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Favoriting November 25, 2023: Complex Things Are Just Too Many Simple Things Put Together

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Artist Track Album Year Comments New Approx. start time
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary  Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience   Favoriting   1961 / 1966      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Joan Osborne  St. Theresa   Favoriting Relish  1995      0:02:23 (Pop-up)
Michael Jackson  Got To Be There   Favoriting   1971  His 1st 45    0:07:47 (Pop-up)
Duffy  Mercy   Favoriting Rockferry  2008      0:11:05 (Pop-up)
Henry Jerome  Uptight (Everything's Alright)   Favoriting   1970      0:14:42 (Pop-up)
Sonny Rollins w/ The Modern Jazz Quartet  No Moe   Favoriting Sonny Rollins w/The Modern Jazz Quartet, Kenny Drew & Art Blakey  1953 / 1957      0:17:43 (Pop-up)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard  Astroturf   Favoriting Changes  2023    *   0:21:13 (Pop-up)
Les Paul & Mary Ford  The World is Waiting for the Sunrise   Favoriting   1951  Capitol 45    0:28:49 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
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Kirsty MacColl  Still Life   Favoriting All I Ever Wanted: The Anthology  1989 / 2014      0:37:01 (Pop-up)
Corinne Bailey Rae  A Spell, A Prayer   Favoriting Black Rainbows  2023    *   0:39:59 (Pop-up)
Ben Goldberg  Corpse Pose   Favoriting Good Day For Cloud Fishing  2019  w/Ron Miles & Nels Cline    0:45:08 (Pop-up)
Bernard Hermann  Overture To North By Northwest   Favoriting Portrait Of Alfred Hitchcock  1969 / 1999  Recorded Live    0:51:32 (Pop-up)
Left Banke  Dark is the Bark   Favoriting Left Banke Too!  1968      0:56:00 (Pop-up)
Jutta Hipp & Zoot Sims  Velvets For Your Furs   Favoriting Jutta Hipp w/ Zoot Sims  1957      0:59:31 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
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World Party  She's The One   Favoriting Egyptology  1997      1:11:03 (Pop-up)
Lady Blackbird  It'll Never Happen Again   Favoriting Black Acid Soul - Deluxe Edition  2021      1:15:55 (Pop-up)
Loving Awareness  Love You To Know   Favoriting Loving Awareness  1976      1:19:47 (Pop-up)
Jaki Byard [w/ Roland Kirk]  Evidence   Favoriting The Jaki Byard Experience  1968      1:22:31 (Pop-up)
Spirit  Love Has Found A Way   Favoriting The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus  1970      1:26:56 (Pop-up)
John Brion  Titles   Favoriting Wilson  2017  OST    1:29:24 (Pop-up)
Liverpool Echo  Girl On The Train   Favoriting Liverpool Echo  1973      1:35:12 (Pop-up)
Lynn Blessing  Child Of The Universe   Favoriting Sunset Painter  1968      1:37:55 (Pop-up)
Clarence Paul & Stevie Wonder  About My Baby   Favoriting Motown Unreleased 1965  1965 / 2015  VAR    1:39:45 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
1:42:11 (Pop-up)
Jelly Roll Morton  Wolveriine Blues   Favoriting The Complete Library of Congress Recordings  1938 / 2005      1:49:24 (Pop-up)
Gary Burton Quartet  Portsmouth Figurations   Favoriting Duster  1967      1:53:16 (Pop-up)
Slim Gaillard  Frank Rhoads Round   Favoriting Searching For You: The Lost Singles of McVouty 1958-1974  1958 / 2016      1:57:40 (Pop-up)
Jr. Walker & The All-Stars  Good Rockin'   Favoriting Soul Sesssion  1966      1:59:04 (Pop-up)
Howlin' Wolf  House Rockin' Boogie   Favoriting Moanin' at Midnight: The Memphis Recordings  1951 / 2002  early recordings    2:02:02 (Pop-up)
Mary Lou Williams Trio  You Know Baby   Favoriting The Mary Lou Williams Collection 1929-1959  1945 / 2014      2:06:09 (Pop-up)
Larry Williams  Slow Down   Favoriting Blowing The Fuse - 31RnB Classics That Rocked The Jukebox In 1958  1958 / 2006      2:09:17 (Pop-up)
Johnny Hodges  Castle Rock   Favoriting Blowing The Fuse - 28 RnB Classics That Rocked The Jukebox In 1951  1951 / 2005  VAR    2:11:37 (Pop-up)
Mamou Sidibe'  Basa Kele'   Favoriting Putamayo Presents Mali  2005  VAR    2:14:25 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
2:17:41 (Pop-up)
P.J. O'Connell  I Got Better   Favoriting Careful  2006      2:23:11 (Pop-up)
Spooky Tooth  Better By You, Better Than Me   Favoriting Spooky Too  1969      2:27:12 (Pop-up)
Terrry Adams  Straight No Chaser   Favoriting Talk Thelonious  2014      2:30:45 (Pop-up)
Steely Dan  Everyone's Gone To The Movies   Favoriting Katy Lied  1975      2:34:57 (Pop-up)
Johnny Douglas  "What A Scene" from Day Of The Triffids   Favoriting Monster Movie Music, Vol. 1  1963  VAR
see: monstermoviemusic.blogspot.com  		  2:38:39 (Pop-up)
Claude Debussy  Etude: Les Notes Repetee - Orchestral Version   Favoriting Complete Orchestral Works  1915 / 2012      2:43:26 (Pop-up)
Donny Hathaway  The Essence Of Destiny [demo]   Favoriting Someday We'll All Be Free  1974 / 2010      2:47:37 (Pop-up)
Lightning In A Twilight Hour  White, Upon Your Grave   Favoriting Overwintering  2022      2:49:39 (Pop-up)
Foundations  Take Away The Emptiness Too   Favoriting Digging The Foundations  1969      2:53:49 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
2:56:49 (Pop-up)
  Thanks To David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young, "var. Facebook friends" & Pete Tomlinson


