WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from March 4, 2017

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	♥ 11:02am Listener Baby: Baby!!! Good morning to you. Good morning to all of you people of great taste out there. Oh, and good morning Frank. Let's fire this this up. This is a very important day. Everyone, please contribute to this essential entity. We all love this thing called WFMU. Let all give a little. Thanks.
	♥ 11:03am Frank Above: Hahaha, Baby is always first! Good morning, Baby. Good morning Michael. Good morning everyone!
	♥ 11:03am Michael Shelley: Fundraiser starts tomorrow Baby - but I love the excitement!
	♥ 11:05am Listener Baby: Doh. Give anyway, goddammit. What is tomorrow, but another day. But I do feel a little foolish.
	11:06am glenn: howdy. and congratulations, new jersey, for leading the u.s. in percentage of population holding valid passports.
	11:08am Clarke: mawnin' all!! we have about an inch of snow on cape. unpredicted.
	♥ 11:09am Mailman Tom: I was disappointed by the Arrival, too. I thought the movie Hell or High Water was pretty great. A very interesting combination of Cops and Robbers, and Cowboys and Indians.
	11:09am Clarke: i am sure graboff on lap steel here??
	11:09am tranewreck: Love your music Michael, rarely agree with your film reviews.
	11:10am Steve G: Arrival was great! Time traveling octopus(es?) What's wrong with that?
	♥ 11:11am Listener Baby: @Steve G. You have a point there. What could go wrong with that unbeatable combo? Answer: EVERYTHING
	11:12am Clarke: i don't know anything about who won oscars, or for that matter any current events -- i would like to keep it that way. don't fill me in!! i am The Ostrich!! goo goo ga joob.
	♥ 11:13am myron feld: Michael, did you or any listeners attend the Soul Clap last night at Warsaw? A wildly good show, jam-packed with more stars than there are in heaven!
	11:14am Clarke: does that mean yo la tengo was there??
	♥ 11:16am myron feld: Clarke, sort of: 2/3 of YLT were dance judges.
	11:16am Clarke: nice!!
	♥ 11:17am Frank Above: Cheers to hydration!
	11:18am Clarke: frank above and beyond....
	11:19am glenn: first recorded by wynne stewart, if memory serves.
	♥ 11:20am Frank Above: way beyond
	11:21am Clarke: anyone watching that Sun Records show offa CMT?? it is okay - the locations and sets are wonderful... not sure about the acting....
	11:22am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: GeorgeMartin speculated that not only was Liverpool a seaport that got Murican rekkids even before London (the 'Cunnard Yanks') - but there was an AirForce base near there in WWII...& Lennon noted that before Rawkers there were Cowboys w/ Guitars - presumably via Movies?...BeauBrummels also blended C&W w/ Beatles pretty early, I think...@Clarke: I got cable so noted that in passing. I ain't even seen Soundbreaking yet...
	11:23am Clarke: also they allege that sam phillips was boffing marion (sp?) keisker (sp?) -- anyone confirm?? i haven't (yet) read the guralnick bio of sam...
	11:25am Clarke: in fact, it is a pretty explicit show, strangely.
	11:25am glenn: deny the allegations, and defy the alligators.
	11:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Crocodenial & the Allegegators...
	11:27am Clarke: colin escott is creative director - so it is pretty fairly well-done - but a bit too over-dramatic, like most 'television'
	11:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ✔
	11:30am Clarke: grammy loser is winner in my book
	♥ 11:31am Listener Baby: I think it would have been surreal for Robbie to have won a Grammy. Just another day in the upside down world. Maybe it's best he didn't?
	11:32am JakeGould: Hey folks! marathon starts tomorrow, but you can pledge now: pledge.wfmu.org...
	11:32am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: AwardShows get it right just enuff to squeak by & confuse the issue - more often in less commercial, less spotlighted categories.
	11:33am glenn: robby does a pretty good version of flowers in the dell, one of my favourite fred eaglesmith tunes. hint, hint.
	♥ 11:35am Listener Baby: @R-Rabbit You are correct. They throw crumbs every now and then. But it's clear what it's all about. They can't hide that fact.
	11:36am Clarke: but the 'charts' cannot reflect who gets the most listens. the voting for films is so political - awards shows jumped the shark long long ago...
	11:38am JakeGould: All modern sci-fi movies stink because they are all about some parenting issue being resolved by black holes and space.
	11:38am Clarke: what happened at the end of oscars? (in brief)
	♥ 11:39am Listener Baby: How much of Chris Cross do we get to meet?
	11:39am Clarke: i didn't mind The Martian, actually
	11:39am Mika: Idan Raichel Very popular Israeli / world artist
	♥ 11:40am David in ATL from NJ: So how much is the meet and greet w/Los Straitjackets?
