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Greg Townson  Off And Running   Favoriting
Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs  Leave My Kitten Alone   Favoriting
Johnny Horton  Mean Mean Son Of A Gun   Favoriting
Mar-Keys, The  Bush Bash   Favoriting
Impressions, The  We're A Winner   Favoriting
Nat King Cole  I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself a Letter   Favoriting
Rubinoos, The  I Want Her So Bad   Favoriting
Human Beinz  Turn On Your Love Light   Favoriting
Ronnie Hawkins And The Hawks  Red Hot   Favoriting
Meters, The  Ride Your Pony   Favoriting
Bay City Rollers  Keep On Dancing   Favoriting
Los Lobos  Every Boy And Every Girl   Favoriting
Kirkbys, The  I've Never Been So Much In Love   Favoriting
Fabulous Thunderbirds, The  The Crawl   Favoriting
Z.Z. Hill  Touch 'Em With Love   Favoriting
Harpo Marx  I Got Rhythm   Favoriting
Kurt Baker  She Don't Really Love You, Dude   Favoriting
Soulful Dynamics  Annabella   Favoriting
Roy Hogsed  Let's Go Dancin'   Favoriting
Mickey And Sylvia  I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine   Favoriting
Apples in Stereo  Shine A Light   Favoriting
Apples In Stereo  Seems So   Favoriting
Ernie and the Emperors  Meet Me At The Corner   Favoriting
Robert Gordon  Flying Saucer Rock and Roll   Favoriting
Isley Brothers, The  The Basement   Favoriting
ZZ Top  Tush   Favoriting
Teenmakers, The  Don't Take It So Hard   Favoriting
Spade Cooley & His Orchestra  Three Way Boogie   Favoriting
Honey Cone  Girls, It Ain't Easy   Favoriting
Harry Nilsson  Girlfriend   Favoriting
Surfaris, The  Don't Hurt My Little Sister   Favoriting
Cluster Bottoms  Stood Up Blues   Favoriting
O.V. Wright  He's My Son (Just the Same)   Favoriting
Steve Gibbons Band, The  No Spitting On The Bus   Favoriting
Dino, Desi And Billy  General Outline   Favoriting
Dennis Leise  Hurry Up And Die   Favoriting
Staple Singers  Blowin' In The Wind   Favoriting
Toots And The Maytals  Sweet And Dandy   Favoriting
Incredible Casuals, The  Think About Me   Favoriting
NRBQ  I'm Not Here   Favoriting
Ron Griffin  Your Love Is Real   Favoriting

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CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version

CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HEREfor "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

CLICK HERE to support the new Starry Skies album called 'Small Wonders'.

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version


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Listener comments!

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Listener Baby:

Lefty says hi, Baby.
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, Michael and all.
  11:01am
clarke:

hue' neu?
  11:02am
clarke:

handy, so sorry for your horrible week, last week, and hope things are better, man!!!
  11:02am
Sean:

Insert "Jackie Gleason quote" here
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Listener Baby:

Me too Handy!
  11:03am
clarke:

and Baby: BABY!!!!
  11:03am
morphe':

H/K/BP - have a good trip !!!
NYC 3-13 August so will miss the show..
FYI all:
Creek and Kills:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2021 @ MAMA TRIED
787 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY (Sunset Park)
8:30pm
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Hubig Pie:

How sweet it is ?
  11:05am
Sean:

Well done Hubig,
and away we go!
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Listener Baby:

Clarke!!
  11:05am
clarke:

HUBIG: i visited the future facility of Hubig Pies, this past week - they are close (a few months) to being up and running!!
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Michael in Montclair:

Hello everyone!
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Juli:

I feel like we are just fed up lol
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Juli:

Hiiii
  11:06am
morphe':

New Nadir of Something as we head back to the abyss ...
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:06am
Baja Joe:

Hidey ho Mike! Listening intently in Great Kills SINY.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:06am
Handy Haversack:

Thanks, morph! We'll catch up next time you're back.

