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November 13, 2012: Reaching the Finnish Line: The 100% Finnish Music Show
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Tue. 11/13/12 11:41am
Dervish:
This show is Finnish? But it hasn't even started! | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 11:47am
tonyc:
No, no, I'm not Finnished with you yet -- not until we cross the Finnish line ... or until we all grow Finns. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 11:48am
tonyc:
Hey everybody, should be a fun show -- picked up lots of great stuff in Finland -- but don't forget to pledge, if you can. FMU needs your help! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 11:49am
Adelia P.:
Grow Fins? Shall there be Beefheart? | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 11:50am
tonyc:
No Beefheart: Herringheart. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 11:54am
listener james from westwood:
welcome back, tony! sounds like the hunting over in finland was productive! (no reindeer were harmed in the making of this playlist.) | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 11:54am
charlie:
Tony attended the finest Finnishing school. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 11:58am
tonyc:
Polishing off all the Finnish jokes, are we? |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:00pm
tonyc:
Hello Charlie, Listener James, Adelia, & Dervish! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:01pm
Anchovy Paste:
The Lapp of luxury. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:02pm
tonyc:
It never ends! But I Lapp it up. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:03pm
charlie:
Lend me a Finn and I'll stop. M.A. Numminen yay! | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:03pm
tonyc:
Greetings, Anchovy P.! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:05pm
BSI:
this I dig. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:06pm
tonyc:
Hey BSI! There'll be a generous heaping of avant-herring today. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:08pm
Snortley:
It's lunchtime: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:10pm
mark:
What a cowinkydink! I just downloaded some music by Juhani Aaltonen earlier. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:10pm
tonyc:
Umm -- I've had lutefisk ... not this trip, but last year. Was the most horrible thing I ever ate. (Hola Snortley!) |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:10pm
tonyc:
Hey Mark! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:11pm
BSI:
everybody was kung-fu Viking. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:12pm
tonyc:
I had the lutefisk in Portland, by the way. Apparently it has served as a stand-in for NYC deli type whitefish out here. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:14pm
Snortley:
Jeffrey Steingarten, author of The Man Who Ate Everything: Lutefisk is not food, it is a weapon of mass destruction. It is currently the only exception for the man who ate everything. Otherwise, I am fairly liberal, I gladly eat worms and insects, but I draw the line on lutefisk. What is special with lutefisk? Lutefisk is the Norwegians' attempt at conquering the world. When they discovered that Viking raids didn't give world supremacy, they invented a meal so terrifying, so cruel, that they could scare people to become one's subordinates. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:15pm
tonyc:
It's prehistoric food -- pre-refrigeration at any rate. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:16pm
Huck Finn:
"Finnish Underwater Ice Fishing Mystery Finally Solved" http://tinyurl.com/bc7qsm3 | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:16pm
tonyc:
Let's not forget that I'm trying to raise a few Finns for the cause -- please pledge if you can! Any amount helps us cross the Finnish line. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:17pm
tonyc:
Hey Huck Finn! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:20pm
Tasavallan obama Presidentti:
hello everyone, gonna be another North European Son show! | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:21pm
tonyc:
T.O.P. of the morning to you, Tasavallan obama Presidentti! (My morning anyhow.) |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:22pm
Huck Finn:
Hey! Got any of them Finnish murder ballads? ( "There's even a saying that if there was a wedding and three people were not killed, it wasn't a good wedding.") | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:23pm
Tasavallan obama Presidentti:
would have thought Sweden show should come first, their prog scene was miles bigger than Finnish? | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:24pm
tonyc:
Yes, but I didn't just visit Sweden! They'll have to wait their turn. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:25pm
tonyc:
No murder ballads, no -- as far as I know, anyhow! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:30pm
Ricardo Montalban:
Uff da, Tony! | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:30pm
Tasavallan obama Presidentti:
Midnight in a Perfect World" by DJ Shadow sampled Pekka Pohjola's "The Madness Subsides". Not a lot of people know that - can we guess whether Shadow paid royalties that were massive on his album - no1 world wide? | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:32pm
