WFMU RADIO: Give The Drummer Some 03/24/17

Listener comments!

♥ 8:53am annie:

good morning!!! wow, i'm the first?

♥ 8:55am Doug Schulkind:

Blue ribbon to annie!

8:57am thedunkel:

Good Morning Mr. Drummer!

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♥ 8:59am doctorjazz:

Hi Doug and Dougsterettes!

♥ 8:59am Doug Schulkind:

Hey, it's thedunkel!

🥁 ♥ 8:59am duke:

Good morning drumsters

9:00am Scraps:

hey h'lo

♥ 9:01am Doug Schulkind:

duke & Scraps! Scraps and duke!

♥ 9:01am Doug Schulkind:

Here's the scalpel, doctorjazz. Let's do this!

9:04am Listener Robert:

Is it just my setup or the way I'm handling it, or does the GTD stream off the context-dependent main WFMU page continue to play automated GTDS programming after the programs start? It's possible I just caused what I was getting to be buffered.

9:07am melinda:

Hi Doug and all!

♥ 9:11am Doug Schulkind:

Howdy, melinda! Greetings, Listener Robert!

@Listener Robert
The Drummer Stream plays a continuous flow of sem-automated sounds. When a live show comes on the stream, that sound source hooks in "downstream" from the continuous flow, which is still running behind it. If the connection of the live programming buffers, it could kick you back to the always running flow behind it. Does that answer your question?

9:12am Mr C:

A rock is my pillow/the cold ground is my bed/the Drummer is my home...I wish I..

♥ 9:13am Doug Schulkind:

Here's some moss for your rockpillow, Mr C!

9:14am thedunkel:

Hey Mr. Drummer - thanks and congrats on the marathon - btw I just discovered The Cool Blue Flame - wow - wow - wowzers - looking forward to the rest of the morning with you at the helm!

9:15am Gary:

Hey there! I'm phoning it in this morning

♥ 9:16am Doug Schulkind:

@thedunkel
The host of Cool Blue Flame is the fellow behind the incredible Office Naps music-sharing site: www.officenaps.com

♥ 9:17am Doug Schulkind:

Can you hear me now, Gary?!

9:19am Lore:

This Guitar Nubbit is such a killer, thanks.

9:20am thedunkel:

i need to grow more ears - Thanks Mr. Drummer!

♥ 9:21am Doug Schulkind:

Oh man it sure is, Lore. Kills me every danged time. Good morning!

♥ 9:24am Doug Schulkind:

Ear-growin' is my business, thedunkel. Just put some of this manure compost up in there and watch the magic happen!

9:26am Mr C:

Bluestown was a Boston record company owned by Skippy White,a record store entrepreneur. One I briefly worked for...

♥ 9:26am annie:

oh man the one housemate is on a roll this morning about Meet-up and its operation system.. as a technologically-challenged person, his ire is UP!!

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♥ 9:27am Jeff Golick:

Here.

♥ 9:27am Doug Schulkind:

In a few minutes, I'm going to share a curious observation concerning this Jessie Mae Hemphill track. Listen closely and see if you think it has merit.

♥ 9:28am Doug Schulkind:

Hear hear, Jeff Golick!

@Mr C
I want to bottle you and give you away as a marathon premium next year.

9:29am Listener Robert:

Thanks for the technical explanation. That means you have no need for the stalling tape the b'cast side uses when there's trouble.

♥ 9:30am Doug Schulkind:

@Listener Robert
We are a lean, mean, groovy music machine!

♥ 9:31am annie:

great tunes.. great tunes

♥ 9:31am Webhamster Henry:

Hi Commenteers! Thanks for Gving the Station Some!

9:32am still b/p:

I only went once to Skippy White's, with a gift certificate about 20 years ago, but in earlier years that logo face was a minor landmark in my Boston history.
"Just hum it."

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♥ 9:36am doctorjazz:

Mystery Train!

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♥ 9:37am Uncle Michael:

I hear Mystery Train too.

9:38am Gary:

I hear it

9:38am adrian in mpls:

I hear it too!

🥁 ♥ 9:38am βrian:

They're clearly doing thumping right.

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♥ 9:39am Artie Haywire:

I hear what you're saying, but dang, that's some kinda thing to hang on a singer. =]

♥ 9:40am Webhamster Henry:

I was just going to mention Dave D's excellent set!

