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Favoriting October 14, 2020: Shameless '80s Overindulgence, Part 2 – This Ain’t No Disco!

Guilty pleasures from the decade of big hair and neon fashions! A sequel to my Drummer Stream Discotheque show in August; some dancing will be allowed, of course.


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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments Approx. start time
Fishbone  Party At Ground Zero   Favoriting Fishbone  Columbia  1985  MP3    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bow Wow Wow  (I'm A) TV Savage   Favoriting I Want Candy  RCA Victor  1982  MP3    0:06:17 (Pop-up)
Peter Schilling  Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst)   Favoriting Atomic Blonde (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)  Back Lot Music  2017  MP3  Various artists; this song originally released in 1982.  0:08:50 (Pop-up)
The Lords Of The New Church  Russian Roulette   Favoriting The Lords Of The New Church  I.R.S.  1982  MP3    0:13:44 (Pop-up)
Concrete Blonde  God Is A Bullet   Favoriting Free  I.R.S.  1989  MP3    0:17:23 (Pop-up)
Van Halen  Hot For Teacher   Favoriting 1984  Warner Bros.  1984  MP3    0:21:35 (Pop-up)
Adam Ant  Goody Two Shoes   Favoriting Friend Or Foe  Epic  1982  MP3    0:26:15 (Pop-up)
Thompson Twins  In The Name Of Love   Favoriting In The Name Of Love  Arista  1981  MP3    0:29:43 (Pop-up)
Madonna  Dress You Up   Favoriting Like A Virgin  Sire  1984  MP3    0:33:20 (Pop-up)
Young M.C.  Bust A Move   Favoriting Stone Cold Rhymin'  Island  1989  MP3    0:39:33 (Pop-up)
Aerosmith  Dude (Looks Like A Lady)   Favoriting Permanent Vacation  Geffen  1987  MP3    0:43:57 (Pop-up)
Patti Smith  People Have The Power   Favoriting Dream Of Life  Arista  1988  MP3    0:48:09 (Pop-up)
The Cars  You Might Think   Favoriting Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology  Elektra Traditions / Rhino  1995  MP3  This song originally released in 1984.  0:53:04 (Pop-up)
Bangles  Walking Down Your Street   Favoriting Greatest Hits  Columbia  1990  MP3  This song originally released in 1985.  0:56:05 (Pop-up)
 

Music behind DJ:
Pete Shelley 

Witness The Change (Dub Version)   Favoriting

Trevor Jackson Presents Metal Dance - Industrial, Post Punk, EBM Classics & Rarities '80-'88 

Strut 

2012 

MP3 

Various artists; this song originally released in 1981. 

0:59:20 (Pop-up)
Thomas Dolby  Europa And The Pirate Twins   Favoriting The Golden Age Of Wireless  Harvest  1982  MP3    1:06:23 (Pop-up)
Dominatrix  The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight   Favoriting The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight 12"  Streetwise  1984  MP3    1:09:33 (Pop-up)
Duran Duran  Hungry Like The Wolf   Favoriting Rio  Capitol  1982  MP3    1:13:05 (Pop-up)
Ultravox  All Stood Still   Favoriting Vienna  Chrysalis  1980  MP3    1:16:41 (Pop-up)
Pete Shelley  Qu'est-Ce Que C'est Que Ca?   Favoriting Homosapien  Western Songs  2006  MP3  Originally released in 1981.  1:21:04 (Pop-up)
Altered Images  See Those Eyes   Favoriting Pinky Blue  Portrait  1982  MP3    1:25:19 (Pop-up)
The Stone Roses  She Bangs The Drums   Favoriting The Stone Roses  Jive / Zomba  1988  MP3    1:28:24 (Pop-up)
Trio  Da Da Da I Don't Love You, You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha (Long Version)   Favoriting Da Da Da  Mercury / Chronicles  1997  MP3  Originally released in 1982.  1:32:06 (Pop-up)
UTFO  Roxanne, Roxanne   Favoriting MTV Presents: Hip Hop Back In The Day  Priority  1998  MP3  Various artists; this song originally released in 1985.  1:38:41 (Pop-up)
Roxanne Shanté  Independent Woman   Favoriting Bad Sister  Cold Chillin'  1989  MP3    1:43:14 (Pop-up)
Gang Of Four  I Love A Man In A Uniform   Favoriting Songs Of The Free  Warner Bros.  1982  MP3    1:47:47 (Pop-up)
Liquid Liquid  Cavern   Favoriting Liquid Liquid  Grand Royal  1997  MP3  Originally released in 1983.  1:51:52 (Pop-up)
 

Music behind DJ:
TodoTodo 

Respuesta Alternativa (Versión 85)   Favoriting

Interferencias Vol. 1: Spanish Synth Wave 1980-1989 

Munster 

2018 

MP3 

Various artists; this song originally released in 1985. 

