WFMU: Fool's Paradise with Rex: Playlist from August 28, 2021

Listener comments!
	12:48pm davefromtoronto: came early to get a good seat.
	♥ 1:01pm luka: suffering lunkhead r’n’r withdrawals here
	1:01pm HyperDose: Ahh I'm nervous!
	1:02pm P-90: Let’s all exercise Listener Discretion and dig what Rex is laying down !
	🌮 ♥ 1:02pm Bruce S.: Rex, Back in Black Hooray
	♥ 1:02pm dave wuz here: boiled brogan breakfast
	1:04pm Mailman Tom: Mack Swain acted alongside Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, and Roscoe Arbuckle. He was also one of the original Keystone Cops!
	1:04pm davefromtoronto: a delicious licorice boot for dinner!
	1:04pm phil.vas1: paradise!
	1:04pm P-90: Mack Swain, a HUGE name in the early days of movies
	♥ 1:05pm Ken From Hyde Park: Fool's Paradise and a high-fiber diet makes for a good weekend.
	🌮 ♥ 1:06pm Bruce S.: I think I'd drown that shoe in A1 sauce before I ate it
	🌮 ♥ 1:07pm Bruce S.: Is this from the Gold Rush?
	1:08pm RevPhil: Mack Swain seen here eating a shoe made of licorice. Both He and Chaplin got sick from eating too much of it.
	1:08pm phil.vas1: Weekly dose of reverb
	1:10pm P-90: I love instrumentals I can dance the Batusi to. And Rex got “em!
	1:11pm Joli: Rex I don’t think you have ever played the same song twice
	1:13pm HyperDose: Somebody trace this man's location before!
	1:13pm HyperDose: *before he converts even more loyal followers
	1:17pm P-90: Noblemen’s guitarist doing a hell of a Scotty Moore impression
	1:18pm The Butterman: Totally random thought: T minus 36 min. till this show reaches “all time, low” territory.
	1:18pm davefromtoronto: where's nervous norvus when you need him!
	1:18pm Hubig Pie: Too much licorice boot can lead to digestive discomfort.
	🌮 ♥ 1:18pm Bruce S.: Bolean, I never met anyone named Bolean
	♥ 1:20pm briania: Woodpecker Rock ... rocks.
	1:21pm Mailman Tom: @Joli: I think Rex has played Woodpecker Rock at least 9 times!
	1:22pm HyperDose: Hooliganism like this can't possibly continue...
	1:24pm P-90: I cherish the two hours of hooliganism reliably found on these airwaves every Saturday!
	🌮 ♥ 1:25pm Bruce S.: Digging Baby Do
	1:27pm Hubig Pie: Leave the taco Take the tamale
	1:30pm sinner: Repent!!
	1:31pm DJ Guin: 🌮
	1:31pm KevinfromBayRidge: Howdy all. Checking in from Windy Seaside. Surf's up!
	1:31pm Kpx: Hey, look who it is, rex🦖, R-E-X. With 2 hours of Rock Shock and Schlock. Here on fun 91.1.
	🌮 ♥ 1:33pm Bruce S.: Jersec City, YEEEHAAAW
	1:33pm The Butterman: See? We had joizy before ur damn Wabash!
	1:34pm modern blaze: shout outs to punk vets not viets!
	1:37pm modern blaze: i think jee minor mike exists?
	1:38pm Dave Miss: Leave the pho. Take the Bahn mi.
	1:38pm P-90: Yes, “Smyrna”, not “smegma”
	1:38pm modern blaze: baby due also?
	1:39pm modern blaze: i don't like trailers i like flats!
	1:40pm P-90: I’m naming my next hound dog pup “Bolean”
	1:40pm TheManWhoLaughs: If Bolean Barry married Jethro Bodean, she would become Bolean Bodean
	1:40pm modern blaze: special rec of poppy shrink
	1:41pm P-90: .was waiting for someone to do a “Bolean/Bodine” gag…
	1:41pm bobobob frm plasticland: im from milwaukee now been livin in Smyrna for last 6 yrs never heard of Elvis Carden ..flint river??
