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Favoriting January 31, 2012: Angels in Scarlet Boxes

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Artist Track Album Label Year Approx. start time
THE IN-THEME          0:00:00 (Pop-up)
THE TESCO BOMBERS  Hernando's Hideaway   Favoriting 7"  Y Records  1982  0:01:35 (Pop-up)
SNAKEFINGER  The Model   Favoriting 7"  Ralph  1980  0:04:26 (Pop-up)
STAN FREBERG  The Electronic Dress   Favoriting More Here Than Meets the Ear  Radio Advertising Bureau  196?  0:08:06 (Pop-up)
GOGI GRANT  Somebody to Love   Favoriting Gogi Grant  Records by Pete  1972  0:10:21 (Pop-up)
ECLIPSE  Space Love   Favoriting Night and Day  Casablanca  1978  0:12:51 (Pop-up)
FRED WEINBERG  Ode to Billy Joe   Favoriting The Weinberg Method of Non-Synthetic Electronic Rock  Anvil  1970  0:17:03 (Pop-up)
 
ALTAR BOYS  Where's It Gonna Lead You   Favoriting V.A.: Back to the Rock #2  A&S  1983  0:24:18 (Pop-up)
BY CHANCE  Revenge   Favoriting 7"  Crammed Discs  1981  0:26:41 (Pop-up)
SIC  Never Talk About Romance   Favoriting 7"  Artibano  1980  0:31:18 (Pop-up)
PSEUDO CODE  Baby Burn Out (1981)   Favoriting The Third EP (7" EP)  EE Tapes  2011  0:34:41 (Pop-up)
SNOWY RED  Lies in Your Eyes   Favoriting The Right to Die  Dirty Dance  1982  0:39:01 (Pop-up)
 
THE REFLECTIONS  4 Countries   Favoriting 7"  Cherry Red  1982  0:49:13 (Pop-up)
THE WILD STARES  The Moon Is Down   Favoriting 7"  Propeller  1981  0:51:12 (Pop-up)
FOLKS ON FIRE  He-Man and the Masters of the Universe   Favoriting Folks on Fire  no label  1984  0:53:02 (Pop-up)
FINCHLEY BOYS  Once I Was a Boy   Favoriting Everlasting Tributes  RE: World Psychedelia  1972  0:56:37 (Pop-up)
THE MAZE  Dejected Soul   Favoriting Armageddon  MTS/ RE: Sundazed  1968  1:01:09 (Pop-up)
LMNOP  Kaleidoscope   Favoriting Elemen Opee Elpee  Baby Sue  1986  1:03:37 (Pop-up)
AMON DUUL II  Traveller   Favoriting Hi-Jack  Atco  1974  1:04:52 (Pop-up)
HUMAN DANCE  The Desert Call (198?)   Favoriting V.A.: The (Almost) Insanely Happy EP (7")  EE Tapes  2011  1:09:15 (Pop-up)
 
THE DURUTTI COLUMN  Danny   Favoriting 7"  Sordide Sentimental  1981  1:14:22 (Pop-up)
ALAN MUNSON  A Visit from a Friend   Favoriting First Light  RE: Guerssen  1979  1:17:57 (Pop-up)
SUNSHINE SINGERS  Life Is a Mystery   Favoriting How to Be a Sunshine Singer  Nebula Circle  197?  1:22:13 (Pop-up)
ROBERT SEIDLER  Christian Boy   Favoriting V.A.: The Rock of '84  Starstream  1983  1:25:06 (Pop-up)
RUSH  Cygnus X-1   Favoriting A Farewell to Kings  Mercury  1977  1:29:10 (Pop-up)
 
CARTOON  Bedlam   Favoriting Music from Left Field  Twelve Tone  1983  1:42:03 (Pop-up)
ASMUS TIETCHENS  Drei Beisetzungen in Wien   Favoriting Notturno  RE: Barooni  1986  1:46:42 (Pop-up)
SUBJECT  L'Ultima Storia (198?)   Favoriting V.A.: The (Almost) Insanely Happy EP (7")  EE Tapes  2011  1:51:25 (Pop-up)
RED ASPHALT  Phone Call from God   Favoriting 7"  Egg & Anvil  1981  1:54:41 (Pop-up)
TED SMITH  The Good I Would Be   Favoriting Smash & Grab World  Word  1969?  1:56:31 (Pop-up)
THE MASTERS OF DECEIT  Boxes   Favoriting Hensley's Electric Jazz Band and Synthetic Symphonette  Vanguard  1969  1:59:39 (Pop-up)
FLYING ISLAND  Flying Island   Favoriting Flying Island  Vanguard  1975  2:04:29 (Pop-up)
 
