WFMU: Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie: Playlist from September 11, 2023

Listener comments!
	3:01pm Irene Trudel: Yay, Charlie! I can finally listen.
	3:01pm Charlie: Welcome, Irene:)
	3:02pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "+81" by "Deerhoof" deerhoof!
	3:02pm wenzo: Do I have to be doing nothing if I’m listening to this show… is it ok if I’m doing something and it’s on in the background… Will there be any adverse effects
	3:03pm Charles in Chicago: ↳ Song: "+81" by "Deerhoof" Love this record, I used to listen to it so much, thanks for bringing it back to my mind
	3:03pm Charlie: Hey there, NGH! Wenzo! Charles:)
	3:03pm listener james from westwood: Howdy, Charlie and sweet nothings! Irene, I was tied up with nonsense through half of your show, and will take a clean, straight-through listen in the archives! (I hate coming in halfway and missing the narrative DJs work so well to establish from the git-go!)
	3:04pm KimSorise: Hey Charlie! I am busy doing a few somethings, but wish I was doing nothing.
	3:05pm unpopularfred: ...as free as the wind blows
	3:06pm Charlie: ↳ wenzo @3:02 wenzo, I can do all the nothing for you, so relax.
	3:06pm Charlie: hi James, Kim and ...fred!
	3:07pm unpopularfred: ↳ wenzo @3:02 you'll want to stop what you're doing and listen to the show (learned from experience)
	👻 3:07pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Take a Giant Step" by "Rising Sons" Hi Charlie! Like this (Taj also did a great version on De Old Folks at Home)!
	3:08pm Charlie: hi, doctorjazz!
	3:11pm Charlie: ↳ Song: "Just a Glass of Wine" by "Kletka Red" This btw is a noise metal cover of a klezmer song
	3:12pm Michael: Buenos Dias, Carlitos!
	3:12pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "7-inch single; Some Things Just Stick In Your Min... fatcat? was not expecting vashti on that label....(they are a rather eclectic label)
	3:13pm Charlie: Howdy, Michael!
	3:14pm listener james from westwood: Vashti!
	3:14pm Brian in UK: Hello Charlie, good to 'see ya'.
	3:18pm listener james from westwood: Ayyyy, this Kropotkins takes me back.
	3:18pm Charlie: Well met, Brian in UK:)
	3:19pm Charlie: So, what kinda nothing (or something) you all getting yourselves into this Monday?
	3:20pm Dean: Saw Kletka Red at Victo many years ago.
	3:21pm Brian in UK: Well I just been putting the seven new, or should I write second hand/rescue chickens to bed. The nights are coming in like a rip tide.
	3:22pm Charlie: ↳ Dean @3:20 Cool! That Leonid Soybelman is a helluva guitar player
	3:22pm Carmichael: Heya Charlie. I recently retired, so you can bet I'm doin' nothing at all.
	3:22pm wenzo: 🔥🔥
	3:22pm wenzo: I gotta go do some nothing outside of Wi-Fi range… good show!
	3:23pm Charlie: ↳ Brian in UK @3:21 Rescue chikens! How wonderful. You've got your hands full!
	3:24pm Carmichael: Bob Newhart's secretary!
	3:24pm egould: ↳ Song: "Spelling Bee" by "Fannie Flagg" It was a simpler time.
	3:25pm Charlie: ↳ Carmichael @3:22 How do you find enough nothing to do to fill your time now that you're retired?
	3:26pm Webhamster Henry: Ooh missed the Kropotkins...
	3:27pm Webhamster Henry: Hi Charlie!
	3:27pm Brian in UK: ↳ Carmichael @3:22 Are you getting the hang of it?
	3:27pm Carmichael: Yeah! Eskimo, Arapaho ...
	3:28pm Charlie: Well, hey there, Henry!
	3:28pm Carmichael: ↳ Brian in UK @3:27 Still in training, Brian. Getting there slowly.
	3:30pm Brian in UK: Chaz Jankel made it work musically.
	3:30pm egould: ↳ Carmichael @3:28 You can finally pursue your love of modern interpretive dance full time.
	3:31pm Brian in UK: ↳ Brian in UK @3:30 Aging gracefully is a marathon not a sprint.
	3:32pm unpopularfred: I would clicky-star that sound bite if I could... and there it is
	3:34pm Webhamster Henry: Psych rock: any tune with the words "my mind" or "your mind" in it.
	3:35pm Dean: More precisely, "of [possessive pronoun] mind."
	3:36pm Brian in UK: ↳ Song: "rant from" by "David Thewlis" Charlie., funny you should play that clip. It is in TV over here tonight.
	3:38pm Webhamster Henry: Speaking of timezones, because we started to go international when the website first came up I made sure to put the "WFMU Time" above the schedule.
	3:39pm egould: ↳ Song: "Harlem Nocturne" by "Viscounts" Greasy sax. Nice one.
	3:41pm listener james from westwood: Someday I will drive thru the Holland Tunnel with this track on. Someday.
	3:41pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @3:38 It's always WFMU time!
