Favoriting Explorers Room with Flash Strap: Playlist from December 3, 2015 Favoriting

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Favoriting December 3, 2015: Sounds for Baby: Birth, Development, Lullabies
You Were Born. And So You're Free. So Happy Birthday.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments
  Intro          
Steve Gruskin  Sounds of the Womb   Favoriting Sounds of the Womb       

Music behind DJ:
 
Sounds of the Womb  
 
 
 
 
Laurie Anderson  Mach 20   Favoriting United States Live    1984   
Adrian Wagner  Star Child   Favoriting Merak    1988   
Zero Kama  Azure-Lidded Woman (Pregnant Womb of Non)   Favoriting The Secret Eye Of L.A.Y.L.A.H.    1984  Supposedly played entirely on human bones and skulls 
The Residents  Birth   Favoriting Eskimo    1979   
Laurie Anderson  Born, Never Asked   Favoriting Big Science    1982   
Scott Walker  Boy Child   Favoriting Scott 4    1969  credited to "Scott Engel" 
Eddie Harris  A Child is Born   Favoriting Eddie Harris Sings the Blues    1972   
Pete Levin & Bill Comeau  The Nativity (Birth Narrative)   Favoriting Resurrection: The Amplified Bible Of Heavenly Grooves  Trunk  2001   
Linda Martell  Color Him Father   Favoriting Plantation Gold: The Mad Genius of Shelby S. Singleton and Plantation/SSS Records 1967-1976       
Neil Young  New Mama   Favoriting Tonight's the Night    1975   
David Bowie  Kooks   Favoriting Bowie at the Beeb    1971   

Music behind DJ:
Kevin Braheny 
Lullaby for the Hearts of Space   Favoriting
Lullaby for the Hearts of Space 
 
1980 
 
Raymond Scott  Lullaby   Favoriting Soothing Sounds for Baby, Volume 1 (1 to 6 months)    1962   
Raymond Scott  Nursery Rhyme   Favoriting Soothing Sounds for Baby, Volume 1 (1 to 6 months)    1962   
Raymond Scott  The Happy Whistler   Favoriting Soothing Sounds for Baby, Volume 2 (6-12 Months)    1962   
Raymond Scott  Toy Typewriter   Favoriting Soothing Sounds for Baby, Volume 2 (6-12 Months)    1962   
Raymond Scott  Little Miss Echo   Favoriting Soothing Sounds for Baby, Volume 3 (12 to 18 months)    1962   
Abe Lyman's California Orchestra  Dirty Hands! Dirty Face!   Favoriting 78"    1928  with Al Jolson, I think 
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra  Angels With Dirty Faces   Favoriting 78"    1938?  not sure who's singing here 
Dusty Springfield  I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face   Favoriting Where Am I Going?    1967   

Music behind DJ:
Kevin Braheny 
After I Said Goodnight   Favoriting
Lullaby for the Hearts of Space 
 
1980 
 
Bruce Haack  Mudra   Favoriting The Way-Out Record for Children    1968  with Miss Nelson (Esther Nelson) 
Bruce Haack  African Lullaby   Favoriting The Electronic Record for Children    1969  with Miss Nelson (Esther Nelson) 
Moondog  Lullaby   Favoriting Moondog    1956   
Kenny Graham & His Satellites  Lullaby   Favoriting Moondog and Suncat Suites    1956   
Moondog with Julie Andrews & Martyn Green  Bedtime Songs and Lullabies   Favoriting Songs of Sense & Nonsense - Tell It Again    1956   
Sven Libaek  Nocturnal Lullaby   Favoriting Inner Space    1973   
Arthur Lyman  Lullaby of the Leaves   Favoriting Leis of Jazz    1959   
Martin Denny  Bamboo Lullaby   Favoriting Exotica Vol. III    1959   
Arthur Lyman  Whispering Reef Lullaby   Favoriting Hawaiian Sunset    1959   
Byron Morris & Unity  Transcendental Lullaby   Favoriting Vibrations in Time    1973-78   
Muzzy Marcellino  Whistler's Lullaby   Favoriting Birds of a Feather    1958   
Tomita  Lullaby   Favoriting Firebird    1973  Stravinksy 
Harry Nilsson  Lullaby in Ragtime   Favoriting A Little Touch of Schmilsson In The Night    1973   

Music behind DJ:
Steve Gruskin 
Sounds of the Womb   Favoriting
Sounds of the Womb 
 
 
 


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Listener comments!

