Favoriting The Funhouse with Harry Parmenter: Playlist from August 6, 2023 Favoriting

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A weekly hour of unpredictable rockin' fun featuring unheard music with occasional history, commentary and anecdotes from host Harry Parmenter. THE FUNHOUSE offers the listener a brief respite from the onslaught of daily existence.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
The Stranglers  The Waltzinblack (Intro)   Favoriting The Gospel According To The Meninblack  EMI  1981  LP  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Aerosmith  Walk On Down   Favoriting Get A Grip  Geffen  1993  CD  0:00:54 (Pop-up)
Van Halen  Somebody Get Me a Doctor   Favoriting Van Halen II  Warner Bros. Records  1979  LP  0:04:26 (Pop-up)
AC/DC  Satellite Blues   Favoriting Stiff Upper Lip  East/West  2000  CD  0:07:14 (Pop-up)
Jeff Beck  Earthquake   Favoriting Jeff  Epic  2003  CD  0:11:00 (Pop-up)
The Cult  Fire Woman   Favoriting Sonic Temple  Sire/Beggars Banquet  1989  CD  0:14:17 (Pop-up)
Van Halen  Top Jimmy   Favoriting 1984  Warner Bros. Records  1984  LP  0:17:48 (Pop-up)
Kiss  Last Chance   Favoriting Monster  Universal  2012  CD  0:22:24 (Pop-up)
 
Malcolm Middleton  A Brighter Beat   Favoriting   Full Time Hobby  2007  CD  0:27:07 (Pop-up)
Golden Earring  Darkness, Darkness   Favoriting Love Sweat  Columbia  1995  CD  0:30:50 (Pop-up)
Steve Jones  Mercy   Favoriting Mercy  Geffen  1987  LP  0:34:38 (Pop-up)
ZZ Top  Crunchy   Favoriting Mescalero  RCA  2003  CD  0:39:50 (Pop-up)
Puddle of Mudd  Gimme Shelter   Favoriting Re: (Disc) overed  MRI  2011  CD  0:42:52 (Pop-up)
Montrose  Paper Money   Favoriting Paper Money  Warner Bros. Records  1974  LP  0:48:12 (Pop-up)
 
Joe Henry  Let Me Have It All   Favoriting Trampoline  Mammoth Records  1996  CD  0:54:04 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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SF Sorrow:

Hello Harry!
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Harry Parmenter:

A Sorrowful Welcome to you SFS
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medson:

Good evening Harry and all
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Harry Parmenter:

alright medson
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Jessie:

Hi Harry and the funhouse gang.
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SF Sorrow:

Hello medson! How goes it?
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medson:

↳ SF Sorrow @9:02
Going well. How about you?
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SF Sorrow:

Hello Jessie!
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Tom P:

Hi Harry. Hi everyone. Rockin' start
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Harry Parmenter:

Evening Jessie and TP
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SF Sorrow:

↳ medson @9:03
Can't complain.
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MOM WHIG:

hi all
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SF Sorrow:

Hello TomP!
Hello MW!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ MOM WHIG @9:04
hi Mom. good to see you.
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Tom P:

↳ MOM WHIG @9:04
Hi Mom Whig. Missed your show live yesterday but heard it on the archives. Excellent, great songs
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Harry and all!!
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Jessie:

Evening Mom and SF!
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SF Sorrow:

↳ Song: "Somebody Get Me a Doctor" by "Van Halen"
VH 1 and VH 2 are such great works!
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Harry Parmenter:

hey Will. welcome all. good sunday night to ya
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ SF Sorrow @9:05
That Sound
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Sf Sorrow, medson, Jessie, Tom P, and Mom Whig!
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SF Sorrow:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:06
Monster sound at the time!
Hello Will!
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Soulstealer007:

Hey all
  9:08pm
Androu B.:

Good evening, Harry!
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Jessie:

Hi ya Will!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ SF Sorrow @9:07
and still, i'd argue;)
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WLSClark:

Somebody stuck me in the 70s
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Harry Parmenter:

evening Androu & Ss7
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SF Sorrow:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:08
No argument here Harry!
  9:09pm
Androu B.:

↳ Song: "Satellite Blues" by "AC/DC"
"ACADACA" as they're known back home in Oz.
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SF Sorrow:

Hello Soulstealer007!
Hello Androu B!
Hello WLSC!
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MOM WHIG:

Hi SF - medson - Jessie - Tom P - Will - Androu B -
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Soulstealer007:

Hi Sorrow
Mom
  9:12pm
yo Funtime:

‘Sheila ball & chain’ … done with mirrors = how’s Aerosmith’s last album : 2012 “music from another dimension”? - never hoid it …
  9:12pm
Androu B.:

↳ MOM WHIG @9:10
A shame Ryche wasn't in this week, because I just heard news earlier today about the passing of a Kink.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ yo Funtime @9:12
Godawful
  9:13pm
kev:

Hi everyone
  9:13pm
davefromtoronto:

who's the creepy couple?
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Soulstealer007:

Hey Kev
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Harry Parmenter:

hi kev. dave: postcard from guess where?
  9:14pm
davefromtoronto:

the overlook hotel?
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ davefromtoronto @9:14
i could believe it. berlin.
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Androu B. @9:12
I know - next week new show
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MOM WHIG:

↳ kev @9:13
hey there
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:15
lotta crazy eyes in the silent film era
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Tom P @9:05
Thanks glad to got to do the Archives
  9:16pm
davefromtoronto:

ah - that makes sense.
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MOM WHIG:

↳ WLSClark @9:08
Hey are you back home now? More storms here tonite.
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Soulstealer007 @9:07
hi
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MOM WHIG:

↳ yo Funtime @9:12
hi there
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MOM WHIG:

↳ davefromtoronto @9:13
hi
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Harry Parmenter:

memo to turner et. al: mom whig did a drop-in yesterday check it out if you missed: wfmu.org...
  9:17pm
Dean:

Oh, shoot. I'm listening at home to Peggy Lee, "Lonesome Road." That's *kinda* like The Cult's "Fire Woman," which I adore equally.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Dean @9:17
I'll take your word on the *kinda* sentiment
  9:18pm
davefromtoronto:

↳ MOM WHIG @9:17
hey!
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Tom P:

↳ Androu B. @9:12
Sad news, Androu. John Gosling. I didn't know...
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medson:

↳ Song: "Top Jimmy" by "Van Halen"
He’s the King
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WLSClark:

Im channeling Martha Quinn and JJ Jackson!
  9:22pm
Sufferwords:

Top Taco Jimmy- many a night- he'd jump onstage at our gigs- but Blue Mondays at the Cathay De Grand- wasn't Harlan who just died a Rhythm Pig?
  9:23pm
Dean:

Never made it to Cathay de Grande, because I had excised myself from the LA rock scene. But I do have the odd recording of Sun Ra there, introduced by Brendan.
  9:23pm
yo Funtime:

I like Kixx & Kings X (why is that?). Especially now the lazier I get - they are filed so closely together, don’t hafta search the library.
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Motobro:

Ello HP & fine folks…. ya rat bastids. 🤣
  9:24pm
Dean:

...and King Crimson and the Kipper Kids.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Motobro @9:23
rat bastid--wicked cool
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Motobro:

Except for Mom, she is NO rat bastid.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Motobro @9:25
Indeed
  9:25pm
Sufferwords:

Sun Ra played The Lingerie where super pal Mr. Mullen was the booker- maybe the best this city ever saw- picked up Buckwheat Zydeco at LAX for him-
  9:25pm
Mark Mendoza:

Sorry I'm late Harry. Playing the hard stuff I see.
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Motobro:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:24
Yup: thats one of my favs for many years.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Mark Mendoza @9:25
and why not. it's hot.
  9:29pm
yo Funtime:

I prefer my aspic of king crimson plated to the side of the kipper kids.
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WLSClark:

Harry, great stuff tonight!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Sufferwords @9:25
hi
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WLSClark:

Hi Mom!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Motobro @9:23
hey there
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Motobro @9:25
Funny HA HA
  9:31pm
Mark Mendoza:

like this middleton song, Don't know his work
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Mark Mendoza @9:25
hi
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ WLSClark @9:29
hey thx.
  9:31pm
Androu B.:

Really riproarin' first half of tonight's show, Harry!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Mark Mendoza @9:31
Didnt either and still don't really. LOVE that track
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Motobro:

↳ MOM WHIG @9:31
I made it out of the woods !
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Androu B. @9:31
yo androu merci . just heating up the stove ya know
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Jessie:

↳ Song: "Darkness, Darkness" by "Golden Earring"
Mott the Hoople also does a fine cover on the Brain Capers album.
  9:32pm
Mark Mendoza:

I know you're a big Golden Earring fan but this sond makes me think break like the wind...
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SF Sorrow:

↳ Song: "Darkness, Darkness" by "Golden Earring"
Listened to Elephant Mountain earlier today! Great version of the Youngbloods classic!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Mark Mendoza @9:32
i'll make a note of that, Animal.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ SF Sorrow @9:33
dunno that one. or them, for that matter
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SF Sorrow:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:33
You must be kidding, Ha, ha, ha
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Motobro @9:31
Finally - check for Ticks & lyme Disease too
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Soulstealer007:

"Could we get a little more reverb there Jones"?
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Soulstealer007:

"Jonsey"^
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ SF Sorrow @9:36
oh the album, duh, apologies. great songwriting
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SF Sorrow:

Elephant Mountain LP
Youngbloods 3rd 1969
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ SF Sorrow @9:38
capiche.
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SF Sorrow:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:37
Indeed!
  9:39pm
Dean:

Oh, right, thanks, Sufferwords. Lingerie. I might have been to Cathay de Grande once or twice.

