WFMU: Todd-o-phonic Todd: Playlist from January 15, 2022

Listener comments!
	♥ 3:00pm Handy Haversack: Afternoon, Todd and all affiliated groovers-o-phonic!
	3:00pm DJ Nico: Yes, Todd!
	🎸 ♥ 3:01pm medson: Let’s Rock.
	3:01pm P-90: Good choice for the #1 slot, as always
	3:02pm gauche knee: Yes! Noize!
	♥ 3:03pm Alvy Singer: Quiet Riot made Jim Lea and Noddy Holder extremely wealthy.
	3:03pm phat in lincoln: Hot damn.
	3:04pm late for class: Tease it to Jesus
	🎸 ♥ 3:05pm medson: Pub rockers
	🎸 ♥ 3:05pm luka: Rose Tattoo hits different when you actually have a rose tattoo. good afternoon, rockers.
	3:05pm Rick G: Coming in hot! Thank you for the blast of energy TOPT
	3:06pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Hey everyone...I'll try and keep you warm with the hot sounds today!
	🎸 ♥ 3:07pm medson: The trifecta to start things off? Todd showing no mercy
	3:07pm Joe B: BOSS GROOVER
	3:08pm Victrola Tom: Hola rock & rollas!
	3:08pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Hey Champ! Hola Medson! Nico! And all the other great assembled here!
	♥ 3:09pm Handy Haversack: Yo, medson, luka, People's Champ, Victrola Tom, Todd, everyone! We are throwing off heat here!
	3:09pm late for class: Brandishing a shotgun like a baseball bat
	♥ 3:09pm TomDash: Strong outta the gate!
	3:11pm Victrola Tom: Hey Handy! Get ready for some more Hoboken Poker in February!
	♥ 3:12pm Handy Haversack: Gotcha, Tom! Desperately hoping the stupid COVID numbers start going back down! We are feeling pretty locked in again. Whisky supplies are holding up, though!
	♥ 3:14pm DjLorraine: Nice picture of the Ronnettes. I love that Ronnie is acknowledging her team.
	3:15pm jamesegio: i think its time for bloodys!
	♥ 3:15pm Hoboken Jack: A rare afternoon timeslot for TOPT! Hey Joe, Medson Man, Tom, Handy, 1-800- DONT-GAMBLE-BAGPIPE, everybody!
	♥ 3:15pm Hoboken Jack: Hey TomDash!
	3:16pm Jeff: Too bad no one played Slade on the radio when they needed it. Sounds better than ever. Thanks
	♥ 3:16pm Handy Haversack: Jack, even K8 said to me, "Wait, you're betting on Tom Brady? Don't you hate him?" Bagpipe has mercifully not judged me.
	3:18pm Joe B: YEAH!
	3:18pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: You're welcome @Jeff. I did first come upon them on Scott Muni's "Things From England" on WNEW-FM, but U.S. airplay was definitely a rare thing for them.
	3:18pm Miss G: Good tune by Fast Eddy and even greater segue!
	3:18pm Victrola Tom: @Handy same here re: lockdown. But it appears the numbers are starting to plummet so we’re hoping for a mid-Feb game. Exact date TBD.
	♥ 3:19pm Handy Haversack: BÖC!!!!
	♥ 3:19pm Dennis Diken: go, Todd! hey, gang!
	3:19pm Victrola Tom: What’s up Hobo Jack!
	3:19pm Ross T.: I have to sign in and make a comment whenever you play some BOC! I'm on the lamb but I ain't no sheep....
	3:19pm DJ Nico: You're my house chores soundtrack in frosty Toronto! -12 now!
	3:19pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Hey Dennis! I hope you and Donna are warm in The Den today!
	🎸 ♥ 3:19pm medson: Todd has established early in the show that he’s the one asking the questions.
	3:21pm DJ Nico: -12 celsius, windchill is in the mid -20s
	3:21pm phat in lincoln: Only BöC could turn a song about the RCMP into something about S&M.
	♥ 3:22pm Alvy Singer: Wonderful Handsome Dick impression Todd.
	3:23pm gauche knee: love this new fontaines
	3:25pm DJ Nico: Like this too!
	3:25pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks @Alvy Singer!
	3:26pm Spinning Giant: great cut!
	🎸 ♥ 3:26pm James in ATL: Love this track - scratching that Blur itch. Also, Thank you Todd-O-Phonic Todd for the awesome Wake & Bake fill-ins this week!
	🎸 ♥ 3:27pm James in ATL: That was the Fontaines D.C. track. I type slow...
