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Lullabies and reveilles. Something for the late nighters and early risers.

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Favoriting January 13, 2016: If We Had a Safe Word I'd be Screaming It Right Now!

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Can  Bring Me Coffee or Tea   Favoriting Tago Mago  Spoon Records        0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Microscopic Septet  Wishful Thinking   Favoriting Take The Z Train  Koch Jazz        0:06:12 (Pop-up)
Albert Kuvezin and Yat-Kha  Orgasmatron   Favoriting Re-Covers  Yat-Kha        0:09:43 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Please Mr Gravedigger   Favoriting A Cappella is Not an Ice Cream Flavor: Bill Mac's 2012 Marathon Premium  WFMU        0:13:13 (Pop-up)
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band  Trust Us (Take 9)   Favoriting Safe as Milk  Buddha        0:16:06 (Pop-up)
Striggles  At the End of the Day   Favoriting The Schizo Box  Rock is Hell      *   0:23:02 (Pop-up)
Johnny Clarke  A Rude Dubwise   Favoriting Justice Dub: Rare Dubs from Justice Records 1975-1977  Jamaican  LP    *   0:25:52 (Pop-up)

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Organs in Orbit 

 

 

 

 

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Sex Clark Five  The Men Who Don't Know Ice   Favoriting Strum and Drum  Beehive Rebellion        0:37:11 (Pop-up)
Bush Tetras  Dub in the Night   Favoriting Tetrafied  2 13 61        0:38:59 (Pop-up)
XTC  Buzzcity Talking   Favoriting Go 2  Virgin        0:43:42 (Pop-up)
The Twinkeyz  Aliens in Our Midst   Favoriting Aliens in Our Midst  Anopheles        0:46:22 (Pop-up)
Van Dyke Parks  Occapella   Favoriting This Record Belongs to ....  Light in the Attic    Various  *   0:50:33 (Pop-up)
Strapping Fieldhands  The Author in Her Ear   Favoriting Wattle & Daub  Shangri-La        0:52:06 (Pop-up)
Django Reinhardt  Django Castle   Favoriting Essential  Legacy        0:54:46 (Pop-up)

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Organs in Orbit 

 

 

 

 

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Bee Gees  Odessa (City on the Black Sea)   Favoriting Odessa  reprise        1:04:59 (Pop-up)
Mott the Hoople  Angel of Eighth Avenue   Favoriting Wildlife  Atlantic  LP      1:12:43 (Pop-up)
Annie Phillippe  Pour la Gloire   Favoriting Toujours Chic!  Ace    Various  *   1:17:04 (Pop-up)
The Cyrkle  Don't Cry, No Fears, No Tears Comin' Your Way   Favoriting Red Rubber Ball  Legacy        1:18:11 (Pop-up)
Len Bright Combo  You're Gonna Screw My Head Off!   Favoriting Wreckless Eric Presents  Southern Domestic        1:21:07 (Pop-up)
Holly Golightly  Virtually Happy   Favoriting Singles Round Up  Damaged Goods        1:24:32 (Pop-up)
April March  Kooky   Favoriting April March  Kook Pop        1:28:26 (Pop-up)
Dusty Springfield  Easy Evil   Favoriting Beautiful Soul:The ABC/Dunhill Collection  Hip - o        1:30:05 (Pop-up)
Bill Moss  Sock it to 'em Soul Brother   Favoriting Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label  Numero        1:33:10 (Pop-up)
James Brown  Hot (I Want to be Loved loved Loved)   Favoriting Star Time  Columbia        1:34:52 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Fame   Favoriting Changes  RYKO        1:40:56 (Pop-up)

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Organs in Orbit 

 

 

 

 

