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NRBQ  You Can't Hide   Favoriting 0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Tonky Thompson  On My Way   Favoriting 0:03:07 (Pop-up)
Pee Wee King  Catty Town   Favoriting 0:06:08 (Pop-up)
Wilson Pickett  Barefootin'   Favoriting 0:08:37 (Pop-up)
Les Paul And Mary Ford  Junpin At The Zydaco   Favoriting 0:10:46 (Pop-up)
XTC  Life Begins At The Hop (unused single version)   Favoriting 0:13:12 (Pop-up)
Los Jockers  Run Run   Favoriting 0:16:23 (Pop-up)
Garrett T. Capps  Downtown I'm Ready 2 Go   Favoriting 0:18:40 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Jones  Don't You Just Know It   Favoriting 0:22:35 (Pop-up)
Televisionaires  Lorraine   Favoriting 0:25:59 (Pop-up)
Rick Nelson  Hey There, Little Miss Tease   Favoriting 0:29:53 (Pop-up)
Wire Troop  Folsom Prison Blues   Favoriting 0:35:55 (Pop-up)
Ralph Jackson  Jambalaya   Favoriting 0:40:13 (Pop-up)
Lloyd Charmers And The Hippy Boys  Soul At Large   Favoriting 0:43:08 (Pop-up)
Roves, The  I Am The Flood   Favoriting 0:44:53 (Pop-up)
Jon and Robin  You Got Style   Favoriting 0:50:12 (Pop-up)
Sei Yamamoto  Wild Cat Stomp   Favoriting 0:52:35 (Pop-up)
Cornbread And Biscuit  The Big Time Spender Part I   Favoriting 0:55:01 (Pop-up)
Dahlmanns, The  Ring Ring   Favoriting 0:57:56 (Pop-up)
Bill Black's Combo  Joey's Song   Favoriting 1:00:52 (Pop-up)
Rusty and Doug  Hey Sheriff   Favoriting 1:04:09 (Pop-up)
Wilmer And The Dukes  I'm Free   Favoriting 1:07:02 (Pop-up)
Bola Sete  Cadê a Jane   Favoriting 1:09:36 (Pop-up)
Kurt Baker  Quit Dancing With My Girl   Favoriting 1:11:51 (Pop-up)
Fantastic Baggys, The  Debbie Be True   Favoriting 1:13:33 (Pop-up)
Dave Edmunds  Halfway Down   Favoriting 1:22:36 (Pop-up)
Big Boy Groves  Bucket O Blood   Favoriting 1:19:52 (Pop-up)
Fountains Of Wayne  Strapped For Cash   Favoriting 1:22:23 (Pop-up)
Harmony Grass  (It Ain't Necessarily) Byrd Avenue   Favoriting 1:26:02 (Pop-up)
Kenny Vaughan (with the Fabulous Supurlatives)  Hot Like That (live at the Ernest Tubb Record Shop)   Favoriting 1:28:10 (Pop-up)
Johnny Adans  A Place Called Home   Favoriting 1:32:02 (Pop-up)
Bug Club, The  Only In Love   Favoriting 1:33:57 (Pop-up)
Donovan  Oh Gosh   Favoriting 1:35:38 (Pop-up)
Dean And Gene Reece  Jailbreak   Favoriting 1:37:55 (Pop-up)
Barbara Lynn  Soul Deep   Favoriting 1:39:49 (Pop-up)
Faith Healer  Sufferin' Creature   Favoriting 1:43:00 (Pop-up)
Dusty Springfield  Little By Little   Favoriting 1:46:48 (Pop-up)
Otis Redding  It's Growing   Favoriting 1:48:58 (Pop-up)
Tambles, The  Listen   Favoriting 1:52:25 (Pop-up)
Buck Loves Kim Shattuck  Eye To Eye   Favoriting 1:54:35 (Pop-up)
Way Out  Where's My Hammer?   Favoriting 1:58:14 (Pop-up)

CLICK HERE for Michael Shelley's appearance on the Finding Favorites podcast where he discusses WFMU, NRBQ, Nancy & road food

CLICK HERE for The Beatles Sorter (1200 choice decision game takes an hour)

CLICK HERE for The Beatles & The Butcher - The Story of The 'Yesterday & Today' Album

CLICK HERE for the Radio & Broadcasting History site with archives of British music mags from the 60's

CLICK HERE for Beatle Novelty Records on YouTube

CLICK HERE for a free download of the book "Our time is now : A farandole of Jonathan Richman songs"

