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Favoriting July 17, 2021: I Do Not Mind

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Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness, The  I Don't Mind   Favoriting
Naomi And The Boys  Bad Loser   Favoriting
Dave Rich  Chicken House   Favoriting
Gorgeous George  Sweet Thing   Favoriting
Jimmy McGriff  I Can't Get No Satisfaction   Favoriting
Camper Van Beethoven  Good Guys And Bad Guys   Favoriting
Rip Chords, The  Surfin' Craze   Favoriting
Patsy Cline  Stop, Look And Listen (live on radio)   Favoriting
Tina Britt  The Real Thing   Favoriting
Greg Townson  Little By Little   Favoriting
NRBQ  All I Have To Do Is Dream   Favoriting
Billy Lee Riley  Show Me Your Soul   Favoriting
Donny Young (aka Johnny Paycheck)  Shakin' The Blues   Favoriting
Billy Stewart  Summertime   Favoriting
Byron Lee & The Dragonaires  Green Onions   Favoriting
Rod Stewart  You Wear It Well   Favoriting
J Ann C Trio  Voodoo Doll   Favoriting
Jet Harris  Some People   Favoriting
Jimmy Heap  Go Ahead On   Favoriting
Big Maybelle  96 Tears   Favoriting
Flamin' Groovies  Shake Some Action   Favoriting
Greg Townson  Off And Running   Favoriting
Thomas Group, The  Penny Arcade   Favoriting
Sandpipers, The  Jennifer, Juniper   Favoriting
Ira Louvin  Who Throwed That Rock?   Favoriting
Allen Toussaint  Moo Moo   Favoriting
Nick Lowe  Nutted By Reality   Favoriting
Wollies, The  Who Do You Love?   Favoriting
Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys  Tonight You Belong To Me   Favoriting
Mary Wells  I Should Have Known Better   Favoriting
Lyres, The  Not Looking Back   Favoriting
Dahlmanns, The  Dumb Me Down   Favoriting
Green  She Was My Girl   Favoriting
Kik, The  Simone   Favoriting
Jerky Boys, The  Leftover Fireworks   Favoriting

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CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version

CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HEREfor "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

CLICK HERE to support the new Starry Skies album called 'Small Wonders'.

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version


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Listener comments!

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Squints:

ok then

hey HEY hey now
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:01am
Handy Haversack:

Michael and all the Shelle Gamers! It has been TOO long! Hey now!
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spodiodi:

good morning, Michael Shelley and #1 listeners!
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common:

Yep
  11:02am
clarke:

hay now
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HyperDose:

Great rowing machine assembly music, Michael!
Fellow numero unos!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:03am
Michael in Montclair:

Good late morning Mr. Shelley and everyone!
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Hoboken Jack:

Good morning Michael, Spodi, Handy, panting Bagpipe, all!!
  11:03am
clarke:

is this your breakfast, Larry?
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, Michael & all!
It's 11AM and I am sitting 2 feet in front of my air conditioner.
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Hoboken Jack:

Hey there Greg!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:04am
spodiodi:

gm, Jack!
hey, Handy! ltns
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:04am
Handy Haversack:

Hey, Jack! Getting home from Manhattan last night made getting home from Bushwick the other night look like a walk in the park!

Hey, Greg, spodi, clarke, HyperDose, Squints, all!
  11:05am
clarke:

howdy HH
  11:06am
clarke:

and all!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

As the swallows return to Capistrano, so has Hoboken Jack returned to the music venues of the greater NYC area.
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Handy Haversack:

We can vouch, Greg! We were thrilled to run into Jack in Bushwick on Thursday night at the Yo Kinky show!
  11:11am
clarke:

as the ravens return to Zone 5
  11:13am
clarke:

how was the show Handy? what is the return to live music like, there??
  11:15am
clarke:

i have hit the planks, but have not been an audience member, yet. will remedy that on monday when Country Westerns play new orleans!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:16am
greg g:

Morning Michael and Everyone ! Tunes are brightening a rainy morning in Buffalo.
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spodiodi:

i hear inspirational traces of "Love You More" by the Buzzcocks in this Camper Van song
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:17am
Hoboken Jack:

Hmm there is a venue the Coach House in Capistrano, I'd like to go and then later go again. In the meantime I'll go to the Coach House diner.
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Handy Haversack:

Fun and confusing, clarke. And the pandemic and Uber have destroyed taxis, so getting around late at night is ... complex. And of course the city and state, with a year of very limited ridership, have waited till now to start doing work on a bunch of subway lines. Greed and incompetence continue to carry the day, but the music sure sounds good!
  11:21am
clarke:

gosh, must be weird (and difficult) with no cabs just going up and down and across.
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spodiodi:

nice 🎄🐵
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Dennis Diken:

go, Mikey! hi everyone!
  11:23am
clarke:

DD
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Handy Haversack:

The Lower East Side was like nothing I have ever seen -- thousands and thousands of 20-somethings queued up to get into clubs, the cops boxing them into club zones, hundreds trying to get cars. The ride-share things were apparently charging $100 just to cross the bridge to NW Brooklyn.

