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Before the early. Good afternoon before the early evening to one and all. This is Andy Positive and Violita. And we are bringing to you live from Riverwest Radio, the perfectly dusty street of Center. Mother's musical diaries with Andy and Violita. Uh now with a hand new phone line. Call or text the toys, 414-812-1730. That's 414-812-1730-1730. A great year for the pseudo Creopatra Wahlberg-y. Oh boy. Or more mercifully known as the Spiny Flower Mantis. Okay, this is a stunner, mother lover. You have to see this. Uh words cannot describe this critter. Uh the spiny flower mantis. Now, just like most other mantises, the spiny flower mantis practices sexual cannibalism. Uh, but not until they reach sexual maturity. Okay, yeah, that's that's reassuring. There's a goes, we start every show with a diary entry from Mother. Then at some point we play a song from our musical archives, and finally we end the show with Mother breathing. Closely they'd entering my room to impart wisdom. It offers a good deep sleep. Yeah, that's the way we started. That's the way we end it. That's the way we do it. That's the way we begin we begin.

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I told Muriel that if she ever gets the chance to go to Southeast Asia, she really should do it. Everything south of the equator is just so special. Or I guess it feels special because it's different. I'll bet, I'll bet that if my friends in Thailand came to Wisconsin, they'd think it was special here too.

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Oh, I don't know. Anyway, everything was so colorful, the walls, the houses, the awnings, the taxi cabs, people's clothes. It all had so much more color and life. And there is more life. It's everywhere. Trees and plants are just everywhere. The barriers between the human and the natural are much less clear. It's true. I was in a house where branches from trees were not only coming through the windows, there was a tree in the center of the house. I loved it. Center of my house are Larry's disgustingly full and discarded diapers. That was from the album Tie Orchestra, released by Mississippi Records in 2007. And research and development got us nothing. There's nothing on this album. No information. And apparently the cover is from a soap advertisement. Or as they say in the UK advertisement. I don't know. There are no notes, no credits, no song titles, no nothing. And when you look online, you know, you know, you know what you find? Nothing. Just a big old black hole of information. And maybe that's just as well. And uh here's what I do know. It's a fantastic album, and I bought it 20 years ago from a record chef in W Iowa while visiting Wiley Tide. I I knew mother loved Thailand, and so I just simply bought this totally mysterious record. And as you heard, it's incredible! Just absolutely hypnotic joy there, mother lovers. Sounds a lot like Northern Time music of the Molyan variety or E San. Okay, yeah, thanks a lot, RD. Great work. And uh, I just got a text here. This is from hashtag noodle noodle jewel. It says, what was White Leader doing in Wg Great question. You can text her call live. And uh well noodle noodle jewel. She wasn't doing my jabby. Of course I'm talking about you. Holy crapple over and over. Looks like we have another gonna Oh yeah, yeah, I'm gonna punch it at the yeah, I'm gonna punch it at the two. So if you want to get in, you gotta go down. What do you think? Okay, yeah, but let's yeah, put the needle to the record. And uh they were they were from Lebanon in the mid-1970s. And if for full artists and titles for all of the records, they are records, all vinyl all the time here on Mother's Musical Diaries with Andy and Waylita, 104.1 of them, WXRW River West Radio. Okay, all vinyl all the time. And uh again, if you want to find a full artist name and song titles that we play on each and every show, you can search Mother's Musical Diaries with Andy and Waylita in any one of your favorite podcasting things. And uh, you can also go to our website, podcast, andypositive, dot com, and all the best music all the time. That's that's what we say anyway. Oh boy, it looks like someone else has some stuff to say. I black this. And I gotta say shout out to Sherman Hughes at 101.7. I never heard that word before. What about a women's bodily autonomy? Oh no, the most important constitutional right, and the one that no one ever heard of, the freedom to buy and sell raw milk. Whoever wants to drink raw milk has figured out how to get it by now, father. This isn't 1722. We've learned, you know, we've learned a lot about bacteria things like salmonella, uh E. coli, Listeria. You heard of those? You want to roll the dice with your family? Go ahead. Good Lord, I'm about to lose my marbles with this guy. Family runs deep, I suppose. What if your family thinks you can replace your blood with milk? What do you do then? Also nuts. Also nuts. This is the guitar work by Ayl and Holdsworth on this one, and I just got a text message that said that Ayl and Holdsworth was uh Frank Zebba's favorite guitarist, you gotta give this a listen. Oh, Clamber, that's a great song. Ellen Holdsworth just wielding the axe. Ellen Pasqua on the keyboards, too. Come on, has there ever been another album of this quality helmed helmed by two Alens? Uh research and development. You guys take a few months on that one and give back to me at your leisure. Uh Ellen Holdsworth, that was from his debut studio album, Velvet Darkness, and uh not much critical acclaim when it was first released. And one reviewer one reviewer gave it 1.5 out of 5 stars. And I don't not sure what the what the heck to make out of that. Maybe I and Jakob Yorow Slavikowski could call in later and help us untangle such an underwhelming review of what seems to me an absolutely stellar album. Young, if you're listening, you gotta give us a call if you can. And on the line right now. Mother lovers, yes, that's it, if nickens, and why not I? Each show I'll read our short passage from my unpublished memoir titled The Diary of Foundos and Me, which will be illustrated by Wailita! Each show will get a little deeper into the story. Last week, Andy reflected on the great circle of life, where seeds become trees, and by mysterious means, indeed, trees become seeds! What could possibly happen next? The diary of Foundos and Me.

