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Favoriting April 24, 2014: Polka Party

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Air  Radian   Favoriting 10,000 Hz Legend  Astralwerks/Source  2001  CD      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Kenny Graham  Soho at Dawn   Favoriting The Small World of Sammy Lee Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  Trunk  2013  CD  From 1963  *   0:09:27 (Pop-up)
Isaac Hayes  Ellie's Love Theme   Favoriting Shaft - Music from the Soundtrack  MGM  1971  LP      0:12:16 (Pop-up)
Gary Burton  Fleurette Africaine   Favoriting Lofty Fake Anagram  One Way  1996  CD  From 1968    0:15:21 (Pop-up)
RockFire Funk Express  RockFire Funk Express   Favoriting   Third Man  2014  45  recorded 1973  *   0:18:57 (Pop-up)
Tanger Trio & Ensemble Mondaine  Cabrio Rimshot   Favoriting Tanger Trio & Ensemble Mondaine  Series Aphonos  2014  CD    *   0:22:32 (Pop-up)
Residual Echoes  Gunoru Tarang   Favoriting   Casual Acid Tea  2013  45    *   0:26:01 (Pop-up)
Ramases  You're the Only One (Part I)   Favoriting Complete Discography  Titan Recordings  2014  CD  previously unreleased version from '71  *   0:30:11 (Pop-up)
 
Cali Giraffes  All My Life   Favoriting   Fin  2014  CD    *   0:40:12 (Pop-up)
Milk 'N' Cookies  Not Enough Girls in the World   Favoriting   Captured Tracks  2014  45  From 1974  *   0:42:04 (Pop-up)
Buster  Beautiful Child   Favoriting Glam-O-Rama: 16 Glitter Associated Junkshop Finds from the 70s  Kiss Kiss  2013  LP  From 1976  *   0:45:44 (Pop-up)
1-800-Band  Diver Blue   Favoriting Diver Blue  Almost Ready  2014  EP    *   0:48:17 (Pop-up)
Dwight Twilley  10,000 American Scuba Divers Dancin'   Favoriting Scuba Diver  EMI America  1982  LP      0:51:39 (Pop-up)
Chuck Hammer  Love Is Inconvenient   Favoriting Twisted Nerve: John Allen's 2008 WFMU Marathon Premium  WFMU  2008  CD-R  early 80s    0:54:42 (Pop-up)
The Wellingtons  So Lonely   Favoriting Keeping Up with the Wellingtons  Reverberation  2006  CD      0:58:13 (Pop-up)
Ami Onuki  Be Someone Tonight   Favoriting solosolo  Epic/Sony Japan  1999  CD      1:00:44 (Pop-up)
Bok Bok  Come Back to Me   Favoriting   Captured Tracks  2014  45  From 1980, with Buzzcocks and Fall dudes  *   1:03:58 (Pop-up)
 
Kelis  Breakfast   Favoriting Food  Ninja Tune  2014  CD    *   1:10:47 (Pop-up)
Prince  It's Gonna Be Lonely   Favoriting Prince  Warner Brothers  1979  LP      1:14:58 (Pop-up)
David Foreman  If It Takes All Night   Favoriting David Foreman  Arista  1976  LP      1:20:25 (Pop-up)
Twilight Nuages  LIfe Goes On, Love Goes On   Favoriting Twlight Nuages  Folk Evaluation  2014  LP  From 1977  *   1:24:49 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single Fire: a bunch of HOT 45s in a row
Candy and the Kisses  The 81   Favoriting   Cameo  1964  45      1:34:10 (Pop-up)
Chapuseaux y Damiron with Sylvia de Grasso  Tequila   Favoriting   Puchito  1958?  45      1:36:34 (Pop-up)
Calvin Arnold  (I'm Your) Friendly Neighborhood Freak (Part 1)   Favoriting   IX Chains  1975  45      1:38:46 (Pop-up)
Etta James  Stop the Wedding   Favoriting   Argo  1962  45      1:41:43 (Pop-up)
The J. Geils Band  I Do   Favoriting   EMI America  1982  45      1:44:21 (Pop-up)
Jerry Jaye  Honky Tonk Women Love Red Neck Men   Favoriting   Hi  1976  45      1:47:27 (Pop-up)
Don Nix  Going Down   Favoriting   Elektra  1972  45      1:49:59 (Pop-up)
Edith Nylon  Waldorf   Favoriting   CBS  1979  45      1:53:51 (Pop-up)
Richie Havens  I'm Not in Love   Favoriting   A&M  1976  45      1:56:19 (Pop-up)
 
 
POLKA!
Charles Magnante  Tic Toc Polka   Favoriting Polka Party  Grand Award  1958  LP      2:11:42 (Pop-up)
Big Ben Boden and His Polka Band  Hosa Dyna Polka   Favoriting Polish Picnic  Coral  1959  LP      2:13:49 (Pop-up)
Ray Henry and His Orchestra  What a Goof   Favoriting Polka Session with Ray  Dana  1960  LP      2:15:42 (Pop-up)
Walter Ostanek and Band  Irene   Favoriting Gay Continental Dance Party  Arc  1963  LP  his first LP of 97!    2:17:49 (Pop-up)
Jolly Stan Lee Orchestra  Pobili Się Dwaj Górale / Hej, Hej, Hej   Favoriting Sing Along with Staś Vol. 2  Chicago Polkas  late 50s  LP      2:20:01 (Pop-up)
George Poole and His Polka Dots  Cherry Polka   Favoriting Polka Party  Tops  1957  LP  a lot of polka albums are called "Polka Party"    2:22:55 (Pop-up)
Stanley Wosloski and the Polka Boys  Mexican Hat Dance   Favoriting It's Polka Time  Coronet  late 50s  LP      2:25:31 (Pop-up)
Gene Wisniewski and His Harmony Bells Orchestra  Whistle Stop Polka   Favoriting Open the Door  Dana  1957  LP      2:27:39 (Pop-up)
Stan Wolowic and the Polka Chips  All the Girls Want Me   Favoriting Stan Wolowic and the Polka Chips  ABC-Paramount  1959  LP  it helps to be named "Stan" if you want to play polkas    2:30:36 (Pop-up)
Johnnie Bomba and His Orchestra  Brokenhearted   Favoriting Chop Suey Polka  Dana  1957  LP      2:33:13 (Pop-up)
Frank Wojnarowski and His Orchestra  Cium, Cium   Favoriting Ferry Boat Polka  Dana  1957  LP      2:35:49 (Pop-up)
 
Brother James Anderson  I'm Tired My Soul Needs Restin'   Favoriting Sun Record Company Vol. 1  Org Music/Sun Entertainment  2014  LP  From 1967  *   2:46:07 (Pop-up)
The Prisonaires  Just Walkin' in the Rain   Favoriting   Sun/Third Man  2014  45  From 1954, I think  *   2:48:35 (Pop-up)
Gabor Szabo  Dear Prudence   Favoriting 1969  DCC Jazz  1998  CD  From 19, uh, 69    2:50:57 (Pop-up)
Nilsson  That Is All   Favoriting That's the Way It Is  RCA  2013  CD  From 1976    2:54:00 (Pop-up)
Bob Dylan  Farewell   Favoriting Inside Llewyn Davis Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  Nonsuch  2013  CD  previously unreleased    2:56:36 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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common:

boing yip
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Alessia:

Joeeeee! <3
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duke:

radio radio Good morning everyone
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Guido from Cologne:

Tuned in ... hi Joe!
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doca:

Just came from Mars and tuned in too, hi Joe! And Guido!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
DCE:

mernin' Joe
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Joe McG:

Good morning, friends! I hope you are feeling snappy today.
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doca:

@Joe: what is snappy?
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KP:

good morning joe. Snappy & sappy
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12539:

Snap snap!
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Joe McG:

@doca: Full of pep! Or ready to snap, one or the other.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09am
DCE:

god I am whatever the opposite of snappy is today...three Titan IPAs did me in last night
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KP:

Snap it pal
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doca:

@Joe: what is pep? haha googled it and got it here
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
common:

@dce: i'm with you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
Joe McG:

@DCE: Don't worry, we're taking it slow this morning!
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doca:

People talk about the German language, but I feel English really has a word for everything. And it's worse because the words are smaller, you can't just guess seeing what a part of it means
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northguineahills:

Nothing like the yip yips going boing boing to put a spring in my morning step.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15am
Bonesy Maroney:

This is exactly what I needed this morning!
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northguineahills:

got a pumpernickel bagel w/ whitefish salad. oh happy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16am
Joe McG:

@doca: English has a lot of words for a lot of things, but there are still many things you can say in other languages much more easily.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
TR In MI:

Dreamy vibes coming from these... dreamy vibes. Nice way to start the day.
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doca:

@Joe: that's true.

By the way, this is one of my favorite songs ever. It always makes me feel cozy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
Guido from Cologne:

German is notorious for lengthy composites and complex grammar, isn't it?
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doca:

@Guido: yeah, but the words are like hieroglyphs, you can just decompose them and get the meaning
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20am
DCE:

@ngh, sorry, that doesn't sound appealing right now!
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dc pat:

23 minutes late!!
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fred von helsing:

@doca finnish assembles compound words the same way as german and it does wonders for general scientific literacy. it's not a "globe" it's an "earthball".
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doca:

@fred: haha love that non-abstract figurative way of thinking
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25am
Sem Chumbo:

@FVH: hahaha.
Morning', Joe and all earthball dwellers.
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braveness23:

Bigmouth23 Strikes Again! Morning everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am
Joe McG:

@dcpat: Oh no, you missed the part of the show where I killed them softly with my song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31am
common:

are you the only one, joe? thought so.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
Parq:

And indeed you are.
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dc pat:

DAMMIT, Joe! Hey, while I have your attention, got any Mekons on you?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
DCE:

Joe, do you fall asleep to this tune every night?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am
Michele:

JOE YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
Sem Chumbo:

Shameful self promotion. That's the spirit.
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dc pat:

this tune is hilarious!
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12539:

I can't wait for Part II.
  9:34am
Brendan:

Hi joe good morn.
  9:36am
?:

Just got here, looks like i missed a nice set... looking forward to the next
  👻 Swag For Life Member 9:36am
12539:

There's nothing obscure about the fact that your show used to feature 78 rpm records.
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Alessia:

Joe they don't mention this on the doc about Death, do they?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:42am
Joe McG:

@Alessia: I don't remember them mentioning it, actually. Anybody know for sure?
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Joe McG:

MICHELE! @12539: I guess not, but I'm never sure who remembers that!
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Alessia:

They could have gone back to it when the publisher was requiring it, it's not a bad name. Well...it's a starclick anyway.
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Cheri Pi:

Add one more girl, CP signing in
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48am
Joe McG:

@CP: Hello, mon lovely adoptive parent!
  9:51am
Chapel Hillian:

Anyone else hear shades of Mark Mothersbaugh in the 1-800 singer? I also hear some "Come Back Johnny"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:51am
mariano:

Good morning, all!
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Cheri Pi:

Son!!
  9:54am
Irene:

Eow, I'd forgotten how great Dwight Twilley was. Great set overall, Joe!
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Joe McG:

Hi, Irene! Thanks! :)
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Cecile:

hola!!!!
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Joe McG:

Heya, Cecile!
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βrian:

Good morning. Velvet crêpe skies over the isthmus today.
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Cecile:

I love me some Dwight Twilley.
You know what's a great buried powerpop song by someone you wouldn't expect?

Heaven Sent from INXS. From Welcome to Wherever You are.
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doca:

Hi, Cecile!
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ChrisB.:

The drummer in Bok Bok seems to be finding plenty to do.
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Karen in Sleepy Hollow:

Hey Joe, missed you at the station yesterday. Next time I'm only coming in if you're working.
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Cecile:

hey doca!
  10:08am
Brendan:

Nice jazz flute in the bed music!
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Cecile:

I also realized that I knew the song "Shark" from the Great Lost Dwight Twilley Record.
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βrian:

I'm imagining something similar to clogging with those scuba divers...
(I missed the track.)
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Cecile:

Keh-LICE
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Joe McG:

@Cecile: Oops! I also mispronounce "Chimera."
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Cecile:

No big.

Oh, dude better spill some coffee on Kelis soon. She sounds too happy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14am
Joe McG:

@Cecile: That's 'cause she kicked Nas to the curb.
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Cheri Pi:

Cecile! I've been missing you
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Cecile:

I know. But he inspired some great stuff from her. hahahhah. I'm glad she's happier, though.
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Cecile:

It has been hell week this week. School drama. Work drama. Over both.
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Cecile:

I still want to have "I HATE YOU SO MUCH RIGHT NOW" as my iphone ringtone when I finally cave and get one 10 years from now.
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kirk from beer city usa:

nice to be greeted by Prince upon tuning in.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16am
common:

@cecile: for me too. i'm taking tomorrow off.
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Joe McG:

Hey, kirk!
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doca:

@Cecile: have you seen that Numero Group box on Minneapolis soul? I guess it answers my question of how Prince came from Mppls.
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kirk from beer city usa:

hi joe! I'm gonna have to dig out this record later...
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Cheri Pi:

LOL- I was worried that you were in rhubarb-hab. glad your back and made it through hell week!
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Cecile:

i haven't seen the box, but I have M&M's CD.
It doesn't get much press, but there is a really thriving artistic African-American community here. I used to work at the bus agency, and we'd do Black History Month events and people who were like file clerks and bus drivers would perform -great singers, tight jazz funk bands.
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Cecile:

You know it's a tough week when I completely miss BT and Duane.
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Joe McG:

@kirk: It's a good one, forgotten in the wake of "Dirty Mind."
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doca:

Oh and yesterday Duane was awesome. Though week indeed.
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Cecile:

which is the one where he's riding the winged horse?

dammit, I'll have to listen on archives, doca.
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βrian:

Had the first strawberry-rhubarb pie of the season. (Had to use frozen fruit from last year. Still, spectacular!)
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doca:

I miss Bryce's show, it just doesn't sound the same listening from the archives. Fortunately I was able to catch last one.
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Cecile:

YUM. can't wait for the rhubarb!
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doca:

@Cecile: Duane played this Black Sabbath remix, it was hell soundcloud.com...
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Cecile:

these harmonies are ridiculous.
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Cheri Pi:

βrian so jealous!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29am
mariano:

@doca: Yes, that Clanet Paravan is sublime!
  10:29am
harvey wallbanger:

Song goes on
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Cheri Pi:

they really mean it.
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Cheri Pi:

these harmonies go on.
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doca:

Speaking of German things, rhubarb always reminds of that Rhabarberbarbarabarbarenbartbierbar video:
www.youtube.com...
  10:31am
corky:

Love life goes on song
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dc pat:

..or they're trying to talk themselves into it...
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doca:

Someone should give a Nobel in services made to music to Irwin
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Cecile:

ITA, doca.
Even though I have Irwin issues, he has done a hell of a job bringing people back from obscurity.
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Cheri Pi:

that's cute doca :)
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βrian:

Raspberries and mangos with yoghurt and home-made granola for me.
  10:33am
Brendan:

Three alarm fiber
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dc pat:

ha @doca, that's nuts. I love German...
  10:34am
Brendan:

Leave the fan on
  10:34am
67tele:

Rip's Big Bowl?
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βrian:

(I really could talk about food 24/7...)
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dc pat:

^what Cecile said (about Irwin).
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Joe McG:

@Brendan: Ha ha ha! What is that damn stuff called??
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doca:

@Cecile: Yeah, I'm not an usual listener of his show, but all the places I've seen his name associated with, it's obscure good music worth three lives at least.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

PEOPLE. PEOPLE. JOE.
JOE AND PEOPLE.
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Cheri Pi:

As a person, this greeting applies to me. PAPS!
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dc pat:

I'm dc pat and I approve of this Tequila song.
  10:38am
Brendan:

I wonder if robots eat sos or brillo pads w/ milk instead of shredded wheat cereal. They look to be constructed exactly the same one metal , one wheat. One may be frosted with sugar, the other with blue or pink soap. Discuss.
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βrian:

Tequila infused turnips, for example ...
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Calling Pee Wee Herman!
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Cheri Pi:

yesterday Mr CP said that Tequila is the only alcohol that also acts as a stimulant, I knew it
contained the Crazy-Maker enzyme.
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Cecile:

Bender drinks alcohol. Lots of it.
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Cheri Pi:

haha. this song.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

Technically I think Absinthe has stimulant properties as well. But that's splitting hairs. I'll have whatever ye got.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

How about Four Loko? What's in that stuff?
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Cheri Pi:

leave those glamor shots for the young kids. I'm crazy enough without the hard stuff.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:41am
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe & forty five freaks.

Waiter, bring me a crocodile sandwich and make it snappy.
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Cecile:

Both tequila and sake don't affect me the way other liquors do. I get a buzz, but it takes a long time to take hold.

One drunk Greek guy once told me "TEQUILA IS NOT LIKE AN ALCOOOHOLS. IT IS LIKE A DRUG!"
I buy that, since i would end up walking my wasted girlfriends home after 2 margaritas.
  10:41am
Brendan:

http://m.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/engine-2-rips-big-bowl-original-cereal
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42am
Joe McG:

@Brendan: Rip's Big Bowl!!!!
  10:42am
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in highschool, i was once told by a dubious source that jagermeister contained opioids... yick.
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Cheri Pi:

4 loko used to be tons of caffeine and sweetened fortified booze until the feds shut that recipe down. DJ Marty McSorely is the resident 4 Loko xpert.
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Brian in UK:

@βrian my wife just made a batch of rhubarb & vanilla jam with this years first pulling of rhubarb.
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Cecile:

No, Jager just TASTES like it.
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mariano:

@?: Same story I heard throughout high school. Supposedly the European stuff still had it, but not the US version.
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Cheri Pi:

Brian UK, can you email me some of that jam?
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

[snif snif] ... I thought I caught a whiff of rhubarb.
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Faye:

MC
GASK
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doca:

I like Jägermeister.
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earrie:

@ Brian in UK
Rhubarb and vanilla jam. Your wife is the best.
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Cheri Pi:

man, if I got married again I would have to insist on playing this song before hand while everyone was settling in to their seats
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βrian:

The first time I had really schmancy sake, I was flabbergasted. It was like mountain spring water with a warm kiss.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:44am
Joe McG:

F-A-Y-E!
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Brian in UK:

@Cheri Pi check your in box.
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mariano:

Live J Geils!!! Yes! I had this album, been years! Remember the video?
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Cheri Pi:

Jägermeister is one of the few liquors I can do a shot of without throwing it right back up.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:45am
Brian in UK:

@earrie you are right, she is the best.
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Cheri Pi:

HEY FAYE!! I love the unfiltered sake. it's like drinkinig mochi.
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βrian:

@B in UK: Clearly, you live south of the isthmus. Climactically, anyway. We're a good month out still.
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mariano:

J Geils "I Do" live: www.youtube.com...
Memories of jr high!
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Cecile:

"let down your hair!!!"
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doca:

Monday I drank a shot of a pansy(? - amor perfeito in Portuguese) liquor and it was great.
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βrian:

@Cheri Pi: .... note to self ...
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dc pat:

I wonder if there's any science behind that tequila claim. Personally I'll stick with the bourbon and Irish whiskey...although I have been known to drink half a bottle of Jagermeister while driving around all night in Deleware looking for a hotel that was not fully booked....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47am
Guido from Cologne:

There are much better herbal liqueurs than Jägermeister.
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βrian:

But mochi kills far more people, I hear. Usually around the New Year. Choking hazard, don't you know.
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Cecile:

I had a caprinha once and it tasted like lime and a live electric wire.
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Brian in UK:

Mezcal for me, luckily it is too far away to get regularly. It has recently become popular in London with those trendy folks.

@βrian so many things are early this year. Blossoms especially.
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Cheri Pi:

Mochi is the great equalizer.
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Brian in UK:

Limoncello anyone. Sneaky little drink.
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mariano:

@dc pat: I'm an Irish man myself. Give me a Jameson's neat and a crisp English cider back (or two or three) any day and I'm set.
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doca:

@Cecile: caipirinha is great, though it tastes just like that. Maybe it was just too strong of the cachaça wasn't that good.
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doca:

I never had sake
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

Lived for nearly a decade in Tucson, AZ -- since coming back to DC I haven't had much tequila or mezcal - The selection is wretched out here.
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dc pat:

I went on a mochi bender once. I can believe it's a dangerous food...
  10:50am
Brendan:

Theres a Whole Paycheck a couple blocks from me where I'm goona grab some lunch . I'll try the Rips joe. Thanks.
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Cecile:

It was delicious, I loved it. But it put me on my ass.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

southern AZ will make an agave-booze snob out of anyone in no time.
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Brian in UK:

@mariano jam-a-sons?
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mr hinky:

Im goin down
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dc pat:

right on @mariano. Personally, I'll chase my Jamesons with a big, fat, strong, dark stout.
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Cecile:

doca, hot sake is good with a meal.
But the cold sake is the primo stuff. Sake gets heated to hide the taste of lesser sake.
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βrian:

Mezcal came into vogue here about 7-8 years ago. Some is *very* good, but usually too expensive for mere mortals. New "old" brands started popping up like mushrooms.
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ChrisB.:

So Jeff Beck copped this from Don Nix, eh? Sly boots.
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dc pat:

jeeze, going out tonight but I'm getting thirsty now...
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doca:

Gotta lunch, see you later all! Great show, Joe
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Guido from Cologne:

@Brian
Limoncello is great with lemon ice cream!
That's where i know it from.
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Brian in UK:

@mariano I was drinking that last Saturday at Mike Watts' gig. Both were excellent.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

What Pat said (10:51). Except I'll swap out the Jameson for a Bushmill's -- but hell, it's all serviceable.
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doca:

@Cecile: didn't know that, next time I go to São Paulo I get one good from the Japanese neighborhood
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awkward jack:

@hinky: Freddie King version of Goin Down is searing...
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Cecile:

Brian, you might do better importing it yourself or having friends bring it back with them from other countries.

I know 2 places that makes killer limoncello. So good.
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Cecile:

doca, they'll steer you right.
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Cheri Pi:

make limoncello yourself if you can, super easy, cheap and delicous www.foodnetwork.com...
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dc pat:

This Edith Nylon song is my new fav song.
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Cecile:

mezcal, at least in some circles, used to be the ugly stepsister to tequila. And tequila wasn't held in high esteem. That has definitely changed in Minneapolis and the midwest.
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βrian:

A chef I knew made limoncello, so he could control the bitterness/sweet balance. So concentrated one had to drink it sitting down. But wow. Turned one's blood to lemon oil.
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Brian in UK:

@Guido from Cologne that reminds me, our ice cream maker has broken.

@Cecile, our daughter went there twice recently, nice. Since split with boyfriend so no more visits.
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mariano:

@Brian in UK: You saw Mike Watt? Jealous, with or without Jam-a-sons!
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Cheri Pi:

Cold sake = a must. forget the price and party hard.
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Cecile:

aw. bummer, Brian.
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Cheri Pi:

I bet limoncello would be great made with meyer lemons.
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Cecile:

YES, the great cover from Richie.
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dc pat:

yeah, my problem with all this primo booze is I can't afford any of it. That's why I just stick with cheaper bourbon and Jamesons.
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Guido from Cologne:

... quite new here in the neighbourhood: a local destillery produces some kind of Limoncello called "kleiner Italiener" (little Italian ... after some 50ies schlager).

Quite decent stuff ...
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Cheri Pi:

Oh man! I love Easy Action's version of this song.
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βrian:

What would happen if one's finger accidentally leaned on the platter?
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Sem Chumbo:

Oh, well. My morning fix of Mr. Havens. That voice is to kill for.
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Brian in UK:

@mariano last night of two month tour. The trio were tops. He looked knacked at the end. Understandably so.
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DCE:

not my fave tune but Richie's voice is always amazing
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Cheri Pi:

Brannon's voice is amazing too...
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Cecile:

A2D, cheri.
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Brian in UK:

Now in Sri Lanka the drink is Arrack brewed from coconuts. Loverly.
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dc pat:

I love this tune. 10cc's version is probably the weirdest song to be played repeatedly on AM radio (back in the 70's)
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βrian:

Isn't it about meyer season, too? I think I now have a plan.
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dc pat:

that's something I don't know about. What's the DEAL with meyer lemons?
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Cecile:

ITA, dcp.
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Cheri Pi:

We have meyers now in our stores
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Cheri Pi:

what Cecile said about what P@ said.
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DCE:

que es "meyers"?
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Guido from Cologne:

One anecdote from Hamburg in the 70ies:
meeteing at a party some dentist offered Richie Havens special treatment ...
then the manager became aware and totatally upset:
"dare you ever fix Richies teeth, his and my careers will be ruined!" ...
... hehe ... music biz .. voice and health.
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Cecile:

they are so tasty.

They are more fragarant that regulat lemons. More juice, too.
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Cecile:

Guido, that's why Barbara Streisand never got plastic surgery for her nose.
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dc pat:

oh. so I should buy those instead of stupid old regular lemons when I see them?
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Cecile:

meyer lemons have less acid, so not neccessarily.
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Brian in UK:

Are they waxed or unwaxed?
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dc pat:

k, got it, hanx
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βrian:

The deep, oily frangrance of good meyers is hypnotic. Dense almond/lemon cake with a drizzle of the juice. Ecstasy!
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βrian:

Never waxed. The peel is the thing.
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Brian in UK:

Joe that Calvin Arnold is a DOUBLE BRACKETED title.
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Carmichael:

Heyo Joe and morning people.
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Cheri Pi:

I'm not sure, but buy them anyway and just dunk them in very hot water and give a good scrub.
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Greg from Bloomfield:

Morning Joe + Commenters!
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Guido from Cologne:

Must run!
Loved this!
See you!
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Cheri Pi:

buy Meyer lemons!! They're only around for a while and they taste so fantastic.
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mariano:

I love extreme metal band names! What's the one Diane K's been playing? Enbilulugugal or something like that?
Tschuess, Guido!
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dc pat:

@Pi: OK, ok!
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Dean:

Renting a house here in Berkeley a few years ago, we had a Meyer lemon tree in the backyard. I used them almost daily. There was also a Gravenstein apple tree, the fruit of which was perfect for a buttery, cinnamon-y tart.
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Cecile:

POLKA!
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DCE:

is this going to rival the shock of "Point of No Return"??
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Cecile:

I love me some polka.
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Cheri Pi:

Mother McGasko!
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12539:

Polkabrate!
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DCE:

ha, good call Cecile!
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Brian in UK:

@Joe Clem's drumming is as crisp as the cut of your jib!!!
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Parq:

Polka time!
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kirk from beer city usa:

I raided Mom's record collection many years ago. Didn't find much... Whipped Cream and Other Delights, a bunch of Bill Cosby LPs.
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Cheri Pi:

Dean that sounds like pure bliss
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Sem Chumbo:

Where are those cabbage rolls? They were just here...
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Greg from Bloomfield:

Like Sunday morning at Grandma's. I have a sudden desire to go to Mass and eat pancakes...
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Cecile:

We used to have polka radio shows and TV shows where I grew up.
If you go to polka conventions, they have a polka mass. hahhahahah. church might actually be fun with that.
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Kurt Gottschalk:

what about those of us who enjoy being horrified?
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DCE:

I've been raiding mom's record collection since I was in single digits...mom was into psych and prog, though
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kirk from beer city usa:

Dad's was better: Willie, Waylon, Johnny. Also Bill Withers and Ray Charles.
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Cecile:

Sem, I have the coffee. Yum! Yum! Yum!
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βrian:

Polka in homeopathic doses is good for you, but beware ...
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Carmichael:

A quick comments review shows a love of tequila and cachasa. You folks are crazy. I've had both. Cachasa causes hallucinations, and tequila is a good furniture-throwing alcohol.
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Karen in Sleepy Hollow:

If only I could drink beer at work! And now i need a pretzel.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

Polka is pretty damned happy, I'll grant that.

But I've always thought of classic Bhangra as the happiest music in the universe. (not the modern DJ perversion of it, but the old-timey acoustic stuff). . . .. short of that, Polka will do nicely.
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DCE:

that is until the 80s destroyed her ability to judge right from wrong
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12539:

Joe, did you have keilbasa for Easter?
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dc pat:

I'm going to see Clem Burke play drums tonight. psyched.
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Joe McG:

@12539: Sure did!
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dc pat:

@Rev: totally agree on the Bhangra....
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Carmichael:

Is this the Schmenge Brothers??
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Cheri Pi:

I scored some Readers' Digest fat box sets from my grandmothers phonograph collection :/
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Jeff:

And then, just to slide things smoothly in a slightly odder direction, time for great dance band and team of musicological explorers Brave Combo next...
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βrian:

I'm with you on Cachaça. And grappa strikes fear into my heart.
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nardo:

It's time for Polka Varieties with your host, Joe Schmenge!
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Cecile:

My mom liked the Carpenters and Ferrante and Teicher. My dad liked Charley Pride and Glen Campbell. But we had Mom's dad's Hank Williams 10 inches. And my aunt Sigri's "conucopia of sound" (TM Dad) of Mantovani, 3 Suns and Martin Denny.
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DCE:

and now it's the time of day when I click boxes for hours on end
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Cecile:

when I brought 3 Dog Night and War and 10cc into our home it was like a bomb went off.
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Joe McG:

@nardo: An-na one, an-na two...
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βrian:

My most beloved cat was The Goof. Damn, I miss her.
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Cecile:

I hope you have "In Heaven There Is No Beer..."
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Carmichael:

@Cecile: 3 Suns, Martin Denny, Les Baxter, anything tiki or cha-cha from the 60s. They accentuate the Bill Cosby, Herb Alpert and Baja Marimba Band albums wonderfully.
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Dean:

One part polka, two parts Slivovitz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVGeDZC7n5o

My mom's record collection included the LP with Burt Bacharach's "Mexican Divorce," my vote for best pop song of all time.
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Cecile:

Joe, are you familiar with the Tamburitzians?
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βrian:

This really calls for some bandoneon music, you know?
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Jeff:

@Cecile: Ferrante and Teicher got pretty wonderfully weird sometimes... Four-handed prepared piano sounding like it was underwater...
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mariano:

@kirk: Some of those old Cosby albums are a scream! This Ostanek is the same song they were using in European Vacation during the part in Bavaria where Chevy Chase was in lederhosen doing a traditional, dance that led to a fight, no?
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Joe McG:

@Cecile: I am! And, no, no "In Heaven There Is No Beer." This is WFMU, after all. We go obscure!
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Cecile:

they did, Jeff!
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Cecile:

The "Tammies" can bring it. I saw them a couple of times back in the day.

Joe, just because it's known doesn't mean it's not great!
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Brendan:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bmx5CI9Hxk4
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Jeff:

The tune for that Tic Toc Polka sounded an awful lot like that for "In Heaven..."
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Cecile:

Carm, oh yes. Lots of Herb Alpert and Baja Marimba Band.
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mariano:

There's a great pic of Ferrante and Teicher where they look like a couple of 60s English gangsters played by Michael Caine and Oliver Reed: ecx.images-amazon.com...
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βrian:

Bandoneon:
youtu.be...
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Cecile:

the most thankless job in music. Polka drummer.
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Cecile:

hahhahahah.
They also look like twin Jemaine Clements.
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Cecile:

Or Stephen Fry and Jemaine Clement. hahahahah
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Sean D. Daily:

Holy cow, true believers! I love this polka from the Stan Lee Orchestra! 'Nuff said!
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Sem Chumbo:

@Cedcile at 11:13: Oh,the Smengy (sp) Brothers. Hilarious!
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V Priceless:

Hey Joe, gang! Suddenly I feel the urge for schnitzel!
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mariano:

@Cecile: Haha! To me it looks like I've just accidentally walked in on them in mid-smooch, and now they're trying to decide how to dispose of my body! Not that I have that many fantasies of being dismembered by piano duos, mind you!
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Sem Chumbo:

Cecile: no "d" (sp)
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Cecile:

I need some sauerkraut tacos stat.
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Brian in UK:

@mariano listen to Bill Mac on Saturday at silly o'clock. Cosby is not forgotten, YOU GUNKY.
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βrian:

schnitzel? Geusenheit!
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mark in toronto:

has anyone ever written a sad polka song?
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Cecile:

brian, *cos voice* riggggggggggggggght.
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ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

Is the music where people dance and go up to their partner and slap them in the face?
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

I see potential in a goth-polka movement.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

...or BLACK POLKA.
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mariano:

@Brian: Thanks for the tip, I will do that! Far as sad polkas, I've wondered from time to time if it's possible to write a tragic limerick.
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βrian:

My tuning is wandering ...
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Brian in UK:

@Cecile that's the Noah sketch? What's a cubitt. Russell does not do that in the film, it might have been fun if he did.
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Joe McG:

@Mark: One sad polka coming up...
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nardo:

The actual host for Polka Varieties ~ Polka Varieties Paul Wilcox: http://youtu.be/iiMmQHJHXB0
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Cheri Pi:

True Power Polka.
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V Priceless:

that Noah flick was filmed right down the road from me here on the Isle of Long....
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dc pat:

GOOD GOD! Stupid daily meeting and I'm missing a WHOLE FREAKIN SET OF POLKA!!! DAAAMMMMMMMIIIITTTTT.
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Sean D. Daily:

@ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ: We can only hope it is.
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mariano:

Black Polka! Great one! Imagine the vocals!
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Brian in UK:

Theremin Polka anyone?
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Cecile:

Brian, yeah, it is.
The Noah movie seems like it would be better if it was a Cosby comedy routine.

Iced Mirth, Cheri.
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Brendan:

My affection for Polka is rather limited to girls in Polka dot bikinis circa 1960s.
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mariano:

I think when polka is sad they call it klezmer...
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dc pat:

ok, so sad polka = klezmer?
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βrian:

Yep. I love sauer kraut, but I can't eat a bushel of it.
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dc pat:

@mariano!
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mark in toronto:

So mournful. thanks Joe
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Joe McG:

OK, just one more and then we return you to your regularly scheduled programming...
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mariano:

@dc pat: Jinx!
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Brian in UK:

I just got the 'Polka Chips'
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dc pat:

I'm German and I hate sauerkraut. You can keep most German food actually except dumplings, spaetzel, stuff like that.
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Carmichael:

@Cecile: Oh, and don't forget the Dukes of Dixieland. Authentic fake New Orleans pseudo ragtime jazz from LA studio musicians.
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Brian in UK:

Is there a Barnacle Bill in the house?
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KK:

Vielen dank Joe fur diesen Polkas! I've got this going in my office right now (as if my coworkers didn't my tastes were bizarre enough)
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V Priceless:

insert "Hey!" as needed!
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dc pat:

HEY!
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Joe McG:

@KK: Ha ha ha! Some Polish soul music will do them good!
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Cecile:

This has been a great polka set, Joe. Keep 'em coming.
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βrian:

The operative word there is "some."
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Carmichael:

Bobby Bittman did a great Polish song medley on the Sammy Maudlin show.
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mariano:

There's a good low-budget documentary on this polka band leader/con artist called The Man Who Would Be Polka King: www.imdb.com...

Used to be on Netflix streaming, but apparently not anymore.
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Cecile:

It's 1,000,000% true!
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Mike East:

120 HS students from god knows where filing past my office making a great cacauphony. help!
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dc pat:

best set ever. Johnstown, PA use to have a great folkfest. Could always catch some great polka there. They fucked it up though and nobody goes anymore.
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BarbR:

Totally digging the polka set! Grew up taking Polish folk dancing classes, and listening to my Dad's polka albums. Brings back great memories. :-)
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V Priceless:

haha...Bobby Bittman..."gimmie a dee dee dee, and a da da da..and whatever the hell else you wanna throw in there!"
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KK:

whoops excuse my ignorance, Polish indeed :)
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mariano:

@Carmichael: Oh man, I'm am SCTV fanatic. All those guys are so underrated, Eugene Levy is always typecast as the nerdy dad type now, which is odd, because so many of his characters had that barely-contained explosive rage, like Bittman.
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βrian:

Nobody goes anymore? Because it's too crowded?
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dr neil tyson degrasse:

Polka hole in the space time continuum
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Carmichael:

Bobby was making the move from comedic brilliance to dramatic Ack-tore. His remake of On the Waterfront was a thing of beauty.
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Mike East:

can't tell you how much I'd rather be voluteering at wfmu than working today.
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common:

got my swag this week. thanks volunteers!
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mariano:

@Carmichael: Absolutely! And remember when Bittmann has his kid brother (Rick Moranis, another underrated genius) on Maudlin, who completely screwed up his act, and they get into this screaming match in Yiddish? Absolutely brilliant.
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V Priceless:

@ Carmichael....I'm thinking of the band-leader/song writer character Martin Short played....wasn't that Bittman? Been a while...and mind is going...
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Mike East:

Rick Moranis is goddamn hilarious
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Carmichael:

@mariano: Skip Bittman.
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Rich in Washington:

Record Store Day has become Black Friday. The only thing more pathetic than watching people fighting over a blender at Walmart is watching newbie vinyl fanatic hipsters fight over a limited edition REO Speedwagon reissue.
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βrian:

Speaking of hand made, I always marvelled at notion of hand made potato chips. I mean, that oil is hot! The attrition rate must be remarkable.
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DCE:

haha, I agree, Rich...I stayed home
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Cecile:

I went one year, got a bunch of stuff and figured I would do more good shopping the other 364 days of the year.
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Rich in Washington:

Record stores get plenty of my dough over the remaining 364 days.
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mariano:

@Carmichael: Yes!
@V Priceless: I know who you mean, brilliant character too, the old Broadway hack. Used to appear on Billy Crystal's sendup of the Joe Franklin show, as I recall, but maybe he was on SCTV too.
Skip Bittman: www.youtube.com...
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Rich in Washington:

@Cecile: JINX!
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βrian:

We're way ahead of you. We have reel-to-reel days around here.
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Brendan:

Yosh and Stan Schmege polka:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nGsvZrJxMTA
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Carmichael:

That was Jackie Rogers Jr., the albino tin-pan alley type actor and formerly one of The Seven Little Rogers, a family act.
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Rich in Washington:

I sure appreciate SCTV more now that I understand all the old timey show biz and TV comedy references
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Brian in UK:

Looks like Paul Weller is no fan of RSD.
www.independent.co.uk...
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Rich in Washington:

I also loved Short's grown up, long-in-the-tooth child actor Rusty.
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Brian in UK:

Crackin' show, Joe. What's new.
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V Priceless:

@ mariano and Carmichael - Yes!! Haha! Thanks for the refresher!
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Sem Chumbo:

Dear Prudence AND Gabor! Love his touch w/ these tunes.
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Rich in Washington:

@BitUK: yes. That article nailed it. The limited edition, greedy grabber mentality made it even more annoying for me. Most record store owners I know feel obliged to participate in some way but it's generally a pain for them.
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V Priceless:

alas I failed to score the Devo Live at Max's '77 vinyl....maybe there's still hope!
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βrian:

An emerging trend is MP3s encoded as B&W pixel regions on VHS tape. Only the die-hards appreciate the transcoded visual background hiss of these paintstakingly re-mastered versions.
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Parq:

Besides, the FMU record fair is just weeks away. Gotta save my dimes for that!
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Joe McG:

Thanks for listening and commenting, everybody! Have a happy week full of polka!
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Brian in UK:

Joe, well thanks for making me late for dog walking, AGAIN.

@Parq yeah just rub it in (Record Fair)
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βrian:

I love Nilsson's rendition of "Marry Me a Little."
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mariano:

Thanks Joe, and bye everyone! Great listenin' and gabbin'!
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Brendan:

So long Joe
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KK:

thanks~~
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12539:

Thanks, Joe!
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