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Favoriting December 24, 2014: People Like Us fill in for Ken

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Gregory Brothers  Can't Hug Every Cat   Favoriting  
YouTube  Hello   Favoriting 0:01:55 (Pop-up)
YouTube - Andrew Liddell  Dr Who: What Are You Doing Here?   Favoriting 0:02:56 (Pop-up)
Jonas Nordwall  My Life (thanks Charlie Lewis)   Favoriting 0:03:07 (Pop-up)
The International Polynesians  Tiare   Favoriting 0:06:22 (Pop-up)
Yamasuki  Aieaoa   Favoriting 0:08:53 (Pop-up)
Mexican Institute Of Sound  México   Favoriting 0:10:28 (Pop-up)
Systema Solar  Crees Que Soy Sexy?   Favoriting 0:14:09 (Pop-up)
Dick Mills  Major Bloodnok's Stomach   Favoriting 0:17:37 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Hollyridge Strings 

Mrs Wobbingson   Favoriting

0:17:44 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  Talking To Myself   Favoriting 0:21:21 (Pop-up)
The GTOs  The Eureka Springs Garbage Lady   Favoriting 0:24:57 (Pop-up)
Gigi Parker and the Lonlies  Beatles, Please Come Back   Favoriting 0:28:24 (Pop-up)
Ushuaia Rocks!  I'm Waiting For My Man   Favoriting 0:30:38 (Pop-up)
Dave Ball and Genesis P-Orridge  Muzak For Frogs   Favoriting 0:34:11 (Pop-up)
Matmos  Very Large Green Triangles   Favoriting 0:37:31 (Pop-up)
Alvin Curran  Maritime Rites - Wasserkorso   Favoriting 0:42:09 (Pop-up)
Hans Reichel  Eros Vs. Education   Favoriting 0:43:50 (Pop-up)
Demitrio Stratos  O Tzitziras O Mitziras   Favoriting 0:44:45 (Pop-up)
Os Ipanemas  Garota De Ipanema   Favoriting 0:45:11 (Pop-up)
MC Carhouse and DJ Hellshit  Air Rappers   Favoriting 0:45:33 (Pop-up)
Dick Mills  Major Bloodnok's Stomach   Favoriting 0:45:48 (Pop-up)
inhuman screams    0:45:53 (Pop-up)
Runzelstirn and Gurgelstock  Schimpluch Gruppe - Aktion 910512   Favoriting 0:46:06 (Pop-up)
various Muppets singing    0:46:23 (Pop-up)
Zatumba  Wichumbra   Favoriting 0:47:26 (Pop-up)
MC Carhouse and DJ Hellshit  Join The Hellshit Army   Favoriting 0:47:44 (Pop-up)
Scooter & Fozzie  Simon Smith and his Amazing Dancing Bear   Favoriting 0:47:51 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Golden Gate Strings 

Don't Think Twice, It's Alright   Favoriting

0:49:16 (Pop-up)
Adam Bohman  London Pt 2   Favoriting 0:53:29 (Pop-up)
Horse Guy  Singin' In The Rain   Favoriting 0:56:19 (Pop-up)
Karaoke Children  The Time Of My Life   Favoriting 0:57:56 (Pop-up)
Helen & Sylvia  All My Bitchy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight   Favoriting 1:03:19 (Pop-up)
Americo Rodrigues  A Espera   Favoriting 1:05:37 (Pop-up)
Pierre Bastien  Yale Relay   Favoriting 1:06:31 (Pop-up)
The Swingle Singers  Gymnopedie No. 1   Favoriting 1:10:09 (Pop-up)
Charles Bernstein  Yellow Pages   Favoriting 1:11:19 (Pop-up)
Sir Anthony Lanza Cocozza  Yellow Bird   Favoriting 1:11:59 (Pop-up)
Playerfix  Nobody Does It Better   Favoriting 1:13:19 (Pop-up)
John Deere  Manure Handling Equipment Side B   Favoriting 1:14:28 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Percy Faith 

Summer Place '76 (Theme From A Summer Place)   Favoriting

1:15:25 (Pop-up)
Dave Soldier and Komar & Melamid  The Most Unwanted Song   Favoriting 1:19:24 (Pop-up)
Dave Soldier and Komar & Melamid  http://www.ubu.com/sound/soldier.html   Favoriting 1:25:34 (Pop-up)
Dave Soldier and Komar & Melamid  The Most Unwanted Song   Favoriting 1:28:59 (Pop-up)
Dave Soldier and Komar & Melamid  http://www.ubu.com/sound/soldier.html   Favoriting 1:39:43 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Hollyridge Strings 

