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Violin Virtuoso & Rock Revelations (Hour 2)
Nite Lite with Pete Schwaba and Greg Bach · Fri Sep 26, 2025
It is time for us to jump back in to this Friday edition of Nightlight.
I am T. Chwaba.
It is so great to have you here as we start act two, coming to you from beautiful downtown Green Bay.
It is a gourd.
You know, it's supposed to be nice Conrad Felice Denix week, too.
You know, into October.
I'm
Lots of fun still to come this hour.
Catherine Lake will be here in just a few minutes.
Catherine is the station manager of WMDX in Madison here on the Civic Media Network and oversees all things John and Gordy.
Those guys are so much fun.
Catherine had this idea to do a fundraiser using my film, The Godfather of Green Bay at a great venue in Madison and it's coming up.
We're going to give you details in just a few minutes if you're in the Madison area.
That might be something you want to check out.
All the proceeds will go to a good cause as yet to be determined.
And it is a bar band Friday night, 735.
Our pal Terry Barr is coming by with great tunes.
And tonight they are really great and really fun conversation.
We love our Friday nights with Terry.
So we did that.
And then what did we miss, Con?
The question of the night is, what is your favorite one hit wonder song?
And then we talked about Stinky Food.
Well, you almost vomited just watching a video.
I was like, why would I do that?
It looked disgusting enough in the picture.
A guy ate Baltic herring, fermented Baltic herring, and it was spoiled.
Spoiled to say the least.
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I
I Would have loved to hear that our question of the night ladies and gentlemen is what is your favorite one hit wonder song?
From the 818, Bridget says, steal away by Robbie Dupree.
Yeah, I remember that song.
That's a great song.
Bridget says, love that song.
Listen to it all the time.
Bridget also says, new text, separate text.
Grandma Peg says, earth angel by the penguins.
1955.
I know that song.
That's a great song too.
Thank you, Bridget and Peg.
Monica from Mount Horrib and the 608 says, how bizarre by OMC.
That's a good one.
I didn't know.
I actually didn't know anything about that song.
Or that it was one hit wonder.
Thank you, Monica.
And then Nick from Marshall, he's in the 608 says, Hey Pete and Conrad, how are you guys doing tonight?
Got a one hit wonder song for you that I'm sure you or Conrad have heard it before.
The song is, The Bed Is Too Big Without You by Sheila Hilton?
Okay, I don't know that song.
You're correct, Nick.
But thank you for the text, much appreciated.
920 says, oh my god Pete, how can you not know these sad songs?
But by far the Christmas shoes.
What is that?
That's like one of the worst songs ever, isn't it?
Yeah, see if you could pull that Didn't we do a spin-off of that?
We did we did the bloody turtleneck.
I think we called it The Christmas turtleneck the Christmas I can't remember
Conrad, when you drop as much gold as I do on a daily basis, it's hard to remember.
It's hard to keep up.
Yeah, I can't remember.
What the hell was that called?
It was like the Christmas.
So, see if you could pull the Christmas shoes, because somebody said that last night as well.
Everett from Sun Prairie.
Uh is well as area codes 262.
I don't think that's on prairie, but it doesn't matter Everett says while space hog is considered a one hit wonder with their track in the meantime in the us They have had many more tracks chart in the uk I saw them live three times in the 90s, and they were always amazing My favorite sad song is from the same album shipwrecked both great songs awesome stuff.
Thank you ever from sun prairie 9 2 0 says I love when we get like just tangential
920 text and just said Connie your news chick.
I don't know what to do with that.
I don't know what that means Connie is new here at WGVW does a great job Connie's awesome Whistler from the 608 says great favorite was constant original.
I think the 30-point buck.
Yes.
I know I've heard that one Thank You Whistler That could be a whole separate category local one-hit wonders like you got the Upers
Some great Wisconsin tunes.
Paul from Bayview in the 414 says, driver's seat by sniff and the tears.
Don't know that one either.
Thank you, Paul.
Awesome.
John in Madison in the 608 says, oh baby, you, you got what I need, but you say you're just a friend.
John continues.
