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August 14, 2012
Lovers of Arabia | ||
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| Artist | Selection | Album (Label / Recording date) |
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Theme Music: James Brown |
Cold Sweat (pt. 1)
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b/w Cold Sweat (pt. 2)
(King 1967) |
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Talkover Music: The Soul Brothers |
Fiddler on the Roof
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Hot Shot
(Studio One 1967) |
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Talkover Music: Steven Bernstein |
Let My People Go
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Diaspora Soul
(Tzadik 1999) |
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Closing Theme: Specks Williams |
We Gave the Drummer Some
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b/w Specks Blues
(Jax 196?) |
Listener comments! | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:32pm
Artie:
Filled with love for all mankind, Artie is amongst you. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:33pm
Doug Schulkind:
I feel the love, Artie. |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:35pm
Holly in NC:
Those women clearly have plans that encompass more the making of music... | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:36pm
Doug Schulkind:
How does one say "pitching woo" in Arabic? |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:39pm
Doug Schulkind:
GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO PROGRAMMING ALERT... There will be no Kaminsky Kamoutsky show from Jesse tonight (normally heard Tuesdays, 7-9pm, ET). Jesse got sucked into a vortex of primordial ooze and he's too sticky to manipulate the turntables. |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:40pm
Artie:
نصب وو | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:45pm
Doug Schulkind:
Google Translate translates ونصب وو as "Monument Wu." |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:45pm
Holly in NC:
يطرح للبيع في الأسواق يغازل ??? Please Hammer don't hurt me! (inside joke) | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:47pm
Artie:
"My darling, our ancestors will build a monument to the Wu pitched this evening." | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:49pm
Artie:
And I'm guessing Obelisk. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:50pm
Doug Schulkind:
Has there ever been a major league pitcher named Wu? If not, it's only a matter of time. |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:52pm
Holly in NC:
@Artie - nice! Google translates mine as "Put for sale on the market flirts" | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:53pm
Artie:
Wunsch and Wurtz, yes. But, sadly, baseball has not yet found it's Wu. Perhaps the sport really is just coming of age. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:54pm
Doug Schulkind:
The Orioles once had on their pitching staff a Mason and a Dixon. Just thought I'd share that. |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:58pm
kat330:
Ah, really nice image there! Hi, Doug & all! Thanks for all the laughter, btw. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:59pm
Artie:
Which was the southpaw? | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 5:59pm
holland oats:
i am with you all | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:00pm
kat330:
You work for U-haul, you say? | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:00pm
Doug Schulkind:
holland in da howwwwse! (OK, that was embarrassing.) |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:01pm
kat330:
[must work in kitchen, back with Philo in a jiffy though] | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:01pm
listener james from westwood:
u bought it, u haul it! evenin' all! | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:01pm
holland oats:
how to wreck a nice beach? | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:04pm
northguineahills:
That image looks more Persian then Arab, but maybe Doug's already covered that. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:04pm
Doug Schulkind:
Hey kat330! [and hey philo!] and HEY LJFW! |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:04pm
listener james from westwood:
@holland: good book, that. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:06pm
Doug Schulkind:
@NHG this program is frocking itself in ignorance and using Persian, Arabian and Middle Eastern interchangeably. There's even a track from Afghanistan coming up, for goodness sakes. (Believe me, for goodness.) |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:08pm
holland oats:
ljfw yepper | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:09pm
Doug Schulkind:
@holland oats I'm still all a-flutter over your Sister Rosetta Tharpe sleuthing from last Friday. |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:09pm
holland oats:
was it her? i thought we filed that under unsolved mysteries | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:10pm
holland oats:
ah this omar rekkid is great. love sublime frequencies so friggin' much | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:11pm
northguineahills:
Ok, I came in late and just saw the title. I know this will kick ass. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:13pm
Doug Schulkind:
@holland TOTALLY her. Triple confirmed. |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:13pm
kat330:
Now that I can see the list and see the name, that Farid most definitely sounded lovesick. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:14pm
Philo Gristle:
Hi Doug! Back from the kitchen with a full plate ready to ... roll. Sounds fantastic so far! | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:16pm
kat330:
Surf's up in Arabia! | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:16pm
Doug Schulkind:
Hi there Philo! Food smells great. I'l be right over. |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:16pm
holland oats:
we knew it all along drummer | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:17pm
listener james from westwood:
all-bean chili and basmati rice are a-brewing in cucina di james-a | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:18pm
Doug Schulkind:
If I had any guts, I'd have played Dick Dale after Omar Khorshid. But I am gutless. |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:19pm
Philo Gristle:
Doug -- It's because you eat healthy and take it easy on beer! | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:19pm
kat330:
Oh, yeah, sure, Doug -- gutless my ass! | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:22pm
kat330:
BWIM, you've always seemed a very brave soul to me, DJ Doug. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:23pm
holland oats:
by which i mean? | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:25pm
kat330:
Yep, HO! Not as good a-sleuthing as your Tharpe dingus last week, but still good on ya. :) | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:26pm
Paul Sherratt:
Been a long, long day but am listening and it's grand.. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:27pm
Doug Schulkind:
Dick Dale was of Lebanese descent. His infusion of Eastern scales into surf music is the 9th wonder. The 10th wonder: Paul Sherratt. |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:28pm
holland oats:
dingus, heh - in my mind i always hear that word bogie-fied ala 'maltese falcon' | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:29pm
Pascal:
Just tuning in. Beautiful to hear Fairuz on the interwaves! | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:29pm
kat330:
I don't recall it from that. Philo brought that into my daily vocabulary all the way from Finland, film/lit noir freak that he is. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:30pm
holland oats:
back me up philo | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:31pm
Philo Gristle:
You are correct, sir! Though I FIRST associate with the film title Dirty Dingus McGee. Bogie second. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:31pm
Doug Schulkind:
Najat Aatabou from Morocco and Selda from Turkey will have to fight it out over who gets to be obsessed over more by me. Ha! |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:33pm
kat330:
Wasn't that I didn't believe you, Mr. Oats -- that's just not how it got into my lexicon. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:33pm
Doug Schulkind:
Greetings Pascal! |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:33pm
Philo Gristle:
Bill Denton's hardboiled slang dictionary is a wonder: http://bit.ly/3xZDCx | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:37pm
holland oats:
Drum: Speakeasy | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:38pm
Doug Schulkind:
Drumspeak: Easy |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:38pm
listener james from westwood:
it's got "roundheels," which i first encountered in james ellroy's work. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:40pm
fred:
Call me childish, but I can't stop laughing over this: Paul Ryan embodies the Gen X grunge sensibilities, and is cooler than Mitt Rmoney, because "he listens to Led Zeppelin" courtesy of Andra Gillespie, an associate professor of political science at Emory University in Atlanta who has studied post-civil rights era politicians. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:41pm
Doug Schulkind:
Led Zeppelin is more like Gen Ex-Lax. |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:42pm
holland oats:
cashmere was a pretty good song i guess | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:42pm
Holly in NC:
Najat vs Selda? Why choose? Both more than worthy of obsession! | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:43pm
trsh:
I wonder about cultural differences between Saudia Arabia and those teeny countries to the east - Bahrain and Qatar. Any musical clues, Mr. D.S? (g'Evening) | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:43pm
Philo Gristle:
Always liked The Immigrant Song, never cared for Plant's vox. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:44pm
kat330:
Loving these album titles, too. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:44pm
Holly in NC:
I like Led Zeppelin, a lot. I DESPISE Paul Ryan. I suspect all surviving members of LZ despise TP also. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:45pm
Doug Schulkind:
I am so gutless. If I had any guts, I'd play Cashmere right here and now. At least the Ordinaires version. @Holly You know I'm kidding. There is more than enough of me to go around. @trsh Get your mind out of the Qatar. (That is funny because it's really pronounced "Cutter.") |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:47pm
trsh:
'Cutter' eh? i was thinking it was like 'guitar' Qatar. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:48pm
kat330:
OK, now I believe you, Doug. Only a gutless guy has to explain his homophonic puns. ;) | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:48pm
northguineahills:
I know Oman and Yemen have rather distinct musical identities. The only publicly sanctioned music in Saudi Arabia tends to be readings of the Qaran or the muezzin's call to prayer. I'm not so sure on the gulf states musical heritages..... | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:48pm
