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"LOONY TUNES FOR KOOKY TIMES"
by Various Artists
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Loony tunes from Doug Schulkind's 2005 premium. From the original liner notes: "Loony Tunes" reveals that, right up there with love, sex and death, insanity is among the most enduring—and entertaining—themes in popular music. The idea for such a collection originated with "Madness in Opera," a sampler of tormented arias released in 1976 as part of a promotional blitz for Loxitane, a new schizophrenia treatment from Lederle Laboratories. No psychopharmaceuticals are included with this compilation, but repeated listening just may produce similar results!" | January 2008 | |
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"I HEAR VOICES"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Screamin' Jay Hawkins. | January 2008 | |
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"THE RUBBER ROOM"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Porter Wagoner. | January 2008 | |
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"GOING OUT OF MY HEAD"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by La Lupe. | January 2008 | |
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"I'VE GOT BLUE BIRDS IN MY BELFRY"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Betty Hutton. | January 2008 | |
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"NEW BLOWTOP BLUES"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Dinah Washington. | January 2008 | |
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"TWISTED"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Annie Ross. | January 2008 | |
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"I'VE GOT A TANGLED MIND"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Hank Snow. | January 2008 | |
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"I TALK TO THE TREES"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Clint Eastwood. | January 2008 | |
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"THE BRIDGE"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Dolly Parton. | January 2008 | |
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"THE DESPERATE ONES"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Nina Simone. | January 2008 | |
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"MY OPERA"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Joe Bataan. | January 2008 | |
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"NEXT"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. | January 2008 | |
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"PSYCHOPATHIA SEXUALIS"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Lenny Bruce. | January 2008 | |
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"MOUNTAINS IN THE MOONLIGHT"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Johnnie Ray. | January 2008 | |
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"RUBBER ROOM"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Fred Lane. | January 2008 | |
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"NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Marijata. | January 2008 | |
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"INSTITUTIONALIZED"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Suicidal Tendencies. | January 2008 | |
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"THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY HA-HAA"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Napoleon XIV. | January 2008 | |
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"THERE ARE DRUMS IN MY TYPEWRITER"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Woody Leafer. | January 2008 | |
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"SPASMS"
by Various Artists
(From "Loony Tunes for Kooky Times"
by Various Artists)
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Performed by Little Willie John. | January 2008 | |
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"KEN'S SIXTY SECOND REMIX CONTEST"
by Various Artists
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In late January '07, station manager Ken issued a challenge to WFMU listeners: "The rules are simple: take any 'known' song (whatever that means, I know, I know...) and reduce it to sixty seconds or less. Extra credit for reducing extra long songs." Out of an astounding 450 submissions, these are the forty finalists. For the full story and other notable submissions, check out Ken's blog post. | May 2007 | |
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"SHEMP MEDITATION TAPE VOLUME 2 - PAIN"
by Dave The Spazz
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Dave the Spazz's premium for the 1994 WFMU marathon. "A microphone pointed in the general direction of a TV set unspooling videotaped Shemp-era Three Stooges two-reelers, quarter-inch reel-to-reel Ampex tape running down the hallway at seven and a half inches per second--Mousetrap-like, speeding past pencils sticking out of thread spools held down to the floor with duct tape, bounced into two reverb guitar pedals, ricocheted into a Radio Shack 4-track mixer and then knocked back into the Old Man's reel-to-reel Sony Furshluginner from Nineteen-fifty-something." | May 2007 | |
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"SHEMP MEDITATION TAPE VOLUME 2 - SLEEP"
by Dave The Spazz
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May 2007 | ||
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"PHUJ PHACTORY ALBUM NUMBER TWO"
by Ergo Phizmiz
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Here's the second installment of Ergo Phizmiz' continuing series of MP3 albums based on the last ten weeks of the best mixes from his weekly show The Phuj Phactory, Release February 13, 2007. Album Artwork (jpeg) available here. | February 2007 | |
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"FOR WILLIAM MCGONAGALL"
by Ergo Phizmiz
(From "Phuj Phactory Album Number Two"
by Ergo Phizmiz)
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One of my favourite poets, the poet-laureate of appalling verse, but I find appalling more appealing than, say, Wordsworth. This is the Kings Singers doing Loch Lomond, collaged with an accordion version of Erik Satie's Gnossienne No 1, with a little interjection from a Scotsman talking about fossils. | February 2007 | |
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"I GOT BLACK BOTTOM"
by Ergo Phizmiz
(From "Phuj Phactory Album Number Two"
by Ergo Phizmiz)
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Spike Jones' Black Bottom (the song, not actually his dark hued buttocks), collaged with the mysterious Paul Lowry tape, and multiple versions of Maple Leaf Rag, then a few other things besides. | February 2007 | |
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"JEW'S HARP MAMBO"
by Ergo Phizmiz
(From "Phuj Phactory Album Number Two"
by Ergo Phizmiz)
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A Phun Size Phuj mash-up of various elements of the related Phuj Phactory broadcast. Incorporating Johann Georg Albrechtsberger's Jew's Harp Concerto, the Blue Parrots' One Note Samba, Carl Stalling, Erik Satie/Willem Breuker, and more odds and sods from throughout the show. | February 2007 | |
