WFMU: Rotations: Playlist from December 12, 2024

Listener comments!
	7:58pm MOM WHIG: GOOD EVENING ALL
	7:59pm Stu Rutherford: Hello Christina & everyone!
	8:00pm Christina Ginger: Hi everyone!
	8:00pm Jessie: Hi Christina!
	8:01pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Jessie @8:00 Hi Jessie!
	8:02pm MOM WHIG: HI - STU -CHRISTINA - JESSIE
	8:02pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ MOM WHIG @8:02 Hello again, Mom!
	8:03pm Fatherflot: Hey CG
	8:03pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:03 Hello, sir!
	8:04pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:02 ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME AGAIN?
	8:04pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Fatherflot @8:03 HI
	8:04pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ MOM WHIG @8:04 Of course!
	8:04pm Christina Ginger: The cat of the house has joined us for the listening party tonite; I feel so honored. 🐈‍⬛
	8:04pm Will thee SG OCNY: Hi Christina Ginger and all!!!
	8:05pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:04 Hi, Will!
	8:05pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:04 Aaaand now I'm imagining Linda McCartney singing "Cat Of The House"! Haha!
	8:06pm Dan S: Speaking of telephones, my home phone strongly resembles the one in the upper right of the photo. Even my cell phone has a rotary dial.
	8:06pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:05 Hahahahaha, I can picture it.
	8:06pm Will thee SG OCNY: Hi Mom Whig, Stu Rutherford, Jessie, F², and Dan S!
	8:06pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Dan S @8:06 GOTTA LUV THOSE OLD-TIMEY PHONES - HI
	8:06pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:06 Hello Will!
	8:07pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Dan S @8:06 Really? That’s a pretty cool-looking phone!
	8:07pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:04 HI
	8:08pm Dan S: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:07 Those who know me learn to take almost nothing I say seriously. Unless I precede it with "seriously."
	8:08pm Will thee SG OCNY: One of the great things of the old phones, when a telemarketer called you can physically slam it down. Now it's a boring swipe of the screen. Not nearly as satisfying
	8:09pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Dan S @8:08 Hahaha, fair enough. I know for next time!
	8:10pm rychurd: think kink!
	8:10pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Song: "Party Line" by "The Kinks" Nice one! I've got a Kinks themed show on tap for Christmas day!
	8:10pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:08 This is true! The physical aspect of the phone is really lacking these days.
	8:10pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:10 Ooooh, that’s a a present for sure!
	8:11pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Song: "Party Line" by "The Kinks" CHILI PLAYED THIS TUNE ON HIS DROP-IN JULY 30 2022
	8:11pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:10 Also, will be the perfect drive home / wind down soundtrack.
	8:11pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:10 I figured people would be sick of Christmas music by the last two hours of the day!
	8:11pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:10 WOW - GREAT!
	8:12pm Dan S: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:08 Yes, and it sometimes felt so good to give the phone a good smack-down!
	8:12pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:11 Except for Father Christmas. I never really tire of that one.
	8:13pm Fatherflot: I was just reading today about the great French punk band, Téléphone. I thought this was interesting: The band reunited briefly for a concert at the Point Éphémère on 11 September 2015 under the name "Les Insus" (pronounced [lezɛ̃sy]; insupportables, meaning insufferable. The elided name also suggests the word portable, meaning "cellphone" in French, thus implying an upgrade to modern times)
	8:13pm Terry: Hi Mom
	8:13pm medson: Hey CG and all.
	8:13pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Terry @8:13 SO GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO
	8:14pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:13 Huh, interesting!
	8:14pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:12 Father Christmas isn't welcome in this non-Christmas episode. I figure the track will have gotten plenty of RNS love my then.
	8:14pm MOM WHIG: ↳ medson @8:13 HI AGAIN
	8:14pm Terry: Hi CG and everyone
	8:14pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Terry @8:13 Hi Terry!
	8:14pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Song: "6060-842" by "B 52's" 'Nother killer, here!
	8:14pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:14 Nothing like complicated puns in another language!
	8:14pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:14 I love it.
	8:15pm Will thee SG OCNY: Hi rychurd, Terry, and medson!
	8:15pm Jessie: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:06 Hi Will!
	8:15pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:14 These early albums are so good!
	8:16pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:15 Not a bad track on those first two!
	8:18pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:16 I’d agree. Frank on the other hand….. thinks otherwise 🤫
	8:20pm Dan S: If vinyl records can make a comeback, why not corded landline phones that you hang up by putting (or slamming) down the receiver? Seriously. At least semi-seriously.
	8:20pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Song: "The Telephone Call" by "Kraftwerk" Hey Christina and everyone! Wow, I forgot about this song! Loved it in the '80's!
	8:20pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Dan S @8:20 I'm on board for that!
	8:20pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:15 So true. John Lennon said a few months before he died that "Rock Lobster" was his favorite record ever.