♥ 9:41am Doug Schulkind:

Hey hey, adrian in mpls!
Ho ho, βrian!
Hee Hee, Artie Haywire!
Hmm hmm, Webhamster Henry!

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♥ 9:41am Alex In Illinois:

There is a John Hartford cover of Maybellene on some record called "Retrograss" that is credited to multiple artists.

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♥ 9:41am Andrew Waterloo:

Conway Twiity performing on a boat.. you don't say.

9:43am ken krimstein:

So happy to hear Conway. And to hear FMU killed it this year. Congratulations.

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♥ 9:47am Alex In Illinois:

To the United Nation!

9:48am Flash Strap:

good morning doug & glorious drummers!

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♥ 9:49am Uncle Paradiddle:

Thump, thump, thump...

♥ 9:49am Doug Schulkind:

Welcome aboard, Ken Krimstein! And you, too, Alex in Illinois and Flash von Strappe!

9:49am still b/p:

In a story about the many rock figures offering statements/tributes/tweets on Berry's death. I found it extremely weird when after including an Alice Cooper tweet, the reporter says parenthetically, "Cooper being well-known to some of us for this legendary cameo." Then had a link to a Wayne's World movie clip with Alice. I say WTF...Do they give prizes for tangents that are 99.9% irrelevant and 110% unsuited?

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9:50am still b/p:

That Twitter phrase there at the end of comment is just a poor stray. Don't pet it.

♥ 9:51am Doug Schulkind:

On a boat, for sure, Andrew WATERloo.

♥ 9:52am Doug Schulkind:

The death of journalism, still b/p.

Hallo, Uncle Paradiddle!

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♥ 9:52am Uncle Michael:

still b/p, we've had this conversation. CLEARLY, that's the author's only frame of reference for Alice, and the assumption i that's so for the readership. It's rather insulting and thoroughly shitty journalism. If there's an appropriate shorthand description, it's probably along the lines of "'70s shock-rocker". If a reader is curious about they, they can google.

9:54am Lewis:

good morning GTDS folks! and a hearty "Well Done!" to all!

♥ 9:55am Doug Schulkind:

You can say that again, Lewis!

♥ 9:56am Doug Schulkind:

@Alex in Illinois
I have that John Hartford record under a pile here somewhere.

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♥ 9:57am Uncle Michael:

That was a very Peddlers-esque "Around and Around"

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♥ 9:58am doctorjazz:

The Muldaurs, really like this track (never knew they released an album together before they split).

9:59am Gary:

Omg, I remember having this on record. Is this a conscious riffing off the Louie Louie lyrics?

♥ 9:59am annie:

i was watching "The Ballad of Jack and Rose" last night, such a great movie, i'd forgotten the soundtrack is most excellent, it includes some Dylan that fits very well in the mood of the film.

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♥ 9:59am doctorjazz:

I saw them both recently performing with The Jim Kweskin Jug Band (with John Sebastion), fun show.

♥ 10:00am Doug Schulkind:

When is your Louie Louie special happening, Gary?

10:01am still b/p:

Here's another recent frame-of-reference doozy. I say it's WILDLY incorrect and I was vexed and put out about it for a few days, bitching about it to bemused others:
"While cellphones have made photography commonplace today, few people owned cameras in the 1940s."
The writer...how could she...what is she...where would that....????

10:01am Gary:

April 5!

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♥ 10:04am Uncle Michael:

Breathe, still b/p.

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♥ 10:05am Jeff Golick:

@still b/p: I had to wipe off my monitor after the spit-take, on reading your last. So photography just became commonplace, then. Ok, got it.

All these amazing Chuck Berry shows/sets make me realize that what I don't know about music would fill the known universe, plus a little more.

♥ 10:05am GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO:

Gary Sullivan is presenting an amazing show of international Louie Louie covers on April 5. Point your mouses here: wfmu.org...

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♥ 10:05am doctorjazz:

This Chuck Berry track remimds me of Things I Used To Do.

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♥ 10:05am doctorjazz:

...and, there it is in the lyric.

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♥ 10:05am Uncle Michael:

"Grandma, did you own a camera when you were a kid?"

"No? Thanks."

10:06am Listener Gregory:

Is this Chuck Berry or Johnny Johnson??

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♥ 10:10am Alex In Illinois:

Johnny Johnson had a reputation for being a really nice guy around St. Louis in the latter part of his life.

10:11am Mr C:

What??!!??

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♥ 10:11am Jeff Golick:

That would be a PEE-mium, amirite??