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August 2! If Reggie Jackson isn't the greatest baseball player ever, then please correct me. Uncle Charlie has no answer.

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Neither does father. Except this record received a lot of praise, and rightly so. And I can't play I can't honestly I can't wait to play more in the near future from that great LP Speakin' spell, and uh that was from Mother's LP collection. And because in the in the early 1980s when sh when she went through a a synth pop phase, and especially all that stuff that was coming from the from the island, and a lot of it very, very good. And boy, I have to say, the the speaking of the island, their their food leaves a lot to be desired. But you know, my man, oh man's friends. They produced a ton of great music. Punch it way above their weight, mother lovers. And let's just put aside the who, stones, beetles, the pink floyd, the kinks, how about the clash, Sabbath, Joy Division, Dep Ash Mode, Sex Pistols, Iron Maiden, Gary Newman, Duran, Duran, the cure, and I could just go on and on. Are you kidding me? Uh but uh why was I even talking about that? Uh yeah, right. Uh Depash Mode and the UK punching way above its weight. And okay, I just I see the phone just lighting up the Milwaukee sky last week. Yeah, okay, uh and yeah, that was I'm just gonna put that in uh uh line number two there. Okay, like a punch that in. Okay, mother lover. What do you got? What do you what do you got there, mother lover? You left your garage doors open, Andy! And then your neighbor across the alley who you never met before. Jose, he rang your doorbell on Sunday afternoon to tell you about how you left the garage doors open.

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You were so grateful and happy that you offered Jose a frozen pizza.

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Do you remember that? Uh, Jeff, what the heck? Waylita, Waylita, I mean Waylita, let's let's put Jeff Let's keep the call. Yeah, but then the future, Waylita, let me know what Jeff butts his call because I mean, come on now, I mean, how the heck would he know any of that, Waylita? Were you talking to him? How does he know any of that stuff? Did you know that you don't you don't need to be in the same physical place as your field of vision? Remember when I said that? Yeah, Jeff, uh just get out of my head already. It's creepy and his name wasn't Jose. It was Juan! Close enough. Don't you think that was pretty close? I don't like your shoe, Andy. And I don't want to step on your big toes.

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But didn't you say that you are going to play some adventurous big band, Andy?

