Fool's Paradise Playlists for November 21, 2020

Listener comments!

1:01pm Rex:

Tired of turkey already...

1:02pm Fuzzy:

Which one's Elizabeth?

1:02pm Handy Haversack:

But never tired of Paradise! Hello, Rex, Fools!

1:03pm spodiodi:

hi Rex and lowbrows!
(so much for my gobble gobble greeting)

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1:03pm Hubig Pie:

The original Catwoman

1:04pm spodiodi:

good eye, Hubig

1:04pm Choggie:

Reximus Maximus!!

1:04pm Rex:

Fuzzy: Elizabeth is the cat woman...

1:04pm Mister Dobalina:

M o M M a !

1:05pm spodiodi:

i have TWO candles in the window ready to go

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1:06pm Mailman Tom:

I liked the scene with the bus

1:07pm Choggie:

Hey Rex-trying all week to remember: who was the guy that recorded, "It's You For Me" label from Benicia CA.??

1:08pm Fuzzy:

AH, thanks Rex. Trying to lipread what she's saying to put the fear of God in the other dame...
"Pastry?"

1:08pm WFMU listener John:

Hello fellow fools

1:09pm Sylvia's Mother:

Hubig!

1:09pm egould310:

I’m out of vodka, and it’s giving me the whim-whams. Guess I’ll just have to drink this rye, instead. Lunkhead.

1:10pm Rex:

Fuzzy she's saying "moya sestra" ("my sister")

1:10pm Mister Dobalina:

Sound the alarm! Vodka supplies depleted! Red ALERT!

1:11pm Fuzzy:

Ah, thanks again! Never saw the film so I'm brushing up on Wikipedia now.

1:12pm Rex:

Yes...a new Fool's Paradise cocktail: The Whim-Wham!

1:12pm mariano:

Hey Rex, crew, all!

1:13pm Handy Haversack:

Mariano! Have a Whim-Wham. It's on the house!

1:13pm DjLorraine:

I love when @Fuzzy plays the guitar

1:14pm mariano:

Hubig: when they filmed the "Cat People" remake in NOLA in '82 ('81?), one of my uncle's friends got to be an extra in the airport scene at the beginning. He's the one with the red hair.

Handy! Thanks, lemme gulp down this coffee first :)

1:16pm WFMU listener John:

@Handy howdy
@Mariano howdy

1:17pm Handy Haversack:

Hey there, WFMULJohn.

1:17pm mariano:

Hey WoofMoo John!

1:17pm Choggie:

Audio output levels low today Rex....can't get no volume?!!

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1:17pm Hubig Pie:

'82 remake starring Nastassja Kinski, daughter of Klaus ?

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1:17pm Mailman Tom:

Scratch that itch

1:17pm mariano:

That's the one, Hubig. I've been dining out on that story ever since ;)

1:17pm Choggie:

Ooppp...never mind....jack was half unplugged

1:17pm Fuzzy:

@DjLorraine: Aw, thanks! Nice to know that *somebody* digs it! :-)

1:18pm WFMU listener John:

@Hubig pue one lousy movie, the only good thing about it was david bowie singing the title song

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1:20pm Hubig Pie:

Brush with greatness, mariano. Glad to see you found your missing o

1:20pm WFMU listener John:

I mean pie sorry for misspelling your nane

1:20pm Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Hey Rex, I picked up a copy of "Little Lil" in 2019 down the block from where you used to work at Down Home Music.

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1:21pm Hubig Pie:

No worries, Mr. John

1:23pm WFMU listener John:

@HB thanks

1:23pm Rex:

Todd-O-Phonic - We're much more than the Grateful Dead out in the Bay Area! So much more...

1:24pm Rex:

Todd...did you get it at Baytown Records?? A little 45 store near the Ivy Room...

1:25pm Scott C.:

@Rex: Rexala, a few weeks ago you finished up Fool's Paradise by playing "Cry Baby Cry" by Van & Titus. I know some musicians (Chandler Travis and Christine Ohlman) who sort of adopted that record as a personal favorite after Christine found the record at a yard sale (I think). Christine (The Beehive Queen) even recorded a version of the song featuring Dion! So the record resonates a lot for many of us. They even tracked down George Brantley, "Van" of Van & Titus and made him aware of what his record meant to them. I told a friend who still speaks to Van about the Fool's Paradise airplay and she relayed the news to a delighted George/Van.
We did good, Rex, didn't we do good?

