WFMU: Ira: Playlist from December 15, 2020

Listener comments!
	9:01pm listener 126464: twelve
	9:01pm Jedley: That intro shall be inscribed into the Book of Life
	9:02pm Mike W: just rolled a dub cigarette so i can get Kaplaned as fuck
	9:03pm Fuzzy: Turn me on redrum...have you listened to WHRB in Cambridge yet?
	9:03pm Ira: Shalom, everybody!
	9:03pm Mike W: shalom, DJ!
	9:04pm Fuzzy: Shalom everyone!
	9:04pm Libby’s Mom: Rockin on Night 6!
	9:05pm Hoboken Jack: Happy night 6, cool chicks and boychiks!
	9:06pm MB: Every time I hear Blondie, I think of 1976-80s NY
	9:06pm Georgia: Me too MB!
	9:06pm David C Fox: Shalom, great start!
	9:07pm Happy Holmes: Shalom.
	9:08pm MB: Georgia ! and being with you guys too!
	9:08pm Rick G: Happy to be here, Ira and all. Happy Tuesday and I look forward to the remote gig Friday.
	9:08pm listener 126464: Shalom!
	9:09pm Hoboken Jack: Hi 126464!
	9:10pm TDK60: Happy to be here, at the edge of the pit.
	9:12pm vj pussycat: hi y'all and shalom - i'm stoked to find this show and chat scene. i knew my tuesday nights were missing something
	9:12pm MB: Donny! is that a birthday nod?
	9:12pm Ira: Careful TDK60, the Donny Osmond pit's a rough one!
	9:14pm Jedley: @MB I think it was a Maccabee favorite
	9:14pm listener 126464: Hello Jack!
	9:14pm Mr. Pumpy: Ira, that's an insane five song run, right there! Kudos!
	9:15pm WFMU listener P: Hey fellow listeners Rita Houston of WFUV has died of cancer, as if this year can’t suck enough already
	9:17pm Gurldoggie: Happy Hanukkah everyone!
	9:17pm Gurldoggie: I mean... Hannukah.
	9:17pm doom&gloom: thank u, ira!
	9:17pm Deecee: Is that booker little on trumpet?
	9:18pm Gurldoggie: Um... Chanukah?
	9:18pm Jedley: Hanukkah is my pref
	9:19pm Ira: Freddie Hubbard on trumpet
	9:20pm Deecee: Nice tone...
	9:20pm Zach1028: Shalom y'all!
	9:21pm Parq: That was a great version of "Dolphin Street". Miles also has a superb version, slightly down-tempo, with lush solos from 'Trane, Cannonball and a classy rhythm section.
	9:21pm Gurldoggie: That works. Anyway, hope it's happy! Great show so far!
	9:21pm karlward: Karaoke "Peg" sign me up
	9:22pm grtyvr: who produced this tune?
	9:22pm a polished polish lady: god DAN i love that song. also, shalom!
	9:23pm Dusty: Greetings from Denver.
	9:23pm Hoboken Jack: This is like that moment in the Bee Gees doc when Barry realized he could sing falsetto.
	9:23pm Lawrence: go Ira
	9:24pm vj pussycat: mormish
	9:28pm TDK60: I do like Cy Rooder. Really.
	9:29pm karlward: Didn't Cy Rooder pitch a perfect game in 88?
	9:31pm Michael Shore: Cy Rooder! From Vena Buista Clocial Sub!
	9:32pm karlward: Sorry, that was Rolan Nyan. I always get those two mixed up.
	9:33pm karlward: Wait--couldn't have been '88.
	9:33pm Georgia: Happy birthday MB last week!
	9:34pm e from eo: She (and I am firmly folllowing in her footsteps) who will remember no name correctly) was a wonder.
	9:34pm Marilyn: In the world in which I grew up, Cy was Sy..short for a Seymour and probably Jewish
	9:35pm MB: thanks Georgia!
	9:35pm Ira: I'm correcting the playlist momentarily!
	9:35pm Ira: Done!
	9:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& in other Sports - Mark Bowlin'...
	9:37pm vj pussycat: i envisioned sy and had no idea who that was til i saw the original name posted
	9:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Marc Bolan (/ ˈ b oʊ l ə n / BOH-lən; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 - 16 September 1977) - poster boy for Libra...
	9:38pm Slaboch: Lovin’ these sets!
	9:39pm Ira: Thank you, Slaboch. On an unrelated note, the trumpet solo coming up is also not Booker Little.
	9:41pm McGroovey: If I played trumpet, I'd play it more or less like that.
	9:42pm Rick G: It’s not a proper holiday without Martin Short
	9:43pm Hoboken Jack: Da da da and dee dee dee and whatever the hell else you want
	9:43pm Mike W: let me be the first to say i am digging the whole of this whatness
	9:44pm e from eo: It’s not a proper day wo Martin short
	9:44pm Mike W: Ira what have you got against Booker Little?
	9:45pm leshwatt: I think I tuned in to the Martian top 40. Can I make a request Kasey Kasem?
	9:46pm Mike W: Mars is on the way to Saturn
	9:47pm Owen: tuning in on my lunch break at the Safeway deli in Portland, OR! Great stuff!
	9:47pm MB: love your show, Ira
	9:49pm Hoboken Jack: That's a late lunch even in Oregon
	9:49pm TDK60: Hi Owen. On N. MLK Blvd?
	9:49pm Brad: Shalom and Happy Hanukkah everyone!
	9:49pm Stevel: My thought exactly, Jack. What do they teach those kids out there?
	9:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Joyeux Belated Sagittarian Solar Return MB ! m.facebook.com...
	9:50pm Hoboken Jack: SteveL, they're all hopped up on Tillamook cheddar.
	9:51pm Stevel: Jack: We missed the boat on that one. Here I am stuck in Indiana, surrounded by soybeans and hogs. Well, the hogs work out, but you know what I mean.
	9:51pm MB: thanks Revolution Rabbit?!
	9:52pm Owen: technically in Milwaukie, but basically Portland! I work until 10 so I guess it's more of a dinner break
	9:53pm Stevel: Owen: Please adjust your time card accordingly.
	9:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: MEL
	9:53pm Libby’s Mom: RR 11/63, as a proud Sagittarian, I thank you ♐️
	9:54pm leshwatt: I’m in a coffee break at a Lagrange Point. Patiently waiting for Sun City Girls.
	9:55pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @LM : One shouldn't play favorites but it's hard not to be a Sag booster.
	9:56pm Hoboken Jack: Happy to have you here regardless, Owen!
	9:56pm wendy del formaggio: I have made many friends through impromptu sing-alongs of “The Inquisition.”
	9:57pm Jedley: bc nobody expects the spanish inquisition
	9:58pm Ira: Was only going to play one part tonight, but after your comment, Wendy, thought I'd throw in the reprise.
	9:58pm wendy del formaggio: Hey, Torquemada!
	9:59pm wendy del formaggio: Thank you, Ira! That is definitely a mitzvah.
	9:59pm Andres: Evening Ira and all! Very much enjoying tonight’s Hanukkah show. It is providing a refuge between the squabbling of teens and a kitten trying to playfully bite my face. Lastly, I am preferring Mel’s take on the inquisition over Monty Pythons.
	9:59pm TDK60: Groovy Barry M. Incense lit..
	10:01pm ?: Sy Rooder! Sigh Cooder? Rye Cooder. -Sy Ableman Abelson
	10:02pm Drew: Thanks for the tunes, Ira
	10:02pm Libby’s Mom: @RR 11/63 - amen
	10:03pm Paper Moog: Can you play “wishful thinking” by Rupa and the April Fishes?
	10:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Jedley you just reminded me I have another episode of Monty Python to watch tonight on its Half Century mark !! Appreciated ! This Mel came out 1981 - later than i thot : it was such perfect time to be 10 & going to the movies alone when the perfect Young Frankenstein came out !...
