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The No Show | Mar 30, 2010
PLAYLIST

Theme: “How Long Blues” – Jimmy Yancey, piano
“What’s the Ugliest Part of Your Body? – Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
“Dutch Courage” – David Aaron’s Short Memory
“Kill for Peace” – The Fugs
“I Wanna Grow Up to be a Politician” – The Byrds
“I Can’t Be Satisfied” – Muddy Waters
“The Mill Was Made of Marble” – Joe Glazer
“Walking & Falling” – Laurie Anderson (Rufus Harley, bagpipe)
“Jordu” – Duke Jordan
“Hymn to Peace” – Duke Jordan
The NO SHOW Embedded Political Correspondent Emily Levine and Frank Millspaugh reenact a recent Tony Snow Show regarding Vice-President Cheney’s response to the question, “Would you agree a dunk in the water is a no-brainer if it can save lives?” The Broken News asks the question, “Which part of the human body do you find the most offensive?” And the Musical Necropolis admits three new inductees: labor singer/songwriter Joe Glazer, bebop piano pioneer Duke Jordan, and “the world’s first jazz bagpiper Rufus Harley.

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