	♥ 11:41am Mike Sin: re: business strategy The ol' Pareto Principle usually always applies -- 80% of your revenue comes from the 20% of your customers. In regard to customer relationships, most business ended up taking all their cues from the airline industry and their frequent-flyer programs.
	11:42am JakeGould: To be fair, “The Martian” does not fall into that category. So hey.
	♥ 11:43am Listener Baby: I wonder if they influenced Shoes, or the other way around? There is a thread to their sounds..
	11:43am Clarke: how so? i was surprised that i liked it.
	11:45am Clarke: shoes were around first in champaign - pezband was in chicago...
	♥ 11:46am Listener Baby: Just sonics, a similar cold, sterile kind of thing? Hard to put my finger on it, But when I hear Pez Band, Shoes always come to mind.
	11:48am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: My advice to Hollywood - esp. the SciFi makers: Take some of that $400mil - & hire one good starving Writer. Even truly great Directors too often lack a decent Writer. SciFi became ActionAdventure - a vaild Genre of its' own - but not about Ideas. It's Cops & Guns & ArmyRecruitment Ads in Space. Since there's now literally more FutureShock in one's plam device than one can comprehend - & the streets & industries have indeed become a survival epic - perhaps this is understandable... I adopted the term 'GuitarPop' for when the drummer is maybe not hyped enuff to call it 'PowerPop' ?...
	♥ 11:49am Mike Sin: re: Glad Many tracks from that 1968 LP seem to have that Paul Revere and the Raiders approach after some of the country influences seeped in.
	11:50am Clarke: EARLY paisley - yes. later: nooooo.
	11:51am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: (...*palm device...)
	♥ 11:51am Listener Baby: Great band name!
	11:53am Kevin: Michael, I think you would like a song called "Bandera Highway" by Rosie Flores.
	11:54am Clarke: i think kim's ability to program a drum machine gives her demos an edge that most don't have
	♥ 11:55am Michael Shelley: Thx kevin - will check it out!
	11:57am Clarke: they told me i won!!! rocktobah!!!!
	♥ 12:03pm Listener Baby: I bought this record Wild to hear it. The 80's were bad. It's true.
	12:04pm Clarke: but this is good bad!
	♥ 12:04pm Michael Shelley: I have it on 10" & 7"
	♥ 12:05pm Listener Baby: Yes. True.
	12:05pm Clarke: so these guys have a full album or just a single?
	12:06pm listener #126464: PIX Penthouse Party
	12:06pm Clarke: what is the rest of the 10-inch like??
	♥ 12:06pm Michael Shelley: they suck
	12:08pm Clarke: ha ha
	12:12pm Clarke: oh, he sounded like Otis Rush!!
	12:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...a regimen EricClapton was not processed thru...
	12:14pm Clarke: processed, flol
	12:14pm glenn: otis had better hair.
	12:14pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...perm came later...
	12:15pm Clarke: chuck chill - word!
	12:15pm Mike tp: I like Joe.
	12:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Jimi: ...'well - I wear my hair this way because it's the only way it looks good'...
	12:18pm miasma: Thank you for the music. The J. Hendrix tune, it's not on your playlist, I don't think?
	12:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @miasma: A sideman for the Isleys!
	12:19pm Clarke: jimi was on session with Isley Bros.
	12:20pm George in WO: Fun stuff as always, Michael!
	♥ 12:22pm Listener Baby: Pretty smooth, CD-wise, today Baby. Whatever you did, it's working great. Maybe I won't donate??
	♥ 12:23pm Mailman Tom: Rumored to have been the last song the Big Bopper performed before boarding the ill-fated plane.
	12:23pm miasma: Thanks. Two years ago, I found on line and tracked down a sax player who had busked with Jimi in Boston and/or NYC. They split up because the sax guy had a family and didn't want to go out of town with Jimi. In the interim, said sax player had addiction and spent time in jail. Now, a survivor, he plays small gigs around NYC. Saw him in a small dive in NJ, where he played along to tracks, with his wife running the equipment. He had great sound and facility - one could see why he and Jimi played together.
	12:27pm JakeGould: Yeah! You can pledge right here: pledge.wfmu.org...
	♥ 12:27pm Listener Baby: Is there anything that can be done, off-site, Baby?
	♥ 12:28pm Frank Above: Social media, Baby. Spread the word!
	♥ 12:28pm Listener Baby: Good idea.
	12:29pm glenn: moby grape.
	♥ 12:30pm Listener Baby: L-Spoonfull NRBQ CCR Beach oys.
	♥ 12:30pm Listener Baby: Boys
	12:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: BeachMen, bYRdS, Stooges...&?
	♥ 12:31pm Tommy in Neversink: Bruce Springsteen...2nd place
	♥ 12:31pm Listener Baby: Byrds!!
	♥ 12:31pm Frank Above: Great Q track!