1:57:13 (Pop-up)
Steely Dan  Hey Nineteen   Favoriting Gaucho  MCA  1980  MP3    2:02:42 (Pop-up)
Everything But The Girl  Driving   Favoriting The Language Of Life  Atlantic  1990  MP3  This song originally released in 1989.  2:07:29 (Pop-up)
Bruce Hornsby & The Range  The Way It Is   Favoriting The Way It Is  RCA  1986  MP3    2:11:18 (Pop-up)
UB40  Don't Break My Heart   Favoriting Greatest Hits  Virgin  2008  MP3  This song originally released in 1985.  2:16:09 (Pop-up)
Sade  Hang On To Your Love   Favoriting Diamond Life  Portrait / CBS  1985  MP3    2:19:50 (Pop-up)
Roxy Music  More Than This   Favoriting Avalon  Warner Bros. / EG  1982  MP3    2:25:39 (Pop-up)
The Cure  A Night Like This   Favoriting The Head On The Door  Atlantic / Fiction  2006  MP3  Originally released in 1985.  2:29:53 (Pop-up)
The Psychedelic Furs  Love My Way   Favoriting Forever Now  Columbia  1982  MP3    2:33:59 (Pop-up)
Siouxsie & The Banshees  Slowdive (12” Version)   Favoriting A Kiss In The Dreamhouse  Polydor  1982  MP3    2:37:29 (Pop-up)
Prince  U Got The Look   Favoriting Sign "O" The Times  Paisley Park  1987  MP3  Additional vocals by Sheena Easton.  2:43:03 (Pop-up)
Wall Of Voodoo  Mexican Radio   Favoriting Call Of The West  I.R.S.  1982  MP3    2:46:48 (Pop-up)
Tom Waits  Big Black Mariah   Favoriting Rain Dogs  Island  1985  MP3    2:50:50 (Pop-up)
Living Colour  Cult Of Personality   Favoriting Vivid  Epic  1988  MP3    2:53:30 (Pop-up)
 

Music behind DJ:
Bush Tetras 

Funky (Instrumental)   Favoriting

Boom In The Night - Original Studio Recordings 1980-1983 

ROIR 

2003 

MP3 

This song originally released in 1981. 

2:58:25 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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David (in London):

All hail Mary Wing. London reporting for duty.
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βrian:

Hola from the isthmus.
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Good day Mary and All.
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Really Lisa:

Hi Mary and everyone.
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Mary Wing:

Good day David in London, Brian, Hopey and Lisa! Let's pogo!
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spodiodi:

FISHBONE! aloha, Mary Wing and the 100%!
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Mary Wing:

Brian, thanks for posting my playlist link on Ken's show! I always feel creepy doing that myself, heh.
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spodiodi:

wow wow wow. this day just got much better
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spodiodi:

<3 <3 <3
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Mary Wing:

Howdy spodiodi!
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Mary Wing:

oh, and I will be SEGUEING the songs, which you know I *never* do, heh. All for freeform, so please make a pledge to support WFMU and the streams!
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βrian:

@Mary, I'm all about promiscuous listening. Love Duane's soulful interludes, too.
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spodiodi:

this is not a charade
  12:06pm
rw:

Good morning! Already guiltily dancing along in my head here.
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Sylvia (France-NYC):

Hello Mary, David, Lisa, spodiodi, Hopey Sockmonkey!
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David (in London):

spod, you were going for it there!
Hey Sylvia, Lisa, Brian.
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Hello Sylvia!
  12:08pm
KWilde:

Heh!
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Mary Wing:

Hello rw and Sylvia! I won't feel guilty until later on, heh.
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Sem:

Bow Wow Wow: ding! went the strings of my heart.
Hello, Mary, and all along for whatever.
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Really Lisa:

Hi Sylvia, hope your week is going well :)
David iL we meet again.
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spodiodi:

3 for 3, Mary! YES! B^D
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Greetings, Mary and left-, right- & middle-wingers.
  12:10pm
rw:

Oh, man. My next door neighbor in the dorm played the crap out of that Bow Wow Wow record loud enough he would get complaints from kids on three different floors. Playing his favorite tracks several times in a row.
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spodiodi:

aloha, Sylvia!
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Stanley:

Hi Mary, folks.
Sem Sem Sem!
  12:12pm
rw:

They moved him from the middle of the dorm to the end of the hall to cut down on his sphere of influence!
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Phillippe Bastille:

Well, well, well, what have we here? Music? Hotel front desk bell dings? 2 day old leftover sushi? My kinda place!
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Mary Wing:

Hi there KWilde, Sem, Ken, Stanley and Phillippe!

Oh my gosh, Lisa has pledged *again*! Thanks so much!
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David (in London):

I love this Peter Schilling. This and Joachim Witt's Der Goldener Reiter are such top German pop hits.

Sem, hello to you!
Phillippe, Salut!
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Stanley:

Phillippe, I've only one thing to say to you. It's not sushi it's Jiffy Squid
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Mary Wing:

What's the shelf life of sushi? Two days sounds like it's pushing it...
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Phillippe Bastille:

Hey David! Hey Spodiodi, Lisa, Stanley, βrian! And a prophylactic hello to Handy!
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spodiodi:

4 for 4. i'm beside myself
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Really Lisa:

Mary, you put on a great disco, thank *you!
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Stanley:

Hi Mary. I'm only pledging if we have a 'Nostalgia & Tears' moment. So, here's hoping.
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Phillippe Bastille:

@Stanley @Mary I figure as long as the fish and rice are different colors I'm good to go...
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David (in London):

Oh this is too much! My first band used to cover this (Russian Roulette). I still remember how amazingly chuffed I was when I mastered that ringing riff. Ha ha.
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βrian:

"Shelf-life of Sushi"
Now there's a band name.
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spodiodi:

Week old Sashimi <3 yummo
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spodiodi:

DiL, nice choice!
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Phillippe Bastille:

Let me get this straight: aged beef = good, aged salmon = bad?
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spodiodi:

Florida Lee (mzSpodi) is amused by my freaking out over these first 4 songs, Mary. wow. wow.
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Roberto:

Hay yawl
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βrian:

Well, there is cured salmon.
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spodiodi:

"that sushi needs to rest"
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Mary Wing:

I don't think there's a 'Nostalgia & Tears' moment in this first hour, Stanley, but maybe later on...? But your nostalgia is way different than mine (or anyone else's, heh) so who knows??
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Sem:

Hello, Stanley. Good to see you here, fit and rested.
  12:18pm
rw:

Mary, you're on a roll. The '80s were definitely your decade.
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Mary Wing:

Hey hey hey, Roberto!
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Roberto:

Hey hey Wing and Winglets.
  12:20pm
rw:

Trying to restrain this goofy grin 100% Whatever is putting on my face this morning.
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Phillippe Bastille:

I will say this first set is not something I am entitled to, but it is something I definitely needed! High stress meetings starting at 1:00...
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spodiodi:

RIP Eddie
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spodiodi:

sit down, Waldo.
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spodiodi:

I'm nervous and my socks are too loose
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Roberto:

Okay yeah so I'll admit it, I was hot for a few teachers way back when.
  12:23pm
rw:

I don't FEEL tardy.
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spodiodi:

rdub!
  12:24pm
rw:

Hey spod!
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David (in London):

Roberto - Likewise. Just as well that Mrs McGuinness never found out what I was thinking in her English literature class...
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Roberto:

I had no choice. I attended an all-boys' high school.
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spodiodi:

5 for 6 :D w00h00
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Roberto:

And I didn't drink and I didn't smoke. What dood I do? Not much!
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spodiodi:

i've eaten at Sir Ant's table
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brainiac:

Hi, is this the dance party?
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Mary Wing:

I spent a shit-ton of money on records and British music magazines, is what I did dood.
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brainiac:

Of course I missed Bow Wow Wow :(
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Roberto:

I keep thinking there's a lyric about tofu tofu in there. Which happens to be what I'm having for lunch.
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Mary Wing:

Hiya brainiac! Plenty more 80s classics comin' through the wires!
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βrian:

I remember Ms. Zacharewski, I do.
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David (in London):

Mary, good on you I say. I did the same (luckily the postage was probably cheaper...)