	10:05pm Jedley: :) I had it on the brain cuz I saw lots of funny Holy Grail memes today
	10:06pm Paper Moog: Hey i have a band called Sussman Cant Sleep PA that plays or played music from Coen Brothers “A Serious Man” or did, once for about 8 minutes, opening for a “Hands of Orlac” soundtrack band, @Sy Abel
	10:06pm TDK60: Ira, I saw' em a few years afore that and they were awesome. [cj&f]
	10:07pm Eric: i am sitting in columbus ohio, and i was on the phone with a friend of mine about an hour ago, and i started talking about country joe and the fish, and then here you go and PLAY them!!!! A little strange!
	10:08pm Gary: The Fish were forgettable that night. I went for Fleetwood Mac. Kasuma was confusing for a 17 year old.
	10:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I thot so about 'History' in 1981 too...
	10:09pm Patrick: Len Barry was serious baller at Overbrook High.Teammate of Walt Hazzard and Wali Jones.
	10:09pm FatboyMc: ira: you saw country joe and the fish at the fillmore east when you were 13? did your parents think that you were at a friend's house studying for the big pre- algebra test?
	10:10pm Mike W: Record Proper
	10:11pm wendy del formaggio: I totally agree. “History of the World,” eh. “The Inquisition,” brilliant. Also brilliant, Mel Brooks singing “High Anxiety,” which he wrote. KEY CHANGE!
	10:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Monterey > Woodstock kinda thing perhaps... a good argument... How I love CJ&F's debut album tho'...& so did Ultimate Spinach apparently...
	10:13pm Ira: FatboyMc: It was a birthday present, and my dad was with us. It's a long story, almost all of it good.
	10:14pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: My Half Century review of Python episodes (about half thru) : It holds up.
	10:15pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: RT <3
	10:15pm coelacanth∅: Wow - this version!
	10:16pm Dusty: Ira, I’m curious if you’ve had time to listen to any Automatic Man music that we discussed last week. You might have to play it on YouTube, it’s a bit obscure.
	10:16pm Stevel: RRN63: There was a pretty good Python doc on Netflix. Not a rehash, but a closer look into their history, including interesting and relevant personal stuff. About 6-7 episodes long (if I remember correctly, which is unlikely.)
	10:17pm Stevel: Monty Python's Almost the Truth
	10:17pm Ira: Stevel: That's the one I just finished watching. Very entertaining.
	10:17pm Hoboken Jack: For a kid from Montclair, this Richard Thompson fellow has really made good.
	10:17pm dug: people... please keep both feet on the wheel
	10:17pm Ira: Dusty, I listened to a little bit of them, and then realized I had to move on because none of them were Jewish!
	10:17pm wendy del formaggio: It’s hard to pick a favorite Cramps song, but this is definitely up there.
	10:18pm Matt Fiveash: Hot set! Doing the sofa bounce over here
	10:18pm Stevel: This set could literally end anywhere.
	10:19pm Ira: Wendy, it's hard to pick a favorite party track, but is there a better one than Drug Train?
	10:19pm dug: art blakey to the cramps in 4 songs
	10:19pm Paper Moog: Maybe this was a repressed memory but speaking of Woodstock, Oxfordshire, Blenheim Palace i met the midget extra from Mel Brooks “history of the world” on set on location in 1980, the chess “gangbang” scene — he said he had a small part.
	10:19pm Ira: Stevel: You should be so lucky!
	10:19pm Dusty: Fair enough. Right music, wrong time. Probably explains their short career.
	10:19pm Stevel: dug: And we were here.
	10:20pm Jedley: this is kind of blowing my mind but have you heard Pompeo's salsa band?
	10:21pm Matt in Carrboro: So ABlinken is pronounced like Abe Lincoln, right? Has to be.
	10:21pm wendy del formaggio: Ira: Hmm. Probably not. I am partial to “Rock Lobster” for parties, too, though. Picturing a babyface Fred Schneider hopping around always make me wanna hop around, too.
	10:21pm wendy del formaggio: *makes
	10:22pm Hoboken Jack: Blinken's cousin Ingrid and I used to work at the same company. Had I played my cards right, I'd be dining at the White House next year.
	10:22pm Ira: Matt in Carboro: There's a reason why neither of us have ever been tapped to be in the cabinet.
	10:23pm Ira: Wendy, I was unclear (so what else is new)--I meant the background party track, like a Joe Tex record.
	10:23pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: As Wilkes Booth said - finally a Republican I can get behind...
	10:25pm pgalub: Hey Ira, Jack and everyone! Happy Chanukah!
	10:25pm wendy del formaggio: Ira: Ah yes, of course. It’s good to have different music for different party moods. For guests arriving, I like “Whispering” by Paul Whiteman. A musical saw is very festive!
	10:26pm Stevel: RRN63: Still feel bad for laughing at that one, and yet, I laugh and laugh!
	10:26pm Paper Moog: He was kind of a mystic he said: “forty years from now you will log on to ira from yo la tengo under the name moog pow wow and wake up” (mystic midget mel-man)
	10:26pm TDK60: Didn't know Bobby Vee did the paisley.
	10:27pm Jedley: @Ira a search of FMU archives shows you are the only DJ brave enough to play our new Cabinet. Thanks for uniting America
	10:27pm Hoboken Jack: San Francisky! So how did you came, did you drove or did you flew
	10:27pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...unfortunately - Abe never Saw him arrive...
	10:29pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 50 Years ago tonight - Spam.
	10:29pm Marilyn: Ira, do I re ember correctly that your father took you to see Country Joe and the Fish
	10:29pm jesse in illinois: ira this haunaka party is treating me fine... i got the surprise gift of learning where abreckman lifted his theme song from...not not a fan of him but ...lol, dug the art blakey version oh yeah i was really feeling that ablinken jam, thanks for putting that in, really wondered what he sounded like i am overall enjoying the vibe down to my pagan post xtian toes : ) thanks for the joy in the music man!
	10:30pm Matt in Carrboro: Ira, do you have a favorite Hanukkah tune? My wife's Jewish (I'm not) so I've learned them over the years. My fave is Mi Yimalel, in which I always mis-sing the line about a hero or sage coming to our aid as "a hero or sage came to our town." Like, they're paying a visit.
	10:32pm listener 126464: Go-go Mom!
	10:32pm Parq: I didn't know that Gary & the PBs aped the Beach Men.
	10:32pm Paper Moog: Not sure the connection nor was he likely jewish but yesterday or Saturday was Bob Dorough’s birthdate — he of the “My Hero Zero” who can count them fame
	10:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Well - I'm a David - so one iota Jewish adjacent...
	10:33pm Ira: That's right, Mom. He probably liked Country Joe more than I did.
	10:33pm jesse in illinois: yeah i keep learnnig things too at this party... didnt know gpb aped the beach boys, nor knew about pompeos hot salsa band or jedleys humor jams lol
	10:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Jan & Dean stylee...
	10:34pm Paper Moog: Did you guys know that Led Zeppelin is a mistranslation of Clay Zeppelin in Oxfordshire cockney accent?
	10:35pm vj pussycat: i love muzakiscized tunes like this one
	10:36pm Matt in Carrboro: Hilarious, thanks for the honest reply! PS my father-in-law is a retired rabbi.
	10:36pm Brad: I love the song that goes "Oh Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah, come light the menorah, let's have a party and all dance the hora" haha or something like that. Haven't heard it in a long while.
	10:39pm listener 126464: Apologize, not good timing on my last comment.
	10:39pm Joe B: Bobby Vee's Strangers were first
	10:39pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...so hard to make an unused bandname! ...lemme websearch Oy La Tengo...
	10:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: RT amazing & not even flash gittar.