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"CULINARY PHILOSOPHY"
by Ergo Phizmiz
(From "Phuj Phactory Album Number Two"
by Ergo Phizmiz)
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The episode was a demonstration of what happens if you get drunk with some artists and talk about food. Ahem. This section incorporated Peter Sellers, Lionel Bart, Julie Andrews, the New Beats, Eloise Trio, and The Wiggles. | February 2007 | |
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"BOOSHKA"
by Ergo Phizmiz
(From "Phuj Phactory Album Number Two"
by Ergo Phizmiz)
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A tribute of sorts to a nipple-rubbing, bottom-spanking dance performed by comedian Rich Fulcher in a UK TV show called The Mighty Boosh. 10CC collaged with disco Beethoven. | February 2007 | |
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"SEXY PARTY"
by Ergo Phizmiz
(From "Phuj Phactory Album Number Two"
by Ergo Phizmiz)
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A remarkable piece of music by Asa Chang and Junray, collaged with various beats from a Music of India 12 inch. With a bit of Spike Jones' Laura thrown in for good measure. | February 2007 | |
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"CAN TOMITA FLY"
by Ergo Phizmiz
(From "Phuj Phactory Album Number Two"
by Ergo Phizmiz)
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Much of the mixing in Phuj Phactory is sort of improvisational and stream-of-consciousness. This is one of my favourite bits. Renaldo & the Loaf, mixed with Kecak, mixed with Tomita doing Stravinsky's Firebird, segueing into and then mixing with Can's Moonshake. | February 2007 | |
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"CHRISTMUSH"
by Ergo Phizmiz
(From "Phuj Phactory Album Number Two"
by Ergo Phizmiz)
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An extract from the Christmas episode, in which it transpired that if you fragment Charles Dickens a bit it starts to sound like Samuel Beckett. With added Wham! | February 2007 | |
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"THE FLY AND THE SPY"
by Ergo Phizmiz
(From "Phuj Phactory Album Number Two"
by Ergo Phizmiz)
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The James Bond theme, Allen Ginsberg doing William Blake, Lee Scratch Perry, and so on. | February 2007 | |
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"FRANKIE GOT A STING IN HIS TAIL"
by Ergo Phizmiz
(From "Phuj Phactory Album Number Two"
by Ergo Phizmiz)
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A podcast about the life of Frank Sinatra, mixed with Sting & The Police. I had lots of fun editing The Police to the rhythm of the text. Which is one way to pass the time of day when it's raining outside. | February 2007 | |
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"GUARDIAN ANGLES"
by Ergo Phizmiz
(From "Phuj Phactory Album Number Two"
by Ergo Phizmiz)
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My favourite bit of 'pure' mash-up in the whole of the series so far. Both sounds here are completely unedited and unprocessed, just slapped over the top of each other and they work a treat. It's Mario Lanza singing Guardian Angels over the top of a piece of Latin music called Brasil Fusion (for which I couldn't find the artist name). | February 2007 | |
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"THE LOVE PHACTORY"
by Ergo Phizmiz
(From "Phuj Phactory Album Number Two"
by Ergo Phizmiz)
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Multiple versions of the Gershwin track Our Love Is Here to Stay. | February 2007 | |
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"NUTS ON BOXING"
by Ergo Phizmiz
(From "Phuj Phactory Album Number Two"
by Ergo Phizmiz)
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UK comedians The Two Ronnies collaged with Harpo Marx, and a BBC announcer collaged with the Swingle Singers. But not necessarily in that order. | February 2007 | |
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"DRAGON IN THE FRAME"
by Ergo Phizmiz
(From "Phuj Phactory Album Number Two"
by Ergo Phizmiz)
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A mix of sections from the Sounds of Soviet Animation show. | February 2007 | |
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"RAWP HOUR"
by Ergo Phizmiz
(From "Phuj Phactory Album Number Two"
by Ergo Phizmiz)
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This is what you get if you mix Spike Jones with a Velvet Underground demo. | February 2007 | |
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"DETTE ER FEMALE AUDIOPROZAC"
by Various Artists
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Old Dave the Spazz DJ marathon premium. | February 2007 | |
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"HALLOWEEN RAP"
by Electrifying Mojo
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"LOVING ARMS"
by Millie Jackson
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"I AM AGAIN"
by Denise La Salle
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"TIME WILL TELL"
by The Kinks
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"DOUBLE DOUBLE DARE"
by Hoyt Axton
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"THE KING IS GONE"
by George Jones
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"MONKEY MAN"
by Baby Huey and the Babysitters
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"STAY AWAY FROM THAT MONKEY"
by Jimmy Mccracklin
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"SKINNY LOUISE"
by Roscoe and the Green Men
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"RADIO SPOT"
by Batman
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"WINOS ON PARADE"
by Marga Benitez and the Mellotones
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"THOUGHS WERE THE DAYS"
by Lavice and Company
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"YUM YUM YUM"
by Joe Tex
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"GETTIN' (LIVE AT WQPR)"
by Electrifying Mojo
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"LOVE IS LIKE A ROLLERCOASTER"
by Dirtbombs
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"STATION I.D."
by King Coleman
(From "Dette Er Female Audioprozac"
by Various Artists)
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February 2007 | ||
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"MONICA'S FEELIN' BITCHY"
by Various Artists
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From Monica's (2005) DJ Compilation. A sassy stash of 60s and 70s soul sisters bust out the baddest and bitchiest man-eating monologues, raunchy raps and "tell it like it is" tracks. Dedicated to the fine art of homewreckin', heartbreakin', and all other manner of down low drama. Let the door knob hit ya where the good lord split ya. | January 2007 | |
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"FEELIN' BITCHY MEDLEY"
by Various Artists
(From "Monica's Feelin' Bitchy"
by Various Artists)
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Produced by the one and only Steinski. | January 2007 | |
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"I WANT TO KNOW"
by Sugar Pie De Santo
(From "Monica's Feelin' Bitchy"
by Various Artists)
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January 2007 | ||
