Favoriting Fool's Paradise with Rex: Playlist from April 24, 2021 Favoriting

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Favoriting April 24, 2021: The Bobby Thomson Memorial Playlist

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Artist Track Label Comments Approx. start time
The Ultra-Tones  Locomotion   Favoriting Gary    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Link Wray  Son Of Rumble   Favoriting Easy Eye Sound    0:05:45 (Pop-up)
The Scavengers  Speed Trap   Favoriting Pharaoh    0:07:32 (Pop-up)
The Diminshuns  Slippery When Wet   Favoriting Division    0:09:06 (Pop-up)
Johnny Rebb and the Rebels  Rock On   Favoriting Bullseye    0:14:55 (Pop-up)
Gene Parson's Band vocal by: Kimble and Wanda Janes  Night Club Rock And Roll   Favoriting Southfield    0:15:59 (Pop-up)
Louisiana Lannis  Walking Out   Favoriting Snowcap    0:19:33 (Pop-up)
Harold Dorman  I'll Come Running   Favoriting Rita    0:21:11 (Pop-up)
Rod Bernard with Mike Genovese and The Twisters  All Night In Jail   Favoriting Carl    0:24:21 (Pop-up)
Brenda Lee  Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)   Favoriting Decca    0:27:00 (Pop-up)
Ted Brooks  The Hot Guitar   Favoriting Decca    0:29:14 (Pop-up)
Tiny Murphy and the Bar 69 Boys  Hot Steel   Favoriting United    0:32:00 (Pop-up)
Laurel Hanson  I Wonder Why   Favoriting Reena    0:41:11 (Pop-up)
Miss Delois and The Music Men  Daddy Was a Preacher And Mama Was a Go Go Girl   Favoriting New Colony    0:43:22 (Pop-up)
Sleepy LaBeef  Asphalt Cowboy   Favoriting Plantation    0:46:34 (Pop-up)
David Price  Jack Knife   Favoriting Hickory    0:49:20 (Pop-up)
Betty Spears  Truck Driving Woman   Favoriting Spindletop    0:51:56 (Pop-up)
Bobby Tuggle  The $64,000 Question   Favoriting Checker    0:56:27 (Pop-up)
Dolly Cooper  My Man   Favoriting Modern    0:58:45 (Pop-up)
Finni-Mo  Shake It Baby   Favoriting Rainbow    1:01:12 (Pop-up)
Fats Domino  Wigs   Favoriting ABC-Paramount    1:04:46 (Pop-up)
John Lee Hooker  She's Mine   Favoriting Vee Jay    1:07:37 (Pop-up)
'Cile Turner  Crap Shootin' Sinner   Favoriting Colonial    1:10:22 (Pop-up)
Freddie Mitchell and His Orchestra  Flash   Favoriting Derby    1:12:18 (Pop-up)
The Sotos Brothers  Little Lila   Favoriting Fredlo    1:17:58 (Pop-up)
The Cardinals  I Want Tomato Juice   Favoriting Cha Cha    1:20:13 (Pop-up)
Baby Bugs  Bingo's Bongo Bingo Party   Favoriting Vee Jay  Spun at 33 1/3 rpm in Mad Mike's honor!  1:23:14 (Pop-up)
Gil & Ray  Marty, The Life Of The Party   Favoriting Cam    1:24:53 (Pop-up)
The Nite-Caps  See The Monkey Ride The Mule   Favoriting Way Out    1:26:48 (Pop-up)
Larry French & The Geisha Girls  Chopstick Twist   Favoriting Canadian Recording Corporation    1:29:09 (Pop-up)
Hit Parader  Surfin' Bird   Favoriting Hit Parader    1:31:17 (Pop-up)
Carole Coby  Memphis Calling New York City   Favoriting Columbia (New Zealand)    1:33:37 (Pop-up)
Wendy Rene  BBQ   Favoriting Stax    1:38:19 (Pop-up)
Hollywood Hurricanes  Have Love, Will Travel   Favoriting Prima    1:41:20 (Pop-up)
Thee Impalas  Oh Yeah!   Favoriting Whittier    1:44:22 (Pop-up)
The Romancers  She Took My Oldsmobile   Favoriting Linda    1:47:21 (Pop-up)
The Scuzzies  Our Favorite D.J. (The Hullabalooer)   Favoriting CRS    1:50:10 (Pop-up)
Jim Thaxter and The Travelers  Sally Jo   Favoriting Ariel    1:52:56 (Pop-up)
Don Roberts and the Islanders  Staten Island Baby   Favoriting Plaza    1:56:10 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  1:00pm
davefromtoronto:

yo
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Rex:

Today's forecast: 71 degrees. mostly sunny. WFMU recommends water-resistant, broad-spectrum coverage sumscreen with an SPF of at least 30. Apply generously,
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Handy Haversack:

Greetings, Rex and Fools! Room to slump over in the corner here?
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Rex:

Handy- The corner is all yours! Don't mind the dust bunnies...
  1:03pm
davefromtoronto:

let me just unzip my morals...
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TheManWhoLaughs:

I take real enjoyment in good music...stuff like that
  1:03pm
P-90:

Broadcasting from the Satan Island studio this week?
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Michael 98145:

these days, every day IS Saturday
  1:04pm
egould310:

I’m here to drink vodka and bolt lunks into my head.
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DjLorraine:

Opening number still perks me up 😁
Avatar 1:05pm
Rex:

Yep! Still here on the Rock!
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Handy Haversack:

Dust bunnies are the only thing I can consistently pull out of my hat.
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Handy Haversack:

Then hi, Ruth! Thanks for your continued Saturday service!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:07pm
Michael 98145:

Link!
  1:08pm
egould310:

Hey Michael! Nice cold rainy Seattle morning. It was a great morning for a run.
  1:08pm
The Brez:

Saturday madness begins!!!
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DjLorraine:

🐇🐇🐇
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Ruth Booth:

Hi Handy!
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Michael 98145:

@eg, miss those SUNNY days, tho!
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Rex:

The Brez! Our garden out here needs your attention!
  1:12pm
SWK:

Shortenin!
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Michael 98145:

i'll have some of that shortbread
  1:12pm
The Brez:

Was just wondering about that! I look forward to attending to your garden. Vaxx is cooking...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:12pm
Greg from ZONE 5:

Afternoon, Rex and Fools!
I require SPF 250, as my skin tone is classified as "vampire jellyfish shut-in."
  1:14pm
badabing:

Brooklyn is the borough of churches. SI is the borough of rigatoni
  1:15pm
egould310:

Momma!
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Rex:

Greg- Got it. One tube of vampire jellysfish shut-in comin' up!
  1:16pm
Cooh John:

did I just hear Mammy's little baby loves short'nin short'nin?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:18pm
DjLorraine:

🙋‍♀️Cool John
  1:22pm
speedy yeti bob:

I made it to Kingman, AZ- king me!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:24pm
Handy Haversack:

Hammer doon, Yeti Bob!
  1:25pm
davefromtoronto:

what he say?
  1:26pm
rockin' yeti bob:

these are great driving tunes, Rex. thanks!
  1:37pm
Sylvia's Mother:

Bar 69?? I don't want to bar 69!
  1:39pm
SPF 1000:

Does the re-opening of FMU HQ mean Ruth can finally go home from the booth!?
Avatar 🌮 Swag For Life Member 1:40pm
JG:

is the pic of RALPH choking BOBBY?
Avatar 1:41pm
ledzeppelinsucks:

That baseball cheating story can't be true. Cheating is brand new and no one did that in the 50's.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:41pm
listener 126464:

Hey Rex, everyone. Just checked - Ralph's Famous Italian Ice hasn't opened for the season yet.
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Rex:

Yep! Ralph and Bobby struck that pose many times over the years...
  1:42pm
Kpx:

Sheriff Luddite says what !
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Handy Haversack:

I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar -- that much is true.
  1:42pm
Dennis Diken:

go, Rex!
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TheManWhoLaughs:

One of the brilliant Fools Paradise cautionary tales
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Rex:

Denny...dig them drums!
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JG:

#@Listener 126464. I think Ralph's Ices is open. It was last weekend
  1:44pm
davefromtoronto:

sounds like he's singing this in a warm bath...
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Rex:

Ralph's Ices! Lemon for me...
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Mailman Tom:

The Polo Grounds have been transformed into a 4 building apartment complex that include 1,616 units!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:46pm
DjLorraine:

SPF 1000 My friend and i appreciate Ruth even thou we've never met her. We wonder if she is ever allowed to go outside! Super human Ruth.
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ledzeppelinsucks:

What was up with the 'duck' monikers in the 70's? Rubber duck. Disco duck. Must have been eating too much ranch dressing and sprouts.
  1:49pm
bobobob:

George Tomsco from The Fireballs birthday today 81
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Ruth Booth:

@DJLorraine
Rex lets me out :-)
  1:50pm
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  1:50pm
MFlynn:

Do truck drivers still use CB radios?
  1:52pm
5th wheeler:

Most truckers use the unofficial channel 19 (27.185 MHz) to communicate. This channel offers highway traffic information from truckers and other drivers. You'll find a lot of aimless chatter along with the useful information on channel 19.
  1:54pm
Kpx:

Yeti - I take it your gunna try and make flagstaff by night fall ?
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DjLorraine:

Ruth Booth 😁 :)
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ledzeppelinsucks:

Truckers ghost stories are entertaining. Lots of trucker UFO stories.
  1:54pm
MFlynn:

Channel 19 was always the channel that had all the interesting conversations
  1:56pm
Cooh John:

🙋‍♂️DjLorraine
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Recently read a biography of Honus Wagner and it talked about stealing signals from the outfield way back in the aughts. Turns out the Astros are just suckers for tradition.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:57pm
DjLorraine:

Chilicotheeee
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Handy Haversack:

That Honus Wagner sure could bang a trash can. Or SO I HEAR.
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Rex:

Nothing more truly American than cheating...
  1:58pm
Kpx:

DjLorraine: they don't call her Ruth in the booth for nothing.
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Rex:

Thank you, DjLorraine! I've actually been there a couple of times...
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ledzeppelinsucks:

That 'sacred game' and 'family' and all of that other trash is a trainload of bulshit. Abuse, cheating, scams, drug use and rip offs have always been in professional sports.
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Mailman Tom:

Let us not forget the 1919 Black Sox scandal
  2:01pm
Andres:

Good afternoon, Rex, Dogs, and Fools! Puttering in the yard. Should move to the shed where the Lunkhead is more appropriately enjoyed.
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ledzeppelinsucks:

Baseball should have a disignated juicer and cyborg to draw new fans. Changing rules to hinder defense and speed the game isn't working.
  2:01pm
5th wheeler:

There seem to be many illegal transceivers in use on 27.185 MHz, what I find disturbing is that some of them use distinguished names like President Lincoln, General Grant, and even General Washington while others have more mundane names like Galaxy Saturn Turbo, Magnum S-3, or Connex 3300HP.

Some transmissions appear to be so distorted that only very low quality, but high power RF amplifier could be to blame, that wouldn’t quite be legal either.

What I really want to know, is, what is up with all the echoes on 27.185 MHz?

Are these people trying to hold a two way conversation, or are they just making RF for the fun of it?
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TheManWhoLaughs:

I wish my team would learn to cheat...1948 is a loooong time
  2:02pm
davefromtoronto:

if everyone cheats it's an even playing field...
  2:05pm
Cooh John:

Chill-a-coth-ee. Former state capital.
  2:06pm
davefromtoronto:

what a cool voice fats had!
  2:07pm
Cooh John:

Looks like my sister beat me to it.🙌
  2:07pm
(another) Patrick in Hoboken:

Universal Life building is still there in Memphis, but Mr Hampton’s clinic is presumably long gone...
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DjLorraine:

I thought CIrcleville OH was similar to serpent mound. But the city's name is derived from its original layout created in 1810 within the 1,100 ft (340 m) diameter of a circle of a Hopewell tradition earthwork dating to the early centuries of the Common Era.
  2:12pm
jndsajklfhewoln:

She'll be sorry she wasted so much time with the preacher when she finds out gods are imaginary!
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Michael 98145:

heh
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DjLorraine:

I will lunk forward to it.
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Rex:

Lunk it forward...
  2:24pm
Andres:

Bingo!!
  2:25pm
Andres:

Bongo!!
  2:27pm
Martin:

This song is true
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TheManWhoLaughs:

Possibly the greatest song ever
  2:30pm
Kpx:

Isn't this more like Dave the spazz territory?
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, gang! Going to take a seat over here and wait for No Brow to pass by.
  2:31pm
Mark in Toronto:

Any Asian or Native American rockabilly, no matter how politically incorrect, is okay in my book.
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Rex:

Spazz is at my house right now drinking my liquor...
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Handy Haversack:

Hope you at least got to see the monkey ride the mule, Ken.
  2:33pm
Mark in Toronto:

Wait, is that Larry French a Canadian record? Even better.
  2:33pm
davefromtoronto:

who decided that "bird" is the word anyways?
  2:34pm
Mark in Toronto:

Dave, I'm more Toronto than you are!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Just my luck! I was tying my shoes just then!
  2:35pm
Kpx:

Rex - it sounds like he put you up to it, and I bet Bingo's there drinking as well, and the two of them are tearing up your house and just going wild. So I would imagine
  2:36pm
davefromtoronto:

oh yeah mark? meet me at nathan phillips square - we'll figure it out at 10 paces!
  2:36pm
Mark in Toronto:

On the ice, or in front of the sign?
  2:37pm
davefromtoronto:

on top of the arches!
  2:37pm
Mark in Toronto:

Wait, I guess the ice has melted by now.
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Rex:

KPX- Spazz has now passed out on the lawn...
  2:39pm
Mark in Toronto:

Why are making Spazz drink to excess?
  2:39pm
sparkle:

rex rex, xray spex
if you dont like him
go take a dex!!!
  2:40pm
David watts:

Yo Rex, what's your preferred method for smoking bbq at home? charcoal or pellet grill?
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Rex:

David- I have one of them egg thing...just load it with charcoal and wood chips...cook it slow and low...
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DjLorraine:

CN Towers are also in Toronto
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Handy Haversack:

Crap damn it. Put a new stylus on the arm of our record player, which we're trying to resuscitate, and it still just slides right across the surface of the disk. Doesn't seem to matter what the hell I do with the weight dial at the other end of the arm. So frustrating. I'm at the end of my clues.
  2:45pm
Mark in Toronto:

Yes DJ Lorraine, we were proud of it once, now it's just there, probably no longer even the tallest free standing structure.
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Creature Boy:

Wait one cotton picking minute! Saturday was like two days ago!
  2:46pm
Kpx:

Rex - quick, draw pictures on his face and put stuff on him, then take a picture.
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Creature Boy:

I feel ya handy
  2:47pm
David watts:

Rex - I figured you for a charcoal kinda guy.
  2:48pm
Richard Whig:

I like to sing along .. "she took my Ovaltine"!!!
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DjLorraine:

MarkinT I think i had high tea at the top of the tower. I'm more down to earth now.
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Creature Boy:

Hullabalooers
  2:51pm
Mark in Toronto:

Yes there was a revolving restaurant at the top, I don't think it's there anymore. Now it's just a broadcast tower.
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Creature Boy:

Hey ! I spelled it right
  2:52pm
davefromtoronto:

don't listen to mark - guy thinks he's the "king of kensington!"
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TheManWhoLaughs:

I bet The Scuzzies didn't get many dates
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Rex and Ruth! Looking forward to the Triumphant Return, Rex and the Great Freeing of the Ruth!

But seriously, Ruth, thanks so much for all you have done this year and more! Souls were saved! Brows were erased!
  2:55pm
Mark in Toronto:

Dave, remember the CBC show Twitch City, also set in Kensington? Funny stuff.
  2:56pm
PE418:

Tanx for da Lakewood & Alondra shout out! I swing just west of and can tell ya is long gone!
  2:56pm
Kpx:

@Handy - that's what happens when you try to play one of those newfangled shiny small metal disc, I would just stick with the big black old fashioned ones
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Yes, Ruth should get a medal. Perhaps one made of chocolate, but some kind of medal.
  2:56pm
davefromtoronto:

i don't - i hope you're not old enough to remember K of K like me...
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Rex:

THANK YOU RUTH FOR THE PAST 14 MONTHS!!!
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Troymo:

Thanks for the great show!
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JG:

Rex, I thought you said you lived in New York?
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radioronan:

Thanks Rex..thanks skeletons...until next time!
  2:58pm
Mark in Toronto:

Of course Dave, I know Al Waxman. Well at least I know where his statue is.
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neveract:

Thanks Rex and Ruth!
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DjLorraine:

Good Bye Cosmic Man
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winston legthigh:

does this station keep getting better or is it just me? thanks rex!
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listener 126464:

Thanks Rex, thanks Ruth.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Thanks Rex & Ruth!!
  2:59pm
davefromtoronto:

have a great week rex, mark et al!
  3:00pm
Kpx:

bye cosmic people.
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