WFMU: Retro Obscuro with Kitschy Mama: Playlist from April 10, 2025

Listener comments!
	👹 ♥ 1:57pm WR: Hi Kitschy Mama and folks. That Krazy Kat illustration doesn't look like an original Herriman's work. I don't think anyone officially took over after Herriman died, so guessing it is either a homage or an illustration created for some associated product.
	♥ 2:00pm Mr. Oxford: Hello WR! Hello Kitschy Mama!
	👹 ♥ 2:01pm JReganK: Hey, Kitschy Mama! This Ignatz & Crazy Kat knock off would look good in the LCD!
	♥ 2:01pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WR @1:57 Hey WR! Yes, this one is a Gold Key comic #1 from 1963.
	♥ 2:02pm Kevin the Painter: Oi DJ KM!
	♥ 2:02pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Mr. Oxford @2:00 Hello Mr. Oxford! Welcome!
	♥ 2:02pm Mr. Oxford: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:02 Thank you! Nice to discover this show and listen to it for the first time.
	♥ 2:05pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ JReganK @2:01 Hey JReganK! I would! Did ya git the latest LCD?
	♥ 2:05pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Kevin the Painter @2:02 Welcome to it Kevin the Painter!
	👹 ♥ 2:07pm WLSClark: Heya KM, WR, Oxford, JrK, Kevin!! NEXT WEEK: Show # "1 after 199!" Anithing special for #200???
	👹 ♥ 2:07pm JReganK: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:05 Not Yet! Put me down for a Wolf Whistle. I a sucker for a hammertone finish!
	👹 ♥ 2:08pm JReganK: ↳ WLSClark @2:07 Hey, Clark!
	♥ 2:08pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:07 Hey WLSClark! No plans yet.. any ideas?
	♥ 2:09pm Mr. Oxford: ↳ WLSClark @2:07 Heya WLSClark!
	♥ 2:09pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ JReganK @2:07 "QUITE A DEAL" 😄
	👹 ♥ 2:11pm WLSClark: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:08 Maybe the top of the top of the Kitschy playlists as you see it? I think we would like to know!
	♥ 2:13pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:11 ooo.. that would be fun... the top 40 most popular records I've played... will certainly consider....🤔
	👹 ♥ 2:16pm WLSClark: OR you could play Retro over and over for 2 hours!
	♥ 2:17pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:16 also tempting... that would really throw some folks off! 😅 Great song though...
	👹 ♥ 2:18pm WLSClark: I gotta believe that like me doing a show for 10 years, you keep your faves out separated from the usual non-faves.
	👹 ♥ 2:18pm WLSClark: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:17 Agreed!
	♥ 2:19pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:18 oh yes! certainly so.. and boy are those favorites cherished!
	👹 ♥ 2:23pm Stu Rutherford: Hey Kitschy Mama & everyone!
	👹 ♥ 2:24pm WLSClark: Hi Stu!
	♥ 2:24pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Stu Rutherford @2:23 Heya Stu!
	👹 ♥ 2:25pm WLSClark: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:17 As we all know, when you play the "Retro" theme 45 at 33, it is actually "Uh Oh!" by the nutty Squirrels.
	👹 ♥ 2:25pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ WLSClark @2:24 Hello Clark!
	👹 ♥ 2:26pm JReganK: ↳ Stu Rutherford @2:23 Hey, Stu!
	♥ 2:26pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:25 Ha! I've got some nutty squirrels later in the show!
	👹 ♥ 2:27pm JReganK: ↳ WR @1:57 Hey, WR!
	👹 ♥ 2:27pm JReganK: ↳ Mr. Oxford @2:02 Hey, Mr. O!
	♥ 2:29pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Song: "Platinum High School" by "Conway Twitty" not enough whistling solos on tape...
	👹 ♥ 2:31pm JReganK: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:29 Conway Rooolz!!!
	♥ 2:33pm Kevin the Painter: ↳ WLSClark @2:07 Oi Clark!
	👹 ♥ 2:36pm WLSClark: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:26 Sascha Burland was a genius besides the S Squirrels 45s. Wrote lots jingles/commercials like Alka seltzer stomach one T-Bones did.
	👹 ♥ 2:37pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ JReganK @2:26 Hello JrK!
	👹 ♥ 2:40pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "Don't Make Me Cry" by "The Girls" Those girls eventually turn over a new Leaf!