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David Bowie  Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family   Favoriting Diamond dogs  Ryko        1:48:11 (Pop-up)
Wedding Present  Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family   Favoriting Hit Parade          1:49:53 (Pop-up)
Jason Willett and Ruins  Smoke from a Magnet   Favoriting Jason Willett and Ruins  Megaphone Ltd        1:52:30 (Pop-up)
Third War World  Ascension Day   Favoriting Third War World  Esoteric      *   1:54:42 (Pop-up)
Happy Dragon Band  3-D Free   Favoriting Happy Dragon Band  Radioactive        1:59:37 (Pop-up)

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Organs in Orbit 

 

 

 

 

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Khwanta Fasawang  Lam Paen Motorsai Tham   Favoriting Lam Phaen Motorsai Tham  Best        2:08:58 (Pop-up)
XTC  Smokeless Zone   Favoriting Black Sea  Virgin        2:11:30 (Pop-up)
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band  Harry Irene   Favoriting Outtakes  Rhino        2:14:56 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Liggins  Careful Love   Favoriting Jimmy Liggins and HIs Drops of Joy  Specialty        2:18:29 (Pop-up)
Vic Gallon  I'm Gone   Favoriting Big Box of Rockabilly Volume 2  Retro      *   2:22:13 (Pop-up)
Rickey Lee  She's My Baby Doll   Favoriting Raw Demos  Savage damage      *   2:23:38 (Pop-up)
Lenny Drake  Love Eyes (Cast Your Spell on Me)   Favoriting Brown Acid: The First Trip  Riding Easy      *   2:27:20 (Pop-up)

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Organs in Orbit 

 

 

 

 

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Vinegar Joe  Rusty Red Armour   Favoriting Vinegar Joe  Lemon        2:38:17 (Pop-up)
Tino's Breaks  Starsky Beats Hutch   Favoriting Volume 1 & 2  Tino Corp        2:43:03 (Pop-up)
Spinners  It's a Shame   Favoriting Best  Rhino        2:45:58 (Pop-up)
Caetano Veloso  Lost in the Paradise   Favoriting Tropicalia  Soul Jazz    Various    2:49:10 (Pop-up)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard  Time = Money   Favoriting Paper Mache Dream Balloon  ATO      *   2:52:54 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Rock and Roll Suicide   Favoriting Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars  Ryko        2:53:45 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 12:03am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Zzzzzzero Hour !
  12:03am
JakeGould:

Hi Bill!
  12:03am
V Priceless:

Hey Bill! Good to hear ya!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Bill Mac is back for the attack!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04am
coelacanth:

Ah, Bill! Good to hear you again so soon.
  12:06am
KP:

Bill!
Avatar 12:06am
Bill Mac:

Hey, seems like I was just hear a few days ago...
Avatar 12:07am
Bill Mac:

KP!!!
Avatar 12:09am
Bill Mac:

Evening all, thanks for staying up to babysit me for a bit. Got a little Bowie, but the important thing right now is Don van Vliet would be 75 years young come Friday! Hotcha!
Avatar 12:10am
Jeff:

Hey, Bill! What a nice treat.
  12:12am
rw:

Hey!
Avatar 12:12am
Bill Mac:

Hiya Jeff, here we are again.
Avatar 12:12am
fleep:

Greetings Bill and them what's here.
Avatar 12:13am
Bill Mac:

fleep & rw! Howdy do!
Avatar 12:16am
Jeff:

That was like Tuvan Gogol Bordello
  12:16am
JakeGould:

@Jeff: What Jeff said. Eugene Hutz-like.
Avatar 12:17am
Jeff:

achoo.
  12:17am
V Priceless:

Nice! Dave Vanian's fave tune. Still on a Bowie bender here.
Avatar 12:18am
Bill Mac:

Gotta pay homage to Lemmy in any small way I can
Avatar 12:18am
Bill Mac:

@VP-really? I'd only picked up on that one about 4 years ago.
  12:20am
V Priceless:

Urban legend has it he used to sing that when he worked as a grave digger.
Avatar 12:22am
Bill Mac:

I'm sure the Bowie thing has been turned over and over here, but I gotta say, what a class way to make an exit.
  12:23am
V Priceless:

agreed, 100% amazing.
  12:23am
JakeGould:

@BillMac: You mean release an album on your birthday and then kick the bucket a few days later? The guy calculated his whole life but still lived it. Stunning.
Avatar 12:24am
Bill Mac:

Couldn't have said it better myself Mr Gould...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:25am
coelacanth:

yup. Brilliant!
he's probably still working up new ideas!
Avatar 12:26am
Bill Mac:

@Fish: I was thinking that he might be trying to figure out a way to top the last one.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:26am
daupomatic:

Perfect program so far. No pressure!
  12:26am
JakeGould:

@coelacanth: Would be funny if he created a virus or trojan that would play a random Bowie MIDI on a specific date.
  12:28am
V Priceless:

to roll up your demise and your last creative work into a single, unified piece of art...whoa...we'll be doing the math on that feat for a while.
Avatar 12:29am
Bill Mac:

@dpm Show's been done for about an hour, waited for it to cool and now I wanna see how it turns out.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:33am
coelacanth:

Haha! ...or - he really did just pull a McCartney! maybe he just decided to live as a hermit and faking his death was the only way he could think to do it. ...just as brilliant 'twould be, though people would hate him if it got out.
...(i don't believe that though.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:36am
coelacanth:

gravedigger's from his first album.
  12:40am
V Priceless:

@ fish: no celeb has faked their death yet, as far as I know. But that would be brilliant.
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Bill Mac:

@CC People would be pissed.... wouldn't they?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:40am
daupomatic:

@BillMac Nice time bending. It seems to be rising well. Don't knock the radio oven.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:40am
coelacanth:

oh i didn't catch that you took gravedigger off your premium. someone earlier played it from a comp.
  12:41am
Dean:

@VP: [T]to roll up your demise and your last creative work into a single, unified piece of art...whoa..." Mozart, the Requiem. Just saying.
  12:41am
V Priceless:

@ Bill: not if it was done under the guise of performance art, perhaps.
  12:42am
JakeGould:

@coelacanth: Him and Elvis Presley and Jim Morrison are all living on Robin Master’s estate in Hawaii.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:44am
coelacanth:

V, yes - as far as we know!
but you know, there's always been theories...."Paul is dead"; Morrison;Dylan.
  12:44am
V Priceless:

@Dean: you got me there. I am far from an historian when it comes to the powdered-wig set, as much as I enjoy the tunes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:44am
coelacanth:

oh,yes,Jake. Elvis too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:46am
pacific standard simon:

Naw, they're all down at Trader Vic's, having a pina colada with The Werewolf of London.
  12:47am
V Priceless:

Read a pretty fascinating story today about an Elvis tune from '60 called 'Black Star'....and Bowie similarities...whoa
  12:47am
V Priceless:

XTC nice
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:47am
coelacanth:

oh shit. i gotta hear that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:48am
daupomatic:

Arrrgh! XTC!

Radio souffle in trouble!
Avatar 12:48am
Bill Mac:

@PSS With warren Zevon?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:49am
pacific standard simon:

He ain't dead neither.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:50am
coelacanth:

i wouldn't be pissed. i'd laugh my head off!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:50am
pacific standard simon:

This Twinkeys number seems like an appropriate Bowie tribute...
Avatar 12:50am
Bill Mac:

I was hoping someone would get that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:51am
coelacanth:

subtle and sweet,Bill.
Avatar 12:53am
Bill Mac:

Thanks CC.... I'm treading water here!
  12:53am
Dean:

Darn it. I wish I still had the first two XTC albums.

