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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 August 6, 2015: Yper Yper Yip Yip

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Stereolab  Les Yper Yper Sound   Favoriting Oscillations from the Anti-Sun  Too Pure  2005  CD  From 1996    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Stereolab  Les Yper Sound   Favoriting ABC Music: Stereolab Radio 1 Sessions  Strange Fruit/Koch  2003  CD  26.02.96, Evening Session    0:07:16 (Pop-up)
Apparat Organ Quartet  Cruise Control   Favoriting Apparat Organ Quartet  Thule  2003  CD      0:13:11 (Pop-up)
Transvolta  Disco Computer   Favoriting Outa Space, Outta Sight!: My 2015 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2015  CD-R  From 1978  *   0:16:52 (Pop-up)
The Chemical Brothers  Reflexion   Favoriting Born in the Echoes  Astralwerks  2015  CD    *   0:20:04 (Pop-up)
Sleep Thieves  Sparks   Favoriting You Want the Night  MInty Fresh  2015  CD    *   0:26:31 (Pop-up)
No Joy  Everything New   Favoriting More Faithful  Kemado/Mexican Summer  2015  CD    *   0:30:23 (Pop-up)
Tartu Popi Ja Roki Instituut  Kuuseke, Kareke ja Romantika   Favoriting Madise Margikagu  Forwards  2006  CD      0:34:28 (Pop-up)
Stereolab  Tempter   Favoriting Refried Ectoplasm (Switched On, Vol. 2)  Duophonic/Drag City  1995  CD  From 1993    0:39:01 (Pop-up)
 
Shopping  Get Going   Favoriting Consumer Complaints  Fat Cat  2015  CD    *   0:52:04 (Pop-up)
Au Pairs  It's Obvious   Favoriting Equal But Different: BBC Sessions 1979-1981  RPM  1994  CD  12.06.80, John Peel session    0:56:06 (Pop-up)
Pig Rider  Just Can't Dance   Favoriting The Robinson Scratch Theory  Guerssen  2015  CD  From 1983  *   1:03:01 (Pop-up)
The Amazing Space Frogs  Nuns of Destruction   Favoriting single  Paramecium  2015  45  From 1979  *   1:07:32 (Pop-up)
Patrick Campbell-Lyons  Naked Robots Watching Breakfast TV   Favoriting The Hero I Might Have Been  Shanachie  1982  LP      1:11:44 (Pop-up)
The Soft Boys  Leppo and the Jooves   Favoriting A Can of Bees  Two Crabs  1984  LP  From 1979    1:15:47 (Pop-up)
Marie et Les Garçons  Garçons   Favoriting Marie et Les Garçons  Feedback  2015  LP  live in France 1977  *   1:21:18 (Pop-up)
Lenny & Squiggy  Starcrossed   Favoriting Lenny & Squiggy Present Lenny and the Squigtones  Casablanca  1979  LP      1:24:31 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row
Marcia Strassman  Out of the Picture   Favoriting single  Uni  1967  45  Thanks to DJ Julie for the loan of this one!    1:34:09 (Pop-up)
Cilla Black  Without Him   Favoriting single  DJM  1969  45  R.I.P.    1:36:40 (Pop-up)
The Human Touch  Compromise   Favoriting single  Warner Bros.  1970  45      1:38:59 (Pop-up)
Head East  Since You've Been Gone   Favoriting single  A&M  1978  45      1:41:40 (Pop-up)
Carl Carlton  I Wanna Be Your Main Squeeze   Favoriting single  abc BackBeat  1974  45      1:44:37 (Pop-up)
Otis Redding  Security   Favoriting single  Volt  1964  45      1:47:04 (Pop-up)
Billy Bremner  Look at That Car   Favoriting single  Arista  1984  45      1:49:30 (Pop-up)
Dale Wright with the Rock-Its  She's Neat   Favoriting single  Fraternity  1958  45      1:52:12 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys  Between Fire and Water   Favoriting single  Decca  1970  45      1:54:16 (Pop-up)
Julie Monday  Time Is Running Out for Me   Favoriting single  Rainbow  1966  45      1:57:09 (Pop-up)
 