♥ 10:14am Doug Schulkind:

@Listener Gregory
Are you suggesting that that Wee Wee was Johnny Johnson?

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♥ 10:14am doctorjazz:

Love Roswell Rudd!

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♥ 10:15am Uncle Michael:

The court rules that the statute of limitations has run out on that being Johnny.

♥ 10:15am Doug Schulkind:

Yes, WFMU once gave away as a premium a videocassette with footage of CB doing number 1 on some willing participants. I said they were underage, but actually I don't remember how young they were. I'm sure Google could clear this up in about 3.2 seconds.

♥ 10:17am Doug Schulkind:

Wikipedia says Johnny Johnson was in piano on Wee Wee Hours: en.wikipedia.org...

10:17am Listener Gregory:

Yes, "Wee Wee" seems piano-based and the vocal sounds more like Johnson to me (or even Charles Brown, though I don't think he ever backed Chuck). The record publisher may have "promoted" Berry from backup guitarist to leader.

♥ 10:17am Hugo:

Haven't I heard that one before (Maine)?

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♥ 10:17am Troy Wharf (formerly Brian in UK):

Doug, hello. Man, that Caesar Salad and beer was good.
New nomenclature, saw it as I was driving back on a road sign. Pop stardom will surely follow.

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♥ 10:18am doctorjazz:

The Dutch lable, Bhvaast, wonder how easy it is to find.

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♥ 10:19am Troy Wharf (formerly Brian in UK):

Hey Hugo, are the snows starting to melt yet.

♥ 10:19am Doug Schulkind:

You're gonna have Shrimp for dessert, Troy Wharf!

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♥ 10:20am Troy Wharf (formerly Brian in UK):

Wearing my best Crevette.

♥ 10:21am Doug Schulkind:

We all owe Hugo a huge huzzah for this Roswell Rudd music. I used to have an old MP3 of it in miserable condition. Almost unlistenable, but I played it on the air anyway. Then our man Hugo sent me a pristine copy.

THANK YOU, HUGO!

🥁 ♥ 10:21am βrian:

J'adore les crevettes ! Miam-miam.

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♥ 10:22am Troy Wharf (formerly Brian in UK):

@βrian Moi aussi.

♥ 10:23am Doug Schulkind:

@Listener Gregory
That version of Wee Wee Hours was released under Chuck Berry's name on the Bear Family collection Plug It In! Turn It Up! Electric Blues 1939-2005. That's where I have it from.

🥁 ♥ 10:23am βrian:

A leetle crushed pepper, a leetle garlic, a spreenkle of lime juice overtop. Mmm.

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♥ 10:24am Andrew Waterloo:

wow, this is funky

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♥ 10:25am Troy Wharf (formerly Brian in UK):

Funky & Relentless.

♥ 10:25am Little Danny:

Good morning Doug 'n' all

10:25am still b/p:

Oh, dear, inadvertently found local role in Roswell's life map: "After being denied tenure at the University of Maine in Augusta, Rudd moved..."

♥ 10:26am Doug Schulkind:

Roswell Rudd ~ trombone
Hans Dulfer ~ tenor sax
Arjen Gorter ~ bass
Martin van Duynhoven ~ drums

♥ 10:26am Hugo:

It comes through mighty fine on these computer loudspeakers. By the way, Doug, if you have some Hans Dulfer in your archives, I would be interested in hearing that. He's doing a splendid job on this track!

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♥ 10:28am Troy Wharf (formerly Brian in UK):

@βrian Cooked Cod in Tahini Sauce the other night. Tasty.

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♥ 10:28am Jeff Golick:

Dulfer could rock some bell-bottoms: www.discogs.com...

♥ 10:28am Doug Schulkind:

I must have more Hans Dulfer, Hugo. I know I have his record Candy Clouds (named, in part, for his daughter Candy who is also a saxophinst).

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♥ 10:29am doctorjazz:

Love that Rudd started out as a Dixieland player, then found free jazz.

♥ 10:29am Hugo:

And his daughter, Candy Dulfer, is a saxophonist, too!

♥ 10:30am Doug Schulkind:

Coming up next is one of the all-time most beloved songs ever played on Give the Drummer Some. It is played as a big warm sonic thank-you!

♥ 10:30am Doug Schulkind:

"Roswell Rudd" and "denied tenure" should never be allowed in the same sentence.

♥ 10:32am Doug Schulkind:

Shrimp Boats is one of the songs you never ever ever want to end.