I'll Follow The Sun   Favoriting

1:41:11 (Pop-up)
OOIOO  Gamel Ulda   Favoriting 1:42:36 (Pop-up)
Francis Bebey  Rwanda   Favoriting 1:45:44 (Pop-up)
Augusto De Campos  Dias Dias Dias by Caetano Veloso 1979   Favoriting 1:50:16 (Pop-up)
Caetano Veloso  Frevo Rasgado   Favoriting 1:51:17 (Pop-up)
Francis Bebey  Fleur Tropical   Favoriting 1:53:20 (Pop-up)
The Meridian Brothers  Sigan Al Minero Hasta La Escal   Favoriting 1:57:00 (Pop-up)
Nortec Collective  Tengo La Voz   Favoriting 2:00:40 (Pop-up)
Edwin Torres  Peesacho   Favoriting 2:04:06 (Pop-up)
Tipsy  Cinnabar   Favoriting 2:06:02 (Pop-up)
Typical Nirvana Fan  Smells Like Teen Spirit   Favoriting 2:10:10 (Pop-up)
DJ Morgoth  Never Gonna Give Your Teen Spirit Up   Favoriting 2:11:19 (Pop-up)
The Jams  The Queen And I   Favoriting 2:14:51 (Pop-up)
Grandmaster Flash  The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel   Favoriting 2:16:29 (Pop-up)
Grandmaster Flash  White Lines (Don't Do It)   Favoriting 2:18:19 (Pop-up)
RX  White Lines   Favoriting 2:19:56 (Pop-up)
Roger Roger  Le Type Beurre   Favoriting 2:21:16 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Percy Faith 

Summer Place '76 (Theme From A Summer Place)   Favoriting

2:22:04 (Pop-up)
Dondero High School  Satellite Of Love   Favoriting 2:25:26 (Pop-up)
Fantastic Plastic Machine  Steppin' Out   Favoriting 2:29:30 (Pop-up)
The Beach Boys  Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (W. Woodpecker Symphony)   Favoriting 2:34:45 (Pop-up)
Yoko Ono  No One Can See Me Like You Do (With The Apples In Stereo)   Favoriting 2:36:20 (Pop-up)
Meredith Monk  Procession   Favoriting 2:40:05 (Pop-up)
Caroline Bergvall  Via   Favoriting 2:40:19 (Pop-up)
Petra Haden  A Fistful of Dollars   Favoriting 2:46:47 (Pop-up)
Symphony of Science  The Big Beginning   Favoriting 2:48:29 (Pop-up)
Christian Bök Autotuned by Eric Schmaltz  Ursonate   Favoriting 2:51:17 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Hollyridge Springs 

Blowin in the Wind   Favoriting

2:53:37 (Pop-up)
Christo Graham  Muppet Christ Superstar - Heaven On Their Minds (Feat. Gonzo & the Chickens)   Favoriting 2:54:08 (Pop-up)
Alice In Wonderland  The Last Word Is Mine   Favoriting 2:57:18 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
thanks all! 

 

2:59:26 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 12/20 8:45am
People Like Us:

The playlist goes live once the show starts on the 24th...
Avatar 8:50am
People Like Us:

10 minutes and counting (out loud, of course)
  8:50am
vince:

Ready for a PLU Christmas!!
Avatar 8:51am
People Like Us:

Yes, it's Christmas without the Christmas, what more could you want?
  8:52am
vince:

thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedual to give us some entertainment!
Avatar 8:54am
People Like Us:

thanks in advance for listening!
Avatar 8:54am
People Like Us:

5 minutes and counting (shouting)
  8:58am
vince:

I thinking back... to my first purchase of a PLU recording... 2001.. it doesn't seem like over 10 YEARS ago now!
Avatar 8:58am
People Like Us:

I've been buying my own records for 20 years now!
  9:00am
vince:

You're officially an institution!
Avatar 9:00am
Dan B From Upstate:

This is exciting, isn't it?
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jamesie:

hello Vikiiii
  9:01am
vince:

My cat hanging out by my sub-woofer as we listen
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01am
Charlie:

present! hello!!
  9:02am
jan:

Hey we have a substitute teacher today! Let's misbehave.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Almost running out of time to spend money we don't have to buy things we don't need to impress people we don't like!
Avatar 9:02am
Inner Ear Detour:

2 minutes in and it's already a great show
Avatar 9:02am
People Like Us:

Good morning!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02am
groucho:

Good morning everyone
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Mike Harding:

Morning everyone
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People Like Us:

Good morning
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02am
Charlie:

Good morning!
  9:02am
vince:

Happy Morning to all, and to all a good day!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02am
Ken From Hyde Park:

By the way, good morning, everyone!
Avatar 9:03am
Mike Harding:

Actually its the afternoon here. So you are ALL WRONG
  9:03am
jan:

I'm so glad it's not that other substitute. This one is pretty and nice. Let's be good instead.
Avatar 9:03am
People Like Us:

It's always morning somewhere
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Dan B From Upstate:

Ha. As difficult as it is to work during Ken's shows, Ken gets such great fill ins that it makes it even harder to work.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Charlie:

Good afternoon!
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People Like Us:

We get to the afternoon, later, Mike... patience
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People Like Us:

Hi Charlie
  9:04am
vince:

V, do you say "Happy Christmas" or do you say "Merry Christmas"?
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People Like Us:

thanks for this tune
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People Like Us:

I don't say either if I can help it
Avatar 9:05am
Mike Harding:

But then it will be the EVENING and I will be in the pub with Edwin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am
Charlie:

you're welcome. let's thank the blogger who posted it too :)
Avatar 9:06am
People Like Us:

thanks to the bloggers who posted just about the entire show content
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am
Charlie:

ha ha yes
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
Webhamster Henry:

Good Morfternoon, PLU!
Avatar 9:08am
People Like Us:

good morphtermoon
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
groucho:

3 hours of PLU! a perfect start to xmas, where I'll be spending it with P who aren't anything LU
Avatar 9:09am
People Like Us:

I put the pee on the loo
  9:10am
vince:

as opposed to 'in'
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
Scott Williams:

Hi Vicki! sounds real good in the big studio up the hall from the LU
Avatar 9:11am
People Like Us:

hi Scott! Thanks for sitting in the studio next to the lu!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
Scott Williams:

a pleasure, and so convenient!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12am
Ken:

Thanks for filling in Vicki and thanks for engineering Scott!
Avatar 9:14am
People Like Us:

hi Ken! Thanks for making that happen by going hundreds of miles away!
  9:14am
F❷F❸ (:

Good morning, Vicky, Ken, people!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15am
Rich in Washington:

Hola, Vicki! Greetings fellow Do or DIYites!
Avatar 9:16am
People Like Us:

Hello all, very nice to be back and in daylight hours too
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am
cory:

sorry i'm late. i forgot today is wednesday
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People Like Us:

easily done
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19am
dale:

hoping for a silent but deadly night anyway.
  9:19am
F❷F❸ (:

Vicki does a great English accent!
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BEAVO:

I'm in the future
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20am
Ken:

Pull the sheets over your head Dale. I hear that it cures cancer.
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redkayak:

Nothing says Xmas like Daleks!
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BEAVO:

Bee tulls
  9:22am
vince:

great album
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22am
dale:

good - my wife will be happy to know ken.
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People Like Us:

yes this album is great
  9:22am
vince:

But, i like The Rutles "CASH" album, someone put up,years back.
Avatar 9:23am
People Like Us:

oh I haven't heard that
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BEAVO:

Just another mash up
  9:24am
vince:

Yeah... it's worth a listen, if you love The Rutles..
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People Like Us:

just another boring song yes
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adrian in mpls:

Yeah!!!! Good Morning! Lovely to have a People Like Us morning!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
Webhamster Henry:

Rutles Highway Revisited, which is what Beatles would have sounded like if they were on an oldies tour.
Avatar 9:25am
redkayak:

Nice tune....I was a George fan, myself....
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mikeharding:

Did you hear the radio show today where fans were saying tribute bands were better than the originals? Simply Red was given as an example...
  9:25am
vince:

I wish I owned that album... great 'covers'!
Avatar 9:26am
People Like Us:

no, Mike - I think cover versions are often more interesting because you're got the delightful cultural baggage
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am
Webhamster Henry:

Wouldn't it be sad if there were no cones? -- the GTOs
Avatar 9:27am
People Like Us:

something about "tribute" bands creeps me out though
  9:27am
moose:

thrilling!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
Charlie:

Do or GTO
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mikeharding:

"Mick Hucknall - he was very good", confused the interviewer
  9:28am
vince:

Zappa always said The Shaggs were BETTER than The Beatles!
Avatar 9:29am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...better P.A.'s than the actual Beatles had - none of that pesky Creativity to interfere...I like 'Twisted' Tributes - Little Kiss: Little People doing Kiss - sort of thing...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30am
the Canterbury wood-elf:

Someone should get a Beatles tribute band together called the Dung Beatles (playing slowed down, sloppy, grungy covers really badly)
Avatar 9:31am
mikeharding:

She did, of course, mean the tribute Mick Hucknall...
  9:31am
F❷F❸ (:

Ken, enjoy your holidays wherever you are! You too people (including the people like us!).
  Swag For Life Member 9:31am
tadpoles:

Just love your musical collages PLU. Can't get enough of Major Denis Bloodnok! Looking forward to a great morning thanks.
Avatar 9:32am
People Like Us:

sorry mike, just trying to eat an egg
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mikeharding:

But the interviewer thought she was talking about the original Mick Hucknall... (whoever he was)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
Charlie:

three hours of delightful cultural baggage
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
Ken From Hyde Park:

I made an omelet for supper last night.
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mikeharding:

Do any tribute bands have tribute bands?
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Jeezy:

Drat. What the hell was "Talking To Myself"?
There ain't a Beatles track alive I don't know !
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Jeezy:

Missed it... :-(
  9:35am
Laura L:

Hello and hooray! What a fine holiday treat to have you Doing the DIY this morning, Vicki. Cheers!
Avatar 9:35am
People Like Us:

the show is archived in about 4 hours from now Jeezy :)
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People Like Us:

ie you can listen again, not "we throw it in the bin"
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People Like Us:

as in the GARBAGE, Americans
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People Like Us:

let me just spend the next 3 hours paraphrasing myself for no particular reason
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Jeezy:

Thanks Vickaroo! :-)
OOh and I'm going to see Genesis P-orridge (Well, Genna, nowadays) in Brooklyn on Friday!
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adrian in mpls:

@mike - that's a good question! is there, like, a dread zeppelin tribute band?
  9:37am
Sam:

Oh wow Vicki's on! This is the best Christmas present ever!
  9:38am
vince:

I agree!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38am
Ken From Hyde Park:

I like the opening theme from They Call Me Trinity www.imdb.com... I watch that every year at Christmas.
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People Like Us:

So is everyone still at work today?
  9:42am
Gerardo:

¡Hola Vicki!, Hey everybody!
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adrian in mpls:

Unfortunately, yes. The owners at least consented to making us only work a half-day!
  9:43am
F❷F❸ (:

Is not possible to work while listening to your show, Vicki. Productivity output declines, at least in my case.
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People Like Us:

hi gerardo!
  9:43am
vince:

Hope you all are 'cranking it up' at work!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44am
Charlie:

I am home, working on editing the formatting for my wife's proposal for her doctoral dissertation.
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adrian in mpls:

@vince - the volume is cranked over here!
  9:46am
vince:

I'm subjecting the entire apartment complex here to the wonderful sounds!!
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adrian in mpls:

we'll see what happens when the one other person who works on my side of the building shows up!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:47am
dale:

ooh, i hope some eefin' or jew's harp is in our future.
  9:48am
Laura L:

Still at work today and most every day... the freedom of being my own boss means I can crank it and have a singalong too if I want to. It is tempting....
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Dan B From Upstate:

Oh yes. Definitely at work. Americans have a fear of time off.
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People Like Us:

who needs money
when we're funny
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49am
Rob W:

Shan't we be hearing the The Choir of Westminster Abbey?
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People Like Us:

if we are then we are clearly in need of a trip to the hospital
  9:50am
Mrs P:

Welcome back Vicki. It is so nice to hear you again.
  9:51am
vince:

How 'bout The Choir Of The Westminster Dog Show?
Avatar 9:53am
Gerardo:

Long time not listening to the 'FMU live. Great playlist as usual!
(not working, Dec 24 is almost entirely free 4 me from some years on)
  9:54am
F❷F❸ (:

Dan B,

I read an article about which countries give you the less/most number of holidays during the Xmas season. USA gives you only 2 days off between 15th Dec - Jan 15th. So don't get scammed if they try to give you 3 or more!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55am
Rob W:

At my job, fairly typical, in addition to New Year's Day and Christmas day, you may choose one 'optional' day (NY Eve or Christmas Eve). And that's it. If you want Boxing Day off you have to use up a vacation day!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56am
Rob W:

And I do love Boxing Day.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59am
dale:

karaoke children rock. or soft rock.
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adrian in mpls:

this is the true meaning of xmas
  10:00am
vince:

My wife is running out of the room!
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People Like Us:

I wish
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People Like Us:

ha ha
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People Like Us:

screaming and flailing wildly I hope
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jamesie:

I'm painting the labels on the home made bourbon getting ready for the big day
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Gerardo:

This Karaoke children is awesome!. It reminds of an experience here in Santiago, Chile, during 2009, called 'La Voz'.

