WFMU: Todd-o-phonic Todd: Playlist from June 17, 2023

Listener comments!
	7:50pm ironybread: Hi Todd, you glorious pile of exploding DJ awesomeness! I won't be able to listen to the show live so I'm posting a question for Calvin ahead of time. Mark Hosler of Negativland asks: Does Calvin still have the 8-channel Kelsey mixer with spring reverb that Mark sold him years ago (which Calvin later used to mix Beck's "One Foot in the Grave")?
	3:01pm Robm: Hello fellow music fans
	3:02pm Christina Ginger: Good afternoon, everyone!
	👻 3:02pm prof.fuzz: greetings from howdy arabia!
	3:02pm Victrola Tom: Hola fellow fans of great music!!
	3:03pm Chris Hiatt: Hey Todd-o-phonic Todd and citizens of the board!
	3:03pm Robm: ↳ prof.fuzz @3:02 How are things in the land where they don’t care about human rights
	3:04pm Cooh John: Hello Todd and Todd-o-philes. Still flying from last week 's SO.🤸🫠
	👻 3:04pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Robm @3:03 hot, humid, and oppressive!
	3:05pm JB: Hi ho Todd O, from lovely Turkey Town
	3:05pm Victrola Tom: Not sure what everyone else is doing, but I’m sitting poolside, fat, dumb, & happy with the fact I scored Gonerfest tix!! Woohoo!
	3:06pm egould: ↳ Victrola Tom @3:05 Winning!
	3:06pm Robm: ↳ prof.fuzz @3:04 Just as I thought
	3:06pm dug: we need a pow! pow! pow!
	3:07pm JB: ↳ Robm @3:03 California?
	3:07pm Victrola Tom: Whoa, Dangerous Dave & Victrola Leslie share a birthday?? Earth-shattering news! 😂
	3:07pm johnk77: berlusconi dead by unga bunga
	3:07pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Big show today! Live sets from Thee Sinseers and The Altons and a conversation with Calvin Johnson!
	👻 3:08pm prof.fuzz: ↳ JB @3:07 howdy arabia
	3:08pm egould: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:07 It’s just TOO MUCH STUFF!!
	3:10pm JB: ↳ prof.fuzz @3:08 It's a dry heat, moist oppression??
	3:10pm P-90: I downed a few pints of Black & Tan with Sirius Trixon at the old Cat & Fiddle Pub on Sunset Boulevard back in the day
	3:11pm Van Winkle ;-): ↳ Song: "Ramones and Stones" by "Brad Marino" Just need TOPT...on a Saturday afternoon!!! Greetings Todd et al from above the 49th!!!
	👻 3:15pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Good afternoon TOPT! Tuning in from the sunny Jersey Shore!
	👻 3:15pm prof.fuzz: ↳ JB @3:10 92F. Heat Index 95F. 66% humitity with severe thunderstorms in the forecast for the backside of dallas today.
	👻 3:20pm GPB: Hello TOPT! Good Saturday to all! Transiting to Fishkill NY with Todd Tunes!
	3:20pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Song: "You Lied" by "The Low Spirits" YEAH! This is a great one.
	3:21pm Victrola Tom: @prof.fuzz I’m in the DFW area so often for work I call it my 2nd home. I also call Three Links my musical home away from home!
	👻 3:23pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Victrola Tom @3:21 hey tom! 3 links is a great bar/venue! lots of other cool spots in the area too. hit me up next time you're in town...
	3:23pm Dungaroos Kipawah: I hope you have some prepared questions re what happened to Tiger Trap/The Softies. I miss TT
	3:24pm Dungaroos Kipawah: Tiger Trap a K Records favorite
	3:26pm wenzo: Send Hamtramck MI some love their city council is very confused rn
	👻 3:26pm Frank In Queens: Hell of an idea!
	3:27pm Mennlinn Rebarts: Solidarity with this!
	3:27pm goes211: Tell it Todd!!
	3:27pm P-90: “Up against the wall, starving homophobes!”
	3:28pm Victrola Tom: Hey prof.fuzz, I’ve done a double-up more than once with shows at either Trees or Dada, along with Three Links on the same night! Will definitely send an alert for my next visit! Wish it was next Friday, the Dollyrots are there!
	3:28pm Van Winkle ;-): Happy to report...almost every establishment in my new locale...sports their rainbow colours...year round!!!
	3:29pm (another) Patrick in Hoboken: Sunsets sound great!
	3:29pm Victrola Tom: @P-90, I see what you did with Redneck Mothers there! 😂
	3:29pm Yapper: Todd, I listened to The Shivas “Perder” about 100 times after you played it last week. Compelled to do a deeper dive, turns out it’s a song by their friend who had passed. Mexico City garage punk. Here’s the original. So so good. https://laspipasdelapaz.bandcamp.com/track/perder
	3:30pm Ken From Hyde Park: If they don't like it, they can go to Russia!
	3:31pm Ochre Ogre: Hi Todd! Yes, support all that support Gay Pride.
	👻 3:32pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Victrola Tom @3:28 we're gonna see The Go-Go Rillas tonight at a tiki fest thing in arlington. should be a blast.
	3:32pm Bob Barth: Hey Todd! I'm here for the rants & the tunes and just a smidge of snark.
	3:32pm johnk77: glenn luttman for the win
	3:34pm Ochre Ogre: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @3:30 Right, with trump's buddy putin!
	3:35pm Your Ace From Exchange Place: @johnk77 Love you, man. Been thinking about you lots. Hope you and CZ are well.
	3:36pm Pete from Hoboken: Hey Todd! Is there going to be a Frantic City Festival this year?
	3:37pm Ochre Ogre: Whoa, 2 songs into this set and I'm hooked.
	3:37pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Pete from Hoboken @3:36 Not this year, unfortunately.
