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Favoriting January 13, 2024: Part Two Of Our Celebration Of Master Mixtape Maker & Musician Tom Ardolino [NRBQ] Who Would Have Turned 69 Yesterday

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Artist Track Album Year Comments Approx. start time
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary  Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience   Favoriting   1961 / 1966    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Tim Buckley  Buzzin' Fly   Favoriting Happy Sad  1969    0:02:24 (Pop-up)
Art Lund  Joey Joey Joey   Favoriting The Most Happy Fella  1956  OST  0:08:19 (Pop-up)
Alexander Desplait  Obituary   Favoriting The French Dispatch  2022  OST  0:11:50 (Pop-up)
unk  Ballantine Beer Ad #2   Favoriting The Sound Of Schlitz In 66  1966    0:15:22 (Pop-up)
Tadd Dameron w/John Coltrane  Gnid   Favoriting Mating Call  1956    0:16:18 (Pop-up)
Leroy Anderson  The Penny-Whistle Song   Favoriting Blue Tango: Symphonic Pop by Leroy Anderson  1951 / 1990    0:21:23 (Pop-up)
Johnnie Lee Willis  Square Dance Boogie   Favoriting   1947  Decca 78"  0:23:42 (Pop-up)
Sweet Thursday  Jenny   Favoriting Sweet Thursday  1969    0:26:16 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
0:30:03 (Pop-up)
Sandy Denny  Next Time Around   Favoriting The Northstar Grassman and the Ravens - Deluxe Edition  1971 / 2011    0:36:02 (Pop-up)
Left Banke  Pretty Ballerina   Favoriting   1966  Mono single version  0:40:01 (Pop-up)
Easybeats  Falling Off The Edge Of The World   Favoriting Falling Off The Edge Of The World  1968    0:42:40 (Pop-up)
Dexter Gordon  So Easy   Favoriting Long Tall Dexter: The Savoy Sessions  1947 / 1976    0:45:20 (Pop-up)
Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson  Conversation Begins   Favoriting Blues in the Mississippi Night  1947 / 2003    0:48:56 (Pop-up)
Eddie Gale  Black Rhythm Happening   Favoriting Black Rhythm Happening  1969    0:52:38 (Pop-up)
Velvelettes  These Things Will Keep Me Loving You   Favoriting   1966    0:55:24 (Pop-up)
Frank Sinatra  Bim Bam Baby   Favoriting   1952    0:57:48 (Pop-up)
Stevie Wonder  Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Be-Do-Da-Day   Favoriting For Once in My Life  1968    1:00:11 (Pop-up)
Memphis Slim  Fast Boogie   Favoriting Blues in the Mississippi Night  1947 / 2003    1:02:48 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
1:05:35 (Pop-up)
 
Selections from Tom Ardolino's Magic Jukebox
Tom's Voice / Dickie Doo & The Dont's  intro / The Big M   Favoriting       1:12:52 (Pop-up)
Cymbals  This Is What You Want, But This Is What You Get   Favoriting       1:15:54 (Pop-up)
unk.  Babe Malloy's Drive In Ad   Favoriting       1:19:18 (Pop-up)
A Tribe Called Quest  Jazz We've Got (Re-recording)   Favoriting       1:20:32 (Pop-up)
unk.  Good Evening Shoppers   Favoriting       1:23:01 (Pop-up)
Mr. Rogers  Good People Sometimes   Favoriting       1:23:40 (Pop-up)
Yes, Mama OK?  Perfect Young Lady   Favoriting       1:24:57 (Pop-up)
Ralph Burns  Spring Is   Favoriting       1:28:05 (Pop-up)
Ranny Sinclair  Bye Bye   Favoriting       1:30:06 (Pop-up)
Fay Lovsky  Fool Moon   Favoriting       1:32:26 (Pop-up)
unk.  Hanes Cantrece Ad   Favoriting       1:34:14 (Pop-up)
Beach Boys  Wild Honey [instrumental track]   Favoriting       1:36:51 (Pop-up)
unk.  Chock Full Of Nuts Ad   Favoriting       1:39:28 (Pop-up)
Coleman Hawkins 52nd St. All-Stars  Spotlite   Favoriting       1:39:55 (Pop-up)
Tom A.  answering machine message   Favoriting       1:43:05 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
1:43:30 (Pop-up)
 