	3:42pm Hubig Pie: ↳ Song: "Holland Tunnel Dive" by "impLOG" Powering a Hoover vac thru the Holland Tunnel
	3:43pm Charlie: ↳ listener james from westwood @3:41 That is a life goal right there, listener james!
	3:44pm Charlie: Someone online says this noise solo is a power drill. Sounds more like a 10-speed blender to me!
	3:45pm northguineahills: ↳ Webhamster Henry @3:38 is that like howdy doody time?
	3:46pm Carmichael: ↳ egould @3:30 Ed Grimley is my mentor.
	👻 3:47pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Holland Tunnel Dive" by "impLOG" This is just reminding this Joisey Boy to avoid that tunnel (NJ Transit whenever possible)/
	👻 3:48pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Any Way You Want It" by "Dave Clark Five" Someone's hand slipped on the reverb switch...
	3:48pm wendy del formaggio: Oh no! I’m late to my own radio show! Oh wait… it’s not a DJ anxiety dream. Charlie’s filling in for me. Whew! 😅
	3:49pm Charlie: ↳ Carmichael @3:46 The Ed Grimley cartoon series is wonderful! I have the collection on DVD.
	3:49pm Carmichael: ↳ doctorjazz @3:48 This sounds too well recorded to be DC5.
	3:49pm Charlie: Wendy! A big cheesy welcome:)
	3:50pm Carmichael: Th' LAB
	3:51pm Charlie: ↳ wendy del formaggio @3:48 What's happening at the Yacht Club?
	3:52pm wendy del formaggio: I got here just in time for an Ed Grimley conversation. I love that series too! Charlie, didn’t you lend it to me when I had COVID?
	3:52pm northguineahills: ↳ Carmichael @3:50 thanks carmichael, i was busy organizing myt laundry, and i could hear the lab sounds emanating from my hedfons....
	3:53pm wendy del formaggio: @Charlie: Not much is happening at the BFYC. I just got home from the liberrry. It’s raining out. Working on a jigsaw puzzle. Listening to the radio. Fairly typical day.
	3:54pm wendy del formaggio: My elderly iphone’s battery likes to run down, so I’ma just lurk for a while. Thanks for filling in, Charlie! ❤️
	3:56pm Charlie: ↳ wendy del formaggio @3:52 Yes, I lent you the Ed Grimley collection so you would heal faster! Let your phone battery rest and have a nice lurk and puzzle-do.
	4:00pm Sem: I'm doing nothing, you're doing nothing: match made in heaven. Hello, Charlie and nothing-doers.
	4:01pm Charlie: Hi Sem, welcome to the show:)
	4:01pm Charlie: What brand of nothing are you practicing today?
	4:02pm Sem: Garden nothing. Just waiting on things to ripen.
	4:02pm Artie17: 3rd Fall song I've heard on FMU in the past 2 days. Thank You!!!
	4:03pm Carmichael: ↳ wendy del formaggio @3:52 Someone mentioned interpretative dance, so naturally I thought of ol' Ed.
	4:03pm Charlie: ↳ Sem @4:02 Waiting for things to ripen and bloom is a very busy doing nothing thing to do.
	4:03pm Charlie: ↳ Artie17 @4:02 There's such a huge back catalog of great Fall-ness, isn't there?
	4:04pm Sem: I like busy-brand doing nothing.
	4:08pm Charlie: ↳ Sem @4:04 I wish I could package nothing and market it. Hmm, sounds like a Fluxus art strategy.
	4:09pm zzz: ↳ Song: "Row My Boat" by "The Four Mints" such a great song. i just got the Numero Group Eccentric Soul N.1 Capsoul comp and listened to it 3 times this weekend.
	4:12pm Webhamster Henry: Nothing for sale! mutts.com...
	4:13pm northguineahills: i always thought it was a blender as well!
	4:14pm Carmichael: A persistent rumor is that DC5's drums were actually played by Clem Cattini.
	4:15pm northguineahills: ↳ Artie17 @4:02 i made the identical comment last thursday on sheena's jungle room's echo beach (b/c, it too, was the third fall track i'd heard in two days...)
	4:17pm wendy del formaggio: Yes I did, and yes it is! (The 4 Mints questions)
	4:20pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @4:12 I love that book! I have a copy:)
	4:25pm Charlie: ↳ wendy del formaggio @4:17 Thank you, Wendy! (I thought I recognized your handwriting on the insert:)
	4:26pm Sem: Nice Mama Cass. Sweet stuff.
	4:37pm Wendy del Formaggio: ↳ Charlie @4:25 Yer welcome. :-)
	4:44pm Webhamster Henry: I ❤️ Miranda ㋆
	4:46pm northguineahills: daggnabbit, i'll be in nyc the week before the record fair...
	4:49pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Medical Wonder" by "Miranda July" miranda july!
	4:49pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ northguineahills @4:46 Say ngh, do you think your new job willl cut down on your WFMU chatboarding time?
	4:51pm g00berz: Great show, but I can’t be the only one that finds Miranda July to be as irritating as Fred Armisen at tbis point
	4:53pm Charlie: ↳ g00berz @4:51 Hi g00berz. I'm sure you're not alone:) She really fascinates me and gets under my skin!