	♥ 12:31pm Listener Baby: First ever with Tom
	12:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ArthurLee&Love, Elevators...
	♥ 12:32pm Listener Baby: Love!! what am I thinking??
	♥ 12:33pm Frank Above: I think to be considered the biggest "X" band, you either needed to have made a tremendous impact in a relatively short period of time or had significant longevity along with an above-average impact.
	♥ 12:33pm Listener Baby: We've produced some pretty amazing bands. Yay USA!!
	♥ 12:33pm Frank Above: Anyway, Michael's probably right in that it's the Beach Boys.
	12:33pm Nutley Sam: @Frank Above: Ramones and Ventures!
	12:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...oh...Velvet Someones?...slightly international...
	♥ 12:34pm Frank Above: Ramones are easily Top 5.
	♥ 12:34pm Listener Baby: Frank. Probably true. But A LOT of bad music produced by them. They don't dinged for that?
	12:34pm glenn: on the other hand, you've also produced a country run by whackaddodle lunatics.
	♥ 12:34pm ChrisB.: Re Meet & Greets for $$: I've seen John Doe a couple times at City Winery. He comes to the merch table, signs stuff, poses for photos, etc. No extra charge.
	12:34pm glenn: whackadoodle.
	♥ 12:35pm Frank Above: Baby, it's true. But their good VASTLY outweighs their bad.
	♥ 12:35pm Listener Baby: Top ten all time favorite, Baby. Thanks!! Sir Doug!!
	♥ 12:35pm Frank Above: Glenn, every country has their dark days. Unfortunately, these seem to be ours.
	♥ 12:35pm Listener Baby: Vastly it does. But it's there none the less.
	12:35pm JakeGould: As much as I like the Ramones, it’s only the first four albums that are worth much in the big picture.
	♥ 12:36pm Frank Above: Velvets could be up there too.
	♥ 12:36pm Frank Above: Jake, but the impact of those first four albums is tremendous!
	12:37pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: R-A-M-O-N-E-S - MC☆5 BrianWilson & Co. - they walloped TheBeatles & Wh♂ - the BestHarmonies - impossible to imagine Music w/out them. Ramones didn't make my Top20AlbumsEver - tho' they changed Everything.
	♥ 12:37pm Mailman Tom: There's a sucker born every minute
	♥ 12:38pm Frank Above: I think you'll get more bang for your buck paying $60 for Chris Cross than you would paying $700 to meet Sting.
	12:38pm JakeGould: @FrankAbove: Oh, I don’t deny that! Those first four albums are amazing! But past those I really can live without their attempts at pop-metal and such.
	12:38pm glenn: personally, i would rather drink my own blood than come within five miles of a sting concert.
	♥ 12:39pm Frank Above: I think the albums up to Pleasant Dreams are essential. I still like the ones after that, but it could be argued that they aren't nearly as important or good.
	12:39pm JakeGould: @glenn: My first concert was Sting. “Dream of the Blue Turtles” at Radio City. That was when you might convince yourself he was still passable.
	12:40pm glenn: my first concert was b.b. king. a bird pooped on my head.
	♥ 12:41pm Listener Baby: Baby.. We would be incorrect if we didn't include Los Lobos on that short list of the best we have.
	12:41pm glenn: an outdoors concert, i should mention.
	12:41pm JakeGould: Speaking of Joan Jett… First three albums with some extra weight on that first album.
	♥ 12:41pm ChrisB.: Further to the meet & greet experience: go see a band you like in a small venue. Chances are they're hanging around and would be glad to make your acquaintance.
	♥ 12:41pm Philthy woman: RIGHT ON, yes, you can be beautiful and old
	12:41pm glenn: los lobos is great, and also the loudest band i've ever seen.
	12:42pm Clarke: love me some early lobos; however, they are pretty much a jam band these dayz - ugh.
	♥ 12:42pm Michael Shelley: www1.pictures.zimbio.com...
	♥ 12:42pm Frank Above: Cheap Trick should at least be in the discussion, I think.
	12:43pm JakeGould: @FrankAbove: What? Of what point in their discography you can forget them?
	♥ 12:43pm Michael Shelley: Frank - did you watch that Live At Drylls House?
	12:44pm JakeGould: @MichaelShelley: To be fair, I’ve seen a lot of bad plastic surgery on people who want to defy age and Joan Jett seems like she’s just overly made-up and not overly cut-up.
	♥ 12:45pm Frank Above: Jake: Are we still talking Ramones or Cheap Trick?
	12:45pm DG: Los Lobos are definitely one of the great America bands. Saw them live many times; their version of "Crossroads" will make you think you're listneing to Cream. Then they'll do a traditional norteno, then a moody, slower piece, then a blues. Versatile & still great. (You listening, Hall of Fame?)