Also, Schubert's "Schwanengesang" was not his last work, but it appeared in his final year. "Swan Song" pretty much seals the deal.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:53am
daupomatic:

That's what swimming really is.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:54am
pacific standard simon:

Well, shit. I was trying to quick-cool a bottle of ale in the freezer, and now it's slowly ejecting ale-slush on my desk.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:54am
coelacanth:

exactly,Dean...as it came to be known.
  12:55am
V Priceless:

Link to Bowie/Elvis Black Star intrigue: http://dangerousminds.net/comments/bowie_elvis_warhol_black_star_connection_popism_eats_itself
Avatar 12:55am
Bill Mac:

@Dean Both classic anc what a great band live. Don't believe a word Mr Partridge says about them as a live act.
  12:57am
V Priceless:

pity Andy couldn't conquer his stage freight issue
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:57am
pacific standard simon:

I saw XTC in 1980 and they were great live. A shame Mr. Partridge doesn't like performing live. It happens.
  12:58am
V Priceless:

haha. I meant fright haha
Avatar 12:59am
Bill Mac:

I saw them twice in the 80s and there didn't seem much fear there. I think he was sick of the grind. It would be nice if the guys could do another album but I think that moment has long since passed.
  12:59am
rw:

This past weekend I popped an old cassette in the player and it turned out to be the Mr. Partridge Takeaway record. I had forgotten how good it was.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:59am
coelacanth:

xtc is a very rare example of a band that i don't remember if i saw or not!

- and Thanks for the link V.
  12:59am
V Priceless:

But for all I know he may have had freight issues too. But that was on his roadies
  1:00am
JakeGould:

Hey! Has anyone on WFMU played “Ice, Ice, Baby” yet? Seems like Vicky from “Do or DIY” could do a sweet mashup.
  1:05am
Dean:

I don't remember even having an opportunity to hear XTC live during the early years, but I know I never saw them. I lost interest in them, generally in rock altogether, during their years of commercial success. But before that time I collected everything of theirs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:07am
Guido from Cologne:

Hello Bill!
Guten TZAG everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:08am
pacific standard simon:

I'd love to hear Robyn Hitchcock cover this.
Avatar 1:08am
Bill Mac:

I lost interest in them around Oranges & Lemons.
@rw BTW Takeaway/Lure of Salvage was a revelation to me and still a great listen.
Avatar 1:09am
Bill Mac:

@Guido How's Cologne treating you!
  1:10am
V Priceless:

Dean: u must seek out the correctly-polarized re-release of XTC's Skylarking. Ab fab.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:10am
coelacanth:

if i saw them it was when english settlement came out...but i think drums and wires is far and away their best album.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:11am
Guido from Cologne:

Cologne is nice!
Still no real Winter here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:12am
pacific standard simon:

@coelacanth - That's about when they started cancelling shows.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:13am
daupomatic:

Real weather is now to be known as "Vintage Weather," and is going be managed by the Nestlé corporation, and become very expensive.

Sorry!

Best of luck with the rest of it all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:14am
pacific standard simon:

I could use some artisinal weather.
  1:15am
V Priceless:

Mott!
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cory:

it is 6 F here
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:15am
coelacanth:

actually i lost interest in xtc a few albums after english settlement. it all started sounding recycled to me. maybe there are gems i've missed...but i also always just tolerated his voice!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:15am
northguineahills:

Irene just played the Black Sea Hotel (Bulgarian choir). Black Sea connection!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:16am
cory:

-15 C, is that bad?
Avatar 1:17am
Bill Mac:

@VP Any difference with the polarized version?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:17am
coelacanth:

that track ruled, ngh!
  1:18am
P-90:

Happy New Year, Bill M!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:19am
coelacanth:

(shoulda played something from the black sea xtc album,Bill!)
  1:19am
Dean:

Are VP and Bill Mac referring to the controversial "Wood effect" respecting absolute polarity?
Avatar 1:20am
Bill Mac:

What up P-90!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:20am
cory:

oh crap, new dollop. toodles all
  1:21am
V Priceless:

@ Bill: like night and day. If u dig that record, it's a worthy purchase. Always thought the original recording sounded thin, and there you go! The original master was not correctly polarized. What a difference!
Avatar 1:23am
mauri:

Heyy Bill Mac!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:23am
coelacanth:

stay warm-ish cory.
Avatar 1:23am
Bill Mac:

Later Cory!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:23am
daupomatic:

@cory: weather bill is on its way.

