Favoriting Tony Coulter: Playlist from October 13, 2015 Favoriting

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Favoriting October 13, 2015: Horns of the Devil: The Horn Rock Special

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Artist Track Album Year Approx. start time
The In-Theme        0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Chicago  Beginnings   Favoriting Chicago Transit Authority  1969  0:01:55 (Pop-up)
Iguana  Arco Iris de Cristal (1971)   Favoriting V.A.: Historia del Rock Mexicano, Vol. 1    0:09:43 (Pop-up)
Samurai  Give a Little Love   Favoriting Samurai  1971  0:12:42 (Pop-up)
Univeria Zekt  Altcheringa   Favoriting The Unnamables  1971  0:16:19 (Pop-up)
Rastus  Lucy Bluebird   Favoriting Steamin'  1972  0:19:48 (Pop-up)
The Alan Bown  Friends in St. Louis   Favoriting The Alan Bown!  1969  0:26:04 (Pop-up)
Myrth  Shed My Skin   Favoriting Myrth  1969  0:28:31 (Pop-up)
 
Blood, Sweat & Tears  Spinning Wheel   Favoriting Blood, Sweat & Tears  1968  0:38:17 (Pop-up)
Malo  Nena   Favoriting Malo  1972  0:42:24 (Pop-up)
Auricle  Columbian Bubblegum   Favoriting Glider  1978  0:48:49 (Pop-up)
Rastus  Multicolored Taxicab   Favoriting Rastus  1971  0:52:24 (Pop-up)
Solid Gold Cadillac  Solid Gold Cadillac   Favoriting Solid Gold Cadillac  1972  0:56:35 (Pop-up)
Gas Mask  The Immigrant   Favoriting Their First Album  1970  1:01:02 (Pop-up)
Abel  I'd Still Be with Her   Favoriting Please World  1971  1:07:01 (Pop-up)
Blood, Sweat & Tears  Sometimes in Winter   Favoriting Blood, Sweat & Tears  1968  1:09:36 (Pop-up)
 
River City Street Band  People   Favoriting River City Street Band  1972  1:16:10 (Pop-up)
Chicago  Listen   Favoriting Chicago Transit Authority  1969  1:20:09 (Pop-up)
Peace & Love  Tijuana (1972)   Favoriting V.A.: Historia del Rock Mexicano, Vol. 1    1:23:30 (Pop-up)
River City Street Band  Some Other Man   Favoriting River City Street Band  1972  1:27:41 (Pop-up)
Walrus  Sunshine Needs Me   Favoriting Walrus  1970  1:29:54 (Pop-up)
McLuhan  Witches Theme and Dance   Favoriting Anomaly  1970  1:33:10 (Pop-up)
Galliard  Pastorale   Favoriting Strange Pleasure  1970  1:42:57 (Pop-up)
Creative Rock  Wunderbar   Favoriting Gorilla  1972  1:45:23 (Pop-up)
 
Azteca  Azteca   Favoriting Azteca  1972  1:55:13 (Pop-up)
Blood, Sweat & Tears  Without Her   Favoriting Child Is Father to the Man  1968  1:59:51 (Pop-up)
Locomotive  Now Is the End – The End Is When   Favoriting We Are Everything You See  1970  2:02:32 (Pop-up)
The Ides of March  Mrs. Grayson's Farm   Favoriting Common Bond  1971  2:05:49 (Pop-up)
Rastus  Keep On Pushin'   Favoriting Steamin'  1972  2:11:00 (Pop-up)
Walrus  Tomorrow Never Comes   Favoriting Walrus  1970  2:14:02 (Pop-up)
Creative Rock  Blind People   Favoriting Gorilla  1972  2:17:36 (Pop-up)
Nucleus  Ballad of Joe Pimp   Favoriting We'll Talk About It Later  1970  2:29:04 (Pop-up)
 
