WFMU: Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie: Playlist from December 23, 2024

Listener comments!
	2:56pm Brian in UK: Hello Charlie. Looks a bit like Bridget Riley on the right wall.
	2:58pm Charlie: ↳ Brian in UK @2:56 Hi Brian! If you say so:) Would that be the person sitting on the sofa, or the art on the wall?
	3:00pm listener james from westwood: Who doesn't like a rec room with an interdimensional vortex on the wall?
	3:02pm Irene Trudel: Hey Charlie! Looking forward to a little lurking today. Happy Kringle to you all!
	3:02pm Charlie: Hi James! That's why we don't see those people anymore
	3:03pm Charlie: Hi Irene! Happy lurking! and holidays:)
	3:03pm Yvang: Hi Charlie and busy listeners!
	3:05pm Michael: Hi Charlie - hope you're doing well.
	3:05pm Charlie: Howdy Yvang! and Hey there, Michael!
	3:06pm spodiodi: greetings, Charlie! glad to be listening again
	3:06pm tom tom the pipers son: hi charlie and all....and imho do not think that's a riley, even a reproduction....does not have same effect
	3:07pm Charlie: welcome, spodi, tom tom:)
	3:08pm schmutz: ↳ Song: "Drugs" by "Talking Heads" just what the doc ordered ::) hi charlie and all
	3:08pm Yvang: ↳ Song: "Drugs" by "Talking Heads" I love this song, at the same time anti music and sounding like early 80's Simple Minds.
	👻 3:08pm doctorjazz: Hi Charlie! (was wondering about that I'm Waiting for the Man version...)
	3:10pm Charlie: howdy schmutz and docjazz!
	3:10pm Yvang: ↳ Song: "Drugs" by "Talking Heads" Don't do "Drugs".
	3:10pm Alex from Media: ↳ Song: "Drugs" by "Talking Heads" Hi Charlie! Gonna linger in my regular corner here. Seems like you're in my music wheelhouse.
	3:12pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Drugs" by "Talking Heads" saw them touring this...they were quite serious about what they were doing, the show was an existential spectacle with byrne looking like he was going to throw himself off the stage into orchestra pit....then they got all happy
	3:12pm Brian in UK: Do not do drugs. Let drugs do you.
	3:12pm Charlie: Hi Alex, enjoy your corner! I'll be here in mine:)
	3:12pm still b/p: Same mod room for a hot belted-couples game and for a hot record swap! hips.hearstapps.com...* www.msn.com...
	3:13pm Charlie: ↳ still b/p @3:12 hi still b/p - nice finds!
	3:17pm Charlie: ↳ Song: "Skating" by "Vint, Versace & Black" I saw this trio play yesterday! It's their second year playing shows of the music of Vince Guaraldi and A Charlie Brown Christmas.
	3:17pm listener james from westwood: Looks like a fun little venue there!
	3:18pm Michael: ↳ Charlie @3:17 Very cool and very timely .
	3:18pm Alex from Media: ↳ Song: "Skating" by "Vint, Versace & Black" Warm fuzzies! My avatar approves!
	3:19pm Charlie: ↳ listener james from westwood @3:17 It's a great little jazz club! Feels very 1940s in there. Intimate, good sound, great bar. Just opened around 3 years ago
	3:20pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "The Geographic North Pole" by "Laurie Anderson" i have a weird association with laurie anderson which is i went to visit a teachers studio and was waiting outside building...laurie anderson sticks her head out the door and smiles at me in a perky chipmunk way... long story short...i got to teachers studio and she attempts to seduce me and i made an escape...narrowly....i think laurie was signaling...you're in for it buster!
	3:22pm Yvang: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:20 Oh Superman!
	3:22pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:20 You should've just got into a convo with Laurie! Anyway, that's creepy, sorry bout the attempted seduction
	3:23pm Alex from Media: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:20 Wing man available, easy morals!
	3:24pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @3:22 it was very quick...if i were to ever bump into her now i would tell her the story...
