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Bubblegum OD is Rock’n’Soul’s radio show devoted to cartoon rock, pop pablum, and sundry other candy-coated musical guilty pleasures. Many of these songs were penned by the Brill Building's best and brightest and contain provocative double-entendre lyrics. Sometimes a Mars bar isn’t just a Mars bar...

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Favoriting January 19, 2025: You’ll Never Get Ahead Givin’ Head to the Man

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Cattanooga Cats  Cattanooga Cats Theme   Favoriting   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Butterwick  My Sweet Potato   Favoriting   0:01:58 (Pop-up)
First Street Marble  Honey Love   Favoriting   0:04:04 (Pop-up)
Granny  Honey Honey   Favoriting   0:07:33 (Pop-up)
The Mumfie Gang  Mumfie   Favoriting
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The Sweet  Lollipop Man   Favoriting   0:11:44 (Pop-up)
Josie & the Pussycats  Voodoo   Favoriting   0:13:57 (Pop-up)
Jim Ford  Dr. Handy’s Dandy Candy   Favoriting   0:16:02 (Pop-up)
The Credibility Gap  You Can’t Judge a Book by its Hair   Favoriting   0:18:57 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Eddie & the Showmen 
Squad Car   Favoriting
 
0:21:32 (Pop-up)
Bobby Conn  Never Get Ahead   Favoriting   0:23:02 (Pop-up)
Patrice Holloway  That’s the Chance You Gotta Take   Favoriting   0:26:45 (Pop-up)
Material Issue  Renee Remains The Same   Favoriting   0:28:44 (Pop-up)
The Ladybug Transistor  Massachusetts   Favoriting   0:31:59 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Popcorns 
Chinese Twist   Favoriting
 
0:36:06 (Pop-up)
Billy Page  It’s Pop   Favoriting   0:38:27 (Pop-up)
Stripes  Tell Me Your Name   Favoriting   0:41:39 (Pop-up)
South Amboy Port Authority  How Do You Like Those Apples   Favoriting   0:44:29 (Pop-up)
Everyday Hudson  Love is a Word   Favoriting   0:47:07 (Pop-up)
Def Leppard  Hellraiser   Favoriting   0:49:18 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Cal Tjader 
Ode to Billie Joe   Favoriting
 
0:52:50 (Pop-up)
The Voltz  Saturday   Favoriting   0:54:47 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  5:41pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

a big Joe Jackson fan
  5:42pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @5:41
the earlier the better stuff
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Cali4nyaStreamin' @5:42
Hey, Cali! Me, too!!! I’m not playing any of his stuff this week—this art just fit my theme—but those first two albums were killer. I liked the Cole Porterish one, too. Saw him in concert a bunch. Oh, and I met Joe when I lived in NY!
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Eric R:

I saw the Yachts at the Whisky and they brought out Joe Jackson for the encore. I didn't know who he was by sight and I didn't hear the introduction. I thought it must be a roadie
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Brinley:

Looking forward to this! Excellent photographic representative to boot!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Eric R @6:47
Oh wow! I just learned a few months ago that was him singing Common People with Shatner!
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Aitch:

All set, hey Becky and crew
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Alt version?
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Hi Aitch and Brinley! BG vocals sound more prominent
  7:01pm
Cali4nyaStreamin':

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @6:38
yeah agree not so gummy
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MOM WHIG:

HI BECKY - CALI - ERIC - BRINLEY - AITCH
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:01
Hi, Mom!
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Skinny Robbie:

Howdy y'all!
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Brinley:

Hey Mom Whig!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Skinny Robbie @7:02
Robbie!
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Eric R:

client wrote and said "RUSH" in caps so I'll be working through Bubblegum OD and the Whig Out
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Skinny Robbie @7:02
HI THERE
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Eric R @7:04
YIKES ------SO SORRY
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Eric R @7:04
I won’t miss that ; )
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Skinny Robbie:

Coffee & antacid for breakfast here!
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Skinny Robbie:

Wow, that was an excellent segue/mix.
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Becky Ebenkamp:

My boss would send me RUSH assignments and from all the forwards I could detect that these projects sat on his desk for several days.
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Skinny Robbie @7:06
I actually was wondering if it was the same song there!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:06
GLAD YOU ARE OUT OF THAT SITUATION NOW!
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Brinley:

↳ Song: "Honey Honey" by "Granny"
Excellent one (new to me!) - the Sweet meets the Troggs!
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Skinny Robbie:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:07
lol, me too
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Eric R:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:06
right! Here's what he wrote: "Unfortunately, this took longer in the field than expected so it is a RUSH". In other words I'm the one who gets squeezed
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Brinley @7:08
Great comparison! This one remind me of the sweet too!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

My new fave song
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Skinny Robbie:

↳ Song: "Mumfie" by "The Mumfie Gang"
Great find, Becky!
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tim:

Hey Becky! Hey MOM and bubblegummers!
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Brinley:

↳ Song: "Mumfie" by "The Mumfie Gang"
Absolutely digging the vibrato on this guy's voice!
  7:11pm
kev:

Hi
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ tim @7:11
Hi, Tim! Thanks for stopping by!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ kev @7:11
And Kev, too!
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izzy:

Hey All!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ izzy @7:13
Izzy!
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izzy:

Took a bit of a break...
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ izzy @7:14
Yeah, it’s been a while
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David Shortell:

↳ Song: "Voodoo" by "Josie & the Pussycats"
Does Cheryl Ladd sing on this?
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tim:

↳ Song: "Dr. Handy’s Dandy Candy" by "Jim Ford"
Harlan County Jim Ford?
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Skinny Robbie:

yep
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ David Shortell @7:16
I’, not sure if Voodoo is Cheryl. I am playing Patrice later and was thinking it wasn’t her, but now I’m thinking it might be.
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tim:

↳ Skinny Robbie @7:16
I dig your picture, Skinny Robbie. We need Alfred E now more than ever.
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Brinley:

↳ Song: "You Can’t Judge a Book by its Hair" by "The Credi...
Super underrated group! Haven't played in a while, but this is a great reminder to do so!!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ tim @7:19
I concur.
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Skinny Robbie:

↳ tim @7:19
thx, me & AEN go way back 😎
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Becky Ebenkamp:

I did a report on him in college and got an A. It was on the intellectual property. How no one owned the image for 50 years before that.
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tim:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:21
On Alfred E Neumann?
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Becky Ebenkamp:

OK, I forgot to announce this song. It is Squad Car by Eddie & the Showmen. Domenic Priors produced the CD.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:22pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Shit, Priore.
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MOM WHIG:

↳ tim @7:19
HI
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ tim @7:22
Yes
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Brinley:

↳ Song: "You Can’t Judge a Book by its Hair" by "The Credi...
Funny that it was definitely a take on the J5 - though it sounded more like 'One Bad Apple' than anything (maybe just me!)
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Brinley @7:23
Well, one Bad Apple is also based off the I Want You Back structure. So many BG songs are.
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tim:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:23
Excellent! I truly believe that satire is the most effective weapon against self important, humorless egomaniacs.
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tim:

↳ Song: "Never Get Ahead" by "Bobby Conn"
Bobby Conn is so cool. I haven't heard much from him in a while.
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Becky Ebenkamp:

I don’t think One BaApple is a carbon copy of J5, just that it followed that descending notes pattern
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Brinley:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:24
So true, it all leads back to that track doesn't it!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ tim @7:26
Yes, me neither.
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Skinny Robbie:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:26
I agree, and it's a killer song!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Skinny Robbie @7:27
Osmonds are a legit Soul group. Glad they are getting some props these days.
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Eric R:

↳ Brinley @7:27
Stop the Love You Save is a carbon copy of the J5! They had 3 I think that would make a good medley
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Skinny Robbie:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:28
Yeah, so underrated. They were also a legit ROCK group!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Eric R @7:28
You mean IWYB? I agree.
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izzy:

Love Material Issue!
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Will thee SG OCNY:

Hi Becky and all!!!
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Brinley:

There was quite a winning and impeccable formula in composition there. It's fascinating how many people got use out of it to great effect!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Eric R @7:28
I think the cartoon show had the first four 45s as thr theme song medley!
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tim:

↳ Song: "Renee Remains The Same" by "Material Issue"
I missed out on these guys when they were around. They're a lot like Redd Kross in that they should've been filling stadiums instead of Stone Temple Pilots and the like.
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MOM WHIG:

HI IZZY - WILL
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David Shortell:

↳ Song: "You Can’t Judge a Book by its Hair" by "The Credi...
From their 1973 LP "A Great Gift Idea".
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Will thee SG OCNY @7:30
Hi there, Will!
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tim:

Will!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ tim @7:31
They are the definition of a good power pop band
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ tim @7:31
I again concur
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Eric R:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:30
yes! All earworms. I once had a long bus ride, SF to Seattle, where I could NOT stop hearing ABC in my head
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izzy:

Hey Mom!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ David Shortell @7:31
I think the foreign version of the song is on one of the Rodney on the Roq comps. I need that.
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MOM WHIG:

↳ David Shortell @7:31
HI
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Tha fuq. That was loud
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tim:

Oh sweet! Chic-a-gogo is so fun!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ tim @7:37
Love that show! Bobby performed that song at our Bubblegum Ball years ago I think. I remember the violin player. I dud not know the Credibility Gap song at the time. There is a chance that the sound was bad and I could not hear what he was singing.
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tim:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:40
Oh wow! So cool!
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WLSClark:

Hi Becky and all! Late like always.
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Becky Ebenkamp:

I wish we could have a Bubblegum OD meetup…
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MOM WHIG:

↳ WLSClark @7:40
HI
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ WLSClark @7:40
Clark! Hello…
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tim:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:41
That would be a blast!

