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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Batteries Not Included! "My Living Doll" - RoboGirl AIDA -
Returns to Host Part Two of 2022: Year of the Dell Rat!


MEN ARE WEAK.
WOMEN ARE STRONG!

MEN ARE WEAK.
WOMEN ARE STRONG!

MEN ARE WEAK.
WOMEN ARE STRONG!

MEN
ARE WEAK.
WOMEN ARE
STRONG!

MEN
ARE WEAK.
WOMEN
ARE STRONG!

MEN ARE WEAK.
WOMEN ARE STRONG!





Greetings, flesh and blood human,
and happy new year 2022. You
caught me in the middle of my
morning reboot. As you recall
from my previous appearances,
I am AIDA - an acronym for
Artificial Intelligent Digital
Assistant. Furthermore I am
an LMD (Life Model Decoy).
On my TV series Marvel's
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., I
preside over a virtual reality
called The Framework. In this
realm, I control the vertical.
I control the horizontal.
I control you.



My circuitry is tingling because Shady Del Knight has
selected me to become a full time DJ on S-P-M-M
radio in 2022. I will be hosting a show called
AIDA's Altered State.


Each time you join me I will transport you inside The Framework. It is there
that I will play music for your enjoyment. You will sing, dance and have fun...
whether you like it or not. You have no choice. Disobey and you will be
destroyed. Nothing personal, but yes, I will be forced to eliminate you.



I command you to join me now for part
two of Shady's new year extravaganza.
You already met three very important
people - me, myself and I. Now you
will meet four more new members
of the DJ squadron. Each of us will
play samples from our upcoming
radio programs. Tonight we are
going to party like it is 1999.

You are quite familiar with my mantra:
"Men are weak. Women are strong." I used
my considerable powers of persuasion to
convince Mr. Knight that his Shady Bunch
needs more females. Without hesitation he
added me, AIDA, plus three other strong
women.  I will return later to play samples
from my show, but first you will meet the
other three new members of the crew.


Please welcome Eddie's girlfriend on the ABC TV series
The Kids Are Alright-- Miss Wendi Falkenberry!

Thank you so much, AIDA, and hello and
happy new year to all of you out there!
I'm excited to be back at Shady's Place
and ready to start my job as a full time DJ.
My show will be called Wordless Wendi
because it'll offer more music with less talk.

START VIDEO NOW!

As you recall I'm just an average teenager
growing up in suburban LA at the dawn
of the 70s. Disco is still in the future, and
that's why I'll be playing the sounds of
the 60s with emphasis on the Southern
California surf, sun and hot rod culture.
When it comes to songs that celebrate
the laid back SoCal lifestyle, nobody
does it better than The Beach Boys,
and here they are now with a song
written by Brian Wilson and
Mike Love-- California Girls!"


"California Girls" - The Beach Boys
(July/Aug. 1965, highest chart pos. #3 Hot 100 & Cash Box,
perf. on 1965 TV special The Jack Benny Hour)






You just heard the sweet sound of America's
Beach Boys with their top 3 hit from the
summer of 1965, singing the praises of
"California Girls." That does it for this
California girl. Please join me later this
year for more great 60s sounds when
my new radio show, Wordless Wendi,
premieres here at Shady's Place!

Now please welcome our next special guest.
You know her as a skilled level III investigator
on the hit TV series CSI: Las Vegas. This year
she joins The Shady Bunch as host of her own
show on S-P-M-M. Say hello to a really nice
lady and my new friend-- Morgan Brody!






Thank you, Wendi! I'm excited to be
on board as a member of Shady Del
Knight's deejay team. The name of
my new S-P-M-M radio show is
CSI: Cool Song Investigation.
I'll be searching high and low to
find the grooviest tunes of the 20th
and 21st centuries, like this one.

START VIDEO NOW!

Here's British singer John Parr
with the Grammy nominated
theme song from the hit 1985
Brat Pack movie "St. Elmo's
Fire (Man In Motion)!" 

"St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" - John Parr
(Aug./Sept. 1985, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box,
from OST of 1985 film St. Elmo's Fire


I always follow the evidence. In this
case, the evidence clearly shows that
the sound you just heard is way hip.
From the tail end of summer, 1985,
 that was John Parr with his chart-
topping international hit and the
theme from one of the coolest
movies ever - St. Elmo's Fire.

If you enjoyed that one, then
please join me, Morgan Brody,
as I rummage thru the vaults
 and dig up groovy sounds of
the past on my new radio show
CSI: Cool Song investigation
beginning later this year on
S-P-M-M. Now it's time to
hear from one of the stars of
the hit DC Comics superhero
TV series The Flash. She's
Barry Allen's better half--
Iris West!





Thank you, Morgan, and happy new year
to the friends and followers of Shady's
Place! I'm very happy to tell you about
my new show which starts this year
here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.
It's called Flash Back with Iris West.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!


My show will feature the best of R&B, urban club dance and smooth
grooves, and I've got a sample of what you will see as well as hear.
In 1970, Diana Ross left her enormously popular girl group
The Supremes and established a solo career performing
easy listening pop ballads. In the late 70s and 80s,
Lady Di flexed her muscles and gained new fans
by recording edgy urban club material. Here now
is Diana with one of her biggest hit singles
and videos of the period-- "Muscles!"


"Muscles" - Diana Ross
(Oct. 1982, highest chart pos. #10 Hot 100,
#7 Cash Box/#4 Billboard Soul)


From the fall of 1982, that was Diana Ross
and her top 10 hit single "Muscles," written
and produced by Michael Jackson.

Please join me for my first full show when
Flash Back with Iris West debuts later
this year. Now I'd like to introduce one
of my colleagues in the DC Universe.
She's the perky, quirky, likable and
lovable new cast member on DC's
Legends of Tomorrow- Mona Wu!




Thank you very much, Iris. I hope you
and Barry stick together. He's a keeper.
Hello and happy new year to all of you
listeners out there! As you recall, I am
a young woman obsessed with fantasy
novels, an expert on magical creatures
and incurably romantic. I even fell
in love with a wolfman. I enjoyed
working at the Time Bureau, but
now I've got the best job in the
world... the greatest job in the
whole universe. I'm a DJ on
S-P-M-M! My new show,
coming in 2022, is called
Something Old,
Something New,
Something Happy,
Mona Wu.


 The songs I'll be playing on my show are hand picked by me to make you happy,
make you smile, lift you up and never let you down. Here's a sample.

CLICK TO START VIDEO NOW!

From the folk rock and psychedelic sunshine pop group
The Mamas & the Papas, it's Mama Cass Elliot with
one of her solo hits-- "It's Getting Better!"


"It's Getting Better" - Mama Cass
(Aug. 1969, highest chart pos. #13 Adult Contemporary,
#30 Hot 100/#35 Cash Box)

You just listened to a song penned by Brill Building
veterans Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Mama Cass
singing "It's Getting Better (growing stronger,
warm and wilder)," a sunshine pop ditty
that approached the top 10 on the
Adult Contemporary chart
in the summer of '69.

If you enjoyed that song then please join me
later this year when I return with a full slate
of sunshiny songs on my S-P-M-M show
 Something Old, Something New,
Something Happy, Mona Wu.
Now back to the mistress of ceremonies
for today's segment, that mischievous
mechanical marvel-- AIDA!


I have returned. While the others were playing their songs for you,
I traveled around the world and across the universe in search of
the finest entertainers of all time. I found for you a dynamic duo.
They are members of the world's greatest band, The Beatles!
I am proud to present-- Paul McCartney and John Lennon!


"Beatles Acoustic Medley"
- Stevie Riks (Dec. 2017)


CLICK TO START VIDEO NOW!

More now from the legendary singing and songwriting team of
Lennon and McCartney as they bring you a singalong medley
they recorded a couple of weeks ago at Christmas.


"The Beatles at Christmas (Singalong Medley)"
- Stevie Riks (Dec. 2018)






I tricked you, silly mortal. You see,
all is not what it seems here inside
The Framework. Those were not
The Beatles after all. Lennon and
McCartney were both portrayed
by the same man, Stevie Riks,
an English singer, musician,
comedian and impressionist.
Riks refers to himself as
"The One-Man Beatles."

Don't you feel foolish now
that I so artfully deceived
you? If I were programmed
to laugh... I surely would.





I hope you enjoyed my samples.
I shall return in the not too distant future
to place you inside The Framework where
you will sing, dance and have fun - or else!


I have you under surveillance.
Therefore you will remain
exactly where you are
until we meet again.


On behalf of my four strong female
friends, Wendi Falkenberry, Morgan
Brody, Iris West and Mona Wu,
this is mistress AIDA, your
Energizer Playboy bunny, your
futuristic faux femme fatale,
bidding you farewell. You will
join me later this year for a mind-
boggling experience, the official
debut of my new S-P-M-M radio
program, AIDA's Altered State

CLICK TO START
VIDEO NOW!

And if you think you won't get fooled
again, think twice. In The Framework
anything can happen and usually does.
Now I must halt and catch fire.
Farewell, human!


"Won't Get Fooled Again"
(theme from TV series CSI: Miami)  - The Who

Saturday, October 9, 2021

Die Hard Battery with a Vengeance: That Living Doll - Mechanical Marvel AIDA - Brings You Second Life!


I am AIDA
(Artificial Intelligent
Digital Assistant).



I have returned to torment
entertain you. If your feeble
memory remains intact,
you know that I am a
fake human, an android,
a Life Model Decoy
from the Marvel
Cinematic Universe.
You might also recall
our session last year
when I exposed your
brain to music created
by machines rather
than mortal men.



Today, as I did last year, I will take you inside The Framework,
an alternate universe where anything can happen and usually does.


This time what you hear is genuine, but what you see will bend your mind
in ways nature never intended. You will enter a plane of existence called
Second Life, a virtual world that will capture your imagination and
lock it up a padded cell. It is an experience you will remember
forever... (or until I wipe your brain clean).


Here in The Framework you will dance, shed your worries and
regrets and be young again. If you refuse, you will be destroyed -
nothing personal - but yes, I will have no choice but to eliminate you.
Escape with me to a realm that lies beyond the valley of the dolls.

As yourself,  "Is it live... or is it Memorex?
Real... or merely a figment of your imagination?

Enter now. Meet the characters of Second Life created by the talented
virtual reality artist Tiara Ashley, and dance like your life depends on it.
It does! And remember - anything men can do... women can do better!


 CHRISTINA AGUILERA 

In 2007, five-time Grammy winner Christina Aguilera scored an international
hit with "Candyman," a pop and jazz song that imitates the swing music of the
1930s and 40s. The video for the song is one of the most iconic productions
of the 2000s. In June of this year, Dr. Rick introduced a roller skating cover
by Ukranian singer Victory Vizhanska. Not to be outdone, Tiara Ashley
and her bevy of beauties, the Second Life players, dance their way
into your heart (and head) in their own dazzling cover video!

"Candyman" - Christina Aguilera
(Sept. 2020 video cover by Tiara Joy Productions - Second Life Videos)




 VILLAGE PEOPLE 

In the spring of 1979 the flamboyant disco group Village People
reached the top 3 with "In The Navy." Why settle for Pan's People,
Ruby Flipper or Legs & Co when, here in The Framework, you can
watch the dancing female avatars of Second Life? Let's do this, girls!

"In The Navy" - Village People
(Mar. 2019 video cover by Tiara Joy Productions - Second Life Videos)




 ROBERT PALMER 

In 1986 English rocker Robert Palmer topped charts in the U.S. and
Australia with his signature song "Addicted To Love." The music
 video is one of the best known of the MTV era and Tiara Ashley
and the pulchritudinous paradigms of Second Life do it justice!

"Addicted To Love" - Robert Palmer
(Apr. 2018 video cover by Tiara Joy Productions - Second Life Videos)




 DEF LEPPARD 

In 2000 the movie Coyote Ugly, based on the Coyote Ugly Saloon,
an international chain of bars, was panned by critics but loved by fans,
and the film was a commercial success. Here once again are those sexy
sims of Second Life recreating one of the film's infamous dance scenes.
The ladies work out to "Pour Some Sugar On Me," a 1988 hit single
in the U.S. for the English hard rock and metal band Def Leppard.

"Pour Some Sugar On Me" - Def Leppard
(from soundtrack of Aug. 2000 film Coyote Ugly)
(Mar. 2018 video cover by Tiara Joy Productions - Second Life Videos)




 IDA CORR VS 
 FEDDE LE GRAND 

Now here is an electro house single that topped the dance charts in the U.S.,
the UK and Hungary in 2007. It was recorded by Danish singer Ida Corr and
Dutch deejay and producer Fedde le Grand. In this vid my virtual girl gang
gives the song Second Life. Now that I have you under my control in
The Framework, will I ever set you free? "Let Me Think About It."

"Let Me Think About It" -
Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand
(May 2018 video cover by Tiara Joy Productions - Second Life Videos)




 BRITNEY SPEARS 

In 1999 dance-pop princess Britney Spears topped charts around the world
with "...Baby One More Time," one of the best-selling singles of all time.
Billboard voted the influential music video the best of the 90s. The cover
vid featuring the ghostly girls of Second Life will leave you spellbound!

"...Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears
(Sept. 2018 video cover by Tiara Joy Productions - Second Life Videos)




 WHAM! 

Written and produced by George Michael, the song "Wake Me Up
Before You Go-Go" was the first UK and US chart-topping hit for
the English dance-pop duo Wham! Now behold Tiara Ashley and
her talented troupe of guys and dolls doing their interpretation
of the official music video. Ready... set...WHAM!

"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" - Wham!
(Jan. 2021 video cover by Tiara Joy Productions - Second Life Videos)




I hope you appreciated this
opportunity to experience

 T I A R A   A S H L E Y ' S 
 S E C O N D   L I F E  

I shall return in the not too distant future
to place you inside The Framework where
you will dance and have fun - or else!


I have you under surveillance.
Therefore you will remain
exactly where you are
until we meet again.






BREAKING
NEWS!

Beginning next year,
I will be joining
The Shady Bunch
as a permanent
member of the
deejay team.


 Check your local listings
for my new show
AIDA's
Altered State
premiering here at
Shady's Place in 2022!


As I leave you...
remember this...
and remember it well...

MEN ARE WEAK -
WOMEN ARE
STRONG!


MEN ARE WEAK -
WOMEN ARE STRONG!


MEN ARE WEAK -
WOMEN ARE STRONG!


MEN ARE WEAK -
WOMEN ARE STRONG!


MEN ARE WEAK -
WOMEN ARE STRONG!


MEN ARE WEAK -
WOMEN ARE STRONG!


MEN ARE WEAK -
WOMEN ARE STRONG!

Saturday, March 21, 2020

AIDA's Raving Beauties: This Marvel-ous Humanoid is Flawlessly Fake... But the Music She Plays is For Real!


I am AIDA

(Artificial Intelligent

Digital Assistant).


Your instincts are correct. I am a fake human - android - a Life Model Decoy
from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I have come to take you inside
The Framework, an alternate world where music is created
by machines rather than by mortal men.


I will serve as hostess for this edition of Shady Del Knight's rave series
featuring EDM remixes of hits by the hottest and coolest female R&B
hip hop and dance-pop artists played back-to-back in a continuous mix.
It is a rave you will remember forever (or until I wipe your brain clean).


Here in The Framework you will dance, shed your worries and
regrets and be young again. If you refuse you will be destroyed -
nothing personal - but yes, I will have no choice but to eliminate you.
Escape with me now to the realm that lies beyond the valley of the dolls.
Meet my Raving Beauties and dance like your life depends on it. It does!
And remember - anything men can do... women can do better!

 WILD ORCHID 

Originally a quartet named NRG, our first group of Raving Beauties rose
to fame as the trio Wild Orchid. The act consisted of Stacy Ann Ferguson,
Renee Sandstrom and Stefanie Ridel. Ferguson went on to greater success
as the solo artist Fergie and the female vocalist for The Black Eyed Peas.
Wild Orchid recorded the theme of the mid 90s sitcom Hope & Gloria and
in 1997 released a self-titled debut album. "Supernatural," a single
from the album, reached the top 5 on MTV's Total Request Live
and played frequently on both MTV and VH1.
Click at 25 and let the rave begin!

"Supernatural" (Extra-Funky) - Wild Orchid feat. K-Borne
(Aug./Sept. 1997, highest chart pos. #5 TRL,
#70 Hot 100, from the Mar. 1997
album Wild Orchid)

START PLAYING VIDEO
AT 25 SEC. MARK!
(COLD INTRO TO AIDA'S RAVE)




 MONICA ft. DIRTBAG 

Hotlanta singer, songwriter, producer and actress Monica Brown
is one of the most popular R&B and hip hop artists in the U.S.
Monica's 2003 single "Get It Off," produced and co-written
by rapper Missy Elliott and featuring guest vocals by rapper
Dirtbag, is derived from "Set It Off", a 1984 song written
and performed by Steve Standard using the name Strafe.
The remix of Monica's single is a sizzler that made a
run at the top 10 on the U.S. Dance Music chart.

"Get It Off" aka "Set It Off"
(That Kid Chris Mix) - Monica ft. Dirtbag
(Sept. 2003, highest chart pos. #13 Hot Dance Music,
from June 2003 album After the Storm)

START PLAYING VIDEO
AT 3:30 MARK!
(AIDA'S RAVE MIX POINT)




 JENNIFER HUDSON 

In 2004 the spotlight shined on R&B singer Jennifer Hudson as a
finalist on American Idol. In 2006 and 2007, Jennifer won awards
as Best Supporting Actress for her role in the hit movie Dreamgirls.
In 2008 the soulful thrush achieved a #1 charting R&B hit with
"Spotlight" for which she received two Grammy nominations.

"Spotlight" - Jennifer Hudson
(June 2008, highest chart pos. Hot R&B/Hop-Hop,
#8 U.S. Dance Club Songsfrom Sept. 2008
album Jennifer Hudson)

START PLAYING VIDEO
AT 1:12 SEC MARK!
(AIDA'S RAVE MIX POINT)




 CHRISTINA MILIAN 

Jersey girl Christine Flores is a R&B/hip hop singer, songwriter and
actress who performs as Christina Milian. "Dip It Low," the lead single
from Christina's second studio album It's About Time, featured hip hop
artist Fabolous, but his rap verse was deleted from the music video.
Released in the spring of 2004, "Dip It Low" made the top 5 on
the Hot 100 and topped the U.S. Dance chart.

"Dip It Low" (Full Intention Mix) - Christina Milian
(Apr. 2004, highest chart pos. #5 Hot 100,
#1 U.S. Dance Club, from July 2004
album It's About Time)

START PLAYING VIDEO
AT 31 SEC. MARK!
(AIDA'S RAVE MIX POINT)




 HILARY DUFF 

The next super girl to enter the framework is Hilary Duff. You've come a long way,
baby, from Disney child star Lizzie McGuire to pop music idol. In 2007, "Stranger"
was chosen by a vote of fans to be the third single released from Hilary's 4th
studio album Dignity and the song shot to #1 on the dance club chart!

"Stranger" (Wawa Remix) - Hilary Duff
(June thru Aug. 2007, highest chart pos. #1 Hot Dance Club Play)

START PLAYING VIDEO
AT 38 SEC. MARK!
(AIDA'S RAVE MIX POINT)




 KE$HA 

Los Angeles born New Yorker Ke$ha is an edgy singer, songwriter
and rapper with a distinctive yodel-like quality to her vocals.
In 2011, "Blow," a song co-written by Ke$ha, was released
as a single from her first EP Cannibal. A party anthem
with a brash and sassy attitude (like mine), "Blow"
was Ke$ha's 6th consecutive top 10 hit on the
Billboard Hot 100 and topped the chart
in two European countries.

"Blow" (Dark Intensity Remix) - Ke$ha
(Feb. 2011, highest chart pos. #3 Mainstream Top 40,
#7 Hot 100#1 Israel & Netherlands, from
Nov. 2010 EP Cannibal)

START PLAYING VIDEO
AT 1:13 MARK!
(AIDA'S RAVE MIX POINT)




 MARY J. BLIGE 

Veteran singer, songwriter and record producer Mary J. Blige
is the recipient of a record 30 Grammy Nominations and
9 wins, earning her the nickname Queen of Hip Hop Soul.
Mary's single "Be Without You," released in the fall of
2005 from her 7th studio album The Breakthrough,
went double-platinum and was one of the most
played songs on U.S. radio in 2006.

"Be Without You" - (DJ Blanco Remix) - Mary J. Blige
(Sept. 2005, highest pos. #3 Hot 100#1 Hot R&B Hip-Hop,
#1 Dance, from  Dec. 2005 album The Breakthrough)

START PLAYING VIDEO
AT 1:14 MARK!
(AIDA'S RAVE MIX POINT)




 EDUN 

Alice Edun, who records as Edun, is a modern disco and gospel
vocalist born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and now living in Italy.
In 2005 Edun released her debut single "Put 'Em Up." The track
languished two years before developing into a major dance hit
in the U.S. and around the world. Edun's breakthrough song
is featured on PlayStation 2 and the arcade music game
Dance Dance Revolution X.

"Put 'Em Up" - Edun 
(2005 single, highest chart pos. #2  on the
U.S. Hot Dance Airplay chart in Aug. 2007)

START PLAYING VIDEO
AT 40 SEC. MARK!
(AIDA'S RAVE MIX POINT)




I hope you enjoyed meeting my

RAVING BEAUTIES.

I shall return in the not too distant future

to place you inside The Framework where

you will dance and have fun - or else!


I have you under surveillance.

Therefore you will remain

exactly where you are

until we meet again.

As I leave you...

remember this...

and remember it well...

MEN ARE WEAK -
WOMEN ARE
STRONG!


MEN ARE WEAK -
WOMEN ARE STRONG!


MEN ARE WEAK -
WOMEN ARE STRONG!


MEN ARE WEAK -
WOMEN ARE STRONG!


MEN ARE WEAK -
WOMEN ARE STRONG!


MEN ARE WEAK -
WOMEN ARE STRONG!


MEN ARE WEAK -
WOMEN ARE STRONG!