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  • KristineD
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    I miss WXRT, Chicago's Finest Rock. At one time, you could have heard any and all of these tunes in a day's mix from the old 'XRT. The Dead Hour on weekends, the Sunday-night Un-Concert. The award-winning News at Noon. Ken Nordine's Word Jazz, for goodness sakes. They played anything -- absolutely anything that was interesting. Even if it was CRAP, you didn't really care, because they never, ever played the same song twice in one day, sometimes not in the same week or month. Who cares if they played Linda Ronstadt or Spandeux Ballet, as long as they followed it with Frank Zappa, Talking Heads, Little Feat or the Cure, eh? (No disrespect to Ms. Ronstadt -- a fine set of pipes if there ever was, so sad to see her lose her voice.) I wouldn't know what the heck a Wild Tchoupitoulas was without WXRT. Then, Westinghouse bought them. Then, CBS bought them. *sigh* The worst part is that it's still the best radio station in Chicago. Great connection to local and live music, but oh, the play list gets old nowadays. Good new stuff (can 'ya say Shakey Graves?) An occasional nugget, but mostly corporate crap, played six or seven times a day. Even great new stuff, like that new Beck tune, is overplayed and old in a week. Most days I don't even bother to turn it on.
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    Ain't no use to keep taking abuseFrom a friend who isn't kind A friend in need or a friend that you need Who can help you through the troubled times So reach on out and take a hold of my hand And let me know that your ready to go There ain't no dues and you can leave your blues behind And have a little peace peace of mind Give me some peace, Peace of Mind There comes a time when your friends go blind And thier words become diseased They threaten your life with the blade of a knife And set you down upon your needs Make no mistake for your very own sake Heres a little word for now Take off your shoes and let your thoughts be kind And have a little peace, peace of mind Peace Peace of Mind... make us feel better Some folks you find speak a mighty good line They charm you all the way They take you along on a sweet sweet song Then they steal your heart away But blessed be the one who can understand why People have to act that way Cause if I knew I wouldn't even want to say But have a little peace, peace of mind Give me some peace, Peace of Mind Everybody wants Peace, Peace of mind Peace Peace of mind All we need is some... Peace...peace of mind...
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    Yes KDED...but for real on the air, like pirate radio or Mexican Radio If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old-time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet You know that ghost is me And I will never be set free As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see If I could read your mind, love What a tale your thoughts could tell Just like a paperback novel The kind the drugstores sell When you reach the part where the heartaches come The hero would be me But heroes often fail And you won't read that book again Because the ending's just too hard to take I'd walk away like a movie star Who gets burned in a three-way script Enter number two A movie queen to play the scene Of bringing all the good things out in me But for now love, let's be real I never thought I could act this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old-time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet But stories always end And if you read between the lines You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand The feelings that you lack I never thought I could feel this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back
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    @whatchu talking bout Willis.....?
    We already do.....K DED is communal...... You meet someone.....stops you DEAD in your tracks.... Just saying.....hit it Sarge...... Don't misunderstand me, though I know that I've been mean Woman can't you see that I'm in need Although we may be far apart In heart and soul we're near My body aches for you to just be here You are every woman in the world to me And every season I go through You are every woman in the world to me Especially when I'm making love to you Like a falling tear drop You can wipe away my blues Live honey you can make the bitter sweet You're a child, a girl, a woman You are everything I'd choose That's why I sing this song to you That's why I sing this song to you
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    We should have our own radio station... I think I may have missed my true calling. Only you know and I know All the love we've got to show So don't refuse to believe it By reading too many meanings 'Cause you know that I mean what I say So don't go and take me the wrong way You know you can't go on gettin' your own way 'Cause if you do, it's gonna get you someday Now if I sing to mislead you It's just my craziness comin' through But when it comes down to just two I ain't no crazier than you 'Cause you know that I mean what I say So don't go and take me the wrong way You know you can't go on gettin' your own way 'Cause if you do, it's gonna get you someday Yeah, yeah, yeah, appear to be pleasin' Oh no, no, not deceivin' But it's hard to believe it When you been so mistreated 'Cause you know that I mean what I say So don't go and take me the wrong way You know you can't go on gettin' your own way 'Cause if you do, it's gonna get you someday Only you know and I know Only you know and I know, oh yeah
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    sorry.....ok after this done with EC.....not you, it's me...... Further on up the road Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me. Further on up the road Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me. Further on up the road, Baby, just you wait and see. You gotta reap just what you sow; That old saying is true. You gotta reap just what you sow; That old saying is true. Just like you mistreat someone, Someone's gonna mistreat you. You been laughing, pretty baby, Someday you're gonna be crying. You been laughing, pretty baby, Someday you're gonna be crying. Further on up the road You'll find out I wasn't lying. Further on up the road Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me. Further on up the road Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me. Further on up the road, Baby, just you wait and see.
