LNG/KPOO/KCDX etcetcetc for the week of 8/23/10

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oh, JJ: Mr Malaprop plays Soul Makossa by "mango de-bongo" 

wait -- in the backannounce he calls him "Mandy DeBangy"!

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JJ plays Eddie Floyd's orig of "Raise Your hand", which I didn't become aware of until Brooooce started covering it in his live shows.

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Date-appropriate JB, tellin' the kids to Stay in School -- "What he said: without an education, might as well be dead!"

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OMGWTF-of-the-Day: 'LNG plays Pet Clark's Italian-language version of "Downtown", called (seriously) "Ciao, Ciao".

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Holy flaming mutha -- Radio de Sebb plays Creative Source's fab nearly-10-minute faux-Norman Whitfield cover of "Who Is He and What is He To You?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajUfTlEoEQM

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Holy flaming mutha -- Radio de Sebb plays Creative Source's fab nearly-10-minute faux-Norman Whitfield cover of "Who Is He and What is He To You?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajUfTlEoEQM

ETA: the folks at R de S are on fire this morning: here's Fancy Miss Nancy Wilson's fine jazzy take on "Ode To Billie Joe".

and OMG it's followed by Merry Clayton's solo version of "Gimmie Shelter" 

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NTM and rather lovely: Shakespeare's Sister, "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)", from 1992 (!)