Favoriting Rotations: Playlist from May 15, 2025 Favoriting

Rotating like a spinning record, this eclectic group of DJs based out of New York City, Washington DC and Copenhagen trade-off every week to bring you an hour of music straight out of their personal collections.

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Favoriting May 15, 2025: Happy Third Anniversary to Rotations!

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments Approx. start time
Bob Log III  One Man Band Boom   Favoriting Log Bomb  Fat Possum Records  2003  CD     
The Lost Crusaders  There Used To Be a River   Favoriting Have You Heard About the World?  Recordings From The Other Side  2008  CD    0:02:12 (Pop-up)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs  Yeah! New York   Favoriting Date With The Night! Enhanced CD Single  Polydor  2003  CD    0:06:27 (Pop-up)
X  Hot House   Favoriting Live at My Father's Place 11.12.1983  no label  1983  CD    0:08:36 (Pop-up)
The Four Shames  Way Down South   Favoriting Vindicated! - A Tribute To The Fleshtones  Dirty Water Records  2008  CD    0:11:35 (Pop-up)
The Raveonettes  Beat City   Favoriting Whip It On  Crunchy Frog  2002  CD    0:14:30 (Pop-up)
The Glass Family  House of Glass   Favoriting Hallucinations: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets from the WEA Vaults  Rhino Handmade  2004  CD    0:18:14 (Pop-up)
The Priests  My My My   Favoriting s/t  Garage Pop Records  2000  CD    0:20:39 (Pop-up)
Mirrors  How Could I   Favoriting Hands In My Pockets  Overgound Records  2001  CD    0:24:37 (Pop-up)
 
Beck  Broken Train   Favoriting Midnite Vultures  DGC  1999  CD    0:33:15 (Pop-up)
Yellow Fever  Donovan   Favoriting S/T  Wild World  2009  CD    0:37:30 (Pop-up)
Matt Pond PA  Claire   Favoriting Emblems  Altitude Records  2004  CD    0:39:43 (Pop-up)
The Realistics  Apartment 2   Favoriting Real People Are Overrated  Tiswas  2000  CD    0:42:40 (Pop-up)
Les Sexareenos  The Way That You Work   Favoriting 14 Frenzied Shakers  SFTRI  2001  CD    0:45:36 (Pop-up)
Amazing Royal Crowns  Swimming In Drinks   Favoriting S/T  Kingdom Records  1997  CD    0:48:30 (Pop-up)
 
Ramones  We Want The Airwaves   Favoriting Pleasant Dreams  Sire/Rhino  2002  CD  1981 orig  0:55:35 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Bri The Beatnik:

Happy 3 years Rotations HERSDAY Thursday!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @7:57
HI THERE
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Christina Ginger:

Welcome, everyone!
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Frank In Queens:

Howdy!
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ MOM WHIG @7:59
Hey Mom Whig!
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Stu Rutherford:

Happy anniversary, Christina & all Rotations DJs!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @7:57
Thanks, Bri and Stu!
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Fatherflot:

Hey CG - Congrats and 3 Babetastic Years!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Fatherflot @8:01
Thanks, FFπŸŽ‰
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Song: "One Man Band Boom" by "Bob Log III"
This reminds me of when this British guy on top of the pops did a take on the Hombres β€œLet it all hang out”
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Mistress Jessie:

Happy Anniversary Rotations and to all the ladies as well! The perfect show to end Hersday Thursday.
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Christina Ginger:

β€˜I’m a professional godammit, I live in a car!’ Is perhaps one of the best and most true to life lyrics ever written and sung.
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @8:02
Aahh, I’ll have to look it up!
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MOM WHIG:

HI CHRISTINA - FRANK IN Q'S - STU - F2 - JESSIE
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Christina Ginger @8:02
Yes! I live in a van down by the river!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ MOM WHIG @8:03
Hi MOM!
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Mistress Jessie:

↳ MOM WHIG @8:03
Hey, Mom!
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Stu Rutherford:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @8:02
I think I just came across that clip on youtube a couple days ago. It was Jonathan King in the clip I saw.
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Fatherflot:

↳ Song: "One Man Band Boom" by "Bob Log III"
CG - I just sent a little Truman Capote piece about a one man band to your email.
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Fatherflot:

↳ MOM WHIG @8:03
hi mom
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Stu Rutherford @8:04
Yes!
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Discotech Underground:

Hey everyone! Bri! Mom! Christina! Frank! Stu! FF! Jessie!
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Bri The Beatnik:

Hey Kip!
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Stu Rutherford:

↳ Discotech Underground @8:05
Howdy, Kip!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Fatherflot @8:04
Just saw it come through; I’ll read it when the music is over. I am always interested in Truman’s Take.
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Fatherflot:

Hi Bri, Kip, Jessie, Stu, FIQ
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Discotech Underground @8:05
Hi Kip! how are your DC5 puppets doing?
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tim:

Christina! Tearin up the joint!