	10:40pm Brad: Don't forget Alejandro Mayorkas in the cabinet too...he's a Cuban Jew. Not into the DHS but maybe he'll do something good.
	10:41pm John L: I've seen Richard Thompson also do a cover of Pretty Ballerina. Not sure if there is a recording of that.
	10:42pm Ken From Hyde Park: Happy Hanukkah, Ira and cats. I always remember Bobby Vee did the fill-in show when the flight with the Big Bopper, Buddy Holly & Richie Valens didn't make it. (I remember the story; was not there personally.)
	10:43pm Ira: I knew I could smoke you out, Joe!
	10:44pm Brad: My wife says, let's hear some goddess Jews! Then I wondered if something written by Goffen and King has already been played. She doesn't know.
	10:44pm John L: 2021 is gonna be Sparks year. Edger Wright just finished a documentary about them and they did the score for Leos Carax’s new musical called "Annette."
	10:45pm Paper Moog: Bob Lrod Dorough was born Dec 12, 1923 lived to 94 was not jewish but had associations with Lenny Bruce and Allen Ginsberg, and confusingly his middle name Lrod sic is the hebrew word for hand.
	10:45pm Brad: *Goffin and King
	10:46pm jt: ..tried to hit me with a mop!
	10:46pm Wayne: Would any Iggy/Stooges qualify?
	10:46pm Brad: That's cool about Bob Lrod Dorough...never knew that.
	10:46pm jesse in illinois: this version of the song makes me want to surf with sunglasses on : )
	10:47pm Paper Moog: Oy al Ognet is hebrew for pass the fish
	10:47pm Jedley: Clean 4eva
	10:47pm Wayne: Lou. Aluvashalom.
	10:48pm jt: yes to the entire Flying Nun Label catalog!
	10:48pm Hoboken Jack: Hey Joe, hey HP Ken!
	10:48pm patrick321: @John L Sparks played a terrific show to an (over-) packed house a couple of years ago at Le Poisson Rouge
	10:48pm Paper Moog: @Bard— partial credit. Half truth. He is missing a vowel, which is Hebew-like
	10:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Well crap I gotta tear myself from the party & watch my Python episode. Power to the Persistently Peaceful indeed & Happy Holidays.
	10:53pm John L: patrick321. I gotta get around to seeing them. The last couple of records have been really good. Maybe next year will be good for everyone and we can see live bands again. That will be weird. Guarded optimism.
	10:53pm Paper Moog: Ed solomon who wrote men in black AND bill and ted was in my hebrew school car pool to temple emanuel in 1973 which i confuse with ghostbusters as jonathan richman would say
	10:53pm Tim 07030: Signing on just to say there were tons of bands I saw at Maxwell’s, and then there was Soundtracapella.
	10:54pm Brad: Awesome Laura Nyro tune...thanks Ira.
	10:54pm e from eo: Yea thanks for the nyro
	10:54pm Rick G: Monterey Jazz Festival did a nice Laura Nyro tribute several years back.
	10:55pm jesse in illinois: i like this version, tight and smooth
	10:55pm Brad: @Paper Moog ha that's hilarious!
	10:56pm Kat in Chicago: From Wikipedia: The word surry, used frequently in the lyric (e.g. "Surry down to a stoned soul picnic"), is a neologism by Nyro; its meaning is unclear. The verb surry is spelled differently from the noun surrey (an old-time carriage). When asked by producer Charlie Calello what the word meant, Nyro told him, "Oh, it's just a nice word."
	10:57pm Brad: It's like a stoned hurry..
	10:57pm Kat in Chicago: (I was attempting to confirm that I could, in fact, surry.)
	10:58pm vj pussycat: i was thinking it be like so hurry/s''urry
	10:59pm jesse in illinois: lol acapella music is like the most dangerous thing in the world now, i could go for some choral music in the woods with all the singers like 20ft from anyone else though
	10:59pm Joe B: saw another parody of this as a christmas song - Manger Zone
	10:59pm Kat in Chicago: seems plausible
	10:59pm SlimWhitman: Lovely lovely!
	10:59pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Jack. You have enough food and provisions stocked up at your place? Sounds like this area will be snowed in for a spell.
	11:01pm TDK60: Yeh Kat, I'd wondered about that surry word before and wondered and wondered, then gave up before the age of online info.
	11:01pm still b/p: Was just giving a quick checky listen, and Wives and Lovers on the organ with Jamaican riddim! Wait a minute...stay!
	11:02pm Androu B.: Hi, everyone! Just want to share something that I know is going to appeal to everyone here on Ira's chatboard, the most amazing "Bohemian Rhapsody" parody ever produced, specifically tailored with Chanukkah in mind. Check it out: https://youtu.be/9P30ckBf1wk
	11:03pm Hoboken Jack: I knew Ira would smoke you out, Tim!
	11:03pm wendy del formaggio: Wow! It took me a minute or two to identify that this is “Wives & Lovers,” even though the original is a favorite of mine. Nice one, Ira!
	11:03pm Jason from Houston: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	11:04pm Kat in Chicago: TDK60, I've been wondering about "surry" ever since I heard the 5th Dimension sing it when I was a kid. Finally remembered that I have The Internet.
	11:04pm Matt Fiveash: Joe B- I think I'm allowed to report that the name of this year's Music to Spazz By Xmas ensemble is "Night Manger".
	11:04pm vj pussycat: i associate that song with the 5th d myself
	11:06pm Kat in Chicago: Tiny me was a huge 5th Dimension fan, vj pussycat, grownupish me discovered Laura Nyro as a result.
	11:07pm Brad: Yeah, I first heard the 5th D version.
	11:07pm vj pussycat: aha. yes i love me some 5th dimension so much. alas, i think none are jewish
	11:07pm Jason from Houston: ⋆͛͛ ͙͛ ⁑͛⋆͛͛ ͙͛ ( •‿•) ⋆͛͛ ͙͛ ⁑͛⋆͛͛ ͙͛
	11:09pm Brad: @Androu B. looks great will listen after Ira's show, thanks!
	11:11pm Kat in Chicago: Can I safely assume that "Sister Christmas" is on Night Manger's setlist?
	11:11pm Paper Moog: I know i’ve used my 3 wishes but what about “Nesh Gadol Haya Shah” by AMSHTL? Parody of the Bengals
	11:11pm still b/p: Always loosely assumed "surry down" meant take a breezy comfy mosey slide down to the place by whatever method -- like truckin' don't mean in a truck and motorin' doesn't always involve a motor.
	11:12pm Ira: @Kat: As a member of Night Manger, I can say there is no safely and no assumes with our act.
	11:12pm Jason from Houston: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	11:13pm vj pussycat: one of my prized possessions is a vhs tape of the 5th dimensions tv special from '70 (? maybe '71) traveling sunshine show with guests dionne warwick, merle haggard and the carpenters
	11:14pm Kat in Chicago: speaking of motorin', haha @b/p
	11:14pm TDK60: That's what I sort of guessed stillb/p. Picnic and all.
	11:14pm McGroovey: Blame the cat. It was usually the cat.
	11:15pm Brad: Yeah, still b/p that's sounds about right.
	11:16pm Gaylord Fields: @Kat in Chicago: As a fellow member of Night Manger, I will say yes, it is on the set list, whether it's true or not—if that will get you to tune in.
	11:17pm e from eo: So much enjoying after the fox this week
	11:17pm jesse in illinois: oh boy i am going to have to check this 'night manger' out, sounds perplexing and fun i will surry down...( i have taken nyro's 'surry' neologism to be the anti of hurry )
	11:18pm deesat: I am here for many reasons. One of those reasons is to say "Hi Hoboken Jack".
	11:19pm Gaylord Fields: @Kat @jesse: Night Manger — big in Illinois!
