Radio WTAF Request Line

 

Ariel Baddass on the air and taking your requests

January 19, 2025

We are so glad we brought DJ Ariel Baddass out of retirement…okay out of hiding, to toss the tunes here at the newly licensed WTAF, and help make the world safe for music. It's once again time for our request/dedication line for folks to hear what they want, when they want it, and maybe send it on out there to someone special. Take it away Ariel.

Ed Venture
Barely Managing Editor

Hey boys and girls, cats and kitties, all the ships and clippers at sea. This is Ariel B back on the air after a little quality time with some good old Rent-A-Coma. As you know, I was asked to leave my last gig after my tribute to the great Joey Reynolds. As Joey did on his last day at WIBG in Philly back in the early ‘70s, I locked myself in the booth and played John Lennon’s Give Peace a Chance for an hour or so, until they brought in a locksmith and a very large gentleman to help me to my car. Glad to be with the good folks at Paying Attention™ to once again play the platters, spin the saucers, dish out the discs and track the stacks of wax here at PA Central. I hope to make you proud playin’ the hits, the misses, and anything else you wanna hear. Given the circumstances, it might be time to revive the Royal Order of The Night People. Let’s see how this shitshow plays out. And let’s hope it does before we do.

I. Mangrey perusing the playlist

Anyway, this time around I’m dropping the old stylus on requests from the staff here at Paying Attention™. First, if I might, this one’s for me…

Elvin Bishop & Los Lobos – What the Hell is Going On 

Our first pick belongs to our friend and benefactor, old Stevie G…

Barry McGuire – Eve Of Destruction

Next up, our managing editor Ed Venture…

R.E.M. – It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Our next pick belongs to reporter T. Doff…

Bob Marley – Get Up Stand Up

Next, from my sister in thoughts Allison Wunderland…

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – I Won't Back Down

And finally, a double-shot from the hardest working man in blog bizness, I. Mangrey…

Steppenwolf – Monster

Mose Allison – Ever Since The World Ended

As Sleepy (just totally fucking kidding – Biden got more done every single day in office than Trump did in four metastatic years) Joe Biden goes off into that good political night, and assuming there’s anything left standing after tomorrow, keep sending us your requests and dedications and we’ll get ‘em on the air – if there’s any of that left.

Well folks, have a nice day. This could be your last chance. Or, as Joey Reynolds liked to say, , “Let a smile be your umbrella, and don’t get a mouthful of rain.”

Ariel B Signing off.