♥ 10:34am annie:

drummer radio is an oasis, truly. with an open bar

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♥ 10:34am Andrew Waterloo:

this is really lowering my productivity :)

♥ 10:34am Webhamster Henry:

The same is true of Mickey Katz' Herring Boats Are Coming!
www.youtube.com...

♥ 10:34am melinda:

Nice Shrimp Boats.

10:35am thedunkel:

shrimp boats!

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♥ 10:36am Troy Wharf (formerly Brian in UK):

I still ponder the wonder of music heard on the radio and when you play it out of choice at home. Does it sound different when the DJ picks it out from seemingly nowhere to what you would choose. No idea but sometimes it sounds more shall I say vital or memorable. Heck, just listen.

♥ 10:36am Doug Schulkind:

I love you, Webhamster Henry.

10:36am ken krimstein:

Abdullah Ibrahim at Sweet Basil, so many times. Roswell Rudd and Steve Lacy at Columbia in Monk tribute concert. Uhhhh....

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♥ 10:37am Jeff Golick:

What @Andrew WATERloo said.

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♥ 10:37am doctorjazz:

Abdullah Ibrahim!!!
My kind of set!
Also saw him many times at Sweet Basil (took my wife to see him and Ekaya on our first date).

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♥ 10:38am Troy Wharf (formerly Brian in UK):

@Jeff
IT'S FRIDAY. As the man said.

♥ 10:38am Doug Schulkind:

@Troy Wharf (formerly Brain in UK)
I have so many records that sound SO much better when I hear them on my radio colleagues programs.

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♥ 10:40am Jeff Golick:

@Troy (formerly): So many men saying so many things...feh.

10:40am still b/p:

This is great and a smile-making contrast to the table-banging beat and rally-ishness of the old Jo Stafford popular version.

♥ 10:41am Doug Schulkind:

I had a love/hate relationship with Sweet Basil. Hate is too strong a word. I had a love/not love relationship with Sweet Basil. But yes, saw dozens of brilliant, memorable shows there.

10:41am Listener Gregory:

The Jazz Epistles are reuniting, with Ibrahim and Hugh Masakela (and other, non-original musicians). They're playing Town Hall in NYC on 4/27.

♥ 10:41am Little Danny:

Familiar music *always* sends better when heard spontaneously or in an unexpected musical context, or both.

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♥ 10:42am Troy Wharf (formerly Brian in UK):

eg I would never want to own Witchita Lineman by Glen Campbell because I could play it any time I wanted. But when I hear it on the radio every now and then the magic happens.

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♥ 10:43am Troy Wharf (formerly Brian in UK):

Whooo Hoooo.
Thanks, Doug.

10:43am ken krimstein:

Curated content, that comes at you in a stream, is magic. Especially when the wand is wielded by the likes of Doug and Drummer team.

10:45am Lewis:

The curation is so incredibly valuable!!

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♥ 10:47am Jeff Golick:

Wow, @Listener Gregory. That is pretty amazing. Thanks for the tip.

10:47am Lewis:

(and I think that it is soooo cool that we recognize it as such)

♥ 10:47am annie:

@ Troy Wharf: exactly, re: that "random" dj play as opposed to a deliberate set-on-the -turntable action.

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♥ 10:48am doctorjazz:

@Listener Gregory, WOW! I have to get to that show.

10:48am thedunkel:

Yo! JC representing!

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♥ 10:50am JtotheK:

good morning to you all.

10:51am Lewis:

fascinating... who is responsible for the tad of reverb in there?

♥ 10:52am Doug Schulkind:

Glad you were home to hear it, Mr. Wharf!

I some heartily reject the algorithm-driven streaming services that try to "learn" my preferences. Fuck you, algorithm-driven everythings!

♥ 10:53am Hugo:

Radio has always been a source of discovery (and inspiration). What you own you already know, so the the sense of discovery is obviously much weaker. One might think that one has heard a lot over the yerars. but the average WFMU playlist is at least 80 per cent completely unknown.

10:54am Lewis:

@ Doug = exactly - wfmu value is in the curves that you get thrown. like wichita lineman at exactly the right moment!

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♥ 10:55am Parq:

Hi. You're most welcome. Thank *you* and all of you.

🥁 ♥ 10:56am βrian:

And it's not just for humans. I can't tell you how many times my cat has looked the the speakers when WFMU was playing, clearly curious or astonished.

