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Non-commercial indie-pop-rock, but with plenty of WTF? non-sequitur delightful/irritating moments; 90% stuff we've never heard before (45% you'll hate, 45% you'll love), 10% stuff we've heard before (5% you hate, 5% you love). (29 words, 6 numbers.)

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Favoriting August 24, 2016: Fill-in for Ken

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments Approx. start time
David Bowie  Lady Grinning Soul   Favoriting Aladdin Sane  Virgin  1999  CD    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Cinematic Orchestra  Night of the Iguana   Favoriting Motion  Ninja Tune  1999  CD    0:04:23 (Pop-up)
33.3  Power Failure at the U.N.   Favoriting   Aesthetics    CD    0:16:41 (Pop-up)
DJ Food  Nocturne   Favoriting Kaleidoscope  Ninja Tune  2000  CD    0:21:03 (Pop-up)
Bonobo  Between the Lines   Favoriting Days to Come  Ninja Tune  2006  CD  Featuring Bajka  0:27:51 (Pop-up)
 
Ultra Marine  Saratoga   Favoriting Every Man and Woman is a Star  Dali  1992  CD    0:37:45 (Pop-up)
The Field Mice  Tilting At Windmills   Favoriting For Keeps    1991  CD    0:41:18 (Pop-up)
14 Iced Bears  Smooth in the Sun   Favoriting           0:44:07 (Pop-up)
The Courettes  TCHAU   Favoriting   Bachelor Records  2016  7"    0:48:34 (Pop-up)
Jesus & Mary Chain  Moe Tucker   Favoriting           0:51:27 (Pop-up)
Leslie Gore  Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows   Favoriting           0:53:47 (Pop-up)
Gert Wilden  Dirty Beat   Favoriting Schoolgirl Report  Crippled Dick Hot Wax  1997  CD    0:54:51 (Pop-up)
 
The Chills  Whole Weird World   Favoriting Kaleidoscope World  Flying Nun  2016  CD    1:01:25 (Pop-up)
Françoiz Breut  Vingt a trente mille jours   Favoriting Vingt a trent mille jours  Labels  2001  CD    1:04:34 (Pop-up)
Tino  Ghost Dub   Favoriting Tino's Breaks Vol. 6: Hallowe'en Dub  Tino Corp  2002  CD    1:09:19 (Pop-up)
Slavic Soul Party  Blue Pepper   Favoriting Plays Duke Ellington's Far East Suite  Ropeadope  2016  CD    1:18:52 (Pop-up)
DJ Shadow  Bergschrund   Favoriting The Mountain Will Fall  Mass Appeal  2016  CD    1:22:57 (Pop-up)
 
Bad Lip Reading  RNC Debate   Favoriting           1:33:15 (Pop-up)
Carla Dal Forno  Fast Moving Cars   Favoriting   Blackest Ever Black  2016  7"    1:36:07 (Pop-up)
Seven That Spells  Colossus   Favoriting Superautobahn  Sulatron  2016  CD    1:39:11 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Fire*Eater  Give Me Daughters   Favoriting           1:46:03 (Pop-up)
The Tammys  Egyptian Shumba   Favoriting       MP3    1:50:20 (Pop-up)
Sunshine Ruby  Too Young to Tango   Favoriting Dern Ya! Honky Tonk Radio Girl 2016 Marathon Premium  No Label  2016  CD    1:52:18 (Pop-up)
 
Steinski  Nothing to Fear/A Rough Mix   Favoriting Nothing To Fear/A Rough Mix  Steinski  2002  CD    1:59:40 (Pop-up)
DJ Steve Porter feat. Vince  Slap Chop Rap   Favoriting       MP3    2:07:44 (Pop-up)
Run DMC  Can You Rock It LIke This   Favoriting King of Rock  Arista  2005  CD    2:10:27 (Pop-up)
 