John does texts like in chapters.
I love it.
He'll do like, they're like little mini series texts.
So he says, no idea who the young man is, but it is rough and fun.
Correction, you say he's just a friend.
Yeah, what is that song?
I know those lyrics.
Everett from Sun Prairie, again, killed by death.
The Hard Quartet is another fantastic, sad-ish song.
Okay, thank you, Everett.
Again, John from Madison says, either way, rough song and fun.
I'll have to, if you already gave us the title, John, if you haven't yet, just give us the title, because that's not ringing a bell.
Tyler from the 608 says always look on the bright side of life by Eric Idle of the hilltop trio.
Oh nice one Tyler Awesome stuff Nick from Marshall says that's supposed to say never heard the song before oh Typo I don't remember what it said now, and I can't scroll back because of the keyword text Tom from New Berlin says Pete the Apple I Can't say no, it's not the word yeah
Love it.
What does that mean?
I don't know.
Tom, explain.
Tom says, love it?
Okay.
That is our song.
You guys can still get in.
What is your favorite one hit wonder?
Mark from Prairie to Sack says, the drink is a brenevin, a clear Icelandic.
Talking about the shark.
Aquativite.
I don't know what that word is either.
Mark talks over me sometimes.
Yeah.
I can't keep up.
I need a Google.
I need a dictionary.
Yeah, that Greenland shark thing sounds horrible.
Jim from Appleton in the 920 says, I'm not sure if it's my favorite, but it has stuck with me.
Once, I was DJ for a wedding and the groom kept requesting Tainted Love by Soft Cell.
That's definitely one hit wonder.
And that's the one that Ben Chan got last night in our contest.
He says, I kind of wonder how long that marriage lasted.
Yeah, that's a good one.
Thank you, Jim.
Whizzler for much.
Oh, there we go.
And here's some keywords.
Now, I know I'm never going to see a song text because all the keywords.
Oh, look at all these keywords, Conrad.
I love that people are playing this.
This is awesome.
Great stuff, everybody.
Rachel from Milwaukee.
Actually, Rachel from the 608 says, hello, Pete.
How do we know if, when we win?
Thank you.
Conrad, can you answer that?
Well, you will be texted.
Yeah.
Yes.
You will be texted.
And you'll get a confirmation text, Rachel.
When you get that, click on the link and fill out that other stuff and give yourself an even better chance to win.
Great stuff, folks.
If you want to keep texting, you can favorite one hit wonder.
That is tonight's question.
We are having trouble getting a... You can't get Catherine?
I was I was all excited.
It was Catherine's idea.
I was excited to have her come on the show You know, but it was her idea and it's for a good cause it's either gonna be for like animals or underprivileged kids, but they booked Some people at Civic Media Jenna booked the Atwood Music Hall, which is a state
I Think it's perfect.
So it'll be there and here you go folks December 4th If you are in the Madison area
September 4th, come on out.
More details will come, but these are the basics.
There will be a screening of The Godfather of Green Bay.
It's a film I made with Tony Goldman, Lauren Holly, Thomas Lennon, Lance Barber, Eric Price, Rob Martin, Mark Borechart.
We had great luck finding talent in Milwaukee.
And it'll be December 4th at the Atwood Music Hall.
I'm also in it, and I'm in the cast, but I also wrote and directed it.
And we got great reviews when it came out, in it, cool news, loved us.
And we had great fans at Tom Hanks Company, and it's a little independent film that got kind of a cult following.
So we're going to play that at the Atwood Music Hall on December 4th.
More details to come.
I was really hoping Catherine could break this news to you, but she might be she might be partying.
I could have because there's a scene where we shot at a at a restaurant in Toluca Lake called patties and
My wife and Joe, she's pulling Joe's hand.
He was probably three.
He's like a year or two younger than you.
She's pulling him and he's kind of skipping and they were just extras.
She had two hands.
She could have pulled you both.
It would have been fun.
We're coming right back.
We'll try to get a hold of Catherine again If not, I have a great clip about good fellas from Ray Liotta You're not gonna want to miss it tonight's keyword game at GAME have fun folks.