1:26pm spodiodi:

aloha, John, mariano!
aloha, TopT! just mentioned your show from last week during Michael Shelley's show (he played the TMBG song that mentioned Young Fresh Fellows (was an exciting moment for me ;))

1:26pm Handy Haversack:

For all of us, spodi!

1:29pm Rex:

Scott C - Love that story! That's what WFMU is all about...resurrecting musical greats like Van & Titus and blasting them over the airwaves!

1:29pm spodiodi:

right-on, Handy! i just remembered that i'd mentioned it during Todd's show. my life is nearly completely complete :D

1:29pm Todd-o-phonic Todd:

@Rex: Dave's Record Shop.

1:30pm spodiodi:

that's very cool, Scott C!

1:31pm mariano:

Thanks, Hubig! Found my O just in time for the launch of my demonic breakfast cereal, Mariano-Os.

Hey spodi! Nice Os you got there...

1:31pm spodiodi:

i need to zip it. i'm not getting any work done.

1:32pm Handy Haversack:

I just finished my freelance project. Warming up inside for a while before getting some beer and tackling the fallen leaves.

1:32pm spdidi:

don't get any ideas, pauzu!

1:33pm Scott C.:

@spodiodi Right? As cool as your screen name, spodi!

1:33pm spdidi:

pazuzu*

1:34pm spdidi:

gracias, Scott! Sticks McGhee and Jack Kerouac ftw!

1:34pm WFMU listener John:

@Spodiodi hi back

1:35pm Scott C.:

When you use that screen name yer doing things smart!

1:36pm mariano:

spodi: No dice, bub! Into the cereal box with you, git along there!

1:37pm spdidi:

mmmph! mmph!!

1:46pm Threemoons:

Greets all...

1:48pm egould310:

I may need to work on the recipe; black coffee, rye whiskey, maple syrup. The Whim-Wham?!

1:49pm ami ad:

Hello DJ. Hello all. Whim-Wham away.

1:49pm spodiodi:

aloha, Threemoons 🌒🌒🌒 and egould!

Handy, what kinda beer?

1:50pm spodiodi:

aloha ami ad!

1:52pm Fuzzy:

Here it comes!

1:52pm ami ad:

hey there spodiodi,what's good? sipping on something there?

1:52pm egould310:

Hi spodidodi. Cheers! Hi to all you other Fools. Thanks for the tunes Rex. And the Five Easy Pieces sound collage.

1:52pm Handy Haversack:

Oh, PBR from the bodega on the corner, spod.

Hey, ami.

1:53pm ami ad:

Truck stop restaurant food,consume at your own risk.

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1:53pm Mailman Tom:

Five Easy Pieces

1:54pm spodiodi:

sounds good, Handy. if it's good enough for The Lord...

1:54pm Sweet Corn Lizzie:

They mainly choose truck stops based on how big the parking lot is so they can turn that rig around.

1:55pm ami ad:

@Handy:Hiya. PBR? Is there a IPA shortage up north?

1:55pm spodiodi:

ami ad -- just some tea ☘️🍵 you?

1:56pm egould310:

He’s talking about Detroit, home of Fortune Records.

1:56pm Handy Haversack:

I never touch the stuff, ami ad!

1:57pm ami ad:

@spodiodi:hmm,gonna twist one up and crack a brewskiski open i guess.

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1:57pm Hubig Pie:

You want I should hold tha chicken ?

1:58pm ami ad:

I hear ya Handy,vile stuff.

2:01pm spodiodi:

sounds like a plan, ami ad. esp. the twisint part... have my mind on that sorta tea too... resisting for now

2:01pm mariano:

Hey ami.

2:03pm mariano:

egould310: Vietnamese coffee with rum, whiskey, or brandy can be really good. Iced or hot. Caffeine, sugar, and booze in obscene profusion. Like a liquid Fiorinal.

2:03pm a polished polish lady:

Hello fools

2:04pm ami ad:

Good day mariano. How's the sabbath treating you?

2:05pm davefromtoronto:

fools paradise and taco saturdays. life don't get better...

