Favoriting Fool's Paradise with Rex: Playlist from October 7, 2023 Favoriting

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Favoriting October 7, 2023: The Olive Thomas Memorial Playlist

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Artist Track Label Approx. start time
Link Wray And The Ray Men  I'm Branded   Favoriting Swan  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Five Sounds  Clumsy Dragon   Favoriting Galark  0:05:48 (Pop-up)
The Atlantics  Monkey Tree   Favoriting Amon  0:07:36 (Pop-up)
The Hong Kongs  Surfin' In The China Sea   Favoriting Melody Hill  0:09:27 (Pop-up)
Link Davis  Grasshopper Rock   Favoriting Starday  0:14:28 (Pop-up)
Jape Richardson and the Japettes  Crazy Blues   Favoriting Mercury  0:16:06 (Pop-up)
Clinton O'Neal and the Country Drifters  Big Bad Wolf   Favoriting Drifter  0:18:10 (Pop-up)
Art Foster  Houston, Texas   Favoriting Star  0:20:39 (Pop-up)
Jason Eddie and the Centremen  Singin' The Blues   Favoriting Capitol  0:23:03 (Pop-up)
Lee George  The Little Moon Men   Favoriting Wonder  0:25:31 (Pop-up)
Lattie Moore  Drunk Again   Favoriting King  0:29:35 (Pop-up)
Janet McBride  Yodelin' Jan   Favoriting Longhorn  0:30:14 (Pop-up)
Bill Carter  Half Hour 'Til Sundown   Favoriting Honee B  0:34:42 (Pop-up)
Long Gone Miles  Hello Josephine   Favoriting Kent  0:43:57 (Pop-up)
Arthur Gunter  I Want Her Back   Favoriting Excello  0:45:28 (Pop-up)
Lonesome Sundown  Lonesome Whistler   Favoriting Excello  0:47:56 (Pop-up)
Wee Willie Wayne  Kinfolks   Favoriting Imperial  0:51:48 (Pop-up)
Otis Blackwell  Wake Up Fool   Favoriting RCA Victor  0:52:18 (Pop-up)
Sam Kimble and his Orchestra  Stop and Go   Favoriting Marble  0:55:06 (Pop-up)
The Spiders  I'm Slippin' In   Favoriting Imperial  1:04:40 (Pop-up)
The Vibrations  Caveman   Favoriting Checker  1:05:49 (Pop-up)
The Pearls  Ugly Face   Favoriting On The Square  1:08:05 (Pop-up)
The Oddballs  Rockin' In the Jungle   Favoriting Rocket  1:10:12 (Pop-up)
Robert & Johnny  Walking In The Rain   Favoriting Old Town  1:13:05 (Pop-up)
Tony Moon and the Aktones  N-A-C-L   Favoriting Pan World  1:21:51 (Pop-up)
The Spindrifts  Cha Cha Doo   Favoriting Hot  1:22:52 (Pop-up)
Baker Knight And The Knightmares  Bring My Cadillac Back   Favoriting Kit  1:25:07 (Pop-up)
Wayne Pav & The Orphans  Oh Mona   Favoriting Pav  1:27:20 (Pop-up)
The Bugs  Slide   Favoriting Astor  1:32:32 (Pop-up)
The Decades  C'Mon Pretty Baby   Favoriting Janie  1:40:21 (Pop-up)
The Tikis  Shake Town   Favoriting Universal Sound  1:41:28 (Pop-up)
Me And The Other Guys  Skinny Minny   Favoriting Hit Cat  1:44:00 (Pop-up)
Ike Perry and the Lyrics  She's Got His Nose Wide Open   Favoriting Ann  1:46:08 (Pop-up)
The Masked Man and The Agents  Wigs   Favoriting Mask  1:49:36 (Pop-up)
Billy Bland  Momma Stole The Chicken   Favoriting Old Town  1:52:22 (Pop-up)
Little Bob And The Lollipops  Twisting Home   Favoriting Decca  1:55:36 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:03pm
The Butterman:

Hiya Rex. Saturday just got a lot better.
  🌮 1:04pm
Erin Hellfire:

Happy first show of October!!!
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:04pm
Bruce S.:

always great to hear Link
Avatar 🌮 1:04pm
William Hellfire:

Hi Rex and Butterman
  1:04pm
Brez:

THIS is a radio thing. This IS a radio thing. Yay for Saturday and Fools Paradise! Hi, everyone.
  1:05pm
dave:

Howdy Rex and Fools!
Avatar 🌮 1:05pm
Mailman Tom:

I have the 1916 serial, Beatrix Fairfax, starring Olive Thomas on DVD. The New Amsterdam Theater was haunted by her ghost for many years!
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:05pm
Bruce S.:

howdy all
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:06pm
The Butterman:

Hello Hellfire’s. Hope you are both well. I look forward to you sharing some disgusting, smell -related factoid today. In fact I expect it. I demand it!
  🌮 1:08pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ The Butterman @1:06
🤣🤣🤣 here's something disgusting for you. I puked tacos on the carpet while making a desperate run to the bathroom last night.
Avatar 🌮 1:09pm
William Hellfire:

↳ Song: "Clumsy Dragon" by "The Five Sounds"
Clumsy Dragon aka Godzilla vs Mothra 1964
Avatar 🌮 1:10pm
William Hellfire:

↳ Erin Hellfire @1:08
Rex would have been proud!
  🌮 1:10pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ William Hellfire @1:10
Hahaha I'm sure.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:10pm
Greg from ZONE 5:

Afternoon, Fools!
  🌮 1:11pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @1:10
Hey, Greg!
Avatar 🌮 1:11pm
Mailman Tom:

↳ Song: "Surfin' In The China Sea" by "The Hong Kongs"
More Chinese Rock 'n' Roll, please!
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:11pm
The Butterman:

↳ Erin Hellfire @1:08
See, Erin, that’s what I’m talking about! I hope William cleaned it up.
I’m the king of puke.
Done puked all over the tri state area.
Avatar 1:11pm
I'm with the banned:

😂 😂 😂 😂!! Hi Rex!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:11pm
Fuzzy:

Puff-puff-pass, Olive...
Avatar 🌮 1:12pm
William Hellfire:

Last time Erin volcano vomited sushi after getting overly excited drinking and dancing to a Lynda Carter special variety show. Roe everywhere.
  🌮 1:12pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ The Butterman @1:11
Nope, it's still on the carpet. 🤣🤣 I'll clean it up after the show.
  🌮 1:13pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ William Hellfire @1:12
🤣🤣 true story
Avatar 🌮 1:14pm
Tony in Durham NC:

Love me some Hong Kongs!
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:14pm
The Butterman:

Blech!
Avatar 🌮 1:15pm
Hubig Pie:

I'm feelin' a little queasy.
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:15pm
Bruce S.:

↳ Erin Hellfire @1:12
I don't know if I would want to let puke sit too long
  🌮 1:16pm
Erin Hellfire:

🤣🤣🤣🤣
Avatar 🌮 1:18pm
William Hellfire:

↳ Bruce S. @1:15
We were hoping the cats would eat it but nope, no takers on reversed tacos supreme.
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:18pm
The Butterman:

Was that Hong Kongs song on Rex’s classic premium, “ turn the hi-go down”. I think it was. I have a disturbing obsession with that cd comp.
Avatar 🌮 1:19pm
Tony in Durham NC:

...waitin' for my dose of stimula...
Avatar 🌮 1:20pm
Tony in Durham NC:

Where the heck did my taco go?
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:20pm
Bruce S.:

↳ Song: "Big Bad Wolf" by "Clinton O'Neal and the Country ...
wow where do all these great records come from?
  🌮 1:21pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Tony in Durham NC @1:20
You have to donate to Hellraiser if you want your taco back, bud.
  🌮 1:22pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Tony in Durham NC @1:20
Fool's Paradise, specifically. Best show on the radio!!!
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:23pm
Bruce S.:

↳ Erin Hellfire @1:22
you said it
Avatar 🌮 1:23pm
William Hellfire:

This show is on fire!
  🌮 1:24pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Song: "Singin' The Blues" by "Jason Eddie and the Centre...
Whoa.
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:24pm
Bruce S.:

↳ Song: "Singin' The Blues" by "Jason Eddie and the Centre...
kind of an arty version of singin the blues great
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:24pm
The Butterman:

↳ Song: "Singin' The Blues" by "Jason Eddie and the Centre...
This song is bizarre! That gitar!
Avatar 1:25pm
Creature Boy:

↳ Song: "Grasshopper Rock" by "Link Davis"
I saw a Starday James Ogwynn 45 at Reckless records in Chicago recently for 20$ but STILL didn't get it . I even went BACK for it but STILL didn't get it. I don't think I've ever payed that much for a country 45
Avatar 1:25pm
Creature Boy:

Ugh typos
Avatar 🌮 1:26pm
Tony in Durham NC:

↳ Erin Hellfire @1:22
Oh yeah? Well, I'll show you! Where's my damn wallet? WHERE?
  🌮 1:26pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Tony in Durham NC @1:26
I have a Monkees wallet that I'm quite proud of.
  1:28pm
Brez:

If aliens do make contact with us, I hope this record turns out to be prophetic!
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:30pm
Bruce S.:

the aliens will announce......Rock and Roll, humanity's highest artistic achievment
  🌮 1:30pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Song: "Drunk Again" by "Lattie Moore"
I love this!!
Avatar 1:31pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...just hand the Aliens a Taco & we'll likely be safe on Earth forever...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:32pm
Marley P. Dogg:

Good afternoon Rex and friends!
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:32pm
Bruce S.:

hey Rev Rab!
  🌮 1:33pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Song: "Yodelin' Jan" by "Janet McBride"
Yodel it, girl!
Avatar 1:33pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...& all they wanted was some more Charles Berry ...& a Pepsi...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:33pm
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ Song: "Yodelin' Jan" by "Janet McBride"
The people demand more yodeling content.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:35pm
Marley P. Dogg:

↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @1:33
Second that motion!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:36pm
dave miss:

Mama
Avatar 🌮 1:36pm
Tony in Durham NC:

↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @1:33
I third that motion!
  1:38pm
Brez:

And is more yodeling even legal? A question for counsel.
Avatar 🌮 1:38pm
Motobro:

Hell Low Rex !!
  🌮 1:41pm
Erin Hellfire:

Oh man.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:41pm
myron feld:

↳ Song: "Singin' The Blues" by "Jason Eddie and the Centre...
I missed the back-announcing on this one. Was it mentioned that it's a Joe Meek production? If so, my apologies.
Avatar 1:41pm
Creature Boy:

Sad demise
Avatar 1:42pm
Creature Boy:

↳ myron feld @1:41
I don't think it wAs said
  1:43pm
Don F.:

earlier voiceover said "you gotta get the most kicks you can outta life" sounded like Alan Kalter onone of his rages.
  1:43pm
KarenFly:

I have that Vargas poster hanging in my apt.!
Avatar 🌮 1:45pm
Motobro:

↳ Erin Hellfire @1:41
Hell-low Erin
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:45pm
joe mulligan:

that Vargas painting.. oh my lanza good lord on the cross!
  🌮 1:47pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Motobro @1:45
Hell-low! Do you like motorcycle movies?
  🌮 1:50pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Song: "Lonesome Whistler" by "Lonesome Sundown"
I hate it when I'm at the grocery store and some dude is walking around whistling.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:50pm
dave miss:

Vroom vroom. Brows flew off.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:52pm
Black Cat:

↳ Erin Hellfire @1:50
There are no grocery stores in hell. But they still have whistling.
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:52pm
The Butterman:

Yodeling? Whistling? This is sounding like a Vocal Fry program. Now we just need some guttural grunting.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:53pm
dave miss:

Olive Thomas was a hottie
Avatar 🌮 1:57pm
William Hellfire:

Olive Thomas did some cute nudes!
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:01pm
Bruce S.:

wow the record fare is back!
  🌮 2:05pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Song: "I'm Slippin' In" by "The Spiders"
Smh
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:05pm
Deano de los Muertos:

I rarely have a minute to comment during the show, but Fool’s Paradise has been a favorite of mine for many years!! MAMA!! 🧪
Avatar 2:05pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...so ...did she have ...Olive her clothes off - ??...
Avatar 🌮 2:05pm
William Hellfire:

↳ Erin Hellfire @2:05
Black flag covered this.
Avatar 🌮 2:06pm
William Hellfire:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @2:05
!!!!
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:06pm
Bruce S.:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @2:05
that is real PUNisment
Avatar 🌮 2:09pm
William Hellfire:

↳ Song: "Ugly Face" by "The Pearls"
Undertaker and his pals vibes
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:10pm
Bruce S.:

↳ Song: "Ugly Face" by "The Pearls"
holy cow,a no brow classic
Avatar 🌮 2:13pm
Hubig Pie:

↳ Song: "Rockin' In the Jungle" by "The Oddballs"
File under "None more stupid"
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:13pm
Bruce S.:

↳ Song: "Rockin' In the Jungle" by "The Oddballs"
holy cow back to back classics
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:15pm
Bruce S.:

↳ Song: "Walking In The Rain" by "Robert & Johnny"
they had amazeing harmony
Avatar 🌮 2:16pm
William Hellfire:

Canned wolf!
Avatar 🌮 2:17pm
Tony in Durham NC:

Greetings from sunny Durm!
  🌮 2:18pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Tony in Durham NC @2:17
You got your taco back! 👏
  🌮 2:19pm
Erin Hellfire:

I need another Fool's Paradise shirt! I bought the last one! Literally THE LAST one.
Avatar 🌮 2:20pm
William Hellfire:

Pretty sure director Richard Blackburn comes out the the WFMU record fair. Director of Lemora a Child's Tale of the Supernatural.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:21pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

For fun, I did an audio search of the bed music here and it said it's "Venus" by the Jimmy Haskell Orchestra. Found once in the playlist search, in 2007. www.wfmu.org... Neat!
Avatar 🌮 2:22pm
Mailman Tom:

I'm getting the Kaz tee shirt. I love his Underworld comics!
Avatar 2:22pm
Juke Joint Jonny:

Hey I didn't tune into Fool's Paradise to learn science stuff
  2:22pm
Brez:

Perhaps "N-A-C-L" was an extra credit project for HS chemistry class....
Avatar 🌮 2:23pm
William Hellfire:

↳ Brez @2:22
He wrote it to help himself study for an exam!
Avatar 🌮 2:28pm
Hackensack Slim:

↳ Song: "Bring My Cadillac Back" by "Baker Knight And The ...
The Spindrifts featuring Frederick "Boom Boom"Picariello.
Avatar 🌮 2:29pm
Hackensack Slim:

The other song "Cha Cha Do" of course.
Avatar 🌮 2:30pm
Tony in Durham NC:

↳ Erin Hellfire @2:18
Yes! Thanks for the 'minder. I've been paying the piper since '16.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:30pm
Greg from ZONE 5:

Astro Zombies trailer > Astro Zombies movie
Avatar 2:31pm
RevComX:

↳ Song: "Oh Mona" by "Wayne Pav & The Orphans"
Great cast!
Avatar 🌮 2:31pm
William Hellfire:

I hung out with T.V. Mikels! Interviewed him at his studio then he got me drunk on Manhattans. Used to call me billy fire wire.
  2:31pm
P-90:

hey, can’t go wrong with John Carradine and Wendell Corey
Avatar 🌮 2:32pm
William Hellfire:

↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @2:30
!!!
  🌮 2:32pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Song: "Slide" by "The Bugs"
This is crazy good!!!!!
Avatar 2:33pm
Creature Boy:

↳ Song: "Slide" by "The Bugs"
🐛 🪲 🐞
  🌮 2:33pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Tony in Durham NC @2:30
Nice!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:33pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

No Brow, no pledge. Pledge if you have one or more brows!
Avatar 🌮 2:34pm
Tony in Durham NC:

It's not Saturday until you hear the No Brow twin spin!
Avatar 🌮 2:35pm
AMYGDALA:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @2:21
Very nice work Ken D'HydePark - kudos!
Curious... how'd ya do your audio search, Shazam or Lifewire maybe?
Avatar 2:37pm
Mister Dobalina:

Lots of new fans here, neat!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:37pm
Sweet Corn Lizzie:

I looked for The Astro-Zombies in "Keep Watching the Skies" and he mentions it in the introduction, saying he's not going to do a survey of 60s movies because that would mean sitting through movies like that one, and someone else will have to do that.
Avatar 2:37pm
Creature Boy:

As I recall the TV 📺 Repairmen are pretty good
  2:38pm
P-90:

that lingering whiff of Hai Karate
Avatar 🌮 2:40pm
Hubig Pie:

Astro Zombies streaming on Tubi. Gonna pair it with Two Thousand Maniacs cuz that's my idea of a movie night.
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:41pm
Bruce S.:

↳ Song: "C'Mon Pretty Baby" by "The Decades"
I think this is one of the all time greats
  2:42pm
dave:

Hell yea!
Avatar 🌮 2:43pm
William Hellfire:

↳ Hubig Pie @2:40
Nice! Maniacs Producer Friedman actually saw my movie Duck! The Carbine High Massacre at a film fest. He liked it. You can too if you come out to Film Noir for Shock a Go Go film fest Oct 18 Greenpoint Brooklyn!
  🌮 2:43pm
Erin Hellfire:

We'll be watching the banned MST3K episode of "I was a Teenage Werewolf" and The Howling tonight.
Avatar 2:43pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Shake Town" by "The Tikis"
Know this one from TheKnickerbockers ...guess it's a 'Standard' :D ...
Avatar 🌮 2:43pm
William Hellfire:

↳ Erin Hellfire @2:43
It's a date!
Avatar 2:43pm
Creature Boy:

↳ Song: "Shake Town" by "The Tikis"
The Tikis spent a yrs worth of allowance on that farfisa
Avatar 🌮 2:45pm
Hubig Pie:

↳ William Hellfire @2:43
Well that sounds like lotsa fun but alas I live in a zip code far, far away.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:45pm
Greg from ZONE 5:

↳ Erin Hellfire @2:43
Had no idea there was a banned episode! Why was it banned?
  🌮 2:46pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ William Hellfire @2:43
❤ A puke-free date 🤞😂
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:48pm
Bruce S.:

pukearama
Avatar 🌮 2:49pm
William Hellfire:

↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @2:45
There are about 12 banned. They didn't have DVD rights or something. Godzilla vs Megalon and Sea monster are a few good ones.
Avatar 2:50pm
Kitschy Mama:

Wigland 👌
Avatar 🌮 2:50pm
William Hellfire:

↳ Hubig Pie @2:45
Go by helicopter and land on the FMU helipad!
  2:50pm
Richard Whig:

now we're talking!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:51pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ AMYGDALA @2:35
There's a microphone button on my Android phone and I type in "what is this song" on the menu. I guess it goes through Google, so not good from a Techtonic standpoint.
Avatar 2:51pm
I'm with the banned:

↳ Song: "Wigs" by "The Masked Man and The Agents"
😂 😂!
  🌮 2:53pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Bruce S. @2:48
😂
Avatar 🌮 2:53pm
William Hellfire:

↳ Song: "Momma Stole The Chicken" by "Billy Bland"
Haaaaaa!
  🌮 2:54pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Song: "Momma Stole The Chicken" by "Billy Bland"
And Poppa's pulling the chicken!
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:55pm
The Butterman:

So maybe Momma stole the kishka as well. I’ll tell Stashu.
  2:55pm
dave:

Thanks Rex!! Mama!
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:56pm
Bruce S.:

Momma stole the kishka
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:56pm
The Butterman:

Like Ernie Anastos said with a smile, “keep fucking that chicken”
Avatar 🌮 2:57pm
AMYGDALA:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @2:51
Many thanks Ken - much appreciated! I'll give that a whirl.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:57pm
dave miss:

feeling significantly dumber.....thanks Rex
Avatar 🌮 2:57pm
William Hellfire:

Nice gloomy Saturday afternoon with rex and all you Fools. Watch something spooky tonight and come to shock a gogo Oct 18!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:57pm
Greg from ZONE 5:

Thanks Rex—see ya at Record Fair!
Avatar 2:57pm
I'm with the banned:

Thanks Rex xoxo
  🌮 2:58pm
Erin Hellfire:

Good times as always! Thanks, Rex! Thanks, fools!
  🌮 Swag For Life Member 2:58pm
Bruce S.:

thanks Rex sad another show is over

thanks all, have a beautiful week
Avatar 2:58pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ Rex ~
Avatar 🌮 2:58pm
Mailman Tom:

Thank you, Rex!
  🌮 2:58pm
Erin Hellfire:

↳ Bruce S. @2:58
Should really be three hours.
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