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Playlist for 04 December 2014 Favoriting | Holiday shopping spectacular

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Artist Song Album Label Approx. start time
Jon Rose  Kettle Piece   Favoriting Violin Music for Supermarkets  Megaphone   
Pebbles  We're Going Shopping   Favoriting 7-inch single  Planet Pimp  0:02:35 (Pop-up)
Peter and Lou Berryman  Window Shop Bop   Favoriting No Relation  Peter and Lou Berryman  0:04:37 (Pop-up)
Komeda  More Is More   Favoriting The Genius of Komeda  Minty Fresh  0:07:32 (Pop-up)
The Split Level  Equipment   Favoriting The Split Level  Dot  0:11:45 (Pop-up)
Jake McKelvie & the Countertops  Propeller   Favoriting Solid Chunks of Energy  Jake McKelvie & the Countertops  0:14:25 (Pop-up)
Monkees  Salesman   Favoriting Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.  Colgems/Rhino  0:18:31 (Pop-up)
 
Music behind DJ:
Vic Flick  		Tree Leaf   Favoriting Small Pop Group    0:21:11 (Pop-up)
Clark Equipment  Hooray for Human Engineering   Favoriting Product Music  Honest Abe  0:25:50 (Pop-up)
Senor Coconut Y Su Conjunto  Showroom Dummies (Cha Cha Cha)   Favoriting El Baile Aleman  Emperor Norton  0:27:39 (Pop-up)
Pet Shop Boys  Shopping   Favoriting Actually  EMI Manhattan  0:32:56 (Pop-up)
Neon Neon  Shopping (I Like To)   Favoriting Praxis Makes Perfect  Lex  0:36:30 (Pop-up)
Jon Rose  Screwing (Lauren Newton, vocal)   Favoriting Violin Music for Supermarkets  Megaphone  0:39:37 (Pop-up)
Peter Blegvad & John Greaves  Hardware   Favoriting Unearthed  Sub Rosa  0:41:21 (Pop-up)
Nat King Cole  Don't Let Your Eyes Go Shopping for Your Heart   Favoriting 78  Capitol  0:44:45 (Pop-up)
 
Music behind DJ:
Bolliger & Gloor  		Sonderschuler   Favoriting Summloch  Bolliger & Gloor  0:47:13 (Pop-up)
Hank Williams and His Drifting Cowboys  Window Shopping   Favoriting 78  MGM  0:51:11 (Pop-up)
Amy Allison  Garden State Mall   Favoriting The Maudlin Years  Koch  0:53:40 (Pop-up)
Biz Markie  Albee Square Mall   Favoriting Goin' Off  Cold Chillin'/Warner Bros.  0:57:07 (Pop-up)
Michele Serros  Attention Shoppers   Favoriting Selected Stories from Chicana Falsa  Mercury  1:01:58 (Pop-up)
Philip Glass  Prematurely Air-Conditioned Supermarket   Favoriting Einstein on the Beach  Elektra/Nonesuch  1:08:33 (Pop-up)
Fannie Flagg  Check-Out   Favoriting Rally 'Round The Flagg  RCA Victor  1:13:35 (Pop-up)
Joe Jackson  Instant Mash   Favoriting Look Sharp  A&M  1:15:18 (Pop-up)
unknown  Pantry Pride commercial parody   Favoriting      
Jon Rose  Shopping for the Bird (Tristan Hosinger, cello and text)   Favoriting Violin Music for Supermarkets  Megaphone  1:19:19 (Pop-up)
Andy Breckman  Don't Get Killed   Favoriting Don't Get Killed  Gadfly  1:21:55 (Pop-up)
 
