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Favoriting October 19, 2024: Singles Going Steady: Rob and Katie Radio Ping-Pong

As part of WFMU’s annual Singles Going Steady Week, Rob ping-pongs singles with better half Katie Gentile. Katie pits her collection of rare and classic vintage indie rock against Rob's vintage and contemporary global sounds.

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Artist Track Album Label Comments Approx. start time
Cedars  For Your Informatiion   Favoriting       0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Jacobites  Shame For the Angels   Favoriting       0:04:58 (Pop-up)
Ferdi Ozbegen  Kes-Kes   Favoriting   Hurriyet  From 1965 Altin Mikrofon competition  0:06:45 (Pop-up)
The Flatmates  I Could Be in Heaven   Favoriting   Subway    0:10:01 (Pop-up)
Bonga  Kualuka Kuetu   Favoriting   Polydor    0:12:44 (Pop-up)
Cannanes  Song For a Dog   Favoriting   K    0:15:54 (Pop-up)
Abdulhadi Škodra  Jesilim, Jesilim   Favoriting   Jugoton    0:19:47 (Pop-up)
Robert Forster  She's a Fighter   Favoriting       0:20:41 (Pop-up)
A'Mart Fes  كيف نغني يا صاح     Atlassiphone    0:24:10 (Pop-up)
The Jeanines  What the Echos Say   Favoriting       0:31:06 (Pop-up)
Narodni Orkestar Hajdar Dushi  Nuk Kam Hall Pa T'dasht Une Ty   Favoriting   Jugoton    0:33:57 (Pop-up)
Gordon Lightfoot  Go-Go Round   Favoriting       0:37:14 (Pop-up)
Pierre Akendengue  Okongo   Favoriting   CBS    0:40:52 (Pop-up)
The Bats  Mastery   Favoriting   Flying Nun    0:44:30 (Pop-up)
Ibrahim Muzafer  Azize   Favoriting   Jugoton    0:46:49 (Pop-up)
Barbara Manning  Before We Go Under   Favoriting   Teen Beat    0:50:36 (Pop-up)
Angugo Tonic Band  Auma Conny   Favoriting   Melodica    0:54:13 (Pop-up)
Comet Gain  You're Just Lonely   Favoriting       1:02:59 (Pop-up)
Gem Lucky Jazz  Tekla Maggy   Favoriting   Playa Sound    1:05:44 (Pop-up)
Televison Personalities  If That's What Love Is   Favoriting       1:10:26 (Pop-up)
Rumba Tres  Ya Estoy Parao   Favoriting   Belter    1:14:22 (Pop-up)
The Hummingbirds  Hindsight   Favoriting       1:16:05 (Pop-up)
Gregoire Lawani  Bella Bellow   Favoriting   Fiesta    1:19:23 (Pop-up)
The Saints  The Temple of the Lord   Favoriting   Mushroom    1:23:00 (Pop-up)
Bontjie Stars  Bea Siengieman   Favoriting   Ashok Records    1:25:07 (Pop-up)
Bird Nest Roys  Jaffa Boy   Favoriting       1:30:10 (Pop-up)
Trio Majovci  Teskoto   Favoriting   Radiotelevizije Beograd    1:38:26 (Pop-up)
Matt Allison  Hard Look at Perfect   Favoriting       1:40:56 (Pop-up)
Willy Le Paape  N'Gand'a Su   Favoriting   Safari Ambiance    1:44:29 (Pop-up)
The Mayfields  Deeper Than the Ocean   Favoriting       1:48:00 (Pop-up)
The Changs  B/2   Favoriting   Sin Lian Organisation    1:53:24 (Pop-up)
The Chills  Heavenly Pop Hit   Favoriting       1:54:46 (Pop-up)
Verckys  Bankoko Baboyi   Favoriting   African    2:03:44 (Pop-up)
The Go Betweens  I Just Get Caught Out   Favoriting       2:08:19 (Pop-up)
Peret  Que Cosas Tiene el Amor   Favoriting   Ariola    2:11:48 (Pop-up)
Bevis Frond  Bad Time   Favoriting       2:13:47 (Pop-up)
Marijan Lovric-Mrsa  Za Tvoj, Draga, Rodendan   Favoriting       2:18:07 (Pop-up)
Saturn V  Happy Trails   Favoriting       2:21:44 (Pop-up)
Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Manna Dey  Takht Na Hoga Taj Na Hoga   Favoriting Aaj aur Kal 7"  EMI    2:27:38 (Pop-up)
Falling Joys  You're in a Mess   Favoriting       2:37:23 (Pop-up)
Los Destellos  La Pastorcita   Favoriting   Odeon    2:40:53 (Pop-up)
Eugenius  I Won't Try   Favoriting       2:44:59 (Pop-up)
Thanh Tuyền  Bon Mua Thuong Nho   Favoriting       2:47:52 (Pop-up)
Magick Heads  Don't Worry Son   Favoriting       2:53:17 (Pop-up)
Dolores Vargas  El Trinquilintrin   Favoriting   Belter    2:54:24 (Pop-up)
Tiger Trap  Super Crush   Favoriting       2:55:41 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:02pm
Bas NL:

Hi Rob! Hi Katie! Hi all!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:02pm
chresti:

Hi Rob and Katie and sound paradisians!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:05pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Twice the DJs, twice the fun!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:06pm
katie:

Howdy all. Here to sprinkle some NZ and Nikki Sudden on your saturday eve.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:14pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "I Could Be in Heaven" by "The Flatmates"
Anarchy in the UK in there..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:23pm
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

Greetings, Rob Weisberg, Katie Gentile and citizens of the Transpacific!
  6:27pm
Carmichael:

Heya Rob ‘n’ Katie
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:30pm
luka:

saturday night!!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:31pm
chresti:

In this case it would be doubles going steady?
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:31pm
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:

Hiya Rob, fellow globetrotters....
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:31pm
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:

Loving the badge this October btw.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:32pm
chresti:

↳ Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜 @6:31
Me too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:32pm
katie:

↳ chresti @6:31
LOL
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:33pm
Smilty69:

Good evening, Rob & Katie & friends! Happy Saturday all!
Avatar 🌍 6:35pm
slugluv1313:

greetings, Rob! Katie! Paradisians!

i love your radio ping-pong shows!

i must tend to Los Gatos Locos -- ¡ tienen mucha hambre! -- pero, grateful and happy that i can be home and listening! 😺😺
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:38pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "Nuk Kam Hall Pa T'dasht Une Ty" by "Narodni Orkes...
⭐
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:39pm
Bas NL:

↳ chresti @6:38
Ditto!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:39pm
katie:

So glad you're able to be in slugluv and others.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:46pm
luka:

↳ Song: "Mastery" by "The Bats"
<333
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 6:50pm
A Bump in Burbank:

↳ Song: "Azize" by "Ibrahim Muzafer"
Another great set this afternoon/eve. 🥂
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:51pm
katie:

↳ luka @6:46
it's so pretty
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
luka:

got any Able Tasmans in that magic bag
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
spodiodi:

greetings, Rob, Katie and all!

here for the ping pong :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
coelacanth∅:

aloha Rob + katie and all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
Brian in UK:

Hello Rob & Katie.
Charlie Gillett would play Radio Ping Pong with guests on his show. Good fun.
I miss Charlie.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
katie:

Rob had Charlie on his show and they did play it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:18pm
katie:

@luka, I wish. I usually do go there but for the 45 show, they have only one, I think, and I don't have it and the station doesn't either.
Sad.
  7:19pm
Steve:

It's fun to hear so much jangly guitar pop. Thanks, Katie!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Tom in Brooklyn:

Hey Rob, Katie and all TSPers
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
luka:

↳ katie @7:18
hard to come by! i need a reissue of Somebody Ate My Planet badly.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
efd:

↳ Song: "The Temple of the Lord" by "The Saints"
Underrated Saints album/era IMO
  7:24pm
Steve:

↳ Song: "The Temple of the Lord" by "The Saints"
Anyone else remember seeing the video on MTV? They played this a lot.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
katie:

↳ efd @7:24
Agreed. Obviously.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
katie:

↳ luka @7:21
me too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
Ike:

Meow!
Avatar 🌍 7:40pm
slugluv1313:

↳ Song: "Azize" by "Ibrahim Muzafer"
so enchanting!

so, Ibrahim Muzafer is (was?) Yugoslavian, he is singing a Croatian adaptation of the original Turkish lyrics?
(i looked it up, so far that is all i could find!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:41pm
katie:

good research slugluv
Avatar 🌍 7:42pm
slugluv1313:

↳ Song: "Teskoto" by "Trio Majovci"
also from Yugoslavia?
Avatar 7:42pm
Frank Zaatar:

↳ slugluv1313 @7:40
Wasn't it originally an Egyptian song, or based on an Egyptian song?
  7:43pm
maryevey:

i don’t know how yall feel but segue challenge crushed! that worked : )
Avatar 🌍 7:44pm
slugluv1313:

↳ Frank Zaatar @7:42
good question!
all i could find were the Turkish songwriters -- so far!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44pm
katie:

@maryevey I think my accidentally stopping it really brought it home
Avatar 🌍 7:45pm
slugluv1313:

↳ katie @7:41
thank you Katie!

i love going down these rabbit holes -- thank you, Rob!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "Hard Look at Perfect" by "Matt Allison"
Nice title
  7:46pm
maryevey:

this is why they’re called “happy accidents!” all the 🎶❤️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
Brian in UK:

Enjoyable mix. Thank you both.
Morpheus calls.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
katie:

↳ Brian in UK @7:46
Sweet dreams Brian
  7:57pm
Rick A:

↳ Song: "Heavenly Pop Hit" by "The Chills"
Hello Rob and Katie and fellow listenersI'm really enjoying your ping-pong. I just heard this song on a mixed CD I made many years ago. It still sounds great today.
Avatar 🌍 8:01pm
slugluv1313:

↳ Song: "Heavenly Pop Hit" by "The Chills"
The Chills! Pier Platters! 💚🩶💜
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:03pm
luka:

dinner time. this is just the dang best, thank u selectors.
Avatar 8:06pm
Frank Zaatar:

↳ slugluv1313 @7:44
The opening tune at least was written by Mohamed Abd El Wahab. I think the Turkish songwriters added some melodies.
Avatar 🌍 8:06pm
slugluv1313:

↳ luka @8:03
hi luka!

right? fixing food here myself 😺😺
Avatar 🌍 8:07pm
slugluv1313:

↳ Frank Zaatar @8:06
ah, thank you! i did not know that
Avatar 8:09pm
brokenvinylgirl:

i like this show. ping pong singles. yes. it is peaceful here. (a yellow leaf falls from the tree outside the window.)
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:13pm
Bas NL:

↳ Song: "Que Cosas Tiene el Amor" by "Peret"
Peret! Nice!
  8:17pm
Andres:

Good eve, Rob & Katie and all. These VERZUZ shows are always a treat! Been digging it in the car and now at home. Keep up the fun!
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:22pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "Za Tvoj, Draga, Rodendan" by "Marijan Lovric-Mrsa"
⭐⭐
& Bevis Frond
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:25pm
BVP:

what a killer show!
  8:27pm
Andres:

There’s at least a couple Saturn V and Saturn 5 bands. Guess I’ll have to check them all out. :)
  8:28pm
Andres:

The Australian one. Got it.
  8:32pm
Andres:

English?! My bad.
Avatar 🌍 8:33pm
slugluv1313:

↳ Song: "Takht Na Hoga Taj Na Hoga" by "Mohd Rafi, Geeta D...
Spooky Season AND Diwali Season! 🦇💥🕷️🪔🐈‍⬛🧨🕸️

(did anyone else catch the fireworks last night? off Pier 60, iirc -- Diwali Gala)
  8:37pm
Andres:

↳ Andres @8:28
Australian label.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42pm
katie:

↳ Andres @8:27
Yes there are. It's annoying. This one is on Summershine. Chris Scott, Struan robertson, kevin pickering, gregory webster
  8:47pm
kev:

I love this band
Avatar 🌍 8:50pm
slugluv1313:

↳ Song: "La Pastorcita" by "Los Destellos"
Los Destellos! ❤️ 🤍 ❤️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
spodiodi:

what a great time!
thank you Katie and Rob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:56pm
katie:

Thanks for hanging in with us in the chaos.
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 8:57pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Many DJ trade-offs over the course of the show, but no tradeoff in quality! Thanks, Rob & Katie!
  8:59pm
Andres:

Great stuff! Thanks, Rob and Katie!
  8:59pm
Carmichael:

Thaks Rob and Katie!
Avatar 🌍 9:00pm
slugluv1313:

this has been so much fantastic fun -- thanks so much, Rob and Katie! 😺😺
Avatar 🌍 Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
chresti:

Thanks Rob and Katie!
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