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Female-fronted pop from the past, present, and future; from all over the globe. And the occasional man.

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Aqua  Barbie Girl   Favoriting   Universal  1997   
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The Go Go's  We Got the Beat   Favoriting Beauty & the Beat  RSO  1981   
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Lesley Gore  Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows   Favoriting   Mercury  1965   
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Heidi Brühl  Berlin   Favoriting Funky Fräuleins: Female beat, groove, disco, funk in Germany 1968–1978  Bureau B  2009  From 1969      0:13:36 (Pop-up)
Natalia Lafourcade with Los Macorinos  Tu Si Sabes Quererme   Favoriting Tu Si Sabes Quererme  Sony Music  2017   
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Irene Kral  Lazy Afternoon   Favoriting The Laziest Gal In Town: Soft n’ Easy Girl-Pop for Idle Living / 1951-2016  Sophisticated Boom Boom WFMU Marathon Premium  2017  From 1958 
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Jesca Hoop  Memories Are Now   Favoriting Memories Are Now  Sub Pop  2017  $20 or more to get in the running for this new Jesca Hoop CD! 
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Fever High  All Work   Favoriting All Work  Fever High  2015  All work! No play! No fun! 
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Lillian Hale  Don't Boom Boom   Favoriting   Fretone  1974        0:36:00 (Pop-up)
 
The Chymes  He's Not There Anymore   Favoriting   Sundazed  2013  $20 or more for this killer girl garage 45! 
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Adia Victoria  Laisser Tomber Les Filles   Favoriting How It Feels  Atlantic  2017   
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Dusty Springfield  Come For A Dream   Favoriting See All Her Faces  Philips  1972  One of the lazy beauties on "The Laziest Gal in Town" marathon CD premium for pledges of $75 or more!      0:50:53 (Pop-up)
Julie London  Go Slow   Favoriting The Very Best of Julie London  Capitol  2006  From 1957 / More lazzzzzy gals!      0:53:55 (Pop-up)
 
Sophisticated Boom Boom  Number One In Radio   Favoriting Sophisticated Boom Boom  Off Course  1982  CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS RECORD EXISTS?!!!! / My Single of the Week! 
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Jayne Mansfield  That Makes It!   Favoriting   Original Sound  1965        1:07:47 (Pop-up)
Twisted Sister  We're Not Gonna Take It   Favoriting Stay Hungry  Atlantic  1984   
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Liane Carroll  Lazy Susan   Favoriting Sassafras & Moonshine: The Songs of Laura Nyro  Ace Records  2012  Featured on my 2017 marathon premium—The Laziest Gal in Town! 1-800-989-9368 
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Haifa Wehbe  Enta Tani   Favoriting   Melody   2009   
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Margo Price  Hands Of Time   Favoriting Midwest Farmer's Daughter  Third Man Records  2016  $20 or more to get in the running for this CD! 
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Evelyn Thomas  High Energy   Favoriting   Ariola  1984  The record that inspired this show! 
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Lill Lindfors  Don't Stop the Slop   Favoriting   Polydor  1966   
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Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White  Grease   Favoriting Gentlewoman, Ruby Man  Glassnote  2017  This LP could be yours for a pledge of $20 or more! A gorgeous album of excellent and unexpected covers. 
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Doris Troy  Just One Look   Favoriting   Atlantic  1963        1:49:55 (Pop-up)
Cigarettes After Sex  Keep On Loving You   Favoriting Affection  Cigarettes After Sex  2015  Listeners....here's one that you loved! 
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Patti & the Emblems  All My Tomorrow's Are Gone   Favoriting   KAPP  1967   
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Grace Lee & the Stylers  Each & Every Flower   Favoriting Singapore A Go-Go  Sublime Frequencies  2009   
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Gwenno  Golau Arali   Favoriting Y Dydd Olaf  Heavenly  2015  This Welsh beauty is up! Call 1-800-989-9368 to get in the running! 
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Naoko Isamu  Boom Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To Your Room)   Favoriting   RCA  1987  The most UN-Sophisticated Boom Boom record in the history of the world! 
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My Bloody Valentine  We Have All The Time In The World   Favoriting Peace Together  Polygram  1993  Another languid cut on my marathon premium—the Laziest Gal in Town. $75 or more to get it!      2:24:26 (Pop-up)
Brenda Russell  New York Bars   Favoriting The Ladies of Too Slow to Disco (V/A)  How Do You Are?  2016  From 1983 / This a fantastic comp! Please call 1-800-989-9368 to get in the running! 
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Little Frankie  The Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget   Favoriting   Columbia  1965        2:32:49 (Pop-up)
 
