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WENDY CARLOS SPECIAL HAPPY PRIDE I LOVE BEING TRANS
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Hey hey hey (yeah?)
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He-llooooo!
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Wendy outta the gate! 🏳️⚧️
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Afternoon Jesse and assembled Glotals.
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Well what fun!
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Oh yeah!
Hi Jesse and John F.!
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Swell topic, Jesse!
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sophie in vt @12:00
❤️
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I hope you get to bits of Beauty in the Beast and Sonic Seasonings as well as WFMU-friendly cuts from By Request.
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Ooh this will be good. Hello all.
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This is not my usual Wednesday afternoon hangout, but JS Bach + Wendy Carlos have pulled me in.
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I've met Wendy Carlos a few times, but not recently.
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sophie in vt @12:00
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Webhamster Henry @12:03
I was present at the Bottom Line before a Raymond Scott tribute concert when Wendy and Bob Moog were peering into one of Scott's custom instruments. Just the two of them on stage in a private moment.
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"Superstition" by "Stevie Wonder"
Hold up, this is neither JSB nor WC.
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Roberto @12:07
But it wouldn't exist without her...stay tuned
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Roberto @12:07
Stevie is a user of synths....
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Webhamster Henry @12:03
Holy shit! Do tell
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Krys O. @12:04
INCREDIBLE
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Jesse Dorris @12:09
Unforgettable
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Jesse Dorris @12:08
, glued to my earbuds
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love me some wendy carlos!
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"I Feel Love" by "Donna Summer"
This could be my ground zero. It's a key reason why I fell in love with electronic music.
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"prelude and fugue no. 7 in e-flat major (bach)" b...
My Mom would bring this album home from the local library
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"I Feel Love" by "Donna Summer"
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Greetings Jesse & Glotals from Berlin 😍
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I can't imagine what it must have been like in 1978 to experience this song on the dancefloor for the first time, and know that the future has just entered the room.
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Wasn't Kraftwerk making electronic dance music all throughout the 70s?
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Buckaroo @12:20
There's a great story of Eno rushing into the room to play it for Bowie, asserting exactly that.
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Love hearing John and Jesse together! Thank you for bringing us this radio magic!
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Hi Jessie!
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NIN’s lesser-heard but still amazing score for the video game Quake came out 30 years ago this week. Lotsa anniversaries of late.
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The Hendrix of synth players. Nice. I always thought she was the pied piper of synth players.
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David (in London) @12:01
Hi David.
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"I Feel Love" by "Donna Summer"
And props to Robbie Wedel who worked out how to do it, and didn't perhaps receive his full credit.
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Hi Jesse.
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Recall hearing “Head” on the radio up in Boston the first time and just being like, “What IS this?! Can they DO that?!”
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Andrew in Toronto @12:25
Hey Andrew.
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(At college in Boston, I should’ve said)
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I distinctly remember where I was how thrilled I was to hear Head Like a Hole for the first time, and see the video.
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"Head Like a Hole" by "Nine Inch Nails"
TVT records' best seller.
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listener james from westwood @12:26
i felt the exact same way in high school while sleeping over at a friends house. 100 degrees and no air conditioning. he gave me a huge flash drive with their whole discography on it the next morning haha.
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This is a great conversation! Thanks Jesse and John!
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Amazing amazing amazing, Jesse! This episode is already a favorite!
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Dang, what a musical gift!
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A deep dive on Wendy Carlos has been on my fantasy bingo card for ages. THANK YOU! 🙏🏽 ❤️
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Sparks in collaboration with Giorgio Moroder have a song called "My Other Voice" which I always interpreted as the singer being the synthesizer.
Great song.
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Building and creating!
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When I was studying music at Uni, interviews with Wendy were principal resources for people on the electronic path.
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Been a Wendy Carlos super fan since I was a kid. I am loving this show.
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referring to: Louis and Bebe Barron, Forbidden Planet
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I have my teenage copy of Well Tempered Synth right here. Also folks, when we get to Carlos tracks, put on your headphones!!
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Brian Eno also commented on electronic music not really developing until the late 70s and 80s.
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Didn't she build her own multitrack recorder?
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Like literally built her home studio, not just bought the recording equipment off the shelf.
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mrdonutsu @12:49
I don't think so, but that Hugh LeCaine in Canada did! They were very rare though!
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After SOB, there was a short period of "what else could be in this modernized classics record bin?", and so that's kind of how The Naked Carmen got funded!
www.echonyc.com...
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Perhaps not entirely from scratch, but certainly assembled from components:
www.wendycarlos.com...
Really unbelievable dedication and skill.
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Jesse, I'm listening over my Sonos system and you're experiencing dropouts of silence.
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I'm listening on the radio and all sounds good! Great show, Jesse!