	12:45pm JakeGould: @FrankAbove: Cheap Trick. I think? Did Bun E. Carlos get a facelift?
	♥ 12:46pm Frank Above: Michael: whose performance?
	♥ 12:46pm Frank Above: Michael: Actually, it doesn't matter. I haven's seen any Daryl's House performances in a bit.
	12:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: What wigs me out is when people get the facelift & they all look the same - & not like themselves. Then - I suppose if it's successful, we might not even notice...
	♥ 12:47pm Michael Shelley: Frank www.youtube.com...
	♥ 12:48pm Frank Above: Jake: The first 5 albums are essential. After that it gets spotty. But I think they're in the conversation due to their longevity.
	♥ 12:48pm Frank Above: Thanks Michael!
	12:49pm DG: And yeah, the latter Ramones albums aren't as good, but they actually branched out beyond the 3-chord short songs, sometimes successfully. Case in point: "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" is great (as is much of "Animal Boy"), "Halfway to Sanity" too. Don't know that much after that, but the covers album ("Acid Eaters") is certainly not as good as it could have been.
	♥ 12:51pm Frank Above: Jake: To clarify, I put "Budokan" in the 5 essential list. In fact, it might be their most significant, because the true spirit of Cheap Trick is captured in their live performances. I don't think the studio recordings quite do them justice.
	12:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Quoth Someone: Having seen how much you can take out & still be Rawk'n'Roll - TheRamones now see how much you can put back in & still be TheRamones.
	12:53pm Clarke: i would say that Cheap Trick has made more consistent product than any other and stayed more true to their original sound than any other - aside from Beach Boys. speaking of demo's - anyone heard any of the Red Ant Demos from Cheap Trick?!? wow.
	♥ 12:54pm Frank Above: Thanks for the tip, Clarke. I'll check out those CT demos.
	12:55pm Clarke: oh man - frank!! there is some guy sharing the files online for red ant stuff...
	♥ 12:55pm Listener Baby: If you want to talk consistent. Los Lobos leads the pack? 35 years, no bad albums.
	12:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hm - maybe CheapTrick was too into JeffLynne...
	12:56pm Clarke: uhhh - i haven't heard any lobos of late that made me want to buy their product.
	♥ 12:56pm Frank Above: Clarke, I'll look it up. I've got some homework to do after Michael's show, so I'll add it to my list.
	12:57pm Clarke: i saw Lobos this past summer and walked out
	♥ 12:58pm Tommy in Neversink: Why would people applause this ?
	12:58pm Clarke: i would submit that once they lost louie perez on drums - they lost a LOT
	♥ 12:58pm Jimmy Wipper: Clams, nothing but clams.
	12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...the Jazz Police - they live inside of my head...
	♥ 12:58pm Tommy in Neversink: I play jazz and country...both are challenging in different ways
	12:59pm Clarke: no, i WON!!!!
	♥ 12:59pm Frank Above: I said you were right!
	1:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& there's CountrySwing inbetween - blah blah... - Thx MS !
	♥ 1:01pm JohnEBGood: Allman Brothers Band! Rock on Mike!!
	♥ 1:02pm JohnEBGood: Allman Brothers Band! Rock on Mike!!
	3:01pm Peter: Regarding "Move Over and Let Me Dance (pt 1)," Michael, how did you get the guitar so out in front in the mix like that? All I could find on Youtube, the 45s, were versions with Jimi buried so back you could barely hear his playing. Never heard that song before, so a thank-you.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside	Cage
Lazy Eggs	I'm A Clown "I'm A Clown" by "Lazy Eggs"
Laura Cantrell	It's A Heartache (from More Super Hits of the 70s!)
Little Milton	She Put a Spell on Me
Ernest Ranglin	Everybody's Talkin'
Alex Chilton	Let Me Get Close to You
Fabulous Beats, The	Above & Beyond
Country Cutups, The	Chug A Lug "Chug A Lug" by "Country Cutups, The"
LaVerne Baker	Batman To The Rescue
Sonny and the Sunsets	Heart Of Sadness
Spooner And The Spoons	Hey, So You Wanna Marry?