	8:21pm Terry: When I was a telephone operator I heard that disconnect recording so much
	8:21pm Christina Ginger: So what I’ve found to be fascinating about putting this show together, is that there are so many ways phones are used in songs. Whether it be to tell the story; as a plot device; as part of the music…. A combination of them… it’s vast. And surprisingly, even in this age of cell phones, there are so many modern songs that use the phone or the theme of the phone in it.
	8:21pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Terry @8:21 Probably bringing back bad flashbacks, oh man. Sorry!
	8:22pm Fatherflot: I hope we get "Telephone Operator" by Pete Shelley. That's a big fave on my show.
	8:22pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:20 This show is my introduction to it 😬
	8:23pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:22 Awesome!
	8:23pm Dan S: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:21 Yes, the phone has enormous potential as a musical theme; this set is a great example!
	8:24pm Terry: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:21 Ppl would call us up and sing Croces operator song
	8:24pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Terry @8:24 Hahahahahahahaha
	8:24pm Fatherflot: "Telephone Line" by ELO is also a favorite.
	8:24pm Kick out the Jams Joe: Hey Christina & gang. 👋👋
	8:25pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:24 You’re just going to have to see what awaits you!
	8:25pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Kick out the Jams Joe @8:24 Hey there, Joey!
	8:25pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Kick out the Jams Joe @8:24 Hey Joey!
	8:25pm Jessie: ↳ Fatherflot @8:22 I was hoping for Tele-Tele-Telephone by Wazmo Nariz.
	8:26pm Terry: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:24 Maybe that's why I still have a rotary phone in use
	8:27pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:21 A related thing is how there were once whole genres of comedy based on the comedian giving the audience one side of a supposed phone conversation. Bob Newhart was a big one.
	8:27pm Andres: Hi Christina. Fun show! Our phone provider has a forced migration to fibre from copper lines. So no more true landlines. All VOIP now. I’m ticked. Anyway, our vintage phones are mere decoration now.
	8:27pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Kick out the Jams Joe @8:24 HEY THERE - GOOD TO SEE YOU
	8:28pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Fatherflot @8:27 YES HE WAS - SAW HIM DO IT MANY TIMES IN PERSON.
	8:28pm Dan S: ↳ Fatherflot @8:27 Yes, and Miss Tomlin of The Telephone Company.
	8:28pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Andres @8:27 GOOD EVENING TO YOU - HI
	8:28pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:27 Oh yeah, with innuendo-filled conversation that really led people on, right? I mean, who doesn’t love a good eavesdrop/ story creation in your head?
	8:28pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Dan S @8:28 EXCELLENT TOO :)))
	8:29pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Andres @8:27 Surprisingly, we still have a landline on the physical phone upstairs, but I have a feeling it will end soon.
	8:30pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Andres @8:27 I guess you can just call the phones sculptural art.
	8:30pm Fatherflot: ↳ Dan S @8:28 I believe Georgie Jessel did it before Newhart. He did a regular big where he was talking to his mother on Hester St. "So mama, how about that rare bird I sent you for a gift? You cooked it??? Mama, that was a south American parrot. It spoke 10 languages! Mama, how could you? It should have said something?????
	8:30pm Jason Isaac: Hey gang! Sounding great, Christina
	8:30pm Will thee SG OCNY: Hello Candy-O!
	8:30pm Andres: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:29 Switchover here this week was the nail in the coffin. I’ll miss it.
	8:31pm Candy-O'67: Yes, ELO!!!
	8:31pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:30 Hi Will!
	8:31pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:29 I still had a landline until a year or so ago. I switched internet providers and as a result had to get new phone service as well.
	8:31pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Jason Isaac @8:30 GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE
	8:31pm Fatherflot: Switchboard Susan - written by Mickey Jupp and recorded by Nick Lowe
	8:31pm Fatherflot: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:31 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
	8:32pm Candy-O'67: Hey Jason and Mom!
	8:32pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:31 I STILL KEEP MY LANDLINE HERE.
	8:32pm Will thee SG OCNY: Hi KOTJ Joey D, Andres, and Jason Isaac!
	8:32pm Christina Ginger: The Lou Reed has a whole video dialogue element to it with the phone www.youtube.com..., and it’s pretty great.
	8:32pm Dan S: ↳ Fatherflot @8:30 Ha!
	8:32pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:32 HOW'S THINGS THERE?
	8:32pm Andres: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:30 My fave is our red desktop phone. ☎️ Like a hotline not Moscow in the Cold War. :)
	8:32pm Terry: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:29 Over my dead body. The phone company calls daily to say they've changed to fiber optics and always send letters too.
	8:32pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:31 Damn, how did I forget about Susan? Ugh.
	8:32pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Andres @8:32 SEMI-LIKE GET SMART THEN!
	8:33pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:32 Also "New York Telephone Conversation"
	8:33pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Fatherflot @8:31 I'll be seeing Nick Lowe this Sunday with Los Straightjackets at Antone's! I'm friends with Chris, drummer of Straightjackets. He always puts me on the list when they come to town 😁
	8:33pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Andres @8:32 Like my new pic?