	3:29pm Joe B: wow! Cheryl's Record Delivery!
	♥ 3:29pm efd: Wow, that's dedication! Good for you, Cheryl!
	3:29pm DJ Nico: Cheryl is a GODDESS!
	3:29pm Qibote: Still in town :-)
	🎸 ♥ 3:32pm medson: Today’s show is literally brought to you by Sissophonic Cheryl.
	3:35pm rx scabin: Hello. Here I am as promised last week during an excellent fill-in.
	3:35pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Welcome rx!
	♥ 3:35pm Kotzwinkled: hell yes this Parquet Courts is the only good song about the pandemic (that I know of).
	3:36pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: You're welcome James!
	3:36pm jamesegio: pq performed on ellen this week!
	3:37pm DJ Nico: Like this too!
	3:37pm jamesegio: and it was this song!
	3:38pm johnk77: boc & richard hell= likely more winners to come
	3:41pm Miss G: Dream Syndicate played such great live shows in the 80s.
	♥ 3:42pm efd: @Miss G And they still are! They were amazing at Brooklyn Made in December.
	3:43pm elkeno: Pavement ist rad!
	♥ 3:44pm Kotzwinkled: Malk used that riff in a solo album too, no?
	3:44pm Miss G: Oh thanks efd, I was wondering! (I assumed the answer was yes)
	🎸 ♥ 3:45pm luka: W I L D O N E
	♥ 3:46pm MHLee: I hope I didn't miss the tribute
	3:47pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @MHLee: You didn't, it's coming up soon.
	🎸 ♥ 3:47pm luka: i will endlessly go back forth between Fighting and Johnny being my favorite Lizzy
	3:50pm cheezwhizzle: Hi Todd-O!!
	♥ 3:51pm MHLee: This is a no label band? This is good stuff.
	3:51pm Spinning Giant: wow. this is great! new, TOPT?
	3:52pm Spinning Giant: where'd you get it...?
	3:52pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Spinning Giant: From 2020...
	♥ 3:53pm efd: @Spinning Giant: fleshpanthers.bandcamp.com...
	3:53pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks Evan! @MHLee: They self-released it.
	3:53pm DJ Nico: Knew it was Greg C ❤️
	♥ 3:53pm MHLee: Adding to wishlist
	3:53pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @cheezwhizzle: Are you listening in Philly today?
	♥ 3:55pm MHLee: I worked my way through the acid archives... oh look I'm on the mother station for once. I think I've only been here twice
	3:57pm aint Paul: Sounds like Westerberg.
	3:58pm Spinning Giant: thanks todd, efd - cheers!
	4:02pm Christina Ginger: Finally home from working some OT, and just in time for what I wanted to hear.
	♥ 4:02pm TonyR: It's Ronnie Time!
	4:04pm DJ Nico: Hi Christina!
	♥ 4:04pm MHLee: The Teenagers are incredible
	4:04pm johnk77: ron delsener was a playa in the entertainment biz in the before times
	♥ 4:05pm Dave the Spazz: @Todd-o-phonic Todd: You're holding out on me with your Jay Black anecdotes!
	♥ 4:05pm TonyR: Coy Todd.
	4:06pm Christina Ginger: Hi DJ Nico! 💜 Max just said hi, too.
	4:06pm Don F.: She always gave props to Frankie Lymon. Thanks for playing, Todd!
	4:07pm rx scabin: Excellent. Will there ever be a FL and the Teenagers and adjacent show or set? There is probably, but one (except for WFMU djs) cannot know everything.
	♥ 4:07pm MHLee: I never realized how obviously linked doo-wopers and the ronnettes are
	4:08pm Mr C: Todd Where was the RROH after party for her?
	🎸 ♥ 4:08pm medson: My father would love this set.
	4:08pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Dave the Spazz: I've never heard someone say "Why won't you work with me?" so many times.
	♥ 4:08pm TonyR: "My father...." GIT OFF MY LAWN!
	4:09pm Joe B: @TOPT - sounds like me trying to book a live music engineer!
	4:09pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Mr C: At Home Sweet Home on Chrystie Street.
	🎸 ♥ 4:10pm MonicaC: Hi Todd! Hi Friends! I’m late to the party, but I plan to Make up for lost time. RIP Ronnie.
	♥ 4:10pm Handy Haversack: Glad to be here for this. There have been a lot of tributes on WFMU these past couple of years (too many, of course, we have lost too many). And others of course have spanned multiple shows. But I don't remember one where the loss was so leavened with joy and gratitude for the art and the artist and the gift of sharing a world with them as these amazing shows for Ronnie. Just stunned with admiration. Thanks so much, Todd. And Sheila and everyone and all.