They wrote a book about it, said it was like ancient Rome.
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Hoboken Jack:

Taxis will make a comeback as hedge-fund investing incentives have dried up for Uber, Airbnb, food delivery services, etc, causing prices to rise and rise.
  11:24am
clarke:

wow. that's purdy dang crazeee
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Hoboken Jack:

Hey there Dennis!!
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Michael Shelley:

Morning all! I played at The Coach House once... fun.
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fm Mike:

You could watch Velocipastor. It's JUST what it sounds like!
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Listener Baby:

Hi
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Hoboken Jack:

Hello Baby
  11:28am
clarke:

oh it's MovieTime!!
re=saw Body Heat (TCM has modern noir on fridays, which is COOL) - Body Heat stands up rather nicely especially being from the 80's!
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Dennis Diken:

hey Jack!
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Dennis Diken:

Interestingly, The Rip Chords (nee The Opposites) were a real group that Terry Melcher and Bruce Johnston produced and eventually lead (vocally) in the studio. There’s info on Wikipedia. The original members can be heard singing lead on one or more cuts on the Hey Little Cobra LP.
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Hoboken Jack:

I DVR'd Body Heat last night and am excited to watch it!
  11:33am
clarke:

well, jack it is pretty great to see after many years. i will give you a tidbit to look for - or a few, if you want them beforehand?
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Montmaster J:

re: Body Heat. Mickey Rourke incredible in his scene-really gets your attention- and Ted Dansen is also good. Great movie.
  11:38am
clarke:

yeah, i didn't think it would stand up that well.
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Hoboken Jack:

Clarke I'll take one tidbit, thanks!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Like to hear Roky Erickson singing 'Shoe Me' here...
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Dennis Diken:

i think Billy Lee Riley played harmonica on the Beach Boys Today! version of "Help Me Ronda" (as it was spelled on that LP cover!)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...*shoW...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...or Roky doing Flying Saucer Rawk'n'Roll for that matter...
  11:42am
clarke:

ok: i didn't know this until last night: the whole movie is supposed to be during a heat wave in south florida, but ironically, the time they FILMED the scenes, there was a cold front that was stuck over florida, so all the sweat is fake.
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greg g:

Totally Smoking Michael !!!!!
  11:49am
Mike Sin:

Blasting your show during a sweltering garage sale — sounds great!
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Hoboken Jack:

Haha Body Chills!
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Hoboken Jack:

Hey Mike Sin!
  11:51am
clarke:

yeah, i thought it would be good to know beforehand - you've probably seen it long ago, anyway.
  11:51am
clarke:

i love this early version - the final version is on my all-time list
  11:52am
Peter:

"I won't object if you call collect" - the one good line in this re-hash.
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spodiodi:

Revolution Rabbit, nice wild berries! did they taste good?
  Swag For Life Member 11:53am
Eddy in Australia:

Clarke! How long is that all-time list of yours?
  11:54am
clarke:

EDDY MATe!!
  11:54am
Peter:

Re Body Heat - it was so cold out in the scene where Ned first meets Matty, the cast had to suck on ice-cubes in order for their breath not to show on camera.

Ted Danson, when asked about the film, said it was storyboarded so precisely, a high-school could make the movie, and if they followed the instructions, it would come out exactly the same.
  11:54am
clarke:

THE PRIDE OF KILDA!!
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Hoboken Jack:

Curse you, advertising industry, for making me sing, "You wear it well... Pierre Cardin!"
  11:55am
clarke:

Ted Dancin' (in this flick)
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Eddy in Australia:

SAINT Kilda! The boys lost today
  11:56am
clarke:

that All-Time list is long, SAINT Eddy!!
  Swag For Life Member 11:57am
Eddy in Australia:

Ranked and in numerical order?
  11:58am
clarke:

some of them - there is a large tie for first!!
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Eddy in Australia:

Don't keep us hanging, throw out some top-spot titles ...
  12:00pm
clarke:

if i had to pick one, i have said it before, here: Hey Little Girl by The Syndicate Of Sound is probably my all-time fave tune.
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Eddy in Australia:

Interesting. Maybe Michael can give it a spin (again)
  12:03pm
clarke:

he plays it often enough! ;]
  12:04pm
clarke:

but, Dandelion by the stones runs pretty high, these days - pop perfection
  12:05pm
clarke:

top o'th' heap
  12:06pm
The Butterman:

This guy sounds like he can’t walk and chew gum at the same time much less boat and swim.
  12:07pm
clarke:

how's thangs down there in the mid-wintah??
  12:07pm
clarke:

(other than the saints losing)
  Swag For Life Member 12:08pm
Eddy in Australia:

Okay, except that we're in lockdown again - the Delta variant spread from Sydney to Melbourne
  12:09pm
clarke:

yike!!! oh no!!
  12:09pm
clarke:

stay WELL, friendo!!
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Michael Shelley:

Australia - % of population fully vaccinated = 10.5%
  Swag For Life Member 12:11pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Michael Tell me about it!
  12:11pm
clarke:

don't send me back that way....
  12:11pm
clarke:

Shake Some Action is VERY high on me list - probably 15th??
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Hubig Pie:

This why I got outta bed this AM-
to hear this song
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Eddy in Australia:

This song is dedicated to our useless government
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Eddy in Australia:

Also: not my Prime Minister
  12:13pm
clarke:

as Little Richard said "this song makes my big toe jump up in my boot"
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Michael Shelley:

YES
  12:14pm
clarke:

i am one: Charlie Pickett & The Eggs
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Todd76Pct:

YES, in a band with Bruce AOD
  12:14pm
clarke:

on Live At The Button, 1985
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jpuva:

YES
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jpuva:

YES again
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jpuva:

And I have to admit that there might be a third yes coming up very soon
  12:16pm
clarke:

the intro to that song is SUPER-hard to pull off right!
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Eddy in Australia:

Shake Some Action top of the pops for me, too (it's 2am here)
  12:17pm
clarke:

two a.m. is Shake Some Action prime time!!
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Eddy in Australia:

Yessir!
  12:18pm
egould310:

Never covered that song. But I definitely looked it up just now on Ultimate Guitar tabs app, because I’m going to cover it. It’s powerpop, right?
  12:18pm
clarke:

those tabs are rarely right
  Swag For Life Member 12:19pm
Eddy in Australia:

Sniff n the Tears covered Shake Some Action, right?!
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Corey:

Good morning/afternoon Michael and listeners! Better late than never!
  12:19pm
egould310:

@clarke agreed. Good place to start, though. And lyrics.
  Swag For Life Member 12:20pm
Eddy in Australia:

Confused? You will be ...
  12:21pm
clarke:

wow cool story(s)
  12:22pm
Kent:

Off and Running was a bomb by Lesley Gore!
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spodiodi:

cool story, Michael!
  12:23pm
P-90:

Well that was one heck of a song intro
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Mister Dobalina:

Whomever cooked that salmon, sure knew what they were doing. Look delicious & healthy.
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Montmaster J:

Someday (maybe you have already) you should tell the story of Yvette Grubman. ;)
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Listener Baby:

Baby. Might it not be interesting to contact Tony for a reunion interview (short one) Ask him about The Thomas Group and Golden Girls, etc. Sounds like fun to me?
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

Great story! My friend was Marlo Thomas’ personal assistant. Marlo was annoying.
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McGroovey:

That Penny Arcade song was the radio jingle for a concert venue in Rochester NY when I was a teenager.
  12:25pm
P-90:

There were probably a few groups that could have been called The Hal Blaine Group
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Hubig Pie:

That salmon looks burnished with brown sugar and salt cure then maybe cedar planked ?
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Dennis Diken:

indeed, that's totally Hal on The Thomas Group cut. I love when writers self-plagiarize - "Penny Archive" is totally a cool rewrite of their own "You Baby"!
  12:27pm
clarke:

The Sandpipers are in my top100 - Come Saturday Morning - probably 88th.
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Hughie Considine:

Donovan was perfect kid music. I remember being thrilled when I heard "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" in a shampoo commercial.
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Hoboken Jack:

McGroove, did you forget to go to shows at that venue? I keed, I keed!
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Michael Shelley:

just salt & pepper & olive oil - the trick is to make sure the fish is SUPER DRY before you out it in a VERY HOT pan
  12:28pm
clarke:

looks fantastic!!
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

Dennis I was totally expecting it to break into the “You Baby” chorus! Confirmed by an expert.
  12:29pm
clarke:

how do you make sure the fish is super-dry???
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Squints:

For a start, take it out of the danged water.
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HyperDose:

Invest in a ThermoWorks Mk4
  12:32pm
clarke:

that joke was SUPER-DRY!
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spodiodi:

don't let the fish drink anything for 12 hours prior to cooking
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Hackensack Slim:

Hi Mike, Diggin the show as always. Alan who? When I want you're two cents I'll ask you for it.
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Michael Shelley:

LOTS of paper towels - then salt (lots) and pepper - then dip it in a couple teaspoon of olive oil in a shallow bowl - then straight into HOT pan
  12:34pm
clarke:

NICE!! will try.
  12:34pm
ledzeppelinsucks:

Some of those Chinese Markets in Oakland sell dried fish.
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Handy Haversack:

I press tofu after cutting it into the desired shapes for up to an hour under a heavy skillet, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10th ed.), and Bryan Garner's Modern American Usage.
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angora.octagon:

When your lunch drinks instead of drinking your lunch.
  12:35pm
clarke:

and who said books weren't useful!!
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Michael Shelley:

HH - indeed!
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Handy Haversack:

I'll have to look that up, clarke!
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Dennis Diken:

@Sweet Corn Lizzie - yeah, it's an interesting reworking of "You Baby" - the chorus on "Penny Arcade" is totally happening!
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ze boocherie:

This Nick Lowe song I've always thought was a parody/homage to the Jackson 5 in the first half, Paul McCartney in the second half.
  12:39pm
clarke:

anybody seen that We Are The Village Green Preservation Society special on pbs?? wow.
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Frank Zaatar:

"My ice wagon?" Do they know what an ice wagon is?
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Handy Haversack:

Follow this with "I'm Picking Out a Thermos for You"?!
  12:41pm
clarke:

not an ordinary one will do!
  12:43pm
clarke:

i would like this better if mary was doing I Should Have Known Better by Wire
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spodiodi:

i was about to ask who did the more popular version of this song... glad i checked first :-B
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spodiodi:

99% and proud(?)
  12:44pm
clarke:

all-timer!!!!! yes!!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

YES!
This pre-clicked Lyres track gets heavy rotation in my jogging playlist.
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Handy Haversack:

Did it inspire the shirt, Greg?
  12:46pm
clarke:

it is good to run to!! followed by Don't Give It Up Now
  12:48pm
clarke:

but in reality - i would put Help You Ann higher on my personal list. sentimental value.
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McGroovey:

I wish I had the Lyres with me for my 5-hour drive tomorrow.
  12:49pm
clarke:

uh, not in the van with you!!! better from afar!
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Squints:

Depends. How big's yah cah, theah?
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Hoboken Jack:

They would probably pitch in for the gas money, McGroove
  12:49pm
clarke:

those guys NEVER got along!!
  12:49pm
johnk77:

nice sets selecter
strong agree w/
shake some action
  12:50pm
clarke:

first gig they got in a fight
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John L:

The last time I saw The Lyres I danced so hard I ruptured my achilles tendon. If you're gonna dance, after 40, make sure you stretch first.
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McGroovey:

@Jack no, alas, I was too young to go to shows there. I turned 18 the week before I went off to college.
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Handy Haversack:

McGroove, I'll be at the Mothership Tue. afternoon, ~2-6.
  12:55pm
morphe':

Thanks Mikey and all => 7pm Madrid at 98*F and you are keeping us cool...
  12:55pm
clarke:

another FANtastic voyage, mates!! ever get the feeling you been cheated?
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Greg from ZONE 5:

@Handy: Subconsciously perhaps!
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spodiodi:

great show!
thanks, Michael!
  12:56pm
morphe':

Handy - Kate and all ... Hope the Creek and Kills shows great ..
The Mama Tried was my first and great ...
Soon more !!!!
  12:56pm
egould310:

Thanks Michael. Great show yadda yadda yadda. Listen at ya next week.
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radioronan:

Thanks Michael!
  12:56pm
clarke:

get brent weir, i said!!
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spodiodi:

XD
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Michael! Great stuff today!

Take it easy, everybody. See youse later!

It was great, morph!
  12:57pm
Dennis Diken:

highly diggable show, Mikey, thanks!!
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spodiodi:

Sol <3
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Hoboken Jack:

Thank you, Michael! Keep cool.
  12:58pm
clarke:

solid, kids.
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Mister Dobalina:

I love, LOVE, LOVE....The Jerky Boys! Met Johnny Brennan once, cool guy! Huge fan of Sol Rosenberg.
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Corey:

Thanks Michael! Take care all!
  1:12pm
P-90:

cue bubbles
  4:20pm
MICHAEL GILLETTE:

I'm sorry, but I don't listen live. "Shake Some Action" I never played in a band, but great song. BUT, the compression drives me insane! I live, breathe - have sold my soul - for SUSTAIN!
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