	8:34pm Candy-O'67: ↳ MOM WHIG @8:32 Good, Mom! Busy with work. Been chilly! About to get out in it and walk Mr. T
	8:34pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:32 You'll have to do a part 2!
	8:34pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:33 SO COOOOOOLLLLLL!
	8:34pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:33 Say hi to Greg for me! I’ve known him for YEARS.
	8:35pm Andres: ↳ MOM WHIG @8:32 If only I could get Agent 99 on the line! ;)
	8:35pm Dan S: Remember the phase where everyone made their outgoing answering machine message into a production number? There were some very creative ones.
	8:35pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:33 Also, enjoy the show! the shows back in the October were great.
	8:35pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:34 Awesome! I will!!
	8:35pm Fatherflot: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:33 Nice! I interviewed Danny and Eddy on the air when I was doing the original Flot's Spot in the 90s in Bloomington, IN. LS came there a lot. Also Eddie's band the Neanderthals.
	8:35pm Christina Ginger: ↳ MOM WHIG @8:34 Thanks ☺️
	8:35pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:35 I sure will!
	8:35pm Stu Rutherford: Midway through the first set, I said to myself..."I doubt we'll be hearing Mr Floyd calling Mrs. Floyd.". After the mic break, I figured it could be in play.
	8:35pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Dan S @8:35 Hahahaha, I do think there is a comedy sketch about this.
	8:36pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Fatherflot @8:35 Very cool! Love that!
	8:36pm Will thee SG OCNY: I had a conversation with Staysh about how the transmitters all have VoIP now and they cand havd dedicated T3 copper lines to the transmission sites anymore. It's really sad. Digital over analog... Relying on encoding and decoding rather than just passing an audio signal
	8:36pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:35 Johnny rabb slept on my futon once. Hilarious.
	8:36pm Andres: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:33 Yes! That’s it! Phone calls were just so much more satisfying with that weight of authority in the mechanism.
	8:36pm Fatherflot: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:36 They wore their masks in the studio. And I had one too! Just for the radio audience.
	8:36pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Song: "Hot Line Conversation" by "Giant Crab" Such great organ in this one!
	8:37pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:35 I skipped over that one for this installment.
	8:37pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Fatherflot @8:36 That's great!!
	8:37pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:37 Ha! Liar!
	8:38pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:37 😬😉
	8:39pm Dan S: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:37 Your new avatar photo certainly fits this show theme, Christina!
	8:40pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Dan S @8:39 Thanks! It’s a complete one off photo from many years ago but it has gotten me a lot of use over time.
	8:40pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:40 fierce!
	8:41pm Terry: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:40 Omg I had to say that
	8:44pm Christina Ginger: Anyone else tired of the British ringing?
	8:44pm Dan S: Remember when someone's area code told you where they lived? At least what state/region, if not city? Now, it's meaningless.
	8:44pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Song: "No Reply" by "The Buzzcocks" Was totally expecting "Hanging On The Telephone" until the third ring! Haha!
	8:44pm Fatherflot: ↳ Song: "No Reply" by "The Buzzcocks" Yay!
	8:45pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:44 Everyone gets a song tonite!
	8:46pm Dan S: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:44 Yeah, let's hear some real American ringing! USA, USA...
	8:46pm Fatherflot: ↳ Dan S @8:44 Do remember exchange names? Hudson-7, Diamond-6, Butterfield-8? I can still remember them appearing in local TV commercials in the 70s
	8:46pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:45 Christina Ginger...the Oprah Winfrey of the RNS stream!
	8:46pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:46 Pennsylvania 6-5000!
	8:47pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:46 Oh god. Hahahahaa. I asked for that one.
	8:47pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:45 I usually play one Buzzcocks song every show for my brothers, who listens to every show in Cali. I haven't played that one yet, so thanks for the idea.
	8:47pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Fatherflot @8:46 Dial Murray Hill 7......!
	8:47pm Karl: You mentioned Leonard Cohen and Robert Quine—I am doubly summoned!
	8:47pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:47 Borrow away, my friend.
	8:47pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:46 That's the big one
	8:47pm Dan S: ↳ Fatherflot @8:46 I can still remember my childhood phone exchange. Cloverdale 1.
	8:48pm Jessie: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:36 I’m playing a glam track next week that has your name in it Christina.
	8:48pm Christina Ginger: Full disclosure: Frank and I have had full conversations about exchanges and their letters translating into phone numbers on business signs
	8:49pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Jessie @8:48 Ooh...I think I know which one that is! Great track!
	8:49pm Will thee SG OCNY: Been enjoying the Rotations, spinning on the rotary! No T-9 here, just quick pulses of sound Thank you Christina Ginger!!!
