WFMU: Krys O's Free-Form Roller Coaster: Playlist from August 31, 2024

Listener comments!
	12:49pm Krys O.: Greetings, everyone!
	1:00pm Mr Fab: Hey Krys! I still think of Jerry Lewis this time of year…
	1:01pm Krys O.: ↳ Mr Fab @1:00 Hi, Mr. Fab! I do too. I featured some of Jerry's old telethon bits in the past.
	👻 1:07pm WR: Hi, Krys, Mr Fab and folks.
	1:08pm Krys O.: Hi, WR!
	1:15pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Career Opportunities" by "The Clash" I was too young for the clash when their first album came out. So I first knew of this song from the kiddie version on “Sandinista.” Was a bit of a shock when I went back and bought the earlier album, and heard the punk version. It’s good, too!
	1:18pm Krys O.: ↳ Mr Fab @1:15 A friend of mine went to see them every night that they played at Bonds in NYC. I only went the first night when Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five opened. Same friend saw Jaws dozens of times when it first came out.
	1:19pm Barno in Akron: I'll never forget my brush with Labor Day weekend telethon fame during my fifth-grade year at my new school in Topeka, Kansas. The Jerry Lewis Telethon was in full swing, and local TV stations across the nation were doing their bit by hosting fundraisers and sneaking in their local efforts live on the national broadcast. That year, Topeka's local station set up shop at the mall, and, as luck would have it, my family decided to go shopping that day. My dad handed me a crisp $20 bill to donate, so I marched up to the stage, feeling like a big shot. The local host thanked me and then, in the cacophony of the bustling mall, asked how I was doing. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, he was just asking for my name. "Fine," I replied with all the confidence of a fifth-grader who totally misunderstood the question. And just like that, "Fine" became my new nickname at school—because apparently, telethons were all the rage with fifth-graders in the late '70s. D'oh!
	1:20pm Krys O.: Hey, Barno! That's an amazing story.
	1:22pm Barno in Akron: ↳ Krys O. @1:20 LOL!
	1:23pm Krys O.: ↳ Barno in Akron @1:22 It's like a scene from a film. I can envision it.
	1:28pm Mr Fab: ↳ Barno in Akron @1:19 Cool story, Fine!
	👻 1:42pm fred: Hello Krys and all, sorry I'm late
	👻 1:43pm yerfriendpaul: Hi Krys O, everyone!
	1:44pm Krys O.: Hey, fred, Paul! Welcome!
	👻 1:51pm fred: I got late by chatting with the person at checkout. I had noticed her tattoo when it was new and raw a month ago, and since nobody else was in the line, I asked her about the design. The base was something she found online, but the artist was bored by that and asked her questions and added a rose (her fave flower), hibiscus (reminds her of were she grew up) and the virgo constellation (the sign of her first child) Not that I really care about her tattoo, but I try to make checkout workers feel as people when I can
	1:53pm Barno in Akron: ↳ Mr Fab @1:28 LOL!!!
	1:53pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hello, Krys and screamers! 🎢
	1:54pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @1:51 A sense of humanity is really important.
	1:54pm Krys O.: Hi, Ken from HP!
	👻 2:04pm fred: ↳ Krys O. @1:54 Music helps too, many are immigrants, and thanks to WFMU I can often name-drop someone from their home country, and I can see their face light up
	2:07pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:04 Cool! I take three buses in my commute to and from work. I've had lots of good chats with my fellow bus passengers when we see each other every day for years.
	2:07pm Krys O.: I loved that quip about giving the baby bread and spam while they're laying in the bureau drawer.
	👻 2:22pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Song: "Hard Working Woman Blues" by "Mississippi Matilda" Sounds so good!
	2:23pm Krys O.: ↳ yerfriendpaul @2:22 Absolutely!
	2:27pm Krys O.: Just had a brown out here, folks. Modem is restarting.
	2:31pm Krys O.: Sorry about that, folks.
	👻 2:40pm WR: ↳ Krys O. @2:07 Yes, amused at how sharp that reply was.
	👻 2:55pm fred: I'm always amused that US labor day is not on May first, while people in France are oblivious of that day's US origin (and get very angry when I mention it)
	2:56pm Krys O.: Thanks, everyone for hanging out despite the technical issue. Take care!
	👻 2:56pm yerfriendpaul: Enjoying hearing this tune! One of the first songs we learned as kids! And of course, I think of Tim Conway’s rendering on the Carol Burnett show
	👻 2:56pm yerfriendpaul: Thank you Krys!!
	2:57pm Barno in Akron: Thank you, Krys!!!
	👻 2:58pm fred: Thanks Krys!
	👻 2:58pm WR: Thank you! Krys!