	4:54pm unpopularfred: you would think they'd make you forget you were promised $2million
	4:54pm Jeff Golick: Hey, Charlie. Really enjoying the show - always great to hear you on the airwaves. Re nostalgia, Simon Reynolds has an interesting music-focused book on the topic, Retromania.
	4:55pm Charlie: ↳ unpopularfred @4:54 oh yeah, the whole thing is incoherent! and how she does all the voices, and they're all the same. it's kinda insane. like the whole thing underscores the craziness. (or something)
	4:56pm Charlie: ↳ Jeff Golick @4:54 Hi Jeff! That sounds interesting. I'll look for it:)
	4:57pm Rich in Washington: ↳ Song: "Great Performances" by "Noah Creshevsky" I was just thinking of this the other morning!
	4:57pm northguineahills: ↳ Webhamster Henry @4:49 i have no idea at this point, I've been able to work around it before, when i worked w/ federal data, but this data will be more sensitive, so, they have more active firewalls in place...i suppose, I might be able to use my phone...
	5:00pm Charlie: ↳ Rich in Washington @4:57 hey Rich! Great minds think alike! think of "Great Performances" apparently.
	5:02pm Dean: That amazing Wurlitzer sound!
	5:04pm Wendy del Formaggio: ↳ Song: "Great Performances" by "Noah Creshevsky" That was really fun. It sparked a very old memory in me. I'm pretty sure I heard it on WFMU back in the late-80s.
	5:07pm zzz: ↳ Song: "Fernando" by "Sex Mob" thrilling show alert for nyc area folks Laurie Anderson + Sexmob www.bam.org...
	5:09pm Charlie: ↳ Wendy del Formaggio @5:04 That goes back a way! I know I played it when this re-ish came out in 2006.
	👻 5:09pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Fernando" by "Sex Mob" Tha slide trumpet sound of Steven Bernstein, recognize it in just a note or 2 (love those guys; anything Bernstein is involved in, in fact)
	5:10pm tom tom the pipers son: @charlie:re: ed grimley, did you ever see an sctv episode with john candy as ed grimley's cousin w/ the 2 of them in an attic? ps... late to the show
	5:10pm Charlie: ↳ zzz @5:07 wow, zzz!
	5:11pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:10 hi tom tom! I wish! That sounds amazing:)
	👻 5:12pm doctorjazz: ↳ zzz @5:07 That does sound amazing!
	5:17pm Wendy del Formaggio: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:10 One of my favorite John Candy bits in SCTV was "Dr. Tongue's Evil House of Pancakes." Every time I think of Candy menacingly pushing a plate of pancakes toward the camera, asking "Would you like more SYRUP!" I giggle.
	5:19pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @5:11 not exactly how a remember it... not in attic it appears www.youtube.com...
	5:19pm listener james from westwood: This Phantogram is a treat!
	5:21pm Charlie: Speaking of SCTV-related things, I recently watched some clips of Martin Short as Jiminy Glick. One bit where he interviews Eugene Levy, and Dave Thomas enters midway as Bob Hope had me in hysterics for ten minutes!
	5:21pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Wendy del Formaggio @5:17 they were/are such an inspired group of folks
	5:23pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Get Together, Taken Apart (Youngbloods remix)" by... finally getting our fill of chazaloolapalooza!
	5:24pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @5:21 i remember thomas' bob hope, brilliant
	5:24pm Wendy del Formaggio: If you've never seen the SCTV Christmas Party, you owe it to yourself to watch it TONIGHT. The u tubes has it.
	5:25pm katharsis: Hellos yes this song
	5:25pm Charlie: ↳ northguineahills @5:23 Haha, chazaloolapalooza, love it:)
	5:25pm katharsis: Altogether now 1 , 2 , 3
	5:26pm Charlie: ↳ katharsis @5:25 Yes! I saw her live last year, opening for Kevin Morby. Great show all around. Got to chat with her at the merch table after her set!
	5:36pm Wendy del Formaggio: ↳ Song: "Fill Your Heart" by "Tiny Tim" Is he covering Bowie, or did someone else write this song?
	5:37pm Charlie: I believe TT recorded it first. Biff Rose, who co-wrote it, probably recorded it first, but I'm not sure.
	5:37pm Wendy del Formaggio: ↳ Wendy del Formaggio @5:36 I answered my own question, via discogs. Paul Williams has a co-writing credit on this one.
	👻 5:39pm doctorjazz: OK, time to head home, thanks Charlie! Laters all!
	5:39pm tom tom the pipers son: it was funny/ strange first time spotting tiny tim in 'normal love'...
	5:40pm northguineahills: ↳ doctorjazz @5:39 later dr jazz!
	5:40pm Charlie: ↳ doctorjazz @5:39 seeya, drjazz!
	5:41pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Lovely Head" by "Goldfrapp" feel this song in some unmade james bond movie
	5:42pm Wendy del Formaggio: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:41 You read my mind, tom tom!