	8:50pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Jessie @8:48 Ooooh 👀👀👀
	8:50pm KickOutTheJams Joe: Not telephone related but wanted to share that there are 4 low flying drones above my house currently.. so if you don’t hear from me again… you’ll know that I was taken by them lol 🛸
	8:50pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:49 Thanks so much, will☺️
	8:51pm Terry: Fun show CG! Thanks
	8:51pm Christina Ginger: Frank’s show with the Crazy Jerry tune: www.wfmu.org...
	8:51pm Jessie: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:49 Don’t say anything Stu! 😇😇
	8:51pm KickOutTheJams Joe: ↳ Song: "911" by "Cyndi Lauper" Cool Cyndi tune… never heard this before. 👏👏
	8:51pm Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ KickOutTheJams Joe @8:50 We love ya Joey D, I hope those pesky drones leave you alone
	8:51pm Christina Ginger: ↳ KickOutTheJams Joe @8:50 More drones in Jersey? Damn….. what did you do???
	8:51pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Terry @8:51 Thanks, Terry!
	8:51pm Dan S: ↳ KickOutTheJams Joe @8:50 Maybe you'll be taken to a better world. Couldn't be much worse.
	8:52pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Jessie @8:51 Of course! My lips are sealed!
	8:52pm Christina Ginger: ↳ KickOutTheJams Joe @8:51 Wait until the ending, it’s great.
	8:52pm KickOutTheJams Joe: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:51 Next may be re-run from this week.. if so alert the authorities lol
	8:53pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:52 THANKS FOR THIS SHOW TONITE - I HAD A FAB TIME.
	8:53pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:51 Inane drones -- as Howard Cosell called Felix Unger
	8:54pm Dan S: Thanks for the show, CG! Great songs and much fun!
	8:54pm Christina Ginger: ↳ MOM WHIG @8:53 Thanks so much, MOM. Back to baking 👩🏻‍🍳
	8:54pm Stu Rutherford: Great show and theme, Christina!
	8:54pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Dan S @8:54 Glad you enjoyed it Dan.
	8:54pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:54 YOU BET - COFFEE CAKE
	8:54pm Fatherflot: Thanks CG. A ten ringy-dingy show! I hope this is the party to whom I am speaking.
	8:54pm Jessie: A good time was had by all Christina. Thank you.
	8:54pm Andres: Did you ever get a call back on the pay phone from the operator asking for another dime or nickel cuz you went over? I paid it. What a dweeb. :) Great show, Christina!
	8:54pm Christina Ginger: ↳ MOM WHIG @8:54 Lemon cookies for me.
	8:55pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:54 Thanks, Stu, Looking forward to the Kinks show.
	8:55pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:54 SOUNDS SO YUMMY!
	8:55pm Terry: ↳ Dan S @8:54 Beverly 5 was my exchange
	8:55pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Andres @8:54 Hahahaha, never happened.
	8:55pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Terry @8:55 WE GREW UP WITH ELMWOOD 6
	8:56pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:54 You reached the correct party, but the call will be disconnecting shortly.
	8:56pm Candy-O'67: Awesome show, Christina! Thx!
	8:56pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:56 Thanks. Candy! Enjoy the show this weekend.
	8:56pm Fatherflot: ↳ Andres @8:54 Lenny Bruce used to do a bit about that happening in Mexico. The operator would call back and ask for $2.00. He would say "I only have a dime" and the operator would say, exasperated "put it in, put it in."
	8:57pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:56 How did this bit not make int into Mrs. Maisel?
	8:57pm Dan S: ↳ Andres @8:54 I once answered a pay phone that was ringing as I passed by. I had a nice longer conversation with the guy, a total stranger. We were both drunk. That helped.
	8:59pm onthetrain: @dan s that was you on the phone !

