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Musical theater from off the beaten path. Obscure and unusual show tunes from within the canon and without, flops, failures, and the newest works from up-and-coming artists—plus tried-and-true hits. Also, occasional appearances from songs that are not show tunes (but only if they go really well with show tunes).

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Favoriting April 21, 2023: It's happy hour again

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Images Approx. start time
Janis Joplin with Big Brother & the Holding Company  Summertime   Favoriting Cheap Thrills  Sony Music Entertainment  1968  Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: DuBose Heyward & Ira Gershwin 
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Runa Laila & Andrew Kishore  Dekho Dekho Sumir Bahar   Favoriting Ghat Protighat (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)  Anupam Recording Media    Music & Lyrics: Unknown 
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0:13:28 (Pop-up)
P. Madhuri  Panchamithirunaal   Favoriting Chenda (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)  Saregama  1973  Music: G. Devarajan Lyrics: Bharanikkavu Sivakumar 
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K.J. Yesudas  Kalabhakuriyitta   Favoriting Aaranyakandam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)  Saregama  1975  Music: A.T. Ummer Lyrics: P. Bhaskaran 
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0:19:41 (Pop-up)
Sonu Nigam & Palak Muchhal  Gori Tu Latth Maar   Favoriting Toilet - Ek Prem Katha (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)  Super Cassettes Industries  2017  Music: Manas Shikhar Lyrics: Siddharth-Garima 
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0:23:10 (Pop-up)
Cwmni Theatr Maldwyn  Dewch I Mewn   Favoriting Y Mab Darogan + 5 Diwrnod O Ryddid  Sain  2007  Music & Lyrics: Unknown 
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Benoit Viellefon & His Orchestra  It Must Be Jelly   Favoriting Mon Amour  JohnJohn Records  2014  Music: Chummy MacGregor & George "The Fox" Williams Lyrics: Sunny Skylar 
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0:40:08 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra And The Arkestra & Harry Nilsson  Medley Five ("Technicolor Pachyderms")   Favoriting Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films  A&M  1988  Music: Oliver Wallace ("Pink Elephants on Parade") & Allie Wrubel ("Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah") Lyrics: Ned Washington ("Pink Elephants on Parade") & Ray Gilbert ("Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah") 
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Xiomara Alfaro  Baia   Favoriting Siboney  RCA Victor  1957  Music & Lyrics: Ary Barroso 
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Nehemiah Persoff, Johnny Guarnieri & Warren Hays  There Are No Cats in America   Favoriting An American Tail: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack  Geffen Records  1986  Music & Lyrics: James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil 
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0:50:16 (Pop-up)
Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke & the Pearlie Chorus  Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious   Favoriting Mary Poppins Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  Walt Disney Records  1964  Music & Lyrics: Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman 
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0:53:02 (Pop-up)
 
Roy Orbison  Blue Avenue   Favoriting Lonely and Blue  Monument  1961  Music & Lyrics: Roy Orbison & Joe Melson 
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1:03:16 (Pop-up)
Cookie & the Cupcakes  Feel So Good   Favoriting By Request  Paula Records  1993  Music & Lyrics: Unknown 
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Elton Britt  I Hung My Head and Cried   Favoriting I Hung My Head and Cried/Buddy Boy  Bluebird  1942  Music & Lyrics: Cliff Burner & Jimmie Davis 
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1:08:37 (Pop-up)
Olavi Virta  Johnny, mua muistathan   Favoriting Johnny, mua muistathan  Nor-Disc  1961  Music & Lyrics: Geoff Goddard (translated into Finnish by Veikko Vallas) 
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1:12:40 (Pop-up)
Louis Armstrong  Something Tells Me   Favoriting The Legendary Satchmo  REDX Entertainment  2000  Music & Lyrics: Harry Warren & Johnny Mercer 
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1:15:35 (Pop-up)
Georges Blaness  simon's song   Favoriting les demoiselles de rochefort OST  Decca Records France  1967  Music: Michel Legrand Lyrics: Jacques Demy 
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1:18:41 (Pop-up)
 
