Listener comments!

🥀 ♥ 3:00pm
: 🖼️ 🥀 ♥ 3:01pm
Bucky: Hola ♥ 3:01pm
steveo:

↳ Song: "Mona" by "Bo Diddley"

gonna try to get my spouse to learn this on the uke 🥀 ♥ 3:02pm
DanFA: Heyyyyyy Mona ♥ 3:03pm
steveo: SURELY DIE 🥀 ♥ 3:03pm
Ken From Hyde Park: M🏳️‍🌈O🏳️‍🌈N🏳️‍🌈A🏳️‍🌈! ♥ 3:04pm
Mona: www.penguinrandomhouse.com... 🥀 ♥ 3:07pm
regina j: I love Barry Walters and I love this book. It's been really fun to pick it up and read a chapter at a time -- it can be consumed in bite-sized increments, and reading it is as fun as it is enlightening. The best kind of music books -- at least in my opinion -- are the ones that make you want to hear those records immediately, and this book definitely does that for me. 🥀 ♥ 3:09pm
Handy Haversack: Mona! Monatonics! 🥀 ♥ 3:11pm
DjLorraine: Mona and all ♥ 3:12pm
Mona:

↳ regina j @3:07

Regina, thank you for introducing us and making today's show happen!! ♥ 3:12pm
Mona: hello everyone, thank you so much for being here. happy pride weekend! ♥ 3:13pm
common: hey! great interview thus far! of course 🥀 ♥ 3:13pm
DanFA: Bad news for all straight people in LA. 🥀 ♥ 3:14pm
regina j:

↳ Mona @3:12

I'm so happy to have made the intro: I know Barry's an admirer of your work, so it made perfect sense. I genuinely love this book, which I think is a really important work, but not dry or clinical: it's such a fun, great read. Thank you for having him on! 🥀 ♥ 3:17pm
efd:

↳ Song: "Ain't Nobody Straight In L.A." by "The Miracles"

this song was amazing, can't believe I'd never heard it before! 3:30pm
katie somewhere: mona, queer country, pride friday, my heart!!! <3 3:38pm
AndyToad: Mona! This show is amazing! Loving these songs and Barry Walters!
Love from LA!   3:39pm
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↳ Song: "Waltzing Will Trilogy" by "Lavender Country"

As a thrift shop record digger, I used to see the Lavender Country record often, so it must have sold a good number of copies. Once I found Peter Grudzien's the Unicorn, a masterpiece of gay counrty, but never saw another copy in the wild, though it has since been reissued. 🥀 ♥ 3:41pm
Jeff Moore: Almost-parallel with the "gay country" discussion:

Some years back some friends and I attended a multi-week squaredancing course in a venue somewhere on I think Hudson Street... Turns out it was Gay Squaredancing we all learned. What's the difference? The same fundamentals, but everything was done with more FLOURISHES. Super fun.

  3:41pm
Sean: Waltzing was an amazing piece of lyrical prowess. Thanks for the guidance!   3:42pm
Jack: Your show is great but I listen for the music not interviews which I have zero interest in. Interviews should be reserved for an alternate stream.   3:46pm
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↳ Jack @3:42

This comment thread is great but I read it for interesting contextual info and the support it offers the DJ and the communtiy. Pet peeves should be reserved for an alternate comment thread. 🥀 ♥ 3:46pm
efd:

↳ Jack @3:42

jeez, it's too bad there's absolutely nothing else at all you could listen to (alternative streams, archives, etc. etc.) instead of acting like this entire show should be programmed for you exclusively. ♥ 3:46pm
bnowb:

↳ Song: "Interview" by "Barry Walters"

growing up in a suburb in jersey it was great hearing "queer" affirming music! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 🥀 ♥ 3:49pm
regina j:

↳ Jack @3:42

I respectfully disagree: as much as I love listening to tunes on WFMU, so many of the DJs regularly offer insightful, interesting interviews -- Mona, Michael Shelley, Todd-o-Phonic Todd, Evan Funk Davies, and Joe McGasko are all super talented interviewers. If you're not into whatever they're talking about, there are multiple streams and thousands of hours of archives you can dig into. ♥ 3:51pm
bnowb:

