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S8E436 - The Pretenders 'Learning To Crawl with Shelley Novak aka Tommy Strangie

S8E436 - The Pretenders 'Learning To Crawl with Shelley Novak aka Tommy Strangie

Update: 2025-11-22
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One of our favorite returning guests, Miami drag icon Shelley Novak (aka Tommy Strangie), joins us to once again explore his life-long obsession with all things Chrissie Hynde as we discuss The Pretenders and their third studio album, 1984s 'Learning To Crawl'. 
"Now come on, baby
Get in the road..."

Songs discussed in this episode: Absent Minded Me - Chrissie Hynde; Tommy Strangie - The Boas; Cuban Slide, Middle Of The Road - The Pretenders; Long Long Time - Linda Ronstadt; Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders; Working In The Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey; Mystery Achievement, Time The Avenger, Watching The Clothes, Show Me - The Pretenders; Vicar In A Tutu - The Smiths; Thumbelina - The Pretenders; Life In A Northern Town - The Dream Academy; Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat; My City Was Gone - The Pretenders; Thin Line Between Love And Hate - The Persuaders; Tempted - Squeeze; Thin Line Between Love And Hate, I Hurt You - The Pretenders; Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson; Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, 2000 Miles - The Pretenders; Tommy Strangie - The Boas; Back On The Chain Gang (Pretenders cover) - Morrissey

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S8E436 - The Pretenders 'Learning To Crawl with Shelley Novak aka Tommy Strangie

S8E436 - The Pretenders 'Learning To Crawl with Shelley Novak aka Tommy Strangie

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