	3:40pm Chris Hiatt: Gotta love a band that rolls with a horn section and singers able to do the heavy lifting on these vocal harmonies.
	3:41pm myron feld: Thee Sinseers are fabulous! This is great!
	3:41pm Van Winkle ;-): Live set is sounding amazing ...kudos to Glenn...and of course thee band...
	3:42pm Chop Scott: Great work Glenn!
	3:42pm Bob Barth: They're great! I need them to come out to LA!
	3:43pm Ochre Ogre: WOW!
	3:43pm Your Ace From Exchange Place: ↳ Chop Scott @3:42 @Van Winkle too Cheers!
	3:43pm Chris Hiatt: That was great. Thanks, Thee Sinseers, and Glenn Luttman too!
	3:44pm Vee Vee: 👏
	3:44pm P-90: Those El Monte nights
	3:44pm ?: Hi Calvin - from Claudia at d.c.space. Come play in the Hudson Valley, please! Great going Todd! Love hearing you always on WFMU - in your glorious multi-fold manifestations.
	3:46pm 80sZuulScully: And here I thought I'd missed it!
	3:47pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ @3:44 Hi Claudia! Great to hear from you. You'll be hearing your name later in the program I believe!
	3:47pm johnk77: ↳ Your Ace From Exchange Place @3:35 roots u killed it;> we are fine
	3:48pm DonJuanTijuana: Stoked to check out this interview with Calvin TOPT…from Ashtabula OH today
	3:48pm Your Ace From Exchange Place: ↳ johnk77 @3:47 So glad to hear!
	3:51pm johnk77: ↳ Your Ace From Exchange Place @3:48 email me johnknoerr at gmail.com i will buy u a drink or?
	3:51pm Van Winkle ;-): ↳ Song: "Our Secret" by "Beat Happening" Is this really from 1985!?! Or do I have my facts wrong... Definitely shares a lot of similarities with many of the new / current crop of post-punk releases...
	3:52pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @3:51 It totally is, good stuff -- Calvin K and Beat Happening were doing the same thing 30 years ago... I highly recommend a London set they did with The Vaselines if you can find it
	3:53pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ Song: "Indian Summer" by "Beat Happening" This is the only Calvin K song where I wish he sang a little better ;), sorry Calvin
	3:53pm PaulRobeson1923: Hi Hi Hi
	3:54pm Van Winkle ;-): ↳ Song: "Indian Summer" by "Beat Happening" Love it!!! Thanks for another "new to moi" intro TOPT...
	3:54pm toorushed: Calvin Johnson and TOPT. Day of legends! We are fortunate folks.
	3:55pm DonJuanTijuana: I luv this Indian Summer tune
	3:55pm PaulRobeson1923: Sounding good to turned on ears
	3:56pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ Song: "Indian Summer" by "Beat Happening" I may have worn this song out which is why I wish Calvin sang a little better but still, a classic since I haven't listened to it in a while
	3:56pm DaveinVA: Twee Pop!
	3:57pm 80sZuulScully: If Todd's reading this, can you please ask Calvin about his thoughts on Kurt Cobain and the Seattle scene? He was so lucky to be in the right place at the right time and be there as the scene was exploding...
	3:59pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ Song: "Cast A Shadow" by "Beat Happening" Hmm. I also forgot how melodic Beat Happening's songs are. Thanks for the reminder, Todd -- and thanks for the music, Calvin!
	4:00pm Hubig Pie: This is my fav BH song just in case anyone was wonderin'
	4:02pm Victrola Tom: Tony Marciano is dancing around the pool to this track! ❤️
	👻 4:04pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: I saw Heavenly and Beat Happening play in the Fantagraphics Books warehouse in Seattle(?) in 1992. I have photos. I got a free Heavenly yo-yo.
	4:04pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ Song: "Fortune Cookie Prize" by "Beat Happening" I appreciate all these tunes played on different formats, adds to the special sonic experience on this show :)
	4:05pm Hubig Pie: Got any Dub narcotic in the queue ?
	4:05pm meli in the woods: wow! serendipity to tune in at this moment 💛
	4:05pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ Song: "Fortune Cookie Prize" by "Beat Happening" And thanks for playing a song with Heather Lewis on lead! :) She sounds great.
	4:06pm βrian: ↳ Song: "Fortune Cookie Prize" by "Beat Happening" For me, this is back-to-school music after having wrapped up the missing years.
	👻 4:07pm Will thee Sound Guy: Hi Todd-o-Phonic Todd and all!!!
	4:08pm Barney Grubbs: I was at the show in Reseda in 1990 (?) where they opened for Fugazi when Calvin finished the set with a bloody nose after some meathead there to see Minor Threat clocked him with an ashtray. When they were done they walked off through the crowd. It was a bad-ass move. (Then we got a lecture from Ian Mackaye.)
	4:08pm ?: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:47 It is fun to remember those heady times when punk was new. Heather, Brett and Calvin took me with them on to NYC and Boston - I drove their rental car back to DC and they continued on. No GPS and no map. Worked out great - and I had just met them.
	4:10pm Victrola Tom: Tony Marciano says “I’ve never heard Todd talk so much”! In a good way! He’s loving it!
	4:11pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ @4:08 Jealous! How cool!
	4:12pm Ken From Hyde Park: Calvin Johnson interview pt. 1.1
	4:12pm Van Winkle ;-): Blips happen...no biggie. It's real radio...not AI... thankfully...
	4:13pm Victrola Tom: Is there an echo in here? 😂
	👻 4:19pm Elena: Cool bit of Maxwell's history!
	4:20pm toorushed: Flaming Lips and BH at Maxwells together? That sounds like a blast.
	4:21pm 80sZuulScully: Yessssssssssss
	4:21pm 80sZuulScully: Didn't know about the anger though...