Snakes Alive  Theme for Myra   Favoriting Snakes Alive  1974  2:33:22 (Pop-up)
Bethlehem Asylum  Sea Rider   Favoriting Commit Yourself  1970  2:40:50 (Pop-up)
Chicago  West Virginia Fantasies   Favoriting Chicago  1970  2:47:28 (Pop-up)
Univeria Zekt  You Speak and Speak and Colegram   Favoriting The Unnamables  1971  2:49:01 (Pop-up)
Chase  Night   Favoriting Ennea  1972  2:51:11 (Pop-up)
 
The Out-Theme  Gelbart: My Favorite Vacation [part of] + Die Trip Computer Die: Airborn [part of]   Favoriting     2:57:06 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 12:01pm
V Priceless:

Hey Tony! Rumor has it this show is gonna 'blow'! Can't wait!
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Tony Coulter:

Ha!

Heya, V Priceless!!
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listener james from westwood:

The man who puts the TC in TCB! (The B today is for brass.)
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Tony Coulter:

Hola, James!!
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Carmichael:

Let there be horns. Hey there, Tony and listenahs.
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Doug Schulkind:

Chicago is performing here in Pittsburgh on Monday. (No word yet when Pittsburgh will be performing in Chicago.) Good day, fellow Coulteranians!
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listener james from westwood:

This was the wedding song at the nuptials of two friends of mine!
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Tony Coulter:

Forgive me -- I couldn't resist beginning with "Beginnings."
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Tony Coulter:

Greetings, Carmichael and Doug!!
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Cecile:

OK. I'm giving it a shot.
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Uncle Michael:

Me so horny.
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Tony Coulter:

Greets, Cecile & Uncle Michael!

Glad you both came horning in....
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:11pm
Doug Schulkind:

All the horns, with none of the dilemma.
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Rich in Washington:

Will there be Herb Alpert?
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Tony Coulter:

Samurai = The Web
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Tony Coulter:

Hola Rich!

No Herb, no -- he ain't rockin' enough.
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Cecile:

a lot of these horn rock groups had killer keyboardists, too.
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Rich in Washington:

Wait...
This begs being mashed up with my favorite Bertolt Brecht quote:

In the dark times, will there be Herb Alpert?
Avatar ♥ 12:17pm
Tony Coulter:

Univeria Zekt is ... Magma in disguise!!
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Cecile:

I like this better than any Magma I've heard.
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JtotheK:

hi everybody!
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Carmichael:

I love this song, but never knew who played it. Clicky Star!
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Tony Coulter:

BIG BIG THANKS to Ed from Portland for his super-generous pledge over the week since last week's show!!!! YAY ED!!!
Avatar ♥ 12:19pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey ho, JtotheK!!
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Carmichael:

Oh Tony, just got back from another whirlwind trip to Portland. Sadly, no time to record shop.
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Tony Coulter:

Oh well -- hope you had fun!!
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V Priceless:

ha - just scored that Samurai album last week!
Avatar ♥ 12:21pm
Carmichael:

I'll be back for Thanksgiving. Will have plenty of time then.
Avatar ♥ 12:23pm
Tony Coulter:

This Rastus record on now is the first record I ever bought with my own money -- not kidding! (Not this particular copy, of course.) I bought it because the cover features a crayfish wearing shades (and it was super-cheap).
Avatar 12:23pm
Cecile:

also, the singers were belters. Had to be heard above the horn section
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Cecile:

cool, tony!
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Carmichael:

Cleveland band, I understand.
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Tony Coulter:

Think so, yes.
  12:24pm
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Cleveland Ohio?
Avatar ♥ 12:25pm
Tony Coulter:

Yep!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:26pm
Uncle Michael:

I knew I'd hear great music today...by horn bands I don't know...and therefore didn't include on the measly one-hour horn band special that I did for my old Viva Radio show. Rastus is kickin'!
Avatar ♥ 12:28pm
Tony Coulter:

More Rastus ahead later in the show!
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Cecile:

hey tony, did you take any of our suggestions from a couple weeks ago for this show?
Avatar ♥ 12:29pm
Tony Coulter:

Yep, a few....
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Cecile:

not that you really needed our help...
Avatar ♥ 12:31pm
Tony Coulter:

One easy way to spot a horn band: There are so many members they can barely fit on the album cover.
Avatar 12:38pm
Cecile:

ride a painted pony!
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V Priceless:

show me the colors that are real, Tony!!
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Tony Coulter:

Don't worry, they're re-ee-ee-ee-ee-al.....
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Cecile:

brings back memories of car rides.
It's crazy that this was a hit.
Avatar 12:41pm
Cecile:

I think I have a recording of Peggy Lee doing this.
Avatar 12:42pm
V Priceless:

when bell bottoms walked the Earth...
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Jeff Golick:

Don't wanna be mute; hi, Tony, all assembled!
Avatar ♥ 12:43pm
Tony Coulter:

Jeff G! Hola!
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Cecile:

como estas?
Avatar ♥ 12:48pm
Tony Coulter:

Horn rock must be about the only '60s/'70s rock style that hasn't been recycled yet.
Avatar ♥ 12:48pm
Carmichael:

The brother of Oye Como Va.
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Cecile:

Tony, say that very softly.
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V Priceless:

@ Tony - I was just thinking that!
Avatar 12:51pm
V Priceless:

'metal' has embraced a different kind of 'horn rock', one might say
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:53pm
Jeff Golick:

"Taxi cabs, they love passengers."
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Tony Coulter:

"Those taxicabs love passengers...."
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Tony Coulter:

Oops -- mind meld.
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Jeff Golick:

Indelible.
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Jeff Golick:

A line so nice...
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Carmichael:

I can't get over how the lead singer sounds like the Marshall Tucker guy.
Avatar ♥ 12:56pm
Tony Coulter:

Rastus were a very tough looking band. Basically, they look like a street gang.
Avatar ♥ 12:57pm
Tony Coulter:

Talking of vocalists, the vocalist for Solid Gold Cadillac is none other than Phil Minton!!
Avatar ♥ 12:58pm
Tony Coulter:

"Don't you breathe on my shellac...."
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Jeff Golick:

Minton? That's kinda nuts.
Avatar ♥ 1:00pm
Tony Coulter:

Yep, it's him!! SGC was a Mike Westbrook project.
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Mayuko:

So sad that I need to head out, but have enjoyed the first hour, thank you Tony! Have a great day everyone.
Avatar ♥ 1:02pm
Tony Coulter:

Hey there, Mayuko! Glad you caught the first hour!!
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Cecile:

aw I missed a couple, but I'll catch it them on archives.
Avatar ♥ 1:03pm
Tony Coulter:

Gas Mask's trumpet man was none other than ... Enrico Rava!
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Cecile:

WOW
he of the interesting Michael Jackson tribute.
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Cecile:

among other things.
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Tony Coulter:

Hey everyone, don't forget it's Cap'n Crunch time for the station. Please help out if you can!!
Avatar 1:07pm
V Priceless:

hey TC - any Earth Wind and Fire in the mix?
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Jeff Golick:

Enrico Rava? Will wonders never cease?
  1:10pm
Dean:

Does Chuck Mangione count?
Avatar ♥ 1:10pm
Tony Coulter:

@ V Priceless: No, Earth, Wind & Fire today -- no. Though I did consider them, along with War. Decided both weren't really "rock," whatever "rock" is....
  1:10pm
Dean:

Or does he just start blowing and improvise willy-nilly?
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Tony Coulter:

Hey Dean!

Don't actually own any Chuck Mangione -- unless you count that great National Gallery album.
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listener james from westwood:

Dug the first hour-plus!
  1:14pm
Dean:

Don't know that one.

