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11 women dedicated to rediscovering and preserving women's ancient musical heritage. The music of LaBana and more today on NPR's All Things Considered from 5pm to 6pm here on KCRW. This is Ian Scholes. I speak fast about the quirks of contemporary life. That makes me an expert in KCRW where quirksiness is a way of life. KCRW is radio on the edge and its summer sign-up campaign is on the brink. Just a call from you will send them over the top, call 2-1-3-4-5-035-24 to join support mixed metaphors. Check synced solicitations, provocative and perky programming, not-dimensional iteration. $25 pledge will put your name in their computer. What a thrill. No need to grovel and guilt. Take the fast track to virtue, call 4-5-035-24 and pledge. This is Ian Scholes. I gotta go. I think we all gotta go in. Right about now.

Well first of all, a local note, even though I had planned to say this before we went on the network, but there was an important business to be done here at the locality of the Lishowateria. But I am identified in the current issue of a local magazine, a magazine best known for the fact that the majority of its ads are for practitioners of cosmetic surgery here in the Southern California area. I am identified as an enemy of public art, which is pleasing enough, but I just have to clarify one thing. I did not make up the name of the artist, Moran Dumouze, a finer, as I was identified in the article, Comic, than I was responsible for that fine work. Now it's a Labor Day weekend, or Labor Day weekend, except of course in those areas where it's two weeks later because of tape delay.

Hi, high tape delay audience, how are you? And so there's a certain routine quality, all of the Sunday television news, serious news shows have their obligatory interviews with Lane Kirkland or other labor figures. And there's an equally obligatory quality to the content of today's program. But it's been freshened up a bit. Oh, how mysterious can you get? That's a major found object today. Here on Hello, welcome to Lesho. Thank you, Matt, for working my way back to U.V. with a burning love inside.

Working my way back to U.V. with a happiness that's hard, I'll let it get away in every day. When you were so in love with me, I played around like I was bringing. Oh, I could have my cake and eat it too, but how I cried over losing you. See me cry, but I ain't no faster than living my life without you. For every day, I made you cry, I'll pay in girl till the day that I die.

I'll keep working my way back to U.V. with a burning love inside. Working my way back to U.V. with a happiness that's hard, I'll let it get away in every day. I used to love to make you cry, it made me feel like a man inside. Oh, did I've been a man in reality? You'd still be here baby, more than me. Now the nights of love and lonely, and I ain't as strong as I've just missed you so. And you're too proud of me, you'll give it, but when I think about all I can do, I'll keep working my way back to U.V. with a burning love inside.

I'll keep working my way back to U.V. with a happiness that's hard, I'll let it get away in every day. Working my way back to U.V. with a burning love inside. Working my way back to U.V. with a happiness that's hard, I'll let it get away in every day. Is it just me? Well, in a way it is. But is it just me or did they forget to put the base in when they remastered that? It serves me right for not digging up the old 45.

That's not a knock on the fine people who remastered it. It's just there's a base part in there, isn't it? But it's not a knock. That featured the, I love the credit they give on the album featuring the, quote, sound, unquote, a Frankie Valley. It's a, quote, sound, unquote. Hello, welcome to the show, produced by Bob Crew that, that, that whole string of hits featuring that, quote, sound, unquote, was. I got to see one time in my life how Bob Crew actually got one of those sounds. Later on, he's a fairly legendary producer in a certain genre of rock and roll. And this was years after the Frankie Valley era.

He was producing a band called Disco Text and his Sexy Let's. So you can figure out about when, about what era, about how many poppers through the 70s this was. And it was at a recording studio in LA and they, they had made the entire track Disco Text. It turns out was a figure of an earlier rock era retreaded or perhaps just recapped. Monty rock the third. All spruced up in late 70s kind of studio 54 style, stylish. And the entire track had been assembled already on tape. All it was remaining was the vocals. At the appointed moment, the studio had been festooned with brightly colored foil. So it was to simulate a disco style party atmosphere. And the volume was cranked up louder than ever any human being had heard it in a recording studio. I mean, normally nobody turns the levels up.

The knobs don't go even halfway up. Volume control, this was just all the way up. This was all bets are off as far as any hearing ever again. And just at the proper moment from his place elsewhere in the studio where he'd been sequestered, not hearing any of the preparatory procedures up to this point because it might, you know, it might sap the concentration and or energy of Monty Rock, of a Monty Rock the third. Bob Crupe propels him, just pushes him. He runs into the studio and starts yelling over the track at the top of his lungs. It's the way you get that, quote, sound, unquote. Anyway, that's all by way of saying hello. You know, if you do the long enough hello, the problem of filling the rest of the time really fades into insignificance. We were going to have an air show here today, we're rethinking that.