	4:11pm Miss G: The subtle menace in her voice when she sings "he did it and yes he's gone," what a maestro!
	🎸 ♥ 4:12pm listener 126464: Hey Todd, cheers gang!
	♥ 4:12pm TonyR: What Handy said.
	♥ 4:14pm Matt Clarke: Hey Todd! Thanks for this great show
	4:15pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks for listening Matt!
	4:16pm Joe B: @handy - one reason I think is not only is it an iconic talent but that said icon was somewhat in our orbit. she showed up at the record fair, was on Gaylord's show a couple times, Todd's show, called in to Spazz and my shows, performed at a few Ponderosa Stomp FMU broadcasts. not to mention Dennis D and Ira K having played with her, and other members of the extended FMU friends and family playing with her for years etc.
	🎸 ♥ 4:16pm DonJuanTijuana: Thank you TOPT for sharing these great Ronnie stories & of course the tunes !
	♥ 4:17pm TonyR: Saw her live in 1997 in Hoboken. Killer performer.
	♥ 4:18pm Handy Haversack: Yeah, Joe -- the sense of closeness and real intimacy is very clear and makes it all the more special that a window to it can be opened through these shows. It's a gift. And it comes over the radio waves for free!
	4:19pm Joe B: someone recently posted an acetate of a demo of the ronettes doing home of the brave. the quality is not great but it is great to hear Ronnie singing it in '64
	4:19pm Don F.: @JoeB Yes. Saw her with Billy Miller at the Norton records stand - FMU record fair/
	4:19pm Tim from LH: I got to see her with Liberty Devito on drums at BB Kings.
	♥ 4:20pm MHLee: Any chance we'll hear the Raveonettes?
	4:20pm Joe B: @don f. - yes, there is a picture of me in there with them somewhere but cannot locate it!
	4:20pm Dungaroos Kipawah: I urge y’all to find & read Josh Alan Friedman’s TELL THE TRUTH UNTIL THEY BLEED—the piece on Ronnie is indelible, and contains essential pieces on Jerry Leiber, Doc Pomus & a cavalcade (yup) of others.
	♥ 4:20pm Dominick: great to hear this
	4:21pm DJ Nico: Hi Matt! xx
	4:21pm HyperDose: Live Ronnie 😍
	4:22pm stevej: scratchy. skippy. I'm old enough to handle it. Thanks TOPT
	♥ 4:22pm Handy Haversack: Cavalcades and everything?! I'm in! Hey, Dungaroos K.
	4:22pm Miss G: The skip is worth it! swoon
	4:22pm Lord Jimz: great recovery!
	4:22pm Joe B: Cheryl, quick bring a backup copy to the station!
	4:23pm Stillwell Coney Islander: I WAS THERE!!! THANK God!! Brooklyn Fox Theatre
	♥ 4:23pm Matt Clarke: Hi DJ Nico! <3
	♥ 4:23pm Matt Clarke: @Joe B: LOL
	🎸 ♥ 4:23pm medson: Good one Joe B.
	4:23pm Tom D.: Todd, very nice tribute to Ronnie Spector, I appreciate her singing more than ever, RIP Ronnie.
	♥ 4:23pm Pedro in Arlington: "Record of the Century." Dick Clark was a putz but not wrong here.
	4:24pm Miss G: Wowie kazowie Stillwell Coney Islander!
	♥ 4:24pm JB from NP: Bless you, Todd O, for this show.
	4:25pm Don F.: @JoeB. LOL - My uncle had dental practice in the Brooklyn Fox b/4 it was knocked down for the Con Ed bldg. Ronnie mentions Murray the K on Letterman and he has no idea who he is.
	4:26pm Joe B: @don - was watching the letterman clips last night, saw that! the one with eddie money is great also
	4:26pm marygidge: I’ve been waiting all my life for this show.
	4:29pm Don F.: @JoeB. So worth the viewing.
	4:29pm Stillwell Coney Islander: Miss G, every year Murray the K put on a R&R show early 60s, my friends and I went to all y them
	4:29pm Joe B: that was so amazing
	4:30pm Sissophonic Cheryl: @Joe B, I've used up my Uber allowance for the day! lol
	4:30pm rx scabin: Did she kiss GF on the lips?
	4:31pm Joe B: ha ha!
