WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from June 6, 2020

Listener comments!
	11:00am Listener Baby: You are going to run me over!!!! Good morning!!
	11:02am Michael Shelley: Get outta the way Baby!
	11:02am Handy Haversack: Clemenza! Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. Hey, Michael and all the Shellesters!
	11:03am Farmer Rye in Santa Cruz: hey all you shelliacs
	11:04am myron feld: I never understood why Chuck sang "2-3 the count" in the Jackie Robinson verse instead of "3-2 the count." Maybe he just didn't know baseball.
	11:04am Frank In Queens: Good start!
	11:04am Michael Shelley: Hey Farmer - is that where The Ofice bar is?
	11:08am Therese: Hi Michael! I think you were right to listen to Aretha’s voice in your head.
	11:09am Frank In Queens: You're assuming The Pretenders are headlining? I mean, THEY SHOULD be headlining, but ....
	11:09am Listener Baby: So happy to see those "actual" sparkling wine glasses, Baby. what's gotten in to you kids these days?
	11:10am Therese: Frank makes a fair point...
	11:10am Webhamster Henry: This is so Pretendery!
	11:10am Chop Scott: Good Morning Michael!
	11:10am Frank In Queens: For a second there, I thought that label read "Wine Of The Hairy Chest"!
	11:10am Listener Baby: That too, Frank.
	11:11am Moammar: Good week for some Curtis Mayfield.
	11:12am listener 126464: Too funny. Hi Michael, everyone.
	11:13am Peter from Dover NJ: Hey Michael. Although Juniper said she wanted to see Journey, she also said she wouldn't pay to see them. I'd call that a win.
	11:13am Jimmy Wipper: I heard Journey was the artist of the month! Do I win?!?!
	11:16am Corey: Morning Michael and listeners! Nice to join you all.
	11:17am Farmer Rye in Santa Cruz: Michael, sorry i don’t understand your question. killer selections tho. i’m def down for journey too as a part of felder nations it’s my duty to amplify butt rock
	11:17am JakeGould: Good morning Michael!
	11:18am Farmer Rye in Santa Cruz: are you talking about the bar called the office. that’s 30 min from me. never heard of it.. should i?
	11:19am Joe B: hey Michael and friends
	11:20am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning Michael, Shelleys, Ruth, Champ and all.
	11:20am Michael Shelley: FRISC - "I swear, I was at The office"
	11:20am Handy Haversack: Hey, Corey, Joe B, Greg!
	11:20am Listener Baby: No, but close, Baby. Intestinal yeast condition. Nasty stuff.
	11:21am tim from Champaign (now washington): Hi Michael and everyone! Today is my daughter Frances’s 4th birthday. Keep the #1 Hits coming.
	11:21am Frank In Queens: Hiya Joe!
	11:21am Listener Baby: Moe's Alley in SC, Baby?
	11:21am Frank In Queens: Oh and Handy too! Also Baby! Also, all!
	11:22am Listener Baby: Hi Frank!!
	11:22am Corey: Hey Handy!
	11:22am Farmer Rye in Santa Cruz: baby: oh yeah moes alley many great shows
	11:24am Joe B: I missed the Journey comment, but I did see them in high school, they were pretty good. Guess that passes for a controversial statement these days!
	11:24am Farmer Rye in Santa Cruz: seun kuti and egypt 80 (felas band)was prob my favorite show there
	11:24am Handy Haversack: Frank! We were going to actually go to Queens yesterday -- we haven't been since March 15! And it's a ten-minute walk! We were thinking either Queensbridge Park or the courthouse. In the end, we did a ton of promotion work and then collapsed. Long days! It was also our twenty-first(!!) anniversary. Celebrate by e-mailing all day and listening to WFMU --it's traditional! Getting my stuff together to go out and build some racks down by the creek now.
	11:25am phat: I always tell myself this Rundgren song is Carl King. My first impression of the song was that it had to be her and it sticks with me. come to find out it was "inspired" by her.
	11:26am phat: carol
	11:26am Joe B: re Brian Wilson - the second song her performed, Love and Mercy, was GREAT. I found it very moving. guess it was online only.
	11:27am Frank In Queens: Handy, that part of Queens is near where I work. Haven't been there since mid-March, but I'll be returning in a limited capacity starting 6/15. Mixed feelings about that...
	11:27am mike east: I totally used to think it was carol king. I think it wasn’t til I got super hits of the 70’s that I found out it wasn’t
	11:27am Farmer Rye in Santa Cruz: i’d like to visit brian wilson’s brain
	11:29am Webhamster Henry: WFMU Occasional Guest DJ & Smithereen Dennis Diken does a good version of this, available on the Loser's Lounge Brian Wilson CD.
	11:29am phat: this Wilson song is amazing.
	11:31am Webhamster Henry: Michael: as a Henry, I approve your daughter's new album.
	11:31am kpx: I'd like to hear a collaboration between Brian Wilson and Carole King.
	11:32am Handy Haversack: Frank, yeah, I can definitely imagine. We haven't even been brave enough to walk over the Pulaski -- until we were in a big, masked crowd the other night and decided, well, we're doing all we can. OK! Heading down to the creek. Sorry to miss the rest of the show (and Rex! and Todd!). Have a good weekend, everyone. Sounds great, Michael and Juniper. Glad to chat with you yesterday, Michael. A lot of time trying to figure out what we all feel and what we all should do -- yeah. Excited for to have the album, Juniper!
	11:33am gideonsimpson: You guys get hate mail? Please start posting a "best of" on the website
	11:34am Pedro in Arlington: Glad Brian knows the value of letting people simply see him at home, at a piano. If he gets money for that, can't be much. He and his family are just sharing a bit of reassurance that he's still with us. Especially now. Live and Mercy sounded a bit stronger.
	11:35am bobo: Just curious. How did Garcia glorify drug use? Also, couldn't the same be said of almost all or very many other rock bands?
	11:36am Groucho Marx: Whatever it is, I'm Against It!
	11:37am Ralphus: I think chain smoking unfiltered cigarettes his whole life had more to do with Jerry Garcia’s death.
	11:37am Sean d: Chocolate peanutbutter ice cream rules!
	11:38am Otis Fodder: Hi Michael, greetings from Sunny Montreal. Hello all too and waving hey Henry!
	11:38am JakeGould: @Micheal: Don’t fall for purity trolls that imply you hate X because you process like of Y. Keep on keeping on. And even I will say “Apologies…” if some of my comments in the past here were too heavy or anger filled.
	11:39am JakeGould: “…PROFESS like of Y.” Stupid sexy spellcheck.
	11:39am Joe B: Garcia on LSD: For me it was a profoundly life changing experience. It has a lot to do with where I am now and why I’m here and why I do what I do and it all fits in and it was all happening as I was making the decisions to become who I am, you know what I mean? So it all steered me directly into this place.
	11:39am mike east: So is strawberry or vanilla your favorite, Michael? The people must know!
	11:39am Farmer Rye in Santa Cruz: a professor of mine was the dead’s road manager during the 80s and said at the end jerry was as addicted to wendy’s double cheeseburgers as he was to heroin. pigpen was that bands soul imo. thanks for sharing your journey michael.
	11:40am Hughie Considine: Ralphus, smoking heroin for years doesn't do a body much good. Oh, and he had terrible eating habits to boot. Clearly it all added up and his body gave out.
	11:40am Sammyboy: First time posting because after that commentary, I never realized that Michael Shelley and I are the same person.
	11:41am phat: Holy crap! Garcia was only 53 when he died. Glad I quit doing that stuff.