♥ 10:57am Doug Schulkind:

One (of many) things I love about WFMU: Hearing something familiar or, egads, popular is our subversive avant garde moment of expression. And yet it is has all the power of something familiar and popular. Very weird and powerful.

♥ 10:57am Doug Schulkind:

Howdy, Parq!

♥ 10:58am annie:

Radio: it's what's for breakfast...and lunch... and dinner

♥ 10:58am Doug Schulkind:

The SECOND greatest ever Hank Williams cover. (Al Green's cover of this song being the first.)

♥ 11:00am melinda:

@Doug: it's interesting to see the reactions to those subversive moments when the popular tunes are played. I didn't know the Doors could stir up so much controversy until I heard them played on FMU.

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♥ 11:01am Parq:

Just by the way, if people haven't heard McGinty and White doing Wichita Lineman, I heartily recommend it.

11:01am thedunkel:

!!! Peter Laughner !!!

♥ 11:02am Carmichael:

Heya Doug and drummers. It's payday!

♥ 11:02am Doug Schulkind:

Wait until you hear someone play the Grateful Dead, melinda.

♥ 11:02am Doug Schulkind:

Carmichael!

♥ 11:03am melinda:

There seem to be some closet Dead fans (or at least fans of one album or song) who come out of the woodwork.

11:04am Ramblin' Ray:

Better late than never...greetings one and all!

11:04am still b/p:

The terms for the large historical periods will be BC and AD and ADE (Algorithm Driven Everything).

Who are top five or ten Ritually Beaten groups/artists on FMU? Yes, ELP, Phil Collins, Eagles, Rush...?

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♥ 11:04am Brian in UK:

@melinda The Avant Ghetto plays the Dead.

11:04am Dean:

The Doors?! Did somebody here just mention The Doors? Has the station lost all integrity?

Great band name, The Closet Dead.

♥ 11:05am Doug Schulkind:

There's always a hard chair and and a warm beer ready for you here, Ramblin' Ray.

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♥ 11:06am Brian in UK:

Stuff The Closet Dead. What about The Closet Living?

♥ 11:06am David D:

Good aftermorning, Doug and everyone!

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♥ 11:07am Parq:

Luci Williams. Sigh.

♥ 11:07am Doug Schulkind:

Ahoy, Dean! We eat integrity for a midnight snack, here at GTDS.

Hey hey, David D! I was glowing about your Chuck Berry covers set earlier.

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♥ 11:08am Brian in UK:

Doug, just got to know Car Wheels on a Gravel Road again. Great work from Gurf.

This song is not on my copy.

♥ 11:08am Doug Schulkind:

@Parq
She'd possibly punch you in the face for calling her Luci.

11:08am Lewis:

My kid will tell you with a strong wince that I do on occasion fall into a serious Grateful Dead period...

♥ 11:09am melinda:

@Brian I like the Avant Ghetto but don't often listen to the late shows unless I remember to go to the archives. Ken played Ripple not long ago, which I love.

♥ 11:09am Doug Schulkind:

I live for my kid's strong winces. It's a necessary part of being an adequate dad.

♥ 11:10am Webhamster Henry:

I was waiting for the Nina-of-the-day! Thanks!

♥ 11:10am Doug Schulkind:

Nina performing Jacques Brel here. And also burning your heart out from the inside...

♥ 11:11am Doug Schulkind:

It's been a Two Nina Day here on GTDS!

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♥ 11:11am Brian in UK:

melinda Workingman's & American Beauty are priceless.

Doug, no cover of Promised Land?

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♥ 11:11am Parq:

Doug, please don't tell her. As for Dr. Simone, this is one of the most intriguing Brel covers ever. I'm still not sure what to make of that leitmotif that always makes me think of doorbells.

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♥ 11:12am Parq:

Annnd, never knew how stupid you were until Lincoln hit adolescence, right?

♥ 11:12am Hugo:

Well, I wouldn't mind hearing "Viola Lee Blues" again. Possibly, my fave Dead tune, though not much of a tune, really. Just an excuse to jump into 20 minutes of improv. Which is fine with me. I just got a 50th anniversary edition of the debut album which has an extra cd of a Vancouver concert from mid-66. With "Viola Lee Blues" of course. The Dead was bluesy in those days!

♥ 11:13am Webhamster Henry:

@Doug - I see! Well, the more the Nina-ier!

♥ 11:13am Doug Schulkind:

Lincoln has been very gentle on me. I am blessed.