	11:19pm Brad: Ira and Gaylord as Night Mangers...can't wait!
	11:19pm Kat in Chicago: @Gaylord are you kidding? that's appointment radio right there. I'll be there with jingle bells on.
	11:20pm deesat: Another is to say that I'm sorry I missed Angry Samoans.
	11:22pm Gaylord Fields: @Brad @Kat: Even as marquee names, Ira and I are hardly alone. Many other WFMU faves are also in the group, including our hype man Matt Fiveash!
	11:24pm Kat in Chicago: yes, Matt F let the Xmas cat out of the bag upthread :)
	11:25pm Kat in Chicago: WFMU is the only place I listen to Christmas music voluntarily.
	11:26pm Joe B: wow can't wait for night manger!
	11:27pm McGroovey: Hey, guys, ... Bon Jovi. Fairytale of NY. ... Go.
	11:27pm Andres: I was going to catch the night manager show down at the corner store but maybe I’ll stay in tomorrow night instead.
	11:27pm Jason from Houston: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	11:28pm Joe B: @Matt - I think the bar was set by Hamilton Joe Frankincense and Myrrh
	11:28pm Matt Fiveash: That was a good one
	11:28pm Kat in Chicago: I remember that one
	11:29pm Matt Fiveash: This will be worse but also shorter!
	11:31pm Matt Fiveash: I think Dave is doing a ghost of stupid xmas bands past/clip show thing this year.
	11:32pm Kat in Chicago: good year for that
	11:33pm Kat in Chicago: In other news, I think I need to listen to more Elliott Sharp
	11:34pm Brad: Great set Ira!
	11:44pm listener marianne: This has been a fun and lovely show - thanks!
	11:45pm Seth from Oklahoma: First time to listen to the show - will definitely be back. Lots of good music to explore later... Thanks Ira!
	11:46pm Andres: Massive C.V. of work that Jerry Goldsmith!
	11:46pm tom tom the pipers son: yes, ira, fun show yet again, thanks
	11:47pm Ira: Thanks, everybody. I know there's a lot of pressure to turn this nonsense off and watch Perry Mason. I wouldn't blame you a bit. Next 13 minutes'll be more of the same . . .
	11:48pm Hoboken Jack: Hello Deesat!!
	11:49pm vj pussycat: me too @seth from Ok i will def be back. i can truly vibe to this wonderfully curated program. thank you so much mr ira
	11:49pm Hoboken Jack: And Gaylord and McGroove and everybody else of course
	11:49pm McGroovey: If I could pyay sax, I'd want to play like this.
	11:49pm Hoboken Jack: Everybody else includes Matt F
	11:50pm McGroovey: Hey, hello and goodbye, yous-all.
	11:51pm jesse in illinois: i enjoyed this show since tuning in! thanks for all the great tunes and party fun, yall really know how to pack the fun in here! moving on to the smokintea party next cheers and peace and health : )
	11:51pm Brad: Thanks Ira and all you cool kats. Happy holidays!
	11:52pm McGroovey: If I could actually sing, I'd actually sing like this.
	11:52pm Gaylord Fields: First half hour of Perry Mason is all setup anyway — though it is typically when Lt. Tragg gets to work his smug & smirky magic.
	11:52pm Kat in Chicago: Thanks Ira, nice to hang with all y'all
	11:52pm Gaylord Fields: Good night, Jack. You too, Ira.
	11:53pm McGroovey: This Coltrane kat is pretty good, to.
	11:53pm Honeybear: nice send-off, ira
	11:53pm Ira: @Gaylord (and everyone else): Were you watching last night? It was only when the credits rolled that we realized that Marion Ross was the defendant!
	11:54pm Matt Fiveash: Hello and buona sera, Hoboken Jack
	11:54pm Jedley: The shamus burns low, Ira's all done See ya next week, it's been lotsa fun
	11:56pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks for tonight's mashuganahs, Ira. Take care.
	11:56pm Gaylord Fields: Ira, I did — I try to keep track of which defendants, actual culprits, and witnesses are still alive (like H.M. Wynant).
	11:56pm Hoboken Jack: Thank you Ira, Georgia, skeleton, and Ira's mom. "See" you Friday!!!
	11:56pm e from eo: Gnight and thanks!
	11:57pm vj pussycat: thx all y'all lovely people too for a sweet night. see y'alls round
	11:57pm Ira: Thanks again, one and all. So happy to have fellow FMU-ers, friends, regular commenters, and strangers alike joining in. Happy Hanukkah!
	11:57pm McGroovey: Thanks for the find music, IraK.
	11:58pm Jason from Houston: Love y'all. Stay safe and sweet.
	11:58pm Jason from Houston: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	11:58pm Gaylord Fields: My other Perry Mason game is seeing when they use a character actor twice in different episodes — once with and once without toupee.
	12:00am Joe B: thanks Ira, great show
	12:00am KWilde: Great show Ira

Ira: Playlist from December 15, 2020

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December 15, 2020: Hanukkapow! (part 6)

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	It's the Ira the K show! "It's the Ira the K show!"		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Blondie	In the Sun "In the Sun" by "Blondie"		0:02:31 (Pop-up)
Sammy Davis Jr.	Have a Little Talk with Myself		0:05:07 (Pop-up)
Angry Samoans	Gimme Sopor "Gimme Sopor" by "Angry Samoans"		0:08:16 (Pop-up)
Donny Osmond	A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You		0:10:00 (Pop-up)
Eric Dolphy	On Green Dolphin Street		0:13:20 (Pop-up)
The Flamin' Groovies	Have You Seen My Baby?		0:18:49 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ:	Peg "Peg"	karaoke version	0:20:45 (Pop-up)
Sy Rooder	Great Dream from Heaven		0:28:48 (Pop-up)
Bobbi Boyle & the Trio	Lazy Day "Lazy Day" by "Bobbi Boyle & the Trio"		0:30:08 (Pop-up)
T.Rex	Baby Strange "Baby Strange" by "T.Rex"		0:33:42 (Pop-up)
Tico & the Triumphs	Noise "Noise" by "Tico & the Triumphs"		0:36:20 (Pop-up)
Dump	I Can Hear Music "I Can Hear Music" by "Dump"		0:38:10 (Pop-up)
Mickey Hart	Granma's Cookies "Granma's Cookies" by "Mickey Hart"		0:42:10 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra	I Dream Too Much "I Dream Too Much" by "Sun Ra"		0:45:00 (Pop-up)
Steve Wynn	What We Call Love "What We Call Love" by "Steve Wynn"		0:50:43 (Pop-up)
Mel Brooks	The Inquisition "The Inquisition" by "Mel Brooks"		0:52:20 (Pop-up)
The Turtles	I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're The Royal Macadamia Nuts)		0:53:19 (Pop-up)
Len Barry	You Baby "You Baby" by "Len Barry"		0:55:46 (Pop-up)
Mel Brooks	The Inquisition "The Inquisition" by "Mel Brooks"		0:57:46 (Pop-up)
Country Joe & the Fish	Eastern Jam		0:59:01 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Art Blakey	Secret Agent Man "Secret Agent Man" by "Art Blakey"		1:02:52 (Pop-up)
Sandy Posey	See Ya' Round on the Rebound		1:12:58 (Pop-up)
