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Hello, partygoers!







Well, this is it. The sad moment we knew would come eventually – the final episode of the Listening Party.







But now ain’t the time for your tears – to paraphrase Bob Dylan – we’ve got a show to do! This bi-week, Mary and David read your celebratory – we hope – comments and play some fun Top 5 playlists!







As we pack up the Listening Party rumpus room and put that old beanbag chair back into storage, we’d like to thank everyone who spent time with us here. We hope you know how much we love and appreciate you all!







As always, thanks for listening.







Top 5 Toytown Psych Songs:1) Manfred Mann – “My Name is Jack” – Fontana Records single b/w “There Is a Man”, 1968 – 26:042) Eddy Howell – “Easy Street” – Parlophone Records single b/w “Judy’s Gone”, 1969 – 30:203) Keith West – “Sam (from A Teenage Opera)” – Parlophone Records single b/w “Thimble Full of Puzzles”, 1967 – 38:564) Noah’s Ark – “Paper Man” – Decca Records single b/w “Please Don’t talk About Yesterday”, 1967 – 45:205) Crocheted Doughnut Ring – “Happy Castle” – Deram Records single b-side to “Havana Anna”, 1967 – 1:00:06Bonus Toytown Psych Song:6) Broken Toys – “Broken Toys” – Polydor single b/w “Oh Suzanna”, 1971 – 1:05:46







Top 5 New Songs I Wish I’d Played:1) Juana Molina – “Cosoco” – Halo, 2017 – 1:11:222) Once and Future Band – “I’ll Be Fine” – Once and Future band, 2017 – 1:17:283) Cassandra Jenkins – “Hard Drive” – An Overview of Phenomenal Nature, 2021 – 1:28:254) The Weather Station – “Kept It All to Myself” – The Weather Station, 2018 – 1:37:005) Jane Weaver – “Modern Kosmology” – Modern Kosmology, 2017 – 1:44:08







Mary’s Top 5 Phineas and Ferb Songs:1) Sheena Easton – “When Will He Call Me?” – Phineas and Ferb: Across the 1st and 2nd Dimensions, 2011 – 1:57:072) Vincent Martella – “Watchin’ and Waitin’” – Phineas and Ferb: Across the 1st and 2nd Dimensions, 2011 – 2:08:403) Danny Jacob – “My Nemesis” – Phineas and Ferb, 2009 – 2:14:274) Aaron Jacob “Dance Baby” – Phineas and Ferb: Rockin and Rollin’, 2013 – 2:20:485) Aaron Jacob – “Funhouse” – Phineas and Ferb: Rockin and Rollin’, 2013 –







Top 5 Old Songs I Wish I’d Played:1) Alden Shuman – “Ladies in Love” – The Devil in Miss Jones, 1973 – 2:35:012) Erasmus Chorum – “Mary Jane” – Chapter 1 Records EP – b-side to “Oh Lord”, The Holy House (on Sunday)”, 1972 – 2:48:403) The Us – “How Can I Tell Her” –Nuggets from the Golden State – Dance with Me: The Autumn Teen Sound, 1994 – 2:59:364) Robb Kunkel – “O Light” – Abyss, 1973 – 3:06:075) Trader Horne – “Here Comes the Rain” – Dawn Records single b/w “Goodbye Mercy Kelly”, 1970 – 3:14:14







Top 5 Goodbye Songs:1) Mary Hopkin – “Goodbye” – Apple single b/w ”The Sparrow”, 1969 – 3:21:192) The Association – “Goodbye Forever” – The Association, 1969 – 3:29:333) Peter Sarstedt – “Sayonara” – Peter Sarstedt, 1969 – 3:32:414) The Turtles – “Goodbye Surprise” – Turtle Soup bonus track, 2016 – 3:37:285) Jeff Buckley – “The Last Goodbye” – Grace, 1994 – 3:41:14







Also spinning on the old Victrola:







The Free Design – “Friends (Thank You All)” – One by One, 1971 – 3:53:32

Hello, partygoers!







This week Mary and David are still in beautiful Brazil as David goes coconuts for Tropicália!