♥ 11:16am David D:

1985 is the centerpoint of the universal timeline.

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♥ 11:16am doctorjazz:

Closet Dead fan here, just saw Phil Lesh and Friends last week, Stanley Jordan on guitar (was interesting having Jordan there-half the time he was amazing, the other half he seemed a bit lost. Not so different from Jerry Garcia in the day, come to think of it...)

♥ 11:16am northguineahills:

2002 seems like a lifetime ago for me, but strangely, 2000 seems like yesterday.

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♥ 11:17am Uncle Michael:

Phil has put together some fun lineups.

♥ 11:17am David D:

And thanks Doug for the glowing before, I may be glowing red now.

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♥ 11:18am Uncle Michael:

Nina: The American Piaf?

♥ 11:20am Doug Schulkind:

For sure, UM.

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♥ 11:20am Alex In Illinois:

I read that singing over piano was also the case with Nat King Cole too. I read that he made some recordings of excellent instrumental jazz piano, but the record company was like: "As long as your singing brings in so much more revenue, we're not going to bother releasing any of this other stuff."

♥ 11:21am Doug Schulkind:

Welcome welcome, northguineahills!

11:21am Lewis:

@UM - based on my limited knowledge of both, I imagine Simone to be more thoughtful and risk-taking wrt choices?

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♥ 11:21am Uncle Michael:

Perhaps so.

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♥ 11:22am doctorjazz:

Nat Cole Trio made some great jazz records, (he did both instrumental and vocal recordings), but the popularity of the vocals caused it to become the main event.

♥ 11:24am Doug Schulkind:

@doctorjazz and Alex in Illinois
Yes absolutely. Nat Cole actually had to sign contracts that forbid him from being credited on piano (if I am remembering correctly).

11:24am Gary:

What's this crazy guitar-action?

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♥ 11:25am Uncle Michael:

Interestingly, Ray Charles' earliest records were imitations of the Cole Trio sound, well after Nat found commercial glory elsewhere.

♥ 11:26am David D:

Did like how that Rangda...

♥ 11:27am Doug Schulkind:

Great cover art on that Rangda LP: inyourspeakers.com...

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♥ 11:27am Uncle Michael:

That rangda bell, for sure.

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♥ 11:28am Jeff Golick:

Da bears!

OT: A sentence I just read in a book: "In one of his most famous poems, Philip Larkin talks about sexual intercourse being invented in 1963." I am ignorant, and intrigued.

11:28am Marie:

Douggie!!!!!!

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♥ 11:29am Uncle Michael:

Jeff, that's eminently scrutable.

11:30am Dean:

Larkin's poetry is really all that. "High Windows" has a notorious opening quatrain, but "Annus Mirabilis" is the one you want. Mentions The Beatles, too.

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♥ 11:30am Uncle Michael:

One presumes it didn't exist until he undertook the task himself.

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♥ 11:30am Jeff Golick:

Poem here: www.wussu.com...

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♥ 11:31am Jeff Golick:

@UM: that's the same for everyone, isn't it.

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♥ 11:32am Uncle Michael:

Yes.

♥ 11:32am Doug Schulkind:

Hiya, Marie! How you be?!

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♥ 11:33am Uncle Michael:

Please join me at the top of the hour as we give thanks.

www.wfmu.org...

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♥ 11:34am Brian in UK:

I thought Congress was to do with your government.

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♥ 11:34am Jeff Golick:

Here's the Larkin poem I know him for, mostly: www.poetryfoundation.org... ("This Be the Verse")

♥ 11:34am Doug Schulkind:

New Steinski track coming up!

♥ 11:34am Hugo:

Aaah, Can! Jaki Liebezeit died back in January, I'm sorry to say. A very accomplished jazz drummer before joining Can.

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♥ 11:34am Brian in UK:

The Upper and Lower Houses was an innuendo I never understood.

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♥ 11:35am Jeff Golick:

Yes, well, @Brian, they're fucking us mightily, so.

♥ 11:35am northguineahills:

Well, there isn't any mass transit options here, but I'm starting to believe that I'm actually waiting for a streetcar.

♥ 11:35am Doug Schulkind:

Jaki Liebezeit, very nearly a perfect drummer. (There is no such thing as a perfect drummer.) Conveyed so much more than just drums, or percussion or rhythm. He created environments.

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♥ 11:35am Jeff Golick:

(Ok, hands off of the keyboard...)