	11:41am juan: Bama Lama Bama Loo and Poor Boy Paul are my favorite Little Richard songs
	11:41am Hoboken Jack: Top of the morning (bottom, whatevs) Michael, Baby, Joe, Therese, Greg, Frank, Handy, 126464, all. Bama lama, bama lu.
	11:41am Hughie Considine: Yep, Wendy's burgers'll kill ya, @Phat
	11:42am bobo: @Joe B. So is that glorifying drug use in your opinion? I agree with his sentiments in that quote but don't see it as glorifying statement.
	11:42am Squints In Plymouth: If peeps don't like something I like, it just means more for me. Lovey dovey. Although If you like Peeps, whatiswrongwitchoo? 8^)
	11:43am Hoboken Jack: Hey Frank, Michael Shelley is playing The Above on WFMU right now
	11:43am Joe B: sure. at the time he said it, 1989, the Dead were at their most popular. Famous, legendary rock star. and he himself says he wouldn't have gotten there without it.
	11:44am Squints In Plymouth: Mmmmmm. Wendy's doubles with just cheese and bacon. Daggone. Now I'm hungry.
	11:44am Hughie Considine: There's a difference between glorifying drug use and saying that drugs had a profound effect in one's life. To me, Tune in, turn on, drop out -- that's glorifying drug use.
	11:44am listener 126464: Cheers Jack!
	11:45am Frank In Queens: I miss them too. They're on extended hiatus...
	11:45am Hughie Considine: Wendy's just a gave shitload of $ to DJT. F them.
	11:46am JakeGould: @Hughie: It depends on where you grew up. Where I grew up anything past getting drunk was considered a road to being a homeless junkie. Puff a joint? Boom You are a lowlife or going to drop out of school to be a hoodlum or a hooker.
	11:46am Joe B: "There's a difference between glorifying drug use and saying that drugs had a profound effect in one's life." I disagree. I am not knocking the Dead or Garcia. i find it ridiculous to say that they did not glorify drugs. they embraced their being identified with LSD. it made their career.
	11:47am Hughie Considine: @Joe, I was referring to that one statement. Sure, in totality, they did.
	11:48am Frank In Queens: Hi Jack! I heard. Haven't heard that tune in ages.
	11:50am Hubig Pie: Thelonious Monk once asked for another tab of acid cuz he said it was'nt making too much of a difference. It's true, I heard it on the radio.
	11:51am Joe B: Maybe that wasn't the best example, just one I thought of off the top of my head. Obviously they did, which makes the idea of taking umbrage at that notion, to me, disingenuous
	11:53am Hughie Considine: No umbrage taken. I came in late, saw the statement in question, and didn't quite see it as glorification. Shades of meaning. I get your point.
	11:54am Vertual: There are some acts that I just can't warm up to. I'll give something a chance after hearing Michael (and other FMU DJ's)play them and I usually start looking them up and liking them. I gotta agree on Journey not being a fave. I heard they topped the NYC area's classic hit station's top whatever hundreds memorial day countdown. Ugh.
	11:55am bobo: @Joe: OK. I see your point. I just think many bands let a mythology build up around them...Ozzy biting heads off bats comes to mind. I don't think he glorified that behavior but he also didn't actively deny it. Glad to hear your thoughts on this Joe!
	11:55am Lisboner Pasc: Bloomin' marvellous show -- thanks Michael + skeleton crew! Portugal is singing.
	11:55am Joe B: @hughie - sorry, I meant to the previous commentor about Garcia. I'm sure Garcia wouldn't give a shit about my or MS's feelings about him
	11:55am Hughie Considine: @Jake, where did you grow up? I'm a Jersey boy c. mid-70s and drugs were everywhere. There was a lot of high-quality LSD at my high school, and as the father of two high school boys, I shudder to think about them taking hallucinogens. There was a profound lack of supervision, and the pro-drug 60s ethos was still in effect.
	11:56am Squints In Plymouth: Joe B, certainly not since 1995, anyway.
	11:57am Squints In Plymouth: Yeah. I was in HS from 1973-1977. With respect to the lack of supervision, it was a gloriously stupid time. Gloriously, I tells ya.
	11:58am Joe B: @bobo - just to be clear, was not disparaging Garcia
	11:58am Hughie Considine: Gotcha, @Joe. To me Garcia was a fascinating, deeply flawed person who never wanted to be sanctified or to be the main element driving the colossus that the Dead became. Ultimately like any hard drug user, he didn't care what anybody thought.
	11:59am bobo: @Joe...did not take it that way...all's good!
	12:01pm Eddy in Australia: @Michael You can't tell that story and not tell us what the cassette was!
	12:01pm Joe B: @Eddy - great point! I'll guess Greg Kihn Band
	12:02pm Joe B: @squints - yes good point!
	12:03pm JakeGould: @Jake: I grew up in Brooklyn. Brighton Beach in particular. Was a kid in the 1970s and there was this one area of the beach — near Manhattan Beach — we nicknamed “Bay Zero” (instead of Bay 1,2,3 etc…) and it was filled with burnouts. Just kids (mostly kids from Jewish backgrounds) who would just sit there and zonk out all the time. But by my teens, I heard that people from “the City” came out to Brighton Beach not just for the knishes and such but also for good, cheap heroin.
	12:03pm Eddy in Australia: D.I.V.O.R.C.E?
	12:03pm Marley P. Dogg: Hey moo hael - great show today! Hope you’re well!
	12:03pm Marley P. Dogg: *hello Michael
	12:03pm JakeGould: @Hughie… That was for you not for me! Haha!
	12:04pm Hoboken Jack: Two birthdays this week? Time is freaking flying.
	12:04pm Hughie Considine: @Jake, I figured! Somehow it's hard to imagine a bunch of Jewish burnouts! Who knew?
	12:04pm Colleen: She was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar....
	12:05pm Mister Dobalina: Congrats on the hallmark moments, M.S.
	12:06pm joe mulligan: I'm coming over for lunch right now! looks so good
	12:06pm suzyhotrod: I am working today, but I had to stop to check out this meal. Well done! Happy anniversary! I respect the butter choice over mayo.
	12:07pm Mister Dobalina: I would have done potato hotdog buns...but it all looks real good. Those onion rings look legit, going to see if I can find that brand at the super.
	12:07pm Squints In Plymouth: Joe B, except for hazing and the paddling which I assume were Texas-specific, Dazed And Confused was pretty much a documentary. As was The Sandlot.
	12:07pm listener 126464: making bongs in metal shop
	12:08pm Hughie Considine: You got that right, @Squints. The only other movie that truly evokes my junior high/high school experience in N.J. was Welcome to the Dollhouse, which really captured the Jersey vibe.
	12:08pm ?: hey'd i win?
	12:09pm clarke: they said i won
	12:09pm gene sculatti: Michael: Good pre-Eagles Timothy S here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkI21ZKpvbA
	12:09pm Squints In Plymouth: Hughie, I'm pretty sure Wiley Wiggins grew up to be Axl Rose and sing in Guns'n'Roses. I kid. Maybe.
	12:09pm Vertual: Welcome to the Dollhouse! Dawn Wiener is my hero.
	12:10pm Hoboken Jack: "Pickin' Up the Pieces" -- a No. 2 hit
	12:10pm JakeGould: @Hugie: Well, think secular Jews. I mean the whole East Village scene was there thanks to Jews. If you want to laugh, in 2001 I got a new job doing work for a magazine owned by a very rich and very, very old school Upper East Side guy. So we have the annual holiday party at his home on the Upper East Side. I’m nervous but soaking it all in: The guy was (passed away) rich but the apartment itself was a typical NYC book hoarder kinda place. So I am schmoozing with co-workers and mention I grew up in NY and say “Brighton Beach” and this person’s eyes bug out and says “Wait here!” and they run off… They bring back some guy and introduces me and says, “He grew up in Brighton Beach!” and he starts complimenting the neighborhood and then he starts gushing about how he and some friends rented out a house for a month to just sit around in and do heroin in and how the landlord and the neighborhood was so wonderful. Well, thanks buddy! Happy my childhood neighborhood was a great place for you and your friends to do rich kid slumming smack in.