Rotations: Playlist from December 12, 2024

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Connie Francis	Telephone Lover "Telephone Lover" by "Connie Francis"	Connie Rocks	Bear Family	2003	orig. 1962	0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Lollipops	Busy Signal "Busy Signal" by "The Lollipops"	Busy Signal b/w I Want You Back Again	RCA	1965		0:02:46 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Ike and Tina Turner	Tell Her I'm Not Home	The Best of Loma Records: the Rise and Fall of a 1960s Soul Label	Warner	1995	orig. 1965	0:05:03 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Kinks	Party Line "Party Line" by "The Kinks"	Face to Face	Hit-ton Schallplatten	1966		0:08:57 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Jam	Girl on the Phone "Girl on the Phone" by "The Jam"	Setting Sons	Polydor	1979		0:11:33 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
B 52's	6060-842 "6060-842" by "B 52's"	B52's	Warner Brothers	1979		0:14:20 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Pretenders	The Phone Call "The Phone Call" by "Pretenders"	Pretenders	Sire	1980		0:17:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Kraftwerk	The Telephone Call "The Telephone Call" by "Kraftwerk"	The Telephone Call	Warner Brothers	1987		0:19:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Lou Reed	I Love You, Suzanne "I Love You, Suzanne" by "Lou Reed"	New Sensations	RCA	1984		0:27:20 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
ELO	Telephone Line "Telephone Line" by "ELO"	Telephone Line b/w Poor Boy	UA	1976		0:34:33 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Giant Crab	Hot Line Conversation "Hot Line Conversation" by "Giant Crab"	E.S.P. b/w Hot Line Conversation	UNI	1969		0:34:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Pink Floyd	Young Lust "Young Lust" by "Pink Floyd"	The Wall	Columbia	1979		0:37:32 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Crazy Jerry	Every Girl Gets One "Every Girl Gets One" by "Crazy Jerry"	Brown Acid: The Eleventh Trip (Heavy Rock From the Underground Comedown)	RidingEasy Records	2020	orig. 1973	0:41:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Buzzcocks	No Reply "No Reply" by "The Buzzcocks"	Another Music In A Different Kitchen	UA	1978		0:43:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Cyndi Lauper	911 "911" by "Cyndi Lauper"	True Colors	Portrait	1986		0:50:30 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Brenda Holloway	Operator "Operator" by "Brenda Holloway"	The Very Best of Brenda Holloway	Motown	1999	orig. tamla, 1965	0:53:39 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	7:58pm MOM WHIG: GOOD EVENING ALL
	7:59pm Stu Rutherford: Hello Christina & everyone!
	8:00pm Christina Ginger: Hi everyone!
	8:00pm Jessie: Hi Christina!
	8:01pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Jessie @8:00 Hi Jessie!
	8:02pm MOM WHIG: HI - STU -CHRISTINA - JESSIE
	8:02pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ MOM WHIG @8:02 Hello again, Mom!
	8:03pm Fatherflot: Hey CG
	8:03pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:03 Hello, sir!
	8:04pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:02 ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME AGAIN?
	8:04pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Fatherflot @8:03 HI
	8:04pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ MOM WHIG @8:04 Of course!
	8:04pm Christina Ginger: The cat of the house has joined us for the listening party tonite; I feel so honored. 🐈‍⬛
	8:04pm Will thee SG OCNY: Hi Christina Ginger and all!!!
	8:05pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:04 Hi, Will!
	8:05pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:04 Aaaand now I'm imagining Linda McCartney singing "Cat Of The House"! Haha!
	8:06pm Dan S: Speaking of telephones, my home phone strongly resembles the one in the upper right of the photo. Even my cell phone has a rotary dial.
	8:06pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:05 Hahahahaha, I can picture it.
	8:06pm Will thee SG OCNY: Hi Mom Whig, Stu Rutherford, Jessie, F², and Dan S!
	8:06pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Dan S @8:06 GOTTA LUV THOSE OLD-TIMEY PHONES - HI
	8:06pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:06 Hello Will!
	8:07pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Dan S @8:06 Really? That’s a pretty cool-looking phone!
	8:07pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:04 HI
	8:08pm Dan S: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:07 Those who know me learn to take almost nothing I say seriously. Unless I precede it with "seriously."
	8:08pm Will thee SG OCNY: One of the great things of the old phones, when a telemarketer called you can physically slam it down. Now it's a boring swipe of the screen. Not nearly as satisfying
	8:09pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Dan S @8:08 Hahaha, fair enough. I know for next time!
	8:10pm rychurd: think kink!
	8:10pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Song: "Party Line" by "The Kinks" Nice one! I've got a Kinks themed show on tap for Christmas day!
	8:10pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:08 This is true! The physical aspect of the phone is really lacking these days.
	8:10pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:10 Ooooh, that’s a a present for sure!
	8:11pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Song: "Party Line" by "The Kinks" CHILI PLAYED THIS TUNE ON HIS DROP-IN JULY 30 2022
	8:11pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:10 Also, will be the perfect drive home / wind down soundtrack.
	8:11pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:10 I figured people would be sick of Christmas music by the last two hours of the day!
	8:11pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:10 WOW - GREAT!
	8:12pm Dan S: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:08 Yes, and it sometimes felt so good to give the phone a good smack-down!
	8:12pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:11 Except for Father Christmas. I never really tire of that one.
	8:13pm Fatherflot: I was just reading today about the great French punk band, Téléphone. I thought this was interesting: The band reunited briefly for a concert at the Point Éphémère on 11 September 2015 under the name "Les Insus" (pronounced [lezɛ̃sy]; insupportables, meaning insufferable. The elided name also suggests the word portable, meaning "cellphone" in French, thus implying an upgrade to modern times)
	8:13pm Terry: Hi Mom
	8:13pm medson: Hey CG and all.
	8:13pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Terry @8:13 SO GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO
	8:14pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:13 Huh, interesting!
	8:14pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:12 Father Christmas isn't welcome in this non-Christmas episode. I figure the track will have gotten plenty of RNS love my then.
	8:14pm MOM WHIG: ↳ medson @8:13 HI AGAIN
	8:14pm Terry: Hi CG and everyone
	8:14pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Terry @8:13 Hi Terry!