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    Blasphemy...really Damn music snobs Well she's walking through the clouds With a circus mind that's running 'round. Butterflies and zebras, fairy tales, That's all she ever thinks about. When I'm sad she comes to me With a thousand smiles she gives to me free. Said, "It's all right, take anything you want, Anything you want, anything." First Verse Second Verse Fly on, little wing.
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    ....for awhile......then he found a better way....blasphemy here but Derek n the Dominos.....Layla and other assorted Love Songs is my favorite album of all tiime..... and the song I resonate with......to this day..... Have you ever loved a woman So much you tremble in pain? Have you ever loved a woman So much you tremble in pain? And all the time you know She bears another man's name. But you just love that woman So much it's a shame and a sin. You just love that woman So much it's a shame and a sin. But all the time you know She belongs to your very best friend. Have you ever loved a woman And you know you can't leave her alone? Have you ever loved a woman And you know you can't leave her alone? Something deep inside of you Won't let you wreck your best friend's home.
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    You were saying EC was the king... Bell bottom blues, you made me cry. I don't want to lose this feeling. And if I could choose a place to die It would be in your arms. Do you want to see me crawl across the floor to you? Do you want to hear me beg you to take me back? I'd gladly do it because I don't want to fade away. Give me one more day, please. I don't want to fade away. In your heart I want to stay. It's all wrong, but it's all right. The way that you treat me baby. Once I was strong but I lost the fight. You won't find a better loser. [Chorus 2x] Bell bottom blues, don't say goodbye. I'm sure we're gonna meet again, And if we do, don't you be surprised If you find me with another lover. [Chorus] I don't want to fade away. Give me one more day please. I don't want to fade away. In your heart I long to stay.
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    All the world over, so easy to see People everywhere just wanna be free Listen, please listen, that's the way it should be Deep in the valley, people got to be free You should see what a lovely, lovely world this'd be Everyone learned to live together Seems to me such an itty bitty thing should be Why can't you and me learn to love one another? All the world over, so easy to see People everywhere just wanna be free I can't understand it, so simple to me People everywhere just got to be free If there's a man who is down and needs a helpin' hand All it takes is you to understand and to pull him through Seems to me we got to solve it individually And I'll do unto you what you do to me Shout it from the mountain on out to the sea No two ways about it, people have to be free Ask me my opinion, my opinion will be Nat'ral situation for a man to be free Git right on board now Oh, what a feelin's just come over me Love can move a mountain, make a blind man see Everybody sing it now come on let's go see Deep in the valley now, we ought to be free See that train over there? That's the train of freedom It's about to 'rrive any minute, now You know it's been'a long, long overdue Look out 'cause it's a'comin' right on through
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I've never figured out what "you can tripe my shorts" mean. Maybe it just sounded cool..which it still does
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And I don't dig torts?.. WTF is that......who writes this stuff? But I was buffaloed in Buffalo and entertained in Houston..... New York New Yawk....you gotta choose one...... Just try my guacamole baby.....!!!!! It's actually very good..... Recipe free to all who ask in Chicago...... It's a hype face boogie..... Look Out!!!
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tasteofhome.com/recipes/black-forest-chocolate-torte passing wave y'all - buried in the mines (mainly, where I spend my time.)