@pss: vintage weather is very artisinal, or, at least, bottled.
Avatar 1:24am
Bill Mac:

@VP Now I'll need to seek out the corrected version
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Bill Mac:

Speaking of cold, hi Mauri!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Whata kewl set.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:24am
daupomatic:

Is it just me, or does the tiny Bill Mac gif seem to be singing along?
Avatar 1:25am
Bill Mac:

If it were a Killdozer toon I'd say without a doubt!!!
Avatar 1:25am
Bill Mac:

RR1163 - It's workin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:27am
Guido from Cologne:

@Bill
A huge package of vinyl I sent has just arrived @ WFMU.
Maybe ask Brian later to have a first look.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:27am
pacific standard simon:

Another of my favorites!
Avatar 1:27am
mauri:

*shoots icebeams*
yup its been snowing for couple of days and its was really cold a week back.
Avatar 1:28am
Bill Mac:

We just had our first snow shower tonight. Can't wait for winter to be over!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:29am
pacific standard simon:

I haven't seen any snow in 13 months. What a gyp!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:30am
Brian in UK:

So this is a walk-in radio show in New Jersey.
Mornin' Boss.
Avatar 1:31am
Bill Mac:

It's alive!!!! How you doing?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:32am
daupomatic:

Kooky weather.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:32am
pacific standard simon:

At one point, the frost was so heavy for several days that it wasn't melting, just accumulating. It almost looked like snow if you didn't look too closely.
Avatar 1:34am
Bill Mac:

@Brian The would be Bill with the Showing Scalp Bald Spot...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:34am
coelacanth:

i'd like it to snow A LOT! but not 'till a month from now, when i should be in a better position to miss some work.
i'm trying to arrange that. 'hope no one minds.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:35am
pacific standard simon:

Make it artisinal, coelacanth!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:36am
pacific standard simon:

What an unfortunate shout-out to OJ Simpson.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:37am
coelacanth:

that's my way,simon!
Avatar 1:39am
Bill Mac:

The guys heart was in the right place when he did the song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:39am
daupomatic:

James Brown is here to end this dark turn.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:39am
pacific standard simon:

Every snowflake one-of-a-kind.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:40am
coelacanth:

...i'm getting the best outsider artists. each snowflake will be unique!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:41am
coelacanth:

aw shit. look what happened!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:41am
pacific standard simon:

Obvious joke is obvious.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:42am
pacific standard simon:

Nice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:43am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Fame! That's the David Bowie I grew up with!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:44am
coelacanth:

yup. but i typed "outartist" and it didn't look right so i had to look up the fashionable terminology.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:44am
pacific standard simon:

No, Bill, I was talking about coelacanth and me duplicating each other.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:47am
coelacanth:

that is interesting.i would've assumed the same.(but i never heard that JB song before) i'm not surprised at Mr.Brown ripping off a riff though!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:50am
Brian in UK:

This is short and sweet Bill. To the grindstone needle in hand.
  1:51am
V Priceless:

Woo! Odd hearing this sans Big Bro
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:53am
pacific standard simon:

WOW! Great cover!
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coelacanth:

nice!
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Bill Mac:

Happy sticking Bri! Thanks for popping by!
  1:53am
V Priceless:

Still one of the most confusingly brilliant riffs to figure out ever
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Bill Mac:

Now can someone make a 15 minute dance track of that?
  1:55am
tinkle bear:

seriously? that was the wedding present?
bill, you've blown my mind. (not for the first time.)
thanks for the show, as always.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:56am
coelacanth:

'ball's in your court,VP!
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Bill Mac:

Thanks a lot TB! It's been a blast!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:56am
northguineahills:

gotta jet in the somnabulance, thanks Bill!
  1:57am
Dean:

I've explored a bit the polarity issue with XTC's "Skylarking." I had no idea Rundgren was the producer, which goes to show how out of it chose to be at the time. The details online are sketchy about the album. My guess is that the record suffers from the same problem that plagues many recordings, namely reversed polarity. According to Clark Johnsen, who has been the loudest polarity evangelist--see http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue1/cjwoodeffect.htm--one must determine for every record one plays its correct polarity. Once that's known, you adjust your system accordingly. Recordings with reverse polarity require reversing the reversal: switch the black and red cables on your speakers or, if your preamplifer permits it, switch the polarity there. (My preamplifer is by default reverse, so my speaker cables are always switched, but that won't correct the problem Johnsen perceives.) FWIW, I don't bother.
Avatar 1:57am
Bill Mac:

NGH See ya Mon! Thanks for the drink!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:58am
Fran:

Morning Bill and all
Listening more than talking but good stuff has been had so far I see
  1:58am
V Priceless:

Ha fish...and here I was thinking it's right up your alley
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:59am
pacific standard simon:

I want to hear the Bowie version mashed up with some similar vintage Miles Davis.
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Bill Mac:

@Dean AP and TR didn't get along during those sessions. I heard a story where TR is tall has an irregular gait. When he would walk from his house to the studio, Andy and the Boys would play the Munsters Theme.... eh, guess you had to be there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:00am
coelacanth:

Dean, my father had an old fisher tube amp with a switch for that. i guess no one bothers with that any more though.
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Bill Mac:

Hey Fran! Good to have you by!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:02am
coelacanth:

welcome Fran.

V,you were not! i'm not qualified.
  2:03am
Dean:

Figures. Now the Munsters theme is the predominant sample, if that's the word, in a song called "Uma Thurman." TR has earned an irregular gait, I suppose.

@coelacanth: "an old fisher tube amp with a switch..." is such a happy phrase!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:03am
pacific standard simon:

Has anyone done a rock book about bands that hated their producers? I'm sure Phil Spector, Todd Rundgren and Al Kooper could generate such a thing.
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Bill Mac:

@Dean & CC - Very evocative, like an Ivor Cutler verse.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:04am
coelacanth:

ha! it had LOTS of switches! ..good switches!
  2:04am
V Priceless:

Dean: yes, the polarity was reversed during the mastering process, which, to my ears, resulted in an overall tinny, thin sound thoughout. Corrected version is lush and full-sounding, if that makes any sense.
  2:04am
Dean:

@Bill Mac: Yes, precisely!
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daupomatic:

Dammit, Dean. Now I'll have to look up that Munster-Thurman song, and I know it's going to hurt.
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Fran:

AP now in hindsight recognised TR plated a blinder with the production - 2 stubborn heads butting I think! New AP book coming out this year - collected interviews so there may be more insight. Now if TR had tried to impose some of the horrible dated electronic/dance sounds he has more recently killed his otherwise good songs with..........
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Dean:

@VP: Perhaps so. But if Johnsen is correct, and if the problem is reverse polarity (as opposed to something else) then anybody could have simply switched positive for negative at the loudspeaker posts and corrected it.
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Dean:

Don't do it, daupomatic.
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coelacanth:

for what it's worth, if i needed a producer i'd never work with rundgren.
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Dean:

If I needed a producer/engineer, it'd be Marc Rusch in a heartbeat. His recordings (C.I.M.P.) are uniformly marvelous.
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V Priceless:

Gotta grab my ugly rest. Thanks Bill! Nite all!
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Bill Mac:

Nite VP See you soon!
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coelacanth:

i'm not familiar with Marc Rusch...but i'm not sure who my hero producer would be.

