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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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Favoriting March 6, 2014: 2014 Marathon Show #2 with Special Co-host Trouble!

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Artist Track Album Label Format Comments Approx. start time
Barry White  Your Sweetness Is My Weakness   Favoriting         0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Mekons  Millionaire   Favoriting I [Heart] Mekons        0:08:57 (Pop-up)
The Dentists  She Dazzled Me with Basil   Favoriting         0:13:15 (Pop-up)
The Chills  Wet Blanket   Favoriting Somewhere Beautiful  Fire  CD  Don't be one--pledge to WFMU! This is our first prize today, get in the running!  0:16:01 (Pop-up)
The Chills  Night of Chill Blue   Favoriting Somewhere Beautiful      We're going to give this away super soon, so get in the running now!  0:28:30 (Pop-up)
Jackie deShannon  Did He Call Today, Mama?   Favoriting Newman's Loaned      one of my new premiums! $75 or more gets you one  0:31:36 (Pop-up)
The Match  Free and Easy   Favoriting It's a Sunshine Day      my other new premium!  0:42:06 (Pop-up)
Saboten  The Snake Charmer's Song   Favoriting Floor et Satie  Em  LP    0:45:43 (Pop-up)
Puffy  Love So Pure   Favoriting Spike        0:48:16 (Pop-up)
Saboten  Miniature Garden   Favoriting Floor et Satie      About to give it away!  0:59:59 (Pop-up)
Kim Jung mi  The Wind   Favoriting Now  Lion  CD  The next prize...I LOVE this record. $15 or more gets you in the running  1:11:25 (Pop-up)
Eternity's Children  Just One Smile   Favoriting Newman's Loaned      one of my premiums!  1:14:08 (Pop-up)
Kim Jung Mi  Blow Spring Breeze   Favoriting Now      We're about to give this away!  1:21:26 (Pop-up)
The Charter Members  All the World's Kings   Favoriting It's a Sunshine Day        1:23:14 (Pop-up)
The Selector  On My Radio   Favoriting     45    1:33:57 (Pop-up)
Fox  Only You Can   Favoriting     45    1:36:59 (Pop-up)
Emily  My Mother's House   Favoriting Emily  RPM  CD    1:49:28 (Pop-up)
Cochise  Love's Made a Fool of You   Favoriting Do the 45: Songs from the Single File: Joe McGasko's 2010 WFMU Marathon Premium      a track from my grand prize  1:53:16 (Pop-up)
Dolly Parton  Lonely Comin' Down   Favoriting Fairest of Them All; My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner  The Omni Recording Corporation  CD    2:04:13 (Pop-up)
Nino and April  Alone Alone   Favoriting It's a Sunshine Day        2:06:41 (Pop-up)
Françoise Hardy  Fleur de Lune   Favoriting Soleil        2:12:06 (Pop-up)
Dolly Parton  Down from Dover   Favoriting Fairest of Them All; My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner      $15 or more for this fantastic prize!  2:15:00 (Pop-up)
Johnny Cash  My Old Kentucky Home   Favoriting Newman's Loaned        2:18:45 (Pop-up)
Musa  Chechen Balalaika Melody   Favoriting Mountains of Tongues: Musical Dialects of the Caucasus  Living Music Dupli-Cation  LP  The current prize!  2:31:56 (Pop-up)
Anchiskhati Choir Trio  Adila-Ali Pasha   Favoriting Mountains of Tongues: Musical Dialects of the Caucasus        2:33:15 (Pop-up)
Lola and Grastia  Garmon and Daira   Favoriting Mountains of Tongues: Musical Dialects of the Caucasus        2:35:08 (Pop-up)
The Cedars  For Your Information   Favoriting         2:36:51 (Pop-up)
The Incredible Fog  The Sun's Gone Down   Favoriting It's a Sunshine Day        2:51:39 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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DCE:

good morning
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HEAT:

good morning Joe and all!
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Cheri Pi:

Aliens, in da House
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tim:

Barry, we hardly knew ya!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:05am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Just bounced in...boing, boing, boing!
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pierre:

Bonjour Joe McG and Trouble !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Joe McG:

Good mornin', everybody! Thanks for dropping by for my big marathon shoe. Let's make the moolah! 1-800-968-9368, wfmu.org
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Alessia:

Smooooth.
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Guido (Cologne):

Guten TZAG everyone!
Good morning Joe!
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common:

yip yip!
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Alessia:

@Danne, don't know if you are still there but thank you for the link I'm downloading it :)
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earrie:

The second show is for the stereo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10am
Caryn:

Heh, kinda loved that "I don't give a fat..." bit. A lesson in how to avoid using swears while at the same time making crystal clear that a swear is implied.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
SeanG:

Mekons 4evah
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
common:

were i a millionare, fmu would not have to worry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am
Caryn:

Mekons!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Joe McG:

I'm conflicted about using the Mekons to raise money, but maybe they would understand!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15am
SeanG:

haha good one Joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16am
Caryn:

Well, it's not as if you are using them in some unseemly way, you're just playing their music! ;)
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Cheri Pi:

Dentists!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18am
Caryn:

Man, women are sneaky! They blind you with science, then they dazzle you with basil...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18am
KevinfromBayRidge:

Good Morning all. Joe, i'm sure sure they wouldn't. Especially since they probably get more play on FMU than anywhere else!
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Cecile:

this isn't the version from Brave Words is it?
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Cecile:

no, Martin's voice is pretty shot.
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tim:

@common: Very nice sentiment, but if wfmu didn't have to worry, there would certainly not be this collective effort, this furtive groping for traction, this hive-like empathy we create during the marathon, and enjoy throughout the year... Please don't let that stop you from becoming a millionaire benefactor, of course. WE'RE ALL WFMU.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20am
Tim 07030:

Don't think they'd mind, Joe, here's an article Sally Timms wrote a while back proposing rock and roll patronage. Plus, as she mentions, The Mekons used to beg for money from the stage! articles.chicagotribune.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20am
Joe McG:

Nope, Cecile--the new LP is live!
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EzSezz:

WFMU is the Mekons of radio stations. Without the Sheffield accents.
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Cecile:

He sounds worn. And not in a cool Billie Holiday way. Hmmmm.
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Cecile:

band is great, though.
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earrie:

Traction and/or, when faced with ice, a running sliding wheee.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22am
common:

@tim: well put. and no worries about me being a millionare. hey trouble!
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HEAT:

Good morning Trouble!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22am
Caryn:

Of course, The Mekon might not feel so benevolent towards WFMU, but he's evil, so who cares? www.mohaps.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22am
DCE:

what about us not-quite people people?
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Alessia:

Ciao Trouble! It's nice a nice combo to hear.
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Cheri Pi:

Troubs & Joe! Together again??
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Why doesn't WFMU just borrow a bunch of money? Pay it off whenever. It's the American way.
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Holly in NC:

Running to a job where I'll be working sans internet, but I think someone needs to pledge to keep Tesla in clover so he leaves the stacks (& Joe's yogurt) alone! Have a great morning, everyone!
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Cecile:

I believe WFMU is carrying quite a bit of debt.

And DJs have to take time off work, which is tough. Or they're working, which is tougher.
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Cheri Pi:

I have to go to fundraising bootcamp for the University next week, Im taking some lessons from Woof-Moo to keep the fundraiser weird.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25am
common:

nice cheri!
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Cecile:

I am all about people sponsoring artists and musicians by buying their stuff, but actual patronage makes me a bit nervous.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
Michele:

Y3K pledge!!!! Yes!!!! Go Joe!
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Cheri Pi:

We're trying to raise over a Billion dollars. wish me luck
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am
Caryn:

@Cecile: I think as long as the patron or the patronned don't try to change the art or music to better "please" the patron, it's okay.
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pierre:

FRED !
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Cheri Pi:

FRED!
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Cheri Pi:

What WE said.
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Cecile:

Yes, that is great - in theory!
We have many classical composer bios to show us what happens when the process goes amok.
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Cheri Pi:

Joe'll have some rules that's for sure. I learned a lot parenting BT, I was way too lenient and look what happened there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31am
Joe McG:

@Cheri: The guy's out of control. But I don't think I should pay for the sins of the first son! :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
Caryn:

@Cecile: Agreed. There's plenty of historical examples of patronage gone awry (usually because one or both parties have ulterior motives for the arrangement). But luckily there are good examples too, like Nica.
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Cecile:

Just take her to Spumoni Palace once in a while like Dave Mandl does his mom, and it will all be good.
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Cheri Pi:

To hell with it, I'm going to spoil you rotten then
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Cecile:

Joe, who did the artwork for your premiums? it's quite great.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35am
Joe McG:

@Cheri: I'm spoiling right back. @Cecile: Faye did one and Tim L. did the other. I'll talk about it soon!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35am
Guido (Cologne):

... i missed something important ?!?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35am
Caryn:

After Bosco's passing, choosing a new adoptee is more emotionally taxing.
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Cecile:

Caryn, you have to adopt Duane.
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Cecile:

Nobody does that who listens to this station.

"Nilsson sings Newman!"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37am
Caryn:

@Cecile: Is he still available? Surely he's been scooped up already.
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Cecile:

Yeah, but I want Baltimore. Put it on the next one.
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Cecile:

I don't think so, Caryn. Take a look!
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Cecile:

I can totally believe it!
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Cecile:

No, it's early U2!
WHen they were mysterious, swirling, and pretty good.
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Cecile:

when the Edge was the focus of the band and not Bobo.
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Roberto:

Come back, Charlie!
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still b/p:

"Most experts believe only a few people in history have ever self-actualized -- like Plato, Gandhi, Einstein, maybe Bono."
-- from the play Becky's New Car
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45am
Joe McG:

@Cecile: "Baltimore" was so close, but just didn't make it. I hope you'll like it, anyway!
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Alessia:

Bonobo
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KP:

Joe did you know Randy Newman's 12 songs album is practically a Byrds record, Gene
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Cecile:

I will, Joe!

Here's the 1981 U2 that swayed us all. And then, as the YouTube commenter put it, it seems like we were tricked.

www.youtube.com...
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Cecile:

AWESOME NEW WAVE DANCING
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48am
Joe McG:

Saboten from Japan, 1982: get in the running now! This is expensive and hard to get, so it's win-win. $15 pledge gets you in the running!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49am
Guido (Cologne):

Japanese accent German!
How cute!
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Alessia:

I like this! <3
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bobdoesthings:

this is sweeeet.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:51am
common:

@cecile: bobo!!!! man, that's one of the best things i've read in a long time. i love the unforgettable fire. fuckin eno. but bobo....ooofa.
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Caryn:

Man, young Adam Clayton always makes me snicker. That hair!
  9:51am
Sam:

J'adore Puffy!
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Cecile:

It's pretty frizztastic.
dig that Steve Lillywhite production. choice.
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common:

@caryn: lovely adam fro.
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Cecile:

and the edge with hair!
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Caryn:

I mean, Edge has big hair too, but the platinum blondness of Adam's, coupled with the glasses, just takes his hair over the edge into "are we sure that's not a white clown wig" territory.
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Cecile:

It is pretty spectacular - plus those specs!
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Alessia:

I want to be in the running too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:58am
Andrew Waterloo:

Good morning lurkers and pledgers.
  9:58am
Katy:

I didn't know what 'band-aids' were for years.. in the uk we call them 'plasters' :)
  9:58am
P-90:

@Cecile: for what one more opinion is worth: you are 100% correct about the early vs. later U2
The other thing about the I Will Follow vid: you can see a choreographer was hired to give Bono the then-contemporary "MTV style" moves, he looks like he can't take them seriously, keeps forgetting to do them and is being cued from off-camera to go back to his little Go-Go's dance
  Swag For Life Member 9:59am
donpappy:

Em Records does great reissues, including a wild album of Japanese folk tunes done with animal sounds.
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Cecile:

He seems kinda drunk, and not lip-synching really well on that. Which makes me laugh.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:00am
Matt F:

I can hear Belock laughing in the background!
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pierre:

@Trouble and Joe : Hahahahahahaha… you two are making burst out loud of laughing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01am
SeanG:

this bed music is super funky
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:02am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Trouble should feel well at home this morning. She was in this time slot a few years ago.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03am
Trouble:

joe belock assures us he is laughing at us not with us...
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Joe McG:

@Ken: Good memory, Ken! That's right!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:05am
Peanut Gallery:

When I first volunteered to be a DJ at the USMA radio station WKDT, 10 watts at 90.1, they trained me on using using the mike + turntables + gear by handing me a Cactus LP to play. "Coming up next, a track from Hot and Sweaty..." I have never listened to them since.
  10:06am
P-90:

@PeaGall: Ha ha!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07am
MD:

Give Give Give....The Family Must Live!!!!
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MD:

" Can not kill the family...Battery is found in me!"
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βrian:

Since it's unseemly to name things after donors, I suggest you name them after their pets.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
common:

joe, were you just doing the chrisopher guest synchronized swimming thing? i know you, i know you. so funny!
  10:11am
van:

I live in the archives, really
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Joe McG:

@common: You heard it! I know you, I know you....
  10:14am
van:

This is really nice!
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earrie:

@common ha !
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Cecile:

this is pretty tough-sounding. and the bass player is awesome.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am
DCE:

ooh sweet cover
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V Priceless:

Hey Joe! Great show! Keep up the fine work!
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Cecile:

Joe, do you have Dusty Springfield doing any Randy Newman songs on your comp?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Joe McG:

@Cecile: No, I figure everyone knows those. But i considered it very seriously!
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Cecile:

that's cool.
  10:20am
van:

That has some good trombone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:21am
Ike:

Foreign listeners NOTE: Our stupid U.S. Daylight Saving Time hits us early this Sunday morning! WFMU will be thrown off by an hour for you, unless yr country also springs forward an hour for spring. May affect the marathon finale for you.
  10:22am
P-90:

She not only caught the essence of Randy, she caught it in the "Newman's Own" label style
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Cecile:

exactly!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23am
DCE:

@ Ike, the most dreaded weekend in America
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Joe McG:

Randy fans among you will note the burning cornfield!
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Alessia:

@Cecile and P-90 give us some cool songs titles. That Interests me.
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Cecile:

for whom, Alessia?
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Cecile:

if they are hairless, they need them.
Also, chihuahuas need em in the winter.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29am
DCE:

oh there's the playlist! hiding out there in the corner.
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Alessia:

Some Newman's ones sung by Dusty, what do you recommend?
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Cecile:

danke schoen?
  10:29am
van:

Danke
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Cecile:

Oh, you can't go wrong with "I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore" or "I Think It's Going To Rain Today."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:31am
Guido (Cologne):

"Thank you" in German: Vielen Dank
(pronounce "feelen dunk" ... "lots of thanks")
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Cecile:

just because I got you to say "pumice" instead of "poo-mice?"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32am
Andrew Waterloo:

A sweater that covers a house is called a cozy.
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Alessia:

Merci Cecile! I'll listen to those with pleasure, I love Dusty.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:33am
mariano:

@Guido: I'm still feelen dunk from last night!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:33am
Mike East:

swag question: does getting both of Joe's premium CD's count as one premium or two? I'm sorry if this has been covered fifty times already.
  10:34am
Kevlicki:

It appears cassettes are quite a trend
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:34am
Andrew Waterloo:

@Mike it's two check marks on the brochure.
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Cecile:

Alessia, Jerry Butler also does different, but killer versions of those songs as well.
  10:35am
Kevlicki:

Glad I still have my Walkman, and a dual cassette deck!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36am
Andrew Waterloo:

I've never gotten around to buying a cassette deck.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36am
Mike East:

@Andrew, that's what I saw...the banner at the top of the playlist got me confused...that leads me to believe $75 gets you both.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36am
Joe McG:

New prize: Emily! Pledges of $15 or more in the running!
  10:36am
P-90:

@Andrew: I thought a sweater that covers a teapot is called a "cozy", and a sweater that covers a house is called a "fumigation tent"
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Cecile:

This is the selecter!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:37am
Caryn:

On My Radio!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:37am
Peanut Gallery:

I select you!
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Cecile:

P-90, excellent!
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Cheri Pi:

SELECTOR! I have this LP :)
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bibi:

hi joe & gaskoes (casse-cou for francophones) ! nice selector track to get in this not same not old show.
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Alessia:

I need to starclick this.
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Alessia:

Hi Bibiiii! Ca va?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41am
Joe McG:

Sorry for the confusion, guys! Every premium is $75. I just happen to have two! The text is not quite worded correctly.
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bibi:

is this impromptu flanger original to the Fox track ?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42am
Guido (Cologne):

some 100 years ago i had this on cassette!
OMG ... the flanging!!!
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bibi:

hi alessia ! hey didnt manage to catch any wfmuer at the centre barbara gig last friday :(
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bibi:

yeah i agree trouble, working material is boring. excluding maybe transmitters ?
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Alessia:

I wasn't there, was it cool? We got our tickets to Julianna Barwick yesterday, yay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:44am
Guido (Cologne):

Dutch band!
www.discogs.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
Mike East:

no problem, Joe. I was just double checking...I want both of them, but there's just so many DJ premiums that I'm having trouble choosing, as usual. This will take some serious deliberation.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am
common:

@ joe & earrie: was away for a bit, but Gooood! Hee hee!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:46am
Guido (Cologne):

THE PREMIUM TEXT on top of playlist IS ENTIRELY WRONG then
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:46am
Mike East:

aw damn...I forgot I have to pick a prize warehouse item too! decisions decisions....
  10:47am
van:

Ha, I happen to have on my desk right now, a CD titled "Double Trouble" from the 2012 marathon. Pure coincidence.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48am
Caryn:

Herbie Armstrong from Fox is such a sweetheart. Can't help smiling charmingly all the time.
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bibi:

"we're talking superrare". trouble, pay i (ab)use your daily poetry for my band's lyrics ?
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bibi:

sorry "May i" ?
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βrian:

When the cow lifts its tail, it should spread some wealth.
  10:53am
Kevlicki:

Brian Is that a euphemism?
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βrian:

Not if you're a tomato plant.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:54am
Trouble:

everything's for the taking ,here at wfmu, bibi!
  10:54am
sugarwolf:

The son of Fox's singer was/is a WFMU fan. I hope he's pledging!!
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Joe McG:

@Guido: Yes, entirely wrong, I'm afraid! My last-minute fault, sorry, guys!
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Joe McG:

@sugarwolf: I hope so!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:57am
common:

hells yea, cochise!
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V Priceless:

Cochise - is that the band w/Mick Grabham who went on to play w/Procol Harum?
  11:00am
P-90:

Freedom of Toilet Paper!
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Alessia:

Why do I never win?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:04am
DCE:

keep playing, Alessia!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:04am
Mike East:

You must not want it enough, Alessia
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:04am
Guido (Cologne):

The Europeans must support Americans in order to save their own culture and rescue them from dullness!
  11:05am
P-90:

Guys, give Alessia a prize already, c'mon! quit screwin' around
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Alessia:

I'm not very lucky at games I guess.. Well I'm very lucky with love so that's fine.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07am
DCE:

all Dolly tracks get an automatic clicky-star!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07am
Joe McG:

Oh, Alessia, I really want you to have a prize!!
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Alessia:

Ahahah! Thank you P-90 I appreciate! :)
  11:08am
P-90:

@Alessia: So, how do you feel about Dolly Parton?
-One of our American treasures, some would say a pair of our American treasures
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09am
Mike East:

saw an interview this week with Frank Zappa who said he liked Dolly Parton in spite of her "treasures" cuz he thinks she has a great voice.
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Alessia:

P-90 I literally LOVE Dolly Parton, Jolene is one of the most beautiful songs ever! A pair because she's very busted right?
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mariano:

@Guido: yes, the cultural symbiosis of the last century has been one of humanity's saving graces.
@P-90: Dolly has a great sense of humor about herself. Once on Letterman she read a top 10 list, "Top 10 Complaints About Being Dolly Parton." Number one was: "Nobody notices I have a great ass too!"
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bibi:

do you know dolly was called after dolly parton ? because cloned from mammal cells. seriously.
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Caryn:

Alessia, don't mind. This is my 54th attempt at winning something this Marathon. Here's hoping, because I adore Dolly!
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Alessia:

But to me, your REAL american treasure remains Lee Hazlewood <3
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the impost subsumes the transaction:

eject! eject!
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Mike East:

CD meth lab! hahaha!
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DCE:

play that surface noise, Joe!
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Guido (Cologne):

ON WFMU YOU NEVER KNOW:
Does the CD skip or is it intentional?
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Alessia:

@Caryn so good luck to you too! :)
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βrian:

Ooh, Trouble, ça me donne des frissons quand tu parles français !
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Caryn:

@Guido: too true!

@Alessia: here's hoping one of us Dolly lovers gets it!
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ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

Morning Joe and Trouble! Les Sans Coulettes rocks by the way.
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Caryn:

Oh, Trouble, saying Finnish words with a Swedish accent... It's fun.
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Trouble:

caryn, i'l take it! anything's better than an american accent!
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Cecile:

Alessia, pledge just before the drawing. That can help.
Also, for two whole years I won nothing. THen it turned around.
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P-90:

@Mike East: yeah, every "serious," WFMU-ready musician has weighed in on their respect for Dolly, as vocalist, songwriter, producer (Jeff "Skunk" Baxter is another that comes to mind)
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Alessia:

@Joe why don't you go with some Juliette Greco (especially Deshabillé moi) or Serge Gainsbourg too? They're awesome!
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pierre:

I like "Fleur de Lune"
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Cecile:

Speak FInnish like you're speaking Japanese:
BAH-bah-bah-bah. Punch the first syllable.
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Trouble:

chills, brian! that would be a bad thing considering you are in the north country...
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Caryn:

@Trouble: well, see, 6 % of the Finnish population are Swedish-speakers, so you can just say that's what you're going for. A lot of the big artists, writers and classical composers came from Swedish-speaking families.
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ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

whoops I meant culottes...
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pierre:

for you french amateurs over there, I warmly recommend the high in the sky compilation : V/A MOBILISATION GENERALE – PROTEST AND SPIRIT JAZZ FROM FRANCE 1970-1976 on the Born Bad Label
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Cecile:

hey, have you ever heard Dolly do Mule Skinner BLues? It's ridiculously great, and also she was the first woman to do it.
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βrian:

Quelle culotte, Jennique !
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Alessia:

Dolly you are giving me chills over her.
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Joe McG:

@Cecile: I played it a few weeks ago! :)
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Alessia:

here*
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Cecile:

yeah, well, I missed it. hahaha
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mariano:

@Alessia: it's ok, I get chills over her too!
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Alessia:

Uhahuahuahauha! That came out a bit ambiguous I know!
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Gaylord Fields:

I've recently been heavy into Dolly's mid-Sixties non-country, girl-group-leaning Monument sides, such as Don't Drop Out (practically a Shangri-Las song), Busy Signal, and especially I've Known You All My Life, an particularly obscure Goffin-King tune.
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Trouble:

pierre i agree 100 %. je l'adore!
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nickybones:

Jesus, can't believe this is the first time I'm tuning into this show! Great stuff, Joe.
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northguineahills:

It wasn't until well into the 20th century that the middle and upper classes spoke Finnish as their first language at home as opposed to Swedish, depending on their political bent. (If I remember my history somewhat hazily)
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mariano:

Another great country voice FMU has turned me onto is Bobbie Gentry, especially "Fancy," which seems like a perfect balance of country and funk, weird as it may sound.
  11:26am
Kevlicki:

Joe, what's playing in the background?
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Rick from SC:

yeay for Parsippany and Boonton
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Gaylord Fields:

I have a short list of artists who are unjustly ignored when people discuss the great songwriters of popular music. Dolly tops that list, and Keith Richards is not far behind.
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fred:

Hello Joe and pledgers. I hope this break in meetings and emergencies at work lasts into Diane's show
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glenn:

eddy grant should also be on that list, gaylord.
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ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

@Gaylord - I think people under appreciate the singing voice of Jimi Hendrix.
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pierre:

@ glenn : agree
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Cecile:

I am a big fan of Tobin Sprout. His songs are actually good outside of the confines of GBV fandom.

Yes, eddy grant!
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Ralphine:

Eddy Grant of Electric Avenue fame?
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KP:

It's all in the cards
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βrian:

I'm surprised Gomez hasn't phoned in a pledge.
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Alessia:

Caryn let's hug and grieve together. Next year will be our year!
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Gaylord Fields:

@Ralphine: That would be Eddy Grant of The Equals fame. But yes, Electric Ave., too.
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Cecile:

Colin Moulding, too. Most of the few XTC/Dukes of the Stratosphear songs I like are written by him.

Ralphine, he was also a member of the Equals, and had many solo LPs before Electric Ave.
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Ralphine:

Electric Avenue is the only song of his I know.
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Cecile:

Jinx, Gaylord.

Alessia, his "living on the frontline" is a pretty great song that presages Electric Avenue, and I think is a little better.
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pierre:

@ Gaylord : I love the Equals…
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Gaylord Fields:

@Cecile: I was just going to say Colin Moulding. but then I responded to Ralphine's Eddy Grant query. Colin writes only a couple of songs per LP, and they're always the most memorable ones.
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glenn:

actually, no. the odds are not 50/50.
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P-90:

Finally, some respect for Caucasian roots music
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Caryn:

@Alessia: yep, let's put on Jolene at home and weep as we sing along.

Still have money for 3 pledges left. Here's hoping my winning percentage improves significantly.
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Cecile:

If you pledge to Duane, you get a crazy fantastic version of the Equals's Funky Like a Train.
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Alessia:

@Cecile I'm very tempted to ask you for a mix, you seem to have lot of things to teach!
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Cecile:

on his live tracks premium, that is
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Joe McG:

@glenn: You're right about that, but well, chances are pretty good!
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pierre:

Cecile is knowledge pit !
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Ralphine:

I'm hoping my Mega Millions lottery winning percentage improves significantly. Right now, it's 0%.
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Cecile:

Thanks, but check out Gaylord's show and premiums - he is our sensei. I am but a grasshopper.
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Gaylord Fields:

@Cecile: Double jinx!

@Ralphine: Start with their big hit, Baby Come Back, and then move on to Police on My Back (covered famously by the Clash), and then run, don't walk, to my favorite Equals song, I Get So Excited! (Exclamation mark mine, and well-deserved!)
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Alessia:

Jolene Jolene Joleeene I'm begging of you please don't take my priiiiize.
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Cecile:

hahahaha, Gaylord. great minds...do something that I forgot...
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Caryn:

@ngh: early decades of the 20th century, yes. For a long time, there was no proper, codified written Finnish. As Finnish nationalism and calls for independence arose, Finn-Swede writers and politicians started writing in Finnish, creating a written language.
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Ralphine:

OK, Mr. Fields, and thanks. I've heard Police on My Back. Just didn't know it was him.
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Cecile:

Yup, Caryn. That's when the Kalevala came back big time, right?
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northguineahills:

Soul Jazz Recs released a nice album from the Anchiskhati choir about 6 years back.
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Cecile:

this also kind of parallels the Hmong written language in the latter part of the 20th century. It had never been written down until then.
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Cecile:

I learned this because I wrote a grant proposal for an agency that was trying to get funds for Hmong literacy.
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Gaylord Fields:

Yes! The Cedars are one of my top 25 Lebanese freakbeat bands of the '60s!
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Caryn:

@Cecile: well, that's when it was compiled. Lönnrot and others travelled and transcribed different local storytellers' stories, and then compiled them into one epic.
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Guido (Cologne):

Equals song "I Can See But You Don't Know" or so ... great garagy track.
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Cecile:

Yeah, that's right - what I remember from ethnomusicology class.
Also from growing up in the UP.
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Andrew Waterloo:

Yooper?
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van:

Thanks ya'll. Gotta run. tschüß!
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Ralphine:

The Equals' gravelly voices seem like kind of an odd mix with that poppy music.
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Cecile:

*SNL Truman Capote voice* "You have a top 25 Lebanese freakbeat bands of the '60s list?
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Cecile:

Ralphine, it grows on you. And look up the live version of funky like a train.
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βrian:

Juliette Binoche!
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Gaylord Fields:

@Cecile @ Caryn: I've always been impressed with Sequoyah singlehandedly devising a writing system for Cherokee. It's a gorgeous alphabet that takes its cues from Roman/Cyrillic and goes somewhere breathtaking. I wonder if it's on Google Translate.
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Cecile:

Yep, Andrew! From Houghton. Across the bridge from Suomi College, er, Finlandia University.
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PJ:

Hi Joe - is the 3 Colors box the DVD or the Blu Ray version?
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Cecile:

I bet it is somewhere, Gaylord.

I'm intrigued about trying to learn Maori online. THe resources are there...
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βrian:

Saying Yah to UP, then.
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Cecile:

hahahahah, right on.
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Gaylord Fields:

@Cecile: I'm being a bit cheeky. The Cedars and the Sea-ders alternate on that list until it's full.
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Cecile:

when Suomi changed their name, their initials because FU. My sister gave my dad a hat from there, and he didn't take it off for a week. And he giggled the whole time he had it on. He's 80 going on 9.
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Caryn:

I wonder if the relatively recent development of grammatical Finnish or the small size of the Finnish-speaking world population is the reason Finns are fascinated with languages like Latin and Esperanto?
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Cecile:

Calling a Lebanese band the Cedars is like calling a Canadian hockey team the Maple Leafs or an American football team The Eagles.
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bibi:

the finno-ougrian languages are loners... which is their charm too.
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glenn:

For example, even the 50/50 coin toss really isn’t 50/50 — it’s closer to 51/49, biased toward whatever side was up when the coin was thrown into the air.

But more incredibly, as reported by Science News, spinning a penny, in this case one with the Lincoln Memorial on the back, gives even more pronounced odds — the penny will land tails side up roughly 80 percent of the time. The reason: the side with Lincoln’s head on it is a bit heavier than the flip side, causing the coin’s center of mass to lie slightly toward heads. The spinning coin tends to fall toward the heavier side more often, leading to a pronounced number of extra “tails” results when it finally comes to rest.

And that's also why russian roulette isn't so risky - the chamber with the shell in it will land on the bottom 99 times out of 100.
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Caryn:

@Cecile: that's a fantastic story! And exactly how a dad should be.
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Cecile:

Caryn, most of the Finnish people I've known who are language-oriented are really good at it. Maybe it's because every other language is a piece of cake. :D

Yeah, he has his moments. hahaha
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earrie:

Coin flip, meet random number generator. Odd? Even? ding.
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Andrew Waterloo:

No Hulu+ in Canada :(
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mariano:

@glenn: thanks, I'll feel much safer now when I play Russian roulette :)
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Ralphine:

Thanks for the penny-flipping information, Glenn. I'm going to put it to good use.
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Cecile:

You have Ed the Sock.
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Andrew Waterloo:

Canada doesn't have pennies either :(
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glenn:

did she just say hearty is diane's co host? man. that's gonna be ......interesting.
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Cecile:

I think Fabio and Diane is a match that could work.
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glenn:

well, we don't MAKE pennies anymore. there are still lots of them out there.
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Alessia:

You are almost there Joe!
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Joe McG:

Last chance to get in the running for the grand prize as well as the Three Colors trilogy on DVD!
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Andrew Waterloo:

yah, it's nice not getting them anymore. It was kind of funny that when I exchanged all my pennies what I got back was rounded up.
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Andrew Waterloo:

I'm crossing all my fingers and eyebrows for this one.
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the impost subsumes the transaction:

kerln
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bobdoesthings:

paypal just called me to make sure the multiple mini pledges werent fraudulent.. haha
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Wilfried:

Trouble & Joe, please take my card out of the drawing, I already know these movies.
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Alessia:

I salute you all, gotta go to my french lesson. Thanks for the very pleasant afternoon everybody!
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Guido (Cologne):

@the impost subsumes the transaction

Interesting attempt!
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12539:

Thanks Joe (and Trouble too)!
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probablyjohn:

follow up question: what about coffee, then?
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