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"I listened yesterday. It's no reflection on you but I could'nt see where you were going or what you were going for. This early seventies thing did'nt get noticed the first time and you talk about friends of like Dealney and Bonnie who had records out like we're supposed to remember who they are. Then you play this long winded free jazz stuff that really grates on my nerves. And that noise without a beat and sounds like someones being pinched. Then you play a reggae song, I think you called it Dub, to what, be cool? You seem to really fetishize the whole folk thing too which is obnoxious to us who don't even care. I liked it when you played that punk song though. I like Joe Belock a lot." (Visit homepage.)
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November 17, 2017
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![]() howdy JA! |
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![]() Good morning JA! Good morning everyone! |
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![]() Howdy, John and crew. |
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![]() I never got a chance to hear this show when it was on before January. I have to say I was thrown off by the intro, but now it's an integral part of my Friday. |
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![]() hi! oh good, we're still waking up. |
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![]() morning george. hey everyone! |
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Fri. 11/17/17 9:11am
Wild Neil:
PEACE all. This neil rolnick is weird. It is "noise"? |
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Fri. 11/17/17 9:13am
Wild Neil:
Ok. There's this:en.wikipedia.org... |
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![]() YouTube says it's "Classical". |
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Fri. 11/17/17 9:15am
Wild Neil:
I am at work and there is literally nothing to do. Suggestions? |
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![]() I'll never forget the shock of iTunes telling me Peter, Paul, and Mary was "Rock n' Roll" |
Fri. 11/17/17 9:15am
queems:
i always have to skip the intro because it gives me anxiety | |
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Fri. 11/17/17 9:16am
Wild Neil:
My 14 year old suffers from anxiety. What helps? Avoiding bad things? Facing your fears? |
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![]() @Wild Neil, have you considered putting together a Lego kit? |
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![]() meditation |
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![]() I have several of them at my desk that I take apart and put back together on slow days. |
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Fri. 11/17/17 9:17am
Wild Neil:
@not a real doctor-every time I get my 7 year old one, I end up doing it, with one exception when I got him a simple one he was able to do about 90% of it and got only one thing wrong. Legos are awesome. I got my 7 year old a 1400 piece giant set. |
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![]() Maybe word games or Sudoku puzzles? Verbal reassurances may help, too. |
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Fri. 11/17/17 9:18am
Wild Neil:
Alice Shields is surprisingly listenable. |
Fri. 11/17/17 9:18am
queems:
@wild neil therapy is helpful for me, but it depends on what the triggers are | |
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Fri. 11/17/17 9:21am
Wild Neil:
I am in a 64 degree room wearing blue coveralls and a hat. This saves on the gas bill I am told. I offered to take on handyman projects (at which I kinda suck because I am a perfectionist) so I solicited information from an advertising department at at journal related to our field. What else can I do like THAT that can be accomplished with a computer? @queems-what is the best single tool you have been given to combat your anxiety? Do you take meds? Not judging, just wondering and no need to answer if you are not comfortable. |
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Fri. 11/17/17 9:22am
Wild Neil:
Divus is pretty listenable too! Its so odd though... |
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![]() I'm really liking this set |
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Fri. 11/17/17 9:29am
Wild Neil:
enrico rava reminds me of King Crimson when they do their abstract thing sorta. |
Fri. 11/17/17 9:29am
queems:
@wild neil i used to take zoloft for ocd! it helped, but ultimately the side effects ended up being too much for me, and i never looked for anything to replace it. it took the edge off and really allowed me to take a breath before reacting, which is actually probably the best coping mechanism i learned. it's harder without the medication, but saying something like "this is out of my control and that is ok" helps. i'm not sure what causes your daughter's anxiety, but i think that it is a good tool for anyone to use, because we can only control so much of what happens to us and sometimes we need to remind ourselves of that. | |
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Fri. 11/17/17 9:29am
Wild Neil:
@John Allen-thank you for putting YEAR on recordings. |
Fri. 11/17/17 9:30am
Morgan:
good morning, John! I want to thank you for turning me and my husband on to Grant Hart many weeks ago, when we lost him | |
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Fri. 11/17/17 9:30am
Wild Neil:
@queems-thank you for point out my son can say that to himself to buy himself time to respond rather than react. That is something I forgot about! |
Fri. 11/17/17 9:31am
Morgan:
hi queems! | |
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Fri. 11/17/17 9:31am
Chris from DC:
Following up later on that Divus release. Good stuff. |