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RobbieWhite:

Good morning from Silver Spring, MD
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Andrew in Toronto:

Good morning, Bob and all other listeners!
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Bob Brainen:

RobbieWhite of WOWD!
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listener james from westwood:

Good Saturday, Bob and all!
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Bob Brainen:

Andrew in Toronto!
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Jeff:

Good Morning Bob + fellow listeners
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(Mr) Bill:

Good morning from my sister-in-law's place in Germantown, Land O' Mary.
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Bob Brainen:

listener james from westwood!
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Bob Brainen:

Jeff!
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(Mr) Bill!
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Pauly from Clifton:

Good morning Bob, folks!
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chresti:

Hi Bob and braineniacs!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Pauly from Clifton @11:02
Good morning, Pauly from Clifton!
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Pauly from Clifton:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:00
Good morning, Andrew in TO!
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wmfromd:

Mornin' Bob and everyone!
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Bob Brainen:

Pauly from Clifton!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ chresti @11:02
Morning, crestikins!
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Bob Brainen:

chresti!
  11:03am
SecretSquirrel:

Wishing everyone a tryptophan-tastic morning!
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Bob Brainen:

wmfromd!
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chresti:

Morning Andrew in TO!
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Bob Brainen:

SecretSquirrel!
To you as well.
  11:06am
dan:

Good morning all
  11:06am
Rich from Wading River:

Good morning Bob and everyone! A rare chance to catch the show live for me.
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Bob Brainen:

dan!
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Sem:

Hello, Bob, and the Brainen Trust.
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adamdoesit:

Hello Bob and brains from way down in the hollow.
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Bob Brainen:

Rich from Wading River! Welcome to the live side.
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Bob Brainen:

Sem!
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Bob Brainen:

adamdoesit!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ adamdoesit @11:07
hola, Sem!
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SmokinJ:

Cheers all! 8-)
  11:08am
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↳ Song: "Got To Be There" by "Michael Jackson"
Never thought I'd hear Michael Jackson on the Bob Brainen Show.
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Good morning Bob Brainen and all!!!!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ adamdoesit @11:07
Morning, adamdoesit!
  11:09am
Jeff:

Joan Osborne is the real deal. I used to work in downtown Bklyn. In the โ€˜80s (before she became well known), she used to sing at a bar on Court St called Oโ€™Keefes. It was clear to everybody who heard her then that she was something special.
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Bob Brainen:

? ! Ya never know what's gonna pop up.
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tom tom the pipers son:

i don't think michael's voice had changed
  11:10am
dan:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @11:10
I don't think Michael ever hit puberty
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Bob Brainen:

Jeff, very cool. Next time I'll play her doing Beefheart. Taught to her by Chris Butler.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ dan @11:10
something like that crossed my mind
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adamdoesit:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:08
Good morning, AiT.

Michael sounds so young here, he might be singing about his mom.
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Bob Brainen:

tom tom the pipers son!
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tom tom the pipers son:

hi bob...people
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Sem:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:08
AiT, hello! Sunny and freezing here on the east coast.
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Sem @11:12
We`re cloudy and freezing.
  11:13am
Gina Bacon:

Morning, Bob & all!
  11:14am
SecretSquirrel:

Would love to hear JO cover Beefheart! Which track?
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Bob Brainen:

↳ SecretSquirrel @11:14
....Blue Million Miles
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PT:

Duffy! Whatever happened to HER?! (Good Morning, BB and allโ€ฆ)
  11:15am
dan:

↳ Song: "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" by "Henry Jerome"
The Mantovani approach to Pop Music
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Bob Brainen:

PT! Not sure but there''s some strange story along the way.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:14
was actually just about to type that
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Gina Bacon @11:13
Mornin, Gina!
  11:16am
Gina Bacon:

Morning, Andrew!
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Bob Brainen:

Gina Bacon!
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chresti:

Duffy was abducted, drugged, and raped for 4 weeks, according to Wikipedia
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Bob Brainen:

↳ chresti @11:29
Oh no!
  11:32am
gene sculatti:

Great show start, Bob!
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Duffy: https://t.ly/62vKA
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chresti:

www.bbc.com...
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Dean:

My t.ly up there.
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Meself:

Morning Bob and all!
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Bob Brainen:

gene sculatti, thanks!
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Bob Brainen:

Dean!
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Bob Brainen:

Meself!
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kev:

Hi
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wendy del formaggio:

Good morning, Bob and friends!
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Bob Brainen:

kev!
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Bob Brainen:

wendy del formaggio!
  11:48am
Dean:

Liberty Ellman mastered this Goldberg record. I heard him with Goldberg and Myra Melford at UC Berkeley a couple years ago.
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Overture To North By Northwest" by "Bernard Hermann"
parts remind me of philip glass
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dan:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @11:54
I was just going to say that. It has Koyaanisqatsi vibes.
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SecretSquirrel:

The Herman โ€“ oddly Philip Glass-like with those hemiolas
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SecretSquirrel:

โ€œHermannโ€
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tom tom the pipers son:

a healthy round of applause
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ SecretSquirrel @11:55
hemiolas... did not know that term
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Bob Brainen:

↳ SecretSquirrel @11:55
"hemiola" = like!
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @11:56
Nor did I. Sounds discomfitingly close to "hematomas."
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tom tom the pipers son:

↳ (Mr) Bill @11:58
ha!
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wendy del formaggio:

Every time I hear Zoot Sims on the radio, I say to myself, โ€œI need to get some Zoot Sims for my music library.โ€
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tom tom the pipers son:

glass/hermann similarities probably coincidental, the repetitions in glass coming from indian music and hermann from western music, wagner(?)
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Erik (VT):

Re Kirsty MacColl : Apparently there is a brand new 8xCD set entire career collection. Including the unreleased second album โ€œRealโ€? & 46 songs that are new to release. Yay !๐Ÿ˜€
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Michael 98145:

Bing-Bong

Hello, Everyone
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Bob Brainen:

Erik (VT)!
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Bob Brainen:

Michael 98145!
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wmfromd:

↳ Song: "It'll Never Happen Again" by "Lady Blackbird"
Wonderful version of this song.
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Meself:

Lady Blackbird!
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kev:

Thanks Bob I needed some pretty
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(Mr) Bill:

Gotta go. Sis-in-law insists. Will try to sneak back on later. A full measure of thanks, Bob.
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Meself:

↳ kev @12:20
Haha
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(Mr) Bill:

Do Siri and Alexa ever talk with each other? Just wond'rin'.
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adamdoesit:

↳ Song: "Evidence" by "Jaki Byard [w/ Roland Kirk]"
This cooks! I took Rahsaan for Sonny.
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kev:

Spirit!!
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dan:

↳ Song: "Love Has Found A Way" by "Spirit"
I wonder if Steely Dan was influenced by this song
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wmfromd:

12 Dreams has to be one of those DJ nightmare albums with all the crossfades etc.
  12:49pm
Gerry from Miami:

Hello to you, BOB! I understand your having a problem remembering the word "screenplay" when describing Terry Southern's contribution to "Candy." I have these mental lapses all the time. Don't feel bad. We're just getting old(gracefully, I hope).
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Bob Brainen:

Gerry from Miami!
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chresti:

I get the dust bunnies in my head more often with the simplest words, quite frustrating!
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Michael 98145:

↳ chresti @12:57
Little wonder. Just think of all the trivia and music we have stored in there !
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Michael 98145:

↳ Michael 98145 @12:59
Plus, it has to keep thinking up all those dream plots and scenery.
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chresti:

↳ Michael 98145 @12:59
I know, right? Running out of room in there!
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chresti:

↳ chresti @1:00
It's back there somewhere, behind the recently forgotten
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RobbieWhite:

↳ Song: "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" by "Henry Jerome"
John Lennon idolized Larry Williams
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Michael 98145:

enjoying the show
  1:15pm
Gerry from Miami:

OOPS! Terry Southern DID write the novel, "Candy"(with a collaborator). Former SNL writer, BUCK HENRY, did the screenplay.
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kwatts:

↳ Song: "Straight No Chaser" by "Terrry Adams"
Oooh tasty this one.
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Bob Brainen:

kwatts!
  1:35pm
Gerry from Miami:

I knew DAN TIME was coming up!
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Michael 98145:

bobbing for apples can wait
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duke:

Day of Triffids was a cheesy movie, but the book was down right scary.
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Michael 98145:

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris
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Meself:

Very cool Donny Hathaway song :)
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Andrew in Toronto:

What a wonderful episode!
Thanks, Bob!
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Michael 98145:

Thanks
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Meself:

Great show! Thanks!
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adamdoesit:

Thank you, Bob.
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Jeff:

Thanks Bob
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wmfromd:

Great one Bob. Thanks!
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Cal Zone!:

Fantastic show, BB! Really enjoyed!
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