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  • Ep 173 – vampish

    gts173 “vampish” Not bangers, they’re fangers. 01-01 Archie King – Dayhill 2003 – The Vampire (1959) 01-02 Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not 10 – Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But… (2006) 01-03 Duponts – Roulette 4060 – Screamin’ Ball (At Dracula Hall) (1958) — 1958 to 1960…

    October 24, 2025
  • Ep 172 – moodish

    gts172 “moodish” Highlights of the work of John Lodge, not a founding member of The Moody Blues, but but an important piece of the machinery. 01-01 The Moody Blues – Every Good Boy Deserves Favour 101 – Procession (1971) — meant to evoke the evolution of music, one of the band’s inspirations for this piece…

    October 16, 2025
  • Ep 171 – harvesht

    gts171 “harvesht” Gives me a shiny coat. 01-01 Leslie Sarony – His Master’s Voice B2714 – Don’t Be Cruel To A Vegetabuel (1928) — when you eat brussels sprouts, you’re depriving a cabbage of her young. 01-02 2Minute Minor – Back In Our Day 02 – Veggie Tales (2021) — unnannounced, in rough draft this…

    October 3, 2025
  • Ep 170 – septoctish

    gts170 “septoctish” Used the phrase “six seven” on the lady at the bank, she was mystified. Not sure if that’s because she’s in her 30’s or because, you know, banker. 01-01 Lutz Rahn – Solo Trip 104 – September (1978) — Lutz answered a newspaper advert for a keyboardist in 1971, turned out to be…

    September 25, 2025
  • Ep 169 – violensh

    gts169 “violensh” Could have been a much different show; you should see what got cut. 01-01 Betty Wand & Marni Nixon & Jim Bryant – CBS’s West Side Story 12 – Quintet (1960) — there’s a rumble tonight. 01-02 Al Jolson & Walter B. Rogers Orchestra – Victor 17318 – The Spaniard That Blighted My…

    September 18, 2025
  • Ep 168 – trampish

    gts168 “trampish” Always thought he was related to Ray Davies of The Kinks, took him dying to get me to read the wiki bio, and Rick was not related to Ray. 01-01 The Joint – Freak Street 01 – Freak St. (1967) 01-02 Supertramp – Supertramp 101 – Surely (1970) 01-03 Supertramp – Supertramp 102…

    September 11, 2025
  • Ep 167 – shcallion

    gts167 “shcallion” Pardon my french in the soup. 01-01 Ed Kirkeby Orchestra – Columbia 758D – She Knows Her Onions (1926) — Ed introduced jazz at Columbia, and was the manager for Fats Waller until Waller’s early death at age 39 in 1943. 01-02 The Shins – Oh Inverted World 04 – Know Your Onion…

    September 5, 2025
  • Ep 166 – jayish

    gts166 “jayish” Good night, Johnboy. 01-01 Billy Murray & American Quartet – Victor 18279 – Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny Oh (1917-03-16) — not credited on the label, but we know Billy Murray’s voice by now! 01-02 Joanie Sommers – Warner Bros 5275 – Johnny Get Angry (1962) — the cuck is born, or dawn of…

    August 29, 2025
  • Ep 165 – horribilish

    gts165 “horribilish” A group with cubs is called a “streak” but when they go out hungry, it’s an “ambush”. 01-01 Mills Brothers – Brunswick 6197 – Tiger Rag (1931) — always my favorite version, becuase of that “hmm”. Turns out, the acapella Mills Bros were trying to faithfully represent a trombone not in the 1918…

    August 21, 2025
  • Ep 164 – combusht

    gts164 “combusht” Don’t play with matches. 01-01 Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra – RCA Victor PM-45689 – Oh What You Said (Are We Burnt Up?) (1939) — Charlie didn’t have to do it. He was independently wealthy, music was a fun hobby. Which made him famously affable, everybody liked him. The band’s instruments, sheet music,…

    August 14, 2025
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