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Description: Exuberance/Ebullience, banter, possibly an interview, context and connection, the familiar, the strange.



Find: Symphonies of Treble, Words Of Expectation, stab, skronk, shimmer, sheen, The New Sound of Now, Ideas for Walls, pleasure, pith, Flutter and Wow, Motorik, cowbells, disco akimbo, at least one Cantankerous Singer, The German Language, shards of glass, Ethiopian Punk, organic, synthetic, sawtooths & squarewaves, Library Riffage, yesterday's recipes, the wrong speed, intentional static, floating, ethereal, time and timelessness.

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Favoriting July 28, 2022: Veronal Microtonal + Interview w/Body Breaks

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Sounds Of The Ocean  Beach Sounds   Favoriting Ocean Sounds  Sounds Of The Ocean  2016      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Body Breaks  Reality   Favoriting Bad Trouble  We Are Time Records  2021  Our interviewees tonight will be Matt LeGroulx and Julie Reich of Body Breaks. This is one of the microtonal songs from the Montreal/Toronto duo's debut record. It is also the first record released on the "We Are Time" label. We are excited to be able to broadcast our interview with them tonight! Body Breaks Bandcamp    0:03:12 (Pop-up)
KEG  Elephant   Favoriting Girders (EP)  Alcopop! Records/BM  2022  This track was released by the Brighton-based Septet on June 29. "Ahead of the release of their new EP ‘Girders’ on 2nd September on Alcopop! Records/BMG, Keg are sharing new single ‘Elephant’. Speaking about the track, the band say, “Elephantine in rhythm, an excessive foray into our sillier instrumental faculties. Loosely written about a mass camel cull in Australia, sniped from a helicopter.”" -- "On the upcoming EP Girders the band say: “came about quite naturally, unconsciously it all seemed to line up, perhaps with the exception of ‘Kids’ which is just a nice radio friendly song about hating your offspring.“"  *   0:06:06 (Pop-up)
Dry Cleaning  Anna Calls From The Arctic   Favoriting Stumpwork  4AD  2022  Newly released song from the forthcoming album, out October 21 on 4AD records. “The lyrics were partly inspired by phone calls with a friend who was living and working in the Arctic,” the band explains. “The song developed from a keyboard, bass and clarinet jam. This then took shape during our pre-recording sessions with John Parish and Joe Jones in Bristol and finalized at Rockfield studios a month later, with some musical inspiration coming from the dramatic scores of John Barry. The song is observational and sensual...” "...[it] also has a video featuring Dry Cleaning’s drummer, Nick Buxton, ice skating backwards on a closed rink."  *   0:08:33 (Pop-up)
MISZCZYK (feat. Craig Fahner)  Lunar Days   Favoriting Thyrsis of Etna  We Are Time Records  2022  "For Toronto producer and multi-instrumentalist MISZCZYK (aka Nyles Miszczyk), his debut album, Thyrsis of Etna is world encompassing, from both the breadth of the sound to the globe spanning collaborators involved. The album, due out July 15th via We Are Time, features guest vocals on each track, including both legends and up-and-comers, with appearances from Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab), Vanessa Briscoe Hay (Pylon), Chad VanGaalen, The Space Lady, NAI, Chandra Oppenheim, and more. With vocal contributions from as far as Nigeria and France, MISZCZYK took the material he was given and built upon in it with smoky electronics and fuzzy atmosphere, at times channeling the work of Geoff Barrow while expanding into post-punk club bangers and futuristic pop. It’s a wild record, distilling sixteen different visions down to one logical album, the feeling of a mixtape colliding with the sound of a singular producer. Having already shared a slew of great singles, MISZCZYK is unleashing “Lunar Days,” a collaboration with Motorists’ Craig Fahner. The song has an effortless chemistry, with MISZCZYK tapping into a kinetic motorik pulse, pulling from the krautrock and jangle pop textures that Fahner’s band has become known for, while offering something decidedly different, as everything is dubbed and processed for radiant textures. It’s hypnotic and earnest, with Fahner’s vocal croon resembling Tom Verlaine at his finest. There’s a wonderful animated video, illustrated by Fiona Smyth, built on a similar wavelength of repetition, simplicity, and glitz." [Review from post-trash.com]  *   0:13:32 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Roy Budd 

Get Carter - Theme, Original 7" Edit   Favoriting

Get Carter (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 

Jambo Records 

1971 / 2019 

From the 1971 film "Get Carter". "The majority of the film's music was composed by Roy Budd, a jazz pianist and composer, who had previously worked on soundtracks for Soldier Blue and Flight of the Doves. Aside from its score, Budd also composed three songs: "Looking For Someone", "Love Is A Four Letter Word" (with lyrics by Jack Fishman) and "Hallucinations". The theme (otherwise known as "Carter Takes a Train"), the best-known piece from the film, was played by Budd and the other members of his jazz trio, Jeff Clyne (double bass) and Chris Karan (percussion), and was recorded on a budget of £450. The musicians recorded the soundtrack live, direct to picture, playing along with the film. To save time and money Budd did not use overdubs, simultaneously playing a real harpsichord, a Wurlitzer electric piano and a grand piano. Budd described the experience as "uncomfortable, but it sounded pleasant". The theme tune features the sounds of the character's train journey from London to Newcastle. The theme was released as a 7" vinyl single by Pye Records in 1971, titled simply Carter and backed with "Plaything", another piece composed for the soundtrack. Original copies of the record are much sought after by collectors and sell for around £100. The soundtrack—including pieces not used in the film—was originally only available in its entirety in Japan, where it was released on Odeon Records. It was released in the UK in 1998 by the Cinephile label, a subsidiary of Castle Communications. In 2012, the theme was included on the Soul Jazz Records compilation British TV, Film and Library Composers." 

