Sunday, March 27, 2011

PLAYLIST SUNDAY SIMCHA MARCH 27, 2011

Any comments, queries, requests---and, as always, kevetching--are welcome via email to sundaysimcha@yahoo.com

A delight to have had Adrienne Cooper of the Three Divas on the program and---more importantly---her involvement with Workman's Circle and her wonderful contribution to the wonderful event---yet tragic event--commemorating the horror of the Triangle Waist Shirt fire of 100 years ago at the Middle Collegiate Church the evening before.   Her performance, Si Kahn (who you know from this program, I assume), and the amazing Boston Workman's Circle Choir (A Bessere Veldt)  were amazing---tune to TRADITIONS on April 3 to hear parts of that.

Now---a face or two to put with today's voices---






ARTIST   /  PIECE
            ALBUM   /   LABEL
            WEBSITE


MARGOT LEVERETT &
THE KLEZMER MTN. BOYS       A Redl & A Volich (Theme)
   Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mtn. Boys   Traditional Crossroads   http://www.margotleverett.com/

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GUEST---ADRIANNE COOPER=====
ADRIANNE COOPER                  Gefilte Fish
                          Enchanted                 Golden Horn Recrords  N         http://www.adriannecooper.com/


CONVERSATION


ADRIANNE COOPER         A Gute Voch ( A Good Week)
                Enchanted                Golden Horn Recrords                     http://www.adriannecooper.com/

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THERESA TOVA Sheyn Vi Do Levone Telling Stories Ind`

CAST                                 The Lilacs Will Bloom
                            Wallenberg                                 3 Crowns Theatricals
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COMEDY CORNER:

THEODORE BIKEL                                Homentashen

MEL BROOKS / CARL REINER        2000 Year Old Man----Part 1
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JOANE BORTS,
BRUCE ADLER ,
CAST                                Fifty Fifty , Medley
                                   The Golden Land                            Ind                       http://www.folksbiene.org/


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CAB CALLOWAY                   Utt Da Zay
                            Black Sabbath                    Idelsohn Society        http://www.idelsohnsociety.com/

BILLIE HOLIDAY                                Yiddishe Momme
                         Black Sabbath              Idelsohn Society                       http://www.idelsohnsociety.com/

SUSAN COLIN                       Priestly Benediction
                     Every Day                         Lowell Music                                http://www.susancolin.com/ 

ADRIENNE COOPER              Borsht             
              Enchanted                   Golden Horn Recrords                         http://www.adriannecooper.com/

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Monday, March 21, 2011

PLAYLIST TRADITIONS MARCH 20, 2011

Any comments, queries, requests are always welcome via e mail to wfdutraditions@yahoo.com

My thanks for all the interesting and kind calls this afternoon.  I have to comment that the audience for this program and also for Sunday Simcha (and many of you are there for both) are ever so knowledgeable in the music of both programs and I learn from you as much you do from these programs.   Today's comments about both programs were really appreciated and I was particularly interested in the comments about Rivers of Babylon and its various incarnations.  I fully expect to play some of those mentioned the next time I am doing Traditions (April 3).  In the meantime I will make some other comments and have some videos on the previous page  .

Some faces to put with today's voices:

Well, we could not play this on the air---so here we go--He will be at the Turning Point May 15: (by the way the points he makes are just what Lenny Bruce did)





ARTIST  /  PIECE
    ALBUM   /  LABEL -
                      Website


Theme: HARVEY REID      Dirty Dish Rag
    Solo Guitar Sketchbook       Woodpecker Records -                   http://www.woodpecker.com/

MARK DVORAK               The Bluebells of Kentucky
              Time Ain't Got Nothin' On Me                  Ind                       http://www.markdvorak.com/

ALICIA McGOVERN                            Our Tiny Little Hearts
                          Words Through The Seasons    Ind                  http://www.aliciamcgovernmusic.com/

