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Bubblegum OD is Rock’n’Soul’s radio show devoted to cartoon rock, pop pablum, and sundry other candy-coated musical guilty pleasures. Many of these songs were penned by the Brill Building's best and brightest and contain provocative double-entendre lyrics. Sometimes a Mars bar isn’t just a Mars bar...

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Cattanooga Cats  Cattanooga Cats Theme   Favoriting  
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Dillard & Clark  Why Not Your Baby   Favoriting     0:02:00 (Pop-up)
The Lemon Twigs  Gifts   Favoriting  
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Manfred Mann  Pretty Flamingo   Favoriting  
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The Boarding House  Extra Extra   Favoriting     0:10:31 (Pop-up)
The Yellow Brick Road  Sour Grapes   Favoriting  
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Hot Wheels  It’s Magic   Favoriting     0:14:35 (Pop-up)

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Ohio Express  Ban Won’t Wear Off   Favoriting     0:19:09 (Pop-up)
Patty Flabbies' Coughed Engine  Billy’s Got a Goat   Favoriting  
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The Robbs  Girls, Girls   Favoriting  
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Richie’s Room 222 Gang  Girls, Girls, Girls   Favoriting  
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Cattanooga Cats  Johnny Johnny Jump-Up   Favoriting     0:27:19 (Pop-up)
John Kincade  Jenny’s Gotta Dance   Favoriting  
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The Cufflinks  Sandi   Favoriting     0:31:45 (Pop-up)
Ginny Tiu and the Few  Billy Sunshine   Favoriting  
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The Mills Brothers  Sally Sunshine   Favoriting     0:35:10 (Pop-up)
The Jackpots  Jack in the Box   Favoriting     0:38:36 (Pop-up)

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The Music Company 
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The Buoys  Timothy   Favoriting     0:41:37 (Pop-up)
Ze Malibu Kids  Shelly Fabares   Favoriting     0:44:56 (Pop-up)
The Knickerbockers  Rumors Gossip Words Untrue   Favoriting     0:46:37 (Pop-up)
Mr. Big  Lucky Man (Shang a Lang)   Favoriting Not THAT Mr. Big    0:49:12 (Pop-up)
Zumpano  It Doesn’t Take a Genius   Favoriting     0:51:20 (Pop-up)

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The Dumbettes  Dumb Head   Favoriting     0:56:54 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Aitch:

Hey Becky and crew, happy be the mothers
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Debbie Davenport:

Hello Becky!
Hello chatroom friends!
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Debbie Davenport:

↳ Aitch @6:59
Nice to see ya Aitch!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Howdy, Aitch and Deb!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
izzy:

Ah...Whatever Shape...I want to be on a California beach...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
izzy:

Lurve this GC!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Izzy!
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MOM WHIG:

G'Day Aitch - Debbie - Becky - izzy
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izzy:

'Ello!
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tim:

Hi Becky!!!

Hey Aitch, Debbie and izzy!
  7:03pm
Blissland:

hai
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
tim:

Hi MOM! Happy Mother’s Day!
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tim:

Hello Blissland!
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Woo:

Everything is pink today. In the Cubs/Pirates game earlier they were using pink bats!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Tim! Mom! Bliss! Woo!
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tim:

Hey Woo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Woo @7:04
How cute—for moms?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
tim:

↳ Song: "Gifts" by "The Lemon Twigs"
Yes! Yes! I love the Lemon Twigs!
Avatar 🍭 7:05pm
MOM WHIG:

↳ tim @7:02
THANKS - GLAD YOU AND YOUR MOM GOT TO DO BRUNCH TODAY.
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Woo:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:05
I guess so. I didn't see the beginning so didn't hear an explanation.
Avatar 🍭 7:06pm
MOM WHIG:

↳ Woo @7:04
HI THERE - THAT'S FUNNY FOR THE PINK BATS!
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MOM WHIG:

Hi Blissland too
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

We just did a family FaceTime. My dad’s illness has brought everyone together.
Avatar 7:07pm
David in California:

Hello, Becky. It sounds like you'll be playing "Timothy". I've always been amused by the story that the record label didn't want people to think it was about canibalism and put out the story that Timothy was a mule.
Avatar 🍭 7:07pm
MOM WHIG:

↳ Song: "Gifts" by "The Lemon Twigs"
Check out the HAIR on the guy in the left
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MOM WHIG:

↳ David in California @7:07
Good to see you
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
izzy:

↳ tim @7:05
The new one finally won me over.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ David in California @7:07
Ha! A mule? Do mules often go on mining expeditions?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
tim:

↳ Woo @7:05
Was it at Wrigley? If so, that’d be quite an apt tie-in to Bubblegum OD.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
tim:

↳ izzy @7:07
It’s their best by far!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:07
That’s Rena. He’s in a popular SoCal band and they recruited him. He plays in both now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Reza
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Woo:

↳ tim @7:08
They were in Pittsburgh but you're right-
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
izzy:

↳ tim @7:08
The earlier ones were a bit hit or miss for me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
tim:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:07
This picture was taken within the past 5 years, too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ izzy @7:09
I think this whole record is a smash. I’ve always liked them but this is, just, wow!
  7:10pm
Blissland:

is that Lemon Twigs song on an album?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Blissland @7:10
It is an extra with the new lp. A single, I believe.
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tim:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:06
How’s your dad, Becky?
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David in California:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:07
Actually, some mules did spend their lives in gold mines. But it's not what Rupert Holmes had in mind.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:12pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Blissland @7:10
Flexi disc with bonus track
  7:12pm
Blissland:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:11
thanks.
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Debbie Davenport:

I love this one!
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Harry Parmenter:

Hello Becky and HMD any and all
Avatar 🍭 7:13pm
MOM WHIG:

↳ Harry Parmenter @7:12
Hi there
  7:13pm
Blissland:

jeez they have 5 albums already plus other stuff. I can't possibly keep up with everyone even if I could afford to
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:13
hi mom
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izzy:

↳ David in California @7:11
I think I've read that Rupert was directed to write a controversial tune to hype the album.
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tim:

↳ Blissland @7:13
I don’t think these guys are even close to their 30s either!
  7:15pm
Blissland:

↳ tim @7:14
27 and 25
  7:15pm
Blissland:

But the 20s are the most prolific period for any artist
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Harry Parmenter @7:12
Hello, Harry!
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David in California:

↳ izzy @7:14
I've read that making it controversial was Rupert's idea.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Blissland @7:13
They had a band when they were like 5 and 7 tho
  7:17pm
Blissland:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:17
that makes sense
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ David in California @7:11
Oh. I guess they are not just for canaries.
  7:18pm
Blissland:

I guess I'll have to wait until they are released in the Original Album Series
  7:18pm
Blissland:

if everybody was in that I could afford everything on my list
  7:19pm
Blissland:

sounds like Harry Harrison
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Blissland @7:18
What do you mean, Bliss? If everyone was in that.
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izzy:

I remember Ban roll-on was like painting you pits!
  7:20pm
Blissland:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:19
if everybody had their records in the Original Album Series ... 5 cd's for 20 bucks
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
tim:

↳ Song: "Ban Won’t Wear Off" by "Ohio Express"
It dawned on me the other day that my Ohio Express and Ohio Players are next to each other on the shelf. That made me quite happy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
tim:

↳ izzy @7:19
Hahaha!
  7:22pm
Blissland:

I have Dr. Feelgood, Dr. Hook, and Dr. John all next to each other
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Blissland @7:20
Is it like Columbia House?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
tim:

↳ Blissland @7:22
Nice!
  7:24pm
Blissland:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:23
no, they're available anywhere. You can go to your favorite vendor and just search Original Album Series
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
izzy:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:23
I think it's mostly WEA acts that bundle their cds together at a discounted price.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
izzy:

Twigs are on funky labels so slim chance of that happening.
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
Jay S.:

↳ Song: "Girls, Girls, Girls" by "Richie’s Room 222 Gang"
Richie's Room 222 Gang??? Does Mr. Dixon know about this?
  7:25pm
Blissland:

↳ izzy @7:24
yeah I think you're right
  7:26pm
Blissland:

but they have an extensive catalogue
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David Shortell:

↳ Song: "Girls, Girls, Girls" by "Richie’s Room 222 Gang"
Richie had the giant orange hair helmet, right?
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
Jay S.:

↳ David Shortell @7:26
Exactly.
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MOM WHIG:

Hi Jay - David Shortell
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Jay S.:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:27
Hello Mom
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Jay S. @7:25
Ha ha!
  7:29pm
Blissland:

Sony's version is called Original Album Classics. But I guess sony owns warner now. And the Mother Company owns sony and everything else
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:30pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ izzy @7:24
I was wondering if they were releasing their stuff on their own
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tim:

↳ Song: "Jenny’s Gotta Dance" by "John Kincade"
Wait! I didn’t give permission for my image to be used!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ tim @7:30
Nice likeness!!
  7:30pm
rychurd:

hey hay!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ rychurd @7:30
Good evening - hi
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ David Shortell @7:26
That dude wrote songs with Shaun Cassidy! I think his name was Bernie tho?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
tim:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:30
Thanks! I do look pretty good there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
izzy:

↳ Blissland @7:29
Was super surprised to see a Replacements volume!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
tim:

↳ rychurd @7:30
Yo rychurd!
  7:32pm
Blissland:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:30
everything so far has been released on 4AD or something called "Captured Tracks Rec."
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
Jay S.:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:31
You're right, Bernie had the fro
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ tim @7:30
; ) Statute of limitations
  7:33pm
Blissland:

↳ izzy @7:32
they have a deep back catalogue. Anyone could eventually end up in it. They have artists who were originally with a variety of labels
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
tim:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:32
Ha!
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Jay S.:

Richie was a kid in the premiere episode
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
tim:

↳ Song: "Billy Sunshine" by "Ginny Tiu and the Few"
Excellent soul claps!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ rychurd @7:30
Hey, Rych!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Room 222: I remember an episode where they write a bad word on a boy’s locker. Then I saw a White Shadow where some kids write “Fag” on a boy’s locker. I’m guessing it was a recycled script.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
izzy:

↳ Blissland @7:33
Right. I think Rhino wound up with it. Just doesn't seem like there would be enough demand to justify it. Anybody who would want the stuff probably already has it.
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
Jay S.:

↳ Song: "Sally Sunshine" by "The Mills Brothers"
Mills Brothers did try to stay contemporary
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
izzy:

Mills Bros must be a first!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ tim @7:34
Yes! They were teenagers when they did Billy Sunshine. But I’m pretty sure that was a session bass player ; )
  7:37pm
Blissland:

what would we do without Rhino
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
Jay S.:

↳ izzy @7:37
Mills Bros. had a top 40 hit in 1968 with "Cab Driver"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
tim:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:36
I really hope Salami didn’t write that!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:37
Although Ginny and Vicky were prodigies so who knows. The dad really cracked that whip…
  7:38pm
Blissland:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:36
what was the bad word in Room 222?
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
Jay S.:

↳ izzy @7:36
Yeah, White Shadow was pretty much Room 222 with a basketball team
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David Shortell:

↳ Jay S. @7:32
So who's Richie then? This is puzzling.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Blissland @7:38
Probably the same one only I didn’t know it then
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Jay S.:

↳ David Shortell @7:38
I think he was just a one-off character. Weird that a band would be named after him.
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 7:41pm
Jay S.:

↳ David Shortell @7:38
OK, IMDb says Richie was in 35 episodes in seasons one and two. I don't remember him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:41pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Foreshadowing…
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:42pm
izzy:

I'll take a thigh...
  7:43pm
Blissland:

I don't see how anyone figured out what this is about with the vocals buried
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44pm
tim:

I got a good cannibal joke that’s perfect for today. Here goes…. A cannibal says to another cannibal “I don’t like my mother-in-law.” The other cannibal said “That’s OK, just eat everything else on your plate.”
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44pm
izzy:

Rupert would be a good BGOD interview. I've heard him on other pods. Very entertaining!
  7:44pm
Blissland:

cannibal jokes are great
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ izzy @7:44
I remember seeing him on Merv Griffin as a kid!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
tim:

↳ Song: "Shelly Fabares" by "Ze Malibu Kids"
Yes! Speaking of re-issue campaigns. This one defeinitely deserves one!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Jay S. @7:41
Me neither. No photo for the actor either.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
izzy:

He was on the Gilbert Gottfried pod. Very funny!
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David in California:

↳ Blissland @7:44
Two cannibals are eating a clown, and one says to the other "Does this taste funny to you?"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:47pm
tim:

↳ David in California @7:46
I love that one!
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 7:47pm
Jay S.:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:46
Most of the episodes are on YouTube, I'll have to go back and check it out.
  7:47pm
Blissland:

↳ David in California @7:46
another good one
  7:48pm
Blissland:

there's one with a hippie in it, and there's one Dick Cavett likes to tell about Groucho
  7:49pm
Blissland:

this could benefit from a remix
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ izzy @7:46
Rupert?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
izzy:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:49
Yes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Blissland @7:49
This song? It’s live
  7:50pm
Blissland:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:50
oh that's the board feed
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ izzy @7:50
He had Ron Dante, too. And he was trying to track down Joey Levine.
  7:51pm
Blissland:

sorry, I have to be more careful not to offend anyone else. Especially people I don't want to offend
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
tim:

↳ Song: "It Doesn’t Take a Genius" by "Zumpano"
Is this the Sub Pop band from the 90s?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Blissland @7:51
It’s cool. Some stuff sounds ok on my system then sounds like crap on air. For instance, the volumes of my voice vs. the bed music. They should sound the same, but they don’t always. I have to mix the music lower to compensate.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ tim @7:52
Yep
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ tim @7:52
I get a hankerin’ sometimes.
  7:54pm
Blissland:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:54
oh, it's not bad at all, especially if it was mixed live.
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David in California:

Thank you, Becky. I've enjoyed the show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
tim:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:54
Cool! I didn’t listen to them first time around. I really liked it!
  7:56pm
Blissland:

I just tend to blurt out everything that pops into my head
Avatar 🍭 7:56pm
MOM WHIG:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:54
Fun time tonite - thanks
Avatar 🍭 Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
Jay S.:

Nice show, thanks Becky!
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Debbie Davenport:

I Love this one!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
izzy:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:51
Great show for trivia nerds!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
Woo:

Thank you Becky!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Thank you all for stopping by!
  7:57pm
Blissland:

thanks Becky
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
tim:

Thanks, Becky! Bubblegum OD is always a treat!
Avatar 🍭 7:57pm
MOM WHIG:

↳ Woo @7:56
Over to thee next dance floor - see you there
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Harry Parmenter:

thx B
  7:57pm
Blissland:

duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
izzy:

needs!! Quick hour! Have a great week, everybody!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
Woo:

↳ Song: "Dumb Head" by "The Dumbettes"
On what show did I recently hear a version of Dumb Head in Japanese?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ tim @7:55
That guy Carl has an interesting voice and his compositions intrigue me. I rather like their covers, too.
Avatar 7:58pm
Debbie Davenport:

Thanks Becky! Thanks for the good company chatroom people! Feels great to hang out here. 💗
  7:58pm
Blissland:

↳ Woo @7:58
it might have been this one
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Woo @7:58
Mine ;)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Debbie Davenport @7:58
Deb, do you have a 45 of Lucky Man?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

His voice reminds me a little of Bon Scott.
  5:00pm
Jarema:

Nice to hear some YBR! Thanks!
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