 

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Music behind DJ:
Roy Budd 

Main Theme - Carter Takes A Train   Favoriting

Get Carter (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 

Jambo Records 

1971 / 2019 

 

 

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Roy Budd 

Get Carter Theme - Alternative Mix 1   Favoriting

Get Carter (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 

Jambo Records 

1971 / 2019 

 

 

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The Casual Sexists  Let's Go To The Beach   Favoriting Let's Go To The Beach  Ghoul Tapes  2017  The Casual Sexists are a pop band that exist in both the past and the future. They sound like the darkest deepest recesses of Danceteria in NYC in 1982…Like gum chewing teenage girls telling a shop owner to fuck off in London in 1988 after he’s asked them to leave because they are scaring the other customers…Like the love baby of 80’s minimalist classic “Laid Back” by White Horse, Cristina’s “Sleep it Off ” album, The Slits, Shampoo, and “West End Girls”…but they also sound like the future : DIY clever, sticky, and disposable in the best way. This 2017 release is the result of Varrick and Ed Zed squirreling themselves away in their apartment with a menagerie of grubby synths and bad animal samples to craft this brand new EP. Dislocated dance floor pop, musique concrète and a touch of juke/footwork are thrown into the Casuals' blender as they explore memory, ennui and vinyl fetishism.    0:24:10 (Pop-up)
Kamikaze Palm Tree  In The Sand   Favoriting The Hit EP  Drag City  2022  Seven years back, Dylan Hadley and Cole Berliner emerged fully formed from the wilds of San Francisco as Kamikaze Palm Tree. In 2022 Drag City welcomed KPT to their island destination. Their latest singles from the upcoming “Mint Chip” album are on hard repeat at the poolside jukebox, with their latest band lineup featuring the musical prowess of Josh Puklavetz (White Fence) on bass and Sofia Arregiun (Wand) on keyboards. The songs: their imagined pictures—anything from faintly to innately ridiculous—are somehow intimate while devoid of context. “None of the songs are about anything.” Ambiguity and nostalgia, hand in hand, and you, cognitive and dissonanced, humming along.  *   0:27:40 (Pop-up)
Famous  Surf's Up   Favoriting England  Untitled Records  2019  Surf’s Up! is named after a Beach Boys album, which Merrett describes as ‘phenomenally bleak’. The song imagines a series of very ordinary interactions, with each one provoking a more dramatised and hysterical reaction. Exploring the tension between narcissism and insecurity the lyrics instil the ugly and mundane with romance and hyperbole, a reaction to Jack’s anxious and confusing adolescence. Taking the banal aspects of his personal interactions with life and introducing theatricality has helped to navigate life’s pressures. Famous are Jack Merrett (vocals), Joscelin Dent-Pooley (synths), James Ogram (synths), George Gardner (Bass), Tiernan Banks (guitar), Danny Sanders (drums).    0:29:20 (Pop-up)
Wah Together  I'm A Swimmer   Favoriting Let's Wah Together  Dedstrange  2021  Wah Together rejects anti-social techbro musical austerity in favor of spontaneous face-to-face creation. On their debut LP, Let's Wah Together, the NYC-based quartet of bassist Phil Mossman (LCD Soundsystem), drummer Vito Roccoforte (The Rapture), producer/guitarist Steve Schiltz (Longwave), and vocalist Jaiko Suzuki revel in the communal delight that happens when happy accidents are caught on tape. Tracked principally live and in close quarters, Let's Wah Together captures the immediacy and spontaneity of a group of musicians listening to – and playing off – one another with genuine affection, curiosity, and joy.    0:31:49 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
MonoNeon 

Microbettywright   Favoriting

Microbettywright (Microtonal Southern Soul) 

Dwayne Thomas Jr. 

2012 

Dwayne Thomas Jr, professionally known as MonoNeon, is a bassist, luthier, experimental musician, songwriter and YouTuber. His work, spanning multiple experimental projects and collaborations, including Prince, has seen an online cult following.Thomas was the last bassist Prince hired before his death in 2016, and he additionally collaborated with American singer Ne-Yo in 2010. He has since become known for his videos that harmonize viral videos with basslines, and his compositions that utilize microtonality.He is a native of Memphis, Tennessee. 

 

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Music behind DJ:
Xotla 

Moment   Favoriting

Microtonal Funk & Blues Vol 1 

375495 Records DK 

2022 

"My name is Declan Clark, I compose under the alias 'Xotla'. I live in an area known for its beautiful forests and diverse wildlife to the East of Melbourne, which heavily inspires the music I write. I primarily create funk and breakbeat music, with a mixture of unusual time signatures and esoteric tunings, currently focussing on 17 tone equal temperament, utilising a custom microtonal guitar." 