Yo brainiacal one!
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Roberto:

The daughter of a Supreme Court justice taught at my high school. I won't say which one. I never had her for a class, but if I had...yeah.
  12:32pm
rw:

Was there an Adam Ant / Bow Wow Wow connection? Definitely a similar sound going on there.
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Really Lisa:

Saw the Thompson Twins at The Ritz in NYC. Sneaked in w/my sister's ID.. ahh 1982
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βrian:

@Roberto: SCOTUS?
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Phillippe Bastille:

I for one am appreciating the professional DJ-style segues.
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Roberto:

Yes, that Supreme Court.
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Mary Wing:

There is, rw, but I don't remember what; something to do with Malcolm McLaren, no doubt.
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brainiac:

Hey, David in Parens. I'm ready to enjoy some hi-energy transitions by this hot new DJ with you.
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David (in London):

rw - Yeah, as I remember they were former Ants and I think McLaren inveigled them away. As was his wont.
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david w:

Mary! Hello all!
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Mary Wing:

HI-N-R-G!
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Roberto:

Now that I think of it, Elena Kagan's brother taught at my daughter's high school.
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βrian:

Heard of the phrase, In loco parens?
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Mary Wing:

Howdy, David W.! Keep on raising the musical bar, and raising the bucks!
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Webhamster Henry:

This is 100% shamelessly 80s whateverness.
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Handy Haversack:

I'm all dressed up, with someplace to go! Hi, Mary, Wingnuts!
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Mary Wing:

Lisa, I think I might have been at the Thompson Twins gig at The Ritz, too! It's all a blur now, heh.
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David (in London):

Mary, re the above, which magazines did you buy?
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Mary Wing:

Hello Henry and Handy! Shameless is my aim, dancing is my game!
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Sylvia (France-NYC):

one of my fav Madonna songs!
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brainiac:

I'm gonna guess Mary Liked Spin more than Rolling Stone.
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Webhamster Henry:

WFMU - your Oldies Station!
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Ike:

Another FMU DJ dragged this one out a few months ago, I think. Or was it you? It was the first time I'd heard this in years or maybe decades. I loved Young MC briefly when I was a kid.
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Roberto:

Must a Bove!
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Mary Wing:

Oh jeez, David In London, usually whatever I could get my hands on: NME, Melody Maker, Smash Hits, The Face, Flexipop, are just off the top of my head.
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Andrew_in_WI:

It's funny, station manager Ken will inevitably play Wing on his show and it's like a reminder that I need to turn on 100% Whatever
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Hubig Pie:

Today's theme:
80's dance party?
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Really Lisa:

Mary, if you can't remember could mean you had a better time :)
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Mary Wing:

Hi there Ike, Andrew, and Hubig! All 80s for three hours!
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Roberto:

Wing and Mary Wing are my two favorite Wings!
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David (in London):

Mary, great reads all. Ah, Smash Hits, what fun. I still have a few old Melody Makers, NMEs and Sounds kicking around in the loft I think.
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doctorjazz:

Hey, got ants in my pants...
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Sem:

Ohhh, Steve!
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brainiac:

I liked CMJ. I think I still have some of those comp CDs that came with them.
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Mary Wing:

I left all those magazines at my dad's apartment after I moved out, planning to get them at some point, but eventually he threw them out, argh! Along with my small collection of vintage bowling shirts!! Oh the agony!!
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Roberto:

Oof bad flashback of Patti and Michael Stipe and a bunch of other rockers singing this at some benefit for Kerry in 2004.
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Ike:

I don't think I was reading music magazines any earlier than 1989 or 1990. I liked Option but that was hard to find. And I think there was one called B-Side, wasn't there? I usually preferred those to the British ones which were sometimes baffling to me, esp. the one that put a lot of classic rock artists on its cover. I was like UGH WHAT ARE YOU DOING.
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Summer and Michael and Sylvia:

Good morning-ish, Mary... and Whatever-ers!
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brainiac:

People Have The Power is one of those tunes that still has the power to make me shed a tear in public.
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Mary Wing:

Let me remind you all that people DO have the power to keep freeform radio going strong--please make a pledge during our October fundraiser!!
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Mary Wing:

Oooh, is this our first Nostalgia & Tears moment, brainiac?
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