Robby Fulks & Joy Lynn White	Tupelo County Jail
Margie Hendrix	One Room Paradise "One Room Paradise" by "Margie Hendrix"
Nat King Cole	Just One of Those Things
Pezband	Fab Girlfriends "Fab Girlfriends" by "Pezband"
Glad	Sweet Melinda "Sweet Melinda" by "Glad"
Brad Paisley	Don't Breath "Don't Breath" by "Brad Paisley"
Junior Parker	Wait for Another Day
Muffs, The	The Best Time Around (demo)
Wayne Carson	Me And My Little Noise Maker
Bobby Bland	36-22-36 "36-22-36" by "Bobby Bland"
New Musik	Straight Lines "Straight Lines" by "New Musik"
John Buck Wilkin	Apartment 21 "Apartment 21" by "John Buck Wilkin"
Jerry Fuller	Don't Let Go "Don't Let Go" by "Jerry Fuller"
Isley Brothers, The	Move Over And Let Me Dance (pt1)
Jubilaries	Run Joe "Run Joe" by "Jubilaries"
Sprague Brothers, The	Right or Wrong
William Penn and the Quakers	California Sun
Big Bopper	White Lightnin’ "White Lightnin’" by "Big Bopper"
Betty Everett	Hound Dog "Hound Dog" by "Betty Everett"
NRBQ	That's Alright "That's Alright" by "NRBQ"
Sir Douglas Quintet	The Rains Came
Zebera	Wind Up Toy "Wind Up Toy" by "Zebera"
Joan Jett	Insecure "Insecure" by "Joan Jett"
Strangers, The	Take The Time "Take The Time" by "Strangers, The"
Dwight Yoakum	3 Pears "3 Pears" by "Dwight Yoakum"
McCoys, The	All I Really Want Do "All I Really Want Do" by "McCoys, The"
Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Comin' On
Crickets, The	He's Old Enough To Know Better
Buddy Rich	Not Exactly A Huge Fan Of Country Music...

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I love THESE Beach Boy videos!

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Listener comments!
	♥ 11:02am Listener Baby: Baby!!! Good morning to you. Good morning to all of you people of great taste out there. Oh, and good morning Frank. Let's fire this this up. This is a very important day. Everyone, please contribute to this essential entity. We all love this thing called WFMU. Let all give a little. Thanks.
	♥ 11:03am Frank Above: Hahaha, Baby is always first! Good morning, Baby. Good morning Michael. Good morning everyone!
	♥ 11:03am Michael Shelley: Fundraiser starts tomorrow Baby - but I love the excitement!
	♥ 11:05am Listener Baby: Doh. Give anyway, goddammit. What is tomorrow, but another day. But I do feel a little foolish.
	11:06am glenn: howdy. and congratulations, new jersey, for leading the u.s. in percentage of population holding valid passports.
	11:08am Clarke: mawnin' all!! we have about an inch of snow on cape. unpredicted.
	♥ 11:09am Mailman Tom: I was disappointed by the Arrival, too. I thought the movie Hell or High Water was pretty great. A very interesting combination of Cops and Robbers, and Cowboys and Indians.
	11:09am Clarke: i am sure graboff on lap steel here??
	11:09am tranewreck: Love your music Michael, rarely agree with your film reviews.
	11:10am Steve G: Arrival was great! Time traveling octopus(es?) What's wrong with that?
	♥ 11:11am Listener Baby: @Steve G. You have a point there. What could go wrong with that unbeatable combo? Answer: EVERYTHING
	11:12am Clarke: i don't know anything about who won oscars, or for that matter any current events -- i would like to keep it that way. don't fill me in!! i am The Ostrich!! goo goo ga joob.
	♥ 11:13am myron feld: Michael, did you or any listeners attend the Soul Clap last night at Warsaw? A wildly good show, jam-packed with more stars than there are in heaven!
	11:14am Clarke: does that mean yo la tengo was there??
	♥ 11:16am myron feld: Clarke, sort of: 2/3 of YLT were dance judges.
	11:16am Clarke: nice!!
	♥ 11:17am Frank Above: Cheers to hydration!
	11:18am Clarke: frank above and beyond....
	11:19am glenn: first recorded by wynne stewart, if memory serves.
	♥ 11:20am Frank Above: way beyond
	11:21am Clarke: anyone watching that Sun Records show offa CMT?? it is okay - the locations and sets are wonderful... not sure about the acting....
	11:22am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: GeorgeMartin speculated that not only was Liverpool a seaport that got Murican rekkids even before London (the 'Cunnard Yanks') - but there was an AirForce base near there in WWII...& Lennon noted that before Rawkers there were Cowboys w/ Guitars - presumably via Movies?...BeauBrummels also blended C&W w/ Beatles pretty early, I think...@Clarke: I got cable so noted that in passing. I ain't even seen Soundbreaking yet...
	11:23am Clarke: also they allege that sam phillips was boffing marion (sp?) keisker (sp?) -- anyone confirm?? i haven't (yet) read the guralnick bio of sam...
	11:25am Clarke: in fact, it is a pretty explicit show, strangely.
	11:25am glenn: deny the allegations, and defy the alligators.
	11:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Crocodenial & the Allegegators...
	11:27am Clarke: colin escott is creative director - so it is pretty fairly well-done - but a bit too over-dramatic, like most 'television'
	11:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ✔
	11:30am Clarke: grammy loser is winner in my book
	♥ 11:31am Listener Baby: I think it would have been surreal for Robbie to have won a Grammy. Just another day in the upside down world. Maybe it's best he didn't?