It's peach wabba and nightlight on the civic media radio
network
You're
You are almost at the weekend.
You probably already are.
I'm about 38 minutes away, but it feels like the weekend anyway when I am here doing nightlight.
So much fun.
Conrad Krieger working the board.
Monday night on Nightlight, my friend and comedian, Mike Lucas, will be here.
I don't know.
Those of you who used to watch a lot of cable, like in the 90s, might remember a show called The Straight Dope.
It was based on a book by Cecil, something or other, called The Straight Dope.
And it was a column, I think, in the Chicago Reader or something like that.
Mike hosted the TV version of that show, and I was the man on the street and about to take a much bigger role until they canceled season two, which often happens in show business.
But I got to work with Mike and get to know him a little bit.
He was a great host.
He will be here Monday night.
I don't know where Mike is living these days, but he's just a terrific stand-up comedian.
And he was a great host on that show.
So we'll get caught up.
I think he teaches comedy as well.
So if you want to learn the ropes, folks, you won't want to miss Mike's interview on Monday night.
And then our pal Frank Anderson, director, producer of all things commercial, film, animation.
And he's the founder, more importantly, of Wisconsinology.com, a great website that you should check out.
It has everything that's interesting about Wisconsin.
Great history, weird facts, fun historical stories.
Really good stuff That'll be Monday night a nightlight and then you know who we have Tuesday con is Sean Hannish Yes, he is truly becoming like the sidekick of nightlight.
I think so but he's not you know He made this film just a bit outside about the Brewers, which is great.
He's got a new film.
He's gonna tell us all about but he's distributing it.
He's not Involved creatively,
This is all I'm saying is I think the Padres have definitely played worse on the road this year, which is cool.
Yeah.
Whatever stats, whatever it's the playoff.
So it's a total different beast.
Right.
But I think if we face the Cubs, we'll bring the energy, you know.
But both teams will.
I think it'll be a great series.
We've got Terry Barr coming up in just a few minutes, folks, after the news for Barman Friday night.
Love the two artists she is bringing.
You're going to prepare to be dazzled.
That's all I'm saying.
And we've got some stream texts here too.
It is not too late if you want to text in what your favorite one hit Wonder Song is.
Sydney Politics says, there she goes by the, oh yeah.
Is that, there she goes, there she goes.
That's a great song.
He says by the laws.
I don't know the band.
That's what I would Sidney politics.
You just call him Sidney music.
Those are some fun facts.
Thank you, Sidney.
Dave on the stream says, fat boy slim.
Praise you.
Great one, Dave.
Thank you.
Sydney says, hey, Dave.
They were talking last night on the TechStream.
I love it.
Great stuff.
All right.
Do we have time?
Can we play our Ray Liotta clip?
I love this.
All right.
This is Ray Liotta talking about the famous scene in Goodfellas where Joe Pesci says, what the F makes me so funny.
Conrad.
And I really wanted to get it.
I was the first person that Marty met, and then it took about a year to finally
land it.
At one point, you find out DeNiro, Pesci, Sorvino, they're all part of this thing.
What did you think when you heard that you're going to end up acting with these
guys?
Wow, it was just incredible.
At first, Bob wasn't signed on.
And once Bob came in, they said it was OK for me, because they needed a big star in order to give you OK with me.
Marty wanted me.
Erwin Winkler, the producer, didn't.
I just learned.
And I saw him in a restaurant and went up to him and said, I really want to do this, this part and talk to him.
And he said, yeah, but, but they needed Bob to sign on in order for it to
happen.
Then he did.
And then, and then you shoot and then obviously.
But no, I had no idea that was going to be, that was the point, that it was going to be what it is.
It was only my fourth movie.
All I knew I was having fun.
What
was it like shooting that scene with Joe Pesci?
It's
funny, you're a funny guy.
Did you at some point, when you were in the middle of that, think he is potentially being serious with
me?
Funny how?
I mean funny, like I'm a clown.
I amuse you.
I make you laugh.
I'm here to f***ing amuse you.
What do you mean funny?
