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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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![]() Ureshi no? Ureshi wa! |
Fri. 6/10/16 3:01pm
MONEYBAG$:
HBO! | |
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![]() HBO theme!! |
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![]() Whoa. New intro ... |
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![]() Is ... is the HBO theme gonna be the new in-theme? Because HELLS yes if so! |
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![]() I wanna hear some bagpipes |
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![]() That was the HBO theme for the theme? Not bad, but still not 100%. Respect your experimenting! |
Fri. 6/10/16 3:03pm
Cooh John:
Time to start the weekend with djsheilab! | |
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![]() Hey Sheila, got any good Venus songs? That was the subject of the painting last hour |
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![]() Hello Sheila and everyone! Glad to have you back! |
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![]() hi sheilab, hi everyone. |
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![]() cool Gale Garnett tune. all i've heard by her is 'I'll Cry Alone' which is a great 45. |
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Fri. 6/10/16 3:07pm
djsheilab:
Hello gang! It's so nice to be back + with lotsa new stuff. How'd ya like that HBO intro? Takes me way back. Just having fun with it though. Don't think I'm gonna make it official. |
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![]() welcome back. I love happening on a disc like Nippon Girls (2009) and realizing the thoughtful and informative notes were written by DJ Sheila. Very cool. |
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![]() Primavera Sound was nice to hear, but it's also nice to have the Boom Boom back again. |
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![]() If the HBO theme made the odd appearance down the line, even if it doesn't become the new lead, I wouldn't say no! Related: There's a making-of documentary done by HBO, findable on YouTube, for the whole intro film that goes with that intro theme, and it is fascinating. Tons of work went into that bit of film and it was all pre-CGI. Cool stuff. |
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Fri. 6/10/16 3:13pm
djsheilab:
@Listener James I think that bit of HBO theme music is so well written. And I love the build-up + intensity + explosion! It will definitely make another appearance at some point. |
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![]() Sheila, it worked for me. I like the usual starter too. I'm pretty easy to please! |
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![]() love the intro! couldnt place it at first and guessed it was from some sexy 70s movie. |
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![]() IIRC, HBO sponsors (or sponsored) the movies in Bryant Park each summer, and they would play it before the films, setting off a massive nostalgia bomb. |
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![]() Terre T. would sometimes play the original version of Cherry Blossom Clinic instead of the later one, just to mix it up. |
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![]() Fabio has a Finnish-language version of "Mr. Giant Man," too. |
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![]() Nothing says "SOMETHING IS GONNA HAPPEN" like that HBO theme; made me almost as happy as the theme from "Clue" a few weeks back! |
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![]() Whoa, I haven't caught that one yet Ken from HP! |
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![]() ever seen this? youtu.be... |
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![]() The “Behind the Scenes” on how the HBO “city” was created for the intro. www.youtube.com... |
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![]() And going back a bit, sometimes Laura Cantrell would put on the George Jones "Walk through This World With Me" instead of Tammy Wynette's. Always a nice twist. But that Tammy version tho ... damn. |
Fri. 6/10/16 3:21pm
david from ks.:
,,,,,,,,like that nice BOSSA BEAT with ASTRUD G.`s one-ova-kind voice tone ! Thank You D.J. SHEILA | |
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![]() Scott, that's the one! Fascinating stuff!! |
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![]() Hello all. I had no idea Runnin Out of Fools wasn't a Neko Case original. Shows how good her version is. |
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![]() Sheila's got a time machine, she's playing us music from 2106! |
![]() my god this show is so good | |
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![]() SONOFABITCH! Scott beat me to it! Grrrr… |
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![]() If anyone would know the hits from the 22nd century, it's Sheila B! |
Fri. 6/10/16 3:26pm
DaveinPA:
This would make a great furcon video soundtrack | |
Fri. 6/10/16 3:26pm
david from ks.:
,,,,,,,,,,female vocals ,,absolutely my preference ,,,,good stuff !!! | |
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![]() Hey e'rybody! Cliff, how'd Mr. Let's Paint's Venus turn out? and the spaghetti? Once again, I got pulled out of my office in the middle of the show. This whole "having a job" thing seems to be getting in the way of my WFMU listening. I think it's gonna have to go. |
Fri. 6/10/16 3:26pm
Mandy:
every day this week I was like "Yay, it's 3PM! time for Sheila!" but then it was never Friday..... | |
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![]() JakeGould, if it makes you feel better, Daniel Blumin usually scoops Scott Williams on the new bin :) |