Yes, it’s the end of our mixtapes portion of the Listening Party as David and Mary continue to celebrate the wild and provocative music of Brazilian political protest music of the late Sixties/early Seventies.







So pull up a palm frond, grab a hunk of sugar cane and join us in the rumpus room where we’re listening to:







* Caetano Veloso – “Tropicália” – Caetano Veloso, 1968 – 15:42* Gilberto Gil – “O Canto da Ema” – Espresso 2222, 1973 – 47:41* Jorge Ben – “Ponta de Lanca Africano” – Africa Brasil, 1976 – 1:36:09* Tom Zé – “Todos os Olhos” – Todos os Olhos, 1973 – 2:12:59* Gilberto Gil – “Bat Macumba” – Tropicália ou Panis e Circenses, 1968 – 2:42:18* Gal Costa – Divino Maravilhoso – Gal Costa, 1969 – 2:47:03* Jorge Ben – “Força Bruta” – Força Bruta, 1970 – 2:54:25* Tom Zé – Quero Sambar Meu Bem – Tom Zé, 1968 – 3:01:39* Marcos Valle – Meu Paletó, Nem Gravata – Previsão do Tempo, 1973 – 3:08:18* Os Mutantes – “Saravá” – Jardim Elétrico, 1971 – 3:14:16* Os Mutantes – “Baby” – Jardim Elétrico, 1971 – 3:18:39







Also spinning on the old Victrola:







* Caetano Veloso – “É probido proibir” Phillips single b/w “Ambiente do festival”, 1968 – 37:53* Gilberto Gil – “Decição” – JS Records b-side to “Vem Colombina”, 1962 – 1:01:19* Gilberto Gil – “Roda” – RCA Victor b/w “Procissão”, 1965 – 1:06:57* Gilberto Gil – “Questão de ordem” – Phillips single b/w “A Luta Contra A Lata ou a Falência do Café”, 1968 – 1:15:06* Caetano Veloso – “Epico” – Araça Azul, 1972 – 1:28:12* Jorge Ben – “Mais Que Nada” – Phillips single b/w “Por Causa De Você, Menina”, 1963 – 1:46:36* Jorge Ben – “Si Manda” – Un Bidú: Silêncio no Brooklin, 1967 – 1:57:30* Jorge Ben – “Take It Easy Brother Charles” – Jorge Ben, 1969 – 2:03:07* Tom Zé – “Morena” – Correio da Estação do Brás, 1978 – 2:28:53* Tom Zé – “Má” – Estudando o Samba, 1976 – 2:37:38* Os Mutantes – “Tecnicolor” – Jardim Elétrico, 1971 – 3:28:43







Thanks for listening.







Department of Corections:German doesn’t use accents, Dave? Um, yes, it does. Where would heavy metal be without the umlaut, you dumbkopf!







If you would like an uninterrupted version of this mixtape, please go here and [whispers] download it.







Please check out our fellow party goer Ed Draganski’s funtastic designs for show mascot Peanut Duck and, while you’re there, buy a shirt!







Hélio Oiticica’s piece “Tropicália” on display.







Department of Looking Party:Here is Gal Costa’s appearance at Festival da Record in 1968:



















Here is a fun appearance by Gal Costa on a Jorge Ben TV special, coming up out of the audience to sing Ben’s song “Que Pena” with him:



















(Sometimes these things are fake, obviously, but Gal Costa actually looks surprised to be called up on stage by Ben,

Hello, partygoers!







We received a really nice gift here in the old Listening Party rumpus room this week. Partygoer Chris Roberts wrote a wonderful song celebrating this very podcast. Mary and David couldn’t have been more pleased (and there may have been some tears, but that’s all were going to say about it). Chris also made a video to accompany the song and we invite you all to check it out – it’s lots of fun!



















Now back to your regular podcast already in progress. This week Mary and David go tropic! As in, Tropicália!