JOB POTTER                Hello Father Time
                       Job Potter                       Ind                                            http://www.jobpotter.com/

RACHEL HARRINGTON                  The Last Jubilee
              Cellilo Falls                        Skinny Dennis records             http://www.rachelharrington.net/

MASON PORTER                        Creole Belle
                       Story of The Rifle                             Ind                        http://www.masonporter.com/



STEVE MARTIN                    King Tut
                     Rare Bird Alert                        Rounder                            http://www.stevemartin.com/

THE KRUGER BROS.                Forever And A Day
                 Forever And A Day                Doubletime Music              http://www.krugerbrothers.com/

MARK DVORAK         Reuben You Can Play Your Banj
            Time Ain't Got Nothin' On Me                Ind                            http://www.markdvorak.com/

JOHNNY CASH          Promos/Ads/Wide Open Road
          Bootleg Vol 2                              Legacy                    http://www.legacyrecordings.com/

KINKY FRIEDMAN             Amelia's Last Flight
           From One Good American to Another             Fruit of the Tune

KINKY FRIEDMAN          Shield of Abraham
    From One Good American to Another                    Fruit of the Tune



TED HAWKINS                  Sittin' On The Dock of The Bay
                 Love You Most of All                     Evidence Records      http://www.evidencemusic.com/

TOBY WALKER                       Norwegian Wood
                        Speechless                                     Ind                             http://www.littletobywalker.com/



MASON PORTER              Dark As A Dungeon
                          Story of The Rifle                    Ind                                 http://www.masonporter.com/

BUSKIN & BATTEAU                Heart of The Audience
                      Nouveau Retro                         Nouveau Retro             http://www.buskinandbatteau.com/

PATRICK JONES                 Lisa
                        A Heart and An Open Road                 Motema                  http://www.motema.com/



RACHEL HARRINGTON               Spokane
                  Celilo Falls                    Skinny Dennis Records               http://www.rachelharrington.net/



LAURA WETZLER                   Rivers of Babylon
       Jewels of The Diaspora                                    Nervy Girl Records          http://www.laurawetzler.com/

BONEY M                 Rivers of Babylon
                      The Best of Boney M                     Phantom Sound & Vision

FULL FRONTAL FOLK                   Babylon
                          Full Frontal Folk                         Ind                                     http://www.fullfrontalfolk/



JEFF DANIELS               Michigan Water Blues
              Keep It Right Here                    Boomadeboom Records              http://www.jeffdaniels.com/


(OF INTEREST---STEVE GOODMAN USED TO OPEN FOR STEVE MARTIN MANY YEARS AGO)


STEVE GOODMAN                 Weary Blues From Waiting
                    Say It In Private                   Red Pajama Records                        http://www.ohboy.com/

STEVE MARTIN         Rare Bird Alert
                          Rare Bird Alert                           Rounder                        http://www.stevemartin.com/



JOHN GIELGUD              Soliloquy---Hamlet
                             Ages of Man                               Columbia Masterwroks

RONNIE GILBERT                I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
                           The Spirit Is Free                     Redwood Records

THE STEEL WHEELS            Red Wing
  The Americana Agency Sampler 2011   The Americana Agency      http://www.americanaagency.com/



JOHN GIELGUD                 Sonnets
                          Ages of Man                                    Columbia Masterworks

JOHN PRINE                    All The Best
                          Great Days Anthology                        Rhino                        http://www.rhino.com/



DAVE SHIFLETT                    Seven Days From Birmingham
                   From the First Time                                  Ind                       http://www.daveshiflett.com/

JOHN PRINE                    Hello In There
                    Great Days Anthology                              Rhino                     http://www.rhino.com/

SCOTT COOK                Day After Tomorrow
                     This One's On The House                         Ind                       http://www.scottcook.net/
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THE THRILLS OF THE HILLS, THE BEST IN THE WEST, THE TOPS IN POPS:
RED FOLEY              Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy
                            Country Music Hall of Fame                      MCA

