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Recherché

Nov 20, 2025 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Music

With Readie Righteous

Welcome Righteous Ones! Presented with love for your edification: positive themes for any season or any reason, incorporating Afrobeat, world music, roots, reggae, ska, queercore, pop, disco, post-punk, jazz, soul, R 'n' B, obit-core and more. Opportunistic singing-along with your DJ is de rigueur. Your lagniappe: historical perspective, social consciousness, irreverence. 💟

RIP PENNY...A Tribute to the American Penny - 1792 - 2025

First U.S. Penny Will Be Auctioned for 100 Million Times Its Monetary ...

The lovely Lady Liberty first Penny

2025-D Lincoln Shield Cent. The final penny. Image: United States Mint / CoinWeek.

The last Penny

Recherché
12:00 PM
Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake Marriott, Lane, McLagan, Jones
Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake Immediate Records 1968

Small Faces, Secondary, 8 of 22

12:05 PM
Half Japanese - Penny in the Fountain
Half Japanese Penny in the Fountain Jickling, Jad Fair
Charmed Life 1988

Half Japanese - Charmed Life (RSD 2019) - FIRE RECORDS

12:08 PM
Relient K - A Penny Loafer Saved, A Penny Loafer Earned
Relient K A Penny Loafer Saved, A Penny Loafer Earned Thiessen
Employee of The Month 2002

Employee Of The Month, Primary, 1 of 11

12:09 PM
twenty one pilots - Lavish
twenty one pilots Lavish Joseph/Meany
Clancy 2024

Clancy, Primary, 1 of 11

12:12 PM
Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama - Instant Polaroid
Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama Instant Polaroid N
Tokyo Funk Diva 2025

Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama Discography: Vinyl, CDs, & More | Discogs

Hitomi got her nickname "Penny" from her petite frame

12:16 PM
Sly & Robbie - Penny Lover
Sly & Robbie Penny Lover Brenda/Lionel Ritchie
Friends 1997

Friends, Primary, 1 of 5

12:20 PM
The Nat "King" Cole Trio - Got A Penny
The Nat "King" Cole Trio Got A Penny Scherman-May
single 1943

Nat King Cole And His Trio, Primary, 1 of 4

12:22 PM
The Andrews Sisters - A Penny A Kiss - A Penny A Hug
The Andrews Sisters A Penny A Kiss - A Penny A Hug Kaye/Care
single 1951

Sheet Music

12:25 PM
Daedelus - Penny Loafers (feat. Inara George)
Daedelus Penny Loafers (feat. Inara George) Daedelus
Bespoke Ninja Tune 2011

The Penny Loafers: From Ivy Leaguers to Men of All Stripes - The ...

12:30 PM
DJ Raymond Noodlez - Pastel Periwinkle Penny Loafers
DJ Raymond Noodlez Pastel Periwinkle Penny Loafers Michael Bradley N
Top Raymond, Vol. 3 -- Tarmac Testimonials A Band Of Miscreants 2025

DJ Raymond Noodlez - Topic - YouTube

12:34 PM
Soft Machine - Penny Hitch (feat. Karl Jenkins, Mike Ratledge, Allan Holdsworth, Roy Babbington & John Marshall) [2025]
Soft Machine Penny Hitch (feat. Karl Jenkins, Mike Ratledge, Allan Holdsworth, Roy Babbington & John Marshall) [2025] Karl Jenkins N
Floating World Live (2025 Remastered version) MoonJune Records 2025

SOFT MACHINE - PENNY HITCH - Radio Nova

12:40 PM
Dry Cleaning - Hot Penny Day (Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul Remix)
Dry Cleaning Hot Penny Day (Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul Remix)
Swampy EP 4AD 2023
12:45 PM
Joe Farrell - Penny Arcade
Joe Farrell Penny Arcade Joe Beck
Penny Arcade 1974

Joe Farrell - Penny Arcade - 1974 US Pressing - Vinyl Pursuit Inc

12:49 PM
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1:07 PM
Guy Clark - Indian Head Penny
Guy Clark Indian Head Penny Guy Clark/V. Thompson
Cold Dog Soup 1999

1908 Indian Head Penny Value (Rare Errors, "S" & No Mint Marks)

was minted from 1859 - 1909

1:10 PM
Malvina Reynolds - Magic Penny
Malvina Reynolds Magic Penny Malvina Reynolds
Sings The Truth 1967

Episode 42: Malvina Reynolds...Sings the Truth (Malvina Reynolds, 1967 ...

1:14 PM
Willie Nelson - A Penny for Your Thoughts
Willie Nelson A Penny for Your Thoughts Jenny Lou Carson
The Sound In Your Mind 1976

Willie Nelson Performs 'Red Headed Stranger' In Its Entirety For ...

1:15 PM
Pete Seeger - Penny's Farm
Pete Seeger Penny's Farm Trad.
Darling Corey 1950

Peter Seeger: Remembering a Legend | Hampton Arts

Pete found this uncredited song among the files of unreleased masters at Columbia Records in NYC

1:17 PM
Mindy Gledhill - All The Pennies
Mindy Gledhill All The Pennies Mindy Gledhill/Worth
Anchor 2010

Mindy Gledhill (ミンディ・グレッドヒル) - Anchor (アンカー) (New LP) - デシネ・ショップ・オンライン ...

1:20 PM
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Penicillin Penny
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Penicillin Penny Shel Silverstein
Belly Up! 1973

Dr. Hook - Penicillin Penny Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

1:23 PM
The Smashing Pumpkins - Pennies
The Smashing Pumpkins Pennies Billy Corgan
Zero (cassette EP) 1996

The Smashing Pumpkins - Pennies Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

1:25 PM
Jack Stauber - Penny
Jack Stauber Penny Jack Stauber
streaming 2018

Jack Stauber Lyrics, Songs, and Albums | Genius

1:27 PM
Modest Mouse - Every Penny Fed Car
Modest Mouse Every Penny Fed Car Isaac Brock
Sad Sappy Sucker Chokin on a Mouthful of Lost Thoughts 1995

Isaac Brock Modest Mouse

1:30 PM
The Cyrkle - Penny Arcade
The Cyrkle Penny Arcade Linzer/Randell
single 1967

Penny Arcade - Main Street U.S.A. | Penny Arcade, Main Stree… | Flickr

The Cyrkle | Interview | From Brian Epstein to a New Era with 'Revival ...

1:32 PM
Rory Gallagher - Bad Penny
Rory Gallagher Bad Penny Rory Gallagher
Top Priority (Bonus Track Version) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1979

Rory Gallagher - Bad Penny - Loreley 1982 (live) - YouTube

1:36 PM
Steppenwolf - Mr. Penny Pincher
Steppenwolf Mr. Penny Pincher Van Dunson
Hour of the Wolf 1975

Steppenwolf - Mr.Penny Pincher - YouTube

1:43 PM
Starcrawler - No More Pennies
Starcrawler No More Pennies Starcrawler
Devour You Rough Trade 2019
1:46 PM
Ben Kweller - Penny On The Train Track
Ben Kweller Penny On The Train Track Ben Kweller
Ben Kweller The Noise Company 2006

Train derailed west end. 8/8 : r/Louisville

1:50 PM
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2:05 PM
Steve Goodman - The Ballad of Penny Evans
Steve Goodman The Ballad of Penny Evans Steve Goodman
live perf. at The Capitol Theatre, Passaic NJ 1976

Steve Goodman - The Ballad of Penny Evans - 4/18/1976 - Capitol Theatre ...

Steve orig. wrote this in 1972 about the young widow of a soldier killed in Vietnam

2:08 PM
Robert Blake / Erik Petersen - Erik Petersen - Dirty Pennies
Robert Blake / Erik Petersen Erik Petersen - Dirty Pennies Petersen
Bellingham and Philadelphia Art Of The Underground 2002

How to Clean Coins | Learn the Safe and Easy Way

2:14 PM
Pilot - Penny in My Pocket
Pilot Penny in My Pocket David Paton
Morin Heights 1976

Pilot, Primary, 1 of 2

2:19 PM
Cliff Richard - Two a Penny
Cliff Richard Two a Penny Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard at The Movies 1959 - 1974 1996

Two a Penny [DVD] [1970] by Cliff Richard: Amazon.co.uk: DVD & Blu-ray

2:21 PM
Bee Gees - Throw A Penny / Down The Road
Bee Gees Throw A Penny / Down The Road Barry & Robin Gibb
Mr. Natural 1974

bee gees - throw a penny / down the road (complete ) - YouTube

2:30 PM
Count Basie & His Orchestra - Penny Lane
Count Basie & His Orchestra Penny Lane Lennon/McCartney
Basie on The Beatles 1970

Count Basie и The Beatles | Студия танцев «Качели»

2:33 PM
Louis Prima - Pennies from Heaven
Louis Prima Pennies from Heaven Johnston/Burke
The Call of The Wildest 1957

The Call Of The Wildest (Expanded Edition), Louis Prima - Qobuz

2:35 PM
Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones - Penny Loafers & Bobby Socks
Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones Penny Loafers & Bobby Socks Joe Bennett
single 1957

Without Pennies, What Becomes of Penny Loafers? - The New York Times

2:36 PM
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2:44 PM
Peggy March - Penny Song
Peggy March Penny Song Hans-Bernd Blum
Mein Lied für Peggy 1970

Mein Lied Für Peggy | Álbum de Peggy March - LETRAS.COM

2:46 PM
Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea
Nirvana Pennyroyal Tea Kurt Cobain
In Utero 1993

Pennyroyal Tea [VINYL]: Amazon.co.uk: CDs & Vinyl

2:49 PM
Glen Hansard - Pennies in the Fountain
Glen Hansard Pennies in the Fountain Glen Hansard
Drive All Night - EP Anti/Epitaph 2013

Every Penny Thrown into Rome's Trevi Fountain Goes to Help the City's ...

The Trevi Fountain in Rome - toss 1 coin and you'll return to Rome; toss 2 for love, and 3 for marriage...

Chat is archived.
Readie Righteous (host) 11:48:56 AM
RIP Penny! 1792 - 2025! Where is your penny stash?
Readie Righteous (host) 11:54:26 AM
Mine is in my office closet next to the wifi router.
DebbieWebby 12:04:46 PM
RIP Penny
DebbieWebby 12:05:43 PM
👻🪙
Chef Emeril Lagasse (MONTHLY DOUGH-NOR) 12:05:54 PM
BAM to the penny
Readie Righteous (host) 12:06:18 PM
Hey DebbieWebby!
Chef Emeril Lagasse (MONTHLY DOUGH-NOR) 12:06:21 PM
HOW BIG WAS THAT PENNY
Readie Righteous (host) 12:06:39 PM
Hiya Chef! That was a big-ass penny
DebbieWebby 12:07:01 PM
Happy Fall Drive, Readie! Excited for this theme... very clever.
alina 12:07:28 PM
that segment made me LOL — hi Readie!!
Richard of Rocky Hill 12:07:30 PM
@ Readie Righteous (host) The Barge Studio penny wish-whisper. And Don Distractor maybe needing a lucky penny right now ~ love it all! :-D
Readie Righteous (host) 12:08:17 PM
Thanks, Debbie! Happy drive!
addie🐍🐍🐍plum 12:08:21 PM
hello hello! what a fun theme!
Readie Righteous (host) 12:08:49 PM
Hi Lina!!! thanks...it was the world's HUGEST penny!
Readie Righteous (host) 12:09:24 PM
Hey Richard of Rocky Hill! 😉
Readie Righteous (host) 12:09:44 PM
Hey addie! glad to see ya!
Readie Righteous (host) 12:10:31 PM
PENNY for yer all's thoughts!
addie🐍🐍🐍plum 12:10:34 PM
tuning in from my cubicle where i have just hung up various WPRB ephemera and now feel much more homey!
Readie Righteous (host) 12:11:07 PM
Fantastic, addie gettin' your WPRB on! Perfecto!
addie🐍🐍🐍plum 12:12:54 PM
hah! that proctologist line was clever as heck
Readie Righteous (host) 12:13:30 PM
addie, IKR? 😃
David Shortell 12:13:54 PM
Penny dreadfuls went out of fashion years ago, as did dime novels.
Readie Righteous (host) 12:16:05 PM
Hey David S- so true - also called penny awful and penny blood...
Richard Mitnick 12:16:18 PM
Just clicked in. Happy to have you in my digiteria. I hope you have a great show.
Readie Righteous (host) 12:16:58 PM
Hiya Richard M! Welcome to the chat! good to see you!
David Shortell 12:20:16 PM
I imagine Charon demands a lot more than pennies on your dead eyes to cross the river Styx these days. Oh well, I never wanted to go to Hell anyways.
Alan Parsec Paidup 12:20:51 PM
Hi Readie and Friends! Goodbye Penny and HAPPY BIRTHDAY Neil Young (80yrs.!!!) here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young
Readie Righteous (host) 12:21:12 PM
who here is a "solid dame?" lol
addie🐍🐍🐍plum 12:22:10 PM
i'm a solid theym!
Readie Righteous (host) 12:22:30 PM
YAY NEIL YOUNG the Canadian-American treasure! happy bday... and hiya Alan!
Readie Righteous (host) 12:23:24 PM
YEAH ADDIE!! !
Jon "pledge.wprb.com" Solomon 12:24:01 PM
This show makes no cents!
Readie Righteous (host) 12:25:01 PM
Jon! If I had a nickel.....🤣🤣🤣 - awesome "Night is Young" last night!!
Jon "pledge.wprb.com" Solomon 12:25:55 PM
Thanks so much. Boy that was fun. Love a good theme show. Since I just updated my spreadsheet allow me to share that WPRB is just past 96% of the way towards the station's financial goal for 2025!
David Shortell 12:27:17 PM
Neil was born the same date the Nuremberg trials commenced. (I went to see the movie last night.)
Readie Righteous (host) 12:27:20 PM
YVW, Jon - really fun! GREAT news on our goal too! Let's do it! pledge.wprb.com!
Readie Righteous (host) 12:28:09 PM
I had penny loafers!!! nerd alert!
Readie Righteous (host) 12:29:10 PM
quite a factoid, David! Is there a new Nuremberg film out?
Readie Righteous (host) 12:31:24 PM
faux fade #1
David Shortell 12:31:46 PM
Yes, focusing on Göring (played by Russell Crowe).
Readie Righteous (host) 12:32:16 PM
wow, is that in theatres or streaming only?
Readie Righteous (host) 12:32:44 PM
faux fade #2
David Shortell 12:33:20 PM
It's in the local multiplexes for its second week.
Readie Righteous (host) 12:34:42 PM
thanks, David - what did you think of it, if you care to share?
Alan Parsec Paidup 12:35:33 PM
Guess who was in the movie "Judgement at Nuremberg" ?? William Shatner!!! here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_at_Nuremberg
Readie Righteous (host) 12:36:53 PM
Whoa, Alan - the 1961 version - I semi-remember that...was he a young officer?
Alan Parsec Paidup 12:37:34 PM
Readie: Yes!
Readie Righteous (host) 12:38:40 PM
our fresh-faced captain! what a career he's had- also on the Twilight Zone...and so much more TV shtuff
Alan Parsec Paidup 12:38:55 PM
..and you can see why Roddenberry picked him for Captain of Starship..
Alan Parsec Paidup 12:39:50 PM
Readie: I saw it several years ago on PBS, quite a movie, covers many topics..
Readie Righteous (host) 12:40:22 PM
and why Wilbo played his "Lucy in the Sky" during his Beatles vs. Stones special on Wed.
David Shortell 12:40:43 PM
Great performances by the likes of Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon and Richard E. Grant. Its hero is the tragic psychiatrist Douglas Kelley, author of "22 Cells in Nuremberg".
Readie Righteous (host) 12:40:47 PM
🤣
Readie Righteous (host) 12:41:34 PM
David, sounds interesting...
Readie Righteous (host) 12:44:39 PM
It's great that a film with a similar predecessor can take a different focus
michael gudgeon 12:55:39 PM
just did a one off listen of ony of my fav mmj songs, and they reference a penny arcade in the first line, sup readie!
David Shortell 12:59:24 PM
I saw the Lower East Side performance artist Penny Arcade in 2019. She brought her one-woman show to Avenel of all places!
David Shortell 12:59:31 PM
https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?titlelink=the-avenel-performing-arts-center-presents-penny-arcades-longing-lasts-longer
michael gudgeon 1:02:28 PM
zoolander is goated!
michael gudgeon 1:04:34 PM
used to have relient k songs on my old napster !
michael gudgeon 1:04:54 PM
i did learn of them from youth group makes sense!
Readie Righteous (host) 1:08:43 PM
Cool, michael g! hiya!!!
Readie Righteous (host) 1:10:26 PM
http://www.coinvalues.com/indian-head-pennies/1902
David Shortell 1:13:50 PM
Christian punk rock? I can only think of Reverend Hank “Straight Edge” Peirce: https://revhq.com/blogs/speak-up/hank-straight-edge-peirce-part-1
Readie Righteous (host) 1:14:06 PM
David - thx for the info on the performer "Penny Arcade" - it's the first I've heard of them!
Readie Righteous (host) 1:15:25 PM
Penny Arcade is still with us - age 75! Viva!!
michael gudgeon 1:17:40 PM
heya readie!
Readie Righteous (host) 1:17:59 PM
Hiya mg!!
David Shortell 1:23:58 PM
Dylan's rewriting of "Penny's Farm" is the first track on his Bootleg Series box set: https://bobdylan.com/songs/hard-times-new-york-town
michael gudgeon 1:29:14 PM
whoa sick cut here i was wondering what this was felt so famil to me
Brian D 1:34:15 PM
RORY!!!!!
Readie Righteous (host) 1:34:28 PM
Hey Bri!
Jeffry Langan 1:49:24 PM
Hey, Readie! Loving the tribute to the penny. Does this mean i have to give people a nickle for their thoughts now?!
Readie Righteous (host) 1:49:43 PM
INFLATION, Jeff! hiya!
Jeffry Langan 1:50:26 PM
😂😂
michael gudgeon 2:03:18 PM
rip penny, but hello penny frank
David Shortell 2:26:20 PM
I thought the "Hail Satan?" filmmaker used a pseudonym, but nope, she really is named Penny Lane.
Readie Righteous (host) 2:28:23 PM
Born in 1978, I wonder if her parents were Beatles fans?
Readie Righteous (host) 2:28:58 PM
I am always blown away by the Brothers' Gibb's vocals
Richard of Rocky Hill 2:29:34 PM
@ Readie Righteous (host) And to put in my 2 cents ... what a fab playlist and concept. A wealth of thanks to you!
Readie Righteous (host) 2:30:53 PM
Hey thanks so much, Richard of Rocky Hill ! Thanks for tuning in!
David Shortell 2:33:55 PM
Penny Lane is also the name of Jane Birkin’s character in the 1968 movie “Wonderwall”, the soundtrack of which is George Harrison’s first solo album.
Richard of Rocky Hill 2:35:53 PM
And Louis "the Wildest Show in Tahoe" Prima!!! With peerless arranger/sax player Sam Butera! Roll them shiny coins on the card tables!!! :-D
David Shortell 2:40:43 PM
His son follows in his footsteps: https://louisprimajr.com
Readie Righteous (host) 2:44:49 PM
That's a great pic, David!
Jeffry Langan 2:46:40 PM
Loved the version of ‘I Will Follow Him’ in Sister Act. We’re going to miss you the next three weeks. We’re going to be ‘down under’ bonding with the koalas and Tasmanian Devils. And drinking some good Australian and New Zealand wine!
Readie Righteous (host) 2:47:36 PM
Wow, Jeffry, that's great! Have an awesome trip!!
Readie Righteous (host) 2:47:53 PM
a long flight that, eh?
Readie Righteous (host) 2:50:20 PM
Hey thanks for being here you all! have a great week! See you on Thanksgiving!!!
Readie Righteous (host) 2:52:57 PM
🥰🥰
michael gudgeon 2:55:05 PM
catch you next week! omg t giving sets yesss!
Jeffry Langan 2:55:37 PM
15 hours from LA. Worth it. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
Readie Righteous (host) 2:57:02 PM
and you, Jeff! and all of yours