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![]() JP, being self-unemployed is great (as long as you have enough money saved up)! He didn't get any meatballs or sauce on the painting, but he did paint Venus with blue hair and a hula hoop that was also Saturn's rings. |
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![]() I thought the spaghetti looked good, though a little undercooked. Vicki said it was gross though and wouldn't try any of it. But John seemed to like its aroma. |
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![]() Thanks for the update, Cliff. I knew I could count on you. |
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![]() <3<3<3 spreading joy <3<3<3 |
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![]() preach! |
Fri. 6/10/16 3:32pm
Matt in Hillsborough:
yeah frick ronald regan | |
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![]() Stop making me fall in love with you, Sheila. I'm a married man. |
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![]() Always paying attention, JP! Sheila, I'm with you on the psychedelics! So useful for self-exploration. (Are you married? I'm not.) |
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![]() Ahhh, the cartoon they did for the video of this! Mom, she of the long-time APP love, dug this one, too. |
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![]() Personally, I love this! |
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![]() I like to think that Alan Parsons Project well represents an optimized lifestyle. |
Fri. 6/10/16 3:35pm
MONEYBAG$:
forgot all about this song | |
Fri. 6/10/16 3:36pm
Cooh John:
Raise your hand if you fell in love with this song when it came out (2 arms raised). | |
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![]() What about the John Miles "Rebel" album? |
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![]() @Ken Fom Hyde Park, hi, been meaning to tell you about the baby woodpeckers we saw the other day. Stunning! |
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![]() Let's hear it for strench gells! |
Fri. 6/10/16 3:38pm
Mandy:
will you ever make SBB a podcast? some WFMU shows have podcasts.... | |
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![]() love this caterina caselli |
Fri. 6/10/16 3:40pm
MONEYBAG$:
you can download the shows via the wfmu app | |
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Fri. 6/10/16 3:40pm
TehBadDr:
Great stuff as always Ms. Sheila! |
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Fri. 6/10/16 3:40pm
djsheilab:
@Mandy Good question. I'll find out! |
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![]() i can't believe the stones covered this! |
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![]() @The Contessa - Wow...that's neat. My back yard has a decomposing tree stump and a woodpecker occasionally stops by and tears into it for a meal. |
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Fri. 6/10/16 3:43pm
Michael N:
Love the Alan parsons song, cant get enough APP |
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![]() in our zipcode we get lotsa flickers |
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![]() The podcasts are talking program formats, am I right? Otherwise conflicts with the rights collecting socities I guess. |
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![]() @Ken you can't beat a woodpecker except maybe with a kingfisher! |
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![]() @Guido Isn't Mr Finewine's show also available as a podcast though? |
Fri. 6/10/16 3:48pm
MONEYBAG$:
Sheila, did you watch We Are Twisted Sister? | |
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![]() @Adrian: I think b/c many of Finewine's cuts are older, in some cases w/ orphaned rights, they feel more comfortable podcasting it. Or that's what I heard once. |
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![]() Pebbles-level rarities and no persecursors? OK, enough of speculation. |
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![]() IIRC Scharpling's Best Show podcasts used to snip out the (usually contemporary) music bits for the rights rationale Guido mentioned. |
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![]() @djsheilab: Big ups on the fight against the “War on Drugs.” |
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![]() Guido, to quote WFMU's Dave Emory, it's all "food for thought, and grounds for further research!" |
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![]() I know thst the station has no permission to offer direct downloads of the average music shows. We had been discusding this sometime ago on Meghan's board. |
Fri. 6/10/16 3:51pm
MONEYBAG$:
That reminds me, I need to relisten to the TBS episode "Chubby Checker's salute to Grunge" | |
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![]() Good quote Listener JamesFW |
Fri. 6/10/16 3:53pm
Mandy:
ahh I see. that's a pickle. | |
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![]() Now I want a pickle. |
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![]() Great as always Sheila |
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![]() I have pickles in the back of my fridge |
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![]() Get a tape recorder! The way we used to do it! I'd been happy to have a station like this for taping! Very fashionable right now! :-) |
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![]() thanks for the Willie Mitchell! |
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![]() I want quality pickles; not back of fridge pickles. Who wants back of fridge pickles? |
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![]() Cassettes are making a comeback |
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Fri. 6/10/16 3:58pm
Wild Neil:
PEACE all. @Cliff-yeah, I thought cassettes died in like 2001 or so....I used to buy them on deep deep deep discount...like Score Some Grass on Grass Records! |
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![]() One of the first cassettes my mom let me play all the time when I was like 10 was Genesis - Invisible Touch |
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![]() Lamin was really into 21st-century cassette music, he used to have a show on FMU a few years ago |
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![]() Just rewatched After Hours recently—SO good. "Ghetto Defendant" is a nice, bleak city song… |
Fri. 6/10/16 4:03pm
eric:
You forgot to mention THE REPLACEMENTS. Seymour signed them too. | |
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![]() Lamin's playlists: wfmu.org... |
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![]() @James Yes, that sounds about right |
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Fri. 6/10/16 4:05pm
drewo:
Wild! Thanks Sheila! |
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Fri. 6/10/16 4:07pm
Wild Neil:
I just read that Horses like Country and Classical music but NOT Jazz nor Rock Music. |
Fri. 6/10/16 4:08pm
MONEYBAG$:
I had this song in my head a couple of hours ago | |
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![]() Ooh, hang on, this is where Sonic Boom nicked How You Satisfy Me from isn't it? Probably cos Jason's Spiritualized did Evie's Any Way That You Want Me |
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![]() @Wild Neil: Horses only like genres that start with C. They also like CCM and calypso |
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![]() Sure got a lotta air traffic out my window this afternoon |
Fri. 6/10/16 4:10pm
MONEYBAG$:
Adrian, yes it is...it took me YEARS to place it | |
Fri. 6/10/16 4:11pm
MONEYBAG$:
and it was only earlier today that I made the Jason/Evie Sands connection | |
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![]() @Moneybags I love it when it takes 20 years then you go "Hangonaminnit…!" like you've just realised you've been duped by Sgt Bilko… |
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Fri. 6/10/16 4:14pm
Wild Neil:
@Bronwyn Biship-what is CCM? |
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Fri. 6/10/16 4:14pm
Wild Neil:
@Bronwyn Bishop I mean...sorry! |
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![]() “After Hours” is great and only realized this past year that when Girffin Dunne’s character is trying to get into the club, the bouncer’s lines are basically a riff on Kafka, “I'll take your money because I don't want you to feel you left anything untried. Now, you keep the quarter…” |
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![]() @Wild Neil: Contemporary Christian Music aka my guilty pleasure |
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Fri. 6/10/16 4:16pm
Wild Neil:
@Bronwyn Bishop-I used to listen exclusively to CCM. Back in the 90's. I really dug Grammatrain. |
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![]() These airplane noises are getting a little scary, I'm staring to wonder if an engine might crash through my ceiling or something |
Fri. 6/10/16 4:18pm
MONEYBAG$:
...and now I find out where this Saint Etienne sample came from. Bought that AND the Spectrum LP in December '92 | |
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![]() @Cliff: Where do you live? An airport? |
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Fri. 6/10/16 4:22pm
Wild Neil:
@Cliff-in Western NY black helicopters are DEA... |
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![]() Eastwood, in Syracuse....the airport's about a 10 minute drive north but it's usually not THIS bad, I don't know what's going on, Air Force training?! UFOs? It's really friggin' loud, whatever the heck's going on out there |
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![]() that patti austin was really good, never spun that side of the 45 - the flip (track is 'i wanna be loved') -- also good. |
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![]() "Angel of the Morning"!! |
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![]() @djsheilab: The “HBO Feature Presentation” theme was produced by Score Productions, but no specific composer I can find… Yet! ;) en.wikipedia.org... |
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Fri. 6/10/16 4:24pm
djsheilab:
@JtotheK You have the best records!! I wish I had that 45. |
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Fri. 6/10/16 4:24pm
djsheilab:
@JakeGould Thanks for doing the detective work :) |
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Fri. 6/10/16 4:24pm
Wild Neil:
@Cliff-all commercial airliners or something else? |
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![]() I hope I'm not gonna end up like that scene from Donnie Darko, Jeeez Louise |
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![]() @djsheilab: And… I believe I figured it out thanks to the YouTuber: “I was asked who are the trumpet players on the old HBO Feature Presentation Theme and Fanfare. The composer is Ferdinand J. Smith. The trumpets were Gary Grant (1st), Jerry Hey (2nd), Chuck Findley (3rd), and Allen Vizzutti (4th).” www.youtube.com... |
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![]() Maybe I should take a walk. |
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Fri. 6/10/16 4:27pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):
That HBO thing had a whole documentary about it. |
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![]() More info on Ferdinand J. Smith on his official website. www.jayww.com... |
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![]() @Cliff - If you hear a knock, be prepared to flush the mushrooms down the toilet. |
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![]() @Kenzo: Check out Scott Williams post at 3:19 and my post at 3:20… Hot topic today. |
