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A virtual supermarket sweep of recorded history, with an emphasis on processed cheese.
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February 8, 2024: I like it. I like it. I don't like it.
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From Syllabus by Lynda Barry
| Artist | Track | Album | Label | Images | Approx. start time | |||||
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| Lynda Barry |
"Dog and Beaver" student drawing (see the whole page here)
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Syllabus | Drawn & Quarterly |
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| The Tremolons |
Theme for a "DJ"
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7-inch single | Sundazed | 0:01:01 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Ellie Girl with Seven Beat Sulks |
Crazy Cafe
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Greenwich Village's Cafe Bizarre Presents Assorted Madness | Musitron | 0:01:20 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Ferrante & Teicher |
Man From Mars
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Soundproof | Westminster | 0:03:41 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Dr. Seuss |
Green Eggs and Ham (narrated by Marvin Miller)
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Green Eggs and Ham and Other Stories | Buddha/BMG | 0:06:02 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Funkadelic |
Cholly (Funk Getting Ready to Roll!)
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One Nation Under a Groove | Warner Bros. | 0:13:16 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| DJ Chazaloo |
We Never Ever Do Nothin' (Proud Mary remix)
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0:17:46 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
| Ginger Rogers |
Let Yourself Go (from Follow the Fleet)
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Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers at RKO | Rhino/Turner Classic Movies | 0:19:49 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Kool & The Gang |
Let the Music Take Your Mind
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7-inch single | De-Lite | 0:21:46 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Melenas |
1986
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Ahora | Trouble in Mind | 0:30:37 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Gerry and the Pacemakers |
I Like It
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Best of | Capitol | 0:34:45 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Liz Phair |
Mesmerizing
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Exile in Guyville | Matador | 0:36:54 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| KC and the Sunshine Band |
That's the Way (I Like It)
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two 45s played at 33 | T.K. | 0:40:42 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Pixeltan |
That's the Way I Like It
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DFA Compilation #2 (various artists) | DFA | 0:44:52 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| The Teardrop Explodes |
When I Dream
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7-inch single | Mercury | 0:49:47 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton |
Slip Away Today
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Just the Two of Us | RCA | 0:59:14 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Mekons |
Chivalry
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Fear and Whiskey | Sin | 1:01:54 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| The Umbrellas |
Autumn
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The Umbrellas | 1:05:22 (Pop-up) | |||||||
| Dusty Springfield |
Let's Talk It Over
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A Brand New Me | Atlantic | 1:08:46 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Broadcast |
We've Got Time
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Work and Non Work | Drag City | 1:11:08 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Groceries |
Are You Here
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7-inch single | RD3 | 1:14:59 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| R. Stevie Moore |
Everyone, But Everyone
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The Future Is Worse Than the Past | Megaphon | 1:19:03 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Jaimie Sharkey |
Anything About You
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Phone Calls | Kilowatt Tango | 1:25:30 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Stevie Wonder |
We Can Work It Out
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Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | Tamla | 1:27:54 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Brian Eno & David Byrne |
Moonlight in Glory
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My Life in the Bush of Ghosts | Sire; Nonesuch | 1:33:52 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Teddy Fire |
The Revolving Ambidextrous Microwave Girl
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7-inch single | Tummy Tapes/Eary Canal Plates | 1:38:20 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Teenage PhDs |
Too Bored
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7-inch single | 1:41:21 (Pop-up) | |||||||
| Prozak for Lovers |
Bad Reputation
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Prozak For Lovers II | Bruce Lash | 1:43:43 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Ferrante & Teicher |
The Lady Is a Tramp
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Dynamic Twin Pianos | United Artists | 1:47:21 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Hugo Montenegro |
My Way (Gene Morford, vocal)
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Moog Power | RCA Brasil | 1:49:55 (Pop-up) | ||||||
| Los Mirlos |
Sonido Amazunico
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Back to Peru: Peruvian Underground 1964-74 (various artists) | Vampi Soul | 1:53:09 (Pop-up) | ||||||
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Listener comments!
Wendy del Formaggio:
:-)
Scott_Oz:
Let's not do this!!
🌏🌞🍻😎🤙💨🍺
Flash Strap:
Aitch:
Hey BDNC
Doug Schulkind:
tom tom the pipers son:
Roberto:
Chris S.:
Scott_Oz:
StringOFperils:
Wendy del Formaggio:
Franco Twinkie:
StringOFperils:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Thx for Filling In.
Charlie:
chresti:
I'm very very busy..
headcleaner:
StringOFperils:
Charlie:
tom tom the pipers son:
Aitch:
tom tom the pipers son:
headcleaner:
Roberto:
Michael:
Charlie:
chresti:
Scott_Oz:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Aitch:
Charlie:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Roberto:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Not here or there or anyplace.
Chris S.:
Charlie:
Roberto:
Charlie:
StringOFperils:
chresti:
Chris S.:
chresti:
tom tom the pipers son:
Roberto:
coelacanth∅:
Roberto:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
...but because I REALLY hate Vegetables...
