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Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.

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Favoriting February 12, 2025: CLIVE LANGER interview *plus* tribute to SHAUN BRIGHTON *plus* Annual WKC Dog Show salute and fruitless announcer audition

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments New Approx. start time
tin tin  flag / put your money on my dog   Favoriting s/t  atco  1970       
the jerks  get your woofing dog off me   Favoriting 7"  last year's youth        0:04:06 (MP3 | Pop-up)
hounds  bite the dog   Favoriting unleashed  columbia  1978      0:06:40 (MP3 | Pop-up)
the neanderthals  shaggy dog   Favoriting the modern stone-age family  sundazed  1999      0:10:02 (MP3 | Pop-up)
lene lovlch  new toy   Favoriting 12"  stiff  1981      0:14:03 (MP3 | Pop-up)
the fatima mansions  blues for ceausescu   Favoriting viva dead ponies  radioactive  1991      0:18:56 (MP3 | Pop-up)
confidence man  first class bitch   Favoriting single  heavenly  2021      0:24:35 (MP3 | Pop-up)
bulldog breed  reborn   Favoriting made in england          0:28:26 (MP3 | Pop-up)
devo  whip it   Favoriting 7"  warner bros.  1980      0:31:47 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
 
RIP Shaun Brighton
nervus rex  don't look   Favoriting 7"  the cleverly named record company  1979      0:42:01 (MP3 | Pop-up)
nervus rex  there she goes   Favoriting s/t  dreamland  1980      0:45:38 (MP3 | Pop-up)
nervus rex  nobody told me   Favoriting s/t  dreamland  1980      0:48:22 (MP3 | Pop-up)
nervus rex  go go girl   Favoriting s/t  dreamland  1980      0:51:44 (MP3 | Pop-up)
nervus rex  love affair   Favoriting 7"  the cleverly named record company  1979      0:55:13 (MP3 | Pop-up)
the puppets  the way of life   Favoriting 12"  quality  1983      0:57:27 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
 
 
A conversation with CLIVE LANGER (member of Deaf School, Clive Langer & the Boxes, The Clang Group; producer of Madness, Dexys Midnight Runners, Elvis Costello, and dozens of others)
the clang group  page 1   Favoriting new clang  fretsore      *   1:07:58 (MP3 | Pop-up)
deaf school  what a way to end it all   Favoriting 2 x 7"  warner bros.    from 2nd Honeymoon. the first Deaf School album, released in 1976    1:12:57 (MP3 | Pop-up)
clive langer  chats with efd part 1   Favoriting           1:14:58 (MP3 | Pop-up)
deaf school  capaldi's cafe   Favoriting 2 x 7"  warner bros.  1978  from Don't Stop The World, the second Deaf School album, released in 1977    1:29:09 (MP3 | Pop-up)
deaf school  i wanna be your boy   Favoriting english boys/working girls  warner bros.  1978      1:34:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
clive langer & the boxes  the whole world   Favoriting i want the whole world  radar  1979      1:37:22 (MP3 | Pop-up)
madness  the prince   Favoriting one step beyond  stiff  1979      1:40:58 (MP3 | Pop-up)
clive langer  chats with efd part 2   Favoriting           1:43:24 (MP3 | Pop-up)
dexys midnight runners  the celtic soul brothers   Favoriting too-rye-ay  mercury  1982      1:53:41 (MP3 | Pop-up)
shambeko! say wah!  remember   Favoriting 7"  eternal/wea  1982      1:56:52 (MP3 | Pop-up)
blue rondo a la turk  heavens are crying (7" version)   Favoriting chewing the fat  virgin        2:00:01 (MP3 | Pop-up)
elvis costello  shipbuilding   Favoriting punch the clock  columbia  1983      2:03:51 (MP3 | Pop-up)
clive langer  chats with efd part 3   Favoriting           2:08:22 (MP3 | Pop-up)
david bowie  absolute beginners (full length version)   Favoriting absolute beginners soundtrack  virgin  1986      2:18:45 (MP3 | Pop-up)
they might be giants  birdhouse in your soul   Favoriting flood  elektra  1990      2:26:24 (MP3 | Pop-up)
clive langer  chats with efd part 4   Favoriting           2:29:36 (MP3 | Pop-up)
the clang group  14th floor   Favoriting new clang  fretsore    Album comes out next Friday, the 21st! UK listeners, see The Clang Group that night at the West Hampstead Arts Club or on Feb 26 at the Kazimier Stockroom in Liverpool!  *   2:37:30 (MP3 | Pop-up)
the clang group  southend   Favoriting new clang  fretsore    oh hey, and it's on Bandcamp!  *   2:40:19 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
 