Hi good buddies!
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Discotech Underground:

↳ Christina Ginger @8:06
They're "Glad All Over!"
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Christina Ginger:

↳ tim @8:06
Hi Tim!
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Song: "There Used To Be a River" by "The Lost Crusaders"
First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is!
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Stu Rutherford:

↳ Fatherflot @8:05
Hello FF!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Discotech Underground @8:06
Hahahahaha
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Bri The Beatnik:

Hey Tim!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Song: "Yeah! New York" by "Yeah Yeah Yeahs"
There was a time when everywhere I was, Nick Zinner was there, too. So weird when that happens.
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Christina Ginger @8:08
My cousin was on a plane with the Strokes once
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Glynis GirlGroupGirl:

Happy Rotaversary!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Glynis GirlGroupGirl @8:09
Thanks! We are gonna keep on rotating around the sun 🌞 with good tunes!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Song: "Hot House" by "X"
If anyone cares to hear the full show, it can be found here: albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com...
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Christina Ginger @8:10
X and Thee cramps were my two favorite punk bands that turned me on to older styles, Gun Club too
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JReganK:

Hey, Christina G!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @8:11
Three greats! some of my favorite bands.
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Christina Ginger @8:12
Same!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ JReganK @8:11
Hi JReaganK! Thanks for joining us tonite.
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Full-Time Man:

↳ Song: "Way Down South" by "The Four Shames"
Good evening, Stomp-puhs!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Full-Time Man @8:13
Hello Man ⚑️
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Will thee SG OCNY:

Happy 3 Year Anniversary to Rotations!!!
Good evening Christina Ginger and all!!!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Will thee SG OCNY @8:15
Hi Will!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Song: "House of Glass" by "The Glass Family"
This one is for Kip and Stu
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Stu Rutherford:

↳ Song: "House of Glass" by "The Glass Family"
Nice one, Christina!
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medson:

Hey CG congrats πŸŽ‰
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Christina Ginger:

↳ medson @8:19
Hey medson! Thanks πŸŽ‰
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Stu Rutherford:

↳ Christina Ginger @8:19
Thank you!
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

I can't believe how many cd's I have. AFTER weeding a bunch out.
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @8:21
I feel like we always find them at garage sales and such and because they’re cheap, we end up buying more. Ha.
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Frank In Queens:

I have no problem with CDs. Records are better, but I dig CDs just fine.
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Bri The Beatnik:

Man I wish I kept all my cool cds from high school, now I wanna collect more tapes
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Mistress Jessie:

↳ Song: "How Could I" by "Mirrors"
Mirrors must have loved the Velvet Underground. πŸ˜‡πŸ˜‡
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Dan S:

Happy Anniversary, Christina and the rest of the Rotations crew!
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JReganK:

↳ Mistress Jessie @8:26
Spot on!
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tim:

↳ Song: "How Could I" by "Mirrors"
Aha! I was gonna guess Pete Ubu. I love this!
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

↳ Frank In Queens @8:23
Are there any bonus cuts on the Dust cd's?
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Mistress Jessie @8:26
Ha, you think? πŸ˜‚
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ tim @8:27
Same! David Thomas?
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Dan S @8:27
Thanks, Dan!
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Christina Ginger:

Tim, Bri, they were from Cleveland, and Dave did release a couple of their things.
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Christina Ginger @8:29
Yes, it did sound like him
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Mistress Jessie:

Are your CD’s stored in one of those Case Logic books Christina? All of mine are. 🀩🀩
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Mistress Jessie @8:30
Man I miss all those cd booklets. soo nostalgic
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Mistress Jessie @8:30
Two big case logic books, plus then they started spilling out into boxes and are now on a big tower, shared with FIQ.
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Mike Sin:

So many specific CDs are still my prime go-to for many albums... Love's "Forever Changes" comes to mind... The Rhino CD beats out all Elektra LP copies of that.
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Mike Sin @8:31
Mid-late 90’s when they really started to perfect CD sound… absolutely.
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Christina Ginger:

I am not an early cd fan πŸ€ͺ
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Christina Ginger @8:32
I’m more of a tape girl myself!
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

The single disc cd of "Who Sell Out" with all the bonus cuts is phenomenal.
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Frank In Queens:

↳ Christina Ginger @8:32
Do NOT say that on the Hoffman Board
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Frank In Queens @8:33
Those guys don’t scare me, I worked at a record store!
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Frank In Queens:

↳ Mike Sin @8:31
Yeah, those early pressings of Forever Changes are dogs. Even the coveted Monarch pressing stinks.
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Analog Ace Soul:

↳ Frank In Queens @8:33
Was there music in the 1990s? My collection ends with Huey Lewis.
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MOM WHIG:

HI AGAIN MIKEY - HI THERE TODD
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Frank In Queens:

↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @8:33
Best reissue of that 90s campaign.
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tim:

↳ Song: "Broken Train" by "Beck"
This is cool.
Avatar Rotations Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:37pm
Frank In Queens:

↳ Frank In Queens @8:36
It's actually a remix though.
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Mike Sin:

↳ Frank In Queens @8:36
The remix on that added a lot.
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Christina Ginger:

↳ tim @8:37
I love the instrumentation on it. IT could easily fit on Guero.
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Frank In Queens:

↳ Mike Sin @8:37
One of the few remixes that I actually like. I even have it on vinyl! One of seven copies!
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JReganK:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @8:30
It was even cooler when there was only vinyl!
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Dan S:

↳ Song: "Donovan" by "Yellow Fever"
A cute tribute to Donovan. I like it.
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ JReganK @8:39
True! All the best music came out in the vinyl era!
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Fatherflot:

Great mix,CG!
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Bri The Beatnik:

Don’t have any 8tracks in my collection 🀣🀣
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Dan S @8:39
There are cats all over one of the things in the CD, and so I like to think it’s about him and a cat. I would totally name a future cat Donovan.
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Fatherflot @8:40
Thanks! I have a song for you coming up.
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Dan S @8:39
HI
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Fatherflot:

↳ Christina Ginger @8:40
πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°
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Dan S:

↳ Christina Ginger @8:40
Donovan was a cool cat. :-)
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Dan S:

↳ MOM WHIG @8:41
Hi, MOM WHIG.
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tim:

↳ Song: "Claire" by "Matt Pond PA"
This is really cool. For some reason I thought this band was a doofus emo Warped Tour band. Shows what I know - haha!
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Frank In Queens:

↳ Song: "Apartment 2" by "The Realistics"
HELL YES!
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

↳ Dan S @8:41
His greatest moment might have been when he sang the Top 10 on Ready Steady Go.
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Christina Ginger:

↳ tim @8:42
Hahhahaa, it gets a little schmaltzy at times, but I do like this ear of MMPA
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Dan S:

↳ Dan S @8:41
I should say is rather than was. He's still alive, after all.
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @8:42
We saw Donovan do all sorts of vocal theatrics at the Cutting Room about 8 years ago, he sounded amazing.
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Song: "Apartment 2" by "The Realistics"
I could play this on guitar! Elastica vibes
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Dan S:

↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @8:42
OK, I missed that one.
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Song: "The Way That You Work" by "Les Sexareenos"
GBVFI!!
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tim:

↳ Song: "The Way That You Work" by "Les Sexareenos"
BBQs first band, right?
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Christina Ginger:

↳ tim @8:46
Yep!
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tim:

I'm signing off now but I'll keep listening. Fun fun fun show, Christine!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ tim @8:50
Thanks for joining, Tim! I hope you have a good rest of the nite.
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Christina Ginger:

I went and saw Sinners- SOOOO GOOD.
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Christina Ginger:

As opposed to vinyl, which would have taken a beating.
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Mistress Jessie:

Thanks so much Christina. Happy Anniversary Rotations!!!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Mistress Jessie @8:55
Thanks Jessie! πŸ’ͺ
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Dan S:

Thanks for a great show, CG!
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Fatherflot:

Great set. Thanks CG.
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Bri The Beatnik:

Thanks Christina!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Dan S @8:56
Thanks Dan! Nice to have you here.
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Mike Sin:

Yeah, this was fun!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Fatherflot @8:56
Thanks, FF! Gonna get to reading now.
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @8:56
Glad you dug it, Bri!
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Dan S:

↳ Song: "We Want The Airwaves" by "Ramones"
A great theme song for free-form radio DJs!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Mike Sin @8:56
My birthday present to you! 🎁
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Dan S @8:57
Totally!
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Stu Rutherford:

Rockin' show, Christina!
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Bri The Beatnik:

↳ Dan S @8:57
Yea! I did a whole last speech about listening solely to Freeform radio, get rid of clear channel!
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MOM WHIG:

THANKS FOR ALL THE TUNES - CONGRATS AGAIN
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Stu Rutherford @8:58
It was no two hour dance party, but it’ll do. πŸ˜‰
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Dan S:

↳ Bri The Beatnik @8:58
You have my vote!
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Will thee SG OCNY:

Thank you Christina!!!
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JReganK:

Thanks, CG!
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