	👻 3:25pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by "The Bad Plus" Saw the original Bad Plus play this, they were great (the current version of The Bad Plus is also fine)!
	3:25pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Yvang @3:22 oh mom and dad.....i was pretty young...
	3:27pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Alex from Media @3:23 with the student /teacher power dynamic, the decision is more one of self preservation than morals... ; )
	3:29pm jan: Hi Charlie- Sorry, I came in 15 minutes late! I forgot to bring my headphones when I left.I'll do better next time and will study the archive to make up for my lateness.
	3:30pm Charlie: Hi Jan! Haha, no worries, you're one of my best students;)
	3:31pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Rich Blanket of Love" by "Beth Custer" dug that...kinda quirky
	3:33pm tom tom the pipers son: "niun niggung".....isn't that what one of the three stooges would blurt out
	3:42pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:33 heh, sounds about right
	3:50pm listener james from westwood: ↳ Song: "That Happy Feeling" by "Bert Kaempfert" First I've learned that this track hails from Germany way!
	3:51pm Alex from Media: ↳ Song: "That Happy Feeling" by "Bert Kaempfert" Great cooking music!
	👻 3:52pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "I Feel Fantastic" by "Jonathan Coulton" Really love Coulton! His RE: Your Brains is absolutely the best song EVER WRITTEN!!! (got to see him perform it live once).
	3:56pm Charlie: ↳ doctorjazz @3:52 He's got some great songs!
	3:56pm listener james from westwood: ↳ Song: "Drive-thru pharmacy excerpt (read by the author)"... Lawson keynoted a copy editors' conference that I wish I could've attended, because my goodness, who wouldn't want Jenny Lawson over dinner talking to a roomful of word nerds?
	4:00pm ~L: I do know someone who swears that the beef jerky sold at Pet Smart tastes great and is fit for human consumption. She eats it all the time. I’ll pass, thanks!
	4:03pm Charlie: ↳ listener james from westwood @3:56 Oh, that would've been a time!
	4:04pm Charlie: Jenny Lawson's books, especially Furiously Happy, make me laugh out loud uncontrollably
	4:07pm ~L: Ordering that book from my library system now!
	4:09pm Carmichael: Heya Charlie and holiday pre-revelers. Don't lay a finger on my Hawaiian Punch.
	4:09pm listener james from westwood: ↳ Song: "talking about seltzer" by "Kool Keith" Hear hear, Kool Keith—I'm drinking seltzer right now! From the liter bottle, even!
	4:10pm Charlie: Yay, libraries! Hi ~L and Carmichael!
	4:14pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Carmichael @4:09 POW!
	4:21pm Charlie: Yo, Franco, come sta?
	4:21pm Franco Twinkie: Me good, yoooo?
	4:22pm wimpy: This might be the first time I’ve heard the Beatles on wfmu
	👻 4:25pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "When Our Love Passed Out On The Couch" by "X" Haven't heard this in a while, cool!
	4:25pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Song: "When Our Love Passed Out On The Couch" by "X" Best sofa song ever!
	4:28pm schmutz: ↳ Song: "Drive My Sofa" by "Charlie (your host)" lol
	4:29pm Charlie: ↳ wimpy @4:22 They appear on occasion
	👻 4:31pm doctorjazz: ↳ wimpy @4:22 The more Rock n Roll oriented shows (like Big Planet Noise) play them often.
	4:33pm wimpy: That makes sense, I don’t tune into bpn as often as I should
	4:33pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Song: "Drive My Sofa" by "Charlie (your host)" That was you! Ha, you're a good poet, Charlie.
	4:35pm Carmichael: ↳ Song: "You" by "Delta 5" YYYESSSSS!
	4:36pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Charlie!
	4:36pm Alex from Media: ↳ Song: "You" by "Delta 5" Being a homebrwer makes me vulnerable to this.
	4:36pm Charlie: Hey there, coela!