LOUVIN Bros.               Cash On The Barrelhead
                   The Best of The Louvin Bros.                     Razor & Tie

ELTON BRITT / ROSALIE ALLEN            Quicksilver
                                                     Single                          RCA

GOGI GRANT              Wayward Wind
               Her Very Best                                   Varrese Sarabande
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RONNY COX                Always The Wind
  The Americana Agency Sampler 2011    The American Agency      http://www.americanaagency.com/
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A FEW STORIES  FOR YOU:


KATE WOLF                    Give Yourself To Love
                 Weaver of Dreams                         Rhino                                   http://www.katewolf.com/

KATE CAMPBELL         The Way Home
               Monuments                                   Large River Music             http://www.katecampbell.com/

ALICIA McGOVERN              I Wanna Grow Old
                   Words Through The Seasons               Ind                  http://www.aliciamcgovernmusic.com/

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Saturday, March 19, 2011

PLAYLIST SUNDAY SIMCHA MARCH 20, 2011

Any comments, queries, requests---you name it are always welcome via e mail to  sundaysimcha@yahoo.com

We commemorate the tragedy of the Triangle Shirt Waist Factory fire 100 years ago with music from Si Kahn and a few others in anticipation of next Saturday's concert in tribute at Workman's Circle

Some faces to put with the voices today:







ARTIST  /    PIECE 
          ALBUM   /  LABEL
                   WEBSITE


MARGOT LEVERETT &
THE KLEZMER MTN. BOYS        A Redl & A Volich (Theme)
   Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mtn. Boys   Traditional Crossroads   http://www.margotleverett.com/



MIICHAEL INGRAM                 Amol
                   Demo-Work in Progress                          Ind                       http://www.michaelingram.com/

YASMIN LEVY                           Irme Kero
                          Mano Suave                         Adama Music                         http://www.yasminlevy.net/



SI KAHN                        Washington Square
                        Silver Spoon                        Demo                                             http://www.sikahn.com/

A BESERE VELT CHORUS               We Shall Not Be Moved
                           Concert tape                                                                                    http://www.circle.org/

MARDECHAI HERSMAN                 Bread Meat & Fish
                        Yiddish Masterpieces       Personal Copy



THE BAAL SHEMTONES
  Al Shlosha D'varim Untold Stories    Paradam Productions              http://www.baalshemtones.com/

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COMEDY CORNER:

NICHOLS & MAY                         Telephone
                          In Retrospect                                        Mercury

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AUSTIN KLEZMORIM          Vi Azoy Trinkt A Kayser Tey
                  East of Odessa - West of Palaestine           Ind                          http://www.bamusic.com/

ODESSA KLEZMER BAND                Klezmer Medley
             Who Stole the Kishka                               Ind                               http://www.odessaklezmer.com/

THE BARTON BROS.                  Joe & Paul
               Music From the              Yiddish Radio Project   Shanachie    http://www.livingtraditions.org/



SUSAN COLIN                Sing A New Song
                         Every Day                                       Lowell Music                http://www.susancolin.com/
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Some Special Sunday SImcha Updates Which Are Also On The Main Page.

We have some really interesting things coming up on the program during next month or so----

March 20----A focus on the 100th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirt Waist Fire with some music by Si Kahn who will be appearing in a commemoration of this tragic event at the Middle Collegiate Church on 3/26.  Check the website  www.circle.org  for more information.

March 27----Adrienne Cooper joins us the day after her performing in the abovementioned event to talk of her newest recording (Enchanted) and her work withb The Three Divas

April 3----.We have an extended Comedy Corner as we present 30 minutes of  THE CAPITOL STEPS in the exclusive NY NJ CT Metro presentation of their quarterly hi-jinks.  Yale Strom and Eliz. Schwartz join the program to talk of their music and the special program we will be presenting next week.