	5:43pm tom tom the pipers son: ah, glad to see i was not alone on that one...
	5:46pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:41 oh yeah, definitely james bond vibe.
	5:47pm Doug Schulkind: ¡Hola, Charlie!
	5:49pm Charlie: ↳ Doug Schulkind @5:47 ¡Hola, Doug! How's bayou?
	5:51pm Doug Schulkind: Atchafalaya, as usual, Charlie!
	5:55pm northguineahills: ↳ Doug Schulkind @5:51 that triggers memories of a work project i worked on for the army corps of engineers back in '99...
	5:57pm Wendy del Formaggio: ↳ northguineahills @5:55 Mr. Go?
	5:58pm Wendy del Formaggio: Thanks for filling in for me, Charlie! xo
	5:58pm StringOFperils: Thanks!
	5:58pm northguineahills: ↳ Wendy del Formaggio @5:57 louisiana oil contingency office working w/ mapping oil infrastructure w/in atchafalaya basin...
	5:59pm northguineahills: beautiful, charlie, thanks for nothing!
	5:59pm tom tom the pipers son: thx, charlie
	5:59pm unpopularfred: catch ya later Charlie
	6:00pm listener james from westwood: Many thanks!!
	6:01pm Webhamster Henry: Thanks for the Charlification! hear ya next time!
	6:01pm Charlie: Thanks everyone! See you whenever:)

Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie: Playlist from September 11, 2023

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Deerhoof	+81 "+81" by "Deerhoof"	Friend Opportunity	Kill Rock Stars	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Nancy Wilson	Born Free "Born Free" by "Nancy Wilson"	Just for Now	Capitol	0:02:51 (Pop-up)
Rising Sons	Take a Giant Step "Take a Giant Step" by "Rising Sons"	Rising Sons, Featuring Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder	Legacy	0:04:45 (Pop-up)
Kletka Red	Just a Glass of Wine "Just a Glass of Wine" by "Kletka Red"	Hijacking	Tzadik	0:07:36 (Pop-up)
Vashti Bunyan	7-inch single; Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind	Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind	Decca; FatCat/Spinney	0:10:58 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Tipsy	Bunny Kick "Bunny Kick" by "Tipsy"	Uh-oh!	Asphodel	0:13:11 (Pop-up)
The Kropotkins	Truckstop Girls "Truckstop Girls" by "The Kropotkins"	Five Points Crawl	Mulatta	0:16:50 (Pop-up)
Fannie Flagg	Spelling Bee "Spelling Bee" by "Fannie Flagg"	Rally 'Round The Flagg	RCA Victor	0:22:03 (Pop-up)
The Fantastic Johnny C	Boogaloo Down Broadway	7-inch single	Phil-L.A. of Soul	0:23:15 (Pop-up)
Ian Dury & The Blockheads	Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick	Juke Box Dury	Stiff	0:25:56 (Pop-up)
David Thewlis	rant from "rant from" by "David Thewlis"	Naked (d. Mike Leigh)
Nervous Breakdowns	I Dig Your Mind	Pebbles vol. 9 - Southern California 2 (various artists)	Archive International Productions	0:30:04 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Roger Roger	Sounds Industrial 15 "Sounds Industrial 15" by "Roger Roger"	Sounds Industrial	Zippy	0:32:14 (Pop-up)
Viscounts	Harlem Nocturne "Harlem Nocturne" by "Viscounts"	7-inch single (originally)	Madison	0:36:34 (Pop-up)
impLOG	Holland Tunnel Dive "Holland Tunnel Dive" by "impLOG"	12-inch single; New York Noise Vol. 3 (various artists)	In-fidelity; Soul Jazz	0:39:01 (Pop-up)
Dave Clark Five	Any Way You Want It	Coast to Coast	Epic	0:46:29 (Pop-up)
Stereolab	Percolator "Percolator" by "Stereolab"	Emperor Tomato Ketchup	Elektra	0:49:09 (Pop-up)
The 3 Clubmen	Aviatrix "Aviatrix" by "The 3 Clubmen"	The 3 Clubmen EP	Burning Shed	0:52:52 (Pop-up)
Mink Stole	rant from "rant from" by "Mink Stole"	Desperate Living (d. John Waters)		0:57:52 (Pop-up)
Jack Ross	Mumbles "Mumbles" by "Jack Ross"	Las Vegas Grind, Part 2 (various artists)	Strip	0:58:10 (Pop-up)
The Fall	Slang King 2 "Slang King 2" by "The Fall"	458489 B Sides	Beggars Banquet	1:00:35 (Pop-up)
The Four Mints	Row My Boat "Row My Boat" by "The Four Mints"	Gently Down Your Stream	Capsoul; Numero	1:05:46 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Las Comadrejas	Oaxacatelas "Oaxacatelas" by "Las Comadrejas"	We are Ugly, But We Have the Music	Comad	1:09:39 (Pop-up)