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![]() hey Morgan, great! Now I feel like listening to some Grant Hart.... |
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![]() @Wild Neil I was prescribed lexipro because I was having sleep problems due to anxiety. It didn't help, actually made my anxiety and sleep problems worse. The only thing that helped was changing jobs. |
Fri. 11/17/17 9:34am
Morgan:
yeah! we got the Argument immediately and started working our way back. What a treasure. thanks again | |
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![]() Good day to you all. This is good music to think to. |
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![]() also really enjoying set |
Fri. 11/17/17 9:35am
queems:
@morgan hello!! | |
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![]() Morning all. Loving this set as well. Definitely gonna check out that Divus album. As long as we're thanking John for introducing us to stuff, the Mary Margaret O'Hara was a revelation last week. I think I've listened to Miss America a dozen times since then. Thanks! |
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![]() Devin, she's incredible, but whatever happened to that guitar player. he should teamed up w/ John Martyn or someone... |
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![]() Fans of MMO'H and cinema buffs in general should check out Jem Cohen's film Museum Hours, in which she stars and also performs a couple of songs. I loved it, personally. Very atmospheric. |
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![]() You're playing long-winded smooth jazz stuff again. I just thought you might want to know. |
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![]() Sailing the seas of smooooth. |
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![]() dammit Ike, you need to give me an adequate heads up when I start doing this |
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Fri. 11/17/17 10:16am
Wild Neil:
It's "funk". To each his own I guess. |
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![]() 1979? Are you sure this isn't smooth disco? (Thinking clickystar for native son; still on the fence.) |
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![]() WN, I was trying to make a musical connection between what we were hearing and what Ike wanted to hear. This was the only rekkid i had cued up. |
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![]() They have me with the guitar, it's the "horns" that scream "sitcom theme song". (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) |
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![]() DON'T CLICK!!! |
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![]() @George: Museum Hours sounds good. I'll check it out. @JA: Yeah - the guitar on that record is incredible. Wikipedia suggests he's kept pretty busy. |
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Fri. 11/17/17 10:20am
Wild Neil:
@JA-sorry to judge. Your show is pretty awesome. And odd. |
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![]() reverse psychology works |
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![]() And here, ladies and gentlemen of the residential program, you'll see an excellent example of Stage 10 Record Collector's Disease, a diagnosis originally formulated by an expert at radio station WFMU. No, no, don't cry, fellows. I know it's terribly sad, but pull yourselves together. This poor subject ran out of things to collect and had to start collecting smooth jazz records due to his compulsion. Yes, yes, truly horrifying. There may also be a bit of Williamsburg Ironic Hipster Disease mixed in. Yes, I also thought this ran its course in 2010, but occasionally recurring outbreaks do happen. |
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Fri. 11/17/17 10:23am
Wild Neil:
John has a REALLY HARD job spinning new songs each week for 3 hours. NOBODY is perfect. Sometimes I HATE what is played on WFMU which is ok too. MANHATTAN LOVE SUICIDE IS JUST PLAIN WEIRD! |
Fri. 11/17/17 10:24am
queems:
ok now this one isn't smooth jazz | |
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![]() focus on the violin technique, neil |
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![]() You can never go wrong w/ Derek Bailey! overcompensating for the smooth jazz? ;) (You don'y want to know how many derek bailey recs I have) |
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![]() wait a minute... is that christmas music? |
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![]() Ike, you message with the urgency of someone stuck in the past which didn't work out the first time |
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![]() Fridays. JA, Bryce, Sheila B. O to be here forever, all else false memories... |
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![]() Time is circular. All of this has happened before and all of this will happen again. Therefore, being stuck in the past is the same as being stuck in the future. |
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![]() @Crateslinger: Fridays are really excellent, and you still get Marty on the archives. The JA → Bryce → Sheila B. daytime run is stellar. I just want to tell my job, "Please stop scheduling shit every Friday at 1:00. Y'all can't impinge on Bryce's time!" |
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![]() So where do we stand on the new age resurgence? |
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Fri. 11/17/17 10:50am
Wild Neil:
John, can you play some David Allen Coe? |
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Fri. 11/17/17 10:50am
Wild Neil:
Merry Christmas everybody!! |
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![]() PRB, I'm with you. I want to turn out the lights and put on headphones until 5 o'clock, but they'd see that on the cameras. |