Dee Dee Sharp  What Kind Of Lady   Favoriting   Gamble  1968  Pledge $75 or more to get our GRAND PRIZE! The Philly Sound by Dave Moore + Jason Thornton!      2:40:19 (Pop-up)
The Olympians  Saturn   Favoriting The Olympians  Saturn  2016  Throwing another fantastic prize out there. This can be yours for a pledge of $20 or more.      2:42:02 (Pop-up)
 
Hall & Oates  Italian Girls   Favoriting H2O  RCA  1982        2:47:55 (Pop-up)
Annette  Where's the Spumoni?   Favoriting Italiannette  Buena Vista  1960   
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The Smiths  Sheila Take A Bow   Favoriting Louder Than Bombs  Sire  1987  THANK YOU EVERYONE! I bow to you! 
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Listener comments!

Avatar 3:04pm
Cecile:

ha! A Stashu favorite!
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listener james from westwood:

Holy crow, Aqua!
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adrian in mpls:

hahaha - oh my!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
Greg from ZONE 5:

SHEILA!
  3:05pm
Anonymous Coward:

Sheila Barbie and Ken, kawaii ne!
Avatar 3:05pm
Rob Kopp:

Hi Shelia & Ken and SBB-listeners
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
Guido from Cologne:

daughter of my former girl friend used to torture us with this, hahaha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
JtotheK:

oh. yeah!!! hi sheilaB, ken, and boom boomers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:06pm
Guido from Cologne:

Hi Sjeila, hi Ken!
Gonna be fun!
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The Contessa:

Hello Sheila! Hello everyone! Hello Ken, I am The Contessa.
  3:06pm
JakeGould:

Knock it out of the park, Sheila!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:06pm
dale:

did ken come any accessories today?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:07pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

<faint voice from afar> Me too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:07pm
melinda:

hi Sheila & Ken!
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Rob Kopp:

Pledged for life last week, but I see I haven't got my radio yet
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:07pm
Adrian in London:

Well, THIS is quite the opening song. Hello everyone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:07pm
Guido from Cologne:

wasn't that 1997?
for sure not 2009!
or is it a remix?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:08pm
melinda:

This brings back 7th grade memories
Avatar S.B. Boomer: Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 3:08pm
-Ken:

Hi everybody~!
  3:08pm
shtus:

theres an original barbie song written by brian wilson, sung by beach boys, comes on an aqua blue vinyl, came with california dream barbie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYJEsTplKvc
  3:09pm
Matt in Hillsborough:

good god yes
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Listener Chrispy:

Hi Sheila and Ken
  3:09pm
JasonInBoston:

Haha! When my former boss went on his honeymoon in Australia, he and his new wife hung out with the husband and wife lead singers of Aqua. Said they were really cool people and totally LOADED $$$$$ from that song.
  3:09pm
Listener Robert:

I give up, what does the "CF" in the program code stand for? A legacy abbr.?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:10pm
Parq:

For Aqua:

A little girl is in line to see Santa. When it's her turn, she climbs up on Santa's lap. Santa asks, "What would you like Santa to bring you for Christmas?"

The little girl replies, "I want a Barbie and G.I. Joe."

Santa looks at the little girl for a moment and says, "I thought Barbie comes with Ken?"