↳ Song: "Interview" by "Barry Walters"

interview making me tear up.. lovely 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 🥀 ♥ 3:52pm
DanFA:

↳ Jack @3:42

Why not have music AND interviews? ♥ 3:56pm
steveo: it happens every time; i leave the radio for a few minutes and before I know it I have Against the Wind stuck in my head, thank goodness I'm back   3:57pm
Daryl: A very special song. 🥀 ♥ 3:58pm
DanFA:

↳ Song: "Rock N' Roll Suicide" by "David Bowie"

Mona's next hoof n mouth song? ♥ 3:59pm
steveo:

↳ Song: "Coney Island Baby" by "Lou Reed"

"P.S. 192 (The Magnet School of Math and Science) is an elementary school located at 4715 18th Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, Reed attended the school for kindergarten before his family relocated to the suburbs of Long Island." 🥀 ♥ 4:00pm
DanFA: The Seu Jorge cover from Life Aquatic soundtrack is also very good. 🥀 ♥ 4:02pm
regina j: That soundtrack is incredible! 🥀 ♥ 4:04pm
DanFA:

↳ regina j @4:02

Life Aquatic? 4:05pm
jaypee: Hallo from Norway! 4:07pm
Jesse Dorris: This is such a glorious and meaningful conversation, thanks so much for getting it on the record and on the air and in the archives, Mona and Barry! 🥀 ♥ 4:09pm
regina j:

↳ DanFA @4:04

Yes. Not like any other soundtrack I can think of. It was such a clever device throughout the film.   4:10pm
Greg from ZONE 5: Yo Mona! 🥀 ♥ 4:10pm
DanFA:

↳ Jesse Dorris @4:07

I sent you an email. Did you get it? 4:10pm
Jesse Dorris:

↳ DanFA @4:10

Will check! 🥀 ♥ 4:11pm
regina j:

↳ Song: "Joanna" by "Cris Williamson"

This is stunning. I'm completely unfamiliar with Ms. Williamson, but I need to seek out more of her music. 🥀 ♥ 4:11pm
DanFA:

↳ regina j @4:09

I thought the movie was fine, but I really liked the soundtrack. 🥀 ♥ 4:11pm
regina j:

↳ DanFA @4:11

same.   4:12pm
cowfunk: sounds like weyes blood! 🥀 ♥ 4:17pm
efd: omg, Hurrah was theee best club! ♥ 4:19pm
bnowb: What a terrific book this will be! Goosebumps!!! 🥀 ♥ 4:20pm
efd:

↳ Song: "Die Matrosen" by "Kleenex/Lilliput"

now i'm wondering if he listened to WNYU back in the day!   4:23pm
Susan See: Susan and Jade, of Book of Love, were classmates of mine at Phila College of Art. They began as an outfit they called Headcheese. The apex of cool was when they set up and performed in the front display window of our school, with Jill drumming on an old suitcase. I’ll never forget it. It was spontaneous so I didn’t have my camera with me. However, the moment is singed into my mind.   4:24pm
Matt from OK: Loving the FMU pride programs.. Especially the polyglot special on Wendy Carlos. Had me flipping through my every cd wallet lookin for things that are just no longer there. Thank you Mona and thank you Jesse for your excellent interviews & guests. 4:25pm
Jesse Dorris:

↳ Matt from OK @4:24

Really appreciate that, thank you for your ears! ♥ 4:27pm
thedunkel: Playing all my favorites Mona! 🥀 ♥ 4:28pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor): I've been in and out running errands but have enjoyed everything I've heard. Any chance Jayne County's going to show up in this set? Queer CBGB is such a great vibe. ♥ 4:28pm
Mark T: Good afternoon. Thanks for the excellent Friday afternoon driving home from work set of fantastic music 🥀 ♥ 4:29pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @4:28

And Lance Loud! 🥀 ♥ 4:31pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @4:28

Also gotta be some Arthur Russell stitching a few scenes together... 🥀 ♥ 4:31pm
ian's harrison heartbreak hotel: happy pride Mona!!! 🏳️‍⚧️💝 ♥ 4:33pm
common:

↳ Song: "Why Can't I Touch It?" by "Buzzcocks"

what an excellent tune! ♥ 4:34pm
wimpy: really great interview, I don't normally catch this show but I've really enjoyed today's program 🥀 ♥ 4:37pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor): manu dibango also, importantly, ties things to fania all-stars & the latin music explosion in the same moment. loving this conversation. 🥀 ♥ 4:38pm
Bklyn_Dutch: This interview is such a joy!
I remember that time well, was in an art high school (like Fame) and everyone was seeking some level of creative input within the city.
I was in bands from 1980 on and you would really get jazzed when your band was in the Village Voice listings.
I still have a few I cut out and kept.
The city itself was filthy but it was so alive and playfully interactive. ♥ 4:40pm
common:

↳ Song: "Raw Deal" by "Judas Priest"

yes! 🥀 ♥ 4:45pm
Handy Haversack: What winston said! ♥ 4:46pm
spacecadet: dynamite interview today. ♥ 4:48pm
marili:

↳ Song: "Crimson And Clover" by "Joan Jett & the Blackhearts"

Amazing 🥀 ♥ 4:50pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Bklyn_Dutch @4:38

Love this, BK Dutch. What were your bands? 🥀 ♥ 4:50pm
Delicate Chester:

↳ Song: "Raw Deal" by "Judas Priest"

We all love Judy (at least I do) 🥀 ♥ 4:50pm
Krys O.: Hello! Been listening since the start, but this is the first chance to comment. Great interview and music Of course! It's Mona. ♥ 4:51pm
@MrGeeHeals: Wait... was a Ramone gay? 🥀 ♥ 4:53pm
DanFA: Oh man, I missed Priest and Ramones! 🥀 ♥ 4:53pm
Gregosaurus:

↳ @MrGeeHeals @4:51

At least for fund-raising purposes. ♥ 4:55pm
tim:

↳ Gregosaurus @4:53

Ha! Well put! ♥ 4:57pm
@MrGeeHeals:

↳ Gregosaurus @4:53

Well, wasn't everyone on the LES back then, haha? ♥ 4:58pm
@MrGeeHeals: It's so funny how less discussed gayness was back in the 80s. I always said: We looked at Rob Halford with his blonde crew cut and chaps and leather whip,,, and Barry Manilow, Liberace... and we were like, "Everything looks perfectly normal here..." Haha 🥀 ♥ 4:59pm
Bklyn_Dutch:

↳ Listener Bryan (the Professor) @4:50

Oh boy, you want the the names? well okay you asked for it: Rapid Pulse, Eric and the Promise, River Dog, The Keeys.   5:00pm
MrDeb: Wasn't able to tune in until just now and OF COURSE am so glad I did because I knew Mona would be bringing the Pride magique! The perfect soundtrack as I get my lewk together for the Drag March. See y'all there??   5:00pm
Jack: I’m wrong & a bad person bc I prefer not to hear interviews. I’m at work & can’t keep changing the station. 🥀 ♥ 5:02pm
Bklyn_Dutch: The B52s belong in your set, Mona. 🥀 ♥ 5:03pm
DanFA:

↳ Jack @5:00

You know if only there was some kind of mobile device where you could download songs into them which you could then listen to anytime you want without having to change stations. No, modern technology hasn't caught up to such a radical idea. 🥀 ♥ 5:03pm
herb.nyc: Hola.
Tuned in 10’ ago. Wanted to say friends and I dug yr set at summerstage on Wednesday. We lit up at “pink frost”! Thx for spinning, Mona.

(Chills fb sez Martin Phillips headstone is in place. His two sisters write:

Just letting you all know that Martin is resting peacefully at Purakaunui Cemetery, near Port Chalmers in Dunedin. His headstone went on today, and it looks beautiful.
And no, that is not soil on the headstone; it's a reflection!
He's right down the bottom left of the cemetery if you want to visit.
I think Martin would have been happy with it.
We'll be putting in some plants there when the weather warms up a bit.
A sad day for us. We miss him so much.
Thanks
Rachel & Sara )

🥀 ♥ 5:03pm
Jack McGuire:

↳ Song: "It's a Sin" by "Pet Shop Boys"