Curly Ray Cline with Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys  Rubber Dolly   Favoriting Boar Hog  Old Homestead  1980  LP      2:09:40 (Pop-up)
Ernest Tubb  Tommy's Doll   Favoriting Saturday Satan Sunday Saint  Decca  1969  LP      2:11:50 (Pop-up)
Porter Wagoner  What I'd Give to Hear a Baby Cry   Favoriting Me and My Boys  RCA Victor  1969  LP      2:14:30 (Pop-up)
Cal Veale  Paralyzed   Favoriting God Less America: Country & Western fer all ye Sinners 'n' Sufferers 1955-1966  Crypt  1995  LP  From 1970    2:18:10 (Pop-up)
Helen Hall  What Else Does She Do Like Me?   Favoriting The Gals of the Big "D" Jamboree  Dragon Street  2001  CD  From 1973    2:20:33 (Pop-up)
Johnny Paycheck  You'll Recover in Time   Favoriting Johnny Paycheck's Greatest Hits  Little Darlin'  1968  LP      2:23:11 (Pop-up)
Dallas Corey  Dealer's Dreams   Favoriting Dealer's Dreams  IMMCO  1980  LP      2:27:17 (Pop-up)
Norton Buffalo  Wasn't It Bad Enough   Favoriting Desert Horizon  Capitol  1978  LP      2:34:37 (Pop-up)
The Golden Palominos  Diamond   Favoriting Blast of Silence  Celluloid  1986  LP      2:38:00 (Pop-up)
 
The Byrds  I Come and Stand at Every Door   Favoriting Fifth Dimension  Columbia Legacy  1996  CD  From 1966    2:50:24 (Pop-up)
Jackson C. Frank  Relations   Favoriting The Complete Recordings  Ba Da Bing!  2015  CD  From 1975  *   2:52:54 (Pop-up)
The Bosstones  Mope-itty Mope   Favoriting Soul City Philadelphia  Fantastic Voyage  2015  CD  From 1959    2:56:46 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  9:03am
Claw!:

Starting off with a bang, Joe! Nice!
Hey hey, Everyone!
  9:05am
Brendan:

Good morning Joe and all. Yeppers it's a good morning.
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Joe McG:

Hi, Claw! Hi, Brendan! Looks like it's just you and me, kids.
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Cheri Pi:

Nice version!
  9:10am
V Priceless:

Hey Joe and gang!
Avatar ♥ 9:11am
northguineahills:

I have at least four versions of Les Yper Sound (yes, I'm 'lab completest)
Avatar ♥ 9:13am
Joe McG:

Nice work, ngh! Hi, VP! Hi, CP!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:16am
MD:

GOOD MORNING SOLDIERS OF THE FREEFORM!!!!
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Marcel M:

Morning Joe and world!
  9:18am
Brendan:

I hope when robots and computers take over that they are like the ones in this set.
  9:19am
Claw!:

This is amazing
Avatar ♥ 9:19am
northguineahills:

Apparently , it's too early for me to grammar or spell.
Avatar ♥ 9:19am
Joe McG:

GOOD MORNING, MD, YOU ARE VERY EXCITED THIS MORNING! Hi, Marcel!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:21am
MD:

oh no! the robots have taken over while we slept!
THE EAST COAST IS GONE!!! SAVE YOURSELFS!!!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:21am
ChrisB.:

Ralf and Florian are not amused.
Avatar 9:22am
bobdoesthings:

good morning
Avatar 9:22am
OTB:

Robots would be far more pleasant to work for than my current employers. Especially THESE robots.
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MD:

LOL!!! i'll finish my coffee now and calm down!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:23am
MD:

sorry for the rants!!!
Avatar ♥ 9:24am
Joe McG:

@MD: Ha, don't worry, MD, but watch that caffeine. HI, OTB and BDT and CB!
Avatar ♥ 9:25am
northguineahills:

The Chemical Bros. are still making music, cool, I dig!
  9:31am
Brendan:

All robots need a funktion
Avatar 9:31am
bobdoesthings:

I'm wearing my black woof-moo shirt at work today
Avatar ♥ 9:32am
Joe McG:

A fine wardrobe decision, Bob.
Avatar 9:33am
bobdoesthings:

@joe - Now to see if any coworkers are cool cats and recognize!
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fred:

@NGH: The Chemical Brothers played at the Montreux Jazz festival last month: www.montreuxjazzfestival.com...
Avatar 9:35am
Cecile:

hola!
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KP:

No Joy to the world!
Avatar ♥ 9:36am
Joe McG:

Hi, Fred! Really? Hi, Cecile! Hi, KP!
Avatar 9:37am
bobdoesthings:

I once shouted at a guy in tribeca walking by with an FMU shirt on.. I went "HEY! COOL SHIRT" right in his face.. and kept walking.
Avatar 9:37am
Cheri Pi:

Nice shirt BobDT!
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Claw!:

Friggin Bob. You *would* do that... :-P
  9:38am
Brendan:

I got two nice shirt compliments on the same in the grocery from different people the same night! You are becoming a worldwide sensation Joe!
Avatar ♥ 9:39am
northguineahills:

@Fred: I haven't seen them since 1997.
Avatar 9:40am
bobdoesthings:

hey bear. you bet your claws I would!
Avatar ♥ 9:40am
Joe McG:

Seeing a person in a strange place who is wearing an FMU shirt can sometimes put one more at ease. Sometimes!
  9:41am
Lars:

STEREOLAB! Again! This session is Awesome. Thank You Joe
Avatar 9:42am
Claw!:

It's what makes you special, Bob.
Avatar ♥ 9:44am
Joe McG:

This is nice earphone candy, this song!
  9:44am
Brendan:

You onto something. I think they should wear the woof moo shirts at peace talks, global summits. And hostage negotiators and anyone talking someone off a ledge should be wearing one.
Avatar 9:45am
bobdoesthings:

Yup.... sometimes... but sometimes you can tell that a fmu t-shirt wearer is a weirdo person... so you just gotta shout "cool shirt" in their face and keep walking.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, gang!
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northguineahills:

There can never be too much Stereolab! (used to close mix tapes w/ this track)
Avatar 9:47am
bobdoesthings:

wuuuuuhhhhht??? How could you hate stereolab?
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thedunkel:

Morning Joe and other McGasko-eens!
  9:47am
Hot Bar:

stereolab 4eva
Avatar 9:47am
steve:

let me at these Stereolab haters! hold me back!
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Polyus:

Everyone knows Kid Rock is actually everything that was wrong with the 90s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:48am
MD:

I love "the lab" I am a Lab head!
Avatar ♥ 9:49am
northguineahills:

I had friends in college that thought Stereolab was too derivative... As opposed to whom?
  9:49am
Brendan:

Stereolab might have Radio Shack's house brand
Avatar 9:49am
Cecile:

I like that one with Bawitcha. I would offer that Limp Bizkit are far worse.
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Hugh:

Thumbs up for Stereolab!
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sphere:

I blame Pearl Jam for everything wrong in the 90s.
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Cecile:

ok, Pi, what did you think of Neurosis?
Avatar 9:50am
sphere:

oh hi folks :)
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maestroso:

Tartu Popi are from Estonia, I think...
Avatar 9:51am
bobdoesthings:

you did sound like Ken! more ken initiations! for the lols.
Avatar 9:51am
Cecile:

Estonia is Finland. It's just owned by Russia.
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Claw!:

Thursday is my faaaaavorite FMU day. <3
Avatar ♥ 9:52am
northguineahills:

Although my wife complains that I play too much Stereolab, probably b/c outside MBV, it's the only poppy music that I'll play more then once a year.
Avatar 9:52am
Cecile:

it used to be part of the Finn thing, then the Russians took it.
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Marcel M:

@BOB: He told us NO Ken imitations this morning. But, it was right after he already did one. So maybe we'll get some more!
  9:52am
Brendan:

Or a cool boutique speaker store where they are very creative and do bong hits for coffee break . 'Hi welcome to Stereolab. Can I help you?'
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Polyus:

Ha, fair enough re: Limp Bizkit and the 90s. I only thought of it because I saw this in today's Detroit Free Press:www.freep.com...
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coelacanth:

good morning Joe and surfactants
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Claw!:

Buenos dias, Fish!
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Claw!:

I just ate two Krispy Kreme donuts, and I feel fantastic. Donuts promote wellness.
Avatar 9:56am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Julian Cope on expounding on Krautrock (or something) called Stereolab imitators & derogatorily declaimed them 'French Jazz'...I idolize that guy, but I can't keep up...
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coelacanth:

hey there Bear!!
Avatar 9:57am
Claw!:

REMIX!
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Cecile:

eh, half his brain is swiss cheese. I'd take whatever Julian says with a grain of salt.
Avatar 9:57am
bobdoesthings:

@coelacanth - "surfactants" sounds like a chemical that causes cancer
Avatar 9:57am
Claw!:

The Au Pairs sound great no matter what.