CLICK HERE for The 100 Most Lost Songs of All

CLICK HERE for a million dollar guitar

CLICK HERE for The Herman Cain Award

CLICK HERE for a pricing strategy consultant's look at how much Mike Love pays Brother Records INC. for the right to tour as The Beach Boys

CLICK HERE for five hours of live Stones, well chosen to spotlight Charlie

CLICK HERE to read the lawsuit "Brother Records Inc. vs Jardine"

CLICK HERE for the six part documentary of the making of Elvis Costello's "Spanish Model"

CLICK HERE for Margaret's Granola Recipe

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

CLICK HERE for the Song Exploder episode on Cheap Trick's Surrender

CLICK HERE for info on "Sweet Relief - A tribute to Joey Spampinato"

CLICK HERE for an interesting blog piece about cut-out lps

CLICK HERE to watch "Call Her Mom," a 1972 pre-Animal House made for TV movie featuring Mark Eric & Charles Nelson Riley

CLICK HERE to see recently unearthed 100% NUDE photos of Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin - WARNINGS: 1. N.S.F.W. 2. You cant un-see these 3. WFMU is not responsible for psychiatric bills resulting from clicking on this link

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

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 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 HERE for 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 HERE for "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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Just another normal day here in wine country. You know, with snow on the ground, n’stuff. Nothing to see here. Good morning, Baby. Looking forward to your bag of tricks. Hi gang!
  11:00am
clarke:

hey now
fought like a freakin' crazy person.
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Frank In Queens:

hey NOW!!!!!!
  11:01am
clarke:

i said a LAZAH!!!
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Mister Dobalina:

Michael is dangerous this week.
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dreamyandseedy:

greetings!
  11:02am
clarke:

The Voice!!
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Squints:

ok then.

heyHEYhey now.
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prof.fuzz:

oh crap! is my complection showing??? my bad...
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Jessie:

Hello #1 listeners.
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Listener Baby:

Good lord, Orson Wells was a blowhard.
  11:02am
Peter Horvath:

Yo #1ers! Happy Saturday to all!
  11:02am
clarke:

FuZZZZZZZ!! it's all good.
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prof.fuzz:

clarkEEEEEEEE!
ain't nobody wants to see my compection...
  11:03am
clarke:

baby..... BABY!!!!!!!!
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Handy Haversack:

Hey now! Michael and all the Shellegamers! clarke, prof., Baby, Jessie, Squints, Mr. Bod D, dreamyandseedy, Frank, all!
  11:03am
clarke:

↳ prof.fuzz @11:03
u gotta let it show!
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prof.fuzz:

yo handy!
  11:04am
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:03
mr. eversick!!
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Squints:

hey hey HH
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Webhamster Henry:

Hi Michael! Got some George Harrison birthday music?
  11:04am
clarke:

GGSq!!~
  11:05am
Butch the sultan of queens:

Back after a while Hi risers at lux Rochester last night. Great earthy kinda time.
  11:05am
clarke:

uh, hate to break this to you but george has passed on.
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Frank In Queens:

↳ Song: "On My Way" by "Tonky Thompson"
I should've bought that record when I had the chance.
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Mister Dobalina:

Hola Handy..
  11:06am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:05
where'd you get THAT chance?
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Butch the sultan of queens @11:05
Jealous, man.
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Jessie:

Hi ya Handy.
  11:07am
clarke:

miss gingah!! mawnin'!!
  11:08am
clarke:

Listener Ivan pretty much seems to have it made.
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Christina Ginger:

↳ clarke @11:07
Good day, Clarke!
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Handy Haversack:

Michael pairs up with Mr. Fine Wine and Gentleman Joe McGasko for Marathon -- not too shabby!

wfmu.org...
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Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @11:06
Online. It was sitting there for months years ago. I kept putting it off, and putting it off. it finally sold. I haven't seen it as cheap or as available since:(
  11:09am
clarke:

↳ Christina Ginger @11:08
i won't say thangs has gone rather smoothly, but it is a day!
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Butch the sultan of queens @11:05
sorry to miss it!
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Squints:

Any day I wake up is a good one.
  11:10am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:09
dadburnit!!!
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Christina Ginger:

↳ clarke @11:09
Hahahaha, I hear ya.
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Joe B:

greetings Michael and everyone
  11:10am
clarke:

↳ Squints @11:10
are you awake yet?
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Squints:

↳ clarke @11:10
<checks>

I t'ink so, dere.
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prof.fuzz:

↳ clarke @11:10
merrily merrily merrily merrily
life is but a dream...
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Listener Baby:

Clarke!
  11:12am
clarke:

apparently, others are having not such a great morning. nothing's gone 'wrong' -- just nothing's gone RIGHT!
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drr:

Finally, some authentic zydeco.
  11:12am
andy fuchs:

Ah, Les and Mary on a frigid NJ morning...nothing like it. Dig that clean tone :)
  11:12am
clarke:

↳ Listener Baby @11:11
Baby - you got snow on the ground??
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Squints:

↳ Song: "Junpin At The Zydaco" by "Les Paul And Mary Ford"
That poor sow. At least that cow got kilt before being butchered.
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Handy Haversack:

Do they kill the cow and butcher the sow by jumping on them? It's been a while now since I ate meat, but I don't remember that being how it works.
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Squints:

↳ clarke @11:12
Been there.
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Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Junpin At The Zydaco" by "Les Paul And Mary Ford"
Not a song for vegans.
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prof.fuzz:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:12
that's called "tenderizing"...
  11:13am
ledzeppelinsucks:

Spent the week in Rumford ME and it was a mid range bummer.
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Joe B @11:10
Hey Joe!
  11:13am
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:12
well, they used to rope the cattle and jump on them. but, this was before chicago existed.
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drr:

This XTC song is making me wonder if my computer is receiving both stereo channels.
  11:14am
?:

Life Begins at the Ska'p
  11:14am
clarke:

↳ drr @11:14
one drum take short of a hit!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Life Begins At The Hop (unused single version)" b...
I attempted "That's Really Super, Supergirl" at karaoke last weekend. It's a little beyond my ability.
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drr:

↳ Song: "Life Begins At The Hop (unused single version)" b...
Oh this is the zydeco version.
  11:15am
clarke:

↳ drr @11:14
zydAco!!
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PatrickMC:

↳ Song: "Life Begins At The Hop (unused single version)" b...
More hi hat
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Morning all
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Squints:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:14
They had that in the karaoke machine?

<grover bertram weeks nods> Alright.
  11:17am
clarke:

phat
  11:17am
ledzeppelinsucks:

I saw a band from Chile called Gripe at The Middle East on Sunday.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Squints @11:16
That and "Mayor of Simpleton."
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drr:

↳ clarke @11:15
zydaceaux.
  11:18am
clarke:

u got it goin' nah!!
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Squints:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:17
The latter, I could believe would be in there.
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drr:

↳ ledzeppelinsucks @11:17
That's like calling your band The Flu if the translation on these OTC cold pills are to be believed.
  11:19am
clarke:

i have scoured the Middle East calendar for something interesting for years, now. nope.
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Squints:

↳ clarke @11:19
Middle East in Cambridge? Last time I was in there was for Low Cut Connie in 2016.
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Hoboken Jack:

Hello Michael, Baby, Frank, Christina, Clarke, Prof, Peter who'll be at Tierney's tonight, Handy, Bagpipe wearing a fur coat, all!
  11:21am
clarke:

exactly!
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Squints:

↳ Song: "Downtown I'm Ready 2 Go" by "Garrett T. Capps"
That Garrett T Capps thing is great.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Squints @11:21
I think the last time I was there was like ... 2004?
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dale:

thought this was jimmy buffet - ooph!
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Listener Baby:

Yup
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Squints:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:21
Saw Graham Parker there with the Figgs downstairs in 2005. Then Dick Dale in 2010, also downstairs.
  11:22am
clarke:

jaaack!!! Babylon much?
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Listener Baby:

Hi Jack
  11:23am
SecretSquirrel:

XTC songs sound pretty straightforward until you try to sing one
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Christina Ginger:

Classic rhythm for the GFG production. So great.
  11:24am
clarke:

this is coming from a guy who used to go to the Middle East like 4 nights a week!! on the other hand, i would love to be at Tierney's 2nite!
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Squints:

↳ dale @11:22
If Jimmy Buffett had a song like that today, he'd be interesting again.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Don't You Just Know It" by "Jimmy Jones"
Holy hell, this rocks.
  11:24am
clarke:

↳ Squints @11:24
or maybe Come Monday
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Christina Ginger:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:24
It does, indeed.
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Squints:

↳ clarke @11:24
God forbid I lived in Cambridge or Back Bay. I'd be dead of exhaustion by now from being out every night.
  11:25am
ledzeppelinsucks:

Search results for independent, punk and alternative shows I Somerville, Boston and Cambridge are annoying DJ and cover band trash. This Bay Area tool kicks ass http://www.foopee.com/punk/the-list/ , its a chore to find shows in other areas when I travel for work. . . . http://www.foopee.com/punk/the-list/
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drr:

↳ clarke @11:24
I got in a discussion about the Brattle Cinema last night, where I used to go 4 nights a week.
  11:25am
Mark R:

Sounds like the same Jimmy Jones, the 'Handy Man.' BTW, Huey "Piano" Smith died this past week.
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Squints:

↳ clarke @11:24
I dropped off after the One Particular Harbor record. Which was fine. But I was kind of JB'd out.
  11:25am
Jonny Blues from MA:

Kenny Aranoff?
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PatrickMC:

Kenny Aranoff
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Montmaster J:

Joe Jackson was there!
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Montmaster J:

I think Graham Maybe was in that band.....
  11:27am
clarke:

↳ drr @11:25
omg Brattle was brilliant - it probably costs like 40 bucks to get in there, these days! no popcorn
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Handy Haversack:

↳ SecretSquirrel @11:23
Ha, right? Well put!
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Squints:

A lot of cover band action in Boston itself is Berklee kids honing chops.
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, Jack!
  11:28am
Trevor lake:

Thanks, Michael!
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prof.fuzz:

Jack!
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PatrickMC:

↳ Song: "Lorraine" by "Televisionaires"
Wow. These guys would have been on a NY Rocker cover. Born a few decades late.
  11:30am
clarke:

↳ Squints @11:27
agreed, but here's the thing: there are a lot of incredible bands in boston that never end up going anywhere else??
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Squints:

↳ clarke @11:30
Yup.

And not because we're stingy about sharing. 8^)
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HyperDose:

↳ Song: "Hey There, Little Miss Tease" by "Rick Nelson"
I'm dancing!
  11:32am
clarke:

↳ Squints @11:32
it's baffling to me, truly.
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myron feld:

↳ Song: "Hey There, Little Miss Tease" by "Rick Nelson"
I recently learned that the instrument on "Hello Mary Lou" that I always thought was a piano was in fact Ozzie Nelson playing a tenor guitar.
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Handy Haversack:

Maybe that's just how Ivan lives. Well done, Ivan. Ivan the Terrific!
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Frank In Queens:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:33
Based on the beer, the photo was taken in Croatia.
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Hubig Pie:

Delicious beers and a lovely view.
Sounds like gracious living
  11:34am
gf2002:

There was a great band in Boston when I was playing there, around 97-98, called The Gravel Pit. Anyone remember them? Another local band that got signed was Jack Drag, same era. Their shows used to be packed anywhere they played.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Hubig Pie @11:34
Looks a lot warmer than -10F, too!
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Squints:

I'm Swag For Life. But I usually throw some coins in the plate in March and again during the Heckraiser.
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JG:

Michael, put Neil Diamond's Solitary Man done by BJ Thomas on your collection. It's No.1.
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Christina Ginger:

March 2nd is Thursday….
  11:37am
clarke:

↳ gf2002 @11:34
i am friends w/both bands, but have sadly fallen out of touch w/them.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Christina Ginger @11:36
Yes, it's on Thu.: maindragmusic.com...

And then Pete Galub will be there the next Thu.: maindragmusic.com...
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Hubig Pie:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:34
Currently a balmy 36f here .
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clarke:

↳ gf2002 @11:34
Jack Drag's John Dragonetti is in a band called The Submarines, but i am not sure they are still an entity.
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drr:

↳ clarke @11:27
"No popcorn" was my recollection as well! Apparently they do have p.c. now.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:37
Ooo, and Upper Wilds on 3/29!
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prof.fuzz:

41F and overcast in DFW right now...
  11:39am
clarke:

↳ drr @11:38
what i meant was that the Brattle is VERY expensive and the 'cover' was high.
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Squints:

↳ gf2002 @11:34
Kinda remember the name Jack Drag. But was busy with kids and less in the ballgame then.
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Joe B:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:38
thanks for the heads up on that one Handy! (upper wilds)
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Brief high of 19 yesterday and high of 49 today!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Winter is almost over
  11:40am
gf2002:

↳ clarke @11:38
Very cool clarke! They were the best bands playing Boston that I remember, great shows. Last I heard Jack Drag was a track from their album Dope Box was used in an AT&T tv commercial about 15 years ago or so. The Gravel Pit always played a tight show, I thought they'd go national.
  11:40am
rx scabin:

Good morning, Michael and Everyone. Snowing here but not too cold (25).
  11:41am
wenzo:

Mark Hurst would probably tell you to go ahead & get down on BC. I think he mentioned something about the gaming company that owns them (epic?) being fined half a billion for swindling people? Did not look that up.
  11:41am
clarke:

↳ gf2002 @11:40
also: Ed from The Gravel Pit is part owner in a studio in boston.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Joe B @11:40
Joe, let us know if you can make it! We'll make sure to come out.
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Joe B:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:41
will do!
  11:42am
clarke:

↳ gf2002 @11:40
you're making my point, gf.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Happy birthday Dennis Diken!
  11:43am
clarke:

diken's bday?? where's the cake???
  11:44am
gf2002:

↳ clarke @11:42
Absolutely! I'll have to dig out those CD's and EP's from that era and relisten, there was some solid original music at that time in Boston. I played Middle East and one time they gave us 13 bucks to split among 4 of us after we sold a lot of drinks for the place. I said keep it.
  11:44am
clarke:

@RX - hope thangs're better around yer place!! HOPE!!
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PatrickMC:

↳ Song: "Soul At Large" by "Lloyd Charmers And The Hippy B...
That's so good
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Wish I had cake. I may have to grab a donut on the way to practice.
  11:45am
clarke:

↳ gf2002 @11:44
i could shortlist fifty bands like the ones you mention.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Someone needs to teach me how to write songs.
  11:46am
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:45
that is what MS is doing write now!!
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PatrickMC:

↳ Song: "I Am The Flood" by "Roves, The"
This too
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Alan in Marblehead:

The Roves #1!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @11:46
Good point
  11:48am
rx scabin:

@clarke they are sort of. Thank you. I hope all is well with you.
  11:48am
pp:

2 biggest NRBQ fans scheduled at same time... can't decide which one to tune in to
  11:51am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning all! Locked in for the drive up to Sussex County…
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drr:

In movies this week, I saw a William Castle movie on Mardi Gras called "New Orleans Uncensored". Not sure what would have been censored. But I liked the scene where the new-to-town hero pretends to not be able to pronounce "jambalaya".
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PatrickMC:

↳ Song: "You Got Style" by "Jon and Robin"
The Monkees weren't available?
  11:52am
clarke:

↳ drr @11:51
harrruuuumph!!!
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myron feld:

↳ Song: "You Got Style" by "Jon and Robin"
Neil D.'s "You Got To Me" or this one -- which came first?
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Christina Ginger:

↳ myron feld @11:52
YES… I couldn’t get it out of my head as I listened to this tune.
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Hubig Pie:

↳ drr @11:51
It's pronounced 'jambalaya'
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drr:

↳ clarke @11:52
Movie is rated 4 on IMDB, but I think you would get a kick out of it. Great outdoor location shots.
  11:55am
clarke:

i will try to check that out, ha ha.
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Christina Ginger:

The British use self rising flour all the time.
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Don Gorden:

hey Mike where's my shoes, wow that was a Zamboni song
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gf2002:

↳ clarke @11:45
Two Boston area bands from the early 90's who had the best band names: Sandy Duncan's Eye and Yoko Ono's A*s. I didn't see either live but they'd be listed in the Phoenix.
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drr:

You need Martha White flour for biscuits.
  11:55am
John in Parsippany:

You Got Style, You Got to Me
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Handy Haversack:

Well, gotta go move boats around. Many thanks, MS!

See you all soon!
  11:56am
clarke:

↳ gf2002 @11:55
don't know either of 'em.
  11:57am
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:56
handy adios! or ahoy!!
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myron feld:

↳ Song: "The Big Time Spender Part I" by "Cornbread And Bi...
Ah, Thunderbird...
  11:57am
paddy:

i too made amazing biscuits with self rising flour recently. came out perfect. 2 ingredients. self rising flour and heavy whipping cream. froze some and had one with a homemade stew yesterday. happy paddy.
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Claire from Montclair:

I just put biscuits and cornbread that i made in the freezer so I don’t eat them all.
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Frank In Queens:

Later Handy
  11:58am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:58
movies frank?
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Listener Baby:

↳ Song: "The Big Time Spender Part I" by "Cornbread And Bi...
These guys feel so unnecessary.
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Claire from Montclair @11:57
smart move
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Listener Baby:

Best Super song of them all first song, first volume. Never bettered.
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Joe R.:

↳ Song: "I Am The Flood" by "Roves, The"
definite Brinsley Schwartz (sp?) vibe on that Roves song
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clarke:

↳ Listener Baby @11:59
we are probably going to break a temperature record, today for heat on this date! and you are freeeeezin'.
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Claire from Montclair:

My phone just rang. Get out of my head!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ Good ♄Saturday FMUvianz ~
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clarke:

↳ Claire from Montclair @12:01
what is your address and the location of your freezer in the house?
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PatrickMC:

I see it's Organ Commitment day
  12:04pm
clarke:

no downfall for everly's in my book!!
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myron feld:

Actual big-flake sticking snow in SW Connecticut -- first time this season
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Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @11:58
Last night we stumbled upon Day Of The Outlaw with Robert Ryan and Burl Ives. Enjoyed it. Before that we watched Papi with Alan Arkin, and a couple of Agnes Varda movies. You?
  12:05pm
clarke:

will have to find and check that!!
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Frank In Queens:

↳ myron feld @12:04
We had some big flakes earlier, but it didn't last to long.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ PatrickMC @12:02
...we're pulling out all the stops...
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Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @12:05
It's on Turner.
  12:06pm
paddy:

followed this to make the biscuits. i think its all in how little the dough is worked. https://youtu.be/yiJVgO7zXgc
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clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:04
a lot of film noir i had not seen on youtube.
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Christina Ginger:

Wilmer and the Dukes are GREAT.
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Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @12:06
Excellent. Seems like a more and more stuff is winding up there.
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Song: "I'm Free" by "Wilmer And The Dukes"
I have this one on 45! It was my uncles, by way of my mom.
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rx scabin:

@paddy it is. A gentle hand. Also, pie.
  12:09pm
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:07
indeed! stuff i had never had the chance to see before - like Man In The Road with... ELLA RAINES!!!!!!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "I'm Free" by "Wilmer And The Dukes"
Kinda surprised this wasn't more of a 1960s anthem - but I guess as a song there's not a huge amount going on...
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myron feld:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:04
re: Agnes Varda: I saw "Cleo from 5 to 7" last week, liked it. I think I DVRd the ones that followed it that night.
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clarke:

or The Arnelo Affair with an evil John Hodiak
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Frank In Queens:

↳ myron feld @12:09
That's the one we watched, and then the one right after, La Bonheur
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San Pedro Girl:

Hello Michael and all.
  12:11pm
ledzeppelinsucks:

Burl Ives lived in Anacortes for a long time.
  12:11pm
clarke:

or Repeat Performance (1947)
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Christina Ginger:

↳ myron feld @12:09
I liked Cleo from 5-7, but I liked the film TCM showed after it perhaps a little better. Le Bonheur, I believe.
  12:12pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "Quit Dancing With My Girl" by "Kurt Baker"
kurt's a good lad!
  12:14pm
Ralphus:

Damn I can’t stand this song
  12:15pm
clarke:

also: i really enjoyed Poker Face - gobbled it up, in fact, and now i wish there were more. she's the female Columbo!!
  12:15pm
?:

fmu day drunk dads !
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Christina Ginger:

↳ clarke @12:15
I just had a conversation about this! I have to sign up to whatever service it’s on and give it a go.
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Kotzwinkled:

↳ clarke @12:15
There are two more this season on the way I believe. And it's been renewed. Nick Nolte looking haggard as ever, but still got it!
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Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @12:15
I've heard good things and also the Colombo comparison. We'll probably get around to it.
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Ralphus @12:14
Not sure what you want us to do with that information
  12:17pm
clarke:

good news, Kotz!! it is cleverly written (so far!)!!
  12:17pm
clarke:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:16
but, it is REALLY fuckin brilliant, though!!
  12:18pm
clarke:

referrring to ?, as well.
  12:19pm
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:16
also, i tried to be patient with White Lotus, but just can't pick it back up, after two episodes. truly despicable people - i realize it is intended, but...
  12:21pm
clarke:

was it The Antenna Club in memphis?? loved it!!
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Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @12:19
Yeah, I have zero interest in that one.
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prof.fuzz:

↳ Song: "Bucket O Blood" by "Big Boy Groves"
this should be a commercial for this weekend's KFC special...
  12:21pm
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:21
sad, because one of the stars of that show is my neighbor.
  12:22pm
Alexei in Brooklyn:

What was the name of that Dave Edmunds song? Loving the show by the way.
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Christina Ginger:

↳ clarke @12:19
White Lotus has my celeb look-alike in it.
  12:23pm
ledzeppelinsucks:

KFC highest MSG, cholesterol, fat, sodium and other swill. YUM Brands including Taco Bell is cancer seeds.
  12:23pm
clarke:

↳ Christina Ginger @12:22
who dat?
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PatrickMC:

Re DE, the TV doc on youtube on the making of Repeat When Necessary and Labour of Lust is higjly entertaining and interesting. Finally got around to watching the entire thing a couple weeks ago.
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drr:

↳ ledzeppelinsucks @12:23
Not sure what you want us to do with that information
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Alexei in Brooklyn @12:22
Added it - thanks for the heads up!
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Pedro in Arlington:

The high points on "Traffic and Weather" are unsurpassed in the FoW catalog.
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prof.fuzz:

strapped for cash --> stripped for cash
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Christina Ginger:

↳ clarke @12:23
Aubrey Plaza.