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Just tuned in, this is exactly why I love WFMU ❤️
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Per Wendy... I was interviewed by her in 1999 as a potential designer for her retrospective box set on ESD (East Side Digital).
Got to visit her in her home studio on lower Broadway. She treated me as lovingly as a grandson, but was highly particular... about image reproduction, color balance on press, remastering... everything! And what John says about her editorial imperative is absolutely correct. I was just there to be a pair of hands, and not to express any aesthetic opinions.
The reason, I suspect, why I didn't do the project is after the meeting I wrote to the record company that her proposed title of "Switched On Box" may have knock-on effects from lesser-evolved commenters. They didn't understand what I was talking about so I had to give a brief lesson on slang terms for genitalia.
Even though I didn't get the gig, I still cherish the memory of her showing me *the synthesizer* that she used to record Switched On Bach ("Oh, I have to resolder some connections")... the kitchen oven where she was baking the old tapes before remastering... her cat named Subito... the Grammy casually display amongst a mild amount of clutter... and her kindness.
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Just tuning in, but I'm gonna go ahead and clickystar this whole playlist right now!
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She also complained about Kubrick just using "needle drops" for Clockwork Orange. She wanted to rerecord everything.
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This just got me to dig out my vinyl of hooked on bach!
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and by hooked on I mean switched on! Ha!!
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"prelude and fugue no. 7 in e-flat major (bach)" b...
My Dad had this album. I also remember him blasting A Clockwork Orange late one night when I was a little.
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People were openly smoking up at Bach concerts by virtuoso organist Virgil Fox around and after the release of Switched, so absolutely they were pairing Wendy with weed!
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This is an Amazing show. Thanks!!!!
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Over here thinking Julie’s show on the Drummer stream is starting!
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Thank you for sharing that encounter, Malcontent. I'm picturing it in my head quite vividly.
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This is a fabulous show!!!
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reminds me of the score from Scarface, just looked up to see if connection and was, Giorgio Moroder frequently cited Carlos as a massive influence on his pioneering use of synthesizers in cinema
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Heartbreaking
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Stevie Wonder's blind, on top of it all! What difference would it have even made?
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i know it’s a long shot, but i’ve always wanted an oral history of her Weird Al collab! how did that come to happen?? how did such a particular artist come to partner with such a wacky guy?
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Love the talk about Wendy. I luckily have the Bach album on vinyl.
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wow it is such a particular joy!! looking back on her and other trans people at the time makes me choke up a little. it took me so long to be who i am and that happened only 5 or so years ago! Ah!!
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Thanks for this show - I just happened to listen and I'm glad I did. Gotta get out my vinyl.
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This is a really interesting interview, so glad I tuned in. Did anyone else see "Sisters with Transistors" and think there might've been some transphobia going on in the coverage of Wendy? I felt like she got a bit of short shrift as a "mere" interpreter of existing scores, but the filmmakers knew they'd better include her.
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Boy you guys can talk
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jnalv @1:32
Although Weird Al is weird & wacky, as you may well know, he's a 100% legit musician and it does not surprise me at all that musicians of any & all backgrounds want to collab with Al
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High_Quality_Fun @1:42
To clarify, that's "Al," not AI.
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Roberto @1:43
Up with Al
Down with AI
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Roberto @1:43
"Weird AI" is redundant.
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"Sisters with Transistors" does come off as dismissive of Wendy Carlos, it's the only problem I had with it, but it's a big problem.
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Crownless Gander @1:44
Ha!
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Kat in the chat @1:44
Right? OK, thank you. I really enjoyed it otherwise.
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Also that castration question from the interviewer was hugely out of line and Wendy responded exactly as she should have.
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Crownless Gander @1:45
I am not familiar with the film, but will need to look it up.
Why do you think the film was dismissive?
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zachary @1:46
You'll see if you watch it. It's generally very celebratory of all the women I covers, but some dismissive comments about Wendy's historic importance are allowed through, and that importance fairly downgraded in general.
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Roberto @1:43
Heck yes!! the world needs more AL - more cowbell & even more AL!!!
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sorry i just tuned in late, not sure if you talked about it already, but did wendy work on the soundtrack for deepthroat?
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did you all already talk about her Peter and the Wolf record with Weird Al?
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I once found a copy of The Shining Soundtrack in a record store $1.00 bin. That was a big moment and a feeling I’ll never forget, because it was so difficult to find her recordings from that era.
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i'm didn't realize she did The Shining soundtrack! this show is so fascinating, thank you again. sad i have to step into a meeting, but look forward to finishing the show in the archive. thank you again jesse and john!!