Tom Ardolino - drums, percussion, vocals, etc.
Terry Adams & Band  The Duplex Planet Radio Hour Theme   Favoriting David Greenberger, Terry Adams - The Duplex Planet Radio Hour  2006    1:50:16 (Pop-up)
NRBQ  Queen Talk   Favoriting All Hopped Up  1977 / 2018  1st NRBQ album w/ Tom  1:52:15 (Pop-up)
NRBQ  Birdman [x2]   Favoriting NRBQ  1999    1:53:23 (Pop-up)
NRBQ  Doctor's Wind   Favoriting All Hopped Up  1977 / 2018    1:55:33 (Pop-up)
David Greenberger & Tom Ardolino  The Elvis Argument   Favoriting David Greenberger, Terry Adams - The Duplex Planet Radio Hour  2006    1:58:06 (Pop-up)
NRBQ  Here I Am   Favoriting Keep This Love Goin'  2011    2:02:40 (Pop-up)
NRBQ  That's Alright   Favoriting All Hopped Up  1977 / 2018    2:05:02 (Pop-up)
P.J. O'Connell w/NRBQ  My Direction (w/violin)   Favoriting   2002  from the Happy-Go-Lucky sessions
Philip Cary Bloch-violin  		2:08:12 (Pop-up)
Terry Adams  Umbrella   Favoriting Rhythm Spell  2007  Jake Jacobs - lead vocal & arrangement w/ Terry, T-Bone Wolk & Tom-vocals/instruments  2:11:15 (Pop-up)
NRBQ  Wand'rin Star   Favoriting Atsa My Band  2002    2:13:31 (Pop-up)
NRBQ  If I Don't Have You [alt. version]   Favoriting Peek-A-Boo The Best Of 1969-1989  1989 / 1990    2:16:43 (Pop-up)
NRBQ  Goodbye   Favoriting Atsa My Band  2002    2:18:57 (Pop-up)
Terry Adams & Band  See You Soon   Favoriting David Greenberger, Terry Adams - The Duplex Planet Radio Hour  2006    2:22:12 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
2:23:49 (Pop-up)
Jelly Roll Morton  Pep   Favoriting The Complete Library of Congress Recordings  1938 / 2005    2:30:08 (Pop-up)
Steely Dan  Parker's Band   Favoriting Pretzel Logic  1974    2:33:57 (Pop-up)
Eddie Hinton  Get Off In It   Favoriting Very Extremely Dangerous  1978    2:36:29 (Pop-up)
Beatles  incidental Music / Help!   Favoriting Help!  1965    2:41:05 (Pop-up)
Rose Hemphill  Rolled & Tumblin'   Favoriting Southern Journey, Vol. 3: Mississippi Highway  1959 / 1997  VAR  2:43:44 (Pop-up)
[Captain Beefheart &] The Magic Band  I Love You, You Big Dummy   Favoriting Lick My Decals Off, Baby Outtakes  1970 / 2019    2:46:42 (Pop-up)
Light Crust Doughboys  Let's Make Believe We're Sweethearts   Favoriting   1940  Vocalion 78  2:49:47 (Pop-up)
Bessie Jones & Co.  No Hiding Place Down Here   Favoriting Get In Union: Georgia Sea Island Songs  1960 /    2:52:27 (Pop-up)
Dean Elliot  Prelude & Lover's Quarrel   Favoriting College Confidential  1960    2:54:50 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch" 
 
 
 
 
2:57:03 (Pop-up)
  Thanks to David Borks, Ron Jett, Doug White & Pete Tomlinson
  Here's the link to the show Tom Ardolino, P.J. O'Connell & I did on FMU on 9-11-05: https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/16338
  And here's a link to a friend's Youtube collection of Tom moments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCVO-C3hMrg


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Listener comments!