Krys O's Free-Form Roller Coaster: Playlist from August 31, 2024

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August 31, 2024: It's the 2024 Labor Day Weekend Special

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Chico Leverett	Work Work "Work Work" by "Chico Leverett"		Bethlehem	1963

49th Parallel	Laborer "Laborer" by "49th Parallel"	49th Parallel	Maverick	1969		0:10:41 (Pop-up)
Roy Orbison with Bob Moore's Orchestra and Chorus	Working for the Man		Monument Records	1962		0:13:15 (Pop-up)
The Skids	Working for the Yankee Dollar		Virgin Records	1979		0:15:28 (Pop-up)
The Clash	Career Opportunities "Career Opportunities" by "The Clash"	The Clash	CBS Records	1977		0:18:50 (Pop-up)
Harry Fay	I've Got a Little Job to Go To		Ariel	1919		0:20:47 (Pop-up)
Gene's Merrymakers with Dick Robertson	If I Ever Get a Job Again	Songs of the Depression	Melotone	1933	Stash Records 1983 compilation	0:23:22 (Pop-up)
Sir Lancelot	The Century of the Common Man		Keystone	1944		0:26:23 (Pop-up)

Lynn Poole Hosts	Tomorrow's Careers: Women in Radio and Television	WAAM Baltimore ABC TV Special		1956	Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University	0:31:06 (Pop-up)
Peter Nero	Career Girl "Career Girl" by "Peter Nero"	Career Girls	RCA	1965		0:59:24 (Pop-up)

Eleanor Schano Presents	Women at Work	WTAE-TV Pittsburgh Special		1963		1:05:17 (Pop-up)
Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts	Working Girl	Angel of the Morning	Bell	1968	Written by Chip Taylor	1:25:09 (Pop-up)
Mississippi Matilda	Hard Working Woman Blues	Baby, How Can It Be? (Songs Of Love, Lust And Contempt From The 1920s And 1930s)	Dust to Digital	2010	Originally released 1936	1:28:15 (Pop-up)
Doris Day & Johnnie Ray	Full Time Job		Columbia	1953		1:31:05 (Pop-up)

Tom Dickson	Labor Blues "Labor Blues" by "Tom Dickson"		Okeh	1928		1:36:22 (Pop-up)
Lightnin' Hopkins	Don't Need No Job		Herald	1955		1:37:38 (Pop-up)
The Mills Brothers	Get a Job "Get a Job" by "The Mills Brothers"		Dot	1958		1:39:48 (Pop-up)
Revolution Compared to What	Go to Work		Lamp Records	1971		1:42:14 (Pop-up)
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	I Lost My Job Again		Victor	1944		1:45:58 (Pop-up)
James Brown & Marva Whitney	You've Got to Have a Job (after show)	Live At Home with His Bad Self	Repubic	2019	Recorded 1969	1:49:09 (Pop-up)
Prince Patridge	Choosing a Career		Crest	1955		1:57:55 (Pop-up)
Shannon Quartet	Levee Song/I've Been Working on de Railroad		Victor	1923		2:00:35 (Pop-up)