Gilberto Gil	Afoxe E "Afoxe E" by "Gilberto Gil"	Um Banda Um	Warber Bros.	1:16:41 (Pop-up)
Sergio Mendes Trio	Let Me (Wanda de Sah, vocal; Rosinha de Valenca, guitar)	So Nice	Pickwick	1:20:26 (Pop-up)
Mama Cass Elliot	Welcome to the World	Make Your Own Kind of Music	Dunhill	1:23:21 (Pop-up)
Marcos Valle	Os Grilos "Os Grilos" by "Marcos Valle"	The Essential	Odeon; Mr. Bongo	1:25:34 (Pop-up)
High Places	On Giving Up "On Giving Up" by "High Places"	vs. Mankind	Thrill Jockey	1:27:57 (Pop-up)
The Chi-Lites	Hot on a Thing (Called Love)	7-inch single	20th Century Fox	1:31:22 (Pop-up)
The Creation	Making Time "Making Time" by "The Creation"	Making Time: Complete Collection Vol 1	Retroactive	1:35:16 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Shudder to Think	pH Balanced "pH Balanced" by "Shudder to Think"	High Art (soundtrack)	Velvel	1:38:03 (Pop-up)
Pascal Comelade, Pierre Bastien, Jac Berrocal, Jaki Liebezeit	Woolloomooloo Bay	The Oblique Sessions	EVVA/ Les Disques du Soleil et de l'Acier	1:44:23 (Pop-up)
Miranda July	Medical Wonder "Medical Wonder" by "Miranda July"	The Binet-Simon Test	Kill Rock Stars	1:47:12 (Pop-up)
Noah Creshevsky	Great Performances	The Tape Music of Noah Creshevsky 1971-1992	Em	1:55:31 (Pop-up)
Sex Mob	Fernando "Fernando" by "Sex Mob"	Solid Sender	Knitting Factory	2:01:47 (Pop-up)
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom	Livin' in the After	Reset	Domino	2:08:35 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: George Benson/Harlem Underground Band	Loose Joints	Erotic Moods	Paul Winley Records	2:11:20 (Pop-up)
Phantogram	Mouthful of Diamonds "Mouthful of Diamonds" by "Phantogram"	Eyelid Movies	Barsuk	2:16:01 (Pop-up)
Chazaloo (your host)	Get Together, Taken Apart (Youngbloods remix)			2:20:23 (Pop-up)
Cassandra Jenkins	Hard Drive "Hard Drive" by "Cassandra Jenkins"	An Overview on Phenomenal Nature	Ba Da Bing	2:23:44 (Pop-up)
Rufus Wainwright	April Fools "April Fools" by "Rufus Wainwright"	Rufus Wainwright	Dreamworks	2:29:03 (Pop-up)
Tiny Tim	Fill Your Heart "Fill Your Heart" by "Tiny Tim"	God Bless Tiny Tim	Reprise	2:33:52 (Pop-up)
Goldfrapp	Lovely Head "Lovely Head" by "Goldfrapp"	Felt Mountain	Mute	2:36:44 (Pop-up)
Jack Bruce	Tickets to Waterfalls "Tickets to Waterfalls" by "Jack Bruce"	Songs for a Tailor	Atco	2:40:22 (Pop-up)
Gruff Rhys	The Brain and the Body	The Almond & The Seahorse (soundtrack)	Rough Trade	2:43:18 (Pop-up)
Big Blood	Haunted "Haunted" by "Big Blood"	First Aid Kit	Feeding Tube/Ba Da Bing	2:47:11 (Pop-up)
Françoise Hardy	Je T'Aime "Je T'Aime" by "Françoise Hardy"	Françoise	Four Corners	2:52:06 (Pop-up)
The Supremes	These Boots Are Made for Walking	Supremes A' Go-Go	Motown	2:53:55 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Beecher (aka Plas Johnson)	Sax Fifth Avenue	45 played at 33	Warner Bros.	2:56:21 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:01pm Irene Trudel: Yay, Charlie! I can finally listen.
	3:01pm Charlie: Welcome, Irene:)
	3:02pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "+81" by "Deerhoof" deerhoof!
	3:02pm wenzo: Do I have to be doing nothing if I’m listening to this show… is it ok if I’m doing something and it’s on in the background… Will there be any adverse effects
	3:03pm Charles in Chicago: ↳ Song: "+81" by "Deerhoof" Love this record, I used to listen to it so much, thanks for bringing it back to my mind
	3:03pm Charlie: Hey there, NGH! Wenzo! Charles:)
	3:03pm listener james from westwood: Howdy, Charlie and sweet nothings! Irene, I was tied up with nonsense through half of your show, and will take a clean, straight-through listen in the archives! (I hate coming in halfway and missing the narrative DJs work so well to establish from the git-go!)
	3:04pm KimSorise: Hey Charlie! I am busy doing a few somethings, but wish I was doing nothing.
	3:05pm unpopularfred: ...as free as the wind blows
	3:06pm Charlie: ↳ wenzo @3:02 wenzo, I can do all the nothing for you, so relax.
	3:06pm Charlie: hi James, Kim and ...fred!