	4:37pm Charlie: ↳ Franco Twinkie @4:33 haha, channeling Charles Amirkhanian;)
	4:49pm wimpy: You know I don’t think I’ve heard parliament on wfmu either thinking about it
	4:52pm spodiodi: ↳ wimpy @4:49 you need to listen more
	4:52pm Jen: Woo hoo!!!! Couch Potato!!!🙏
	4:56pm wimpy: Guess so! I must rectify this
	4:57pm WR: And it fit you?
	4:57pm tom tom the pipers son: i once collected over a thousand dollars in change
	👻 4:59pm doctorjazz: Time to head home, thanks Charlie!
	5:01pm Carmichael: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:57 How many wheelbarrows?
	5:02pm Charlie: seeya doctor jazz!
	5:03pm Charles: ↳ Song: "Japanka" by "Ansambl Mileta Petrovića" This owns
	5:04pm Charlie: Belated howdy: wimpy, Jen!, WR, Charles:)
	5:06pm Carmichael: ↳ Song: "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" by "Erasure" Wow, interesting remake. I have some history surrounding the original recording, so I'm glad at least 2 people were paying attention ...
	5:07pm Charlie: ↳ Carmichael @5:06 I love the orig, although I have no history with it. I like this cover though
	5:08pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Carmichael @5:01 about three gallon water bottles...several liter bottles...probably over ten years
	5:13pm chresti: Hi Charley and doingers of nothing! Home from the freeways!
	5:19pm Charlie: ↳ chresti @5:13 hi chresti! glad you made it home safely:)
	5:24pm listener james from westwood: Roxanne Roxanne!
	5:24pm spodiodi: hi chresti!\\//
	5:26pm chresti: I love It Mek and I still don't know what it means! hi spodi!\\//
	5:27pm laurapanic: ↳ Song: "Go On Girl (Marley Marl Mix)" by "Roxanne Shante" Roxanne was the orginsal boss bitch, so many women in rap right now doing cool cool stuff
	5:27pm Charlie: ↳ chresti @5:26 I read something online (so it must be true haha) that it was a guy looking out for his little sister
	5:28pm Leslie: Home from college daughter: what is this? High school senior daughter: yeah her music is particularly bad today Me: yeah isn't it great! Home from college daughter: I like it. (kiss-ass lol)
	5:30pm Charlie: ↳ laurapanic @5:27 Hi laurapanic! Yes, so true
	5:32pm chresti: ↳ Charlie @5:27 I would of never guessed that!
	5:33pm Charles: What is that bed music? This is great!
	5:36pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "When the Lights Go Out" by "John Fred & His Playb... like a slightly gentler otis redding
	5:37pm Dean: It's likely Dekker was alluding to Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet.
	5:38pm Charlie: ↳ Dean @5:37 Do tell...
	5:39pm Charlie: ↳ Charles @5:33 I just filled in the info on the playlist:)
	5:40pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:36 i would love it if a group of black musicians used this as their album cover...putney swope style
	5:41pm Dean: "mek you pop yu bitta gall" Tybalt, Act I, scene V, "I will withdraw: but this intrusion shall now seeming sweet convert to bitter gall."
	5:43pm Charles: ↳ Charlie @5:39 Thank you!
	5:46pm Webhamster Henry: Sorry Charlie - between you and Monica, one show had to be an archive listen! I'll catch you later!
	5:50pm Jen: Loving this set Charlie!!! 💖
	5:52pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @5:46 I understand, Henry!
	5:52pm Charlie: ↳ Jen @5:50 Thanks, Jen:)
	5:53pm Alex from Media: Thanks Charlie! Good lurking music.
	5:53pm tom tom the pipers son: thanks charlie....enjoyed the show ...as usual...
	5:55pm spodiodi: thanks, Charlie!
	5:56pm Carmichael: Thanks for the tunes, Charlie!
	5:56pm Charlie: Thank you all for listening, commenting, lurking, it's all good:)
	5:57pm chresti: Thanks Charlie!
	5:57pm Charlie: Stay tuned for Global Grease! Playlist: wfmu.org...
	5:58pm listener james from westwood: Aaaah, such a delight; thanks for the show, Charlie!