	👹 ♥ 2:41pm JReganK: ↳ Kevin the Painter @2:33 Hey, Kevin!
	👹 ♥ 2:45pm WLSClark: Ha, just seein Congressmen planes nuzzled each other at Reagan airport! Pretty funny when ya think of it. Too bad it wasn't yellow hair.
	👹 ♥ 2:47pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "What A Burn" by "The Esquires" Its a Gass!!!
	♥ 2:47pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:45 jeesuz, its always something...
	👹 2:48pm sugarbear: ↳ WR @1:57 His were less smooth looking and sort of nightmarish, at least to me.
	👹 ♥ 2:50pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "The Whistler" by "Peter Goon" Winkly & Nutley got nuthin on this one.
	👹 ♥ 2:54pm WLSClark: So, KM, when did you do your first radio show? FMU or other places???
	👹 ♥ 2:55pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "Down" by "The RPM's" Cool good dance record!!! Coulda been a hit!
	♥ 2:55pm FoolishBandit: Fun show!
	♥ 2:56pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:54 Retro Obscuro started as a podcast for Garage Punk Pirate Radio in 2013. When that went under I was syndicating on FM stations world wide.. I joined Ichiban in 2019...
	♥ 2:56pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ FoolishBandit @2:55 Thanks for tuning in!
	👹 ♥ 2:57pm WLSClark: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:56 WOW! Amazingly cool. SO, always THIS stuff or punk back then?
	♥ 2:58pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:57 Its always been rare oldies...
	👹 ♥ 2:59pm WLSClark: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:58 Very good! Love your show!
	♥ 2:59pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:59 awww. thank ya!
	♥ 3:00pm FoolishBandit: What happened to Ichiban? Did it just turn into the regular Rock and Soul stream?
	👹 ♥ 3:00pm coelacanth∅: hola Kitschy Mama and obscuros
	♥ 3:01pm Mr. Oxford: I'll have to go now. Thank you Kitschy Mama for the show!
	♥ 3:01pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ FoolishBandit @3:00 Yes, exactly
	♥ 3:01pm Kitschy Mama: Hey coelacanth∅! Welcome!
	♥ 3:02pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Mr. Oxford @3:01 Thanks For Listening! See Ya!
	👹 ♥ 3:03pm coelacanth∅: that ignatz and krazy kat look like imposters!
	3:08pm Ellen: Sorry I'm late: trains! Also I can't seem to sign in.
	♥ 3:08pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Ellen @3:08 Hey Ellen! Welcome!
	👹 ♥ 3:10pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "Hello Again" by "The Nutty Squirrels" There they are! Can you believe they made this comeback on RCA???
	👹 ♥ 3:12pm Ellen: Ah, signed in. Feels good to be back in my own skin.
	♥ 3:12pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @3:10 ha! barely! they had a lot of releases! people just couldn't get enough varmint theme groups....
	♥ 3:13pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Ellen @3:12 there ya go! hello!
	👹 ♥ 3:13pm Ellen: ↳ FoolishBandit @3:00 I never heard what happened to Ichiban, but Rock and Soul took over the stream addresses. I seem to recall there was some drama, but I'm by no means a WFMU insider.
	👹 ♥ 3:13pm WLSClark: ↳ Kitschy Mama @3:12 and obviously, things have not changed.
	👹 ♥ 3:14pm WLSClark: Hi coel, bandit! Ellen, at first I thought you lost your eye!
	♥ 3:15pm FoolishBandit: ↳ Ellen @3:13 Ah ok
	♥ 3:15pm FoolishBandit: ↳ WLSClark @3:14 Ahoy
	👹 ♥ 3:16pm Ellen: ↳ WLSClark @3:14 I swear I put it on the corner of my desk, but sometimes it rolls off ;)
	♥ 3:17pm FoolishBandit: ↳ Ellen @3:16 Those things can get away from us some times
	👹 ♥ 3:18pm coelacanth∅: ↳ WLSClark @3:14 Greetings WLSC!
	👹 ♥ 3:19pm Ellen: ↳ Song: "Blue, Blue, Feeling" by "Dr. T. And The Undertakers" You can tell these folks have never heard a Rolling Stones record in their whole life
	👹 ♥ 3:21pm coelacanth∅: reminds me more of early kinks...but with the standells' riff
	👹 ♥ 3:21pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Song: "Blue, Blue, Feeling" by "Dr. T. And The Undertakers" Love how they worked the "Dirty Water" lick into this tune!
