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Favoriting February 22, 2025: Hot Dog!

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Artist Track
Brian D'Addario  Till The Morning   Favoriting
Mama Cass Elliot  Make Your Own Kind of Music   Favoriting
Skeeter Davis And Bobby Bare  Jackson   Favoriting
Lazy Lester  I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter   Favoriting
Bola Sete  Without Her   Favoriting
Daryll-Ann  Surely Justice   Favoriting
Ravers, The  Gimme Little Sign   Favoriting
Charley Crockett  Lil' Girl's Name   Favoriting
Prumes, The, Featuring Little Colin  Shoorah! Shoorah!   Favoriting
Jerry Butler  He Will Break Your Heart   Favoriting
Jessica Simpson  Use My Heart Against Me   Favoriting
Brass Ring, The  Monday, Monday   Favoriting
Os Carbonos  Never Never   Favoriting
Tommy Trent  A Mile To The Mailbox   Favoriting
Betty Everett  Getting Mighty Crowded   Favoriting
Betty Everett  Hands Off   Favoriting
Monte Morris  Say What You're Saying   Favoriting
Lemon Twigs, The  Gifts   Favoriting
Hugo Montenegro  Don't Leave Me   Favoriting
Sugar Stems, The  We Only Come Out At Night   Favoriting
Los Relampagos  Baby Elephant Walk   Favoriting
Stoney Edwards  Cute Little Waitress   Favoriting
Betty Wright  Shoorah! Shoorah!   Favoriting
Dogliotti  Nunca, Nunca   Favoriting
Pavement  Cut Your Hair   Favoriting
Del Shannon  What Makes You Run?   Favoriting
Charlie Feathers  Deep Elm Blues   Favoriting
Tyrone Davis  She's Looking Good   Favoriting
Harry Stoneham  The Liquidator   Favoriting
On And Ons  Let Ya Hair Down   Favoriting
Box Tops, The  The Trouble With Sam   Favoriting
Stan Hitchcock  Lonely Weekends   Favoriting
Willie Dixon  29 Ways   Favoriting
They Might Be Giants  Birdhouse In Your Soul   Favoriting
Ko And The Knockouts  If I   Favoriting
Flamin' Groovies  Second Cousin   Favoriting
Faith Healer  Sufferin Creature   Favoriting
Lemon Twigs, The  Rock On (Over and Over)   Favoriting
Swingle Singers, The  Invention Cdur   Favoriting
Hugh  Patty's Asthma Meds & Food Prices   Favoriting
Don  Day-One   Favoriting
Amy's Mom  Food   Favoriting

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CLICK HERE for recipes Michael has discussed on the show

CLICK HERE The Archive Of Chicago music taper Aadam Jacobs

CLICK HERE to read a VERY INTERESTINGLY FORMATTED piece that examines if love songs are dying

CLICK HERE for An Oral History Of SNL’s ‘Christmastime For The Jews’

CLICK HERE for The Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings, nearly 160,000, yours for no charge

CLICK HERE for a Golf Channel documentary about DEVO’s strange intersection with the professional sports legend Chi-Chi Rodríguez

CLICK HERE for the story of Gene Krupa - with lots of great video clips

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's guesting on Mark Hurst's WFMU show Techtonic, discussing AI music making.

CLICK HERE and HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE for The Beatles' 167 page FBI file

CLICK HERE for an assortment of Wrecking Crew AFM union contracts

CLICK HERE for 20+ gigabytes of sound effects from the USC Sound Effects Library

CLICK HERE for Armstrong's 1954 catalog, featuring spectacular mid-century linoleum, rug, and wall tile designs

CLICK HERE for The 50 Worst Decisions in Music History

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for Beatle Novelty Records on YouTube

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

CLICK HERE for The 100 Most Lost Songs of All

CLICK HERE for a million dollar guitar

CLICK HERE for The Herman Cain Award

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

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

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

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

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

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

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

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

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

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

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

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

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

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

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

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

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

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

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

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

CLICK HERE for a laugh

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

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

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

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

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

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

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

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

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

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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Listener comments!

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Listener Baby:

Good morning Baby. Racking my brain as to what your opening song is going to be? What could Baby be thinking? Where is he going with it all? Every Saturday morning, the same conversation in my head. And then.. I get to find out! If only the rest of life’s questions were this way. Anyway, glad to be here.
Avatar 10:54am
Listener Baby:

But please don’t let it be Hot Dog by Led Zeppelin.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member 10:59am
Handy Haversack:

Michael and all the Shellegamers! Greetings from NOLA!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Listener Baby @10:54
I am giving good odds on Brian D'Addario's "Till the Morning." Any action?
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Frank In Queens:

Hey NOW!!!! Hot doggy dog!
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luka:

gm ichibans. i was sick as a dogg this time last week, but was still listenin.
Avatar 11:00am
Listener Baby:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:59
I like it!,
  11:01am
clarke:

hey now
hot doggie!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member 11:01am
Handy Haversack:

↳ clarke @11:01
clarke! You make it out last night?
  11:02am
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:01
no, you?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member 11:02am
Handy Haversack:

↳ clarke @11:02
We saw Cork and most of Oshun. Didn't make it too far west of Canal, though.
  11:02am
greg g:

Handy called it! Kudos and Happy Saturday Handy, Michael & All Assembled!
Avatar 11:03am
Listener Baby:

↳ Song: "Till The Morning" by "Brian D'Addario"
I love the Mathew Fisher organ playing in this.
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Frank In Queens:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:59
When did you get a time machine?
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StringOFperils:

Call now. You may already be a weenie.
  11:03am
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:02
known as "below canal", here. there's parades going by my hood in a few mins
  11:04am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:00
assuming you've recently re-watched The Magic Christian??
  11:05am
Andrew in downtown JC:

Cass Elliott! This song rules.
  11:05am
gf2002:

↳ Song: "Make Your Own Kind of Music" by "Mama Cass Elliot"
Great song!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2025 Swag For Life Member 11:05am
Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @11:04
Um, no?
  11:05am
clarke:

↳ Song: "Make Your Own Kind of Music" by "Mama Cass Elliot"
soundin' good to me, today!
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common:

↳ Andrew in downtown JC @11:05
it really does
  11:05am
cl@m_digger:

“Whats down the hatch!!”
  11:05am
president donald trump:

this is yours truly, sooner or later i will issue an executive order to have all music stations play only the music i allow
  11:06am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:05
oh, you said hot doggy.. ha ha
  11:06am
Mr. Jones:

↳ Song: "Make Your Own Kind of Music" by "Mama Cass Elliot"
Were Mama Cass' solo songs produced by John Philips?
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egould:

↳ Song: "Make Your Own Kind of Music" by "Mama Cass Elliot"
Coulda’ been the opening theme to a sitcom.
  11:07am
clarke:

↳ clarke @11:06
i now see that the photo for the playlist features said doggy
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Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @11:06
oh, haha. "Hot Doggy Dog" is what a vendor says at Citi Field. And since spring training has started and the first game is today....
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Pedro in Arlington:

↳ Song: "Make Your Own Kind of Music" by "Mama Cass Elliot"
Elvis should have recorded this.
  11:08am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:07
truedat! i'm going to dual-screen in a bit, actually
  11:09am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:07
i'm hearing the mets are supposed to mess around with a SIX starter rotation??
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StringOFperils:

This here's the s***kickin' goodness I needed to cheer me up right now. :)
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Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @11:09
Yeah, we'll see....
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egould:

Jackson, MS or Jackson, TN?
  11:10am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:10
madness!
  11:11am
clarke:

↳ egould @11:10
both
  11:11am
gf2002:

And the Yankees are allowing players to grow beards...
  11:11am
clarke:

↳ gf2002 @11:11
bad trend
  11:11am
clarke:

↳ Song: "I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter" by "Lazy Lester"
YES!!!!!
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Frank In Queens:

↳ gf2002 @11:11
Dogs and cats living together...MASS HYSTERIA!
  11:11am
Nate K:

Lester!!!!
  11:13am
clarke:

he wasn't all that lazy!
  11:14am
gf2002:

Didn't they once bench Mattingly for not getting a haircut?
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Hey all
  11:14am
Bruce Mann:

Enjoying WFMU at Newark airport waiting for a plane I got no expectations.✌️
  11:14am
clarke:

↳ gf2002 @11:14
it was getting matted-ly
  11:15am
gf2002:

↳ clarke @11:14
Haha yes
  11:15am
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:14
good day sir! donuts all around!
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Crafty:

pepper sprouts are no joking matter
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Listener Baby:

↳ Song: "Without Her" by "Bola Sete"
This is very cool
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Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @11:11
What do you have against beards? Is this the Buddy Rich influence rearing its ugly head?
  11:15am
clarke:

↳ gf2002 @11:15
i met don at an nrbq show - great guy!!
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egould:

↳ Bruce Mann @11:14
Good luck. At least there’s WFMU in your ears.
  11:16am
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:15
no facial hair on my bus.
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Hughie Considine:

Of course, Mattingly was forced to shave his sideburns by... Mr. Burns.
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luka:

i could have bought a king cake this morning. still can't find pączki in Richmond, though.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @11:09
Are you kidding?
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:03
A vexed question at best.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @11:15
Went to the bakery already. I didn't get donuts! I got some other tasty treats.
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Ben in Newark:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:16
He still liked Mr. Burns better than Steinbrenner
  11:18am
Bob:

Long drive to Sandusky Ohio for volleyball to. Play something good!
  11:18am
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:17
that'll do
  11:18am
Dan near StL:

Make my own kinda Muzak
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @11:18
They make this thing with peach slices that amazing.
  11:18am
clarke:

hello bob.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ clarke @11:03
We're going to get some breakfast and then start walking over that way,
Avatar 11:19am
Michael Shelley:

↳ Andrew in downtown JC @11:05
hard!
  11:19am
Dan near StL:

Cardigan Farfisa?
  11:19am
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:18
what uptown??
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @11:18
I always get bolillos, too.
  11:19am
gf2002:

↳ clarke @11:15
Very cool!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

I need to wake up!
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Joey C says:

Good day Michael and everyone listening
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Gimme Little Sign" by "Ravers, The"
I've been wanting to cover this for years. I need an R&B band.
  11:21am
gf2002:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:16
Classic episode. And the scene when Strawberry gets a tear in his eye when he gets heckled
  11:22am
Dan near StL:

Adolph would have loved this
  11:22am
SecretSquirrel:

RIP Brenton Wood, who did the original of this. Such a #1 hit!
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "Gimme Little Sign" by "Ravers, The"
The over-enunciation on this is kind of hilarious.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ gf2002 @11:21
Brilliant~
  11:23am
gf2002:

↳ luka @11:16
If there is an Aldi nearby, paczki was spotted there just this Thursday!
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egould:

↳ Song: "Lil' Girl's Name" by "Charley Crockett"
German #1. American #3.
  11:23am
SecretSquirrel:

So true, Hughie!
  11:24am
Dan near StL:

Elon, give me some kinda sign, no not that one
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Listener Baby:

↳ Song: "Lil' Girl's Name" by "Charley Crockett"
Been a while. If one gets a chance to see Charley go!
  11:24am
clarke:

true-ie~
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Handy Haversack:

↳ clarke @11:19
Yeah, at least a little ways up St. Charles?
  11:26am
Dan near StL:

M, if you haven’t seen it, watch “The Beat Generation” film on YouTube. Bizarro, funny. Louie Armstrong and Mamie Van Doren.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Shoorah! Shoorah!" by "Prumes, The, Featuring Lit...
Nice work with the commas there, MS.
  11:27am
KWilde:

Good morning!
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:22
ESL rock
  11:27am
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:25
hmm... will call k8 in a bit
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Handy Haversack:

↳ clarke @11:27
Cool! We're just getting dressed etc. and then heading to bfast.
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greg g:

↳ Song: "Without Her" by "Bola Sete"
Recently travelled to Universal Studios with my family. Amusement Parks are not my scene but I was able to escape one day to check out record shop Bossa N' Soul in Orlando. Owner Leo, originally from Brazil is an absolute authority on Tropicalia and Bossa Nova. Plus a master's knowledge of rock n roll, blues and jazz . And just a very down to earth and friendly guy. I picked up a bunch of Tropilcalia , Bossa records as well as NRBQ's Tiddlywinks. He will work with you on prices too. Check it his shop if you're in Orlando or on-line... www.bossanrollrecords.com...
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Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:28
I wonder if breakfast gumbo is available?
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Handy Haversack:

↳ greg g @11:30
Nice! Euclid Records here was our first stop. Got an R.E.M. bootleg.
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Listener Baby:

But wait!
  11:33am
gf2002:

↳ Song: "He Will Break Your Heart" by "Jerry Butler"
RIP "The Ice Man". Only The Strong Survive is a stone-cold classic
  11:33am
Bruce Mann:

Jerry Butler 🥲✌️❤️🎼
  11:33am
Mr. Jones:

↳ Song: "He Will Break Your Heart" by "Jerry Butler"
They used too many tracks on this.
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Ellen:

↳ Mr. Jones @11:33
How do-able was that in 1960? Or was this a later recording?
  11:35am
berbo:

Plumes? Prumes? Prunes?
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Listener Baby:

↳ Song: "Use My Heart Against Me" by "Jessica Simpson"
JD should have recorded this one.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Use My Heart Against Me" by "Jessica Simpson"
I would never have predicted this. It's maybe a bit too Nashville or even Black Keys sounding for me. But credit where credit is due!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ clarke @11:27
You see that Silver Synthetic is playing on Sun. night?
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egould:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:36
Go see them. Great music. Nice guys.
  11:37am
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:36
no
  11:37am
Mr. Jones:

I meant that the stereo mix was kind of off and a but pointless. I'm guessing the mono mix is more listenable.
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Ellen:

↳ Mr. Jones @11:37
Ah: fair!
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greg g:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:31
Nicely done as well Handy. What era of REM? I was actually listening to Automatic for The People last week and while I cant say I love the whole lp, "Man on The Moon" is so #1 ( and actually might have been #1 )
  11:38am
Mr. Jones:

↳ Song: "Use My Heart Against Me" by "Jessica Simpson"
My 2nd favorite Daisy Duke.
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tadpoles:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:36
Strangely enough to me has a Nancy Sinatra on her more recent stuff sort of feel. As you say Michael...nice.
Cheers
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Handy Haversack:

↳ greg g @11:38
1991, live in California.
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egould:

↳ Ellen @11:37
Hey Ellen! You made it over to the Michael Shelley show. :-)
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Handy Haversack:

↳ clarke @11:37
Saturn Bar, just blocks from here.
  11:39am
V:

Thank so much for the tickets last week to the Jonny Cash show! It was so good
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Ellen:

↳ egould @11:39
It's weird to be here when the sun is still out and it's not the height of summer :)
  11:39am
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:39
cool
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Monday, Monday" by "Brass Ring, The"
It never occurred to me that The Now Sound would be considered a genre or that would be its name. But sure enough, it makes total sense
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Handy Haversack:

↳ V @11:39
We won those last year! So fun.
  11:41am
Mr. Jones:

↳ Song: "Monday, Monday" by "Brass Ring, The"
I have Brass Ring records. I always thought the genre was kind of "easy listening" like Peter Nero or similar. Not familiar with the "Now" sound.
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egould:

↳ Ellen @11:39
I’m afraid the Bass VI/baritone guitar talk has subsided this week.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Mr. Jones @11:41
The "Now" sound is where it's at!
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Listener Baby:

↳ Song: "Never Never" by "Os Carbonos"
Winner!
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Ellen:

↳ egould @11:41
The Bass VI is undaunted ;)
  11:42am
Mr. Jones:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:41
I used to be "with it"
Then they changed what "it" was.

Abe Simpson
  11:44am
kris from Portland:

10 cent stamps reigned from early 1974 to end of 1975
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Mr. Jones @11:42
"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is.
--William Jefferson Clinton
  11:45am
Mr. Jones:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:45
100% true!!
  11:45am
berbo:

In college I went through a phase of ordering free stuff from the back pages of Weekly World News. I got all kinds of weird crap.
  11:46am
gf2002:

I'm guessing most people under 40 (?) have no idea what an "SASE" is. I sent a lot of SASE requests thanks to Goldmine magazine's classified ads back in the day
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egould:

Johnson-Smith catalog is crucial reading for a 12 year old.
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Ellen:

↳ Song: "A Mile To The Mailbox" by "Tommy Trent"
Here we go, eGould. And hot steel too. ;)
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Michael Shelley:

↳ gf2002 @11:46
YES!
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tadpoles:

↳ Song: "A Mile To The Mailbox" by "Tommy Trent"
We were encouraged back then to have "Pen Pal's"...especially overseas ones.
Gotta save the PO from being privatized. Like Michele with one L...send more postcards!
Cheers
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Moammar:

↳ Song: "Getting Mighty Crowded" by "Betty Everett"
Yeah, man.
  11:47am
Mr. Jones:

I had the Whole Earth Catalog, you could order "sculptures" from Cynthia and the Plaster-Casters. I think I was 10 when I noticed that.
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Michael Shelley:

↳ kris from Portland @11:44
I was 10
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Listener Baby:

I can answer that question. Because it was exciting to get a letter. I used to write to athletes. They would send me autographed pictures. Pretty thrilling to get a letter from Hank Aaron, or Thurmond Munson. Our mail man, Charlie.
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greg g:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:39
saw them on the Green tour in NYC in 1989 and then on the Monster tour later in mid 90's . Solid both times. Enjoy the record and hope you're enjoying your travels!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

I was more of an Edmund Scientific catalog guy.
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Michael Shelley:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:40
In the 90s I remember people around here calling it "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music"
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, greg g!

And thanks, MS! We're hitting the road. Later on, numbers one!
  11:49am
Mr. Jones:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:48
Taxidermy is a rewarding hobby!

N. Bates
  11:49am
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @11:48
call u in a bit
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Pedro in Arlington:

New Allan Toussaint stamps at the Post Office, Mike.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ clarke @11:49
Sounds good. We're heading to Elizabeth's down on Chartres.
  11:52am
gf2002:

↳ Listener Baby @11:47
I did that too! Send a baseball card with an SASE, and hope it came back signed. I did get a few back signed. My first little league bat was a Thurman Munson model, when they still allowed wood bats in little league. It eventually cracked.
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Listener Baby:

Did James Brown play that organ solo?
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Listener Baby @11:53
YES!
  11:54am
gf2002:

↳ Michael Shelley @11:48
Esquivel!
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Listener Baby:

↳ Song: "Gifts" by "Lemon Twigs, The"
How come I don’t know this song?
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Hughie Considine:

Some of that bachelor pad music was heavy on the space-age and others not so much.
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Listener Baby:

↳ Michael Shelley @11:53
Really?
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Michael Shelley @11:48
That probably fits. Although I think that was more early synth sounding stuff. It's all groovy, though!
  11:56am
Jeremy:

↳ Listener Baby @11:54
It was only included as a flexi with the limited first pressing of the latest album. It's also a bonus track on the Japan CD. Great track!
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Listener Baby @11:55
only in #1 hit universe
  11:56am
Shrimpy:

Request: Up With People
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Jeremy @11:56
Thank you J
  11:57am
Jeremy:

↳ Michael Shelley @11:56
No, thank you Michael!!
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McGroovey:

↳ tadpoles @11:47
Actually, the USPS is making a profit these days.