We're just going to be having a meeting in a few moments to reconsider that. I love the guys who come out and defend the air shows because, you know, it's worth 40 or 50 lives every once in a while just to make people like airplanes or pilots or bases a little bit more. That's the only purpose of them it's been admitted is as public relations for a certain style of aviation. Meanwhile, my favorite televised sentence of the week. It's a slow week, of course, but still my favorite. Claude Aikens, I love those polygrip ads. I should take a survey, a telephonic survey of listeners as to how many, if there's one listener in the audience, that loves those polygrip ads, see if anybody can identify with that. People in Seattle are, of course, going through a horrible weekend.

It's very hot there. They have no electricity because of fire eight through the cables. You know, like the farmers who sent wheat and hay to drought ravaged areas. I'd like to call upon, I don't know, the goodness implicit, inherent in the hearts of our leisure listeners, at least here in Southern California where we're being heard live and maybe in Northern California. Other areas where we can still respond to the need. And let's just all send some batteries to Seattle, huh? Kind of a more power to you type deal till they get everything plugged back in. Just some seas, some double A's. What do you think? Yeah, I know, you could be cynical and say whatever you want to say, but we could light one little candle, you know, maybe. In meantime, this is Los Angeles. And though it wouldn't seem like it really, I think there's good news implicit in the fact that for two days in a row, there have been reports of a toxic cloud of chlorine gas being unleashed over the eastern part of this community.

Because the air can't be as bad as everybody thinks if you can still distinguish part of it as toxic. From Las Vegas, Nevada, telephone backstage, confidential.

Okay, one, two, one, two, three, four. Are we using that Plexi track? Are we using that? It's going to be, they haven't put it up yet, obviously. Well, it's not going to be up there that way. No, no, it's not, it's not. They just came. And this is not your closest to Sam. Oh, I need, this is for my future. But, I don't want that. No, don't worry about that. That's not important. The important thing is that they're not pressed right. Yeah. They have to be flat and to the button. That one is not flat and to the button. It's not even close. No, it's not even close. Now, who's going to do that? Well, I...

Yeah, but have you ever done it to silk? No, I have a steamer already outside. Okay. Okay. Now, this... I just opened this button. Now, do you want these keepers? Yes. Okay. More important than anything, understand that this comes to there. And this comes to there. Okay. Mm-hmm. Look at this. There's more on the silk right now. Well, there's just... There just came from a tailor. That's why I had them redone. Don't worry about this. Okay. They'll go to the button. Oh. If I don't get them now, you've got to get the other ones. From the house. These are the tools you just brought.

Just two jackets. These two just appeared. Just two jackets. This is it. All that appeared here is this. And that's Sam's stuff. When am I getting the clothes right? I ordered it from there. She's going to find the smallest one possible. Straight punch. I mean, you would drop the house. Get out of the Kleenex around, Deb. Right. Can I open it? I can do it. Okay. We have any towels yet, Debby? Yes, it's about them. Here, Jen. I want bigger or smaller ones. That's fine, Debby. Wait a minute. I want bigger or smaller ones. That's fine, Debby. Wait, while I'm here, why don't I feed you? Hey! Thousands in trust.

Cospaclarious. Get serious. And she's an Ahead. Tinty contacts. Don't change the fight. That black is mine. And she's an Ahead. While I'm in place with the length of those legs. She's not going to let you enjoy it. She likes to model. I'll never act. I'll start a magazine. Before she signs any contract. She better lie into me. And that's a fact. In her dreams, she's the queen of a fashion like she. You ask me, do I love you? Cospaclarious. Cospaclarious. Cospaclarious. And she's an Ahead. Tinty contacts. Don't change the fight. That black is mine.

And she's an Ahead. Thousands in trust. Cospaclarious. Get serious. And she's an Ahead. Tinty contacts. Don't change the fight. That black is mine. And she's an Ahead. While I'm in place with the size of that chest. She's not going to let you enjoy it. Sweet and low. Oh, so little mist or a jaw. Safe sex and fish nets. And could you walk me to my car?

Thank you. She's losing faith in a world that is out of control. She's going to nits politics. She's taking up volleyball. volleyball. She's an Ahead. Stung gum and mice. Come on, get plates. Stay lost in space. And she's an Ahead. Thousands in trust. Cospaclarious. Get serious. And she's an Ahead. And now her plans come for the end of my soul. Don't get me wrong. If she's an Ahead. It has to be said. There was never another way. There was us made her that way. There was us made her that way. There was us made her that way. I like it.

