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Favoriting March 4, 2024: Marathon show #1 with co-host Daniel Blumin

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Five Percent for Nothing   Favoriting
Fragile 
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Island  Zero   Favoriting Pictures  0:06:27 (Pop-up)
 
Gentle Giant  Give It Back   Favoriting Interview  0:16:34 (Pop-up)
 
ZAO  Marochsek   Favoriting Z=7L  0:27:10 (Pop-up)
 
Bi Kyo Ran  Double   Favoriting Bi Kyo Ran  0:36:44 (Pop-up)
 
Henry Cow  Beautiful as the Moon - Terrible as an Army with Banners   Favoriting Concerts  0:43:37 (Pop-up)
 
Cheer-Accident  This Is the New That   Favoriting No Ifs, Ands or Dogs  0:51:01 (Pop-up)
 
Desertion Trio  Albion   Favoriting Numbers Maker  0:55:15 (Pop-up)
 
Gazzara  Firth of Fifth   Favoriting Gazzara plays Genesis: Selling England By The Pound  0:58:53 (Pop-up)


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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

⦿Sun in ♓︎Pisces, Year of Earth 🐀Rat
Christopher Russell Edward Squire
4 March 1948 – 27 June 2015
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
ultradamno:

Dave! Mandlotrons! Daniel! Blumincels!
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Troy:

Present!
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dale:

hey now.
  7:01pm
iko:

Peace and greetings everyone
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Coach32sm:

Donating is the only thing not COMPLICATED!!!
  7:01pm
Tom from Stirling:

Finally. That's better.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
Handy Haversack:

OK, Complications, pledge to distract Daniel from his hunger!

800-989-9368!
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HollyRT:

Reporting for prog duty!
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chresti:

Hi Dave and Daniel and complicated PLEDGERS!
  7:03pm
P-90:

Tonight’s Episode: “Dave Earns His Lasagna”
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
steph:

Is that his mic or his stomach?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
Handy Haversack:

I'm back on phone 1 -- if you call I will try to answer in 7/4 time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
bleubombersune:

Dave and DB # 2 Good Evening all progolytes.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
tim:

↳ Handy Haversack @7:03
Handy IS prog!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
Webhamster Henry:

I totally went for the It's Complicated premium!
Avatar 🤯 7:06pm
Troy:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @6:32
Happy birthday to the & only Chris Squire!
  7:07pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Troy @7:06
Sir Squire!
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Dave Mandl:

Hey there, everyone. Thanks so much for joining Daniel and me.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
B R M:

Excited to get this premium!
  7:07pm
morphe':

Dude - flashbacks of ELO or ???
with the piano spinning in the air ..
  🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
SeaCreature:

Progtastic!!! I might have to rethink my post-swag stance.
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chris in the redwoods:

i'll even learn Welsh(?) to read the damn CD liner.
prog on, all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
dale:

i let missus dale select our premiums this year. she chose - poorly.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
Daniel Blumin:

75 greenbacks and this CD is yours! Pledge in amounts complicated and otherwise!!! Support prog and WFMU!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
B R M:

↳ SeaCreature @7:08
I do the downloads on the DJ mixes-- no discs, straight into my digital music library.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
Irene Trudel:

Once I settle my S4L choices, this premium is topping my list, Dave!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
Chris Hiatt:

Hallo, Dave Mandl and Daniel Blumin!
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dday:

Steve Kimock (of Zero) used to show up at a yearly pool party friends threw down in NJ
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Dave Mandl:

↳ Irene Trudel @7:10
Thanks, Irene. <3
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
Chris Hiatt:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @6:32
Happy Birthday in the great beyond, Mr. Squire.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
G:

Sick as a dog, back home now from 10 days on the road. I’ll figure out my pledge stuff, including to this show, later in the week when I’m feeling more human…
  7:14pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Chris Hiatt @7:13
Sir Squire!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
Folsom:

Is this the cover? wfmu.org...
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Coach32sm:

First Gentle Giant was Live and in person
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drumbone:

↳ Chris Hiatt @7:13
hey howyoudoin
  7:15pm
P-90:

Dave remembers when he lost his virGianty
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15pm
Chris Hiatt:

↳ drumbone @7:15
heyhowyadoin?
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erictheise:

what time signature is the pledge form in? COMPLICATED, keep losing my choices.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
DjLorraine:

↳ G @7:13
I hope you feel better soon. Hydrate, rest up
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
luka:

hello progos
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
Irene Trudel:

Somebody PLEASE bring Daniel some lasagne!!!
  🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
SeaCreature:

GG was so awesome when I was in jr high school. We were VERY prog before punk hit.
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dday:

Gentle Giant..I was 13..I saw them open for The Edgar Winter Group March 1973, Capitol in Passaic, NJ. 11th Row. My 2nd concert. Blew my mind
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Coach32sm:

Opened for Tull!!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:18pm
Irene Trudel:

↳ Song: "Give It Back" by "Gentle Giant"
Strangely sounds a little like Steely Dan.
  7:18pm
Saltonstall:

More Prog Reggae!!!! There must be more out there.
  7:18pm
Chris Crisco:

test
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Daniel Blumin:

A pledge of 20 bux or more and you get in the running for this Gentle Giant CD!
  🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
SeaCreature:

↳ Irene Trudel @7:18
Well spotted!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
dale:

i thought 10cc dreadlock holiday.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Irene Trudel:

↳ SeaCreature @7:19
Sumthin' in the singer's voice...
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Troy:

In a Glass House by Gentle Giant has been on repeat lately. I think my wife is even starting to like it.
  7:19pm
P-90:

“Preggae?”
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erictheise:

↳ erictheise @7:15
the pledge is in.
  🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
SeaCreature:

↳ Irene Trudel @7:19
Plus the jazzy undercurrent
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
Chris Hiatt:

↳ P-90 @7:19
Or proggae?
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maestroso:

↳ Song: "Give It Back" by "Gentle Giant"
Played this tune in a prog cover band back in the day. Man, that was fun!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
tim:

↳ Chris Hiatt @7:20
There you go!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:21pm
Handy Haversack:

I cannot stress enough how well the sound of ringing phones would go with this music!

800-989-9368
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dday:

↳ Song: "Give It Back" by "Gentle Giant"
Wore this LP out. Especially the track Another Show
www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
Chris Hiatt:

↳ Irene Trudel @7:18
Yeah it sounded like Haitian Divorce maybe?
  🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
SeaCreature:

↳ maestroso @7:21
Wait, there were prog cover bands?
  7:22pm
Saltonstall:

….I’ll accept Rock in Opposition Ska and Progressive Metal Dub
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Coach32sm:

I can hear this all day long
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
luka:

lasagna is a prog food. i will not explain further.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
Handy Haversack:

I had lasagna too. Dave's right. That vegan lasagna was off the hook.
  7:24pm
morphe':

↳ Song: "Give It Back" by "Gentle Giant"
1975 .. Karl S. arrived mid-semester to
9th grade Xaverian HS Bklyn = was split between rockers [called "Hicks" by the disco Guidos = Irish and polish Guidos too] and Guidos .. here arrives poor Karl .. mid-semester ... large-ish ... non- catholic [his father was a minister in the local Luteran church] Karl with band names written on his note book: YES, GG, ELO,... he caught hell .. I actually watched him change ELO on his notebook to HELP ... OUCH !!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
ultradamno:

It's not prog food if it wasn't prepared on Hannibal
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tim:

↳ luka @7:23
Layers, man.
  7:25pm
P-90:

Is this another “smart” sticker…?
  7:25pm
morphe':

2 T shirts for $75.00 !!!
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dday:

Maybe one day I can return to being a Swag4Lifer, but not right now
  🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
SeaCreature:

In the service of fundraising momentum , I’ll say I have more $$.
  🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
SeaCreature:

…and gave more $$
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
dale:

i passed up the secret handshake hat and the dog collar because i have a million hats and don't have a dog. or a dog who wears hats. save the station a few dollars.
  7:27pm
morphe':

↳ morphe' @7:24
Karl ..
Was ELP that he changed to HELP ... still a really sad memory of Bklyn hazing ..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:28pm
Destroit:

Heyo Dave and co. Glad to be here
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:28pm
dale:

this has some blaxploitation soundtrack or crime jazz electric piano.
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Coach32sm:

Clive was GOD
  7:32pm
tbone:

I don't see the secret handshake hat as an option anymore? As a full-time hat wearer I am disappointed, I NEED it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
Chris Hiatt:

It's Tricky is the prog show on one of the streams, right?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
ultradamno:

I thought It's Tricky was the 24 hour Tricky/Nearly God stream
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
dale:

↳ tbone @7:32
are you swag for life at least 10 a month? it should show up if so.
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laurapanic:

Dave I love that you put in the work and that you enjoy it. This is one of my fave shows mainly due to the deep nerdery of your work and the other message board folks. Thank you.
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Dave Mandl:

↳ laurapanic @7:36
Laura: Thanks!
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Dave Mandl:

Sorry I'm too tied up this week to chat more.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
Daniel Blumin:

By pledging 20 bux now you may win Henry Cow's Concerts CD! And you'll be supporting It's Complicated! Seeing some complicated amounts coming in! Thanks everyone!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:40pm
Chris Hiatt:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:37
All good, joe werkin'.

The time you played the Eric Dolly cut was my favorite prog adjacent moment on the programme. Covered in gold and diamonds it was.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:40pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

WFMU Fortune Sigil :
wfmu.org...
...apply liberally...
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dday:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:37
Daniel B....untie that man!
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chris in the redwoods:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:40
nice! :)
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Coach32sm:

Music to sleepy, the good way
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tim:

↳ laurapanic @7:36
Hey Laura! My thoughts exactly!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
Daniel Blumin:

Last few minutes to get in the running to get the Henry Cow Concerts 2CD set!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
Handy Haversack:

We are lonely here in the phone room, with only the prog for company.

