WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from March 1, 2025

Listener comments!
	♥ 11:00am luka: gm ichibans
	11:01am clarke: this will go on for some time... hey now.
	11:01am Scott from Boston: Hello number one hitters!
	♥ 11:01am myron feld: Hello Michael and all the #1ers!
	11:01am andy fuchs: oh hey
	♥ 11:01am Squints: ok then. hey HEY hey now.
	♥ 11:01am ultradamno: Johansen obit not behind a paywall variety.com...
	11:02am Mr. Jones: ↳ ultradamno @11:01 :(
	♥ 11:02am Hoboken Jack: Where Baby at? Hi Michael, Clarke, all!
	11:03am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:01 spring has, errraaah, sprung??
	11:03am clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @11:02 good day jackson!
	♥ 11:04am common: hello all
	11:04am Michael Shelley: ↳ myron feld @11:01 That's what I'm talking about!
	♥ 11:05am ultradamno: ↳ ultradamno @11:01 A tribute to him Mr Fab a couple of weeks ago wfmu.org...
	♥ 11:05am Handy Haversack: Michael and all the Shellegamers!
	11:05am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, all!
	11:05am clarke: she kidnapped herself, man.
	11:05am Cooh John: Hello Michael and #1ers!
	♥ 11:06am ultradamno: "test if you hear Yanny or Laurel" I heard Laurel
	11:06am Joey C says: Good morning Michael!
	11:06am ?: ↳ clarke @11:05 she owed money all over town...
	♥ 11:07am JDub: Yo, Michaelinos
	♥ 11:07am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:03 It would appear to be March. On time. And, sadly, if the last five years or so are any guide, it'll be March until Memorial Day.
	♥ 11:07am Handy Haversack: ↳ @11:06 Trophy wife ...
	♥ 11:07am JDub: ↳ Song: "Break It All!" by "Los Shakers" More Beatles than Beatles
	11:07am Cooh John: Handy, I will see you and K8 in 2 weeks. You too, Michael. Working the phones for your show.🎶
	♥ 11:07am myron feld: I had Uruguyan mix in my cereal this morning -- superb!
	♥ 11:08am Handy Haversack: ↳ Squints @11:07 Spoken like a New Englander. Lousy Smarch weather.
	11:08am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:07 yeah, up there - down here, it has sprung. but, i thought you had a bit of respite this week, no?
	11:08am rx "rexy" scabin: Good morning, Michael and Everyone.
	11:09am clarke: ↳ myron feld @11:07 was ist das?
	♥ 11:09am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Hey Sheriff" by "Rusty And Doug" Morning all! I came across a fine Rusty and Doug comp called The Cajun Country Rockers which is chockfull of fun, including this one, natch.
	♥ 11:09am drr: ↳ ultradamno @11:06 I'm team Yanny, last I checked. I'm not sure how scientific the test is. I do remember how nice it was to live in the world where Yanny/Laurel and "Is the dress blue and black, or white and gold?" were the burning questions of the day.
	11:10am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:09 all winners!! no sinners.
	11:11am Scott from Boston: This was originally a Curtis Mayfield song?! Well, educated once again.
	♥ 11:11am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:10 Truth! Cajun Joe sure got what he had coming.
	11:12am clarke: ↳ Scott from Boston @11:11 i thought it was Major Lance.
	♥ 11:12am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:08 Yeah, finally. Had a colder snap than usual a week and a half ago. Usually the real cold is for a week or so in January. February just tends to be sloppy and maybe snowy depending on wheah yah ahh, theah.
	♥ 11:13am myron feld: ↳ clarke @11:12 The artist, yes. The writer was Curtis.
	11:13am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:12 oh, i'm well-familiar with June-tober, etc.
	11:14am OnTheTrain: i am having my breakfast outside in ny . its amazing .mike i am giving you credit for this .
	11:14am Michael Shelley: ↳ drr @11:09 EXCELLENT
	11:14am clarke: ↳ myron feld @11:13 got it. when we ass-ume....
	♥ 11:15am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:13 All that noted, I got to say our Septembers and well into November have been a lot more benign lately than I remember back in the day. Squints, he like.
	11:15am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:15 yeah, of course, when i ain't there
	11:15am Michael Shelley: ↳ drr @11:09 my guess - is that there are two overlaped recordings - one in a high pitch and one in a low pitch...
	♥ 11:16am egould: ↳ Song: "Love Is The Drug" by "Roxy Music" Love is the drug. And also, drugs are the drug.
	♥ 11:16am Handy Haversack: ↳ egould @11:16 Yeah, gotta have drugs.
	11:17am clarke: we got some rope-moving weather, today in nola! the parades have been swell, this week. warm evenings, no wind.
	♥ 11:17am Cheryl The Nerd: RIP David Johansen, per Rolling Stone. Over and out. www.rollingstone.com...
	♥ 11:17am Handy Haversack: ↳ egould @11:16 Speaking of, we're going to be in Seattle next month. Want to grab a drink?
	11:17am OnTheTrain: is a "singles bar" still a thing?
	11:18am clarke: ↳ Cheryl The Nerd @11:17 hay there!! yes RIP DJ
	♥ 11:18am Handy Haversack: ↳ clarke @11:17 Seeing you for a bit was def. a highlight of our time in NOLA last week, clarke!
	11:18am clarke: ↳ OnTheTrain @11:17 not when you eat breakfast outside.
	11:19am clarke: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:18 yes, you got me out of the house! ha ha ha. a swell day! they say it may rain for mardi gras day - so YOUR MGD was a good un
	♥ 11:20am egould: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:17 Absotively! What part of Seattle will be visiting?
	♥ 11:20am ultradamno: I assume singles bars and internet cafes have merged to synergize serving drinks and using apps
	11:20am clarke: ↳ egould @11:20 dude's on freakin' TOUR!
	♥ 11:21am Handy Haversack: ↳ egould @11:20 Green Lake, and we won't have a rental car. Chance we could borrow K8's folks', but bus-accessible or walking distance would be ideal.
	11:21am goes211: Studio B #1’s sounding great, Michael!
	11:21am Scott from Boston: OMG, didn’t know about David Jo
	11:21am clarke: ↳ Song: "Hey Girl" by "Town Criers, The" it's all right.
	11:21am OnTheTrain: @clark exactly , eating outside , using a pill organizer, having a "home phone" , yelling at the tv. i have been out of the loop for a while . but seriously do kids these days go to singles bars?
	♥ 11:21am Handy Haversack: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:21 Which, I can't remember where Zoo Bar is?
	11:21am clarke: ↳ OnTheTrain @11:21 seriously - how would i know?
	♥ 11:22am common: rip djh
	11:22am Susan: Haha Skyrizi is my drug of choice right now!!Moderate plaque psoriasis cleared that s@&!t right up
	♥ 11:23am egould: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:21 We’re in Ballard which is very close. Plus we got a car and everything. There’s good spots all over the place, so it’ll be easy to grab a drink.
	11:23am clarke: ↳ OnTheTrain @11:21 i think there's an app for that. ha ha ha.
	♥ 11:23am Handy Haversack: ↳ OnTheTrain @11:21 Doubles bars. It's a wild new world!
	11:23am jg: This Doug song is great for a lot of reasons. But number one reason is the Nick drum
	♥ 11:23am DJ Johnny Cool: Doug Sahm always and forever
	♥ 11:23am Handy Haversack: ↳ egould @11:23 Fandamntastic! I'll reach out through the system and exchange e-mails and get you K8's cell number.
	♥ 11:24am ultradamno: ↳ ultradamno @11:20 Reminds me of the "dog-friendly Internet cafe" Mutt Bowl Surfers on iZombie
	11:24am jg: Kick drum
	♥ 11:25am myron feld: ↳ Song: "Space Guitar" by "Young John Watson" Is this the one with the sax solo clumsily inserted? Or did you remove it, Michael?
	11:25am clarke: ↳ Song: "Space Guitar" by "Young John Watson" i remember hearing this the first time. mind blown. to bits.
	11:25am Mr. Jones: ↳ Song: "Space Guitar" by "Young John Watson" This is the stuff that inspired Frank Zappa. Also Watson died on stage.
	11:25am OnTheTrain: @handy i believe you just named my new bar .
	♥ 11:26am listener phat in Lincoln: Hey now!
	11:26am rx "rexy" scabin: Spectacular.
	11:26am clarke: let's all meet up at Fandamntastic!
	11:27am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:26 phat in the chat!! huzzah!
	♥ 11:27am egould: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:23 Sounds good.
	11:27am OnTheTrain: pledge for mike !!
	♥ 11:28am Handy Haversack: OK, we gotta take the cat to the vet. Will be listening in the car. Thanks, MS! Later on, Numbers One!
	♥ 11:28am Squints: Wait. I have to wait until Monday before the fun starts?
	11:28am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:28 you don't have to wait!
	♥ 11:29am HyperDose: omg the playlist image is me! 🐻🛶
	11:30am clarke: i saw hughie's cuzzin in the criterion closet...
	♥ 11:31am Hoboken Jack: Talking to text from the car but the old Franklin school house is not in Franklin lakes it is in Metuchen, 50 mi away
	11:31am GerryB: Hey Michael, I believe that Robby Fulks show is at the Old Franklin Schoolhouse in Metuchen. Thought I heard you say Franklin Lakes.
	11:32am greg g: Morning Michael and All Rest in peace Roberta Flack and David Johansen
	11:32am clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @11:31 where ya headin'??
	11:33am clarke: ↳ greg g @11:32 and Bill Fay and Rick Buckler, etc
	11:34am Cooh John: Rich guy built a house on the river at the end of my street and had Roberta for the housewarming.
	11:34am clarke: a day without Baby is capistrano without the swallows...
	♥ 11:34am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:30 Saw that too. She has good taste. We were just discussing Matewan.
	11:35am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:34 yeah, i loved the picks!
	11:35am rx "rexy" scabin: Hit after hit.
	11:35am clarke: ↳ clarke @11:35 and the passion!
	11:36am clarke: stars after stars after stars...
	♥ 11:36am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:35 Yep -- it ain't acting. Always a film buff from single digits...
	11:36am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:36 very touching!
	♥ 11:37am myron feld: Truly sad about David Johansen's death. I can't stress how important the New York Dolls were to me as a youth (and forever).
	11:39am clarke: ↳ myron feld @11:37 you just did! they were seminal (oops)
	11:39am SeanG: hey clarke, you catchin' Robyn Hitchcock in NOLA in March?
	♥ 11:39am Montmaster J: ↳ myron feld @11:37 100% Myron. Was lucky to see him many times...as Buster, his post Dolls band and with the Harry Smiths. He was great....and boy could he tell a joke. RIP
	♥ 11:39am listener phat in Lincoln: I didn't know Johansen died. I knew it was coming, though.
	11:40am clarke: ↳ SeanG @11:39 i think so!! need to be on list, tho, tis sold out.
	11:40am OnTheTrain: i use to get so excited to her the dolls on the radio. good luck with your next gig david jo , i think your next audience will be interesting.
	11:41am SeanG: nice!
	11:41am Bob: Good morning, everyone plus Clarke
	11:41am clarke: hello bob.
	11:42am Marie in Chicago: Hi Michael! (and all). I never realized how great Paul Cebar was until I saw him a few weeks ago at that Flat Five show you recommended. He writes great songs, sings really well, has a great voice, and plays a mean gee-tar. A great performer.
	11:42am clarke: ↳ SeanG @11:41 u gonna catch that tour?
	11:42am David in ATL from NJ: I would love me some Rami, Michael!
	11:42am Joe B: hey michael and everyone
	11:43am clarke: ↳ Marie in Chicago @11:42 i think Flat Five played on cape cod just last night??
	♥ 11:43am myron feld: ↳ Montmaster J @11:39 Signore J, i'm both old enough and lucky enough to have seen the (almost) original Dolls, meaning with Jerry on drums, three times. Life-changing.
	♥ 11:43am OnTheTrain: ↳ Joe B @11:42 Whats going on Joe B
	11:43am SeanG: I'd like to but, I'm down here in Clearwater, FL
	11:44am clarke: ↳ Joe B @11:42 joeB: kudos for yesterday's Shakin' Street!!! i was at a crawfish boil and someone asked me to put on some music. i was instantly the coolest guy there, because of joey B.
	11:44am Michael Shelley: ↳ Joe B @11:42 Looking forward to our assault on the airwaves!
	♥ 11:44am myron feld: ↳ Song: "Country Music's Got A Hold On Me" by "Kenny Vaughan" Best guitarist you can currently see.
	♥ 11:45am Montmaster J: ↳ myron feld @11:43 No doubt. Respect.
	♥ 11:45am greg g: ↳ myron feld @11:43 Wish I had had the chance. Nice one Myron. Im glad you had that chance!
	11:45am clarke: ↳ SeanG @11:43 i take it he's nowhere near there!
	♥ 11:45am Montmaster J: ↳ myron feld @11:44 cuzin' Kenny is always mind blowing. Sweet and smooth.
	♥ 11:47am JOE FROM DC: Good day from an undisclosed location! Goodbye to David Johansen.
	11:47am Marie in Chicago: ↳ clarke @11:43 oh, hey, neat. I recommend keeping an eye out for them. Really great music, musicians, and live show.
	♥ 11:47am Hughie Considine: I was hoping for not as many talking heads in the Sly doc.
	11:47am andy fuchs: the sly documentary was amazing !
	11:48am clarke: ↳ Marie in Chicago @11:47 i'm not on cape, ha ha, but a friend sent photos of them. i was saying more for Squints benefit.
	11:48am Michael Shelley: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:47 100%
	♥ 11:48am myron feld: The early footage in the Sly doc is incredible!
	11:48am Marie in Chicago: Re: David Johansen I just came across a gofundme for him the other day. I had no idea he was so sick until I saw that.
	11:49am Marie in Chicago: ↳ clarke @11:48 Oh, I see, gotcha @)
	11:49am clarke: ↳ Song: "If You Want Me to Stay (alt version)" by "Sly And... choon. does the doc say anything about sly being the first to mic a hi-hat separately. cuz i think he WAS
	11:49am Marie in Chicago: ↳ Song: "If You Want Me to Stay (alt version)" by "Sly And... "#1 +" hit?
	♥ 11:50am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:43 Nuts. Only so much Squints to go around. I was up in Somerville last night seeing Oneida open for The Bevis Frond.
	11:50am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:50 i would have killed to be there!
	11:50am Marie in Chicago: ↳ Squints @11:50 Oh, man, I wanna see Oneida!
	11:50am Joe B: ↳ Michael Shelley @11:44 yes! thanks for signing up!
	11:51am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:50 there is a chance that they may be doing two nights - at Hog Island in orleans??
	♥ 11:51am greg g: Michael thanking you in advance to all the tunes including this one by Sly Stone. Also, thank you for posting that short video of Nick Lowe in the Criterion Closet. I like his singing but also like his talking! Could listen to that dude talk about movies or anything else for awhile. Cheers www.youtube.com...
	11:52am Joe B: ↳ Squints @11:50 going Monday! no Oneida at this show unfortunately
	11:52am clarke: ↳ Joe B @11:52 it will still be GREAT!
	11:52am Panther: Love this Jesus music!!! Keep it going!!
	♥ 11:52am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:50 When I saw a few months ago that TBF were coming to the States and close to be, I knew I had to giterdone. Was not let down. Not fire-marshall packed but VERY well attended by a room that just radiated love.
	11:53am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:52 were i better off financially would have flown there for that!
	♥ 11:54am egould: ↳ Song: "Walking in Jesus Name" by "The Stewart Four" Maybe Jesus could tune your piano? After he saves your soul, of course.
	11:55am clarke: is there ANY doc that just shows ONE song in it's entirety?? i'll answer and hang up: NOPE.
	♥ 11:55am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:51 Not that I'm seeing. Unless it came and went.
	11:56am clarke: okay. you made the right call, either way.
	♥ 11:56am WoodsOfMaine: ↳ Song: "Caroline" by "Kirsty MacColl" On a day like today, I really need this pure joy.
	♥ 11:56am Hughie Considine: After you've seen enough of these docs, you've seen enough moments where an accomplished musician of the next generation recounts hearing the band for the first time and says something like, "That totally changed the game for me." (usually accompanied by a knowning nod or chuckle)
	11:56am johnk77: rock in power david johansen:< here is buster lip-syncing with muppets dancing videotaped 1989 nyc s.o.b.'s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceb84YcrNqQ
	11:56am clarke: ↳ Song: "Caroline" by "Kirsty MacColl" underrated!!
	11:57am Jim: It's the reverb on the snare (and drums), less would probably be better.
	♥ 11:57am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Caroline" by "Kirsty MacColl" I actually saw Kirsty -- at the Bottom Line. First set, she was nervous. Hoping the second one was better. Still ... she sang like an angel.
	11:58am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:57 Bottom Line was so great.
	♥ 11:58am WoodsOfMaine: I got to see David Johansen open for J. Geils at the University of Maine. Fan-danged-tastic.
	11:58am SeanG: hey clarke, how bout REM playing Pretty Persuasion at the 40 watt a couple days ago! awesome
	11:59am misterdavid: This song is such an earworm
	12:00pm berbo: man-KAY-to
	12:00pm clarke: ↳ SeanG @11:58 just finding out - now! they seem to be really into it... who knows (despite their claims)!
	♥ 12:00pm Squints: First came upon with the Nuggets box set. Numbah effin' one, theah.
	♥ 12:00pm myron feld: ↳ Song: "Run, Run, Run" by "Gestures, The" i think I have 5 or 6 different songs called "Run Run Run" -- these guys, VU, Who, Third Rail, Jo Jo Gunne -- must be others
	♥ 12:00pm Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:58 It was. And it was right down the street. Last show I saw there was Roy Harper, whom I had never heard of at the time except for Have a Cigar and Hats off to Harper. Mind blown, naturally.
	12:01pm berbo: ↳ myron feld @12:00 Supremes
	12:01pm clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:00 i forget where it actually WAS?
	♥ 12:02pm Hughie Considine: ↳ myron feld @12:00 A few more and you have an intriguing DJ premium!
	12:02pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: You are really peaking heading into the marathon.
	♥ 12:02pm Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @12:01 Mercer Street, north of Houston. NYU area.
	12:02pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Hold Me Tight" by "Billy Joe Spears" wow, was just thinking of this tune, yesterday...
	12:03pm clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:02 okay. played there, but wasn't driving. ha ha.
	♥ 12:03pm myron feld: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:02 Corner of 4th St, I think.
	♥ 12:04pm Hughie Considine: ↳ myron feld @12:03 Yep. That's the missing coordinate. I lived on Mercer near Eighth in one of those high-rises.
	♥ 12:05pm Squints: ↳ Song: "You're Running Too Fast" by "Willie Walker" G. G. Y.
	12:06pm clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:04 where was the Mercer Theater (ave A??)??
	♥ 12:06pm Dano59: ↳ Song: "Hold Me Tight" by "Billy Joe Spears" that bau-bau-bau-bau refrain is sooo memorable - from the fishing bar jukebox that informed my country music love as a kid.
	12:07pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Compared To What" by "Les McCann" compared to the other!
	12:07pm clarke: ↳ Dano59 @12:06 it was stuck in my head all friday
	♥ 12:07pm John L: ↳ Joe B @11:52 I had no idea they added a second show. I had tix for Sunday, but through a perfect combination of snafus I couldn't go and sold my 3 tix. Now I'm gonna spend the next day deciding if Monday is a viable option.
	12:08pm clarke: ↳ John L @12:07 make it REAL!
	♥ 12:08pm Dano59: hey (maybe someone knows) who's the person to contact for an unresolved Swag for Life fulfilment issue? (I think it was Michele, through the 2024 marathon) cycle)
	♥ 12:09pm Dano59: ↳ clarke @12:07 clarke: that's not a bad thing! Cuts through every other country music riff in my head/memory too
	12:09pm clarke: ↳ Dano59 @12:08 handy would know - but i think it is joe mcgasko?
	♥ 12:09pm Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @12:06 The Mercer Arts Center where the Dolls played was a few blocks south of the Bottom Line, on Mercer natch.
	12:09pm clarke: ↳ Dano59 @12:09 oh, yeah - but why yesterday?? ha ha.
	12:10pm clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:09 ok, so more middle.
	♥ 12:10pm K from TO: The ubiquitous “Sunny”! My music teacher in elementary school had the band play that at EVERY school concert… this was in the 80s 😂
	♥ 12:11pm egould: ↳ clarke @12:09 Joe McGasko would be the guy to contact.
	♥ 12:11pm Mike Sin: ↳ clarke @12:09 Yes, any Swag issues should emailed to Gentleman Joe McGasko.
	12:12pm clarke: ↳ Mike Sin @12:11 you not driving around today??
	12:13pm clarke: Sunny was the first song i ever played LIVE.
	12:13pm Mr. Jones: DOGE is coming for your edamame.
	♥ 12:13pm Hughie Considine: Nobody writes songs about cruising down the highway eating edamame.
	♥ 12:13pm Dano59: ↳ clarke @12:09 I almost mentioned 'maybe Handy knows' heh ... I hate to bother Joe on top of Marathon duties but I've wanted to address this for a while. Life got in the way.
	12:14pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Joe McGasko LOVES hearing from listeners about their issues during the marathon. So please do not hesitate to contact him.
	12:14pm Cooh John: 1 hour north of me. O-H.....
	12:14pm clarke: ↳ Dano59 @12:13 handy is at the cat doctor
	12:14pm johnk77: mercer arts center was in a building that collapsed 1973 the bottom line was the premiere showcase nightclub in nyc thru the 1970s partly because many reviewers went there when the ritz opened 1980 things changed
	♥ 12:14pm Dano59: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @12:14 Todd's talent for sarcasm is well known but I'll take that as sincere
	12:14pm rx "rexy" scabin: So why weren't The Wildlife bigger?
	♥ 12:15pm Dano59: ↳ Dano59 @12:14 (knowing Joe, I mean)
	12:15pm clarke: ↳ johnk77 @12:14 yeah, played in the downstairs room once. ONCE!
	12:15pm gf2002: I think the popularity of Sunny via school bands and even cover versions is due to the jazz chord changes in the tune. Players like to solo over the changes, and it gave an air of "sophistication" for the band directors to put in a school band setlist, to have a hit record next to all the other material. I love Bobby Hebb's original, and Wes Montgomery did a great cover too.
	12:16pm clarke: ↳ gf2002 @12:15 it was just such a huge crossover hit!!
	12:16pm rx "rexy" scabin: @Dano59 Joe McGasko for swift and friendly attention.
	♥ 12:16pm Dano59: ↳ johnk77 @12:14 let's not mention how the 'Vinyl' series screwed up that bit of history.
	♥ 12:18pm Hughie Considine: ↳ gf2002 @12:15 We played it in the school band -- I played guitar and could handle the jazz chords, which were fairly easy shapes. I drove the band director crazy with my noodling, and he would yank the chord out of the school-bought Fender Twin with a horrifying screach.
	♥ 12:18pm JG: ↳ Song: "Everytime I Think About You" by "Rick Nelson" Love Rick, and Ricky too
	♥ 12:18pm Pedro in Arlington: So sad. No more Dolls with us. RIP David. Opening for the Clash and the Who at Shea was intense.
	12:19pm hectic: @Dano59 i love your avatar picture thingy! best album cover of all time
	♥ 12:20pm ultradamno: If you remember the HBO series Vinyl you know Mercer Arts Center collapsed as a result of a Johnny Thunders power chord. True shiz.
	12:21pm gf2002: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:18 Wow, you're school had bought a Fender Twin??? That's pretty cool. I was using the school's Peaveys (I'd use a Peavey bass amp because it had a warmer jazz tone!) until I got and brought my own '60s Fender head and cab, and a fellow band member had a silverface Super that would sometimes give me a little shock haha. Schools today don't even outfit the band with good amps, I don't understand that.
	♥ 12:21pm Dano59: ↳ hectic @12:19 the London Calling cover & cassettes are 2 of my favourite things
	12:21pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Be All End All" by "Tripwires, The" great call!! audible.
	12:22pm johnk77: thank you selecter for the mansfield shout-out had not thought about the wildlife in 55 years! even though i saw them and knew charlie barker the drummer slightly https://www.buckeyebeat.com/wildlife.html
	12:22pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Be All End All" by "Tripwires, The" Ramberg/Sangster
	12:23pm gf2002: ↳ Song: "Soul Serenade" by "Willie Mitchell" Love the tune, from the great King Curtis, but man it is hard to top Duane Allman's impromptu version of it in the middle of a jam live at the radio station, shortly after Curtis was murdered. That performance is absolutely MASSIVE!
	12:23pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Why Do I Cry?" by "Barry And The Remains" opened for the beatles, including the shea stadium performances
	12:24pm Susan: Enjoyed many Great post punk pop shows from DJH and his Bees in the 80s. Rip David
	12:24pm rx "rexy" scabin: Fastnacht Dinner is prepped.
	12:25pm hectic: ↳ Dano59 @12:21 isn't it cool that the photographer was able to capture that exact moment? and the photo has such a good composition too
	♥ 12:25pm myron feld: ↳ gf2002 @12:23 Yes, on WPLJ!
	♥ 12:25pm Hughie Considine: ↳ gf2002 @12:21 I really missed that Fender in my subsequent garage band years when I had to make do with what I could afford on my paper route salary.
	12:26pm gf2002: ↳ Song: "Why Do I Cry?" by "Barry And The Remains" Barry's son Daniel Tashian has made some good music too, as a producer, writer, and performer. Some great sounds with Kacey Musgraves
	♥ 12:26pm Dano59: ↳ Pedro in Arlington @12:18 Wow, we just lost David Johansen? Need to revisit his film ouvre (Scrooged, Car 54, Tales from the Darkside, and he played a junkie in something too ... ) and the Personality Crisi doc. Also sang 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' with Sigourney Weaver on SNL.
	♥ 12:27pm Dano59: ↳ gf2002 @12:21 Schools and music gear quandary answered: Music and art take a far-backseat to sports.
	12:28pm gf2002: ↳ hectic @12:25 I just watched a short video or something online about that photographer and that exact photo giving the full backstory, really interesting. Right place - Right time.
	12:28pm clarke: in case you need to know: the Iris parade has been delayed by a broken-down float, wont start until noon cst now
	12:30pm gf2002: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:25 I was very fortunate, I had a terrific private guitar teacher who gave me that Fender amp, all I needed to do was find a 2x12 speaker cabinet which I did for 100 bucks in the local trade paper, and then get it serviced. I was very fortunate with that, and got that classic sound for not a lot of dough. I still have the amp and cabinet but I retired it years ago.
	♥ 12:31pm ultradamno: He also did episodes of Oz, Cupid, The Equalizer (orig), Arena and CBS Schoolbreak Special
	♥ 12:31pm Hubig Pie: ↳ clarke @12:28 Which means the series of unrelated floats loosely based around a very vague theme Tucks parade will be delayed also.
	12:31pm gf2002: ↳ Dano59 @12:27 Absolutely! And many band programs don't really have an outlet for guitar players to begin with.
	♥ 12:32pm egould: ↳ Dano59 @12:21 Speaking of the Clash and iconic images; here’s a website to a guy who recreates the Clash guitars/basses down to the last detail. He’s a graphic artist and this is his hobby. Really detailed description of his process and methods. Good writing. Cool guitars. Worth a couple hours of your time. :-) garageland.co.uk
	12:32pm clarke: ↳ Hubig Pie @12:31 tucks rolls behind iris, yessir.
	♥ 12:32pm Dano59: ↳ Song: "Compared To What" by "Les McCann" hey, who sang on that 'Compared to What' ? (or is it "... What?") great Gene McDaniels song. I know his son, London, who's mentioned but not by name on the back cover of a Kim Fowley album.
	12:32pm clarke: ↳ Hubig Pie @12:31 think you'd be surprised at how organized Tuck's is now, tho
	12:33pm Michael: SOPAC? Such odd booking.
	♥ 12:33pm Dano59: ↳ egould @12:32 that's a noble pursuit! I saw some (inexpensive) replicas of Strummer's Tele complete with stickers ... I think Billy Bragg has one.
	♥ 12:34pm Hubig Pie: ↳ clarke @12:32 But of course still the signature toilet float?
	♥ 12:34pm ultradamno: Actually three eps of Oz and two Cupids...I wouldn't mind looking at that one again. I remember it being a good show that got yanked pretty quickly. Same guy who did Veronica Mars, iZombie and Party Down
	♥ 12:34pm Hughie Considine: I admire your instinct. And you were lucky to have a great teacher. Mine kind of put me off the guitar, pushing me too quickly toward theory. He was very set in his ways. He taught Al DiMeola until Al went off to Berklee, and Al really got theory! So that was the teacher's MO. Teachers can make all the difference.
	12:34pm clarke: ↳ Hubig Pie @12:34 but of course!
	12:35pm Sketch: This is cool
	♥ 12:35pm egould: ↳ Dano59 @12:33 The research this dude does, cross referencing photos. He’s literally the world’s foremost expert on Clash guitars. I’m jealous.
	12:36pm Marie in Chicago: Goldyburgers is an institution of burgers and beers, just outside of Chicago. Wow. I never knew they booked bands...
	12:36pm clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:34 hughie don't need no theory.
	♥ 12:37pm Dano59: ↳ egould @12:32 this one I think - trashed/aged/antiqued from Fender Custom Shop (but I almost swear there was a cheaper lookalike version from another maker) www.fendercustomshop.com...
	♥ 12:39pm Dano59: ↳ egould @12:35 A friend had a Les Paul Junior similar to Mick's. Cool guitar. (and I don't even like LPs)
	♥ 12:39pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Dano59 @12:08 Definitely Joe. jmcgasko@wfmu.org Off to the cat-litter store. They haven't been expensive enough yet today. Thanks again, MS! Fine, fine stuff!
	♥ 12:40pm Dano59: ↳ Handy Haversack @12:39 thank you Handy. Good luck on the litter quest
	12:41pm gf2002: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:34 I was lucky and I appreciate that teacher very much. I had a similar experience as you with an old-school jazz player who I had later as a teacher who was very set in his ways, and by old school I mean he played in radio bands in the 40's. He had me playing "Satin Doll" every lesson for at least a month, one thing he said to me after I soloed over the changes to his dissatisfaction was "don't bulls**t me." And after that I was done. We just didn't connect and maybe he just wasn't a good teacher as much as I just wasn't digging what I was playing. To this day I cannot stand nor listen to the song Satin Doll haha.
	♥ 12:41pm common: ah, going newspaper passing/collecting with my friend as a kid. good times.
	12:41pm clarke: Hoagie's Heroes
	♥ 12:42pm Squints: ↳ gf2002 @12:31 Not even outlets? That's REALLY stingy.
	♥ 12:42pm K from TO: God, I hated collecting for newspapers! One customer actually moved away on me (after ghosting me for a month)
	12:43pm gf2002: ↳ Squints @12:42 Haha, wrong "outlet"...I meant opportunities within the school-sponsored bands. At least it's not like the old Beatles cartoons where they plugged the guitars directly into the wall outlets!
	♥ 12:43pm Dano59: before this penultimate moment ends before the Marathon ... who's bought concert tix recently? Why does TM/Livenation dick us around with changing passwords, verifying ID etc. DURING the limited buying time? I lost out on some primo Neil Young seats while that went on. Settled for a lesser section.
	♥ 12:45pm Hughie Considine: ↳ gf2002 @12:41 I feel ya. My guy was into schmaltzy AM radio pop: "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me," "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" "More." Obviously I wanted to rock. "Satin Doll" is at least a good song.
	♥ 12:45pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: I liked Dick Tracy because it had a plot instead of gags, and felt grown up (ha ha) plus weird villains and romance with Moon Maiden and Dick Jr.
	♥ 12:45pm Hughie Considine: Sorry if anyone loves Rose Garden. It's a fine song.
	♥ 12:45pm StringOFperils: ↳ Song: "It Comes To Me Naturally" by "Sarah Borges And Th... Excellent cover!
	♥ 12:46pm JG: Daily News delivery boy. Some similar experiences. Best one though was the News running a contest too win tix to Kiss at MSG. Around the time of Destroyer. I absconded all of the entry forms in my papers. I won. Went w my dad because to young to go MSG w friends. I think I was 8. Great show. Thanks Daily News
	♥ 12:46pm myron feld: ↳ Song: "It Comes To Me Naturally" by "Sarah Borges And Th... She/this is really good. Eric Ambel on guitar?
	♥ 12:46pm Hubig Pie: ↳ Handy Haversack @12:39 I think a gorilla was in our cat box today. Hoo boy.
	♥ 12:46pm Squints: ↳ gf2002 @12:43 Not to mention Ringo's drums. One of my favorite visual gags in the opening credits of the cartoon show.
	♥ 12:46pm Dano59: ↳ Song: "It Comes To Me Naturally" by "Sarah Borges And Th... Sarah's a primo interpreter of NRBQ songs. (used to be ... in terms of quantity, Widespread Panic - oy). This also has a great pub-rock vibe a la Elizabeth McQueen.
	♥ 12:48pm Hubig Pie: ↳ Squints @12:46 I thought that was at the end credits where his drum kit deflated.
	12:48pm rx "rexy" scabin: @K from TO there are people who still owe me. I see them at the store. It is funny how hard it was to find $1.25 in the house on Friday.
	♥ 12:48pm Dano59: ↳ K from TO @12:42 "I want my TWO DOLLARS!!"
	♥ 12:51pm sh-BOOM!: Thanks for the Rami & The Reliables Milwaukee show info. In my own backyard!
	♥ 12:52pm egould: Thanks Michael!
	♥ 12:53pm Squints: ↳ Hubig Pie @12:48 Could be. A long time ago and it's all flash memory anymore.
	♥ 12:55pm tadpoles: ↳ Song: "Use My Heart Against Me" by "Jessica Simpson" Thanks for this again Michael....really has a Nancy Sinatra vibe to me. Cheers
	♥ 12:56pm Hughie Considine: i'm dyin'
	♥ 12:56pm luka: get your ass to mars
	♥ 12:56pm egould: I’m a cop, you idiot!
	12:56pm clarke: thank you MS I'M A COP YOU IDIOT
	12:57pm rx "rexy" scabin: Thank you, Michael and Everyone. Excellent show as usual.
	12:57pm berbo: I knew a John Kimble
	♥ 12:57pm K from TO: ↳ rx "rexy" scabin @12:48 That’s pretty awkward 😂
	♥ 12:57pm OnTheTrain: YOU IDIOT !
	12:58pm gf2002: ↳ Song: "Debbie At AAA" "no deal." Classic!
	♥ 12:58pm Hughie Considine: You eediot!
	12:58pm rx "rexy" scabin: @K from TO they have owed me for 50 years.
	♥ 12:58pm egould: Hang up, Debbie. Just hang up.
	12:58pm myron feld: I’m on the phone now but can still say: Thanks for the swell show, Michael! Everyone pony up whatever you can for the Marathon!
	♥ 12:59pm greg g: Thanks Mike!

Michael Shelley: Playlist from March 1, 2025

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Lemon Twigs, The	Gifts "Gifts" by "Lemon Twigs, The"
Los Shakers	Break It All! "Break It All!" by "Los Shakers"
Rusty And Doug	Hey Sheriff "Hey Sheriff" by "Rusty And Doug"
Archie Bell And The Drells	Monkey Time
Baba Mota And His Orchestra	Solas Market
Roxy Music	Love Is The Drug "Love Is The Drug" by "Roxy Music"
Town Criers, The	Hey Girl "Hey Girl" by "Town Criers, The"
Sir Douglas Quintet	Lawd, I'm Just A Country Boy In This Great Big Freaky City
Young John Watson	Space Guitar "Space Guitar" by "Young John Watson"
Roberta Flack	Compared To What "Compared To What" by "Roberta Flack"
Rami And The Reliables	Marguerite
Liverpool Five, The	If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Or Else You Gotta Stay All Night)
Kenny Vaughan	Country Music's Got A Hold On Me
Sly And The Family Stone	If You Want Me to Stay (alt version)
The Stewart Four	Walking in Jesus Name
Kirsty MacColl	Caroline "Caroline" by "Kirsty MacColl"
Gestures, The	Run, Run, Run "Run, Run, Run" by "Gestures, The"
Billy Joe Spears	Hold Me Tight "Hold Me Tight" by "Billy Joe Spears"
Willie Walker	You're Running Too Fast
Les McCann	Compared To What "Compared To What" by "Les McCann"
Rami And The Reliables	Red Lil' Ditty
Wildlife, The	New Games To Play "New Games To Play" by "Wildlife, The"
Rick Nelson	Everytime I Think About You
Willie Mitchell	Soul Serenade "Soul Serenade" by "Willie Mitchell"
Tripwires, The	Be All End All "Be All End All" by "Tripwires, The"
Barry And The Remains	Why Do I Cry?
Carl Perkins	Superfool "Superfool" by "Carl Perkins"
Earl King	The Real McCoy "The Real McCoy" by "Earl King"
Rami And The Reliables	For The Worse
Rami And The Reliables	Lion Eyes "Lion Eyes" by "Rami And The Reliables"
J.J Cale	Dick Tracy "Dick Tracy" by "J.J Cale"
Sarah Borges And The Broken Singles	It Comes To Me Naturally
Teri Thornton	Everytime I Think About You
Ben Vaughn	Quote Unquote (Hi-Octane mix)
Jessica Simpson	Use My Heart Against Me
Debbie At AAA	"Debbie At AAA"

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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’

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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

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

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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

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

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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"

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CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

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

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

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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?"

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

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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.

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CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

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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"

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

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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

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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!

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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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	11:06am Joey C says: Good morning Michael!
	11:06am ?: ↳ clarke @11:05 she owed money all over town...
	♥ 11:07am JDub: Yo, Michaelinos
	♥ 11:07am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:03 It would appear to be March. On time. And, sadly, if the last five years or so are any guide, it'll be March until Memorial Day.
	♥ 11:07am Handy Haversack: ↳ @11:06 Trophy wife ...
	♥ 11:07am JDub: ↳ Song: "Break It All!" by "Los Shakers" More Beatles than Beatles
	11:07am Cooh John: Handy, I will see you and K8 in 2 weeks. You too, Michael. Working the phones for your show.🎶
	♥ 11:07am myron feld: I had Uruguyan mix in my cereal this morning -- superb!
	♥ 11:08am Handy Haversack: ↳ Squints @11:07 Spoken like a New Englander. Lousy Smarch weather.
	11:08am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:07 yeah, up there - down here, it has sprung. but, i thought you had a bit of respite this week, no?
	11:08am rx "rexy" scabin: Good morning, Michael and Everyone.
	11:09am clarke: ↳ myron feld @11:07 was ist das?
	♥ 11:09am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Hey Sheriff" by "Rusty And Doug" Morning all! I came across a fine Rusty and Doug comp called The Cajun Country Rockers which is chockfull of fun, including this one, natch.
	♥ 11:09am drr: ↳ ultradamno @11:06 I'm team Yanny, last I checked. I'm not sure how scientific the test is. I do remember how nice it was to live in the world where Yanny/Laurel and "Is the dress blue and black, or white and gold?" were the burning questions of the day.
	11:10am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:09 all winners!! no sinners.
	11:11am Scott from Boston: This was originally a Curtis Mayfield song?! Well, educated once again.
	♥ 11:11am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:10 Truth! Cajun Joe sure got what he had coming.
	11:12am clarke: ↳ Scott from Boston @11:11 i thought it was Major Lance.
	♥ 11:12am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:08 Yeah, finally. Had a colder snap than usual a week and a half ago. Usually the real cold is for a week or so in January. February just tends to be sloppy and maybe snowy depending on wheah yah ahh, theah.
	♥ 11:13am myron feld: ↳ clarke @11:12 The artist, yes. The writer was Curtis.
	11:13am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:12 oh, i'm well-familiar with June-tober, etc.
	11:14am OnTheTrain: i am having my breakfast outside in ny . its amazing .mike i am giving you credit for this .
	11:14am Michael Shelley: ↳ drr @11:09 EXCELLENT
	11:14am clarke: ↳ myron feld @11:13 got it. when we ass-ume....
	♥ 11:15am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:13 All that noted, I got to say our Septembers and well into November have been a lot more benign lately than I remember back in the day. Squints, he like.
	11:15am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:15 yeah, of course, when i ain't there
	11:15am Michael Shelley: ↳ drr @11:09 my guess - is that there are two overlaped recordings - one in a high pitch and one in a low pitch...
	♥ 11:16am egould: ↳ Song: "Love Is The Drug" by "Roxy Music" Love is the drug. And also, drugs are the drug.
	♥ 11:16am Handy Haversack: ↳ egould @11:16 Yeah, gotta have drugs.
	11:17am clarke: we got some rope-moving weather, today in nola! the parades have been swell, this week. warm evenings, no wind.
	♥ 11:17am Cheryl The Nerd: RIP David Johansen, per Rolling Stone. Over and out. www.rollingstone.com...
	♥ 11:17am Handy Haversack: ↳ egould @11:16 Speaking of, we're going to be in Seattle next month. Want to grab a drink?
	11:17am OnTheTrain: is a "singles bar" still a thing?
	11:18am clarke: ↳ Cheryl The Nerd @11:17 hay there!! yes RIP DJ
	♥ 11:18am Handy Haversack: ↳ clarke @11:17 Seeing you for a bit was def. a highlight of our time in NOLA last week, clarke!
	11:18am clarke: ↳ OnTheTrain @11:17 not when you eat breakfast outside.
	11:19am clarke: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:18 yes, you got me out of the house! ha ha ha. a swell day! they say it may rain for mardi gras day - so YOUR MGD was a good un
	♥ 11:20am egould: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:17 Absotively! What part of Seattle will be visiting?
	♥ 11:20am ultradamno: I assume singles bars and internet cafes have merged to synergize serving drinks and using apps
	11:20am clarke: ↳ egould @11:20 dude's on freakin' TOUR!
	♥ 11:21am Handy Haversack: ↳ egould @11:20 Green Lake, and we won't have a rental car. Chance we could borrow K8's folks', but bus-accessible or walking distance would be ideal.
	11:21am goes211: Studio B #1’s sounding great, Michael!
	11:21am Scott from Boston: OMG, didn’t know about David Jo
	11:21am clarke: ↳ Song: "Hey Girl" by "Town Criers, The" it's all right.
	11:21am OnTheTrain: @clark exactly , eating outside , using a pill organizer, having a "home phone" , yelling at the tv. i have been out of the loop for a while . but seriously do kids these days go to singles bars?
	♥ 11:21am Handy Haversack: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:21 Which, I can't remember where Zoo Bar is?
	11:21am clarke: ↳ OnTheTrain @11:21 seriously - how would i know?
	♥ 11:22am common: rip djh
	11:22am Susan: Haha Skyrizi is my drug of choice right now!!Moderate plaque psoriasis cleared that s@&!t right up
	♥ 11:23am egould: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:21 We’re in Ballard which is very close. Plus we got a car and everything. There’s good spots all over the place, so it’ll be easy to grab a drink.
	11:23am clarke: ↳ OnTheTrain @11:21 i think there's an app for that. ha ha ha.
	♥ 11:23am Handy Haversack: ↳ OnTheTrain @11:21 Doubles bars. It's a wild new world!
	11:23am jg: This Doug song is great for a lot of reasons. But number one reason is the Nick drum
	♥ 11:23am DJ Johnny Cool: Doug Sahm always and forever
	♥ 11:23am Handy Haversack: ↳ egould @11:23 Fandamntastic! I'll reach out through the system and exchange e-mails and get you K8's cell number.
	♥ 11:24am ultradamno: ↳ ultradamno @11:20 Reminds me of the "dog-friendly Internet cafe" Mutt Bowl Surfers on iZombie
	11:24am jg: Kick drum
	♥ 11:25am myron feld: ↳ Song: "Space Guitar" by "Young John Watson" Is this the one with the sax solo clumsily inserted? Or did you remove it, Michael?
	11:25am clarke: ↳ Song: "Space Guitar" by "Young John Watson" i remember hearing this the first time. mind blown. to bits.
	11:25am Mr. Jones: ↳ Song: "Space Guitar" by "Young John Watson" This is the stuff that inspired Frank Zappa. Also Watson died on stage.
	11:25am OnTheTrain: @handy i believe you just named my new bar .
	♥ 11:26am listener phat in Lincoln: Hey now!
	11:26am rx "rexy" scabin: Spectacular.
	11:26am clarke: let's all meet up at Fandamntastic!
	11:27am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:26 phat in the chat!! huzzah!
	♥ 11:27am egould: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:23 Sounds good.
	11:27am OnTheTrain: pledge for mike !!
	♥ 11:28am Handy Haversack: OK, we gotta take the cat to the vet. Will be listening in the car. Thanks, MS! Later on, Numbers One!
	♥ 11:28am Squints: Wait. I have to wait until Monday before the fun starts?
	11:28am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:28 you don't have to wait!
	♥ 11:29am HyperDose: omg the playlist image is me! 🐻🛶
	11:30am clarke: i saw hughie's cuzzin in the criterion closet...
	♥ 11:31am Hoboken Jack: Talking to text from the car but the old Franklin school house is not in Franklin lakes it is in Metuchen, 50 mi away
	11:31am GerryB: Hey Michael, I believe that Robby Fulks show is at the Old Franklin Schoolhouse in Metuchen. Thought I heard you say Franklin Lakes.
	11:32am greg g: Morning Michael and All Rest in peace Roberta Flack and David Johansen
	11:32am clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @11:31 where ya headin'??
	11:33am clarke: ↳ greg g @11:32 and Bill Fay and Rick Buckler, etc
	11:34am Cooh John: Rich guy built a house on the river at the end of my street and had Roberta for the housewarming.
	11:34am clarke: a day without Baby is capistrano without the swallows...
	♥ 11:34am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:30 Saw that too. She has good taste. We were just discussing Matewan.
	11:35am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:34 yeah, i loved the picks!
	11:35am rx "rexy" scabin: Hit after hit.
	11:35am clarke: ↳ clarke @11:35 and the passion!
	11:36am clarke: stars after stars after stars...
	♥ 11:36am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:35 Yep -- it ain't acting. Always a film buff from single digits...
	11:36am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:36 very touching!
	♥ 11:37am myron feld: Truly sad about David Johansen's death. I can't stress how important the New York Dolls were to me as a youth (and forever).
	11:39am clarke: ↳ myron feld @11:37 you just did! they were seminal (oops)
	11:39am SeanG: hey clarke, you catchin' Robyn Hitchcock in NOLA in March?
	♥ 11:39am Montmaster J: ↳ myron feld @11:37 100% Myron. Was lucky to see him many times...as Buster, his post Dolls band and with the Harry Smiths. He was great....and boy could he tell a joke. RIP
	♥ 11:39am listener phat in Lincoln: I didn't know Johansen died. I knew it was coming, though.
	11:40am clarke: ↳ SeanG @11:39 i think so!! need to be on list, tho, tis sold out.
	11:40am OnTheTrain: i use to get so excited to her the dolls on the radio. good luck with your next gig david jo , i think your next audience will be interesting.
	11:41am SeanG: nice!
	11:41am Bob: Good morning, everyone plus Clarke
	11:41am clarke: hello bob.
	11:42am Marie in Chicago: Hi Michael! (and all). I never realized how great Paul Cebar was until I saw him a few weeks ago at that Flat Five show you recommended. He writes great songs, sings really well, has a great voice, and plays a mean gee-tar. A great performer.
	11:42am clarke: ↳ SeanG @11:41 u gonna catch that tour?
	11:42am David in ATL from NJ: I would love me some Rami, Michael!
	11:42am Joe B: hey michael and everyone
	11:43am clarke: ↳ Marie in Chicago @11:42 i think Flat Five played on cape cod just last night??
	♥ 11:43am myron feld: ↳ Montmaster J @11:39 Signore J, i'm both old enough and lucky enough to have seen the (almost) original Dolls, meaning with Jerry on drums, three times. Life-changing.
	♥ 11:43am OnTheTrain: ↳ Joe B @11:42 Whats going on Joe B
	11:43am SeanG: I'd like to but, I'm down here in Clearwater, FL
	11:44am clarke: ↳ Joe B @11:42 joeB: kudos for yesterday's Shakin' Street!!! i was at a crawfish boil and someone asked me to put on some music. i was instantly the coolest guy there, because of joey B.
	11:44am Michael Shelley: ↳ Joe B @11:42 Looking forward to our assault on the airwaves!
	♥ 11:44am myron feld: ↳ Song: "Country Music's Got A Hold On Me" by "Kenny Vaughan" Best guitarist you can currently see.
	♥ 11:45am Montmaster J: ↳ myron feld @11:43 No doubt. Respect.
	♥ 11:45am greg g: ↳ myron feld @11:43 Wish I had had the chance. Nice one Myron. Im glad you had that chance!
	11:45am clarke: ↳ SeanG @11:43 i take it he's nowhere near there!
	♥ 11:45am Montmaster J: ↳ myron feld @11:44 cuzin' Kenny is always mind blowing. Sweet and smooth.
	♥ 11:47am JOE FROM DC: Good day from an undisclosed location! Goodbye to David Johansen.
	11:47am Marie in Chicago: ↳ clarke @11:43 oh, hey, neat. I recommend keeping an eye out for them. Really great music, musicians, and live show.
	♥ 11:47am Hughie Considine: I was hoping for not as many talking heads in the Sly doc.
	11:47am andy fuchs: the sly documentary was amazing !
	11:48am clarke: ↳ Marie in Chicago @11:47 i'm not on cape, ha ha, but a friend sent photos of them. i was saying more for Squints benefit.
	11:48am Michael Shelley: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:47 100%
	♥ 11:48am myron feld: The early footage in the Sly doc is incredible!
	11:48am Marie in Chicago: Re: David Johansen I just came across a gofundme for him the other day. I had no idea he was so sick until I saw that.
	11:49am Marie in Chicago: ↳ clarke @11:48 Oh, I see, gotcha @)
	11:49am clarke: ↳ Song: "If You Want Me to Stay (alt version)" by "Sly And... choon. does the doc say anything about sly being the first to mic a hi-hat separately. cuz i think he WAS
	11:49am Marie in Chicago: ↳ Song: "If You Want Me to Stay (alt version)" by "Sly And... "#1 +" hit?
	♥ 11:50am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:43 Nuts. Only so much Squints to go around. I was up in Somerville last night seeing Oneida open for The Bevis Frond.
	11:50am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:50 i would have killed to be there!
	11:50am Marie in Chicago: ↳ Squints @11:50 Oh, man, I wanna see Oneida!
	11:50am Joe B: ↳ Michael Shelley @11:44 yes! thanks for signing up!
	11:51am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:50 there is a chance that they may be doing two nights - at Hog Island in orleans??
	♥ 11:51am greg g: Michael thanking you in advance to all the tunes including this one by Sly Stone. Also, thank you for posting that short video of Nick Lowe in the Criterion Closet. I like his singing but also like his talking! Could listen to that dude talk about movies or anything else for awhile. Cheers www.youtube.com...
	11:52am Joe B: ↳ Squints @11:50 going Monday! no Oneida at this show unfortunately
	11:52am clarke: ↳ Joe B @11:52 it will still be GREAT!
	11:52am Panther: Love this Jesus music!!! Keep it going!!
	♥ 11:52am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:50 When I saw a few months ago that TBF were coming to the States and close to be, I knew I had to giterdone. Was not let down. Not fire-marshall packed but VERY well attended by a room that just radiated love.
	11:53am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:52 were i better off financially would have flown there for that!
	♥ 11:54am egould: ↳ Song: "Walking in Jesus Name" by "The Stewart Four" Maybe Jesus could tune your piano? After he saves your soul, of course.
	11:55am clarke: is there ANY doc that just shows ONE song in it's entirety?? i'll answer and hang up: NOPE.
	♥ 11:55am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:51 Not that I'm seeing. Unless it came and went.
	11:56am clarke: okay. you made the right call, either way.
	♥ 11:56am WoodsOfMaine: ↳ Song: "Caroline" by "Kirsty MacColl" On a day like today, I really need this pure joy.
	♥ 11:56am Hughie Considine: After you've seen enough of these docs, you've seen enough moments where an accomplished musician of the next generation recounts hearing the band for the first time and says something like, "That totally changed the game for me." (usually accompanied by a knowning nod or chuckle)
	11:56am johnk77: rock in power david johansen:< here is buster lip-syncing with muppets dancing videotaped 1989 nyc s.o.b.'s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceb84YcrNqQ
	11:56am clarke: ↳ Song: "Caroline" by "Kirsty MacColl" underrated!!
	11:57am Jim: It's the reverb on the snare (and drums), less would probably be better.
	♥ 11:57am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Caroline" by "Kirsty MacColl" I actually saw Kirsty -- at the Bottom Line. First set, she was nervous. Hoping the second one was better. Still ... she sang like an angel.
	11:58am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:57 Bottom Line was so great.
	♥ 11:58am WoodsOfMaine: I got to see David Johansen open for J. Geils at the University of Maine. Fan-danged-tastic.
	11:58am SeanG: hey clarke, how bout REM playing Pretty Persuasion at the 40 watt a couple days ago! awesome
	11:59am misterdavid: This song is such an earworm
	12:00pm berbo: man-KAY-to
	12:00pm clarke: ↳ SeanG @11:58 just finding out - now! they seem to be really into it... who knows (despite their claims)!
	♥ 12:00pm Squints: First came upon with the Nuggets box set. Numbah effin' one, theah.
	♥ 12:00pm myron feld: ↳ Song: "Run, Run, Run" by "Gestures, The" i think I have 5 or 6 different songs called "Run Run Run" -- these guys, VU, Who, Third Rail, Jo Jo Gunne -- must be others
	♥ 12:00pm Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:58 It was. And it was right down the street. Last show I saw there was Roy Harper, whom I had never heard of at the time except for Have a Cigar and Hats off to Harper. Mind blown, naturally.
	12:01pm berbo: ↳ myron feld @12:00 Supremes
	12:01pm clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:00 i forget where it actually WAS?
	♥ 12:02pm Hughie Considine: ↳ myron feld @12:00 A few more and you have an intriguing DJ premium!
	12:02pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: You are really peaking heading into the marathon.
	♥ 12:02pm Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @12:01 Mercer Street, north of Houston. NYU area.
	12:02pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Hold Me Tight" by "Billy Joe Spears" wow, was just thinking of this tune, yesterday...
	12:03pm clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:02 okay. played there, but wasn't driving. ha ha.
	♥ 12:03pm myron feld: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:02 Corner of 4th St, I think.
	♥ 12:04pm Hughie Considine: ↳ myron feld @12:03 Yep. That's the missing coordinate. I lived on Mercer near Eighth in one of those high-rises.
	♥ 12:05pm Squints: ↳ Song: "You're Running Too Fast" by "Willie Walker" G. G. Y.
	12:06pm clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:04 where was the Mercer Theater (ave A??)??
	♥ 12:06pm Dano59: ↳ Song: "Hold Me Tight" by "Billy Joe Spears" that bau-bau-bau-bau refrain is sooo memorable - from the fishing bar jukebox that informed my country music love as a kid.
	12:07pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Compared To What" by "Les McCann" compared to the other!
	12:07pm clarke: ↳ Dano59 @12:06 it was stuck in my head all friday
	♥ 12:07pm John L: ↳ Joe B @11:52 I had no idea they added a second show. I had tix for Sunday, but through a perfect combination of snafus I couldn't go and sold my 3 tix. Now I'm gonna spend the next day deciding if Monday is a viable option.
	12:08pm clarke: ↳ John L @12:07 make it REAL!
	♥ 12:08pm Dano59: hey (maybe someone knows) who's the person to contact for an unresolved Swag for Life fulfilment issue? (I think it was Michele, through the 2024 marathon) cycle)
	♥ 12:09pm Dano59: ↳ clarke @12:07 clarke: that's not a bad thing! Cuts through every other country music riff in my head/memory too
	12:09pm clarke: ↳ Dano59 @12:08 handy would know - but i think it is joe mcgasko?
	♥ 12:09pm Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @12:06 The Mercer Arts Center where the Dolls played was a few blocks south of the Bottom Line, on Mercer natch.
	12:09pm clarke: ↳ Dano59 @12:09 oh, yeah - but why yesterday?? ha ha.
	12:10pm clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:09 ok, so more middle.
	♥ 12:10pm K from TO: The ubiquitous “Sunny”! My music teacher in elementary school had the band play that at EVERY school concert… this was in the 80s 😂
	♥ 12:11pm egould: ↳ clarke @12:09 Joe McGasko would be the guy to contact.
	♥ 12:11pm Mike Sin: ↳ clarke @12:09 Yes, any Swag issues should emailed to Gentleman Joe McGasko.
	12:12pm clarke: ↳ Mike Sin @12:11 you not driving around today??
	12:13pm clarke: Sunny was the first song i ever played LIVE.
	12:13pm Mr. Jones: DOGE is coming for your edamame.
	♥ 12:13pm Hughie Considine: Nobody writes songs about cruising down the highway eating edamame.
	♥ 12:13pm Dano59: ↳ clarke @12:09 I almost mentioned 'maybe Handy knows' heh ... I hate to bother Joe on top of Marathon duties but I've wanted to address this for a while. Life got in the way.
	12:14pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Joe McGasko LOVES hearing from listeners about their issues during the marathon. So please do not hesitate to contact him.
	12:14pm Cooh John: 1 hour north of me. O-H.....
	12:14pm clarke: ↳ Dano59 @12:13 handy is at the cat doctor
	12:14pm johnk77: mercer arts center was in a building that collapsed 1973 the bottom line was the premiere showcase nightclub in nyc thru the 1970s partly because many reviewers went there when the ritz opened 1980 things changed
	♥ 12:14pm Dano59: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @12:14 Todd's talent for sarcasm is well known but I'll take that as sincere
	12:14pm rx "rexy" scabin: So why weren't The Wildlife bigger?
	♥ 12:15pm Dano59: ↳ Dano59 @12:14 (knowing Joe, I mean)
	12:15pm clarke: ↳ johnk77 @12:14 yeah, played in the downstairs room once. ONCE!
	12:15pm gf2002: I think the popularity of Sunny via school bands and even cover versions is due to the jazz chord changes in the tune. Players like to solo over the changes, and it gave an air of "sophistication" for the band directors to put in a school band setlist, to have a hit record next to all the other material. I love Bobby Hebb's original, and Wes Montgomery did a great cover too.
	12:16pm clarke: ↳ gf2002 @12:15 it was just such a huge crossover hit!!
	12:16pm rx "rexy" scabin: @Dano59 Joe McGasko for swift and friendly attention.
	♥ 12:16pm Dano59: ↳ johnk77 @12:14 let's not mention how the 'Vinyl' series screwed up that bit of history.
	♥ 12:18pm Hughie Considine: ↳ gf2002 @12:15 We played it in the school band -- I played guitar and could handle the jazz chords, which were fairly easy shapes. I drove the band director crazy with my noodling, and he would yank the chord out of the school-bought Fender Twin with a horrifying screach.
	♥ 12:18pm JG: ↳ Song: "Everytime I Think About You" by "Rick Nelson" Love Rick, and Ricky too
	♥ 12:18pm Pedro in Arlington: So sad. No more Dolls with us. RIP David. Opening for the Clash and the Who at Shea was intense.
	12:19pm hectic: @Dano59 i love your avatar picture thingy! best album cover of all time
	♥ 12:20pm ultradamno: If you remember the HBO series Vinyl you know Mercer Arts Center collapsed as a result of a Johnny Thunders power chord. True shiz.
	12:21pm gf2002: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:18 Wow, you're school had bought a Fender Twin??? That's pretty cool. I was using the school's Peaveys (I'd use a Peavey bass amp because it had a warmer jazz tone!) until I got and brought my own '60s Fender head and cab, and a fellow band member had a silverface Super that would sometimes give me a little shock haha. Schools today don't even outfit the band with good amps, I don't understand that.
	♥ 12:21pm Dano59: ↳ hectic @12:19 the London Calling cover & cassettes are 2 of my favourite things
	12:21pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Be All End All" by "Tripwires, The" great call!! audible.
	12:22pm johnk77: thank you selecter for the mansfield shout-out had not thought about the wildlife in 55 years! even though i saw them and knew charlie barker the drummer slightly https://www.buckeyebeat.com/wildlife.html
	12:22pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Be All End All" by "Tripwires, The" Ramberg/Sangster
	12:23pm gf2002: ↳ Song: "Soul Serenade" by "Willie Mitchell" Love the tune, from the great King Curtis, but man it is hard to top Duane Allman's impromptu version of it in the middle of a jam live at the radio station, shortly after Curtis was murdered. That performance is absolutely MASSIVE!
	12:23pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Why Do I Cry?" by "Barry And The Remains" opened for the beatles, including the shea stadium performances
	12:24pm Susan: Enjoyed many Great post punk pop shows from DJH and his Bees in the 80s. Rip David
	12:24pm rx "rexy" scabin: Fastnacht Dinner is prepped.
	12:25pm hectic: ↳ Dano59 @12:21 isn't it cool that the photographer was able to capture that exact moment? and the photo has such a good composition too
	♥ 12:25pm myron feld: ↳ gf2002 @12:23 Yes, on WPLJ!
	♥ 12:25pm Hughie Considine: ↳ gf2002 @12:21 I really missed that Fender in my subsequent garage band years when I had to make do with what I could afford on my paper route salary.
	12:26pm gf2002: ↳ Song: "Why Do I Cry?" by "Barry And The Remains" Barry's son Daniel Tashian has made some good music too, as a producer, writer, and performer. Some great sounds with Kacey Musgraves
	♥ 12:26pm Dano59: ↳ Pedro in Arlington @12:18 Wow, we just lost David Johansen? Need to revisit his film ouvre (Scrooged, Car 54, Tales from the Darkside, and he played a junkie in something too ... ) and the Personality Crisi doc. Also sang 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' with Sigourney Weaver on SNL.
	♥ 12:27pm Dano59: ↳ gf2002 @12:21 Schools and music gear quandary answered: Music and art take a far-backseat to sports.
	12:28pm gf2002: ↳ hectic @12:25 I just watched a short video or something online about that photographer and that exact photo giving the full backstory, really interesting. Right place - Right time.
	12:28pm clarke: in case you need to know: the Iris parade has been delayed by a broken-down float, wont start until noon cst now
	12:30pm gf2002: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:25 I was very fortunate, I had a terrific private guitar teacher who gave me that Fender amp, all I needed to do was find a 2x12 speaker cabinet which I did for 100 bucks in the local trade paper, and then get it serviced. I was very fortunate with that, and got that classic sound for not a lot of dough. I still have the amp and cabinet but I retired it years ago.
	♥ 12:31pm ultradamno: He also did episodes of Oz, Cupid, The Equalizer (orig), Arena and CBS Schoolbreak Special
	♥ 12:31pm Hubig Pie: ↳ clarke @12:28 Which means the series of unrelated floats loosely based around a very vague theme Tucks parade will be delayed also.
	12:31pm gf2002: ↳ Dano59 @12:27 Absolutely! And many band programs don't really have an outlet for guitar players to begin with.
	♥ 12:32pm egould: ↳ Dano59 @12:21 Speaking of the Clash and iconic images; here’s a website to a guy who recreates the Clash guitars/basses down to the last detail. He’s a graphic artist and this is his hobby. Really detailed description of his process and methods. Good writing. Cool guitars. Worth a couple hours of your time. :-) garageland.co.uk
	12:32pm clarke: ↳ Hubig Pie @12:31 tucks rolls behind iris, yessir.
	♥ 12:32pm Dano59: ↳ Song: "Compared To What" by "Les McCann" hey, who sang on that 'Compared to What' ? (or is it "... What?") great Gene McDaniels song. I know his son, London, who's mentioned but not by name on the back cover of a Kim Fowley album.
	12:32pm clarke: ↳ Hubig Pie @12:31 think you'd be surprised at how organized Tuck's is now, tho
	12:33pm Michael: SOPAC? Such odd booking.
	♥ 12:33pm Dano59: ↳ egould @12:32 that's a noble pursuit! I saw some (inexpensive) replicas of Strummer's Tele complete with stickers ... I think Billy Bragg has one.
	♥ 12:34pm Hubig Pie: ↳ clarke @12:32 But of course still the signature toilet float?
	♥ 12:34pm ultradamno: Actually three eps of Oz and two Cupids...I wouldn't mind looking at that one again. I remember it being a good show that got yanked pretty quickly. Same guy who did Veronica Mars, iZombie and Party Down
	♥ 12:34pm Hughie Considine: I admire your instinct. And you were lucky to have a great teacher. Mine kind of put me off the guitar, pushing me too quickly toward theory. He was very set in his ways. He taught Al DiMeola until Al went off to Berklee, and Al really got theory! So that was the teacher's MO. Teachers can make all the difference.
	12:34pm clarke: ↳ Hubig Pie @12:34 but of course!
	12:35pm Sketch: This is cool
	♥ 12:35pm egould: ↳ Dano59 @12:33 The research this dude does, cross referencing photos. He’s literally the world’s foremost expert on Clash guitars. I’m jealous.
	12:36pm Marie in Chicago: Goldyburgers is an institution of burgers and beers, just outside of Chicago. Wow. I never knew they booked bands...
	12:36pm clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:34 hughie don't need no theory.
	♥ 12:37pm Dano59: ↳ egould @12:32 this one I think - trashed/aged/antiqued from Fender Custom Shop (but I almost swear there was a cheaper lookalike version from another maker) www.fendercustomshop.com...
	♥ 12:39pm Dano59: ↳ egould @12:35 A friend had a Les Paul Junior similar to Mick's. Cool guitar. (and I don't even like LPs)
	♥ 12:39pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Dano59 @12:08 Definitely Joe. jmcgasko@wfmu.org Off to the cat-litter store. They haven't been expensive enough yet today. Thanks again, MS! Fine, fine stuff!
	♥ 12:40pm Dano59: ↳ Handy Haversack @12:39 thank you Handy. Good luck on the litter quest
	12:41pm gf2002: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:34 I was lucky and I appreciate that teacher very much. I had a similar experience as you with an old-school jazz player who I had later as a teacher who was very set in his ways, and by old school I mean he played in radio bands in the 40's. He had me playing "Satin Doll" every lesson for at least a month, one thing he said to me after I soloed over the changes to his dissatisfaction was "don't bulls**t me." And after that I was done. We just didn't connect and maybe he just wasn't a good teacher as much as I just wasn't digging what I was playing. To this day I cannot stand nor listen to the song Satin Doll haha.
	♥ 12:41pm common: ah, going newspaper passing/collecting with my friend as a kid. good times.
	12:41pm clarke: Hoagie's Heroes
	♥ 12:42pm Squints: ↳ gf2002 @12:31 Not even outlets? That's REALLY stingy.
	♥ 12:42pm K from TO: God, I hated collecting for newspapers! One customer actually moved away on me (after ghosting me for a month)
	12:43pm gf2002: ↳ Squints @12:42 Haha, wrong "outlet"...I meant opportunities within the school-sponsored bands. At least it's not like the old Beatles cartoons where they plugged the guitars directly into the wall outlets!
	♥ 12:43pm Dano59: before this penultimate moment ends before the Marathon ... who's bought concert tix recently? Why does TM/Livenation dick us around with changing passwords, verifying ID etc. DURING the limited buying time? I lost out on some primo Neil Young seats while that went on. Settled for a lesser section.
	♥ 12:45pm Hughie Considine: ↳ gf2002 @12:41 I feel ya. My guy was into schmaltzy AM radio pop: "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me," "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" "More." Obviously I wanted to rock. "Satin Doll" is at least a good song.
	♥ 12:45pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: I liked Dick Tracy because it had a plot instead of gags, and felt grown up (ha ha) plus weird villains and romance with Moon Maiden and Dick Jr.
	♥ 12:45pm Hughie Considine: Sorry if anyone loves Rose Garden. It's a fine song.
	♥ 12:45pm StringOFperils: ↳ Song: "It Comes To Me Naturally" by "Sarah Borges And Th... Excellent cover!
	♥ 12:46pm JG: Daily News delivery boy. Some similar experiences. Best one though was the News running a contest too win tix to Kiss at MSG. Around the time of Destroyer. I absconded all of the entry forms in my papers. I won. Went w my dad because to young to go MSG w friends. I think I was 8. Great show. Thanks Daily News
	♥ 12:46pm myron feld: ↳ Song: "It Comes To Me Naturally" by "Sarah Borges And Th... She/this is really good. Eric Ambel on guitar?
	♥ 12:46pm Hubig Pie: ↳ Handy Haversack @12:39 I think a gorilla was in our cat box today. Hoo boy.
	♥ 12:46pm Squints: ↳ gf2002 @12:43 Not to mention Ringo's drums. One of my favorite visual gags in the opening credits of the cartoon show.
	♥ 12:46pm Dano59: ↳ Song: "It Comes To Me Naturally" by "Sarah Borges And Th... Sarah's a primo interpreter of NRBQ songs. (used to be ... in terms of quantity, Widespread Panic - oy). This also has a great pub-rock vibe a la Elizabeth McQueen.
	♥ 12:48pm Hubig Pie: ↳ Squints @12:46 I thought that was at the end credits where his drum kit deflated.
	12:48pm rx "rexy" scabin: @K from TO there are people who still owe me. I see them at the store. It is funny how hard it was to find $1.25 in the house on Friday.
	♥ 12:48pm Dano59: ↳ K from TO @12:42 "I want my TWO DOLLARS!!"
	♥ 12:51pm sh-BOOM!: Thanks for the Rami & The Reliables Milwaukee show info. In my own backyard!
	♥ 12:52pm egould: Thanks Michael!
	♥ 12:53pm Squints: ↳ Hubig Pie @12:48 Could be. A long time ago and it's all flash memory anymore.
	♥ 12:55pm tadpoles: ↳ Song: "Use My Heart Against Me" by "Jessica Simpson" Thanks for this again Michael....really has a Nancy Sinatra vibe to me. Cheers
	♥ 12:56pm Hughie Considine: i'm dyin'
	♥ 12:56pm luka: get your ass to mars
	♥ 12:56pm egould: I’m a cop, you idiot!
	12:56pm clarke: thank you MS I'M A COP YOU IDIOT
	12:57pm rx "rexy" scabin: Thank you, Michael and Everyone. Excellent show as usual.
	12:57pm berbo: I knew a John Kimble
	♥ 12:57pm K from TO: ↳ rx "rexy" scabin @12:48 That’s pretty awkward 😂
	♥ 12:57pm OnTheTrain: YOU IDIOT !
	12:58pm gf2002: ↳ Song: "Debbie At AAA" "no deal." Classic!
	♥ 12:58pm Hughie Considine: You eediot!
	12:58pm rx "rexy" scabin: @K from TO they have owed me for 50 years.
	♥ 12:58pm egould: Hang up, Debbie. Just hang up.
	12:58pm myron feld: I’m on the phone now but can still say: Thanks for the swell show, Michael! Everyone pony up whatever you can for the Marathon!
	♥ 12:59pm greg g: Thanks Mike!

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