Richard Thompson (with Teddy Thompson)	She May Call You Up Tonight		1:14:29 (Pop-up)
The Cramps	Drug Train "Drug Train" by "The Cramps"		1:17:16 (Pop-up)
ABlinken	Patience "Patience" by "ABlinken"	our next secretary of state!	1:18:39 (Pop-up)
Bobby Vee & the Strangers	Fly Away		1:23:19 (Pop-up)
The Blues Project	Violets of Dawn		1:25:54 (Pop-up)
Rufus	Brand New Day "Brand New Day" by "Rufus"		1:29:02 (Pop-up)
Gary Lewis & the Playboys	Little Miss Go-Go		1:30:54 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Golden Gate Strings	I'm a Believer		1:33:00 (Pop-up)
Sparks	Talent Is an Asset "Talent Is an Asset" by "Sparks"		1:41:56 (Pop-up)
The Clean	I Can't Stand It "I Can't Stand It" by "The Clean"		1:45:08 (Pop-up)
Soundtracapella	Acapella Ghostbusters		1:48:21 (Pop-up)
Elmer Bernstein	One Before Closing		1:49:26 (Pop-up)
Laura Nyro	Stoned Soul Picnic (demo)		1:51:55 (Pop-up)
Soundtracapella	Acapella Footloose		1:55:30 (Pop-up)
Red Cross	S&M Party "S&M Party" by "Red Cross"		1:57:15 (Pop-up)
Soundtracapella	Acapella Danger Zone		1:58:02 (Pop-up)
Jackie Mittoo	Wives & Lovers "Wives & Lovers" by "Jackie Mittoo"		1:59:03 (Pop-up)
Burt Bacharach	Making a Movie in Sevalio		2:04:20 (Pop-up)
The Orioles	Waiting "Waiting" by "The Orioles"		2:04:10 (Pop-up)
The Sly Fox	My Four Women "My Four Women" by "The Sly Fox"		2:06:50 (Pop-up)
Richard Hell & the Voidoids	Going Going Gone		2:09:51 (Pop-up)
Soundtracapella	Acapella Eight Crazy Nights		2:12:00 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Gil Bernal	Easyville "Easyville" by "Gil Bernal"		2:13:18 (Pop-up)
Martin Rev	Dakota "Dakota" by "Martin Rev"		2:18:31 (Pop-up)
Jeff Tweedy	A Robin or a Wren "A Robin or a Wren" by "Jeff Tweedy"		2:21:22 (Pop-up)
Roland Alphonso	Dr. Kildare "Dr. Kildare" by "Roland Alphonso"		2:24:22 (Pop-up)
Mort Garson	Music for Advertising #2		2:26:25 (Pop-up)
Elliott Sharp	Fluctuation of Horizon		2:28:32 (Pop-up)
Pat Flowers & His Rhythm	Googie-Woogie		2:36:22 (Pop-up)
Steve Reich / So Percussion	Mallet Quartet: Slow		2:38:39 (Pop-up)
Jerry Goldsmith	Take Some Risks, Mr. Flint?		2:41:25 (Pop-up)
Leo Ornstein	Three Moods, for Piano: Grief		2:42:51 (Pop-up)
Lee Konitz	I Remember You "I Remember You" by "Lee Konitz"		2:47:13 (Pop-up)
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman	Dedicated to You		2:51:05 (Pop-up)
Michael Bloomfield (with Woody Harris)	I Am a Pilgrim		2:57:07 (Pop-up)
Chuck McCann	outro "outro" by "Chuck McCann"		2:58:14 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:01pm listener 126464: twelve
	9:01pm Jedley: That intro shall be inscribed into the Book of Life
	9:02pm Mike W: just rolled a dub cigarette so i can get Kaplaned as fuck
	9:03pm Fuzzy: Turn me on redrum...have you listened to WHRB in Cambridge yet?
	9:03pm Ira: Shalom, everybody!
	9:03pm Mike W: shalom, DJ!
	9:04pm Fuzzy: Shalom everyone!
	9:04pm Libby’s Mom: Rockin on Night 6!
	9:05pm Hoboken Jack: Happy night 6, cool chicks and boychiks!
	9:06pm MB: Every time I hear Blondie, I think of 1976-80s NY
	9:06pm Georgia: Me too MB!
	9:06pm David C Fox: Shalom, great start!
	9:07pm Happy Holmes: Shalom.
	9:08pm MB: Georgia ! and being with you guys too!
	9:08pm Rick G: Happy to be here, Ira and all. Happy Tuesday and I look forward to the remote gig Friday.
	9:08pm listener 126464: Shalom!
	9:09pm Hoboken Jack: Hi 126464!
	9:10pm TDK60: Happy to be here, at the edge of the pit.
	9:12pm vj pussycat: hi y'all and shalom - i'm stoked to find this show and chat scene. i knew my tuesday nights were missing something
	9:12pm MB: Donny! is that a birthday nod?
	9:12pm Ira: Careful TDK60, the Donny Osmond pit's a rough one!
	9:14pm Jedley: @MB I think it was a Maccabee favorite
	9:14pm listener 126464: Hello Jack!
	9:14pm Mr. Pumpy: Ira, that's an insane five song run, right there! Kudos!
	9:15pm WFMU listener P: Hey fellow listeners Rita Houston of WFUV has died of cancer, as if this year can’t suck enough already
	9:17pm Gurldoggie: Happy Hanukkah everyone!
	9:17pm Gurldoggie: I mean... Hannukah.
	9:17pm doom&gloom: thank u, ira!
	9:17pm Deecee: Is that booker little on trumpet?
	9:18pm Gurldoggie: Um... Chanukah?
	9:18pm Jedley: Hanukkah is my pref
	9:19pm Ira: Freddie Hubbard on trumpet
	9:20pm Deecee: Nice tone...
	9:20pm Zach1028: Shalom y'all!
	9:21pm Parq: That was a great version of "Dolphin Street". Miles also has a superb version, slightly down-tempo, with lush solos from 'Trane, Cannonball and a classy rhythm section.
	9:21pm Gurldoggie: That works. Anyway, hope it's happy! Great show so far!
	9:21pm karlward: Karaoke "Peg" sign me up
	9:22pm grtyvr: who produced this tune?
	9:22pm a polished polish lady: god DAN i love that song. also, shalom!
	9:23pm Dusty: Greetings from Denver.
	9:23pm Hoboken Jack: This is like that moment in the Bee Gees doc when Barry realized he could sing falsetto.
	9:23pm Lawrence: go Ira
	9:24pm vj pussycat: mormish
	9:28pm TDK60: I do like Cy Rooder. Really.
	9:29pm karlward: Didn't Cy Rooder pitch a perfect game in 88?
	9:31pm Michael Shore: Cy Rooder! From Vena Buista Clocial Sub!
	9:32pm karlward: Sorry, that was Rolan Nyan. I always get those two mixed up.
	9:33pm karlward: Wait--couldn't have been '88.
	9:33pm Georgia: Happy birthday MB last week!
	9:34pm e from eo: She (and I am firmly folllowing in her footsteps) who will remember no name correctly) was a wonder.
	9:34pm Marilyn: In the world in which I grew up, Cy was Sy..short for a Seymour and probably Jewish
	9:35pm MB: thanks Georgia!
	9:35pm Ira: I'm correcting the playlist momentarily!
	9:35pm Ira: Done!
	9:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& in other Sports - Mark Bowlin'...
	9:37pm vj pussycat: i envisioned sy and had no idea who that was til i saw the original name posted
	9:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Marc Bolan (/ ˈ b oʊ l ə n / BOH-lən; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 - 16 September 1977) - poster boy for Libra...
	9:38pm Slaboch: Lovin’ these sets!
	9:39pm Ira: Thank you, Slaboch. On an unrelated note, the trumpet solo coming up is also not Booker Little.
	9:41pm McGroovey: If I played trumpet, I'd play it more or less like that.
	9:42pm Rick G: It’s not a proper holiday without Martin Short
	9:43pm Hoboken Jack: Da da da and dee dee dee and whatever the hell else you want
	9:43pm Mike W: let me be the first to say i am digging the whole of this whatness
	9:44pm e from eo: It’s not a proper day wo Martin short
	9:44pm Mike W: Ira what have you got against Booker Little?