tonyc:
Uff da, Ricaarduu Montaalbanuu! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:33pm
Ricaarduu Montaalbanuu!:
Perfect! I was looking for a suitable Finnslation of my nom de plum but that works perfectly | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:33pm
brysselistä manuel:
Hei Toni, hei everybody. Super show today, really like Finnish culture! I even learnt Finnish for 4 years (and can hardly say a word ;) Are you playing some Finnish tango ? | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:33pm
Tasavallan obama Presidentti:
Tony you've gone King Tubby or King Tony! | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:33pm
Brian in UK:
Hello Tony. Get outside of any smoked edibles? | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:34pm
Ricaarduu Montaalbanuu!:
You'd think some of it would've rubbed off; my wife is 1/2 Finnish and where I grew up, there was a huge Finnish community. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:35pm
Doug S.:
C'mon you vowel lovers! Pleeedge! | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:35pm
Tasavallan obama Presidentti:
Tony looking forward to your pronounciation of Alkuasukkaiden | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:36pm
tonyc:
Hola Maanuuel and Brian! No tangos, no. As for venturing beyond non-smoked edibles -- yes, I ventured straight past Finnish food. Ate African, Nepalese, etc. I loved Helsinki, but Finnish food wasn't a huge hit with me. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:36pm
MrFab:
All I know about Finnish music are surf bands like Laika & the Cosmonauts. They've got a good surf/garage scene there. Any on tap this morn, Tony? I LAIKA that stuff! (See what I did there?) | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:38pm
Ricaarduu Montaalbanuu!:
Me too, Mr. Fab. Also those Aki Kaurismäki/Leningrad Cowboys films. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:39pm
tonyc:
@ MrFab: no surf, no (and greetings!) @ Tasavallan obama Presidentti: Wait until you hear me pronounce this Haikara track title! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:40pm
Tasavallan obama Presidentti:
just thinking that - what does it mean? | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:40pm
Ricaarduu Montaalbanuu!:
(reading the wikipedia entry on Leningrad Cowboys) apparently members came from an actual band called Sleepy Sleepers. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:41pm
tonyc:
@ Tasavallan obama Presidentti: It means, "Somebody better pledge soon or FMU and this show will be FINNISHED!" |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:41pm
Tasavallan obama Presidentti:
band any way very Canterbury - sort of Hatfield and the very North! | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:42pm
Brian in UK:
Finnish Humour? Must be tough somewhere so cold. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:46pm
tonyc:
Most Finns huddle together at the southern end of the country where it isn't TOO cold. Was mostly a bit above freezing when I was there -- not bad at all. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:46pm
Brian in UK:
Got any selections from the Kimi Räikkönen joke book? | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:48pm
tonyc:
Don't know anything about Finnish yolk books, no. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:50pm
conrad:
Yeha, I guess Laika & the Cosmonauts would be the extent of my knowledge of Finnish music, too. Saw them open for, of all people, Ministry (late '80s/early '90s). Could have been a real car wreck, but fortunately the goth industrial headbanger-types there for Ministry were nice to those Scandanavian space doggies. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:50pm
tonyc:
Hey, we need some pledges here to keep the radio/stream wheels greased. Somebody? Anybody? We need your help NOW! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:52pm
tonyc:
Hiya Conrad! Hanoi Rocks are Finnish too. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:56pm
tonyc:
Let me at least thank John of Hendersonville, NC who pledged weeks ago, between shows, but never got thanked. I'd love to thank someone else too! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:57pm
Hugo:
Yet to make it to Helsinki. Been fairly often to Turku/Åbo,though. Might we expect some Edvard Vesala or Raoul Björkenheim? Or even Juhani Aaltonen? | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 12:58pm
Ike:
Hi! I dig that "Invisible Forest" there. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:01pm
Hugo:
My wife and some of her neighbours love lutefisk. I suspect they will get together for an all-evening meal fairly soon. As for me and the kids, we're yet to be convinced. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:01pm
tonyc:
Hey there, Ike and Hugo! Glad to have you aboard. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:02pm
tonyc:
@ Hugo: Edvard Vesala was in the band Apollo, who we heard earlier -- so, in answer to your question, yes, kinda! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:03pm
Hugo:
@Tony: Did you go to the Digelius shop in Helsinki? | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:05pm
tonyc:
@ Hugo: I did! Bought a few things I'll be playing today. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:07pm
MrFab:
Hanoi Rocks! Ha, I used to live down the street from one of the members, Andy McCoy - he would sit in a drunken stupor in his front yard, strumming a guitar, wearing rock star pseudo-gypsy clothes, holding a perpetual yard sale, while his wife yelled at him from the kitchen window. He sold me a bunch of records 'n' junk. I saw him play in Iggy Pop's band. A friend of mine convinced him to sell his gold record Iggy gave him for, like 5 bucks or sumthin. He tried to sell me a wahwah pedal or fuzz box or sumthing for $45, but I was broke at the time, and said I couldn't. Wife's voice from the window: "It's not just any fuzzbox, it belonged to international rock star Andy McCoy!" And from that point on, my friends and I always referred to him as International Rock Star Andy McCoy. And that is my Hanoi Rocks story. Thank you. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:07pm
northguineahills:
That The Sperm sounds better then the stuff I have from them. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:07pm
tonyc:
There are a *lot* of record stores in Helsinki, and they seem to be hanging on just fine, from what I could tell. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:12pm
listener james from westwood:
good to hear records are still in demand up there. always kills me when bookstores and record stores go under. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:12pm
tonyc:
HURRAY!! Thanks to James for his generous pledge! You are a prince among men!! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:15pm
Doug S.:
I was just going to drop a PLEDGE ALERT...PLEDGE ALERT... Listening James from a gilded cloud aloft in Nirvanic Continuum, has sent down a mighty morsel of sustenance. We shall keep strumming our lyres for you, Brother James. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:16pm
tonyc:
Got this "Sounds!" comp on now from Digelius. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:19pm
tonyc:
Oh, and delayed greetings to northguineahills! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:19pm
listener james from westwood:
my pleasure. i realized i had poker winnings i haven't put into play for 3 years. time to send them fmu's way before some snake fills an inside straight and drags that cash across the table. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:20pm
tonyc:
Thanks again, James! FMU needs all the poker winnings it can get. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:23pm
tonyc:
In fact, we'll even take embezzled funds, bank loot, and coins found under sofa cushions. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:25pm
listener james from westwood:
sometimes i wonder if it would be more lucrative to hit atlantic city than to renew a cd at today's pallid interest rates. win one hand, boom, i've beaten every bank in the state. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:27pm
tonyc:
I'm a terrible gambler from the point of view of being sporting: as soon as I win anything, I quit. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:29pm
listener james from westwood:
sport, shmort; that's the way to play. walk winners! | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:36pm
Hugo:
I don't have much Finnish myself, but I do have one by Ulla Pirttijärvi who represents the other legacy of Finnish music, that of the Sami of the far north with connections across the borders with Sweden and Norway. Some info here: http://vuelie.com/?page_id=939 | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:38pm
green mountain man mark:
yes | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:39pm
Tasavallan obama Presidentti:
interesting so far! | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:42pm
tonyc:
Glad you likes! Greetings, green mountain man! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:45pm
BSI:
Love this Jukka R. piece. A car alarm went off outside and meshed perfectly with it..... | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:48pm
tonyc:
I wish all car alarms sounded like Finnish electronic music. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:51pm
tonyc:
PLEDGE-O, PLEDGE-O, PLEASE-O! I'm digging all the comments, but we need some pledges too! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:53pm
tonyc:
Blues Section, on now, were sly enough to snag themselves a British vocalist: Jim Pembroke, later in Wigwam. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 1:55pm
tonyc:
Edvard Vesela on drums on this Apollo track... |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:01pm
tonyc:
Damn my neighbors and their constant burning of firewood. This is Portland, not Finland! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:02pm
Bas, NL:
Hei Tony! Se on jotain aivan muuta! Anteeksi olen vaihtanut niin myöhään .. Or at least that's how Google translate would say it.. ;) | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:03pm
tonyc:
Hei Bas!! I'll have to un-google-ize that! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:05pm
tonyc:
Google sez: "It's something else entirely! I'm sorry I have changed so late." Something tells me that's not what you originally punched in! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:06pm
tonyc:
Hurray BAS!! Many, many thanks for your super-generous pledge! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:06pm
Bas, NL:
Ha, ha!! Just to say i'm sorry i tuned in so late! Missed a good part already! | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:06pm
Hugo:
When the Finnish electronica duo Panasonic was prohibited from using that name, they became Pan Sonic and the first release under their new name was appropriately titled A. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:06pm
tonyc:
Three cheers for Bas of the Netherlands! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:09pm
Philo Gristle:
Although I can't actually listen to this (at work) glad to see (and eventually hear the archived) the results of the trip! JT | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:11pm
tonyc:
Greetings, JT! Mr. Septimania, I presume? Good to see you here. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:17pm
tonyc:
Pekka Streng was a big discovery for me in Finland. Hadn't heard him before. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:22pm
Uncle Michael:
Finland is good for more than just racing drivers! | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:24pm
tonyc:
Hey there, Uncle Michael! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:24pm
listener james from westwood:
must bug out for a bit, but really enjoyed the show, tony! keep those fins coming for the finns, folks! | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:25pm
tonyc:
By the way, are there any Finns listening? If so, don't be shy, raise your hand! (If you can stop laughing/groaning at my Finnish mis-pronunciation, that is.) |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:26pm
tonyc:
Take care, James! And thanks so much for your pledge! It's really appreciated. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:27pm
green mountain man mark:
thanks awesome | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:32pm
Bas, NL:
Makes you wonder what exceptional chemicals where in Finnish drinking water back in 1972. Fantastic music! | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:33pm
tonyc:
Could use a few more pledges, though -- I've still got a long way to go before I reach my goal. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:34pm
tonyc:
@ Bas: Thanks! Glad you like it. They had to do something to keep busy on cold winter nights. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:36pm
green mountain man mark:
can I get away with this. it yes me along with no body to blame. yes. fast. | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:38pm
tonyc:
Not sure what you're getting away with, but I say "yes." |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:39pm
tonyc:
By the way, M.A. Numminen was in Suomen Talvisota 1939–1940. |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:46pm
Bas, NL:
*bump pledge-o-meter* | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:48pm
Doug S.:
GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO PROGRAMMING ALERT... Be sure to tune in next Tuesday at noon (ET) to see what far-flung place Tony has just returned from! Also be sure to keep your magic talking box tuned to the Drummer Stream for two more live radio shows this evening: GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME at 6pm (live from Pittsburgh) and KAMINSKY KAMOUTSKY at 7pm (live from Providence, RI) Give the Drummer Radio runs 24 hours a day. Queued up and ready to entertain you following Tony are these not-so-Fininnish artists: Suai Chinf Nong Kuni Kawachi Khun Paw Yann Lata Mangeshkar & Mukesh Kapere Jazz Band Shirley Bassey Jean King Johnny Hampton Henry Smith B.B. King Willie B. Huff Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens Margaret Buyani Roscoe Mitchell Charlie Rouse Los Holy's Charlie Palmieri Olodum Lô Borges Roxy Gordon and more and more and eternally more... | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:48pm
tonyc:
THANKS, THANKS, THANKS to Bas of Utrecht, who has pledged again!! Hurray, hurrah! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:49pm
Doug S.:
Bless you Brother Bas! | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:49pm
tonyc:
Utrecht comes through! Blessed be Brother Bas! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:52pm
Bas, NL:
Let's float this mighty vessel called WFMU! And with the best music in it's sails at the moment..( I'll for sure check back the archives for the first part Tony!) | |
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Tue. 11/13/12 2:54pm
tonyc:
Oh, and BIG THANKS to Mark, too -- whose pledge I somehow missed. Thanks much, Sir Mark! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 3:00pm
tonyc:
Almost done today. I'll be back next week with an odds-and-sods show. Be sure to catch Doug and Jesse's shows this evening and keep the pledges coming! Thanks for listening, everybody! |
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Tue. 11/13/12 3:02pm
Bas, NL:
Thanks Tony! | |
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