A friend pointed it out anwhile back. and since then, I have been stopped by strangers, ha.
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HyperDose:

↳ Christina Ginger @12:22
Is White Lotus any good? Huge Aubrey fan. Her SNL skits were great
  12:26pm
clarke:

↳ Christina Ginger @12:25
is she the newlywed gal??
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Squints:

↳ Pedro in Arlington @12:24
My favortitest ones from that are "92 Subaru" and especially "New Routine."
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Christina Ginger:

↳ HyperDose @12:26
I have not actually watched white lotus 😬🫣
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drr:

↳ HyperDose @12:26
"Emily the Criminal" (with AP) is an enjoyable 90 minute movie.
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Michael Shelley:

↳ HyperDose @12:26
NO
  12:28pm
clarke:

↳ Christina Ginger @12:27
oh okay - i will try to figure out who she is.
  12:28pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:27
will check that one!
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Hubig Pie:

I have a '90 Subaru I'm still driving. It has a 'FMU sticker onna tailgate.
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Michael Shelley:

↳ clarke @12:28
respectfully: no no no
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Cousin Kenny!
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Squints:

↳ Hubig Pie @12:29
Blue Subaru Foresters make me sad.

I got a reason.
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drr:

↳ clarke @12:28
about to turn the A.C. on...
  12:30pm
CalZone!:

"...because your 94 years old..." slayed me. Almost dropped my teeth!
  12:31pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:30
yeah crazy!
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Hubig Pie:

↳ Squints @12:29
This one is white and has the steering wheel on the wrong side and it makes me happy
  12:31pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:30
meanwhile profuzz is in flannel lined trousers!!
  12:33pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "A Place Called Home" by "Johnny Adans"
the fellow cain't shuffle~
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Squints:

White's OK. Any color but the light blue.
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prof.fuzz:

↳ clarke @12:31
truth!
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drr:

I like the drums this way.
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Pedro in Arlington:

↳ Squints @12:26
For all those on a couch in Mineola drinking a diet cola, we salute you.
  12:33pm
gf2002:

↳ Song: "A Place Called Home" by "Johnny Adans"
The shuffle is heard in the kick drum. Drummer's choice.
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Listener Baby:

↳ drr @12:33
Ditto. Let the man express himself.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ drr @12:33
Yeah fine.
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Michael Shelley:

↳ drr @12:33
I like it too, but the question is why'd he play it that way
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

More about the mix maybe. Got punch tho.
  12:35pm
clarke:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:34
you'd have to hear the rest of the 'set' to see if the guy can actually shuffle.
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

BUG MUSIC! Bug Club will be at Union Pool on 6/1, not sure if it's been announced yet.
  12:35pm
egould:

This Bug Club is a ripper. Number one hit.
  12:35pm
Ed From Jersey City:

The regular guy couldn’t make the session.
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Squints:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:34
When it's not even a Northern song.
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Jessie:

↳ Song: "Only In Love" by "Bug Club, The"
Totally dig these guys. So great.
  12:35pm
rx scabin:

@Michael Shelley sounds like the drums one might encounter in church. Seriously.
  12:36pm
Roobs Vida Loca:

The faster beat would give it a New Orleans sound
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HyperDose:

↳ drr @12:27
Seen it. Loved it!
  12:36pm
bob plasticland drummer:

I think he was hearing something to loud The music.. bass probably .when he was putting his drum track on
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drr:

Apparently "A Place Called Home" was backed on the 45 by "Spunky Onions"?
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McGroovey:

↳ Song: "Only In Love" by "Bug Club, The"
👍👍👍 for that one
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HyperDose:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:28
That's unfortunately what I've heard. Thank you for your input.
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Squints:

Add the Bug Club to the Televisionaries, Isaak Opatz, Nuevo and a couple of others that Michael has hipped me to.
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Juli:

Beautiful songs
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Squints:

↳ drr @12:36
I would absolutely buy, unheard, a record called "Spunky Onions."
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drr:

↳ Squints @12:37
It's terrific, so you're good.
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Juli:

The lil
Debbie one got me in the feels
  12:38pm
bobobob plasticland:

they might have put the bass and drums on at the same time????
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

↳ drr @12:36
Not the Billy Davis "Spunky Onions" though. Two songs called "Spunky Onions"!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Yeah some reason Donovan made MickieMost work for him.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @12:38
That is amazing
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @12:38
Is the Billy Davis version the one that’s on LVG vol 6?
I guess I could just go look at my cds…..
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Squints:

↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @12:38
That's allowed. Aloud, even.
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Song: "Oh Gosh" by "Donovan"
@ Michael Shelley Agreed! Donovan was on FIRE for a time.
  12:41pm
bobobob plasticland:

Spunky Onions such a great name It almost makes me Cry tears..Hey Todd!!!!!
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drr:

↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @12:38
TOPT: I guess that is the one I've heard. Maybe the Johnny Adams one is a slow burning soul number about some onions. But I have to think there's some connection between the two.
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Erella:

Glad to hear Donovan today
Thank you.
I was struck by what a deeply kind person donovan seemed to be when
I met him in the late 1980's. He had his son with him.
Joolz (julian) Jones who was Brian Jones' son that Donovan and is wife adopted when Brian Jones died.
  12:44pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "Sufferin' Creature" by "Faith Healer"
wuz hopin' you'd play this again!!
  12:44pm
bobobobobobob:

this version is good but doesn't box the tops ... Doesn't have that Memphis soul power
  12:45pm
Buffalo 66:

Such an excellent song! When are they going to put out something new?
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drr:

LOL, they are different songs. JA's is a Huey Meaux composition. Kind of Land of 1000 Dances thing, mentions chili and gumbo. For food fans. Very good. The Billy Davis one on Peacock is more sprightly.
  12:46pm
egould:

Nice guitar sound.
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drr:

Anyway, Squints, spend your money in confidence.
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PatrickMC:

Spoiling my image of Rex
  12:47pm
Alan in Marblehead:

Tilly Harris from Bug Club kinda looks like Mia Farrow
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Squints:

↳ drr @12:46
Thanks, a hunting I will go.

But not for 13 minutes.
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

↳ Christina Ginger @12:39
Probably! Instrumental but Billy shouts out "Spunky Onions, boy" now and then. Big Hound favorite. Billy was a member of Hank Ballard and The Midnighters and I remember him playing it live at a Midnighters gig at the old Lone Star. Great moments in history!
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Kotzwinkled:

Sharon Jones did a wonderful cover of "Little by Little."
  12:48pm
bob plasticland:

I agree Michael!!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

MonoMix of 'Ticket To Ride'.
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Squints:

I love the Temptations, but does it make me a bad person that I like Otis Redding's covers of them better?
  12:51pm
clarke:

@christina ginger - looked up aubrey plaza. in White Lotus she has a diff look - she's blonde, for instance. also, a very annoying character she plays!!!
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drr:

My stereo is weird, Otis is almost inaudible on this track. Not sure if it's a streaming thing.
  12:51pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "It's Growing" by "Otis Redding"
in the 9th ward you got a guy looking at the back of his speakers!!
  12:52pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:51
hah! ha ha.
  12:52pm
Mike:

↳ PatrickMC @12:47
Agreed. I still don't know who Captain Biffco or the raisin people are, and it's probably better that way.
  12:53pm
clarke:

it's for the best.
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Christina Ginger:

↳ clarke @12:51
Yeah, she doesn’t look good blonde, but as a brunette, that’s where the similarity is.
  12:54pm
rx scabin:

Thank you, Michael. Superb platters and chatter.
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Christina Ginger:

↳ Christina Ginger @12:54
I honestly didn’t realize she was blonde for the entire show. Hahahaa.
  12:55pm
clarke:

↳ Christina Ginger @12:54
figured!! she looks good, either way. just a super-annoying character!!
  12:55pm
SWK:

I liked this one
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

↳ Song: "Listen" by "Tambles, The"
Good find!
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Chris Hiatt:

Caught the last hour, good stuff. Thanks, Michael Shelley!
  12:56pm
morphe':

Thanks Mikey and all !!!
  12:57pm
phat in lincoln:

Great show Michael.
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Frank In Queens:

Great show today, Michael! See yas later on.
  12:58pm
clarke:

frankie!! later dude. will try to catch your show on tuesday!!
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Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @12:58
hahaha, set that alarm!
  12:58pm
clarke:

thanks MS!!! fun show - as always!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ MS ~
  12:59pm
clarke:

anyone ever get the feelin' they been.. hammered?? good nite.
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Squints:

Hah. I'm old enough to remember when we called it a stereo set.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...when your only tool is a hammer...
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Squints:

Vancouver 3BC. The lat time anyone cared about the Canucks.
  1:02pm
jong:

I wonder who is the performer laughing sound at the end of your program! very curious!
  1:08pm
egould:

Hoisting a great big vodka and Emergen-C to all you fools. Let’s lose those brows everybody!
  1:09pm
egould:

Hoisting a great big vodka and Emergen-C to all you fools. Let’s lose those brows everybody!
  1:13pm
rx scabin:

Good afternoon, Rex and Everyone.
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