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Favoriting June 30, 2021: Hi-Waisted Modernists #131 - Cocoon


Thanks to the fabulous MHLee, who sent me a copy of Greg Egan's "Cocoon" a dark and cautionary short story about gender eugenics, on today's Hi-Waisted Modernists with DJ GeorgyGirl, The Blue Haired Hippie, I'll be reading this over some suitably futuristic 80s library music from Bruton, De Wolfe, Parry, Editions Montparnasse, and Omnimusic.

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James Asher  Engineering   Favoriting 0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Anthony Hobson  Optical Images   Favoriting 0:02:34 (Pop-up)
James Asher  Agriculture   Favoriting 0:04:25 (Pop-up)
Anthony Hobson  Silicon Valley   Favoriting 0:08:57 (Pop-up)
Anthony Hobson  Future Perspectives   Favoriting 0:11:36 (Pop-up)
Harry Forbes  Time Cycle   Favoriting 0:14:36 (Pop-up)
Unit 9  Friends Of The Earth   Favoriting 0:14:51 (Pop-up)
Vic Sepanski  Armatron   Favoriting 0:19:00 (Pop-up)
Harry Forbes  Teleconference   Favoriting 0:20:34 (Pop-up)
Harry Forbes  Soft Patterns   Favoriting 0:22:31 (Pop-up)
Unit 9  State Of The Art   Favoriting 0:23:37 (Pop-up)
Harry Forbes  Micro-Bytes   Favoriting 0:27:21 (Pop-up)
Roger Jackson  Zoning   Favoriting 0:28:50 (Pop-up)
Anthony Hobson  Vega   Favoriting 0:31:03 (Pop-up)
James Asher  Telecom   Favoriting 0:34:52 (Pop-up)
Roger Jackson  Sequel   Favoriting 0:38:19 (Pop-up)
Harry Forbes  Impulse   Favoriting 0:40:11 (Pop-up)
Unit 9  Digital Dreams   Favoriting 0:41:14 (Pop-up)
Harry Forbes  Systematics   Favoriting 0:44:00 (Pop-up)
Unit 9  In Perspective   Favoriting 0:45:44 (Pop-up)
Jean-Pierre Decerf & Gerard Zadj  Triad   Favoriting 0:47:54 (Pop-up)
Unit 9  Earth Watcher   Favoriting 0:51:46 (Pop-up)
Roger Jackson  Audio Ethnica   Favoriting 0:54:15 (Pop-up)
Vic Sepanski  Research Development   Favoriting 0:58:24 (Pop-up)


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MHLee:

I won't be behind for this show
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - I hope I do it justice for you :-)
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worldsworstrecords:

looking forward to it ;-)
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Paper Kosmonaut:

So while Darryl still is playing records, I am sneaking in sneakily...
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Beany:

I will be listening to this on my phone in the garden as I attempt some more tidying up. I'm never home these days.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hello hello hello!! :-)
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worldsworstrecords:

words... sounds...
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Rich in Washington:

Helloooooo
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Here we go!
Once again, huge thank you to the wonderful MHLee for sending me this in credible short story <3
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worldsworstrecords:

So, not old people in a swimming pool Cocoon then?
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi Rich! :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Darryl - Lol! Nope ;-)
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Little Danny:

Hello DJGG!
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worldsworstrecords:

lol!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hey Little Danny! :-)
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MHLee:

I'm so glad you like it! It's such a good story.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - It really is :-)
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DJ Babs:

Well hellooooo again!!!!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi again DJ Babs! :-)
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DJ Babs:

still working on the same goddamn spreadsheet because I'm distracted by excellent tunes and conversation!
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MHLee:

I actually calculated the date it's set in... 2018
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@DJ Babs - is it close to drink time?
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - Oh!!! I was wondering that :-)
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DJ Babs:

I'm literally minutes away @DJ GeorgyGirl!
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worldsworstrecords:

I'm going to break the seal on the chilled chocohol shortly
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MHLee:

So there's a reference to the 40th gay and lesbian mardis gras of sydney... this was written in 1994
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@DJ Babs - Hooray!! :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Darryl - You've definitely earned it! :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - Do they mean Sydney as in Australia? That's what I was wondering
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MHLee:

Yes. Egan is an Australian writer. There's not much info on him but that I know.
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worldsworstrecords:

I'm going to enjoy this: www.hotelchocolat.com...
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - I shall have to seek out more of his stories :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Darryl - Oh my!!!
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DJ Babs:

@worldsworstrecords what is this "chocohol" you speak of? It's the intersection of my two favourite things it sounds like!
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worldsworstrecords:

I'm hoping it's somewhere between a Bailey's and a Brandy Alexander
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:07pm
DJ GeorgyGirl:

The last time I had a chocolate liqueur, it was the best part of a bottle with my friend and we were decorating a Christmas tree. Lol
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worldsworstrecords:

A giftette from the Husb, DJ Babs... see the link @3:06
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Did you ever take a breath while reading this, GG?
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DJ Babs:

ummm YES. Vodka, chocolate and cream, velvetised
VELVETISED? I wish everything was VELVETISED, lol
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

By the way, if any of you have a story you'd like to hear me read over suitable library music, do let me know! :-)
DJGG@wfmu.org
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worldsworstrecords:

Hey @Rich... just pinged you back ;-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@PK - It was a long story ;-)
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Phillippe:

howdy
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi Phillippe! :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I personally go around in gold tutus all the time. :-)
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Phillippe:

who doesn't?
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@Phillippe - ;-)
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notsoKWYET:

HelllooOOOOOOoo
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

NSK!!! Hello!!! :-)
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notsoKWYET:

my new work browser supports WFMU much better... I mean, my time table doesn't... but my browser does ;)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@NSK - Now THAT is good news!! :-)
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Paper Kosmonaut:

GG, Is it all right if I just listen to the sound of your voice and ignore the story? it's going too fast for me without having to fully concentrate...
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@PK - I totally understand :-)
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MHLee:

I work in genetics and evolution so it's particularly interesting on that side
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MHLee:

I'm not sure i'm a workaholic biotechnologist though
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - I always find stories like this particularly chilling. That element of "this could actually happen".
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MHLee:

Absolutely. And think this is 1994... this is before the human genome project by a decade
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MHLee:

predicted ipads too
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Paper Kosmonaut:

It could happen. Just like Fahrenheit 451. Or 1984. Luckily that didn't happen. Yet.
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MHLee:

I really wonder if egan has a background in biotech because it's impressive
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - I watched a fabulous interview with Margaret Atwood where she said that every story she writes has a strong element of truth in it. Not science "fiction" but science "this is happening somewhere in the world right now".
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@PK - True. Dangerously close tho :-(
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - The detail is *astounding*
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MHLee:

Near Future/Contempary Scifi is a fascinating subgenre
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - It's also why I love urban horror so much. It has that element of Real about it
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MHLee:

@GG I love this show btw. It's a lot to get through but I will likely relisten
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - Oh! I'm so glad you like what I've done with it :-)
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MHLee:

I need some new recs... I just finished my The King is Dead (horror stories (mostly) featuring dead Elvis) I have ribofunk (biological cyberpunk) but after that
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - My daughter has a modern horror book that's set in an Ikea style store. i shall have to ask her what it's called for you :-)
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Paper Kosmonaut:

@MHLee 3:24: absolutely. SF which happens in 'our' era is much more believable. Things like Sturgeon's 'More than Human', for example.
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MHLee:

That's great. I loved themed comps
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - It's set out like an Ikea catalogue with illustrations :-)
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MHLee:

@PK I haven't read that one yet, but have read quite a few Sturgeon stories in Asimov's collections
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MHLee:

I need to tackle Le Guinn at some point too
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - It's years since I read LeGuin!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - Here it is!
www.amazon.co.uk...
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MHLee:

One of her short stories is in the same comp I got this from
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Paper Kosmonaut:

@ GG 3:27: Me and my girlfriend made up a story once about a furniture store which is like a purgatory you wake up in and never can escape.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@PK - You might want to have a word with the author of the book I just posted then! ;-)
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MHLee:

@PK sounds like a SCP... i don't know if your young enough to be familiar with the concept
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MHLee:

New Weird has taken a few influences from it... and a lot from Lynch
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Oh yeah I am. Great and horrible stories.
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notsoKWYET:

Just taking a quick break from my numbers to say... this is a fucking trip if I may say so
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MHLee:

SCP foundation is actually fascinating as a case study in internet communities
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flannery:

helllooo!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

I have something lighter next week - we've had a few heavy Modernists of late!
It's Ringo's birthday so in honour of that I'm doing Thomas the Tank Engine :-)
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MHLee:

Hi!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@NSK - Thank you! :-) <3
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hello flannery!! :-)
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MHLee:

Thomas the Tank Engine was my childhood... still have all my wooden trains
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Paper Kosmonaut:

@GG 3:30 - our story seems a little different. But that book cover looks awesome.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - I've got some suitable kiddie library music to go along with it :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@PK - The illustrations are brilliant :-)
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MHLee:

At some point I might go through this archive and see if I can put together a reading list
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - A great idea! :-)
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Paper Kosmonaut:

@ MHLee: I recently saw a half hour computer-made horror fake- documentary about how Thomas the Tank engine was an experiment of a nazi-german scientist that turned his son into a train and later other people too.
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MHLee:

@GG I had the Thomas the Tank engine stories book... it's a hundreds of pages long and some are written in nearly unfathomable dialect for some from appalachia
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@PK - That sounds amazing! Do you have a link?
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MHLee:

My parents tell me i preferred those stories
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - My goodness!! :-)
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Paper Kosmonaut:

Shed 17 - www.youtube.com...
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notsoKWYET:

THOMAS THE TANK ENgine… YESSssss…. RINGO... YESSSSS
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@PK - Thank you, lovely :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@NSK - I thought you might like that ;-)
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MHLee:

the kicker
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MHLee:

the first one
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - It genuinely gave me goosebumps when I first read it
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - I did have to cut out a small section or the show would have been an hour and 17 minutes! :-)
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MHLee:

That's fair. I'm impressed how much of it you've got.
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - I did need a good cup of tea afterwards ;-)
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DJ Babs:

The rest of this broadcast is going to go down nicely with a Bees Knees cocktail I think!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@DJ Babs - Ooo! What;s in that? :-)
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MHLee:

en.wikipedia.org...
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

A Degree in mathematics! That explains a lot :-)
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MHLee:

This is where I got the story en.wikipedia.org...
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - Oooo!!! That looks good!
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MHLee:

William Sanders: "Going After Old Man Alabama"
Michael F. Flynn: "Melodies of the Heart" both stick out to me
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - Always happy to read out things you like :-)
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DJ Babs:

@DJ GeorgyGirl Gin, Honey, Lemon and Ice
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MHLee:

Mike Resnick: "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge," also... I tried to get my mom to read it
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@DJ Babs - That sounds suitably medicinal ;-)
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MHLee:

Big fan of cold citrus things
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MHLee:

Dykes on Bikes for Jesus
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - I did chuckle at that ;-)
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MHLee:

Until I reread this I remembered this scene as Nixons
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@MHLee - Christ, that would have been terrifying!!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Don't forget to hang on for the fabulous flannery after this!
www.wfmu.org...
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Also .. I'm on two hours earlier on Friday for a special Flange and Frigate at 2 pm EST :-)
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notsoKWYET:

Great show GG!
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Scott67:

G'day Georgy & Modernists!
✌😎🌏🌻
Thanks Georgy! 💜♥❤💛💚💙
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@NSK - Thank you, my lovely! MHLee sent this to me and it's fabulous :-)
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Hi Scott! :-) <3
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notsoKWYET:

Science, swearing and dykes on bikes.... into it
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

@NSK - ;-)
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Paper Kosmonaut:

What I could follow of the story was intriguing. Thanks GG!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Thank you all for listening! :-)
What a great story!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Thank you PK! <3
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flannery:

thank you gg!!
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DJ Babs:

fantastic show Georgy! This has been delightful!
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Thank you Flannery!! <3
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Thank you DJ Babs! <3
  4:01pm
Andres:

Bravo, GeorgyGirl!!
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MHLee:

That was wonderful GG and I enjoyed chatting with you
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Thank you Andres! :-) <3
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DJ GeorgyGirl:

Thank YOU MHLee - keep 'em coming!! :-) <3
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Rich in Washington:

Thanks, GG!
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