When it was losing money, Republicans wanted dowsize or close it because it was losing money. These days, Trumpublicans want to grab it because it's making money.
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Listener Baby:

Pedro Guerrero
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Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ McGroovey @11:58
They also want to raid the money that's set aside for postal workers' retirement.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "Don't Leave Me" by "Hugo Montenegro"
Starting with the chorus is an interesting choice.
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Listener Baby:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:00
Can’t buy me Love
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The Chief:

Is it not pronounced "moe-g". That's what I've always heard.
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common:

↳ Song: "Don't Leave Me" by "Hugo Montenegro"
ah, the groovy times.
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The Chief:

Also, great show today
  12:01pm
gf2002:

I remember very well the "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music" trend, I was all in and a fan. It was that Esquivel CD that got me hooked, like I loved the sound when I heard it but after that Esquivel comp caught on, it became a named genre. The record shops around Boston had separate sections for bachelor pad LP's, and they were marking up anything with a swanky cover, including all those Jackie Gleason albums and Les Baxter. Any original Esquivel vinyl was minimum 40 bucks despite condition, and this was around 94-95.
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Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Don't Leave Me" by "Hugo Montenegro"
More groovy Nilssonics please.
  12:01pm
Drugthedummer:

Hi Michael. Do you write the scores for your WFMU promo snippets? Just curious...
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Listener Baby @12:00
It works, but this song has such a lovely lead-up to the chorus that it surprised these ears of mine!
  12:02pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "We Only Come Out At Night" by "Sugar Stems, The"
if they are from boston i don't know about it.
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Drugthedummer @12:01
5% of them (none of the good ones)
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McGroovey:

↳ Song: "We Only Come Out At Night" by "Sugar Stems, The"
This is a very coverable tune.
  12:03pm
Drugthedummer:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:02
Ha!
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egould:

↳ Song: "We Only Come Out At Night" by "Sugar Stems, The"
Number one type of power pop.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "We Only Come Out At Night" by "Sugar Stems, The"
Already clicky'd this one. I bet Irwin would dig this.
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Michael Shelley:

↳ The Chief @12:00
Ron Fields says "Moo g" - and that's stuck in my head... what I hear every time is his voice saying it
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Frank In Queens:

↳ Song: "We Only Come Out At Night" by "Sugar Stems, The"
Milwaukee
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Listener Baby:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:02
Baby. You are to humble. 6%
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mndave:

↳ Song: "We Only Come Out At Night" by "Sugar Stems, The"
verse: E/A/C#/B
chorus:A/B/A/E
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Michael Shelley:

www.youtube.com...
  12:04pm
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:03
that makes more sense
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StringOFperils:

It's got that Hit Me With Your Best Shot vamp. INstant hit ingredient # 1
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Ellen:

↳ mndave @12:04
mndave beat me to it:

Verse: i - IV - vi - V
Chorus: IV - V - IV - I
Bridge/solo: vi - I
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Michael Shelley:

↳ gf2002 @12:01
YEAH - when Les Baxter was $20 - thats when I knew - all bets were off
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mndave:

↳ StringOFperils @12:04
same key too! yet different enough and a banger
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mndave:

↳ Ellen @12:05
thanks for speaking guitar-ese, which I can't do!
  12:07pm
berbo:

I picked up a CD called "She's got the power" because it has some bands I knew. Happily it also includes this Sugar Stems hit.
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Ellen:

↳ mndave @12:06
It's just chart-ese. Guitar-ese would be "Watch my hands. This one, then this one you've got to bar, then down two to this one. Easy!"
  12:07pm
DG:

Yes, "Ron Fields"! One of my favorite NatLamp bits (I have that box set, probably out of print now). I remember hearing it in high school (back when FM played stuff like that) & then at my college station some of the staff heard it & whenever a too-excitable promo guy came to the station with his latest lame band it would get quoted a lot. (Think I heard Colbert even reference it once.) It's on that impressive NL album, "Goodbye Pop" (probably o.o.p. also) but I think the version on the box set is a bit longer.
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Hughie Considine:

I like that a banger can be a great song or a sausage.
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Listener Baby:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:08
Or part of one of the greatest jokes of all time. If you think about it.
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hectic:

that was a crazy story!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ hectic @12:09
Agreed
  12:10pm
ledzeppelinsucks:

Stoney Edwards had a life loaded with mid range bummers, part time bummers and bummers.
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hectic:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:10
i always like it when a musician/band/song has a super weird story
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Listener Baby @12:09
I hardly even know 'er?
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Listener Baby:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:10
Indeed
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "Cute Little Waitress" by "Stoney Edwards"
Stoney's hard-luck story reminded me of Jackson C. Frank, another guy who couldn't get a break.
  12:11pm
gf2002:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:05
I remember being disappointed in the movie "Four Rooms", because the hype was that the soundtrack would do for Space-Age lounge music what Pulp Fiction did for surf artists a year earlier, with Tarantino's involvement of course...and the movie was a bit of a mess. I only saw it once and that was it. But the soundtrack got buried because the movie was kind of a turkey, and it had a lot of cool tracks by Combustible Edison and some Esquivel too. It was a shame.
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Webhamster Henry:

I'm a huge Suno user myself.
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Listener Baby:

↳ Song: "Shoorah! Shoorah!" by "Betty Wright"
Big boy pants. Best bass and drums EVER!
  12:12pm
clarke:

GGY
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Michael Shelley:

↳ McGroovey @12:02
YES
  12:13pm
jg:

Who sings that country “Michael Shelley Program” promo?
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Moammar:

↳ Song: "Shoorah! Shoorah!" by "Betty Wright"
This on Malaco?
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Ellen:

↳ Listener Baby @12:12
This is indeed how it's done
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:03
Thats what I said
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "Shoorah! Shoorah!" by "Betty Wright"
Always a floor-filler at apartment shindigs.
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Listener Baby:

↳ jg @12:13
Jim Jones
  12:13pm
clarke:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:13
it sounded like you said boston
  12:14pm
clarke:

ha ha ha
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Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @12:13
Please come to Boston for the springtime...or actually, the Triangle in August. Prof Fuzz has a gig at the Kraken. Puttin' it out there.
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drr:

↳ Moammar @12:13
Guessing it's on Glades or TK.
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Moammar:

↳ drr @12:14
So good.
  12:15pm
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:14
where is the Kraken?
  12:15pm
ledzeppelinsucks:

Saw The Spitz, Generacion Suicida and Rotten Apples last night at Clock Out Lounge. It knocked some sense into Beacon Hill.
  12:15pm
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:14
august?!? i can't even plan this afternoon!!
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Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @12:15
It is located in the depths of Hades. Mwhahahahahaha!
Actually it's on Hwy 54, Chapel Hill.
Haha. I know dude, but it would be fun.
  12:16pm
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:16
twould be - i'll consider it!
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McGroovey:

↳ clarke @12:02
The googly tells me they're from Milwaukee.
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Ellen:

↳ Song: "Nunca, Nunca" by "Dogliotti"
Another bassist who knows what they're doing
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Michael Shelley:

↳ jg @12:13
AI Jones
  12:17pm
clarke:

↳ McGroovey @12:16
apparently so. ; ]

no big hair.
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Ciggy:

↳ Song: "Nunca, Nunca" by "Dogliotti"
Diego Forlán is a big fan
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Tidepoolbay:

↳ Pedro in Arlington @11:49
Pavement! WooF!!
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Michael Shelley:

↳ clarke @12:13
Where's that?
  12:17pm
clarke:

↳ clarke @12:17
!!!!!
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Michael Shelley:

↳ clarke @12:13
Sims & Oak
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Cut Your Hair" by "Pavement"
These guys had to grow on me. I sure do love this song now.
  12:18pm
clarke:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:17
did u see the drummer's hair?
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Michael Shelley:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:18
#1
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Hughie Considine:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:18
Safe to say this was a sort of gateway track for many of those who were iffy about Pavement.
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Karl:

↳ Song: "Cut Your Hair" by "Pavement"
Stone classic
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Karl @12:19
true
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David L.:

↳ Song: "Shoorah! Shoorah!" by "Betty Wright"
What always blew me away about this record was how much energy they squeezed out of a fairly economical band: only drums, bass and one guitar in the rhythm section, plus two trumpets and background vox. That session also produced "Where Is The Love," which is one of the most relentless, blistering proto-disco tracks out there.
  12:19pm
greg g:

Career or Korea??
  12:20pm
greg g:

Or both?
  12:20pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "What Makes You Run?" by "Del Shannon"
DEL~~~~~
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egould:

↳ greg g @12:19
Por que no los dos?
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Michael Shelley:

↳ David L. @12:19
The lack of compression on EVERY instrument (at EVERY stage - recording - mixing - mastering) is also so important to letting them meld & shine
  12:21pm
Dennis Diken:

OMG, Del so totally rules
  12:21pm
clarke:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:20
if it is on vinyl - there is compression at some point.
  12:22pm
gf2002:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:19
It was this song and Shady Lane for me. And now the kids know Harness Your Hopes because of Tik Tok memes. Who would have guessed kids under 16 would be singing Pavement lyrics in 2025...
  12:22pm
Mr. Jones:

↳ Song: "What Makes You Run?" by "Del Shannon"
Sounds great. I don't know this one.
Reminds me of Buffalo Springfield for some reason.
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David L.:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:20
Yes! It feels so clean and punchy, very in-the-room-with-the-band. Would have been a great trend to continue for the rest of the 70s; so it goes.
  12:23pm
clarke:

AI Gilmer
  12:23pm
tim:

Bass might not be either, but if so, I would say Carol K, as Joe O had a more midrangey sound, due to a pick on his Jazz Bass, vs. a Precision.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ gf2002 @12:22
Yes, the Harness Your Hopes thing is amazing -- more streams than their entire catalog. I loved Brighten the Corners -- that was the one for me, but I also like late-period LPs by bands whose early catalogs are the ones enjoyed by the cognoscenti.
  12:25pm
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:24
i'm a pavement 90 percenter
  12:25pm
btw:

music making my re heated steak cheese onion . you got the magic, Mike
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drr:

If I'm not mistaken, Sam Phillips was a big investor in Holiday Inn. Probably a safer bet than a record label, really.
  12:26pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:26
key-rekt!
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Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @12:25
ha, me too, or maybe even an 85 percenter. To paraphrase, Pee-Wee Herman, "I like you, Pavement. LIKE."
  12:27pm
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:27
90% is VERY high for me!
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egould:

Holiday Inn hotel chain founded by Kemmons Wilson. Wilson was a partner with Wayne Foster in the record label. Sam Phillips was brought in later as Wilson focused on other more profitable ventures. Per Wikipedia.
  12:29pm
btw:

at this old decade, yoo making me super
  12:31pm
Paul:

2 ska songs today!
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PatrickMC:

Liquidator never gets old
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Hubig Pie:

But what about the voice of Geddy Lee?
  12:32pm
clarke:

↳ Hubig Pie @12:32
do you think he talked like that?
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egould:

↳ egould @12:28
In July 1974, Wilson, along with Isaac Hayes, Al Wilson, Mike Storen and others, bought the Memphis Tams franchise in the American Basketball Association.
More Wikipedia.
  12:33pm
btw:

need NRBQ
  12:34pm
clarke:

↳ egould @12:33
the ABA!
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Michael Shelley:

↳ PatrickMC @12:31
That version is wildly great
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "The Trouble With Sam" by "Box Tops, The"
Tell me again that the singer is a teenager.
  12:34pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "The Trouble With Sam" by "Box Tops, The"
sam phillips?? chilton was a huge fan of Holiday Inn's, actually.
  12:35pm
gf2002:

↳ clarke @12:34
Dr. J!
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egould:

Much Memphis is happening right now.
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The Chief:

Why does Chilton sound 20 years younger in Big Star? Was he affecting an older, smokier voice in the Box Tops?
  12:37pm
clarke:

the chet atkins background sound... boo!
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Hughie Considine:

↳ The Chief @12:37
That's what I've read, that it was a sort of affected vocal style.
  12:38pm
clarke:

↳ The Chief @12:37
he's the only guy i know who's voice got higher as he aged, as well as the affectation in boxtops.
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McGroovey:

↳ Song: "We Only Come Out At Night" by "Sugar Stems, The"
I decided to buy this Sugar Stems album, and then I discovered I already have it. Apparently, I bought it and immediately filed it. This is why I should just leave new records lying around the living room for at least a year before filing them.
  12:40pm
clarke:

↳ McGroovey @12:39
ha ha. leave it to mcg!
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PatrickMC:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:34
Yes it is. I'm more familiar with the slower groove of the Harry J All Stars version.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "29 Ways" by "Willie Dixon"
Now this is a number song! Supposedly the inspiration for "50 Ways" but much more mathematically savvy.
  12:40pm
clarke:

↳ McGroovey @12:39
i recently found out that Guild Guitars got its start in hoboken. they moved to RI before building anything that is around today, tho.
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StringOFperils:

FLOOD knocked my socks off the instant it hit the turntable. TMBG finally hit the bullseye.
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McGroovey:

↳ McGroovey @12:39
But here's a tip: The LP isn't for sale on bandcamp (just the digital version), but it's available from Green Noise Records for a very reasonable $12.99.
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Ellen:

↳ clarke @12:40
The story I heard is they started in Manhattan with a bunch of former Epiophone folks, then moved to Hoboken, then Rhode Island. Stir in a number of years and being Fenderized and now Yamaha owns them. Which may be a good thing.
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JB:

↳ Song: "Birdhouse In Your Soul" by "They Might Be Giants"
Well this is pleasantly unexpected.
  12:44pm
clarke:

i think phast phreddie is doing the drop in tonight...
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Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @12:40
My guitar growing up was a Guild salesman named Bob Aslanian who taught Al DiMeola. He insisted that I learn jazz chords and theory and that was the end of my lessons. He had a lovely blonde colored Guild. Half the lesson was him writing out the notes for a song in pencil.
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Hughie Considine:

guitar teacher that is
  12:45pm
clarke:

↳ Ellen @12:42
yeah, but this was early stages. the stuff that remains today is from the RI plant, pretty much. others are super-rare.
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JohnEBGood:

Happy 222 Michael, Juniper, and WFMU family : )
  12:46pm
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:44
lessons shmessons!!
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Ellen:

↳ clarke @12:45
That's also my understanding. My first proper electric was an old Starfire. If there were one I could get back, that would be it.
  12:46pm
J in LA:

Got that little bird house in my soul today!
  12:46pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "Second Cousin" by "Flamin' Groovies"
Loney!
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Frank In Queens:

↳ Song: "Second Cousin" by "Flamin' Groovies"
Oh, this more than makes up for the Pavement track 😜
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Tidepoolbay:

↳ Song: "Second Cousin" by "Flamin' Groovies"
Nice!
  12:47pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "Second Cousin" by "Flamin' Groovies"
you know i gotta make the team!
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Mailman Tom:

↳ Song: "Second Cousin" by "Flamin' Groovies"
I love the Flamin' Groovies
  12:47pm
hifivicky:

I listen every week and always enjoy... but this has been OUTTA THE PARK, Sir. Thx, Michael S!!
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PatrickMC:

↳ Song: "Second Cousin" by "Flamin' Groovies"
Oh yeah
  12:48pm
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:47
the 26th - we gotta date - whooo!
  12:48pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

Good afternoon,Michael and Everyone. Better late than never.
  12:48pm
clarke:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @12:48
howdy second cousin!
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StringOFperils:

Inbreeding Is A-1 on the jukebox
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StuartR:

↳ Song: "Birdhouse In Your Soul" by "They Might Be Giants"
John and John's number 1 hit
  12:49pm
clarke:

i don't know you from Adam
but if you're gonna play the jukebox
please don't play A-11
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McGroovey:

↳ Song: "Second Cousin" by "Flamin' Groovies"
I've heard a cover of this. Who by? I can't recall. Could it be the Swingin' Neckbreakers? Now I have to go figure that out.
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PatrickMC:

↳ clarke @12:49
Or B17
  12:50pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "Sufferin Creature" by "Faith Healer"
one-hit wonders!
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prof.fuzz:

↳ PatrickMC @12:49
oh! that one is "bomber" by motorhead!
  12:50pm
clarke:

↳ McGroovey @12:49
Will & The Bushmen did a version
  12:50pm
clarke:

FuZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
  12:52pm
johnk77:

birdhouse in yr soul favorite tmbg song
of violent femmes
who did share mgmt w/tmbg for a time
nice work selecter
  12:52pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "Rock On (Over and Over)" by "Lemon Twigs, The"
third time is the charm
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PNX:

I promised Baby a report from the Cowboy Junkies show last week. I enjoyed the show - 90s nostalgia was definitely triggered. Margo's voice is the biggest draw for me. My wife was less impressed and had some legitimate complaints that didn't bother me, but I could see where she was coming from after the show. They are still experts at creating a mood - that one mood that they do so well. I'm sure it's not for everybody, but I felt under the spell of Margo's singing and that was enough to carry them through even some of the weaker songs.
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morphe':

Thanks Mikey and all ...
ps.. Roger changes cereals and did not eat a Chex type today ..
  12:53pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

@clarke here I am. How are you?
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prof.fuzz:

↳ clarke @12:50
ClarkEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
  12:54pm
clarke:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @12:53
i'm better, but still coughing a bit... boo!! not bad.
  12:55pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "Invention Cdur" by "Swingle Singers, The"
swinglin' away!!
  12:56pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

@clarke on the mend!
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "Invention Cdur" by "Swingle Singers, The"
Swingle Singers would have been the perfect name, even if they weren't named for their leader, Ward Swingle.
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drr:

↳ Song: "Invention Cdur" by "Swingle Singers, The"
Who's the drummer?
  12:56pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

Thank you, Michael and Everyone.
  12:56pm
clarke:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @12:56
not fast enough - there's a parade passing about two blocks from me right now
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egould:

Thanks Michael!
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tadpoles:

↳ drr @12:56
Swingle Singers certainly are magical.
Thanks for the show Michael.
Cheers
  12:57pm
Dennis Diken:

great show, thanks, Mikey!
  12:57pm
clarke:

ever get the feelin' you been Hugh'd?? good nite.
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StringOFperils:

Thank you, Michael!
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Frank In Queens:

Ben, do you want more coffee?
  12:57pm
clarke:

just go ahead and hang-up...
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

↳ McGroovey @12:49
I have a memory of that too. Dave Edmunds live maybe? Search of WFMU and YouTube have yielded nothing.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Have a good weekend everyone!
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Hughie Considine:

Another fine show, Michael. This was so much better than the rice pudding!
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McGroovey:

↳ clarke @12:50
I can't see it on any Neckbreakers records, but naybe I haven't looked at them all. But it's someone who sounds like that: power-garage-R&B.
  12:58pm
clarke:

↳ Sweet Corn Lizzie @12:57
like i said: will & the bushmen
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Frank In Queens:

Thanks Michael! Enjoy your weekend!
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drr:

the pancreas tasted like a snozzberry
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greg g:

Thank you Michael! Hope everyone has a great weekend !!
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