	5:59pm Franco Twinkie: I'm so sorry I had to go to the store and miss his epic Christmas eve eve awsomeness. But it's getting crazy out there!
	5:59pm Michael: Thanks Charlie! Busy doing something with daughter in from Boston. Checked the temp there and it was 26. Same in Keene! Have a super holiday.
	6:00pm wimpy: Thanks Charlie! Happy holidays everyone!
	6:00pm schmutz: thanks Charlie❤️!!. happy holidays (:
	6:00pm Michelle: Great show Charlie! Yay Connie Acher!❤️❤️
	6:02pm Yvang: Thanks Charlie!

Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie: Playlist from December 23, 2024

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Moe Tucker	I'm Waiting for the Man	I spent a week there the other night	Sky	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Talking Heads	Drugs "Drugs" by "Talking Heads"	Fear of Music	Sire	0:04:50 (Pop-up)
Laurie Anderson	The Geographic North Pole	The Ugly One With the Jewels	Warner Bros.	0:09:30 (Pop-up)
Vint, Versace & Black	Skating "Skating" by "Vint, Versace & Black"	A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live at the Century Room	Desert Spoon	0:13:49 (Pop-up)
The Bad Plus	Smells Like Teen Spirit	These Are the Vistas	Columbia	0:19:30 (Pop-up)
Beth Custer	Rich Blanket of Love "Rich Blanket of Love" by "Beth Custer"	In the Broken Fields Where I Lie	Beth Custer	0:25:10 (Pop-up)
Mouse on Mars	Mykologics "Mykologics" by "Mouse on Mars"	Niun Niggung	Thrill Jockey	0:29:43 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Piero Umiliani	Produzione "Produzione" by "Piero Umiliani"	Musica Elettronica Vol.2	Right Tempo	0:33:13 (Pop-up)
Chris Butler	Juice "Juice" by "Chris Butler"	I Feel A Bit Normal Today	Future Fossil	0:39:30 (Pop-up)
Juliana Hatfield Three	Addicted "Addicted" by "Juliana Hatfield Three"	Become What You Are	Atlantic	0:43:50 (Pop-up)
Bert Kaempfert	That Happy Feeling	That Happy Feeling	Decca	0:47:09 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Coulton	I Feel Fantastic	Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Cybernetic Arms		0:50:00 (Pop-up)
KPM Library (T. Lowry)	Screw on the Loose	Archives 1 - Light Activity	KPM	0:53:04 (Pop-up)
Jenny Lawson	Drive-thru pharmacy excerpt (read by the author)	Furiously Happy: a funny book about horrible things	Flatiron Books; Macmillan Audio	0:53:16 (Pop-up)
The Websites	Online Pharmacy "Online Pharmacy" by "The Websites"	The Websites Is Killing Music	The Websites	0:57:05 (Pop-up)
Shel Silverstein	Goin' Up to Charlie's	unreleased demo		0:59:46 (Pop-up)
Connie Acher & Jelly	Route 40 "Route 40" by "Connie Acher & Jelly"	Live on Charlie's show, 17 July 2000	WFMU	1:01:38 (Pop-up)
Kool Keith	talking about seltzer "talking about seltzer" by "Kool Keith"	from this much longer YouTube video		1:06:30 (Pop-up)
Devin the Dude	Doobie Ashtray "Doobie Ashtray" by "Devin the Dude"	Just Tryin' ta Live	Rap-A-Lot	1:07:24 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Piero Umiliani	Coast to Coast "Coast to Coast" by "Piero Umiliani"	To-Day's Sound	Right Tempo	1:12:32 (Pop-up)
Love Child	Sofa "Sofa" by "Love Child"	Okay?	Homestead	1:18:32 (Pop-up)
The Beatles	Lovely Rita "Lovely Rita" by "The Beatles"	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Capitol	1:20:17 (Pop-up)