	9:45pm leshwatt: I think I tuned in to the Martian top 40. Can I make a request Kasey Kasem?
	9:46pm Mike W: Mars is on the way to Saturn
	9:47pm Owen: tuning in on my lunch break at the Safeway deli in Portland, OR! Great stuff!
	9:47pm MB: love your show, Ira
	9:49pm Hoboken Jack: That's a late lunch even in Oregon
	9:49pm TDK60: Hi Owen. On N. MLK Blvd?
	9:49pm Brad: Shalom and Happy Hanukkah everyone!
	9:49pm Stevel: My thought exactly, Jack. What do they teach those kids out there?
	9:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Joyeux Belated Sagittarian Solar Return MB ! m.facebook.com...
	9:50pm Hoboken Jack: SteveL, they're all hopped up on Tillamook cheddar.
	9:51pm Stevel: Jack: We missed the boat on that one. Here I am stuck in Indiana, surrounded by soybeans and hogs. Well, the hogs work out, but you know what I mean.
	9:51pm MB: thanks Revolution Rabbit?!
	9:52pm Owen: technically in Milwaukie, but basically Portland! I work until 10 so I guess it's more of a dinner break
	9:53pm Stevel: Owen: Please adjust your time card accordingly.
	9:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: MEL
	9:53pm Libby’s Mom: RR 11/63, as a proud Sagittarian, I thank you ♐️
	9:54pm leshwatt: I’m in a coffee break at a Lagrange Point. Patiently waiting for Sun City Girls.
	9:55pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @LM : One shouldn't play favorites but it's hard not to be a Sag booster.
	9:56pm Hoboken Jack: Happy to have you here regardless, Owen!
	9:56pm wendy del formaggio: I have made many friends through impromptu sing-alongs of “The Inquisition.”
	9:57pm Jedley: bc nobody expects the spanish inquisition
	9:58pm Ira: Was only going to play one part tonight, but after your comment, Wendy, thought I'd throw in the reprise.
	9:58pm wendy del formaggio: Hey, Torquemada!
	9:59pm wendy del formaggio: Thank you, Ira! That is definitely a mitzvah.
	9:59pm Andres: Evening Ira and all! Very much enjoying tonight’s Hanukkah show. It is providing a refuge between the squabbling of teens and a kitten trying to playfully bite my face. Lastly, I am preferring Mel’s take on the inquisition over Monty Pythons.
	9:59pm TDK60: Groovy Barry M. Incense lit..
	10:01pm ?: Sy Rooder! Sigh Cooder? Rye Cooder. -Sy Ableman Abelson
	10:02pm Drew: Thanks for the tunes, Ira
	10:02pm Libby’s Mom: @RR 11/63 - amen
	10:03pm Paper Moog: Can you play “wishful thinking” by Rupa and the April Fishes?
	10:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Jedley you just reminded me I have another episode of Monty Python to watch tonight on its Half Century mark !! Appreciated ! This Mel came out 1981 - later than i thot : it was such perfect time to be 10 & going to the movies alone when the perfect Young Frankenstein came out !...
	10:05pm Jedley: :) I had it on the brain cuz I saw lots of funny Holy Grail memes today
	10:06pm Paper Moog: Hey i have a band called Sussman Cant Sleep PA that plays or played music from Coen Brothers “A Serious Man” or did, once for about 8 minutes, opening for a “Hands of Orlac” soundtrack band, @Sy Abel
	10:06pm TDK60: Ira, I saw' em a few years afore that and they were awesome. [cj&f]
	10:07pm Eric: i am sitting in columbus ohio, and i was on the phone with a friend of mine about an hour ago, and i started talking about country joe and the fish, and then here you go and PLAY them!!!! A little strange!
	10:08pm Gary: The Fish were forgettable that night. I went for Fleetwood Mac. Kasuma was confusing for a 17 year old.
	10:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I thot so about 'History' in 1981 too...
	10:09pm Patrick: Len Barry was serious baller at Overbrook High.Teammate of Walt Hazzard and Wali Jones.
	10:09pm FatboyMc: ira: you saw country joe and the fish at the fillmore east when you were 13? did your parents think that you were at a friend's house studying for the big pre- algebra test?
	10:10pm Mike W: Record Proper
	10:11pm wendy del formaggio: I totally agree. “History of the World,” eh. “The Inquisition,” brilliant. Also brilliant, Mel Brooks singing “High Anxiety,” which he wrote. KEY CHANGE!
	10:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Monterey > Woodstock kinda thing perhaps... a good argument... How I love CJ&F's debut album tho'...& so did Ultimate Spinach apparently...
	10:13pm Ira: FatboyMc: It was a birthday present, and my dad was with us. It's a long story, almost all of it good.
	10:14pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: My Half Century review of Python episodes (about half thru) : It holds up.
	10:15pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: RT <3
	10:15pm coelacanth∅: Wow - this version!
	10:16pm Dusty: Ira, I’m curious if you’ve had time to listen to any Automatic Man music that we discussed last week. You might have to play it on YouTube, it’s a bit obscure.
	10:16pm Stevel: RRN63: There was a pretty good Python doc on Netflix. Not a rehash, but a closer look into their history, including interesting and relevant personal stuff. About 6-7 episodes long (if I remember correctly, which is unlikely.)
	10:17pm Stevel: Monty Python's Almost the Truth
	10:17pm Ira: Stevel: That's the one I just finished watching. Very entertaining.
	10:17pm Hoboken Jack: For a kid from Montclair, this Richard Thompson fellow has really made good.
	10:17pm dug: people... please keep both feet on the wheel
	10:17pm Ira: Dusty, I listened to a little bit of them, and then realized I had to move on because none of them were Jewish!
	10:17pm wendy del formaggio: It’s hard to pick a favorite Cramps song, but this is definitely up there.
	10:18pm Matt Fiveash: Hot set! Doing the sofa bounce over here
	10:18pm Stevel: This set could literally end anywhere.
	10:19pm Ira: Wendy, it's hard to pick a favorite party track, but is there a better one than Drug Train?
	10:19pm dug: art blakey to the cramps in 4 songs
	10:19pm Paper Moog: Maybe this was a repressed memory but speaking of Woodstock, Oxfordshire, Blenheim Palace i met the midget extra from Mel Brooks “history of the world” on set on location in 1980, the chess “gangbang” scene — he said he had a small part.
	10:19pm Ira: Stevel: You should be so lucky!
	10:19pm Dusty: Fair enough. Right music, wrong time. Probably explains their short career.
	10:19pm Stevel: dug: And we were here.
	10:20pm Jedley: this is kind of blowing my mind but have you heard Pompeo's salsa band?
	10:21pm Matt in Carrboro: So ABlinken is pronounced like Abe Lincoln, right? Has to be.
	10:21pm wendy del formaggio: Ira: Hmm. Probably not. I am partial to “Rock Lobster” for parties, too, though. Picturing a babyface Fred Schneider hopping around always make me wanna hop around, too.
	10:21pm wendy del formaggio: *makes
	10:22pm Hoboken Jack: Blinken's cousin Ingrid and I used to work at the same company. Had I played my cards right, I'd be dining at the White House next year.
	10:22pm Ira: Matt in Carboro: There's a reason why neither of us have ever been tapped to be in the cabinet.
	10:23pm Ira: Wendy, I was unclear (so what else is new)--I meant the background party track, like a Joe Tex record.
	10:23pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: As Wilkes Booth said - finally a Republican I can get behind...
	10:25pm pgalub: Hey Ira, Jack and everyone! Happy Chanukah!
	10:25pm wendy del formaggio: Ira: Ah yes, of course. It’s good to have different music for different party moods. For guests arriving, I like “Whispering” by Paul Whiteman. A musical saw is very festive!
	10:26pm Stevel: RRN63: Still feel bad for laughing at that one, and yet, I laugh and laugh!
