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« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2005, 11:27:30 AM »
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11:09 Dennis Elsas is leading off his show by playing New York City on WFUV.


I'm torn -- CG is playing Karen Carpenter's "Ticket To Ride".


If you're looking for upbeat, I'd stay on CG. Elsas just said that his show was going to be "an up and down ride"--he promises to play reminiscences from other WNEW staffers of the time, Howard Cosell, and pieces of a '74 interview that he did with Lennon. He just finished playing the clip we've heard DM play on occasion of Vin Scelsa announcing Lennon's murder to the NEW audience, and the lengthy monologue that followed.
ETA: He is not, however, strictly playing Lennon music--I've heard Matthew Sweet, Peter Gabriel's Games without Frontiers, and the Magic Numbers, among other things over the last 40 minutes.
Let's get right to it.

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« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2005, 12:21:04 PM »
Wow -- Ella Fitzgerald's "Can't Buy Me Love". this makes my day.
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« Reply #17 on: December 08, 2005, 12:45:33 PM »
Suddenly! Someone! Is there! at the TURNSTILE!!!

It's Shatner. Wth kaleidoscope.  Eyes-eyes-eyes-eyes-eyes...

and in the most blatant ridiculous-to-sublime segue ever, CG follows that with Emmylou Harris' gorgeous "Here There & Everywhere" and Smokey's "And I Love Her".  This has been a fab segment today.
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« Reply #18 on: December 08, 2005, 12:55:20 PM »
And now the reverse: Sublime (That Sexy Ferry doing "She's Leaving Home") to Ridiculous (Tiffany, "Saw Him Standing There").
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« Reply #19 on: December 08, 2005, 12:59:12 PM »
Greg ends the covers session with Sean Connery (!) doing a dramatic reading of "In My Life".  Never heard this before -- and may never again.
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« Reply #20 on: December 08, 2005, 01:30:49 PM »
switched over to Elsas on WFUV, and he plays White Stripes "Denial Twist". More than a bit of early Macca (by way of Little Richard) in that one.
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« Reply #21 on: December 08, 2005, 01:54:23 PM »
Joni, "Conversation". Maybe I should listen to Mr Elsas more often.
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« Reply #22 on: December 08, 2005, 02:26:19 PM »
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Joni, "Conversation". Maybe I should listen to Mr Elsas more often.


Been having that same thought. He's been playing some nice stuff the last two days that I've been listening.
Let's get right to it.

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« Reply #23 on: December 08, 2005, 03:57:01 PM »
WLNG (Xmas) Nugget o' the Day: Stevie, "What Xmas Means to Me".
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« Reply #24 on: December 09, 2005, 11:48:10 AM »
CGSS in full swing. Staples, "I'll Take You There", which god knows I've heard a million times, but it's still fonky to this honky.

I still can't picture Mavis hooking up with Dylan, tho'...
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« Reply #25 on: December 09, 2005, 12:37:51 PM »
wow, the original of "Gettin' Mighty Crowded"!
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« Reply #26 on: December 09, 2005, 01:16:26 PM »
OMGWTFLOL! Greg digs out the Salsoul Orchestra Xmas LP.  I still have it on vinyl.   Oh what fun it is to ride in a crystal meth-y sleigh!
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« Reply #27 on: December 09, 2005, 01:31:58 PM »
Jacksons, "Blame it on the Boogie"

"We spent the night in Frisco
Macauley brought the Crisco..."
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« Reply #28 on: December 11, 2005, 09:40:41 AM »
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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« Reply #29 on: December 11, 2005, 10:43:52 AM »
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A bit of freaky listening Sunday afternoon:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/freakzone/index.shtml

Direct link to stream: http://stream.servstream.com/ViewWeb/BBCRadio_music/Event/BBCRadio6.asx


Thankfully, they archive shows -- I'll check it out this week.  Any particular highlight on the setlist?
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