ESPECIALLY THIS SONG!
  9:57am
Jack:

But the skipping sounds great!
Avatar 9:58am
steve:

just bust out an 808 kickdrum and stick it underneath and your good!
Avatar ♥ 9:58am
Joe McG:

You guys are hilarious! In addition to my upcoming "wrong speed" show, I should do a "skipping CD" show.
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coelacanth:

2¢ : i'm not in the stereolab mood often,but when i am, nothing else will do.
...and i'm sorry i missed it today.
Avatar 10:00am
Claw!:

Do a "wrong speed" "skipping CD" Rigby show!
  10:00am
Wendy del Formaggio:

I know I've said it before, but bear with me, please: Joe, I love your show.
Avatar 10:00am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I like Stereolab - & French Jazz for that matter
...lotsa Skipping @ FMU lately
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Marcel M:

I like this, Au Pairs. I'm crankin' it man!
Avatar ♥ 10:01am
Joe McG:

Aw, tanks, Wendy! It's obvious, but I like it.
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Claw!:

Some Bush Tetras would be a nice follow-up to this...
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coelacanth:

bob, it's true. some of us may cause cancer.
  10:02am
Brendan:

Equal but different is a great lyric to play for a mathematician or a robot. Smoke starts coming out of their ears . 'Does not compute!' But of course its obvious to the rest of us.
Avatar 10:02am
Cecile:

I have heard this Au Pairs too many times. It was a WCBN hit.
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KP:

Yes, Cecile. It's Obvious
Avatar ♥ 10:05am
Joe McG:

The BBC version is nicely the same but different.
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coelacanth:

Bear!- so true!..or action pact...
  10:06am
Brendan:

That song was obvious, omnipresent and omnipotent in its time.
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Cecile:

it's a great song, but the amount of times it was played, no song could stand up to that kind of exposure.
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Cecile:

I still get a twitch in side of my face when I hear Wordy Rappinghood
Avatar ♥ 10:08am
βrian:

Sleep thieves? Heh. They were in my bedroom last night. I'm leaning on a quadruple espresso right now.
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coelacanth:

a girl said she liked my (woof moo) t shirt sunday. 'said it's the only station she listens to. i said (incredulously)"how old are you?". she said 13.
...there's hope!
Avatar ♥ 10:12am
Joe McG:

@coelcanth: That's a real cockle-warming story!
  10:13am
Wendy del Formaggio:

I started listening to WFMU when I was 12. Not exclusively, but I did. Right around then I picked up the first LCD issue, too, when I was at...uh...maybe Rocks In Your Head? Oy, so long ago!
Avatar 10:13am
Cecile:

that's great. it will be a tough road for her, though, if she doesn't have weird parents or friends.
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Mike East:

I got made fun of on the street the other day for my "Prove it all night" shirt...I thought to myself, "what am I in high school again?" What kind of grown man makes fun of another grown man's tee shirt? Freakin' bully, man.
Avatar 10:14am
KP:

She has coelcanth
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V Priceless:

@ Mike East - a clueless, insecure douche bag, no doubt
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Mike East:

though on a positive note, last week I made a friend on the train because of my Morricone Island tee shirt. Today I debuted my radio alphabet shirt.
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Mike East:

bingo, VP.
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Cecile:

right on, KP.
  10:16am
Brendan:

Robots like folk music .
  10:16am
Clueless, Insecure Douche Bag:

Yeah, and what of it???
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bobdoesthings:

I am being tortured at work right now.
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KP:

My initial encounters were a lot like those of the director of FMU documentary: In car only, going to work in city, getting in earlier and earlier to listen more and more.
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V Priceless:

Boys of Softness!
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Claw!:

Sounds like a job for OSHA, Bob.
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βrian:

I'm befuddled by T-shirts that lack a breast pocket.
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Joe McG:

@Mike: Keep rockin' the FMU wardrobe!
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Grok-o-matic:

@joe I gotta say, you have one of the best shows on radio ever. Everytime I turn on WFMU and it's a song that I immediately have to know what it is, it's always your show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:19am
coelacanth:

Cecile she said her dad listens to it sometimes...but the boy she was with (who i've had extensive conversation with) is a 14-15 (?) year-old genius. a total outcast who will do huge things one day.
...he's on her side ,at least.
Avatar ♥ 10:19am
Joe McG:

Gee, thanks, Grok-0-matic. I've never felt so grokked!
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KP:

My FB calendar just alerted me that I have a concert to go to in Edinburgh tonight.
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V Priceless:

Joe, you know you are Grokked with a capital "G"
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Cecile:

coel, then she's in a great place. Parents and a weird friend. excellent.
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Tome:

I was told once that people that listen to "this kind of radio" are either retired hippies or pseudo - intellectual crack heads ,, I'm glad I fit in there somewhere ..
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Cecile:

like I told my nephews - you'll be all right if you can find the weirdos.