Funny how?
How am I funny?
What happens, we were doing rehearsals.
We had two weeks rehearsals, which is unheard of for a movie.
That happened to Joe.
So we were just talking and Joe mentioned about this experience that he had at a restaurant in Queens.
and he said something to the guy, and that's, you know, he said, oh, you're a funny guy, and the guy turned on him, and then only to be a joke.
And Marty really liked that idea, sorry, but you guys just try to improv it.
So we, you know, for a few times, we went back and forth, and then Marty started shaping it, and then he said, all right, this is how I like it, and then we put it in stone, then it became part of the script.
How the fuck am I funny?
What the fuck is so funny about me?
Tell me, tell me what's funny.
And
then we only improved we did it a couple times and then at the end it got quiet But Marty didn't turn off the camera and then I said you know you really are a funny guy And that's when he got up and did the gun and so that was kind of made up on the
spot
That
was ad-libbed where you say, you know, you are a funny guy.
Yeah, yeah.
And that was on the Rich Eisen Show, of course.
I love Rich Eisen's guests and his interviews.
He's so fun.
Tom from New Berlin says, the apple does not fall far from the tree, reach the depression era in terms your son rocks.
Oh, thank you, Tom.
I appreciate that.
Talking about Joe's movie review.
Michael from Madison says, hey guys, I heard now I'm the newest potato.
You are Michael.
He says I'm way more excited than is likely appropriate for the occasion.
Well, that's probably true.
I'll do some introspection on that.
Anyway, the one hit Wonder Song got to be Kung Fu fighting by Carl Douglas.
Smooches.
Thank you, Michael.
Great to have you aboard, buddy.
We are coming right back with Terry Barr for Bar Band Friday night here on Nightlight with Peach
Waba.
You are our Wisconsin music expert.
You also host Max Inc Radio on WMDX Saturday nights from six to nine, which is kind of the inspiration for this whole segment on the show.
It's been great getting to have new music every week, and you never disappoint.
So we're excited.
Hey, I have to ask you, though, do you have a favorite one hit wonder or one you think is the best?
Okay.
And I'm taking this in a little different direction than we usually go.
Both of these folks that you're going to meet tonight and hear their music have Wisconsin ties, really interesting Wisconsin ties, but they are not local anymore.
in play shows pretty frequently, but they both call other states home at this point.
But everything started here, which I love.
And what's unique about this is she, every, every song you hear her play, she never plays it the same because like jazz, everything is interpreted differently.
So she just makes up whatever she's playing every time she plays.
And she felt like that since she was a little kid.
She took lessons from her mom growing up in Manona, Wisconsin.
Um, her mom and dad were in the Madison Symphony Orchestra together.
And she's LA based now, but get some of the names she's played with.
I mean, I love sharing these stories because it reminds me to remind people if you have a dream, you can make it happen.
She is on the road right now with John Batiste.
It's funny.
Yeah.
Nora Germain is her name.
Her YouTube channel is Stellar.
Every show, all the bands she plays with, she puts it all there.
And then she does a lot of little snippets when she's out on concerts.
She'll go into the city.
She'll walk around.
She'll play.
Oh, cool.
It's just really fun to take a look at.
She is almost always very similar to what you heard there in that live performance with John Batiste.
Okay.
kind of the accompaniment to whoever is like the main part of the act.
So we know John plays piano and he's the main part.
But even with postmodern jukebox, she was not the main part, you know, they've
Well, unfortunately, they just wrapped up the Jonathan T shows in Madison.
They go on to Minnesota for a couple of shows tomorrow.
But it doesn't mean she won't be back anytime soon to do a show.
And I would just encourage you, you know, she's another Wisconsin born and raised musician.
Find her and follow her.
Yeah, comes around.
I think we should all go.
and support her.
Okay.
Brand new.
He's working on a new album right now, which is always exciting.
I don't know.
In fact, I was messaging with him earlier and he said,
I'm not even sure where this song came from because it's really out of his realm.
He is a country rock and roller.
And this kind of takes him in a different direction.
The lyrics are catchy.
Yeah.