I like it. I like it. I like it. I like it. I like it. Do we have the feed to Hilton Head 90's? Do we have the feed to Hilton Head 90's? No, we're not going to do it at the podium. We're going to do it in Star One. And we're going to bring the band down. Move the piano please. Huh? We can't do two things at once. I'm not going to Hilton Head without our setup. Put a hold on that. Bring them down. Sam.

Where is Sam? Let's move the band down, Kenny. Come on. We got to go. Scott. Let me have the cards at camera, uh, two. Huh? Mary. Mary, let me have T for two if you got it, ready. These are notes you asked for. Come down to an eye level on this on camera too. I level Paul my darling.

It's still high. So we got two eye levels. We got his eye level and we got your eye level. And I recommend we use his eye level. That's where all the vocals are. It's just a hair under to get eye. Not there and nothing there. Paul will tell you if it's off balance Paul will tell you. Because I know where Paul lives also. So from now until about four o'clock you're on camera at all times. So there'll be none of this and scratching and watch your language because they're listening and they're watching.

One ring above my darling. I can still hear her say goodbye. Oh, the moon above me and I say goodbye. Each and the sky sings to its power and sound.

The one you love has gone the way I love you now. She's gone far, far away. She's sitting alone in the moonlight. Thinking about the days gone by. Oh, the moon above me and I say goodbye. Each and the sky sings to its power and sound.

The one you love has gone the way I love you now. She's gone far, far away. I'm sitting alone in the moonlight. Thinking about the days gone by. One ring above my darling. I can still hear her say goodbye.

I can still hear her say goodbye. I can still hear her say goodbye. We'll get back to Vegas. You always have to get back to Vegas. Look at, look at Crosby Stills and Nash. They're going to be appearing at Caesar's Palace, ladies and gentlemen. I mean, I know he almost cut his hair, but this is ridiculous. Almost got my knees broken, ladies and gentlemen. That's what we're talking about now. Ouch. Crosby Stills and Nash at Caesar's Palace. You think Neil Young will show up and surprise him? Yeah. Yeah, I do too. Here's a show business prediction. Mark my words department within six months,

one of the three major networks or the Fox Network, will premiere a situation comedy starring the characters from the pseudo sitcom Raghu commercials, because they've caught on so big. You know that you can now at Kennedy Airport in New York buy t-shirts with a picture of the California raisins on them that say raisin hell in New York. It's a benefit for somebody. Driving, being driven actually to Kennedy Airport, this past week did give me pause to think about the futility of naming certain kinds of public installations after fallen leaders. Because I think the idea of the impulse initially is to fill your mind with kind thoughts

of the man no longer with us by placing his name in your consciousness. But if you've ever tried to arrive in a timely manner at that particular airport, you know that profanities are uttered with reference to the name of the late president, more often than any other kinds of word. And I don't really think that's the tribute that we would have wanted anyway. It's a lesson for the next fallen leader. Speaking of leadership, I don't know, I think personally the stewspenser and quails campaign manager taking money from Noriega to buff his image in the United States was just a slightly better story this week than John Sasso, the defrocked Ducakis campaign manager made to resign because he leaked the Biden attack video

now being invited back on board. But on the other hand, you have to give Michael Ducakis some kind of credit for the most cock-eyed pre-labor day campaign strategy which is letting the press handle the whole Dan Quail thing while he sat back and took the high road which turned out to be no road. Turned out to be the national guard of political campaigning because a, nobody paid any attention to him for two weeks and b, everybody turned on the media as a result. But the story that I think is going to have some legs that really started pumping this week was the story of whether there was or was not going to be a debate. There was much talk of the debate about debates. Only metaphorical, we'll find out mere nanoseconds from now. Here, on the show. Here we go.

Now there's a funny situation in our neighborhood. I hope I'm able to make myself understood. It's about the boys and girls down on the avenue. A question is, who's going steady with who? Well right now, I'm going steady with Betty. And Betty's going steady with me. I better used to run around with Little Eddie. Oh my god. But Eddie broke her heart, you see. I was very shy with Vi. Beside Eddie, he was the apple of her eye. And Betty's big brother, Freddie. He didn't like Little Eddie. Now it is going steady with Vi. He calls over you. And Betty's going steady with me.

Here's the melody. I'll play it real cute now. Now I took Betty to a party. Just the other night. Everybody there got to feelin' kind of brave. I looked around to see if Freddie was watching me. But Freddie was holding hands with my sister. Now my other sister, Eddie.