The Doodletown Pipers  Roger Miller Medley   Favoriting       MP3    2:19:07 (Pop-up)
Animaniacs  Schnitzelbank   Favoriting           2:23:00 (Pop-up)
Franzl Lang  Im Munchen Steht ein Hofbrauhaus   Favoriting       MP3    2:25:51 (Pop-up)
Black Randy & the Metrosquad  Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)   Favoriting   Munster  2016  7"    2:29:25 (Pop-up)
Chris Kenner  Grandma's House   Favoriting Rhythm n' Bluesin' by the Bayou: Nights of Sin, Dirty Deals, and Love Sick Souls  Ace  2016  CD    2:31:07 (Pop-up)
The Impossibles  Mr. Slowly   Favoriting Bangkok Bedlam! Sonic Mindbenders From Thailand (Give The Drummer 2016 Premium)  WFMU  2016  CD    2:33:10 (Pop-up)
 
Merv Griffin  I've Got Lovely Bunch of Coconuts   Favoriting           2:39:46 (Pop-up)
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan  Tennasee Bird Walk   Favoriting           2:42:19 (Pop-up)
Raymond Scott  Kodachrome   Favoriting Kodachrome  Basta  2002  CD    2:46:30 (Pop-up)
Stereolab  Sudden Stars   Favoriting Instant O In The Universe  Elektra  2003  CD    2:48:16 (Pop-up)
Les Paul & Mary Ford  In The Good Old Summertime   Favoriting           2:53:13 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am
MD:

Good Morning Bob W...and friends...Happy Freeform Day to Ya'll!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am
Bob W.:

Mornin' yall! It's been a while -- just over a year!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10am
MD:

I know Bill W....Now I will get to know Bob W...!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10am
melinda:

hi bob!
Avatar 9:13am
Linda Lee:

that opener was the living end. good morning!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:15am
doctorjazz:

Hi all, page is making me dizzy. Found it though, welcome Bob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18am
Bob W.:

Yeah, this page's background is not good. I really should change it. Well, the colors at least.
  9:20am
zm:

Lady Grinning Soul sounded so gooud dis morning...
Avatar 9:20am
annie:

hey!!!
Avatar 9:21am
Utopiast:

Good morning Bob and all.
  9:23am
egould310:

Hi Bob!*

*Anybody here ever play the drinking game?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:27am
Bob W.:

Yes -- every time I play something on Ninja Tune, you take a drink (of coffee)!
  9:39am
NotARealDoctor:

@BobW, could you have the Ataris play at the knitting factory in Colonial Williamsburg, VA instead? It's much more convenient for me that way and I'm sure the colonial actors would appreciate the entertainment.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43am
Bob W.:

I'll ask 'em. They'd probably be down for that.
Avatar 9:48am
βrian:

The playlist background reminds me of those pretty little squares of paper the nice man would give us at music festivals.
Avatar 9:51am
βrian:

Which makes me think, if there isn't a Sublingual Records, there ought to be.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01am
BLCKDGRD:

Please tell me what your bed music is - I swear to Baal it was in a dream last night and I can't remember what / who it is. Thanks!
  10:02am
Cliff in Prague:

Howdy everyone
  10:02am
βrian:

Bert Kaempfert, no?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03am
Bob W.:

Yup good ol' Bert Kaempfert.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07am
MD:

Oui!!
Avatar 10:11am
βrian:

Ooh. Radio silence. No stream in Flyover Land.
  10:12am
DJ large margin:

is anyone in BK not getting any signal?
Avatar 10:12am
Cheri Pi:

SIlence here too on the pop up
Avatar 10:12am
Cheri Pi:

its back
Avatar 10:13am
βrian:

Is that British Kolumbia?
  10:13am
Cliff in Prague:

Seems to have turned into a movie soundtrack?!
Avatar 10:13am
cee:

lol what's going on here. kennn!!!
  Swag For Life Member 10:14am
tadpoles:

Hacked by the Russians!
Avatar 10:14am
SheWolf:

Weird. My radio went silent and at the same time my desktop computer froze. Woo Russian!
Avatar 10:14am
βrian:

Dolby surround sound in Москва́.
  10:15am
Cliff in Prague:

That's a relief you're hearing the same thing as me.... I was worried since I'm a lot closer than the rest of you to Russia
  10:15am
velvet frog:

It sounds to me like Russian movie commentary
  10:16am
Brendan:

Tino you fat lard. Come get some dinner.
  10:16am
velvet frog:

Music is back!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am
Bob W.:

Sorry about that! Somebody rang on the doorbell phone, I reached for it, knocked another device onto the board, which hit a bunch of buttons and made fr a long moment of silence. Scott Williams had to come down to help me get it fixed! Ugh! I'm WAY out of practice!
Avatar 10:18am
V Priceless:

diggin' the grooves, Bob W.!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:20am
doctorjazz:

This Slavic Soul Party/Ellington has been making the FMU rounds, really love it!
Avatar 10:20am
cee:

love on air moments of silence
  10:21am
Cliff in Prague:

"WFMU: Where Dead Air Lives"
Avatar 10:24am
SheWolf:

I love the Slavic Soul Party track too. Great set Bob W.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:24am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Good morning, folks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:26am
doctorjazz:

SSP seems not to be released yet (looked on Amazon)...
Avatar 10:28am
βrian:

Mein Bertie!
Avatar 10:29am
βrian:

It was a broadcast lacuna, that's all.
Avatar 10:31am
annie:

WFMU, where dead air goes to breathe freely
  10:31am
Cliff in Prague:

Krteček!
Avatar 10:35am
βrian:

Cruz has the weirdest nasal voice. Too creepy.
  10:35am
Cliff in Prague:

If only Trump did free-jazz spoken-word nonsense, he would be so much more tolerable
Avatar 10:36am
βrian:

Where's Ken Nordine when you need him?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36am
Webhamster Henry:

BLR actually has some great writing.
Avatar 10:38am
((Murakami Whywolf):

The mole-guy sounds more like Ren in appearance. I have to wonder if he were the creation of Gene Deitch, an American animator who moved to Prague in 1959, father of Kim Deitch and two other underground cartoonists….
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:39am
Marcel M:

Liking this Carla Dal Forno. Blackest Ever Black is cool label.

Morning Bob and all.
Avatar 10:40am
Cecile:

hiya bob, long time no see!
  10:40am
Mikeee:

99 Sterlavistrata
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:40am
Marcel M:

Damn Seven That Spells. Haven't heard about them in forever.
  10:40am
Mikeee:

Harlo BobW
Avatar 10:41am
((Murakami Whywolf):

(Checks Wikipedia.)
Nope.
Avatar 10:41am
Cheri Pi:

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Avatar 10:44am
βrian:

Nice forward-leaning noise.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47am
Bob W.:

Hey Mikeee. 99 Stellavista? Hey Cecile. Good to be back, ruining the airwaves!
  10:48am
Mikeee:

Mikeee loves to hear you on the wheels of steel. Yes freom Stellavista
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:52am
Webhamster Henry:

This track is dedicated to Gaylord!
  10:54am
Listener142985:

Thank you Bob W. for hours of enjoyment this morning. Really fun show.
  10:55am
steve krinsky:

What a great song. I just looked it up: Written by Shep Wooley, from 1953, Dallas, TX
Avatar 10:56am
Cecile:

the same guy who wrote Purple People Eater?
Avatar 10:58am
Lewis:

Great to hear you through the tubes! (hi cecile)
Avatar 10:58am
βrian:

route ≠ rout
  11:01am
Cliff in Prague:

Steinski!
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Lewis:

my goodness, but I do enjoy a Steinski mix
Avatar 11:02am
tonyb:

they call him the blow-torch killer!
Avatar 11:07am
βrian:

That man is not a nice man.
  11:07am
Cliff in Prague:

At my old job, they played that clip from Glengarry Glen Ross at the yearly company meeting, supposedly as a "joke" and a "team motivator". I didn't stick around too long after that.
Avatar 11:08am
annie:

cliff, good to see you. settling in?
Avatar 11:09am
Cecile:

hahahahha
Slap Chop was kind of legendary in my house
  11:10am
Cliff in Prague:

Hey annie! I found an apartment here, I've got the transit system mostly figured out, and I'm going to be applying for jobs soon :)
Avatar 11:11am
βrian:

More cilantro, please.
Avatar 11:12am
annie:

good on ye, cliff..!!! you're gonna miss the syracuse snows.. not!!
  11:15am
Cliff in Prague:

Haha! I am missing the NY State Fair, though :/
Avatar 11:15am
annie:

ooohh, right! bummer
  11:16am
Cliff in Prague:

I'm going to have to cook up a pot of chicken riggies to make up for it
  11:18am
Cliff in Prague:

And I did make it to Ithaca Fest this year, so there's that :)
Avatar 11:18am
Cecile:

the economy must be better.
I couldn't even get a volunteer job for cleaning cages at the humane society a few years back.
Avatar 11:18am
steve:

highly endorse volunteering at a shelter and walking dogs!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:19am
Goatpuncher:

I have not heard enough Run DMC lately. Thank you for rectifying that. Life needs more Run DMC.
Avatar 11:19am
Cecile:

oh, yeah, they were real.
  11:20am
Brendan:

Okey doodely
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:20am
Parq:

"The Doodletown Pipers"?
Avatar 11:21am
annie:

anna one anna two
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21am
doctorjazz:

Makes me smile...
Avatar 11:21am
Cecile:

Eugene Chadbourne has done some funny versions of Dang Me.
Avatar 11:22am
Cecile:

this kind of stuff was WAY popular.
  11:23am
Brendan:

Say this is swell.
Avatar 11:23am
duke:

Doodletown NY or NJ?
Avatar 11:23am
annie:

i miss mitch miller
  11:24am
judy from croton:

Love this doodletown music. Takes me back to childhood trips in the station wagon VA to MN stopping at diners along the way.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:24am
Parq:

Anicmaniacs! Now you're talking.
Avatar 11:24am
Cecile:

you know that there had to be one Doodle who dropped out and joined a commune. Or a Jesus Person Doodle.


Yay!
  11:25am
Cliff in Prague:

I like schnitzel!
  11:26am
Brendan:

Left stereo channel down fer me
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:27am
Parq:

Word of God is that Jess Harnell modeled Wakko's voice on Ringo, but he always sounded more like John to me.
  11:27am
Cliff in Prague:

That's where the schnitzel was
  11:28am
Andy the painter:

now THIS is music!!
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annie:

this is too damn good, i almost turned the volume up for the lady taking my book order...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:30am
doctorjazz:

lets ALL yodel!
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annie:

as children, one of our favorite Lps was the German drinking songs... we wore that out!
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βrian:

Yodel, Escher, Bacharach
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annie:

weiner of the day!^
Avatar 11:32am
Cecile:

why did I suddenly see Madea doing the swim in my head?
  11:32am
Laura L:

Black Randy and the Metrosquad! Haven't heard that on radio since I don't know when.
  11:37am
Cliff in Prague:

Can't wait to hear Yodel, Escher, Bacharach play at Monty Hall
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:38am
Webhamster Henry:

This is a fun show today, Bob! Thanks!
Avatar 11:41am
((Murakami Whywolf):

I think you just killed Vicki.
Avatar 11:41am
annie:

waahh!! only 20 minutes left
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:42am
doctorjazz:

More smiles, my cheeks are hurting!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:42am
Parq:

Maybe they should have cast Merv in Mary Poppins.
  11:44am
Cliff in Prague:

Something else fell on the soundboard?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:44am
Parq:

Chirp chirp.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:45am
Todd76Pct:

Thanks for the great show today, Bob W.! I think that that track by The Impossibles was actually a cover of "Sing A Mean Tune, Kid" from the Chicago III LP. I'm more than a little embarrassed to know this...
Avatar 11:45am
mauri:

rolls on and on
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:50am
Michael 98145:

nice to hear Stereolab again
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annie:

please try to do more shows bobw... we miss you
  11:50am
Cliff in Prague:

Stereolab <3 <3 <3
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rbxbx:

So I must admit, I've never gotten in to Stereolab, but generally have liked everything I've heard... this may be an impossible/highly opinionated question, but where's a good place to start?
  11:55am
Cliff in Prague:

rbxbx - Mars Audiac Quintet is the first album I listened to, got it in '94 or so when I was still in high school :)
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rbxbx:

@Cliff in Prague: noted, thanks :)
  11:57am
Cliff in Prague:

Dots and Loops is also very good IMO
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duke:

@rbxbx Rhino has a collection The Studio Album Collection that has tons of Stereolab good stuff. My fav is Emperor Tomato Ketchup, mainly for the song Cybele's Reverie
Avatar 11:57am
steve:

GREAT show... come back more often B Dubya!
Avatar 11:57am
duke:

Thanks Bob!
  11:58am
Cliff in Prague:

Thanks for the show today Bob W.!
Avatar 11:58am
rbxbx:

@duke thanks a lot!
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