Here a sample of it: archive.org...
  10:02am
F❷F❸ (:

Boxing Day is a big tradition, sure, but not in all countries. So I'm not familiar with it. Is that the day when people do their shopping while punching other people's faces ? If so, what is the difference with Black Friday?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:02am
Polyus:

I think every single woman in my dorm during freshman year of college owned this soundtrack.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03am
Rich in Washington:

This is delightful, PLU!
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People Like Us:

yes, it's when the season of good will ran its course and social darwinism comes into effect
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Dan B From Upstate:

Your article is right, fofo. I only have Dec 25 and Jan 1 off between those days. My next day off after that is Jan 19.
  10:04am
F❷F❸ (:

I'm usually against WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) and CSLA (Children singing Like Adults) but I kind of approve the Karaoke Children song.
Avatar 10:04am
People Like Us:

the UK only got Black Friday this year from "you lot":)
  10:07am
vince:

...with love, of course.
From our corperate over-lords
  10:07am
F❷F❸ (:

Good lord they didn't ripped you off, Dan B.
Avatar 10:08am
People Like Us:

yes, thanks - we only get the worst of America here
  10:08am
Phil:

Howdy Vicki!
Great to have you back for a bit.
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People Like Us:

hello! Nice to be on the air again
  10:11am
baltimore jeff:

thx for the "holiday relief zone"!!
  10:11am
vince:

Ah... you won my wife BACk, with this track!
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People Like Us:

hi Jeff! You're welcome - what would freeform be without "free"
HA HA Vince, she'll be off again now
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Gerardo:

u told me last week u were not going to play any christmas carols. u've made it true!
  10:13am
vince:

oop..there she goes.... oh, ,well.. her loss
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People Like Us:

she'll like the next one
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am
dale:

i have an international harvester manure spreader. truly do.
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ranjit:

it's 7am in california. I wouldn't get up this early for santa claus.
  10:15am
vince:

Nothing says X-mas more than 'manure spreding'!
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People Like Us:

if there's interest we can have a Q&A
on the understanding that you can give the answers
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People Like Us:

morning ranjit!
  10:16am
Sam:

Well, Jesus was born in a manger, among the spreaders.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16am
Webhamster Henry:

The Filmstrip beep just adds more Manure to the mix.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Holy crow! The manure spreader guy!
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People Like Us:

this is the point in the show where I am clearly not listening to my own words
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am
Greg from Bloomfield:

Morning, PLU! Morning, gang! @vince: That was my first waking thought on Xmas Eve.
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People Like Us:

goooood morrrrrning
  10:17am
Laura L:

What is it about manure spreading that makes it so pleasing to hear about.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am
dale:

gotta have a fatter rear for less plugging
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ranjit:

dale, do the inward-pointing teeth really help?

vicki, i like to imagine you can type and talk two totally different things at the same time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Webhamster Henry:

How did I know the most unwanted song was coming up?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Webhamster Henry:

CHRISTMAS TIME! CHRISTMAS TIME!
  10:21am
Sam:

This is why WFMU is the greatest
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am
the Canterbury wood-elf:

Operatic rap over free-jazz bagpipe breaks. I'm happy now...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am
Charlie:

Rapping soprano + tuba + bagpipes = my most wanted song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am
dale:

i've milked cows and raked and baled hay when i was a wee lad. one of the hardest things to do is try to shovel up cow afterbirth from a barn floor. it's like gelatin that won't break up. which kind of leads us back to talk of baby jesus.
  10:22am
Wendy del Formaggio:

Yayyy! One of my favorites, this Most Unwanted Song!
Avatar 10:22am
People Like Us:

yes, it's a crazy topsy turvy upside down world, folks
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22am
Dominick:

Yahoo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23am
Webhamster Henry:

Do you know you can sing along with this? davesoldier.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23am
Charlie:

Fascinating how holiday songs are among the most unwanted music, and yet it is so omni-present this time of year.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:23am
Greg from Bloomfield:

Incidentally, PLU– your show at Monty Hall easily made my Top 10 of the year. Maybe even Top 5. You know what? It might have been the best thing I saw this year.
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ranjit:

hmm, we could all be listening to www.bbc.co.uk... at the same time as the most unwanted song!
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People Like Us:

oh thank you Greg
did you know it's online now, the video?
  10:23am
F❷F❸ (:

That's nothing, ranjit. When I saw Vicki live with matmos she was veejaying, veejaying AND downing a beer . <italics>Everything at the same time</italics>
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Rich in Washington:

I just favorited The Most Unwanted Song
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People Like Us:

Greg and all, here's the video of the full show we did at Monty Hall vimeo.com...
  10:25am
Phil:

I'm loving this, but I don't think I can listen to this at work... might have to go back to the archive later. Carry on good persons!
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the Canterbury wood-elf:

Operatic rap ABOUT WITTGENSTEIN over free-jazz bagpipe breaks. I'm REALLY happy now...
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People Like Us:

ha ha
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People Like Us:

it's less annoying in about 15 mins, Phil
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adrian in mpls:

thanks for the video link! Will definitely watch it after work!!
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dale:

i'd love to hear gwilley do a chart sweep of christmas carols. that would be a true gift of the season
  10:28am
F❷F❸ (:

This song SCIENTIFICALLY proves my point that children are potentially dangerous when singing. For those not famliar with this song , it was composed and arranged based on the results of a survey that asked the people what they most dislike in a song.
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People Like Us:

yes it would have been good, had I remembered :)
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People Like Us:

lots of stuff to watch on that vimeo channel, adrian
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ranjit:

webhamster henry - thanks for the score! Somehow reading along makes this song even more awful and brilliant.
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Rich in Washington:

I find the 'Most Wanted' song by Soldier and Melamid equally annoying/entertaining
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Rich in Washington:

Annoytainment
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People Like Us:

irritainment
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steve:

it burns, it burns!
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Webhamster Henry:

I think the WFMU copy has a big note on it that says the elevator music break is not a mistake!
  10:33am
blee:

I haven't heard Dave Soldier in a while. His projects are interesting.
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Dan B From Upstate:

God dammit, I'm starring this song.
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Greg from Bloomfield:

Awesome! I had a really difficult time explaining to my friends what happened...
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Webhamster Henry:

I usually segue the Most Wanted Song with Sondheim's I Am Unworthy Of Your Love from ASSASSINS.
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People Like Us:

this stays on until you all have pledged to the station
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pocket vito:

Sooooo laaaazzzy......
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Gerardo:

at all speeds!!
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Mrs P:

Annoytainment and irritainment are so good
  10:36am
blee:

Bless this childhood hellscape.
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Webhamster Henry:

You can get lots more Dave Soldier goodness from his website and from the Boredcast Stream Archive.
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pocket vito:

Still better than 6 verses of "It came upon a midnight clear"
  10:38am
Laura L:

Makes you wonder about what people want, if that's what they don't want?
  10:38am
F❷F❸ (:

There's a documentary about The Most Unwanted Song somewhere in Youtube. It was filmed in the early 90's,. There's a part where you see Melamid and Komar asking a DJ to play their song at a disco party where there a bunch of cool kids. Guess what happened?

Hipsterism was born. The kids kind of liked it.
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People Like Us:

it's the protest music part
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the Canterbury wood-elf:

This protestor has a particularly grating megaphone voice. Well chosen!
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ranjit:

ring ding ding
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People Like Us:

all together now
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adrian in mpls:

delight is the exact word for it! i will be playing this song for everyone i know!!
  10:45am
vince:

I remember, back in the previous century, when The Residents were on a Gamelian 'kick'.
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sinister dexter:

awesome!! greetings Vicki and Listeners from a Bennett in Grand Rapids Michigan
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People Like Us:

greetings!
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Charlie:

ooh, Francis Bebey.
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People Like Us:

he's great, isn't he
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Rich in Washington:

Gonna have to miss a chunk of this while I drive to work.
Catch you on the flip-flop!
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People Like Us:

righteo! Thanks for asking permission to leave the room
  10:50am
vince:

Holy crap! Only an hour LEFT?!?!?
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People Like Us:

that's how long my full radio show usually is
  10:58am
vince:

I guess time sort of stood still during "Most Unwanted"!
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adrian in mpls:

Meridian Brothers!
  11:00am
F❷F❸ (:

I know, Vince. just like that adage that goes: 'Time flies when you are enjoying something, whereas fruit flies enjoy bananas.' Or something like that.
  11:00am
r i s k y:

Bloody seemless transition! Loving it!
Get it girl!
  11:01am
vince:

yeah... this show's another 'keeper'!
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People Like Us:

subscribe to the podcast if you haven't already, it will get delivered to you later today if you do
  11:03am
F❷F❸ (:

Orale! Nortec!
  11:04am
vince:

ypu... that's where all my PLU 'keepers' are!
  11:05am
vince:

Tipsy?
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People Like Us:

he samples them
  11:05am
vince:

oh... oops
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People Like Us:

now you are correct
  11:09am
vince:

A few years ago, someone did a Beatles Super-Mash of their X-mas records.. I know... NO X-mas records today!
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Gerardo:

The ultimate mash-up anthem!
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PKNY:

GRUNGE RICKROLL!
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Gerardo:

50 versions and counting, I guess
  11:12am
SeanG:

Astley rocks!
  11:12am
vince:

You know.. I never heard anyone 'mash-it-up' with "Somebody To Love"; the first thing I thought of when I first heard, back when mash-ups didn't exist
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Charlie:

A perfect marriage.
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jamesie:

This great Vicki...
  11:13am
vince:

Those two noted remind me of the last two notes of "Somebody to Love" by Jefferson Airplane
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Michael:

Yea! Perfect XMAS eve show. Hiya Vicki.
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amanda c:

holy shit, this mashup just made me laugh SO hard while i'm at work right now!!!! thank you for the xmas eve smiles.
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People Like Us:

yes perfect
Somebody To Love - will try it out later!
  11:14am
vince:

well.. it may take some 'finagleing' with the speed...
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Dan B From Upstate:

This song was on the first episode of Do or DIY I had ever heard. It made me an instant fan for life.
  11:15am
vince:

i loved Go Home's version... over "Rockin' Robin" by Michael Jackson
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GGG:

Had to stop my packing/working/running around to log on and say how amazing that morgoth mashup was
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Gerardo:

That's a very fine one, Vince
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People Like Us:

thanks :)) glad to be grabbing your attention
  11:16am
F❷F❸ (:

That is a very interesting thing to say, Dan B.

I became a massive Ken Freedman fan thanks to PLU. Yep. That's how I got into the wonderful world of WFMU 7 years ago.
  11:18am
SeanG:

flash is back!
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vince:

flash is cool
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People Like Us:

I first heard WFMU in Berlin in 1996 - a friend had The Happy Listener's Guide - a cassette premium by Ken... he in turn had heard it in NY, he was staying in Manhattan and heard it playing thru his neighbour's wall and went and knocked on their door and asked what it was
  11:19am
vince:

My favorite scene in "Shawn Of The Dead" ... when they sing this song!
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Laura L:

Y'all know about this Grandmaster Flash mixup?
http://grampaandgrandmasterflash.tumblr.com
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ann:

just woke up to this wonderful wonderful show. so great- breaking in to awakeness... Grandmaster Flash is making me so happy and reading comments part way ...will listen to archive tonight but will stay tuned now to the mashes
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People Like Us:

goood morrrning
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ranjit:

rang dang diggity dangdang!
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Gerardo:

gym time!
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Dan B From Upstate:

That's a pretty good point, fofo. From what I understand, most Euorpeans that are WFMU fans were brought in by this show.
  11:22am
r i s k y:

Oh man this is whats up
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Scott Williams:

awwww, thanks for the Caetano shoutout Vicki! Fleur Tropical is also a big fave, great set
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People Like Us:

thanks for spending 3 more hours of your life stuck in that room
  11:27am
Charles p in portland:

Hi Vicki it's fun to hear u on da radio. it's 8:24 in the AM and I'm sitting in the waiting room at my mechanic's shop. image that!
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Dan B From Upstate:

Ah, the perfect cover song. Mrs. From Upstate hates this song. I honestly don't know why.
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adrian in mpls:

winkin blinkin and nod ! oh my!
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People Like Us:

hi Charlie number 2!
  11:29am
Mark:

Dondero High School in Detroit?
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People Like Us:

Charlie number 1 and 2 - you can decide which you are
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People Like Us:

ask Charlie number 1, Mark
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r i s k y:

This song always makes me very happy.
  11:30am
F❷F❸ (:

That's a very interesting story, Vicki!

I wonder who was the man next door. He's a the top of a chain of events that resulted in what we are today. He is some sort of Primer Mover.
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People Like Us:

it was a girl, that's all I know
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Rob W:

I interviewed Francis Bebey back in the 90s - he lived in Paris for many years, played in NY just a few times. Very interesting artist with unique takes on combining African traditional elements with European music forms ranging from quite genteel to hypnotic to what some people have taken as a bit kitschy (though that always bothered me a bit). His creative identity was connected with what was once called in France "Negritude" - the Afro-European high-cultural movement of mid-century. Sadly he passed away a few years ago, before his mini-cult rediscovery and the release of indie label anthologies. But he actually had many records released in Europe in the mid-late 20th century - see www.discogs.com... .
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Charlie:

never heard this stepping out before -- loving it!
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People Like Us:

however it would've happened anyway because Brian T emailed me for CDs, Kenny G emailed me and then I found wfmu on the web and looked at Irwin's incorrect music webpage for about a year before spending another year trying to listen to fmu streaming on dialup
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People Like Us:

yes, amazingly shaky like Dondero
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ranjit:

Thanks for the Bebey background, Rob W!
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People Like Us:

yes thanks :)
  11:35am
F❷F❸ (:

Listening to WMU streaming on dialup!