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![]() Only mushrooms I have are for cooking! And that's just watercolor paper, Officer. Please put that tazer away now. |
Fri. 6/10/16 4:29pm
All Bunny:
More music, please | |
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![]() And Ferdinand J. Smith on IMDB: “He composed the first HBO "Feature Presentation" jingle, which went with the now notorious "HBO in Space" introduction sequence. Ferdinand Jay Smith composed the music for another iconic piece of televised packaging: He was responsible for the theme for the opening, bumpers, and closing of the ABC movies of the week from 1981 to 1987, better known as the "Star Tunnel" package.” www.imdb.com... |
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Fri. 6/10/16 4:31pm
Undead83:
Great, great, great show ^^ |
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![]() @Kenzo - Your avatar looks like HBO when one of their specials comes to a close. |
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![]() @sheilab 4:24 - thanks for that! though my record collection is always a work in progress (and actually quite modest), many of my record buddies have stellar collections. i'm sure your 45s put mine and most others to shame! i wish i had that patti austin now, too ... i pruned a lot of my 45 collection last year, that was one of 'em. never even listened to that side! |
Fri. 6/10/16 4:35pm
Mandy:
THIS PLAYLIST IS LEGENDARY | |
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![]() old school Phoenix!!! |
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Fri. 6/10/16 4:39pm
djsheilab:
@Bronwyn Bishop The best! |
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![]() YES! Chunk. |
Fri. 6/10/16 4:45pm
Matt in Hillsborough:
H*LL YEAH | |
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![]() SUPERCHUNK! YAAAAS!! |
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Fri. 6/10/16 4:46pm
djsheilab:
YAY!!! Love for Superchunk! |
Fri. 6/10/16 4:46pm
Matt in Hillsborough:
what a coincidence that i'm looking at a video that jon wurster's in (although he wasn't in superchunk when they did this one) | |
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![]() Beauty of a track, this Cat's Eyes. |
Fri. 6/10/16 4:54pm
MONEYBAG$:
You know, the cover of Lionel's "Can't Slow Down" LP sure looks like somebody who is taking it easy | |
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Fri. 6/10/16 4:56pm
djsheilab:
@Moneybag$ I don't know it. Will have a look. And I did watch the Twisted Sister doc + loved every minute of it. God they worked hard. |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:00pm
Steve-O:
Hi folks! Interesting fact about Mari Iijima, btw-apparently, according to Wikipedia, she lives in LA these days.....=) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Iijima | |
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![]() what color IS a dream-colored spoon ?? |
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![]() What was that Sheila? I couldn't quite hear you over the airplane noises and guitar feedback |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:06pm
Matt in Hillsborough:
WAS THAT THE SAME SHOW WHERRE TOM SCHARPY AND JON WIRLITZER MET???? | |
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![]() The MBV/Pavement/Superchunk show is where Scharpling and Wurster first met! |
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![]() great show sheila, thanks! i'll be tuned in via the app the rest of the way. |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:08pm
Matt:
Hi Sheila! and everyone! Just checkin in. Your killin it. Keep it going! | |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:08pm
nightjeans:
i just turned on a new person to this show. You are rad Sheila B! | |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:11pm
MONEYBAG$:
more songs with flangers | |
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Fri. 6/10/16 5:13pm
djsheilab:
@nightjeans thanks for spreading the word :) |
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![]() Just Adrian! |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:15pm
JakeGould:
@MattnHillsborough: You talking about the Ritz CMJ show in 91/92 with My Bloody Valentine, Pavement and Superchunk? What has two thumbs and was at that show too? This guy! | |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:15pm
Matt in Hillsborough:
nice! | |
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Fri. 6/10/16 5:16pm
djsheilab:
@JakeGould @matt in hillsborough All the greats were there it seems! |
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![]() Wish I coulda gone to that show, if only I wasn't 14 years old and nowhere near the venue at the time! |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:17pm
JakeGould:
@djsheilab: You were there too? The world works in mysterious ways! I actually scored tickets right at the box office from some guy who just didn't want his; his loss! | |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:18pm
MONEYBAG$:
When I saw MBV Mercury Rev opened, who I missed to my eternal regret | |
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Fri. 6/10/16 5:19pm
djsheilab:
@JakeGould Yes! The show changed my life. I got mono the next day and was in bed for three months. Ha! |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:19pm
JakeGould:
@Cliff: Well if it means anything, I chickened out going to Danceteria shows when I was 14 because the commute from the ass end of Brooklyn was murder I tells ya! Murder! | |
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![]() But at least your hearing's ok, right? |
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![]() @Moneybags I missed Mercury Rev opening for Ride because of stupid train cancellations. Incidentally they played at the opening of Bella Union's little vinyl record shop in Brighton last night. |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:21pm