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Mayuko:

Good evening!
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ndbob:

evening Evan and everyone!
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Flash Strap:

Hello Explorers!
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ndbob:

Heya Mayuko!
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Flash Strap:

Mayuko, Bob, wonderful to see you!
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Rich in Washington:

Hello!
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Flash Strap:

Hello Rich!
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Mayuko:

Hi ndbob! and all!
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hyde:

i admit, this show theme frightens me a little
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
melinda:

I feel soothed already. Good evening!
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Flash Strap:

Get ready Hyde!
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Flash Strap:

Hi Melinda!
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ndbob:

Hello Melinda and Hyde!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
melinda:

Hi ndbob!
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hyde:

hiya ndb! (and everyone else....)
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Flash Strap:

I admit this is a, uh, unusual theme this evening. I promise to keep it interesting!
Avatar 7:18pm
ndbob:

I remember my friend - who listens to a lot of unusual music - playing this - and it totally freaked out his cat
Avatar 7:19pm
Flash Strap:

hahaha the residents are not cat music: true
Avatar 7:22pm
Flash Strap:

God, Laurie Anderson is just the best, the best
Avatar 7:23pm
northguineahills:

I somehow got a hold of Laurie Anderson's "United States" vinyl box set. It tre nice. About a decade ago, she sat next to me at my friend's bar/club. She's a very down-to-earth women.
Avatar 7:24pm
Flash Strap:

jealous of the box set NGH! and welcome!
Avatar 7:26pm
hyde:

finally, the playlist scrolled down enough that i don't need to look at baby drool!
Avatar 7:27pm
Flash Strap:

Hyde, I think you might have a baby phobia. Which is reasonable enough
Avatar 7:30pm
hyde:

i guess it is kind of obvious that i'm not really a baby guy.
Avatar 7:32pm
Flash Strap:

me either, really. certain babies are ok by me, though
Avatar 7:34pm
hyde:

yeah, my nephew and his wife brought over their new kid on Thanksgiving. It was cute enough.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
melinda:

My sister had the Big Science album when I was 11 or so and I felt so cool and avant garde when we listened to it. I think it was the first time I'd heard music where someone talked instead of singing.
Avatar 7:36pm
ndbob:

I lost track of Laurie Anderson's music - but I listened to a lot of her early stuff.
Avatar 7:36pm
Flash Strap:

One of my favorite records, total mindblower. I still feel cool and avant garde when I hear it! Just like the first time
Avatar 7:37pm
ndbob:

Unlikely cover version here - the Plantation Gold collection is great
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
melinda:

1982 was a great music year for me.
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ndbob:

@Melinda what were some of your other 1982 faves?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:40pm
melinda:

Aw, I love Kooks! One of the best baby songs.
Avatar 7:41pm
Flash Strap:

i second that, bob
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Flash Strap:

it really is, Melinda. it's undeniable in it's earnest sentiment, and from one of the least vulnerable songwriters of all time
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
melinda:

@ndbob: I think it was the year I started watching MTV and I was 11, so it was just really exciting. Men at Work was one of my favorites. Also Stevie Nicks' Leather and Lace. I was still young and innocent and grooving on top 40 tunes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:47pm
melinda:

Men at Work *were* one of my faves.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
Doug Schulkind:

Explorers Vroom!
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ndbob:

@Melinda I like Men at Work - they inspired me to try Vegemite - only once - I still kind of groove on Top 40 tunes at times - tho not that much recently
Avatar 7:52pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Doug!
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Flash Strap:

I always though Men at Work's "Antarctica" was an overlooked treasure of the period
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
Doug Schulkind:

Speaking of men at work, my wife boards a plane for Sydney in about eight minutes. Good evening, Admiral Strap and good evening Explorers!
Avatar 7:54pm
ndbob:

@Doug Hear you tomorrow!
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Flash Strap:

Safe travels, Mrs. Drummersome!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
Doug Schulkind:

Be there or be non-Euclidean, ndbob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
melinda:

I don't remember Antarctica, I'll have to look it up. I do still like Men at Work and get excited when I hear the opening sounds of 'Down Under'.
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Flash Strap:

oh shit! i was thinking of the Men Without Hats, sorry
Avatar 7:58pm
hyde:

Men at Work Without Hats
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northguineahills:

Raymond Scott isn't played enough, that's for sure!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
melinda:

Haha! I don't know their Antarctica either. Safety Dance was good but brings back negative junior high memories for me, I guess my golden age of top 40 was over then.
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ndbob:

I need to go but can stay in chat for a while - excellent show Evan - catch the rest on the archive!
Avatar 8:00pm
Mayuko:

I love all of the 3 baby albums of his! (not commenting much since I'm also man at work right now but listening!)
Avatar 8:01pm
Flash Strap:

thanks for listening bob, always good to have you in whatever form and for however long
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
melinda:

Soothing Sounds for Baby vol.2 was the first sort of ambient-techno music I bought.
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Flash Strap:

I'm just glad you're listening, Mayuko at Work, no need to feed my comment box if it conflicts with productivity
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Flash Strap:

Is anybody familiar with Raymond Scott's cartoon jazz (my guess is, probably yes). Just blows my mind that it's the same guy
Avatar 8:03pm
ndbob:

You mean like "Twilight in Turkey"?
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Flash Strap:

yeah, exactly
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hyde:

i agree with ngh. raymond scott is amazing. there's a cool video on youtube of the r.s. quintette playing "powerhouse" from the 50's.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:04pm
Uncle Michael:

Flash, are you aware that almost everything we know about Raymond Scott is thanks to brother Irwin Chusid?
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hyde:

@Flash Strap yeah, i have a couple of the cd's of the warner bros tunes. amazing stuff.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
Doug Schulkind:

Otherwise known as "Ol' Pal Irwin," WFMU's longest-running deejay.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
Uncle Michael:

The Carl Stalling Project likely never happens without Irwin's earlier Scott reissue.
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Flash Strap:

I had no idea!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
melinda:

I didn't know that Uncle Michael but I'm not surprised. I was delighted when I found out he was the one responsible for the Langley Schools Music Project, which I'm a big fan of.
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hyde:

@UM i have that reissue, but i never noticed that before. cool.
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Flash Strap:

That's so utterly amazing. I am just humbled before the light of knowledge here
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:08pm
Uncle Michael:

Oops, that's backwards. Irwin did the '92 reissue after the '90 WB comp.
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ndbob:

I remember when Irwin first played the Langley Schools music on the Incorrect Music Show - what a discovery!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:09pm
Uncle Michael:

Yeah, Irwin is managing Scott's musical legacy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:10pm
melinda:

I wasn't listening to WFMU back then but learned of it when they featured it and him on an NPR segment. Still great.
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hyde:

i also have a cool 12" lp of the Raymond Scott Orchestra from the forties. It's on bluebird or hindsight, one of those big band reissue labels.
Avatar 8:11pm
Flash Strap:

There's so much about WFMU that I need to learn
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:11pm
Uncle Michael:

I bought the Scott comp when it came out...many years before I heard of WFMU.
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ndbob:

@Melinda sure is:)
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Flash Strap:

@Hyde: I think I have the one you're talking about. Rock and Roll Symphony?
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hyde:

@Flash oops, wandered off. yeah, that's the one. i got it for like four bucks!
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Flash Strap:

Yeah, I got it for a song at some record convention, too. Not his most experimental work by any means, but pretty enjoyable stuff
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ndbob:

I've had Raymond Scott 78s before
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:26pm
Doug Schulkind:

@Sir Flash
And WFMU has so much to learn of the elegant threads you add to the tapestry.
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hyde:

@ndb nice!
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hyde:

now what the heck am i going to do on thursday nights until after christmas??? i guess i'll just put on mort garson and hang out with my plants.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
Doug Schulkind:

Whose sari, now?
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Flash Strap:

Aw, thanks Doug. I'm happy to be a strand in this great textile
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northguineahills:

Wow, Bruce Haack did another children's record. I have another one that I believe is from the early 70s.
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Flash Strap:

I'll miss you too, Hyde!
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Flash Strap:

He did quite a few, I believe. He was prolific.
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hyde:

hmmm, there is apparently a documentary about Bruce Haack (Haack: The King of Techno )
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Flash Strap:

i want to see that!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Glad yer here (...since ARTxFM Lousiville put 'Fuzzbox' on too early...)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:38pm
melinda:

I didn't know there were records like this for kids in the late 60s. Great stuff.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:39pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...coordinated w/ Hearty White's discussion of babies tonight?
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Flash Strap:

Hey Rabbit!
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hyde:

Bruce Haack was also on Mr Rogers' Neighborhood! www.youtube.com...
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Flash Strap:

For those interested in Haack, he made an utterly delightful appearance on Mr. Rogers
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Flash Strap:

hyde, you beat me to it!
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hyde:

heh.
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Flash Strap:

It's a really fun watch, they're both such gentle guys and Rogers is so into the synthesizers
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Flash Strap:

there was a blog or tumblr i came across a while back that was all about early synth on kid's shows...
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hyde:

fun fact: i actually saw mr. rogers live (without bruce haack)
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northguineahills:

Woah, thanks hyde!
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ndbob:

Wow Hyde!
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northguineahills:

Another Irwin fave, Moondog.
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Mayuko:

I remember that Bruce doc film, but it wasn't as exciting as I had expected. Also it's many years ago I watched it so I only remember he was from Canada (which I didn't know), went Juilliard (?) and he was pretty frustrated that he didn't become successful as mush as he had thought, something like that. I couldn't really get who really he was as a human, and as an artist.
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Flash Strap:

that's really cool, Hyde. How old were you?
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Flash Strap:

I think he was a pretty weird guy, with real alcohol problems.
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ndbob:

I had a Haack children's record but don't remember which one
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:43pm
Doug Schulkind:

Watch this after Explorers Room:
Fred Rogers defending the funding of public broadcasting at a Senate hearing, 1969: www.americanrhetoric.com...

Amazing.
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Mayuko:

From what I heard it seemed like Irwin knows way more about Bruce Haack too, than what was in that doc film!
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Flash Strap:

i love that video
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hyde:

i was five. mr rogers came to boston and i apparently MADE my mother take me. i don't really remember it, but i also made my mother stand in line until we could get an autographed picture, which i had for years.
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Flash Strap:

how wonderful. I'm jealous
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Flash Strap:

I have no idea how Moondog ended up in a studio with Julie Andrews, right at the beginning of his career, but it happened
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northguineahills:

I"ve seen that before, Doug, amazing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:49pm
melinda:

Sven!
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hyde:

this is such a cool record
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Flash Strap:

It's a long time coming, but there will be a Sven show soon, maybe in the spring. I will work too hard on it and it will be too long
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:51pm
Doug Schulkind:

Libaek and enjoy it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:52pm
melinda:

I look forward to the Sven marathon whenever it happens.
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Flash Strap:

thanks, melinda, that gives me strength. can't wait to do it, but i feel like i should wait till adventuring weather
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ndbob:

Moondog and Julie Andrews - how strange
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
melinda:

Strange but good.
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Flash Strap:

On the whole, it;s probably my least favorite Moondog record, but it's good in little flashes. Julie Andrews is always welcome, the angel
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Flash Strap:

Love ol' Muzzy
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Flash Strap:

I think this is only on CD reissues of Firebird... it's not on my LP copy, anyway
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11pm
melinda:

Lullaby from space.
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Flash Strap:

yeah, pretty eerie stuff
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
melinda:

Great show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
Dave in Vermont:

You actually put me to sleep for a little while. Once I get this drool cleaned up I will have to check out the archive.
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northguineahills:

danke flash, nice lullabies, too bad it's not sleepy time yet!
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hyde:

thanks, man. this was not nearly as frightening as i had feared. good luck with your move and all. catch you when you're back!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22pm
Doug Schulkind:

Explorers Womb.
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Flash Strap:

Hi Dave! in Vermont!
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Mayuko:

Thanks Evan, good night all!
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Flash Strap:

Nailed it Doug. That was the most perfect pun and you found it
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Flash Strap:

Thanks Hyde, for the well wishes! Thanks NGH, I won't make you go to bed yet. Thanks Melinda! And thanks Mayuko!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25pm
Dave in Vermont:

nice one @Doug
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27pm
Dave in Vermont:

thanks for the bottle @Mayuko
  5:45pm
Happy Baby:

Wonderful!
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