	4:21pm Hubig Pie: Cult leader gets the fancy car with TV and telephone
	👻 4:22pm prof.fuzz: 9 months is an academic year...
	4:24pm P-90: “…you must have done some research”
	4:24pm PaulRobeson1923: ↳ prof.fuzz @4:22 Turn on to that sound in yer ears when the room is silent
	👻 4:25pm prof.fuzz: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @4:24 hello tinnitus my old friend...
	4:26pm meli in the woods: wouldn't a yearly pop convention in Atlantic city be nice
	4:28pm PaulRobeson1923: ↳ prof.fuzz @4:25 That is the sound of the universe, my friend!
	👻 4:29pm prof.fuzz: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @4:28 the cramps are the sound of the universe...
	4:29pm 80sZuulScully: ...I kind of forgot that Calvin is a hard to pin down interview.
	4:30pm PaulRobeson1923: It’s all coming Together
	👻 4:31pm prof.fuzz: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @4:30 i know! in another six degrees moment... we played with the klitz sisters in memphis a few weeks ago. lovely folks, and great band.
	4:37pm goes211: Great interview. This guy lived inside a Rockwell painting.
	4:38pm TheDerek: RIP Van Conner
	4:38pm PaulRobeson1923: Out of the sea O’ Aphrodite
	4:39pm Rick G: Mark Pickerel has a record booth at the Thorp Antique/fruit building outside Ellensburg, for anyone traveling on I-90. I got this EP there. Great interview Todd.
	4:41pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ Song: "Nancy Sin" by "Beat Happening" Cramps vibes!
	4:43pm Van Winkle ;-): Agree.
	4:43pm Bobby: Hi Doug
	4:45pm 80sZuulScully: Someone's getting their Dub Narcotic!
	4:46pm Harry Corvair: You can stare, that’s a freebie Don't Touch My Bikini by The Halo Benders (God Don't Make No Junk)
	4:48pm Ochre Ogre: ↳ 80sZuulScully @4:41 Yeah big time, in a couple other tracks too.
	4:49pm Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "Calvin Johnson interview pt. 1" That was a really interesting interview/hang/discussion.
	4:49pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Chris Hiatt @4:49 We're not done yet!
	4:51pm Van Winkle ;-): ↳ Song: "Dreamy" by "Beat Happening" Another fine tune...
	4:53pm rich from Red Hook: Great show/interview! Todd you probably booked Dub Narcotic Sound System and Junior Senior at Maxwells. Amazing show. Junior or Senior was too sick from a night of drinking and missed the show
	4:53pm ShelbyG: Hey ToT! Just back from a garden party. The summer in Devon, UK, is amazing. Cherry on top, catching a bit of your show!!
	4:54pm Bob Barth: enjoying the interview, however i sense the vaguest whiff of hostility in the air... or is it just me?
	4:54pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ rich from Red Hook @4:53 Now that you mention it, I have a vague memory of the Junior Senior scenario that night.
	4:54pm Chris Hiatt: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @4:49 Dig it, just seeing the pt. 1 now.
	4:54pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Bob Barth @4:54 Just you.
	4:55pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ ShelbyG @4:53 Cheers, ShelbyG!
	4:55pm Bob Barth: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @4:54 well then, happy to hear that
	4:55pm ShelbyG: This track is great 👍🏼
	4:55pm ShelbyG: Hey Ken!
	👻 4:57pm Will thee Sound Guy: ↳ ShelbyG @4:55 hi ShelbyG, how are you doing across the Atlantic?
	4:58pm PaulRobeson1923: Rectum!
	4:58pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ rich from Red Hook @4:53 way back, junior senior opened for a band i wanted to see at summerstage, did not care for j/s and listened to back sabbath on my cd player instead and watched the crowd "what is this that stands before me"
	5:02pm SeaCreature: Interesting shake-up. This show reminds me that a) I had no interest in American music for most of the 80s and B) I took the 90s off from music entirely.
	5:04pm ShelbyG: Hey Will! Hope married life is treating you right? 😉 Life here is beyond what I’d hoped, I love it 🥳
	5:05pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ SeaCreature @5:02 Hm. As an 80s music fan, what American bands were you a fan of in the '80s, may I ask?
	5:05pm ShelbyG: Interviewing this guy is challenging. Well done ToT.
	5:06pm radioronan: Got to see the restored footage of the Cramps @ Napa State show along with The Mutants footage the other night w/ q&a with Sally & Fritz Mutant. What was surprising to me was how many in the audience had never seen the Cramps portion. I assumed every Cramps fan had seen the Target vid.
	5:06pm morphe': What is/was Johnson's relationship to the Flaming Lips?? just mentioned by Todd???
	👻 5:06pm Will thee Sound Guy: ↳ ShelbyG @5:04 right on, chillin, grillin, etc... we've been well. our daughter Char is 17 months old
	5:06pm markinbrooklyn: I miss the yellow newsprint K newsletter! Thats where i first heard about Dead Moon. Bought so many great cassettes, singles from K…
	5:08pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ morphe' @5:06 I think the relationship consisted solely of sharing a bill at Maxwell's.
	5:08pm morphe': Thanks TopT .....
	5:09pm Ken From Hyde Park: No charge to visit the Roger Maris Museum - www.westacres.com...
	👻 5:09pm prof.fuzz: this is a lovely interview. thanks todd!
	5:10pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ prof.fuzz @5:09 You're welcome!
	5:12pm MD: Snarky? A bit… bustin de olde dj’s “turntables!”
	👻 5:13pm Will thee Sound Guy: diggin the conversation
	5:13pm Victrola Tom: I’ll no longer associate the nickname Megatron with the name Calvin Johnson after today and this great interview!
	5:17pm 80sZuulScully: Have to go, thank you for this slice of musical history Todd, appreciate the interview. Thanks for stopping by, Calvin.
