2001-11-24

Lot’s of dead people you don’t care about…useless history…wandering attention…slapdash sponsorships and premature Christmas music in this early episode from Occupied Roseland. Rory sure did get better at this. It’s the end of the YOH era.

Memories…

Preshow: Paxi…Diggy Liggi Li – Jimmy C. Newman, Piggy Wi…
Opening Theme
It’s chilly in the studio
Jump In The Line (Shake, Senora) – Harry Belafonte
History lessons…Jack Ruby shot Harry(sic) Oswald
The Turkey (45 rpm) – The Raiders
Daid: O.C. Smith (yesterday)
Little Green Apples (sounds like shit…squeeze this…faded) – O.C. Smith
Little Green Apples – O.C. Smith (sonically superior MP3 version)
Fly Trouble – Hank Williams
It Must Be Getting Close To Christmas – Glen Campbell (not very close to Christmas)
Everybody Loves Me – Dr. Hook
History lesson…barbed wire…jukeboxes…electric starters..presidential airplane…D.B. Cooper…(yawn)
Daid: TV watchdog Mary Whitehouse, actor Michael St. Clair
Madison Time – Al Brown Tunetoppers featuring Cookie Brown
Rory Radio brought to you by Wild Willy’s North
I’m On My Way – Bobby Darin
Rory Radio brought to you by The Loft Steak House
Daid: Art Tatum
Lulu’s Back In Town – Art Tatum
Rory Radio brought to you by Microtech Computers
Reciprocity – Loudon Wainwright III
Here Comes Santa Claus – Esquivel
What Am I Gonna Do With You? – Barry White
If you like bean enchiladas and getting caught with Lorraine…
Night After Night – Lenny & the Squigtones
Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me – Marty Robbins
Same apocryphal fuzz guitar story I logged yesrerday…still don’t buy it.
Daid: Guy Lombardo, Barry Sadler, Gene Tierny, Gene Tunney and Steve McQueen…none of them recently
Merry Christmas Day – Lawrence Welk
Daid: jazz producer Norman Grant, Mary Kay Ash, Tia Lundren…blah…blah…blah…dear god…please stop
Rory Radio brought to you by Duckwalls
The Old Crowd – Leslie Gore
I Am A Janitor – Surface Music
Dead air
You Make My Pants Want To get Up And Dance – Dr. Hook
Dead air…miscue
History and death crapola…lot logging any more of this stuff…it just goes on and on…
Come On In – Back Pocket
Another Grey Morning – James Taylor
Rory’s got the Hershey Squirts and lifts up his shirt.
Frim Fram Sauce – The Crew Cuts
Hi De Hi – Blood Sweat & Tears
A Summer Prayer For Peace – The Archies
Istanbul – The Four Lads
Mr. Lonely (P.S. Ric Flair lost his title match) – Gene Pitney & Norman Feer
Rory Radio brought to you by The Fountain Of Youth
Silent Night (10 o’clock News) – Norman Feer (3-day sale at Venture!)
Happy Song – Three Dog Night
More dead people…perhaps even recent ones like Isaac Scott
Help! – Isaac Scott
Help! – The Carpenters
Rory does The Freddy…no wait…He’s Telling You Now
Kiss – Tom Jones (‘the man’)
Tommy Flanagan daid
Willow Weep For Me (with an endless litany of corpes and a fade) – Tommy Flanagan
Rory hints that beginning next week he’ll no longer be reading “You’re Outta Here” aloud…yay.
The Pusher – Steppenwolf
Born To Be Wild (abort)
Closing Theme