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Favoriting December 30, 2023: I don't wish to be callous, but you can have Maria Callas.

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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)
Sunrays  Andrea   Favoriting Andrea  1966      0:02:25 (Pop-up)
dBs  Today Could Be The Day   Favoriting The Sound Of Music  1987      0:04:36 (Pop-up)
Howlin' Wolf  Well That's Alright   Favoriting Moanin' at Midnight: The Memphis Recordings  1952 / 2002      0:08:00 (Pop-up)
Blues Project  Cheryl's Goin' Home   Favoriting Projections  1966  Mono    0:10:51 (Pop-up)
Dave Brubeck Quartet  Band banter from the 1959 recording sessions   Favoriting Time OutTakes  1959 / 2020      0:13:29 (Pop-up)
Dave Brubeck Quartet  Cathy's Waltz   Favoriting Time OutTakes  1959 / 2020      0:18:04 (Pop-up)
Lal & Mike Waterson  Red Wine & Promises   Favoriting Bright Phoebus  1972      0:22:37 (Pop-up)
Bright Light Quartet  Po' Lazarus   Favoriting Southern Journey, Vol. 1 Voices From The American South - Blues, Ballads, Hymns, Reels, Shouts, Chanteys And Work Songs  1960 / 1997  VAR    0:25:40 (Pop-up)
Aerial East  The Things We Build   Favoriting Try Harder  2021      0:27:52 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
0:31:12 (Pop-up)
Jamie Carter  The Boy With The Way   Favoriting Tom Ardolino's Magic Jukebox  1965  Liberty single by Sandy Hurvitz (->Essra Mohawk) R.I.P.    0:39:04 (Pop-up)
Nora Guthrie  Emily's Illness   Favoriting Tom Ardolino's Magic Jukebox  1967      0:41:43 (Pop-up)
Free Design  McCarran Airport   Favoriting Cosmic Peekaboo  2001      0:44:52 (Pop-up)
Bobby Rydell & Chubby Checker  What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?   Favoriting Bobby Rydell & Chubby Checker  1961      0:48:09 (Pop-up)
Roswell Rudd [w/Sheila Jordan]  Waltzing in the Sagebrush   Favoriting Flexible Flyer  1975      0:50:43 (Pop-up)
Fats Navarro/Gil Fuller's Modernist's  Everything's Cool   Favoriting Goin' To Minton's  1946 / 1999      0:56:18 (Pop-up)
Sonny Rollins Quintet feat. Kenny Dorham  Moving Out   Favoriting Moving Out  1954 / 1956      1:02:10 (Pop-up)
Jamie Carter  The Memory Of Your Voice   Favoriting   1965  b-side of Liberty single that starts the set.    1:06:38 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
1:08:57 (Pop-up)
Sandy Denny  Late November   Favoriting The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens - Deluxe Edition  1971 / 2011      1:15:49 (Pop-up)
Gary Burton Quartet  Liturgy   Favoriting Duster  1967      1:20:16 (Pop-up)
Bud Powell  It Could Happen to You   Favoriting The Amazing Bud Powell  1951 / 1955      1:23:42 (Pop-up)
xTC  My Bird Performs   Favoriting Nonsuch  1992      1:26:55 (Pop-up)
NRBQ  My Life With You   Favoriting Up In The Loft  2014 / 2023    *   1:30:49 (Pop-up)
Charlie Parker Quartet  Parker's Mood   Favoriting Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection  1946 / 1997      1:34:24 (Pop-up)
Kirsty MacColl  See That Girl   Favoriting See That Girl 1979-2000  1981 / 2023    *   1:37:27 (Pop-up)
Bessie Jones & Co.  Sink 'Em Low   Favoriting Southern Journey, Vol. 1 Voices From The American South - Blues, Ballads, Hymns, Reels, Shouts, Chanteys And Work Songs  1960 / 1997  VAR    1:40:26 (Pop-up)
The Mar-Keys  The Shovel   Favoriting More From The Other Side Of The Trax: Stax-Volt 45rpm Rarities 1960-1968  1966 / 2017  VAR    1:44:06 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
1:46:38 (Pop-up)
Jelly Roll Morton  Bert Williams   Favoriting The Complete Library of Congress Recordings  1938 / 2005      1:53:10 (Pop-up)
Ornette Coleman  Turnaround   Favoriting Sound Grammar  2006  Live In Germany    1:57:02 (Pop-up)
Fleetwood Mac  Dragonfly   Favoriting   1971  non-lp single    2:01:02 (Pop-up)
Shelagh McDonald  Crusoe   Favoriting Album  1970      2:03:53 (Pop-up)
Miles Davis  It Never Entered My Mind   Favoriting Workin' With the Miles Davis Quintet  1956 / 1960      2:07:42 (Pop-up)
Beach Boys  Little Bird   Favoriting Friends  1968      2:13:05 (Pop-up)
Karen Peris  Sister Bird   Favoriting A Song Is Way Above the Lawn  2021      2:15:07 (Pop-up)
Cymbals  Do You Believe in Magic   Favoriting Tom Ardolino's Magic Jukebox        2:17:23 (Pop-up)
Beatles  Another Girl   Favoriting Help!  1965      2:20:35 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
2:22:43 (Pop-up)
Flying Pigs  Moon Sank All Day   Favoriting Desi  1997  P.J. O'Connell's N.C. band    2:29:29 (Pop-up)
Maurice Ravel  Miroirs Movement II: Oiseaux Trieste   Favoriting Maurice Ravel: The Complete Works  1913 / 2020  Piano roll of Ravel playing.    2:34:12 (Pop-up)
L'Eclair  Verso   Favoriting Confusions  2021      2:38:49 (Pop-up)
Steely Dan  Everything You Did   Favoriting The Royal Scam  1976      2:43:37 (Pop-up)
Alabama sacred Harp Singers  The Last Words Of Copernicus   Favoriting Southern Journey, Vol. 1 Voices From The American South - Blues, Ballads, Hymns, Reels, Shouts, Chanteys And Work Songs  1959 / 1997      2:47:32 (Pop-up)
Parker Allen  Blink [feat. Claire Ernst]   Favoriting   2023    *   2:49:39 (Pop-up)
Isao Tomita  Footprints In The Snow   Favoriting Snowflakes Are Dancing  1974      2:52:41 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
 
