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"I listened yesterday. It's no reflection on you but I could'nt see where you were going or what you were going for. This early seventies thing did'nt get noticed the first time and you talk about friends of like Dealney and Bonnie who had records out like we're supposed to remember who they are. Then you play this long winded free jazz stuff that really grates on my nerves. And that noise without a beat and sounds like someones being pinched. Then you play a reggae song, I think you called it Dub, to what, be cool? You seem to really fetishize the whole folk thing too which is obnoxious to us who don't even care. I liked it when you played that punk song though. I like Joe Belock a lot." (Visit homepage.)
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February 23, 2018
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![]() good morning |
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![]() hi melinda! :-D |
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![]() hi linda |
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![]() good morning JA! |
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![]() At first I thought this was Laurie Anderson! HI JA! |
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![]() Pretty!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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![]() hello all. :) |
Fri. 2/23/18 9:10am
steveo:
Good morning. Home from work. Life is but a dream. | |
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![]() At work WE LOVE WFMU! |
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![]() Howdy, JA. |
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![]() I like the color of this page. Is it "Peru"? or "Tan 3"? Or "Sienna 3"? |
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![]() Morning Dam's broke head's a waterfall. (Creeley) |
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![]() hey everyone! and thx for the Creeley |
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Fri. 2/23/18 9:21am
SSS:
If you let them, they will kill you. (Charles Bukowski) |
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![]() My name is a darker yellow as I made the embarrassing choice to look at my "clicky" faves list. |
![]() @TDK60: www.htmlcsscolor.com... | |
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![]() Buncha snow. Bunch more snow coming this weekend. Kiss my ass winter. That's my poem. |
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![]() Oh, it may be "HEX #CC6633." Thanks Walt. |
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![]() This sounds very Johnny Costa-Mr. Rogers-esque |
![]() @TCK60 According to that page, it's _close_ to "Ecstasy" but not exactly. | |
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![]() I'd been looking at another color site: the "RGB to Color Name Mapping(Triplet and Hex)" site. |
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![]() morning Stashu! :-) |
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![]() NARD, vibes bring back childhood memories to the lucky |
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![]() @John Allen ~ definitely! |
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![]() is this why i love this track? :-D |
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![]() Vibes are soothing. |
Fri. 2/23/18 9:34am
steveo:
Please rename show "Close to Ecstacy". | |
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![]() morning john and everybody |
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![]() They often remind me of Sesame Street music. They must have been a critical component of children's tv jazz. |
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![]() i adore vibes. they make me think im chillin with a martini in 1965 |
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![]() "Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare. But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.” --Idries Shah |
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![]() Good Morning Magical Land Of Freeform...Hairpin Sky Boot Airplane..! |
Fri. 2/23/18 9:36am
Mark Williams:
hey JA. So nice to hear someone playing some Simon Crab. He's got new material he's been working on and posting onto Youtube. Ex-main man from Bourbonese Qualk, for those interested. | |
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![]() vibes aren't always soothing actually! sometimes they jump! think Lionel Hampton. |
Fri. 2/23/18 9:37am
steveo:
Crap I spelled ecstasy wrong. 8 year old says current musical selection is "fine". 11 year old says "it's nice, it's relaxing". Old man says it's "gorgeous and lush". | |
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![]() Chatty bunch. I blame Warwick. |
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![]() Close to ecstasy, but not exactly |
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![]() @steveo In high school we had an anti-drug speaker come in once, and they did the thing where they wrote out all the "street" names on a whiteboard. Teenage smartass that I was, I raised my hand and corrected them that "XTC" was the spelling of the band, not the drug. |
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![]() Friday! JA! Yay! |
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![]() The strings in the Chrome Waterfall Orchestra sound a little like XTC's Grass, but not exactly |
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![]() Let me think of some other "dumb" topic... |
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![]() I've got it! NRA. |
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![]() please don't. not here. :-D |
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![]() I agree with Linda Lee. |
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![]() once you come at a topic for careful thought through the lizard-brain, the conversation's basically done & you'll get nowhere. |
Fri. 2/23/18 9:55am
von w:
@Mark Williams, what's Mike Crab's YouTube handle? google is giving mostly crab related vids. | |
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![]() I will now only chant, and do deep breathing. |
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![]() i do not listen to JA's show often enough, shamed to say. this is just lovely. |
Fri. 2/23/18 9:57am
von w:
...simon crab | |
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![]() google is idiotic really. |