EW&F and War aren't rock? But Malo is? Does not compute. I suppose Malo features more rock guitar, but still.
Avatar ♥ 1:18pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Dean: Yeah, I know -- irrational. Guess I shouldn't say they're not rock. They just didn't seem to fit into the horn rock sound I had in mind.
Avatar ♥ 1:18pm
Tony Coulter:

Thanks, James!
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Tony Coulter:

Think I skipped over the Abel track when I back-announced (forgot to write it down). Abel was a California Latin rock band led by guitarist Abel Sanchez. Very nice stuff.
Avatar 1:28pm
Cecile:

forget metal, this might be the most macho of rock genres.
Avatar ♥ 1:29pm
Tony Coulter:

HUGE THANKS to Brian from the U.K. for his generous pledge!! THREE CHEERS FOR BRIAN!!!
Avatar ♥ 1:31pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Cecile: You may be on to something there. There is Cold Blood, led by Lydia Pense, but I'm not really a fan, so she won't be showing up today.
Avatar 1:32pm
Cecile:

I mean, not only is it almost all dudes, but they don't even sing about a certain range. No Rob Halfords or Bruce Dickinsons here.
Avatar ♥ 1:36pm
Tony Coulter:

HEY!! We're at the halfway point of this show and have only gotten one pledge. Gotta do better than that!!! Please consider making a pledge, if at all possible. The station and stream really need your help. We're too proud to say it on air, but we're broke, man. Nothing but lint in the old pockets at this point....
Avatar ♥ 1:42pm
Tony Coulter:

@ Cecile: Here are some high-pitched vocals for you.
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Tony Coulter:

... in this McLuhan track I mean....
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Cecile:

I'll donate this month, but I've made myself stick to a strict schedule because this is a month where a lot of stuff comes due for me.

hahahhahhaha exception that proves the rule.
Avatar ♥ 1:43pm
Tony Coulter:

and here's some hobbit horn rock....
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Cecile:

the vocals say "hobbit" the horns say "soul finger"
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V Priceless:

ha
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Tony Coulter:

and now kraut horn rock .. produced by Conny Plank, no less....
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Brian in UK:

Gorilla was the first Bonzoes album. Rodney Slater on the saxophone.
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Tony Coulter:

True! Oh, and many thanks for the pledge!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 1:56pm
Brian in UK:

Not heard Azteca in a month of Sundays. Have you ever featured Automatic Man, Tony?
Avatar ♥ 1:57pm
Tony Coulter:

Nope -- have never heard Automatic Man, though I've certainly seen their record(s) around. Can easily picture the cover of one them in my mind's eye.
  1:58pm
Stanley:

A big hello to big John Wayne, xylophone
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Tony Coulter:

Stanley! Hullo dere....
  2:01pm
Stanley:

Hi Tony, you can call me Val
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Brian in UK:

Hey Val. Here is another link for your sojourn.
www.bl.uk...
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Tony Coulter:

Thing on now is probably the first horn rock record.
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Tony Coulter:

The Al Kooper–period BST album, I mean....
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V Priceless:

...and looking very relaxed, Adolph Hitler on vibes...
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V Priceless:

good stuff, the A. Kooper-period BST.
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Cheri Pi:

I heard there was a horn rock special going on?
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Tony Coulter:

You hoid right. Vellcome, Cheri Pi!
  2:06pm
Dean:

Yes, all of the tunes today were recorded by groups called Unicorn.
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Brian in UK:

Did he say a month of Sundays?
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Tony Coulter:

He did!!
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Tony Coulter:

He heard you thinking....
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Brian in UK:

"Thinking is the most dangerous process known to man" Winston Churchill.
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Tony Coulter:

So what happened to all these horn players when the horn rock fad fizzled? Did they all shift over to disco?
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Cheri Pi:

This will bolster me for my upcoming third meeting of the day
  2:10pm
Dean:

Late night TV talk shows
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Cecile:

they taught high school jazz band.
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Cecile:

yikes, Pi! crazy
  2:11pm
Stanley:

Thanks Brian but linkee no workee. got me curious tho'
  2:14pm
Stanley:

Horn rock turned into jazz rock
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V Priceless:

I wish Tomorrow would make up its mind....never comes, never knows...jeez...
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Brian in UK:

Val, it worked for me, try this.
www.bl.uk
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Cheri Pi:

3 is nothing these days.
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Cecile:

tomorrow is like the worst friend ever.
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Cecile:

that sucks
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Tony Coulter:

Tomorrow never knows it's coming....
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V Priceless:

haha
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Tony Coulter:

Hey. somebody out there in eyeball land: This show needs more pledges!!!! Please help out if you can.....
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Cecile:

Themes:
I need to live my life
Don't stop me from living my life
I don't need to be tied down
Society wants to tie me down and stop living my life
I just moved out of my folks's house and am riding cross country on a painted pony.
You are a fine woman but don't tie me down and make me stop living my life. You may, however, ride my painted pony. Both literally and figuratively
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Cecile:

Sound about right?
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Tony Coulter:

So, next week I'll be participating in the station's week-long "Singles Going Steady" extravaganza -- I'll be playing nothing but 7" records. The plan is to dip into my weirdorama singles box, which is full of novelty records and unintentional oddity of all kinds.
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Cecile:

I both fear and anticipate that show, Tony.
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Tony Coulter:

@ Cecile: You got it! But don't tie me down, woman....
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Cecile:

hahahahhahaha
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Tony Coulter:

I mean, you got today's lyrical themes....
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Cecile:

I know what you meant.
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V Priceless:

I can't live without you not tying me down?
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Cecile:

Tomorrow is always trying to tie me down, man.
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Tony Coulter:

I can't live without you, PLEDGE BABY!!!

Please pledge if you can -- there's only half an hour left of today's show!!
Avatar 2:28pm
V Priceless:

21st Century Schizoid Man-esque, there...
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Cecile:

my girlfriend has plenty of money. Ask her.
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Doug Schulkind:

I wonder how many collective ounces (gallons?) of spit-valve spit were expended during the making of these songs.
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Tony Coulter:

@ V Priceless: Right you are! Didn't notice that....
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Cecile:

this track would actually make a great rap song.
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Cecile:

oh! Do you know Ayers Rock, Tony? That was another Aussie jazz-rock band.
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Tony Coulter:

@ Cecile: I do! Think I may have played them on a past show....
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Cecile:

Cool.
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Cecile:

wow, this guy is as good on flute as Ron Burgundy. :D
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Tony Coulter:

@ no one and everyone: PLEDGE!!! PLEDGE!!! PLEDGE!!!

... come to me, O' Pledge.....
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Tony Coulter:

BIG THANKS to Cecile for her generous pledge!!! All hail the mighty Cecile! Nothing can tie her down, man!!
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Cecile:

WFMU don't stop me from living my life!
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Carmichael:

Boy, check out the bio on the guy from Bethlehem Asylum! What a free spirit: en.wikipedia.org...
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Cecile:

damn, what a bio!
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Tony Coulter:

A very Zappa-esque Chicago track, no?
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Tony Coulter:

and now, more Magma in disguise....
  2:50pm
Santos L Halper:

Great show Tony! No Zappa yet, but that was one of Chicago's FZish moments...
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Tony Coulter:

Thanks (and hiya), Santos!
  2:51pm
Santos L Halper:

What Tony said : )
They had a few other moments like that, and even shared a fondness for Varese it seems
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Cecile:

Chase!
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Rick from SC:

I was wondering when we were going to hear some Chase.
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Tony Coulter:

Ahoy, Rick!! I saved them for the end....
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Cecile:

dude, Viking horn rock.
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Peter Nelson:

Indeed! Here: wfmu.org...
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V Priceless:

thanx Tony!
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Tony Coulter:

Thanks everyone! See you next week, when I'll be armed with a big pile of weird singles.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 2:58pm
listener james from westwood:

Thanks a ton for the master class in kick-ass brass!
Avatar 2:58pm
Peter Nelson:

Groovy as always Tony.
  2:59pm
Dean:

Unmarried people? Or 45s?
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