X	When Our Love Passed Out On The Couch	Wild Gift	Slash	1:23:06 (Pop-up)
Charlie (your host)	Drive My Sofa			1:25:03 (Pop-up)
Bran Van 3000	Couch Surfer "Couch Surfer" by "Bran Van 3000"	Glee	Capitol	1:26:19 (Pop-up)
Billygoat	Couch Potato "Couch Potato" by "Billygoat"	Billygoat	Billygoat	1:29:05 (Pop-up)
Delta 5	You "You" by "Delta 5"	Singles and Sessions 1979-1981		1:33:24 (Pop-up)
Wet Leg	Chaise Longue "Chaise Longue" by "Wet Leg"	Wet Leg	Domino	1:37:13 (Pop-up)
Del tha Funkee Homosapien	Sleepin' on My Couch	I Wish My Brother George Was Here	Elektra	1:40:28 (Pop-up)
Parliament	Rumpofsteelskin "Rumpofsteelskin" by "Parliament"	Motor Booty Affair	Casablanca	1:43:51 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Arne Nordheim	Polypoly "Polypoly" by "Arne Nordheim"	Electric	Rune Gramofon	1:48:57 (Pop-up)
Ansambl Mileta Petrovića	Japanka	Veseli Romi	Radio Martiko	1:58:20 (Pop-up)
Erasure	Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)	Other People's Songs	Mute	2:02:51 (Pop-up)
Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta	Mambo Dukesa	Mambo Mexicano!	Cosmica	2:06:39 (Pop-up)
Desmond Dekker & The Aces	It Mek "It Mek" by "Desmond Dekker & The Aces"	The Harder They Come (soundtrack) Deluxe Edition	Hip-O / Island	2:09:57 (Pop-up)
Burt Bacharach	The Via Veneto "The Via Veneto" by "Burt Bacharach"	After The Fox (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)		2:12:26 (Pop-up)
Rasputina	Transylvanian Concubine	7-inch single	Oculus	2:13:42 (Pop-up)
Redbone	New Blue Sermonette "New Blue Sermonette" by "Redbone"	Potlatch	Epic	2:16:36 (Pop-up)
Roxanne Shante	Go On Girl (Marley Marl Mix)	12-inch single	Cold Chillin'/Warner Bros.	2:19:51 (Pop-up)
Crack the Sky	Hold On "Hold On" by "Crack the Sky"	Crack the Sky	Lifesong	2:23:30 (Pop-up)
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton	Holding On To Nothin'	The Essential Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton	RCA	2:26:10 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Piero Umiliani	Power Stations "Power Stations" by "Piero Umiliani"	The Man and the City	Right Tempo	2:28:56 (Pop-up)
John Fred & His Playboy Band	When the Lights Go Out	Agnes English	Paula	2:33:06 (Pop-up)
The Specials	Ghost Town "Ghost Town" by "The Specials"	12-inch single	Chrysalis	2:35:12 (Pop-up)
Billy Sedlmayr	Hardbound "Hardbound" by "Billy Sedlmayr"	Rebellion, Renaissance & Redemption	Gates Pass	2:40:39 (Pop-up)
Steely Dan	Turn That Heartbeat Over Again	Can’t Buy A Thrill	ABC
Angel Olsen	Dream Thing "Dream Thing" by "Angel Olsen"	Big Time	Jagjaguwar	2:49:36 (Pop-up)
Fun Boy Three	our lips are sealed	12-inch single	Chrysalis	2:53:23 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Beecher	Sax Fifth Avenue "Sax Fifth Avenue" by "Johnny Beecher"	7-inch single (45 played at 33)	Warner Bros.	2:56:23 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	2:56pm Brian in UK: Hello Charlie. Looks a bit like Bridget Riley on the right wall.
	2:58pm Charlie: ↳ Brian in UK @2:56 Hi Brian! If you say so:) Would that be the person sitting on the sofa, or the art on the wall?
	3:00pm listener james from westwood: Who doesn't like a rec room with an interdimensional vortex on the wall?
	3:02pm Irene Trudel: Hey Charlie! Looking forward to a little lurking today. Happy Kringle to you all!