	12:10pm Hughie Considine: @Squints, I thought Wiley Wiggins grew up to be Tim Lincecum.
	12:12pm Squints In Plymouth: Heh. "And we DON'T listen to THAT."
	12:12pm Hughie Considine: Ah yes, the Heroin Years ... tthat's gold, @Jake!
	12:12pm Mike Sin: Discovered that "Feelin' Glad" LP quite late (read: past 10 years), but I do enjoy quite a few tracks on it!
	12:12pm Hoboken Jack: Did you fellow Dollhouse fans see Wiener-Dog a few years back? I kinda loved it.
	12:12pm ?: Pokey LaFarge: new to me and WOW thanks!
	12:13pm Squints In Plymouth: Ooh. Ooh. Liking this Kim Weston number.
	12:14pm Fine Wine: Pokey's manager got in touch with me a few years ago to ask if he could DJ with me at my weekly bar gig in Manhattan. I didn't know he was but did some quick research and agreed halfheartedly. He decided at the last minute not to come.
	12:14pm Fine Wine: didn't know WHO he was, that is.
	12:15pm JakeGould: @Hughie: Neil Simon doesn’t write about that stuff.
	12:15pm CTEmpress: Whoa @Fine Wine! Deffo Pokey
	12:15pm Vertual: I didn't know about Wiener-Dog until you brought it up...I'm going to have to check it out. Sounds interesting.
	12:18pm Ralphus: OK, I know this topic has been exhausted - but just to clarify that his cause of death was a heart attack. He did not die of an overdose. He was in a drug clinic and clean. Garcia’s weight problems, sleep apnea, heavy smoking, and diabetes is really what contributed to his physical decline.
	12:18pm Eddy in Australia: @JakeGould George Plimpton/The Paris Review?!
	12:19pm Hughie Considine: @Jake, the presence of a single opiate-addicted character (Shmuli?) would have made Brighton Beach Memoirs even better!
	12:19pm Dennis Diken: diggin’!
	12:19pm Hoboken Jack: Also diggin'! (Hey Dennis!)
	12:19pm Hughie Considine: @Hoboken Jack, was Wiener-Dog any good?
	12:20pm clarke: =Green Curry=
	12:20pm JakeGould: @Eddy: Nope. Stop gossiping.
	12:20pm Bill in W.O.: The Green thing...it's just inexplicable that he never got much traction. And now the music is kinda hard to find (band name doesn't help, but anyway).
	12:22pm clarke: Green was produced (mostly) by guys from Shoes - which is GREAT - but probably not commercially, Shoes were criminally ignored, too.
	12:22pm Michael Shelley: sorry - hard to weigh in... but, I cant help but think drugs contributed to Jerry's early demise
	12:22pm Hoboken Jack: Hughie, I thought it was pretty great. Terrific cast. If you hate it, I'll refund 1/3 of your rental fee.
	12:22pm Squints In Plymouth: Wow. The way this Rascals number started I thought was just an extension of the groove at the end of People Got To Be Free.
	12:24pm McGroovey: Green: this is good! I remember seeing Green records, and having no idea what they might sound like. I assumed they'd sound like like a B-grade grunge band (maybe I wasn't sure they weren't the same band as Green River?). And in the modern world, they're cursed by am ungooglable name, and there are millions of bands on discogs called Green. Not like Pancake Dipper XX124 Surprise.
	12:24pm Michael Shelley: SIP - I;ll bet that's how it originated
	12:25pm clarke: however, my theory falls apart, sorta, because i just remembered that MaterialIssue was produced by the Shoes guys, too.
	12:25pm scuzfink1: I don't know if you can, but Pokey's "Fuck me up." Is a favorite of my wife and me and I think would be appreciated by my fellow already appreciative audience. I have been a listener since forever. Keep up the great work.
	12:26pm Frank In Queens: @sqints, I shared the same though about that Rascals tune.
	12:26pm Hughie Considine: Thanks, @HJ. As a huge fan of Dawn Wiener, her struggles and triumphs, I'm sure that won't be necessary.
	12:27pm Dennis Diken: Felix played bass pedals on B3 for live shows (and on some records?)
	12:28pm Bill in W.O.: I went to Pokey LF's website because I wasn't aware that he had new music, and the bio was kinda intriguing in what it did and didn't say.
	12:29pm Michael Shelley: Interesting person for sure
	12:29pm clarke: yes, some of the sides have foot-pedal bass on them
	12:29pm Hughie Considine: I recall Bob Brainen pronouncing it Joe "Za-vee-noo" -- anyone?
	12:29pm Zydeco Phil: This shit is bananas Michael
	12:29pm CTEmpress: Larry and Johnny: unbeatable!
	12:30pm Zydeco Phil: So soulful
	12:30pm phat: lord! there are lyrics to Mercy Mercy Mercy? how did I not know this?
	12:30pm Don Gorden: Mike, thanks for turning me on to Charlie Crockett, not a big CW fan, but I dig this guy,10,00 acres, trinity river, thanks be safe
	12:30pm Mike Sin: All the Larry Williams / Johnny Guitar Watson combo-tracks are fantastic!
	12:30pm Hoboken Jack: There's a $10 near mint copy of the Green 2014 vinyl reissue on Discogs right now: Url: www.discogs.com... There was a $10 CD with bonus tracks but I just bought it :)
	12:30pm Fine Wine: Green's legacy somewhat tainted for me...just can't help it...because of what Ken Kurson would go on to become
	12:31pm Richard: And the cover of the Larry Williams & Johnny Watson album is great too.
	12:33pm clarke: well, if i held all of what someone does in their personal life against them, i may not listen to chuck berry etc
	12:33pm JakeGould: @FineWine: Had dealings with him back when I came back to NYC. My feelings are 1,000,000% the same.
	12:34pm Fine Wine: clarke: I hear you on Chuck Berry, Ike Turner, James Brown et al. Somehow this one's too raw and close to home.
	12:34pm Bill in W.O.: @FW...I had no idea...and he even monetized "Green." SMH.
	12:34pm clarke: if something is GOOD - gotta listen
	12:35pm clarke: it is hard for me to listen to NRBQ, these days, without feeling bitter -- but, i still do
	12:35pm Fine Wine: In theory, sure.
	12:36pm clarke: both
	12:36pm McGroovey: Nerves: This is best song the Zombies never wrote.
	12:37pm JakeGould: @Bill: And while our country is in chaos, he’s still on social media just showing off his guitars and related gear and posting old pics from back in the day of him in bands.
	12:37pm Frank In Queens: No such thing as a bad Nerves song.
	12:37pm Bill in W.O.: The Nerves EP - all #1 hits.
	12:37pm JakeGould: And enough of my gossiping. smacks self on hand
	12:37pm clarke: well there's NOTHING wrong with ignoring the bs of today!!!!
	12:38pm Joe B: @Finewine - thanks - was not aware of the connection to Green
	12:38pm Hughie Considine: Ken Nordine once joined the Grateful Dead in concert and added his inimitable voice to some jams.
	12:38pm Bill in W.O.: @JG - gotta trust in karma and pray for a November deliverance.
	12:40pm Pedro in Arlington: Journey just called, Mike. When touring resumes, they want Juniper to open. They love the new record.
	12:40pm JakeGould: @clarke: Nothing wrong with tuning out! Saying anything more would just be too gossipy, but just do a Google search on the name and figure it out for yourself.
