Favoriting New Flanland with Flannery: Playlist from November 24, 2021 Favoriting

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Weird women, girl groups, international pop, early electronica, dub reggae. Music to send to space.

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Favoriting November 24, 2021: Heartbroken Women of Soul

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ziad rahbani 

Theme (feat. Heike)   Favoriting

The American Motion Picture OST 

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Aretha Franklin  Land of my Dreams   Favoriting Take It Like You Give It  0:01:43 (Pop-up)
Little Ann  Deep Shadows   Favoriting Deep Shadows  0:03:51 (Pop-up)
Carla Thomas  A Love of my Own   Favoriting The Complete Stax & Volt Singles 1959-1968  0:06:32 (Pop-up)
Helene Smith  I Am Controlled by Your Love   Favoriting Eccentric Soul: The Deep CIty Label  0:08:54 (Pop-up)
Millie Foster  Bitterness   Favoriting Teenage Meeting  0:12:06 (Pop-up)
The Sequins  The Third Degree   Favoriting More Perfect Harmony: Sweet Soul Groups 1967-1975  0:14:30 (Pop-up)
The Ronettes  I Wish I never Saw The Sunshine   Favoriting Back To Mono (1958-1969)  0:17:43 (Pop-up)
The Bouquets  Welcome to my Heart   Favoriting Northern Soul Collector  0:21:33 (Pop-up)
Wendy Rene  Gone for Good   Favoriting After Laughter Comes Tears: Complete Stax & Volt Singles + Rarities 1964-1965  0:23:36 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Gary Schneider 

Cast Your Fate To The Wind & The Breeze & I   Favoriting

Enjoy the Experience: Homemade Records 1958-1992 

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Syreeta  She's Leaving Home   Favoriting Syreeta  0:30:33 (Pop-up)
Gloria Walker & the Chevelles  Please Don't Desert Me Baby   Favoriting 7"  0:35:00 (Pop-up)
The Sapphires  Gee I'm Sorry Baby   Favoriting   0:37:49 (Pop-up)
Irma Thomas  Cry On   Favoriting Irma Thomas Sings  0:40:54 (Pop-up)
Elsie Mae (T.V. Mama)  All of Me   Favoriting James Brown's Original Funky Divas v/a  0:43:33 (Pop-up)
Bettye Swann  Then You Can Tell me Goodbye   Favoriting Bettye Swann  0:46:47 (Pop-up)
Fontella Bass  This Would Make me Happy   Favoriting The Best of Super Rare Soul  0:50:34 (Pop-up)
Nina Simone  You'd be So Nice to Come Home To   Favoriting Nina at Newport  0:52:56 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Metin H. Alati 

rast saz semaisi   Favoriting

Sentetik Oyun Havalari [1974] 

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Listener comments!

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WR:

I wonder if I ever broke anyone's 💔 🤔 besides my mom's who told me so regularly during her last years.
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Jan Turkenburg:

Hi (again) everyone, Hi Flannery!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:02pm
flannery:

hello WR, hello Jan!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:02pm
Paper Kosmonaut:

I just keep hanging on...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:02pm
flannery:

damn WR... don't take that shit from your mom
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:03pm
flannery:

hello PK!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:03pm
Paper Kosmonaut:

Hey Flannery!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:04pm
flannery:

what's shakin everyone here dreading thanksgiving or what
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:04pm
Little Danny:

hello flannery hello all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:04pm
solo mon:

Yesss little ann this is my jam!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:05pm
Paper Kosmonaut:

We do not have Thanksgiving in Dutchyland. We *do* have Sint Pannekoek the 29th.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:05pm
flannery:

hi little danny! hello solo!
Avatar 4:06pm
ARB:

Hi cutie pies
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:06pm
Jan Turkenburg:

Yes, it's about time we export that celebration! We must plan a meeting for next year, right after monday, PK
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:07pm
flannery:

wow love finding out about a new weird european holiday... ever since i found out about that pooping log from catalan
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:07pm
flannery:

"tio de nadal"... hi ARB!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:07pm
Jan Turkenburg:

I've made a start already: www.jan.eu...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:07pm
Paper Kosmonaut:

Sint Pannekoek: nl-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:07pm
Jan Turkenburg:

Solo! ARB!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:07pm
flannery:

love your avatar arb, who is that?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:08pm
Paper Kosmonaut:

LOL @ Jan!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:08pm
solo mon:

Hi Jan :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:08pm
Little Danny:

how sad should i expect to be by the end of the hour? lying on the floor sad?
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:08pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they):

hey flannery and flansters! dreading hollerdaze, poop log curious and digging these sounds!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:09pm
Jan Turkenburg:

www-jan-eu.translate.goog...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:09pm
flannery:

you DON'T want to be operating any heavy machinery i'll tell you that
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:09pm
flannery:

en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:09pm
Little Danny:

bedroom floor is my fave sad place btw
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:09pm
flannery:

hi mx baba bee!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:09pm
flannery:

fave sad place... great icebreaker!!!
Avatar 4:10pm
ARB:

Hi Jan! Flannery, it's Leigh Bowery
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
flannery:

one nice thing about driving is it's a much more private place to be sad!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
Little Danny:

love this helene smith! her voice is so good for these saddies
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
solo mon:

Just sprinkle some pumpkin spice on it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
flannery:

hell ya! i thought so
Avatar 4:10pm
ARB:

favorite sad place is curled up on the shower floor as small as possible
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they):

wait, Leigh Bowery is your fave sad place?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:11pm
flannery:

fav sad place.... is ... the eiffel tower... what can i say im glamorous!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:12pm
flannery:

no just kidding it's definitely my bed lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:12pm
Little Danny:

i think there was a decent snl skit about all the people crying in their cars in target parking lots?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:12pm
Paper Kosmonaut:

Well, everyone can me something, Jan. I am going to stuff myself with pancakes monday.
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:12pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they):

LD: I think it's going to be an under the floor sad here
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:12pm
flannery:

a ha ha its true...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:13pm
solo mon:

I like to be sad on my bike in the rain
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:13pm
Little Danny:

fwiw i love weeping shoppers
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:13pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they):

oooh, solo, that's very romantic!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:13pm
solo mon:

My favorite quote “ You can cry, as long as you are also working.”
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:14pm
flannery:

i like shopping at CVS and the saddest song in the world comes on and i just... keep shopping....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:14pm
Little Danny:

flannery the nice thing about the floor is that it makes you feel a little smaller when u look up at the ceiling! pro tip!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:14pm
Paper Kosmonaut:

Kids are able to just wail and bawl their eyes out just walking in the street. Why can't we? no- why don't we?
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:14pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they):

remember that band, Drivin N Cryin? That's my sad place. It's probably as dangerous as driving drunk.
  🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:14pm
WR:

It was quite a surprise to me. I'm the oldest sibling and she blamed me for setting a bad example and wrecking the whole family. Totally caught me by surprise. When I was 19 my father had told me that if I didn't accept his rules then I should leave, so I did. Shit, why am I writing all this? Dad died 13 years ago and mom, 8 years ago. Thank you family holiday season and heartbreak songs.

I'm in fetal position in my bed now, but I've got to go pee.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:14pm
Little Danny:

i would love to program the cvs playlist
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ARB:

As a pathological multitasker and Capricorn I'm on board with crying while working
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:15pm
flannery:

does everyone here know about cvs bangers
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:15pm
Little Danny:

yes
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Paper Kosmonaut:

There, there WR.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:15pm
flannery:

its ok to pee and cry at the same time!!
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:15pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they):

WR: let it all out. There's a big stuffed lion here on the floor for you to cuddle…
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:16pm
flannery:

i love cvs bangers
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:16pm
flannery:

"love" is not strong enough... im consumed by cvs bangers....
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:16pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they):

WR: And let the pee out, too, but in between fetal positions. I don't know if this show hands out splash ponchos?
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ARB:

Crying while chatting
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:17pm
Little Danny:

sneezing and farting is a good icebreaker too
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:17pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they):

LD: I'm ready for your advice column
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:17pm
flannery:

peeing, crying, shopping, sneezing, farting...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:17pm
solo mon:

I'm in a fetal position commenting, and you'd never know it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:18pm
flannery:

wow speaking of advice columns dont forget to call 385-EAR-FULL with all your problems!
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:18pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they):