	8:14pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Song: "6060-842" by "B 52's" 'Nother killer, here!
	8:14pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:14 Nothing like complicated puns in another language!
	8:14pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:14 I love it.
	8:15pm Will thee SG OCNY: Hi rychurd, Terry, and medson!
	8:15pm Jessie: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:06 Hi Will!
	8:15pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:14 These early albums are so good!
	8:16pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:15 Not a bad track on those first two!
	8:18pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:16 I’d agree. Frank on the other hand….. thinks otherwise 🤫
	8:20pm Dan S: If vinyl records can make a comeback, why not corded landline phones that you hang up by putting (or slamming) down the receiver? Seriously. At least semi-seriously.
	8:20pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Song: "The Telephone Call" by "Kraftwerk" Hey Christina and everyone! Wow, I forgot about this song! Loved it in the '80's!
	8:20pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Dan S @8:20 I'm on board for that!
	8:20pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:15 So true. John Lennon said a few months before he died that "Rock Lobster" was his favorite record ever.
	8:21pm Terry: When I was a telephone operator I heard that disconnect recording so much
	8:21pm Christina Ginger: So what I’ve found to be fascinating about putting this show together, is that there are so many ways phones are used in songs. Whether it be to tell the story; as a plot device; as part of the music…. A combination of them… it’s vast. And surprisingly, even in this age of cell phones, there are so many modern songs that use the phone or the theme of the phone in it.
	8:21pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Terry @8:21 Probably bringing back bad flashbacks, oh man. Sorry!
	8:22pm Fatherflot: I hope we get "Telephone Operator" by Pete Shelley. That's a big fave on my show.
	8:22pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:20 This show is my introduction to it 😬
	8:23pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:22 Awesome!
	8:23pm Dan S: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:21 Yes, the phone has enormous potential as a musical theme; this set is a great example!
	8:24pm Terry: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:21 Ppl would call us up and sing Croces operator song
	8:24pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Terry @8:24 Hahahahahahahaha
	8:24pm Fatherflot: "Telephone Line" by ELO is also a favorite.
	8:24pm Kick out the Jams Joe: Hey Christina & gang. 👋👋
	8:25pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:24 You’re just going to have to see what awaits you!
	8:25pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Kick out the Jams Joe @8:24 Hey there, Joey!
	8:25pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Kick out the Jams Joe @8:24 Hey Joey!
	8:25pm Jessie: ↳ Fatherflot @8:22 I was hoping for Tele-Tele-Telephone by Wazmo Nariz.
	8:26pm Terry: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:24 Maybe that's why I still have a rotary phone in use
	8:27pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:21 A related thing is how there were once whole genres of comedy based on the comedian giving the audience one side of a supposed phone conversation. Bob Newhart was a big one.
	8:27pm Andres: Hi Christina. Fun show! Our phone provider has a forced migration to fibre from copper lines. So no more true landlines. All VOIP now. I’m ticked. Anyway, our vintage phones are mere decoration now.
	8:27pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Kick out the Jams Joe @8:24 HEY THERE - GOOD TO SEE YOU
	8:28pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Fatherflot @8:27 YES HE WAS - SAW HIM DO IT MANY TIMES IN PERSON.
	8:28pm Dan S: ↳ Fatherflot @8:27 Yes, and Miss Tomlin of The Telephone Company.
	8:28pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Andres @8:27 GOOD EVENING TO YOU - HI
	8:28pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:27 Oh yeah, with innuendo-filled conversation that really led people on, right? I mean, who doesn’t love a good eavesdrop/ story creation in your head?
	8:28pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Dan S @8:28 EXCELLENT TOO :)))
	8:29pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Andres @8:27 Surprisingly, we still have a landline on the physical phone upstairs, but I have a feeling it will end soon.
	8:30pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Andres @8:27 I guess you can just call the phones sculptural art.
	8:30pm Fatherflot: ↳ Dan S @8:28 I believe Georgie Jessel did it before Newhart. He did a regular big where he was talking to his mother on Hester St. "So mama, how about that rare bird I sent you for a gift? You cooked it??? Mama, that was a south American parrot. It spoke 10 languages! Mama, how could you? It should have said something?????
	8:30pm Jason Isaac: Hey gang! Sounding great, Christina
	8:30pm Will thee SG OCNY: Hello Candy-O!
	8:30pm Andres: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:29 Switchover here this week was the nail in the coffin. I’ll miss it.
	8:31pm Candy-O'67: Yes, ELO!!!
	8:31pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:30 Hi Will!
	8:31pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:29 I still had a landline until a year or so ago. I switched internet providers and as a result had to get new phone service as well.
	8:31pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Jason Isaac @8:30 GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE
	8:31pm Fatherflot: Switchboard Susan - written by Mickey Jupp and recorded by Nick Lowe
	8:31pm Fatherflot: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:31 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
	8:32pm Candy-O'67: Hey Jason and Mom!