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Fri. 2/23/18 9:57am
Wild Neil:
PEACE All. Lets try to talk about the music. My wife works with this guy at Home Depot, a rapper named Heff. I sent a link to his soundcloud to a couple FMU DJs, maybe he'll get more exposure! |
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![]() might he try posting to the Free Music Archive too? this is where the adventurous go.. |
Fri. 2/23/18 9:59am
von w:
google works better if you enter the correct name I just found. thanks for the simon crab youtube tip. | |
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![]() This is just what I needed this morning. Thank you. |
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![]() I still have this cassette. |
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![]() Cats are superior. They don't meow on mic. Much. |
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![]() @TDK60: I still have the tape re-release of "The Serpent" and "Abandoned Cities". So good. |
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![]() That's the one I have. |
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![]() really enjoyable set, john, thanks. my boys agree this is a wonderstastic program; i just ordered your shirt (curiously my 3 premiums are you, bryce and sheila -- i guess i like fridays [and t-shirts {and tote bags}]). Have a good time, we're off to the met to see some hockney. great enunciation. bow wow. |
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![]() yes **please** stick with the mood. just recommended the show to a friend who loves this groove. |
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![]() @TDK60: Haven't listened in a very long time, though in the mid-90s I had it on all the time. |
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![]() Oh right, Bryce has a premium this year! The world is going to end! Even if it's a T-shirt and not a CD. That's still enough for an apocalypse. |
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![]() this is the soundtrack i want for my life, thanks. :-D |
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![]() speaking of instagram here is john's dog from last week www.instagram.com... (I am eveostay on there...) |
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![]() Yes, great sounds JA. And wow, I have this Yas Kaz LP! |
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![]() I'm not usually a connoisseur of skips, but that was a good one. |
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![]() well loved record obviously :-) |
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![]() oh my blesssed lord! the macari! fantastic |
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![]() On mallet instruments and childhood, they still use Orff instruments in my kid's school. |
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![]() that's so great Booz! :-) do believe my next sound piece will be all vibratones. just so nice. |
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![]() Like how Terrence Malick used Orff's music in Badlands to underscore how his characters were still caught in childlike dreams. |
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![]() Modern Jazz Quartet is where I first got the vibe. |
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![]() @steveo, that dog DOES sound larger on mic. Much larger! |
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![]() i know! |
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![]() @Linda Lee, I will be very excited to hear that piece |
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![]() thanks! i'm in the wind right now, as they say ~ couch surfing with no sound-work materials ~ hope to get back to work soon! |
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![]() though john just announced he (the dog) is a chihuahua so that already burst the bubble |
Fri. 2/23/18 10:21am
jess:
one of Lou Reed's best songs | |
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![]() Street Hassle! One of Lou's epics, with great bass lines. |
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![]() Can't go wrong with Lou Reed. |
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![]() I love Street Hassle. |
Fri. 2/23/18 10:21am
jt:
always surprised how little there was when Lou Reed died seems almost no one took notice, NYC really doesn't give a shit about its hero's | |
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![]() we sure took notice here :-) |
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Fri. 2/23/18 10:22am
Wild Neil:
@Linda Lee, great idea! |
Fri. 2/23/18 10:24am
jt:
Some of his later albums had amazing songs. You never hear anyone playing 'Possum Song' off of Ecstasy but thats a good song, too, dark and weird... | |
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![]() I noted Lou's passing. May he sleep a thousand years. // You know who recites a few lines here? |
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![]() Funny how Ecstasy keeps coming back during a show that's mostly about bliss. |
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![]() Bass guitar and cellos! Ecstatic. |
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Fri. 2/23/18 10:27am
Lixiviated Life:
in my mind i am a whirling dervish |
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![]() There he is. a certain rocker from NJ. |
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![]() Great Show thus far John |
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![]() Remember when Simple Minds covered this? |
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![]() Yes, Polyus. |
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![]() arf |
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![]() oh, "her", excuse me |
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![]() Hey John and dog. |
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![]() Nobody got it -- the NJ rocker? |
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![]() You are so right steveo - announcement or not, that dog sounds bigger than she is. Happy to know she's there! |
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Fri. 2/23/18 10:41am
Wild Neil:
@TDK. Lou Reed used to live outside Blairstown, NJ in the hills. I used to drive by his driveway which was really really long. He would shop in the Blairstown Shop Rite and people just left him alone. |