	1:42pm modern blaze: willow afternude!
	1:45pm Brendan: Villa of the nude it’s already my favorite villa song. Already exceeding La Villa Strangiato. Although I Gotta say this one is pretty strange in and of itself.
	🌮 ♥ 1:46pm Bruce S.: Is this Bolean's sister Eller?
	🌮 ♥ 1:46pm Bruce S.: Is this Bolean's sister Eller?
	🌮 ♥ 1:47pm Bruce S.: I guess I really want to know
	1:50pm P-90: Villa of the Nude is indeed an odd little mutant of a record, its DNA is truly difficult to decipher
	1:52pm The Butterman: So far, we have some genuine, topical songs ABOUT “no -brow” behavior but haven’t reached “all time low” yet.
	🌮 ♥ 1:53pm Bruce S.: Linda Webb has a great voice, why haven't I heard her before?
	🌮 ♥ 1:54pm Bruce S.: I love these talkin songs
	1:55pm Mailman Tom: These country songs are so tragic
	♥ 1:56pm luka: that country block was an all-timer
	1:58pm P-90: That set left me craving biscuits and gravy. Maybe grits even. And moonshine and acid, of course.
	1:58pm Mailman Tom: I love his wheezing deliveries
	2:01pm P-90: If Pert Kelton of Honeymooners fame married Percy Helton, would she be Pert Kelton-Helton?
	2:01pm Thumper thumped 2013: Will you sign my 45, George? - BREAK! Hypoxemic respiratory failure means thatyou don't have enough oxygen in your blood, but your levels of carbon dioxide are close to normal.
	2:02pm HyperDose: OK, yeah I'm hooked. I now serve the one and only Rex from the undisclosed location...which I will NEVER reveal. 💫🥬🗿
	🌮 ♥ 2:02pm Bruce S.: How about your carbon monoxcide level
	🌮 ♥ 2:03pm Bruce S.: All time fave Go Chuck
	🌮 ♥ 2:07pm Bruce S.: All you've got to do, is tune in to FMU
	♥ 2:07pm dave wuz here: borrow a suit to bury grandpa in
	♥ 2:10pm luka: i bet City BBQ got their meat from the Moo and Oink.
	🌮 ♥ 2:11pm Bruce S.: really into this set
	2:11pm P-90: Can never find a coffee-colored Cadillac on Car Fox or CarMax…
	2:13pm P-90: … or in one of those Carvana used-car vending machines
	♥ 2:13pm luka: that’s real radio, daddy-o
	2:23pm Hubig Pie: I gonna live like a crazy knocked-out cuckoo king
	2:27pm davefromtoronto: wow - vintage vocal fry on the whipped cream orgy guy...
	2:29pm TheManWhoLaughs: Elmer Snodgrass!
	🌮 ♥ 2:29pm Bruce S.: The Mamas and The Papas were originally going to call themselves the Jekylls and the Hydes but the name was already in use
	🌮 ♥ 2:32pm Bruce S.: allright now this is music
	🌮 ♥ 2:35pm Bruce S.: a new level of stupid
	2:35pm Mailman Tom: Lon Chaney Jr.?
	2:37pm ledzeppelinsucks: I am using this half of my garlic and mushroom burrito as a tambourine.
	🌮 ♥ 2:38pm Bruce S.: no no THIS is a new level of stupid
	♥ 2:38pm luka: wow
	2:39pm The Butterman: Well, it took 1:19 until “no-brow/all time low” but we got here, thank god. Good job Rex!!!!
	2:39pm TheManWhoLaughs: Is this the infamous deleted Mickey Rooney scene from Breakfast at Tiffany's?
	🌮 ♥ 2:41pm Bruce S.: Man Who Laughs you've been on fire today!