April 10---A very special Passover program---THE WITCHES OF LUBLIN  featuring TOVAH FELDSHUH and created by our guests of last week and Ellen Kushner.  We thank them for this opportunity to air it for you---copies may be purchased from this location--   TheWitchesoflublin.com

April 17---Some debuts of music that you have not heard here previously----AND an amazing Comedy Corner featuring a comic (a friend) gone too early----his hilarity lives on.

    

Sunday, March 13, 2011

PLAYLIST SUNDAY SIMCHA MARCH 13 , 2011

Any questions, comments, requests please e mail sundaysimcha@yahoo.com  and all be answered.

A few brief announcements here---

Please check the "main page" for information about a very special event on March 26.  All the other events were mentioned today but one I would recommend and that will require your checking the Folksbiene website about all the great events but one in particular.   The WEVD Radio Hour.  Read about it there.

Now---a few faces to put with today's  voices in our semi-Purim show--so put on your best punim when viewing AND---Comedy Corner---a dip into the archives and a different one from what you heard today---Great Comedy (unlike some of today's alleged comics") - is Great Comedy.:(Editorial Comment---where does --other than Jon Stuart---Comedy Central find such truly pointless people who think they can do comedy and all they can do is obscenity with no point in visible sig










ARTIST   / PIECE
          ALBUM / LABEL
                 WEBSITE


MARGOT LEVERETT &
 THE KLEZMER MTN. BOYS         A Redl & A Volich (Theme)
  Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mtn. Boys  Traditional Crossroads    http://www.margotleverett.com/



ED GOLDBERG &
THE ODESSA KLEZMER BAND                  Who Stole The Kishka
                         Who Stole the Kishka                       Ind                           http://www.odessaklezmer.com/

ED GOLDBERG &
THE ODESSA KLEZMER BAND                 Otchi Chonia
                  Who Stole the Kishka                            Ind                          http://www.odessaklezmer.com/



NEW BUDAPEST ORPHEUM SOCIETY      Civic Charity (German)
                  Jewish Cabaret In Exile                  Cedille                                http://www.cedillerecrods.org/

NEW BUDAPEST ORPHEUM SOCIETY    Abe The Pickpocket (Yiddish)
                  Jewish Cabaret In Exile            Cedille                                       http://www.cedillerecrods.org/



AUSTIN KLEZMORIM                 Big Megillah
                        East of Odessa--West of Palestine                   Ind                http://www.bamusic.net/

AUSTIN KLEZMORIM                  Sha Shtil!
                   East of Odessa--West of Palestine                   Ind                       http://www.bamusic.net/ =========================================================
COMEDY CORNER:

NICHOLS & MAY                   Mother & Son
                                     In Retrospect                  Mercury
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THE BAAL SHEM TONES                      Esther's Nigun
              Untold Stories                       Paradam Productions                http://www.baalshemtones.com/
JOY KATZEN GUTHRIE                 Purim Selections
                 Seasons of Joy                      Tune of The Century Music          http://www.joyfulnoise.net/

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Sunday, March 6, 2011

PLAYLIST TRADITIONS MARCH 6 , 2011

THEY ARE BACK!!  Playists that is.   Fundraising February is over and, once again, the playlists will be posted.  BUT---first things first---mille grazie,  many thanks, and all other expressions of thanks for your support of the program that is keeping TRADITIONS on the air, your afternoon oasis of radio enjoyment, and keeping WFDU (The Eclectic Weekend Sound) on the techno edge of what is needed these days  to maintain a radio station.

Today, as you know, the show was pre-recorded due to my having a family function that I could not miss---my grand-son was Bar Mitzvah.  If you ever want to know thoughts on that rite and how it has evolved into something it was not supposed to be---let me know and I will figure out where to publish it.

If you missed any of the program and want to hear these pearls of wisdom again they are archived for 2 weeks at http://www.wfdu.fm/

Meanwhile--today's program.   A delight to have produced.  A time to present some new material and a real step into some nostalgia.