	4:31pm rx scabin: Unless I misheard the lyrics.
	♥ 4:31pm DjLorraine: Thank you Todd for that info that Ronnie sang Do I Love You to Gaylord Fields.
	♥ 4:32pm Ken From Hyde Park: This is great, Todd-o-Ronnie Todd!
	4:32pm Don F.: @TOPT @JOE B If I may share - Went to Genya Ravan loft for Ronnie's son Bar Mitzvah party some moons ago. Awesome - pitched her some covers for their next album. Genya's produced album needs to be revisited.
	♥ 4:32pm JB from NP: This is the kind of tribute she deserves, and one for a few repeat listens on the archive
	4:33pm JoeyX: I got to see the Courettes open for Holly Golightly and they were a force of nature!
	4:33pm Joe B: @don - i recall she covered evie sands and the ramones, don't remember any others from that LP
	4:34pm Don F.: @Joe B. Anne Husick (b/g vocals for Pickett on Letterman) and bassist for Ronnie has the memory of that!
	4:35pm Lord Jimz: Thank you for your extraordinary show, we're totally blown-out!
	♥ 4:36pm MHLee: In case you've never heard it, check out the Raveonettes feat. Ronnie Spector... the song is called Ode to LA...
	♥ 4:36pm Matt Clarke: A fav too
	♥ 4:36pm Handy Haversack: Ouch, shipping on that Courettes album is rough!
	♥ 4:38pm MHLee: @Handy you get the vinyl on amazon with prime
	4:39pm Frank In Queens: Greetings from the tundra.
	🎸 ♥ 4:39pm Joel: Playing this Philly style - LOUD !!
	4:39pm Morgan: great deep dive Toddophonic
	♥ 4:39pm Matt Clarke: Hey Frankie
	4:40pm Frank In Queens: Hey Matt
	♥ 4:40pm MHLee: I love to death the Leonard Cohen album with Phil on it... but it's amazing that a decade or more later the wall of sound is still the same recognizable wall of sound
	🎸 ♥ 4:40pm listener 126464: Love The Courettes cover art for that.
	4:41pm Joe B: or Philles style!
	4:41pm Miss G: MHLee, I don't know that Leonard Cohen album, but we were nuts when the Ramones came out with End of the Century. . .
	🎸 ♥ 4:41pm MonicaC: Great song. I’ve never heard it.
	4:42pm Joe B: EDIT RECORD
	4:43pm DJ Nico: Frank in Queens! It's arctic winds here!
	4:43pm Joe B: Carl delivered this one great live
	♥ 4:43pm MHLee: @Miss G... it's called Death of Ladies Man... 1977 I believe... people hated it when it came out... side 2 is great imo
	♥ 4:44pm Matt Clarke: Love love love
	4:44pm Don F.: Some DJ made a collage of This Beach Boys w/ Baby I Love you. @TOPT you hit sweet spot. All Faklempt. Talk amongst yourselves.
	♥ 4:45pm Chili MacPagoda: This is fantastic. Great show, another Saturday classic!
	4:45pm rx scabin: @DJ Nico It is 9 degrees here in Western NY. It used to be the regular, but sort of rare the last few years. I wonder why.
	4:45pm Christina Ginger: @DJ NIco, what’s the temp in TO?
	4:45pm late for class: <3 <3<3
	♥ 4:45pm MHLee: End of the Century is awesome too... I especially like Danny Says which gives me Buddy Holly vibes... of course the Ramones wound't exist without the Ronnetes
	♥ 4:45pm Matt Clarke: Hey ChiliMac! Happy Saturday
	4:45pm Dennis Diken: So diggin’ this, Todd! Thanks for the shout out
	♥ 4:46pm Chili MacPagoda: My brother Matt!!
	4:46pm Miss G: Thanks MHLee. .people around me had so much Leonard Cohen that I never bothered to pay attention red face
	4:47pm Miss G: Oh PS I also love that Raveonettes song
	♥ 4:47pm TonyR: "End of the Century" was supposed to get the superdeluxe nox set edition treatment any day now for two years.
	4:48pm Joe B: It's a shame Phil packed it in and sulked away in the face of the British Invasion, I guess foreshadowing what a jerk he was.
	♥ 4:49pm adamdoesit: TOPT, what a great, heartfelt tribute. I can feel the admiration. RIP Ronnie.
	4:50pm Daybreak’s getting through!: Wow! DEEPLY girl group influenced! Good call TOPT!
	🎸 ♥ 4:50pm Joel: Sound of Jaw Dropping ...