	2:43pm P-90: NOBODY cooler than those Los Lobos boys
	🌮 ♥ 2:45pm Bruce S.: Yes after this cool show, lunch and TOPT and Los Lobos talk!
	2:45pm modern blaze: do i prefer blondes?
	2:46pm TheManWhoLaughs: And Los Lobos is the coolest when they are sharing a stage with Deke Dickerson, which I have seen a couple of times
	2:47pm modern blaze: play some RAMONES already! Same song!
	♥ 2:48pm DjLorraine: Why did the real world try to keep me from enjoying Fool's Paradise? And Cosmic man.
	🌮 ♥ 2:48pm Bruce S.: there are no bad versions of this
	2:48pm Andres: ¡¡¡BIRD!!!
	2:48pm davefromtoronto: winner of the "dumbest version of the bird" award!
	2:49pm P-90: Los Lobos + Deke in the same place is like a whole simmering cauldron of cool right there
	2:52pm The Butterman: Dats good creepy banjo
	2:52pm Mailman Tom: Another great novelty song!
	♥ 2:52pm luka: dumbest episode ever. a master class.
	🌮 ♥ 2:53pm Bruce S.: excellent set,hell excellent show
	2:54pm davefromtoronto: if anyone needs me i'll be down in the dirty cellar...
	2:56pm Mailman Tom: The fabulous Joan Blondell
	2:56pm P-90: losing patience with these offbeat rinky-dinks
	🌮 ♥ 2:58pm Bruce S.: Thans Rex,great show
	2:58pm phil.vas1: Farewell, all. Thanks for the journey to nowhere, Rex. I needed it
	2:59pm P-90: Thanx!
	♥ 3:01pm radioronan: Thanks Rex!

Fool's Paradise with Rex: Playlist from August 28, 2021

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Artist	Track	Label	Comments	Approx. start time
Arty & The Supremes	Hombre "Hombre" by "Arty & The Supremes"	Daytone		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Keno	That Actually Happened	Pacific		0:07:20 (Pop-up)
The Marauders	Slidin' In "Slidin' In" by "The Marauders"	Kiski		0:08:04 (Pop-up)
The Noblemen	Dragon Wagon "Dragon Wagon" by "The Noblemen"	USA		0:10:40 (Pop-up)
Thumper Jones	How Come It "How Come It" by "Thumper Jones"	Starday		0:16:40 (Pop-up)
Bolean Barry	Long Sideburns "Long Sideburns" by "Bolean Barry"	Fabor		0:17:50 (Pop-up)
The Braves	Woodpecker Rock "Woodpecker Rock" by "The Braves"	Fox		0:19:53 (Pop-up)
Mike Fernandez and the Del Royals Orch	Brake Jake	Raymond's Records		0:21:54 (Pop-up)
Johnny and The Jays	Baby Do "Baby Do" by "Johnny and The Jays"	Fairbanks		0:24:03 (Pop-up)
Larry Bryant	Tequila & Mexican Beer	Santa Fe		0:25:48 (Pop-up)
Joe Sterling and the Tune Twisters	Rain Rain Rain	Aggie		0:29:29 (Pop-up)
Shorty Warren and the Western Rangers	Jersey Central Special	Rita		0:31:25 (Pop-up)
Elvis Carden and the Flint Rivver Boys	Viet Nam Blues	Perfection Sound Studios		0:34:20 (Pop-up)
Julie Young	Villa Of The Nude "Villa Of The Nude" by "Julie Young"	Show Land		0:43:17 (Pop-up)
Eller Davis with Billy Davis & His Red River Boys	Go Go Girl	Sun-Ray		0:45:00 (Pop-up)
Coleman O'Neal	Town With Neon Signs	Peach		0:47:50 (Pop-up)
Linda Webb	Stoned Again "Stoned Again" by "Linda Webb"	Monument		0:50:04 (Pop-up)
Vern Stovall	Code Alarm 7 "Code Alarm 7" by "Vern Stovall"	Monument		0:52:53 (Pop-up)