HANS REICHEL  Dating at the Upper Larum   Favoriting Lower Lurum  Rastascan  1995  2:11:10 (Pop-up)
KLAUS FLOURIDE  Scarlet Ribbons   Favoriting The Light Is Flickering  Alternative Tentacles  1991  2:12:59 (Pop-up)
CORTEX  Cortex AC (197?)   Favoriting The Whole Story  Plinkity Plonk  2011  2:15:18 (Pop-up)
TINA & DAVID MELTZER  The Angel (1969)   Favoriting Green Morning  RD  2001  2:16:39 (Pop-up)
CORTEX  Cortex AD (197?)   Favoriting The Whole Story  Plinkity Plonk  2011  2:19:24 (Pop-up)
ANT TRIP CEREMONY  Going Down to the River   Favoriting 24 Hours  RE: Anthology  1968  2:20:37 (Pop-up)
EPIC SOUNDTRACKS (w/ ROBERT WYATT)  Jelly, Babies   Favoriting Popular Classical (7" EP)  Rough Trade  1981  2:22:10 (Pop-up)
FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY  Last Beach Crusade (196?)   Favoriting The Songs of Ted Munda  Get Hip  1993  2:25:14 (Pop-up)
FEDERAL DUCK  Tomorrow Waits for Today   Favoriting Federal Duck  Musicor  1968  2:28:38 (Pop-up)
THE RISING STORM  The Rain Falls Down   Favoriting Calm Before....  RE: Arf! Arf!  1967  2:31:45 (Pop-up)
DANDO SHAFT  Is It Me?   Favoriting Lantaloon  RE: Guerssen  1972  2:35:13 (Pop-up)
 
ALGARNAS TRADGARD  Two Hours Over Two Blue Mountains..../There Is a Time....   Favoriting Framtiden ar ett Svavande Skepp, Forankrat i Forntiden  Silence  1972  2:43:43 (Pop-up)
CURD DUCA  Wind   Favoriting       3:03:05 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  11:24am
iker:

hi Tony!
looking forward to today's show, here!
  11:54am
Alf from Upstate:

Welcome back Tony!
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tonyc:

Hello there, Iker and Alf! And everybody else too. See ya in 5 minutes....
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tonyc:

And we're off....
  12:03pm
annie:

nice.. nice!!
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tonyc:

Vocals here by Sara of Amos & Sara....
  12:03pm
Ricardo Montalban:

Greetin's, Tony!
  12:03pm
Carmichael:

Tony Toni Tone!!
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tonyc:

Hiya, Annie!
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tonyc:

Carmichael!!!
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tonyc:

... and Senor M too! Greetings all...
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tonyc:

For beauty we will pay....
  12:09pm
Doug S.:

Greetings greetings greetings Tony Tony Tony!!!
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tonyc:

Doug Doug Doug!!!
  12:14pm
charlie:

I think that Gogi Grant was the definitive version.
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tonyc:

I've never met an earth girl, I've never been that far....
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tonyc:

Heya Charlie!!
  12:17pm
charlie:

Does compute.
  12:17pm
Mike VL:

"My circuits are overheating, they never programmed me to cry." Oh this is good
  12:18pm
Ricardo Montalban:

SPACE.LOVE.HURTS/
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tonyc:

Welcome aboard, Mike!
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tonyc:

Marc Hollander is the keyboard player on this By Chance track....
  12:29pm
Kay:

Happy Leap Year!
  12:29pm
annie:

oh crap i have to leave.. don't play anything good.. until..oh... 1:30...
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tonyc:

Marc Hollander of Aksak Maboul and the Honeymoon Killers, that is....
  12:30pm
Mike VL:

Glad to be here...excellent as always Tony!
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tonyc:

Hey there, Kay!

