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Favoriting February 24, 2018: Sufferin' Creatures

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Faith Healer  Sufferin' Creature   Favoriting
Barry Mann  Talk To Me   Favoriting
Johnnie Allan  Juju Man   Favoriting
Solomon Burke  Hard, Ain't It Hard   Favoriting
Nai Bonet  The Seventh Veil   Favoriting
Coco Hames  I Don't Wanna Go   Favoriting
Charlie Rich  Nice And Easy   Favoriting
Duane Franks  L.A. County Jail   Favoriting
George Zimmeran And The Thrills With The Bubby Cypers Band  Ain't Got The Money To Pay For This Drink   Favoriting
Pandoras, The  It's Getting Harder All The Time   Favoriting
Marty Rhone  No, No, No, No, No   Favoriting
Cousin Jody And His Country Cousins  Lady Cop   Favoriting
Prince Patridge  Get Back   Favoriting
Marvin Gaye  It's Only A Paper Moon   Favoriting
Rolling Stones, The  She Was Hot   Favoriting
Skeeter Davis  Let Me Get Close to You   Favoriting
Johnny Paycheck  The Girl They Talk About   Favoriting
Leroy Jones  Hide 'Nor Hair   Favoriting
Liquor Giants, The  Raining Butterflies   Favoriting
Malibus, The  Humpty Dumpty Was Making Out   Favoriting
Deke Dickerson  Don't Push Me Too Far   Favoriting
Teen Turbans, The  Didn't He Run   Favoriting
Louis Bonfa  Pernambuco   Favoriting
Bill Nelson  Acceleration   Favoriting
Chris Montez  No, No, No   Favoriting
Charlie Pride  The Snakes Crawl At Night   Favoriting
Drifters, The  Didn't It   Favoriting
Barry Biggs  One Bad Apple   Favoriting
In Color  Liar   Favoriting
Bruce Channel  Mr. Bus Driver   Favoriting
Rusty and Doug  Let's Stay Together   Favoriting
Obie  Mother-In-Law Trouble   Favoriting
Rockpile  Fine, Fine, Fine   Favoriting
Rose Garden  Next Plane To London   Favoriting
Tommy Collins  Be Serious Ann   Favoriting
Artie Golden  bad habits   Favoriting
Dahlmanns, The  Fireball XL5   Favoriting
Play It Safe Vol. 4  Part 5 (Diets)   Favoriting

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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"

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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 hear from the amazing Bob Washington, the voice of K-Tel

CLICK HERE for a new song titled "People Are Disgusting" from Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE to listen to "Musicians fighting Spotify are ‘so f-cking dumb,’ music industry pundit Bob Lefsetz says"

CLICK HERE to read a Mike Love sympathetic piece titled "Beach Boys seek to overcome discord with new wave of Love"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new NPR interview with Brian Wilson

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" then CLICK HERE to have a listen & decide for yourself

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

CLICK HERE to see the March 25th Hot 100 chart - when Happy Together was number one!!

CLICK HERE for detailed Pet Sounds credits

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CLICK HERE to find out Why Classic Rock Isn’t What It Used To Be

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CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE to hear "How Music Taste Evolved"


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CLICK HERE for Ringo's isolated drums from "Oh Darling"

CLICK HERE to see some paintings by Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

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

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CLICK HERE to see Michael Shelley get interviewed on a NJ public access TV show "Destination Montclair"

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 info on the new, all instrumental, Michael Shelley album

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

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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 HEREfor 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

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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 for The K-Tel Story

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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"?

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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 film excerpt "Session Men - Memphis"

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

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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

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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

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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.

I love THESE Beach Boy videos!

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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Frank In Queens:

Risen and shining!
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Listener Baby:

Good morning. Multi-talented, multi-skilled, Renaissance Man. Doing any other genius stuff this week, Baby?
Oh.. And good morning to all the mere mortals out there. We have to stick together.
  11:00am
yippie:

someday im gonna murder the bugler
  11:03am
clarke:

nice day out here....
  11:04am
clarke:

...nearing spring-like, even...
  11:07am
clarke:

frank - how wuz floriduh?? are you a 'disney guy?"
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:07am
Frank In Queens:

Wow, what a buzzkill!
  11:07am
clarke:

pretty early for bongo feet...
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:08am
Frank In Queens:

clarke, florida was great! A much needed respite from the winter and a great time spent with great bands and great people at the Hidden Volume weekender.
Avatar 11:08am
Listener Baby:

Around these parts. the bongos are still asleep.
  11:09am
yippie:

ill rip apart his reveille and stomp upon him heavily and spend the rest of my life in bed- irving berlin RIP
  11:10am
clarke:

i don't know how you do it, Baby.. i am barely conscious at 11am!! @Frank: cool! i did not realize it was a working holiday.... gr8
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:11am
Frank In Queens:

Clarke, I wasn't "working". Just enjoying the fun and lending moral support.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:11am
Uncle Michael:

I'm pretty sure the marathon starts in eight days, Michael.
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Listener Baby:

@Clarke. Been up for hours. Bottling in two weeks. Up to my ass....
  11:11am
clarke:

ahhh - even nicaaah!!!
  11:12am
clarke:

not you baby - ha ha
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Listener Baby:

Baby. Johnnie Allan is #1 King Of The Covers!!
  11:13am
clarke:

does pruning continue up until bottling???
Avatar 11:13am
Michael Shelley:

8 days - exactly
Avatar 11:15am
Listener Baby:

Had to stop pruning. Might need to farm the rest of that out. Running out of time, on a lot of fronts. But other than that, at least we have WFMU.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:16am
Uncle Michael:

Once the widgets are up an the premiums are revealed, the fuse is lit!
  11:17am
clarke:

is it because of a lack of labor?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:17am
melinda:

I like the Veil
Avatar 11:19am
Listener Baby:

For sure. and some common sense too. Lack there of. Spring is early, and my pants are around my ankles. I'll make it, but won't be a breeze.
  11:20am
clarke:

frank, was just checking out the line-up of the event - cool. woggles are close friends. nice to see a venue in orlando, becuz it was barren for a while, there....
  11:20am
clarke:

do you find that kids don't have to work jobs anymore? i def am!!
Avatar 11:21am
Listener Baby:

Drop the needle anywhere on a Charlie Rich LP from around this time. You'll find a #1 Hit, every time.
  11:22am
clarke:

any time for charlie rich is, er, RICH!
  11:24am
clarke:

we have had the prospect and hope of Bongo Feet and then had that carrot taken away.....tears....
  11:24am
clarke:

cruel man, shelley....
  11:27am
Jimmy D:

That Duane Franks #1 hit gave me a flashback to the old "Incorrect Music" show!
  11:28am
clarke:

there is a doc (i know, baby) on the Burger Records guys on utube - pretty great
Avatar 11:28am
Michael Shelley:

Uncle Michael - will you be in NJ for the fund raiser?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:30am
Frank In Queens:

Clarke, Will's Pub in Orlando was great. Woggles played last year though. This year the headliners were Untamed Youth and The Phantom Surfers.
  11:31am
clarke:

ah.
  11:32am
viv:

Who did the original of that Pandoras tune? I remember a dance scene with it in the film To Sir With Love.
Avatar 11:33am
Listener Baby:

Customer: “Do you guys have any Kenny G posters?”
Clerk: “No, I’m sorry we don’t.”
Customer: “Well, if I get two then I’ll give you guys one.”
Avatar 11:35am
Michael Shelley:

the best
Avatar 11:35am
Listener Baby:

Customer: “Do you guys sell punk? Like MXPX and CREED?”
  11:35am
clarke:

Ladybird - weird soundtrack - the score is of course wonderful (jon brion) and a great john hartford song.. but the lynchpin song is utterly embarrassing...
Avatar 11:36am
Michael Shelley:

The Mindbenders!
  11:36am
Viv:

The French guy is Michele Polnareff, tune called "La Poupée qui fait non."
  11:37am
Santos L Halper:

Merci pour le Michel P!
  11:37am
clarke:

HUGE polnareff fan!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:38am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Afternoon, Michael and all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:40am
Uncle Michael:

@Michael; yes. I'll be there on the 13th.

That Marty Rhone is pretty great.
  11:46am
seth from muddy creek:

Amen Mike
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:47am
Frank In Queens:

She Was Hot may be one of the most hilarious videos ever made.
  11:47am
clarke:

Undercover - fine album
Avatar 11:47am
Michael Shelley:

ibb.co...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:48am
Pedro in Arlington:

Indeed Mike. Ronald Reagan was surrounded by a pack of extensively trained and armed men, each with the sole task of keeping that one person from getting shot. Imagine if those guys also were teaching algebra to two dozen kids at the same time. Gotta be impressed by those Parkland kids. March March 24.
  11:51am
clarke:

wyman on bass on she was hot
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ledzeppelinsucks:

some teachers have to buy supplies for their classes or feed neglected kids. how can they afford guns and ammo?
  11:52am
clarke:

most times the source of squeak is the bass drum pedal
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:54am
Uncle Michael:

I can't hear the squeak.
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jmd:

Clavioline?
  11:54am
clarke:

i don't hear a 'squeak' on this but sibbilance on the vox
  11:56am
clarke:

sybilance - sp??
  11:56am
Jimmy D:

I'm a teacher in the Bronx. The idea of me shooting it out with a bad guy in a crowded hallway or classroom is ludicrous. And when the SWAT teams came in, I'd be shot too. It's the #! Hit of DUMB ideas.
  11:56am
Guy Walker:

Squeaky noise is the quick bow over strings.
Avatar 11:57am
Michael Shelley:

Listen again - in the beginning, right channel - playing a melody
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:57am
patrick321:

Kind of old data but I don't think it's changed that much… Last line is kind of pertinent also. According to a 2008 RAND Corporation study evaluating the New York Police Department’s firearm training, between 1998 and 2006, the average hit rate during gunfights was just 18 percent. When suspects did not return fire, police officers hit their targets 30 percent of the time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:57am
Pedro in Arlington:

Don't worry Mike. "Arming teachers" is just a stall tactic from people who don't even give teachers enough books and pencils. They tossed it out there after Sandy Hook in 2012. It's 2017. Long stall. The puppets of these people need to be tossed out this November.
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Ken in Tucson:

More Johnny Paycheck, please!
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Michael Shelley:

never a bad idea
  11:58am
Guy Walker:

Squeaky noise is similar to the intro Dion's Runaway.
  11:59am
scott:

Perhaps we could hire SWAT and train them to teach or possibly the reverse?
  12:03pm
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Welcome to AP U.S. History! Everyone say hi to the tank and the 150 heavily armed men. http://wapo.st/2BNShQa
  12:04pm
clarke:

liquor giants - am besten!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:09pm
Greg from ZONE 5:

Hoboken Jack has a mellifluous radio voice!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:09pm
Hoboken Jack:

Hey that sounded like me
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:13pm
Oxidized:

I agree w/jmd, sounds like a clavioline -- same sound as the one on the solo on "Runaway."
Avatar 12:14pm
Michael Shelley:

ANYbody know if there's a studio version, by any band, of this song
www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:15pm
Uncle Michael:

one player
  12:17pm
clarke:

MS - aaron spade has a studio version but it sits 'in the can' - spampinato bros have a recorded version but it will probably not come out, as the two (or three) have parted ways
  12:20pm
clarke:

i will try to get aaron to send you a version, tho...
Avatar 12:22pm
Michael Shelley:

I just messaged him
  12:22pm
Steveeee:

Definitely two guitar players. I can hear the melody playing chords different than the rhythm player.
  12:22pm
clarke:

so did i, ha ha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:24pm
Uncle Michael:

Michael, if you watch some videos of Luis Bonfa playing live, there's no doubt he can pull that off. I couldn't find one of him playing that one live.
  12:26pm
clarke:

a tale of two Charlies
  12:26pm
ChrisG:

Michael, thx for turning me on to Luiz Bonfa
  12:27pm
clarke:

michael, thanks for pulling the rug out from under our bongo feet!!!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:27pm
Frank In Queens:

Norman Greenbaum has lived off of "Spirit In The Sky" for decades.
Avatar 12:28pm
Michael Shelley:

I think he's dead, but, I know what you mean
  12:28pm
clarke:

thought norman passed away??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:29pm
Uncle Michael:

Yeah, but he's dying the good death!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:29pm
Frank In Queens:

I just remember a Howard Stern interview from years ago where he confirmed as much.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:29pm
Frank In Queens:

He's still alive according to Wikipedia
  12:30pm
clarke:

i guess it depends on how huge the hit -- obviously the #1 guys never have to work again
  12:31pm
clarke:

then again, i remember hearing that doc pomus was not well off???
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:32pm
Frank In Queens:

I guess it depends on how you live and whether or not you've made smart decisions regarding your music.
  12:32pm
clarke:

and in black and white...
  12:33pm
clarke:

also if you got ripped off by publishing
  12:34pm
clarke:

i really do recall hearing that greenbaum passed away in malden ma.
  12:35pm
clarke:

btw - was never a fan of Spirit In The Sky - and the guy was TOTALLY a one-hit wonder - nothing else he did was even closely remarkable
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:35pm
Frank In Queens:

The internet says he was involved in a bad car accident in 2015 that resulted in severe injuries, but he apparently pulled through.
  12:36pm
clarke:

my apologies -- not for my opinion, ha ha
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:37pm
Frank In Queens:

Believe me, I'm not exactly the president of the Norman Greenbaum fan club or anything. He's just the first person I think of when the topic of being set for life because of a one hit wonder comes to mind.
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Michael Shelley:

also - how many movies/tv/commercials that song is in
  12:38pm
clarke:

ha ha - riiiiigggghhhhht.....
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Listener Baby:

Spirit/Sky sounds so freaking amazing coming off a clean LP. A milestone recording IMHO. Even if we've all heard it 2 million times. Great is Great.
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Michael Shelley:

Frank - let's be honest, I heard you were president of the Norman Greenbaum fan club
  12:39pm
clarke:

VICE president!!!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:40pm
Frank In Queens:

I emphatically deny that I am the president of the Normal Greenbaum fan club. I'm merely the secretary treasurer.
  12:40pm
clarke:

i have a real problem with the lyrics...
  12:42pm
clarke:

i will admit that there are some happy distortion things going on sonically (that i read were total accidents)
  12:43pm
clarke:

ze roque pile
  12:44pm
clarke:

and i will also admit that i love the way that treasurer runs the fan club fundage
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:46pm
Greg from ZONE 5:

Stu, you should buy that!
  12:47pm
clarke:

(but with moneybags like NG has -- it can't be THAT difficult!!)
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:52pm
Hughie Considine:

That Tommy Collins song confirms the Margaret Atwood adage: "Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them." ... Pretty reprehensible sentiment that really doesn't seem all that charming.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:53pm
Uncle Michael:

Spirit in the Sky is *not* the only NG song discoverable in the WFMU advanced playlist search.
  12:53pm
clarke:

via courtney barnett
  12:53pm
clarke:

yes UM, but it is the only listenable one!
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Juke Joint Jonny:

I got a thirst for an ice cold Mahou all of a sudden. ¡Viva Dahlmanns!
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Uncle Michael:

Hey now!
  12:56pm
clarke:

ya'll have a good 'un..... separate the juice!!!
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drr:

In the spirit of Play It Safe: faketv.com
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Frank In Queens:

Good show Michael, as always. See everyone next week!
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Bob:

I am truly mystified by the lack of attention that Liquor Giants disc received. It should have been a smash. Also, do you really hate the Stones blues record? I thought it was the best Mick has been in decades. Keith isn't doing anything special, but I really liked it.
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