I'm neither.
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Marcel M:

I like these boys, they are soft, but not TOO soft. Just ripe enough.
  10:21am
Brendan:

Easy I C D .. Its called Surface Noise , not Surface Tension
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coelacanth:

Hahaha!
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Cecile:

like a perfect avocado, Marcel.
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Joe McG:

@KP: Have a good flight!
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KP:

Can i bring back some haggis for yea, Joe.
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Joe McG:

Aye, do. Ta!
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Cecile:

awesome! speaking of the Credibility Gap the other day on Tony's show - here are two of the main instigators.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:26am
Marcel M:

@Cecile: Exactly!

AH! I guessed 80s the second it came on. SO CLOSE!
  10:26am
Listener Alexandra:

Lenny and Squiggy 4EVA!
Avatar 10:27am
Cecile:

I watched Laverne and Shirley for them. They were hysterical.
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steve:

haha unexpected Squiggy! anything he says makes me laugh
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Cecile:

I know. That voice.
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Cecile:

they had the best actors of all the Happy Days spinoff axis.
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Cecile:

Michael McKean and David Lander
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βrian:

The beer is much better in Wisconsin now than in Laverne's day.
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coelacanth:

i knew i knew those names from somewhere! - somewhere in the cobwebs of my mind.
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steve:

remember when the Simpsons were on the reality show where they had to live like they were in the 1800s and for some reason the producers had Squiggy move in with them. that was awesome.
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Cecile:

Yes!!!!
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Cecile:

she was on Welcome Back kotter!
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βrian:

Will this be an 45s @ 78 rpm set?
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Cecile:

this is awesome
  10:35am
Brendan:

Didn't Laverne and Shirley work on a production line with delicious ice cold beer bottles going by non stop? Boy its tough but someone had to do it...
Avatar ♥ 10:36am
Joe McG:

@Brendan: I LOVE the fact that they were bottlecappers at ta 1950s brewery called "Shotz."
  10:36am
qwerty:

Watta sweathog, I mean sweetheart.
Avatar ♥ 10:36am
βrian:

Perhaps not so delicious. It was the 70s, after all.
  10:36am
JoeRay:

Marcia strassman also on MASH's first season.
  10:36am
riff randell:

A lost Phil Spector wonder!
Avatar ♥ 10:38am
Joe McG:

Hey, Riff! @JoeRay: Yes, she had that foxy short haircut then.
  10:38am
frenchee:

Marcia! I looked her up and she died in Oct. 2014. Sad.
  🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:39am
tadpoles:

Great voice Cilla - thanks Joe
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:40am
ChrisB.:

Cilla never made much of a splash on this side of the pond.
  10:41am
Brendan:

@ Joe thats it! Ha. Just found this :
https://legendsofbeer.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/15-famous-beers-youll-probably-never-drink/
Avatar ♥ 10:41am
Joe McG:

@tadpoles: Sad we're now without HER. @frenchee: I know, such a bummer.
  10:41am
Lorne Guyland:

Kotter's cool (to me) apartment made me wanna move to NYC when I wuz a little twerp.
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Cecile:

She got written off as one of the singers the Beatles supplanted in US rock history books, when she was still popular for long time there, and the Beatles liked her a lot.
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Cecile:

oh jeez.
a radio show here played like six versions of this one.
  10:42am
Brendan:

The three stooges beer and golf course episode was their best
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sphere:

i really dug the bit where Shirley put a glove on the beer during the opening sequence.
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ChrisB.:

@Brendan: "Beer Barrel Polecats."
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:44am
Polyus:

Not to be a dummy, but who recorded this first?
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Joe McG:

@sphere: I think it was Laverne, wasn't it? It's more her character.
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sphere:

i believe you are right, Joe. beg pardon.
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Polyus:

Russ Ballard, never mind.
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Cecile:

en.wikipedia.org...

Rainbow did one
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Cecile:

But Russ Ballard did it first.
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Joe McG:

@sphere: I'm becoming a L&S expert!
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steve:

for later - great classic episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast with both David Lander and Michael McKean! www.youtube.com...
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Mike East:

listened to a bunch of otis redding on the ride home from montauk on Tuesday. Love that man.
  10:50am
riff randell:

Wild Wednesday night behaviour!
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paul b:

Good Lord I haven't heard "Since you've been Gone in 35+ years. The station in Key West used to play it. I was in the Navy stationed at NAS Key West in those days. WHFS (the Cordell ave. Bethesda WHFS) might have played it in immediate latter years. It was my favorite song for a week or so
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Cecile:

ah, Billy! Rockpile stalwart
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common:

thanks for that, steve! hello joe and all!
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Joe McG:

@Riff: Ruh-roh! @Paul: Man, I love that song, I don't care WHO does it. @Cecile: Isn't this a marvelous B-side?
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Cecile:

and that's Dave and Nick on vocals, and Dave on guitar
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Cecile:

it's a great song. As is his Winning.
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Cecile:

it is Joe!
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coelacanth:

howdy common!
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Andy the painter:

hey joe!

apropos of nothing....
"the kids" these days really DO call records "vinyls"...
was thrift shopping yesterday and heard it.... "how much are the vinyls?"
"dude, I got a lot of vinyls the other day"
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Joe McG:

@Andy: As long as they don't buy the "vinyls" I want....! Hi, common!
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doctorjazz:

Hi all, getting here late, great set, sounding great over the cat radio!
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ChrisB.:

"Far and Water." Love that.
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Polyus:

I have seen t-shirts lately that read "The Plural Of Vinyl Is Vinyl".
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Claw!:

Andy, I work at a record store, and I can't tell you how many times I hear this. It GRATES at my soul every. single. time.
I do my part to correct them, but damn - it's *everywhere.*
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bobdoesthings:

you sure it's not vinylesses?
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doctorjazz:

Oops, spelling correction gaff.
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Joe McG:

Hello, doctor, how are your vinyls this morning?
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Dean:

So the kids these days are unaware of flexi-discs?
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Claw!:

I believe the proper plural is, "vinum."
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doctorjazz:

Want to get a cat radio, though.
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Claw!:

Hahaha
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Claw!:

"Vinodes?"
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Cecile:

hey, whatever. They are buying them. So that's cool!
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Claw!:

"Vini?"
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ChrisB.:

What are 45's? Vinylettes?
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Andy the painter:

joe:
one of them actually did get a crusaders rekkid I woulda liked. dammit. I hope his mind is adequately blown.
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Dean:

Istu vinum bonum vinum vinum generosu.
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coelacanth:

45s = vignettes.
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BLCKDGRD:

Hey Joe, marathon swag still being sent out? as in you all haven't finished? No hurry - the person I'm giving something to is in October, just curious if I missed something.

Re: HFS - there's a documentary in the works. Note - sad news: The great Bob Here died.
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Andy the painter:

but I got Roland kirk's "blacknuss" for a dollah.
what a rekkid!
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doctorjazz:

Love my vinylinea!
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BLCKDGRD:

Sorry (a) birthday in October and (b) WHFS doc feastyourearsthefilm.com
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coelacanth:

(...and of course many of them are not even made of vinyl.)
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Cecile:

andy, that is one of the greatest funk records ever. Even though it's a jazz record.
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coelacanth:

66 years young.
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Cecile:

she probably did. It was the 70s.
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Cecile:

or she was probably working so much.
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coelacanth:

yes it's "fro".
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dennis diken:

Joe, digging the show! I haven't been able to tune in for awhile. glad I can today. a gasser!
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herb.nyc:

hi joe et al - (1) that MEKONS docu is really really good. i thought the WEKONS bit was very cute. (2) marcia strassman's thin-ness: writer gina arnold said that she's "seen fatter breadsticks" than PAUL WESTERBERG's arms (3) did you mention TOO MUCH LIGHT... actor on "prove it all night"? because i've seen too much light... and it is very very good & funny.
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Joe McG:

Why, thanks, Dennis! You're the best!
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Joe McG:

I feel bad now about saying anything about Marcia's weight. None of my business and mean.
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Claw!:

It's ok, Joe. Live and learn.
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Joe McG:

@Claw: Yeah, sorry about that. You say things on the radio and there they ARE.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

SUP!
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KP:

He threw the doll away!
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KP:

Poor Tommy
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Cecile:

that's what he gets for being non-binary.
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riff randell:

What was that playing behind you talking?
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Joe McG:

Don't throw your kids' dolls away, people!
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rw:

Joe, what are you doing? This is the saddest song ever.
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ChrisB.:

Oops. Should have known where Ernest was going with this one.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

WHAT IS THIS MADNESS I'VE WANDERED INTUH?
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Hot Mess:

Same thing happened to me--my parents gave away my ventriloquist dummy to my female cousin! I didn't learn my lesson......
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blee:

At least that 5 year old died like a man.
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Claw!:

@Joe - You're probably one of the most stand-up people on the air - I'm sure your listeners are familiar enough with you to know that you aren't a mean dude. Don't dwell on it.
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Brendan:

Old country songs about bizarre tragedy in a major key.
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frenchee:

weeping onto the keyboard here, Joe!
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Claw!:

Hell yeah, Porter. "The Rubber Room" is my favorite song of his.
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KP:

This is what Ray Davis on AMU used to call "plum pitiful."
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Cecile:

don't feel bad. She was quite slight.
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frenchee:

@Claw! A friend of mine named his radio show "The Rubber Room"--theme song every week.....
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V Priceless:

Looks like the new FF flick is the major suck-ass fest everyone expected it to be. What a drag. Oh, the irony of this 'doomed' franchise....
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Brendan:

Is Ray still kicking?
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ChrisB.:

Porter would get his wish if he sits in coach.
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CDToaster:

Great show today, Joe. Thanks for the lesson. You're quite the Musicologist.
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67tele:

are we going to hear 'shannon' next?
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Hot Mess:

Good thing he didn't squeeze a piglet to death
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Claw!:

The sound of babies crying makes so super-anxious.

Nice, frenchee!
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Cecile:

It's not part of Marvel Studios. So the quality control's not there, which kind of sucks because the FF are icons.
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Claw!:

@ChrisB - *rimshot*
Nicely done.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

Quickly! More sadness! Before the vicodin™ runs out!
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

[speaking of which, not responsible for comment board activity for the next 3 days]
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V Priceless:

indeed, C
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herb.nyc:

it's perfectly fine to wonder if anyone had bulimia issues, joe, you were not being mean. semi-related: canadian film director BRUCE LA BRUCE once said "if you ever watch a movie & wonder if an actor is gay or not, well, assume yes" (paraphrased). semi-semi-related: last night on 7 second delay, ANDY BRECKMAN made such a sarcastic comment, couched as a non-sarcastic comment. so funny.
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Brendan:

He was not dead , just discombobulated.
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V Priceless:

ok..large rock tied-up with rope to the ankle...edge of the short pier....see ya's...
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Cecile:

I love that you quoted Bruce LaBruce. His Twitter feed is essential.
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Claw!:

No, V! Don't do it! Think of all the Maker's Mark you won't get to drink!
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Cecile:

what happened at the end of Paralyzed? I got called away for a sec.
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V Priceless:

(ker-plunk)!
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Hot Mess:

She leaves the toilet seat down like you!
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ChrisB.:

Why, Helen! I'm blushing!
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herb.nyc:

i love these country songs!!! i learned of song "psycho" from ELVIS COSTELLO, and WILL RIGBY once sang it at (original) knitting factory (wait, or was it tonic?). have you ever played it joe, and if so, what version?
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bobdoesthings:

Johnny paycheck!
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herb.nyc:

@cecile - bruce made that comment back in90's, pre-twitter. i guess i should follow him. thanks
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Carmichael:

Heya Joe and people of the ether. Great choice of entry music.
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ChrisB.:

Met Johnny Paycheck in a Hyatt bar in Chicago in 1979. Too cool.
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Claw!:

I will eat a Meat Loaf in honor of the late V Priceless.
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Cecile:

shorter Johnny Patience: Schadenfreude is my German dish.
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Cecile:

herb, it's a lot of promo stuff for his films, but he'll get some salty comments in that are bracing.
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Joe McG:

@herb: Sure, I've played "Psycho"! Several versions, I think. @Chris: Wow, I can't imagine!! He seems so intense.
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Cooh John:

Such a sad set. Sob, sob.
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ChrisB.:

Very mellow, Joe. Mickey Gilley was with him, but rather stand-offish.
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Cecile:

you can't be like those songs or then you become Glen Danzig.
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Joe McG:

@Chris: I think he's one of the greats, an amazing songwriter.
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frenchee:

thanks, Joe, I am now completely corn-fed and chicken-fried! mmm, almost lunchtime.
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common:

my band stayed in bruce labruce's flat years ago. fun times
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Hot Mess:

Schadenfreude is a dish best served cold.....
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Joe McG:

You bet, frenchee! I'm hungry meself.
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Cecile:

cool! six degrees of fmu.
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Cecile:

hahahha hot mess
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Brian in UK:

Hey Joe.