	10:26pm Paper Moog: He was kind of a mystic he said: “forty years from now you will log on to ira from yo la tengo under the name moog pow wow and wake up” (mystic midget mel-man)
	10:26pm TDK60: Didn't know Bobby Vee did the paisley.
	10:27pm Jedley: @Ira a search of FMU archives shows you are the only DJ brave enough to play our new Cabinet. Thanks for uniting America
	10:27pm Hoboken Jack: San Francisky! So how did you came, did you drove or did you flew
	10:27pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...unfortunately - Abe never Saw him arrive...
	10:29pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 50 Years ago tonight - Spam.
	10:29pm Marilyn: Ira, do I re ember correctly that your father took you to see Country Joe and the Fish
	10:29pm jesse in illinois: ira this haunaka party is treating me fine... i got the surprise gift of learning where abreckman lifted his theme song from...not not a fan of him but ...lol, dug the art blakey version oh yeah i was really feeling that ablinken jam, thanks for putting that in, really wondered what he sounded like i am overall enjoying the vibe down to my pagan post xtian toes : ) thanks for the joy in the music man!
	10:30pm Matt in Carrboro: Ira, do you have a favorite Hanukkah tune? My wife's Jewish (I'm not) so I've learned them over the years. My fave is Mi Yimalel, in which I always mis-sing the line about a hero or sage coming to our aid as "a hero or sage came to our town." Like, they're paying a visit.
	10:32pm listener 126464: Go-go Mom!
	10:32pm Parq: I didn't know that Gary & the PBs aped the Beach Men.
	10:32pm Paper Moog: Not sure the connection nor was he likely jewish but yesterday or Saturday was Bob Dorough’s birthdate — he of the “My Hero Zero” who can count them fame
	10:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Well - I'm a David - so one iota Jewish adjacent...
	10:33pm Ira: That's right, Mom. He probably liked Country Joe more than I did.
	10:33pm jesse in illinois: yeah i keep learnnig things too at this party... didnt know gpb aped the beach boys, nor knew about pompeos hot salsa band or jedleys humor jams lol
	10:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Jan & Dean stylee...
	10:34pm Paper Moog: Did you guys know that Led Zeppelin is a mistranslation of Clay Zeppelin in Oxfordshire cockney accent?
	10:35pm vj pussycat: i love muzakiscized tunes like this one
	10:36pm Matt in Carrboro: Hilarious, thanks for the honest reply! PS my father-in-law is a retired rabbi.
	10:36pm Brad: I love the song that goes "Oh Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah, come light the menorah, let's have a party and all dance the hora" haha or something like that. Haven't heard it in a long while.
	10:39pm listener 126464: Apologize, not good timing on my last comment.
	10:39pm Joe B: Bobby Vee's Strangers were first
	10:39pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...so hard to make an unused bandname! ...lemme websearch Oy La Tengo...
	10:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: RT amazing & not even flash gittar.
	10:40pm Brad: Don't forget Alejandro Mayorkas in the cabinet too...he's a Cuban Jew. Not into the DHS but maybe he'll do something good.
	10:41pm John L: I've seen Richard Thompson also do a cover of Pretty Ballerina. Not sure if there is a recording of that.
	10:42pm Ken From Hyde Park: Happy Hanukkah, Ira and cats. I always remember Bobby Vee did the fill-in show when the flight with the Big Bopper, Buddy Holly & Richie Valens didn't make it. (I remember the story; was not there personally.)
	10:43pm Ira: I knew I could smoke you out, Joe!
	10:44pm Brad: My wife says, let's hear some goddess Jews! Then I wondered if something written by Goffen and King has already been played. She doesn't know.
	10:44pm John L: 2021 is gonna be Sparks year. Edger Wright just finished a documentary about them and they did the score for Leos Carax’s new musical called "Annette."
	10:45pm Paper Moog: Bob Lrod Dorough was born Dec 12, 1923 lived to 94 was not jewish but had associations with Lenny Bruce and Allen Ginsberg, and confusingly his middle name Lrod sic is the hebrew word for hand.
	10:45pm Brad: *Goffin and King
	10:46pm jt: ..tried to hit me with a mop!
	10:46pm Wayne: Would any Iggy/Stooges qualify?
	10:46pm Brad: That's cool about Bob Lrod Dorough...never knew that.
	10:46pm jesse in illinois: this version of the song makes me want to surf with sunglasses on : )
	10:47pm Paper Moog: Oy al Ognet is hebrew for pass the fish
	10:47pm Jedley: Clean 4eva
	10:47pm Wayne: Lou. Aluvashalom.
	10:48pm jt: yes to the entire Flying Nun Label catalog!
	10:48pm Hoboken Jack: Hey Joe, hey HP Ken!
	10:48pm patrick321: @John L Sparks played a terrific show to an (over-) packed house a couple of years ago at Le Poisson Rouge
	10:48pm Paper Moog: @Bard— partial credit. Half truth. He is missing a vowel, which is Hebew-like
	10:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Well crap I gotta tear myself from the party & watch my Python episode. Power to the Persistently Peaceful indeed & Happy Holidays.
	10:53pm John L: patrick321. I gotta get around to seeing them. The last couple of records have been really good. Maybe next year will be good for everyone and we can see live bands again. That will be weird. Guarded optimism.
	10:53pm Paper Moog: Ed solomon who wrote men in black AND bill and ted was in my hebrew school car pool to temple emanuel in 1973 which i confuse with ghostbusters as jonathan richman would say
	10:53pm Tim 07030: Signing on just to say there were tons of bands I saw at Maxwell’s, and then there was Soundtracapella.
	10:54pm Brad: Awesome Laura Nyro tune...thanks Ira.
	10:54pm e from eo: Yea thanks for the nyro
	10:54pm Rick G: Monterey Jazz Festival did a nice Laura Nyro tribute several years back.
	10:55pm jesse in illinois: i like this version, tight and smooth
	10:55pm Brad: @Paper Moog ha that's hilarious!
	10:56pm Kat in Chicago: From Wikipedia: The word surry, used frequently in the lyric (e.g. "Surry down to a stoned soul picnic"), is a neologism by Nyro; its meaning is unclear. The verb surry is spelled differently from the noun surrey (an old-time carriage). When asked by producer Charlie Calello what the word meant, Nyro told him, "Oh, it's just a nice word."
	10:57pm Brad: It's like a stoned hurry..
	10:57pm Kat in Chicago: (I was attempting to confirm that I could, in fact, surry.)
	10:58pm vj pussycat: i was thinking it be like so hurry/s''urry
	10:59pm jesse in illinois: lol acapella music is like the most dangerous thing in the world now, i could go for some choral music in the woods with all the singers like 20ft from anyone else though
	10:59pm Joe B: saw another parody of this as a christmas song - Manger Zone
	10:59pm Kat in Chicago: seems plausible
	10:59pm SlimWhitman: Lovely lovely!
	10:59pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Jack. You have enough food and provisions stocked up at your place? Sounds like this area will be snowed in for a spell.
	11:01pm TDK60: Yeh Kat, I'd wondered about that surry word before and wondered and wondered, then gave up before the age of online info.
	11:01pm still b/p: Was just giving a quick checky listen, and Wives and Lovers on the organ with Jamaican riddim! Wait a minute...stay!
	11:02pm Androu B.: Hi, everyone! Just want to share something that I know is going to appeal to everyone here on Ira's chatboard, the most amazing "Bohemian Rhapsody" parody ever produced, specifically tailored with Chanukkah in mind. Check it out: https://youtu.be/9P30ckBf1wk
	11:03pm Hoboken Jack: I knew Ira would smoke you out, Tim!
	11:03pm wendy del formaggio: Wow! It took me a minute or two to identify that this is “Wives & Lovers,” even though the original is a favorite of mine. Nice one, Ira!