Woooooh! ♥ 5:05pm
@MrGeeHeals:

↳ herb.nyc @5:03

Ahhh.. thanks for this update! LOVE Martin and the Chills ♥ 5:08pm
Berfie:

↳ Song: "It's a Sin" by "Pet Shop Boys"

Giorgio Moroder used this in his scored version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, originally released as a silent film in 1926. 🥀 ♥ 5:08pm
Gregosaurus:

↳ @MrGeeHeals @4:58

Even Freddie Merc in drag for the I Want To Break Free video...people were still like, gee, that's kinda odd....oh well.   5:10pm
MrDeb: Oh wow never heard this version of Rent! Who knew this song could get any gayer?? ♥ 5:14pm
slugluv1313:

↳ Song: "Joanna" by "Cris Williamson"

Chris Williamson! 💜💜💜 ahhh taking me back (1979/80-ish . . . last coupla years at Douglass/Rutgers . . . and Olivia Records was not even 10 years old yet) -- thank you for playing her!

been lurking, loving what i have been able to hear! gotta catch what i missed on the archives

thank you so much, Mona! and Barry Walters! looking forward to reading your book! 😻😻

🥀 ♥ 5:14pm
Handy Haversack: I kind of feel the asshole was always pretty clear in Morrissey. We just were better at ignoring it for a while when the coal strike was on and that aligned with his idea of what Real England was.

yalereview.org...

  5:14pm
bnowb: Morrissey was everything to me … yes this charming man so many songs I knew I was not alone … I was fluid in a time you had to be binary 🥀 ♥ 5:15pm
DanFA:

↳ Handy Haversack @5:14

Also, 30 to 40 years we didn't have a way of beaming our thoughts into everyone's hands. 🥀 ♥ 5:15pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Bklyn_Dutch @4:59

cool, thanks! 🥀 ♥ 5:15pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ DanFA @5:15

Everybody look at your hands? 🥀 ♥ 5:16pm
disco_nap_: Happy Pride fellow queers 🌈🦄🏳️‍🌈 Just tuning in now, definitely will need to listen to this in the archives! ♥ 5:16pm
@MrGeeHeals:

↳ Gregosaurus @5:08

Ahhh.. thanks for this update! LOVE Martin and the Chills ♥ 5:16pm
@MrGeeHeals:

↳ @MrGeeHeals @5:16

Whoops wrong reply... YES on Freddie 🥀 ♥ 5:17pm
DanFA:

↳ Handy Haversack @5:15

Haha. Unclean! Unclean! 🥀 ♥ 5:18pm
Eric the Hat: And for me, the smiths still make it feel ok to be somewhere in between in so many ways...just my thought 🥀 ♥ 5:19pm
Handy Haversack: The Associates are on our Musical Map of Scotland tea towel, right under Arab Strap. 🥀 ♥ 5:19pm
Eric the Hat: As it has since I discovered them at 12 🥀 ♥ 5:20pm
Handy Haversack: Mona, this has been wonderful! Massive thanks to you and Barry! We're taking the dog out for Dog Run Happy Hour. Later on, all! 🥀 ♥ 5:20pm
Dennis Friend: The Cure song "Cut Here" was also written about Billy Mackenzie. 🥀 ♥ 5:21pm
regina j:

↳ Handy Haversack @5:14

I definitely didn't know what an asshole he was until well after I had fallen head over heels in love with their music. I was introduced to the Smiths by the manager of Unique Clothing Warehouse in the Village, which was one of the many jobs I juggled while I was in college. The album hadn't been released in the States yet, and my manager Joellen played it in the store every single day. I was OBSESSED. And even then, it was a few years before any of M's asshole tendencies became really apparent (at least to me). 🥀 ♥ 5:23pm
Bobby K:

↳ Handy Haversack @5:19

It all goes under Arab Strap! 🥀 ♥ 5:27pm
Bklyn_Dutch: I saw Phranc open for the Pogues.   5:28pm
pacific palisades ca: By “asshole tendencies” I assume you’re referring to the flirtation with fascism and anti-immigrant ethnic purity. 🥀 ♥ 5:28pm
DanFA: Phranc is in Decline of Western Civilization. 🥀 ♥ 5:29pm
Krys O.: I Enjoy Being a Girl is so campy. Nancy Kwan mimes to it in the Flower Drum Song movie. 🥀 ♥ 5:29pm
Krys O.: We played lots of Phranc on WFMU in the 80s. 🥀 ♥ 5:30pm
Gregosaurus:

↳ Song: "Gertrude Stein" by "Phranc"

Push the button, Phranc!   5:30pm
Michael M: No pennies thrown at Phranc at NYC Smiths show on the pier. 🥀 ♥ 5:31pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "Gertrude Stein" by "Phranc"

omg i can't believe i've never heard this before 🥀 ♥ 5:31pm
herb.nyc:

↳ Song: "Gertrude Stein" by "Phranc"

Phranc and Neil diamond? Coincidence- library had screening of Somg Sung Blue today 1pm. I saw it. I teared up. ♥ 5:32pm
@MrGeeHeals: Has Wendy Carlos come up? The guy after Ken on WED did a great show all about her this week... ♥ 5:33pm
slugluv1313: omg PHRANC!!!
i knew her name, but had never heard her until her version of "Pablo Picasso" was playing in The Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookstore 💜💜 -- i purchase the CD immediately   5:34pm
Rev: YES! ♥ 5:36pm
slugluv1313:

↳ Song: "Gertrude Stein" by "Phranc"

which you are playing now -- thank you!!!
and i stand corrected! Gertrude Stein, not Pablo Picasso 🤯😹 ♥ 5:37pm
Joey!: Hey Mona...thanks for playing "Same Old Scene" before...I was there at the shooting of Times Square when Robin Johnston hit those two amazing power chords!!! Fantastic!!!   5:37pm
bnowb: I miss sf my first bf took me there and turned me onto Sylvester mighty real he said that was a “gay anthem”. ♥ 5:37pm
Berfie:

↳ Song: "Interview" by "Barry Walters"

San Franciskies? So, did you drove or did you flew? 🥀 ♥ 5:39pm
Gregosaurus:

↳ Berfie @5:37

Sid! It's been ages! 🥀 ♥ 5:39pm
Krys O.:

↳ Berfie @5:37

LOL! 🥀 ♥ 5:42pm
Krys O.:

↳ Berfie @5:37

Sid in the Jazz Singer with Al Jarreau. ♥ 5:42pm
Berfie:

↳ Krys O. @5:39

A Sid Dithers quote. The man was the leading manufacturer of shoe lace nibs in the country! ♥ 5:42pm
@MrGeeHeals: Ah.. I lived in London when Suede released this. It was inescapable... ♥ 5:43pm
Berfie:

↳ Krys O. @5:42

😁 🥀 ♥ 5:43pm
Krys O.:

↳ Berfie @5:42

That's almost like Bob and Ray's sketch about a shoelace tip factory. 5:43pm
Paul Tamale: Thank you Mona, and to you, Barry Walters!   5:44pm
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↳ Song: "The Drowners" by "The London Suede"

Did Mark E Smith hate this guy? 🥀 ♥ 5:44pm
Bklyn_Dutch: Slim's was a fantastic place to see a show, there were so many good small venues in SF then. Damn I miss it. 🥀 ♥ 5:45pm
Fishtown Mike: Really great show & interview Mona! Thanks to you both! 🥀 ♥ 5:45pm
Krys O.:

↳ @5:44

Thanks, Mona and Barry!   5:46pm
bnowb: Ty Mona and Barry ❤️🏳️‍🌈 🥀 ♥ 5:46pm
chris in the redwoods: hope its Sylvester with Patrick Cowley! <fingers crossed> :D
loved the show. thanks, Mona and Barry! 🥀 ♥ 5:46pm
regina j: Thank you, Mona and Barry! What a wonderful way to close out Pride Month! Fantastic interview and tunes. 5:46pm
Paul Tamale:

↳ Krys O. @5:43

Ever see their sketch about the cranberry farmer who hadn't a CLUE about the many uses of his harvest? 🥀 ♥ 5:47pm
DanFA: Excellent show, Mona. But you knew that already. 🥀 ♥ 5:50pm
DanFA: Bari Weiss is letting Barry on CBS to talk about queer musicians? 🥀 ♥ 5:50pm
efd: Terrific show Mona, thank you! 🥀 ♥ 5:50pm
herb.nyc: It’s raining men! In The Simpsons, homer sez it’s his fav song. (He also told Marge that he likes wearing women’s panties “but only because they’re more comfortable”) 5:51pm
Paul Tamale:

↳ DanFA @5:50

I'll believe it when I SEE it! ♥ 5:51pm
common: wonderful interview! thanks mona! 5:51pm
Paul Tamale: I'll believe it when I SEE it!   5:51pm
The Librarian: Dancing into the weekend, thanks! 🏳️‍🌈❤️ 🥀 ♥ 5:52pm
DanFA:

↳ herb.nyc @5:50

Is that in the John Waters episode? 🥀 ♥ 5:52pm
Krys O.:

↳ DanFA @5:50

Bari is gay. She dated Kate McKinnon for a while. ♥ 5:52pm
Mona: thanks fo rjoining me today! happy pride, be safe, have fun, and see you next week! 🥀 ♥ 5:53pm
Krys O.:

↳ Paul Tamale @5:46

Oh, yeah. I had their books too. It was great even just to read B&R. ♥ 5:53pm
@MrGeeHeals:

↳ herb.nyc @5:50

Truly, they are! 🥀 ♥ 5:53pm
herb.nyc:

↳ DanFA @5:52

Don’t recall. The panties is in Marge trains to be a cop (so homer feels emasculated)

Thx for great set, mona, and to the great spkr / author Barry

🥀 ♥ 5:54pm
patrick321: What a great show Mona! and Barry thank you for the insights. When people ask me why I listen to WFMU, it's for all of this. 🙏🙏🙏 🥀 ♥ 5:54pm
DanFA:

↳ Krys O. @5:52

Doesn't mean she couldn't come up with some BS excuse to not allow it to air. "This guest is not in line with the type of programming we here at CBS are trying foster." 🥀 ♥ 5:54pm
herb.nyc:

↳ @MrGeeHeals @5:53

But panties are cut a lil diff than men’s undies ♥ 5:55pm
@MrGeeHeals:

↳ herb.nyc @5:54

Yes! they present their challenges... umm, that's what my friend said, anyway... bahaha 5:55pm
Paul Tamale:

↳ DanFA @5:54

Right ✅️ 🥀 ♥ 5:55pm
DaveMiß: Thanks Mona! 🥀 ♥ 5:56pm
herb.nyc:

↳ @MrGeeHeals @5:55

Wanted to wear a dress for part of my Tuesday Pollwork gig. Couldnt get one. I’ll shoot for November 🥀 ♥ 5:56pm
Krys O.:

↳ DanFA @5:54

Oh, I understand. She's a licksplittle. 🥀 ♥ 5:56pm
chris in the redwoods: Sylvester and Cowley <3 <3 🥀 ♥ 5:56pm
Bobby: Mona show every week forever   5:58pm
ben & Reba: Thanks a lot Mona, peace from Butler, PA 🥀 ♥ 5:58pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Bobby @5:56

Yes! Thanks, Mona & Barry. 🌈 ♥ 5:58pm
@MrGeeHeals:

↳ herb.nyc @5:56

No problem finding dresses in NYC! ♥ 5:58pm
slugluv1313: thank you Mona and Barry! <3 <3 <3 🥀 ♥ 5:58pm
DanFA:

↳ Krys O. @5:56

First time I've ever heard that term licksplittle. 🥀 ♥ 5:59pm
Krys O.: BGC has a new track on Bandcamp.

beverlyglenn-copeland.bandcamp.com...

🥀 ♥ 5:59pm
DanFA:

↳ Song: "La Vita" by "Beverly Glenn-Copeland"

There's a short on Criterion of BGC hosting a pilot for a children's show involving puppets. Fun watch.   6:00pm
joe: Thank you Mona…a fantastic show…you read my mind to play La Vita to close it all out…much love X
My mother says to me enjoy your life X 🥀 ♥ 6:00pm
Krys O.: Blessings on BGC who was diagnosed with dementia last year.