	3:07pm unpopularfred: ↳ wenzo @3:02 you'll want to stop what you're doing and listen to the show (learned from experience)
	👻 3:07pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Take a Giant Step" by "Rising Sons" Hi Charlie! Like this (Taj also did a great version on De Old Folks at Home)!
	3:08pm Charlie: hi, doctorjazz!
	3:11pm Charlie: ↳ Song: "Just a Glass of Wine" by "Kletka Red" This btw is a noise metal cover of a klezmer song
	3:12pm Michael: Buenos Dias, Carlitos!
	3:12pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "7-inch single; Some Things Just Stick In Your Min... fatcat? was not expecting vashti on that label....(they are a rather eclectic label)
	3:13pm Charlie: Howdy, Michael!
	3:14pm listener james from westwood: Vashti!
	3:14pm Brian in UK: Hello Charlie, good to 'see ya'.
	3:18pm listener james from westwood: Ayyyy, this Kropotkins takes me back.
	3:18pm Charlie: Well met, Brian in UK:)
	3:19pm Charlie: So, what kinda nothing (or something) you all getting yourselves into this Monday?
	3:20pm Dean: Saw Kletka Red at Victo many years ago.
	3:21pm Brian in UK: Well I just been putting the seven new, or should I write second hand/rescue chickens to bed. The nights are coming in like a rip tide.
	3:22pm Charlie: ↳ Dean @3:20 Cool! That Leonid Soybelman is a helluva guitar player
	3:22pm Carmichael: Heya Charlie. I recently retired, so you can bet I'm doin' nothing at all.
	3:22pm wenzo: 🔥🔥
	3:22pm wenzo: I gotta go do some nothing outside of Wi-Fi range… good show!
	3:23pm Charlie: ↳ Brian in UK @3:21 Rescue chikens! How wonderful. You've got your hands full!
	3:24pm Carmichael: Bob Newhart's secretary!
	3:24pm egould: ↳ Song: "Spelling Bee" by "Fannie Flagg" It was a simpler time.
	3:25pm Charlie: ↳ Carmichael @3:22 How do you find enough nothing to do to fill your time now that you're retired?
	3:26pm Webhamster Henry: Ooh missed the Kropotkins...
	3:27pm Webhamster Henry: Hi Charlie!
	3:27pm Brian in UK: ↳ Carmichael @3:22 Are you getting the hang of it?
	3:27pm Carmichael: Yeah! Eskimo, Arapaho ...
	3:28pm Charlie: Well, hey there, Henry!
	3:28pm Carmichael: ↳ Brian in UK @3:27 Still in training, Brian. Getting there slowly.
	3:30pm Brian in UK: Chaz Jankel made it work musically.
	3:30pm egould: ↳ Carmichael @3:28 You can finally pursue your love of modern interpretive dance full time.
	3:31pm Brian in UK: ↳ Brian in UK @3:30 Aging gracefully is a marathon not a sprint.
	3:32pm unpopularfred: I would clicky-star that sound bite if I could... and there it is
	3:34pm Webhamster Henry: Psych rock: any tune with the words "my mind" or "your mind" in it.
	3:35pm Dean: More precisely, "of [possessive pronoun] mind."
	3:36pm Brian in UK: ↳ Song: "rant from" by "David Thewlis" Charlie., funny you should play that clip. It is in TV over here tonight.
	3:38pm Webhamster Henry: Speaking of timezones, because we started to go international when the website first came up I made sure to put the "WFMU Time" above the schedule.
	3:39pm egould: ↳ Song: "Harlem Nocturne" by "Viscounts" Greasy sax. Nice one.
	3:41pm listener james from westwood: Someday I will drive thru the Holland Tunnel with this track on. Someday.
	3:41pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @3:38 It's always WFMU time!
	3:42pm Hubig Pie: ↳ Song: "Holland Tunnel Dive" by "impLOG" Powering a Hoover vac thru the Holland Tunnel
	3:43pm Charlie: ↳ listener james from westwood @3:41 That is a life goal right there, listener james!
	3:44pm Charlie: Someone online says this noise solo is a power drill. Sounds more like a 10-speed blender to me!
	3:45pm northguineahills: ↳ Webhamster Henry @3:38 is that like howdy doody time?
	3:46pm Carmichael: ↳ egould @3:30 Ed Grimley is my mentor.
	👻 3:47pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Holland Tunnel Dive" by "impLOG" This is just reminding this Joisey Boy to avoid that tunnel (NJ Transit whenever possible)/
	👻 3:48pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Any Way You Want It" by "Dave Clark Five" Someone's hand slipped on the reverb switch...
	3:48pm wendy del formaggio: Oh no! I’m late to my own radio show! Oh wait… it’s not a DJ anxiety dream. Charlie’s filling in for me. Whew! 😅
	3:49pm Charlie: ↳ Carmichael @3:46 The Ed Grimley cartoon series is wonderful! I have the collection on DVD.
	3:49pm Carmichael: ↳ doctorjazz @3:48 This sounds too well recorded to be DC5.
	3:49pm Charlie: Wendy! A big cheesy welcome:)
	3:50pm Carmichael: Th' LAB
	3:51pm Charlie: ↳ wendy del formaggio @3:48 What's happening at the Yacht Club?