Hey, clarke, Baby! Thanks so much. It has been a really shitty run. We are very much hoping that getting out of town can bring a little rest. We're both over the COVID. We're picking up Lulu's ashes on the way out of town so we can bury her with her fellows out on the farm in Michigan.
  11:07am
Sean:

Marty Stuart's band threw a Johnny Horton into the set last night.
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Pedro in Arlington:

I turn to WFMU especially Saturdays at 11am for a dose of normal and stability. It works.
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Hubig Pie:

Fryin' pies in the shade of the Huey P. ?
  11:08am
clarke:

oh wow - michigan (rural) is a nice place to be in august!! all the best!!
  11:08am
clarke:

yes, Hubig, the huey only throws minimal shade, tho.
  11:08am
Einstraus:

Happy Saturday!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

When I think "Michael Shelley", I think "Mean son of a gun."
  11:09am
morphe':

Hubig Pies Factory - story - bringing back former employees ...
https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/eat-drink/article_48b8a512-88ef-11eb-b7a7-a3fcb87fbc42.html
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DJ Johnny Cool:

Deke Dickerson does a fine version of Mean Son of a Gun.
  11:09am
clarke:

they's selling merch out there, now!!
  11:10am
clarke:

i got a cool tshirt there, this week. front office already open - it is a little tough to find, despite prominent location
  11:12am
Einstraus:

Hey Michael! James and Isabella say hi! They had fun at the pool party- And it's hot here in Vancouver Canada
  11:12am
Sean:

I'm guessing none of those little fried pies are coming up to yankee country though. :(

Now I know what I'm missing, sorta.
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Hubig Pie:

Gotta replace my Savory Simon Tee
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Handy Haversack:

Extremely rural where we're going. Nearest town is ~5 miles off, population 500.
  11:13am
clarke:

well, maybe they are working on exporting? who knows (i don't do sugar anymore, but the memory of those little pies goes deeeep)
  11:14am
clarke:

hope you got internet Handy!!
  11:15am
egould310:

“Kisses on the bottom”
  11:16am
clarke:

that's not workin'...
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Handy Haversack:

Me too! Two years ago was the first time we could get it there. I hooked it back up last week, but you just never know whether anything will still be working out there.
  11:17am
clarke:

well, if rural mississippi has fiber cable, let's hope michigan does! what is that nearest town?
  11:18am
Danny in Poughkeepsie:

Hey Michael. Digging the Rubinoos. Thanks
  11:18am
P-90:

If Clive was still there, he might have given these guys a deal at CBS.
  11:19am
clarke:

wow! this Rubinoos is, uh, heartening!!
  11:20am
clarke:

i still have a bad taste in my Rub's mouf, because that five-song EP of theirs is the last thing i put on my "killer" turntable - it is SO not-good.
  11:20am
egould310:

Ichiban hit record!
  11:20am
clarke:

bad production in every way
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Handy Haversack:

Walkerville, MI, clarke. Oceana Co. Hoping to meet up with listener Corey when we're out there.
  11:22am
clarke:

going to stalk that... brb
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Hughie Considine:

@Michael, one of the Grateful Dead's 25-minute takes on "Lovelight" might change your mind.
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Hughie Considine:

@Michael, one of the Grateful Dead's 25-minute takes on "Lovelight" might change your mind.
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Hughie Considine:

oops - sorry bout that
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Handy Haversack:

Look for School Section lake, ~5.5 miles north of Walkerville. We're on the E-W stretch of road near there.
  11:25am
clarke:

wow, that's not too far from Leland, where i have played before - and home to Tobin Sprout (gBV)
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Frank Zaatar:

Are Canadians so prudish that Ronnie had to censor the words "doodly-squat?"
  11:25am
clarke:

there's a nice art community around leland, MI
  11:28am
Sean:

What no bongo feet?
  11:28am
clarke:

i have also been to Petosky - across state, i think - where Hemingway grew up - nice area!!
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Handy Haversack:

That's very close to where Corey works.
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Hoboken Jack:

Helloooo Michael, Baby, Handy, Baggy, Greg, everybody!
  11:29am
clarke:

yes, nice area!!!
  11:30am
Shri:

@serious_cactus why are white ppl obsessed with fixing things?
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, Jack!
  11:31am
Sean:

AGAIN with the pie!
You guys are killin'me.
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Avrilinmay:

PREACH! (about the olympics)
  11:32am
clarke:

sorry!!
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Handy Haversack:

Yeah, Western MI is pretty sweet.
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Joe B:

hey Michael and everyone
  11:33am
clarke:

howdy!
  11:33am
phat in Lincoln:

I really should just make it a point to own every NRBQ record.
  11:35am
Rebus:

As someone who doesn't own any NRBQ records, where should I start?
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Handy Haversack:

OK, last loads heading to car. Thanks for the tunes, MS. We will try to pick it up in the car as long as we can.