	♥ 4:51pm TonyR: Pic of Stones and Rnnettes togather. i.pinimg.com...
	4:55pm rx scabin: Todd!
	4:57pm rx scabin: Didn't you end Wake with this one? Heartbreaking.
	4:58pm Victrola Tom: As far as this tribute goes, I am without speech!
	4:58pm Daybreak’s getting through!: Yikes! I bet “the best part of breaking up when we’re making up” lead some people to have some desperate one-sided delusions and caused a lot of bad relationship troubles with toxic behavior! Ahh, were we ever so young?
	4:59pm Morgan: the best part of breaking up is fleeing for your life, heading for the hills, running out of your shoes, never to return
	♥ 5:00pm dale: just got a chance to sit down. great show todd.
	5:00pm KWilde: Great show TOPT!
	5:00pm rx scabin: The best part of breaking up is the nostalgia.
	5:00pm Jaded spades: Thank you for an amazing tribute!!! sigh.
	5:01pm Daybreak’s getting through!: The little skips on the record are poor Sheila B’s tears’ This loss hit her bad! Her show yesterday: https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/111744
	5:02pm HyperDose: Was? ;)
	5:04pm Ira: Easy to tell us apart, Todd. Murray=Lone Twister. Me=Lone Mosher. Beautiful tribute!
	5:04pm Chloe Q: Really enjoying this Ronnie tribute- great show, Todd!
	♥ 5:06pm Ken From Hyde Park: Those The K brothers! I always get Ira, Murray & Nate mixed up.
	5:06pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks Chloe and everyone!
	5:06pm Scott Cornish: Without any further ado ron ron
	5:07pm HyperDose: She sounded so sweet (even when she wasn't singing) 💖
	5:07pm RobinSays: Such a wonderful show today, Todd. My parents (who have both passed on) used to go to the Peppermint Lounge in the Sixties and they loved rock 'n' roll -- especially the girl groups. Your show brings up fond memories of them for me.
	♥ 5:07pm Handy Haversack: Not to mention Vitamin, Ken.
	♥ 5:08pm TonyR: Bought the hi-res Xmas Album a few years ago. Someone recorded the album to cassette from LP in the 80s for a gift to me on a gift exchange at my job.
	5:08pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @RobinSays: That's really wonderful to hear, thank you.
	♥ 5:08pm Matt Clarke: The Ronettes' reached the top 10 again at the end of 2021 with "Sleigh Ride."
	♥ 5:09pm TonyR: Back when records still went out of print....
	5:10pm Don F.: Just found Ronnie Photos from Lincoln Center out of doors produced by Jill S. 07/26/2017. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1111970126310347&set=pcb.1111970332976993
	5:10pm Morgan: i love her
	5:14pm Miss G: What a consummate performer with such love for her contemporaries and her fans etc
	♥ 5:15pm TonyR: She's a PROFESSIONAL, Girl!
	5:15pm Morgan: i never realized what a usurper mariah carey is
	5:15pm rx scabin: I heard her say, "kick ass." Excellent.
	♥ 5:16pm Chili MacPagoda: Ronnie has that old school NYC vibe that’s slowly disappearing, I love her, her spirit and her voice. She sounds like the women I used to ride with on the A/C into Manhattan. She’s the coolest!!
	5:18pm Joe B: a friggin men
	♥ 5:18pm Handy Haversack: WORD
	5:18pm Miss G: This was in the Washington Post obit, loved so much: “We weren’t afraid to be hot. That was our gimmick,” Spector said in her memoir. “When we saw The Shirelles walk on stage with their wide party dresses, we went in the opposite direction and squeezed our bodies into the tightest skirts we could find. Then we’d get out on stage and hike them up to show our legs even more.”
	♥ 5:19pm Matt Clarke: Thank you so much for re-playing this, Todd
	5:19pm Joe B: etude in black!
	♥ 5:19pm Hoboken Jack: I love this interview so much!!!
	5:19pm Morgan: chili my mom grew up in spanish harlem
	5:19pm Dungaroos Kipawah: The Cassavetes episode IS the best episode!
	5:19pm DJ Nico: This is so great ❤️
	5:19pm Ira: Great Columbo choice! She could do it all.
	5:19pm Lord Jimz: Awesome, Miss G!
	5:20pm Dungaroos Kipawah: One more reason to love Ronnie--Columbo!
	5:20pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: You're welcome Matt!
	5:20pm Miss G: I swear I just watched that Columbo Cassavetes during the pandemic!