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♥ 11:36am Uncle Michael:

I know what poem that is without clicking, Jeff.

♥ 11:36am Doug Schulkind:

Laying on of hands, by Jeff Golick.

♥ 11:38am Doug Schulkind:

You remember the old W.C. Fields joke: "Second prize is two weeks in Philadelphia. First prize is one week in Philadelphia"?

Well tracks like this make me think: "Second prize, 10 minutes of Waiting for the Streetcar. First prize, 20 minutes of Waiting for the Streetcar."

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♥ 11:38am Jeff Golick:

"This has been Foul-mouthed Poetry Corner. Join us next week for some un-bowdlerized Robert Frost..."

♥ 11:39am Hugo:

Absolutely, Doug. He had an extraordinarily precise sense of rhythm.

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♥ 11:39am Alex In Illinois:

A lot of streetcars in the US were made by the St. Louis car company.

I remember when Pittsburgh still had streetcars in the 1970's. Some of them were painted in Peter Max designs.

11:41am Dean:

As long as we're talking poetry, I'll note a sentimental favorite of mine, the second of these two American Sketches by Donald Justice: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/american-sketches/

11:41am Dean:

First one's nice, too.

11:42am Listener Gregory:

Fake bus stops would also work for absent-minded colleagues of mine.

11:43am Marie:

Hi Doug, better since I tuned in to your show. I hope you are doing fine. You sound fInE(!) as per usual.

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♥ 11:43am Brian in UK:

Fake bus stops
Fake news
Fake bosoms
What next.

11:43am Lewis:

well this next set is clearly going to set back my work schedule...

♥ 11:43am melinda:

@Jeff that's the one I know, too.

♥ 11:43am Webhamster Henry:

The real bus stops up here might as well be fake ones!

11:43am Marie:

@ Brian--fake penises?

♥ 11:43am Doug Schulkind:

One thing is for certain, Marie, between 9-noon (ET), I am always fine!

♥ 11:44am northguineahills:

hurrazah for Steinski!

11:44am Marie:

Oh wait, we've had those for a while....

11:45am Dean:

Fake books?

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♥ 11:45am Brian in UK:

Darn right, Marie.

♥ 11:45am Hugo:

A genuine fake is bettter than a fake fake ...

11:45am Marie:

@ Doug-yeah, right :>)

11:45am Lewis:

@Doug - are these available to the music buying public? They could become very popular among a narrow set of that demographic.

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♥ 11:45am Jeff Golick:

Thanks for that Justice link, @Dean.

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♥ 11:46am Brian in UK:

F for Fake
F for Flake

♥ 11:46am Doug Schulkind:

@Lewis
Not that I'm aware of. I will email Steinski and ask.

11:47am Marie:

Thank you Steinski!

11:47am Marie:

No more toilet tweeting!

11:48am Marie:

Or should I say, "Bring on the toilet tweets!"

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♥ 11:48am Brian in UK:

Great job as ever, Doug. Here is to the next fifty two weeks. Have a great weekend everyone, those not working!

♥ 11:49am northguineahills:

Out in the north Floridian suburban wastelands, I had the pleasure of finding a great Caribbean restaurant (most of the restaurants here are chains, or just crappy).

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♥ 11:49am Brian in UK:

Marie was that a U bend or U turn?

11:49am Marie:

Chow, Brian, you have a good one too :>)

♥ 11:49am Mark the Sardine:

Searching online shows out-of-date info on Steinski... where is his current work (like the town hall piece you just played) stored?

♥ 11:50am annie:

moving the music over into the room i'm re-arranging..

11:50am still b/p:

Was out a while, came back and before looking said MUST be Steinski!

11:50am Marie:

@ Brian, maybe a U joint?... ?

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♥ 11:50am Jeff Golick:

The Steinski Obama inauguration piece -- "Justice roll down like water" -- one of the sonic high points of...ever? So moving, beautiful.

♥ 11:51am Doug Schulkind:

Steinski's piece from the Obama inaugural (the benediction from Rev. Joseph Lowery) is on my 2017 Marathon Premium.

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♥ 11:52am Brian in UK:

Terrific.

♥ 11:52am Doug Schulkind:

@Mark the Sardine
Steinski used to maintain a blog, but he hasn't updated it in a while. I get these tracks straight from him.

♥ 11:53am Webhamster Henry:

You can also use the amazing WFMU search feature to find Steinski in the archives:
wfmu.org...

