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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     0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bedrock Rockers  What’s Your Sign   Favoriting     0:02:08 (Pop-up)
They Might Be Giants  Starry Eyes   Favoriting     0:03:09 (Pop-up)
Teenage Fanclub  Star Signs   Favoriting     0:06:45 (Pop-up)
Cattanooga Cats  Incompatible   Favoriting This is my cat Penelope modeling her Ugly Christmas Sweater. 
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The Bonniwell Music Machine  Astrologically Incompatible   Favoriting     0:11:52 (Pop-up)
Vic Venus  Moonlight   Favoriting     0:14:38 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Crazy Elephant 
Space Buggy   Favoriting
 
 
0:16:58 (Pop-up)
Original Italian Cast Recording (Hair)  Aquarius   Favoriting     0:19:21 (Pop-up)
The Mind's Eye  Tell Me Your Sign   Favoriting     0:21:34 (Pop-up)
Harvey Sid Fisher  I Am the Ram   Favoriting     0:23:19 (Pop-up)
Al Green  I'm a Ram   Favoriting     0:25:52 (Pop-up)
The Supremes  No Matter What Sign You Are   Favoriting     0:29:21 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Leonard Nimoy 
Music To Watch Space Girls By   Favoriting
 
 
0:32:25 (Pop-up)
They Might Be Giants  See the Constellation   Favoriting     0:34:42 (Pop-up)
Cliff Richard Jr. & the Shadows  Shooting Star   Favoriting     0:37:57 (Pop-up)
The Apples in Stereo  Floating in Space   Favoriting     0:40:34 (Pop-up)
Paul McCartney & Wings  Venus and Mars / Rock Show   Favoriting     0:43:30 (Pop-up)
No name listed  Tang Bubblegum in Space commercial   Favoriting     0:46:00 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The Neanderthals 
Space Oddity   Favoriting
 
 
0:47:35 (Pop-up)
Tommy Roe  Moon Talk   Favoriting     0:49:23 (Pop-up)
Groovie Goolies  When the Moon is Full   Favoriting     0:52:29 (Pop-up)
The Monkees  Star Collector   Favoriting     0:54:58 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Becky Ebenkamp:

Astrologic Help
5 cents
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:20pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Make that...
Zodiactric
Help 5 cents
Avatar 6:50pm
Jessie3000:

Hey.
Avatar 🍭 6:54pm
CAD:

Hi ya Becky & Jessie. hope everyone is cool!
Avatar 6:57pm
Jessie3000:

Hi there CAD.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

You can call me Ms. Cleo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Oh, hey! I didn’t know you guys were in here! How’s it goin’?
Avatar 🍭 7:00pm
CAD:

Hi Becky -- all good here!
  7:00pm
zoelpw:

Ready to collect all the stars!!
Avatar 7:02pm
SaraPancakes:

Alright! Let's go!
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CAD:

a yabba dabba doosie! :)
  7:03pm
Jarema Mykietyn:

Hello, Becky!
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CAD:

yeah TMBG! thanks Becky :)
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neko:

hello everyone. i am unfashionably late.
Avatar 7:05pm
Corey Light:

Ready for some chewy cuts!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Hello, ladies and Jarema!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

All signs point to YES!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Hi, Corey! And Neko!
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neko:

representing the taurus nation tonight
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Without a doubt
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Talkin' 'bout the bully bull bull, Neko?
Avatar 7:08pm
neko:

yes ma'am. i hear a lot about this stuff, chuck is an astrologer
  7:08pm
Richard Whig:

hola all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Does anyone else want to share their star sign? Jessie? Sara?
Avatar 7:09pm
neko:

in fact if you want your chart done, i can do that for you! bubblegum astrology!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Hi, Rich, star of Whig Out!
  7:09pm
domenic:

Hey Richard!
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neko:

howdy, mr. whig and mr. domenic
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SaraPancakes:

Sagittarius! (Tomorrow!)
  7:10pm
Richard Whig:

don't make me blush! Glynis is the brains AND the beauty. I just ride her coat tails and hope I don't fall off!
  7:10pm
domenic:

Righty Oh!, SaraPancakes...
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CAD:

Hey Domenic! I'm a virgo, Becky
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Virgo, good to know!
  7:11pm
domenic:

Helllllohhhhhh, NEKO...
  7:11pm
Jarema Mykietyn:

Cancer!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Cancer in the house!
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neko:

what are the odds? i have moon in virgo and cancer ascendant
  7:12pm
domenic:

ha ha, bad Mike Curb-ish
stereo on this Music Machine track...
  7:12pm
zoelpw:

Libra in the house!!
  7:13pm
domenic:

the horn part, especially
  7:13pm
Richard Whig:

chilly enough this evening to call for at least one black glove. nice choice!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

What does that mean, Dom? (Capricorn)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Or one hand dipped in black paint, as the (urban) legend goes...
  7:14pm
domenic:

all those Mike Curb soundtracks have horrible stereo mixes, kind of that "Duophonic" thing...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

L-L-L-Libra, according to Harvey Sid Fisher!
Avatar 7:16pm
DJ Major Sally:

Hello Becky! I just finished playing lots of Bubblegum the last couple of hours! Keep it coming! I’ve never heard this, better than any Dickie Goodman record!
  7:16pm
domenic:

hello, Mr. Chris Davidson, S.I.R. (which in L.A. stands for Studio Instrument Rentals)...
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Jessie3000:

I'm a Pisces.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

My reply is no.
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CAD:

oh that's fancy, Dom. I like it :)
  7:17pm
domenic:

Halloh, Sean!!!
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DJ Major Sally:

Hey Dom!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:18pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Hey, Sally! Isn't it great?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:18pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Thanks, CAD!
  7:18pm
domenic:

Chris, take a look back at the posts... do you think what I'm saying is true about Mike Curb soundtracks... and that it applies to that Music Machine track?
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neko:

so on the cover art you're featuring, becky, is that suzi quatro or rick derringer? i can never tell them apart. separated at birth
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DJ Major Sally:

Love! Love! Love!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Ha ha ha! I had to look closely to see if it was Suzi! You've got a point about Rick!
  7:20pm
domenic:

Now I need this Italian HAIR... I have Japan, Israel, France, England... and a synthesizer one... a Don Kirshner HAIR...
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CAD:

For sure Domenic. sound is horrible. but the overall vibe is good n sleazy -- esp. on the biker stuff...
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DJ Major Sally:

Crazy, I have the French cast with Ronnie Bird soundtrack!
  7:20pm
domenic:

yeah, that is true... the VIBE is kinda nuts and always works on my '66 SUNSET STRIP radio show no matter what...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I think it's on Buddha, Sally. I LOVE the French Hair! The "Manchester, England" and "Donna" are my faves.
  7:21pm
domenic:

I'll have to double check that DJ Major Sally... I didn't know that about Ronnie Bird
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Buddah. Was Ronnie Bird on the French stage ST?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

OK, our next artist you should be pals with on FB...
Avatar 7:23pm
DJ Major Sally:

Yes, minor role, he’s in the tiny print on the record
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Bc when it's your bd he will "sing" it for you on your page.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

It is certain
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neko:

oh HELL yes
  7:26pm
domenic:

DJ Major Sally... dig this... I have the Aquarius Theater cast of HAIR... it was never released, I got a CD dub of it from an L.A. cast member!
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CAD:

I know they spell their last names differently, but is there a connection with Wild Man Fischer?
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DJ Major Sally:

Dom, that’s insane!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

You'd think, huh?
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neko:

looooooooooove al green
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I just found this, Neko. I'm loving it!
  7:27pm
domenic:

I have to do more research on it, to find the master tape
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neko:

al green could sing the menu at mcdonald's and it would sound fabulous
  7:28pm
domenic:

DJ Major Sally... HAIR was made playable by DJs in the '90s Lounge scene... something from HAIR always worked!
Avatar 7:29pm
DJ Major Sally:

I just dug out a knock-off London production of Hair on Saga Records UK with Alan Hawkshaw on organ! I forgot I had it!
  7:30pm
domenic:

YES!!!
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neko:

and the follow-up is the supremes? dangggggg
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CAD:

he's one sexy man. the YT video of Al Green on Soul Train (?) is insane, when his arm is in a sling and he is radiating super vibes...holding a rose.
Avatar 7:30pm
neko:

he is indeed a sexy man
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:30pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

The Japanese Hair is fun!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:30pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Oh, I need to watch that!
  7:31pm
domenic:

Yes, Becky, I have that on an import. I was shocked when I found it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I imagine him singing "I'm a Ram" in his priest outfit.
  7:31pm
johnk77:

galt macdermot the co-writer
of aquarius was a good guy
still rehearsing and working
on his material into his 80s
died in 2018:<
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DJ Major Sally:

I worked at Rasputin in Berkeley during the lounge/library craze, and ate up all the soundtracks
  7:31pm
domenic:

Al Green may be the last bona fide Soul star before that all ended in around '75/'76 (you all know why)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Hi JK77!
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DJ Major Sally:

and lounge records coming in! I found that French Hair then!
  7:32pm
domenic:

SPOCK!!!
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neko:

idk domenic, a case can be made for teddy pendergrass
  7:33pm
domenic:

RASPUTIN... sigh
  7:33pm
johnk77:

peace & respect
nice selecting
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Ah, thanks! I love Hair. It's beautiful in any language.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
izzy:

DJMS-I'm soooo jealous!
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DJ Major Sally:

For the record, Cilla Black performed my favorite version of “Aquarius”.😉
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Izzy!
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izzy:

Hey! Better that than....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Raquel Welch!
  7:35pm
domenic:

Good call, Neko, I'm not sure because I don't recall digging him then?!?! But I could be wrong. It would depend on the backing tracks. After Disco the more mature Soul singers kind of got this generic Adult Contemporary backing track thing going... now that is a format!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
izzy:

Late than...
  7:35pm
domenic:

DJ Major Sally... Now that I gotta here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

One of the members of Les Poppys made me an mp3 of the French Hair. I'll find it on vinyl for a good price some day...
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neko:

teddy was lead singer for harold melvin & the blue notes. i remember when i worked for the chicago defender, they covered his concerts & teddy handed out chocolate lollipops...
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CAD:

great points on Al and Teddy. I always thought AG was descended from the Jackie Wilson school, and Teddy from the Sam Cooke school. Both are giants IMHO.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I do have a lot of fake Hairs. Weird Moog versions, budget versions, etc.
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neko:

...saying "it's the closest you're gonna get to the real thing"! the ladies LOVED it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

#chocolatelollipops
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neko:

good point, CAD
  7:37pm
domenic:

Oh, I didn't know that, Neko... that was a good group, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes... what was their big hit again?
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DJ Major Sally:

It opens the ‘Surround Yourself With Cilla’ album, but there’s an Australian EP with it, too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
izzy:

Does Luther Vandross count? IDK if I could identify any of his tunes, tho!
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neko:

"if you don't know me by now"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Teddy is the Af-Am France Gall.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Is there space for Marvin Gaye in this convo?
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neko:

though i prefer "wake up everybody"
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DJ Major Sally:

Becky, I’m soooo happy to take the Cliff & The Shadows EP off my wantlist!
  7:39pm
domenic:

Izzy... I think of Luther Vandross as post-Disco Adult Contemporary black music... but he probably did records earlier? I don't remember how his tracks sound
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
izzy:

Wake Up.. is great!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

I got this in the last year. I was disturbed that it did not have the announcement on it tho. Does yours?
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neko:

yeah, luther counts! plus he sang backup with bowie so that is like extra cool
  7:40pm
domenic:

Marvin Gaye always made Soul records straight through the Disco years, he shined that on and made Marvin Gaye records, though by the time of "Sexual Healing" they softened his backing tracks
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DJ Major Sally:

No announcement of “Cliff Richard Jr.”.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:41pm
izzy:

Luther was huge. I found it odd that I never heard anything of his.
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CAD:

thanks for the Apples tune -- my fave band of past 20 years! very best pop songs and rocking too
  7:41pm
domenic:

Me thinks "Soul" should have gritty backing tracks, not Adult Contemporary backing tracks...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:42pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

The stars are aligned. And so are the planets...
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neko:

agreed. it's like they were trying to dial it down at some point
  7:43pm
domenic:

the acid test being, would a Northern Soul DJ play it....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:43pm
izzy:

Oh, oh! Where do we stand on Macca?
  7:43pm
domenic:

my High School, this
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izzy:

Post-Beatles, anyway.
  7:44pm
domenic:

To me this is really the last really good McCartney LP though he made good tracks here and there later
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Without a doubt!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44pm
izzy:

I'd also go along with that.
  7:44pm
domenic:

this song is totally fun and he parodies '70s rock cliches
  7:45pm
domenic:

also that was the peak of the whole arena rock era
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
izzy:

Pre-stadium.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:47pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Any ideas for weird/cool holiday shows?
  7:47pm
domenic:

Paul didn't do stadiums but the mid-'70s there were a lot of stadium shows in L.A.... I went to The Who, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones all different days of course at Anaheim Stadium
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DJ Major Sally:

Alain Kan’s French version of “Life On Mars” is brilliant!
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neko:

there is some weird stuff out there for christmas. sky's the limit, becky
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
izzy:

Guess I forgot about the Beatles here at the Met. Not many others there til the midnight 70s.
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CAD:

This is a great Tommy Roe song! With Curt B. vocal arrangement all day! Gorgeous
  7:50pm
domenic:

KRLA used to INSANE... and I mean beyond WFMU '50s Christmas music 24 hours and more on Christmas day. Some '60s but there seemed to be more '50s rock 'n' roll Xmas discs
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
izzy:

Mid.
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neko:

to me, it's not xmas until i get to play "daddy drank our xmas money"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Oh, I'll check that out, Sally. Thanks! I love Curt's soaring bg vocals!
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DJ Major Sally:

Paul St John’s “Flying Saucers Have Landed” b/w “Spaceship Lover”, a double sided Sci-fi winner!
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CAD:

I wish I could isolate the background vox on this and play it 24 hours a day...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I've done so many xmas show over the years... I need fresh inspo!
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neko:

dom, they had a station (it still might be doing this) which would play nothing but xmas music all thru december. 40's, 50's, 60's stuff. beats hearing mariah carey ad infinitum
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I like the bg vox on Nanny & the Professor.
  7:53pm
domenic:

Neko... I think... there is no better example of what the music industry WANTS people to hear than all the backing tracks you hear on the kind of Christmas recordings you hear at the Drug store or Grocery store....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Flying Saucers noted
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neko:

i will dig out this art for you, becky, it's from a little golden book edition of "rudolph" illustrated by richard scarry. it has these elves fighting but they look, well, like they're doing something else as the reindeer look on in horror
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Gaylord Fields:

Belated hello, Becky and friends, and am early farewell! Off to alienate the masses — keep it tuned for The Whig Out!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

I want to seeeeeee!
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CAD:

This year has been so bad, it'd be too easy to do a downer Xmas song show (like James Brown et al). Maybe a blindingly optimistic Xmas show with the most treacly upbeat songs of all...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Gaylord Fields:

*an early farewell
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neko:

dom, that's why we would do special CDs in my house for the holidays: "ho ho NO" or "dysfunctional family xmas" with awful stuff
  7:55pm
domenic:

Becky and I usually have a good Christmas movie time... the Mexican "Santa Claus" is a favorite w/ Lupita
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
izzy:

A collector of stars...
  7:55pm
domenic:

Hey Gaylord.. missed ya!
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neko:

oh YES! mexican santa! or any k gordon murray film
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Where are you going, Gaylord?!
  7:56pm
domenic:

Neko also Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is our other favorite
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
Gaylord Fields:

@Domenic: Glad I caught you.

@Becky: To do my own show, silly!
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neko:

yes, we watch that every year at christmas AND halloween
  7:56pm
domenic:

Ay (Gaylord... me as Deke)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Oh... I read backwards! Bye! NA to everybody, I guess as this is my last song. Thanks for listening. G&R are next, and you know I don't mean Axl Rose. Whig Out!
Avatar 7:57pm
DJ Major Sally:

Paul Beaver on Moog!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
Gaylord Fields:

@domemic: Haha!
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CAD:

super show, becky! thank you!!
  7:58pm
Richard Whig:

excellent last song!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

All signs point to MICKY.
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neko:

yes, becky! definitely super!!!
  7:58pm
domenic:

I usually compliment Becky in person but the editing on this show was FAR OUT!!!
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Corey Light:

Cool show!! Off to collect some stars now..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Tanx.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Collect 'em all!
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DJ Major Sally:

Great show Becky!!
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izzy:

Til next week!
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neko:

adieu all! off to do KP. thanks to everyone for another fun night!
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