Try to beat that hipsters!!
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Charlie:

Rob - that's cool you got to interview Francis Bebey! He's a real fave of mine.
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jamesie:

Great music to wrap presents by. Loving the last 2.6 hours
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vince:

The Yok-ster!
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People Like Us:

beautiful song
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Gerardo:

Where's that interview, Rob?. I'd love to read it.
  11:39am
vince:

oh, yeah..
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Webhamster Henry:

For many years there was a phone number reserved by onetime WFMU associate Brian Redman who worked at Bell Labs that you could call to get WFMU.
  Swag For Life Member 11:40am
tadpoles:

Yoko... very under-rated artist..nice to hear her..thanks
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adrian in mpls:

this Yoko track is so nice.
  11:40am
F❷F❸ (:

Actually, when I was a baby my father would take me at night to the roof of our wooden house in the shanty town. He would put a stick and a clothes hanger to get a very weak signal from WFMU. We would listen for hours till he would fall asleep and I'd fell from the roof. I don't know if that beats the dialup thing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:42am
Webhamster Henry:

For more Dante, find Ruth Draper's THE ITALIAN LESSON.
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Gerardo:

Years ago, a friend of mine told me he thought Yoko was imitating Meredith Monk. Soon he realized they are two different artists with an impressive background each.

(btw, Caroline and M sound great 2gether)
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MikeY:

would some one please shut her up?
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People Like Us:

she's getting her coat
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People Like Us:

I'm trying, honest
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ranjit:

I think she lost her way
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MikeY:

this reminds me of cats fucking... at least isnt from fLY
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People Like Us:

I assume that was referring to MM rather than CB
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People Like Us:

thanks for the input :)
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Ken From Hyde Park:

John Deere manure spreaders - www.deere.com...
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Gerardo:

awww, Petra Haden <3
discovered here, because of Irwin playing her 'Sunrise' rendition.
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People Like Us:

ha ha, Ken :)
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MikeY:

fISTFULL DOLLARS lOVE IT
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Shaun:

Katzenjammer! Been literally some time since Doug Schulkind played out Yoko's Love Train in full. Must nudge him.
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Mark:

I thought it was ballsy of Petra to record the whole "Who Sell Out" album.
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People Like Us:

indeed... I didn't like The Who much until she covered that album!
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jan:

What a great program!
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Webhamster Henry:

Autotuning the manure spreader promo should be a new project.
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People Like Us:

Shaun, your avatar is terrifying
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Michael:

But Vicki you do play The Hooo as I recall.
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People Like Us:

oh, GOOD IDEA Henry
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People Like Us:

I do!
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Laura L:

It's getting to be the time to say Thank you, Vicki... that was swell.
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People Like Us:

thanks for listening! Wishing you all a peaceful 2015 and don't forget to keep listening in to this wonderful radio station
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adrian in mpls:

Vicki - this really has been a treat! thanks sooooooo much!
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Shaun:

Thank you *curtsies*. Sleuth innit.
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Charlie:

Holy cow, autotuned Kurt Schwitters. Merz!
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Webhamster Henry:

That was a speedy and avantly retarded 3 hours! Thanks and have a great 2015!
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tadpoles:

Wish I could tape FMU shows like in the olden days.
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Rich in Washington:

Thank you, Vicki! Always great to hear you one the airwavez!
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Gerardo:

Thanx 2 u, Vicki. Always doing great and challenging shows.
¡Muy felices fiestas para tí y la family!. Happy holidays, y'all!
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People Like Us:

you can tape the shows, tadpoles!
just download it first
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Mrs P:

Wonderful to hear you again Vicki! Hurry back. I miss your weekly program very much.
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People Like Us:

thanks all :)
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People Like Us:

yes, will try and do a show season next year
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People Like Us:

*curtsy" back, ha ha
  11:56am
F❷F❸ (:

The show is over but its legacy will endure indefinitely.

Thanks, Vicki! Till next time everybody!

And Xappy H-mas to all !
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Rich in Washington:

I agree with tadpoles. there's something satisfying about hitting play and record and seeing the tiny reels spin.
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ranjit:

thanks Vicki & wfmu!
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northguineahills:

Thanks Vicki!
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MD:

JUST DON'T SAY I'M DAMNED FOR ALL TIME!!!
HAPPY SOLSTICE ALLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
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Charlie:

Thanks for a great show Vicki!!!
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People Like Us:

Happy Solstice!
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Shaun:

Yours was more elegant. First time proper listener, V. Loved it. :)
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People Like Us:

thank you too for a great show Charlie!
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People Like Us:

ha ha
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Scott Williams:

thanks for a completely not boring 3 hours up the hall from the LU, Vicki!
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People Like Us:

thanks for helping me put the P on the LU Scott
*waving*
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Michael:

Thanks Vicki!! Always fun!
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tadpoles:

wonderful thanks vikki
  12:00pm
F❷F❸ (:

Was that the Pee on the Loo ?
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Webhamster Henry:

People like Flush.
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People Like Us:

bye for now folks
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