Music behind DJ:
Piero Umiliani  		Coast to Coast   Favoriting To-Day's Sound  Easy Tempo  1:23:48 (Pop-up)
Muddy Waters  I Can't Be Satisfied   Favoriting His Best: 1947-1955  Chess  1:29:10 (Pop-up)
Paul McCartney  Junk   Favoriting McCartney  Apple  1:31:50 (Pop-up)
Arthur H. "Red" Motley  Nothing happens until somebody sells something (excerpt)   Favoriting Nothing happens until somebody sells something  Businessmen's Record Club  1:33:45 (Pop-up)
Pierre Bastien  Odovinil   Favoriting Musiques Paralloidres  Lowlands  1:36:30 (Pop-up)
Ray Charles  Sail Away   Favoriting Renaissance  Crossover  1:39:04 (Pop-up)
Joseph Goldstein  "catalog consciousness"   Favoriting from this talk     
Grandaddy  Broken Household Appliance National Forest   Favoriting The Sophtware Slump  V2  1:44:12 (Pop-up)
 
Music behind DJ:
George Martin  		Ringo's Theme (This Boy)   Favoriting A Hard Days Night (soundtrack)  United Artists  1:48:37 (Pop-up)
Tom Waits  Step Right Up   Favoriting Small Change  Asylum  1:51:04 (Pop-up)
Coasters  Shoppin' for Clothes   Favoriting 7-inch single (originally)  Atco  1:56:18 (Pop-up)
 
Music behind DJ:
J. Brown  		Metropolis   Favoriting Archives 1 - Light Activity  KPM Library  1:59:15 (Pop-up)



Listener comments!

Avatar 12:02pm Michael:

Afternoon Charlie and non-shoppers everywhere.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02pm listener james from westwood:

Happy Thursday, Charlie and all!
Avatar 12:02pm Carmichael:

Hiya Charlie, hello future commenters.
Avatar 12:02pm Jesse K:

Hi Charlie! Hi all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02pm Charlie:

Michael, James, Carmichael, Jesse -- Hi!
  12:03pm Listening Out There:

Busy Not Getting Mauled, er, Malled
Avatar 12:04pm northguineahills:

Lost ya, back to the GTDS hits...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:05pm Charlie:

Hey Out There, NGH!
  12:08pm Laura L:

So... there was a day when doing laundry just naturally involved square doors with rounded corners.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:09pm Charlie:

The square doors with rounded corners made the clothes *cleaner* Laura L ;)
  12:14pm Listening Out There:

Laundry time also required a decanter of something a bit pleasanter, looks like. Ah, those were the days...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:17pm Brian in UK:

Hello Charlie. Toploader.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:18pm Charlie:

Hello UK Brian!
  12:18pm Laura L:

And those were the days when a man could buy his wife a home appliance for Xmas. The romance of small and large home appliances is not to be underrated.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:20pm Brian in UK:

The Kelvinator - an Impossible Story of a Rogue 'Fridge.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:20pm listener james from westwood:

"Propeller" would have fit nicely into a Welcome to Night Vale episode as the weather segment.
  12:21pm Listening Out There:

I've read that Charles Manson auditioned to be a Monkee. Think how things would be different if it worked out...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:21pm Brian in UK:

@Laura L my wife begged me for a new iron this Christmas. My ironing is just not up to scratch.
Avatar 12:22pm Carmichael:

We had a Norge. And I have a Maytag washer and dryer that have been chugging along nicely for almost 30 years.

Now I probably put the curse of Mobutu on them both ...
  12:24pm Mike:

I _was_ shopping online! earlier... but I didn't buy anything, honest...
Avatar 12:24pm northguineahills:

Not buying anything except ingredients for a holiday meal.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:25pm Parq:

I'm buying lunch. From a chain. It's a local chain, if that makes it any better.
Avatar 12:25pm Michael:

Not a buyer; I'm a seller!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:25pm listener james from westwood:

I still have a modular stereo from 22 Christmases ago. Still works fine. Pulled in many an FMU program w/ the right antenna. Plus it has a double tape deck. Rara avis.
ngh: This is a winning plan.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:26pm Parq:

Ted Baron is lovely too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:27pm Wendy del Formaggio:

Charlie! I just got to the office and can tune-in when you're actually broadcasting, and not via archives! And what do I hear, but a track off one of my fav comps: Product Music! Yay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:27pm Brian in UK:

I am watching a motorcycle on E**y.

james never get rid of your tape deck.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:28pm listener james from westwood:

I have to imagine this is the same recoding session as the Hinky Dinky Supermart theme one. Dig it!!
  12:28pm 67tele:

i'd like to order a P78 please, my neck hurts
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:28pm Wendy del Formaggio:

Oh my gosh, Senor Coconut!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:29pm listener james from westwood:

El Coconut-o!
  12:29pm Mike:

they're showing themselves- but it's a cover!
Avatar 12:30pm ndbob:

hey Charlie and everyone - here for a little while - today has been crazy
  12:30pm Mike:

Wendy- your icon is moving in tempo with the music
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:30pm Wendy del Formaggio:

Mike, I planned it that way!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:31pm Charlie:

Hiya Parq, Wendy, Bob, Mike, Tele -- glad to shop with you. Wendy -- please order me some nice cheese!
Avatar 12:31pm Carmichael:

Ah, no wonder this sounds a lot like Showroom Dummies. Cuz it is!
  12:32pm Mike:

you are showroom dummy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:33pm listener james from westwood:

PSB!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:36pm listener james from westwood:

Wore this tape down to the bare plastic in my college Walkman, I did.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:37pm Parq:

Hi, Miss Wendy. I am absolutely giddy over your animated profile pic.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:37pm listener james from westwood:

Charlie, your mission, should you choose to accept it: Never reach the final groove.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:44pm Charlie:

We *are* showroom dummies! And I will never reach the final groove. I may, however, one day reach the vinyl resting place (the naugahyde chair).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:44pm Wendy del Formaggio:

Charlie, I wouldn't order any other kind of cheese for you. Only the nicest.
Parq, it's from the trailer for "Sex And Broadcasting"! Where's my SAG card?!?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:46pm listener james from westwood:

I was stunned to see myself in S&B the Love Room while Ken was broadcasting during the Marathon. I'm glad I shaved that day.
  12:48pm 67tele:

hi from Denver, Charlie and all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:50pm listener james from westwood:

Franchise French Fries. Located next to the Lo-Cal Calzone Zone.
Avatar 12:53pm thedunkel:

that lauren newton track - priceless - thanks charlie
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:57pm Charlie:

Denver Pyle?
Hi dunkel.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:58pm Brian in UK:

That was Mose Allison's daughter.
Avatar 1:00pm northguineahills:

Is Albee Square in the Bronx?
  1:00pm Listening Out There:

Thanks, Brian. Did not know that. Been wondering what's up with Mose lately. He's getting up there in age...Wikipedia says 87...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:01pm Charlie:

Brooklyn! If it's still there. I think it's gone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:09pm Charlie:

singalong:
I was in this prematurely air-conditioned supermarket
and there were all these aisles
and there were all these bathing caps that you could buy
which had these kind of Fourth of July plumes on them
they were red and yellow and blue
I wasn't tempted to buy one
but I was reminded of the fact that I had been avoiding
the beach.
Avatar 1:09pm northguineahills:

Einstein on the Beach!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:17pm listener james from westwood:

I'll salute that Flagg!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:19pm Parq:

Fannie Flagg was an early celeb crush. I note she is 70. I also note her real name is Patrica Neal. Have some coffee in her honor.
Avatar 1:20pm northguineahills:

I remember Pantry Pride!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:20pm Uncle Michael:

Put savings in your shopping cart!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:20pm Wendy del Formaggio:

The "you you you" from "Pantry Pride" reminds me of T. Valentine's missive to Lucille, the lesbi-un. "You you you!"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:24pm listener james from westwood:

Holy crap, Mesolithic Breckman!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:24pm Wendy del Formaggio:

"Abominable Snowman In The Market", anyone?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:24pm Wendy del Formaggio:

Oh, Andy Breckman! His songs are so silly and wonderful.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:24pm Parq:

"How I envy you."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:25pm Uncle Michael:

I've never heard an Andy Breckman song before.
  1:26pm trans~ally:

Don't get killed!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:26pm listener james from westwood:

Don McLean toured briefly with Andy. (I hear McLean's an asshole.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:28pm Jeff Golick:

For some reason, I'm glad to learn that, @ljfw, as it only confirms and reinforces my lifelong hatred for McLean.