	👹 ♥ 3:21pm Ellen: ↳ Song: "Dirty Water" by "The Apollos" …or these guys either!
	👹 ♥ 3:22pm coelacanth∅: ...uh, or the apollos riff
	👹 ♥ 3:23pm coelacanth∅: (i guess the standells riff)
	♥ 3:24pm Kitschy Mama: its a cover, but what I wouldn't give to see it live at a high school battle of the bands...in the 60s.
	👹 ♥ 3:25pm coelacanth∅: one of the many covers changes "boston" to "new york"...i forget who it was
	👹 ♥ 3:26pm Ellen: ↳ Kitschy Mama @3:24 Oh lordy…the phrase "battle of the bands" just makes me shudder
	👹 ♥ 3:28pm WLSClark: ↳ Ellen @3:16 Hahaha
	👹 ♥ 3:29pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:25 I think that may have been The Inmates' cover from the late '70s. Their "proper" version has London as their home but IIRC, they did a promotional "New York" version and maybe some other markets as well?
	👹 ♥ 3:31pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Stu Rutherford @3:29 Thanks that sounds exactly right!
	👹 ♥ 3:32pm coelacanth∅: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:31 (i think i heard it on wpix-fm at the time)
	👹 ♥ 3:33pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:32 I remember that one and "The Walk" getting airplay back in the day.
	👹 ♥ 3:33pm WLSClark: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:32 Did you ever hear barney Pip on WPIX? He was there at end of his career. He was a friend near the end of his life and a fave of mine in the 60s on WCFL Chicago.
	👹 ♥ 3:35pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Stu Rutherford @3:33 the remake of the walk... was that the inmates too? i had (still have) a friend that played that record to death!
	👹 ♥ 3:38pm coelacanth∅: ↳ WLSClark @3:33 i don't remember that name. ...i only discovered pix ~1978 - not long before it transformed one day (literally) into absolute crap!
	👹 ♥ 3:38pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:35 Yes that was also The Inmates. Both songs are on their debut LP (both UK & US versions).
	👹 ♥ 3:41pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:38 Yeah, I started listening to WPIX (along with WPLJ & WNEW) around the same time. I seem to recall WPIX playing a few more deeper cuts than the other 2...but the station switched formats fairly soon after I became a listener.
	👹 ♥ 3:42pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Stu Rutherford @3:38 right on. -my friend had the 45. i remember when i first heard the original i thought the inmates didn't change it barely at all!
	👹 ♥ 3:44pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:42 I was already aware of "The Walk" from a Beatles bootleg I had before I heard The Inmates version. I found a reissue 45 of the original within a year or so, IIRC.
	👹 ♥ 3:45pm Motobro: Hello KM, and Obsuro-ites ! Listening and working away. Thank you !!
	👹 ♥ 3:45pm duke: Hi there KM and listeners
	♥ 3:46pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Motobro @3:45 Hey Moto! Thanks for tunin' in!
	♥ 3:47pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ duke @3:45 Hey Duke! Welcome!
	👹 ♥ 3:51pm WLSClark: "Hey Ringo, take some lessons!"
	👹 ♥ 3:52pm WLSClark: ↳ Stu Rutherford @3:44 Yeah, I first heard their version on Renaissance minstrels boot
	👹 ♥ 3:52pm WLSClark: Hi Motobro! duke!
	👹 ♥ 3:53pm WLSClark: If it wasn't a great rap novelty from 80's, KM could play "Rappin Duke" for duke!
	👹 ♥ 3:53pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Stu Rutherford @3:41 i was into plj in the early-mid-70s; switched to new when i got more into "aor"...but was getting thoroughly disenchanted with it by 1978. i'd discovered wfmu then but it was "undependable"! i wanted to hear rock-oriented music, for the most part (some blues, jazz and reggae) then a kid at school told me about wpix. at this time they were playing mostly punk, new wave (not called that yet), Iggy, mc5, pretty thing, the 'elevators and all kinds of psych and garage...and their newscasts were excellent! i recorded one (onto 8-track) on columbus day, while there were big anti-nuclear protests going on, and the guys being irreverent about columbus! and airing people talking about how the cops were spraying them and all...