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Fri. 11/17/17 10:53am
Wild Neil:
I am at work with literally nothing to do. So I am doing this. Boss is out of town today. |
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![]() Great Song! |
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![]() i listened to this song 4 times yesterday... |
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Fri. 11/17/17 10:54am
CeeDubbles:
is this not David Lowery & Cracker? I recall it isn't but still |
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Fri. 11/17/17 10:54am
Wild Neil:
This Alvarius B sounds like a combination of Monster Magnet unplugged and the band that did Tiny European Car. Clem Snide. |
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![]() The intro to this song is from Deep Purple, Sweet Child in Time, song with best rock screaming ever on live in Japan. |
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Fri. 11/17/17 10:56am
Wild Neil:
a little bit like Cake too.... |
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![]() Uncle Jim - Superstars of Greenwich Meantime - YouTube www.youtube.com... Artist: Alan Bishop Album: Uncle Jim's Superstars of Greenwich Meantime Released: 2005 |
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![]() Who's the time traveller now? |
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![]() ROTFL ROTFL NOW WHO'S STUCK IN THE PAST?!?! (Bryce has done that too.) |
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Fri. 11/17/17 11:02am
Wild Neil:
Marc Sloan sounds a lot like Adrian Belew. |
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![]() is this too smooth for you, Ike? |
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![]() NEW RULE: JAzz hands whenever Ike posts a comment |
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![]() I think this music right here is from outer space. |
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![]() and this from inner space? |
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![]() Inner space for a pitbull on meth maybe |
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Fri. 11/17/17 11:23am
Wild Neil:
Perennial Divide is kinda weird....channeling 80's new wave....oh wait, its FROM THE 80's.... |
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![]() Honestly though, I dig most of this. And to be fair, on the rare occasion that I am subjected to WBGO, I hear some stuff I'd classify as "smooth" on there too. Sad! |
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![]() slow is smooth and smooth is fast |
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![]() and shows like this are meant to last |
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![]() @Ike: True. WBGO has some great shows (Felix Hernandez, Awilda Rivera's latin show, the news shows, Simon Rentner, etc.) but there is also a ton of awful, gormless "classic" ballad and light shite. |
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![]() cardboard on the floor. Let's go Rerun! |
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![]() @PRB: +100 XP for "gormless" and "light shite". You win all of Newark's series of tubes today. |
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![]() What are their names he says..... |
Fri. 11/17/17 11:40am
queems:
"those two girls" is an acceptable name for a radio show | |
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![]() oh yeah i was just checking to see if my show is played on the other floors of this building. |
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Fri. 11/17/17 11:43am
Wild Neil:
John, your show is REALLY free form. Wow. |
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![]() How old are you, Michele? Like 14? |
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![]() c'mon neil, read the show description. PARAMETERS |
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Fri. 11/17/17 11:47am
Wild Neil:
I meant that in the best possible way. Really. |
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![]() i didn't take it the wrong way. for the record i take my warmup for the Bryce show very seriously |
Fri. 11/17/17 11:52am
rw:
Smooth. | |
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![]() LOVE AND PEACE AND REVENGE!!!! XOXO!!! |
Fri. 11/17/17 12:00pm
Michael:
Hey from Germany, great Track... | |
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![]() LET'S ALL MAKE PUMKIN HEAD PIE FOR TURKEY DAY... |
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![]() does this quiche have an "etching" on the reverse? |
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![]() Very enjoyable show thanks for being here and making it. |
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![]() Grey Scale Quiche from In A Room 12" EP by Gad Whip Four songs on one side and an etching on the other. Silk screened sleeve & insert. |
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![]() JA in the PM |
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![]() Wonderful show! |
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![]() yes steveo. and at the moment there are less than 200 in existence |
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![]() f4.bcbits.com... |
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![]() wow looks amaizng -- just posted jpg for los otros |
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![]() Let this never end. |
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![]() Damn it ended. |
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![]() Oh hi, I know no one will ever read this but Zion the Rocket Ship is a cover! www.youtube.com... |
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![]() Oops, dammit. Here's the right link. www.youtube.com... |
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