	5:21pm Jaded spades: This is such a treat!! Great interview. What a doll she was...
	♥ 5:22pm Handy Haversack: That was wonderful.
	🎸 ♥ 5:22pm MonicaC: I feel like a fly on the wall, listening to a conversation between two dear friends. What a great interview, Todd. Your affection and reverence for her (and hers for you) comes over loud and clear.
	5:22pm HyperDose: That was very special. Thank you for sharing that moment, Todd.
	5:22pm rx scabin: Thank you, T. I have got to go. I will see you next time T. Excellent show, as we know.
	5:22pm Joe B: so great TOPT, thannks
	5:23pm Miss G: Yes, Todd, I doubt that her other interviewers got such a great convo
	5:23pm Corey: Really enjoyed that Todd. RIP Ronnie
	♥ 5:23pm Micheal: What a fantastic interview! Thank you, Todd! The Colombo episode is “etude in black”.
	♥ 5:23pm MHLee: Oh wow, goosebumps... this song is so painfully sad
	♥ 5:23pm mariano: Hey, TOPT, folks! Glad to be able to catch the last part of the tribute.
	5:23pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: I'm glad you guys enjoyed the interview...it really captured her wonderful essence.
	🎸 ♥ 5:23pm listener 126464: So good. Thanks Todd.
	♥ 5:23pm Alvy Singer: Ronnie was such a treasure. Very sweet interview Todd.
	5:24pm Stillwell Coney Islander: Thank you so much Todd and Joe B for your tributes to Ronnie Spector. Brought back a lot memories of being a teenager in the early days of Rock and Roll. Little did we know...
	♥ 5:24pm TonyR: Loved that interview - you don't hear singers freely talk about getting winded every day.
	5:25pm Richard Whig: been listening......lovely interview. thanks for replaying
	♥ 5:25pm greg g: Thank you Todd for a wonderful and inspiring tribute and thank you Ronnie !
	♥ 5:25pm Handy Haversack: I love that you were at that show at the Fox, Stillwell!
	5:26pm elkeno: that skip could have played on for a long time...
	♥ 5:26pm Ken From Hyde Park: The 2014 episode: www.wfmu.org...
	5:28pm Joe B: The record was important for the E Streeters as well. tomophobic tom posted this week that it was a much needed payday and high profile gig as the band was not allowed to play during bruce's dispute with his ex manager
	5:28pm Melissa Jean: I'm not crying, you're crying
	5:29pm Miss G: Melissa Jean, I'm going to have to run out into the cold for more boxes of tissues!
	5:29pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Joe B: Mike Appel of The Balloon Farm!
	5:31pm HyperDose: Southside Johnny!
	5:32pm Parq: How about that horn section!
	♥ 5:33pm MHLee: Well I guess that proves the I would like Bruce more without Bruce
	5:36pm Tim from LH: Also has a beautiful picture sleeve of Ronnie .
	5:36pm Joe B: damn, nothing gets past TOPT! thought i could sneak this one in on monday
	5:37pm Joe B: @tim - agreed
	♥ 5:37pm TonyR: Leon Russell on piano, no? I bet it's harder to do than it sounds.
	🎸 ♥ 5:37pm Joel: David Johansen used to do this song live. The memories !!
	5:37pm Will R.: Shouting out to the shout out! Thnx Todd and RIP Ronnie
	♥ 5:39pm TonyR: Guys! Guys! There's enough tandoori chicken for everybody!
	5:40pm Listener Robert: Know the one, "It's a heartburn, nothing but a heartburn. Feels like burp but won't come...."
	5:40pm Miss G: <3 this is one of my Top Ten songs
	5:40pm Joe B: too bad George saddled Ronnie with a second-rate song for the a-side of the apple single
	♥ 5:40pm Handy Haversack: Well, we learned from Todd and all that every night in heaven there's a Ramones record release party. Glad to know Ronnie will be performing at those.
	5:41pm Ignore Function: Great job with this, Todd.
	5:41pm Larry B Wright: Sometimes when listening to TOPT or WFMU in general you just have to stop whatever you're doing, shut down the devices and the lights and just sit down and listen and learn! (I'm a supporter!) Cheers&Love LBW
	5:41pm HyperDose: She straight up owned this track
	♥ 5:41pm Matt Clarke: @Joey B: He had "You" recorded and ready for her didn't he?
	♥ 5:42pm TonyR: Bowie covered the A-side. Didn't improve things.
	♥ 5:42pm McGroovey: Great show today, Todd. She Talks to Rainbows brought me out of lurk mode. I love this song! I need to get out the Ramones'version later.