	3:02pm Charlie: Hi James! That's why we don't see those people anymore
	3:03pm Charlie: Hi Irene! Happy lurking! and holidays:)
	3:03pm Yvang: Hi Charlie and busy listeners!
	3:05pm Michael: Hi Charlie - hope you're doing well.
	3:05pm Charlie: Howdy Yvang! and Hey there, Michael!
	3:06pm spodiodi: greetings, Charlie! glad to be listening again
	3:06pm tom tom the pipers son: hi charlie and all....and imho do not think that's a riley, even a reproduction....does not have same effect
	3:07pm Charlie: welcome, spodi, tom tom:)
	3:08pm schmutz: ↳ Song: "Drugs" by "Talking Heads" just what the doc ordered ::) hi charlie and all
	3:08pm Yvang: ↳ Song: "Drugs" by "Talking Heads" I love this song, at the same time anti music and sounding like early 80's Simple Minds.
	👻 3:08pm doctorjazz: Hi Charlie! (was wondering about that I'm Waiting for the Man version...)
	3:10pm Charlie: howdy schmutz and docjazz!
	3:10pm Yvang: ↳ Song: "Drugs" by "Talking Heads" Don't do "Drugs".
	3:10pm Alex from Media: ↳ Song: "Drugs" by "Talking Heads" Hi Charlie! Gonna linger in my regular corner here. Seems like you're in my music wheelhouse.
	3:12pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Drugs" by "Talking Heads" saw them touring this...they were quite serious about what they were doing, the show was an existential spectacle with byrne looking like he was going to throw himself off the stage into orchestra pit....then they got all happy
	3:12pm Brian in UK: Do not do drugs. Let drugs do you.
	3:12pm Charlie: Hi Alex, enjoy your corner! I'll be here in mine:)
	3:12pm still b/p: Same mod room for a hot belted-couples game and for a hot record swap! hips.hearstapps.com...* www.msn.com...
	3:13pm Charlie: ↳ still b/p @3:12 hi still b/p - nice finds!
	3:17pm Charlie: ↳ Song: "Skating" by "Vint, Versace & Black" I saw this trio play yesterday! It's their second year playing shows of the music of Vince Guaraldi and A Charlie Brown Christmas.
	3:17pm listener james from westwood: Looks like a fun little venue there!
	3:18pm Michael: ↳ Charlie @3:17 Very cool and very timely .
	3:18pm Alex from Media: ↳ Song: "Skating" by "Vint, Versace & Black" Warm fuzzies! My avatar approves!
	3:19pm Charlie: ↳ listener james from westwood @3:17 It's a great little jazz club! Feels very 1940s in there. Intimate, good sound, great bar. Just opened around 3 years ago
	3:20pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "The Geographic North Pole" by "Laurie Anderson" i have a weird association with laurie anderson which is i went to visit a teachers studio and was waiting outside building...laurie anderson sticks her head out the door and smiles at me in a perky chipmunk way... long story short...i got to teachers studio and she attempts to seduce me and i made an escape...narrowly....i think laurie was signaling...you're in for it buster!
	3:22pm Yvang: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:20 Oh Superman!
	3:22pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:20 You should've just got into a convo with Laurie! Anyway, that's creepy, sorry bout the attempted seduction
	3:23pm Alex from Media: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:20 Wing man available, easy morals!
	3:24pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @3:22 it was very quick...if i were to ever bump into her now i would tell her the story...
	👻 3:25pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by "The Bad Plus" Saw the original Bad Plus play this, they were great (the current version of The Bad Plus is also fine)!
	3:25pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Yvang @3:22 oh mom and dad.....i was pretty young...
	3:27pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Alex from Media @3:23 with the student /teacher power dynamic, the decision is more one of self preservation than morals... ; )
	3:29pm jan: Hi Charlie- Sorry, I came in 15 minutes late! I forgot to bring my headphones when I left.I'll do better next time and will study the archive to make up for my lateness.