 

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Body Breaks  Bad Trouble   Favoriting Bad Trouble  We Are Time Records  2021  Body Breaks Bandcamp    0:43:22 (Pop-up)
  Matt LeGroulx and Julie Reich of Body Breaks join us tonight for an interview.
Body Breaks  Generation Y   Favoriting Bad Trouble  We Are Time Records  2021  Body Breaks Bandcamp    1:09:09 (Pop-up)
Body Breaks  Work For The Man   Favoriting Bad Trouble  We Are Time Records  2021  Body Breaks Bandcamp    1:11:58 (Pop-up)
Colin Newman  But No [Riverside Demo]   Favoriting A -Z  Sentient Sonics  1980 / 2016  From Colin Newman's debut solo album, released just as his band Wire took a 5-year break. This is the studio demo, with a much more direct and stripped down performance. Despite the relatively straight-forward sonic palette, the track builds and gathers up a fair amount of tension as it unfolds to its conclusion.    1:14:11 (Pop-up)
Colin Newman  But No   Favoriting A -Z  Sentient Sonics  1980 / 2016  Studio version of the aforementioned track. Heavily layered with many more elements than the demo, it is much more extreme in mix & production. The tension created through the track seems to be of a different nature, though. Played back to back, these two versions not only give the opportunity for an A/B comparison, but also the possibility of reimagining the song as a relentless, shifting, 7+ minute epic.    1:18:00 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Harry Partch 

Castor & Pollux - A Dance For The Twin Rhythms Of Gemini From Plectra & Percussion Dances   Favoriting

The World Of Harry Partch 

Columbia Masterworks 

1969 

"Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974) was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of unique musical instruments. He composed using scales of unequal intervals in just intonation, and was one of the first 20th-century composers in the West to work systematically with microtonal scales, alongside Lou Harrison. He built custom-made instruments in these tunings on which to play his compositions, and described the method behind his theory and practice in his book Genesis of a Music (1947). Partch composed with scales dividing the octave into 43 unequal tones derived from the natural harmonic series; these scales allowed for more tones of smaller intervals than in standard Western tuning, which uses twelve equal intervals to the octave. To play his music, Partch built many unique instruments, with such names as the Chromelodeon, the Quadrangularis Reversum, and the Zymo-Xyl. Partch described his music as corporeal, and distinguished it from abstract music, which he perceived as the dominant trend in Western music since the time of Bach. His earliest compositions were small-scale pieces to be intoned to instrumental backing; his later works were large-scale, integrated theater productions in which he expected each of the performers to sing, dance, speak, and play instruments. Ancient Greek theatre and Japanese Noh and kabuki heavily influenced his music theatre. Encouraged by his mother, Partch learned several instruments at a young age. By fourteen, he was composing, and in particular took to setting dramatic situations. He dropped out of the University of Southern California's School of Music in 1922 over dissatisfaction with the quality of his teachers. He took to self-study in San Francisco's libraries, where he discovered Hermann von Helmholtz's Sensations of Tone, which convinced him to devote himself to music based on scales tuned in just intonation. In 1930, he burned all his previous compositions in a rejection of the European concert tradition. Partch frequently moved around the US. Early in his career, he was a transient worker, and sometimes a hobo; later he depended on grants, university appointments, and record sales to support himself. In 1970, supporters created the Harry Partch Foundation to administer Partch's music and instruments." 

 

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Wombo  Just Like Time   Favoriting Keesh Mountain EP  Fire Talk  2021  The weird world of Wombo is a kaleidoscopic journey of sharp turns and surprising visions, a melting pot of influences with a cheeky cheshire-cat grin that coalesce into a trippy but infinite universe, a portal into their unique vantage point without limitation. Already committed to living outside the traditionally-heralded country sound of the music scene in their hometown of Louisville Kentucky, Sydney Chadwick (vocals) and Cameron Lowe (guitar) had previously played in punk pop band the Debauchees, and with the addition of Joel Taylor (drums) in 2016 they found a winning combination of more straightforward indie rock combined with Chadwick’s pitched up, oscillating vocals and unpredictable shifts in melody that see the band moving forward at an impressive pace. Their 2018 album “Blossomlooksdownuponus” is a snapshot of Wombo’s wide-ranging aspirations that careen across avant pop, psych and wonky post punk interludes with a sky’s-the-limit approach to translating the mundanity of regular life into their own high-frequency language.    1:27:25 (Pop-up)
Nicfit  Human Inane   Favoriting Fuse  Upset The Rhythm  2022  Nicfit - 'Fuse' Nicfit are a four-piece punk band from Nagoya, Japan. Comprising Hiromi on vocals, Charley on guitar, KenKen on bass and Kuwayama on drums the group are by turns melodic and menacing. Nicfit are a nervous itch, incessant and impossible to predict. Nicfit borrow from hardcore, noise rock, and no wave with such abandon that it makes for a sound all their own, even if they make it easy to spot their roots at times. James Chance Skronk...Urinals hardcore...Jesus Lizard...Sonic Youth...it's all there...    1:29:43 (Pop-up)
Mitraille  House Paint Ad   Favoriting Mitraille  Belly Button Records  2021  Mitraille plays garage punk music and likes Motörhead. After releasing 3 piggypunk EP's (of which 2 on Belly Button) over the last couple of years, it's now time for something bigger...a full length! Mitraille are: Bas/voc= Dennis Van Hoof Guitar/voc= Mathias Roggeman Drums= Rafael Valles Hilario They are from Antwerp and are currently playing around at a festival near you!    1:33:08 (Pop-up)
Cobra Man  Cool, Nice.   Favoriting Cool, Nice. Single  Cool, Nice  2022  Inspired by a request from Los Angeles skateboarding collective the Worble, musician Andy Harry formed electro-punk duo Cobra Man with his friend Sarah Rayne. Their first foray into making music as Cobra Man being the score to the Worble "ManRamp" video which is yes...a video featuring using people as skateboard ramps. Cobra Man love disco, but they clearly love punk. I am confused by this band. But I like it.  *   1:35:11 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The Horse Lords 