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spent last night in the mine....it blows.....that's where I spend my time as well.... Make sure your flashlight has fresh batteries, gets mighty dark.... Back in the day worked 36 hours on 12 hours off month at a time .. ...but the Ramones helped..... Helped me make it through the night.... Thanks for the recipe..... I dig torts, just not the lyric...but it kinda flows......and I miss Lowell too. 20 20 24 hours to go.....I wanna be sedated.....no where to go no way to go home..... I wanna be sedated..... Say hi to sleepy, sneezy, dopey, happy and bashful.....missing a few but doc is in the house...unfortunately but necessarily.... The sun will come out tomorrow.....
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joey ramone vs kris kristofferson my $$ woulda been on joey, but... you know.
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Can't speak for Kris, never met the man......but grew up in Queens, had beers with Joey and their second drummer Marky Bell aka Ramone at CBGB after Tommy left....low maintenance....and chill....did not take themselves seriously at all. In my mind there is no cage match Katniss.... All Gods children sing in the choir, some sing low and some sing higher.... Let's all beat on the brat with a baseball bat with Sunday morning coming down..... I miss Joey, Johnny and Tommy beddie bye Boze time here..... It's a Blitzkrieg Bop....
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it's blocking June and July. Even Joey Ramone would agree.
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oh, thou of a soul gentler and kinder than mine, sleep well.
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Even if the pretty b*tch does have me dragging flats of plants in & out the damn garage. I'm patient for July; I love Spring with her lilacs, sugar-magnolias, green-grass perfume and a driveway overflowing with the spoils of one's greenhouse hunts. Life's too short to wish it away.
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when you put it that way...
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it so close yet so far away , sitting here hoping to hear that GDTS will gives us a little info that they are mailing tickets out. Does anyone know when we might see them or find out?
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Another Wednesday.... Another cup of coffee for the road.... Following last nights thread after I left, I CAN wait for July.... Don't get me wrong, not that I don't wanna be there but I'm not wishing my days away.... .....there were days, there were days.....and there were days between.... Blossoms blooming, Heads all empty and I don't care.... Guess I'll stay right here, cuz these are the Good Old Days...... Carpe Diem kids....get humping....
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Humping pants on.. Ready for a Finneas Fogg redux Around the world in 80 shows . Tail wind's a blowin. Not all who wander are lost.
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Makes a good beat, like a Swiss watch, but where does the time go? 5 weeks, 3 days, 14 hours to go until the show in Santa Clara. 6 weeks, 2 days, 12 hours to go until the show in Chicago! I miss Jerry!
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Taking a break from some heavy humping to say.... Disaffectedly.... I know.....
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I havent checked recently. Last communication was it would be just before the shows. I infer mid June but don't take that as gospel.
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I was told June 10th or thereabouts by GDTSTOO in early March shortly after the TM debacle...they "wanted people to have tickets in hand by mid June" but it's all assumption until one of us gets them
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I'd expect them to send out SC tickets first. But then again ticketing hasn't gone exactly as expected so far...
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Roadking, you're animating! Nice job (I'm still stuck not being able to move and it's getting uncomfortable, leg is cramping up) Klangstone bobblehead? Man, I gotta get me one of those. Happy Wed. all!
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If something comes up or someone cancels or changes plans, please keep me in mind for early Sunday Kimock show (HOB) or Sunday brunch with the Grisman sextet. Thanks 'dreamers!
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Mr. Mayor maybe you need an oil can. Last I saw tin man had it... BTW you do a fine job of Mayoring on ba Dus..... Next stop....Petticoat Junction! Hi Ho Silver....Away!
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open the door and brush off a seat, coffee would be nice, I got my tickets! Not in hand of course, but secured, and I get to see the stage!!!WooooHooo it's hump day
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Glad you flagged me down...coffee is on...ask Uncle Joe to move over...you can scooch in between Betty Jo and Billy Jo....they are enjoying the ride...watch out for Arnold Ziffel he took a shine to Millers horse...next stop Green Acres...they say it's the place to be...