2:57:02 (Pop-up)
  Thanks to David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug Young, William Yale, Wendy Smith & Pete Tomlinson


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RobbieWhite:

Good morning from Silver Spring, MD.
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Bob Brainen:

Good morning Robbie White of WOWD!
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∫ydniuß:

Looking forward to journeying outside my mind, Bob.
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Andrew in Toronto:

Good morning, Bob, and all other listeners!
  11:01am
Jeff:

It’s Saturday again?!
Good Morning Bob + fellow listeners
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Bob Brainen:

Glad to have you aboard ∫ydniuß!
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doctorjazz:

Hello Bob and Bobbins!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Andrew in Toronto!
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wmfromd:

Mornin' Bob and everyone!
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Bob Brainen:

It is indeed, Jeff!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ doctorjazz @11:01
Hi, doc!
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Sem:

Good morning, Bob! Hello, all.
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Sem:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:02
Yo, AiT!
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Pauly from Clifton:

Good morning, Bob, folks!
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Bob Brainen:

Hello doctorjazz!
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Bob Brainen and all!!!
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Bob Brainen:

Mornin' wmfromD!
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Pauly from Clifton:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:01
Good morning, Andrew in TO!
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Bob Brainen:

G'morning Sem!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Pauly from Clifton!
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Bob Brainen:

Hi Will thee Sound Guy!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:02
Hi Andrew!
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listener james from westwood:

Morning, Bob and all!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Pauly from Clifton @11:03
Good mornoing, Pauly from Clifton!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning listener james from westwood!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Today Could Be The Day" by "dBs"
Love the dB's (just found-in my collection, forgotten-a CD by The Chris Stamey Experience, which is basically Stamey backed by Yo La Tengo. Listened once, pretty cool).
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SmokinJ:

Cheers bb & all! 8-)
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Bob Brainen:

Cheers to you, SmokinJ!
  11:08am
dan:

Good morning all
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Bob Brainen:

Good morning dan!
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SmokinJ:

You can well imagine bb ;-)
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(Mr) Bill:

Maria Callas gives me calluses.
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Bob Brainen:

Hey (Mr) Bill!
  11:10am
Jeff:

The Wolf is still my North Star!
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Bob Brainen:

↳ Jeff @11:10
Untouchable!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Cheryl's Goin' Home" by "Blues Project"
This is cool!
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Soule:

Good morning, Bob and all of us!
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wmfromd:

Mono!
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Bob Brainen:

Good morning Soule!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Soule @11:13
Morning, Soule!
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Soule:

Androoo! Hiya!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Cathy's Waltz" by "Dave Brubeck Quartet"
Is this playing? It's not a waltz (3/4 time).
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Cathy's Waltz" by "Dave Brubeck Quartet"
ooo, they pulled a switcheroo...
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Mxter Baba:

hey hey! Dave Brubeck's the swingingest! hello, Bob and WFMU palz!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Mxter Baba!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Mxter Baba @11:22
Hello Mxter Baba.
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Gina Bacon:

Morning, Bob & all!
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Meself:

Happy Saturday Bob and fellow listeners :)
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Gina Bacon!
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Bob Brainen:

Happy Saturday Meself!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Gina Bacon @11:25
Morning, Gina!
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Meself:

↳ Song: "The Things We Build" by "Aerial East"
I recognize that :)
  11:29am
bobobob D'blon:

Hey Bobby B..good show !
  11:30am
bobob:

Gina Gina Gina !!!!!!
  11:31am
gene sculatti:

Happy New Year, Bob!
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Gina Bacon:

↳ bobob @11:30
bobob!
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Will thee Sound Guy:

🐸 🐸 🐸
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Gina Bacon:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:28
Morning, Andrew!
  11:34am
bobob plasticland:

Believe it or not ...goin by Musical Tastes . for a short time ..I thought Bob Brainen and BPN Bob Irwin were one in the same person ..lol
  11:35am
bobobobob:

Will dasoundMan
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Gina Bacon:

↳ bobob plasticland @11:34
Hahaha!
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Will thee Sound Guy:

↳ bobobobob @11:35
hi Bobobobobobobob!
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Bob Brainen:

Thanks bobobob D'blon!
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Bob Brainen:

↳ bobob plasticland @11:34
Ha. BPN Bob & I have been friends since 1989 and share a lot of overlapping music loves, but we're 2 distinct entities.
Plus Bob is esponsible for a LOT of music I adore being issued!
  11:45am
SecretSquirrel:

Hi Bob β€˜n’ all! Sad to hear about Essra Mohawk. β€œThunder in the Morning” was in heavy rotation on WHRW in Binghamton, where @FrankZataar and I grew up. RIP Essra…
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Bob Brainen:

Hey SecretSquirrel! I went to school in Utica and my family is up in the Albany area.
  11:53am
SecretSquirrel:

@Bob Upstate Pride! Never been to Utica but drank plenty of the beer #UC 🍺🍺🍺
  11:54am
bigplanetnoise:

Hey everyone! My ears were ringing.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Waltzing in the Sagebrush" by "Roswell Rudd [w/Sh...
Love Rudd-he put himeself in so many musical situations (and always pulleed it off)! Jordan sounds great too!
  11:56am
bigplanetnoise:

Sounding great Bob, as always!!
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doctorjazz:

↳ doctorjazz @11:54
Got to see him a couple of times; with Steve Lacy, and with an African ensemble.
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Bob Brainen:

↳ doctorjazz @11:54
I love that Rudd and sometime-partner Steve Lacy both started in Dixieland and skipped to Free Jazz!
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Gina Bacon:

↳ bigplanetnoise @11:56
As if on cue...morning, BPN!
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Bob Brainen:

↳ bigplanetnoise @11:56
Thanks Bob!
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Bob Brainen:

↳ Gina Bacon @11:57
His sixth sense.
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wmfromd:

Rudd led Dixieland bands that played the Catskill hotels. I played with a drummer that did gigs with him.
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Bob Brainen:

↳ wmfromd @12:00
Very cool!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:57
Me too-have an LP set of the original Dixieland Rudd recordings, it sort of made sense, you really didn't need bebop harmonies to play free...and collective improv was a part of New Orleans jazz.
  12:02pm
bigplanetnoise:

Morning, GFB!
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Bob Brainen:

↳ doctorjazz @12:01
Can you give any info like record label, etc?
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Will thee Sound Guy:

🐸🐸🐸
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listener 126464:

Hello Bob, enjoying the show! Hi everyone.
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Roberto:

Happy New Year, Bob and co.!
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Bob Brainen:

Hello listener 126464!
  12:16pm
dan:

Sandy, the voice of an Angel
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Bob Brainen:

And to you, Roberto!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Bob Brainen @12:04
I can't find it right now-it was a 2 record set, likely by this band from Yale (I'll look some more, post it if I find it-will be sad if I don't...)
en.wikipedia.org...
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Bob Brainen:

↳ doctorjazz @12:23
Thanks, I've heard of that band, but never heard them.
  12:29pm
dan:

XTC needs the Bob and Pete treatment
  12:34pm
Gina Bacon:

Such a sweet song.
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Meself:

↳ Gina Bacon @12:34
Agreed
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wmfromd:

↳ Song: "Parker's Mood" by "Charlie Parker Quartet"
Bird Lives!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Parker's Mood" by "Charlie Parker Quartet"
The master take (if I'm not mistaken, a masterpiece)!
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Will thee Sound Guy:

🐸🐸🐸
  12:53pm
Dean:

β€œThe funniest man I ever saw and the saddest man I ever knew.”
https://stuffnobodycaresabout.com/2014/12/25/w-c-fields-will-gave-bulk-estate-establish-college-white-orphans/
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Bob Brainen:

↳ Dean @12:53
Thanks, and hello Dean!
  12:54pm
Dean:

Independently corroborated in Wikipedia, too.
  1:03pm
Jeff:

Danny often gets over shined by Peter, but he was a shining star indeed; albeit, too briefly.
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Bob Brainen:

↳ Jeff @1:03
My 2 Fl. Mac faves: Peter & Danny.
  1:05pm
dan:

Just read that the actor Tom Wilkinson passed away today. The Full Monty is the one the greatest films of the last 30 years. RIP
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Bob Brainen:

↳ dan @1:05
R.I.P. He did a lot of fine work.
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Meself:

↳ dan @1:05
Thanks for announcing this. He was also so great in In The Bedroom. Great loss.
  1:13pm
dan:

He's the kind of actor that gave great performances one after another. "Priest", "In The Bedroom", "Michael Clayton". "Eternal Sunshine"
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Roberto:

↳ dan @1:05
sux
  1:22pm
dan:

↳ Song: "Another Girl" by "Beatles"
I wonder if there''s a song about the individual women behind "Girl" and "Another Girl" somewhere
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Will thee Sound Guy:

🐸 🐸 🐸
  1:32pm
CalZone!:

HNY BB!
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Bob Brainen:

To you as well, CalZone!
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doctorjazz:

OK, gotta run, thanks Bob, Happy New Year to one and all!
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Soule:

↳ Song: "Verso" by "L'Eclair"
Wotta segue: Ravel into this!
  1:44pm
dan:

↳ Song: "Everything You Did" by "Steely Dan"
Where did the bastard go?

Icy opening lyrics
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Will thee Sound Guy:

↳ Song: "Everything You Did" by "Steely Dan"
It's about Dan time ⏰
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Meself:

↳ Song: "Everything You Did" by "Steely Dan"
Turn up the Eagles, the neighbors are listening πŸ˜‚
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bob Brainen @1:06
What another great show!
Thanks, Bob!
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Soule:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @1:50
Yes, thanks, Bob! See everybody next year!
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Mxter Baba:

I sure enjoy Tomita. Thanks, Bob! Thanks everyone.
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Meself:

A midnight kiss to you Bob 😘πŸ₯³
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wmfromd:

Great show Bob! Happy New Year!
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(Mr) Bill:

Bob, as 2023 calls it quits, I’m grateful to you for a full deck of weekly respites from the evil our species does to each other and our living environment. My hopes to everyone for peace of mind and more peace on Earth in 2024.
  1:58pm
Jeff:

Thanks Bob. A Happy and Healthy New Year to you, your friends and family and all my fellow listeners wherever you may be!
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listener 126464:

Thanks, Bob!
  1:58pm
SecretSquirrel:

Gorgeous Debussy arrangement by Tomita! I too skipped over that album the first time around, will have to dig in.
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Bob Brainen:

Happy New Year everyone!
See You in '24!
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Soule:

↳ (Mr) Bill @1:58
I'll drink to that!
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Soule:

↳ Jeff @1:58
Hear, hear!
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