euroboy  asleep   Favoriting abcde      bandcamp  *   2:46:53 (MP3 | Pop-up)
st. divine  we had love   Favoriting single    2024  Judy Ann Nock and Will Croxton
bandcamp
 
  2:48:48 (MP3 | Pop-up)
rb korbet  feel it still   Favoriting single  rb korbet    RB from Highly Effective People, Bush Tetras, King Missile, etc. etc,.  *   2:52:26 (MP3 | Pop-up)
fuck you, tammy!  shadow   Favoriting sycamore trees  fuck you, tammy!    playing two sets of music from the extended David Lynch extended cinematic universe at Road House (aka LIC Bar, 45-58 Vernon Blvd in LIC)
Then come to Monty Hall tomorrow night for our screening of WIld At Heart!
 
*   2:55:53 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

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Handy Haversack:

efd! All the other letters! Giant schnauzers!
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prof.fuzz:

it's a doggie dog world...
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Kat in the chat:

DOG SHOW DAY
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Figgsrock:

I do love dogs.
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egould:

You're gonna' shine this year efd!
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prof.fuzz:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:00
DJ 900 ft. Schnauzer in da house!
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Krys O.:

Hi! I love that the giant Schnauzer's head is larger than his handler's.
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ThunderDumplin' (MW in Baltimore):

Good day, all.
  12:02pm
clarke:

dynOmite!!! doggone nice to be hear.
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Triple G:

Howdy EFD and all Funsters, handlers, Schnauzers, and breeds of all variety
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi. I wonder if Jimmy Durante had a Schnauzer.
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efd:

big big show today! Hi everyone!
  12:02pm
clarke:

FuZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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prof.fuzz:

ClarkEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
  12:03pm
clarke:

professin' the blues!
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Mister Dobalina:

I remember one time, Ken mentioned to stay tuned to this show which plays some serious music. I think he's right about that.
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Mister Dobalina:

bork bork bork!
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prof.fuzz:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:00
handler havasnack!
  12:06pm
clarke:

i went to see MJ Lenderman last week - one of the encore songs: I Wanna Be Your Dog
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Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

efd and all youse! Greetings.
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Handy Haversack:

A book on dog breeds from the 1870s in England lists four breeds. All this AKC and dog show stuff is a super modern invention.

Mutts 5EVA!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:05
Don't mind if I do!
  12:07pm
Deano Bravo:

This set is ruff! 🐶
  12:07pm
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:06
the math doesn't work out.
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Hoboken Jack:

Hello EFD, Handy, Radio, Clarke, Prof, Krys, HP Ken, everybody!!
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prof.fuzz:

↳ Hoboken Jack @12:09
hi jack!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Hoboken Jack @12:09
Jack, you old dog!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Hoboken Jack @12:09
Barks your way from us both, Jack!
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tim:

Hi efd and good buddies!
  12:11pm
clarke:

↳ Hoboken Jack @12:09
Spurious J!!!
  12:11pm
clarke:

timothy!
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tim:

efd - does the 'fruitless announcer audition" part of the show description infer that you tried out?
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Carmichael:

Heya Evan and Best in Show-ers. Listening from the auto dealer's, waiting on an oil change.
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Hoboken Jack:

Yo Tim!
  12:13pm
clarke:

↳ Carmichael @12:12
the dude minds, man!
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efd:

↳ tim @12:12
this IS the (annual) tryout!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ tim @12:11
Dude! I don't know what important business you were wasting time on, but Ken played Alfred E. Newman!
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BillyLundun:

Fun show Evan!
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tim:

↳ Hoboken Jack @12:13
Hey Mr Jack!
  12:14pm
ezra from newport, ri:

with their favorite hreeeeee!
  12:14pm
clarke:

↳ efd @12:14
yer soaking in it!
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tim:

↳ efd @12:14
Got it! You've already got my vote!
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Savage in Brooklyn:

New Toy, cranking in SOHO!
  12:15pm
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:14
what song? It's A Gas??
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prof.fuzz:

↳ Song: "new toy" by "lene lovlch"
i need to hear EFD read the description for lene lovich. "serbian chanteuse from england by way of detroit, this fashionable..."
  12:15pm
clarke:

↳ Savage in Brooklyn @12:15
$avage!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ clarke @12:15
"She Got a Nose Job"
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tim:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:14
Aw shit! When will I ever learn that work does NOT pay?
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prof.fuzz:

off to class. i'll catch up in the archive later.
stay warm and well!
  12:16pm
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:16
i had that flexi!
  12:16pm
clarke:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:16
later FeSSS
  12:17pm
Joe R.:

There are two kinds of people—those who go “o-way-o” when “New Toy” plays and those who are hearing the song for the first time
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Savage in Brooklyn:

↳ clarke @12:15
Hey, Clarke!
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Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:16
Hi and bye, fuzzz!
  12:18pm
Matt en Queens:

Hello Evan! So informative today. Woof
  12:18pm
clarke:

↳ Joe R. @12:17
qwite the hook~
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Handy Haversack:

Chows really do look snobbish. Aloof, that's for sure!
  12:18pm
clarke:

↳ Savage in Brooklyn @12:17
hopefully, gibby is listening up there!
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Steve from Stag!:

OMG - love the Fatima Mansions! Amazing live band. RIP Cathal.
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tim:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:18
Try asking one for directions! Absolutely no help at all. Friggin elitists.
  12:21pm
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:18
does Radio have his cocked toward the radio?
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efd:

↳ Steve from Stag! @12:20
hey Steve! Always great to hear from you.
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McGroovey:

I got bit by a Chow Chow once when I was a teenager, while riding my bike. It bit my lower leg, bloodily, and then let go and grabbed onto my foot (which was in a toe clip) and wouldn't let go. I had to beat it off with my tire pump. It was mean. It lived outside on a leash, which it broke that day. I rode by that house much faster and more silently after that.
  12:21pm
clarke:

↳ clarke @12:21
oops -head cocked, ha ha
  12:22pm
Elle Tor’s Husband:

A history lesson
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common:

hey
  12:23pm
clarke:

↳ McGroovey @12:21
yip(E)!!
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tim:

Yikes! Sorry to hear that. I think I read/heard Chows went out of favor because of that behavior.
  12:26pm
GorillaFella:

Loving the dog theme so so much lmao also this song is an absolute banger
  12:28pm
clarke:

are boxers in bulldog breed??
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Hughie Considine:

Sadly, bulldogs don't tend to live very long lives. Enjoy every slobber.
  12:29pm
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:28
they hass health prollems.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @12:29
Chronic. My dad realized he wanted to be a doctor after tending to his family bulldog's ears and nose.
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McGroovey:

↳ tim @12:24
It was big and muscular and mean. The owner kept getting bigger and stronger chains.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ tim @12:24
Our friends' chow wouldn't give Bagpipe the time of day but actually seems to like Radio. I think his pro-rolling-in-goose-shit platform swayed her.
  12:32pm
Toothgrinder Tom:

@clarke if I remember correctly, the boxer breed was created partly from bulldogs and partly from other breeds.
  12:32pm
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:30
you must whippet.
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Carmichael:

↳ Song: "whip it" by "devo"
Into Shape!
  12:32pm
Toothgrinder Tom:

Oh I get it.
  12:32pm
clarke:

↳ Toothgrinder Tom @12:32
a hybreed.
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Carmichael:

↳ Song: "whip it" by "devo"
One of the best concerts I've ever seen.
  12:33pm
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

woooo ! whip it good!! 💥

love the whippet that Niles got in Frasier that resembled his fragile ex wife lmao turns out they are not such fragile dogs!
  12:34pm
clarke:

↳ Carmichael @12:33
i saw them too. but, they were opening for crazy horse, which is one of the best shows i have ever seen.
  12:34pm
Tinley Park Randy:

I’m campaigning for next years SB halftime show to be DEVO.
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ThunderDumplin' (MW in Baltimore):

↳ Song: "whip it" by "devo"
One of the first records I ever owned!
  12:35pm
clarke:

anyone going to the DEVO thing at Radio City? my friend josh is playing guitar w/devo.
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tim:

"What the hell? Where's Clive Langer already? This station's gone to the dogs."
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Hughie Considine:

↳ tim @12:37
I resisted making that joke, but I see you couldn't help yourself.
  12:38pm
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

DEVO gotta be a great show!! (⁠ノ⁠*⁠0⁠*⁠)⁠ノ that's one for the vision board
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Beast of Boonton:

Elton John: "The biach is back"
  12:39pm
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:38
he has a nose for humor.
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tim:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:38
Don't worry. I take any opportunity to post a really bad pun for yuks.
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Bob Tankenstein:

↳ Carmichael @12:33
Agreed!
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efd:

↳ Beast of Boonton @12:38
I opened last year's dog show show with that one!
  12:42pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "RIP Shaun Brighton"
sorry to hear this. RIP!
  12:42pm
Matt en Queens:

Devo is playing in Brooklyn, right? I see a may 6 show, but no radio city show
  12:43pm
clarke:

↳ clarke @12:42
sorry to hear this news!
  12:43pm
clarke:

↳ Matt en Queens @12:42
maybe they already did the radio city anniversary special. sorry!
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myron feld:

↳ Song: "don't look" by "nervus rex"
Such a great song.
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B R M:

Lurking, listening, loving the show.
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B R M:

↳ Matt en Queens @12:42
yes, the Brooklyn Paramount
  12:45pm
Dan from PEI:

Woof, woof.
  12:45pm
michael e:

Fabulous single
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Handy Haversack:

↳ B R M @12:44
Holding out for the Brooklyn Paramour.
  12:46pm
clarke:

can one purchase frankfurters at a dog show?
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "there she goes" by "nervus rex"
Don't know this band at all, but this is great.
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efd:

↳ michael e @12:45
All-time great! One of my most prized possessions.
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artbrau:

These guys sound like they could have been on the "20 Of Another Kind" compilation.
  12:49pm
clarke:

is this a bonner-penned tune?
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efd:

↳ clarke @12:49
bonner?
  12:51pm
clarke:

Gary Bonner
  12:51pm
Matt en Queens:

I’ve tried penning with boner, harder than it sounds
  12:52pm
johnk77:

my friend merwin belin worked at dreamland
in hollywood during this period
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efd:

↳ clarke @12:51
all the songs were written by Shaun Brighton
  12:52pm
clarke:

↳ efd @12:50
songwriting partner with Alan Gordon - wrote for Turtles, monkees.
  12:53pm
clarke:

↳ efd @12:52
k thanks - Nobody Told Me bears a resemblance to a bonner tune.
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efd:

↳ clarke @12:53
could well have been an influence!
  12:56pm
clarke:

↳ efd @12:55
these are all really good songs!
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Hoboken Jack:

Let's all do a shot at every mention of "Winstanley."
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Ski:

Diggin' the "Nervus Rex"!
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myron feld:

efd, i came in after you began this Nervus Rex set, but if you didn't mention it, let the multitudes know that Miriam Linna was the first drummer in the band, although not on any of the material you've played.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "love affair" by "nervus rex"
Have not heard that many numbers recited in order since ... the Beach Boys' "When I Grow Up to Be a Man." or Kate Bush's "Pi."
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efd:

↳ myron feld @12:58
I did mention that! Wish I'd seen her with them!
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artbrau:

↳ Song: "the way of life" by "the puppets"
Awesome. LI band, not to be confused with the meat puppets
  1:01pm
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:58
a reCURring theme!
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Bootsie:

↳ Song: "the way of life" by "the puppets"
An old fave from WLIR!
  1:04pm
johnk77:

the 1st group of artists signed to dreamland 1979->80
Shandi, Nervus Rex, Spider, Holly Penfield, Consenting Adults and Michael Des Barres
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myron feld:

re: Venus -- yes, an earlier cover
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efd:

↳ myron feld @1:05
thank you! I couldn't remember...
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efd:

↳ johnk77 @1:04
I have that Consenting Adults test pressing! I don't know if it ever came out officially...?
  1:08pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "A conversation with CLIVE LANGER (member of Deaf ...
i think langer produced Easy Pieces for Lloyd Cole - which is a fave!!
  1:09pm
clarke:

↳ clarke @1:08
or maybe co-produced?
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efd:

↳ clarke @1:08
he did (co-produced, with Alan Winstanley). And I didn't even get to that!
  1:11pm
clarke:

↳ efd @1:10
that is a real good record!~
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Spankyflop:

↳ Song: "page 1" by "the clang group"
Nice GBV feel
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tim:

↳ Spankyflop @1:11
Good call!
  1:12pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "what a way to end it all" by "deaf school"
pudlians!
  1:13pm
johnk77:

↳ efd @1:08
i mixed live sound for consenting adults
early 1980s perhaps coach house?
  1:15pm
KWilde:

I saw Deaf School perform in Houston years ago - great show!
  1:16pm
clarke:

the (liverpool) Derby is today - i WILL be dual-screening later...
  1:21pm
?:

gosh, I almost thought you were going to mix leisure process into new toy, havent heard that in ages
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efd:

↳ KWilde @1:15
ooh I'm jealous! I've never seen them.
  1:29pm
Matt en Queens:

Ohhh this sounds great!
  1:33pm
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

the lil "hang on sloopy" in the background 🆒
  1:35pm
clarke:

learning, here! niiice!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ clarke @1:35
Don't do it, clarke! Look what learning did to Tim!
  1:40pm
clarke:

must be exhausting!
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tim:

↳ Handy Haversack @1:39
I don't recommend. It just makes shit all complicated and shit.
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tim:

↳ Song: "the prince" by "madness"
I thoroughly enjoyed this song.
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Jack McGuire:

Bette Brite and the Illuminations cover of Prince's When you were Mine is so, so. good.
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tim:

Whoa! I didn't know Clive Langer co-wrote Ship Building.
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Jack McGuire:

We could be diving for pearls.
  1:49pm
clarke:

↳ tim @1:48
think he ended up producing Goodbye Cruel World, too
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efd:

↳ clarke @1:49
and Punch The Clock
  1:51pm
clarke:

that too! or co-producing
  1:52pm
clarke:

↳ efd @1:50
neither are my favorite elvis period - but still decent releases!
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efd:

↳ clarke @1:51
right, it's pretty much all co-, with Winstanley
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tim:

↳ clarke @1:49
A-ha! Good record.
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Carmichael:

Kevin Rowland, quite a ... uhhh ... "mercurial" fella.
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Jack McGuire:

↳ Song: "remember" by "shambeko! say wah!"
Great one. Nah Poo.
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listener 126464:

↳ Song: "remember" by "shambeko! say wah!"
Nice!
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efd:

↳ listener 126464 @1:57
when I saw he co-produced this I was like "welp, that's getting played!"
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clarke:

you remembered!
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listener 126464:

↳ efd @1:58
Thanks, efd.
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newton:

Remember is one of my all time favorites!!
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newton:

Sonesay too
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efd:

↳ clarke @1:59
that song I never forgot!
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efd:

↳ newton @2:00
there's a new Pete Wylie / Wah compilation that just came out, I need to dig into it!
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Jack McGuire:

It was keen hearing Pigbag playing in the stadium during the Super Bowl.
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efd:

↳ Jack McGuire @2:01
it's still so weird to me that that song became such a jock jam!
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Patrick S.:

↳ Song: "shipbuilding" by "elvis costello"
God I love this song.
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WO Town Wick:

I had never heard of Deaf School before this morning's Pop Rocks. Good stuff--cool interview EFD. Thanks
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clarke:

↳ Song: "shipbuilding" by "elvis costello"
luvly!
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Krys O.:

↳ Song: "shipbuilding" by "elvis costello"
This album is chef's kiss.
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Jack McGuire:

↳ efd @2:03
Yep. It went from me and my weirdo college pals theme song to this "thing". Kooky.
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B R M:

↳ Song: "shipbuilding" by "elvis costello"
The most Liverpool song or the MOST Liverpool song?
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hectic:

who else feels like come on eileen is like the happiest song of all time?
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London Calling Francky:

↳ B R M @2:05
and 25 minutes away from the derby between Everton and Liverpool. wow! It is a sign! 😂
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efd:

↳ WO Town Wick @2:04
awesome, happy to have made that introduction!
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B R M:

↳ London Calling Francky @2:06
My browser is already open... YNWA
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hectic:

↳ London Calling Francky @2:06
heya lc francky!
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Patrick S.:

↳ London Calling Francky @2:06
Oh thanks for the reminder!
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Jack McGuire:

↳ Song: "shipbuilding" by "elvis costello"
Chet Baker?!
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clarke:

↳ London Calling Francky @2:06
i'm already tuned in - as i assume clive is (if not there!)!
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London Calling Francky:

↳ hectic @2:06
Hey Hectic! I would have to put the Specials "a Message to you Rudy" very high up that list of happy songs 😊
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London Calling Francky:

↳ B R M @2:07
These Reds on Merseyside are certainly having a heck of a good season... apart from their recent FA cup blip...
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B R M:

↳ clarke @2:07
and Elvis!
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clarke:

↳ London Calling Francky @2:09
that was the young guns! should be back on form, today!
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Re6ecca:

Hi Evan, My son and I were so happy to have met you at the Bell House recently for Stuart Murdoch’s book tour! Love, love, love the show today!!! :)
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B R M:

↳ London Calling Francky @2:09
Play the kids and pull the midfield engines out of your team, pay the price. well done Plymouth, though. Took their penalty. *ugh*
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London Calling Francky:

↳ clarke @2:10
You are right there... matter of pride... particularly for the last one at Goodison Park ever!
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efd:

↳ Re6ecca @2:10
I'm so glad you said hello, and thanks for listening! Hi to your son!
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clarke:

↳ London Calling Francky @2:11
yeah, why is that?? building a new one??
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efd:

I think this is the first of three or four "last questions" !
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B R M:

↳ clarke @2:12
yes down by the water

en.wikipedia.org...
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clarke:

↳ B R M @2:13
ah, cool, but a shame about the last one.!
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London Calling Francky:

↳ clarke @2:12
Yeah apparently they are moving down to Bramley Moore Dock on the banks of the River Mersey... always quite moving when that happens...
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clarke:

↳ London Calling Francky @2:16
in a van down by the river...
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clarke:

↳ Song: "absolute beginners (full length version)" by "dav...
love this! is frampton on this?
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Steve Harsh:

Great interview Evan, very interesting
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Patrick S.:

The only time I saw Bowie was on the Glass Spider tour (which was . . . something) and I was SO glad they played Absolute Beginners.
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Chop Scott:

Bravo Evan! Well done, thanks.
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clarke:

↳ Patrick S. @2:19
and frampton was definitely on that, right??
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efd:

↳ Steve Harsh @2:19
thank you! and thank you Chop Scott! Glad you're enjoying.
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Jack McGuire:

If you want to hear the Langer effect, listen to the strings in Madness' Our House and Lloyd Cole and the Commotions "Grace." Really good.
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efd:

↳ Patrick S. @2:19
never saw him live, somehow
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OceanBeachSF:

I remember there was another Bowie track on Absolute Beginners, “That’s Motivation”. I’m assuming he did that one too?
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Patrick S.:

↳ clarke @2:20
Correct!
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clarke:

↳ Patrick S. @2:22
just love his playing.
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Patrick S.:

↳ efd @2:21
I had to go stand in line at Tower Records to get tickets like in the olden days.
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B R M:

↳ Song: "absolute beginners (full length version)" by "dav...
Charlie Nieland crushed this at the Losers Lounge back in December

www.youtube.com...
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efd:

↳ OceanBeachSF @2:22
not sure, it could have been a different session with a different crew but I have no idea.
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evancuts:

I did a deep dive into China Crisis during Covid. Arizona Sky really holds up. Beautiful sound on that record.
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Patrick S.:

Now I wanna watch Absolute Beginners. Dangit.
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Andres:

↳ Song: "absolute beginners (full length version)" by "dav...
Pure gold. So great.
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efd:

↳ Patrick S. @2:25
I watched it on New Year's Eve maybe 7 or 8 years ago... just happened to be on HBO or one of those channels
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "birdhouse in your soul" by "they might be giants"
No way! Totally forgot this one. Bona fide classic.
  2:27pm
clarke:

way!
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efd:

↳ evancuts @2:25
something else I didn't get to!
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The Oscar:

↳ Song: "birdhouse in your soul" by "they might be giants"
As a nerdy kid from the '90s I am physically compelled to stop what I'm doing and sing along every word of this.
  2:28pm
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

🐦🏡💡💖
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Toothgrinder Tom:

@evancuts ooh, ‘Arizona Sky’ - very moving song.
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evancuts:

TMBG was the first concert I ever took my kids to. They did a matinee at Montclair State focused on their kids music and then that evening did a "grownups" show. 2004 or 2005. My kids are both in college now!
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didnt they use this in Pushing Daisies?
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newton:

↳ @2:28
I mean the TV show
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Kat in the chat:

↳ Song: "birdhouse in your soul" by "they might be giants"
so ridiculously good
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artbrau:

↳ Song: "birdhouse in your soul" by "they might be giants"
takes me back to the "dial-a-song" signs in the EVill.
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slocker:

Nice job on this interview Evan, it sounds great and the music cues are breaking it up nicely!
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efd:

↳ slocker @2:30
yay, thank you!
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common:

↳ slocker @2:30
agreed
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The Oscar:

Never knew you grew up with TMBG-- wow!!
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OceanBeachSF:

↳ Patrick S. @2:19
I remember he did that one on that tour. Saw it in Chicago. I thought it was interesting Bowie considered Glass Spider a realized version of the Diamond Dogs spectacle stage show he had to ditch in the 70s. He also did “Heroes”, which was a real treat.
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efd:

the third "one last question..."
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efd:

↳ efd @2:31
Columbo of the airwaves over here
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evancuts:

Here's my TMBG story--I was a producer on the Daily Show and our theme song was by Bob Mould--which we thought was awesome. Jon Stewart came on the year after I arrived and the theme song was supplanted by a TMBG version of "Dog on Fire." I always preferred the Bob Mould originial version!
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B R M:

↳ efd @2:31
to be fair to you, they are all great last questions
  2:32pm
clarke:

one more question ma'am!
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Crafty:

↳ Song: "absolute beginners (full length version)" by "dav...
a real testament to the timelessness of Bowie that he's still putting out hits in the year 19786!
  2:36pm
red_door_what_for in ypsilanti:

@evancuts neato! TMBG are ubiquitous in the theme song world after all
  2:36pm
clarke:

fantastic conversation!! thnks!
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Figgsrock:

Striking a blow against colored vinyl--I love it.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Crafty @2:34
The Y10^5K problem will make the Y2K problem look like peanuts.
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Jack McGuire:

Fantastic interview!
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efd:

↳ Crafty @2:34
ha, fixed, thanks
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Matt en Queens:

Good work EFD!
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Patrick S.:

Great stuff Evan. Thank you.
  2:37pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

Try hat was great, Evan. Thanks! And thanks for asking him about sobriety.
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Figgsrock:

This was -- not suprisingly -- a great conversation EFD.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "14th floor" by "the clang group"
I'm hearing a bit of Robert Wyatt here.
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KWilde:

Great interview efd!
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newton:

↳ Hughie Considine @2:38
hoarse after a night carousing
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DaveMiß:

Good job EFD. What interesting dude
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clarke:

along with a bit of cave
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PNX:

↳ Song: "14th floor" by "the clang group"
You can hear so much lived experience in his voice
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Listener Bryan (the Professor):

