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Yes  Five Percent for Nothing   Favoriting Fragile  0:00:00 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
 
François Bréant  Scènes de Foule et de Poursuite Pendant de Carnaval   Favoriting Sons Optique  0:03:09 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
Debile Menthol  Spacio-Cib   Favoriting Emile au Jardin Patrologique  0:06:15 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
 
Ian Carr's Nucleus  In Flagrante Delicto   Favoriting In Flagrante Delicto  0:16:26 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
 
Android Trio  Concentric Lines   Favoriting Other Worlds  0:34:19 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
 
Arzachel  Azathoth   Favoriting Arzachel  0:39:40 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
 
Franco Battiato  Plancton   Favoriting Pollution  0:46:01 (Pop-up | Pop-up)
 
Blind Idiot God  Tired Blood   Favoriting Blind Idiot God  0:55:16 (Pop-up | Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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G:

Boom! Fun with computers.
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ultradamno:

Dave! Mandlotrons!
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dale:

hey now.
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Dave Mandl and all!!
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tim from washington:

Hey Dave! Computers are complicated!
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TDK60:

Hello Dave, listeners present and afar out.
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luka:

good evening
  7:04pm
mic_a:

Hallooo, Dave and proggorps! Meter calculator at the ready.
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Dave Mandl:

Evening all. Sorry for the delay getting the chat started.
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Troy:

Hello all!
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G:

Was wondering if you were being subbed for, during the top of the hour glritch!
  7:05pm
mic_a:

That K-Mart music was very proggy.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

🎶 Muzak killed the radio prog! 🎶
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tim from washington:

↳ Will thee Sound Guy @7:04
Will - your daughter’s getting big!
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Will thee Sound Guy:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:04
All good Dave, I've heard that it's Complicated
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
G:

Every time the 5% for Nothing theme ends, I half-expect the instrumental intro of Long Distance Runaround.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Bonsoir mes amis compliqués.
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bleubombersune:

Dave Good Evening it's only a matter of getting the 1 & 0 in the correct sequence
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G:

Bréant, brilliant
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HollyRT:

Greetings and salutations
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Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Scènes de Foule et de Poursuite Pendant de Carnav...
This is nice 'n complicated!
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tim from washington:

I’m a.ready looking forward to Yes being on next week!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

↳ tim from washington @7:05
Yea I know, that was from the beginning of May at a wedding...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
dale:

a french canadian film composer named claude léveillée did a prog album in the late 70s called 'black sun.' has some good moments, 'requiem for an astronaut' and the title song mainly.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
joe mulligan:

↳ Song: "Scènes de Foule et de Poursuite Pendant de Carnav...
like Suzanne Cianni, Synergy, and Oneohtrix Point Never all together. brilliant track!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...joyeux anniversaire Xenakis...
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tim from washington:

↳ Will thee Sound Guy @7:07
Cute! I’m assuming you’re having a lot of fun with her.
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Troy:

Love violin in my prog
  7:09pm
phat in lincoln:

Hey all. Walking around in the sun listening to prog.
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tim from washington:

↳ dale @7:07
Dale - I had one of his albums once. I remember it being very theatrical.
  7:10pm
Hopscotchprince:

↳ Song: "Spacio-Cib" by "Debile Menthol"
This got a Ernie morronco feel to it
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

↳ tim from washington @7:08
She's a little riot, we can't complain... She's in a good mood most of the time and sleeps fairly well... she is also super preceptive and loves music
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tim from washington:

↳ Will thee Sound Guy @7:10
My daughter as and is the same way. That’s great!
  7:12pm
Hopscotchprince:

Ernie morroncoe with gary Wilson vocals on it
Avatar 🤯 7:12pm
Troy:

Always good to find new (to me) R.I.O.
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Dave Mandl:

↳ Troy @7:12
Yes, this is definitely R.I.O. famille.
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Coach32sm:

Sounds like they're off to the races, but I like it. Go go go
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chresti:

↳ Song: "Spacio-Cib" by "Debile Menthol"
Hi Dave spacio club!
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pot8o:

hi everyone!
  🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
SeaCreature:

Here for complications:)
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chresti:

Mentho debile
  7:17pm
mic_a:

Computers turned evil when they stopped including a BASIC interpreter in the ROM.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
StringOFperils:

Hi Dave, good evening progger loggers.
  7:19pm
Hopscotchprince:

↳ mic_a @7:17
Are we in the middle of a big tech wave, why the last program making me feel uneasy?
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Dave Mandl:

And greetings G, ultradamno, dale, Will, tim, TDK60, luka, mic_a, Troy, Ken, RRN63, HollyHenry, joe, Hopscotchprince, Coach, pot8o, SeaCreature, chresti, StringOFPerils!
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ultradamno:

This is going to be a track where you're never sure they're playing the song or preparing to play the song the whole time, isn't it?
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Dave Mandl:

To be fair, this is a ten-year-old laptop I'm using. I think it's time for the glue factory.
  7:20pm
mic_a:

Techtonic does set up a certain mood.
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Coach32sm:

Love the bass
  7:21pm
Hopscotchprince:

Existential vibes followed by prog tunes. Not very easy to digest, luckily I am a synth enthusiast
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
dale:

in order for the station to keep it's tax-free status it needs to spread doom and despair ala npr.
  Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
listener phat in Lincoln:

Auto wah bass is underutilized these days. Lol.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "In Flagrante Delicto" by "Ian Carr's Nucleus"
This is great!
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StringOFperils:

I love this strain of British 'big band' prog, with essentially jazz arrangements for large textured ensemble. Mike King, Nucleus, etc
  7:23pm
morphe':

leave an old man from Bklyn alone cooking in a Madrid kitchen = lunch - tomorrow's breakfast .. can only ask - " Whats the PROG
.. nosis.. = Do not leave old Bklyn men alone ..
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Dave Mandl:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @7:22
Yes, wah bass. Love it.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...hey
...this is Fusion !!

...Prawg Ad Jason set you up for this again didn't he...
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Troy:

I prefer my foot pedal wah to an auto wah
  7:28pm
bobobob plasticland:

Yeah ...Ian Carr died in 2009....I have the great book he wrote on Miles Davis
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Dave Mandl:

Prog-fusion!
  7:28pm
Doug in dc:

His book Music Outside is worth a read.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Troy @7:28
Of course ! ...but on Bass ok maybe...
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Dave Mandl:

The section in 11/8 time in the middle makes it prog.
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TDK60:

↳ Song: "In Flagrante Delicto" by "Ian Carr's Nucleus"
Similar maybe to later Soft Machine.
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Dave Mandl:

↳ TDK60 @7:29
Absolutely.
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StringOFperils:

Definitely descended from Softs.
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coelacanth∅:

greetings Dave et al
  7:30pm
phat in lincoln:

Might be a Mu-Tron. Either way, I may have to buy an auto-wah now, just because.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:29
...awlright - so maybe Prawg Ad Jason knows something after all...
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coelacanth∅:

this would be just as at home over there on Kim's show
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Dave Mandl:

Hey, @coelacanth∅.
  Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "In Flagrante Delicto" by "Ian Carr's Nucleus"
It's got a bit of an In A Silent Way deal going for it, too.
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Dave Mandl:

↳ phat in lincoln @7:30
Yes, probably a Mu-Tron.
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Troy:

Weren't a quite a few Soft Machine members previously in Nucleus?
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Dave Mandl:

↳ Troy @7:31
Some, yes!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
StringOFperils:

Flugelhorn-soundy, like Kenny Wheeler, not so trumpet-y, for that northern Europe sound
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slugluv1313:

greetings, Dave! Complicators!
been listening, loving your selections 🐱🐱
  7:33pm
bobobob:

very Miles here
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
StringOFperils:

↳ Song: "In Flagrante Delicto" by "Ian Carr's Nucleus"
Surprised that was LIVE! Pretty good sound transfer...that was harder to get back then
  7:34pm
morphe':

Thanks Dave and all .. gotta see a worker about an aisle seat... till soon ...
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Dave Mandl:

Hey there morphé, slugluv1313.
  7:36pm
Carmichael:

Late heya Dave. Was out walking my old bones.
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tim from washington:

↳ Song: "Concentric Lines" by "Android Trio"
Digging this!
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Dave Mandl:

Hey, Carmichael. You're welcome any time.
  7:39pm
mic_a:

Bass really took over in these later era adjacencies.
  7:39pm
Hopscotchprince:

↳ Song: "Concentric Lines" by "Android Trio"
Going to sound weird, but super unknown Soundgarden LP there is a song on there with the same texture
  Swag For Life Member 7:41pm
listener phat in Lincoln:

Glad Cuneiform is still around
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StringOFperils:

↳ Song: "Concentric Lines" by "Android Trio"
2021 !! Quite a monastic career choice move for a musician today...comforting to think it lives...somewhere....somehow
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:41pm
tim from washington:

↳ Hopscotchprince @7:39
I believe it. What was cool about Seattle bands from that time period is that they didn’t throw away their 70s records when they discovered punk.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:42pm
steveo:

Hi Dave! I'm really enjoying the show. & hi everyone else!
  7:42pm
Carmichael:

Church organ prog, light fandango and all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:42pm
dale:

bloviated and self-important. THIS is the kind of prog i love....and i'm being serious.
  7:42pm
Hopscotchprince:

↳ tim from washington @7:41
Cool that you connected that, I thought I was being flagrant
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Dave Mandl:

↳ dale @7:42
Yeah, It's good when they get that mix just right.
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ultradamno:

I'm picturing monks with glitter and shiny robes
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Dave Mandl:

@steveo: Thanks! Also, hello bobobob
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StringOFperils:

↳ Song: "Azathoth" by "Arzachel"
This album is brought to you by the letter A
  7:44pm
Carmichael:

The wiki defines Arzachel as a lunar impact crater
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
tim from washington:

↳ Hopscotchprince @7:42
I love connecting the dots especially when it’s not obvious at first.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
Mr. Pumpy:

It's bonkers that this is from 1969. Thank you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:47pm
Mr. Pumpy:

I am driving, but I'll be back...like it or not. This set has kicked buttox thus far. THUS FAR!
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Dave Mandl:

↳ Mr. Pumpy @7:45
We strive for bonkers-ness here. Thanks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
ultradamno:

Speaking of Foetus, I just heard Mike Pride's cover of MDC's America's So Straight with Thirlwell for the first time this morning, it's striking. twitter.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
dale:

awesome electonic blips and bloops!
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TDK60:

↳ Song: "Azathoth" by "Arzachel"
I kinda got lost in the reverby church organ sound; sitting there in the pew.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
dale:

and the dude on bass is not gonna hang in the background.
  7:49pm
mic_a:

Suddenly very Gong-y.
  Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Plancton" by "Franco Battiato"
Love this already
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tim from washington:

↳ Song: "Plancton" by "Franco Battiato"
This is a Strength Through Failure hashpipe jammer right here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
StringOFperils:

↳ ultradamno @7:48
I admire Thirlwell's creative evolution. He works away at his craft, and he's an original
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
pot8o:

↳ Song: "Plancton" by "Franco Battiato"
no wonder he's on the nww list, this feels like a mellower version of something Stapleton would make
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Coach32sm:

Music to go to sleep to, and I mean that in a good way, only great music can put me to sleep, bad music I turn off!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
dale:

↳ tim from washington @7:49
and fabio is BACK tomorrow 3-6.
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Dave Mandl:

True, Fabio is back for the summer! Yay!
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pot8o:

hooray!
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tim from washington:

↳ dale @7:51
Good news still exists!
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pot8o:

loved his fill in shows
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StringOFperils:

I need my Giant Man fix
  7:52pm
Hopscotchprince:

I think this artificial gpt is going to bring back real musicians and midi stuff is going to the trash
  7:53pm
Carmichael:

When will the summer schedule be posted?
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
tim from washington:

I’m imagining that Fabio has been traveling to the far corners of the world on an adventure that resembles a Matthew Barney film.
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Chop Scott:

Bravo Dave--Cheers!
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dale:

this sounds like the other fabio?
  7:54pm
Carmichael:

AI will bring back real musicians. Listen to yourself …
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TDK60:

Yikes. Fabio tomorrow.
||
Gracias, DJ Dave!
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Will thee Sound Guy:

www.wfmu.org...
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Will thee Sound Guy:

The summer schedule
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Troy:

Thanks Dave for another fantastic show!
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chresti:

Yay Fabio tomorrow!
  7:55pm
Hopscotchprince:

I said what I said 🗝️🗝️
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
coelacanth∅:

Yay! Fabio's back!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

Thank you Dave Mandl, great show!!!
  7:56pm
Carmichael:

Thanks Dave!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
StringOFperils:

Another show in the fave show library. Thank you Dave!
  7:56pm
Noel:

Hooray!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
pot8o:

shame showy mcshowface is going though
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
coelacanth∅:

Yay Dave's staying put!
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HollyRT:

Tonight really SPED by
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pot8o:

thanks Dave! have a great week everyone!
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TDK60:

Ah yeah, saw Blind Idiot God back then. On SST right?
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dale:

oh - maybe fabio not tomorrow but next week...don't rely on me for reliable information. just saw his fb post that he was back.
  7:56pm
mic_a:

Thanks, Dave! Good fortune, proggos!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
ultradamno:

Where is the new schedule?
  Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
listener phat in Lincoln:

My favorite rock Lovecraft reference.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
tim from washington:

Nice last track, Dave!

Thanks for a great show!
  7:57pm
Starkville Bill:

I remember Blind Idiot God!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
Mr. Pumpy:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:47
Beautiful. I'm glad. Was it you that got into that Necronomicon record a few weeks back? Either way, I now own it and have cranked it for neighbors and friends as the spring approaches summer. Brilliant!
  7:57pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Song: "Plancton" by "Franco Battiato"
Hi Dave! Just jumping in this was really good. Is this Italian, like PFM Italian?
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G:

Man, I was not too chatty tonight. Getting ready to leave the house at 7am for a work trip (Mary Ellen's work) to Chicago. So much to do. Alarm at 5am. And Monday is my heaviest workday, usually. :-( Good show, though!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

↳ ultradamno @7:57
www.wfmu.org...
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Dave Mandl:

Have a fantastic week, everyone. Hope you enjoyed the long weekend.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
ultradamno:

↳ Will thee Sound Guy @7:57
Thanks
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Dave Mandl:

↳ Ochre Ogre @7:57
Yes, real Italian.
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Julie:

I thought fabio was starting next week
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
StringOFperils:

↳ pot8o @7:56
That's a really good overnight show. Jim the Poet, maybe he'll be back with that in the future...if he likes living on that side of the clock, I dunno
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Hopscotchprince @7:39
~ TY Always DJ DaveMandl ~
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Dave Mandl:

↳ Will thee Sound Guy @7:57
Thanks!
  7:58pm
Ochre Ogre:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:57
Grazi, you too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
bleubombersune:

Dave through all the glitches of 1 and 0 a most enjoyable Monday evening of prog. All stay safe an be well
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
DjLorraine:

↳ G @7:57
Safe travels

Thanks Dave!
  Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
listener phat in Lincoln:

Great show, as always.
Avatar 7:59pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ Julie @7:58
Yeah, officially with the next schedule next week.
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ultradamno:

Keeping Burn It Down, yay!
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dale:

↳ Julie @7:58
julie - ignore me. fabio just said he was back tuesday at 3 (on fb). no date was mentoned...
  7:59pm
Starkville Bill:

First time listening live, I've heard some archives.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
ultradamno:

...and Blumin!
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Dave!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
ultradamno:

But NO MORRICONE?!
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HollyRT:

night all
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chresti:

Thanks Dave!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
Mr. Pumpy:

Walrus nipples for the masses! And other things...
  9:03pm
Doug in dc:

I fell in love with Italian prog just like this in the late 70s, hearing it on Georgetown's station in DC.
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