JakeGould:
@djsheilab: Wow! I didn't catch mono but My Bloody Valentine's sons and light show made me deaf for 3 days. No mono, but hey! | |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:22pm
MONEYBAG$:
after that show, all the voices on the radio sounded like the Chipmunks! It was my 18th birthday too | |
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![]() JakeGould - I think the only scene we had going on at the time here was scary straightedge vegans who'd stomp your face in with their Doc Martens if you so much as drank a beer in their presence |
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![]() So I just stayed in my bedroom and listened to college radio |
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![]() Sakura Goes Boom Boom - noice album cover Sheila! |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:28pm
P-90:
LOVING "Soulville"- an excellent example of a treat traditional Blues singer taking a shot at a "Go-Go" number. And scoring. | |
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![]() ...'Beer before wine - BoomBoom! - all fine'... ...isn't that the expression ?? Just checkin'... |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:30pm
P-90:
[great] traditional Blues singer -damn autofill! | |
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![]() ...for a friend... |
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![]() Puffy AmiYumi! ^_____^ |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:31pm
P-90:
As they say in Japlish: "Let's vacation!" | |
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![]() Try Your Guts! www.engrish.com... |
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![]() was listening in the garage and just logging in. loved your single of the week, it had that julee cruise thing with a twist of lemon. |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:34pm
P-90:
@Sheila: if you haven't heard Bobby Short's record of this, check it out! | |
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![]() Fascinated by EllaMaeMorse - transitional from Swing to RawkaRolla... |
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![]() Look forward to Sam Swig |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:38pm
Rob:
Shiela B. B stands for THE BEST. | |
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![]() Any car show enthusiasts aboard? There appears to be a massive event in Rhinebeck this weekend. I met about 40 hot rods as I drove up US 9 a bit ago. www.good-guys.com... |
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![]() The record fair in Utrecht in The Netherlands (twice a year; the biggest record fair in Europe) also has a fantastic female DJ: djmisstwist |
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Fri. 6/10/16 5:46pm
djsheilab:
@Rob Kopp I've met Dj Miss Twist! But never heard her spin. Hope I get to at some point. |
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![]() It's not the way she looks, it's the way she cooks |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:51pm
MONEYBAG$:
HBO theme-worthy show | |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:52pm
nightjeans:
My dad, a huge Lesley Gore fan, got to sing with her for a minute at a medical conference years and years ago. We used to have a videocassette of it. I wish I knew where that tape was. | |
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Fri. 6/10/16 5:54pm
djsheilab:
THIS PART!!!!! HEAVEN!!! |
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![]() Thank you Sheila! So full of energy today! |
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Fri. 6/10/16 5:55pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):
@Ken From Hyde Park 4:32: So true. |
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![]() very, very nice, DJ Sheila |
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![]() Always a joy to start the weekend with the Boom-Boom! Thanks, Sheila! |
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![]() I can't believe you just did that Sheila, bwahahahah! |
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![]() Have the best possible weekend, Sheila. |
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![]() Great, great show @Sheila, thank you xx |
Fri. 6/10/16 5:58pm
Rob F:
Great show this week Sheila. | |
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![]() And you @Ken |
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![]() Thanks Sheila! xx |
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![]() Happy weekends for all! |
Sat. 6/11/16 11:07am
Lalalauren:
Which was the song with the flute intro? Was on around 4 pm but can't seem to find it! Help !! | |
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Sun. 6/12/16 4:01pm
djsheilab:
@Lalalauren: I think you’re talking about Dusty Springfield’s “I Can’t Wait Until I See My Baby’s Face.” Here’s a link: www.youtube.com... |
Tue. 6/14/16 6:06pm
Lalalauren:
@djsheilab that's the one! You're wonderful, thank you! | |
Tue. 6/14/16 6:20pm
Lalalauren:
@djsheilab that's the one! You're wonderful, thank you! | |
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![]() sheilab great to hear this Chip Taylor tribute. Agree totally that someone does not have to pass on to be heard. Bit like we do not tell our loved ones what we think of them until they are gone. Saw Chip last year at a very small London venue, very disappointed that London could not show more respect with a bigger show. Just him and his old friend John Platania, think he is getting a little morose in his later years but heck what a songwriter. My favourite album is This Side of Big River. A country boy in NY. |
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