	👹 ♥ 3:54pm Ellen: ↳ Song: "No No" by "Warren Storm" As least I didn't miss the hot steel or the Bass VI entries. Thanks for the show KM—sorry I was late!
	👹 ♥ 3:54pm coelacanth∅: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:53 (and that's my life story)
	👹 ♥ 3:54pm WLSClark: Geez, now a helicopter crashed into Hudson. It's not safe to leave the radio alone!
	👹 ♥ 3:54pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ WLSClark @3:52 Yes! I believe that was the same one I had.
	♥ 3:54pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Ellen @3:54 no worries Ellen! See ya next week! 😉
	👹 ♥ 3:54pm Ellen: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:54 Beats mine! ;)
	👹 ♥ 3:55pm WLSClark: ↳ Ellen @3:54 When ya cant find your eye, it's tough!
	👹 ♥ 3:56pm WLSClark: Great show as always KM! NEXT WEEK show 200! Be square or be square!
	👹 ♥ 3:56pm Stu Rutherford: Thanks, KM! Take care, all.
	👹 ♥ 3:56pm coelacanth∅: ↳ WLSClark @3:55 i can see that
	👹 ♥ 3:56pm Ellen: ↳ WLSClark @3:55 I found it! It was merely (ahem) a glancing blow!
	👹 ♥ 3:56pm WR: Thank you! Kitschy Mama!
	♥ 3:56pm Kitschy Mama: Thanks Folks! It's been fun!
	👹 ♥ 3:57pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Kitschy! everybody be careful of quicksand
	👹 ♥ 3:57pm WLSClark: ↳ Ellen @3:56 Nice one!
	👹 ♥ 3:57pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Ellen @3:56 hahaha
	👹 ♥ 4:08pm JReganK: Thanks, Kitschy Mama!

Retro Obscuro with Kitschy Mama: Playlist from April 10, 2025

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Artist	Track	Label	Year	Images	Approx. start time
	a song			See Ya At Showtime! See Ya At Showtime!
The Wild Ones	A Little Bit O' Soul	S.P.Q.R.	1964		0:01:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Ken Cook	I Fell In Love "I Fell In Love" by "Ken Cook"	Bear Family	2013		0:03:42 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Vice-Roys	Joshin' "Joshin'" by "The Vice-Roys"	Bethlehem	1963		0:05:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Georgianna	I've Never Never Never	Alcor	1963		0:07:50 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Johnny Eager	So Glad "So Glad" by "Johnny Eager"	End	1959		0:09:53 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Chuck Wiley	Why Worry About Me "Why Worry About Me" by "Chuck Wiley"	Gee-Dee	1995		0:11:55 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Moniques	Teach Me How To Dance	Benn-X	1963		0:13:30 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Newberry 4	That's Why I Am A Rolling Stone	Mook	1966		0:15:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Kings	Hold Me "Hold Me" by "The Kings"	Jay Wing	1958		0:18:21 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

The Strands	How Will I Know "How Will I Know" by "The Strands"	Firefly	1960		0:22:05 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Barbara Chandler	Girl Talk "Girl Talk" by "Barbara Chandler"	ABC-Paramount	1963		0:25:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Conway Twitty	Platinum High School	MGM	1960		0:27:16 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jim Balcom	High School Football Game	Class	1959		0:29:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Ugly's	Ugly Blues "Ugly Blues" by "The Ugly's"	Pye	1965		0:32:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Mr. Sad Head	Make Haste "Make Haste" by "Mr. Sad Head"	RCA Victor	1953		0:35:11 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Girls	Don't Make Me Cry "Don't Make Me Cry" by "The Girls"	Leaf	1959		0:37:41 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Tino And The Revlons	Red Sails In The Sunset	Dearborn	1966		0:40:53 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Unknown	I Have Returned "I Have Returned" by "The Unknown"	Autograph	1960		0:43:50 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Esquires	What A Burn "What A Burn" by "The Esquires"	Durco	1963		0:46:03 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Peter Goon	The Whistler "The Whistler" by "Peter Goon"	Poleese	1959		0:48:34 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Danny Cagle And The Escorts	Hy Ho Silver	Marlo	1960		0:51:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The RPM's	Down "Down" by "The RPM's"	Ambassador	1966		0:54:17 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Robbi Curtice	The Soul Of A Man "The Soul Of A Man" by "Robbi Curtice"	Sidewalk	1968		0:56:13 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

