Favoriting Fool's Paradise with Rex: Playlist from July 31, 2021 Favoriting

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Favoriting July 31, 2021: The Juanita Dale Slusher aka "Candy Barr" Memorial Playlist

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Artist Track Label Approx. start time
The Champs  Caramba   Favoriting Challenge  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Catalinas  Destructions   Favoriting Fortune  0:05:18 (Pop-up)
The Diminshuns  Firewater   Favoriting Division  0:06:56 (Pop-up)
The Rumblers  Stomping Time   Favoriting Highland  0:11:22 (Pop-up)
The Hi-Tombs  Sweet Rockin' Mama   Favoriting Cannon  0:12:59 (Pop-up)
Leigh Howell and the Uniques  Moving Too Slow   Favoriting Stretch  0:14:13 (Pop-up)
Don Wade  Gone Gone Gone   Favoriting San  0:15:31 (Pop-up)
Red Killen & His Western Band  Hey Pretty Mama   Favoriting Western Ranch Music  0:18:44 (Pop-up)
Bill Nettles  Gumbo-Mumbo (Papa Got To Go)   Favoriting Starday  0:19:51 (Pop-up)
Pinky Pinkston  The Fisherman   Favoriting Bryte  0:22:31 (Pop-up)
Pee Wee King  Catty Town   Favoriting RCA Victor  0:24:21 (Pop-up)
Carl Stevens  Queen Of Skid Row   Favoriting Viking  0:26:51 (Pop-up)
George McCoy  The Ballad Of Candy Barr   Favoriting Comet  0:35:58 (Pop-up)
The Williams Sisters  Barfly Of The Town   Favoriting Durmun International  0:38:55 (Pop-up)
Ruby Wright  He Broke My Heart At Walgreens (I Cried All The Way To Sears)   Favoriting Rik  0:41:48 (Pop-up)
Norma Jean  Whiskey-Six Years Old   Favoriting RCA Victor  0:45:24 (Pop-up)
Myrtle Marie and her Country Comers  Liberation Blues Part 2   Favoriting Starr  0:48:14 (Pop-up)
Tony Allan  Holy Smoke Baby   Favoriting Aladdin  0:55:27 (Pop-up)
Mike Robinson  Lula   Favoriting Vibra  0:56:43 (Pop-up)
Mac Sims  Drivin' Wheel   Favoriting Pacer  0:58:56 (Pop-up)
Little Sonny  The Mix Up   Favoriting Speedway  1:00:52 (Pop-up)
Willie Dixon  If You're Mine   Favoriting Checker  1:03:08 (Pop-up)
T-V Slim and his Bluesman  Gravy Around Your Steak   Favoriting Speed  1:07:03 (Pop-up)
Kid King's Combo  Hob-Nob   Favoriting Excello  1:09:50 (Pop-up)
The Notions  Yea, Yea   Favoriting Travel  1:15:48 (Pop-up)
Bobby Lee Trammell  Mayonaisse Man   Favoriting Hot  1:17:22 (Pop-up)
Los Rockin’ Devils  Perro Lanudo   Favoriting Orfeon  1:19:25 (Pop-up)
Hale and Hayden  Twist A La Cacciatora   Favoriting ABC Paramount  1:21:03 (Pop-up)
Nervous Norvus  Ape Call   Favoriting Dot  1:23:45 (Pop-up)
The Genteels  Take it Off!   Favoriting Capitol  1:26:13 (Pop-up)
Nancy Dupont  Weather Report Love   Favoriting Trans-Continental  1:29:56 (Pop-up)
The Intials  Giggling Girl   Favoriting Kella  1:36:36 (Pop-up)
Ron and Joe and the Crew  Riot In Cell Block #9   Favoriting Strand  1:37:39 (Pop-up)
The Rey-Dels  We're Back   Favoriting Atkins  1:40:17 (Pop-up)
The Pirates  Cuttin' Out   Favoriting Back Stage  1:42:23 (Pop-up)
The Invictas  (Let's Dance) The Hump   Favoriting Sahara  1:44:53 (Pop-up)
Johnny Ray Gomez  Go, Go, Go Barracuda   Favoriting Applause  1:47:27 (Pop-up)
The Triffits  Monkey Bussiness   Favoriting Delta  1:51:33 (Pop-up)
Hughie Scott and the Meteors  Be Boppa Lula   Favoriting Tamarac  1:52:09 (Pop-up)
Johnny Two-Voice and the Medallions  Superman   Favoriting Specialty  1:54:20 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Witherspoon  Endless Sleep   Favoriting Rip Records  1:56:17 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Juke Joint Jonny:

All right! Finally a Fool's Paradise for us peoples with heart conditions that are easily upset! Anything goes today!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:02pm
ChrisB.:

This is not working for me. I NEED "Ladies and gentlemen..." and the rest.
  1:02pm
P-90:

“No intro?!” What gives?
Avatar 1:02pm
Don Gorden:

I got the feeling I've been cheated, Mama!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:02pm
ChrisB.:

But it does sync nicely with the Candy Barr vid.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:02pm
mariano:

Hey Rex, fools!
  1:03pm
P-90:

Actually, skipping the usual eleven minute intro does buy back some time…
Avatar 1:04pm
Mailman Tom:

Look how she shakes and shimmies!
  1:04pm
jiver:

Hi Rex and folks from Basingstoke, England
  1:04pm
antonio:

Radio people finally did something?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:04pm
DjLorraine:

I love Juanita Dale Slusher dancing to these tunes!
  1:06pm
jiver:

Just put "got the wimwams" clip on wifey's phone as text alert. FOund the film, still free on youtube too!
  1:06pm
davefromtoronto:

today's goal - don't start drinking before 3...momma!
  1:06pm
Bill C:

Hey Rex! Julia and Camille say hi....I’m ready for a Mai Tai....
  1:06pm
P-90:

Being given the name Juanita Dale Slusher at birth may well be an omen that you’re in for some ups and downs in life….
  1:06pm
Vertual:

Well it's not the jitterbug from Brooklyn. It must be Rex. Probably lost the intro under all those pizza boxes.
  1:08pm
davefromtoronto:

yeah but when does she go-go topless?!?
  1:08pm
P-90:

btw, do we know the identity of that “Jitterbug from Brooklyn”?
  1:09pm
davefromtoronto:

rex knows but isn't talkin"...
Avatar 1:09pm
Hubig Pie:

I gots things to do but I keep lookin' at Juanita shakin her boo-tay
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:09pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...' Barr was acknowledged in the magazine Texas Monthly as one of history's "perfect Texans", along with other Texans, including Lady Bird Johnson '...
Avatar 1:09pm
Don Gorden:

Candy Barr, saw her on Something weird, on OnDemand back in the early 2000's, glad to see she's shaking things up again here on FP's
  1:11pm
pL:

Great instros set
  1:11pm
Vertual:

Technology is overrated.
  1:11pm
davefromtoronto:

i like how her legs make an ass of themselves.
  1:16pm
Shri:

@serious_cactus who is the real cactus?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:17pm
JimB:

The CB GIF goes complements all the selections so far.
  1:23pm
davefromtoronto:

i smell dave the spazz and payola money...
Avatar 1:27pm
Mailman Tom:

Such a sorrowful song
  1:27pm
captain mike:

What’s finer than Country music? Arnold Stang as the mouse Herman in the classic Herman and Catnip cartoons
Avatar 1:29pm
Mister Dobalina:

Stoppin' by just to say : MOMMA!
& today's front page gif has some real jiggle to it!
Avatar 1:30pm
Kitschy Mama:

“We wanna see Santa do the Mambo”!
Avatar 1:31pm
Mister Dobalina:

davefromtoronto - think you gonna make that before 3pm deadline?
  1:32pm
davefromtoronto:

bricklayer fathers a brickhouse - go figure!
Avatar 1:33pm
Mister Dobalina:

Oh no! Not the reefer!
  1:33pm
Sylvia's Mother:

"the usual eleven minute intro" this is not Cherry Blossom Clinic! Although I loved that, too.
  1:33pm
davefromtoronto:

mister D the last 30 minutes are the toughest. stay tuned!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:33pm
DjLorraine:

He listened to the tumblers
Avatar 1:35pm
Mailman Tom:

Fascinating!
Avatar 1:35pm
Mister Dobalina:

I think I'm gonna enter your contest, davefromtoronto. Wish me luck.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:35pm
dave wuz here:

educational content warning
  1:36pm
Blueboy:

@serious_cactus yowl and greetings wise cactus...tell me how to enjoy peace
  1:37pm
P-90:

Wow! Candy has her own ballad.
  1:37pm
davefromtoronto:

stay strong Mr D! only 28 minutes to go...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:37pm
Pedro in Arlington:

Chuck Berry must have been a loyal subscriber to Oui magazine. In the doc Hail Hail Rock n Roll, he always sings "Oui" before "magazine" during Sweet Little Sixteen. Chuck probably appreciated Ms. Bar's appearance.
  1:37pm
otto:

gonna treat myself to a zagnut
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:38pm
dave miss:

Oui Oui! Brows disappearing
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james from witches' corner:

Can you make a make tai sans coconut?
Avatar 1:39pm
Mister Dobalina:

Whatever you do, DO NOT, look up an image search on Juanita Slusher. You've been warned
!
  1:40pm
davefromtoronto:

does light beer count as drinking? asking for a friend...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:40pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...' Twelve hours after Ruby murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, the leading suspect in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, live on national television, the FBI arrived in Edna to interview Candy. She made a statement, as Juanita Dale Phillips, regarding her knowledge of Ruby prior to Oswald being accused of the assassination of Kennedy, and Ruby's subsequent murder of Oswald. Candy later said "They thought Ruby had told me names and places and people, which he didn't." '...
  1:41pm
davefromtoronto:

just don't let them cat sit for you!
Avatar 1:41pm
james from witches' corner:

@dave no. Ha! That is considered water round here.
  1:41pm
captain mike:

Tex and Edna!
Avatar 1:42pm
Mister Dobalina:

Lite beer is more of hydration exercise, I believe lite beer has electrolytes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:42pm
KevinfromBayRidge:

Hello all Fools in Paradise. Quite a GIF ya got there, Rex!
Avatar 1:43pm
TheManWhoLaughs:

This is an incredibly sad song
Avatar 1:43pm
Mister Dobalina:

Viva Mayday - "Demonic Woman" set to My Tale Is Hot Starring Candy Barr -- is where the gif has been pulled off of. The full video is on da 'Tube.
Avatar 1:44pm
Kitschy Mama:

Just a few shameless department store promotions .
  1:44pm
P-90:

btw, have we had a Candy Samples Memorial Playlist?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:45pm
Pedro in Arlington:

Robbie Robertson's oft told Jack Ruby anecdote contains no actual Jack Ruby interaction.
Avatar 1:45pm
Mailman Tom:

Worth a trip from anywhere
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:46pm
dave wuz here:

half a cat can't be wrong
Avatar 1:47pm
james from witches' corner:

Hey, Kevin. bond st was good times.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:47pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Beer has nutrients ! It's like liquid bread with hops... some hops ...a small teabag of cheap hops briefly passed thru ricewater perhaps...
  1:48pm
P-90:

Candy wisely kept her mouth shut about Ruby, because her harmonica playin’ Mama didn’t raise no fools.
Avatar 1:49pm
Hubig Pie:

Beer = carbonated cereal inna can
  1:50pm
captain mike:

Like Elvis’ spiritual performances on pharmaceuticals Country music’s naive acceptance of the wrong side of the coin continues to amaze me
  1:53pm
?:

"country comers???"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:54pm
KevinfromBayRidge:

Hey James! Twas a Gureaaat time! Was a pleasure to hang with youse two.
  1:54pm
Xangoir:

Virgin cries . Good
  1:55pm
P-90:

Clickey-star for Rex’s “Candy” voice
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:55pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Thank You, Percy Dovetails...
Avatar 1:55pm
Mister Dobalina:

Culture & class on Fool's Paradise, who woulda thunk it ? Don't ever that Rex never recited a poem to you.
  1:57pm
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i believe ms barr was shortlisted for a guggenheim for her work...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:58pm
G:

Ezra Pound Barr
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:59pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...not only named Candy Barr - her Pop Art really Pops...
  2:00pm
davefromtoronto:

don't you mean ezra 'pounded' barr..
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:00pm
G:

@dace: I was going for subtle lol
  2:01pm
P-90:

I remember seeing excerpts of Candy’s correspondence with Robert Frost in an article in New Yorker magazine. Or maybe it was Gent magazine, I’m not sure now…
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:01pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Pound Cakes was that other dancer...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:02pm
G:

@P-90: Penthouse forum, maybe
Avatar 2:04pm
Mailman Tom:

Hey, this one really swings!
  2:05pm
davefromtoronto:

oops sorry G - i checked my subtlety meter at the door..
  2:06pm
P-90:

Maybe it WAS the New Yorker, in their now-defunct weekly “No-Brow Around Town” feature.
  2:06pm
davefromtoronto:

btw says alot about this crowd that all we've talked about is the memorial playlist girl...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:07pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Howlin'Wolf took it all the way home though, Mr. Dixon...
Avatar 2:08pm
Mister Dobalina:

I eagerly await my order of the stee-mah-lent, I ordered last week, should be in the mail by now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:11pm
DjLorraine:

Rex you are a professional. Thank you for uncovering the back stories.
  2:12pm
P-90:

Gotta love Candy’s “back story”
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:13pm
G:

@davefromtoronto: Rex knows an audience draw when he sees one.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:13pm
G:

@P-90: Baby got backstory?
Avatar 2:15pm
Mister Dobalina:

Did I miss the, Dave the Spazz, interaction of the week, segment? Gosh, I hope not.
  2:16pm
Sylvia's Mother:

Sounds like "That Jim."
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:17pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Dave the Spazz claims plausible deniability re any significant relations with Jack Ruby...it was strictly business...
  2:18pm
davefromtoronto:

the lunkhead set makes me feel smart and dumb at the same time...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:22pm
Dominick:

Molto bene!
  2:24pm
johnk77:

great sets selecter
jack ruby was the bouncer
at his own nightclub
  2:24pm
davefromtoronto:

this tune sends me on a moonshine murder trip.
Avatar 2:24pm
james from witches' corner:

Thanks, Rex for inspiring me to make mai tais.and for don wade!
Avatar 2:24pm
Creature Boy:

I jUst picked this 45 up along w another Norvus single
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:25pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi! Nice day to be a fool.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:25pm
JimB:

Always wanted an "ape call doodlyabba" ring tone.
  2:28pm
davefromtoronto:

oh man i hate this guy...
Avatar 2:29pm
Mailman Tom:

Does he sing the news, too?
Avatar 2:35pm
Creature Boy:

I believe I spent 3.50$ on the 2 nervous n. disks
Avatar 2:36pm
Mister Dobalina:

Ya jigglin' baby!
  2:38pm
Blueboy:

@serious_cactus Is COVID turning me into Edgar Degas?
Avatar 2:41pm
Mister Dobalina:

Is it time to have a couple of polish beers yet?
  2:43pm
Miles:

guess I'll b shopping fer records tahday
Avatar 2:48pm
Todd-o-phonic Todd:

@Mister Dobalina: I'm about to polish a few beers off before going on air.
  2:49pm
mic_a:

Y'know that guy with the wheel jack gizmo just goes up in smoke and sits there on the line. Win light to Big Daddy, fer sure.
  2:52pm
Richard Whig:

@ToPT limber up pal!
Avatar 2:52pm
Mailman Tom:

Little Lulu was the inspiration for this song
  2:54pm
P-90:

Slightly demented Cliff Richard-style solo on “Monkey Business”. I bestow the FP Listener Seal of Approval upon it.
  2:55pm
davefromtoronto:

what exactly does "bad down on your head" mean anyways?
Avatar 2:55pm
Mister Dobalina:

I'm gonna cheese it for a bit, gotta make a run to the store.
Avatar 2:55pm
Mailman Tom:

I bought a vintage Superman comic book at a comic convention yesterday!
  2:56pm
davefromtoronto:

mister dobalina's left the building...
Avatar 2:56pm
Mister Dobalina:

Has anyone seen my Crocs, the ones with all the jibbitz on 'em?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:57pm
briania:

I like this Endless Sleep.
  2:58pm
Dave Miss:

Brows returning
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:59pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

TY As Ever DJ Rex Sir !
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:59pm
DjLorraine:

Thank you Rex
  3:00pm
P-90:

Intro or no, we still get to say Goodbye to Cosmic Man.
Thanks, Rex!
  3:00pm
davefromtoronto:

thnx rex xo
  9:35am
Juke Rockola:

A great pic of Candy adorns the cover of Fast Floyd and the Famous Firebirds album"Devil's Daughter".She's topless, propped up against a record player and some LPs on shelves.Ive treasured it for years.(like the album too,definitely wfmu material... Great cllip Rex!
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