	12:41pm Squints In Plymouth: "Please. Say no more."
	12:41pm clarke: i don't/won't do facebook - ETC
	12:41pm Vivi: Sandy is still alive! He lives in Boulder City, NV
	12:42pm clarke: yes, Sandy Nelson learned completely opposite foot playing
	12:42pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: 24 years ago today who paid for dinner?
	12:43pm Hoboken Jack: TOPT: ha!!
	12:43pm clarke: D-Day!! (from animal house)
	12:43pm Frank In Queens: We went the homemade ice cream route for this week's treat. Too damn hot for baking.
	12:44pm Hughie Considine: @Clarke, I just finished Julian Cope's first two books and he talks about watching Animal House on endless repeat. Drugs were involved.
	12:45pm paul: From allmusic.com: Near the end of 1963, Nelson was involved in a serious motorcycle accident that necessitated amputation of his right foot and part of his leg.
	12:45pm clarke: ha ha - how are those books??
	12:45pm DG: Clarke----because of the "new" band? Yeah, it bothers me that they're still calling themselves that, even though it's Terry & 3 "new" guys. Don't know what happened (I'm friends w/Johnny S. on FB & every so often he posts a thinly-veiled comment about it). That said, I saw them w/Al Anderson (a few times) & then w/Johnny S. & they were great.
	12:46pm Hughie Considine: @Clarke, the books are fantastic. Cope is a true polymath, a great writer, and has so many stories to tell. I heartily recommend.
	12:47pm Jordon: ToddO' he tried to pay, but I insisted we split it. I was unsure how deep I wanted to get with this guy. Turns out, real deep. :)
	12:48pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Jordon: You are never anything less than a class act.
	12:49pm Steve Harsh: Great show as always, thank you Michael, Juniper and FMU crew!
	12:49pm clarke: well, i don't wanna start a whole thread here, but in a nutshell: joey was/is DEVASTATED that the name got stolen out from under him. that's the nutshell. everyone thinks that just bcuz joey has not weighed in in public, that he is fine with things - HE IS NOT!! it has really caused major problems for him.
	12:49pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: I think me and Michael are among the few who liked The Like.
	12:49pm Joe B: re NRBQ - I find it hard to be bothered that Terry plays under the banner for a band that has undergone so many lineup changes
	12:50pm clarke: see above - i wouldn't care if it were ME. but, we are not joey.
	12:50pm Michael Shelley: that was album of the year!
	12:50pm JakeGould: @BillinWO: Karma is a wonderful thing!
	12:53pm juniper: Link to muffin recipe! https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/apple-crumb-coffee-cakes
	12:53pm KevinfromBayRidge: Thanks to you and Juniper for another great Studio B- show.
	12:53pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks, Michael. I have live music from Brendan Benson and Pearl Charles and Michael Rault (the latter two performing together).
	12:54pm Corey: Thanks Michael for today's great show! And thanks Ken and all responsible for keeping WFMU live. An inspired idea in some at times uninspiring times!
	12:54pm Joe B: looking forward to hearing George McCrae!
	12:54pm clarke: i'll be there, man!
	12:54pm Squints In Plymouth: I held out on seeing the Terry-and-ringers Q for a long time. Broke down in 2017 when they came to town and they were fine. Still miss Joey playing out although I get to see Johnny's current band (going as Spampinato Brothers despite Joey being pretty inactive since battling cancer) and his other band the Incredible Casuals out of the Cape (although the ICs might or might not be done).
	12:54pm Dennis Diken: Sandy Nelson’s style was highlighted by riding the snare instead of a cymbal or high hat, much like Earl Palmer, who he idolized
	12:55pm Hoboken Jack: Hey Kevin, hey juniper!!
	12:55pm Hughie Considine: The video for "The One" is well worth catching -- Michael plays a preening Jagger to perfection. Thanks Michael!!
	12:55pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Peter Holsapple hates "Rock Your Baby" by George McRae and blames it for at least one automobile accident he was in.
	12:55pm George F.: Love love love the Twigs
	12:55pm JakeGould: @Kevin: Hey there buddy! How you doing on your side of Bay Ridge? I hear someone put up anti-Chinese flyers around 86th Street this weeks. Seems like a-holes are taking advantage of the protests to sneak their garbage in. Remember, all public trash cans are not ion the street because of protests. Rip that crap down and just throw it through the nearest sewer grate.
	12:55pm clarke: johnny's new band is (now) called Value Kings
	12:56pm Hughie Considine: I wonder how Chris Stamey feels about "Rock Your Baby."
	12:56pm Squints In Plymouth: Rock Your Baby rules.
	12:56pm listener 126464: Thank you Michael, associate producer Juniper, FMU crew.
	12:56pm DG: Clarke: that's terrible, had a feeling it was something like that. Haven't seen the band since '03 or so (when Johnny was in the band)....hope Joey's doing better.
	12:56pm Hoboken Jack: Great show, Michael, thank you, and happy anniversary to you and Jordon!!
	12:57pm JakeGould: Thanks Michael!
	12:57pm Dominick: With my nickel, I buy my own hotel!
	12:57pm Frank In Queens: Where does the time go? Nice show Michael!
	12:58pm Bill in W.O.: Enjoyed the show, Michael. Thanks.
	12:58pm clarke: joey is fighting the fight. he is one STRONG mutha!! he's still just so bummed, tho
	12:58pm Joe B: great show as always Michael
	12:58pm clarke: thanks for the entertainment - ah ha ha!! good nite!! BOOM.
	12:58pm Otis Fodder: Thanks Michael, super nice to tune in today. + Thanks for Juniper, CD arrived last week, yay!!
	12:59pm Vertual: Thanks for starting my weekend on all the right notes Michael and Juniper
	1:00pm Edward: Whoa Michael, that thing you just said about everyone having a nickel’s worth of talent and it’s what you do with your nickel? I just wrote that down in my sketchbook. Thanks.
	1:00pm Squints In Plymouth: Now to go to the cursed Wendy's and expropriate some beef.
	1:00pm Kennedy: Thanks Michael- great kick-off for the day!
	1:01pm P-90: Thanks, Michael!
	9:45pm Bob: The first concert I ever saw was Journey with the Greg Kihn Band in Detroit in 82.' If only the worst music on the radio today was half as good as Journey. Where do you weigh in on the did Jim Ford write or cowrite Ode To Billy Joe debate?
	4:28pm Josh: The best recent Pretenders song is "Boots of Chinese Plastic"

Michael Shelley: Playlist from June 6, 2020

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Chuck Berry	Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Aretha Franklin	Accentuate The Positive
Pretenders	The Buzz "The Buzz" by "Pretenders"
Terry Dean & the Nitebeats	If I Can
Piggies, The	Love Letters "Love Letters" by "Piggies, The"
Otis Rush	My Old Lady "My Old Lady" by "Otis Rush"
Owen Gray	Candita "Candita" by "Owen Gray"
Yo La Tengo	I Saw The Light "I Saw The Light" by "Yo La Tengo"
Beach Boys, The	Even Steven "Even Steven" by "Beach Boys, The"
Ronnie Dawson	I Make The Love "I Make The Love" by "Ronnie Dawson"
Little Richard	Bama Lama Bama Loo
Above, THe	Didn't I Blow Your Mind (This Time)
Archies, The	Don't Touch My Guitar
Cactus Blossoms, The	Change Your Ways Or Die
Swamp Dogg	Sleeping Without You Is A Dragg
Erma Franklin	Don't Blame Me "Don't Blame Me" by "Erma Franklin"
Freedy Johnston	On The Way Out "On The Way Out" by "Freedy Johnston"
Glad	Pickin' Up the Pieces "Pickin' Up the Pieces" by "Glad"
Pokey LaFarge	End of My Rope "End of My Rope" by "Pokey LaFarge"
Johnny Nash & Kim Weston	The Letter
Green	Cury Your Favor "Cury Your Favor" by "Green"
Rascals, The	Any Dance Will Do "Any Dance Will Do" by "Rascals, The"
Charley Crockett	Welcome To Hard Times
Larry Williams and Johnny Guitar Watson	Mercy Mercy Mercy
Lord Brynner And The Shieks	Teach The Ska
Nerves, The ‎	When You Find Out
Ken Nordine	Olive "Olive" by "Ken Nordine"
Sandy Nelson	Drums Along The Strip
Jim Ford	Under Construction "Under Construction" by "Jim Ford"
Earl Hooker	Hold On I'm Coming "Hold On I'm Coming" by "Earl Hooker"
Like, The	He's Not A Boy "He's Not A Boy" by "Like, The"
Fountains Of Wayne	Baby I've Changed
Lemon Twigs, The	The One "The One" by "Lemon Twigs, The"
Brendan Benson	Richest Man "Richest Man" by "Brendan Benson"

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Listener comments!
	11:00am Listener Baby: You are going to run me over!!!! Good morning!!
	11:02am Michael Shelley: Get outta the way Baby!
	11:02am Handy Haversack: Clemenza! Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. Hey, Michael and all the Shellesters!
	11:03am Farmer Rye in Santa Cruz: hey all you shelliacs
	11:04am myron feld: I never understood why Chuck sang "2-3 the count" in the Jackie Robinson verse instead of "3-2 the count." Maybe he just didn't know baseball.
	11:04am Frank In Queens: Good start!
	11:04am Michael Shelley: Hey Farmer - is that where The Ofice bar is?
	11:08am Therese: Hi Michael! I think you were right to listen to Aretha’s voice in your head.
	11:09am Frank In Queens: You're assuming The Pretenders are headlining? I mean, THEY SHOULD be headlining, but ....
	11:09am Listener Baby: So happy to see those "actual" sparkling wine glasses, Baby. what's gotten in to you kids these days?
	11:10am Therese: Frank makes a fair point...
	11:10am Webhamster Henry: This is so Pretendery!
	11:10am Chop Scott: Good Morning Michael!
	11:10am Frank In Queens: For a second there, I thought that label read "Wine Of The Hairy Chest"!
	11:10am Listener Baby: That too, Frank.
	11:11am Moammar: Good week for some Curtis Mayfield.
	11:12am listener 126464: Too funny. Hi Michael, everyone.
	11:13am Peter from Dover NJ: Hey Michael. Although Juniper said she wanted to see Journey, she also said she wouldn't pay to see them. I'd call that a win.
	11:13am Jimmy Wipper: I heard Journey was the artist of the month! Do I win?!?!
	11:16am Corey: Morning Michael and listeners! Nice to join you all.
	11:17am Farmer Rye in Santa Cruz: Michael, sorry i don’t understand your question. killer selections tho. i’m def down for journey too as a part of felder nations it’s my duty to amplify butt rock
	11:17am JakeGould: Good morning Michael!
	11:18am Farmer Rye in Santa Cruz: are you talking about the bar called the office. that’s 30 min from me. never heard of it.. should i?
	11:19am Joe B: hey Michael and friends
	11:20am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning Michael, Shelleys, Ruth, Champ and all.
	11:20am Michael Shelley: FRISC - "I swear, I was at The office"
	11:20am Handy Haversack: Hey, Corey, Joe B, Greg!
	11:20am Listener Baby: No, but close, Baby. Intestinal yeast condition. Nasty stuff.
	11:21am tim from Champaign (now washington): Hi Michael and everyone! Today is my daughter Frances’s 4th birthday. Keep the #1 Hits coming.
	11:21am Frank In Queens: Hiya Joe!
	11:21am Listener Baby: Moe's Alley in SC, Baby?
	11:21am Frank In Queens: Oh and Handy too! Also Baby! Also, all!
	11:22am Listener Baby: Hi Frank!!
	11:22am Corey: Hey Handy!
	11:22am Farmer Rye in Santa Cruz: baby: oh yeah moes alley many great shows
	11:24am Joe B: I missed the Journey comment, but I did see them in high school, they were pretty good. Guess that passes for a controversial statement these days!
	11:24am Farmer Rye in Santa Cruz: seun kuti and egypt 80 (felas band)was prob my favorite show there
	11:24am Handy Haversack: Frank! We were going to actually go to Queens yesterday -- we haven't been since March 15! And it's a ten-minute walk! We were thinking either Queensbridge Park or the courthouse. In the end, we did a ton of promotion work and then collapsed. Long days! It was also our twenty-first(!!) anniversary. Celebrate by e-mailing all day and listening to WFMU --it's traditional! Getting my stuff together to go out and build some racks down by the creek now.
	11:25am phat: I always tell myself this Rundgren song is Carl King. My first impression of the song was that it had to be her and it sticks with me. come to find out it was "inspired" by her.
	11:26am phat: carol
	11:26am Joe B: re Brian Wilson - the second song her performed, Love and Mercy, was GREAT. I found it very moving. guess it was online only.
	11:27am Frank In Queens: Handy, that part of Queens is near where I work. Haven't been there since mid-March, but I'll be returning in a limited capacity starting 6/15. Mixed feelings about that...
	11:27am mike east: I totally used to think it was carol king. I think it wasn’t til I got super hits of the 70’s that I found out it wasn’t
	11:27am Farmer Rye in Santa Cruz: i’d like to visit brian wilson’s brain
	11:29am Webhamster Henry: WFMU Occasional Guest DJ & Smithereen Dennis Diken does a good version of this, available on the Loser's Lounge Brian Wilson CD.
	11:29am phat: this Wilson song is amazing.
	11:31am Webhamster Henry: Michael: as a Henry, I approve your daughter's new album.
	11:31am kpx: I'd like to hear a collaboration between Brian Wilson and Carole King.
	11:32am Handy Haversack: Frank, yeah, I can definitely imagine. We haven't even been brave enough to walk over the Pulaski -- until we were in a big, masked crowd the other night and decided, well, we're doing all we can. OK! Heading down to the creek. Sorry to miss the rest of the show (and Rex! and Todd!). Have a good weekend, everyone. Sounds great, Michael and Juniper. Glad to chat with you yesterday, Michael. A lot of time trying to figure out what we all feel and what we all should do -- yeah. Excited for to have the album, Juniper!
	11:33am gideonsimpson: You guys get hate mail? Please start posting a "best of" on the website
	11:34am Pedro in Arlington: Glad Brian knows the value of letting people simply see him at home, at a piano. If he gets money for that, can't be much. He and his family are just sharing a bit of reassurance that he's still with us. Especially now. Live and Mercy sounded a bit stronger.
	11:35am bobo: Just curious. How did Garcia glorify drug use? Also, couldn't the same be said of almost all or very many other rock bands?
	11:36am Groucho Marx: Whatever it is, I'm Against It!
	11:37am Ralphus: I think chain smoking unfiltered cigarettes his whole life had more to do with Jerry Garcia’s death.
	11:37am Sean d: Chocolate peanutbutter ice cream rules!
	11:38am Otis Fodder: Hi Michael, greetings from Sunny Montreal. Hello all too and waving hey Henry!
	11:38am JakeGould: @Micheal: Don’t fall for purity trolls that imply you hate X because you process like of Y. Keep on keeping on. And even I will say “Apologies…” if some of my comments in the past here were too heavy or anger filled.
	11:39am JakeGould: “…PROFESS like of Y.” Stupid sexy spellcheck.
	11:39am Joe B: Garcia on LSD: For me it was a profoundly life changing experience. It has a lot to do with where I am now and why I’m here and why I do what I do and it all fits in and it was all happening as I was making the decisions to become who I am, you know what I mean? So it all steered me directly into this place.
	11:39am mike east: So is strawberry or vanilla your favorite, Michael? The people must know!
	11:39am Farmer Rye in Santa Cruz: a professor of mine was the dead’s road manager during the 80s and said at the end jerry was as addicted to wendy’s double cheeseburgers as he was to heroin. pigpen was that bands soul imo. thanks for sharing your journey michael.
	11:40am Hughie Considine: Ralphus, smoking heroin for years doesn't do a body much good. Oh, and he had terrible eating habits to boot. Clearly it all added up and his body gave out.
	11:40am Sammyboy: First time posting because after that commentary, I never realized that Michael Shelley and I are the same person.
	11:41am phat: Holy crap! Garcia was only 53 when he died. Glad I quit doing that stuff.
	11:41am juan: Bama Lama Bama Loo and Poor Boy Paul are my favorite Little Richard songs
	11:41am Hoboken Jack: Top of the morning (bottom, whatevs) Michael, Baby, Joe, Therese, Greg, Frank, Handy, 126464, all. Bama lama, bama lu.
	11:41am Hughie Considine: Yep, Wendy's burgers'll kill ya, @Phat
	11:42am bobo: @Joe B. So is that glorifying drug use in your opinion? I agree with his sentiments in that quote but don't see it as glorifying statement.
	11:42am Squints In Plymouth: If peeps don't like something I like, it just means more for me. Lovey dovey. Although If you like Peeps, whatiswrongwitchoo? 8^)
	11:43am Hoboken Jack: Hey Frank, Michael Shelley is playing The Above on WFMU right now
	11:43am Joe B: sure. at the time he said it, 1989, the Dead were at their most popular. Famous, legendary rock star. and he himself says he wouldn't have gotten there without it.
	11:44am Squints In Plymouth: Mmmmmm. Wendy's doubles with just cheese and bacon. Daggone. Now I'm hungry.
	11:44am Hughie Considine: There's a difference between glorifying drug use and saying that drugs had a profound effect in one's life. To me, Tune in, turn on, drop out -- that's glorifying drug use.
	11:44am listener 126464: Cheers Jack!
	11:45am Frank In Queens: I miss them too. They're on extended hiatus...
	11:45am Hughie Considine: Wendy's just a gave shitload of $ to DJT. F them.
	11:46am JakeGould: @Hughie: It depends on where you grew up. Where I grew up anything past getting drunk was considered a road to being a homeless junkie. Puff a joint? Boom You are a lowlife or going to drop out of school to be a hoodlum or a hooker.
	11:46am Joe B: "There's a difference between glorifying drug use and saying that drugs had a profound effect in one's life." I disagree. I am not knocking the Dead or Garcia. i find it ridiculous to say that they did not glorify drugs. they embraced their being identified with LSD. it made their career.
	11:47am Hughie Considine: @Joe, I was referring to that one statement. Sure, in totality, they did.
	11:48am Frank In Queens: Hi Jack! I heard. Haven't heard that tune in ages.
	11:50am Hubig Pie: Thelonious Monk once asked for another tab of acid cuz he said it was'nt making too much of a difference. It's true, I heard it on the radio.
	11:51am Joe B: Maybe that wasn't the best example, just one I thought of off the top of my head. Obviously they did, which makes the idea of taking umbrage at that notion, to me, disingenuous
	11:53am Hughie Considine: No umbrage taken. I came in late, saw the statement in question, and didn't quite see it as glorification. Shades of meaning. I get your point.
	11:54am Vertual: There are some acts that I just can't warm up to. I'll give something a chance after hearing Michael (and other FMU DJ's)play them and I usually start looking them up and liking them. I gotta agree on Journey not being a fave. I heard they topped the NYC area's classic hit station's top whatever hundreds memorial day countdown. Ugh.
	11:55am bobo: @Joe: OK. I see your point. I just think many bands let a mythology build up around them...Ozzy biting heads off bats comes to mind. I don't think he glorified that behavior but he also didn't actively deny it. Glad to hear your thoughts on this Joe!
	11:55am Lisboner Pasc: Bloomin' marvellous show -- thanks Michael + skeleton crew! Portugal is singing.
	11:55am Joe B: @hughie - sorry, I meant to the previous commentor about Garcia. I'm sure Garcia wouldn't give a shit about my or MS's feelings about him
	11:55am Hughie Considine: @Jake, where did you grow up? I'm a Jersey boy c. mid-70s and drugs were everywhere. There was a lot of high-quality LSD at my high school, and as the father of two high school boys, I shudder to think about them taking hallucinogens. There was a profound lack of supervision, and the pro-drug 60s ethos was still in effect.
	11:56am Squints In Plymouth: Joe B, certainly not since 1995, anyway.
	11:57am Squints In Plymouth: Yeah. I was in HS from 1973-1977. With respect to the lack of supervision, it was a gloriously stupid time. Gloriously, I tells ya.
	11:58am Joe B: @bobo - just to be clear, was not disparaging Garcia
	11:58am Hughie Considine: Gotcha, @Joe. To me Garcia was a fascinating, deeply flawed person who never wanted to be sanctified or to be the main element driving the colossus that the Dead became. Ultimately like any hard drug user, he didn't care what anybody thought.
	11:59am bobo: @Joe...did not take it that way...all's good!
	12:01pm Eddy in Australia: @Michael You can't tell that story and not tell us what the cassette was!
	12:01pm Joe B: @Eddy - great point! I'll guess Greg Kihn Band
	12:02pm Joe B: @squints - yes good point!
	12:03pm JakeGould: @Jake: I grew up in Brooklyn. Brighton Beach in particular. Was a kid in the 1970s and there was this one area of the beach — near Manhattan Beach — we nicknamed “Bay Zero” (instead of Bay 1,2,3 etc…) and it was filled with burnouts. Just kids (mostly kids from Jewish backgrounds) who would just sit there and zonk out all the time. But by my teens, I heard that people from “the City” came out to Brighton Beach not just for the knishes and such but also for good, cheap heroin.
	12:03pm Eddy in Australia: D.I.V.O.R.C.E?
	12:03pm Marley P. Dogg: Hey moo hael - great show today! Hope you’re well!
	12:03pm Marley P. Dogg: *hello Michael
	12:03pm JakeGould: @Hughie… That was for you not for me! Haha!
	12:04pm Hoboken Jack: Two birthdays this week? Time is freaking flying.
	12:04pm Hughie Considine: @Jake, I figured! Somehow it's hard to imagine a bunch of Jewish burnouts! Who knew?
	12:04pm Colleen: She was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar....
	12:05pm Mister Dobalina: Congrats on the hallmark moments, M.S.
	12:06pm joe mulligan: I'm coming over for lunch right now! looks so good
	12:06pm suzyhotrod: I am working today, but I had to stop to check out this meal. Well done! Happy anniversary! I respect the butter choice over mayo.
	12:07pm Mister Dobalina: I would have done potato hotdog buns...but it all looks real good. Those onion rings look legit, going to see if I can find that brand at the super.
	12:07pm Squints In Plymouth: Joe B, except for hazing and the paddling which I assume were Texas-specific, Dazed And Confused was pretty much a documentary. As was The Sandlot.
	12:07pm listener 126464: making bongs in metal shop
	12:08pm Hughie Considine: You got that right, @Squints. The only other movie that truly evokes my junior high/high school experience in N.J. was Welcome to the Dollhouse, which really captured the Jersey vibe.
	12:08pm ?: hey'd i win?
	12:09pm clarke: they said i won
	12:09pm gene sculatti: Michael: Good pre-Eagles Timothy S here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkI21ZKpvbA
	12:09pm Squints In Plymouth: Hughie, I'm pretty sure Wiley Wiggins grew up to be Axl Rose and sing in Guns'n'Roses. I kid. Maybe.
	12:09pm Vertual: Welcome to the Dollhouse! Dawn Wiener is my hero.
	12:10pm Hoboken Jack: "Pickin' Up the Pieces" -- a No. 2 hit
	12:10pm JakeGould: @Hugie: Well, think secular Jews. I mean the whole East Village scene was there thanks to Jews. If you want to laugh, in 2001 I got a new job doing work for a magazine owned by a very rich and very, very old school Upper East Side guy. So we have the annual holiday party at his home on the Upper East Side. I’m nervous but soaking it all in: The guy was (passed away) rich but the apartment itself was a typical NYC book hoarder kinda place. So I am schmoozing with co-workers and mention I grew up in NY and say “Brighton Beach” and this person’s eyes bug out and says “Wait here!” and they run off… They bring back some guy and introduces me and says, “He grew up in Brighton Beach!” and he starts complimenting the neighborhood and then he starts gushing about how he and some friends rented out a house for a month to just sit around in and do heroin in and how the landlord and the neighborhood was so wonderful. Well, thanks buddy! Happy my childhood neighborhood was a great place for you and your friends to do rich kid slumming smack in.
	12:10pm Hughie Considine: @Squints, I thought Wiley Wiggins grew up to be Tim Lincecum.
	12:12pm Squints In Plymouth: Heh. "And we DON'T listen to THAT."
	12:12pm Hughie Considine: Ah yes, the Heroin Years ... tthat's gold, @Jake!
	12:12pm Mike Sin: Discovered that "Feelin' Glad" LP quite late (read: past 10 years), but I do enjoy quite a few tracks on it!
	12:12pm Hoboken Jack: Did you fellow Dollhouse fans see Wiener-Dog a few years back? I kinda loved it.
	12:12pm ?: Pokey LaFarge: new to me and WOW thanks!
	12:13pm Squints In Plymouth: Ooh. Ooh. Liking this Kim Weston number.
	12:14pm Fine Wine: Pokey's manager got in touch with me a few years ago to ask if he could DJ with me at my weekly bar gig in Manhattan. I didn't know he was but did some quick research and agreed halfheartedly. He decided at the last minute not to come.
	12:14pm Fine Wine: didn't know WHO he was, that is.
	12:15pm JakeGould: @Hughie: Neil Simon doesn’t write about that stuff.
	12:15pm CTEmpress: Whoa @Fine Wine! Deffo Pokey
	12:15pm Vertual: I didn't know about Wiener-Dog until you brought it up...I'm going to have to check it out. Sounds interesting.
	12:18pm Ralphus: OK, I know this topic has been exhausted - but just to clarify that his cause of death was a heart attack. He did not die of an overdose. He was in a drug clinic and clean. Garcia’s weight problems, sleep apnea, heavy smoking, and diabetes is really what contributed to his physical decline.
	12:18pm Eddy in Australia: @JakeGould George Plimpton/The Paris Review?!
	12:19pm Hughie Considine: @Jake, the presence of a single opiate-addicted character (Shmuli?) would have made Brighton Beach Memoirs even better!
	12:19pm Dennis Diken: diggin’!
	12:19pm Hoboken Jack: Also diggin'! (Hey Dennis!)
	12:19pm Hughie Considine: @Hoboken Jack, was Wiener-Dog any good?
	12:20pm clarke: =Green Curry=
	12:20pm JakeGould: @Eddy: Nope. Stop gossiping.
	12:20pm Bill in W.O.: The Green thing...it's just inexplicable that he never got much traction. And now the music is kinda hard to find (band name doesn't help, but anyway).
	12:22pm clarke: Green was produced (mostly) by guys from Shoes - which is GREAT - but probably not commercially, Shoes were criminally ignored, too.
	12:22pm Michael Shelley: sorry - hard to weigh in... but, I cant help but think drugs contributed to Jerry's early demise
	12:22pm Hoboken Jack: Hughie, I thought it was pretty great. Terrific cast. If you hate it, I'll refund 1/3 of your rental fee.
	12:22pm Squints In Plymouth: Wow. The way this Rascals number started I thought was just an extension of the groove at the end of People Got To Be Free.
	12:24pm McGroovey: Green: this is good! I remember seeing Green records, and having no idea what they might sound like. I assumed they'd sound like like a B-grade grunge band (maybe I wasn't sure they weren't the same band as Green River?). And in the modern world, they're cursed by am ungooglable name, and there are millions of bands on discogs called Green. Not like Pancake Dipper XX124 Surprise.
	12:24pm Michael Shelley: SIP - I;ll bet that's how it originated
	12:25pm clarke: however, my theory falls apart, sorta, because i just remembered that MaterialIssue was produced by the Shoes guys, too.
	12:25pm scuzfink1: I don't know if you can, but Pokey's "Fuck me up." Is a favorite of my wife and me and I think would be appreciated by my fellow already appreciative audience. I have been a listener since forever. Keep up the great work.
	12:26pm Frank In Queens: @sqints, I shared the same though about that Rascals tune.
	12:26pm Hughie Considine: Thanks, @HJ. As a huge fan of Dawn Wiener, her struggles and triumphs, I'm sure that won't be necessary.
	12:27pm Dennis Diken: Felix played bass pedals on B3 for live shows (and on some records?)
	12:28pm Bill in W.O.: I went to Pokey LF's website because I wasn't aware that he had new music, and the bio was kinda intriguing in what it did and didn't say.
	12:29pm Michael Shelley: Interesting person for sure
	12:29pm clarke: yes, some of the sides have foot-pedal bass on them
	12:29pm Hughie Considine: I recall Bob Brainen pronouncing it Joe "Za-vee-noo" -- anyone?
	12:29pm Zydeco Phil: This shit is bananas Michael
	12:29pm CTEmpress: Larry and Johnny: unbeatable!
	12:30pm Zydeco Phil: So soulful
	12:30pm phat: lord! there are lyrics to Mercy Mercy Mercy? how did I not know this?
	12:30pm Don Gorden: Mike, thanks for turning me on to Charlie Crockett, not a big CW fan, but I dig this guy,10,00 acres, trinity river, thanks be safe
	12:30pm Mike Sin: All the Larry Williams / Johnny Guitar Watson combo-tracks are fantastic!
	12:30pm Hoboken Jack: There's a $10 near mint copy of the Green 2014 vinyl reissue on Discogs right now: Url: www.discogs.com... There was a $10 CD with bonus tracks but I just bought it :)
	12:30pm Fine Wine: Green's legacy somewhat tainted for me...just can't help it...because of what Ken Kurson would go on to become
	12:31pm Richard: And the cover of the Larry Williams & Johnny Watson album is great too.
	12:33pm clarke: well, if i held all of what someone does in their personal life against them, i may not listen to chuck berry etc
	12:33pm JakeGould: @FineWine: Had dealings with him back when I came back to NYC. My feelings are 1,000,000% the same.
	12:34pm Fine Wine: clarke: I hear you on Chuck Berry, Ike Turner, James Brown et al. Somehow this one's too raw and close to home.
	12:34pm Bill in W.O.: @FW...I had no idea...and he even monetized "Green." SMH.
	12:34pm clarke: if something is GOOD - gotta listen
	12:35pm clarke: it is hard for me to listen to NRBQ, these days, without feeling bitter -- but, i still do
	12:35pm Fine Wine: In theory, sure.
