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Favoriting December 15, 2020: Hanukkapow! (part 6)

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  It's the Ira the K show!     0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Blondie  In the Sun   Favoriting   0:02:31 (Pop-up)
Sammy Davis Jr.  Have a Little Talk with Myself   Favoriting   0:05:07 (Pop-up)
Angry Samoans  Gimme Sopor   Favoriting   0:08:16 (Pop-up)
Donny Osmond  A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You   Favoriting   0:10:00 (Pop-up)
Eric Dolphy  On Green Dolphin Street   Favoriting   0:13:20 (Pop-up)
The Flamin' Groovies  Have You Seen My Baby?   Favoriting   0:18:49 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
 

Peg  

karaoke version 

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Sy Rooder  Great Dream from Heaven   Favoriting   0:28:48 (Pop-up)
Bobbi Boyle & the Trio  Lazy Day   Favoriting   0:30:08 (Pop-up)
T.Rex  Baby Strange   Favoriting   0:33:42 (Pop-up)
Tico & the Triumphs  Noise   Favoriting   0:36:20 (Pop-up)
Dump  I Can Hear Music   Favoriting   0:38:10 (Pop-up)
Mickey Hart  Granma's Cookies   Favoriting   0:42:10 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra  I Dream Too Much   Favoriting   0:45:00 (Pop-up)
Steve Wynn  What We Call Love   Favoriting   0:50:43 (Pop-up)
Mel Brooks  The Inquisition   Favoriting   0:52:20 (Pop-up)
The Turtles  I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're The Royal Macadamia Nuts)   Favoriting   0:53:19 (Pop-up)
Len Barry  You Baby   Favoriting   0:55:46 (Pop-up)
Mel Brooks  The Inquisition   Favoriting   0:57:46 (Pop-up)
Country Joe & the Fish  Eastern Jam   Favoriting   0:59:01 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Art Blakey 

Secret Agent Man   Favoriting

 

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Sandy Posey  See Ya' Round on the Rebound   Favoriting   1:12:58 (Pop-up)
Richard Thompson (with Teddy Thompson)  She May Call You Up Tonight   Favoriting   1:14:29 (Pop-up)
The Cramps  Drug Train   Favoriting   1:17:16 (Pop-up)
ABlinken  Patience   Favoriting our next secretary of state!  1:18:39 (Pop-up)
Bobby Vee & the Strangers  Fly Away   Favoriting   1:23:19 (Pop-up)
The Blues Project  Violets of Dawn   Favoriting   1:25:54 (Pop-up)
Rufus  Brand New Day   Favoriting   1:29:02 (Pop-up)
Gary Lewis & the Playboys  Little Miss Go-Go   Favoriting   1:30:54 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The Golden Gate Strings 

I'm a Believer   Favoriting

 

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Sparks  Talent Is an Asset   Favoriting   1:41:56 (Pop-up)
The Clean  I Can't Stand It   Favoriting   1:45:08 (Pop-up)
Soundtracapella  Acapella Ghostbusters   Favoriting   1:48:21 (Pop-up)
Elmer Bernstein  One Before Closing   Favoriting   1:49:26 (Pop-up)
Laura Nyro  Stoned Soul Picnic (demo)   Favoriting   1:51:55 (Pop-up)
Soundtracapella  Acapella Footloose   Favoriting   1:55:30 (Pop-up)
Red Cross  S&M Party   Favoriting   1:57:15 (Pop-up)
Soundtracapella  Acapella Danger Zone   Favoriting   1:58:02 (Pop-up)
Jackie Mittoo  Wives & Lovers   Favoriting   1:59:03 (Pop-up)
Burt Bacharach  Making a Movie in Sevalio   Favoriting   2:04:20 (Pop-up)
The Orioles  Waiting   Favoriting   2:04:10 (Pop-up)
The Sly Fox  My Four Women   Favoriting   2:06:50 (Pop-up)
Richard Hell & the Voidoids  Going Going Gone   Favoriting   2:09:51 (Pop-up)
Soundtracapella  Acapella Eight Crazy Nights   Favoriting   2:12:00 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Gil Bernal 

Easyville   Favoriting

 