	5:42pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Beautiful show today Todd. I didn’t say it first but someone stated that Ronnie could sing the phone book & bring us to tears.
	5:42pm Joe B: @Matt - yeah - allegedly there was gonna be an album but when the single unsurprisingly stiffed, Phil pulled the plug
	5:42pm Fredericks: IgFunc! Cold up there, yet?
	5:43pm Melissa Jean: yes this was really beautiful. and I'm so sorry you've lost your friend, my thoughts are with you
	5:43pm Joe B: yeah! great!
	5:44pm morphe': Thanks TopT and all !!!!!!!
	5:44pm elkeno: lol such a Marshall vibe. Great
	5:45pm gauche knee: this entire show, esp Ronnie tribute , really beyond, TOPT. loved hearing the interview again. & her gorg nyc accent! Ronnie with her charm & badassness put such a shine on everything♥️
	5:45pm georgia: is that the Pussywillows?
	5:46pm Joe B: @georgia - yes!
	♥ 5:46pm TonyR: Todd's autobiography is gonna be "My Life as a Pussywillow."
	5:46pm georgia: Wow this is great never heard this..
	5:46pm Joe B: and marshall on guitar!
	5:46pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Georgia for the win! Not just in the national championship game.
	5:46pm Robm: This station with both the djs and the chat room can give quite an education and a lot of times i jyst lurk to soak up all the knowledge
	5:47pm Mr C: What a lovely, lovely tribute Todd. Top of the Pops!
	♥ 5:47pm patrick321: Hey Todd and all, glad I got back in time to express my appreciation for this wonderful, heartfelt show.I'm sure it must've been hard for you to replay that interview but it was so great to feel her genuine warmth and continued enthusiasm for her music. Thanks for sharing it.
	5:48pm Larry B Wright: Agreed Robm!
	5:49pm Joe B: two of the four Martinets on this track!
	5:49pm gauche knee: 😭 Phil couldn’t stop this duo from happening! 😍
	5:50pm elkeno: Ronnie is a joy, Todd, you & FMU are as well for this fantastic showcase- thank you
	5:51pm Ignore Function: FONPR! Yes, it is cold.
	♥ 5:51pm MHLee: There it is! Fell deeply in love with this album in 2015
	♥ 5:52pm Handy Haversack: Todd, I said it already, but thanks for this, for giving such a gift to the listeners even with your own loss. You're the best! This has been wonderful, and I am very grateful for it and to have been able to hear it. Be well, all.
	♥ 5:52pm MO MIZ: Thanks for another Amazing Show, Todd! Much Love and admiration felt between you and Ronnie, pretty fantastic.
	♥ 5:53pm Matt Clarke: Beautiful remembrance, Todd. Thank you.
	5:54pm Old Dave: A proper tribute, and I learned much as usual. Thanks, Todd! Appreciate her that much more now.
	♥ 5:54pm MHLee: F*ckin Ronnie, man. Thanks so much. It's been an experience.
	♥ 5:54pm RevErie: Great show Todd! Thanx!
	5:54pm Lord Jimz: We're fully buzzed out from all the love.
	5:54pm HyperDose: Incredible show, Todd. You did your friend well. She would have loved it.
	🎸 ♥ 5:54pm listener 126464: Thank you Todd.
	🎸 ♥ 5:55pm Joel: YES... YES.. And Those Marvelettes
	5:55pm Joe B: thanks so much Todd. a proper sendoff, from one icon to another!
	5:55pm Robm: Damn between todd and sheliab yesterday i keep getting something in my eyes
	5:55pm Steve Harsh: Frenchette has Sylvain all over it, and nobody loved Ronnie more than Syl. And they died one day apart. RIP legends
	5:55pm Miss G: Fascinating show TOPT! Thank you so much, so many great stories, and info I had no idea! (not to mention those amazing songs) and thanks to listeners for chat (sorry I can't even talk, I'm just. . .mind blown I guess is the phrase)
	5:55pm DJ Nico: Thank you for this tribute, Todd. Beautiful send off to Ronnie xx
	🎸 ♥ 5:56pm MonicaC: Todd, you have outdone yourself. I know this show came straight from your heart. Just beautiful.
	5:57pm StuartR: Great interview +tunes, Todd
	♥ 5:57pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Todd. Ronnie was pretty special.
	5:58pm Corey: Thanks for the beautiful tribute, Todd. Take care all.
	5:58pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks for all the love everyone...much appreciated!