	5:20pm SeaCreature: ↳ 80sZuulScully @5:05 Mostly Brit stuff but would go see frightwig, pussy galore, Stevie Moore, CVB. Quirky stuff on wfmu where there was mostly a personal connection.
	5:22pm Ochre Ogre: Great interview, thanks Todd! Calvin reminds me of a friend of mine.
	5:22pm ShelbyG: Great interview, really interesting! Thank you, Todd & Calvin.
	5:25pm bobobob plasticland: my guitar player from Plasticland talked me into goin to see The Cramps ...it was a life changing experience
	5:27pm Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "Calvin Johnson interview pt. 2" Very cool. Calvin has such a great philosophy. Learned a lot!
	5:32pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Chris Hiatt @5:27 Glad to hear! And thanks @Ochre Ogre and @ShelbyG!
	5:32pm Van Winkle ;-): I love these "conversations"...they always stir up lots of fine memories of shows/music that had such a big impact on quite a few of us...I suspect. Cramps at Commodore Ballroom early 1982...was a fine show....as was that Vancouver show by The Jam...back in '79. It was definitely the emergence of a strong and supportive DIY ethos/period that touched many cultural matters back then...because there were no other options. Especially on the "tech" front...no cells, no internet but lots of indie spirit.
	5:38pm ShelbyG: The Altons sound fab!! Very cool 😎
	5:42pm Mr C: Truly great show today Todd. Gracias The kids are alright!
	5:42pm morphe': Great interview.. Great Altons !!!
	5:43pm Victrola Tom: Great show maestro, as usual!
	5:44pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thank you all!
	5:44pm MFlynn: Love the Altons Todd. Thanks. Great show as usual!
	5:44pm PaulRobeson1923: Thank you! TODD OH!
	5:46pm ?: Great interview Todd! Thank you!
	5:47pm Ochre Ogre: ↳ Song: "Float" by "The Altons live on WFMU!" Man, would love to see these two bands together!
	5:48pm chresti: Hi Todd and guests! listening from San Gabriel, CA
	5:50pm ShelbyG: I’m excited to check The Altons & Sinceres!!
	5:54pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks a bunch, Todd and guests. I may have stepped away for part of Calvin's interview. Did the K-tel people ever come after K Records?
	5:55pm ShelbyG: Thank you for a great show, loved it!!!!
	5:55pm radioronan: Great interview and sets..Thanks Todd! Cheers y'all!
	👻 5:57pm Will thee Sound Guy: Thank you Todd-o-Phonic Todd, Calvin Johnson, The Sinseers, Glenn Luttman, The Altons, Dave Mambach and all the accu peeps!!!
	5:58pm Van Winkle ;-): Thanks again TOPT for a great 3 hours of "parallel universe" sounds. I'm popping across the road next to check out the 2nd annual Black Culture fest...just starting up. Hip Hop makes a nice change to the usual soft jazz many in my hood generally support.
	5:58pm Ochre Ogre: No longer in BKLYN, miss Mikey Post DJ night at Harefield Road, if he still does it.
	👻 6:00pm Elena: Thanks!

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June 17, 2023: Calvin Johnson, Thee Sinseers and The Altons!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Beat Happening	Teenage Caveman "Teenage Caveman" by "Beat Happening"	You Turn Me On	K/Sub Pop		LP	Don't miss my conversation with Calvin Johnson on today's show!
Death By Unga Bunga	Camouflage "Camouflage" by "Death By Unga Bunga"		Jansen Records	2023	MP3		*	0:04:45 (Pop-up)
Brad Marino	Ramones and Stones "Ramones and Stones" by "Brad Marino"		https://bradmarino.bandcamp.com/		MP3			0:07:34 (Pop-up)
Ramones	Why Is It Always This Way?	Rocket To Russia	Sire		LP			0:08:55 (Pop-up)
The Hives	Countdown To Shutdown "Countdown To Shutdown" by "The Hives"	The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons	Disques Hives	2023	MP3		*	0:10:57 (Pop-up)
The Cliques	So Hard "So Hard" by "The Cliques"		Custom		45			0:14:05 (Pop-up)
Beat Happening	Hangman "Hangman" by "Beat Happening"	Jamboree	K Records		LP			0:16:22 (Pop-up)
The Low Spirits	You Lied "You Lied" by "The Low Spirits"		Outro Records	2023	45	playing at Union Pool w/Mooney Suzuki on 7/29 and Berlin with The Elevator Operators on 8/3	*	0:18:56 (Pop-up)

Thee Sinseers live on WFMU engineered by Glenn Luttman
Thee Sinseers live on WFMU!	Love Me Like. You Used To							0:26:25 (Pop-up)
Thee Sinseers live on WFMU!	Left With A Broken Heart							0:29:53 (Pop-up)
Thee Sinseers live on WFMU!	Gone For Good							0:33:27 (Pop-up)
Thee Sinseers live on WFMU!	Seems Like							0:37:17 (Pop-up)
The Penguins	Memories Of El Monte		Original Sound		45			0:40:49 (Pop-up)

Beat Happening	Our Secret "Our Secret" by "Beat Happening"		K		45			0:44:45 (Pop-up)
Beat Happening	What's Important "What's Important" by "Beat Happening"		K		45			0:47:33 (Pop-up)
Beat Happening	Cat Walk "Cat Walk" by "Beat Happening"	Jamboree	K		LP			0:49:29 (Pop-up)
Beat Happening	Indian Summer "Indian Summer" by "Beat Happening"	Jamboree	K		LP			0:51:20 (Pop-up)