Brendan was quite a character. He introduced my band at the Masque as "the ultimate in embarrassment rock." He was spot on.
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SF Sorrow:

Elephant Mountain might be a good band name!
  9:41pm
Dean:

The act that *opened for us* (as if that means something) was The Sunset Bombers, i.e., Doug Fieger's pre-Knack band.
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Motobro:

I sprayed and was wearing my moto gear tip to stearin.
  9:42pm
Androu B.:

↳ Song: "Crunchy" by "ZZ Top"
For a moment there, the intro gave me the impression you were playing something from the Sursiks album "I Didn't Know I Was Singing".
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Androu B. @9:42
good title
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coelacanthø:

greetings Harry & all
  9:44pm
Mark Mendoza:

Damn this version rocks. Sounds like Bon Scott on lead vocals
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Motobro:

↳ Song: "Gimme Shelter" by "Puddle of Mudd"
Nice cover !!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ coelacanthø @9:44
'ello coel
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Soulstealer007:

Yes it is
  9:46pm
Androu B.:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:43
Rich in Washington can direct you to them. They're on BC. Link is somewhere in the archives of his previous show Cratedigger's Lung.
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Soulstealer007:

Crunchy was Bitchen Harry
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Androu B. @9:46
got it thx
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Song: "Gimme Shelter" by "Puddle of Mudd"
Sorry I like Stones better - but this is ok too
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Soulstealer007 @9:46
a little humor never hurts
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ MOM WHIG @9:47
well of course! and agree. beyond classic the original. fabric of life.
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coelacanthø:

i like grand funk's the best.

- just kidding!
- but it ain't bad.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ coelacanthø @9:49
bought that album cuz of that cover! GF = outliers, eh?
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medson:

↳ Song: "Paper Money" by "Montrose"
Sammy
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MOM WHIG:

↳ coelacanthø @9:49
hi
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:51
at his zenith
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coelacanthø:

my older brother was into grand funk -his stepping stone, which then became my stepping stone.
so had 4 of their albums, and when he decided he was too cool for grand funk railroad he traded me 6 of his albums for my one doors la woman.
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Soulstealer007:

R~I~P
Paul Rubins.
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medson:

Thanks Harry.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ coelacanthø @9:53
mutually good deal
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coelacanthø:

hey Mom W!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Harry Parmenter @9:51
Yes thanks for the show
  9:54pm
Androu B.:

Thanks, Harry! Awesome show overall!
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ medson @9:53
thanks medson. RAMA LAMA DING DONG is next on the stream so stick around!
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SF Sorrow:

Nice presentation this evening Harry! Thanks
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Harry Parmenter:

thx all and, yes, R.I.P. Pee Wee Paul R. what an amazing talent.
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MOM WHIG:

↳ SF Sorrow @9:54
Time for Doo Wop
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ SF Sorrow @9:54
thx SFS and Androu, appreciate
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Soulstealer007:

Great show as always Harry!
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Tom P:

↳ Song: "Gimme Shelter" by "Puddle of Mudd"
Thanks Harry! Really good!
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SF Sorrow:

↳ MOM WHIG @9:54
Maybe for a bit MW. School nite
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Soulstealer007 @9:55
merci Soulstealer. And you too, Tom. Good week to all and keep it here for smooth sounds of doo-wop
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MOM WHIG:

↳ SF Sorrow @9:56
What school are you attending there??
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coelacanthø:

Thanks Harry! wish i could've tuned in earlier... wrestling with my cd player, then with this pre-historic back-up laptop, again...
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SF Sorrow:

↳ MOM WHIG @9:56
School of hard knocks!
Ha, ha, ha! AKA work tomorrow ):
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MOM WHIG:

↳ SF Sorrow @9:58
Got it
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Thank you Harry, great show
  9:58pm
Dean:

What's the source of the image? Because that's where I want to be right now.
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Harry Parmenter:

↳ Dean @9:58
flapper shot?
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Motobro:

Thank you HP
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Harry Parmenter:

most welcome Motobro
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