	12:36pm clarke: both
	12:36pm McGroovey: Nerves: This is best song the Zombies never wrote.
	12:37pm JakeGould: @Bill: And while our country is in chaos, he’s still on social media just showing off his guitars and related gear and posting old pics from back in the day of him in bands.
	12:37pm Frank In Queens: No such thing as a bad Nerves song.
	12:37pm Bill in W.O.: The Nerves EP - all #1 hits.
	12:37pm JakeGould: And enough of my gossiping. smacks self on hand
	12:37pm clarke: well there's NOTHING wrong with ignoring the bs of today!!!!
	12:38pm Joe B: @Finewine - thanks - was not aware of the connection to Green
	12:38pm Hughie Considine: Ken Nordine once joined the Grateful Dead in concert and added his inimitable voice to some jams.
	12:38pm Bill in W.O.: @JG - gotta trust in karma and pray for a November deliverance.
	12:40pm Pedro in Arlington: Journey just called, Mike. When touring resumes, they want Juniper to open. They love the new record.
	12:40pm JakeGould: @clarke: Nothing wrong with tuning out! Saying anything more would just be too gossipy, but just do a Google search on the name and figure it out for yourself.
	12:41pm Squints In Plymouth: "Please. Say no more."
	12:41pm clarke: i don't/won't do facebook - ETC
	12:41pm Vivi: Sandy is still alive! He lives in Boulder City, NV
	12:42pm clarke: yes, Sandy Nelson learned completely opposite foot playing
	12:42pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: 24 years ago today who paid for dinner?
	12:43pm Hoboken Jack: TOPT: ha!!
	12:43pm clarke: D-Day!! (from animal house)
	12:43pm Frank In Queens: We went the homemade ice cream route for this week's treat. Too damn hot for baking.
	12:44pm Hughie Considine: @Clarke, I just finished Julian Cope's first two books and he talks about watching Animal House on endless repeat. Drugs were involved.
	12:45pm paul: From allmusic.com: Near the end of 1963, Nelson was involved in a serious motorcycle accident that necessitated amputation of his right foot and part of his leg.
	12:45pm clarke: ha ha - how are those books??
	12:45pm DG: Clarke----because of the "new" band? Yeah, it bothers me that they're still calling themselves that, even though it's Terry & 3 "new" guys. Don't know what happened (I'm friends w/Johnny S. on FB & every so often he posts a thinly-veiled comment about it). That said, I saw them w/Al Anderson (a few times) & then w/Johnny S. & they were great.
	12:46pm Hughie Considine: @Clarke, the books are fantastic. Cope is a true polymath, a great writer, and has so many stories to tell. I heartily recommend.
	12:47pm Jordon: ToddO' he tried to pay, but I insisted we split it. I was unsure how deep I wanted to get with this guy. Turns out, real deep. :)
	12:48pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Jordon: You are never anything less than a class act.
	12:49pm Steve Harsh: Great show as always, thank you Michael, Juniper and FMU crew!
	12:49pm clarke: well, i don't wanna start a whole thread here, but in a nutshell: joey was/is DEVASTATED that the name got stolen out from under him. that's the nutshell. everyone thinks that just bcuz joey has not weighed in in public, that he is fine with things - HE IS NOT!! it has really caused major problems for him.
	12:49pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: I think me and Michael are among the few who liked The Like.
	12:49pm Joe B: re NRBQ - I find it hard to be bothered that Terry plays under the banner for a band that has undergone so many lineup changes
	12:50pm clarke: see above - i wouldn't care if it were ME. but, we are not joey.
	12:50pm Michael Shelley: that was album of the year!
	12:50pm JakeGould: @BillinWO: Karma is a wonderful thing!
	12:53pm juniper: Link to muffin recipe! https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/apple-crumb-coffee-cakes
	12:53pm KevinfromBayRidge: Thanks to you and Juniper for another great Studio B- show.
	12:53pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks, Michael. I have live music from Brendan Benson and Pearl Charles and Michael Rault (the latter two performing together).
	12:54pm Corey: Thanks Michael for today's great show! And thanks Ken and all responsible for keeping WFMU live. An inspired idea in some at times uninspiring times!
	12:54pm Joe B: looking forward to hearing George McCrae!
	12:54pm clarke: i'll be there, man!
	12:54pm Squints In Plymouth: I held out on seeing the Terry-and-ringers Q for a long time. Broke down in 2017 when they came to town and they were fine. Still miss Joey playing out although I get to see Johnny's current band (going as Spampinato Brothers despite Joey being pretty inactive since battling cancer) and his other band the Incredible Casuals out of the Cape (although the ICs might or might not be done).
	12:54pm Dennis Diken: Sandy Nelson’s style was highlighted by riding the snare instead of a cymbal or high hat, much like Earl Palmer, who he idolized
	12:55pm Hoboken Jack: Hey Kevin, hey juniper!!
	12:55pm Hughie Considine: The video for "The One" is well worth catching -- Michael plays a preening Jagger to perfection. Thanks Michael!!
	12:55pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Peter Holsapple hates "Rock Your Baby" by George McRae and blames it for at least one automobile accident he was in.
	12:55pm George F.: Love love love the Twigs
	12:55pm JakeGould: @Kevin: Hey there buddy! How you doing on your side of Bay Ridge? I hear someone put up anti-Chinese flyers around 86th Street this weeks. Seems like a-holes are taking advantage of the protests to sneak their garbage in. Remember, all public trash cans are not ion the street because of protests. Rip that crap down and just throw it through the nearest sewer grate.
	12:55pm clarke: johnny's new band is (now) called Value Kings
	12:56pm Hughie Considine: I wonder how Chris Stamey feels about "Rock Your Baby."
	12:56pm Squints In Plymouth: Rock Your Baby rules.
	12:56pm listener 126464: Thank you Michael, associate producer Juniper, FMU crew.
	12:56pm DG: Clarke: that's terrible, had a feeling it was something like that. Haven't seen the band since '03 or so (when Johnny was in the band)....hope Joey's doing better.
	12:56pm Hoboken Jack: Great show, Michael, thank you, and happy anniversary to you and Jordon!!
	12:57pm JakeGould: Thanks Michael!
	12:57pm Dominick: With my nickel, I buy my own hotel!
	12:57pm Frank In Queens: Where does the time go? Nice show Michael!
	12:58pm Bill in W.O.: Enjoyed the show, Michael. Thanks.
	12:58pm clarke: joey is fighting the fight. he is one STRONG mutha!! he's still just so bummed, tho
	12:58pm Joe B: great show as always Michael
	12:58pm clarke: thanks for the entertainment - ah ha ha!! good nite!! BOOM.
	12:58pm Otis Fodder: Thanks Michael, super nice to tune in today. + Thanks for Juniper, CD arrived last week, yay!!
	12:59pm Vertual: Thanks for starting my weekend on all the right notes Michael and Juniper
	1:00pm Edward: Whoa Michael, that thing you just said about everyone having a nickel’s worth of talent and it’s what you do with your nickel? I just wrote that down in my sketchbook. Thanks.
	1:00pm Squints In Plymouth: Now to go to the cursed Wendy's and expropriate some beef.
	1:00pm Kennedy: Thanks Michael- great kick-off for the day!
	1:01pm P-90: Thanks, Michael!
	9:45pm Bob: The first concert I ever saw was Journey with the Greg Kihn Band in Detroit in 82.' If only the worst music on the radio today was half as good as Journey. Where do you weigh in on the did Jim Ford write or cowrite Ode To Billy Joe debate?
	4:28pm Josh: The best recent Pretenders song is "Boots of Chinese Plastic"

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