14:11:10 ::: radioShirley presents “Raising Hell and a Birthday Fruitcup for Miss Wendy”!

Greetings Shirleyphiles and welcome to another 40 minutes or so of low-fi lovliness!

Well, what do you give a popular lady, one who is a real hoot with the crowd, one who has thrilled you with her voice, her performances, her music and her just being her fabulous self for years and years? More fabulous music, of course!!!

And that’s just what we’ve dished up for you this time around Shirleyphiles to celebrate the 50th birthday of the divine miss Wendy Seary! mr.Kenneth is still, after more than 25 years, a hopeless fan boy when it comes to our gal du jour! When the brilliant Brisbane band, Lovs é Blur, with Wendy out in front and at her celestial best took to the stage for their first proper gig at The Hacienda Hotel way back then, mr.K knew that this was a band of musicians with a singer to watch. And watch he did … gig after gig after gig after gig, he watched and danced and watched and danced away at his celestial best to some of the best Brisbane rock ‘n’ roll nights out on the town he’s ever had.

So Happy Birthday dahlink! We’re wishing you more happy returns  around your very own psychedelic sun you silly sausage! This one’s especially for you! Its an audio fruitcup of sorts served up with a great big smooch from one of your many number one fans. And are mr.K and myself are looking forward to raising hell and a fruitcup or two with you and your gang tonight? Indeed we are!

Shirleyphiles, please join me in charging your glasses, go gather up the scatter cushions and whatever else that may make your lives that little bit more special, sit back as Eartha Kitt, Bryan Ferry, The Ad Libs, Carol Channing, Mina, Ronnie Spector, Dusty Springfield, Dame Shirley Bassey, Cher, Bow Wow Wow, Nina Hagen, Genevieve Waite, Miss Marie Lloyd and our gal du jour out in front of Lovs é Blur make you forget your blues!

*be smooched*
radioShirl and mr. Kenneth

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08:05:09 :::: radioShirley presents “Animal Crackers!

Greetings Shirleyphiles and welcome to another 40 minutes or so of low-fi lovliness!

Well its getting a little chilly round these parts and when Shirl’s parts get a little chilly, yours truly reaches for her favourite fur coat. Now before you start throwing cream pies and planning how to knee cap me next time we meet in the carpark, the fur in question is 100% endorsed by the late Linda McCartney herself! No, its not woven from Sir Paul’s pubic shedding – heaven forbid – but is a fabulous faux little number which fits me to a tee and fools just about everyone! Even mr.K looked twice when I swished in wearing said fur for the first time. Always the thoughtful one, for the first two weeks he would leave it a bowl of water as it lay languid across the lounge.

That’s more than Heather did for Sir Paul I bet!

So for all the Shirleyphiles feeling the chill, this show is for you! Unhinged as we are, we’ve thrown open the cages with Pavlovian technique and released our animal instincts along with Tom Jones, The Trashmen, Slim Whitman, Mama Cass, Iggy Pop, Dusty Springfield, Mrs Miller, Ivor Cutler, Wire, Nick Cave, The Birthday Party, Rex Harrison, Kate Bush, Benzell Graham, Brigette Bardot, The Nutty Squirrels, Jonathon Richman & The Modern Lovers, Tiny Tim, Ella Mae Morse & The Kinks. How’s that for a musical menagerie!

Until next time listeners, move the cat out of harms way, feed the birds tuppence a bag and give the next furry friend you come across a little scratch behind the ear. You should see mr.K roll over each time I do that to him! It’s positively canine, darlings!

*be smooched*
laShirl and mr. Kenneth

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28:10:08 ::: radioShirley re-presents “Stand and Deliver!”

Greetings Shirleyphiles and welcome to another 30 minutes or so of low-fi lovliness!

Three years ago, we originally dedicated this show to our favourite space brigand and radioShirley fan, Jane, on her 50th birthday! And because her birthday has bubbled to the surface like sumo wrestlers in a mathmos hot tub, we’ve decided to spin it once more for all the new visitors passing through radioShirley for the first time …… passing through … now that sounds personal!

But its especially for the birthday gal, Jane! Monster smooches to you my pretty!

Though a re-up, we’ve made a few cosmetic changes, as you do when you reach our vintage. We’ve kicked off the show with a brand new old tune “A String of Trumpets by The Trumpeteers which was sent through via Crispy over at his fabulous soundtrack blog, reelcool. Crispy suggested that this track was the perfect music for me to hoover to. All I can say to that is, “Crispy, if I had something to hoover, we might be getting somewhere.”

Fresh!

Adam & The Ants stamp their tiny ant feet with “Stand and Deliver”, which the manservant thought suitably brigandish and neuro-dandy. This sort of carry on sets the pace to the bitter sweet end of the show which concludes with one of the most outrageously “Delicious” pieces by Phyllis Diller and Jim Backus. In this track, Phyllis loses it completely to the point where you can clearly hear her laughing from her own gut, not the character’s! Extraordinarily contagious and hysterical! I’m Learning to Share has a fantastic piece about Phyllis written by Alex Haley of “Roots” fame way back in the early 1960′s. So if your a Phyllis fan like moi, then get on over and have a read and grab some more Killer Diller audio!

Until next time, it’s that moment when we like to throw on a kaftan, move the furniture out of harms way, and pour something fizzy so we can “Stand and Deliver!” with Jane and laShirl for the next 30 minutes or so!

Enjoy!

*be smooched*
laShirl and mr. Kenneth

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