Great lyrics.
Compliments of Terry Barr.
Life is a Joke by Dusty Bowe.
Conrad, if you please.
life is a joke you win some you lose some life as a joke I hear a just a is it rush maybe a little that or uh I don't know he's got interesting sounds it's uh on his website it says alternative country rock
okay
yeah
but yeah he definitely when he messaged me he referred to this as musical comedy and um i don't know i can't wait to hear what the rest of this album is going to hold since yeah one of the first songs that he just released from this new album he's working on here here is the madison tie-in do i have time to tell you this
Your fans are turning out.
All right.
Think about that one-hit-wonder too, Terry.
We'll get that when we come back and do a very short break.
We will come back with Terry Barr on a bar ban Friday night.
Tonight's keyword, again, folks, is game.
G-A-M-E.
Text to win.
Good luck, everybody.
We're coming right back.
You've got us on a bar band Friday night here on the Civic Media Radio Network with our pal Terry Barr.
Tune in tomorrow night at civicmedia.us or on the app and check out what's your award-winning show called again?
Oh yeah, Maxink Radio.
Terry is the co-host with Rocker and it's a great show from six to nine.
You know, that was such a great song.
I loved it.
You can hear all those different kind of genre blending elements.
It was great.
But what is Dusty Bo's connection to Wisconsin you were talking about?
He currently is in Nashville.
He was most recently managed and booked by a woman from Madison and her name is Shirley Kennedy.
He moved to Nashville and has since moved on from Shirley, but they remain really good friends.
And it's thanks to Shirley that I am now considering Dusty a friend of mine.
So he knows about Wisconsin.
He loves playing here.
He did Atwood Fest in Madison a couple of years ago.
Oh, nice.
Well, there isn't really a roof because it's an outside festival, but he blew the tents off.
That would take talent.
Yeah.
Yeah.
He's terrific.
And I think he's hoping to get back to Wisconsin and play a couple of shows once he has this new album complete.
Tom from Jackson just says, dreams.
Yeah, Tom, great song.
The Bodines, check them out.
That's one of my favorite songs.
They are not a one hit wonder.
The Bodines are not a one hit wonder.
Just to clarify.
Yeah, exactly.
They were the debut album of the year with Love and Hope and Sex and Dreams in 1987, I believe, Rolling Stone, and had a phenomenal run.
We've got, oh, I had some texts here.
What did I do with it?
Oh yeah, here we go.
608 says, howdy, Pete and Conrad.
My favorite one hit wonder is Judy in disguise.
Oh my God, I forgot about that one.
By John Fred and his Playboy band.
Thanks for the fun.
You're very welcome.
608, thank you for the text.
Corey.
That's Corey from Madison.
You know that song, Judy in disguise.
I guarantee you've heard it.
PJ on the stream says, tone low, funky, cold Medina.
That is a definite one hit wonder.
I would say Hammer Time is too.
I mean, MC Hammer was around quite a bit, but Hammer Time is definitely one of them.
And then Robert finally said, and this was meant for Terry.
I did not get to this text, but he said, I took a sunset tonight along County G between Caroline and Leop – Leopolis.
I assume that's in Seanal County.
Great stuff.
Thank you, Robert.
Thank you for all your texts and calls tonight.
And thank you to Terry Barr.
Thank you to – I'm – I'm even – you don't want to count right?
I'm even going to thank Catherine Lake.
Yeah, cuz I think so highly ever something happened.
We'll figure it out.
We'll have around next week Catherine is fantastic and oh Tom Okay, Tom on the text line says is there a word tonight Tom?
You're just in time tonight's keyword is game GAME game GAME So there you go, good luck Tom and thank you for the texts as always so where are you?
You gotta be excited, Conrad.
You didn't have to ask for a night off to watch the Packers, because they have a nationally televised game this weekend.
Cause I remember when the bulls went through there, all their like eight years, including Jordan's retirement, my college roommate, Paul and I were the most avid bulls fans.
It would just be the two of us.
We couldn't cheer with other people cause they would ask questions or they would, and it was just, this way it was just the two of us.
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