	3:52pm wendy del formaggio: I got here just in time for an Ed Grimley conversation. I love that series too! Charlie, didn’t you lend it to me when I had COVID?
	3:52pm northguineahills: ↳ Carmichael @3:50 thanks carmichael, i was busy organizing myt laundry, and i could hear the lab sounds emanating from my hedfons....
	3:53pm wendy del formaggio: @Charlie: Not much is happening at the BFYC. I just got home from the liberrry. It’s raining out. Working on a jigsaw puzzle. Listening to the radio. Fairly typical day.
	3:54pm wendy del formaggio: My elderly iphone’s battery likes to run down, so I’ma just lurk for a while. Thanks for filling in, Charlie! ❤️
	3:56pm Charlie: ↳ wendy del formaggio @3:52 Yes, I lent you the Ed Grimley collection so you would heal faster! Let your phone battery rest and have a nice lurk and puzzle-do.
	4:00pm Sem: I'm doing nothing, you're doing nothing: match made in heaven. Hello, Charlie and nothing-doers.
	4:01pm Charlie: Hi Sem, welcome to the show:)
	4:01pm Charlie: What brand of nothing are you practicing today?
	4:02pm Sem: Garden nothing. Just waiting on things to ripen.
	4:02pm Artie17: 3rd Fall song I've heard on FMU in the past 2 days. Thank You!!!
	4:03pm Carmichael: ↳ wendy del formaggio @3:52 Someone mentioned interpretative dance, so naturally I thought of ol' Ed.
	4:03pm Charlie: ↳ Sem @4:02 Waiting for things to ripen and bloom is a very busy doing nothing thing to do.
	4:03pm Charlie: ↳ Artie17 @4:02 There's such a huge back catalog of great Fall-ness, isn't there?
	4:04pm Sem: I like busy-brand doing nothing.
	4:08pm Charlie: ↳ Sem @4:04 I wish I could package nothing and market it. Hmm, sounds like a Fluxus art strategy.
	4:09pm zzz: ↳ Song: "Row My Boat" by "The Four Mints" such a great song. i just got the Numero Group Eccentric Soul N.1 Capsoul comp and listened to it 3 times this weekend.
	4:12pm Webhamster Henry: Nothing for sale! mutts.com...
	4:13pm northguineahills: i always thought it was a blender as well!
	4:14pm Carmichael: A persistent rumor is that DC5's drums were actually played by Clem Cattini.
	4:15pm northguineahills: ↳ Artie17 @4:02 i made the identical comment last thursday on sheena's jungle room's echo beach (b/c, it too, was the third fall track i'd heard in two days...)
	4:17pm wendy del formaggio: Yes I did, and yes it is! (The 4 Mints questions)
	4:20pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @4:12 I love that book! I have a copy:)
	4:25pm Charlie: ↳ wendy del formaggio @4:17 Thank you, Wendy! (I thought I recognized your handwriting on the insert:)
	4:26pm Sem: Nice Mama Cass. Sweet stuff.
	4:37pm Wendy del Formaggio: ↳ Charlie @4:25 Yer welcome. :-)
	4:44pm Webhamster Henry: I ❤️ Miranda ㋆
	4:46pm northguineahills: daggnabbit, i'll be in nyc the week before the record fair...
	4:49pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Medical Wonder" by "Miranda July" miranda july!
	4:49pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ northguineahills @4:46 Say ngh, do you think your new job willl cut down on your WFMU chatboarding time?
	4:51pm g00berz: Great show, but I can’t be the only one that finds Miranda July to be as irritating as Fred Armisen at tbis point
	4:53pm Charlie: ↳ g00berz @4:51 Hi g00berz. I'm sure you're not alone:) She really fascinates me and gets under my skin!
	4:54pm unpopularfred: you would think they'd make you forget you were promised $2million
	4:54pm Jeff Golick: Hey, Charlie. Really enjoying the show - always great to hear you on the airwaves. Re nostalgia, Simon Reynolds has an interesting music-focused book on the topic, Retromania.
	4:55pm Charlie: ↳ unpopularfred @4:54 oh yeah, the whole thing is incoherent! and how she does all the voices, and they're all the same. it's kinda insane. like the whole thing underscores the craziness. (or something)
	4:56pm Charlie: ↳ Jeff Golick @4:54 Hi Jeff! That sounds interesting. I'll look for it:)
	4:57pm Rich in Washington: ↳ Song: "Great Performances" by "Noah Creshevsky" I was just thinking of this the other morning!
	4:57pm northguineahills: ↳ Webhamster Henry @4:49 i have no idea at this point, I've been able to work around it before, when i worked w/ federal data, but this data will be more sensitive, so, they have more active firewalls in place...i suppose, I might be able to use my phone...
	5:00pm Charlie: ↳ Rich in Washington @4:57 hey Rich! Great minds think alike! think of "Great Performances" apparently.
	5:02pm Dean: That amazing Wurlitzer sound!
