09:11:09 :::: radioShirley presents “ENCORE!”

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

Time for a second serving Shirleyphiles, of a show we posted couple of years back – “Please laShirl, Can I Have Some More?” While the manservant is twiddling around with a new show, I hope this repeat keeps your appetite for low-fi lovliness sated. Its one of our favourite dishes.

Now I’m no Margaret Fulton or Nigella Lawson when it comes to tossing it up big time in the kitchen department, but mr.Kenneth has a bit of the Jamie Oliver in him when the fancy takes him. And that certain kind of fancy takes him often … but we’ll leave that for another show, shall we?

The manservant been known to have a whole dinner party contingent on the floor squealing with delight after sampling one of his “special” desserts. Apparently he came across the recipe in “The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook”. Do I need to say anymore? I learned my lesson long ago and dare not put so much as a crumb of these after dinner treats near my lips. I just sashay over to the bar, as usual, mix myself another Harvey Wallbanger, sit back with a cigar and count the car keys as they get thrown into the fruitbowl.

Its a very mixed bag in this show, kind of like a musical stir fry with The Tubes, Herb Alpert, Terri “Cupcake” O’Mason, Vincent Price, Deee-Lite, Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan, Duran Duran, Sly Stone, Ella Mae Morse, Eydie Gormé and other tasty musical morsels more or less all ending sunnyside up in the pan!

So kids, it’s time to strap on the aprons … you don’t want too much mess in the kitchen now do you … get out the beaters and prepare yourself to wrap your luscious lips around the mixing bowl with the Sunbeam mixmasters of lurve, yours truly and mr.Kenneth!

Until next time, take absolute care, play fair and don’t forget to eat your crusts!
They’ve put hairs on Shirl’s chest … no kidding!

*be smooched*
laShirl and mr. Kenneth

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14:02:09 :::: radioShirley presents “Shirley’s Little Helpers”

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

Oh the world seems to be going to Hell in a handbasket doesn’t it? Honestly, there’s just so much “fiscal stimulus” one can bear, don’t you agree? So how are yours truly and her manservant coping with the current global climate of chaos and turmoil?

Well, I’ve been behaving like a classic 50′s hausfrau: tearing through my own little Valley of the Dolls wearing a taffeta gown, shot silk throw, sporting frilly aprons whenever the fancy takes me and washing down fistfuls of candy that’d make Susan Hayward proud and Patty Duke Astin choke! mr.Kenneth on the other hand has been his usual flatline self : sensible shoes, three meals a day and positively Yin to my Yang. How we’ve co-existed so long, is a complete mystery!

So this episode is a little inside take on what I’ve been indulging in : a confessional of sorts, without the broom cupboard drama, detailing just a few of the favourite things which have been helping me wake up to the day, put one foot after the other and then lay the head back down on the pillow or plonk it forehead first into the oven. But no, this never happens on a Sunday! Only a few of my wicked wicked ways are name checked here. If I named everything which puts the tiger in my tank, the zazz in my piz or the wind up my kaftan, then we’d end up with show called “Shirley’s Ring Cycle” wouldn’t we? I mean, in these tough times, there are just far too many indulgences to mention!

mr.Kenneth has been a patient love as usual, risen to the ocassion and helped me select this soundtrack to the current shape I’m in. Yes Shirleyphiles, its messy. Yes, its all over the shop but we love it that way. Opening up this aural cabinet of curiousities are the Rolling Stones followed by The Champs, Regurgitator, Brenda Lee, Flying Lizards, Vincent Price, Sailor, Fischer-Z, Dean Martin, Kevin Ayers, The Pineapples From The Dawn of Time, Queens of the Stone Age, Terri “Cupcake” O’Mason and if that last track doesn’t get you doing the “Vitamin Mambo” then the fabulous B-52′s are bound to!

So Shirleyphiles, like the 52′s, gather together whatever deviant ingredients you have on hand, head on down that Martini mile and elevate yourselves to a very fine state of mind with mr.K and moi!

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

*be smooched*
laShirl and mr.Kenneth

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01:01:2009 :::: radioShirley presents a re-up : “laShirl’s All Male Revue”

A re-up from the Archives. Why? Well two reasons really.

#1. This show formed part of the soundtrack behind mr.Kenneth’s re-entry into the new year. The manservant enjoyed hearing it again so much that the luv begged and pleaded with me to re-up it for all the new visitors who may have missed it from last year.

#2. I couldn’t think of a better way to sashay the new year in than having a bevy of blokes strut their stuff in some kind of Revue while I lay Liz Taylor-like on the divan, G&T in paw … even if the parade is all in my ice cubes.

So here it is kids and let us wish all the Shirleyphiles, old and new out there a brilliant, safe and smiley 2009!

*be ever-so smooched*
mr.Kenneth & laShirl

5 May 2007
Greetings Shirleyphiles and welcome to another 40 minutes of low-fi luvliness!

Its been a long time between drinks I must say and what better way to greet some old friends than getting mr.Kenneth back to doing what he should be doing and working his fingers to the bone for yours truly! Yes … not unlike Katherine Hepburn, laShirl wears the proverbial pant suit in this family.

We’ve lined up a very talented bunch of menfolk, all possessing suspicious levels of testosterone, all circumspect about their gender and lets face it … with those personality traits, I’d have them all over for dinner in a flash. Wouldn’t you? I just wouldn’t let Vincent Price near the kitchen that’s all. If you listen to the show, you’ll understand why.

So who’s sitting round the table you ask?

Starting at the head (what a perfect place to start!) and holding court is the legendary Quentin Crisp. To his left are the boys from Sweet, a real rock and roll disgrace. Next to them, the man who really started the whole bling thing, Liberace is telling tales to the ever funky but chic, David Johansen. Fess Parker without the raccoon on his head, it’s one of the courses actually, decides that Jimmy and The Boys are really not like everybody else. The TuneTwisters bring up the tone of the evening with a touch of four part popcorn. The Spencer Davis Group explore the definition of a “man” with John Wayne. Speaking of definition, my favourite bare chested boys, Rammstein provide a little table cooking entertainment with the help of Vincent Price, a fork, a few boys and a flamethrower. Tokyo Baby keep the table cooking action going while Jim Croce tells some story about a cat called Leroy Brown. Definitely not on the menu! Neil Diamond sings of brotherly love and salvation until that upstart Arthur Comix, a right snivelling shit, decides a little reality check is in order by asking the eternal question “Is God a Man?” Pulchritude is indeed a big word, Arthur. The Television Personalities decide to lighten the mood with a ditty about Geoffrey Ingram and to end the night on a high note, the dessert in a torn pantsuit himself, P.J. Proby leads us all in a cutlery waving rendition of “Que Sera Sera”.

Whatever will be, will be … indeed … but who is looking after the washing up?

*smooches*
la Shirl and mr. Kenneth

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