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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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December 8, 2017
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![]() Good day, JA and assorted others |
Fri. 12/8/17 9:07am
Humphry:
I love your show, but this intro makes me cringe to the point where I have to mute it. | |
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![]() thanks H- set yr timer for 11:49 |
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![]() morning; i am happy to be here for the end of 'wake up'; humphrey, i predict it will grow on you |
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![]() WAKE DA FRACK UP!!!! |
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![]() good morning all...is winter here yet? |
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![]() Alvarius B. Unmute! Unmute! Turn it up now! |
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![]() Good morning! I'm awake! Love that new pop star, Alvarius B! |
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![]() great track! |
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![]() rocketing to the top of the charts |
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![]() I haven't checked Billboard lately, but I assume this track is dominating the #1 spot and has been for weeks. |
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![]() hi all |
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![]() I missed the zion ship |
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![]() it'll be on again in an hour |
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![]() what makes a noise like that? a wheelbarrow? |
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![]() sounds like a drunk john lennon . which is wonderful |
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![]() @bnow it does |
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Fri. 12/8/17 9:36am
Wild Neil:
PEACE all. We got 4" of snow in Buffalo. Niagara county got 0 so far.... |
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![]() gralicko flaud necker. |
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![]() Anagrams for: gralicko flaud necker A Cackled Foreign Lurk A Rickrack Lounged Elf A Friedcake Clog Knurl A Crankier Lucked Flog A Grace Curdle Kinfolk A Grackle Include Fork |
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Fri. 12/8/17 9:46am
Lixiviated Life:
Seems like this is becoming the "Accu Weather Playlist". |
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![]() lol a song for ev'ry occasion |
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![]() My Dog loves this version!!!! |
Fri. 12/8/17 9:54am
queems:
wow | |
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![]() gland, haha |
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![]() That was the Original...The Beatles ripped this off!!! |
Fri. 12/8/17 9:55am
queems:
i want to hear that again | |
Fri. 12/8/17 9:55am
jess:
what is this shit | |
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Fri. 12/8/17 9:55am
PKNY:
I remember seeing the video for "Wonderin'" all the time on HBO's "Video Jukebox" back in the 80s. |
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![]() Everybody's Rockin' is the thirteenth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released on August 1, 1983. The album was recorded with the Shocking Pinks and features a selection of rockabilly songs (both covers and original material) |
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![]() This was my intro to Neil Young.@PKNY yes, Video Jukebox! I saw those before we had MTV, and for a while I would refer to videos as 'video jukeboxes'. |
Fri. 12/8/17 9:58am
queems:
YESSSSSS | |
Fri. 12/8/17 9:58am
convoy_pt2:
Kill this beatle | |
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![]() I'm so glad I have my own office |
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![]() I find this kind of relaxing |
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![]() @jess...my sentiments exactly |
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![]() sounds like Shakes... |
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![]() ha ha! agaiiin! now I know it's John Lennon it cracks me up even more! |
Fri. 12/8/17 9:59am
queems:
i'm crying laughing | |
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![]() i wanna hold yur dad |
Fri. 12/8/17 9:59am
Beavo:
Damn that’s annoying | |
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![]() Just think, if I hadn't taken a vaca day I would have missed it... |
Fri. 12/8/17 10:00am
fletchernyc:
Drunk John Lennon best quality ok! | |
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![]() Damned if I didn't think this was some old Who outtake up until the vocals came in. |
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Fri. 12/8/17 10:02am
PKNY:
@melinda - the stuff they used to play on Video Jukebox was pretty eclectic, maybe because there weren't that many videos! First place I ever saw/heard the Clash, Peter Tosh, Tom Tom Club, etc. |
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![]() Stevo: we are all anagrams for gralicko flaud necker. |
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![]() at least, jeezus, I hope so. |
Fri. 12/8/17 10:15am
fletchernyc:
Today's show study in The ridiculously sincere and the sincerely ridiculous. | |
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![]() good morning ja and am friends |
Fri. 12/8/17 10:21am
Beavo:
Title of the solo record Sacred Songs | |
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![]() john lennon really did used to sing it as "i wanna hold your gland" sometimes and no one noticed because the screaming was so loud |
Fri. 12/8/17 10:21am
Beavo:
They call that a project? | |
Fri. 12/8/17 10:23am
Beavo:
Daryl Hall already had several hits They didn’t release it because it was too weird | |
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![]() @Bronwyn - LOL, of course he did! |
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![]() when it was recorded Hall & Oates were still proving themselves. the promise of teh 80s is what gave this record a life. |
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Fri. 12/8/17 10:25am
βrian:
My, what a pleasant surprise! |
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Fri. 12/8/17 10:44am
Wild Neil:
I think Daryl Hall did an album with Robert Fripp? |
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![]() that's what we heard neil |
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Fri. 12/8/17 10:46am
Wild Neil:
PEACE all! |
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Fri. 12/8/17 10:47am
βrian:
Now I hear San Diego is on fire. Isn't listener ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ from there? |
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![]() did you know that darryl hall has been played on wfmu more than blues traveler? :P |
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![]() mmm... feelin' this one... |
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![]() Wasn't the Blue Nile like a cool alternative band? Cuz this is straight up yo. |
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![]() Almost like Springsteen. |