And I, on Fred. I was Iin' Vine. Betty had eyes for air. Eddie was watching dear old guy. Oh gee. This is how it turned out to be. Now Freddie's going steady with Eddie. And Eddie is my 50, you see. But I know that. Long as Betty kept running around with Eddie. Well, that was great for Little Eddie and me. I was doin' alright with that too. But Freddie had a falling off with Daddy. Daddy happens to be the sister of Ed. So now Freddie's ready, Betty. Go steady with Eddie. Eyes goin' steady with Terry. He calls of me.

And eyes goin' steady. Just gettin' ready. Eyes goin' steady with me. Oh my. I don't know what it's all about. Let me do you. Who's goin' steady with you? I don't know. Who's goin' steady with me? From the Maryland Monroe Auditorium of the John Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the League of Women Boulders presents Campaign 88, Debate 1. Speaking from the moderator's podium, here is your moderator. NBC News anchor, Tom Brokall. APPLAUSE Good evening.

Tonight, Vice President Bush and Governor DuCacas have agreed to participate in an historic event. The first televised debate of the 1988 election campaign. In line with the wishes of the two campaign organizations, the League has agreed to present this debate tonight in the following format. There will be three questioners alternating questions between the candidates. Bill Piant of CBS News, Patrick Buchanan conservative commentator, and television hostess, Joan Rivers, to add needed frivolity. The subject of this debate will also be limited and accord with the campaign's wishes to whether there should be more debates. We'll start with Mr. Piant. Plant? And that's what I said. Oh, maybe you weren't listening. Probably. Vice President Bush, you've taken a position in favor of fewer debates than Governor DuCacas wants. Doesn't this put you in the position of appearing as if you're afraid to debate him? Not at all, Bill.

I'm glad you brought this up early in the evening, while we still have the viewers, because this is important, you know. I know Governor DuCacas is... he's probably a better debater than I am, you know. He's probably honing and sharpening his debating skills up at Harvard, well. I did home with my family, saying the pledge of allegiance. What home was that, George? You'll get your chance to reply, Governor. To what? Reply. Oh. Proceed, Mr. Vice President. Well, I'm through. I mentioned the pledge of allegiance, didn't I? Yes, sir. I'm through. All right, Governor DuCacas. Thank you, Tom. My friends, this campaign is not about who's better at debating. It's about what we're debating. The reason I'm for four debates is because, first of all, that's the number of parties originally agreed on. Secondly, because ducking the issues, you know, that isn't what this campaign is all about.

Face to face, issue by issue. The tough ones as well as the easy ones. That's what this campaign is all about. Sir, your right is flashing. What? Your right. It's flashing. You have ten more seconds for your rabaka. All right. My friends, I just want to add that I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. All right. The next question for Governor DuCacas from Patrick Buchanan. Governor DuCacas, isn't it true that those infrequent occasions when as we've just seen you dame to recite the pledge of allegiance, you choose to mumble something incoherent when it comes to the part about the one nation under God? All right. That's a very good example of what this campaign is not all about. Well, it's also the women from the league are informing me outside the limits of tonight's agreed upon subject matter. Mr. Buchanan, do you have an alternate line of questioning? Line of questioning? That's what I said. All right. Look, Governor DuCacas, what can you say in four debates that you couldn't communicate out in one decent

last minute direct mailing piece? I'm glad you asked me that, Pat. I'm even glider than Vice President Bush was about being asked the last question. Because tough questions, in my opinion, that's what this debate is all about. Debates are the place where the Vice President and I have to face the tough questions. We can't hide behind slick advisors who couldn't just say no to money from drug kingpins. We can't hide behind cheap appeals to patriotism. And in my remaining time, I just want to say to the Republic for which it stands. That's what this pledge is all about. Mr. Bush, thank you, Tom. You know, I opponent talks about tackling the tough questions. We don't need a debate to do that out on the campaign trail every day, tackling the tough questions, being in the tough photo opportunities, getting our point across. I think more debates would bore the American people. We don't want to do that. You know, one thing the Reagan Bush administration has been very strong on, and we're going to continue to be strong

on a Bush quail administration is keeping the American people entertained. We just have to do that. Please, the lead asks you to hold your pause until the closing credits roll. And now, our next question for Vice President Bush from Ms. Rivers. Thank you, Tom. First, I have to point out, I'm only hit a night because Linda Ellaby was busy eating. No. No. No. No. Now, seriously, Vice President Bush, you just said you don't want to borrow us. But I mean, you're going to talk about borrowing. I mean, have you seen what they're doing on Fox with that kid, Ross Shaffer? I mean, ah, please. This boy needs to go back to this Jackie Camp where they found him. I mean, don't you think debates would be better than that? I mean, even if they were debates between, oh, I don't know, Liz Taylor and her scale. Ah. Joe, that's one debate. Barbara and I would be sure to watch, you know, along with the whole family, Mexicans and Americans, my blood, coursing through all of their veins, except for Barbara, of course.