"No", said the little girl. "She comes with G.I. Joe, she fakes it with Ken."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:10pm
Michele:

I love you Sheila! Have fun!
  3:10pm
JakeGould:

Woo! Go-Gos! I can picture Damone from “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” heading up in that elevator in the Galleria with that ejected “My life…” look on his face right now…
  3:10pm
JakeGould:

@Parq: Prime joke!
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JtotheK:

*stunned* that he is alone in clicky-starring 'barbie girl'!
  3:11pm
Listener Robert:

CF = Connie Francis? Row C, Friday?
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Cecile:

JtotheK *sings* you are not alone!
  3:12pm
Listener Robert:

CF = Sheila B.'s real initials?
  3:13pm
JakeGould:

Ken 7 inch? That’s what she said!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:13pm
JtotheK:

hi-o!!!!!! @jakeGould lulz...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:14pm
dale:

i'm getting sheila's premium in my swag hole.
  3:14pm
Will:

a German punk band did a really great cover of Aqua's Barbie Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbKJEagiOgk
  3:15pm
Listener Robert:

Schlager = hitter, as in the musical beat?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:16pm
JtotheK:

@cecile - hooray -- thanks!
Avatar S.B. Boomer: Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 3:16pm
-Ken:

OK Robert, slow it down, Bitte
  3:17pm
Anonymous Coward:

Wow - zero accent, 100% for the English...
  3:17pm
Listener Robert:

Would the French equivalent of schlage be musique-frappe?
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Cecile:

this could the theme song for the crime show I dreamed about the other week.
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djsheilab:

Hello everyone! Thanks so much for being here today. Your support is hugely appreciated. Please call 1-800-989-9368 to pledge!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:20pm
Passaic River Blues:

@Cecile: holy shit, you're right! "They want sin!" and then Conchita Wurst looks directly into the camera and gives a supercilious grin.
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Cecile:

That's right! Then she bats her eyes. Then we all throw back our heads and laugh as the titles freeze.
Avatar 3:23pm
djsheilab:

"Lazy Afternoon" from my 2017 marathon premium, which you'll automatically get for a pledge of $75 or more!
Avatar 3:24pm
Cecile:

and then the announcer voice comes on:
"Act I: A Pickle of a Case."
  3:24pm
mark r.:

There are obviously a lot of Sheila B lovers out there. Show your love by making a pledge, Boom-Boomers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:25pm
dale:

i have a german album called 'shlager-tanz parade 69.' a wacky beatles medley on it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:26pm
Passaic River Blues:

@Cecile: hahaha Love this idea so much. Every week another piece falls into place.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:27pm
dale:

FOUND IT - a polka version of ob-la-di!

www.youtube.com...
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βrian:

Do the phones ring when an online pledge registers?
Avatar 3:28pm
Cecile:

Is there a drawing for $20 and over people at the end? Asking for a friend.
  3:29pm
JakeGould:

I seriously want a WFMU mispronunciation guide as a premium.
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Cecile:

dale, I have to hear that.

prb: the fates might be willing it.
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Cecile:

dale, I have to hear that.

prb: the fates might be willing it.
  3:30pm
Matt in Hillsborough:

i gotta see that box set
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
Adrian in London:

"Pledge or we'll send you the Sting box set"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
eyenoise:

NEVER STING NEVER
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Cecile:

the band Low were Mormons raised in MN.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:34pm
Michele:

Love this track!
  3:35pm
JakeGould:

Sting’a children were conceived via tantric sex and raised by Sting.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:35pm
NotARealDoctor:

What on earth is a listener number?
Avatar 3:37pm
Cecile:

I think I saw those Fever High girl stumbling around with a bachelorette party in downtown Mpls.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:37pm
Guido from Cologne:

Go to your profile settings and find the nunmber included in your profile link.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:37pm
Adrian in London:

@NotARealDoctor If you pledge when WFMU sends you swag or communications there'll be listener number on your correspondence. But if you;re a first-time pledger you can just go ahead and pledge anyway.
  3:37pm
mark r.:

A listener number is a vestige of a bygone era that you don't need any more. But in the old days, it was important. Brian, yes, the phones ring for online pledges, too. It adds to the pandemonium and hysteria. Because you can never have enough of that, especially when the porch is on fire.
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Justin from Parsippany:

@NotAReaDoctor I had the same question but I didn't want to be the one to ask.
  3:38pm
Will:

@dale that polka version of Ob-la-di ob-la-da is excellent!
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TDK60:

Sheila rockin' it along the Hudson.
  3:38pm
dave in leicester:

off to see jesca hoop in few weeks at Leicester's finest venue the musician very excited
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:39pm
NotARealDoctor:

Glad I could be the guy not afraid to ask the dumb question for you Jason! :)
Avatar S.B. Boomer: Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 3:39pm
-Ken:

Snapchatting today's show at WFMU on snapchat
  3:39pm
Ralphine:

Hoop sounds a lot different now than she did at Merlefest a few years ago.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:40pm
dale:

will - the stuff you find at the salvay sometimes...
Avatar 3:41pm
dgg:

A very special episode? Is Ken going to try and make Shelia B. smoke marijuana and we'll watch her struggle with peer pressure?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:42pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

Hey Sheila and Ken!!! Excited to hear this pairing and to get some more pledges!!!
Avatar 3:42pm
Justin from Parsippany:

@dale does Stashu know about this polka version of Ob-la-di?
  3:42pm
JakeGould:

What happened to AmeriKKKa?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:42pm
dale:

i don't know what snapchat is. i still use ask jeeves.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:44pm
common:

sheila, all. happy friday!
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common:

hey ken
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:45pm
dale:

i dunno justin. probably a big divide between polish and german polkas.
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The Contessa:

Hang on, Sheila's marrying me!
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βrian:

It's a corporate ephemeral image/messaging service, from what I hear. These things seems to spawn like cluster flies.
  3:46pm
Will:

@dale
you're right, but I think Stashu would dig it. Someone should inform her of it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:48pm
Ike:

Wait... so you're not joking about the Sting laserdiscs?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:50pm
dale:

this is a way slowed down gothic version of the france gall song - i like it!
Avatar 3:52pm
Cecile:

I never tried Snapchat. The logo is ugly and the filters are ugly, and I get enough ugly with Facebook.
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Rob Kopp:

I prefer the covers by April March, Fabienne Delsol or Honeymoon Killers
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Cecile:

ah, Dusty. I feel my "T" levels rising.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:54pm
Ike:

The filters go beyond ugly into deeply horrifying. The kids are into some real body horror these days. Snapchat makes Cronenbergian shit look tame.
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Cecile:

I'm glad I didn't delve any further.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:56pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

The White House should set up the big orange goof with a Snapchat account. Loads of fun!
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Cecile:

my dad had a serious thing for Julie London.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:57pm
common:

this is the song
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:57pm
sweeks:

Julie London... swooooooooonnnnn
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:58pm
Michael 98145:

ooh -
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:58pm
dale:

no one had a lazier eye than julie london.
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The Contessa:

@Ken FHP I rather like your term 'Big Orange Goof'!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:59pm
dale:

just looked at snapchat - yeah, i don't need to cram any more social media between my ears.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:00pm
Michael 98145:

anti-social media
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Itzall Ablurr:

Wow! Sheila B & Ken killin' it today. I want that Lazy Girl mix but my P.P.D. (pledge per day) limit has already been exceeded.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:01pm
ɨkɛ:

I just tuned back in. Are we talking about what Clay Pigeon is going to play if he gets the morning show?
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dgg:

lol no.
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Michael 98145:

highly anticipating my LG mix
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:01pm
common:

nothing is worse than sting. but i love the police. just heard voices inside my head today. so good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:02pm
common:

and yay! i wil flip it over!
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dale:

huzzah for common!
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βrian:

Gefiltefisch?
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dgg:

Haha don't say my last name. I'm fully and totally fulfilled with just hearing "Dave G." which is how I signed my 2nd grade valentines cards.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:03pm
common:

thanks dale
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Cecile:

...echoes of things that you said...
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dale:

was julie singing to jack webb or bobby troupe there?
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dgg:

See what ten bucks will get you folks? What are you waiting for???
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Cecile:

dale, probably yes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:05pm
dale:

bad part about giving my whole pledge to 7sd in one wad means i couldn't try to win extra swag. oh well.
  4:05pm
Will:

They are free, they played in Olympia, Washington lastnight
  4:06pm
JasonInBoston:

If I might be able to entice listeners to go for the Philly Sound book prize, take a peek right here: http://theresthatbeat.com/
Avatar 4:06pm
dgg:

@dale - see that's interesting. I've been giving it in drips and drabs - but I'm also missing out on the big prizes. So... six of one
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Cecile:

One of the most brilliant drag queens I know dreams of being the 6th Spice Girl.
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dgg:

but I just like to hear people say my name on the radio
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dgg:

especially Sheila B.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:07pm
dale:

i never knew 'sophisticated boom boom' was a song until recently.
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Cecile:

It's such a great song. So funny and cool. I'm glad you heard it.
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TDK60:

Spice Girls were a subversive influence? Who woulda thunk?
  4:08pm
JakeGould:

Already like the horns on this “Number One in Radio.”
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JtotheK:

had free (advance) tickets to the 'Spice World' film...so I saw 'Spice World' in the theatre.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:08pm
Mick:

This is fantastic!
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Kevlicki:

this is amazing!
boom boom, and Ken, is on the stereo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:09pm
Guido from Cologne:

I can even remember the cover art
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TDK60:

Hey, this sounds a bit similar to "Radio Clash" by Clash.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:09pm
Michael 98145:

always a happy Friday around here
  4:10pm
stacykakes:

it's the sister song to This Is Radio Clash!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
dale:

great song!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
nickybones:

This should probably start every show. haha.
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Cecile:

JtotheK, a friend of mine had a daughter who was crazy about them, and he ended up being a huge fan too. He said, "people did look at me kind of funny because I was actually sitting with her in the theater when we went to see them and not out in the lobby complaining with the other dads."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:11pm
Guido from Cologne:

agree with nickybones
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Parq:

This Big Bopper take-off is adorable.
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βrian:

Jayne Mansfield, born Vera Jayne Palmer.
  4:11pm
bkd69:

Hey, Jayne Mansfield! Superstar!
I don't normally get to listen to this show, but it's anew fave!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:12pm
Michael 98145:

don't recall hearing her sing before now ..
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Guido from Cologne:

that makes it makes it
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Parq:

Ass-kicking segue.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:13pm
listener james from westwood:

I had a high school English teacher who was an absolute freak for Twisted Sister.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:13pm
JtotheK:

re: Philly Sound book -- yes, it is amazing! i have to find a saturday to just sit down with coffee/beer and read through it, stopping frequently to take notes and add 45s to the want list... what a great prize!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:13pm
Your Ace From Exchange Place:

TS!
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Bronwyn Bishop:

great to hear this. we used to play this all the time in college at like 4am.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:14pm
JtotheK:

@Cecile - ha! i remember having advances passes also to Half Baked. quite a double feature - Spice World and Half Baked.
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Cecile:

TS are a lot like the Dictators. Except they weren't as consistent writers and less funny. Still pretty fun.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:14pm
Guido from Cologne:

the director of the Twisted Sister documentary is a long time WFMU listener.
  4:14pm
JakeGould:

Pop culture might seem completely worthless to some, but it’s ultimately popular for a reason. Kids get lots of messages from everything and in ways you can’t often understand.

Also, TWISTED SISTER!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:14pm
doctorjazz:

Fun to hear this Twisted Sister track!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:15pm
Parq:

Anyone remember him testifying at Al Gore's PMRC senate hearing?
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Cecile:

I know there was one Dictators guy in there. but that doesn't explain everything.
  4:15pm
Will:

They're pretty much NY Dolls but more metal
  4:16pm
JasonInBoston:

@JtotheK-if I might ask, how did you get your copy? They were hard to get for awhile and then we had a pallet shipped over. I must know you by your real name, right?
  4:16pm
Matt in Hillsborough:

WUDDDDAAYOOWANNA DOOOO WITH YOR LIIIFEE?!?!?
  4:16pm
andrewb:

the legend i heard was TS sold out the palladium before they released a single
  4:16pm
JakeGould:

Also the divisions people often make between high and low culture are 99% bullshit. Anyway.
  4:17pm
chalmers:

During the '80s music censorship hearings, three artists testified. When John Denver and Frank Zappa testified, Al Gore opened his questioning by saying what a fan he was of their music. Third was Dee Snider, Gore said "I am NOT a fan of your music."
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dgg:

A Booby Prize, in county fair speak.
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listener james from westwood:

@Parq: I do, and I remember one of the inquisitors referring to Snider as Mister Sister.
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JtotheK:

@JasonInBoston - thru a 3rd party seller on a 'large online' bookseller. book arrived a week or so before the holidays. b/w i don't know that we've ever met - i'll send you a message!
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Michael 98145:

Mark Mendoza left The Dictators to join TS
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Cecile:

A lot of people dated Henry. He was a man about town for a few years there.
  4:21pm
JakeGould:

Henry Kissinger was hung. I guess?
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melinda:

@Jake: don't go there
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Fuzzy:

He should have been.
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Doug S.:

Good thing WFMU has established a beachhead in Ridgewood with Ridgewood Radio!
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Cecile:

women dug smart guys. they probably overlooked the evil part.
  4:22pm
chalmers:

He should have been, @JakeGould
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dale:

jayne dated joseph kennedy AND two of his sons? that;s just wacky.
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Cecile:

that happened a lot, dale.
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Rob Kopp:

Hopefully not at the same time
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Passaic River Blues:

@Fuzzy: word.
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dale:

i know gloria graham was married to an some dude and he came home and found her sleeping with her teenage stepson.
  4:27pm
BriJet:

Yay I love your show Sheila!
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djsheilab:

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR LOVE + SUPPORT!
  4:29pm
chalmers:

Gloria Grahame was Violet in "It's a Wonderful Life," but as @dale notes, her real live took a decidedly Pottersville turn.
  4:32pm
JakeGould:

This show is saving my Friday sanity… More than usual even!!!
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Carmichael:

Heya Sheila, Kenneth and music lovers everywhere. I am re-upping my S4L pledge and including this show!
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alan from sacto:

Hi hi hi. Go djsheilab!
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dale:

"very great, bad, or overwhelming.
"there was this hellacious hailstorm"
  4:38pm
P-90:

Hellacious can be positive or negative
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JtotheK:

hey, thanks for the shoutout sheilaB and Ken!
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fred:

@Ken: On the other hand, I remember your show after Obama was elected. That had a different vibe
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JtotheK:

is the one record you thought of by Clarence Carter ???
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Rob Kopp:

Just curious: which German record was replaced for this Relax version?
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djsheilab:

You'll hear it in a sec @Rob Kopp!
  4:43pm
JakeGould:

Holy crap!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Was hoping for Olga, but this is still good.
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Rob Kopp:

So no repalcement
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dale:

this does have that frankie goes to hollywood beat.
  4:43pm
Will:

one of the most important songs in the history of EDM
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Adrian in London:

@fred I remember walking along the road in west London and hearing DJ Rupture playing A Change is Gonna Come and being so moved. Seems a long long time ago now.
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dgg:

whats weird is most fundraisers on other stations suck a butt. But WFMU's is actually a blast somehow.
  4:44pm
natbot:

Hi-NRG!!!! Perfect drive home song. God bless you.
  4:45pm
Will:

ehh that German accent is terrible
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foofs:

I'M SLOPPING OUT HERE
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Guido from Cologne:

never heard or heard of this record
  4:47pm
stacykakes:

@dale re: Gloria Grahame not just any dude, Hollywood auteur Nicholas Ray. Nick gave Gloria some 'surprises' too.
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dale:

maybe she was dating a pig farmer.
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Listener Chrispy:

this song reminds me of my high school dishwashing job we use to sing slop songs while cleaning
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dale:

stacykakes - all men are pigs (which goes with my previous comment) .
  4:49pm
Matt in Hillsborough:

that's an insult to pigs
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Parq:

Gloria Grahame was Ado Annie in the movie version of Oklahoma -- just a girl who cayn't say no.
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djsheilab:

If you haven't yet pledged, please call 1-800-989-9368. We need you!!
  4:51pm
P-90:

Killer cover
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Cecile:

this song never fit with the movie.
It's about breaking conventionality, and Grease was nothing but that.
  4:51pm
stacykakes:

@dale I'm a big fan of Gloria check her out at Debby Marsh in The Big Heat
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doctorjazz:

O, oh! O, oh!
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Mick:

So much fun Sheila & Ken! Where else am I going to hear all this and learn about Gloria Grahame and Nicholas Ray's romantic lives?
  4:53pm
Will:

I've never heard this version before, only the Abba & Klaus Nomi's.
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doctorjazz:

2013? Just One Look?
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dale:

i've seen her in a few noir films. i'll look that one up stacykakes.
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Stanley:

Jeez - I just gotta get me a record player. so much good stuff out on vinyl nowadays.
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dale:

the year is probably the cd release drjazz.
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Rob Kopp:

Great original
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Unfortunately, "Just One Look" evokes memories of a car commercial that used this song.
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listener james from westwood:

Whoa, this Speedwagon cover!
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doctorjazz:

I figured that, @dale, but had to be obnoxious.
  4:55pm
JasonInBoston:

@dale "Human Desire" is also fantastic. Gloria and Glenn Ford together.
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djsheilab:

70% of my goal made and just over an hour to go! Take me to the top my lovely listeners!
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dale:

oh, well this is the place for that.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

On the other hand, catchy songs that were used in commercials could be a good marathon premium.
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Rob Kopp:

@Sheila: Have you heard their Roky Erickson-cover Starry eyes already?
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Carmichael:

REO? I thought you were trying to get pledges ...
  4:57pm
P-90:

@Cecille: remember, that "Grease" theme was one of the songs written for the seventies movie that was not immediately n the original sixties stage musical about the fifties. The producers were worried that kids wouldn't "relate" to the Doo-Wop-ish original songs.
  4:58pm
P-90:

* "...not ORIGINALLY in the sixties stage musical" Damn Autocorrect
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Cecile:

Yeah, P-90, that's why it sticks out. It's a decent song in a really weird context. Sung by Frankie Valli. Hrm.
  4:59pm
chalmers:

"Hopelessly Devoted" was another song added for the movie that's incongruous. It was if they just threw an Olivia Newton-John single into the film.
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Adrian in London:

There was a biog about Gloria Grahame's final days called Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool. It's being made into a film, I see.
  5:00pm
Marc15:

BRAVO Sheila!!!
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listener james from westwood:

We're not living in the Dark Ages! We have electricity!
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Rob Kopp:

@Ken: Please don't train our Sheila. We like her as she is.
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dale:

if you like real doo wop look for tony o's 'dungeon serenade' friday nights on wvkr in poughkeepsie. not that you should listen elsewhere, but fmu doesn't have doo wop so you get a pass.
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Cecile:

He puts the "bear" in Barry.
  5:06pm
stacykakes:

@robkopp love Roky's Starry Eyes!
@adrianinlondon wow. with annette bening as gloria.
  5:06pm
P-90:

It was a couple of REAL Disco-era types, Robert Stigwood and Allan Carr, who made that Grease movie. The Gibbs were one of Stigwood's acts, and Frankie Valli was a "fifties" singer who was still scoring hits in the seventies, so I guess he seemed like a natural go-to...
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JtotheK:

this Patti and the Emblems is very good, hadn't heard it before!
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Glynis GirlGroupGirl:

Great Patty & The Emblems track Shelia!!!
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Parq:

I imagine Googling the band that's doing "Keep On" (and the self-titled album name) would give you a lot of resluts you might well not want.
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fred:

I love that Singapore A Go-Go comp
  5:11pm
stacykakes:

@djsheilab englebert h: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fxA7zLLQzY you're welcome.
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-Ken:

Only two people in the running for this Gwenno CD folks - pledge now and your chances are great to excellent ti win it
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dgg:

omg is it going to be a special episode of SHUT YOUR EYES WEIRDO???
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listener james from westwood:

Good gods, the chaperones at one of my Catholic high school dances got so pissed when the original of this got played!
  5:20pm
P-90:

This is deliciously "Demented Boom Boom"
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ncjay:

equally as appalling as the original :)
  5:20pm
bkd69:

I...I can't stop dancing!
  5:20pm
JasonInBoston:

@sheilab and @stacykakes Englebert's Northern Soul killer - huge want for me. Wait should I be sharing this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLgdpNBX_U8
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Joe from Hopatcong:

I'm voguing in my car and other commuters are very puzzled
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Rob Kopp:

Again I'm off early (in NL 23:30). I'm going to watch a few politicians on TV. Next wednesday it's election day in The Netherlands. Hopefully no Brexit or Trump choice over here.
  5:25pm
stacykakes:

@jasoninboston nice, but he strikes me as a poor girl's Tom Jones on this track.
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dale:

is this a james bond theme cover?
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-Ken:

Next prize up: "The Ladies of Too Slow to Disco" double LP set.
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The Contessa:

This is bloody lovely!
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listener james from westwood:

@dale: Yes indeed! From On Her Majesty's Secret Service!
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JtotheK:

@JasonInBoston - oh my, i'm going to have to look for that! i recently found the Glenn Yarbrough Northern Soul 45. Also have the Al Hirt. Still need the Boots Randolph... And at one point had all 3 Paul Anka Northern 45's, but alas...not anymore.
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Fuzzy:

Brenda's channeling DeBarge here...
  5:34pm
JasonInBoston:

@JtotheK I just picked up an Italian issue of "Sei Peu Forte Di Me" by Paul Anka. It's him doing "Stronger Than Me", the LP-only Rufus Lumley Northern Soul classic. Paul uses the same backing track. Maybe he wrote that one too. Not sure.
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JtotheK:

Nice - i don't know that one, will check it out.
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JtotheK:

excellent show today sheilaB and Ken - thanks very much!
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-Ken:

Only $476 left to go!
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Adrian in London:

Ooh, been listening to this Olympians album since yu played it the other week, Sheila. It's so good!
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Carmichael:

I don't even know what "voguing" is ....
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dgg:

a lutherie is a guitar shop! I think
  5:48pm
Listener Robert:

I got it! The other letters were too occupied, and it's CoFisticated Boom Boom, with a soft C.
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lawrence:

Such taste!
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Passaic River Blues:

Horseheads! Much love to the Upstate Massive!
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Fuzzy:

luthiers = guitar makers
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Kevlicki:

Hi Chloe!!
She fixes violins at Brooklyn Lutherie. I'm down the ave from her in Gowanus right now!
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Guido from Cologne:

brooklynlutherie.com
  5:49pm
stacykakes:

great job @djsheilab. You must be exhilerated and exhausted. Calgon take me away!
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-Ken:

Sheila is only $243 away from her goal and the phones are dead! Just a few more pledges will push us over our goal people!
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Carmichael:

This is not Darrel Hall singing, right?
  5:54pm
appleleg:

Shelia B you're great. Setting the mood to our weekends.
This week we travel to Italy
  5:54pm
karmester:

a luthier makes and repairs string instruments
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Kevlicki:

Speaking of hall and oates, Trouble played a fantastic version of Rich Girl by Nina Simone, never heard it before
  5:54pm
Danne D:

@Carmichael I believe that was a rare John Oates lead vocal turn
  5:54pm
karmester:

sorry. Fuzzy beat me. i'm listening in the 'net == delay
  5:54pm
Danne D:

Now I'm hungry :( this show is gonna make me fat :(
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Ken From Hyde Park:

XLNT ... There's the goal! Congrats, Sheila & Ken. Onward to victory!
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listener james from westwood:

Whoo-hooo!
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Guido from Cologne:

APPLAUSE!!!
  5:55pm
Danne D:

Yaaaaaaaaay :)
  5:55pm
Matt in Hillsborough:

HELL YEAH
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maestroso:

Woo hoo!!!
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Passaic River Blues:

Great job, Sheila!
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Kevlicki:

Congrats Sheila, you're keeping Ken employed for another year!
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dgg:

good job woo moo family, sheila b and ken and the volunteers!
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Michael 98145:

congrats, DJ Sheila and Ken
  5:57pm
Listener Robert:

I knew a luthier who really made lutes. His wife played them. Bonnie Meadow. She got a CD out, "In the Middle of Life", but didn't try to promote it. I'd still like to get her on Irene Trudel some day.
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The Contessa:

Congratulations Sheila! Great show as always. Bye Ken and bye Ken FHP. Have a lovely weekend everyone
  5:58pm
Mick:

YAAAAAYYYY!!!!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Good night, The Contessa. Have a super weekend.
  5:59pm
P-90:

Congratulations, and THANKS @Sheila and Ken!
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βrian:

Boom²
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Clinto:

That was awesome, I am cooking Italian food as I listen!!
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Dano59:

Haha @Passaic-that was me
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