ILGWU	Look for the Union Label "Look for the Union Label" by "ILGWU"	ILGWU TV commercial			Circa 1978	2:05:14 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:49pm Krys O.: Greetings, everyone!
	1:00pm Mr Fab: Hey Krys! I still think of Jerry Lewis this time of year…
	1:01pm Krys O.: ↳ Mr Fab @1:00 Hi, Mr. Fab! I do too. I featured some of Jerry's old telethon bits in the past.
	👻 1:07pm WR: Hi, Krys, Mr Fab and folks.
	1:08pm Krys O.: Hi, WR!
	1:15pm Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Career Opportunities" by "The Clash" I was too young for the clash when their first album came out. So I first knew of this song from the kiddie version on “Sandinista.” Was a bit of a shock when I went back and bought the earlier album, and heard the punk version. It’s good, too!
	1:18pm Krys O.: ↳ Mr Fab @1:15 A friend of mine went to see them every night that they played at Bonds in NYC. I only went the first night when Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five opened. Same friend saw Jaws dozens of times when it first came out.
	1:19pm Barno in Akron: I'll never forget my brush with Labor Day weekend telethon fame during my fifth-grade year at my new school in Topeka, Kansas. The Jerry Lewis Telethon was in full swing, and local TV stations across the nation were doing their bit by hosting fundraisers and sneaking in their local efforts live on the national broadcast. That year, Topeka's local station set up shop at the mall, and, as luck would have it, my family decided to go shopping that day. My dad handed me a crisp $20 bill to donate, so I marched up to the stage, feeling like a big shot. The local host thanked me and then, in the cacophony of the bustling mall, asked how I was doing. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, he was just asking for my name. "Fine," I replied with all the confidence of a fifth-grader who totally misunderstood the question. And just like that, "Fine" became my new nickname at school—because apparently, telethons were all the rage with fifth-graders in the late '70s. D'oh!
	1:20pm Krys O.: Hey, Barno! That's an amazing story.
	1:22pm Barno in Akron: ↳ Krys O. @1:20 LOL!
	1:23pm Krys O.: ↳ Barno in Akron @1:22 It's like a scene from a film. I can envision it.
	1:28pm Mr Fab: ↳ Barno in Akron @1:19 Cool story, Fine!
	👻 1:42pm fred: Hello Krys and all, sorry I'm late
	👻 1:43pm yerfriendpaul: Hi Krys O, everyone!
	1:44pm Krys O.: Hey, fred, Paul! Welcome!
	👻 1:51pm fred: I got late by chatting with the person at checkout. I had noticed her tattoo when it was new and raw a month ago, and since nobody else was in the line, I asked her about the design. The base was something she found online, but the artist was bored by that and asked her questions and added a rose (her fave flower), hibiscus (reminds her of were she grew up) and the virgo constellation (the sign of her first child) Not that I really care about her tattoo, but I try to make checkout workers feel as people when I can
	1:53pm Barno in Akron: ↳ Mr Fab @1:28 LOL!!!
	1:53pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hello, Krys and screamers! 🎢
	1:54pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @1:51 A sense of humanity is really important.
	1:54pm Krys O.: Hi, Ken from HP!
	👻 2:04pm fred: ↳ Krys O. @1:54 Music helps too, many are immigrants, and thanks to WFMU I can often name-drop someone from their home country, and I can see their face light up
	2:07pm Krys O.: ↳ fred @2:04 Cool! I take three buses in my commute to and from work. I've had lots of good chats with my fellow bus passengers when we see each other every day for years.
	2:07pm Krys O.: I loved that quip about giving the baby bread and spam while they're laying in the bureau drawer.
	👻 2:22pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Song: "Hard Working Woman Blues" by "Mississippi Matilda" Sounds so good!
	2:23pm Krys O.: ↳ yerfriendpaul @2:22 Absolutely!
	2:27pm Krys O.: Just had a brown out here, folks. Modem is restarting.
	2:31pm Krys O.: Sorry about that, folks.
	👻 2:40pm WR: ↳ Krys O. @2:07 Yes, amused at how sharp that reply was.
	👻 2:55pm fred: I'm always amused that US labor day is not on May first, while people in France are oblivious of that day's US origin (and get very angry when I mention it)
	2:56pm Krys O.: Thanks, everyone for hanging out despite the technical issue. Take care!
	👻 2:56pm yerfriendpaul: Enjoying hearing this tune! One of the first songs we learned as kids! And of course, I think of Tim Conway’s rendering on the Carol Burnett show
	👻 2:56pm yerfriendpaul: Thank you Krys!!
	2:57pm Barno in Akron: Thank you, Krys!!!
	👻 2:58pm fred: Thanks Krys!
	👻 2:58pm WR: Thank you! Krys!

Krys O's Free-Form Roller Coaster: Playlist from August 31, 2024

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