Beat Happening	Midnight A Go-Go "Midnight A Go-Go" by "Beat Happening"	Jamboree	K		LP			0:54:20 (Pop-up)
Beat Happening	Cast A Shadow "Cast A Shadow" by "Beat Happening"	Black Candy	K		LP			0:56:34 (Pop-up)
Heavenly	C Is The Heavenly Option	Le Jardin De Heavenly	Sarah Records		CD			0:59:16 (Pop-up)
Beat Happening	Fortune Cookie Prize	Dreamy	Sub Pop Records		LP			1:02:30 (Pop-up)

Calvin Johnson interview pt. 1 "Calvin Johnson interview pt. 1"
Beat Happening/Screaming Trees	Tales Of Brave Aphrodite	Beat Happening/Screaming Trees	Homestead		EP			1:35:10 (Pop-up)
Beat Happening	Nancy Sin "Nancy Sin" by "Beat Happening"		K		45			1:38:02 (Pop-up)
The Halo Benders	Don't Touch My Bikini	God Don't Make No Junk	K		LP			1:40:38 (Pop-up)
Dub Narcotic Sound System & The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	Love Ain't On The Run	Sideways Soul: Dub Narcotic Sound System Meets The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion In A Dancehall Style!	K		CD			1:44:12 (Pop-up)
Beat Happening	Dreamy "Dreamy" by "Beat Happening"		K		45			1:46:49 (Pop-up)
Calvin Johnson	Good and Crazy "Good and Crazy" by "Calvin Johnson"	Gallows Wine	K	2023	LP		*	1:50:26 (Pop-up)

Calvin Johnson interview pt. 2 "Calvin Johnson interview pt. 2"
The Cramps	The Way I Walk "The Way I Walk" by "The Cramps"		Vengeance Records		45			2:20:35 (Pop-up)
Tav Falco's Panther Burns	She's The One That's Got It	Behind The Magnolia Curtain	Rough Trade/Frenzi		LP			2:23:11 (Pop-up)

The Altons live on WFMU. Engineered by Dave Mambach
The Altons live on WFMU!	Tangled Up In You							2:27:14 (Pop-up)
The Altons live on WFMU!	When You Go							2:33:03 (Pop-up)
The Altons live on WFMU!	Float "Float" by "The Altons live on WFMU!"					The Altons and The Sinseers appear tonight at the 9:30 Club in D.C. and tomorrow night at The Ardmore Music Hall near Philly.		2:35:15 (Pop-up)
The Altons live on WFMU!	Shiny Shoes							2:39:36 (Pop-up)
Chit Chat with The Altons "Chit Chat with The Altons"

Vito and The Salutations	Liverpool Bound		Wells		45			2:49:02 (Pop-up)
Bonnie Jo Mason	Ringo I Love You "Ringo I Love You" by "Bonnie Jo Mason"		Annette Records		45			2:51:15 (Pop-up)
The Scramblers	The Beatle Walk "The Beatle Walk" by "The Scramblers"		Del-Fi		45			2:53:07 (Pop-up)
Ernie Maresca	The Beetle Dance "The Beetle Dance" by "Ernie Maresca"		Rust		45			2:55:55 (Pop-up)

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	7:50pm ironybread: Hi Todd, you glorious pile of exploding DJ awesomeness! I won't be able to listen to the show live so I'm posting a question for Calvin ahead of time. Mark Hosler of Negativland asks: Does Calvin still have the 8-channel Kelsey mixer with spring reverb that Mark sold him years ago (which Calvin later used to mix Beck's "One Foot in the Grave")?
	3:01pm Robm: Hello fellow music fans
	3:02pm Christina Ginger: Good afternoon, everyone!
	👻 3:02pm prof.fuzz: greetings from howdy arabia!
	3:02pm Victrola Tom: Hola fellow fans of great music!!
	3:03pm Chris Hiatt: Hey Todd-o-phonic Todd and citizens of the board!
	3:03pm Robm: ↳ prof.fuzz @3:02 How are things in the land where they don’t care about human rights
	3:04pm Cooh John: Hello Todd and Todd-o-philes. Still flying from last week 's SO.🤸🫠
	👻 3:04pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Robm @3:03 hot, humid, and oppressive!
	3:05pm JB: Hi ho Todd O, from lovely Turkey Town
	3:05pm Victrola Tom: Not sure what everyone else is doing, but I’m sitting poolside, fat, dumb, & happy with the fact I scored Gonerfest tix!! Woohoo!
	3:06pm egould: ↳ Victrola Tom @3:05 Winning!
	3:06pm Robm: ↳ prof.fuzz @3:04 Just as I thought
	3:06pm dug: we need a pow! pow! pow!
	3:07pm JB: ↳ Robm @3:03 California?
	3:07pm Victrola Tom: Whoa, Dangerous Dave & Victrola Leslie share a birthday?? Earth-shattering news! 😂
	3:07pm johnk77: berlusconi dead by unga bunga
	3:07pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Big show today! Live sets from Thee Sinseers and The Altons and a conversation with Calvin Johnson!
	👻 3:08pm prof.fuzz: ↳ JB @3:07 howdy arabia
	3:08pm egould: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:07 It’s just TOO MUCH STUFF!!
	3:10pm JB: ↳ prof.fuzz @3:08 It's a dry heat, moist oppression??
	3:10pm P-90: I downed a few pints of Black & Tan with Sirius Trixon at the old Cat & Fiddle Pub on Sunset Boulevard back in the day
	3:11pm Van Winkle ;-): ↳ Song: "Ramones and Stones" by "Brad Marino" Just need TOPT...on a Saturday afternoon!!! Greetings Todd et al from above the 49th!!!
	👻 3:15pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Good afternoon TOPT! Tuning in from the sunny Jersey Shore!
	👻 3:15pm prof.fuzz: ↳ JB @3:10 92F. Heat Index 95F. 66% humitity with severe thunderstorms in the forecast for the backside of dallas today.
	👻 3:20pm GPB: Hello TOPT! Good Saturday to all! Transiting to Fishkill NY with Todd Tunes!