Be well, everyone. Have a great week.
  11:35am
clarke:

with NO MovieTime (and NO Frank): i was quite underwhelmed by Mona Lisa, last night (TCM). it had been way over-hyped to me.
  11:36am
clarke:

@Rebus: good start: Live At Yankee Stadium (it ain't live)
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HyperDose:

Take care of yourselves, Handy. I'll be thinking about you guys!
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Hoboken Jack:

Travel safe, Handy!!!
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Hoboken Jack:

Hey Joe!!
  11:37am
clarke:

happy trails HH!!
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Hughie Considine:

@Rebus, I would go for "All Hopped Up."
  11:37am
Shri:

@real_cactus why ppl so obsessed with being good?
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, pals!
  11:38am
clarke:

taking Hughie's point: almost any of their "classic line-up" albums will do - also, any live bootlegs of same era.
  11:38am
Bob:

That Joey tribute record has some great tracks and a couple stinkers too. Penn & Teller, ugh. Peter Case, Los Lobos, Buddy and Jim, Robbie all nail it. Joey and Kami provide the best track, of course. Thats my review.
  11:38am
Sean:

"Missed it by that much"

- Don Adams review of The Kirkbys' single
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Baja Joe:

Nothing worse than stale Boston Baked Beans candies... or is there?
  11:39am
clarke:

Thunderbirds used to play once a month at Chief's in baton rouge when i was at lsu - unreal.
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Moammar:

Jimmie by far the superior Vaughan. Thank you for listening.
  11:42am
P-90:

Agreed, Jimmy is the #1 hit Vaughn
  11:43am
clarke:

true - but the 'secret weapon' of the Thunderbirds was ALWAYS their first bass player: keith ferguson
  11:43am
Rebus:

@clarke, @Hughie: Thanks!!
  11:44am
clarke:

enjoy Rebus!! it's a fun ride.
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Moammar:

Used to run into the post T-Birds Keith Ferguson in Austin clubs staring glassy eyed at things in the middle distance.
  11:45am
Bob:

I agree on Jimmy but i've been going back to SRV lately. It's like the Dead. You have to get past the fans. Porky white dudes in blues hats playing guitars that are way too good for them on the weekend. It's taken me a long time to get past that part. His records are good though.
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Hughie Considine:

I could not get my kids to appreciate the anarchic silliness of the Marx Brothers, and it hit me hard at first. Generationally, I think the current crop of kids just don't find adults behaving insanely as funny as we did.
  11:45am
phat in Lincoln:

I have trouble understanding a person not enjoying the Marx Brothers. I didn't know such a person existed. I'm not kidding. I just believed everyone enjoyed them, more or less. Huh.
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Maggie B.:

Michael, that was the Thalia on 94th or 95th between Broadway and West End. My old nabe.
  11:45am
clarke:

well Keith got pretty junked-out for a while there
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Frank Zaatar:

Michael. have you read Harpo Speaks? If not, you must.
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Jimmy Wipper:

Harpo's autobiography, Harpo Speaks! is fantastic!
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juan:

Michael, I think the theatre where you went to see Duck Soup might have been the Thalia which was on the side street where Symphony Space is now
  11:46am
gf2002:

Saw a great noir from 1947 this week: Desperate, with Steve Brodie and Raymond Burr. Worth seeking out, great cinematography.
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Hughie Considine:

Good call, @Maggie. The Thalia indeed!
  11:46am
clarke:

WIPPAAAAAAH!!! WHERE THE HELL U BEEEN??
  11:47am
Sean:

Hey I went to see Marty Stuart with one of those Bakersfield Breakers. Can't wait for them to have a gig soon too.
  11:47am
clarke:

taking the summer off is NOT an option, sir!!
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Maggie B.:

I think there was a tiny bookstore nearby and I remember buying Harpo's autobiography. Either there or closer to 90th St.
  11:49am
Bob:

I like Kurt well enough but Sirius radio listeners like me gotta ask, is there some conspiracy to make us love Kurt Baker and Jessie Malin? Do they have nude pictures of Lil' Steven? Is Mr Sirius their uncle? Seriously. Every five minutes. I'll stop now.
  11:49am
clarke:

steve brodie - awesome!! so underrated!!
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Jimmy Wipper:

I'm ALWAYS here, but we've been listening some of the time after the show airs. Not taking the summer off...yet!
  11:49am
gf2002:

Stevie Ray unfortunately falls victim to something that happens a lot. The blame for some of his fans and his copycat artists fell on him and gets in the way of the music. The dude could play his a** off, and almost by himself revived the blues as a viable commercial genre.
  11:50am
Vertual:

Similar experience for me Michael. A much older cousin took me to see Marx Brothers movies on a big screen in the 70s at about that age. Life changing.
  11:50am
clarke:

how goes on the Va-shore?? hot i hear.
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Jimmy Wipper:

Hot and covidy!
  11:51am
clarke:

that's EVERYwhere, JW
  11:51am
gf2002:

@clarke - Steve Brodie is terrific in that lead role. He looks and acts like the classic noir character who gets drawn into things totally out of his control. Great film! Burr is fantastic as the gangster lead too.
  11:52am
Dan from Delco:

One of my dear friends is an orphan from El Salvador. She was adopted in 1991. Her husband is a refugee from Liberia. Beautiful family.
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Don Gorden:

Was the movie theater, north riverside Luxury 6 Theater ??, used to pass it almost every day back in the 90s working in NYC
  11:52am
clarke:

stevie ray was actually roadie'ing for the Thunderbirds on a few of those later shows i saw in baton rouge.
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Jimmy Wipper:

True, but a mixture of right wing idiots in Virginia Beach and a flood of tourists has made this area especially covidy. Going maskless lasted about 2 weeks. Ughhh.
  11:53am
clarke:

yes, too bad it is getting ruined for the smart folk.
  11:54am
clarke:

oh, Jim: i remembered that one of those shows we did at Va-beach was with The Posies
  11:55am
P-90:

…goddamn white radio stations…
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Hughie Considine:

Went to high school with Sylvia's son, Joey Robinson, who was a good guy. Favorite band: The Moments.
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Jimmy Wipper:

Really? I saw The Posies several times here, but my memory is not what it used to be. At Peabody's maybe?
  11:56am
clarke:

it was at nemo's i think??
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Jimmy Wipper:

Hmmm, never heard of it.
  11:57am
clarke:

between us we might have ONE memory
  11:58am
clarke:

will get to the bottom of this, eventually. just need to ask chandler, ha ha.
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Michael Shelley:

I think it was at Uzzel's
  11:58am
clarke:

ha ha ha ha. probably!!
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Jimmy Wipper:

I think that you're right. Or less than one. You're righ Michaelt, it could have been at Uzzle's Downunder!
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Listener Baby:

Baby. Was thinking just yesterday that you were WAY overdue for some Apples. And here you go!!
  11:59am
clarke:

speaking of down under...where's eddy??
  12:00pm
clarke:

this is the news dept.
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Michael Shelley:

If I'm remembering correctly, The Full House Band opened.
  12:01pm
clarke:

Stinkfinger!!!!
  12:01pm
gf2002:

We got ZZ Hill this morning, any ZZ Top cued up? RIP Dusty Hill.
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Jimmy Wipper:

They were the ones with the Les Paul?
  12:02pm
clarke:

dusty hit the road, but lives on in terlingua
  12:03pm
clarke:

with p-90's.
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dk50b:

Michael, did you let Sylvia know your station played race records?
  12:03pm
clarke:

double-dippin' Apples!! yep!!
  12:05pm
gf2002:

Ernie sounds more like Gerry Marsden!
  12:08pm
Bob:

Trying to imagine what ZZ Top record Michael would play. If he played one. Which he probably wouldn't.
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Joe B:

life-altering LP here for me as an 11/12 yr old
  12:09pm
clarke:

Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers!!
  12:10pm
Paul:

Michael,
Since you remember parking on a steep road, perhaps you saw Duck Soup at the Metro theater, on Broadway at 99th St. 99th Street is quite steep between Riverside Drive and West End Avenue.
  12:10pm
clarke:

and, although dusty was not involved, i like Billy Gibbons' lastest album a bunch.
  12:11pm
Bob:

sonofa!
  12:11pm
MFlynn:

Wow! What a cool Isley Bros tune!!!
  12:11pm
clarke:

DUSTY!! has gone looking for some...
  12:12pm
SeanG:

HELL YEAH
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Michael Shelley:

Paul - we walked...
  12:12pm
davefromtoronto:

zztop were so great until they discovered synths.
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Listener Baby:

It's a good thing Billy Gibbons could never get a good guitar sound.
  12:13pm
clarke:

same guys that ruined The Replacement ruined ZZ Topp before them
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Moammar:

I believe "Tush" is what we refer to as a single entendre. I might have gone with their version of "Thunderbird" by the Nightcaps. On that live Fandango record. Smoking!
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Hoboken Jack:

Hi MFlynn!
  12:13pm
gf2002:

Solid man! Thank you! ZZ Top in the 70's...boogie all night long.
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Hughie Considine:

I love Dusty's quote that sometimes you couldn't even hear the bass, and that was both good and bad.
  12:13pm
MFlynn:

Hey Jack!!!
  12:14pm
clarke:

damn that sounds just like petty
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Hughie Considine:

He injured his hip badly years ago.
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Frank Zaatar:

The Metro was on Broadway. It sounds like the Thalia. There was also a bookstore right next to it or under it, which had a basement level. I miss the UWS.
  12:17pm
listener Elias:

The picture sleeve for ZZ Top’s Tush 45 is a true masterpiece.
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efd:

Per this interview with Billy Gibbons from a couple of days ago that guitar tech’s beard is legit. He started growing it last year when the lockdown started.

variety.com...
  12:17pm
Sean:

First the pies and now danishes.
THAT'S IT!
No more waffling, I'm making waffles.
  12:19pm
clarke:

the cover of the new Tape Op mag has a jingle-bell stick with the name Blaine written on it
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dk50b:

Are we sure Dusty didn't join a fake Zombies revival band?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...afternoon ! ...Let's see if there's one place on a Saturday for one week I can avoid anybody's controversies & just have fun for a second...
...Ah. Spade Cooley...nevermind. :p ...
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mariano:

Hey MS, everyone! I was stirred to wakefulness by "Tush." You know, If the Hells Angels were going to chain you to the back of a hog and take you on a scrape through the Texas desert, "Tush" would be the soundtrack. Love that song.
  12:21pm
clarke:

ha ha ha!! Mariano!!!! hey ho!!
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Hoboken Jack:

EFD! Mariano!
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mariano:

Hey, what's up clarke, Hoboken Jack!
  12:24pm
MFlynn:

This Honey Cones song gives me chills! Fabulous!!!
  12:25pm
DG:

RE: Tush----I'm still confused as to how ZZ Top knew Yiddish....or does this local slang (I assume) just happen to be similar?
  12:26pm
davefromtoronto:

monkees should've done this.
  12:26pm
Cooh John:

I thought this was the theme song for The Courtship of Eddie's Father?
  12:26pm
P-90:

Schmilsson!
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Mister Dobalina:

Epicly later'd but diggin' the tunes.
  12:27pm
clarke:

jimmy whipper still around?? Outer Limits was the name of the club.
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Frank Zaatar:

@DG: I guess they khey knew mispronounced Yiddish. I would love to read a sociolinguistic analysis of that song.
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mariano:

DG: There's a scene in the Simpsons episode where they go to NYC, and Bart sees three Hasidic men on the corner and says "Hey, it's ZZ Top! You guys rock!" and after a brief pause, one of them shrugs and says "Eh, maybe a little."
  12:28pm
clarke:

it SOUNDS like jim gordon and the right era for him being there in l.a.
  12:28pm
phat in Lincoln:

@Cooh John that confused me too. I have never listened to The Point, since I've never been much of a Nilsson fan.
  12:29pm
clarke:

The Point is a dang good rekkid.
  12:29pm
davefromtoronto:

the song was revised later for that show.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...because what's better than KuntryMusic
...& the people who play it !...
  12:30pm
P-90:

Yes, Jim Gordon is listed on “Girlfriend”.
  12:31pm
clarke:

that straight hi-hat is a tell-tale sign
  12:31pm
davefromtoronto:

cluster bottom - isn't that an STD?
  12:31pm
miss kitty Catskill:

I know them blues
  12:32pm
phat in Lincoln:

@davefromtoronto changed to "Best Friend" it seems. I had no idea it was a Nilsson tune. Like I said, I've never been much of a fan.
  12:32pm
phat in Lincoln:

It was a GREAT interview.
  12:32pm
clarke:

they are all great. grimes = genius
  12:33pm
clarke:

that's his snare - no doubt!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

FMU RAWKS the Interviews.
  12:33pm
davefromtoronto:

phat yeah i didn't know either till i heard the original here years ago. i actually used to watch that show when i was a kid.
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Jimmy Wipper:

Outer Limits! Yeah, I remember that place!
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DJ Johnny Cool:

I'm playing this one on my soul show. OV!!!
  12:35pm
clarke:

i didn't remember - ha ha - but that show was PACKED. DO remember that!
  12:35pm
clarke:

i had to "phone a friend" for that tidbit
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Steve from Dunwoody:

Thank you Michael Shelley! I love this album from the Steve Gibbons Band!
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Steve from Dunwoody:

infra-dig and prohib
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Jimmy Wipper:

I saw the Buzzcocks there! I've seen the Posies a bunch of times, but I don't remember that show.
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Steve from Dunwoody:

Down In The Bunker, sometime please!
  12:38pm
clarke:

the Posies actually had to stop their set to get everyone to push back off the front, there.
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Hubig Pie:

Any relation between Billy Gibbons , Steve Gibbons and/or Michael and John Gibbons of Bardo Pond ?
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Corey:

Hello Michael and listeners! Been away from the computer this morning, but digging the show!
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Jimmy Wipper:

It was a great club. In the middle of VB in a weird strip mall.
  12:40pm
clarke:

a few nights later, opened for the Posies at Club Babyhead in providence - i think their best show EVER!
  12:41pm
clarke:

yeah - that club was sorta like the club i was in the same place as Baby - on long beach: Bogart's?
  12:42pm
davefromtoronto:

surf's down!
  12:43pm
clarke:

a rock venue in a strip mall
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Jimmy Wipper:

Now there are still lots of strip malls but now rock venues.
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Michael Shelley:

saw amazing Smithereens show at Bogarts
  12:44pm
clarke:

were you working for them, then?? was Baby there?
  12:45pm
Tookie a.k.a Wuthry Guffy:

howdy
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Corey:

Kinda sounds like Nashville Skyline Bob. Ha.
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Michael Shelley:

was 1st lp time - I went with Bob Say
  12:48pm
clarke:

they were badass during that period, to be sure
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Hubig Pie:

Cola Wine !
The scene of them performing this in "Harder They Come..." is pure joy
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Frank Zaatar:

@Corey: That might not be such a coincidence. Pops could have been Bob's father-in-law. You can wonder if he inspired Bob's Nashville style.
  12:51pm
clarke:

yep
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Corey:

@Frank Hadn't thought of that! Will start listening for it.
  12:52pm
morphe':

Thanks Mikey and all !!!!!
Clarke - send us a name to find some footage/sounds??
  12:52pm
clarke:

dj's!
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radioronan:

Thanks Michael!
  12:53pm
quinn:

Love the Beachcomber. Discovered it last year. Heading back there in a couple of weeks.
  12:53pm
clarke:

i am not drumming on this: their original drummer Vince Valium on this - but certainly enjoyed playing it often, later.
  12:54pm
listener Elias:

DUDE. At the Wellfleet drive in before the show they would play a promo for the incredible casuals. It was really great. It must have been on 16mm.
  12:55pm
clarke:

unfortunately, the 'comber is a shell of what it once was - but, the building is still there, just not cool music much anymore, sadly.
  12:57pm
clarke:

...there was a time....
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Corey:

Thanks Michael for the great show! Take care all.
  12:58pm
clarke:

i can say the 'coma was the greatest place to play for YEARS! kinda the american cavern club
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

TY As Ever DJ MS
  12:59pm
clarke:

my love is real. goodnite.
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mariano:

Thank you, Michael Shelley!
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Listener Baby:

I was there
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