Yes, for listener Mike Roth’s final mixtape, Dave interpreted his request for bossa nova as a request for the wild and provocative music of political protest of the late Sixties/early Seventies in Brazil. Is that what he wanted? Was he pleased to get an hour plus of Portuguese-language craziness? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯







So join us in the rumpus room where we’re listening to:







* Os Mutantes – “Panis et circenses” – Os Mutantes, 1968 – 12:57* Caetano Veloso – “Alegria, alegria” – Caetano Veloso, 1968 – 46:27* Gal Costa – “Mamãe coragem” – Tropicália, 1968* Tom Zé – “Dói” – Estudando o Samba, 1976 – 1:29:30* Gilberto Gil – “Sai do sereno” – Expresso 2222, 1972 – 1:36:15* Rita Lee – “De novo aqui meu bom José” – Hoje é o Primeiro Dia do Resto da Sua Vida, 1972 – 1:43:37* Marcos Valle – “O cafona” – Garra, 1971 – 1:52:59* Jorge Ben – “Fio maravilho” – Ben, 1972 – 1:58:47* Caetano Veloso – “Os árgonautos” – Caetano Veloso, 1969 – 2:01:28* Os Mutantes – “Dom quixote” – Mutantes, 1969 – 2:14:25* Gal Costa – “Meu nom é Gal” – Gal, 1969 – 2:22:43







Also spinning on the old Victrola:







* O’Seis – “Apocalipse” – Continental Records single b-side to “Suicida”, 1966 – 29:54* Gilberto Gil –“Domingo no parque” – Gilberto Gil, 1967 – 41:47* Caetano Veloso – “Samba em paz” – RCA Victor single b/w “Cavaleiro”, 1965 – 1:01:27* Gal Costa and Caetano Veloso – “Coraçâo vagabundo” – Domingo, 1967 – 1:05:15* Maria Bethânia and Gal Costa – “Sol negro” – Maria Bethânia, 1965 – 1:17:09* Gal Costa – “Sim, foi voce” – RCA Victor Records, 1965 – 1:22:22* Gal Costa – “Objeto sim, objeto non” – Gal, 1969* Chris Roberts – “The Ballad of Sneaky Dragon Listening Party” – self-release, 2021







Here is some footage of Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso being interviewed and then Gil performing “Domingo no parque” at the 3rd Festival of Popular Brazilian Music in 1967:



















Here is Jorge Ben performing live in 1972 – the first song is “Fio maravilho” and is well worth a watch:

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 496 of the podcast that just won’t eat Quix!







This week: a sleep paralysis sitcom; really get to know Dave; more boobs; heroic haircut; Y: The Last Emperor; original Late Night; let’s repeat that failure; surrogate Letterman; Leno’s giant mistake; Fallon down; brief aside: Giuliani sucks; textbook bullshit; familial meritocracy; competitive synergy; black horror; dumb horror; we recommend: Bo Burnham’s Inside; also, we recommend Hacks; non-elective gap year; current traumatic stress disorder; leave that dead horse alone; stress speaking; personal Slurpees; unmotivated dieting; get rich quick scheme; Chick Talk™; go lay an egg; ice-cold reviews; live television; soap opera retcons and memory wipes; mummies can’t talk; more Letterman; comedy farms; boat bashing; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; school sneakers; all by ourselves; catfishing; all of our friends were there; Laraine Newman facts; stealth talent; Carmina Burana one more time; and, finally, let’s end with a smattering.







Question of the week: When you were a kid, what was your late night treat show?Sub-question: Who was an underrated performer on Saturday night Live?







Two of our listeners went to the trouble of filling our their bracket!!!







Thanks to Louise:















and Nina:















For their Photoshop skillz!







And don’t forget to listen to Dave talk more about Dirty Harry on a new episode of the Dirty Harry Minute podcast entitled Harry Callahan Roast!

Hello, partygoers!







This week Mary and David do the impossible and cover a complete mixtape in one (yes, admittedly long) episode.







Dave was lazy compiling this mixtape and chose all really long songs so we get eight great songs about metronomes, the importance of money for fun, Old English minimalism, pastoral prog, punk prog, fiddlin’ psych, folktronica, and indie pomp.