Sugar Boy	You Call Everybody Sweetheart	Checker	Cool reish 45!	0:59:20 (Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Nadine "Nadine" by "Chuck Berry"	Chess		1:01:40 (Pop-up)
Lightin' Hopkins	Hear Me Talkin' "Hear Me Talkin'" by "Lightin' Hopkins"	Herald		1:04:19 (Pop-up)
Jerry McCain and His Upstarts	My Next Door Neighbor	Excello		1:06:54 (Pop-up)
Arbee Stidham	Barbeque Lounge "Barbeque Lounge" by "Arbee Stidham"	RCA Victor		1:09:49 (Pop-up)
Eunice Davis	My Beat Is 125th Street	Atlantic		1:12:42 (Pop-up)
The Sparklers Four	Stanleyville Stomp	Rubu Records		1:15:50 (Pop-up)
Teen-Beats	Live Like A King "Live Like A King" by "Teen-Beats"	Strip		1:26:02 (Pop-up)
The Jekylls & The Hydes	You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover	Boss		1:27:04 (Pop-up)
The Night Riders	Big Game Hunter "Big Game Hunter" by "The Night Riders"	Dore		1:29:52 (Pop-up)
The Coachmen	Drambuie "Drambuie" by "The Coachmen"	The Coachmen		1:35:10 (Pop-up)
The Impacts	That's What You Like "That's What You Like" by "The Impacts"	Mersey		1:36:26 (Pop-up)
Charlie & Chan	Rickshaw Drag Race	Kapp		1:37:30 (Pop-up)
The Banshees	They Prefer Blondes "They Prefer Blondes" by "The Banshees"	Solo		1:43:21 (Pop-up)
The Royaltones	Bonded "Bonded" by "The Royaltones"	Mojak		1:45:29 (Pop-up)
The Five Lords	Surfin Bird "Surfin Bird" by "The Five Lords"	Vendette		1:48:41 (Pop-up)
The Exciting Avanties	Walking Bird Dog	Scottty		1:51:14 (Pop-up)
The Creepers	The Whip "The Whip" by "The Creepers"	Ginchee		1:51:49 (Pop-up)
Suzanne	You May Never Know "You May Never Know" by "Suzanne"	Liberty		1:54:20 (Pop-up)
Wayne Hefner	Little Ole Man In The Well	Tom-Tom		1:56:01 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:48pm davefromtoronto: came early to get a good seat.
	♥ 1:01pm luka: suffering lunkhead r’n’r withdrawals here
	1:01pm HyperDose: Ahh I'm nervous!
	1:02pm P-90: Let’s all exercise Listener Discretion and dig what Rex is laying down !
	🌮 ♥ 1:02pm Bruce S.: Rex, Back in Black Hooray
	♥ 1:02pm dave wuz here: boiled brogan breakfast
	1:04pm Mailman Tom: Mack Swain acted alongside Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, and Roscoe Arbuckle. He was also one of the original Keystone Cops!
	1:04pm davefromtoronto: a delicious licorice boot for dinner!
	1:04pm phil.vas1: paradise!
	1:04pm P-90: Mack Swain, a HUGE name in the early days of movies
	♥ 1:05pm Ken From Hyde Park: Fool's Paradise and a high-fiber diet makes for a good weekend.
	🌮 ♥ 1:06pm Bruce S.: I think I'd drown that shoe in A1 sauce before I ate it
	🌮 ♥ 1:07pm Bruce S.: Is this from the Gold Rush?
	1:08pm RevPhil: Mack Swain seen here eating a shoe made of licorice. Both He and Chaplin got sick from eating too much of it.
	1:08pm phil.vas1: Weekly dose of reverb
	1:10pm P-90: I love instrumentals I can dance the Batusi to. And Rex got “em!
	1:11pm Joli: Rex I don’t think you have ever played the same song twice
	1:13pm HyperDose: Somebody trace this man's location before!