	5:04pm Wendy del Formaggio: ↳ Song: "Great Performances" by "Noah Creshevsky" That was really fun. It sparked a very old memory in me. I'm pretty sure I heard it on WFMU back in the late-80s.
	5:07pm zzz: ↳ Song: "Fernando" by "Sex Mob" thrilling show alert for nyc area folks Laurie Anderson + Sexmob www.bam.org...
	5:09pm Charlie: ↳ Wendy del Formaggio @5:04 That goes back a way! I know I played it when this re-ish came out in 2006.
	👻 5:09pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Fernando" by "Sex Mob" Tha slide trumpet sound of Steven Bernstein, recognize it in just a note or 2 (love those guys; anything Bernstein is involved in, in fact)
	5:10pm tom tom the pipers son: @charlie:re: ed grimley, did you ever see an sctv episode with john candy as ed grimley's cousin w/ the 2 of them in an attic? ps... late to the show
	5:10pm Charlie: ↳ zzz @5:07 wow, zzz!
	5:11pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:10 hi tom tom! I wish! That sounds amazing:)
	👻 5:12pm doctorjazz: ↳ zzz @5:07 That does sound amazing!
	5:17pm Wendy del Formaggio: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:10 One of my favorite John Candy bits in SCTV was "Dr. Tongue's Evil House of Pancakes." Every time I think of Candy menacingly pushing a plate of pancakes toward the camera, asking "Would you like more SYRUP!" I giggle.
	5:19pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @5:11 not exactly how a remember it... not in attic it appears www.youtube.com...
	5:19pm listener james from westwood: This Phantogram is a treat!
	5:21pm Charlie: Speaking of SCTV-related things, I recently watched some clips of Martin Short as Jiminy Glick. One bit where he interviews Eugene Levy, and Dave Thomas enters midway as Bob Hope had me in hysterics for ten minutes!
	5:21pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Wendy del Formaggio @5:17 they were/are such an inspired group of folks
	5:23pm northguineahills: ↳ Song: "Get Together, Taken Apart (Youngbloods remix)" by... finally getting our fill of chazaloolapalooza!
	5:24pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @5:21 i remember thomas' bob hope, brilliant
	5:24pm Wendy del Formaggio: If you've never seen the SCTV Christmas Party, you owe it to yourself to watch it TONIGHT. The u tubes has it.
	5:25pm katharsis: Hellos yes this song
	5:25pm Charlie: ↳ northguineahills @5:23 Haha, chazaloolapalooza, love it:)
	5:25pm katharsis: Altogether now 1 , 2 , 3
	5:26pm Charlie: ↳ katharsis @5:25 Yes! I saw her live last year, opening for Kevin Morby. Great show all around. Got to chat with her at the merch table after her set!
	5:36pm Wendy del Formaggio: ↳ Song: "Fill Your Heart" by "Tiny Tim" Is he covering Bowie, or did someone else write this song?
	5:37pm Charlie: I believe TT recorded it first. Biff Rose, who co-wrote it, probably recorded it first, but I'm not sure.
	5:37pm Wendy del Formaggio: ↳ Wendy del Formaggio @5:36 I answered my own question, via discogs. Paul Williams has a co-writing credit on this one.
	👻 5:39pm doctorjazz: OK, time to head home, thanks Charlie! Laters all!
	5:39pm tom tom the pipers son: it was funny/ strange first time spotting tiny tim in 'normal love'...
	5:40pm northguineahills: ↳ doctorjazz @5:39 later dr jazz!
	5:40pm Charlie: ↳ doctorjazz @5:39 seeya, drjazz!
	5:41pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Lovely Head" by "Goldfrapp" feel this song in some unmade james bond movie
	5:42pm Wendy del Formaggio: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:41 You read my mind, tom tom!
	5:43pm tom tom the pipers son: ah, glad to see i was not alone on that one...
	5:46pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:41 oh yeah, definitely james bond vibe.
	5:47pm Doug Schulkind: ¡Hola, Charlie!
	5:49pm Charlie: ↳ Doug Schulkind @5:47 ¡Hola, Doug! How's bayou?
	5:51pm Doug Schulkind: Atchafalaya, as usual, Charlie!
	5:55pm northguineahills: ↳ Doug Schulkind @5:51 that triggers memories of a work project i worked on for the army corps of engineers back in '99...
	5:57pm Wendy del Formaggio: ↳ northguineahills @5:55 Mr. Go?
	5:58pm Wendy del Formaggio: Thanks for filling in for me, Charlie! xo
	5:58pm StringOFperils: Thanks!
	5:58pm northguineahills: ↳ Wendy del Formaggio @5:57 louisiana oil contingency office working w/ mapping oil infrastructure w/in atchafalaya basin...
	5:59pm northguineahills: beautiful, charlie, thanks for nothing!
	5:59pm tom tom the pipers son: thx, charlie
	5:59pm unpopularfred: catch ya later Charlie
	6:00pm listener james from westwood: Many thanks!!
	6:01pm Webhamster Henry: Thanks for the Charlification! hear ya next time!
	6:01pm Charlie: Thanks everyone! See you whenever:)

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