16:07:11 ::: radioShirley presents “What’s a Matter, Baby?”

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

That four-letter word ‘baby’ is much maligned as a throw away, trite and glib addition to a lyric. mr.K and I have heard too many times someone say “If I hear ‘baby’ in a song one more time, well I’ll … ” But here at radioShirl HQ, we intend to elevate the status of ‘baby’ with a show where it features, not necessarily as a substitute for “I can’t think of anything else to call you, darling, sweety pie, hot lips, gorgeous, honeybun etc. etc” but as the integral textual ingredient to any worthwhile pop lyric this side of, well, the Brill Building!

So Shirleyphiles, drop an extra lump of that extra sweet ‘baby’ goodness into your organic double-strength chai soy latte frappacino and tempt your aural earworm alarms as Brigitte Bardot, Mama Cass, Marc Almond, Timi Yuro, The Vibrators, Erma Franklin, Dave Graney and other popular song stylists deliver up a damp nappy full of ‘baby’ tuneage!

Until next time kids, take care and play fair!
*be smooched*
radioShirl and mr. Kenneth

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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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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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