	1:13pm HyperDose: *before he converts even more loyal followers
	1:17pm P-90: Noblemen’s guitarist doing a hell of a Scotty Moore impression
	1:18pm The Butterman: Totally random thought: T minus 36 min. till this show reaches “all time, low” territory.
	1:18pm davefromtoronto: where's nervous norvus when you need him!
	1:18pm Hubig Pie: Too much licorice boot can lead to digestive discomfort.
	🌮 ♥ 1:18pm Bruce S.: Bolean, I never met anyone named Bolean
	♥ 1:20pm briania: Woodpecker Rock ... rocks.
	1:21pm Mailman Tom: @Joli: I think Rex has played Woodpecker Rock at least 9 times!
	1:22pm HyperDose: Hooliganism like this can't possibly continue...
	1:24pm P-90: I cherish the two hours of hooliganism reliably found on these airwaves every Saturday!
	🌮 ♥ 1:25pm Bruce S.: Digging Baby Do
	1:27pm Hubig Pie: Leave the taco Take the tamale
	1:30pm sinner: Repent!!
	1:31pm DJ Guin: 🌮
	1:31pm KevinfromBayRidge: Howdy all. Checking in from Windy Seaside. Surf's up!
	1:31pm Kpx: Hey, look who it is, rex🦖, R-E-X. With 2 hours of Rock Shock and Schlock. Here on fun 91.1.
	🌮 ♥ 1:33pm Bruce S.: Jersec City, YEEEHAAAW
	1:33pm The Butterman: See? We had joizy before ur damn Wabash!
	1:34pm modern blaze: shout outs to punk vets not viets!
	1:37pm modern blaze: i think jee minor mike exists?
	1:38pm Dave Miss: Leave the pho. Take the Bahn mi.
	1:38pm P-90: Yes, “Smyrna”, not “smegma”
	1:38pm modern blaze: baby due also?
	1:39pm modern blaze: i don't like trailers i like flats!
	1:40pm P-90: I’m naming my next hound dog pup “Bolean”
	1:40pm TheManWhoLaughs: If Bolean Barry married Jethro Bodean, she would become Bolean Bodean
	1:40pm modern blaze: special rec of poppy shrink
	1:41pm P-90: .was waiting for someone to do a “Bolean/Bodine” gag…
	1:41pm bobobob frm plasticland: im from milwaukee now been livin in Smyrna for last 6 yrs never heard of Elvis Carden ..flint river??
	1:42pm modern blaze: willow afternude!
	1:45pm Brendan: Villa of the nude it’s already my favorite villa song. Already exceeding La Villa Strangiato. Although I Gotta say this one is pretty strange in and of itself.
	🌮 ♥ 1:46pm Bruce S.: Is this Bolean's sister Eller?
	🌮 ♥ 1:46pm Bruce S.: Is this Bolean's sister Eller?
	🌮 ♥ 1:47pm Bruce S.: I guess I really want to know
	1:50pm P-90: Villa of the Nude is indeed an odd little mutant of a record, its DNA is truly difficult to decipher
	1:52pm The Butterman: So far, we have some genuine, topical songs ABOUT “no -brow” behavior but haven’t reached “all time low” yet.
	🌮 ♥ 1:53pm Bruce S.: Linda Webb has a great voice, why haven't I heard her before?
	🌮 ♥ 1:54pm Bruce S.: I love these talkin songs
	1:55pm Mailman Tom: These country songs are so tragic
	♥ 1:56pm luka: that country block was an all-timer
	1:58pm P-90: That set left me craving biscuits and gravy. Maybe grits even. And moonshine and acid, of course.
	1:58pm Mailman Tom: I love his wheezing deliveries
	2:01pm P-90: If Pert Kelton of Honeymooners fame married Percy Helton, would she be Pert Kelton-Helton?
	2:01pm Thumper thumped 2013: Will you sign my 45, George? - BREAK! Hypoxemic respiratory failure means thatyou don't have enough oxygen in your blood, but your levels of carbon dioxide are close to normal.