	3:20pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Song: "You Lied" by "The Low Spirits" YEAH! This is a great one.
	3:21pm Victrola Tom: @prof.fuzz I’m in the DFW area so often for work I call it my 2nd home. I also call Three Links my musical home away from home!
	👻 3:23pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Victrola Tom @3:21 hey tom! 3 links is a great bar/venue! lots of other cool spots in the area too. hit me up next time you're in town...
	3:23pm Dungaroos Kipawah: I hope you have some prepared questions re what happened to Tiger Trap/The Softies. I miss TT
	3:24pm Dungaroos Kipawah: Tiger Trap a K Records favorite
	3:26pm wenzo: Send Hamtramck MI some love their city council is very confused rn
	👻 3:26pm Frank In Queens: Hell of an idea!
	3:27pm Mennlinn Rebarts: Solidarity with this!
	3:27pm goes211: Tell it Todd!!
	3:27pm P-90: “Up against the wall, starving homophobes!”
	3:28pm Victrola Tom: Hey prof.fuzz, I’ve done a double-up more than once with shows at either Trees or Dada, along with Three Links on the same night! Will definitely send an alert for my next visit! Wish it was next Friday, the Dollyrots are there!
	3:28pm Van Winkle ;-): Happy to report...almost every establishment in my new locale...sports their rainbow colours...year round!!!
	3:29pm (another) Patrick in Hoboken: Sunsets sound great!
	3:29pm Victrola Tom: @P-90, I see what you did with Redneck Mothers there! 😂
	3:29pm Yapper: Todd, I listened to The Shivas “Perder” about 100 times after you played it last week. Compelled to do a deeper dive, turns out it’s a song by their friend who had passed. Mexico City garage punk. Here’s the original. So so good. https://laspipasdelapaz.bandcamp.com/track/perder
	3:30pm Ken From Hyde Park: If they don't like it, they can go to Russia!
	3:31pm Ochre Ogre: Hi Todd! Yes, support all that support Gay Pride.
	👻 3:32pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Victrola Tom @3:28 we're gonna see The Go-Go Rillas tonight at a tiki fest thing in arlington. should be a blast.
	3:32pm Bob Barth: Hey Todd! I'm here for the rants & the tunes and just a smidge of snark.
	3:32pm johnk77: glenn luttman for the win
	3:34pm Ochre Ogre: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @3:30 Right, with trump's buddy putin!
	3:35pm Your Ace From Exchange Place: @johnk77 Love you, man. Been thinking about you lots. Hope you and CZ are well.
	3:36pm Pete from Hoboken: Hey Todd! Is there going to be a Frantic City Festival this year?
	3:37pm Ochre Ogre: Whoa, 2 songs into this set and I'm hooked.
	3:37pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Pete from Hoboken @3:36 Not this year, unfortunately.
	3:40pm Chris Hiatt: Gotta love a band that rolls with a horn section and singers able to do the heavy lifting on these vocal harmonies.
	3:41pm myron feld: Thee Sinseers are fabulous! This is great!
	3:41pm Van Winkle ;-): Live set is sounding amazing ...kudos to Glenn...and of course thee band...
	3:42pm Chop Scott: Great work Glenn!
	3:42pm Bob Barth: They're great! I need them to come out to LA!
	3:43pm Ochre Ogre: WOW!
	3:43pm Your Ace From Exchange Place: ↳ Chop Scott @3:42 @Van Winkle too Cheers!
	3:43pm Chris Hiatt: That was great. Thanks, Thee Sinseers, and Glenn Luttman too!
	3:44pm Vee Vee: 👏
	3:44pm P-90: Those El Monte nights
	3:44pm ?: Hi Calvin - from Claudia at d.c.space. Come play in the Hudson Valley, please! Great going Todd! Love hearing you always on WFMU - in your glorious multi-fold manifestations.
	3:46pm 80sZuulScully: And here I thought I'd missed it!
	3:47pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ @3:44 Hi Claudia! Great to hear from you. You'll be hearing your name later in the program I believe!
	3:47pm johnk77: ↳ Your Ace From Exchange Place @3:35 roots u killed it;> we are fine
	3:48pm DonJuanTijuana: Stoked to check out this interview with Calvin TOPT…from Ashtabula OH today
	3:48pm Your Ace From Exchange Place: ↳ johnk77 @3:47 So glad to hear!
	3:51pm johnk77: ↳ Your Ace From Exchange Place @3:48 email me johnknoerr at gmail.com i will buy u a drink or?
	3:51pm Van Winkle ;-): ↳ Song: "Our Secret" by "Beat Happening" Is this really from 1985!?! Or do I have my facts wrong... Definitely shares a lot of similarities with many of the new / current crop of post-punk releases...
	3:52pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @3:51 It totally is, good stuff -- Calvin K and Beat Happening were doing the same thing 30 years ago... I highly recommend a London set they did with The Vaselines if you can find it
	3:53pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ Song: "Indian Summer" by "Beat Happening" This is the only Calvin K song where I wish he sang a little better ;), sorry Calvin
	3:53pm PaulRobeson1923: Hi Hi Hi
	3:54pm Van Winkle ;-): ↳ Song: "Indian Summer" by "Beat Happening" Love it!!! Thanks for another "new to moi" intro TOPT...
	3:54pm toorushed: Calvin Johnson and TOPT. Day of legends! We are fortunate folks.
	3:55pm DonJuanTijuana: I luv this Indian Summer tune
	3:55pm PaulRobeson1923: Sounding good to turned on ears
	3:56pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ Song: "Indian Summer" by "Beat Happening" I may have worn this song out which is why I wish Calvin sang a little better but still, a classic since I haven't listened to it in a while
	3:56pm DaveinVA: Twee Pop!
	3:57pm 80sZuulScully: If Todd's reading this, can you please ask Calvin about his thoughts on Kurt Cobain and the Seattle scene? He was so lucky to be in the right place at the right time and be there as the scene was exploding...