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Fri. 2/23/18 10:42am
Wild Neil:
This Del Shannon will get a clicky star thanks to sitars! |
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![]() Didn't know that Neil, but I'm talking about a guest on Hassle. |
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![]() dog is 7 pounds wet. and is trying to ruin my show. like that commenter/troll last week. good luck with that |
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![]() @ TDK60 - I did hear something that sounded suspiciously like that fellow. |
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Fri. 2/23/18 10:44am
Wild Neil:
@JA-oh, "anonymous" who listened to pirate radio with raggae in Brooklyn? I remember that. |
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![]() @ TDK60 - Wikipedia confirms. |
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Fri. 2/23/18 10:49am
Wild Neil:
This Barry Walker has free jazz going on in the background, its weird. Sounds like Zappa a bit. |
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![]() I like the dog. But I also enjoyed the halfwit troll. |
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![]() From notes I read on an L.A. '60s comp, Del Shannon was accepted as cool by the later '60s L.A. longhairs. Not that he needed that. |
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![]() did they have a ballot proposal or something? |
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![]() Steveo: Apparently, Del was there in the middle of it anyway. |
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![]() cool; i didn't check the playlist when Del was on, will have to go back later and relisten (postponed museum trip for after noon) |
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![]() hey ja you didn't play bishop last week... |
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![]() Am I hearing part of a bass line from a previous selection? |
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![]() PSA: US Girls early show at Baby's on 4/13 on sale today; the late show's sold out. |
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![]() US Girls has moved into the #1 spot, w Alv B slipping to #2 |
Fri. 2/23/18 10:59am
dewittclinton:
i like this us girls! | |
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![]() yeah that's what reminded me :) |
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![]() By the way, that comp is great: "Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets: 1965–1968" from Rhino. 4 CDs. |
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![]() i see the Fall was scheduled for tonight at baby's :( |
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![]() Steveo, the word "canceled" on their website nearly broke my heart |
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![]() yeah i know; the guy lived hard, though . . . wow, 7pm sounds pretty great to me... i'll bet us girls is a great show |
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![]() good morning John, people, others |
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![]() morning coel |
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![]() hi melinda |
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![]() You are going to turn into Nachum if you aren't careful. |
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![]() Somebody get this man some big whitefish carcasses! |
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![]() don't blow my cover maa, this is all leadup. my plan is to slip into jm in the am mode during the marathon. |
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![]() It was Bruce. Hope the mention doesn't bother. |
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![]() That is brilliant, John. I'll keep it on the DL. |
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![]() thanks @booz, me and the missus are making it a date night |
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![]() my plan is to get a phone room full of old ladies who don't know they're jewish to yell that they can't hear any phonecalls during my mic breaks |
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![]() Don't forget to call up your pal Rush L. who you helped get into the radio biz in the 80s and get him to donate $25k to the station again, LOL |
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![]() Steveo, see you at the show! (Early shows are so best.) |
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![]() SHAKE |
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![]() Listening to this University of Methadone Marching Band ... |
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![]() yeah late night is hard on me... ja thanks for today, gonna fly now; i'm wearing my underwater dog shirt in case you end up at met. |
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![]() You can never go wrong with an E chord all the way thru! Or was it F? |
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![]() 11-year-old wants to know if this is the sex pistols. jk. bye. |
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Fri. 2/23/18 11:41am
quinn:
i love watching my baby's face when he listens to your show. very wide eyes. |
Fri. 2/23/18 11:47am
queems:
i like the conspiracy theory that andrew wk doesn’t exist/is more than one person | |
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![]() we have to start them off young here Quinn, otherwise we've lost them until their hearts start breaking and their minds start cracking |
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![]() Kids get jaded earlier and earlier these days ... |
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![]() So, this pianist parties too much. |
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![]() i like the conspiracy that he's actually a 3 pack of white medium size T shirts |
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![]() Speaking of this guy, I saw this the other day and thought it was an Onion article: www.einpresswire.com... |
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![]() DJ JA: Thanks for the fine, colorful music selections today. |
Fri. 2/23/18 11:55am
Greg:
JA another great one. Friday morning appointment radio. | |
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![]() Thanks JA |
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![]() Great show JA - thanks! |
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