	11:32am JakeGould: Hey folks! marathon starts tomorrow, but you can pledge now: pledge.wfmu.org...
	11:32am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: AwardShows get it right just enuff to squeak by & confuse the issue - more often in less commercial, less spotlighted categories.
	11:33am glenn: robby does a pretty good version of flowers in the dell, one of my favourite fred eaglesmith tunes. hint, hint.
	♥ 11:35am Listener Baby: @R-Rabbit You are correct. They throw crumbs every now and then. But it's clear what it's all about. They can't hide that fact.
	11:36am Clarke: but the 'charts' cannot reflect who gets the most listens. the voting for films is so political - awards shows jumped the shark long long ago...
	11:38am JakeGould: All modern sci-fi movies stink because they are all about some parenting issue being resolved by black holes and space.
	11:38am Clarke: what happened at the end of oscars? (in brief)
	♥ 11:39am Listener Baby: How much of Chris Cross do we get to meet?
	11:39am Clarke: i didn't mind The Martian, actually
	11:39am Mika: Idan Raichel Very popular Israeli / world artist
	♥ 11:40am David in ATL from NJ: So how much is the meet and greet w/Los Straitjackets?
	♥ 11:41am Mike Sin: re: business strategy The ol' Pareto Principle usually always applies -- 80% of your revenue comes from the 20% of your customers. In regard to customer relationships, most business ended up taking all their cues from the airline industry and their frequent-flyer programs.
	11:42am JakeGould: To be fair, “The Martian” does not fall into that category. So hey.
	♥ 11:43am Listener Baby: I wonder if they influenced Shoes, or the other way around? There is a thread to their sounds..
	11:43am Clarke: how so? i was surprised that i liked it.
	11:45am Clarke: shoes were around first in champaign - pezband was in chicago...
	♥ 11:46am Listener Baby: Just sonics, a similar cold, sterile kind of thing? Hard to put my finger on it, But when I hear Pez Band, Shoes always come to mind.
	11:48am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: My advice to Hollywood - esp. the SciFi makers: Take some of that $400mil - & hire one good starving Writer. Even truly great Directors too often lack a decent Writer. SciFi became ActionAdventure - a vaild Genre of its' own - but not about Ideas. It's Cops & Guns & ArmyRecruitment Ads in Space. Since there's now literally more FutureShock in one's plam device than one can comprehend - & the streets & industries have indeed become a survival epic - perhaps this is understandable... I adopted the term 'GuitarPop' for when the drummer is maybe not hyped enuff to call it 'PowerPop' ?...
	♥ 11:49am Mike Sin: re: Glad Many tracks from that 1968 LP seem to have that Paul Revere and the Raiders approach after some of the country influences seeped in.
	11:50am Clarke: EARLY paisley - yes. later: nooooo.
	11:51am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: (...*palm device...)
	♥ 11:51am Listener Baby: Great band name!
	11:53am Kevin: Michael, I think you would like a song called "Bandera Highway" by Rosie Flores.
	11:54am Clarke: i think kim's ability to program a drum machine gives her demos an edge that most don't have
	♥ 11:55am Michael Shelley: Thx kevin - will check it out!
	11:57am Clarke: they told me i won!!! rocktobah!!!!
	♥ 12:03pm Listener Baby: I bought this record Wild to hear it. The 80's were bad. It's true.
	12:04pm Clarke: but this is good bad!
	♥ 12:04pm Michael Shelley: I have it on 10" & 7"
	♥ 12:05pm Listener Baby: Yes. True.
	12:05pm Clarke: so these guys have a full album or just a single?
	12:06pm listener #126464: PIX Penthouse Party
	12:06pm Clarke: what is the rest of the 10-inch like??
	♥ 12:06pm Michael Shelley: they suck
	12:08pm Clarke: ha ha
	12:12pm Clarke: oh, he sounded like Otis Rush!!
	12:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...a regimen EricClapton was not processed thru...
	12:14pm Clarke: processed, flol
	12:14pm glenn: otis had better hair.
	12:14pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...perm came later...
	12:15pm Clarke: chuck chill - word!
	12:15pm Mike tp: I like Joe.
	12:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Jimi: ...'well - I wear my hair this way because it's the only way it looks good'...
	12:18pm miasma: Thank you for the music. The J. Hendrix tune, it's not on your playlist, I don't think?
	12:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @miasma: A sideman for the Isleys!
	12:19pm Clarke: jimi was on session with Isley Bros.
	12:20pm George in WO: Fun stuff as always, Michael!
	♥ 12:22pm Listener Baby: Pretty smooth, CD-wise, today Baby. Whatever you did, it's working great. Maybe I won't donate??