Patrick Campbell-Lyons eh. One half of the original UK Nirvana.
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herb.nyc:

i used to sing the "you think i'm psycho don't you mama..." bit to an old girl friend, and she'd get scared & tell me to stop. will rigby said leon payne said no one could release a version of that song UNTIL he died. true?
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James in ATL:

Do you think Dallas Corey ever heard a Jimmy Buffet record? ;-)
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Joe McG:

@James: Most definitely! But did Jimmy Buffet ever write a concept album about drug dealing?
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Cecile:

man, Dallas was kind of naïve about that.
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Polyus:

I had the same thought, James. It reminds me a lot of "Pirate Looks At 40". (I had a co-worker who listened to him a lot, ok?)
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Cecile:

the flute and backup vocals make this
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Cecile:

Joe, is the rest of this album as nuts as this?
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Dealers gonna deal deal deal deal deal / And feelers gonna feel feel feel feel feel…
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Brendan:

Let me get this right 'Dealers deal', feelers feel' and 'Lovers love' How the hell am i going to remember that. If there were some kind of nemonic.
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Joe McG:

@Cecile: Yeah, it's nuts. Wait till I read you the liner notes!
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

…good lord….
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Cecile:

Oboy oboy!
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Andy the painter:

I think jimmy Buffett has made a concept album about food and clothing marketing, though.
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Claw!:

@James - Holy crap, I was just thinking that Corey song was vaguely reminiscent of Jimmy Buffet! Glad I wasn't alone on that.
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Cecile:

there were a lot of laid back songwriters in the 70s/80s. Buffett was just the most obnoxious.
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Hot Mess:

Brendan: just check your fly....'flyers fly"
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Brian in UK:

What have Elvis and Buffett in common?

Never toured the UK (to the best of my knowledge).
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Carmichael:

Norton and I ran in the same circles for a while in the 80s. He had a great band, and I ... didn't.
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mto:

enough already!
more Stereolab!!
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Joe McG:

@Carmichael: He had a nice little band, didn't he?
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Joe McG:

@mto: Ha ha ha!
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Brendan:

I'll zip it. Zip it real good.
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ChrisB.:

Wow. Golden Palaminos. Have to dig this one out.
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Brian in UK:

5D, yes please.
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rw:

The Byrds... Can't remember the song title.
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Carmichael:

He had a couple, Joe. At the time, it was The Knockouts. Also, when I was in peak running condition, his 70 year old dad kicked my ass in a 10k.
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Claw!:

Yeah, them's some weed songs, alright.
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Brian in UK:

Just been stung by a wasp. First prize.
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Cecile:

"wow" "this" "is" "hilarious"
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Brian in UK:

Joe, could you send me some research materials.
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Cecile:

selling pop music to stoners. Hmmm, intriguing idea.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

I know, right? It's about time somebody wrote a song about drugs.
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Cecile:

and sold them to that underserved doper audience.
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Jeff:

See? Pot IS a gateway drug.

A gateway to the overuse of quotation marks.
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KP:

The Boids!
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common:

was just thinking about thie record. strange
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MattBelow:

One of the Byrds crowning moments methinks. McGuinn's sympathy is great on this tune
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Brian in UK:

Joe, off next week for a short vacations as you folks call it.

Always loved the variety that The Byrds demanded us listen to.
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Carmichael:

The painters have covered every window at work, but have yet to paint. I'm cocooned and listening to the Byrds. Not sure if that's good.
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Cecile:

never heard this. It's really powerful.
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Michele:

Hi Joe! Great show today!
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Joe McG:

@matt: I agree, it gives me goosebumps. Hi, Michele! Thanks so much!
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bobdoesthings:

update: someone commented on my fmu shirt today !! they said "whats that mean?!" .. not much.. but it's something!
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KP:

Two great personal songs from McGuinn.
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βrian:

Busy Doing Nothing (with Charlie) coming up on the Drummer stream:

wfmu.org...
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V Priceless:

on the bright side, Happy Robert Mitchum birthday!

hey Michele - congrats on your podcast thingy!

thanks Joe!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Here now....did I miss much?
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Claw!:

Awesome show! Great job!
Thanks, Joe. :-)
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Thanks much, Joe!
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KP:

See ya Joe
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Joe McG:

Classy ending, eh? Thanks for listening and commenting, everyone. Have a great weekend!
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bobdoesthings:

thanks joe! great showwww! till next week!
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coelacanth:

Thanks Joe!
later on y'all
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Spaniel:

nice, really enjoyed the show and the goofy country set. that was fun!
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bobdoesthings:

you think the Might mighty got their band name from these cats..?
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Brendan:

Muchas GrassyAss señor Joe
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Funny: Your least classy record is like high art on Rex's show...
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James in ATL:

Thanks Joe!
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Listener Scott:

great show Joe, thanks as always
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