	3:59pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ Song: "Cast A Shadow" by "Beat Happening" Hmm. I also forgot how melodic Beat Happening's songs are. Thanks for the reminder, Todd -- and thanks for the music, Calvin!
	4:00pm Hubig Pie: This is my fav BH song just in case anyone was wonderin'
	4:02pm Victrola Tom: Tony Marciano is dancing around the pool to this track! ❤️
	👻 4:04pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: I saw Heavenly and Beat Happening play in the Fantagraphics Books warehouse in Seattle(?) in 1992. I have photos. I got a free Heavenly yo-yo.
	4:04pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ Song: "Fortune Cookie Prize" by "Beat Happening" I appreciate all these tunes played on different formats, adds to the special sonic experience on this show :)
	4:05pm Hubig Pie: Got any Dub narcotic in the queue ?
	4:05pm meli in the woods: wow! serendipity to tune in at this moment 💛
	4:05pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ Song: "Fortune Cookie Prize" by "Beat Happening" And thanks for playing a song with Heather Lewis on lead! :) She sounds great.
	4:06pm βrian: ↳ Song: "Fortune Cookie Prize" by "Beat Happening" For me, this is back-to-school music after having wrapped up the missing years.
	👻 4:07pm Will thee Sound Guy: Hi Todd-o-Phonic Todd and all!!!
	4:08pm Barney Grubbs: I was at the show in Reseda in 1990 (?) where they opened for Fugazi when Calvin finished the set with a bloody nose after some meathead there to see Minor Threat clocked him with an ashtray. When they were done they walked off through the crowd. It was a bad-ass move. (Then we got a lecture from Ian Mackaye.)
	4:08pm ?: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:47 It is fun to remember those heady times when punk was new. Heather, Brett and Calvin took me with them on to NYC and Boston - I drove their rental car back to DC and they continued on. No GPS and no map. Worked out great - and I had just met them.
	4:10pm Victrola Tom: Tony Marciano says “I’ve never heard Todd talk so much”! In a good way! He’s loving it!
	4:11pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ @4:08 Jealous! How cool!
	4:12pm Ken From Hyde Park: Calvin Johnson interview pt. 1.1
	4:12pm Van Winkle ;-): Blips happen...no biggie. It's real radio...not AI... thankfully...
	4:13pm Victrola Tom: Is there an echo in here? 😂
	👻 4:19pm Elena: Cool bit of Maxwell's history!
	4:20pm toorushed: Flaming Lips and BH at Maxwells together? That sounds like a blast.
	4:21pm 80sZuulScully: Yessssssssssss
	4:21pm 80sZuulScully: Didn't know about the anger though...
	4:21pm Hubig Pie: Cult leader gets the fancy car with TV and telephone
	👻 4:22pm prof.fuzz: 9 months is an academic year...
	4:24pm P-90: “…you must have done some research”
	4:24pm PaulRobeson1923: ↳ prof.fuzz @4:22 Turn on to that sound in yer ears when the room is silent
	👻 4:25pm prof.fuzz: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @4:24 hello tinnitus my old friend...
	4:26pm meli in the woods: wouldn't a yearly pop convention in Atlantic city be nice
	4:28pm PaulRobeson1923: ↳ prof.fuzz @4:25 That is the sound of the universe, my friend!
	👻 4:29pm prof.fuzz: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @4:28 the cramps are the sound of the universe...
	4:29pm 80sZuulScully: ...I kind of forgot that Calvin is a hard to pin down interview.
	4:30pm PaulRobeson1923: It’s all coming Together
	👻 4:31pm prof.fuzz: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @4:30 i know! in another six degrees moment... we played with the klitz sisters in memphis a few weeks ago. lovely folks, and great band.
	4:37pm goes211: Great interview. This guy lived inside a Rockwell painting.
	4:38pm TheDerek: RIP Van Conner
	4:38pm PaulRobeson1923: Out of the sea O’ Aphrodite
	4:39pm Rick G: Mark Pickerel has a record booth at the Thorp Antique/fruit building outside Ellensburg, for anyone traveling on I-90. I got this EP there. Great interview Todd.
	4:41pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ Song: "Nancy Sin" by "Beat Happening" Cramps vibes!
	4:43pm Van Winkle ;-): Agree.
	4:43pm Bobby: Hi Doug
	4:45pm 80sZuulScully: Someone's getting their Dub Narcotic!
	4:46pm Harry Corvair: You can stare, that’s a freebie Don't Touch My Bikini by The Halo Benders (God Don't Make No Junk)
	4:48pm Ochre Ogre: ↳ 80sZuulScully @4:41 Yeah big time, in a couple other tracks too.
	4:49pm Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "Calvin Johnson interview pt. 1" That was a really interesting interview/hang/discussion.
	4:49pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Chris Hiatt @4:49 We're not done yet!
	4:51pm Van Winkle ;-): ↳ Song: "Dreamy" by "Beat Happening" Another fine tune...
	4:53pm rich from Red Hook: Great show/interview! Todd you probably booked Dub Narcotic Sound System and Junior Senior at Maxwells. Amazing show. Junior or Senior was too sick from a night of drinking and missed the show
	4:53pm ShelbyG: Hey ToT! Just back from a garden party. The summer in Devon, UK, is amazing. Cherry on top, catching a bit of your show!!
	4:54pm Bob Barth: enjoying the interview, however i sense the vaguest whiff of hostility in the air... or is it just me?
	4:54pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ rich from Red Hook @4:53 Now that you mention it, I have a vague memory of the Junior Senior scenario that night.
	4:54pm Chris Hiatt: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @4:49 Dig it, just seeing the pt. 1 now.
	4:54pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Bob Barth @4:54 Just you.
	4:55pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ ShelbyG @4:53 Cheers, ShelbyG!