	8:32pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:31 I STILL KEEP MY LANDLINE HERE.
	8:32pm Will thee SG OCNY: Hi KOTJ Joey D, Andres, and Jason Isaac!
	8:32pm Christina Ginger: The Lou Reed has a whole video dialogue element to it with the phone www.youtube.com..., and it’s pretty great.
	8:32pm Dan S: ↳ Fatherflot @8:30 Ha!
	8:32pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:32 HOW'S THINGS THERE?
	8:32pm Andres: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:30 My fave is our red desktop phone. ☎️ Like a hotline not Moscow in the Cold War. :)
	8:32pm Terry: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:29 Over my dead body. The phone company calls daily to say they've changed to fiber optics and always send letters too.
	8:32pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:31 Damn, how did I forget about Susan? Ugh.
	8:32pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Andres @8:32 SEMI-LIKE GET SMART THEN!
	8:33pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:32 Also "New York Telephone Conversation"
	8:33pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Fatherflot @8:31 I'll be seeing Nick Lowe this Sunday with Los Straightjackets at Antone's! I'm friends with Chris, drummer of Straightjackets. He always puts me on the list when they come to town 😁
	8:33pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Andres @8:32 Like my new pic?
	8:34pm Candy-O'67: ↳ MOM WHIG @8:32 Good, Mom! Busy with work. Been chilly! About to get out in it and walk Mr. T
	8:34pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:32 You'll have to do a part 2!
	8:34pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:33 SO COOOOOOLLLLLL!
	8:34pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:33 Say hi to Greg for me! I’ve known him for YEARS.
	8:35pm Andres: ↳ MOM WHIG @8:32 If only I could get Agent 99 on the line! ;)
	8:35pm Dan S: Remember the phase where everyone made their outgoing answering machine message into a production number? There were some very creative ones.
	8:35pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:33 Also, enjoy the show! the shows back in the October were great.
	8:35pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:34 Awesome! I will!!
	8:35pm Fatherflot: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:33 Nice! I interviewed Danny and Eddy on the air when I was doing the original Flot's Spot in the 90s in Bloomington, IN. LS came there a lot. Also Eddie's band the Neanderthals.
	8:35pm Christina Ginger: ↳ MOM WHIG @8:34 Thanks ☺️
	8:35pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:35 I sure will!
	8:35pm Stu Rutherford: Midway through the first set, I said to myself..."I doubt we'll be hearing Mr Floyd calling Mrs. Floyd.". After the mic break, I figured it could be in play.
	8:35pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Dan S @8:35 Hahahaha, I do think there is a comedy sketch about this.
	8:36pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Fatherflot @8:35 Very cool! Love that!
	8:36pm Will thee SG OCNY: I had a conversation with Staysh about how the transmitters all have VoIP now and they cand havd dedicated T3 copper lines to the transmission sites anymore. It's really sad. Digital over analog... Relying on encoding and decoding rather than just passing an audio signal
	8:36pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:35 Johnny rabb slept on my futon once. Hilarious.
	8:36pm Andres: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:33 Yes! That’s it! Phone calls were just so much more satisfying with that weight of authority in the mechanism.
	8:36pm Fatherflot: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:36 They wore their masks in the studio. And I had one too! Just for the radio audience.
	8:36pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Song: "Hot Line Conversation" by "Giant Crab" Such great organ in this one!
	8:37pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:35 I skipped over that one for this installment.
	8:37pm Candy-O'67: ↳ Fatherflot @8:36 That's great!!
	8:37pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:37 Ha! Liar!
	8:38pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:37 😬😉
	8:39pm Dan S: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:37 Your new avatar photo certainly fits this show theme, Christina!
	8:40pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Dan S @8:39 Thanks! It’s a complete one off photo from many years ago but it has gotten me a lot of use over time.
	8:40pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:40 fierce!
	8:41pm Terry: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:40 Omg I had to say that
	8:44pm Christina Ginger: Anyone else tired of the British ringing?
	8:44pm Dan S: Remember when someone's area code told you where they lived? At least what state/region, if not city? Now, it's meaningless.
	8:44pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Song: "No Reply" by "The Buzzcocks" Was totally expecting "Hanging On The Telephone" until the third ring! Haha!
	8:44pm Fatherflot: ↳ Song: "No Reply" by "The Buzzcocks" Yay!
	8:45pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:44 Everyone gets a song tonite!
	8:46pm Dan S: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:44 Yeah, let's hear some real American ringing! USA, USA...
	8:46pm Fatherflot: ↳ Dan S @8:44 Do remember exchange names? Hudson-7, Diamond-6, Butterfield-8? I can still remember them appearing in local TV commercials in the 70s
	8:46pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:45 Christina Ginger...the Oprah Winfrey of the RNS stream!
	8:46pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:46 Pennsylvania 6-5000!
	8:47pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:46 Oh god. Hahahahaa. I asked for that one.
