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Transistor Sister

Apr 30, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Music

With Commie Francis

Music from all different genres from the 1910s to the 2020s. Featuring one MINI THEME per episode.

THIS IS A BIRTHDAY PONY

Hi everyone it's time for my traditional birthday week show where I just play my favorite songs!

This was a bit more of a thrill when I did a purely themed show and didn't do at least an hour of whatever I want to play every week! But it's still fun to trot out old (and new!) favorites.

Next year I might start a new birthday tradition. Any ideas? Drop em in the chat!

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2:01 PM		Freddy Cannon Transistor Sister Transistor Sister - Single Swan Records 1961
2:03 PM		Les Thugs Birthday (Why Didn't You Come For My…) Still Angry, Still Hungry Bondage Records 1989
2:07 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Orchester Frank Pleyer - Sunday Love Affair
2:10 PM		The Zombies Care of Cell 44 Odessey and Oracle Marquis Enterprises Ltd 1968
2:14 PM		Burning Kitchen Impact Consolidation Communichaos Media 1998
2:16 PM		DIVORCER Tiny Devil N Espionage - EP Domestic Departure 2023
2:19 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Orchester Frank Pleyer - Sunday Love Affair
2:22 PM		Prospexx Secret Police Prospexx - EP Symphony Of Destruction 2021 No Hope for the Kids cover!
2:25 PM		Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir & Ed Trickett The Ways of Man The Ways of Man Folk-Legacy Records 1978
2:30 PM		The Donkeys Wacky Acky Aye Iye Television Anarchy Detour Records 2004 orig 1982
2:32 PM		Rata Negra Maldición Una Vida Vulgar Humo Internacional 2022
2:35 PM		Upright Citizens Bombs of Peace Bombs of Peace H'art Musik 1982
2:37 PM		Pauk Umirem Od Dosade Mumije Lažu Suzy 1983
2:39 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Orchester Frank Pleyer - Sunday Love Affair
2:44 PM		Ramones Bonzo Goes to Bitburg R Animal Boy Rhino/Warner Records 1986 Danny says we gotta play this
2:48 PM		Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons Happy Funeral Screams to God Dark Entries Records 2013 orig 1981
2:51 PM		Benzin Typ N Live im SO 36 Billo 2023
2:52 PM		Lankum Netta Perseus N False Lankum Rough Trade 2023
2:57 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Orchester Frank Pleyer - Sunday Love Affair
3:00 PM		Au Pairs It's Obvious Playing with a Different Sex Human Music 1981
3:07 PM		Allah-Las Long Journey R Allah-Las Innovative Leisure 2013 requested by Gary
3:10 PM		Display Homes Neenish N What If You're Right and They're Wrong? Erse Theke Tontraeger 2023
3:13 PM		Chumbawamba Just Look at Me Now (Borstal Boy Mix) Just Look at Me Now self released 1996 free CD only available at live shows
3:16 PM		Discharge Two Monstrous Nuclear Stockpiles Never Again Clay Records 1981
3:17 PM		The Saints Orstralia Eternally Yours Harvest 1978
3:20 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Orchester Frank Pleyer - Sunday Love Affair
3:25 PM		Eddy Current Suppression Ring Colour Television Primary Colours Melodic 2009
3:29 PM		Neutrals Gary Borthwick Says Bus Stop Nights - EP Static Shock 2022
3:32 PM		The Exploited Cop Cars Punk's Not Dead Anagram 1981
3:34 PM		The Frantic V Feeling Sad Why Did You Lie? / Feeling Sad Corduroy Records 1998
3:36 PM		Stiff Richards Bad Disease DIG Legless Records 2018
3:38 PM		Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger Ye Jacobites By Name Songs of Two Rebellions: The Jacobite Wars of 1715 and 1745 In Scotland Folkways Records 1960
3:40 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Orchester Frank Pleyer - Sunday Love Affair
3:44 PM		The Vacant Lot Milk the Land of its Honey N Living Underground Iron Lung 2023 orig 1981
3:46 PM		The Ex Contempt RaRa Rap LaLa Records 1988
3:48 PM		Hekate Cul - De - Sac Μέρες Οργής (Days of Wrath) La Vida Es Un Mus Discos 2020
3:51 PM		THE COMES Panic No Side Dogma Records 1983
3:53 PM		Mundo Primitivo Incendio Paisaje Interior Static Shock 2021
3:56 PM		The Nitwitz Horrorshow Scorched Earth Theory 1981
3:57 PM		Set Break: ---------------------------------------------------- DJ speaks over Orchester Frank Pleyer - Sunday Love Affair
3:58 PM		Chumbawamba The Day the Nazi Died Uneasy Listening

Chat is archived.

CONGRATULATIONS!

congratulaaaaaations!

and Happy Birthday, DJ CommieFrancis!

Tell us about birthday dessert!

I honestly luv to eat cake 🍰

HBD week! i am going to get some dumplings and i will be right back!

yummmmmm

you can find some excellent frozen dumplings if you have an asian market nearby!

MrM my mom made me cookies last Saturday and my husband got me cupcakes on my actual birthday

strawberry cupcakes, chocolate chip cookies

Awww Hellz Yeeaahh! 🍪 🧁

Happy belated Birthday CF! Les Thugs - YAY!

yummmmmmmm

you could hear me talking right? that was weird

Happy birthday again again again!

Yes! Audio SOLID

excellent, thank you. and thanks TAndy and richard!

when i played this on my first birthday show one of the monitors in the studio was broken so it was just half the stereo mix

you can imagine the stereo separation on this is pretty extreme, it sounded very weird but kinda cool

BTW, WHRB.org is going to have a Baroque Pop orgy starting Tuesday afternoon, 12:30 - 3:30, including Zombies.

ooh

love some baroque pop!

I like this DIVORCER!

Birthday greetings from Newark airports cell phone waiting lot Commie Francis!

Zombies really brightened up this rainy day!

Happy Birthday Commie. A couple themes, maybe not replacing your current brithday practice...music you've changed your opinion about (either used to dislike but now like, and/or the converse)...music that has some special or poignant connotation for you.

i like that idea Mike! i don;t think i'd play music i don't like but i like the idea of music i've come around to!

and thanks Pat! You've been hanging at airports a lot lately!

This is my life. I’m an airport guy,

How about Ahlah las, long journey

i almost played the ah lalas last night on my photo show! let me see what i can do

i mean allah las

Gotta say thanks for all the music you and the rest of the dj's have turned me on too. Can't say thanks enough

you're welcome, thank you for listening so we have someone to play all of this stuff for!

Happy birthday Commie Francis!

thanks Bo!

Happy birthday, Commie Francis!

thanks Rob!

You should have more birthdays, the show is great today (not that it isn't other days(.

i don't challenge myself and consequently sometimes play duds on my birthday haha

Happy. Birthday!

thanks Amy!

Some self-indulgence on birthdays is certainly allowed.

yeah to be clear the duds come from challenging myself! but i won't stop

Sooogoood!!! Loving the show!

thanks richard!

Neutrals!!!!

i feel bad for other neutrals songs because they're good but gary borthwick says is an ALL TIME CLASSIC

HA! it's true 🤣

Rabbie Burns!😍

TY for this smokin' hot BBQ fire pit of a show🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Great show, Commie. Happy Birthday and very much!

I second Jimbeaux!

<3 thanks everyone!

I third jimboo!

Happy birthday!

Mike! thanks!

yay got the whole song in. continue to enjoy WPRB!

PLUGZ FADE OUT

i very often just sit and listen to the whole song after my show ends