I'm in an upright, locked fetal position
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:19pm
solo mon:

hahahaha baba bee
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solo mon:

did i say fetal, I meant feral.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:19pm
flannery:

the fetid position
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:19pm
Little Danny:

flannery a q about your hotline! are we confessing our problems to you? or are we seeking your advice?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:20pm
Little Danny:

boy i got problems
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:20pm
flannery:

either but i would err on the side of advice. you'll also get a song dedicated to your problem
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:20pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they):

poutine food cart here has deep fried pickles, gluten free. problems solved!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:20pm
solo mon:

LD all the good questions.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:21pm
Little Danny:

and u promise u won't accidentally pick up the phone while i'm spilling right
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:21pm
flannery:

we'll have an apology line some other holiday!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:21pm
solo mon:

how funny abab, we are having fired pickles instead of turkey tomorrow.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:21pm
flannery:

i promise LD... i got this all figured out
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:22pm
Little Danny:

i figured u did :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:22pm
flannery:

these girls... aren't sad... but they made the cut
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:22pm
Little Danny:

one of my favorite ronettes tracks btw!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:23pm
flannery:

i like the idea of welcoming someone to your heart its like welcome to my heart
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:23pm
Little Danny:

sadness might be the original vibe
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flannery:

mine too. i love the freakin ronettes
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:23pm
flannery:

i mean welcome to my nightmare lol i glitched
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:24pm
solo mon:

wendy rene another favorite
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flannery:

she's so cute... so sad....
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ARB:

Jellybean?
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Little Danny:

good kitty!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:28pm
solo mon:

hi kity
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:29pm
Little Danny:

can't wait!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:30pm
flannery:

thats nina on the mic
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:30pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they):

oh, I miss the Apology Line! Does anyone remember that, from the mid-90s? There was an Apology zine, too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:30pm
flannery:

nina's eighteen... she's tired.....
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:31pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they):

solo: I'll bee in PDX Saturday afternoon, leaving with JB Mon morning, save me some fried peekelllz!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:32pm
solo mon:

XOX see you then baba bee!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:32pm
solo mon:

Syreeta showing the Beatles how to do it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:33pm
flannery:

what else is on the menu solo?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:33pm
flannery:

no kidding
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:33pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they) ⚧:

any dips for the pickles?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:33pm
solo mon:

Ok, i lied we aren't having fried pickles.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:33pm
flannery:

i'm making ethiopian food
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:34pm
solo mon:

But I want fried pickles.
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solo mon:

That sounds good flannery.
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flannery:

thanks... we'll see lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:35pm
solo mon:

Our friend owns a delicious restaurant, and we ordered an all side dish thanksgiving to go from them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:35pm
flannery:

wow nice
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:35pm
solo mon:

"Dips for Pickles" sounds like a club I would join.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:36pm
flannery:

her own MOM left her to fuckin DIE
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:37pm
flannery:

eat that gilbert o sullivan!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:37pm
solo mon:

Desserted
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Little Danny:

wow flannery that does sound good! do you make injera? i've tried a few times disastrously
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:38pm
flannery:

injera is the one thing we get to-go... price is right and yeah i don't want to fuck it up. i mean i could make mac n cheese and it would be good with injeera
  🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:38pm
WR:

OK, I let all the tears and pee out and feel much better. Plus the demanding customer didn't reply with any more questions. I might just survive this day.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:38pm
Little Danny:

rooting for you WR!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:39pm
flannery:

are you working customer service and listening at the same time?? we should have special badges for ppl working/listening...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:39pm
solo mon:

We here for U WR.
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flannery:

customer service will break your heart
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ARB:

Ima make some artichoke dip and finish my durian
  🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:40pm
WR:

Good African food is one option that isn't near where I live. Yes, I am tech support guy.
Avatar 4:40pm
ARB:

I'm here icing out customers who try to talk over The Sapphires
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:41pm
solo mon:

Working in advertising made me miss customer service.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:42pm
flannery:

we're getting a lot of complaints about trans characters in books and wow conservatives love freedom of speech until they dont huh
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:42pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they) ⚧:

Even one of the best cooks I know, who makes excellent Ethiopian food, says "Just order injera from the restaurant."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:43pm
solo mon:

UGH. Flannery indeed.
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ARB:

ok this song makes me legitimate sad
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:43pm
solo mon:

Yeah Irma is the queen of tears.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:43pm
flannery:

last 1/4 of the show is pretty sad... not responsible for crying related accidents
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:43pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they) ⚧:

flannery: a dear friend of mine is the author of a book that's in the middle of the current storms against trans characters in books! It's been a wild ride!
  🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:43pm
WR:

One of Irma's best. And she has a lot of great songs.
Avatar 4:44pm
ARB:

It's soldered to some actual sad memories too, love it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:45pm
solo mon:

This is the mixtape Darlene listens to before she steps into a washing machine and drowns.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:45pm
flannery:

oh my! good luck to them. its truly crazy. oddly if you explain freedom of speech to them theyre usually pretty receptive LOL. just a huge disinformation campaign... i looked at the list of 850+ challenged books in Texas and its obvious they havent read a single one!
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:45pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they) ⚧:

the cool thing is, there's a new Banned Book subscription, where the folx send out two banned books a month. I just signed up. (My friend's book is in the Dec package!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:45pm
flannery:

yeah its great publicity for all these books hopefully
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:45pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they) ⚧:

yes, it all started in Texas
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ARB:

Funny to complain about trans characters while psychopaths and violent ones get to run rampant
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:46pm
Little Danny:

texas is full of confident morons
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they) ⚧:

they're calling my friend's book "porn" because it shows a scene where two consenting adults are using a strap-on, and "pedophilia" because there's an image of a Greek urn?!?!?!?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
flannery:

i work in kansas and live in missouri... double whammy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
flannery:

pretty soon im gonna have to go to mars to get an abortion !
  4:47pm
MHLee:

Hello friemds
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
flannery:

whats the book if u dont mind disclosing? if not thats fine
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:48pm
flannery:

hi MHLee!
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Mx. Baba Bee (e/they) ⚧:

ha ha! A friend of mine lives in Kansas and works in Missouri!
The book is "Gender Queer: A Memoir" by Maia Kobabe (full disclosure: I'm in the book!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:48pm
Little Danny:

this bettye swann is great and new to me! another sad-sweet voice
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:49pm
flannery:

oh good for you... and kudos to them!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:49pm
flannery:

so sweet :'-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
flannery:

i will request the library buy some more copies
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they) ⚧:

I guess the swarms of book banners have brought attention to my friend's book, but it has also stressed em out a lot. A dubious achievement. But in great company.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:51pm
flannery:

nice. if its any encouragement for them all of our copies are checked out with a long waitlist :-)
  4:52pm
MHLee:

People are afraid of queering gender
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:54pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they) ⚧:

MHLee: Nonbinary really disturbs folx.

News flash: Fairfax County just announced that they will allow my friend's book back in the public school libraries!!! The students wrote a very compelling statement about being pissed that they were being used for a political battle.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:54pm
flannery:

right on!
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ARB:

Love the sad bump on this one
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:55pm
solo mon:

There is hope for the kids.
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:55pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they) ⚧:

flannery; YAY! It's a really great book. So thoughtful, honest and kind. That's the funny thing. I'd give this book to anyone of any age. It's so PG13 at most.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:55pm
Little Danny:

flanks flannery! sad music is my happy place
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:55pm
MHLee:

I'll need to get a copy... Also I love the color of playlist page
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:56pm
flannery:

thank you... this one tho....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:56pm
flannery:

thanks MHLee :) been a while since i searched tiled web backgrounds but it felt good
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:56pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they):

While my tickled ivories gently weep
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:57pm
solo mon:

tryne not to cry for reals now
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solo mon:

pickled ivories
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
flannery:

OLO thru my tears
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
Little Danny:

lol solo!
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they):

Pickled ivories gently deep fry
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
flannery:

CVS bangers airhorn
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ARB:

promise fulfilled, thank you!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:59pm
solo mon:

waving my long ass cvs receipt in adoration
Avatar 🐛 Swag For Life Member 4:59pm
Mx. Baba Bee (e/they):

that was deeply satisfying, thanks, flannery!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:59pm
Paper Kosmonaut:

That Nina Simone song was awesome, Flannery. Thanks for an hour of beautiful songs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:59pm
MHLee:

At least I caught some of this show today... was travelling and missed most of the shows I'm regular one
  5:00pm
spodiodi:

Thanks, flannery! Great show! Been listening while restoring my human form
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:00pm
Little Danny:

flacid jazz
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flannery:

thank you guys!!!
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WR:

Thank you for the tears, I have no fears with this crew.
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