2:07pm Rex:

Taco Saturdays! The high point of the week, indeed!

2:07pm common:

Ello

2:08pm spodiodi:

🃏🌮 sounds goo, dave (hi!)
also hi polish lady, common!

2:08pm spodiodi:

good as well

2:09pm mariano:

ami: Ok thanks. Still trying to wake up fully. How are you?

2:09pm spodiodi:

doe anyone use an upright mouse they love?

2:09pm egould310:

@mariano I should get some sweetened condensed milk up in here. All I have is heavy whipping cream and maple syrup. That sounds like a regular old Irish coffee.

2:09pm spodiodi:

does* (good gravy)

2:10pm davefromtoronto:

hey spodi et al - i love how any mention of tacos gets on rex's radar.

2:10pm spodiodi:

love this surface noise on Big Chenier's track

2:11pm Handy Haversack:

We had breakfast burritos and are looking forward later to baked ziti and broccoli rabe -- it's the B-Side of food today up here!

2:11pm ami ad:

mariano:good,vacuumed around the apt,and did some deep cleaning on the vacuum itself,life,yay.

2:11pm davefromtoronto:

love me some baked ziti!

2:11pm spodiodi:

haha, dave :)

B-Side eatin is good eatin at your place, Handy

2:11pm P-90:

Needs more cowbell

2:12pm spodiodi:

needs more taco bell too, P-90

2:12pm spodiodi:

(at least i do... we can leave out the bell part though, spodi)

2:13pm Creature Boy:

Ok I'm here now & it's "a fine how do you do"

2:14pm ami ad:

Baked a Ziti last week,it did not come out good,and then vodka started to flow(and beers,hash),Sunday was ruff.

2:17pm Handy Haversack:

This is the excellent ziti from the pizza place on our eastern corner (the one on the western corner is also good). We got an extra last night in order to have today dealt with! I'll warm it up and make some broccoli rabe and all should be well with the world, at least dinner-wise.

2:20pm spodiodi:

dated a very italian young lady in college, whose mother would send me whole pans of baked ziti (with her daughter when she visited me) -- all this ziti talk prompted this blather -- thank yous

2:20pm spodiodi:

i've not had better since

2:20pm Andres:

Afternoon Rex and Fools! Always a tough choice this time of day - another coffee or a cocktail. I know which goes better with the show.

2:21pm spodiodi:

aloha, Creature Boy (how's your cousin from the black lagoon doing?)

2:21pm DjLorraine:

*looks on store shelf for Mariano O's with sir-prize inside*

2:22pm spodiodi:

aloha, Andres! don't ask me, i'm on the tea train

2:24pm Ken From Hyde Park:

I've checked my local listings, but I still don't see the No Brow Thanksgiving Special. What gives?

2:26pm Handy Haversack:

Ken, this year it's a live-action spectacular -- on ice!

2:26pm Andres:

Ahoy, spodiodi! A cuppa is always a fine choice. Outvoted this aft, coffee it is. But lots of fine programming ahead to balance things out.

2:26pm RevComX:

Turkey songs about turkeys?

2:26pm ami ad:

dry ice.

2:27pm Ken From Hyde Park:

@Handy - Neat!

2:30pm P-90:

Triumph and Joe back to back. Life as it should be.

2:32pm Juke Joint Jonny:

Giblet gravy and Spazz

2:32pm Handy Haversack:

Whoa, my alma mater just sent me a branded mask in the mail, and the whole time I was opening it I was thinking, this seems *awfully* floppy for a koozie. So that just goes to show: you can't educate a lunkhead!

2:34pm mariano:

DJLorraine: Lol! Yes, the prize is a toy spodiodi ;)

Handy: Italian food with tomato-based sauces is always so good when reheated.

Shreveport/Bossier! Live there for a few years. I imagine the Peppermint was on Texas St aka the Bossier Strip.

2:34pm mariano:

*Lived there...

2:35pm spodiodi:

that's sweet, Handy! (maybe not as sweet as a koozie, but hey)... and (i found out a couple of days ago that my HS will be closing the end of the year -- my mom went there as well (she's who informed me), as did many other members of my extended fam. kinda sad, but so it goes, eh?)