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Martin Rev  Dakota   Favoriting   2:18:31 (Pop-up)
Jeff Tweedy  A Robin or a Wren   Favoriting   2:21:22 (Pop-up)
Roland Alphonso  Dr. Kildare   Favoriting   2:24:22 (Pop-up)
Mort Garson  Music for Advertising #2   Favoriting   2:26:25 (Pop-up)
Elliott Sharp  Fluctuation of Horizon   Favoriting   2:28:32 (Pop-up)
Pat Flowers & His Rhythm  Googie-Woogie   Favoriting   2:36:22 (Pop-up)
Steve Reich / So Percussion  Mallet Quartet: Slow   Favoriting   2:38:39 (Pop-up)
Jerry Goldsmith  Take Some Risks, Mr. Flint?   Favoriting   2:41:25 (Pop-up)
Leo Ornstein  Three Moods, for Piano: Grief   Favoriting   2:42:51 (Pop-up)
Lee Konitz  I Remember You   Favoriting   2:47:13 (Pop-up)
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman  Dedicated to You   Favoriting   2:51:05 (Pop-up)
Michael Bloomfield (with Woody Harris)  I Am a Pilgrim   Favoriting   2:57:07 (Pop-up)
Chuck McCann  outro   Favoriting   2:58:14 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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listener 126464:

twelve
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Jedley:

That intro shall be inscribed into the Book of Life
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Mike W:

just rolled a dub cigarette so
i can get
Kaplaned as fuck
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
Fuzzy:

Turn me on redrum...have you listened to WHRB in Cambridge yet?
  Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
Ira:

Shalom, everybody!
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Mike W:

shalom, DJ!
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Fuzzy:

Shalom everyone!
  9:04pm
Libby’s Mom:

Rockin on Night 6!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05pm
Hoboken Jack:

Happy night 6, cool chicks and boychiks!
  9:06pm
MB:

Every time I hear Blondie, I think of 1976-80s NY
  9:06pm
Georgia:

Me too MB!
  9:06pm
David C Fox:

Shalom,
great start!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07pm
Happy Holmes:

Shalom.
  9:08pm
MB:

Georgia ! and being with you guys too!
  9:08pm
Rick G:

Happy to be here, Ira and all. Happy Tuesday and I look forward to the remote gig Friday.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08pm
listener 126464:

Shalom!
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Hoboken Jack:

Hi 126464!
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TDK60:

Happy to be here, at the edge of the pit.
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vj pussycat:

hi y'all and shalom - i'm stoked to find this show and chat scene. i knew my tuesday nights were missing something
  9:12pm
MB:

Donny! is that a birthday nod?
  Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
Ira:

Careful TDK60, the Donny Osmond pit's a rough one!
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Jedley:

@MB I think it was a Maccabee favorite
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listener 126464:

Hello Jack!
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Mr. Pumpy:

Ira, that's an insane five song run, right there! Kudos!
  9:15pm
WFMU listener P:

Hey fellow listeners Rita Houston of WFUV has died of cancer, as if this year can’t suck enough already
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
Gurldoggie:

Happy Hanukkah everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
Gurldoggie:

I mean... Hannukah.
  9:17pm
doom&gloom:

thank u, ira!
  9:17pm
Deecee:

Is that booker little on trumpet?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
Gurldoggie:

Um... Chanukah?
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Jedley:

Hanukkah is my pref
  Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
Ira:

Freddie Hubbard on trumpet
  9:20pm
Deecee:

Nice tone...
  9:20pm
Zach1028:

Shalom y'all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21pm
Parq:

That was a great version of "Dolphin Street". Miles also has a superb version, slightly down-tempo, with lush solos from 'Trane, Cannonball and a classy rhythm section.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21pm
Gurldoggie:

That works. Anyway, hope it's happy! Great show so far!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21pm
karlward:

Karaoke "Peg" sign me up
  9:22pm
grtyvr:

who produced this tune?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22pm
a polished polish lady:

god DAN i love that song. also, shalom!
  9:23pm
Dusty:

Greetings from Denver.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
Hoboken Jack:

This is like that moment in the Bee Gees doc when Barry realized he could sing falsetto.
  9:23pm
Lawrence:

go Ira
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vj pussycat:

mormish
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TDK60:

I do like Cy Rooder. Really.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29pm
karlward:

Didn't Cy Rooder pitch a perfect game in 88?
  9:31pm
Michael Shore:

Cy Rooder! From Vena Buista Clocial Sub!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32pm
karlward:

Sorry, that was Rolan Nyan. I always get those two mixed up.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33pm
karlward:

Wait--couldn't have been '88.
  9:33pm
Georgia:

Happy birthday MB last week!
  9:34pm
e from eo:

She (and I am firmly folllowing in her footsteps) who will remember no name correctly) was a wonder.
  9:34pm
Marilyn:

In the world in which I grew up, Cy was Sy..short for a Seymour and probably Jewish
  9:35pm
MB:

thanks Georgia!
  Swag For Life Member 9:35pm
Ira:

I'm correcting the playlist momentarily!
  Swag For Life Member 9:35pm
Ira:

Done!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...& in other Sports - Mark Bowlin'...
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vj pussycat:

i envisioned sy and had no idea who that was til i saw the original name posted
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Marc Bolan (/ ˈ b oʊ l ə n / BOH-lən; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 - 16 September 1977)
- poster boy for Libra...
  9:38pm
Slaboch:

Lovin’ these sets!
  Swag For Life Member 9:39pm
Ira:

Thank you, Slaboch. On an unrelated note, the trumpet solo coming up is also not Booker Little.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:41pm
McGroovey:

If I played trumpet, I'd play it more or less like that.
  9:42pm
Rick G:

It’s not a proper holiday without Martin Short
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
Hoboken Jack:

Da da da and dee dee dee and whatever the hell else you want
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
Mike W:

let me be the first to say
i am digging the whole of this whatness
  9:44pm
e from eo:

It’s not a proper day wo Martin short
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44pm
Mike W:

Ira
what have you got against Booker Little?
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leshwatt:

I think I tuned in to the Martian top 40. Can I make a request Kasey Kasem?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:46pm
Mike W:

Mars is
on the way to Saturn
  9:47pm
Owen:

tuning in on my lunch break at the Safeway deli in Portland, OR! Great stuff!
  9:47pm
MB:

love your show, Ira
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49pm
Hoboken Jack:

That's a late lunch even in Oregon
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TDK60:

Hi Owen. On N. MLK Blvd?
  9:49pm
Brad:

Shalom and Happy Hanukkah everyone!
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Stevel:

My thought exactly, Jack. What do they teach those kids out there?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Joyeux Belated Sagittarian Solar Return MB !
m.facebook.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:50pm
Hoboken Jack:

SteveL, they're all hopped up on Tillamook cheddar.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:51pm
Stevel:

Jack: We missed the boat on that one. Here I am stuck in Indiana, surrounded by soybeans and hogs. Well, the hogs work out, but you know what I mean.
  9:51pm
MB:

thanks Revolution Rabbit?!
  9:52pm
Owen:

technically in Milwaukie, but basically Portland! I work until 10 so I guess it's more of a dinner break
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53pm
Stevel:

Owen: Please adjust your time card accordingly.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

MEL
  9:53pm
Libby’s Mom:

RR 11/63, as a proud Sagittarian, I thank you ♐️
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leshwatt:

I’m in a coffee break at a Lagrange Point. Patiently waiting for Sun City Girls.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

@LM : One shouldn't play favorites but it's hard not to be a Sag booster.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56pm
Hoboken Jack:

Happy to have you here regardless, Owen!
  9:56pm
wendy del formaggio:

I have made many friends through impromptu sing-alongs of “The Inquisition.”
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Jedley:

bc nobody expects the spanish inquisition
  Swag For Life Member 9:58pm
Ira:

Was only going to play one part tonight, but after your comment, Wendy, thought I'd throw in the reprise.
  9:58pm
wendy del formaggio:

Hey, Torquemada!
  9:59pm
wendy del formaggio:

Thank you, Ira! That is definitely a mitzvah.
  9:59pm
Andres:

Evening Ira and all! Very much enjoying tonight’s Hanukkah show. It is providing a refuge between the squabbling of teens and a kitten trying to playfully bite my face. Lastly, I am preferring Mel’s take on the inquisition over Monty Pythons.
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TDK60:

Groovy Barry M. Incense lit..
  10:01pm
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Sy Rooder! Sigh Cooder? Rye Cooder.