fred:
Now that I've stopped laughing, has anyone else seen Hossein Alizadeh? He's Iranian so unlikely to grace your shores anytime soon, but I saw him earlier this year and is an utterly amazing musician. I mean that, as is mind blowingly good | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:48pm
holland oats:
k time for din-din, g'nite all! | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:49pm
kat330:
Bye, Holland! Bon appetit! | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:49pm
Philo Gristle:
'night, ho! | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:52pm
kat330:
Sorry, fred, I haven't. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:53pm
Doug Schulkind:
You calling me homophonic, kat330? Some of my best friends are sound-alikes! See ya, holland. And a merry good evening to you, Fred! |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:54pm
kat330:
Per the image, I'd be surprised if there are very many all-female bands in much of the region. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:55pm
listener james from westwood:
i could get very much into a 10-hour version of this episode. but you might want to, you know, sleep and eat and such. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:55pm
kat330:
No, Doug, not that there's anything wrong if you are. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:55pm
trsh:
Qatar has the biggest GDP:population ratio of the three by a few magnitudes. Yemen I know has something like the youngest age structure in the world. Brutal women's rights and lack thereof makes me lose interest pretty quick, I'll admit | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:56pm
Holly in NC:
Doug - as the very new owner of a phone that does things other than make phone calls (good lord! I totally see the light - amazing!), do you know if gtds stream archived shows will ever be available for the 'fmu android app? Really behind on you & Charlie,and, well everyone;-) | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:57pm
northguineahills:
My local bodega guys from Yemen gave me a few Yemeni tapes that are quite awesome. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:58pm
Doug Schulkind:
Holly, I encourage you to email WFMU station manager Ken and register your desire for the new version of the WFMU app to play archives of streamed shows. I know that Ken is all behind this happening, but it's good for him to know there's a demand. |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:58pm
Philo Gristle:
Swell show, Doug! Djinneus! Much obliged. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:59pm
kat330:
Such a short hour -- by in a flash. Thank you, Mr. Schulkind for another trip 'round the world! Have a really nice rest of your night/day, everyone! | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 6:59pm
fred:
@kat330: check him out, he can improvise while conveying something of scholarly music, which is quite a feat, because it sounds closer to nomadic music, but with rules, hard to explain for me, I don't know enough | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 7:00pm
Doug Schulkind:
@NGH Your comment reminds of one of the great music-sharing blogs in the universe: Bodega Pop: bit.ly... @Phio Gristle It is 110% my pleasure. So long kat330! You've always been kat331 in my book. |
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Tue. 8/14/12 7:00pm
kat330:
Thanks, Fred! | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 7:05pm
Doug Schulkind:
This amazing rock and roll is from Sudan. Making such sounds now would surely get you stoned there (and not the good kind). |
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Tue. 8/14/12 7:07pm
Pascal:
This bambi is a real Thumper... (sorry). | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 7:08pm
trsh:
Heard stuff I've never read before. | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 7:08pm
fred:
@Doug: I often wonder why religious types see music as such a mortal threat. Then I look at WFMU. And both understand and vow to save for next year's pledge | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 7:10pm
Doug Schulkind:
Yay Fred! That was fun fun fun! Thanks for hanging in there with me, y'all! |
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Tue. 8/14/12 7:14pm
Bas, NL:
Thanks for the great music Doug! | |
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Tue. 8/14/12 7:15pm
Doug Schulkind:
My pleasure, Bas! Come back on Friday (9 to noon, Eastern) for a three-hour version of the show. | |
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Wed. 8/15/12 1:20pm
Matt from Springfield:
No Amanda today :( But, I can catch up with this GTDS Archive! :) Here I go! | |
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Wed. 8/15/12 1:27pm
Doug S.:
Matt: Not that I wouldn't encourage a dive into the GTDS archive Dumpster, but Amanda IS on today. It's next week that she's on vacation. Here's her playlist: http://bit.ly/PplTBO | |
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Wed. 8/15/12 1:37pm
Matt from Springfield:
DUDE! Thanxamillion! I thought it was this week--and there wasn't a playlist on the front page. Immensely enjoying this spacey Iranian rock though, so I will return! In the days of past future past...er, whatever :) | |
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Fri. 8/17/12 3:54pm
Matt from Springfield:
All right, NOW the episode is complete! :) I like the idea of the "little show" being the "trending" show--thanks for sharing these delectible snippets from the Middle East you've found! Salaam alaikum and shalom aleichem, Doug! | |
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