	♥ 12:23pm Mailman Tom: Rumored to have been the last song the Big Bopper performed before boarding the ill-fated plane.
	12:23pm miasma: Thanks. Two years ago, I found on line and tracked down a sax player who had busked with Jimi in Boston and/or NYC. They split up because the sax guy had a family and didn't want to go out of town with Jimi. In the interim, said sax player had addiction and spent time in jail. Now, a survivor, he plays small gigs around NYC. Saw him in a small dive in NJ, where he played along to tracks, with his wife running the equipment. He had great sound and facility - one could see why he and Jimi played together.
	12:27pm JakeGould: Yeah! You can pledge right here: pledge.wfmu.org...
	♥ 12:27pm Listener Baby: Is there anything that can be done, off-site, Baby?
	♥ 12:28pm Frank Above: Social media, Baby. Spread the word!
	♥ 12:28pm Listener Baby: Good idea.
	12:29pm glenn: moby grape.
	♥ 12:30pm Listener Baby: L-Spoonfull NRBQ CCR Beach oys.
	♥ 12:30pm Listener Baby: Boys
	12:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: BeachMen, bYRdS, Stooges...&?
	♥ 12:31pm Tommy in Neversink: Bruce Springsteen...2nd place
	♥ 12:31pm Listener Baby: Byrds!!
	♥ 12:31pm Frank Above: Great Q track!
	♥ 12:31pm Listener Baby: First ever with Tom
	12:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ArthurLee&Love, Elevators...
	♥ 12:32pm Listener Baby: Love!! what am I thinking??
	♥ 12:33pm Frank Above: I think to be considered the biggest "X" band, you either needed to have made a tremendous impact in a relatively short period of time or had significant longevity along with an above-average impact.
	♥ 12:33pm Listener Baby: We've produced some pretty amazing bands. Yay USA!!
	♥ 12:33pm Frank Above: Anyway, Michael's probably right in that it's the Beach Boys.
	12:33pm Nutley Sam: @Frank Above: Ramones and Ventures!
	12:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...oh...Velvet Someones?...slightly international...
	♥ 12:34pm Frank Above: Ramones are easily Top 5.
	♥ 12:34pm Listener Baby: Frank. Probably true. But A LOT of bad music produced by them. They don't dinged for that?
	12:34pm glenn: on the other hand, you've also produced a country run by whackaddodle lunatics.
	♥ 12:34pm ChrisB.: Re Meet & Greets for $$: I've seen John Doe a couple times at City Winery. He comes to the merch table, signs stuff, poses for photos, etc. No extra charge.
	12:34pm glenn: whackadoodle.
	♥ 12:35pm Frank Above: Baby, it's true. But their good VASTLY outweighs their bad.
	♥ 12:35pm Listener Baby: Top ten all time favorite, Baby. Thanks!! Sir Doug!!
	♥ 12:35pm Frank Above: Glenn, every country has their dark days. Unfortunately, these seem to be ours.
	♥ 12:35pm Listener Baby: Vastly it does. But it's there none the less.
	12:35pm JakeGould: As much as I like the Ramones, it’s only the first four albums that are worth much in the big picture.
	♥ 12:36pm Frank Above: Velvets could be up there too.
	♥ 12:36pm Frank Above: Jake, but the impact of those first four albums is tremendous!
	12:37pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: R-A-M-O-N-E-S - MC☆5 BrianWilson & Co. - they walloped TheBeatles & Wh♂ - the BestHarmonies - impossible to imagine Music w/out them. Ramones didn't make my Top20AlbumsEver - tho' they changed Everything.
	♥ 12:37pm Mailman Tom: There's a sucker born every minute
	♥ 12:38pm Frank Above: I think you'll get more bang for your buck paying $60 for Chris Cross than you would paying $700 to meet Sting.
	12:38pm JakeGould: @FrankAbove: Oh, I don’t deny that! Those first four albums are amazing! But past those I really can live without their attempts at pop-metal and such.
	12:38pm glenn: personally, i would rather drink my own blood than come within five miles of a sting concert.
	♥ 12:39pm Frank Above: I think the albums up to Pleasant Dreams are essential. I still like the ones after that, but it could be argued that they aren't nearly as important or good.
	12:39pm JakeGould: @glenn: My first concert was Sting. “Dream of the Blue Turtles” at Radio City. That was when you might convince yourself he was still passable.
	12:40pm glenn: my first concert was b.b. king. a bird pooped on my head.
	♥ 12:41pm Listener Baby: Baby.. We would be incorrect if we didn't include Los Lobos on that short list of the best we have.
	12:41pm glenn: an outdoors concert, i should mention.
	12:41pm JakeGould: Speaking of Joan Jett… First three albums with some extra weight on that first album.
	♥ 12:41pm ChrisB.: Further to the meet & greet experience: go see a band you like in a small venue. Chances are they're hanging around and would be glad to make your acquaintance.