- 'night V.
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Bill Mac:

Has anyone heard TRs version of Dear god?
DEAR GOD!!!!
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pacific standard simon:

I went nuts collecting all these XTC B-sides, EPs and flexidiscs.
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Bill Mac:

@PSS I did too! I got this one on something called 5 Senses.
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Stanley:

(Leaps from bed ands starts gyrating uncontrollaby) ye Gods its Zero Time at this time of the day
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coelacanth:

i don't think you are- but if you're saying it's Great,then no offense...i don't think i want to hear it! i'm fairly intolerant of rundgren's singing.
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Bill Mac:

@Stanley I'd like to see that!
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Guido from Cologne:

wednesDon!
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Bill Mac:

@CC All I need to say is you should seek it out and then not blame me...
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mauri:

beefheart and now I miss picking up berries.
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Guido from Cologne:

love the demo version
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pacific standard simon:

My producer of choice would be Nick Lowe, I guess. Why not?
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Bill Mac:

Don woulda been 75 this Friday...
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Fran:

My Bpwie phases = as a teenager I loved the era Space Oddity to Hunky Dory but never understood the hype around Ziggy - I've learned to like it since but not love it. Diamond Dogs great but Aladdin Sane is amazingly good. Station to Station through to Scary Monsters is one of the greatest runs of albums I can think of - wonderful. 80's - frustrating mixed bag but not as bad as some make out. 90's - still don't get the drum and bass stuff - that was his Todd Rundgren ruining otherwise good songs era. Tin Machine better than credited. 2000s - not bad. The Next Day - a bit harsh Bill - it had its moments. Blackstar - what I've hear is great and I almost bought it on Saturday but now I'm going to wait for a month or two to buy it - partly to allow the ambulance chasers to bore of Bowie being their favourite ever pop star (before saying they loved that song of his 'In the Air Tonight') and partly to listen objectively myself.....
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coelacanth:

ha! okay i'll try but no promises!
( -you are talking about the xtc song,right?)
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Stanley:

Perhaps my line of all time "they sold wine like turpentine to painters, they took to social life like cops to aviators". Genius
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Bill Mac:

@CC Yes I am!
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Bill Mac:

@Stanley It's a couplet of his that comes to me more immediately than most things he's spoken/sung.
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pacific standard simon:

I think that's why I'm not taking this Bowie exit all that hard -- I've been through it so many times with artists I was more influenced by. Zappa + Beefheart, for two.
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Fran:

Lots of good 'producers'out there but most of them are only as good as their engineer.......
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pacific standard simon:

That would be "crops to aviators', BTW.
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coelacanth:

engineer= unsung hero.
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Dean:

That's why I fudged the producer/engineer thing with Rusch. Also, Marc Aubort. Gorgeous recordings.
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pacific standard simon:

Damn, I thought this was The Cramps at first.
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Bill Mac:

PSS I'm with you on the Zappa & Beefheart comment.
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pacific standard simon:

Rickey certainly has the right spirit, all right.
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pacific standard simon:

Losing Viv Stanshall gutted me.
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Bill Mac:

I don't think I heard about Viv until well after it happened.
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Guido from Cologne:

Killer Track by lenny drake, in moments sounds like Cramps.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

I am all done (doing dishes)! Glad that task is out of the way.
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coelacanth:

i Loved Heroes (& 7 albums before that)then hated Lodger,mostly- and the next one- then gave up on Bowie when let's dance came. the glimpses of his commercial pop hits that i heard through the years were rarely terrible,but not Great either.
...then on friday when i heard some of "✭" i was practically overwhelmed. it's so honest and pure and poetic and i thought "this is what you could've been doing all this time". i felt very happy and optimistic about Bowie then and decided already i'd get that album.
...maybe that's partly why it hit me as hard as it has.
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Stanley:

"Props to aviators" according to Beefheart.com I'll have to revise my best lines list yet again
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rw:

I think the thing about Bowie is that his appeal and influence was so far reaching. Something I hadn't really considered until the past few dozen hours.
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pacific standard simon:

I did my dishes before the show. Organized. Made kielbasa, cabbage & potato soup.
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Alejandroool:

Dustbin Divers
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pacific standard simon:

@Stanley - That makes sense, too. I always thought it was a reference to the crop-dusters that Beefheart must have seen out there in the Palmdale/Lancaster area.
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pacific standard simon:

You're probably right.
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Guido from Cologne:

Loved the shoW!
Thanks Bill!
... off to the dentist ...
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Bill Mac:

@PSS I would've thought that crop dusters made more sense...

btw thanks for bringing up food
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rw:

Stanley, I had always heard that line as props. I think I like cops better though!
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Bill Mac:

Thanks Guido, Go get yanked! I'll see you soon!
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Stanley:

As a thirteen year old you can imagine the effect Ziggy Stardust had on me. A wonderful introduction to teenage life.
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pacific standard simon:

Thanks, Bill Mac, for picking up a fill-in shift when I'm not working. I've missed a lot of them lately due to scheduling conflicts.
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Bill Mac:

@Stanley Agreed - a perfect album all around
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Bill Mac:

@PSS I appreciate you hanging around and mixing it up. It makes the show experience a lot better when I know you're out there
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Alejandroool:

golden recording, this song...
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Alejandroool:

Always a sucker for this kind of bouncy bass playing
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rw:

Yes. Thank you Mr. Mac! Your shows are always a good time.
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pacific standard simon:

Bowie albums were hit-and-miss affairs for me, except for Pin-Ups, Hunky Dory, and The Man Who Sold The World. The thing is, with Bowie, it wasn't about the albums -- it was about HIM.
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coelacanth:

well now i wonder if i missed some good music between let's dance and now. i've barely heard anything besides the predictable pop hits since 1983, and it's usually been the "deep album cuts" that were best.
also,"(eyepatch)fox" said ✭ reminds her of "outside", so i have a feeling there's all kinds of diversity in those 3 decades that i'm mostly oblivious to. with his supreme talent for arrangement there must be good in there. i feel foolish for not giving ANY of it a chance all this time.
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Bill Mac:

@Alejandroool There's a lot of soul music that I should make it my business to play
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pacific standard simon:

...and I'll just throw in my approval of this Spinners track. Lord knows I didn't appreciate it when it was released, but ch-ch-changes...
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Bill Mac:

@CC I like Sound & Vision even though the production onsome of that stuff is kind of thin
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Stanley:

@pss - agreed but within all that self obsession there came out some great tunes though I always thought he relied on others when it came to his best stuff
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Fran:

Classic Caetano ............great show Bill. Have a good day and see you soon Bill and all
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pacific standard simon:

I'd trust Bill Mac to DJ an Anthony Bourdain TV show.
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coelacanth:

simon, that marketing always disgusted me. especially the suit/hat,dapper bullshit. but it sometimes was an injustice to the Great music on the albums- as with Aladin Sane,Heroes,Ziggy. i wish he hadn't done that but i guess it's why his name is a household word.
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Bill Mac:

Friends, thanks for coming out on a Tuesday night/Wednesday morning! Hopefully I won't be in the either too long. Take care and be well
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Take care, Bill. This was a nice little party tonight.
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coelacanth:

isn't "sound and vision" on low? i love that album!
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Stanley:

Bugger Time has reached for that ol'cigarette already. Thanks Bill. Miss the old Saturday's but always great to hear you again.
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pacific standard simon:

@coelacanth - We'll have to disagree on that. I thought it was perfect for him.
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coelacanth:

oh shit i should've been asleep by 12!
Thanks Bill! Great show.
g'night people.
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Brian in UK:

Used to have The Man with the Four Way Hips on green vinyl.
Bolan used to wear ballet pumps, leastways that was what he was wearing when he spoke to me, made my wife mad as hell when I told her.

The dustbin men were collecting just as I was writing earlier.

Remember seeing Vinegar Joe supporting Lindisfarne. The piano player impressed turned out it was Robert Palmer. Loved his early albums with Little Feat. This track is a bit like LF.

Never really liked Ziggy probably because it was electric guitar driven. Thought Hunky Dory & Lodger cooked.

Might see you on the stream soon, old bean?
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