So join us in the rumpus room where we’re listening to:







* Stereolab – “Metronomic Underground” – Emperor Tomato Ketchup, 1994 – 30:43* The Holy Modal Rounders – “Give Me Your Money” – Bird Song, 2004 – 46:04* Tortoise – “Gesceap” – The Catastrophist, 2017 – 1:06:43* Caravan – “With My Ear to the Ground/You Can Make It/Martinian/Only Cox/Reprise” – If I Could Do It All Over Again, I’d Do It All Over You, 1970 – 1:37:26* Television – Marquee Moon – Marquee Moon, 1977 – 1:55:59* Fairport Convention – A Sailor’s Life – Unhalfbricking, 1969 – 2:27:58* The Beta Band – “She’s the One” – The Three EPs, 1999 – 2:50:50* Sufjan Stevens – “Majesty Snowbird” – Live at the Crystal Ballroom (a bootleg – recorded 10/13/06) – 3:10:24







Also spinning on the old Victrola:







* Steve Reich – Music for a Large Ensemble – Octet • Music for a Large Ensemble • Violin Phase, 1980 – 1:19:08* Television – “Little Johnny Jewel (Parts 1 and 2)” – Ork Records, 1975 – 2:20:25* The Funky 4 + 1 – “That’s the Joint” – Sugar Hill Records b/w “That’s the Joint (Instrumental)”, 1980 – 3:30:30







If you’d like your own uninterrupted version of this episode’s mixtape, you can find it here!















Please check out our fellow party goer Ed Draganski’s funtastic designs for show mascot Peanut Duck and, while you’re there, buy a shirt!

Hello, partygoers!







Welcome to the 66th episode of your favourite “they play music and then talk about it” podcast!







This bi-week we tackle side two of listener Trevor Lynn’s mixtape. We hear some sunshine pop, sweet demos, religious metaphors, psych lite, a woulda, coulda, shoulda band, down under post punk, and folk weirdos.







So join us in the rumpus room where we’re listening to:







* The Sundowners – “Edge of Love” – Captain Nemo, 1968 – 12:12* Michael Fennelly – “Iris Please” – Love Can Change Everything (Demos 1967-1972), 2013 – 43:31* Joan As Police Woman – “Holy City” – The Classic, 2014 – 55:17* Turquoise – “Tales of Flossie Fillett” – Decca Records single b-side to “53 Summer Street”, 1968 – 1:05:45* Metronomy – “Trouble” – The English Riviera, 2011 – 1:27:34* Dwight Twilley – “Baby’s Got the Blues Again” – Tulsa, 1999 – 1:33:49* Rolling Blackouts CF – “French Press” – The French Press EP, 2017 – 2:11:49* Teenage Fanclub – “Baby Lee” – Shadows, 2010 – 2:20:07* Richard Dawson – “Ogre” – Peasant, 2017 – 2:31:19







Also spinning on the old Victrola:







* The Sundowners – “Ring Out Wild Bells” – Filmways Records b/w “When the Sun Goes Down”, 1966 – 21:55* The Sundowners – “Always You (Single version)” – Decca Records b/w “Dear Undecided”, 1967 – 33:01* Crabby Appleton – “The Other Side” – Crabby Appleton, 1970 – 50:38* The Brood – “Wrong Way” – The Further Adventures of Flossie Fillet, 2006 – 1:18:33* The Dwight Twilley Band – “You Were So Warm” – Shelter Records b/w “Sincerely”, 1976 – 1:39:49* The Dwight Twilley Band – “Sleeping“ – Twilley Don’t Mind, 1977 – 1:48:08* Phil Seymour – “Then We Go Up” – The Prince of Power Pop, 2017 [originally appeared on Seymour’s self-titled debut album in 1980] – 1:56:55* Dwight Twilley – “Out of My Hands” – Twilley, 1979 – 2:00:11* Concrete Brioche – “Newcastle”, 2015







Thanks for listening.







If you would like to hear Trevor Lynn’s mixtape without David’s endless yammering, you might follow this link!







If you enjoyed Trevor Lynn’s song, “Newcastle”, you can find his other songs on Soundcloud!



















Please check out our fellow party goer Ed Draganski’s funtastic designs for show mascot Peanut Duck and, while you’re there, buy a shirt!