Radiant City   Favoriting

The Common Task 

Northern Sky 

2022 

Horse Lords are an American avant-garde rock band from Baltimore. The band plays experimental music with elements of krautrock, post-punk, Appalachian and African musical traditions, polyrhythmia, arcane tunings and electronics. The band uses the just intonation tuning system favored by avantgarde composers La Monte Young and James Tenney, so the musicians are playing hand-modified guitars with repositioned frets, re-tuned and customized by band member Owen Gardner. 

 

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Music behind DJ:
Horse Lords 

Against Gravity   Favoriting

The Common Task 

Northern Sky 

2020 

 

 

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Zounds  Can't Cheat Karma   Favoriting Curse Of The Zounds + Singles  Rough Trade  1981  Zounds are an English anarcho punk/post-punk band from Reading, Berkshire, England, formed in 1977. Originally they were part of the cassette culture movement, releasing material on the Fuck Off Records label, and were also involved in the squatting and free festival scene. The band met up with fellow anarchists Crass when, legend has it, their van broke down on the road. They made their way to nearby Dial House, where Crass were based, who helped them with repairs. The two bands became friends, and although musically very divergent, they shared many common political views. The band split up in late 1982, after becoming disaffected with the anarchist music scene in general and the band worn out from touring. They reformed in 2007 and were once again active for a few years.    1:42:28 (Pop-up)
Loose Fit  Pull The Lever   Favoriting Pull The Lever Single  FatCat Records  2020  The debut self-titled EP by the Sydney based group delivers a snapshot of their signature groove driven post- punk sound in one short, sharp hit. Informed by a DIY work ethic, the group recorded the EP in one weekend, employing the help of friend and Sydney musician/producer/engineer Jonathan Boulet. (Party Dozen) Says Vocalist Anna of their style: “One thing that we all love as a band that we lean into when we’re writing songs are things that are a bit jarring and grate against each other… I really enjoy curating a dance between being tightly controlled and completely unhinged between the vocals and the sax.”    1:45:10 (Pop-up)
Gloop Unit  Imitation   Favoriting Imitation  Gloop Unit  2022  From the get-go, ‘Imitation’ oozes with a spiralling kaleidoscope of addicting melodies and an insuperable groove. Addressing the fact that, at times, relationships can feel almost synthetic. Ravaged by choking intensities, cultivating a wonder into where true intentions lie. There are rumours that the band spawned from a lab, after test tubes of a viscous jazzy substance and punky microbes, discovered from the cosmos, got mixed up in one of David Bryne’s old microwaves.    1:48:17 (Pop-up)
Donzii  Mines   Favoriting Mines 12"  Grey Market Records  2018  Miami’s Donzii is a time-bending, post-punk vision: a unity of go-hard industrial bangers, darkly ambient balladry, and new takes on the funk traditions of No Wave. Whether on stage or on record, Donzii's music is heavily evocative of the heat, humidity, music blasting out of car windows, push-and-pull between development and natural beauty, and the slightly enigmatic vibes of Miami. Both Fuller and Balfe agree. "Miami is a tropical paradise in peril," says Balfe. "This reality shades my creative output with heavy references to time, death, decay and opulence as diversion from truth.Whether on stage or on record, Donzii's music is heavily evocative of the heat, humidity, music blasting out of car windows, push-and-pull between development and natural beauty, and the slightly enigmatic vibes of Miami. Both Fuller and Balfe agree. "Miami is a tropical paradise in peril," says Balfe. "This reality shades my creative output with heavy references to time, death, decay and opulence as diversion from truth."    1:52:47 (Pop-up)
Sounds Of The Ocean  Beach Sounds   Favoriting Ocean Sounds  Sounds Of The Ocean  2016      1:56:17 (Pop-up)
DAMEFRISØR  2-HEH-V   Favoriting Do You Think I'm Special?/2-HEH-V  Permanent Creeps Records  2022  Forming at a Bristol club night in 2019 with a collective appreciation for all things shoegaze, DAMEFRISØR bring bags of driving rhythms and swirling guitars. They are Kazhi Jahfar (Vocals) Nyle Dowd (Drums) Garin Curtis (Guitar) Jamie Brown (Guitar) and Sam Nobbs (Synth). Forming at a Bristol club night in 2019 with a collective appreciation for all things shoegaze, DAMEFRISØR bring bags of driving rhythms and swirling guitars. They are Kazhi Jahfar (Vocals) Nyle Dowd (Drums) Garin Curtis (Guitar) Jamie Brown (Guitar) and Sam Nobbs (Synth).    1:59:48 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
DJ Babs:

Hello welcome Beachers! Looking forward to another week of fun with you all here in the chat and on air! :-)
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
Scott67:

Live Meow!😸 G'day Babs, Derek & Beached as!
🍻😎🤙💨🍺🍺☀️🌏🍁❤️❤️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
DJ Babs:

Hi Scott! you're early!!! lol
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:01pm
Scott67:

A little cat told me Babs!🍻😉🤙😸
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:01pm
ultradamno:

Babs! Derek! Beach Bums!
Avatar 8:02pm
Mr Fab:

Aloha, Beach bunnies!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
Krys O.:

Howdy!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
Feldy:

Hello to Echo Beach, guys!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
DJ Babs:

Ah yes that's MeepMoops job, making everyone aware of air time! Hello Ultradamno, Mr. Fab, Krys! Feldy! Ready to get a bit wonky and microtonal?
  8:06pm
Matt from Body Breaks:

Hey everyone! My power's out but as long as my phone lives I'll be here!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
Derek Westerholm:

Hello Scott, Ultra, Fab, KrysO, Feldy, hello hello one & all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
DJ Babs:

YAY Matt! Hello Hello!!! Just freakin out to your amazing song!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
Derek Westerholm:

Matt, hello! Welcome! Hurrah!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
Feldy:

This is quite good
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
Derek Westerholm:

Matt will be happy to hear that, Feldy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
DJ Babs:

I must say I'm im a microtonal mood lately. It's all about the spaces in between....
  8:08pm
Matt from Body Breaks:

Thank you Feldy!
Avatar 8:08pm
Mr Fab:

microtonal music is fascinating. But it's difficult with most off-the-shelf instruments. Someone has to custom-make them. Until someone sells microtonal guitars n keyboards, it's unfortunately going to be a very niche specialty.
  8:08pm
Tyler:

'Allo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:08pm
DJ Babs:

Matt did you say your power is out!?!?!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:09pm
Derek Westerholm:

Is your entire block without power Matt, or just your phone?
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:09pm
Derek Westerholm:

Hello Tyler!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:09pm
DJ Babs:

Hello Tyler! So nice to see you! And Mr. Fab luckily we hav a microtonal expert in the house tonight...Matt From Body Breaks...so I'm sure he can answer all pertinent questions loll
Avatar 8:10pm
DJ Blush:

Heloooooo
  8:10pm
Matt from Body Breaks:

I used two standard guitars Mr. Fab. Where there is a will there's a way!

Yeah, my whole block is down.
  8:11pm
Tyler:

Hi Derek, Babs and Mrs. Doubtfire Britt!
Avatar 8:11pm
DJ Blush:

Looool
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:12pm
DJ Babs:

Hello Blush my dear so so nice to see you!!!
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:12pm
Derek Westerholm:

Does it come down to a matter of fine tuning, then, Matt?
  8:12pm
Tyler:

This song sounds like the ash burning off a cigarette after a long day...
Avatar 🏝 Swag For Life Member 8:13pm
Derek Westerholm:

Hello Blush!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:14pm
DJ Babs:

I think this is the Dry Cleaning song that's finally gotten me hooked...it took a while!
  8:14pm
Matt from Body Breaks:

Yeah, just two guitars tuned 50 cents or a quarter tone apart. Butvof course there are infinite ways to tune any string instrument to any pitches, whether they correspond to notes on the piano or not. Jandek is a great example.
  8:15pm
Tyler:

It has a staring off into space quality I quite like...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:15pm
DJ Babs:

I know that king gizzard and the lizard wizard used a mix of custom and regular guitars on their microtonal album...and I think there are other types of keyboards like the oriental organ that are just essentially built for eastern microtonal tunings...
Avatar 🏝 8:17pm
Alli B:

Hi guys!
Avatar 8:17pm
DJ Blush:

Definitely just stared into space for the last 5 minutes
  8:17pm
Tyler:

There are a whole bunch of keyboard controllers out there that can handle microtones. I also saw a clip years ago of a Jazz pianist playing Persian songs with lots of microtonals using a standard piano.
Avatar 8:17pm
DJ Blush:

Alli!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:17pm
DJ Babs:

hlloooooo Alli! Glad to have you with us tonite!!!
  8:17pm
Matt from Body Breaks:

Some digital keyboards have microtonal tunings built in. Charanjit Singh used one of these for his live performances a few years ago.
Avatar 🏝 8:18pm
Alli B:

So happy to be here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:18pm
DJ Babs:

@Blush I've been doing that alot lately lol
  8:18pm
Tyler:

@DJ Blush - totally zoning out here as well - it's been a busy week :)
  8:18pm
Tyler:

'Allo Alli B!
  8:19pm
Tyler:

'Get Carter' is class
  8:19pm
Matt from Body Breaks:

Very true Tyler! Hafez Modirzadeh often retunes pianos for his performances. Vijay Iyer is one pianist who played with him on one of those.
Avatar 8:20pm
VinylVillainSean:

Hola!
  8:21pm
Tyler:

@Matt from Body Breaks - Yeah, exactly. Then there's always Steve Reich's mods to instruments...
  8:21pm
Tyler:

Hi Sean!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:21pm
DJ Babs:

Hello Hello Sean!!!
Avatar 8:22pm
Mr Fab:

I've never tuned a piano. I leave that to the experts. Honestly wouldn't have the foggiest idea how. It's a whole other kinda skill.
Avatar 8:22pm
VinylVillainSean:

Howdy gang!
Avatar 8:22pm
DJ Blush:

Heeeey!
Avatar 🏝 8:22pm
Alli B:

Hi Tyler!
Avatar 8:22pm
DJ Blush:

And hello Tyler and everyone
  8:23pm
Tyler:

@Mr. Fab - yeah I've never tried that either. Would only ever attempt it on a salvage piano - too afraid of messing up a valuable instrument.
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Mr Fab:

A six-string guitar, no prob!
  8:25pm
Tyler:

Yeah, a guitar I can tune by ear. Never bought a guitar tuner.
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ultradamno:

Baby Elephant Walt is what's evoked by the phrase 'elephantine rhythms' for me
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DJ Blush:

Hope you're all having a relaxing night, I know I am with these killer tunes, a joint, and my cats are cuddled around my bose speaker
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DJ Babs:

I'm enjoying a vodka cherry soda and hanging out with you all!!!
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Mr Fab:

Right on, Tyler! Guitar tuners look like they're more trouble than they're worth. Certainly more expensive. But micro-tuning guitars is another story - I would think that all those frets would get in the way. There's some crazy pics i've seen of radically re-fretted micro-tuned guitars. You really got to be a bit of a craftsman for some of those babies.
  8:29pm
Tyler:

Sounds wonderful, Britt. May need to pop out to the backyard for a C-gar later...
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DJ Blush:

hell yeah, gonna be a beautiful night
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ultradamno:

Baby Elephant Walk, that is. Trying to type with a cat on my chest...
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DJ Blush:

it's a new moon tonight, apparently
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DJ Babs:

new moon new beginnings......
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DJ Blush:

The Rapture and LCD are two of my fav bands – how have I never heard this before!? Incredible
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DJ Blush:

Cheers to fuckin that, B
  8:32pm
Tyler:

@Mr. Fab - lots of mods on guitars, like the Velvets 'Ostrich Tuning' where every string is tuned to the same note.

I suppose on guitar with some precise technique on where you place your fingers on the space between the frets you could manage some microtones without changing the standard tuning.
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DJ Babs:

I really like this band a lot!
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Derek Westerholm:

Ultra, typing about Elephants with a cat on your chest... Sounds like there's an abstract poem in there somewhere...
  8:33pm
Tyler:

Having an iced coffee 'con ron' here - enjoying the music & convo. CHEERS!
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DJ Babs:

Sorry derek messed up the publishing THIS is the LCD/Rapture SS collab
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ultradamno:

And more wholesome than Beefheart's vampire/monkey affair
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DJ Blush:

Oh yeah can definitely tell!! Love it already
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VinylVillainSean:

I'm watching the Blue Jays game on mute with this on blast and it fits it perfectly
  8:35pm
Tyler:

That BASS <3
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DJ Blush:

Loool Sean love it
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DJ Blush:

What's the score eh
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DJ Blush:

Tyler you've inspired me to make an iced coffee
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Mr Fab:

We got a new moon?!
What happened to the old one? (Sorry)

I did the Ostrich Tuning on the ol gee-tar - top 3 strings tuned to E, bottom 3, all Es an octave higher. Perhaps not surprisingly, it sounded just like Sonic Youth.
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DJ Babs:

Tis a crunchy bass to be sure!
  8:36pm
Tyler:

Cheers, Britt! Don' blame if you get hooked like me ;)
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VinylVillainSean:

3-1 for us
  8:37pm
Tyler:

@Mr Fab - maybe one day I'll try the same and Branca-on-out! :)
  8:38pm
?:

So fab
  8:38pm
Tyler:

This is pretty funk-tacular!
  8:39pm
egould:

I was hurtling down the highway at the time, so I couldn’t comment. But damn that Body Breaks song was awesome. Keep it untuned you maniacs!
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VinylVillainSean:

hahaha i love this
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Derek Westerholm:

Hello there Sean, Alli, egould & anyone else I may have missed.
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DJ Blush:

Sick
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Derek Westerholm:

egould, well, you're in luck, then, more Body Breaks songs & interview coming up in moments
  8:40pm
magneticallystripedmeme:

I haven’t been round for a while and omg this is great babs & derek
  8:40pm
magneticallystripedmeme:

I haven’t been round for a while and omg this is great babs & derek
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Derek Westerholm:

Hopefully Matt's phone stays powered long enough!
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VinylVillainSean:

I want some Hal Johnson and Joanne McCloud Body Breaks
  8:41pm
egould:

Hot damn!
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DJ Blush:

track suits
  8:41pm
Tyler:

I love the Herbie Hancock song 'Chameleon'. It has a 'walking-funk' feel like this song.
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Derek Westerholm:

Aww, thanks MagneticallySM
  8:42pm
Tyler:

@Sean - hahaha - Body Breaks! BO-DY BREAKS!
Someone shoulda sampled that for their pop 'n lock project...
  8:42pm
magneticallystripedmeme:

See? I’m rusty. I even double post. 🤔
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VinylVillainSean:

LOL @djblush @Tyler
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ultradamno:

The Future? The group that gave way to Human League?
  8:44pm
Tyler:

Audience Partici-Paction :)
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ultradamno:

....not to mention Clock DVA
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DJ Babs:

Hello Magnetically Striped Meme!!! Welcome back! Great to see you!
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DJ Babs:

This suits my mood so hard. soooo hard.
  8:47pm
Matt from Body Breaks:

Phones dying, gotta save some juice for an emergency. Have a great evening everyone!
  8:47pm
magneticallystripedmeme:

derek I agree re: dry cleaning. I like them but a little goes a long way. I think the first dry cleaning song I heard was on this show about a year and a half ago. They grew on me! 😻
  8:48pm
magneticallystripedmeme:

Hello, Babs!! Everything’s sounding great!!!! 😻
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VinylVillainSean:

Such a rad jam
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DJ Babs:

oh no Matt!!! Thank you for joining us! We will enjoy your interview!!!
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Derek Westerholm:

Keep candles close at hand, Matt.
  8:51pm
magneticallystripedmeme:

Take care and be safe, Matt!
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DJ Babs:

I love Julie's voice. She reminds me very much of Karen O...
  8:54pm
egould:

It’s a good thing when you can open your music up and let someone else climb inside. That’s why we collaborate, right??
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DJ Babs:

exactly! And hello Egould!
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DJ Babs:

I just love the otherworldly and hypnotic vibe of this record..and all microtonal...
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Derek Westerholm:

Definitely, egould. I love finding out about artists' process & the way their projects unfold. It's an honour to be able to facilitate interviews here & there. Very grateful to Matt & Julie tonight, for taking the time to illuminate their world for us!
  8:59pm
egould:

Hi Babs. Hi Derek. This is awesome. Thanks!
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Derek Westerholm:

So glad you're enjoying it, eg.
  9:09pm
Tyler:

Nice interview. Is their a Toronto retailer that is stocking the album or a website to order it?
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VinylVillainSean:

This is such a great interview
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DJ Babs:

Glad you enjoyed it!!! Hope you enjoy their tunes too!!
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DJ Babs:

Tyler Derek has your bandcamp link covered!
  9:12pm
Tyler:

@Babs & Derek - thanks!
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Derek Westerholm:

bodybreaksband.bandcamp.com/
  9:15pm
Tyler:

Killer riff!
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DJ Blush:

This is fantastique
  9:16pm
magneticallystripedmeme:

💃🏽 🕺🏽 🕺🏽💃🏽🕺🏽
  9:16pm
Tyler:

OH YES! - Colin Newman!
  9:17pm
magneticallystripedmeme:

That last one had me dancin!
  9:18pm
Tyler:

Mike Thorne produced this Colin Newman album. MT also produced B-Movie, Depeche Mode and many others...
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DJ Babs:

Yes, Derek very much liked the transition from the Body breaks to the Colin Newman! More surprises to come... ;-)
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DJ Babs:

dancing is always a good thing magneticallystripedmeme!
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DJ Babs:

ha HA!!!!!!
  9:21pm
Tyler:

Some great Robert Gotobed (Grey) drumming on this version.
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VinylVillainSean:

🔥🔥🔥
You two always play the best killer cuts
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DJ Babs:

aww thanks Sean! I'm taking the backend of the show tonite so hope to continue that trend!!
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Derek Westerholm:

Aww, thanks vvs!
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VinylVillainSean:

I had to take some Robax platinum and Voltaren for this pulled/strained muscle in my back tonight
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VinylVillainSean:

Speaking of Body Breaks^^^
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DJ Blush:

Oh shit noooo
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VinylVillainSean:

@djblush don’t you worry bud. I’m getting this sorted for Sat 😎
Already feeling better.
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Derek Westerholm:

Oh, Sean, I'm sorry to hear that... Mend up fast... Sending you healing vibes through the airwaves...
  9:30pm
Tyler:

@Sean - sorry to hear. Those microtonals can be brutal on the back :) I find a hot, steamy shower helps to get the muscles to relax & lying on a firm surface like the floor or a bench helps in the realignment. Hope you feel better!
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DJ Blush:

Aww hey I'm not worried, all that matters to me is that you feel okay!
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VinylVillainSean:

These songs are all the healing I need @derek 🖤
@tyler im totally going to do that after I fetch my laundry in a second
  9:31pm
Tyler:

That BASS!
  9:32pm
Tyler:

Nicfit - NICE!
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DJ Babs:

ah laundry night! Always a good thing to do laundry....and robaxicet!
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DJ Blush:

I just pulled out canvas and am inspired to paint for the first time in a reeeeeally long time
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DJ Babs:

excellent early sonic youth vibes on this as well...
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DJ Babs:

YAY PAINTING!!!!
  9:34pm
Tyler:

That can be the name of tonight's episode - Robaxiset :)
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VinylVillainSean:

@babs hahaha! Also, is it just me or does Voltaren not sound like a Pokemon?
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DJ Babs:

Or a transformer villian
  9:35pm
Tyler:

Isn't Voltaren that robot that is made up of lions :)
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VinylVillainSean:

Voltron! hahahaha
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DJ Blush:

hahaha
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Derek Westerholm:

Tyler, in response to your earlier inquiry, I bet there are Toronto retailers carrying the Body Breaks album, but offhand I can't say for certain, or, if so, which ones...
  9:37pm
Tyler:

Enjoy the paints, Britt! Haven't done in years but should. Just nowhere to store them anymore - under the bed is full :)
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DJ Babs:

lol I'm so conflicted by this song. It's so cheesy but I really like it LOL
  9:37pm
Tyler:

@Derek - thanks. I'll keep an eye out and report back if I see it.
  9:38pm
Tyler:

Sounds like Fred Schneider :)
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DJ Blush:

Thank you! Ugh yeah, our extra bed room has become a drum storage room slash walk-in craft tickle trunk – and I like to give paintings as gifts so I'm gonna have to do a whole lot more gifting
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DJ Babs:

it's a bunch of wrongs making a right lol
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Derek Westerholm:

Tyler, right??!!
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DJ Blush:

Cool, Nice is the best name for an album ever
  9:39pm
Tyler:

I was listening to a UK Reggae comp I bought last summer and there is this total ear-worm song with the chorus 'I'm just here to nice-up the session'.
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Derek Westerholm:

DJ Blush, glad to hear you're inspired to reapply your brushes to your canvasses! That's very wonderful to hear.
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ultradamno:

Voltron isn't the mantis on Space Ghost?
  9:42pm
Tyler:

Brushes by Blushes :)
  9:42pm
egould:

Post punk Appalachian African microtonal electropunk raga & Western.
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DJ Blush:

Hahahah Yes! The stories are true!
  9:43pm
Tyler:

@egould - "We have both kinds of music here.."
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ultradamno:

Oh, that's Zorak, there's also a Moltar...
  9:44pm
egould:

@Tyler gets it. :-)
  9:44pm
Tyler:

@ultradamno - there's also Zoltar on Battle of the Planets
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VinylVillainSean:

@ultadammo Space Ghost!
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DJ Babs:

Lol I'm loving the way this chat is going...ya never know what you're gonna get here on the beach!
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ultradamno:

Soon all these will be names of Musk children
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DJ Babs:

HAHAHA omg no more musk children PLEASE
  9:47pm
Tyler:

'lil Space Ghost Musk is pretty cute :)
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DJ Babs:

HAHAHAHAH
  9:48pm
Tyler:

Elon Musk is repopulating the planet - but no one asked him to :)
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DJ Blush:

me likey
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DJ Babs:

you got that right. apparently he's obsessed with falling birth rates and doing his part...
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DJ Babs:

yes this is a great tune eh blush!?
  9:49pm
Tyler:

THAT Bass!
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Scott67:

I'm still here, just not so chatty today. My Flu feels almost better, but still got a head full of snot.
🍻😎🤙💨🦠🦑🦠🦞🦠🦠
  9:50pm
Tyler:

@Scott67 hope you feel better soon.
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VinylVillainSean:

Love this
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ultradamno:

By the way, that Zounds reminded me of Desperate Bicycles, which shouldn't be too surprising, but I never put them together before.
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Derek Westerholm:

Oh Scott, sorry to hear that... No need to struggle with the chatting, just enjoy the listening, if it's pleasing you!
  9:51pm
Tyler:

Some Microtonals will clear that snot right up :)
  9:51pm
Tyler:

Gloop Jiving!
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DJ Blush:

Shit Scott. Got sick two weeks ago and am finally now just starting to feel better... glad to hear you're better though!
  9:53pm
Tyler:

@ultradamno don't detune your bicycle :)
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DJ Babs:

oh man scott that sucks but I'm glad you're feeling better. Yeah it's been a tough week but always so better to hang with you all here!!! <3
  9:54pm
Tyler:

What do you call that noise that you put on?
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Scott67:

Sorry to hear DJB, I'm still sensing it hovering, waiting for me to pounce if I don't take time to fully recover.
😎🤙💨🌻
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Derek Westerholm:

Tyler, XTC ref.?
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ultradamno:

I understand bicycles are becoming a luxury item these days. With the shortage...
  9:55pm
Tyler:

@Derek - you got it!
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DJ Babs:

omg I swearr I got the last bicycle in Toronto right before the pandemic hit...
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Scott67:

Cheers Tyler!🍻😎🤙💨🍺
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DJ Babs:

or as the pandemic hit I should say!
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Derek Westerholm:

Ultra, it was super hard to find bikes in Toronto in the earliest days of the pandemic
  9:57pm
Tyler:

With fuel prices being what they are and the TTC being a total shit-show these days I'm not surprised people are opting to cycle...
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ultradamno:

Watching Flatbush Misdemeanors it occurs to me that well-stocked bike shop should be doing more business then...
  9:58pm
Tyler:

Maybe Igor Kenk is back in town :)
  9:59pm
egould:

Thanks Band and Derek!
  10:00pm
Tyler:

'Zounds!
  10:00pm
egould:

Babs and Derek!
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DJ Blush:

Thank you guys!
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Scott67:

Thanks Babs & Derek! Medicinal Show my mates!
🍻😎🤙💨🍺🍺❤️❤️🌏
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VinylVillainSean:

Thanks for sharing all of this great music Babs and Derek! Love Body Breaks
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ultradamno:

Look at this picture of Frankie Fix and Redd Fox right now twitter.com...
  10:02pm
Tyler:

Thanks Babs & Derek for another unusual & enjoyable session. Thanks to those in the chat for humouring me. Take care all and for those not feeling 100% hope you do next we meet.
  10:02pm
savino:

Great show! I was lurking all night 🥸
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Derek Westerholm:

Thanks so much, dear chatters, for being here. Really happy to see all the love for Body Breaks... They're great! You are all great!
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DJ Babs:

Thank you thank you all. Big hugs and warm beach thoughts to you all!!!Thank you for dropping in as well savino!!!
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Derek Westerholm:

Woah, it's a surprise Savino! Hello lurker! Thanks for lurking!
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DJ Babs:

Have a really great week guys...we'll see you all next week!
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