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Favoriting May 8, 2017

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments New Approx. start time
Marc Johnson  Mary   Favoriting Years  Real Gone Music         
Yura Yura Teikoku ゆらゆら帝国  Taco Monogatari   Favoriting Sweet Spot  Sony Japan  2005      0:05:16 (Pop-up)
Big Blood & Thunder Crutch  He Is A Girl Underneath   Favoriting Big Blood & Thunder Crutch  Don't Trust The Ruin      *   0:09:44 (Pop-up)
Drake  Passionfruit   Favoriting         *   0:14:55 (Pop-up)
Brother Ah  Nuba   Favoriting Divine Music: The Sea  Manufactured Recordings  1978      0:17:54 (Pop-up)
Fatback Band  Three Dimensional World   Favoriting Feel My Soul  Perception  1974      0:22:51 (Pop-up)
Neil Young  L.A.   Favoriting Time Fades Away  Reprise  1973      0:26:11 (Pop-up)
Viva La Muerte  Bury Them With Their Names   Favoriting V/a, "Effenaar" 7"  Transgenero        0:29:32 (Pop-up)
Tapiman  No Title   Favoriting Hard Drive  Guerssen  1971      0:31:11 (Pop-up)
Viva La Muerte  Trains   Favoriting V/a, "Effenaar" 7"  Transgenero      *   0:33:24 (Pop-up)
Simply Saucer  Bullet Proof Nothing   Favoriting Saucerland  Logan Hardware  1975-78      0:34:58 (Pop-up)
Brainticket  One Morning   Favoriting Psychonaut  Reactive/Esoteric  1972      0:38:01 (Pop-up)
The Frogs  Vacation   Favoriting Unsealed - A Tribute to the Go-Go's (V/a)  4 Alarm  1999      0:41:41 (Pop-up)
 
Woods  Spring is in the Air   Favoriting Love Is Love  Woodsist      *   0:56:48 (Pop-up)
Kebab  Weekend   Favoriting Subnormal Girls vol. 2: D.I.Y. / Post Punk 1979-1984 (V/A)  Waiting Room        1:06:46 (Pop-up)
Léonore Boulanger & Maam-Li Merati  Tasnif-e Ey Aman   Favoriting La maison D'Amour  Okraina      *   1:10:00 (Pop-up)
The Trash Company  He's Only A Man   Favoriting Earle Hotel Tapes 1979-1993  Steady Sounds        1:12:13 (Pop-up)
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band  I Won't Hurt You   Favoriting Part One  Sundazed  1967      1:16:06 (Pop-up)
Red Transistor  Not Bite   Favoriting 7"  Ecstatic Peace!  1990      1:18:20 (Pop-up)
Afrirampo  Art Breakou   Favoriting URUSA In Japan  Gyuune Cassette  2005      1:22:04 (Pop-up)
The Mechanics  Third Uncle   Favoriting ENOugh: Garbage Time's 2017 Marathon Premium  WFMU        1:26:09 (Pop-up)
 
The Tourists  It Doesn't Have To Be This Way   Favoriting Reality Effect  Epic        1:39:49 (Pop-up)
Young Snakes  Suit Me   Favoriting Bark Along With The Young Snakes  Ambiguous  1982  pre-fame Aimee Mann, with Michael Evans on drums    1:43:17 (Pop-up)
KaS Product  Seven   Favoriting Black & Noir  Soul Jazz        1:45:49 (Pop-up)
The Vacant Lots  Elevation   Favoriting Endless Night  Metropolis      *   1:49:26 (Pop-up)
Vilains Bonshommes  Death Shines On Triumphant Days   Favoriting Éternité Retrouvée  Hospital Productions      *   1:51:48 (Pop-up)
Richard Youngs  Spin Me Endless in the Universe   Favoriting Live on WFMU's Airborne Event with Dan Bodah - September 16, 2013    2013  you may download this from the Free Music Archive    1:56:34 (Pop-up)
Richard Thompson  The Poor Ditching Boy   Favoriting Starring as Henry the Human Fly  Reprise  1973      2:11:10 (Pop-up)
Phil Yost  Bent City I   Favoriting Bent City  Takoma  1967      2:14:08 (Pop-up)
The Lounge Lizards  Fatty Walks   Favoriting S/t  Editions EG  1981      2:17:11 (Pop-up)
Attic Ted  Why Even Try   Favoriting Oily Underground: A Compilation Of Exotic Music from Texas (V/a)  Inverted Spectrum      *   2:20:04 (Pop-up)
 
