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Artist Track Approx. start time
Sammy1am (YouTube)  Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (On Floppy Drive Organ)   Favoriting 0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Woody Phillips  Beethoven's Fifth   Favoriting 0:01:01 (Pop-up)
BD594  Bohemian Rhapsody   Favoriting 0:04:27 (Pop-up)
The User - Symphony #1 For Dot Matrix Printers  Track 2   Favoriting 0:07:28 (Pop-up)
Benny Benassi on Singing Tesla Coil (YouTube)  Satisfaction   Favoriting 0:07:53 (Pop-up)
Gigawipf/Marc Almond (YouTube)  Tainted Love played by Floppy Disc Drives - now with vocals by Marc Almond   Favoriting 0:09:24 (Pop-up)
386DX  Smells Like Teen Spirit   Favoriting 0:12:17 (Pop-up)
Stefan Mossenmark  Vroom - Concert for 100 HD Motorcycles   Favoriting 0:16:24 (Pop-up)
Remko Scha  Kata Dee Do Day Nat a Doh - 1987   Favoriting 0:16:49 (Pop-up)
Remko Scha  Throb   Favoriting 0:16:56 (Pop-up)
Stefan Mossenmark  Vroom - Concert for 100 HD Motorcycles   Favoriting 0:17:06 (Pop-up)
Woody Phillips  Thus Spake Zarathustra   Favoriting 0:18:32 (Pop-up)
Ennio Morricone  Titoli Di Testa (Navajo Joe)   Favoriting 0:19:37 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Percy Faith 
Summer Place '76 (Theme From A Summer Place)   Favoriting
0:22:23 (Pop-up)
Ergo Phizmiz  UOEIA - The Histories of Yodelling - Cassette Side B   Favoriting 0:26:33 (Pop-up)
Okapi and Aldo Kapi Orchestra  Verdi / Otello /Verdi Otello Act 1 / Una Vela! Una Vela!   Favoriting 0:35:52 (Pop-up)
Jem Finer and Andrew Kötting  New Thought   Favoriting 0:37:50 (Pop-up)
Rainbo (aka Sissy Spacek)  John, You Went Too Far This Time   Favoriting 0:40:20 (Pop-up)
The GTO's  I'm In Love With The Ooo-Ooo Man   Favoriting 0:43:51 (Pop-up)
Felix Kubin and Coolhaven  There Is A Garden   Favoriting 0:46:59 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Misfit Toys 
Alone Again Naturally   Favoriting
0:50:23 (Pop-up)
Paul McCartney  Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey   Favoriting 0:54:46 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

I am one minute into the past.
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People Like Us:

I will be too in a sec
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glenn:

fancy mode?? what fresh hell is this?
  7:01pm
Phil:

Hi everyone!
Nice start!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I'm Bach to the Future...
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People Like Us:

Evening all
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People Like Us:

oh that's a good show title
  7:03pm
Cliff:

For a moment I thought Night People was back on the air :)
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People Like Us:

night people like us
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tim:

I'm seeing the mirror bits Virgil Fox used to glue to his heels. THAT'S showmanship!
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glenn:

wotcher, vicki?
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People Like Us:

this is the machine music part of the show
  7:06pm
ccrides:

This music is giving me feelings of anxiety..!..LOL...:)O(:..
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

...this is fairly terrifying to anyone who lived thru Ken's three hour Bohemian Rhapsodathon...Post Traumatic Rhapsody Syndrome...
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People Like Us:

this is almost mechanical museum music
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groucho:

The Geordie contingent of WFMU is hereby checkin in. Alreet?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Mary Wing unearthed a couple more versions of BoRhap the other night.
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tim:

It's great. I am chained.
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tim:

... to the printer.
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

...Kafka machines printing something on me...
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People Like Us:

it's amazing how much emotion we invest in what we hear from these machines, but hardly surprising since most of us are sitting staring at them all day
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

..oddly enuff - the band Tesla never used these...
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tim:

Isolated almond?
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People Like Us:

no, he saw it on youtube!
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glenn:

hey vicki, how long do these shows take to put together, approximately speaking?
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People Like Us:

he liked it so much he added vocals and reposted on youtube :)
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dale:

anyone ever use a tektronix color printer circa 1990? they took cmyk wax crayons that melted and the whole machine sounded like a washing machine on the gentle cycle
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People Like Us:

3 or 4 hours
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tim:

Warning: Created on machines that also process nuts.
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People Like Us:

that sounds nice - I have yet to hear washing machine music, or rather human washing machine music
  7:12pm
Garth:

That's awesome
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

...sometimes you feel like a gigawatt - sometimes you don't...
  7:12pm
ccrides:

Now that was really sexy!!!...:)O(:..
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glenn:

i spend my days listening to saws, drills and routers. emotions? hmmm. i do love a well made piece of machinery.
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tim:

Emerging from 8 bit now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
cklequ:

I was hoping this 386DX track would be included in this set.
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People Like Us:

it's true that we want these computers to reflect back all the energy we invest in them... with a song
  7:14pm
@#&!:

that was Donny and Marie Almond's brother, right?
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

This is not a Drill ! - oh wait - maybe it is...
- Hey ! - I understand the lyrics to Teen Spirit ! - that can't be right...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
dale:

just bought a bosch colt glenn - should i buy the plunge base too?
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People Like Us:

I played a double bill with this chap once
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People Like Us:

he was amazing - had the computer hanging on him like a guitar. Didn't get to speak, he was Russian only
  7:16pm
Cliff:

There go my teenage memories
  7:16pm
@#&!:

when Dr. Hawking cuts loose, he really cuts loose-
whoo-hoo!
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People Like Us:

you all went quiet, it's this track isn't it
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

...Einstein famously said perspiration was more important than knowledge...
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groucho:

ner I'm just drunk
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tim:

Gawd.
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glenn:

YES!!!!!!!!!!!! the bosch colt is great. i have 2 of them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
dale:

i was just shoving apple cobbler in my face.
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tim:

A festering, itchy Strauss is nothing to saw about.
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People Like Us:

ha ha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
dale:

tool talk - on fmu.
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

...Thus Sawed Zarathustra...
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glenn:

thomas edison said genius was 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration, but i quibble.
  7:20pm
Phil:

Creative version
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People Like Us:

1% quibble
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
dale:

i do love how we're hitting the classix here. oh, this is morricone's mother or mother in law screaming according to the box set 'a fistful of film music'
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

...Edison also said Tesla couldn't carry a tune - & we've just blown that out of the water...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

A mechanical version of "Hey Jude" would fit well here.
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tim:

I think Edison said that right after he set fire to Tesla's lab.
  7:21pm
@#&!:

@Glenn: my beloved Makita gets very sensitive and moody for sbout 4-5 days a month, won't let me slip a new bit in, at least without a lot of fuss. Is this normal?
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tim:

So, as you might guess, he was pretty sweaty.
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People Like Us:

she's screaming for him to get out of the garage
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glenn:

dale, this is where i buy all my tools. www.atlas-machinery.com
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People Like Us:

cough
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tim:

Try the cough button.
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glenn:

hmmm @#&!, is your beloved makita a router or a drill? you don't say.
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People Like Us:

I'm so glad you want to talk for machinery rather than eating sushi
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tim:

You can't use a food word! I've done it, and regretted it soon after.
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tim:

Oops. Said the f-word itself.
  7:25pm
@#&!:

"cough button"', " dump button", there's a button for every bodily function
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
dale:

those are canadian dollars? i get stuff from cpo bosch or amazon or wherever it's on sale.
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People Like Us:

like duh, 386DX - title gives it away LIKE DUH
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tim:

That's the model, not the make.
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glenn:

yeah, canadian $. they'll ship anywhere.
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groucho:

this isn't summer place
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People Like Us:

yesh
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groucho:

oh, it kind-of is
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People Like Us:

yes it is
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glenn:

it's optimism, groucho. first we have to get to snow melting place.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:28pm
dale:

i have some old delta machines, drill presses, lathe, bandsaw, jigsaw. old and cheap and heavy duty.
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tim:

It is Summer Place. Elmer Bernstein had a similar mishap.
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People Like Us:

then we have to pump out all the water
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groucho:

I have Theme From a Summer Place as the first song on my main spotify playlist, so when my most recently added songs finish it re-starts at Theme From A summer Place and I can pretend like I'm listening to Do or DIY
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People Like Us:

yes I pretend that too
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People Like Us:

listen, Ergo can yodel
  7:29pm
Mex Navajos:

As a quasi-Anglophobic redneck, I cannot explain why your Brit accent produces an erotic rigidity, however, the plain facts are in evidence.
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tim:

Thanks for sharing, Mex!
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People Like Us:

glad we didn't get a gif
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glenn:

old industrial machinery, it's really beautiful.
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fleep:

Ergo can also do a Goofy yell, apparently
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groucho:

my main playlist open.spotify.com... about 3000 songs I've had as 'earworms' since 2009. very much the fault of WFMU, Vicki and sometimes
BBC 6 Music.
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People Like Us:

I think that was his wife - his kids are on this too
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

...as a semi-reformed-Anglophilic bicoastal tragedy - I can't really explain anything...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
cklequ:

Swiss Family Phizmiz it says. HA

ergophizmiz.blogspot.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

There must be yodeling contests somewhere. Wouldn't those be fun to attend?
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People Like Us:

it's the marathon this time next week, peoples - I will be live in one part, not two parts, I will actually be integrated live, if you get what I mean
  7:34pm
Phil:

A phizmiz phamily affair
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ranjit:

Wait, did the transmitter go offline for a minute, or was that staticky radio effect with non-English voices part of the cassette?
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tim:

There's already one nutter. How many more you need?
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People Like Us:

WFMU has a big auctioneer mp3 archive, all yodellers
which frequency, ranjit?
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glenn:

bbc 6? that's a lot of public broadcasting.
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People Like Us:

did 91.1 go off the air?
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

...who knows ranjit...it's FMU...just smile & nod...
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tim:

This is a tough time-slot for troubleshooting the signal.
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People Like Us:

oh that was probably ergo, ranjit unless it was REALLY bad
ha ha
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ranjit:

91.1. I think it was off for about 45 seconds.
  7:36pm
@#&!:

@glenn: my beloved Makita's a drill, I'm not really experienced with routers.
Like I said, she gets moody and tricky to work with for those 4-5 days every month, like suddenly she'll choke up when it's time to insert the 12.5 inch bit extension
...I can't be the only guy with this problem?
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

...I favor BBC4Extra...
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ranjit:

I'll have to listen to the archive to confirm, or buy the cassette!
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tim:

Checking here, 91.1 okay.
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People Like Us:

BBC6 is an internet music station - has some good shows - give it a listen, but NOT NOW OR FOR A FEW WEEKS YET
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People Like Us:

oh good. Checking here, it's just raining
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fleep:

@X&! Try some lubrication. I suggest Chivas.
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ranjit:

@@#&!: I think your problem is that you're an unsuccessful Borscht Belt comedian from 1960. How did you get on the internet?
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groucho:

*favour
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tim:

Archive doesn't reflect transmitter signal... we have three transmitters, btw. Archive is run off the same sound pipe as the stream.
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People Like Us:

I blame pirates
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

...favoUr - jeesh...
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People Like Us:

I mainly blame other people though
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tim:

That's possible. I know there are some parrots missing in Rockland County
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ranjit:

Yeah, I meant I'd listen to the archive or Ergo's cassette to see if it has a burst of static and blurry voices in the middle! If not, then it was the transmitter.
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People Like Us:

I'm running the archive here
  7:39pm
ccrides:

I'm waiting for Roger Daltrey to start singing 'Reign on Me'???...hehehe...:)O(:..
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groucho:

7pm on weeknights on bbc 6, uk time, Marc Riley (off The Fall) - I used to work on his show, not biased at all, he's just the best (after Vicki, and Ken, and Meghan, and Trouble, and all the other one's I listen to here, like Kenzo, and that one that's called Beastin The Airwaves, I forget)
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glenn:

huh. you don'e strike me as a right winger, vicki.
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

...has Roger heard it on YT ? Maybe Marc Almond can stand in...
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

Sissy Spacechick !
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People Like Us:

Stuart Maconi in Radio 6 is also good because he plays MY STUFF and I get royalties
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People Like Us:

yes!
  7:42pm
Hoboken Pirate Club:

And why are some people always so quick to blame pirates for everything, ye lilly-livered landlubber?
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

...when I blame Pirates - I'm just Parroting others...
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People Like Us:

I love pirates, and I also blame them. It's great. It's the fault of illegal downloaders and drugs
  7:43pm
Phil:

Pirates are a big part of my religion...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44pm
dale:

this is really her? nice! much better than pam dawber's 45. actually, pam dawbers 45 is pretty good. better than sally fields anyway.
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

I wasn't saying we were better than Pirates as persons, or Parrots as a thing - I just said what I said & now it's all this...
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People Like Us:

Pirates are a big part of my DO or DIY sound archive
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People Like Us:

yes it's Sissy
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groucho:

forgot about Maconi's Freak Zone, that show really summons the spirit of freeform. have you read Phill Jupitus' book about his time on the breakfast show until they introduced the god-awful daytime playlist? I'm filming him next weekend and can't wait to shake his hand and tell him how much I agreed and stopped listening during the day because of him. that helped me find WFMU (that and a certain Jeffrey Lewis song, yes, I'm that young)
  7:45pm
Phil:

I've not heard this in awhile - cool
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People Like Us:

Jarvis Cocker also does a show on Radio6
  7:46pm
vince:

Always with "The Ooh-Ohh Man"..... Nice to be listening live! You rock, Vicki
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People Like Us:

Love The GTOs
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People Like Us:

reminds me of listening to Kenny G's show
  7:46pm
Capt. Johnny:

@ Ye Rancid Retaarghd: Parroting others, eh? Can't think for yerself? The movement a parrot needs is on my shoulder, Judey-buck
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People Like Us:

thanks :)
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groucho:

him off The Specials has been covering for Jarvis recently, he's got fantastic taste, but anyway, back to your show (i feel back for talking about other stations when you're on, I...ooooh There Is A Garden!!!! Wooo
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

- groovy...any rum ??...
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People Like Us:

there is a garden
full of beauty
there is a garden
I will never see eee
there is a desert
full of disgrace
and in this desert
I will find my place
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groucho:

*bad
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
cklequ:

love this song....
  7:49pm
Phil:

I always think Felix sounds like Ergo..,
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
dale:

i think one of the first times i listened to kenny g he was playing art linkletters letter to his daughter and overlaid on that was someone snickering, then laughing, then guffawing when art is at the point of weeping. it was bizarre and wonderful
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ranjit:

I get this Kubin song stuck in my head ALL THE TIME
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People Like Us:

that's ok
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fleep:

*groouvy
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groucho:

do you have Shithausen by Euros Childs?
  7:50pm
vince:

I see I came in in time for all the PLU 'standards'!
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People Like Us:

well Felix is being english - the common factor being the bonzo dog doohdahhhs for this I'd say
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tim:

I miss Ivor Cutler.
  7:50pm
ccrides:

Thanks for that!!!...The lyrics make 'it' seem all the more profound, PLU!!!...hehehe...:)O(:..
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People Like Us:

Kenny's show was amazing
  7:51pm
Phil:

Totally great song there
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groucho:

@tim I'm filming a show soon in England about your ideal dinner guests, I'm not allowed to say more but it's got people from BBC panel shows on it, and one of the guest's choices is Ivor Cutler. I'm so excited for the show. keep an eye on www.avpne.com for the show
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tim:

Bethany is next, A440. I'm really looking forward to the marathon. But this will be a hard show to top.
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groucho:

not related at all @tim www.chortle.co.uk...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
cklequ:

Kenny G. was sort of my gateway to WFMU.
And there, i've said too much already.
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People Like Us:

do listen in next week for the marathon, I've picked out all the hits and less
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People Like Us:

it was from guesting on Kenny's show that i got my own dj slot here
  7:54pm
vince:

I will be there with bells on!
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groucho:

ooh I love this!!!
  7:55pm
ccrides:

Luvv Paulie!!!...:)O(:..
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ranjit:

will someone who knows mashupy stuff make a mashup of Uncle Albert with Liz Phair's Uncle Alvarez, please?
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People Like Us:

it's raining
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

Sir Macca has a mac for you...
  7:56pm
Phil:

Splendid show as always Vicki!
  7:56pm
Cliff:

Perfect
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People Like Us:

all together now!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

The forecast here is for snow tomorrow and rain toward the end of the week. That could be messy.
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People Like Us:

hands across the water (water)
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ranjit:

hands across the skyyyyyy
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People Like Us:

we are mainly flooding and blowy
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People Like Us:

gather round
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Revolution Avant Retard Nov63:

...I think he might've been a teensy bit stoned here...
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People Like Us:

or is it get around
anyway BYE
  7:59pm
P-090:

I kneel and say prayers to Macca 4 times every day
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groucho:

I first heard about you from at mate at Goldsmiths, he came back from uni with all this music and blew my mind with it, then, after all that, there was this podcast I'd overlooked. next thing I know I'm at uni myself listening to every old podcast and loads of Boredcast (far too much to be honest) and aye, I'm still here, bouncing around to Uncle Albert and wishing you had a full 3 hour show like everyone else. I re-listen to this when feeding my parrots (got 6) at least 2/3 times a week and 1 hour isn't long enough
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glenn:

audacity is your friend, ranjit.
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People Like Us:

BYE ALL
BYE
can't get into this
BYE
  8:00pm
P-090:

...oooooh ooooooh...
  8:00pm
ccrides:

Bi!!!...:)O(:..
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People Like Us:

byeee
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