Annie: OK, I'll play the worst crap I have until 1:30

Mike: Thanks!!
Avatar 12:38pm
tonyc:

Realized yesterday that for the entire 20 years I've been on FMU, I've never played anything by XTC. What one track should I play by them? (Not today, but on a future show.)
  12:39pm
Jeremy:

afternoon Tony! grokking the android grooves...
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tonyc:

Hey there, Jeremy!
  12:40pm
Ricardo Montalban:

I love anything from Black Sea or Drums and Wires. Also, early single B-sides are fabo
  12:41pm
Ricardo Montalban:

I only just recently learned that XTC seldom performed live, due to Andy Partridge having bouts of stage fright.
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tonyc:

Thanks, Ricardo M. XTC are such an FMU staple, I feel obligated to play at least one track.
  12:41pm
Ike:

Ugh, the worst sound in the world: A screaming baby. What was Pseudo Code thinking?

Other than that, great show, Tony!
  12:42pm
conrad:

XTC? "Dear God" is the classic, but everyone probably knows that one. How 'bout either "Meccanik Dancing" or "Helicopter" for the Beefheart/Devo-ish New Wave discos, of "Complicated game" for the angst-ridden doom drone sound.
  12:42pm
Jeremy:

I remember especially liking Looking for Footprints, but googling it seems it only came out on a flexi from Flexipop! magazine. I like that Mr Partridge album.
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tonyc:

Thanks, Ike! Even if you are a baby hater....
  12:43pm
Ricardo Montalban:

I just bought a horrible 80's rap 12" called Funky Baby with manipulated baby samples, that sound like they came from one of those diagnose baby ailments by their cry LPs.
Avatar 12:44pm
tonyc:

Jeremy: I have played the Mr. Partridge album ... but will check out "Looking for Footprints." Thanks!
  12:44pm
Jeremy:

I love the whole infant Distress genre!
  12:46pm
Ike:

Baby hater, guilty as charged! Lock me up. As long as I can still listen to FMU from my cell.
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tonyc:

RE Infant Music genres: Don't forget their Swimming Behavior.....
  12:48pm
conrad:

Oops, I meant: 'OR "Complicated Game" '
But you knew that.
  12:48pm
Caveat Emptor:

Dear Ricardo. Ha ha.
  12:50pm
Dervish:

4 out of 5 Belgian dentists agree, Tony is the best.
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tonyc:

Conrad: Thanks for the suggestions! Don't know any of those ... will investigate.
  12:57pm
glenn:

jeeeez. i saw xtc in toronto in '81? maybe '82.
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tonyc:

XTC have always been a blank spot for me, somehow. Never bought any of their records....
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tonyc:

(Heya, Glenn!)
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tonyc:

"It would be sad if you lost your mind, unless it was lost where I found mine." (The Maze)
  1:09pm
Jack:

Hi Tony; it's always great to hear you. I'm the same way with XTC; I have some of their music, but I just can't get into them. I'm like that with a lot of music; sometimes I have to be in the right receptive mood before they'll register.
  1:10pm
Jack:

( oh, now that's funny; I just recently discovered Amom-Duul ( Hi-Jack) ! I'm going through a Krautrock phase.
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tonyc:

Thanks, Jack, and ... Hi-Jack!
  1:11pm
BSI:

Late to the party as usual. Too much to react to. I'll just sit here and blow bubbles across the canyons of my mind. Or something.
  1:14pm
conrad:

To be honest, I never bought much of their stuff either. Those songs I suggested really stood out for me - XTC for non-XTC fans.
  1:14pm
BSI:

Also a baby hater, but very big on certain "infant genres"...!
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tonyc:

Greetings, BSI!
  1:17pm
BSI:

Great stuff TonyC! Oh, and Jack: I've been going through a krautrock phase of my own, for about 35 years so far. Some phases are more like chronic illnesses, thank god.
  1:20pm
glenn:

krautrock rocks! and probably also krauts.
  1:20pm
SLJones:

Hey Tony - thanks again for playing a Folks On Fire tune! The fanbase is growing and gaining listeners...we are really grateful for the airtime (and none of us yet 50, so a reunion may still happen). Your show is always a great breath of fresh air.
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tonyc:

Thank yee, BSI! I've been krauting myself for 'round 35 years....
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tonyc:

Hey Steven! Glad to know you're listening!!
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tonyc:

And here's hoping a reunion does happen!
  1:26pm
Daniel:

So grateful I tuned in. Lovely show today, Tony.
  1:27pm
Ricardo Montalban:

All by myself in my side of the building at work today!
<cranks it up>
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tonyc:

Daniel: Thanks much! Glad you're enjoying it....
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tonyc:

No more scooter rides in the cemetery....
  1:31pm
nickel seats:

Prefer 70's XTC with Barry Andrews-Drums & Wires a favorite.
  1:31pm
Daniel:

Rush, seriously? After the scooter-in-the-cemetery line, and the utterly charming Sunshine Singers? Tony, you're a genius!! Sound and fury drowns my heart. . .
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tonyc:

The Sunshine Singers were from Portland, by the way. (And thanks, Daniel ... and Nickel Seats too.)
  1:36pm
Martha:

Only Tony could pull this off. I agree with Daniel.
  1:36pm
BSI:

There were a few years where I totally "got" XTC, bought a ton of their material. Then just as suddenly, I "un-got" them. It's weird. I still dig SOME the Dukes of Stratosphear stuff but it's strange. I never stop liking something, but that's an exception.
  1:36pm
Jack:

@BSI - I never realized that "Krautrock" was such a wide and diverse "genre". I've just discovered Popul Vuh (through Werner Herzogs movies)
  1:38pm
BSI:

@Jack: I guess my message was more of a warning. For me it's been an expensive obsession for a long time. [silently salutes wife, who bravely endures weekends with me & the stereo].
  1:43pm
Jack:

Thanks for the warning! Another f'instance; my wife has been listening to the Decemberists for years, and only recently have I finally "got them" and like them. In fact I hated a lot of music when I had first heard it, only to completely change my mind 180 degrees a few months later: Led Zeppelin, the Police, etc. more...
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tonyc:

Looking at it from the reverse angle, there are very few things I liked when I was younger that I now dislike. George Duke is one of the few I can think of -- perhaps it's time to give him another chance!
  1:52pm
Holly in NC:

I cannot BELIEVE I missed Cygnus X-1. Oh, thank goodness for archives!
  1:52pm
Ike:

I dig that Asmus Tietchens. Also, "Asmus Tietchens" is fun to say.
  1:52pm
SLJones:

Still think Skylarking is a lovely album. All other XTC records are mixed for this listener. Egos in that band are so intense I think they benefited from an equally arrogant producer like Todd Rundgren, who really gave that record shape...
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tonyc:

Hey there, Holly in NC!
  1:57pm
Kay:

Perhaps XTC's cover of All Along the Watchtower on a cover's only show.
  1:58pm
Jeremy:

I also dig Tietchens, but not Asmus as Love-ins...
  1:58pm
Jack:

"...equally arrogant producer like Todd Rundgren..." So very true, and yet one of the main reasons he is a great producer.
  2:04pm
Kay:

"XTC have only ever recorded one cover version — a frenetic rendition of Dylan's All Along The Watchtower (White Music, 1977). Partridge's vocal delivery is stutteringly pneumatic and Barry Andrews' cheap organ sound throws a legato blanket over the whole affair."
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tonyc:

I'll have to give that a listen, Kay! (Didn't they also cover a Beefheart song?)
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tonyc:

On a Beefheart tribute LP....
  2:07pm
Michael:

From a great XTC fan: there are some real gems on all their albums, especially the run from Drums and Wires, Black Sea, English Settlement, Mummer, Big Express and Skylarking. Also the Dukes discs were fun homages to the ‘60s as well.
  2:07pm
Holly in NC:

Re XTC - 1 vote for 'Making Plans for Nigel'. Dukes of the Stratosphear's 'Vanishing Girl' is a power pop classic, but perhaps overplayed
  2:08pm
Doug S.:

Have moved my base of operations to the public library. Have the stream via the iPhone app and the playlist on the library computer. It feels kinda naughty.