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I have been anxiously waiting all week! Yeah, you are correct, sir! Waileita, cue the music because it's time for adventures in big band. A new copyrighted feature in Mother's Musical Diaries with Andy and Waylita 104.1 FM, WXRW River West Radio. Oh, here we go, mother lovers. Okay, listen. Okay, the the era of Big Band has long since passed, but what a time when a band of like 15 or 20 musicians could earn an income and travel around the country, playing to excited crowds of people eager to dance. Big band, it's it's still a thing here and there. Sort of a novelty as opposed to the dominant musical form. Uh, you know, sure, uh shifts in public taste. Not to mention keyboards and synthesizers cut Big Band at the knees. Now that's all that's all true. That's all true, and yeah, a conventional big band could feel a little stodgy and antiquated. Yeah, I mean that's true too. But but that's why a fresh approach could be feel so invigorating. Adventures in Big Band from 1979, Baird Hershey in the ear of the ear with a song Have You Heard? Are you still uh are you still on the line there, sir? Yeah, Yakub, we got we lost that phone line. That's I think we yeah, we gotta put it to line number six. Yeah, why well that's yeah, it looks like six, but that's actually a nine. It's upside down there, while he's done. There it is, yeah, number six. Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry, we may have lost you. You still are you still there? Yeah, yeah. Oh yeah, man, yeah. That's like that was a great thought! And a great example of my adventures, a big man more adventurous, please! Indeed, Jan Jakob. Let's do this again and uh again, you gotta give give my love to goatee. Okay, I'll be my dog, a good girl, goaty, a good girl. Okay, that was Jan Jakob Jarl Slavakowski, the village voice critic, jazz critic from October 1971 to September 1971. What a run! And that was, as I mentioned before, that was a song by Baird Hersey, and uh I'll tell you what, that's that's a that's a that's a big band of the highest order, and the first time I heard that I heard all that funk drumming going on and just about knock my socks off. And uh boy, and I'll tell you what that song really scratches the old big band itch, I'll tell you that much. It looks like we've got a text thing there. Oh, okay, like we just got uh yep, okay. I'm gonna I'm gonna read that text. Uh let's see, what do we got here? Who's that from? Hashtag jigs in the garage! Hashtag jigs in the garage, right? Barb is in the garage! Okay, uh, thanks a lot there, hashtag jigs in the garage. And yes. Oh wow. Yeah, that really snuck up on me. Backyard lessons. Oh, that's excellent. Backyard lessons. I have been waiting for this all year. I've always wanted to do this segment, but management management always says no, but now we have enough followers on the podcast where me and Wyta get to call our own shots. Take that WXRW Riverwest Radio! Riverwest, my favorite neighborhood without a bakery. You gotta you got a bar in every corner. But find a fresh sweet roll, I dare ya. Okay, backyard lessons. Yesterday I found three holes in the backyard. Each was the same size as the next. The diameter of a large golf ball. Not one of these holes was made by me. Why Lita or the cats? But something made them. The holes didn't just magically materialize. Did a giant worm come through the ground in three different places? That's unlikely.

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Did three identically sized bits fall from Artemis? Did a peg legged pirate stumble through looking for ale?