I just read the Flexi-pop mention. I still have some of those flexi-discs!
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brainiac:

Yup *blushing*
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Mary Wing:

Me too, Hopey! Maybe I can find them for next year's Singles Going Steady!
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Mary, that would be *amazing*.
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doctorjazz:

Love this Cars!
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Mary Wing:

Flexidiscs sound so crappy, though--but when has that stopped me before?
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David (in London):

Mary, I think I still have some Bauhaus and Soft Cell flexis from Flexipop, too.
  12:56pm
rw:

Flexidiscs! I was thinking the same thing when Mary mentioned Flexi-pop. Mary, you've got a year.
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Handy Haversack:

I went silent -- sorry. I was making a salad, and a hard-boiled egg tried to fly away, which caused all kinds of temporal confusion around these parts, but hoo! The tunes were cooking!
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Mary Wing:

Hi doctorjazz! The 80s were definitely The Cars' decade!
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Handy Haversack:

Second time Aerosmith's "DLLaL" has been played on WFMU.
  12:58pm
rw:

Okay, I need to get my crap together and get out of here. Will be listening off and on. Happy Wednesday everyone! Keep on dancing!
  12:58pm
rw:

Oh, and voting, and PLEDGING!
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Handy Haversack:

Same to you, rw!
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Mary Wing:

Toodles, rw!
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Hubig Pie:

Whole lotta conjuring goin on in me noggin
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David (in London):

I've raided the 80s cupboard and am now wearing a lot of clothing which does up diagonally. With jacket sleeves rolled up.
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Handy Haversack:

/Diagonal Bloomers: Poems/, by Hoyt Schermerhorn.
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brainiac:

@David: Pop your collar!
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

YES. I love this Thomas Dolby single so much.
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Really Lisa:

Wow!! Taking me backkk!
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Michael 98145:

yup
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Mary Wing:

Good morning, Michael!
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Handy Haversack:

YES!
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Mary Wing:

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doooooooo
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Michael 98145:

dew
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Handy Haversack:

I doo too!
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brainiac:

OK, I'm enjoying this, but you can't make me put up a Patrick Nagel poster. NO, YOU CAN'T!
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David (in London):

I am now wearing my crimson Anthony Price suit and hanging off the side of a yacht.
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Really Lisa:

Ooohhhh!! <3
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Michael 98145:

loving this
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βrian:

@Handy: that reminds me of that crossword clue, a 3-letter word for flightless bird, beginning with "E."

(Egg, of course.)
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Mary Wing:

Not Emu?
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Ken From Hyde Park:

These are the tracks that didn't make it to the Friday dance party this summer?
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βrian:

Well the egg comes before the emu, right?
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Michael 98145:

woof moo

e-moo
  1:23pm
Symmetry In Mayhem:

Homosapien is a very underrated album
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Really loved the Homosapien album. I revisited it extensively after the news Pete had died (RIP).
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Handy Haversack:

I never considered them flight risks until today, βrian!
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Mary Wing:

Some of them are, Ken, but then I started down a rabbit hole of other 80s music. Over 35 songs didn't make it on this show, heh!
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David (in London):

I'm now wearing lots of thick multi-coloured plastic bangles.
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Mary Wing:

Hi Symmetry In Mayhem, I agree! Is it because it wasn't post-punk and too synthy or something?
Avatar 🛎 Swag For Life Member 1:27pm
Summer and Michael and Sylvia:

Don't know this Altered Images track but her voice is instantly recognizable!
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Mary Wing:

Hi S&M&S! I think I forgot to greet you earlier; I was eating, heh.
Avatar 🛎 Swag For Life Member 1:30pm
Summer and Michael and Sylvia:

"I Could Be Happy" and "Birthday" are the ones we remember. The chorus of the former, "get away, far away... how do I escape from you" - great stuff. x
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Summer and Michael and Sylvia:

Ha! Yes, lunch time!
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David (in London):

I moved to Manchester in 1988 to go to University. Man, this was but everywhere.
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Handy Haversack:

Well, money spent at the charity shops goes for good causes, David.
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doctorjazz:

Da Da Ds, another fav!
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brainiac:

It's only a matter of time before 99 Luftballons are flying again.
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Really Lisa:

Can Freur's Doot Doot be near? The Doo's the Da's, maybe?
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Sem:

Still prefer the version w/ Bryce doing the dadadas.
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Mary Wing:

Sadly, no Luftbaloons or Doot Doots today; they will have to sit in the queue for Shameless 80s Overindulgence Part 3
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brainiac:

That's something to look forward to :D
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Symmetry In Mayhem:

Was not sure what was going through their heads when they wrote this. BOOM BOOM was a great song as well. However if you played both songs side by side, you would have a hard it was the same band
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Really Lisa:

What brainiac posted ^ !
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David in London:

Brainiac, relax, you don’t have to hurry hurry super scurry.
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brainiac:

David Says Relax
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ike_p:

greetings everyone - great mix of music, love it!
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brainiac:

Say
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Ike:

I almost never meet other Ikes. Hi Ike. I'm in southern Brooklyn; you?
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ike_p:

hi ike! baltimore, originally south jersey and all over in between :)
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Handy Haversack:

I am now wearing my DAVID SAYS RELAX T-shirt.
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Mary Wing:

Hello ike_p, welcome! My show isn't normally full of old music, heh, but today is special!
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David in London:

Handy, here’s hoping my first three singles go straight to number one!

Hello new Ike. (And exisiting Ike, too).
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Ike:

Cool, I'm originally from (rural) Maryland myself and also I love Baltimore!
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ike_p:

hi mary, thanks! i found the station in august, and i thought i knew music :) it's taken me awhile to immerse, but i consider it a training montage...i can't listen to everyone yet, but eventually i will :)
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Mary Wing:

Wow, ike_p, you found WFMU in August?!? How did you find us, on the internet?
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ike_p:

ike, yeah i have to admit outside my family i've not encountered the name often - do you have a weird sense of humor?
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βrian:

This was one of my prep songs when I was gearing up to wait a double shift.
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ike_p:

mary, yeah good old google - i found a baltimore dj i love from the 90's doing a free form show here on college radio and i started seeing what else there was free form, and fmu showd up in pretty big letters :)
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brainiac:

Hey, ike_p. Welcome to the slippery slope. Always room for one more...
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ike_p:

hi brainiac, thanks! it's truly great to be here
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brainiac:

Who laid out these white lines on the table?
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Hubig Pie:

White Lines blow away
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Handy Haversack:

Rubbing this show on my gums!

Hey, ike_p! Welcome! A sip quickly becomes a firehose, and that's just fine!
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Hubig Pie:

Take them Sugarhill peoples to copyright court
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ike_p:

handy thanks yeah, just the random player can keep me amused to no end
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Webhamster Henry:

Hi ike_p! WFMU runs the four streams of the apocalypse. There are also nearly 20 years of archives, and a few non-streamed podcasts.
  1:56pm
David in London:

Brainiac, I left some sherbet on the table. You didn’t think it was...
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Stanley:

Shit, I missed Gang of Four.
I've made a couscous salad, anyway.
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ike_p:

webmaster henry, as a retired it geek i admire your work - great job to you and your presumed team :)
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Webhamster Henry:

I'm just a hamster now - I put together a lot of features of the online WFMU and WFMU app years ago, now there's very little of my work around. Praise Kenzo though!
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ike_p:

haven't met them yet, but praise kenzo indeed!
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brainiac:

I dunno how to break this to you, but you missed Clare Grogan too. You'd better break out the sprouts.
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Stanley:

David - I wish I still had my pirate trousers.
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Mary Wing:

Cassette Week info: blog.discogs.com...
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KevinfromBayRidge:

Howdy...Guess who's here for 3oaK?
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Mary Wing:

Hi Kevin! No 3oak, this week, sad-face.
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Stanley:

It's ol' Weasel, himself.
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Hubig Pie:

My cassette deck no worky
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David in London:

Bring forth the schmaltz!
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KevinfromBayRidge:

"I Will Survive"! I know it's from 1978.
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Hubig Pie:

Yacht rock
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ike_p:

mary, fwiw what drew me to your show's attention was finding the playlist where you ran with 8ish versions of cities in dust
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Webhamster Henry:

Hey Bard College...
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Handy Haversack:

I have an emergency back-up cassette deck with my emergency back-up VCR at the office, which I am not allowed to go to. Something's gotta give!