But now, we'd sit there eating pork rinds and playing horseshoes, maybe the country station on the radio and the background. And maybe at the end, all together is a family. We'd say the Pledge of Allegiance, and we might even read the part of the currency together where it says, in God, we trust. So, no, we're not against debates, per se, absolutely not. But I think the American people are more interested in the Olympics and the World Series, frankly. Governor Lukaku. Tom, one nation under God with liberty and justice for all. That's what this campaign is all about. But I just want to ask Vice President Bush one thing, George. If you're so interested in debating, as you say, why do your people propose Bob Costas as a moderator? Why do your people propose Mori Povitchin, Harold Rivera as a panelist? I'd say when the Bush campaign was figuring out how to handle this debate issue, the question I'd have to ask is, where was George? All right, thank you, Governor.

By the rules agreed on with the league, closing statements have been dispensed with in the interest of maximizing network coverage. Were there winners in tonight's debate? Were there losers? Well, as it should be in our democracy, the decision is up to you, the viewers. In the meantime, only time will tell. I'm Tom Broca. I'll see you next debate. For those interested in further coverage of this historic event, it will be re-broadcast on C-SPAN until the House of Representatives reconvenes. Now, from the Monroe Auditorium of the Kennedy Center, good night for the League of Women Bowlers and Election 88. Debate 1. Show me the box. Show me the box.

Show me the box. Show me the box. My heart is fine, fine. Show me the two drops. My bill is over five. Show me the two drops. Show me the box. Show me the box. Show me the box. Show me the box. Show me the box. Show me the box. Show me the box. Show me the box. Show me the box. My bill never tried. Long into your jobs. Come home, I come home. Just say you will, say you will.

Say you will. Say you will. Just give me another chance. For our romance. Come home and tell me. That's one thing you'll return. Cause every day that you can go away. You know my heart does nothing but burn. Long into your jobs. My bill never tried. Long into your jobs. Come home, I come home. Just say you will.

Say you will. Say you will. Say you will. Say you will. Say you will. Say you will. Say you will. Say you will. From Las Vegas, Nevada. Telephone backstage. Confidential. Hi there, I'm Jim Baker. I'm happy that I'm back with P.T.L. I got me a Jew brought a Newark this time. But for those of you that gifted a P.T.L. Know that I'm going to watch my peas and chews this time. Because it's worth it. Praise it off.

Get the hell out of here, boy. I'm doing my thing, you mulley. My respects to Jimmy Swagger, who is part of the club. I think we just lost the whole Southern affiliate. What are we doing now? Let's go to the drug store and meet her. The best line that he ever pulled in his life. He said, you think I have muscular dystrophy? He said, I got in a wheelchair for meeting the God damn United Airlines food. And this is the Vice President. My sweet cupcake. Well, you know.

The other day. What do you know of the drive? Can we go with this, please? All right, Morty. I don't know how to get somebody to know that this sucker has to be on all the time. Help. Power on the bandstand is out. And they can't see. You said you'd be here. Is that the keynote? How does someone say very clearly things he don't say daily or yearly? Let me try to say it sincerely.

I love you. That's how I feel, honest. Is that for real? Let's take the top, please. Well, the real thing is so darn unspontaneous, I thought this would be kind of a needed antidote. And maybe we can skip the real thing all together this year. And I'm not taking sides.

Of course, I never do. Senator Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah, said this week that the Democrats are the party of homosexuals and stood by it when challenged. Should come to news, should come as news to Carl Spitz-Channel, though. Better change for registration's quick, Spitz. Hey, we can't build anything more in LA because of the error and the pollution. The EPA said this week. I guess we're finished now. LA is finished. We've completed the job. It's okay. It's done. It's popped right out of the toaster just like this. As will I right now, I must pop out of the toaster the show is over.

The show is over for this week. I'll be back next week. I'm many of these same times. Have a very good week. Won't you? The show comes to you from Century of Progress Productions and originates through the facilities of SAS, a satellite service of KCRW in Santa Monica. Have a very good Labor Day, everyone, unless you already have. It's one minute before noon. Let's see what we got to do now, huh? This will be fun. Let's be professional and just look at what we have to do now. We have to do some crazy things now, including remind you that the show is repeated every Sunday evening now, here at 11 p.m. In case you missed any of it or case you'd like to miss it again. Coming up is Sunday Sings Jazz, moments from now, here on KCRW Santa Monica Community Service of Santa Monica College at 89.9 p.m.

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