The Excellents	When The Red, Red Robbin, Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin Along	Mermaid	1961		0:59:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Excellents	I Made The Biggest Mistake Of My Life	Dee Jay Jamboree	1997		1:02:33 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Foster Bros.	Tell Me Who "Tell Me Who" by "Foster Bros."	El Bee	1957		1:05:21 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Billy Lehman And The Rock-itts	Black Derby	ARP	1959		1:07:49 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Nutty Squirrels	Hello Again "Hello Again" by "The Nutty Squirrels"	RCA Victor	1964		1:09:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Blue Jeans	Cool Martini "Cool Martini" by "The Blue Jeans"	Souvenir	1961		1:12:36 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sam Fletcher	You Did It "You Did It" by "Sam Fletcher"	RCA Victor	1961		1:15:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Dr. T. And The Undertakers	Blue, Blue, Feeling	Target	1966		1:18:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Apollos	Dirty Water "Dirty Water" by "The Apollos"	Cicadelic	1985		1:21:17 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Red Williams	Lot Of Mud "Lot Of Mud" by "Red Williams"	Penthouse	1965		1:26:58 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Pop Foster	Green Power Lord Part 1	Awake	1967		1:29:05 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Casinos	Too Good To Be True "Too Good To Be True" by "The Casinos"	Ember	1967		1:32:08 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Rainey Day Blues	Shorty And The Enchanting Souls	Combo	1961		1:34:53 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Sy Oliver And His Orchestra	I Want You To Be My Baby	Bell	1955		1:38:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Al Barkle And The Tri-Tones	Sputnik II	Vita	1957		1:40:49 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Challengers	Channel Nine "Channel Nine" by "The Challengers"	Vault	1965		1:42:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jimmy Willams	New Memories For Old	Glenn	1965-ish		1:45:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Walk Kaufman	Black Cat "Black Cat" by "Walk Kaufman"	D&S	1960		1:47:26 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jessie Sailes And The Waves	I'm In Love With The Drummer Man	Felsted	1963		1:50:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Warren Storm	No No "No No" by "Warren Storm"	Top Rank	1960		1:52:01 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Benny Barnes	Mine All Mine "Mine All Mine" by "Benny Barnes"	Mercury Starday	1957		1:55:33 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
	a song			Shows Ova! Thanks Gang! Shows Ova! Thanks Gang!	1:56:40 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👹 ♥ 1:57pm WR: Hi Kitschy Mama and folks. That Krazy Kat illustration doesn't look like an original Herriman's work. I don't think anyone officially took over after Herriman died, so guessing it is either a homage or an illustration created for some associated product.
	♥ 2:00pm Mr. Oxford: Hello WR! Hello Kitschy Mama!
	👹 ♥ 2:01pm JReganK: Hey, Kitschy Mama! This Ignatz & Crazy Kat knock off would look good in the LCD!
	♥ 2:01pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WR @1:57 Hey WR! Yes, this one is a Gold Key comic #1 from 1963.
	♥ 2:02pm Kevin the Painter: Oi DJ KM!
	♥ 2:02pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Mr. Oxford @2:00 Hello Mr. Oxford! Welcome!
	♥ 2:02pm Mr. Oxford: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:02 Thank you! Nice to discover this show and listen to it for the first time.
	♥ 2:05pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ JReganK @2:01 Hey JReganK! I would! Did ya git the latest LCD?
	♥ 2:05pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Kevin the Painter @2:02 Welcome to it Kevin the Painter!
	👹 ♥ 2:07pm WLSClark: Heya KM, WR, Oxford, JrK, Kevin!! NEXT WEEK: Show # "1 after 199!" Anithing special for #200???
	👹 ♥ 2:07pm JReganK: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:05 Not Yet! Put me down for a Wolf Whistle. I a sucker for a hammertone finish!
	👹 ♥ 2:08pm JReganK: ↳ WLSClark @2:07 Hey, Clark!
	♥ 2:08pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:07 Hey WLSClark! No plans yet.. any ideas?
	♥ 2:09pm Mr. Oxford: ↳ WLSClark @2:07 Heya WLSClark!
	♥ 2:09pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ JReganK @2:07 "QUITE A DEAL" 😄
	👹 ♥ 2:11pm WLSClark: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:08 Maybe the top of the top of the Kitschy playlists as you see it? I think we would like to know!