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
StringOFperils:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
StringOFperils:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
StringOFperils:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
- green eggs ?
Wendy del Formaggio:
1. Once you get away from the overplayed Kool & The Gang tracks, it's obvious how GREAT they are.
2. I'm pretty sure Beastie Boys sampled this somewhere on Paul's Boutique, the line about, "Lay it on me now. Not so hard."
still b/p:
StringOFperils:
Roberto:
Charlie:
Charlie:
Roberto:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
...when Ginger & Godot come steppin' in
...we gonna have some interesting colored comestibles & busy stuff to do then.
northguineahills:
StringOFperils:
Wendy del Formaggio:
Charlie:
Roberto:
Wendy del Formaggio:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Little Danny:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
[heavy breathing...]
StringOFperils:
Charlie:
Roberto:
Wendy del Formaggio:
Exactly.
Many years ago, my dear friend Jon-O used to call me at home and at the co-op cheese counter and ask me, in a breathless voice, "Wendy, what are you wearing?" It was his trademark.
StringOFperils:
Wendy del Formaggio:
still b/p:
Little Danny:
Wendy del Formaggio:
Wendy del Formaggio:
StringOFperils:
Little Danny:
Franco Twinkie:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
...& YOU wouldn't give it to me...
Little Danny:
northguineahills:
chresti:
Wendy del Formaggio:
It was all killer, no filler!
northguineahills:
Wendy del Formaggio:
You wanna cook for me next month? (I don't mean for the entire month. I'm coming down for Marathon.)
Roberto:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Franco Twinkie:
Aitch:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
...I have found MY PEOPLE...
chresti:
Roberto:
Wendy del Formaggio:
northguineahills:
hyperdose is sending me his kitchenware (still in storage in bayonne), so, I'll have stuff to cook w/ by then...
chresti:
1MT:
Wendy del Formaggio:
That's awesome you're getting some kitchenware!
We can talk later, but pencil me in some time between March 9-14. I'll be in Carroll Gardens then. Easy to get to you.
Wendy del Formaggio:
Roberto:
Wendy del Formaggio:
StringOFperils:
Franco Twinkie:
Roberto:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Charlie:
Wendy del Formaggio:
1MT:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
1MT:
Wendy del Formaggio:
Wendy del Formaggio:
Franco Twinkie:
Wendy del Formaggio:
Roberto:
Franco Twinkie:
StringOFperils:
tom tom the pipers son:
Wendy del Formaggio:
Franco Twinkie:
Wendy del Formaggio:
Franco Twinkie:
Roberto:
northguineahills:
tom tom the pipers son:
StringOFperils:
Franco Twinkie:
Wendy del Formaggio:
So does one cop, really.
tom tom the pipers son:
Charlie:
Wendy del Formaggio:
Which raises the question: helpful to *whom*?
Wendy del Formaggio:
spodiodi:
coelacanth∅:
he came back a few weeks later to apologise - hands wrapped in bandages.
apparently it was all due to a blood sugar issue.
Charlie:
coelacanth∅:
Wendy del Formaggio:
Roberto:
Wendy del Formaggio:
Roberto:
Wendy del Formaggio:
tom tom the pipers son:
Charlie:
spodiodi:
hi chresti!\\//
coelacanth∅:
Roberto:
northguineahills:
Wendy del Formaggio:
coelacanth∅:
chresti:
Charlie:
Charlie:
chresti:
Roberto:
StringOFperils:
Roberto:
coelacanth∅:
Wendy del Formaggio:
:-(
Tech stuff can be such a pain in the tuchus.
tom tom the pipers son:
Charlie:
Roberto:
coelacanth∅:
they're predators.
Wendy del Formaggio:
spodiodi:
coelacanth∅:
northguineahills:
tom tom the pipers son:
coelacanth∅:
Wendy del Formaggio:
Charlie:
Charlie:
Wendy del Formaggio:
chresti:
still b/p:
Wendy del Formaggio:
coelacanth∅:
1MT:
tom tom the pipers son:
Roberto:
still b/p:
coelacanth∅:
Bobby:
Charlie:
Roberto:
Little kids bring 'em to show and tell
coelacanth∅:
Charlie:
still b/p:
1MT:
Wendy del Formaggio:
chresti:
Wendy del Formaggio:
At least I don't have to go to school tomorrow!
tom tom the pipers son:
Charlie:
Charlie:
tom tom the pipers son:
Wendy del Formaggio:
spodiodi:
Aitch:
chresti:
Michael:
Roberto:
tom tom the pipers son:
1MT:
still b/p:
Well...sure, maybe that's so. But it seemed a stretch of assumption. Not sure of the evidence.
StringOFperils:
coelacanth∅:
coelacanth∅:
still b/p:
And sorry, Charlie, for zap drags.
Charlie:
Joan D-L: