chat
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
ultradamno:

Fun fact: the Inside The Actor's Studio theme music was him
Avatar 7:21pm
Dave Mandl:

@Coach32sm: Analog FTW.
  7:22pm
mic_a:

Deep Purple... back in the day I thought they had their proggy moments, but mostly wobbled between hard rock and heavy metal (yes, there was a difference between them in my mind).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
Feldy:

I'm fully enjoying the show Dave!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
JohnEBGood:

Oh yeah this is all Deep Purple!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
dale:

it's live radio. skips are welcome. along with coughs and dead air.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
chresti:

Hi Dave Mandl complicated show!
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chresti:

I liked the skip part!
Avatar 7:25pm
dday:

It fit the piece well :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
pot8o:

did wfmu go down for anyone else? the other 3 streams work just fine
  7:25pm
bleubombersune:

Last evening listening to News from Babel
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
StringOFperils:

Yep, it's down here
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redkayak:

...
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Aitch:

it's a very quiet lead-in...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
ultradamno:

Yay! Muffins!
Avatar 7:26pm
TDK60:

As I recall, some of the Recommended bands were also in Rock in the Opposition tendency. Basically prog/artsy rock bands that were more opposed to the commercialism of the music industry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
StringOFperils:

The stream's all progged up. Needs some punk drano
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
ultradamno:

Open City is a classic
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hullo Cleveland !
...we are Same Vague Neighborhood
...& you can't get there from here..
Avatar 🤯 7:26pm
HollyRT:

":There could be an issue with your station's stream or perhaps you are offline"
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Jimbopackerfanski:

Stream fall down go boom?
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HollyRT:

What the hell? That's never happened before
  7:27pm
mic_a:

Stream OK here via VLC player.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
dale:

i use a wacky thing called a radio. no streaming issues here.
  7:28pm
bill:

down for me too
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HollyRT:

@dale I'm in FL
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Coach32sm:

Me too on computer so went to phone and its good
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Marshland:

No problem with the stream on my internet radio
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
Aitch:

prostate issues?
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Dave Mandl:

Is it back now?
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Jimbopackerfanski:

@mic_a thanks for that suggestion
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
ultradamno:

There was a little dead second off the app on ipad, but chugging along fine now
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HollyRT:

No big. I switched from Popup player to AAC
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
StringOFperils:

The 50000 watts it would take for radio to get here from NJ would melt woof moo's tower
  7:29pm
Jackie G:

Who's messing with the internet over there?
  7:30pm
bleubombersune:

no signal from transmitters
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HollyRT:

Dave: The popup player is not working
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Dave Mandl:

Yikes, sorry.
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StringOFperils:

Dang. I was enjoying le prog
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HollyRT:

it happens *shrug*
  7:31pm
mic_a:

This was a life-changer compilation when I stumbled onto a copy in 1975:

https://www.discogs.com/master/332821-Various-V
Avatar 7:31pm
Dave Mandl:

But you can hear it if you don't use the popup player?
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TDK60:

I tried to call the WFMU office to no avail.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
dale:

dave mandl - you seriously need to check out maneige from canada. libre service, le porche or ni vent, ni nouvelle are the three albums to check out. so much like this stuff.
  7:31pm
Jackie G:

not fair! global warming strikes again
  7:31pm
mic_a:

Very Cow passage here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
_Ike_:

91.1 FM sounds good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
steveo:

91.1 loud 'n' clear
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
steveo:

jinx
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Coach32sm:

Went to AAC got sound but no comments so reading online listening on phone.
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Dave Mandl:

@dale: Will do, thanks.
  7:32pm
Jackie G:

zoom resume. I think I like this song. If I could hear it.
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TDK60:

Pop-Up not working...
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Aitch:

does work on the AAC, 10,000 miles a bit far for FM
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
_Ike_:

Yeah, for those of you who need the link, the AAC stream seems to be working at:
stream0.wfmu.org...
Avatar 🤯 7:33pm
TroyD8:

Switched to Tune-in working there
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Folsom:

That Art Zoyd song is on Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités from 1976
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
steveo:

lovin the muffins
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
StringOFperils:

Yes! 128k AAC does work.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
chresti:

is Zoom resume a reference to a zoom meeting?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
_Ike_:

91.9 FM (the one from Manhattan) also coming in loud and clear in Sunset Park.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
JohnEBGood:

Smoke on Water, Fire in the Sky. Love my WFMU family . You already know.
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Dave Mandl:

@chresti: That was long before Zoom. Maybe they predicted it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
dale:

@ dave - just for grins....not making requests. just think you'd dig them.
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Dave Mandl:

@dale: All suggestions welcome! I appreciate it.
  7:37pm
Jackie G:

and now the FTX guy got arrested in the Bahamas! What's next?
Avatar 7:38pm
Dave Mandl:

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy, I guess.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
dale:

this sleeping lion is pretty sweet.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:41pm
ultradamno:

Silver Spring, where Wayside/Cuneiform is..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:43pm
ultradamno:

Dolphy, one of my top five jazz guys
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Dave Mandl:

There is a Wayside connection!
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Webhamster Henry:

Check off Non 4/4 time signature on your Prog Bingo cards!
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HollyRT:

Blue Rondo a la Turk is also in 9 iirc?
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Dave Mandl:

@Holly: Yes, ma'am.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

'Out To Lunch' was one of the major throughlines in the 'Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play' book about Zappa. & now you know.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44pm
JohnEBGood:

Woww, Smoke is the greaEST SONG OF ALL TIME.
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Dave Mandl:

I should play that at some point.
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ultradamno:

Probably third, after his mentor Mingus and Ra
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StringOFperils:

Huh, now I can see the connection between Dolphy and Art Bears. Even if it 's not really there, I don't care.....still seeing it....not sorry...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

Whew. Glad I was able to use my phone to tune back in in time to hear "Hat and Beard." I love "Out to Lunch"!
  7:45pm
Jackie G:

Rondo - The Nice. In a future show?
  7:46pm
mic_a:

Dolphy sits quite comfortably within the context. And I love Bobby Hutcherson's vibes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

I'm also a little relieved to see others are having this problem and it's not my computer...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

'Hat & Beard' I'd guess an homage to Monk. Rightly or wrongly.
  7:47pm
mic_a:

And I'm sure the Cow gang listened to Dolphy plenty in their pre-band days.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:47pm
_Ike_:

As a native Marylander, I'm impressed that you correctly said "Silver Spring", singular, instead of calling it "Silver Springs".

I haven't been there in years, actually, but Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide (free online) notes that there is excellent Haitian, Indian, and Pakistani food there, and solid Ethiopian, Guatemalan, and Burmese.
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TDK60:

I don't know how to count this song. And I can't dance to it but I am anyway.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:47pm
dale:

i never got the jazz influence in prog. but playing jazz during a prog show makes me nonplussed and digging it a little.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
steveo:

one beat per measure, TDK
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...well - there's there ProFusion
...& there's ConFusion...
  7:49pm
Jackie G:

Hat and Beard reminds me of the Magma song from earlier
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- there's *the, rather.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Thing is ...if yer in a Blues-based Form ...like, say, the RawkaRollaz
- & ya get to where yer playing Technically too well
...it's kinda Jazz by practically default.
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Coach32sm:

The Cow!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
JohnEBGood:

It a long top the
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Aitch:

pop up player working again down here (hear) in Oz
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

This is very Mooving. (WoofWoof)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
pot8o:

it's working again for me too
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Aitch:

utterly fascinating?
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Dave Mandl:

@Aitch: Thanks for the update. Good news.
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chresti:

I'm drinking from a cup that has Ubu Roi on it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
Aitch:

Udderly, damn you spell check
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
dale:

so frank zappa is prog too.
  7:57pm
Andres:

Thanks for the Henry Cow, Dave. Often referenced on the comments boards in all sorts of places. Good to hear it in person. :)
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
chresti:

Yay skip!
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TDK60:

Lotsa Euro progg outfits influenced by Jazz along with Westyclassica too. Zappa for sure....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
ultradamno:

So the Desperate Straights stuff didn't count as playing Henry Cow?
  7:58pm
Random Control:

Very Zappa. love it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
JohnEBGood:

What can a poor man do>?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
ultradamno:

(it nearly counts as playing Art Bears, even)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

dale I think he checks all the boxes. If in the wrong color pen ...& ironically ...whatever.
  7:58pm
mic_a:

Zappa was a big influence on European prog bands.
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TroyD8:

Thanks Dave. Really appreciate your show.
  7:59pm
mic_a:

Thank you Dave, and best wishes to everyone.
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StringOFperils:

Thank you!
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TDK60:

Muchly thanking thee, presenter Dave on turntable.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
pot8o:

thanks dave!
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chresti:

Thanks Dave!
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Dave Mandl:

Night, all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
listener 126464:

Thank you, Dave.
  8:00pm
P-90:

Thanks Dave
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Thank you Dave!!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ DaveMandl ~
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dale:

thanks! good shoe.
  8:00pm
bleubombersune:

Dave thanks for zthe great prog
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chresti:

The night of the Ds!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:13pm
JohnEBGood:

Love is just a kiss away. Its just a kiss away!~!!!!
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