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After you've enjoyed The Variety Vault with Paul Merrell, Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 4 PM, don't touch that dial, device, PC, Mac, smart speaker or tablet and join me for The Early Years, where and when you'll hear the best music from the first quarter century of Rock with nods to other decades and genres.

This week on Deep Dive we feature the musical talents of Deborah Harry and her band Blondie. We go atomic, meet a Sunday girl, and call me.

Tune in at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is Tuesday morning in Eastern Australia. Or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, which is Wednesday evening in Eastern Australia. Joining is easy! Just tell that SmartSpeaker of yours to play Mushroom FM, and you will be there faster than Elon Musk can become a trillionaire.

Hello! Sara Hillis here once again to let you know that we are celebrating a very special birthday this week on Come by the Hills, and no, there will not be any ultimate fighting going on. Due to some family-type celebrations, I've got another show from the archives, this time from June 13, 2021, which was the eve of of listener Marcia's birthday. So, by a simple process of deductive reasoning, we can see that Sunday, June 14, 2026, is actually Marcia's current birthday, and that's a better birthday to celebrate than that of a certain orange guy.

Only on Mushroom Escape:
http://www.mushroomfm.com/escape
From this Saturday at 12 AM Eastern—that’s 4 PM Saturday in NZ, 2 PM in Sydney, and 5 AM in the UK—and repeated every four hours throughout the day—we’re
featuring the described movies Octopussy (1983) and To Catch a Thief (1955).
Got questions, comments, or ideas for future described movies?
Email me at anthony at mushroomfm dot com (written this way to reduce spam).
Enjoy the movies and check out the details below!

The "Juke In The Back" focuses on the " soul that came before rock n' roll," the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.
Chuck Berry has been called the "Father of Rock n' Roll" and with good reason. He took the blues of T-Bone Walker and B.B. King, the guitar riffs of Carl Hogan and mixed it with the fiddle and Western Swing music of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. Then he rolled it all into one big sonic blast.

After you've enjoyed The Variety Vault with Paul Merrell, Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 4 PM, don't touch that dial, device, PC, Mac, smart speaker or tablet and join me for The Early Years, where and when you'll hear the best music from the first quarter century of Rock with nods to other decades and genres.

Thanks to Henry the wonder son-in-law in New Zealand, the Mushroom FM stream is back now.
We'll be playing a selection of music until One Hit Wonders with Dan resumes normal service at the top of the hour.

As of the time of this posting, just after 7 AM Eastern on Tuesday, the Mushroom FM stream is down due to an issue with the Mushroom FM computer.
Unfortunately, the time difference between the US and New Zealand, where the stream is housed, means it may be some hours before we can get the issue addressed.
Apologies for the downtime and rest assured we'll have normal service restored as soon as possible.

This week on Deep Dive we enjoy the outstanding musical talents of Leonard Cohen. We are danced to the end of love, find that I'm your man, and hear that everybody knows.

Tune in at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is Tuesday morning in Eastern Australia. Or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, which ,s Wednesday evening in Eastern Australia. Tuning in is easy! Just ask that SmartSpeaker of yours to play Mushroom FM, and you will be there faster than you can spell hallelujah.

Only on Mushroom Escape:
http://www.mushroomfm.com/escape
From this Saturday at 12 AM Eastern—that’s 4 PM Saturday in NZ, 2 PM in Sydney, and 5 AM in the UK—and repeated every four hours throughout the day—we’re
featuring the described movies For Your Eyes Only (1981) and Black Bag (2025).
Got questions, comments, or ideas for future described movies?
Email me at anthony at mushroomfm dot com (written this way to reduce spam).
Enjoy the movies and check out the details below!