	2:02pm HyperDose: OK, yeah I'm hooked. I now serve the one and only Rex from the undisclosed location...which I will NEVER reveal. 💫🥬🗿
	🌮 ♥ 2:02pm Bruce S.: How about your carbon monoxcide level
	🌮 ♥ 2:03pm Bruce S.: All time fave Go Chuck
	🌮 ♥ 2:07pm Bruce S.: All you've got to do, is tune in to FMU
	♥ 2:07pm dave wuz here: borrow a suit to bury grandpa in
	♥ 2:10pm luka: i bet City BBQ got their meat from the Moo and Oink.
	🌮 ♥ 2:11pm Bruce S.: really into this set
	2:11pm P-90: Can never find a coffee-colored Cadillac on Car Fox or CarMax…
	2:13pm P-90: … or in one of those Carvana used-car vending machines
	♥ 2:13pm luka: that’s real radio, daddy-o
	2:23pm Hubig Pie: I gonna live like a crazy knocked-out cuckoo king
	2:27pm davefromtoronto: wow - vintage vocal fry on the whipped cream orgy guy...
	2:29pm TheManWhoLaughs: Elmer Snodgrass!
	🌮 ♥ 2:29pm Bruce S.: The Mamas and The Papas were originally going to call themselves the Jekylls and the Hydes but the name was already in use
	🌮 ♥ 2:32pm Bruce S.: allright now this is music
	🌮 ♥ 2:35pm Bruce S.: a new level of stupid
	2:35pm Mailman Tom: Lon Chaney Jr.?
	2:37pm ledzeppelinsucks: I am using this half of my garlic and mushroom burrito as a tambourine.
	🌮 ♥ 2:38pm Bruce S.: no no THIS is a new level of stupid
	♥ 2:38pm luka: wow
	2:39pm The Butterman: Well, it took 1:19 until “no-brow/all time low” but we got here, thank god. Good job Rex!!!!
	2:39pm TheManWhoLaughs: Is this the infamous deleted Mickey Rooney scene from Breakfast at Tiffany's?
	🌮 ♥ 2:41pm Bruce S.: Man Who Laughs you've been on fire today!
	2:43pm P-90: NOBODY cooler than those Los Lobos boys
	🌮 ♥ 2:45pm Bruce S.: Yes after this cool show, lunch and TOPT and Los Lobos talk!
	2:45pm modern blaze: do i prefer blondes?
	2:46pm TheManWhoLaughs: And Los Lobos is the coolest when they are sharing a stage with Deke Dickerson, which I have seen a couple of times
	2:47pm modern blaze: play some RAMONES already! Same song!
	♥ 2:48pm DjLorraine: Why did the real world try to keep me from enjoying Fool's Paradise? And Cosmic man.
	🌮 ♥ 2:48pm Bruce S.: there are no bad versions of this
	2:48pm Andres: ¡¡¡BIRD!!!
	2:48pm davefromtoronto: winner of the "dumbest version of the bird" award!
	2:49pm P-90: Los Lobos + Deke in the same place is like a whole simmering cauldron of cool right there
	2:52pm The Butterman: Dats good creepy banjo
	2:52pm Mailman Tom: Another great novelty song!
	♥ 2:52pm luka: dumbest episode ever. a master class.
	🌮 ♥ 2:53pm Bruce S.: excellent set,hell excellent show
	2:54pm davefromtoronto: if anyone needs me i'll be down in the dirty cellar...
	2:56pm Mailman Tom: The fabulous Joan Blondell
	2:56pm P-90: losing patience with these offbeat rinky-dinks
	🌮 ♥ 2:58pm Bruce S.: Thans Rex,great show
	2:58pm phil.vas1: Farewell, all. Thanks for the journey to nowhere, Rex. I needed it
	2:59pm P-90: Thanx!
	♥ 3:01pm radioronan: Thanks Rex!

Fool's Paradise with Rex: Playlist from August 28, 2021

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