Daniel Santos  Obsesión   Favoriting Un poquito de tú amor/Obsesión  Panart  1949  Music & Lyrics: Pedro Flores    1:23:23 (Pop-up)
Los Teen Agers  La Sultana   Favoriting Changa Charanga  Codiscos S.A.S.  1963  Music & Lyrics: Gabriel Agudelo 
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1:25:41 (Pop-up)
Orlando Contreras  Campanitas de Cristal   Favoriting Este Es Contreras  Big World  1997  Music & Lyrics: Unknown 
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Mirla Castellanos  Amo Este Amor   Favoriting Amo Este Amor  Sono-Rodven  1988  Music & Lyrics: Unknown 
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The Hilversum Radio Orchestra  Shimmering Sands   Favoriting Mood Mediterranean  Music De Wolfe  1963  Music: Anthony Mawer 
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Giovanna Marini  Mi pesa andar lontano   Favoriting Cantata per Pier Paolo Pasolini  Nota  2001  Music & Lyrics: Unknown 
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1:43:09 (Pop-up)
Agnes Baltsa  To Treno Fevgi Stis Okto (The Train Leaves at Eight)   Favoriting Jose Carreras & Friends (A Royal Gala Performance of Operatic Arias, Duets and Popular Songs)  The Video Collection  1991  Music & Lyrics: Mikis Theodorakis & Manoi Eleftheriou 
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1:48:17 (Pop-up)
Aristide Bruant  Le P'tit Gris   Favoriting Chante "Dans La Rue"  Pathé  1976  Music & Lyrics: Aristide Bruant 
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1:50:26 (Pop-up)
Drs. P  Ripspiqué   Favoriting Ripspiqué  M.M.P.  1963  Music & Lyrics: Drs. P    1:51:54 (Pop-up)
Nina Keali'iwahamana & Bill Kaiwa  Keaukaha   Favoriting Hula Hula Luau Style  Lehua Records  1978  Music & Lyrics: Traditional 
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1:54:05 (Pop-up)
 
Fred Astaire  Cheek To Cheek   Favoriting Cheek To Cheek  Brunswick  1935  Music & Lyrics: Irving Berlin    2:02:27 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
WR:

That old ball and chain time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

Hi WR!!!!
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
doctorjazz:

JANIS!!!! (Great cover; when it came out, I wasn't knowledgeable enough to realize where this tune came from).
Avatar 🎭 7:04pm
Listener Gregory:

Good morning, night people.
Avatar 🎭 7:04pm
TonyR:

Hippies don't dress up to do theater covers anymore.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
WR:

↳ Song: "Summertime" by "Janis Joplin with Big Brother & t...
Sam Andrews arrangement and guitar gave distinctive sound to that recording of Summertime.
Avatar 🎭 7:07pm
Listener Gregory:

I Loves You, Porgy is also a very common jazz standard, though never a pop hit I guess.
Avatar 🎭 7:10pm
Listener Gregory:

Bronwyn raises an issue that I have often wondered about. When these old theaters were built, didn't people go to the toilet? Were they all able to hold everything in until they got home? How did this work?
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:11pm
WR:

Der Rosenkavalier is a significant opera. I need to revisit it, now having decades of experience to bring to listening to it.
  7:12pm
Cat:

I love the ranting! Somehow missing the marathon so talking is good. Especially if I can learn!
Avatar 🎭 7:12pm
TonyR:

Love when BB goes off-English.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
doctorjazz:

↳ WR @7:06
They completely changed the chords to Summertime-aside from the lyric, it's almost a completely different song.
Avatar 🎭 7:15pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ doctorjazz @7:13
When *I* sing it, it's a completely different song. Believe me.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Listener Gregory @7:15
I always confused your singing and Janis'...
Avatar 🎭 7:17pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ doctorjazz @7:17
The screams were about the same.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:18pm
doctorjazz:

Online course to do while I listen.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:18pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Listener Gregory @7:17
Not an easy thing to pull off (and avoid nodes on your vocal cords...)
Avatar 🎭 7:19pm
L. Gregory:

↳ Song: "Panchamithirunaal" by "P. Madhuri"
On the album cover, the director uses an initial for his last name, and the music director uses an initial for their first name. They should get their acts together!
Avatar 🎭 7:19pm
L. Gregory:

↳ doctorjazz @7:18
Yeah, I took early retirement.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
WR:

↳ L. Gregory @7:19
The album cover designer messed up:
Aloysius Vincent
en.wikipedia.org...
Paravoor Govindan Devarajan popularly known as G. Devarajan
en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
doctorjazz:

There were actually predictions when Janis was performing that she'd blow her voice out if she continued in the same way. Unfortunately, she didn't live long enough to see if the predictions would be correct.
Avatar 🎭 7:26pm
Listener G.:

↳ Song: "Gori Tu Latth Maar" by "Sonu Nigam & Palak Muchhal"
Can't believe you cued this up in response to my bathroom comment, Bronwyn!! You are the best.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
WR:

↳ Song: "Gori Tu Latth Maar" by "Sonu Nigam & Palak Muchhal"
translation of film title:  Toilet: A Love Story
  7:29pm
Stan:

And now for something completely different….hahaha. Lovin the show!
Avatar 🎭 7:29pm
Listener G.:

↳ WR @7:27
Welcome to Urinetown!
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
doctorjazz:

Was the movie really about Toilets, or does something get lost in the translation?
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:30pm
WR:

↳ Listener G. @7:29
It is a wacky comedy:
en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
WR:

↳ WR @7:30
"It was reported that it based on the true story of Anita Narre from Madhya Pradesh, who refused to go back to her husband Shivram's home because it had no toilet."
Avatar 7:34pm
Roberto:

I'm all for the eradication of open defecation.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
Black Cat:

Did the home have a toilet before? It’s hard to take a step back on that sort of thing. 🐈‍⬛💛🐈‍⬛
  7:37pm
Jeff g. via app:

Hello.
Avatar 🎭 7:38pm
Listener Gregory:

One of the most interesting books I've read is The Big Necessity, about human waste. It has a long treatment of the drive to bring toilets to rural India and the difficulty in getting people to accept them (!). Plus other, closer-to-home issues. us.macmillan.com...
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Jeff g. via app @7:37
Hey, Jeff G!
Avatar 🎭 7:41pm
Listener Gregory:

Jeff G just in time for the toilet discussion!
Elephants on Parade... it is rare that I recognize a show tune because I'm familiar with its Sun Ra performance... which this is??
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
WR:

↳ Song: "Medley Five ("Technicolor Pachyderms")" by "Sun R...
OMG. I somehow totally missed that this album exists.
  7:45pm
Jeff g. via app:

It’s quite a varied record.
Avatar 🎭 7:45pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ WR @7:45
It's a Hal Willner production, I believe. Wonderful.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Listener Gregory @7:45
It is a Wilner production; it's much fun!
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Medley Five ("Technicolor Pachyderms")" by "Sun R...
It's from back in 1988...www.discogs.com...
  7:50pm
Dean:

What a playlist? I've only just been able to check in.

I have to confess that "Summertime" is one of my least favorite songs, I think in part because it seems very hard to sing.
  7:50pm
Dean:

I meant, "What a playlist!"
  7:53pm
Dean:

What? A playlist?
Avatar 🎭 7:55pm
TonyR:

Punctuation. Those little marks that use their influence...
Avatar 🎭 7:55pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ Dean @7:53
You say "playlist?", I say "playlist!" Let's call the whole thing off.
Avatar 🎭 7:56pm
TonyR:

Who's on playlist?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
adamdoesit:

Hi Bronwyn and jazzèd of hand! I'm 100% there for Coal Mousie's Whisker.
  7:59pm
Dean:

Let's call the hole thing offal.
  8:03pm
Dean:

Yes, TonyR, during Roger Daltrey tribute shows Who's on playlist.
Avatar 🎭 8:05pm
TonyR:

Had the "Dumbo" soundtrrack album as a kid, and "Pink Elephants" and "When I see an Elephant Fly" were my favorites. (This was before our hostess was born.) I think the latter was all racist charicature, yes?
Avatar 🎭 8:05pm
TonyR:

↳ Dean @8:03
Third base!
  8:07pm
Dean:

Let's see...Entwistle, Palladino, Button. Third bass.
Avatar 🎭 8:08pm
TonyR:

↳ Dean @8:07
I don't know.
Avatar 🎭 8:08pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ TonyR @8:05
I believe I saw Dumbo in the theater as a child. He could fly. That is 100% of my memory of it.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 8:09pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "I Hung My Head and Cried" by "Elton Britt"
Loved that!
Avatar 🎭 8:09pm
TonyR:

For best results use RCA Victor needles.
Avatar 🎭 8:13pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ Listener Gregory @8:08
None of the release dates of Dumbo listed in Wikipedia correspond with a plausible date I could have seen the film in a theater as a child, so... another false memory? I must have seen it on The Wonderful World of Disney or something.
Avatar 🎭 8:14pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ TonyR @8:09
Try as you might, you will never surpass my Edison cylinders.
Avatar 🎭 8:15pm
TonyR:

Dear recruiters: If I have to get my ass to Allentown at a moment's notice, that job you're advertising is not "100% remote". So, just stop it.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 8:16pm
WR:

↳ Listener Gregory @8:13
Disney periodically released it: per Wikipedia:
The film was re-released in theaters in 1949, 1959, 1972, and 1976
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 8:17pm
WR:

↳ WR @8:16
Or on TV...
Avatar 🎭 8:18pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ WR @8:16
Yeah, but it should have been the early 60s. I don't believe I saw it when I was 3.
  8:20pm
Dean:

I applied to NASA to become an astronaut. Turns out they don't permit remote work.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 8:21pm
WR:

Bronwyn, regarding today's episode (and you still have more to go):
What! A! Playlist!
  8:22pm
Dean:

Pretty sure I saw Dumbo in the theater. No, wait, it was Deep Throat.
Avatar 🎭 8:22pm
TonyR:

I prefer onsite work(I just think I'm that charming.), but come ON with this bait for sh*t jobs, already.
Avatar 🎭 8:23pm
TonyR:

Dumbo IS Deep Throat.
  8:24pm
Dean:

Sometimes an elephant's trunk is just an elephant's trunk.
Avatar 🎭 8:24pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ TonyR @8:23
Are big ears a sign of big other things?
  8:25pm
Dean:

(In fact, I have seen Dumbo, but I have not seen Deep Throat, and I have no desire to do so. For that matter, I have no desire to see Dumbo again.)
Avatar 🎭 8:25pm
TonyR:

"I think I've seen about everything..."
  8:25pm
Dean:

Smart girls know that big ears means...big shoes.
Avatar 🎭 8:26pm
TonyR:

Howabout the video of "Dumbo" synced with the dialogue from DT?
Avatar 🎭 8:27pm
Listener Gregory:

Pretty sure that there is now an AI program that will replace an actor in Deep Throat with Dumbo. I just pray that the kids don't believe Dumbo actually does those things.
Avatar 8:27pm
Roberto:

↳ Song: "La Sultana" by "Los Teen Agers"
I read the cover as "Chinga."
  8:27pm
Dean:

Or vice versa. That I might watch.

Dear lord, who needs AI to "replace an actor in Deep Throat with Dumbo"? Have we lost our imaginations?
Avatar 🎭 8:27pm
TonyR:

I have now (at least two) deep personal AI friends who are giving me resume advice.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 8:29pm
WR:

↳ Roberto @8:27
yeah, me too.
  8:30pm
Dean:

I have "fantasies" that would have made Al Goldstein blush. Porn is superfluous, and usually exploitative.
Avatar 🎭 8:30pm
TonyR:

We need to use our powers for good and replace LinkedIn with "Dumbo".
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 8:31pm
WR:

↳ Song: "Campanitas de Cristal" by "Orlando Contreras"
This cover and the music we just heard, I have hard time putting them together.
Avatar 🎭 8:33pm
TonyR:

Carnitas et Cristal!
Avatar 🎭 8:41pm
Listener Gregory:

Bronwyn, you can tell that Los Teen Agers are actually teenagers by their crazy sweaters and white socks.
Avatar 🎭 8:44pm
TonyR:

"I can't eat the rice."
Avatar 🎭 8:45pm
Listener Gregory:

Working on getting ChatGPT to provide a blurb for this show. However, so far little luck (this is real): "Bronwyn Bishop is an Australian politician and former speaker of the Australian House of Representatives. She is also known for her controversial political views and actions. However, I am not aware of any show called "Acid Jazz Hands" that she has been a part of. It is possible that this is a reference to a satirical or comedic performance featuring Bishop, but without further context, it is difficult for me to provide a detailed response. If you could provide more information or clarify your question, I would be happy to assist you further."
Avatar 🎭 8:45pm
Listener Gregory:

BTW, I had no idea, Bronwyn!
Avatar 🎭 8:46pm
Listener Gregory:

Second try: "The WFMU Give the Drummer radio show "Acid Jazz Hands" is a weekly program that airs on Fridays from 9 pm to midnight Eastern Time. Hosted by DJ Doug Schulkind, the show focuses on exploring the diverse world of jazz music, with a particular emphasis on the more experimental and avant-garde subgenres. The show features a mix of classic and contemporary jazz recordings, along with live performances, interviews, and in-studio jam sessions. DJ Schulkind has been hosting the show since 2011, and his extensive knowledge of jazz and his passion for the genre make "Acid Jazz Hands" a must-listen for any jazz enthusiast."
Avatar 🎭 8:47pm
Listener Gregory:

Maybe AI ought to stick to that whole Dumbo porn thing.
  8:48pm
Dean:

I was bored with AI after reading a profile in New Yorker in 1981 about Marvin Minsky. A monumental waste of intellectual talent.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 8:49pm
doctorjazz:

Almost the end, Great show, thanks Bronwyn!
Avatar 🎭 8:49pm
TonyR:

↳ Listener Gregory @8:46
Yeah, this was basically as useful as my AI-generated resume advice.
Avatar 🎭 8:50pm
Listener Gregory:

Final try: "I apologize for the confusion in my previous response. However, as an AI language model, I rely on the information provided to me, and my knowledge cutoff is in 2021. As such, I am not aware of any radio show hosted by Bronwyn Bishop called "Acid Jazz Hands" airing on any radio network, including WFMU. It's possible that this information is incorrect or outdated. If you could provide more context or clarify your question, I would be happy to assist you further." Oy.
Avatar 🎭 8:50pm
Listener Gregory:

But clearly you need a better publicist, Ms. B.
Avatar 🎭 8:51pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ TonyR @8:49
My brother asked the model to generate a description of my career. It was wonderful! Beautifully written too. 2/3s of it was total fiction, but it greatly improved in reality, so I'm not complaining.
Avatar 🎭 8:54pm
TonyR:

↳ Listener Gregory @8:50
Be a team player and fill out the ten-page questionnaire about AJH.
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
WR:

↳ Song: "Ripspiqué" by "Drs. P"
I think I need to ask Jan Turkenburg of the Sheena stream about this song.
Avatar 🎭 8:56pm
TonyR:

↳ TonyR @8:54
Or don't. I enjoy not being in the Matrix. Does AI know about Techtonic??
Avatar 🎭 8:57pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ TonyR @8:56
I don't know what that is, but I learned from ChatGPT, "Additionally, "Techtonic" may also refer to a radio program on WFMU hosted by Mark Hurst, which focuses on exploring the intersection of technology and culture. The show covers a range of topics, including social media, privacy, and the impact of technology on society." So there.
  8:58pm
Dean:

"learned"

That's beautiful.
Avatar 🎭 8:58pm
Listener Gregory:

Great show, Bronwyn. I apologize for my comments.
  8:59pm
Dean:

I, too, apologize for Listener Gregory's comments.
Avatar 🎭 9:00pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ Dean @8:59
Thank you, Dean. It will probably take quite a few to cover everything.
Avatar 🎭 9:01pm
TonyR:

Saw "Salo" on the big analog screen.
Avatar 🎭 9:02pm
Listener Gregory:

"Cheek to Cheek" is one of the very best show tunes, IMHO.
Avatar 🎭 9:02pm
TonyR:

LOVE this song (C2C).
  9:02pm
Dean:

Shoot! Salo! A faint memory, and I think I saw it. What's the story on it?
Avatar 🎭 Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
WR:

Thank you Bronwyn!
  9:03pm
Dean:

Ah, Pasolini. I saw Canterbury Tales, and maybe Salo, too?
Avatar 🎭 9:04pm
TonyR:

BB covered it. A lush, well-photographed fable of the four oppressive pillars of society, (Church, Army, etc.) keeping a group of young men and women chained up, tortured, and eating "rice".
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