	11:03pm Jason from Houston: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	11:04pm Kat in Chicago: TDK60, I've been wondering about "surry" ever since I heard the 5th Dimension sing it when I was a kid. Finally remembered that I have The Internet.
	11:04pm Matt Fiveash: Joe B- I think I'm allowed to report that the name of this year's Music to Spazz By Xmas ensemble is "Night Manger".
	11:04pm vj pussycat: i associate that song with the 5th d myself
	11:06pm Kat in Chicago: Tiny me was a huge 5th Dimension fan, vj pussycat, grownupish me discovered Laura Nyro as a result.
	11:07pm Brad: Yeah, I first heard the 5th D version.
	11:07pm vj pussycat: aha. yes i love me some 5th dimension so much. alas, i think none are jewish
	11:07pm Jason from Houston: ⋆͛͛ ͙͛ ⁑͛⋆͛͛ ͙͛ ( •‿•) ⋆͛͛ ͙͛ ⁑͛⋆͛͛ ͙͛
	11:09pm Brad: @Androu B. looks great will listen after Ira's show, thanks!
	11:11pm Kat in Chicago: Can I safely assume that "Sister Christmas" is on Night Manger's setlist?
	11:11pm Paper Moog: I know i’ve used my 3 wishes but what about “Nesh Gadol Haya Shah” by AMSHTL? Parody of the Bengals
	11:11pm still b/p: Always loosely assumed "surry down" meant take a breezy comfy mosey slide down to the place by whatever method -- like truckin' don't mean in a truck and motorin' doesn't always involve a motor.
	11:12pm Ira: @Kat: As a member of Night Manger, I can say there is no safely and no assumes with our act.
	11:12pm Jason from Houston: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	11:13pm vj pussycat: one of my prized possessions is a vhs tape of the 5th dimensions tv special from '70 (? maybe '71) traveling sunshine show with guests dionne warwick, merle haggard and the carpenters
	11:14pm Kat in Chicago: speaking of motorin', haha @b/p
	11:14pm TDK60: That's what I sort of guessed stillb/p. Picnic and all.
	11:14pm McGroovey: Blame the cat. It was usually the cat.
	11:15pm Brad: Yeah, still b/p that's sounds about right.
	11:16pm Gaylord Fields: @Kat in Chicago: As a fellow member of Night Manger, I will say yes, it is on the set list, whether it's true or not—if that will get you to tune in.
	11:17pm e from eo: So much enjoying after the fox this week
	11:17pm jesse in illinois: oh boy i am going to have to check this 'night manger' out, sounds perplexing and fun i will surry down...( i have taken nyro's 'surry' neologism to be the anti of hurry )
	11:18pm deesat: I am here for many reasons. One of those reasons is to say "Hi Hoboken Jack".
	11:19pm Gaylord Fields: @Kat @jesse: Night Manger — big in Illinois!
	11:19pm Brad: Ira and Gaylord as Night Mangers...can't wait!
	11:19pm Kat in Chicago: @Gaylord are you kidding? that's appointment radio right there. I'll be there with jingle bells on.
	11:20pm deesat: Another is to say that I'm sorry I missed Angry Samoans.
	11:22pm Gaylord Fields: @Brad @Kat: Even as marquee names, Ira and I are hardly alone. Many other WFMU faves are also in the group, including our hype man Matt Fiveash!
	11:24pm Kat in Chicago: yes, Matt F let the Xmas cat out of the bag upthread :)
	11:25pm Kat in Chicago: WFMU is the only place I listen to Christmas music voluntarily.
	11:26pm Joe B: wow can't wait for night manger!
	11:27pm McGroovey: Hey, guys, ... Bon Jovi. Fairytale of NY. ... Go.
	11:27pm Andres: I was going to catch the night manager show down at the corner store but maybe I’ll stay in tomorrow night instead.
	11:27pm Jason from Houston: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	11:28pm Joe B: @Matt - I think the bar was set by Hamilton Joe Frankincense and Myrrh
	11:28pm Matt Fiveash: That was a good one
	11:28pm Kat in Chicago: I remember that one
	11:29pm Matt Fiveash: This will be worse but also shorter!
	11:31pm Matt Fiveash: I think Dave is doing a ghost of stupid xmas bands past/clip show thing this year.
	11:32pm Kat in Chicago: good year for that
	11:33pm Kat in Chicago: In other news, I think I need to listen to more Elliott Sharp
	11:34pm Brad: Great set Ira!
	11:44pm listener marianne: This has been a fun and lovely show - thanks!
	11:45pm Seth from Oklahoma: First time to listen to the show - will definitely be back. Lots of good music to explore later... Thanks Ira!
	11:46pm Andres: Massive C.V. of work that Jerry Goldsmith!
	11:46pm tom tom the pipers son: yes, ira, fun show yet again, thanks
	11:47pm Ira: Thanks, everybody. I know there's a lot of pressure to turn this nonsense off and watch Perry Mason. I wouldn't blame you a bit. Next 13 minutes'll be more of the same . . .
	11:48pm Hoboken Jack: Hello Deesat!!
	11:49pm vj pussycat: me too @seth from Ok i will def be back. i can truly vibe to this wonderfully curated program. thank you so much mr ira
	11:49pm Hoboken Jack: And Gaylord and McGroove and everybody else of course
	11:49pm McGroovey: If I could pyay sax, I'd want to play like this.
	11:49pm Hoboken Jack: Everybody else includes Matt F
	11:50pm McGroovey: Hey, hello and goodbye, yous-all.
	11:51pm jesse in illinois: i enjoyed this show since tuning in! thanks for all the great tunes and party fun, yall really know how to pack the fun in here! moving on to the smokintea party next cheers and peace and health : )
	11:51pm Brad: Thanks Ira and all you cool kats. Happy holidays!
	11:52pm McGroovey: If I could actually sing, I'd actually sing like this.
	11:52pm Gaylord Fields: First half hour of Perry Mason is all setup anyway — though it is typically when Lt. Tragg gets to work his smug & smirky magic.
	11:52pm Kat in Chicago: Thanks Ira, nice to hang with all y'all
	11:52pm Gaylord Fields: Good night, Jack. You too, Ira.
	11:53pm McGroovey: This Coltrane kat is pretty good, to.
	11:53pm Honeybear: nice send-off, ira
	11:53pm Ira: @Gaylord (and everyone else): Were you watching last night? It was only when the credits rolled that we realized that Marion Ross was the defendant!
	11:54pm Matt Fiveash: Hello and buona sera, Hoboken Jack
	11:54pm Jedley: The shamus burns low, Ira's all done See ya next week, it's been lotsa fun
	11:56pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks for tonight's mashuganahs, Ira. Take care.
	11:56pm Gaylord Fields: Ira, I did — I try to keep track of which defendants, actual culprits, and witnesses are still alive (like H.M. Wynant).
	11:56pm Hoboken Jack: Thank you Ira, Georgia, skeleton, and Ira's mom. "See" you Friday!!!
	11:56pm e from eo: Gnight and thanks!
	11:57pm vj pussycat: thx all y'all lovely people too for a sweet night. see y'alls round
	11:57pm Ira: Thanks again, one and all. So happy to have fellow FMU-ers, friends, regular commenters, and strangers alike joining in. Happy Hanukkah!
	11:57pm McGroovey: Thanks for the find music, IraK.
	11:58pm Jason from Houston: Love y'all. Stay safe and sweet.
	11:58pm Jason from Houston: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
	11:58pm Gaylord Fields: My other Perry Mason game is seeing when they use a character actor twice in different episodes — once with and once without toupee.
	12:00am Joe B: thanks Ira, great show
	12:00am KWilde: Great show Ira

Ira: Playlist from December 15, 2020

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