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RobbieWhite:

Good morning Bob. Have fun doing the show. Me & my kitty YOKO will be listening.
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Bob Brainen:

Thanks Robbie White of WOWD.
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Andrew in Toronto:

Good morning, Bob, and all other listeners!
  11:00am
1whoknewcthulhu:

Good morning, Bob and all. Looking forward to the soundtrack for a Saturday.
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Doug Schulkind:

Hiya, Bob!
  11:02am
Jeff:

Hey Bob + fellow listeners! It feels like Groundhog Day but in a good way. It’s Saturday morning again!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Andrew in Toronto.
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Bob Brainen:

Morning 1whoknewcthulhu.
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Jeff @11:02
I wish it was groundhog’s day already, get this winter over with! Lol
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listener 126464:

Hi Bob, everyone.
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Bob Brainen:

Hiya Doug!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Jeff!
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wmfromd:

Mornin' Bob and all!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Bri The Beatnik
  11:03am
wendy del formaggio:

Good morning, Bob Brainen! A beautiful way to start a show, this Tim Buckley track.
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Bri The Beatnik:

We had our first snowstorm
Of the year yesterday
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Bob Brainen:

Hi listener 126464
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Bri The Beatnik:

Hey Bob!
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Pauly from Clifton:

Good morning Bob, folks!
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Bob Brainen:

Mornin' wmfromd
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Wendy
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Bob Brainen:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @11:04
I'm envious!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Pauly from Clifton
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Gina Bacon:

Morning, Bob & all!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning Andrew in Toronto
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Pauly from Clifton:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:00
Good morning Andrew in TO!
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Bob Brainen:

Morning to you, Gina
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Gina Bacon @11:07
Hey Gina!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Pauly from Clifton @11:08
Good morning, Paulie from Clifton!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Gina Bacon @11:07
Morning, Gina!
  11:10am
Listener Robert:

↳ Song: "Joey Joey Joey" by "Art Lund"
Does this album include a cut of "The Most Happy Fella" that I'm familiar with? Such a different type of music!
  11:11am
marc mendelson:

good morning Bob still no snow in NJ ?
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Gina Bacon:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:09
Morning, Andrew!
  11:12am
Jeff:

I always associated this song with Joey Heatherton. Boy, did I have a mad crush on her!
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duke:

↳ Jeff @11:12
You and Andy Brekman.
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(Mr) Bill:

A one-question quiz: I’m conducting a workshop this afternoon and the next four Saturdays. I chose 2:30 p.m. for the starting time. Why?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:13am
Wendy del Formaggio:

Oh! It's a Tom Ardolino special! I had the pleasure of meeting him many years ago, on a number of occasions. What a sweet and gentle soul he was.
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Bob Brainen:

Listener Robert, yes, & that's the name of the musical. Other best known song is/was Standing on the corner (watching all the girls go by)
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Bob Brainen:

Hey duke
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chresti:

↳ Song: "Joey Joey Joey" by "Art Lund"
Hi Bob and braineniacs!

Sounds like Joey needs to get the heck out of there!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey (Mr) Bill
  11:15am
Listener Robert:

↳ Listener Robert @11:10
You know, the instrumental that gets used a lot (albeit not at WFMU) as filler: Da da da da? (Boom ta-boom.)
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ chresti @11:14
Hi crestikins!
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Bob Brainen:

Hi chresti
  11:16am
Dean:

Desplait displays one degree of separation from Pachelbel.
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listener 126464:

↳ Song: "Ballantine Beer Ad #2" by "unk"
With the puzzle on the cap.
  11:16am
gene sculatti:

Mornin,' Bob.
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Bob Brainen:

↳ Listener Robert @11:15
No sir, I do not.
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Dean
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Bri The Beatnik:

Hey Chresti!
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Bob Brainen:

Mornin' Gene Sculatti!
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Listener Robert @11:15
Da da da by trio?
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Franco Twinkie:

Hey Bob!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Franco!
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listener james from westwood:

In since the jump but unpacking groceries and making cawfee. Howdy, Bob and all!
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Bob Brainen:

Howdy listener james from westwood
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James Douglas:

Good morning Bob! Listening between power outages.
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Meself:

Good morning Bob and all :)
  11:33am
Listener Robert:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:14
Is it the one that goes:
C,C,D.E
(drum, da-drum)
F,F,E,D
(drum, da-drum)
F,F,E,D
(drum, da-drum)
E,E,D,C
(drum, da-drum)
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wmfromd:

↳ Song: "Gnid" by "Tadd Dameron w/John Coltrane"
Gnid spelled backwards is Ding. Just sayin'
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Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ Song: "Next Time Around" by "Sandy Denny"
Sandy Denny's voice. *swoon*
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Franco Twinkie:

Yikes! My next birthday I'm going to turn sixty nine. I am only to aware that my life is getting very short indeed.
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Bob Brainen:

↳ Listener Robert @11:33
I forgot the question
  11:41am
Listener Robert:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:39
The instrumental piece that I identify by the title "The Most Happy Fella". Gets played a lot as interval or filler.
  11:41am
Listener Robert:

I might be totally wrong about the title, or it might be similar.
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Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ Song: "So Easy" by "Dexter Gordon"
Some Dexter Gordon on a rainy Saturday morning? Sign me up!
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Wendy del Formaggio @11:47
Best avatar of the morning!
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Frank Zaatar:

↳ Song: "Pretty Ballerina" by "Left Banke"
Have you ever considered a show about Michael Brown, his various projects, or maybe Baroque Rock in general?
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Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ Franco Twinkie @11:48
Thank you, Franco. :-)
I'm a long-time "Nancy" fan. Sluggo, too!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Frank Zataar.
C'est possible.
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doctorjazz:

Listening on the road (picking up a puppy), hi Bob and streamers!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "So Easy" by "Dexter Gordon"
Great to hear Long Tall Sex!
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listener 126464:

↳ Song: "Conversation Begins" by "Memphis Slim, Big Bill B...
Pretty sure all 3 are in R. Crumb's Heroes of the Blues card set vol. 1.
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doctorjazz:

↳ doctorjazz @11:52
(I have to learn to proofread my phone...)
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Wendy del Formaggio @11:49
As am I. I started looking at Nancy in The Herald Examiner, a long gone Los Angeles newspaper before I could read.
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Wendy del Formaggio @11:49
I got confused when I saw your icon, Dj Vee Vee’s avatar is of Nancy as well! I once did a collage of multiple Nancy titles in different colors. But I seem to have lost that collage book. :(
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Frank Zaatar:

↳ Wendy del Formaggio @11:49
Have you seen this book?
en.wikipedia.org...
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Bob Brainen:

doctorjazz. Aw, a puppy!
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ doctorjazz @11:52
Lol! Dexter’s great!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Bob Brainen @11:53
Yeah, we put our 15 year old pooch to sleep on October, time for a puppy...
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ doctorjazz @11:55
:( I’m sorry about that
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doctorjazz:

Getting a rescue Bernadoodle (if nothing goes wrong...)
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ Franco Twinkie @11:37
Happened to me 17 days ago. I was not a little freaked.
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @11:52
I have a bunch of Nancy comics in Spanish. Her name was changed to Periquita, because Nancy as a name for a girl is not at all common in Mexico.
  11:58am
Listener Robert:

Now I'm trying to sound search it by humming on Google, and it returns the meaning of the word "hmm"!
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Franco Twinkie @11:57
Omg! I used to call my cousin’s neighbour Periquita cos I couldn’t pronounce Erica when I was younger, didn’t know it was a real name!
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doctorjazz:

↳ (Mr) Bill @11:57
Looking at 71 in a few months, Sheesh!
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Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ Frank Zaatar @11:53
Sure have! I got my library to order it, in fact.
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ doctorjazz @11:51
Hi, doc!
That`s great news!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Be-Do-Da-Day" by "Stevie Wonder"
Love this!
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Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ Franco Twinkie @11:57
Aww, Periquita. That's a very cute name.
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ doctorjazz @11:57
Mazeltov. X-doodles are miraculous creatures. Got a name yet?
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Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ doctorjazz @11:57
You better send me some photos once you get that puppy, docjazz!
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Wendy del Formaggio @12:01
Little Parrot I think, which is weird because Nancy was anything but a parrot. Her pronouncements were exclusively her own.
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Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ Franco Twinkie @12:03
True! but the name itself has a cute sound.
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Wendy del Formaggio:

Someone made one of my favorite Nancy panels into a gif. abload.de...
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Wendy del Formaggio @12:04
My uncle had a small grocery store in the farmland of central California, with a well stocked selection of comic books in Spanish. He would save the Periquita comics for me.
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Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ Franco Twinkie @12:07
I love that story!
Do you still have them?
  12:08pm
Listener Robert:

Apparently it works only on handheld/phone/mobile.
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ doctorjazz @12:00
That’s a prime number, so it’ll be a good year. Got another prime(-number) age just two years later. After that, it’ll be a while until you hit the next pair of twin primes.
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Frank Zaatar:

↳ Franco Twinkie @11:57
I hear Periquita had a bitter feud with Mafalda.
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Wendy del Formaggio @12:08
I sure do! the funny thing is, some of them were done by John Stanley who famously did Little Lulu.
  12:10pm
Listener Robert:

↳ Song: ""frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch""
You can make expedient humidifiers by rolling up lots of newspaper and standing it up in a plastic soda bottle you've cut to admit it. I have 3 of them here, though they're still not as effective as a machine.
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Frank Zaatar @12:10
I missed that one.
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Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ Song: "intro / The Big M" by "Tom's Voice / Dickie Doo &...
This is wonderful!
  12:14pm
adamdoesit:

Hey Bob and brains, I dig the Madison!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey adamdoesit
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Meself:

Love to hear you say a β€œquarter” Bob ;) very NJ
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Bob Brainen:

Hi Meself
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Frank Zaatar:

↳ Franco Twinkie @12:13
Yes, Mafalda dissed Periquita on one of her strips so she wrote a whole comic book about how she is all over Mafalda and that she can just shake off the haters. ;^)
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Franco Twinkie:

Now I know you're fucking with me.
  12:24pm
adamdoesit:

Mr. Rogers forever.
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Meself:

↳ Song: "Good People Sometimes" by "Mr. Rogers"
Where was this song when I needed it? πŸ˜‚
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Meself:

↳ Song: "Perfect Young Lady" by "Yes, Mama OK?"
Fantastic!
  12:27pm
SecretSquirrel:

Happy Saturday, Bob β€˜n’ all! Hope everyone’s feeling relaxed.
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Frank Zaatar:

↳ SecretSquirrel @12:27
Hey, Squirrel! Hope you dug the Nancy deconstruction.
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Bob Brainen:

To you as well, SecretSquirrel
  12:32pm
SecretSquirrel:

I sure did, @FrankZaatar! That Ernst Bushman fellow was truly a conceptual artist avant la lettre
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Meself:

Being OCD - Bob, you missed a greeting to James Douglas, 11:30
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ SecretSquirrel @12:32
Earlier Bob was talking about how he made mix-tapes and played in bands to attract girls. I drew pictures inspired by Ernie Bushmilller to feather my bed.
  12:35pm
Eugene Bentley:

Hay Bob! Checking in on a snowed in weekend. I got a 3 day weekend out of it.
  12:37pm
Eugene Bentley:

I never out growed making mix tapes, only they're cdrs now.
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Bob Brainen:

Hay Eugene!
  12:38pm
Eugene Bentley:

I know hay is for horses.
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Bob Brainen:

↳ Meself @12:33
Thanks, sometimes hard to catch all. Hey James Douglas!
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Meself:

↳ Bob Brainen @12:38
I’m always impressed that you do :)
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "Chock Full Of Nuts Ad" by "unk."
I loved the Chock Full Nuts coffee counter on Fifth Avenue in Mid-town!
  12:42pm
SecretSquirrel:

For some reason, β€œThe Mashed Banana,” the guitar-and-bongos garage revival duo @FrankZaatar and I put together in high school, didn’t seem to move the needle with the girls. Maybe we were too far ahead of our time ;^)
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Meself:

↳ SecretSquirrel @12:42
πŸ˜‚
  12:43pm
Joe Morris joechrismorris:

very much enjoying your show this morning! The jazz fits with seeing Soul again last night!~
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doctorjazz:

↳ (Mr) Bill @12:01
Laila (or Lailah)
  12:44pm
Joe Morris joechrismorris:

Hi all! Bob - hope you are well my friend!

Just put my foot in the pool so Im just enjoying the music until 2!
  12:46pm
Joe Morris joechrismorris:

Eugene -

Snowed in weekends are the best - 3 day weekens even better! right on man!
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ SecretSquirrel @12:42
I knew from the jump I was lacking that hair swishing affect in high school, so I drew.