Also thanks to Clive for great tunes, great talk. Congrats on the record and on 3 years. ODAT.
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efd:

appreciate all the kind words, everyone! Really glad I could bring you this conversation.
  2:40pm
clarke:

very good!!
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Figgsrock:

↳ Song: "southend" by "the clang group"
Oh wow, this song gives me a Robert Wyatt vibe--which is an excellent thing.
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clarke:

Figgs!!
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Figgsrock:

↳ clarke @2:41
Yes? Is that a comment or a question?
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Don F:

Great interview. I saw Deaf School in May 1977 in Denver. Still have a signed EP they sold at the show. Fun band!
  2:42pm
clarke:

no.
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Hoboken Jack:

↳ Song: "southend" by "the clang group"
Lovely interview, EFD!
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rsj:

anybody else getting flooded with pledge renewal thank yous? I am rounding 200 emails from Joe M thanking random people
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rsj:

i don't think i need this much swag
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hectic:

↳ London Calling Francky @2:08
late reply, but yeah! i love the specials!
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B R M:

LET"S GOOOOOOOO!!

sorry, footie comment follow up.
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hectic:

↳ hectic @2:46
sheena is a punk rocker always made me happy too
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clarke:

typical for reds.
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clarke:

GOAL!!!!!!
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B R M:

↳ clarke @2:46
👀
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clarke:

holy shit!
  2:47pm
clarke:

that's what i get for commenting!
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newton:

there's a roller rink at that Kazimier Stockroom complex, part of invisible wind factory
  2:48pm
clarke:

now you're making stuff up /\
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Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "asleep" by "euroboy"
sounded great!
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efd:

↳ Don F @2:42
awesome, thanks for listening Don!
  2:49pm
clarke:

scientists tune!
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newton:

↳ clarke @2:48
www.invisiblewindfactory.com...
  2:50pm
clarke:

not now!!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @2:48
Picked up the 33 1/3 Television's Marquee Moon at the Performing Arts Library this morning!
  2:52pm
clarke:

good album dude
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Figgsrock:

↳ Song: "feel it still" by "rb korbet"
Didn't expect a cover of this hit so soon.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Handy Haversack @2:52
And boy, they are serious about that 10:30 opening time there!
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slocker:

This is a great version
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efd:

↳ Figgsrock @2:53
isn't this like 5 or 6 years old by now?
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efd:

↳ slocker @2:54
way better than the original imho!!
  2:54pm
clarke:

maybe more?
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Figgsrock:

↳ efd @2:54
I just checked--it's EIGHT. Ugh, time passages.
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, efd!
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Clermont F.:

Loved the Clive Langer interview.
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efd:

↳ Clermont F. @2:55
merci, Clermont!
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Figgsrock:

↳ efd @2:54
Also, I got SO burned on hearing it at work that I definitely didn't expect someone to cover it.
  2:56pm
clarke:

↳ Figgsrock @2:54
good album dude.
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The Oscar:

↳ Song: "shadow" by "fuck you, tammy!"
Just got to season 3 on my current TP rewatch! Gotta get this album.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, efd & Clive & canine crew!
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evancuts:

Great job with the Clive Langer interview! Will be doing a deep dive into my old Madness LPs this evening. Saw them recently on an old episode of The Young Ones --which totally brought me back to my semester abroad in London, 1985.
  2:57pm
clarke:

great show - again. safe travels!!
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Crafty:

thank you ❤
  2:58pm
Sean:

↳ Song: "shadow" by "fuck you, tammy!"
Sonic Youths wish fulfillment hiding in there...
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Steve Harsh:

↳ evancuts @2:57
Did my entire 84-85 school year in London. Unforgettable times
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Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

Thanks, efd!!
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bradford:

Thanks, Evan!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "shadow" by "fuck you, tammy!"
Tonight! That's walking distance from us ...
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B R M:

Great show, but what else is new? Thanks @efd
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Handy Haversack @3:00
Argh, but we're helping a friend with a reading of her pilot tonight!
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hectic:

thanks for the show! loved the feel it still cover
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