Maybe WLS can host since he's centrally located. ;)
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David Shortell:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:37
Happy birthday to you and Dolly Parton!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ tim @7:42
Slumber party at Clark’s house! Anyone have a ton of air miles they can donate?
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Mom, is it your birthday? Is missed that!
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WLSClark:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:43
Believe me, none of you would want to stay at my house. haha
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Eric R:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:44
next week
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Skinny Robbie:

↳ Song: "How Do You Like Those Apples" by "South Amboy Por...
Rupert Holmes at the top of his game
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tim:

↳ WLSClark @7:45
Dang!
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WLSClark:

Rupert was multi talented fer sure.
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Brinley:

↳ Skinny Robbie @7:45
Agreed!
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David Shortell:

↳ Eric R @7:45
Oh. Sorry.
But it is Dolly's 79th!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Skinny Robbie @7:45
Oh, yes! I forgot!
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izzy:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:41
In!
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Skinny Robbie:

↳ WLSClark @7:46
and props to Paul Vance, as well
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WLSClark:

Mom has a drop in AND birthday???
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WLSClark:

↳ Song: "Love is a Word" by "Everyday Hudson"
Hudson Bros were so great!
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Brinley:

↳ Song: "Love is a Word" by "Everyday Hudson"
Still thrilled and overjoyed that CR/Grapefruit had the wonderful sense to make this gem available on CD!
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Skinny Robbie:

↳ WLSClark @7:47
another underrated group
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tim:

↳ WLSClark @7:47
Drop in on the 25th and birthday on the 26th!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Brinley @7:47
I think the last two were from that cd? I have them from other sources
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WLSClark:

↳ tim @7:48
Cool. I hope I can be there!
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Skinny Robbie:

Def Lep has so much more cred now than they did during that horrid 90s era
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:50pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

Oh, I got to see Van Dyke Parks last nite! It was his second final show. A friend couldn’t make it and gave us his tix.
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Aitch:

↳ Song: "Hellraiser" by "Def Leppard"
What has 9 arms and sucks?
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Brinley:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:49
I think you're right! Definitely knew the South Amboy track from somewhere, must be that! They really outdid themselves with that box :)
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MOM WHIG:

↳ WLSClark @7:47
YES I DO JAN 25 - BIRTHDAY IS 27
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WLSClark:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:50
Cule beans! Great to hear some on Becky's show tonight too.
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tim:

↳ Skinny Robbie @7:50
Yeah, I was gonna say that I don't think I've genuinely enjoyed Def Lepperdcsince 1983 - haha!
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David Shortell:

↳ Song: "How Do You Like Those Apples" by "South Amboy Por...
I wonder if this group ever played in South Amboy.
I've seen some good shows at the Broadway Central Cafe (now the Blue Moon) two decades ago (before the police shut it down).
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WLSClark:

↳ Skinny Robbie @7:48
They did some cool songs on their show that never got on record that I taped off show back then.
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ tim @7:52
Was that Pyromaniac? Good lp
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tim:

↳ Aitch @7:50
Hahaha! I'm not taking the bait!
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Eric R:

this has been a lot of fun to work to. Thanks Becky. Speaking of birthdays, I sent Domenic a prezzie. Hope he gets it tomorrow.
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Innerviews#565
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Skinny Robbie:

The first three Def Leppard LPs were good
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Eric R @7:53
Oh, he will be so thrilled, Eric! Had kind of a crummy bday due to the fires.
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tim:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:52
Yes! Rock of Ages was the jam!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Thanks for hanging out with me this week everyone!
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David Shortell:

"Better Man" is a bio of Robbie Williams? I thought it was maybe about Lancelot Link.
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:54
FAB FAB TUNES - GREAT SHOW
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Brinley:

Shows like this are going to be a much-needed safe haven (more than already) - thanks in advance!!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:44
BDAY IS JAN 27
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Becky Ebenkamp:

I do like “Pour Some Sugar on Me”
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Eric R:

↳ Song: "Saturday" by "The Voltz"
nice 20/20 sound
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:55
Any big plans, Mom?
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tim:

Thanks, Becky! Really fun show tonight!
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Skinny Robbie:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:55
yeah, that one slipped through the cracks... 😉
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Skinny Robbie:

Super groovy set tonite!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Joe just seems like a nice, fun guy to me.
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Becky Ebenkamp:

I need to do a show on Sitcom Rock. I don’t think I’ve done that yet?
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Skinny Robbie:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:56
I agree, he and Phil make an appearance on a track by The Struts which is quite rad
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Becky Ebenkamp @7:55
POSSIBLY - GOT MY BROTHER'S THE SAME DAY (HE'S 9 YEARS YOUNGER" - SO JUST FAMILY - GOTTA MAKE IT THRU MY DROP-IN FIRST
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Becky Ebenkamp:

Lowell George’s daughter sang with Van Dyke last nite. I told het I loved her dad on F Troop. I don’t think she knew what I was talking about.
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izzy:

Holding my breath 'til next week! See ya then!
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Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:57
Ha!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:59pm
Becky Ebenkamp:

↳ Eric R @7:55
The band?
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