It worked! Other kids would come into the art room and stare at me working.
  12:49pm
Joe Morris joechrismorris:

St Anns Church is good! I have a live Nick Drake tribute from that - even transferred the show to cd (w The Roches (Terre ROche), Duncan sheik, etc

this is the late 90s
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "The Duplex Planet Radio Hour Theme" by "Terry Ada...
Named after the comic book by Daniel Clowes, or the other way around?
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Bob Brainen:

Thanks Joe.
  12:53pm
Joe Morris joechrismorris:

NRBQ was named after Daniel Clowes? Eightball?!
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Bob Brainen:

↳ Franco Twinkie @12:50
Not sure but I know David G is friends w/ Clowes.
  12:54pm
Joe Morris joechrismorris:

well who isnt

The complete Eightball has just been reprinted in hardocover. Just saw it at Midtown Comics
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Soule:

Good morning, Bob and all listen-ears!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Soule @12:54
Hi there, Soule!
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Bob Brainen:

Hey Soule
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Soule:

Hey, Andrew in T!
  12:56pm
Joe Morris joechrismorris:

Soule is a very good movie. Just saw it again last night!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Meself @12:24
Hey. Adamdoesit, hitting any of the Brooklyn Marathon.?
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "The Elvis Argument" by "David Greenberger & Tom A...
I love this!
  1:00pm
Joe Morris joechrismorris:

It is rather like Firesign Theatre
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Franco Twinkie:

More like Abbot and Costello.
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chresti:

↳ Song: "The Elvis Argument" by "David Greenberger & Tom A...
Sounds like me and Franco arguing.
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Soule:

↳ Joe Morris joechrismorris @12:56
Joe Morris, can you say more about the movie? I haven't heard of it. Thanks.
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Frank Zaatar:

↳ Song: "That's Alright" by "NRBQ"
I had never heard this version. It's interesting that it doesn't have the Beatles quote in the chorus.
  1:08pm
Joe Morris joechrismorris:

Just see it
  1:09pm
Joe Morris joechrismorris:

Soul. Its about a jazz musician who dies.

After that its pretty brilliamnt. Its like the Love Forever Changes of intelligent films

(Elektra Records)
  1:10pm
Joe Morris joechrismorris:

is NBRQs best Yankees Stadium
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Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "My Direction (w/violin)" by "P.J. O'Connell w/NRBQ"
Channeling The Rolling Stones?
  1:11pm
Joe Morris joechrismorris:

Pop music!
  1:11pm
Joe Morris joechrismorris:

NRBQ is GOOD. Spider! Your good people you are
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Soule:

↳ Joe Morris joechrismorris @1:09
Oh, I did see that. Agreed, it's great.
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Meself:

β€œAtsa” πŸ˜‚
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Listener Robert:

↳ Song: "Wand'rin Star" by "NRBQ"
...in other words, a planet.
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Eugene Bentley:

↳ Joe Morris joechrismorris @12:46
3 day weekends are the best. kinda got used to it for Christmas and New Years. Hey more time to make mixed tapes.
  1:16pm
Joe Morris joechrismorris:

ATSA published by Fantagraphic?
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Meself:

↳ Song: "If I Don't Have You [alt. version]" by "NRBQ"
Nice version
  1:19pm
Joe Morris joechrismorris:

Kinda Katchy! (Joe, Syd Barrett
  1:38pm
Jeff:

Eddie Hinton was the most soulfully talented unknown cat on the planet!
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doctorjazz:

Bringing Lailah home!!!!
  1:48pm
lou in CHI:

I've lately been obsessed by Elmore James' recording of Rollin/Tumblin. After Rose's cut I need to hear more versions.
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chresti:

↳ Song: "Rolled & Tumblin'" by "Rose Hemphill"
Is Rose related to Jessie Mae?
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Bob Brainen:

Hey lou in CHI. Ist one I ever heard was Canned Heat.
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Bob Brainen:

↳ chresti @1:48
I do not know. I think the name is fairly common (?)
like Julius.
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chresti:

↳ Bob Brainen @1:50
Hemphill?
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(Mr) Bill:

↳ doctorjazz @1:43
Lailah will soon have you happily on your knees.
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Andrew in Toronto:

What a great tribute!
Thanks, Bob!
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Dean:

Still a fan of Magazine's cover "I Love You, You Big Dummy."
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Bob Brainen:

↳ chresti @1:51
yeah
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Soule:

Thanks for today's show, Bob, and thanks commenters for the comments!
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Meself:

Thanks for another super fun show Bob! πŸ˜ƒ
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wmfromd:

Man, this show flew by. Thanks Bob!
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listener 126464:

Thank you very much, Bob!
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(Mr) Bill:

Thanks as always, Bob. Brilliant Tim Buckley opener, and better and better from there.
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Eugene Bentley:

Enjoyed Your show. I missed hearing that version of Help!.
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chresti:

Sid Hemphill was her paternal grandfather
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