David, take it from hard-earned experience: schmaltz and vodka is a *bad* combo.
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ike_p:

that must've been awesome to put together as well as listen along with
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KevinfromBayRidge:

@ Hubig. But the best of a meh genre!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

My niece turns nineteen this Sunday.
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spaceman one:

I saw Walter Becker at the WFMU Record Fair one year. He had a big old stack of vinyl under his arm.
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David in London:

I am now wearing a sour expression.
(It’s Donald Fagin after all).
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brainiac:

Well-recorded yacht rock is OK with me. More drug references, please.
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

The Cuervo Gold, The fine Columbian . . .
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Mary Wing:

Ah-ha! So all those archive plays are from YOU, ike_p?? :-) I can see how many times an archive has been clicked on, and that show has a lot more than usual.
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Hubig Pie:

Sure beats Barge Rock
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Webhamster Henry:

Speaking of cassettes, that reminds me to plug Bedroom Cassette Masters like I usually do. bedroomcassettemasters.bandcamp.com
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ike_p:

oh yeah - i'm probably driving everyone nuts then becuase i scanned every active show's playlist archives to find music i can quickly associate with. even with trying to find one song or artist i recognized there's a lot of shows left behind at the moment...
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Mary Wing:

Hi there spaceman one!

There's one more cringey song in this set, I won't spoil it for you but y'all will cringe for sure.
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ike_p:

one thing i'll say, sun ra is QUITE popular on this station
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Stanley:

ike-p haha
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Mary Wing:

Sun Ra rules my universe, yep. The playlist search function is also your new friend, if you haven't already met it:
wfmu.org...
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brainiac:

Here's a tip, ike_p. Whenever Sun Ra is mentioned, we all reverentially bow our heads.
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Handy Haversack:

Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, Svantana ...
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ike_p:

oh yeah - i've done the playlist search fruitlessly searching for artists i know that haven't played here and the closest i've come outside edm was a typo
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Handy Haversack:

So this is the way it is, Mary?

David, change clothes.
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brainiac:

get a job
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Mary Wing:

Heh, change into what, though?
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David in London:

Oh good one Mary.
I am now wearing espadrilles and a Salmon pink shirt.
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ike_p:

*bows head* yeah - i embarked on a jazz jaunt about four years ago and i can't get past that whatever happened in the 60s
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Handy Haversack:

Greendale's the place to be ...
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Mary Wing:

He rhymes "buy a job" with "get a job" sheesh.
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Stanley:

Glass of Chianti, David?
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Hubig Pie:

Yeah, but those descending arpeggios
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Andrew_in_WI:

Y'all remember back in '82 when Hornsby played un the dead?
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Stanley:

Smooth
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brainiac:

Like it was yesterday, Andrew. Like it was yesterday.
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ike_p:

oh ub40, my first non-metal concert :)
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Andrew_in_WI:

@brainiac Haha, I was actually born in '82, but I did see Hornsby with the Other Ones in 2002
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David in London:

Stanley, don’t mind if I do, thanks.
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brainiac:

Yeah, I wasn't going to correct you, but it was several years later, I think. Anyway, check out how much Hornsby looks like Jimmy Page now: scontent-fml2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...
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David in London:

I am now wearing white socks, slip-on loafers and have a jumper draped over my shoulders.
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Stanley:

This was the quintessence of the eighties back then in London. Want to go up West tonight, David?
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Stanley:

You're already dressed for it.
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Sem:

Speaking of natty dressers, thank you for my Bryan Ferry fix, Mary.
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Hubig Pie:

Oh this be courtin' music for me and the wifey
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Andrew_in_WI:

Can we get a 3OAK of this song? Bill Murray's version is pretty great
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Handy Haversack:

The show will end and David's house will be this shambolic Fashion Week---esque scene of devastation, sticky with spilled cocaine and champagne, the last celebratory streamers drooping to fall across the faces of passed-out boldface names ...
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brainiac:

It wasn't until Bill Murray sang this in Lost In Translation that I appreciated the deep lyrical content in More Than This.
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Mary Wing:

Andrew, "More Than This" already got the 3oak treatment, sans Bill Murray: wfmu.org...
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brainiac:

Oops, I spilled my campaign on the cocaine again.
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Handy Haversack:

Bush Tetras spoiler alert!

This Cure album is so great.
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David in London:

Handy, have you peaked on the webcam?