	♥ 2:13pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:11 ooo.. that would be fun... the top 40 most popular records I've played... will certainly consider....🤔
	👹 ♥ 2:16pm WLSClark: OR you could play Retro over and over for 2 hours!
	♥ 2:17pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:16 also tempting... that would really throw some folks off! 😅 Great song though...
	👹 ♥ 2:18pm WLSClark: I gotta believe that like me doing a show for 10 years, you keep your faves out separated from the usual non-faves.
	👹 ♥ 2:18pm WLSClark: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:17 Agreed!
	♥ 2:19pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:18 oh yes! certainly so.. and boy are those favorites cherished!
	👹 ♥ 2:23pm Stu Rutherford: Hey Kitschy Mama & everyone!
	👹 ♥ 2:24pm WLSClark: Hi Stu!
	♥ 2:24pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Stu Rutherford @2:23 Heya Stu!
	👹 ♥ 2:25pm WLSClark: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:17 As we all know, when you play the "Retro" theme 45 at 33, it is actually "Uh Oh!" by the nutty Squirrels.
	👹 ♥ 2:25pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ WLSClark @2:24 Hello Clark!
	👹 ♥ 2:26pm JReganK: ↳ Stu Rutherford @2:23 Hey, Stu!
	♥ 2:26pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:25 Ha! I've got some nutty squirrels later in the show!
	👹 ♥ 2:27pm JReganK: ↳ WR @1:57 Hey, WR!
	👹 ♥ 2:27pm JReganK: ↳ Mr. Oxford @2:02 Hey, Mr. O!
	♥ 2:29pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Song: "Platinum High School" by "Conway Twitty" not enough whistling solos on tape...
	👹 ♥ 2:31pm JReganK: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:29 Conway Rooolz!!!
	♥ 2:33pm Kevin the Painter: ↳ WLSClark @2:07 Oi Clark!
	👹 ♥ 2:36pm WLSClark: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:26 Sascha Burland was a genius besides the S Squirrels 45s. Wrote lots jingles/commercials like Alka seltzer stomach one T-Bones did.
	👹 ♥ 2:37pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ JReganK @2:26 Hello JrK!
	👹 ♥ 2:40pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "Don't Make Me Cry" by "The Girls" Those girls eventually turn over a new Leaf!
	👹 ♥ 2:41pm JReganK: ↳ Kevin the Painter @2:33 Hey, Kevin!
	👹 ♥ 2:45pm WLSClark: Ha, just seein Congressmen planes nuzzled each other at Reagan airport! Pretty funny when ya think of it. Too bad it wasn't yellow hair.
	👹 ♥ 2:47pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "What A Burn" by "The Esquires" Its a Gass!!!
	♥ 2:47pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:45 jeesuz, its always something...
	👹 2:48pm sugarbear: ↳ WR @1:57 His were less smooth looking and sort of nightmarish, at least to me.
	👹 ♥ 2:50pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "The Whistler" by "Peter Goon" Winkly & Nutley got nuthin on this one.
	👹 ♥ 2:54pm WLSClark: So, KM, when did you do your first radio show? FMU or other places???
	👹 ♥ 2:55pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "Down" by "The RPM's" Cool good dance record!!! Coulda been a hit!
	♥ 2:55pm FoolishBandit: Fun show!
	♥ 2:56pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:54 Retro Obscuro started as a podcast for Garage Punk Pirate Radio in 2013. When that went under I was syndicating on FM stations world wide.. I joined Ichiban in 2019...
	♥ 2:56pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ FoolishBandit @2:55 Thanks for tuning in!
	👹 ♥ 2:57pm WLSClark: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:56 WOW! Amazingly cool. SO, always THIS stuff or punk back then?
	♥ 2:58pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:57 Its always been rare oldies...
	👹 ♥ 2:59pm WLSClark: ↳ Kitschy Mama @2:58 Very good! Love your show!
	♥ 2:59pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @2:59 awww. thank ya!
	♥ 3:00pm FoolishBandit: What happened to Ichiban? Did it just turn into the regular Rock and Soul stream?
	👹 ♥ 3:00pm coelacanth∅: hola Kitschy Mama and obscuros
	♥ 3:01pm Mr. Oxford: I'll have to go now. Thank you Kitschy Mama for the show!