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Really? With all of her accomplishments: world class audio engineer, studio designer and hands-on builder, electronic music pioneer (she almost single-handedly made sunthesis tonal),close friend and colaborator with Bob Moog, working twice with Kubrick, Tron soundtrack, software designer, digital synthesis pioneer, degrees in physics, world class musician and arranger, etc, and you chose to focus on her personal life? If you did shows on Philip Glass or Susan Ciani (or anyone else), would you discuss their sexuality? How much work does she have to do before her personal life is a non-topic?
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seeing the eclipse in vermont was such a soul expanding moment. ive never experienced something like it.
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The past 2 hours have covered all of the accomplishments you listed. Jesse and John's conversation around Wendy's personal life very much focused on her gender/sexuality being a non-issue to her. That's something they made very clear.
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Moon moon moon, sun sun sun, we will get you. soon, soooon, sooooooon
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Crownless Gander @1:48
Ahhh. Understood. I'll see if I can find it somewhere or rent a streaming version.
Nothing like electronic music history. And I love Laurie Anderson and excited to hear her narrate it.
Thank you.
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There's no question that representation matters, especially in these times.
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Anyway, I hope you do talk about her record with Weird Al
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It's been a non-issue to her for 50 years, apparently it's still an issue for others. Including this program's hosts. Or they wouldn't have brought it up.
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I’m struck with how much of an inspiration Luna must have been to those composing for educational films, particularly science films shown in contemporary classrooms.
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Sun, sun, sun. Burn burn burn. Moon moon moon. we will get youu. Sooon, soooon, Sooooooon!
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Despite what the anonymous commenter says, I think this is a fascinating, wide ranging conversation celebrating Wendy Carlos as part of Pride month. Thank you, Jesse and John.
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tim @2:15
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Yesss! Love for Wendy’s Siamese!
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Sorry if this has been discussed already, I've been in and out because of errands, but what's the overall deal with so much of this music being not commercially available?
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Hello. This is interesting. I'll have to listen to the earlier parts later...
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Soooo frustrating to me that this work is not readily digitally available.
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This show is so fascinating, so much of these compositions I have not heard before. When you hear Wendy Carlos it’s typically “Switched On” and some of the famous soundtracks. The other lesser known works are so powerful and beautiful. And the cats! I just love it. Great show.
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Hi all ! Cats playing keys on YouTube. They're rockin out. I have an app on my Android tablet where you can adjust the amount of notes per octave. From Playstore. Wendy's great , happy to be hearing some tunes.
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Wendyyyyyyyyyy
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Before online retailers took over the market, I had to rely on friends who worked as managers at music & bookstores like Barnes & Noble to special order items from her catalog on CD for me. It took weeks, sometimes months for them to get it shipped.
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Jesse Dorris thank you for continuing to pleasantly surprise me.
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Headhunters has a fun album cover.
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I'm kinda in the opposite camp w synth use. I much prefer the kind of thing Joe Byrd was doing w the Buchla on USA and Field Hippies than some 80s MoR hit w fake strings. Wendy uses them both ways.
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Op bop beep beep
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Moonscapes used on Alibris:
www.alibris.com...
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Moonscapes on Discogs:
www.discogs.com...
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I'm not personally acquainted with Octo Octa, but I know that Eris is a huge Wendy Carlos fan!
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Hi, poly unsaturateds!
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Hi Jesse, I seldom get to comment on your show. It's really extra good today.
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For those who might like a great synth for their phones or tablet: ETHERAL DIALPAD. Twin or single screen thermin w adjustable scales and effects. You can play it immediately for soundscapes effects or even do melodies after a bit. Not at Play store, but at other trustworthy sites. 2 different versions. One kilobits , one megabits. For Android, maybe i , I haven't looked.
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I'm a bit of a classical music purist. That said, interpretations, re-imaginings – like this one – simply work.
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Peter from Saranac Lake NY @2:45
PETER LOVE FROM FRED AND ALAN WE ARE CHATTING WITH PSEU AT 5:15 ON WFMU
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Lol, I was thinking this was Tarkus , I forgot they did Pictures
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DjLorraine @2:35
DL LORRAINE THANKS FOR EVERYHTING WE ARE CHATTING WITH PSEU AT 5:15 ON WFMU RADIO LOVE FRED AND ALAN
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this whole show had my entire department entranced for 3 hours. I dont think any of us spoke since noon.
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Thanks, Jesse and John!
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Thanks for the show! This is a WFMU classic!
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thank you for this amazing show, it's a keeper
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Thanks for this show! Happy Pride 🌈❤️🎉
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The movie looked good on paper.
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what it sounds like in my head most of the time
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I've been listening in the background...great show, Jesse!!
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Been working, but phenomenal show-- will definitely be relistening!
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Thank you both so much for this!!!
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Thanks Jesse and John!
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Thanks Jesse.
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Many thanks, John and Jesse, for this fine show!
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Thanks , great show !
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Thanks everyone!
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Thanks, Jesse!