2:36pm davefromtoronto:

"mommy am i a werewolf?"
"shut up kid and comb your face"

2:36pm ed:

Ha! I'm screaming and swooning in front of my radio! Wolfman!

2:36pm spodiodi:

just pull thee string, mariano/ DJLorraine.. it's like a chatty kathy doll, but not as smart or interesting ;)

2:36pm spodiodi:

do NOT feed after midnight

2:37pm spodiodi:

lol, davefromtoronto

2:38pm ami ad:

Lee Perry sings this also.

2:38pm mariano:

By the time we moved to S'port/Bossier ('82) the Strip was well past its glory days. Was a pretty scary, run-down stretch of skeevy motels and honky-tonks that exuded a Lynchian menace. Reminded me in spirit of Big Tuna, Texas in "Wild at Heart."

2:39pm RevComX:

Sounds like someone is strangling Tom Waits

2:39pm Juke Joint Jonny:

Well that was edifying

2:39pm spodiodi:

we's makin' a porno movie! Texas style!

2:40pm Handy Haversack:

Was there a city in LA that just wasn't Bossy enough, Mariano?

2:40pm Todd-o-phonic Todd:

The Peppermint Lounge in Bossier City was always my favorite.

2:41pm Juke Joint Jonny:

It was purported to be the largest Peppermint Lounge

2:43pm Rex:

The Bossier City Peppermint Lounge also boasted of having the "World's Largest Suspended Glass Go-Go Cage"!!

2:44pm RevComX:

Well, that is Jeopardy worthy trivia!

2:44pm mariano:

Lol, spodi! One of my favorite lines from the Lynch universe. I love the random flash paper that one cowboy uses too. And of course "My dawg barks some..."

Handy: my mom once got a funny ad on Letterman, and Dave pronounced it "BOSSY-ay" City instead of "BO-zhur." Was the talk of the town for a day or so.

2:45pm Juke Joint Jonny:

"Stay that way to keep from gettin' that way, Wolfman."

Deep… I think?

2:45pm spodi peru (like the country):

word, mariano. mine too, as well as "My dawg barks some..." :D if i had a nickel

2:46pm spodi peru (like the country):

that's prob my fave movie / lore / novella series(es)

2:46pm Juke Joint Jonny:

All Wolfman jokes aside, the drummer's a monster

2:47pm davefromtoronto:

look up the word "grating" in the dictionary and you'll here that sound
from Wolfy...

2:48pm Scott C.:

It’s getting hot in here! Have a popsicle.

2:48pm spodi peru (like the country):

man, i haven't seen a suspended gogo cage since the late 90s... ahhh memories (bondage-a-gogo nights ftw)

2:53pm mariano:

When I was a teen, one of the remaining vestiges of the Bossier Strip was the Kickapoo Motel and cafe at the very end, where Texas St meets Benton Rd. The kind of run-down motel that would let high-school kids rent out rooms for parties, no questions asked. Had some times there. The cafe wasn't bad though, classic Southern diner, great fried chicken.

Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane, Rex! Thanks Crew, see everyone at the next lounge on the WoofMoo Strip!

2:54pm Andres:

Teenage Dropout - A sure fire Fool's anthem.

2:55pm ami ad:

Thank you DJ,Crew. Rex&Roll.

2:55pm listener 126464:

Thanks Rex, thanks Ruth. Hey fools!

2:55pm Handy Haversack:

Featuring spdidi in the GO-GO Cage!

Thanks for another Browless Brew, Rex!

And Ruth! I haven't even thanked you yet for making Saturdays a real thing! Thanks!

Be well, Fools.

2:56pm spodi peru (like the country):

Teenage Dropout reminded me of another great Fool's Paradise track (i think), "Dum Head by Ginny Arnell...

thanks, Rex! great show today!
thanks, Ruth!
see you all soon

2:56pm mariano:

Thank you Ruth!

2:56pm spodi peru (like the country):

(don't tell them i've escaped, please Handy :-B )

2:57pm Rex:

Thanks for lending a lobe! Enjoy your bland, dry turkey dinner on T-Day! See y'all next week and thanks to Ruth in the booth for beaming us out into space!!

2:58pm Fuzzy:

Learned me all kinds of good stuff today -- great show Rex! Thanks!

2:59pm radioronan:

Thanks Rex.. thanks skeletons.. until next time..!