	♥ 3:01pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ FoolishBandit @3:00 Yes, exactly
	♥ 3:01pm Kitschy Mama: Hey coelacanth∅! Welcome!
	♥ 3:02pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Mr. Oxford @3:01 Thanks For Listening! See Ya!
	👹 ♥ 3:03pm coelacanth∅: that ignatz and krazy kat look like imposters!
	3:08pm Ellen: Sorry I'm late: trains! Also I can't seem to sign in.
	♥ 3:08pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Ellen @3:08 Hey Ellen! Welcome!
	👹 ♥ 3:10pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "Hello Again" by "The Nutty Squirrels" There they are! Can you believe they made this comeback on RCA???
	👹 ♥ 3:12pm Ellen: Ah, signed in. Feels good to be back in my own skin.
	♥ 3:12pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ WLSClark @3:10 ha! barely! they had a lot of releases! people just couldn't get enough varmint theme groups....
	♥ 3:13pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Ellen @3:12 there ya go! hello!
	👹 ♥ 3:13pm Ellen: ↳ FoolishBandit @3:00 I never heard what happened to Ichiban, but Rock and Soul took over the stream addresses. I seem to recall there was some drama, but I'm by no means a WFMU insider.
	👹 ♥ 3:13pm WLSClark: ↳ Kitschy Mama @3:12 and obviously, things have not changed.
	👹 ♥ 3:14pm WLSClark: Hi coel, bandit! Ellen, at first I thought you lost your eye!
	♥ 3:15pm FoolishBandit: ↳ Ellen @3:13 Ah ok
	♥ 3:15pm FoolishBandit: ↳ WLSClark @3:14 Ahoy
	👹 ♥ 3:16pm Ellen: ↳ WLSClark @3:14 I swear I put it on the corner of my desk, but sometimes it rolls off ;)
	♥ 3:17pm FoolishBandit: ↳ Ellen @3:16 Those things can get away from us some times
	👹 ♥ 3:18pm coelacanth∅: ↳ WLSClark @3:14 Greetings WLSC!
	👹 ♥ 3:19pm Ellen: ↳ Song: "Blue, Blue, Feeling" by "Dr. T. And The Undertakers" You can tell these folks have never heard a Rolling Stones record in their whole life
	👹 ♥ 3:21pm coelacanth∅: reminds me more of early kinks...but with the standells' riff
	👹 ♥ 3:21pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Song: "Blue, Blue, Feeling" by "Dr. T. And The Undertakers" Love how they worked the "Dirty Water" lick into this tune!
	👹 ♥ 3:21pm Ellen: ↳ Song: "Dirty Water" by "The Apollos" …or these guys either!
	👹 ♥ 3:22pm coelacanth∅: ...uh, or the apollos riff
	👹 ♥ 3:23pm coelacanth∅: (i guess the standells riff)
	♥ 3:24pm Kitschy Mama: its a cover, but what I wouldn't give to see it live at a high school battle of the bands...in the 60s.
	👹 ♥ 3:25pm coelacanth∅: one of the many covers changes "boston" to "new york"...i forget who it was
	👹 ♥ 3:26pm Ellen: ↳ Kitschy Mama @3:24 Oh lordy…the phrase "battle of the bands" just makes me shudder
	👹 ♥ 3:28pm WLSClark: ↳ Ellen @3:16 Hahaha
	👹 ♥ 3:29pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:25 I think that may have been The Inmates' cover from the late '70s. Their "proper" version has London as their home but IIRC, they did a promotional "New York" version and maybe some other markets as well?
	👹 ♥ 3:31pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Stu Rutherford @3:29 Thanks that sounds exactly right!
	👹 ♥ 3:32pm coelacanth∅: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:31 (i think i heard it on wpix-fm at the time)
	👹 ♥ 3:33pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:32 I remember that one and "The Walk" getting airplay back in the day.
	👹 ♥ 3:33pm WLSClark: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:32 Did you ever hear barney Pip on WPIX? He was there at end of his career. He was a friend near the end of his life and a fave of mine in the 60s on WCFL Chicago.
	👹 ♥ 3:35pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Stu Rutherford @3:33 the remake of the walk... was that the inmates too? i had (still have) a friend that played that record to death!