♥ 11:54am Doug Schulkind:

The next piece presents the Sheriff of Tuscon, AZ, speaking after the atrocity that killed six and wounded 19, including U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords. The rightwing attack on the sheriff, Clarence Dupnik, was withering.

♥ 11:57am Mark the Sardine:

@Doug - thanks - give him my regards, that's some inspired editing!
@Henry - good reminder, thanks

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♥ 11:57am Uncle Michael:

Thanks for the show, Doug. See you all in the next room!

♥ 11:58am GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO:

Uncle Michael's up next with Hinky Dinky Time! Go here: wfmu.org...

♥ 11:58am Webhamster Henry:

If you're interested in musical mashups of presidential speeches (I guess that started with "The Trumpet" (JFK), here's "Presidential Tango" by Elliott Sokolov (1983,Reagan) that won a contest in Keyboard Magazine and was put on a Flexidisk!
www.youtube.com...

♥ 11:59am northguineahills:

Thanks for dropping that on us, Doug!

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♥ 11:59am Jeff Golick:

Thanks to you, Doug.

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♥ 12:00pm Artie Haywire:

Thanks, Doug!

12:01pm Ramblin' Ray:

Thanks Doug!

♥ 12:01pm GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO:

That was three tons of fun. Thanks, everyone for hanging out with me!

♥ 12:03pm Mark the Sardine:

Thanks, Doug!

Theme Music: Sarah Webster Fabio	Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues	Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues (Folkways 1976)
ECD	In Tempo	Major Force: The Original Art-Form (Mo' Wax 1990)

The Five Breezes	My Buddy Blues	b/w Return, Gal of Mine (Bluebird 1941)
Johnny Shines	Have to Pay the Cost	Where the Palm Trees Shake at Night: Blues Music from the Florida Folklife Collection (Florida Folklife Collection )
Guitar Slim	The Story of My Life	b/w A Letter to My Girl Friend (Specialty 1953)
Guitar Nubbit	Georgia Chain Gang	Hard Road (Bluestown 1962)
Johnny Young & Big Walter	Don't You Lie to Me	Chicago Blues (Arhoolie 1967)
Clear Waters & His Band	Hill Billy Blues	b/w Boogie Woogie Baby (Atomic-H 1958)
Jessie Mae Hemphill	Streamline Train	Get Right Blues (High Water 1985)

Conway Twitty & the Cimarons	Maybellene
Rod Bernard	Thirty Days	Swamp Rock 'n' Roller (Ace )
Los Pumas	Carol
"Big" TIny Little	School Day (Ring! RIng! Goes the Bell)	b/w That's the Only Way to Live (Brunswick 1957)
Clay Hammond	Dance Little Girl	b/w Shotgun Wedding (Duo Disc 1965)
Framus Five	Around and Around	Blues in Soul (Supraphon 1972)
Geoff & Maria Muldaur	Havana Moon	Sweet Potatoes (Reprise 1972)
Nina Simone	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	High Priestess of Soul (Philips 1967)
Chuck Berry	Wee Wee Hours	b/w Maybellene (Chess 1955)

Johnny Cash	First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	American IV: The Man Comes Around (American 2002)
Rosco Gordon	You Don't Care About Nothing	Memphis Tennessee (Stony Plain 2000)
Link Wray	I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)	Shadowman (Hip-O 1997)
Peter Laughner	Cinderella Backstreet	Take the Guitar Player for a Ride (Tim/Kerr 1975)
Lucinda Williams	Sundays	Lucinda Williams (Rough Trade 1988)
Nina Simone	The Desperate Ones	Nina and Piano! (RCA 1969)

Rangda	Plugged Nickel	Formerly Extinct
The 31st of February	A Nickel's Worth of Benny's Help	The 31st of February (Vanguard 1968)
Can	Waiting for the Streetcar	The Lost Tapes Box Set (Spoon 1968)

	March 24, 2017 The magnificence of Shrimp Boats
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Roswell Rudd	Maine	Maine (Bhvaast 1976)
Dollar Brand	Shrimp Boats	Peace (The Sun 1971)

Steinski	Town Hall Tonight, by The Angry Constituents	( 2017)
Steinski	Zinn Twain
Steinski	Trump Inaugural Address Leaked By Russian Hackers
Steinski	Soul Searching (Sheriff Clarence Dupnik)
Double Dee & Steinski	I'll Apologize and Vote Democrat

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