	4:55pm Bob Barth: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @4:54 well then, happy to hear that
	4:55pm ShelbyG: This track is great 👍🏼
	4:55pm ShelbyG: Hey Ken!
	👻 4:57pm Will thee Sound Guy: ↳ ShelbyG @4:55 hi ShelbyG, how are you doing across the Atlantic?
	4:58pm PaulRobeson1923: Rectum!
	4:58pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ rich from Red Hook @4:53 way back, junior senior opened for a band i wanted to see at summerstage, did not care for j/s and listened to back sabbath on my cd player instead and watched the crowd "what is this that stands before me"
	5:02pm SeaCreature: Interesting shake-up. This show reminds me that a) I had no interest in American music for most of the 80s and B) I took the 90s off from music entirely.
	5:04pm ShelbyG: Hey Will! Hope married life is treating you right? 😉 Life here is beyond what I’d hoped, I love it 🥳
	5:05pm 80sZuulScully: ↳ SeaCreature @5:02 Hm. As an 80s music fan, what American bands were you a fan of in the '80s, may I ask?
	5:05pm ShelbyG: Interviewing this guy is challenging. Well done ToT.
	5:06pm radioronan: Got to see the restored footage of the Cramps @ Napa State show along with The Mutants footage the other night w/ q&a with Sally & Fritz Mutant. What was surprising to me was how many in the audience had never seen the Cramps portion. I assumed every Cramps fan had seen the Target vid.
	5:06pm morphe': What is/was Johnson's relationship to the Flaming Lips?? just mentioned by Todd???
	👻 5:06pm Will thee Sound Guy: ↳ ShelbyG @5:04 right on, chillin, grillin, etc... we've been well. our daughter Char is 17 months old
	5:06pm markinbrooklyn: I miss the yellow newsprint K newsletter! Thats where i first heard about Dead Moon. Bought so many great cassettes, singles from K…
	5:08pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ morphe' @5:06 I think the relationship consisted solely of sharing a bill at Maxwell's.
	5:08pm morphe': Thanks TopT .....
	5:09pm Ken From Hyde Park: No charge to visit the Roger Maris Museum - www.westacres.com...
	👻 5:09pm prof.fuzz: this is a lovely interview. thanks todd!
	5:10pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ prof.fuzz @5:09 You're welcome!
	5:12pm MD: Snarky? A bit… bustin de olde dj’s “turntables!”
	👻 5:13pm Will thee Sound Guy: diggin the conversation
	5:13pm Victrola Tom: I’ll no longer associate the nickname Megatron with the name Calvin Johnson after today and this great interview!
	5:17pm 80sZuulScully: Have to go, thank you for this slice of musical history Todd, appreciate the interview. Thanks for stopping by, Calvin.
	5:20pm SeaCreature: ↳ 80sZuulScully @5:05 Mostly Brit stuff but would go see frightwig, pussy galore, Stevie Moore, CVB. Quirky stuff on wfmu where there was mostly a personal connection.
	5:22pm Ochre Ogre: Great interview, thanks Todd! Calvin reminds me of a friend of mine.
	5:22pm ShelbyG: Great interview, really interesting! Thank you, Todd & Calvin.
	5:25pm bobobob plasticland: my guitar player from Plasticland talked me into goin to see The Cramps ...it was a life changing experience
	5:27pm Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "Calvin Johnson interview pt. 2" Very cool. Calvin has such a great philosophy. Learned a lot!
	5:32pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Chris Hiatt @5:27 Glad to hear! And thanks @Ochre Ogre and @ShelbyG!
	5:32pm Van Winkle ;-): I love these "conversations"...they always stir up lots of fine memories of shows/music that had such a big impact on quite a few of us...I suspect. Cramps at Commodore Ballroom early 1982...was a fine show....as was that Vancouver show by The Jam...back in '79. It was definitely the emergence of a strong and supportive DIY ethos/period that touched many cultural matters back then...because there were no other options. Especially on the "tech" front...no cells, no internet but lots of indie spirit.
	5:38pm ShelbyG: The Altons sound fab!! Very cool 😎
	5:42pm Mr C: Truly great show today Todd. Gracias The kids are alright!
	5:42pm morphe': Great interview.. Great Altons !!!
	5:43pm Victrola Tom: Great show maestro, as usual!
	5:44pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thank you all!
	5:44pm MFlynn: Love the Altons Todd. Thanks. Great show as usual!
	5:44pm PaulRobeson1923: Thank you! TODD OH!
	5:46pm ?: Great interview Todd! Thank you!
	5:47pm Ochre Ogre: ↳ Song: "Float" by "The Altons live on WFMU!" Man, would love to see these two bands together!
	5:48pm chresti: Hi Todd and guests! listening from San Gabriel, CA
	5:50pm ShelbyG: I’m excited to check The Altons & Sinceres!!
	5:54pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks a bunch, Todd and guests. I may have stepped away for part of Calvin's interview. Did the K-tel people ever come after K Records?
	5:55pm ShelbyG: Thank you for a great show, loved it!!!!
	5:55pm radioronan: Great interview and sets..Thanks Todd! Cheers y'all!
	👻 5:57pm Will thee Sound Guy: Thank you Todd-o-Phonic Todd, Calvin Johnson, The Sinseers, Glenn Luttman, The Altons, Dave Mambach and all the accu peeps!!!
	5:58pm Van Winkle ;-): Thanks again TOPT for a great 3 hours of "parallel universe" sounds. I'm popping across the road next to check out the 2nd annual Black Culture fest...just starting up. Hip Hop makes a nice change to the usual soft jazz many in my hood generally support.
	5:58pm Ochre Ogre: No longer in BKLYN, miss Mikey Post DJ night at Harefield Road, if he still does it.
	👻 6:00pm Elena: Thanks!

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