	👹 ♥ 3:38pm coelacanth∅: ↳ WLSClark @3:33 i don't remember that name. ...i only discovered pix ~1978 - not long before it transformed one day (literally) into absolute crap!
	👹 ♥ 3:38pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:35 Yes that was also The Inmates. Both songs are on their debut LP (both UK & US versions).
	👹 ♥ 3:41pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:38 Yeah, I started listening to WPIX (along with WPLJ & WNEW) around the same time. I seem to recall WPIX playing a few more deeper cuts than the other 2...but the station switched formats fairly soon after I became a listener.
	👹 ♥ 3:42pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Stu Rutherford @3:38 right on. -my friend had the 45. i remember when i first heard the original i thought the inmates didn't change it barely at all!
	👹 ♥ 3:44pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:42 I was already aware of "The Walk" from a Beatles bootleg I had before I heard The Inmates version. I found a reissue 45 of the original within a year or so, IIRC.
	👹 ♥ 3:45pm Motobro: Hello KM, and Obsuro-ites ! Listening and working away. Thank you !!
	👹 ♥ 3:45pm duke: Hi there KM and listeners
	♥ 3:46pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Motobro @3:45 Hey Moto! Thanks for tunin' in!
	♥ 3:47pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ duke @3:45 Hey Duke! Welcome!
	👹 ♥ 3:51pm WLSClark: "Hey Ringo, take some lessons!"
	👹 ♥ 3:52pm WLSClark: ↳ Stu Rutherford @3:44 Yeah, I first heard their version on Renaissance minstrels boot
	👹 ♥ 3:52pm WLSClark: Hi Motobro! duke!
	👹 ♥ 3:53pm WLSClark: If it wasn't a great rap novelty from 80's, KM could play "Rappin Duke" for duke!
	👹 ♥ 3:53pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Stu Rutherford @3:41 i was into plj in the early-mid-70s; switched to new when i got more into "aor"...but was getting thoroughly disenchanted with it by 1978. i'd discovered wfmu then but it was "undependable"! i wanted to hear rock-oriented music, for the most part (some blues, jazz and reggae) then a kid at school told me about wpix. at this time they were playing mostly punk, new wave (not called that yet), Iggy, mc5, pretty thing, the 'elevators and all kinds of psych and garage...and their newscasts were excellent! i recorded one (onto 8-track) on columbus day, while there were big anti-nuclear protests going on, and the guys being irreverent about columbus! and airing people talking about how the cops were spraying them and all...
	👹 ♥ 3:54pm Ellen: ↳ Song: "No No" by "Warren Storm" As least I didn't miss the hot steel or the Bass VI entries. Thanks for the show KM—sorry I was late!
	👹 ♥ 3:54pm coelacanth∅: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:53 (and that's my life story)
	👹 ♥ 3:54pm WLSClark: Geez, now a helicopter crashed into Hudson. It's not safe to leave the radio alone!
	👹 ♥ 3:54pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ WLSClark @3:52 Yes! I believe that was the same one I had.
	♥ 3:54pm Kitschy Mama: ↳ Ellen @3:54 no worries Ellen! See ya next week! 😉
	👹 ♥ 3:54pm Ellen: ↳ coelacanth∅ @3:54 Beats mine! ;)
	👹 ♥ 3:55pm WLSClark: ↳ Ellen @3:54 When ya cant find your eye, it's tough!
	👹 ♥ 3:56pm WLSClark: Great show as always KM! NEXT WEEK show 200! Be square or be square!
	👹 ♥ 3:56pm Stu Rutherford: Thanks, KM! Take care, all.
	👹 ♥ 3:56pm coelacanth∅: ↳ WLSClark @3:55 i can see that
	👹 ♥ 3:56pm Ellen: ↳ WLSClark @3:55 I found it! It was merely (ahem) a glancing blow!
	👹 ♥ 3:56pm WR: Thank you! Kitschy Mama!
	♥ 3:56pm Kitschy Mama: Thanks Folks! It's been fun!
	👹 ♥ 3:57pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Kitschy! everybody be careful of quicksand
	👹 ♥ 3:57pm WLSClark: ↳ Ellen @3:56 Nice one!
	👹 ♥ 3:57pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Ellen @3:56 hahaha
	👹 ♥ 4:08pm JReganK: Thanks, Kitschy Mama!

Retro Obscuro with Kitschy Mama: Playlist from April 10, 2025

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