Hi Holly!
  2:08pm
Kay:

I didn't write or research above statement (pulled from a quote on their Chalkhills website), but you're right, they covered Ella Guru.
  2:14pm
Holly in NC:

Hi Doug - After my mediafire scare, I need a drink. Is 2:13 pm too early? Yes. Yes, it is.
  2:15pm
BSI:

Neh, it isn't.
  2:15pm
Kay:

(Perhaps XTC's only cover on one of THEIR albums.)
  2:16pm
Jack:

Holly, what happened with Mediafire, if I may ask? (I'm donloading something even as we speak.)
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tonyc:

Kay: Yep, that must be it. As I remember their cover of "Ella Guru" was extremely faithful and accurate.
  2:20pm
Holly in NC:

@Jack - MF was temporarily down in my neck of the woods - about 20 minutes, enough to make me worry. Now all is well, my files are are fine, everyone else's files are fine, everything is accessible & downloadable, phew!
  2:22pm
Jack:

Holly, can't blame you for worrying, in this post-megaupload environment.
Hey Doug S. in the Public Library!
  2:23pm
Doug S.:

Protecting Mediafire is the new Bastille Day. To the ramparts! Seriously though, these are freaky times. A nice piece about the demise of Holy Warbles (and the post-Megaupload meltdown) is coming out in the Brooklyn Rail penned by Gary from Bodega Pop.

Greetings Jack!
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tonyc:

Here's another baby song for you, Ike.
  2:26pm
Alf from Upstate:

I remember Epic Soundtrack's live set on WFMU. Played an old out-of-tune piano if I remember correctly.
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tonyc:

Alf: I remember that too! Was at the station that day.
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tonyc:

And yes, you do remember correctly!
  2:28pm
Ricardo Montalban:

Oh Man! Not Holy Warbles! So sad.
  2:28pm
Ike:

I wasn't paying much attention to the lyrics but doubt that was infant-related. "Jelly babies" are some sort of British candy, made famous internationally by Dr. Who. I presume the comma was a gag or pun.

I'm not too keen on R. Wyatt's voice but at least no babies screamed or screeched.
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tonyc:

Ike: There was a line about throwing babies up in the air I though you might appreciate. And for not liking Wyatt you really should serve some time in lock-up, until you see reason.
  2:35pm
Doug S.:

I was at the station that day, too, Tony. Good old Springdale Avenue. I loved that house!
  2:40pm
Ike:

I loved that house too!
  2:41pm
bennett4senate:

hey Tony, enjoying the show out here in Los Angeles, thanks.
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tonyc:

Glad you're enjoying the show, Bennett! Thanks for listening.....
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tonyc:

Thanks fur tuning in, ev'body! Be sure to catch Doug's show at 6:00....
  2:46pm
Doug S.:

If memory serves, the old house that WFMU moved into on Springdale Avenue was called Avatar House. It was used as a sort of alternative school run by Upsala College. The tiled bathroom on the second floor was a marvel. The Alan Watts Rejuvination Chamber was kinda scary.

Tonight at 6pm, an hour of recently download Japanese tracks. Very diggable!
  2:47pm
Jeremy:

Great show Tony!
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tonyc:

Thanks, Jeremy!! There's about another 17 minutes of Algarnas Tradgard to go, by the way.....
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tonyc:

They were kind of Swedish krautrock....
  2:52pm
BSI:

Curse meetings! Federal Duck? Any relation to Fuzzy?
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tonyc:

BSI: Nope. The U.S. Duck may have been Federal, but they weren't Fuzzy.
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tonyc:

Cheers, everyone -- thanks for attending. See you in 2 weeks! Keep it tuned to the stream, and don't forget Doug's show at 6:00!
  3:15pm
Kay:

Wyatting (from Urban Dictionary): Very recently the practice of deliberately selecting annoying or extreme music on an mp3 jukebox to cause irritation to others has become known as Wyatting. This is a reference to prog/artrock musician Robert Wyatt and his 'Dondestan' album, typical of the kind of record a Wyatter would choose. It is generally agreed that the most effective music for Wyatting is that of US avant-garde quasi-operatic vocalist Diamanda Galas. Other common choices include the most well known exponents of free-jazz, improv/noise music and euro-prog-metal, though the latter is chosen because it is considered naff, uncool and embarassing, not because it has the effect normally required of music regarded as good for Wyatting. As in "Some idiot's Wyatting, this is the second no-wave record in a row."
  3:17pm
Kay:

No comment on your show's selections. (By the way, I love Robert Wyatt.)
  3:20pm
tonyc:

As far as I'm concerned, all Wyatt-haters should be locked up, and perhaps even sterilized.
  3:22pm
tonyc:

Except for Ike, of course.
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