06:04:09 :::: radioShirley presents “Open House”

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

Inspired by a post which appeared a few weeks back over on one of Shirl’s favourite blogs, this show is all about, you guessed it, houses and the assorted items of everyday living which inhabit them.

from Jockohomo :

“Homosexuality is one of the essential elements of living in contemporary society.” Official IKEA spokesperson’s response to pressure from grumpy Polish Catholics (namely a letter writing campaign) who had a hoo haa because they wanted queer couples removed from the IKEA catalog.

Read the full post HERE

Hoo Haa indeed! And bouquets to IKEA’s spokesperson for such an eloquent t-shirt/bumper sticker one liner!

I wonder what those same grumps would say if XTC, Jody Miller, Carol Channing, Marc Almond, Lou Reed, John Cale, Denise laSalle, Vivian Stanshall, Buzzcocks, Tiny Tim, Herman’s Hermits, Dionne Warwick, Leona Anderson, Split Enz who feature in this show, featured in the next catalog? MMMmmm?

Regular Shirleyphiles shouldn’t be at all surprised to know that I for one, would be out there buying up any chair, table, bedlamp or drink coaster which was being endorsed by that ultimate Jazz Baby, Carol Channing!

Goodness, I’m sure even the manservant, mr.Kenneth could be tempted by a Marc Almond leather recliner rocking chair!

Until next time Shirleyphiles, take care and remember … play fair

*be smooched*
laShirl and mr.Kenneth

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21:10:08 ::: radioShirley presents “HOOKED! Vol 1″

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

Isn’t music grand? Its pretty much a constant ’round these parts. Seldom does a day go by without mr.Kenneth or myself slappin’ on a platter and shakin our bits and pieces to some musical artiste or another.

But from time to time, there are certain songs that no matter how many times you hear them, you just can’t help yourself from having a Linda Blair moment ….

:::: cue 30 seconds of think music ::::

We’ll stop right there and leave that moment to your imaginations shall we?

Let me give you an example. Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 singing “Batucada” always does it for me.
Right from the opening maracas, I become a complete ensemble of joyous Latin abandon! Mind you, I have absolutely no idea what the girls are warbling about but in the privacy of Chez Shirley I can warble along with the best of them! But I digress because for once, this post is not about moi.

I’ve been watching my faithful manservant rather carefully over the past few weeks and have noticed that a number of songs in particular have had mr.Kenneth itchin’, bitchin’ and twitchin’ like a maggot on a hot chop! The usually quiet, reserved and sometimes petulant dear just loses himself with funny hand dancing, feet shuffling and derriere wriggling that I swear would make Margaret Thatcher think twice! Why only last night he dropped a plate when Lisa Stansfield singing “Down in the Depths” popped up on shuffle mode as he needed two hands to do all the requisite diva actions! I was aghast! I’ve never seen him quite like that before … and hope I never do again. I mean, my dears, we’re running out of plates!

So I’ve given mr.K the day off to clean up the crockery and have been hard at work twiddling the knobs to put together a show just to indulge him and you. Its a selection of some of those sure fire tracks that are known to get the manservant’s man juices … ahem … flowing. In the mix are Ohio Express, Herman’s Hermits, Jean Wells, Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra, Lydia Lunch, Thurl Ravenscroft and Roberta Lee, KC & The Sunshine Band, Honeycone, Josef K, Russell Morris, Lisa Stansfield, Boomtown Rats, Cilla Black, The American Breed and to top it off, the white queen of Motown, the superb Miss Chris Clark!

Yes. 15 Fabulous hits from 15 Fabulous artists!

We’d love to hear which tracks get you itchin’ bitchin’ and twitchin, so please let us know in the comments below! Your suggestions will go into Hooked! Vol 2.

Until next time, take care and play fair

*be smooched*
laShirl and mr.Kenneth

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03:10:08 ::: radioShirley presents “DRAG”!

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

Regular Shirleyphiles … now there’s a contradiction in terms … will probably be gagging over our decision to move the old site to a blog format, but my faithful manservant mr.Kenneth was getting rather tired of managing all that pesky code. So after talking it over a few shandies we decided to grow up after six years of bringing you these twisted little shows and join ‘blogdom’. Besides, I also felt radioShirley was begging for a new coat of war paint, so here it is!!! And to celebrate the new look, we’ve put together a brand new show all about … ahem … makeovers!

Inspired by the fabulous photo above of laShirl spotted in the workplace sent to me by our favourite “rabid Aussie chick” and devoted Shirleyphile, laCass of Melbourne Australia, mr.K has put together a splendid mix of tunes and sound bytes that all revolve around the theme of DRAG.

Hiding in this musical make-up kit among other aural delights are Frank Sinatra, Blondie, Bobbie Gentry, Marc Almond, Taboo, Hermans Hermits, Miss Piggy, David Rose, New York Dolls, Lorrae Desmond and The Raincoats. Like a makeup powder made from crushed pearls …. sounds fascinating, doesn’t it?

Until next time, feel free to drop us a comment, visit the Archives for some of the previous shows and the scrolling comments …

and as a parting tip, remember …
“any up line, is a young line”

*be smooched*
laShirl and mr.K

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