	8:47pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:45 I usually play one Buzzcocks song every show for my brothers, who listens to every show in Cali. I haven't played that one yet, so thanks for the idea.
	8:47pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Fatherflot @8:46 Dial Murray Hill 7......!
	8:47pm Karl: You mentioned Leonard Cohen and Robert Quine—I am doubly summoned!
	8:47pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:47 Borrow away, my friend.
	8:47pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:46 That's the big one
	8:47pm Dan S: ↳ Fatherflot @8:46 I can still remember my childhood phone exchange. Cloverdale 1.
	8:48pm Jessie: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:36 I’m playing a glam track next week that has your name in it Christina.
	8:48pm Christina Ginger: Full disclosure: Frank and I have had full conversations about exchanges and their letters translating into phone numbers on business signs
	8:49pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Jessie @8:48 Ooh...I think I know which one that is! Great track!
	8:49pm Will thee SG OCNY: Been enjoying the Rotations, spinning on the rotary! No T-9 here, just quick pulses of sound Thank you Christina Ginger!!!
	8:50pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Jessie @8:48 Ooooh 👀👀👀
	8:50pm KickOutTheJams Joe: Not telephone related but wanted to share that there are 4 low flying drones above my house currently.. so if you don’t hear from me again… you’ll know that I was taken by them lol 🛸
	8:50pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:49 Thanks so much, will☺️
	8:51pm Terry: Fun show CG! Thanks
	8:51pm Christina Ginger: Frank’s show with the Crazy Jerry tune: www.wfmu.org...
	8:51pm Jessie: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:49 Don’t say anything Stu! 😇😇
	8:51pm KickOutTheJams Joe: ↳ Song: "911" by "Cyndi Lauper" Cool Cyndi tune… never heard this before. 👏👏
	8:51pm Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ KickOutTheJams Joe @8:50 We love ya Joey D, I hope those pesky drones leave you alone
	8:51pm Christina Ginger: ↳ KickOutTheJams Joe @8:50 More drones in Jersey? Damn….. what did you do???
	8:51pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Terry @8:51 Thanks, Terry!
	8:51pm Dan S: ↳ KickOutTheJams Joe @8:50 Maybe you'll be taken to a better world. Couldn't be much worse.
	8:52pm Stu Rutherford: ↳ Jessie @8:51 Of course! My lips are sealed!
	8:52pm Christina Ginger: ↳ KickOutTheJams Joe @8:51 Wait until the ending, it’s great.
	8:52pm KickOutTheJams Joe: ↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:51 Next may be re-run from this week.. if so alert the authorities lol
	8:53pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:52 THANKS FOR THIS SHOW TONITE - I HAD A FAB TIME.
	8:53pm Fatherflot: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:51 Inane drones -- as Howard Cosell called Felix Unger
	8:54pm Dan S: Thanks for the show, CG! Great songs and much fun!
	8:54pm Christina Ginger: ↳ MOM WHIG @8:53 Thanks so much, MOM. Back to baking 👩🏻‍🍳
	8:54pm Stu Rutherford: Great show and theme, Christina!
	8:54pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Dan S @8:54 Glad you enjoyed it Dan.
	8:54pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:54 YOU BET - COFFEE CAKE
	8:54pm Fatherflot: Thanks CG. A ten ringy-dingy show! I hope this is the party to whom I am speaking.
	8:54pm Jessie: A good time was had by all Christina. Thank you.
	8:54pm Andres: Did you ever get a call back on the pay phone from the operator asking for another dime or nickel cuz you went over? I paid it. What a dweeb. :) Great show, Christina!
	8:54pm Christina Ginger: ↳ MOM WHIG @8:54 Lemon cookies for me.
	8:55pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Stu Rutherford @8:54 Thanks, Stu, Looking forward to the Kinks show.
	8:55pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Christina Ginger @8:54 SOUNDS SO YUMMY!
	8:55pm Terry: ↳ Dan S @8:54 Beverly 5 was my exchange
	8:55pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Andres @8:54 Hahahaha, never happened.
	8:55pm MOM WHIG: ↳ Terry @8:55 WE GREW UP WITH ELMWOOD 6
	8:56pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:54 You reached the correct party, but the call will be disconnecting shortly.
	8:56pm Candy-O'67: Awesome show, Christina! Thx!
	8:56pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Candy-O'67 @8:56 Thanks. Candy! Enjoy the show this weekend.
	8:56pm Fatherflot: ↳ Andres @8:54 Lenny Bruce used to do a bit about that happening in Mexico. The operator would call back and ask for $2.00. He would say "I only have a dime" and the operator would say, exasperated "put it in, put it in."
	8:57pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Fatherflot @8:56 How did this bit not make int into Mrs. Maisel?
	8:57pm Dan S: ↳ Andres @8:54 I once answered a pay phone that was ringing as I passed by. I had a nice longer conversation with the guy, a total stranger. We were both drunk. That helped.
	8:59pm onthetrain: @dan s that was you on the phone !

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