	♥ 12:41pm Philthy woman: RIGHT ON, yes, you can be beautiful and old
	12:41pm glenn: los lobos is great, and also the loudest band i've ever seen.
	12:42pm Clarke: love me some early lobos; however, they are pretty much a jam band these dayz - ugh.
	♥ 12:42pm Michael Shelley: www1.pictures.zimbio.com...
	♥ 12:42pm Frank Above: Cheap Trick should at least be in the discussion, I think.
	12:43pm JakeGould: @FrankAbove: What? Of what point in their discography you can forget them?
	♥ 12:43pm Michael Shelley: Frank - did you watch that Live At Drylls House?
	12:44pm JakeGould: @MichaelShelley: To be fair, I’ve seen a lot of bad plastic surgery on people who want to defy age and Joan Jett seems like she’s just overly made-up and not overly cut-up.
	♥ 12:45pm Frank Above: Jake: Are we still talking Ramones or Cheap Trick?
	12:45pm DG: Los Lobos are definitely one of the great America bands. Saw them live many times; their version of "Crossroads" will make you think you're listneing to Cream. Then they'll do a traditional norteno, then a moody, slower piece, then a blues. Versatile & still great. (You listening, Hall of Fame?)
	12:45pm JakeGould: @FrankAbove: Cheap Trick. I think? Did Bun E. Carlos get a facelift?
	♥ 12:46pm Frank Above: Michael: whose performance?
	♥ 12:46pm Frank Above: Michael: Actually, it doesn't matter. I haven's seen any Daryl's House performances in a bit.
	12:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: What wigs me out is when people get the facelift & they all look the same - & not like themselves. Then - I suppose if it's successful, we might not even notice...
	♥ 12:47pm Michael Shelley: Frank www.youtube.com...
	♥ 12:48pm Frank Above: Jake: The first 5 albums are essential. After that it gets spotty. But I think they're in the conversation due to their longevity.
	♥ 12:48pm Frank Above: Thanks Michael!
	12:49pm DG: And yeah, the latter Ramones albums aren't as good, but they actually branched out beyond the 3-chord short songs, sometimes successfully. Case in point: "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" is great (as is much of "Animal Boy"), "Halfway to Sanity" too. Don't know that much after that, but the covers album ("Acid Eaters") is certainly not as good as it could have been.
	♥ 12:51pm Frank Above: Jake: To clarify, I put "Budokan" in the 5 essential list. In fact, it might be their most significant, because the true spirit of Cheap Trick is captured in their live performances. I don't think the studio recordings quite do them justice.
	12:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Quoth Someone: Having seen how much you can take out & still be Rawk'n'Roll - TheRamones now see how much you can put back in & still be TheRamones.
	12:53pm Clarke: i would say that Cheap Trick has made more consistent product than any other and stayed more true to their original sound than any other - aside from Beach Boys. speaking of demo's - anyone heard any of the Red Ant Demos from Cheap Trick?!? wow.
	♥ 12:54pm Frank Above: Thanks for the tip, Clarke. I'll check out those CT demos.
	12:55pm Clarke: oh man - frank!! there is some guy sharing the files online for red ant stuff...
	♥ 12:55pm Listener Baby: If you want to talk consistent. Los Lobos leads the pack? 35 years, no bad albums.
	12:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hm - maybe CheapTrick was too into JeffLynne...
	12:56pm Clarke: uhhh - i haven't heard any lobos of late that made me want to buy their product.
	♥ 12:56pm Frank Above: Clarke, I'll look it up. I've got some homework to do after Michael's show, so I'll add it to my list.
	12:57pm Clarke: i saw Lobos this past summer and walked out
	♥ 12:58pm Tommy in Neversink: Why would people applause this ?
	12:58pm Clarke: i would submit that once they lost louie perez on drums - they lost a LOT
	♥ 12:58pm Jimmy Wipper: Clams, nothing but clams.
	12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...the Jazz Police - they live inside of my head...
	♥ 12:58pm Tommy in Neversink: I play jazz and country...both are challenging in different ways
	12:59pm Clarke: no, i WON!!!!
	♥ 12:59pm Frank Above: I said you were right!
	1:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& there's CountrySwing inbetween - blah blah... - Thx MS !
	♥ 1:01pm JohnEBGood: Allman Brothers Band! Rock on Mike!!
	♥ 1:02pm JohnEBGood: Allman Brothers Band! Rock on Mike!!
	3:01pm Peter: Regarding "Move Over and Let Me Dance (pt 1)," Michael, how did you get the guitar so out in front in the mix like that? All I could find on Youtube, the 45s, were versions with Jimi buried so back you could barely hear his playing. Never heard that song before, so a thank-you.

Michael Shelley: Playlist from March 4, 2017

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