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I don't know. Oh, and that concludes backyard lessons on Mother's Musical Diaries with Andy and Wylita. Wow, that was really that was really good. I'm gonna do we're gonna do that again, Wylita. Okay, and here's some news for you. A mother lover sent me a text about an event tonight at at the Wiggles Room. And at the Wiggles Room is 2988 South Connecticut Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53207. And I give you that address in case you want to go, and also in case you want to send a postcard. And this is this is Angie D. Poitrine listening party at 5 30 p.m. at the Wiggles Room. If you don't know what that is, I I'd like to offer a little preamble to the party. A little forward play, if you will. Uh me and Wylita will we're gonna put the needle to record of this band. Uh we put we put we we played this with the band for you uh a long time ago, a few months. Uh and uh they've just blown up after their KXE KEXP performance. And uh when you hear this, uh keep in mind that it's a two-person band. And the guitar is playing bass and lead guitar, and it's being done with loops, and you gotta listen to it build over time with the loops. Uh this is not overdubbing, okay? It's played live, bass and guitar being built over time with with performed loops over and over. It starts with a bass, and then the guitar, and then more guitar, then maybe a different bass. And holy cow, I'm telling you what, clamber might even weep when she hears this song. I'm telling you what. At this very moment, then I'm not Nina Wisconsin's poet laureate, and I am, as made perfectly evident by the latter edition of Backyard Lessons. But uh back to Angine Batman Angine De Pottering. Are you kidding me? No, yeah, no, now that the rest of the world knows who they are, it's impossible to get tickets to see them. I'm telling you what, but that's what happens when you stumble on the next stones or what have you. You could have seen them in a garage, and now I'll have to be in the road 256 of the palladium. But that's gravity, I guess. And okay, before we get too much further, I really want to flex our apology muscles on the show here. Yeah. Yeah, that's sad. Okay. Number one on Andy's Correctables. Let's see. I have a note here that says confusing story about Asha. What the heck does that even mean, huh, Waylita? I don't remember a confusing story about Asha. Okay, now that we've cleared that up next, at the end of our last show, I had a bit of a cough, a bit of a cough and hock. And I apologize for that, mother lovers. Don't deserve to hear me cough and hawk. Okay, and finally, during the segment of Andy Science Saturday, truth or fiction, or all the above from January 20th, 2026. I asked the mother lovers, and I quote myself, a butterfly doesn't not taste with its feet. Yes, no, sometimes or depends on the food. End quote. Well, that wasn't clear. The question lacked clarity. We've since sacked the f we have since sacked the fellow who used to come up with our science Saturday content. And if you'll notice we haven't had any sci handy science saturday truth or fiction or all of the above since that faithful January day. But last week we finally made a decision to hire. And so we'll unveil the new iteration of the copyrighted feature, and of course, introduce the new member of our Science Saturday team. That was the great Algerian writer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Ahmed Belak! And pretty sure that was him on flute too. And all of his music was made for Algerian movies and television of the 70s and 80s. And you gotta check out that album, Other Lovers, Wiley to hit me hit me up to that one. And if you wanna see full band names and correctly spelled song titles, search our podcast on every and on each and every podcast device, or go to podcast.andypositive.com and tell your friends if you want me and Wiley to have the freedom to do what what the heck we want. Like uh have more new sections, like backyard lessons. We need more we need more listeners and more likes, so you just gotta smash that like button for live radio. And we have just enough time for me to read this, then Peter. Thank you, Peter. Just gave me a okay, here we go. And this was a boat, a sunset, karaoke, karaoke, uh raffle prizes, community radio. It all comes together at Riverburns Radio's third annual sunset calories. Friday, May 29th. Join us for one unforgettable night in the water, and helped keep truly independent Milwaukee media alive! Burning, burning for the gala starts at 6 30 p.m. Tickets are waiting at RiverwestRadio.com! That's a website. You can't physically go to you can't go get tickets at a place called Riverwest Radio.com. You have to go, it's on the internet, you gotta type in RiverwestRadio.com. Yeah, dude, you heard it. It was a boat in the sunset. And uh we didn't go last year, Waylita, because I heard they weren't they weren't gonna serve uh fried chicken. And if I'm gonna go on any kind of river boat and anything, there had better be fried chicken. And when they said, uh no, Andy, we're not gonna have fried chicken, but we are gonna have to fu skewers, I said, what the heck? But I heard from other producers that it was a really good time, and uh they might have just been joking with me because there were tofu skewers on the gala last year. So I encourage you to go check that out and sing with your friends and just learn all about radio and river west, where their coffee shops close at noon and there's no bakery. Okay, and we just came up to the end of our show there. Boy, that's not gonna bother me. I gotta tell you that much. Okay, mother, I definitely listen. I'm not gonna forget that. And I want to thank you once again for coming into my bedroom at night and whispering that that wheezy wisdom into my ears. And it looks like it might be time for Jerry Han, if I'm not mistaken. Yes, look at that. Right on cue! Yeah, we've got new technology in the studio. I'll tell you about next time, Mother Lovers. But I'll tell you what, Waylita is happy as a clam, and if you've ever seen a clam smile, you know what I'm talking about. Okay, thanks for joining us today on Mother's Musical Dialogues with Andy and Wylita, where your time is the best timed. Up next, mushra.