And Daniel is hungry and getting that look ...
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Dave Mandl, Daniel Blumin, and all... Been listening diggin the prog and pledges!!!
  7:47pm
MJ:

What's the proggiest song that ever made the Top 10?
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:47pm
maestroso:

↳ SeaCreature @7:22
Well, there was at least one!
  7:48pm
MJ:

Roundabout?
  7:48pm
morphe':

↳ MJ @7:47
Not a fan just working the internets ...

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-prog-rock-songs/
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

' HobbitPrawg ' :D
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
Chris Hiatt:

↳ Song: "Beautiful as the Moon - Terrible as an Army with ...
That melody kinda reminds me of Kurt Weil.
  7:49pm
Dean:

"Roundabout," yeah, but did "Owner of a Lonely Heart" also hit the top 10?

Oh, yeah, "Money" was huge.
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Coach32sm:

↳ Coach32sm @7:42
Money was a huge hit
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
Chris Hiatt:

Owner of a Lonely Heart??!!
  7:49pm
P-90:

“Roundabout” is the obvious answer
And yeah, Pink Floyd is a special case…
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HollyRT:

Per Wikipedia, "Roundabout" peaked at #13!
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dday:

Bungle in the Jungle (on of Tull's least proggy) got pretty high on AM radio charts in the U.S.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
ultradamno:

Money made it to 13 on Billboard...I'd call that a hit
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AnAnonymousParty:

Money changes from 7/4 to 4/4 for the guitar solo and back to 7/4.
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ultradamno:

↳ ultradamno @7:49
Higher in France and Australia
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HollyRT:

Woooo!
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erictheise:

↳ HollyRT @7:50
congrats!
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dday:

↳ dday @7:49
#12
  7:51pm
Dean:

Or does Enya "Orinoco Flow" count? It's prog-ish.

Lyric is from Tales, "The Remembering (High the Memory)."
  7:51pm
Dean:

"Karn Evil 9 with a Bullet"?
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HollyRT:

↳ erictheise @7:50
I'm shocked. (I never win anything)
  7:52pm
morphe':

Time signatures =>
7/4??
7/5??
2/2/3??

Tried to read Godel Escher and Bach but was unsuccessful ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
Chris Hiatt:

↳ Song: "This Is the New That" by "Cheer-Accident"
Oh my gosh, Cheer-Accident.
  7:53pm
MJ:

Kansas, "Carry On My Wayward Son"?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
ultradamno:

I'd like to think of Devo's Jocko Homo as a contender even though it was a b-side and not on the charts.
  7:54pm
Dean:

Good call, MJ! (Saw them live for the tour following the album on which "Carry On" appeared.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
ultradamno:

↳ ultradamno @7:53
...but still kind of a hit, it's their theme song
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Handy Haversack:

There are FOUR phone people here! Let's get 'em all on the horn!

800 989 9368
  7:54pm
Elaine Benes:

Nobody dances like me.
  7:54pm
Steve:

Burt Bacharach's hits could get proggy (Cheer-Accident's new album was inspired by him.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
Chris Hiatt:

↳ Dean @7:51
It might be construed as adjacent, but it just might count!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:56pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Steve @7:54
BrianWilson for that matter. But that's probly a stretch...
  7:56pm
Dean:

"Owner of a Lonely Heart" was "the band's only single to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and its Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart."

"Carry On" only made it to 11.

"Money"? 13.
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HollyRT:

Gotta be Rush. Limelight or Tom Sawyer
  7:57pm
Dean:

Nope, "Tom Sawyer" only climbed to 8.

"Limelight" 4.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ HollyRT @7:56
Oh yeah - all that Styx & Kansas junk I didn't even consider 'Prawg' til people made note of that. Huge Hits...
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Coach32sm:

Make it 2 hours!!!
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Troy:

Thanks Dave, Daniel & prog people!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
Chris Hiatt:

Nice job, Daniel and Dave! You guys were great tonite.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
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Avatar 🤯 7:58pm
HollyRT:

↳ Dean @7:57
the prompt was "top ten"
  7:59pm
MJ:

↳ Steve @7:54
Great point Steve!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
bleubombersune:

Dave & DB #2 Thanks for the music. All stay safe and be well.
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HollyRT:

Fun show! Can't wait to get my swag. Thanks Dave and Daniel!!
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Coach32sm:

He's GREAT
  7:59pm
Dean:

Ah, good point, HollyRT. Top 10 and most proggy... That's a tough balancing act. I'll leave the judgment to the Supreme Court.
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Dave Mandl:

Thanks again, all. Have a great week and thanks for your pledges.
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erictheise:

Bohemian Rhapsody's not prog?
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tim:

Thanks, Dave!!!
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chris in the redwoods:

thanks, Dave and Daniel and volunteers!
  8:00pm
Dean:

Answer: "I Know What I Like" made it to 9.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJs DaveMandl & DanB ~
  8:01pm
P-90:

Bravo Ben & Liz!
  8:04pm
Dean:

CORRECTION: The Genesis tune "I Know What I Like" is not the one that charted so high. Rather, it was a Huey Lewis & the News, which emits not one whiff of prog whatsoever.
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