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Fri. 12/8/17 10:58am
Wild Neil:
@Steveo-like i said earlier, there is NO mention of Blues Traveller in the WFMU band browser that I could find. Hence NEVER played on WFMU at least as long as those records were kept. |
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![]() heh heh who's slurring their words NOW? |
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![]() This guy was in the punk band Jodie Foster's Army back in the early 80's. Free drinks for life. |
Fri. 12/8/17 11:02am
rw:
Dude, you ARE pushing this AB record. Luckily I've been enjoying it all so far! Listening from the burning shores of CA. Okay here (for the time being anyway).Thanks, man! | |
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![]() I'm enjoying the AB too. |
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![]() @ rw - multiple dj's pushing this, and the courtney barnett/kurt vile thing. |
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Fri. 12/8/17 11:04am
βrian:
@rw: Stay hydrated! |
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![]() one day i listened to this like 6 times so 2 ain't nothin |
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![]() I've also enjoyed the vile barnett |
Fri. 12/8/17 11:06am
medson:
Untrained Viagra Hard ons | |
Fri. 12/8/17 11:06am
DANIMAL:
WATCH HOW I TURN THE RADIO OFF WHENEVER YOU PLAY YHIS GUY'S SHIT | |
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![]() I don't think I heard the same song twice the first 20 years I listened to this station. |
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![]() except on jonesy |
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![]() danimal I think you mispelled SHIP |
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![]() I hope Alvarius B can come play Monty Hall this summer. |
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![]() Make that 29 years. Things have changed this year. There, I said it. I'm not making a stand, but things have changed. |
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![]() CLICK HERE for 7 Weird Reasons Change Is Good and Why We Should Embrace It |
Fri. 12/8/17 11:20am
Dave in a cave:
what is the fascination with alvarius b on WFMU? Is there some sort of dj contest to see who can play it the most? | |
Fri. 12/8/17 11:20am
Agent Peter:
@crateslinger - you is correct (although I like AB, I can find it on my own if I need to) | |
Fri. 12/8/17 11:23am
rw:
crateslinger, I've only been listening for a few years now but I also notice the shift. It's been pushing me more toward the Drummer Stream. | |
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![]() alvarius B has outlasted most of our listeners here at wfmu |
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![]() "Freeform Radio: An approach to radio programming in which a station's management gives the DJ complete control over program content." |
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![]() haw - heard that, you are eeevil. A new Manchurian trigger |
Fri. 12/8/17 11:27am
zib:
long live al b, guys. | |
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![]() That intro bit is actually from Deep Purple "Sweet Child in Time" |
Fri. 12/8/17 11:33am
blee:
Great show today, rocking my pjs. | |
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![]() oh wow, you guys talking about shifts in your perception? |
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Fri. 12/8/17 11:35am
βrian:
Crisp hand-clapping there! |
Fri. 12/8/17 11:35am
Agent Peter:
there's a difference between the real and the vividly imagined? | |
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![]() I spoke too soon. Upon re listening to Sweet Child in Time, the AB intro is not exactly derivative, but dang it's got that sound. I wonder if he did it on purpose. |
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![]() Great song - Sweet Child. Especially on the live in Japan album. Best heavy metal screaming ever. Worth playing the two songs next to each other for comparison. Oh no, now I've done it... |
Fri. 12/8/17 11:44am
rw:
JA, I've been wondering that myself, but I feel like it may be more than just my perception. You don't notice it? It's tough to say for sure because of the amorphous nature of freeform, but do we really need a blues hour? Even Matt Fiveash seems to be apologetic about it. | |
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![]() I, for one, do not believe that station management is telling DJs what to play. I've heard DJs, in the past (like, 17 or 18 years ago), play the same record over and over for an hour straight. I don't think anyone told them to do that, either. If there's one song that a lot of people like to play (and really, John's the only one still playing Zion) it's probably because they all happen to like it / or hate it / or want to punish us all, or whatever, as individual DJs. Now I'm sorry for blabbing so much; I'm gonna sit still and listen. |
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Fri. 12/8/17 11:45am
βrian:
@steveo: Ah, but maybe Ken is telling them NOT to play certain songs! And so they play them! |
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![]() are you people out of your minds? This is boar (bored) material stuff. I can assure you the only one telling me to play Alvarius B is Alan Bishop. And I happen to pee often. |
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Fri. 12/8/17 11:50am
Wild Neil:
I remember back in the 90's hearing Velvet Crush Teenage Symphonies for God by different DJ's all the time. It happens without management is my opinion based on no facts other than that one. |
Fri. 12/8/17 11:51am
rw:
And I don't want to seem like I'm complaining. WFMU is one of the best things on the planet. As far as Alan Bishop and this particular show are concerned, I'm into it. Keep on doing what you do! This show kicks ass. | |
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Fri. 12/8/17 11:51am
Wild Neil:
At least song repetition on WFMU is NOT LIKE my local classic rock station. |
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![]() Patterns of similar behavior do not mean behavior is dictated by some create puppet-master. |
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Fri. 12/8/17 11:55am
Wild Neil:
I imagine DJ's talk to each other about what new music they like. Like 75 dollar bill, Dirty Beaches, et al... |
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![]() I meant “…great puppet-master.” Also, the DJs are constantly talking about Bitcoin. |
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![]() There was one week a couple months ago when I heard the same Rihanna song on 3 different shows. I think it was just a billboard-related coincidence. Or possibly payola |
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![]() thanks JA, lots of great music today; how many eyes do you have, though? |
Fri. 12/8/17 11:59am
rw:
Thanks JA! Excellent show as always! | |
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![]() i'm not saying payola isn't possible, but it's not very profitable here. hey if someone can start paying my $15 back into the city each week I'll give your next record plenty of love. |
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![]() I wasn't suggesting collusion. |
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