Also: hi.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:30pm listener james from westwood:

Jeff, have you read Andy's story of touring w/ Don? wfmu.org...
Avatar 1:31pm northguineahills:

I heard the 7SD episode where Andy described Don McLean, it was hilarious.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:32pm Stanley:

Charlie greets.
Peeps!
  1:34pm Sean B.:

Junk!, the most underrated Paul song and probably his best!. Nice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:35pm Jeff Golick:

Outstanding, listener james. Thanks for that. Much needed.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:39pm Brian in UK:

Ahoy Stanley.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:39pm listener james from westwood:

Hindus and Muslims would like to have a word with Motley.
  1:39pm Laura L:

This Motley diatribe is the greatest!
Avatar 1:39pm northguineahills:

indeed, sean b
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:40pm listener james from westwood:

Just realizes: Religion + sales = "Bob" Dobbs. Are we sure this is Art Motley?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:42pm listener james from westwood:

Just googled Motley. Looks like an interesting character.
Any chance Randy Newman wrote this Charles cut? Feels nicely Newmanish.
Avatar 1:43pm βrian:

Escaping the main channel, I find salvation here on the Drummer stream. Halleluja!
Avatar 1:43pm adrian in mpls:

Hi βrian!
Avatar 1:44pm adrian in mpls:

@james - this is a Newman cut! off the great Sail Away record.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:45pm Doug Schulkind:

The specter of Ray Charles singing God Bless America at the 1984 Republican National Convention is something I've never been able to shake
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:45pm Charlie:

praise be, βrian
Hi Sean, Jeff, Stanley
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:46pm listener james from westwood:

"The mind is addicted to wanting." Multiply this by the Internet, and ...
Avatar 1:47pm βrian:

Hola, to Mpls. I may make a road trip up there. Chowhound mission, don't you know.
Avatar 1:48pm adrian in mpls:

Charlie - first time listening to the show - loving it!
  1:48pm doyle:

argh, sad I just missed RAy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:52pm listener james from westwood:

woot! It's rare I can lamp a composer like that. Thanks!
Smashing show, Charlie; thanks muchly!!
Avatar 1:52pm βrian:

I don't shop often. When I do, it's like a tactical mission. In and out in minutes. Then on with life.
Avatar 1:53pm βrian:

… and I only spend a dollar.
Avatar 1:54pm DeaconDave:

Shopping; some people make it a lifestyle. Buy, throw it out, buy another.
Avatar 1:55pm DeaconDave:

Change into a 9 year old Hindu boy . . . .
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:55pm Charlie:

Hey folks, I've been too busy to read most comments today, so I'll have to catch up later. Thanks for being here, and sorry if I missed you (Hi Doyle, DeaconDave). Stay tuned for Ted Barron filling in for Matt Fiveash.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:55pm Brian in UK:

Oh those wise words "Don't Get Caught With You Drawers Down".

Great stuff, Charlie.
Avatar 1:56pm DeaconDave:

It is a job!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:56pm Charlie:

Here's the link for Ted's playlists:
www.wfmu.org...
Avatar 1:56pm DeaconDave:

Never needs winding!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:57pm Charlie:

Get on the business end of our going out of business sale!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:57pm Parq:

Get away from me kid, you bother me.
Avatar 1:57pm DeaconDave:

Step right up!!!
Avatar 1:58pm βrian:

That's almost as good as "The Good Lord giveth, and the Landlord taketh away."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:59pm Dominick:

pure herringbone
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:59pm Doug Schulkind:

And here's the link to Ted's playlist for today. As soon as he enters his first song, the commenting will be enabled!

www.wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:02pm listener james from westwood:

I am a buyer of Nothing at these levels!
Avatar 2:04pm Michael:

Missed a chunk today but thanks as always charlie
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