	3:30pm Charlie: Hi Jan! Haha, no worries, you're one of my best students;)
	3:31pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Rich Blanket of Love" by "Beth Custer" dug that...kinda quirky
	3:33pm tom tom the pipers son: "niun niggung".....isn't that what one of the three stooges would blurt out
	3:42pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @3:33 heh, sounds about right
	3:50pm listener james from westwood: ↳ Song: "That Happy Feeling" by "Bert Kaempfert" First I've learned that this track hails from Germany way!
	3:51pm Alex from Media: ↳ Song: "That Happy Feeling" by "Bert Kaempfert" Great cooking music!
	👻 3:52pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "I Feel Fantastic" by "Jonathan Coulton" Really love Coulton! His RE: Your Brains is absolutely the best song EVER WRITTEN!!! (got to see him perform it live once).
	3:56pm Charlie: ↳ doctorjazz @3:52 He's got some great songs!
	3:56pm listener james from westwood: ↳ Song: "Drive-thru pharmacy excerpt (read by the author)"... Lawson keynoted a copy editors' conference that I wish I could've attended, because my goodness, who wouldn't want Jenny Lawson over dinner talking to a roomful of word nerds?
	4:00pm ~L: I do know someone who swears that the beef jerky sold at Pet Smart tastes great and is fit for human consumption. She eats it all the time. I’ll pass, thanks!
	4:03pm Charlie: ↳ listener james from westwood @3:56 Oh, that would've been a time!
	4:04pm Charlie: Jenny Lawson's books, especially Furiously Happy, make me laugh out loud uncontrollably
	4:07pm ~L: Ordering that book from my library system now!
	4:09pm Carmichael: Heya Charlie and holiday pre-revelers. Don't lay a finger on my Hawaiian Punch.
	4:09pm listener james from westwood: ↳ Song: "talking about seltzer" by "Kool Keith" Hear hear, Kool Keith—I'm drinking seltzer right now! From the liter bottle, even!
	4:10pm Charlie: Yay, libraries! Hi ~L and Carmichael!
	4:14pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Carmichael @4:09 POW!
	4:21pm Charlie: Yo, Franco, come sta?
	4:21pm Franco Twinkie: Me good, yoooo?
	4:22pm wimpy: This might be the first time I’ve heard the Beatles on wfmu
	👻 4:25pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "When Our Love Passed Out On The Couch" by "X" Haven't heard this in a while, cool!
	4:25pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Song: "When Our Love Passed Out On The Couch" by "X" Best sofa song ever!
	4:28pm schmutz: ↳ Song: "Drive My Sofa" by "Charlie (your host)" lol
	4:29pm Charlie: ↳ wimpy @4:22 They appear on occasion
	👻 4:31pm doctorjazz: ↳ wimpy @4:22 The more Rock n Roll oriented shows (like Big Planet Noise) play them often.
	4:33pm wimpy: That makes sense, I don’t tune into bpn as often as I should
	4:33pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Song: "Drive My Sofa" by "Charlie (your host)" That was you! Ha, you're a good poet, Charlie.
	4:35pm Carmichael: ↳ Song: "You" by "Delta 5" YYYESSSSS!
	4:36pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Charlie!
	4:36pm Alex from Media: ↳ Song: "You" by "Delta 5" Being a homebrwer makes me vulnerable to this.
	4:36pm Charlie: Hey there, coela!
	4:37pm Charlie: ↳ Franco Twinkie @4:33 haha, channeling Charles Amirkhanian;)
	4:49pm wimpy: You know I don’t think I’ve heard parliament on wfmu either thinking about it
	4:52pm spodiodi: ↳ wimpy @4:49 you need to listen more
	4:52pm Jen: Woo hoo!!!! Couch Potato!!!🙏
	4:56pm wimpy: Guess so! I must rectify this
	4:57pm WR: And it fit you?
	4:57pm tom tom the pipers son: i once collected over a thousand dollars in change
	👻 4:59pm doctorjazz: Time to head home, thanks Charlie!
	5:01pm Carmichael: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @4:57 How many wheelbarrows?
	5:02pm Charlie: seeya doctor jazz!