Here are a few faces to put with the voices:







ARTIST   /  PIECE
    ALBUM   /  LABEL -
       Website


Theme: HARVEY REID      Dirty Dish Rag
          Solo Guitar Sketchbook         Woodpecker Records -                http://www.woodpecker.com/


STAN ROGERS                The Flower of Bermuda
                     The Best of Stan Rogers              Fogarty's Cove                    http://www.stanrogers.net/

STAN ROGERS                 The Field Behind The Plow
            The Best of Stan Rogers               Fogarty's Cove                            http://www.stanrogers.net/

LYDIA ADAMS DAVIS               Spring Always Takes You By Surprise
                       Take Me Back                   Three Feathers Music                http://www.lydiaadamsdavis.net/

SPUYTEN DUYVIL               Let The Rain Come Down
                   Spuyten Duyvil                             Ind                          http://www.sputenduyvilmusic.com/



L.K. POTTS               3804
                            All Things Considered    Full Range Music Publishing    http://www.lkpottssongs.com/

KATHY MATEA               The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore
                                Coal                            Captain Potato Records            http://www.kathymatea.com/

JOHN PRINE                Paradise
                         German Afternoons                         Oh Boy                            http://www.ohboy.com/ 



GRANT PEEPLES             Down Here In The County
                            Okra & Ecclesiastes                  Gatorbone Records         http://www.grantpeeples.com/

BILLY MITCHELL                 Redington Rhapsody
            What's So Bad About Feeling Good A      rk Albums       http://www.billymitchellsoongs.com/

BILLY MITCHELL                 Getting' Old Ain't For Sissies
                What's So Bad About Feeling Good        Ark Albums     http://www.billymitchellsoongs.com/



PRISCILLA HERDMAN           Ashokan Farewell
                          Forever & Always                          Flying Fish              http://www.priscillaherdman.com/

ANNE HILLS                       Follow That Road
                     Follow That Road                         Ind                                    http://www.annehills.com/



JOE HEUKEROTT                           Blue Duck
                        Save A Little Time                     Ind--unreleased

JOE HEUKEROTT                   Rehearsals for Retirement
                     Save A Little Time                        Ind--unreleased



DIXIE HUMMINGBIRDS                      Book of The Seven Seals
                                    Sampler CD                                          Regis

PAUL SIMON / STEVIE WONDER    Loves Me Like A Rock
                                 Sampler CD                                      House of Blues

ISAAC FREEMAN              I've Got Heaven ON My Mind
                       Isaac Freeman & The Bluebloods     Lost Highway Records



THE TALBOT BROTHERS           100,000 Years
                          Bermuda's Famous Talbot Brothers                Ind

THE TALBOT BROTHERS     Jane Jane Jane
                            Bermuda's Famous Talbot Brothers              Ind

SYDNEY BEAN                     Trimmingham & Trott
                   Ambassadors of Song               Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art

LORD INVADER /
PETE SEEGER                       God made Us All
              Calypso in New York                     Smithsonian Folkways                http://www.folkways,si.edu/



NINA SIMONE                          Silver City Bound
                          Folksy Nina                       Colpix                               http://www.ninasimone.com/

MIRIAM MAKEBA &
 THE SKYLARKS                     Ugile Ngona Batu
                       Marabi to Disco                           Gallo Music

SHARON KATZ &
THE PEACE TRAIN            Dance With Me
                     Lerato                             Thando Rhythm Records                    http://www.sharonkatz.com/
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COMEDY CORNER:

ERIC BOGLE                  Little Gomez
                      At This Stage                                             Greentrax                  http://www.ericbogle.net/

AUSTIN LOUNGE LIZARDS            One True God
                    The Drugs I Need                               Blue Corn Music          http://www.bluecornmusic.com/

AUSTIN LOUNGE LIZARDS       Banjo Players In Heaven
                       The Drugs I Need                            Blue Corn Music        http://www.bluecornmusic.com/