-Sy Ableman Abelson
  10:02pm
Drew:

Thanks for the tunes, Ira
  10:02pm
Libby’s Mom:

@RR 11/63 - amen
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Paper Moog:

Can you play “wishful thinking” by Rupa and the April Fishes?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Jedley you just reminded me I have another episode of Monty Python to watch tonight on its Half Century mark !! Appreciated !
This Mel came out 1981 - later than i thot : it was such perfect time to be 10 & going to the movies alone when the perfect Young Frankenstein came out !...
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Jedley:

:) I had it on the brain cuz I saw lots of funny Holy Grail memes today
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Paper Moog:

Hey i have a band called Sussman Cant Sleep PA that plays or played music from Coen Brothers “A Serious Man” or did, once for about 8 minutes, opening for a “Hands of Orlac” soundtrack band, @Sy Abel
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TDK60:

Ira, I saw' em a few years afore that and they were awesome. [cj&f]
  10:07pm
Eric:

i am sitting in columbus ohio, and i was on the phone with a friend of mine about an hour ago, and i started talking about country joe and the fish, and then here you go and PLAY them!!!! A little strange!
  10:08pm
Gary:

The Fish were forgettable that night. I went for Fleetwood Mac. Kasuma was confusing for a 17 year old.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I thot so about 'History' in 1981 too...
  10:09pm
Patrick:

Len Barry was serious baller at Overbrook High.Teammate of Walt Hazzard and Wali Jones.
  10:09pm
FatboyMc:

ira: you saw country joe and the fish at the fillmore east when you were 13? did your parents think that you were at a friend's house studying for the big pre-
algebra test?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10pm
Mike W:

Record Proper
  10:11pm
wendy del formaggio:

I totally agree. “History of the World,” eh. “The Inquisition,” brilliant. Also brilliant, Mel Brooks singing “High Anxiety,” which he wrote. KEY CHANGE!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Monterey > Woodstock kinda thing perhaps... a good argument... How I love CJ&F's debut album tho'...& so did Ultimate Spinach apparently...
  Swag For Life Member 10:13pm
Ira:

FatboyMc: It was a birthday present, and my dad was with us. It's a long story, almost all of it good.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

My Half Century review of Python episodes (about half thru) : It holds up.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

RT <3
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coelacanth∅:

Wow - this version!
  10:16pm
Dusty:

Ira, I’m curious if you’ve had time to listen to any Automatic Man music that we discussed last week. You might have to play it on YouTube, it’s a bit obscure.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16pm
Stevel:

RRN63: There was a pretty good Python doc on Netflix. Not a rehash, but a closer look into their history, including interesting and relevant personal stuff. About 6-7 episodes long (if I remember correctly, which is unlikely.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17pm
Stevel:

Monty Python's Almost the Truth
  Swag For Life Member 10:17pm
Ira:

Stevel: That's the one I just finished watching. Very entertaining.
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Hoboken Jack:

For a kid from Montclair, this Richard Thompson fellow has really made good.
  10:17pm
dug:

people... please keep both feet on the wheel
  Swag For Life Member 10:17pm
Ira:

Dusty, I listened to a little bit of them, and then realized I had to move on because none of them were Jewish!
  10:17pm
wendy del formaggio:

It’s hard to pick a favorite Cramps song, but this is definitely up there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:18pm
Matt Fiveash:

Hot set! Doing the sofa bounce over here
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:18pm
Stevel:

This set could literally end anywhere.
  Swag For Life Member 10:19pm
Ira:

Wendy, it's hard to pick a favorite party track, but is there a better one than Drug Train?
  10:19pm
dug:

art blakey to the cramps in 4 songs
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Paper Moog:

Maybe this was a repressed memory but speaking of Woodstock, Oxfordshire, Blenheim Palace i met the midget extra from Mel Brooks “history of the world” on set on location in 1980, the chess “gangbang” scene — he said he had a small part.
  Swag For Life Member 10:19pm
Ira:

Stevel: You should be so lucky!
  10:19pm
Dusty:

Fair enough. Right music, wrong time. Probably explains their short career.
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Stevel:

dug: And we were here.
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Jedley:

this is kind of blowing my mind but have you heard Pompeo's salsa band?
  10:21pm
Matt in Carrboro:

So ABlinken is pronounced like Abe Lincoln, right? Has to be.
  10:21pm
wendy del formaggio:

Ira: Hmm. Probably not. I am partial to “Rock Lobster” for parties, too, though. Picturing a babyface Fred Schneider hopping around always make me wanna hop around, too.
  10:21pm
wendy del formaggio:

*makes
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Hoboken Jack:

Blinken's cousin Ingrid and I used to work at the same company. Had I played my cards right, I'd be dining at the White House next year.
  Swag For Life Member 10:22pm
Ira:

Matt in Carboro: There's a reason why neither of us have ever been tapped to be in the cabinet.
  Swag For Life Member 10:23pm
Ira:

Wendy, I was unclear (so what else is new)--I meant the background party track, like a Joe Tex record.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

As Wilkes Booth said - finally a Republican I can get behind...
  10:25pm
pgalub:

Hey Ira, Jack and everyone! Happy Chanukah!
  10:25pm
wendy del formaggio:

Ira: Ah yes, of course. It’s good to have different music for different party moods. For guests arriving, I like “Whispering” by Paul Whiteman. A musical saw is very festive!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:26pm
Stevel:

RRN63: Still feel bad for laughing at that one, and yet, I laugh and laugh!
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Paper Moog:

He was kind of a mystic he said: “forty years from now you will log on to ira from yo la tengo under the name moog pow wow and wake up” (mystic midget mel-man)
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TDK60:

Didn't know Bobby Vee did the paisley.
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Jedley:

@Ira a search of FMU archives shows you are the only DJ brave enough to play our new Cabinet. Thanks for uniting America
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27pm
Hoboken Jack:

San Francisky! So how did you came, did you drove or did you flew
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...unfortunately - Abe never Saw him arrive...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

50 Years ago tonight - Spam.
  10:29pm
Marilyn:

Ira, do I re ember correctly that your father took you to see Country Joe and the Fish
  10:29pm
jesse in illinois:

ira this haunaka party is treating me fine...
i got the surprise gift of learning where abreckman lifted his theme song from...not not a fan of him but ...lol, dug the art blakey version
oh yeah i was really feeling that ablinken jam, thanks for putting that in, really wondered what he sounded like
i am overall enjoying the vibe down to my pagan post xtian toes : ) thanks for the joy in the music man!
  10:30pm
Matt in Carrboro:

Ira, do you have a favorite Hanukkah tune? My wife's Jewish (I'm not) so I've learned them over the years. My fave is Mi Yimalel, in which I always mis-sing the line about a hero or sage coming to our aid as "a hero or sage came to our town." Like, they're paying a visit.
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listener 126464:

Go-go Mom!
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Parq:

I didn't know that Gary & the PBs aped the Beach Men.
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Paper Moog:

Not sure the connection nor was he likely jewish but yesterday or Saturday was Bob Dorough’s birthdate — he of the “My Hero Zero” who can count them fame
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Well - I'm a David - so one iota Jewish adjacent...
  Swag For Life Member 10:33pm
Ira:

That's right, Mom. He probably liked Country Joe more than I did.
  10:33pm
jesse in illinois:

yeah i keep learnnig things too at this party...
didnt know gpb aped the beach boys, nor knew about pompeos hot salsa band or jedleys humor jams lol
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Jan & Dean stylee...
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Paper Moog:

Did you guys know that Led Zeppelin is a mistranslation of Clay Zeppelin in Oxfordshire cockney accent?
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vj pussycat:

i love muzakiscized tunes like this one
  10:36pm
Matt in Carrboro:

Hilarious, thanks for the honest reply! PS my father-in-law is a retired rabbi.
  10:36pm
Brad:

I love the song that goes "Oh Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah, come light the menorah, let's have a party and all dance the hora" haha or something like that. Haven't heard it in a long while.
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listener 126464:

Apologize, not good timing on my last comment.
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Joe B:

Bobby Vee's Strangers were first
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...so hard to make an unused bandname! ...lemme websearch Oy La Tengo...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

RT amazing & not even flash gittar.
  10:40pm
Brad:

Don't forget Alejandro Mayorkas in the cabinet too...he's a Cuban Jew. Not into the DHS but maybe he'll do something good.
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John L:

I've seen Richard Thompson also do a cover of Pretty Ballerina. Not sure if there is a recording of that.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Happy Hanukkah, Ira and cats. I always remember Bobby Vee did the fill-in show when the flight with the Big Bopper, Buddy Holly & Richie Valens didn't make it. (I remember the story; was not there personally.)
  Swag For Life Member 10:43pm
Ira:

I knew I could smoke you out, Joe!
  10:44pm
Brad:

My wife says, let's hear some goddess Jews! Then I wondered if something written by Goffen and King has already been played. She doesn't know.
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John L:

2021 is gonna be Sparks year. Edger Wright just finished a documentary about them and they did the score for Leos Carax’s new musical called "Annette."
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Paper Moog:

Bob Lrod Dorough was born Dec 12, 1923 lived to 94 was not jewish but had associations with Lenny Bruce and Allen Ginsberg, and confusingly his middle name Lrod sic is the hebrew word for hand.
  10:45pm
Brad:

*Goffin and King
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jt:

..tried to hit me with a mop!
  10:46pm
Wayne:

Would any Iggy/Stooges qualify?
  10:46pm
Brad:

That's cool about Bob Lrod Dorough...never knew that.
  10:46pm
jesse in illinois:

this version of the song makes me want to surf with sunglasses on : )
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Paper Moog:

Oy al Ognet is hebrew for pass the fish
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Jedley:

Clean 4eva
  10:47pm
Wayne:

Lou. Aluvashalom.
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jt:

yes to the entire Flying Nun Label catalog!
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Hoboken Jack:

Hey Joe, hey HP Ken!
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patrick321:

@John L Sparks played a terrific show to an (over-) packed house a couple of years ago at Le Poisson Rouge
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Paper Moog:

@Bard— partial credit. Half truth. He is missing a vowel, which is Hebew-like
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Well crap I gotta tear myself from the party & watch my Python episode.
Power to the Persistently Peaceful indeed & Happy Holidays.
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John L:

patrick321. I gotta get around to seeing them. The last couple of records have been really good. Maybe next year will be good for everyone and we can see live bands again. That will be weird. Guarded optimism.
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Paper Moog:

Ed solomon who wrote men in black AND bill and ted was in my hebrew school car pool to temple emanuel in 1973 which i confuse with ghostbusters as jonathan richman would say
  10:53pm
Tim 07030:

Signing on just to say there were tons of bands I saw at Maxwell’s, and then there was Soundtracapella.
  10:54pm
Brad:

Awesome Laura Nyro tune...thanks Ira.
  10:54pm
e from eo:

Yea thanks for the nyro
  10:54pm
Rick G:

Monterey Jazz Festival did a nice Laura Nyro tribute several years back.
  10:55pm
jesse in illinois:

i like this version, tight and smooth
  10:55pm
Brad:

@Paper Moog ha that's hilarious!
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Kat in Chicago:

From Wikipedia: The word surry, used frequently in the lyric (e.g. "Surry down to a stoned soul picnic"), is a neologism by Nyro; its meaning is unclear. The verb surry is spelled differently from the noun surrey (an old-time carriage). When asked by producer Charlie Calello what the word meant, Nyro told him, "Oh, it's just a nice word."
  10:57pm
Brad:

It's like a stoned hurry..
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Kat in Chicago:

(I was attempting to confirm that I could, in fact, surry.)
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vj pussycat:

i was thinking it be like so hurry/s''urry
  10:59pm
jesse in illinois:

lol acapella music is like the most dangerous thing in the world now,
i could go for some choral music in the woods with all the singers like 20ft from anyone else though
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Joe B:

saw another parody of this as a christmas song - Manger Zone
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Kat in Chicago:

seems plausible
  10:59pm
SlimWhitman:

Lovely lovely!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, Jack. You have enough food and provisions stocked up at your place? Sounds like this area will be snowed in for a spell.
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TDK60:

Yeh Kat, I'd wondered about that surry word before and wondered and wondered, then gave up before the age of online info.
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still b/p:

Was just giving a quick checky listen, and Wives and Lovers on the organ with Jamaican riddim! Wait a minute...stay!
  11:02pm
Androu B.:

Hi, everyone!
Just want to share something that I know is going to appeal to everyone here on Ira's chatboard, the most amazing "Bohemian Rhapsody" parody ever produced, specifically tailored with Chanukkah in mind. Check it out:
https://youtu.be/9P30ckBf1wk
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Hoboken Jack:

I knew Ira would smoke you out, Tim!
  11:03pm
wendy del formaggio:

Wow! It took me a minute or two to identify that this is “Wives & Lovers,” even though the original is a favorite of mine. Nice one, Ira!
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Jason from Houston:

♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
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Kat in Chicago:

TDK60, I've been wondering about "surry" ever since I heard the 5th Dimension sing it when I was a kid. Finally remembered that I have The Internet.
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Matt Fiveash:

Joe B- I think I'm allowed to report that the name of this year's Music to Spazz By Xmas ensemble is "Night Manger".
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vj pussycat:

i associate that song with the 5th d myself
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Kat in Chicago:

Tiny me was a huge 5th Dimension fan, vj pussycat, grownupish me discovered Laura Nyro as a result.
  11:07pm
Brad:

Yeah, I first heard the 5th D version.
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vj pussycat:

aha. yes i love me some 5th dimension so much. alas, i think none are jewish
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Jason from Houston:

⋆͛*͛ ͙͛ ⁑͛⋆͛*͛ ͙͛ ( •‿•) ⋆͛*͛ ͙͛ ⁑͛⋆͛*͛ ͙͛
  11:09pm
Brad:

@Androu B. looks great will listen after Ira's show, thanks!
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Kat in Chicago:

Can I safely assume that "Sister Christmas" is on Night Manger's setlist?
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Paper Moog:

I know i’ve used my 3 wishes but what about “Nesh Gadol Haya Shah” by AMSHTL? Parody of the Bengals
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still b/p:

Always loosely assumed "surry down" meant take a breezy comfy mosey slide down to the place by whatever method -- like truckin' don't mean in a truck and motorin' doesn't always involve a motor.
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Ira:

@Kat: As a member of Night Manger, I can say there is no safely and no assumes with our act.
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Jason from Houston:

♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
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vj pussycat:

one of my prized possessions is a vhs tape of the 5th dimensions tv special from '70 (? maybe '71) traveling sunshine show with guests dionne warwick, merle haggard and the carpenters
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Kat in Chicago:

speaking of motorin', haha @b/p
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TDK60:

That's what I sort of guessed stillb/p. Picnic and all.
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McGroovey:

Blame the cat. It was usually the cat.
  11:15pm
Brad:

Yeah, still b/p that's sounds about right.
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Gaylord Fields:

@Kat in Chicago: As a fellow member of Night Manger, I will say yes, it is on the set list, whether it's true or not—if that will get you to tune in.
  11:17pm
e from eo:

So much enjoying after the fox this week
  11:17pm
jesse in illinois:

oh boy i am going to have to check this 'night manger' out, sounds perplexing and fun
i will surry down...( i have taken nyro's 'surry' neologism to be the anti of hurry )
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deesat:

I am here for many reasons. One of those reasons is to say "Hi Hoboken Jack".
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Gaylord Fields:

@Kat @jesse: Night Manger — big in Illinois!
  11:19pm
Brad:

Ira and Gaylord as Night Mangers...can't wait!
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Kat in Chicago:

@Gaylord are you kidding? that's appointment radio right there. I'll be there with jingle bells on.
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deesat:

Another is to say that I'm sorry I missed Angry Samoans.
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Gaylord Fields:

@Brad @Kat: Even as marquee names, Ira and I are hardly alone. Many other WFMU faves are also in the group, including our hype man Matt Fiveash!
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Kat in Chicago:

yes, Matt F let the Xmas cat out of the bag upthread :)
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Kat in Chicago:

WFMU is the only place I listen to Christmas music voluntarily.
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Joe B:

wow can't wait for night manger!
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McGroovey:

Hey, guys, ... Bon Jovi. Fairytale of NY. ... Go.
  11:27pm
Andres:

I was going to catch the night manager show down at the corner store but maybe I’ll stay in tomorrow night instead.
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Jason from Houston:

♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
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Joe B:

@Matt - I think the bar was set by Hamilton Joe Frankincense and Myrrh
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Matt Fiveash:

That was a good one
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Kat in Chicago:

I remember that one
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Matt Fiveash:

This will be worse but also shorter!
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Matt Fiveash:

I think Dave is doing a ghost of stupid xmas bands past/clip show thing this year.
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Kat in Chicago:

good year for that
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Kat in Chicago:

In other news, I think I need to listen to more Elliott Sharp
  11:34pm
Brad:

Great set Ira!
  11:44pm
listener marianne:

This has been a fun and lovely show - thanks!
  11:45pm
Seth from Oklahoma:

First time to listen to the show - will definitely be back. Lots of good music to explore later... Thanks Ira!
  11:46pm
Andres:

Massive C.V. of work that Jerry Goldsmith!
  11:46pm
tom tom the pipers son:

yes, ira, fun show yet again, thanks
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Ira:

Thanks, everybody. I know there's a lot of pressure to turn this nonsense off and watch Perry Mason. I wouldn't blame you a bit. Next 13 minutes'll be more of the same . . .
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Hoboken Jack:

Hello Deesat!!
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vj pussycat:

me too @seth from Ok
i will def be back. i can truly vibe to this wonderfully curated program. thank you so much mr ira
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Hoboken Jack:

And Gaylord and McGroove and everybody else of course
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McGroovey:

If I could pyay sax, I'd want to play like this.
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Hoboken Jack:

Everybody else includes Matt F
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McGroovey:

Hey, hello and goodbye, yous-all.
  11:51pm
jesse in illinois:

i enjoyed this show since tuning in! thanks for all the great tunes and party fun, yall really know how to pack the fun in here! moving on to the smokintea party next cheers and peace and health : )
  11:51pm
Brad:

Thanks Ira and all you cool kats. Happy holidays!
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McGroovey:

If I could actually sing, I'd actually sing like this.
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Gaylord Fields:

First half hour of Perry Mason is all setup anyway — though it is typically when Lt. Tragg gets to work his smug & smirky magic.
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Kat in Chicago:

Thanks Ira, nice to hang with all y'all
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Gaylord Fields:

Good night, Jack. You too, Ira.
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McGroovey:

This Coltrane kat is pretty good, to.
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Honeybear:

nice send-off, ira
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Ira:

@Gaylord (and everyone else): Were you watching last night? It was only when the credits rolled that we realized that Marion Ross was the defendant!
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Matt Fiveash:

Hello and buona sera, Hoboken Jack
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Jedley:

The shamus burns low, Ira's all done
See ya next week, it's been lotsa fun
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks for tonight's mashuganahs, Ira. Take care.
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Gaylord Fields:

Ira, I did — I try to keep track of which defendants, actual culprits, and witnesses are still alive (like H.M. Wynant).
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Hoboken Jack:

Thank you Ira, Georgia, skeleton, and Ira's mom. "See" you Friday!!!
  11:56pm
e from eo:

Gnight and thanks!
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vj pussycat:

thx all y'all lovely people too for a sweet night. see y'alls round
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Ira:

Thanks again, one and all. So happy to have fellow FMU-ers, friends, regular commenters, and strangers alike joining in. Happy Hanukkah!
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McGroovey:

Thanks for the find music, IraK.
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Jason from Houston:

Love y'all. Stay safe and sweet.
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Jason from Houston:

♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡
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Gaylord Fields:

My other Perry Mason game is seeing when they use a character actor twice in different episodes — once with and once without toupee.
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Joe B:

thanks Ira, great show
  12:00am
KWilde:

Great show Ira
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