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is the life for me, hope Arnold isn't making his usual mess, he's a friggin pig, where was the last stop, Petticoat Junction? Pull over by the utility pole, gotta make a call
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After the utility pole...gotta make a stop at the General store for some feed n munchies.... Got Reese's Oreos on the list....
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Eb's on the phone again talkin to Ralph and Alph, ah well lets roll before that durned Mr Haney shows up
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This just in! Harvey Schmidlapp was nominated by Oliver Wendell Douglas and his beautiful but ever so spoiled wife Lisa to challenge Mayor Klangstone for his seat in Daydreamer Land government.... results at 11.....
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Hank Patterson is challenging as an independent....Newt Kiley is his campain manager.
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Mayor Klangstone needs to release all his e-mails to the public and give full-disclosure of shady dealings at the Klangstone Foundation. We never have heard anymore about the 75 missing tickets.
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Don't forget all of his dirty laundry....in the back of the bus.... Hear Klang got busted once in Mayberry by Sheriff Andy Taylor......Guess he had contract to put a hit on Gomer, but Goober ratted him out..... Welcome back James... Kiss the horse for me....
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and Otis are drinking buddies...
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feet stomping time , get the grooove on baby , I need that old time music with just a lot of soul
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Gonna put on my hot pants.... And promenade down funky Broadway Til the cows come home.... Ooooh she give me Moonshine Whiskey.... But I'm not the Mayor....and that's Otis.... Lovin' me some Van the man.....
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As Mayor I have only one request from you. Don't wear the hot pants. They didn't go over so well last time. Mr. Haney's ex got just a little bit too excited and the town meeting REALLY got out of hand as a result. We don't want that again, so please...no hot pants. Another election already???? Man time is accelerating at an alarming rate...
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If you want my vote Mr. Mayor....??? Allow your constituents to let our freak flags fly.... And the politicians throwing stones..... Singing ashes ashes, All fall down...... All fall down..... For what it's worth..... Stop, hey, what's that sound..... Shameless Buffalo Springfield reference..... night peeps.....early day in the mines tomorrow.... my brain hurts.....
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Coffee is on..... Hopping off the bus for a few days.... got on my sailing shoes.... be back next week....God willing and the creek don't rise.... We are riding on cruise control...... Make today count.... Safe Memorial Day weekend to all! Carpe Diem kids.....
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5 weeks, 2 days, 14 hours to go to the west coast show! 6 weeks, 1 day, 12 hours to go to the show in Chicago! Hot Pants, Hot Cakes, Hot Coffee, and Hot Damn! Call Mr Haney, Sam Drucker, Eb, and Tennessee Jed! There's some beatnik from the big city playing banjo at the general store. Grab the 'shine, we're having a purty!
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Morning Kyle....how u Bee? Yesterday traded the humping pants for some Hot Pants.... Keep the coffee flowing on ba dus Just ran into Ms. Hathaway at the bank... She dumped Mr. Drysdale.... Gonna lay around the shanty Mama...and get a good buzz on... Come and listen to my story bout a man named Jed.....
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I heard on the news that Mayor Klangstone is supporting legislation making Bumble Bee colored hot pants, tin foil hats, and Sunshine Daydreamer t-shirts the official uniform. He's gone mad.
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Get some buzzin' Zubaz hotpants for your trusty steed.... Hi Ho Silver, Away! Still waiting for results of the election..... Went down to the wire..... Heard Slick Willie Clinton was a last minute write in candidate.... Hope he brings his sax..... btw....while I'm gone, Monica Lewinsky agreed to take the wheel..... She promised she'd keep my seat warm.....
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....thanks for the public service announcement....a good day to you sir....
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that is not the wheel Monica is after, thought you were hitched buddy
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I ain't on ba dus..... I got me some wings..... And I'll get up and fly away..... Gonna get me some Chowdah and Lobstah......hear it's wicked awesome..... Just a warning for our peeps..... but if Slick Willie becomes our Mayor..... no worries..... Cuz he got the driving wheel.....
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no airline joe I hope, that's as bad as Labatt Maple