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THE KENNEDYS                       Midnight Ghost
                        Half A Million Miles                       Appleseed Recordings  http://www.kennedymusic.com/

TOM CORBETT                           Is Anyone Going to San Antone
                        Tonight I Ride                               Roundhole Records       http://www.tomcorbett.com/

JAY LINDEN      It's A Crooked Train
                     Under The Radar                               Ind                                 http://www.jaylinden.com/
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THE THRILLS OF THE HILLS, THE BEST IN THE WEST---AND YOU KNOW THE REST

HANK SNOW                  90 Miles An Hour
                                     The Essential Hank Snow                       RCA

HANK WILLIAMS                     Weary Blues
                                     Moanin The Blues                                   MGM

BOB WILLS                    New San Antonio Rose
                                   The Essential Bob Wills 1935-1946           Sony

JONI JAMES                       Little Things Mean A Lot
                                                      78 Single                                  MGM


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JAY LINDEN                  That Lucky Old Sun
                     Under The Radar                                                           Ind           http://www.jaylinden.com/

FRANKIE LAINE                   That Lucky Old Sun
                                                           78  Single                             Columbia



LISA MOSCATIELLO                       Biloxi 
                    Second Avenue               Machine Heart                      http://www.lisamoscatiello.com/

TED HAWKINS                  There Stands The Glass
                            The Next Hundred Years     Geffen

CARLA SCIAKY                 There Are Many Roads
                        Awakening                       Green Linnet                            http://www.carlasciaky.com/



STAN ROGERS                           Lies
                  The Very Best of Stan Rogers            Fogarty's Cove             http://www.stanrogers.net/

NINA SIMONE               The Twelfth of Never
                             Folksy Nina                        Colpix                         http://www.ninasimone.com/

KATE WOLF                       Old Jerome
                      Weaver of Dreams                                 Rhino                           http://www.katewolf.com/ 

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PLAYLIST SUNDAY SIMCHA March 6, 2011

WELCOME BACK!  To the Playlists.   Fund Raising February is over and the playlists are resuming but first,  my sincere thanks for all your support and thanks to that we both---you and I have, I believe, kept YIDDISHKEIT ON THE AIR--WFDU---and also assured the ongoing  "keeping  up with the technological times".

Now- to today's program which was truly a meaning moment.  As you know I read a brief piece from my grandson's Bar Mitzvah speech.  The part that refers to the 97 year old Knud Christiansen  who was one of the "Righteous" from Denmark and is being helped by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous ( http://www.jfr.org/ )and also helps in keeping these memories alive for future generations.

Don't forget that the program is archived for 2 weeks at http://www.wfdu.fm/  if you missed anything---and it can also be heard on a live stream during air-time at the same spot.

Now a few shots to put with the voices:









ARTIST     /   PIECE
                  ALBUM   /   LABEL
                            WEBSITE


MARGOT LEVERETT &
THE KLEZMER MTN. BOYS             A Redl & A Volich (Theme)
   Margot Leverett & The Klezmer Mtn. Boys   Traditional Crossroads   http://www.margotleverett.com/



YALE STROM &
HOT PSTRAMI                    Bughici's Khosedl
   Borscht With Bread, Brothers           ARC Music Productions                http://www.arcmusic.co.uk/


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FRED SMALL                   Denmark 1943
                                   I Will Stand Fast                      Flying Fish

JOE JENCKS                  Tikun Olam
                        The Candle & The Flame                    Ind                  http://www.joejencks.com/
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COMEDY CORNER:

YAKOV BODO                          Lacht Mit Mir
                                                                                      Personal Copy


RABBI MORDY KATZ                  Stand-up Routine
                           VCR Tape from a wedding      Personal Copy

MODERN MAN                      ESPN
                         The Wide Album                  Inverted Turtle                   http://www.modernman3.com/



IACOV BODO               Sure Bele   
                                                         Personal Copy
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