Pete Townshend  Slit Skirts   Favoriting All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes  Atco  1982      2:31:51 (Pop-up)
Dion  Now   Favoriting Kickin' Child: The Lost Album 1965  Norton        2:36:15 (Pop-up)
Susan Phillips  Please Don't Keep Me Lonely   Favoriting Soft Sexy Soul  Soul Brother  1971      2:38:54 (Pop-up)
Mercury Rev  Coney Island Cyclone   Favoriting Yerself Is Steam  Columbia  1992      2:42:22 (Pop-up)
The Asteroid No. 4  Broken Moon   Favoriting Ticking Time Bomb 7"  13 O'Clock      *   2:44:46 (Pop-up)
El Michels Affair  Tearz   Favoriting Return To The 37th Chamber  Big Crown      *   2:48:54 (Pop-up)
Les Reines Prochaines  Opfer Dieses Liedes   Favoriting       cover: Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game"    2:51:10 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Bas NL:

Hi y'all!
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Claw!:

howdy howdy howdy
  3:07pm
Cooh John:

Hello Scott and fellow listeners. Bombastic opening.
  3:08pm
melinda:

Hi everyone
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Evan From Seattle:

hey hey! wait, so what is all this about all these changes going on??
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Chris from DC:

Hey hey
  3:10pm
Polyus:

Enjoyed the vaguely Elton John-esque vibe of that Marc Johnson tune. Words I never thought I would say.
Avatar 3:11pm
Wild Neil:

Peace all. This sounds kinda like Can a little bit with a tiny bit of King Crimson.
Avatar 🧩 Swag For Life Member 3:11pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Guardians of the galaxy ... pfft! Being the guardian of Monday afternoons is a much more prestigious position.
Avatar 3:12pm
Chris from DC:

th'Blood!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:12pm
fred:

I spent most of the past two days looking for a checkbook, in vain. Right now, I rushed to greet Scott, stubbed my toe on a forgotten box, and there was the checkbook
Avatar 3:13pm
Wild Neil:

Big Blood does an amazing Sumatraan song. This sounds a bit like Portishead...I think Big Blood use echo really well in a haunting way.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:13pm
Bas NL:

Wow for Big Blood & Thunder Crutch.. this is an awesome track!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:14pm
Scott Williams:

oh, HEY there everybuddy! So glad you're here. I think I'm considering requests more than usual today
  3:14pm
Lixiviated Life:

Object permanence is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be observed (seen, heard, touched, smelled or sensed in any way)
Avatar 3:16pm
Wild Neil:

King Crimson!
Avatar 🧩 Swag For Life Member 3:18pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Got anything with a good, steady beat that can be easily danced to?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:18pm
fred:

@Scott: Having escaped a neo-nazi ruler lately, I think I'll skip requests for a while. Got my fill, you know
  3:18pm
spodiodi:

yee.
Avatar 3:22pm
Wild Neil:

This brother Ah with its plangent thumb pianos going reminds me of when I was stoned in the 90's wandering around the African exhibit at the Museum of Natural History really grooving on the thumb piano...Right now I am coiling up thermocouple wires listening.
Avatar 3:22pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

s'up scott, everyone
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Wild Neil:

This Brother Ah is NOT cheap on Discogs....
  3:24pm
Mikey_B:

drake - brother ah segue was killer
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:27pm
Michael 98145:

@fred, you citizens appear to be smarter than us
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
Scott Williams:

danke Mikey_B!
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Wild Neil:

Billy Squier owes something to this Neil Young Song for Lonely Is The Night.
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V Priceless:

heya Scott!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
fred:

@Micheal 98145: "Appear" is the key word there. She still got a third of the vote, and I had to vote for an investment banker. Eew
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
Michael 98145:

we all live in scary times
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:33pm
Michael 98145:

might be a good time to play some Avengers tunes
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khd:

hi scott, play something for someone who called in sick to work for no reason and is drunk and high by noon. thank you.
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Chris from DC:

YES!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:37pm
fred:

I'lll break my promises, pol-style: please play some Afrirampo. Or Oneida's Sheet of Easter
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:38pm
Scott Williams:

@fred I think we can do Afrirampo - Sheets of Easter is maybe too special, played it pretty recently
Avatar 3:39pm
Chris from DC:

First album Eurythmics maybe?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:41pm
Scott Williams:

@Chris from DC, killer album! Funnily enough, I've actually got The Tourists in the cart today, I hope that'll suffice
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:42pm
fred:

I'll be seeing Afrirampo soon, psyched about that. Haven't seen Oneida in a while, can you relay my complaint?
  3:43pm
Lixiviated Life:

Psyche: Latin from the Ancient Greek psukhḗ, “soul, breath”
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Chris from DC:

Tourists would be great.
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khd:

ooh... how about some DustDevils
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:46pm
fred:

@Lixiviated Life: Fair enough. I love Afrirampo so much I actually cried when they split
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khd:

that was no boating accident
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:48pm
Parq:

Frogs! The greatest cover of anything, ever.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:48pm
Michael 98145:

BFZ bummer free zone approaching
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:51pm
fred:

@Parq: Sorry, Pipilotti Rist's cover of Chris Isaak is untouchable
  3:54pm
melinda:

More barn!
  4:01pm
Polyus:

Jesse Jarnow 's appearance in my town over the weekend was pretty cool. I don't know if there was a local WFMU contingent among the small audience, since I don't what anyone looks like IRL. Unfortunately he didn't have any copies of Heads with him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:01pm
Stanley:

Pre-clicked, this one.
Oh yes.
  4:02pm
carrots:

does anyone like Mercury Rev?
  4:04pm
JakeGould:

Hey Scott!
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geezerette:

love the springy spring.
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northguineahills:

I dig Mercury Rev....
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

[wakes suddenly]
.....Rev here. Whut?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:07pm
Bas NL:

Nice these Woods!
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Bronwyn Bishop:

i like them, carrots
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:09pm
fred:

Carrot cake? Where?
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

requests? I'd *almost* kill to hear either side of the Red Transistor 7" (not bite/we're not crazy).

von lmo for pope.
  4:11pm
Polyus:

mmm. . .kebab. Takeaway please.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

salut, fred!
  4:11pm
JakeGould:

This Kenab is great. Gotta check out that “Sub-Normal Girls” comp.
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Chris from DC:

So is this thing after it. Wow.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:13pm
fred:

@RTD: I wish I could see you play someday
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Claw!:

Oi, Rev!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:16pm
Bas NL:

Killer set in the making..
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Bronwyn Bishop:

love this
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Bronwyn Bishop:

i wish there was more info about the trash company online. all I'm finding is actual trash companies
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:18pm
Bas NL:

(no pressure @Scott!)
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

th'CLAWR!
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Bronwyn Bishop:

this song comes up in my spotify discover weekly like every other week for some reason
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:19pm
fred:

@Bronwyn: Maybe ask Matt Warwick, I think he has some inside dirt
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

@fred (4:13), it's studio hybernation time; hope to crawl out after summer & get over to that side of the water again eventually (!)
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northguineahills:

Well, this band was made for Matt Warwick (The Trash Company)
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

!!!!!!!!!! SW you thoroughly win.
Greatest 7" of all time.
  4:20pm
JakeGould:

@Bronwyn: Do a search for: "The Trash Company" band.
  4:21pm
Listener142985:

liked that WCPAEB track a lot.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:21pm
fred:

@RTD: please let me know if you do
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Bronwyn Bishop:

jake, i did, there's just not as much info as i was hoping for. only one page of google search results that actually has anything to do with them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:24pm
fred:

Afrirampo!!!
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Dominick:

Yay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:27pm
fred:

(@RTD; Apostasy suite remains a fave record)
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Ike:

You don't have either of those new Slowdive tracks, do you? Or any other kind o' shoegaze-laden crud would be delicious.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:29pm
Stanley:

Can't wait to receive this premium.
  4:30pm
JakeGould:

@Bronwyn: Welp.
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Ike:

@Stanley -- agreed!!!
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northguineahills:

There wasn't a Mike in this band, was there?.... ;)
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

[bows silently fredwards]

...meanwhile, Third Uncle = the gift that keeps on giving. This is lovely.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:32pm
Parq:

Hi, Ike. Your "I regret nothing" Dalek pic gave me a chuckle.
Avatar 🧩 Swag For Life Member 4:40pm
Ike:

Thanks @Parq. Have temporarily changed my avatar back to that for everyone's amusement. (Of course many Dr. Who fans have a love-hate relationship with the genocidal pepperpots. They sure do show up a lot lately, though in the current season it looks like they may just have a cameo.)
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Chris from DC:

Woo-hoo, Tourists!
  4:44pm
psysci:

I request something from The Residents - Ghost of Hope. Which I have not heard yet.
  4:45pm
psysci:

Loved hearing RaTL last week ;)
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V Priceless:

@Scott: would dig The Damned "Therapy" if you are so reclined! : )
  4:49pm
zopa:

Don't know why, but KaS Product reminds me of XTC's Battery Brides.
  4:49pm
JakeGould:

This is an excellent new-wave skronky swt, Scott. Feeling the early 1980s right here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:51pm
fred:

I wouldn't mind a track from Apostasy Suite
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Chris from DC:

Great show today.
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Michael 98145:

What Chris Said
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Jeff:

It'd be great to hear a Lounge Lizards hit, in honor of John Lurie (who's disappeared from the musical scene for apparently a bunch of complicated and unpleasant reasons)
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Bronwyn Bishop:

oh boy i love richard youngs!
  5:01pm
melinda:

I'd like to hear Lounge Lizards (or any other John Lurie) too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:04pm
fred:

@Bronwyn: Do you have a fill-in lined up in the near future?
Avatar 🧩 Swag For Life Member 5:04pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

I remember when I first heard this on Airborne Event. I listened to it like three times a day for a week.
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TDK60:

I'd heard Youngs before on WFMU and it registered enough in my ears; again now.
  5:07pm
melinda:

@Jeff: did you hear Trouble's interview with him from a while back? I was not an FMU listener back then but found the archived show through a Google search.
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V Priceless:

great music to go with this Telsa interview: sciencevibe.com...
Avatar 🧩 Swag For Life Member 5:09pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thinking of FMA, Cheyenne's new show debuts tomorrow at 3PM on the Drummer Stream. Thinking of Drummer Stream, Meghan's Underwater Theme Park has returned at noon Thursdays.
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TDK60:

I need to listen to the Other Streams more often.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:12pm
Michael 98145:

i need more time and more ears
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Jeff:

@melinda - nope, I've managed to miss that. Will look it up, thanks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:14pm
doctorjazz:

Hearing from this Richard Thompson album recently on FMU, an overlooked classic.
Avatar 5:15pm
TDK60:

Saw R. Thompson w/Danny Thompson about 10 years back. Packed house; one could've heard a napkin drop.
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Bronwyn Bishop:

hey fred, I'm on the drummer stream thursday 7-10pm
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:17pm
doctorjazz:

Saw him this year in Manhattan, put on a great show. (he was solo, took requests; we put 3 tunes on paper, he put them in a bowl, picked them and played whatever he picked, with the help of someone on a computer who printed out lyrics).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:17pm
common:

Scott, all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:19pm
Scott Williams:

'lo common
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Jeff:

Thanks, Scott! The bonus is you found something new to me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:22pm
fred:

@Bronwyn: That's 1-4 am in my time zone, not good for me
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Jeff:

...and of course found a flow for it to be part of
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Bronwyn Bishop:

@fred: aw :(
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

This Attic Ted now...!
  5:34pm
melinda:

I remember this.
  5:35pm
Santos L Halper:

Thanks for this PT Scott. Just at this point in his autobio...
  5:36pm
melinda:

Is it a good read, Santos?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:36pm
Scott Williams:

lotta dinosaur midlife crisis rock in the early 80s!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:37pm
Sem Chumbo:

No shit, Scott.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:38pm
Sem Chumbo:

Not dead before turning thirty proved to be harsh, it seems, and not unexpected.
  5:40pm
melinda:

@Scott: haha!
  5:40pm
Santos L Halper:

Yes, melinda esp if you're a Who nut like me. And can stomach a lot of rock star excess
Avatar 5:41pm
geezerette:

Dion is some kind of genius.
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Bronwyn Bishop:

u guys i have jury duty tomorrow is it gonna be like 12 angry men or more like people vs oj
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:42pm
Michael 98145:

@BB, hope they don't keep you for days ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:44pm
fred:

@Bronwyn: Jury of your peers? That"s flattery for whoever stands trial
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Bronwyn Bishop:

aw fred, you make me blush
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khd:

thx for the jamz bruddah
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MenfussMike:

Yerself Is Steam....in my Top 20 albums
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northguineahills:

This is classic Mercury Rev!
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northguineahills:

Thanks Scott for another great set!
Avatar 5:53pm
geezerette:

Thanks Scott,teriffic show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:54pm
fred:

Thank you so much for this, Scott
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TDK60:

Gracias Scott.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:54pm
KevinfromBayRidge:

Loooove this rendition! Wunnerful show, Scott.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:54pm
Michael 98145:

- cute robots singing -
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:55pm
Scott Williams:

thanks a lot, everyone! Sorry I couldn't get to all your requests, tho I'm shocked I got to as many as I did. Have a great week, see you next one!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:55pm
Michael 98145:

thank you again, DJ Scott W
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:56pm
fred:

My fave cover ever
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:56pm
Michael 98145:

whoa
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northguineahills:

I'm w/ you fred!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:57pm
KevinfromBayRidge:

Why FMU is FMU!!!!
  5:57pm
melinda:

Great cover, yes.
  5:57pm
frenchee:

a SCREAMIN' classic.
  5:57pm
Listener142985:

So wonderfully un-Swiss.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:57pm
Michael 98145:

vocal fried
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redkayak:

That last song sounded like Ms.Swan from MAD TV....
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Jeff:

IT SHOULDN'T DO THAT!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:01pm
Bas NL:

Thanks Scott!!
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