	5:03pm Charles: ↳ Song: "Japanka" by "Ansambl Mileta Petrovića" This owns
	5:04pm Charlie: Belated howdy: wimpy, Jen!, WR, Charles:)
	5:06pm Carmichael: ↳ Song: "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" by "Erasure" Wow, interesting remake. I have some history surrounding the original recording, so I'm glad at least 2 people were paying attention ...
	5:07pm Charlie: ↳ Carmichael @5:06 I love the orig, although I have no history with it. I like this cover though
	5:08pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Carmichael @5:01 about three gallon water bottles...several liter bottles...probably over ten years
	5:13pm chresti: Hi Charley and doingers of nothing! Home from the freeways!
	5:19pm Charlie: ↳ chresti @5:13 hi chresti! glad you made it home safely:)
	5:24pm listener james from westwood: Roxanne Roxanne!
	5:24pm spodiodi: hi chresti!\\//
	5:26pm chresti: I love It Mek and I still don't know what it means! hi spodi!\\//
	5:27pm laurapanic: ↳ Song: "Go On Girl (Marley Marl Mix)" by "Roxanne Shante" Roxanne was the orginsal boss bitch, so many women in rap right now doing cool cool stuff
	5:27pm Charlie: ↳ chresti @5:26 I read something online (so it must be true haha) that it was a guy looking out for his little sister
	5:28pm Leslie: Home from college daughter: what is this? High school senior daughter: yeah her music is particularly bad today Me: yeah isn't it great! Home from college daughter: I like it. (kiss-ass lol)
	5:30pm Charlie: ↳ laurapanic @5:27 Hi laurapanic! Yes, so true
	5:32pm chresti: ↳ Charlie @5:27 I would of never guessed that!
	5:33pm Charles: What is that bed music? This is great!
	5:36pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "When the Lights Go Out" by "John Fred & His Playb... like a slightly gentler otis redding
	5:37pm Dean: It's likely Dekker was alluding to Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet.
	5:38pm Charlie: ↳ Dean @5:37 Do tell...
	5:39pm Charlie: ↳ Charles @5:33 I just filled in the info on the playlist:)
	5:40pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:36 i would love it if a group of black musicians used this as their album cover...putney swope style
	5:41pm Dean: "mek you pop yu bitta gall" Tybalt, Act I, scene V, "I will withdraw: but this intrusion shall now seeming sweet convert to bitter gall."
	5:43pm Charles: ↳ Charlie @5:39 Thank you!
	5:46pm Webhamster Henry: Sorry Charlie - between you and Monica, one show had to be an archive listen! I'll catch you later!
	5:50pm Jen: Loving this set Charlie!!! 💖
	5:52pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @5:46 I understand, Henry!
	5:52pm Charlie: ↳ Jen @5:50 Thanks, Jen:)
	5:53pm Alex from Media: Thanks Charlie! Good lurking music.
	5:53pm tom tom the pipers son: thanks charlie....enjoyed the show ...as usual...
	5:55pm spodiodi: thanks, Charlie!
	5:56pm Carmichael: Thanks for the tunes, Charlie!
	5:56pm Charlie: Thank you all for listening, commenting, lurking, it's all good:)
	5:57pm chresti: Thanks Charlie!
	5:57pm Charlie: Stay tuned for Global Grease! Playlist: wfmu.org...
	5:58pm listener james from westwood: Aaaah, such a delight; thanks for the show, Charlie!
	5:59pm Franco Twinkie: I'm so sorry I had to go to the store and miss his epic Christmas eve eve awsomeness. But it's getting crazy out there!
	5:59pm Michael: Thanks Charlie! Busy doing something with daughter in from Boston. Checked the temp there and it was 26. Same in Keene! Have a super holiday.
	6:00pm wimpy: Thanks Charlie! Happy holidays everyone!
	6:00pm schmutz: thanks Charlie❤️!!. happy holidays (:
	6:00pm Michelle: Great show Charlie! Yay Connie Acher!❤️❤️
	6:02pm Yvang: Thanks Charlie!

Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie: Playlist from December 23, 2024

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