I now have enormous back-combed hair and lots of eyeliner on.
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coelacanth∅:

hi Mary and 100%ers
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brainiac:

*hic*
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Mary Wing:

Hi there, coelacanth!
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83%er∅:

no 3ok today?
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Sem:

David, you are ready for prime time.
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Hubig Pie:

I loved that Fire in Cairo 3OAK
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Mary Wing:

No 3oak this week or next week, sorry!
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Handy Haversack:

There will be sax.
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brainiac:

I'm not brunk, I'm just duzzed. Who hid my keys, dammit?
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Stanley:

The Furs. Now ya talkin'
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Handy Haversack:

Hubig, yeah, me too -- so good.
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

The addition of Todd Rundgren on vibes really makes this song.
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David in London:

Ah Mary, I suspected you might go Pretty in Pink, but you’ve got Forever Now. Superb.

I am now wearing a flowery shirt and smoking too much.
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coelacanth∅:

(marimba)
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Mary Wing:

I hope ike_p is still around for the next track...
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ike_p:

where would i go? :)
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Stanley:

David - I can picture you, round the flat, with one of those enormous ash trays you get in the pub.
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ike_p:

nice - i'm smoking a clove no less
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Mary Wing:

David combed his hair down too quickly, now he has to tease it up again.
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Handy Haversack:

It's a rollercoaster -- but worth it for Siouxsie!
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Stanley:

I meant what you you used to get in the pub.
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David in London:

Damn it Mary, I won’t even get my high lace-ups boots and leather skirt done up by the time this finishes.
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Mary Wing:

It's the 12" version, you got time and I think it will work for the next song as well, heh.
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Andrew_in_WI:

I still have a thing for goth girls thanks to Siouxsie
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brainiac:

lets get to rammin'
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Mary Wing:

She set an impossibly high standard for goth girls, yep.
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Handy Haversack:

Strut, David!
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David in London:

I’m now doing the splits before I take the guitar solo.
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brainiac:

Mary, you got crucial.
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Mary Wing:

I hate this part of the show because I have to make tough decisions on which songs to cram in and which will be sadly left out. So these segues won't be as good as earlier ones, heh.
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VespaJack:

Great Show. This is all the music that was my soundtrack when I first moved to NYC.
Yr da bomb, Mary
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Michael 98145:

Voodoo!
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Mary Wing:

Thanks, VespaJack! It was my soundtrack as well, and I already lived here!
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KevinfromBayRidge:

Anudda great 'un, Mary!
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Webhamster Henry:

Mexican Radio was a nice restaurant in Hudson that shut down when ICE was ramping up.
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KevinfromBayRidge:

Henry, Radio Mexico, by the Bklyn Bridge?
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Handy Haversack:

My god, this album was thirty-five years ago!?
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David in London:

Phew, I can get out of all that Siouxsie gear now. I’m now wearing a pork pie hat and Wayfarer shades. And drinking a lot of whiskey.
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Stanley:

I hope the punk documentary soon to be shown on Cinema WFMU is available outside the US. I so want to see it.
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Handy Haversack:

Get all liquored up on that roadhouse corn, David!
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Sem:

Nice, love Tom in the afternoon. Multiple dings!
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Handy Haversack:

Hell YEAH!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks and whatever, Mary. Have a nice week.
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Ike:

One of my faves. Gosh, could this still be relevant today?
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Mary Wing:

Stick around for DJ Black Helmet, playlist is here: wfmu.org...
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Really Lisa:

Thank you, Mary! Been loads of fun listening.
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brainiac:

Wotta great show, Mary. Thanks awfully.
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David in London:

Mary, this was so fun it almost made 2020 worthwhile. Thanks an absolute million.
Later Groovers.
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Stanley:

Thanks Mary for another interesting show.
Take care and bye for now everyone
(slips through curtain)
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Mary! I will be overindulged whenever you want to do it again! Great ride today!

Be well, all you Wingnuts!
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ike_p:

great show Mary, and thanks everyone for helping me feel welcome - peace
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Mary Wing:

Aw, no Nostalgia & Tears pledge, I have failed you, Stanley.
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βrian:

Bah, Mary!
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Stanley:

Still got next week, mary
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Mary Wing:

Thanks for listening today, see you next week for the scratchy little records show!
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Awesome show, Mary!
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Michael 98145:

Thank you!
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spodiodi:

thanks, Mary! was moving a bed! great show!
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Barnaby:

wow Mary, was listening via archives. Really a nostalgic feast for me. Thanks
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