	🎸 ♥ 5:59pm MonicaC: 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
	♥ 6:00pm mariano: Thank you, TOPT!
	6:00pm Motobro: Great show Todd. And Killer ending, Actually a tear jerker....
	6:00pm Stillwell Coney Islander: Many many thanks to you Todd. I am speechless and emotional over the death of Ronnie Spector
	6:02pm Jaded spades: Killer ending...
	♥ 6:02pm Dominick: Thanks Todd
	6:02pm marygidge: Tears
	♥ 6:03pm radioronan: Wonderful - Thanks for the memories and tribute, Todd!
	6:03pm DJ Nico: ❤️
	♥ 6:16pm Artie: Thanks, Todd.
	7:23am Robbie White: Thank you for this great show.
	11:40pm MOM WHIG: Todd - just listening in the Archives -- crying thru the whole thing - I luved her too. You did a GREAT tribute to her & all of us too.

Todd-o-phonic Todd: Playlist from January 15, 2022

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January 15, 2022: She Did It

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Slade	Cum On Feel The Noize "Cum On Feel The Noize" by "Slade"		Polydor		45
Rose Tattoo	T.V. "T.V." by "Rose Tattoo"	Rose Tattoo	Albert Productions		LP			0:04:00 (Pop-up)
CIVIC	Radiant Eye "Radiant Eye" by "CIVIC"	Future Forecast	Flightless		LP			0:05:52 (Pop-up)
The Shadracks	You Can't Lose "You Can't Lose" by "The Shadracks"	From Human Like Forms	Damaged Goods	2021	LP		*	0:08:53 (Pop-up)
The Rock Shop	Is That Your Halo "Is That Your Halo" by "The Rock Shop"		Rowena		45			0:11:05 (Pop-up)
Fast Eddy	Take A Look "Take A Look" by "Fast Eddy"		Spaghetty Town	2022	45		*	0:14:38 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult	The Red & The Black	Tyranny and Mutation	Columbia		LP			0:18:27 (Pop-up)
Fontaines D.C.	Jackie Down The Line		Partisan	2022	MP3		*	0:21:47 (Pop-up)
Geoff Palmer	Don't Be "Don't Be" by "Geoff Palmer"	Charts & Graphs	Stardumb Records	2021	LP		*	0:25:44 (Pop-up)

Richard Hell	You Gotta Lose "You Gotta Lose" by "Richard Hell"		Ork		EP			0:31:24 (Pop-up)
Parquet Courts	Watching Strangers Smile		Rough Trade	2022	MP3			0:34:47 (Pop-up)
Dream Syndicate	Here On Earth As Well (1985 demo)	What Can I Say? No Regrets	Fire	2021	CD box set		*	0:38:24 (Pop-up)
Pavement	Be The Hook "Be The Hook" by "Pavement"		Matador	2022	MP3		*	0:41:12 (Pop-up)
Thin Lizzy	Wild One "Wild One" by "Thin Lizzy"	Fighting	Mercury		LP			0:44:02 (Pop-up)
Flesh Panthers	I Wish I Woulda Known	Holy Roller	no label		LP			0:48:19 (Pop-up)
Compulsive Gamblers	Two Thieves "Two Thieves" by "Compulsive Gamblers"	Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing	Sympathy For The Record Industry		CD			0:51:46 (Pop-up)

The Teenagers	Why Do Fools Fall In Love	The Teenagers	Gee		LP			1:03:12 (Pop-up)
The Students	I'm So Young "I'm So Young" by "The Students"		Checker		45			1:06:05 (Pop-up)
The Ronettes	He Did It "He Did It" by "The Ronettes"		Colpix		LP	written by Jackie DeShannon and Sharon Sheeley.		1:08:32 (Pop-up)
Veronica	Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love		Phil Spector Records		45			1:11:05 (Pop-up)
The Ronettes	Baby, I Love You "Baby, I Love You" by "The Ronettes"		Philles		45			1:13:32 (Pop-up)
Bonnie and The Treasures	Home Of The Brave		Phi-Dan		45			1:17:10 (Pop-up)
The Ronettes	Be My Baby "Be My Baby" by "The Ronettes"	Live From The Brooklyn Fox In His Record Breaking Show: Murray The K	KFM Records		LP			1:20:16 (Pop-up)
The Ronettes	I Wonder "I Wonder" by "The Ronettes"	Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica	Philles		LP			1:23:46 (Pop-up)
The Ronettes	Keep On Dancing "Keep On Dancing" by "The Ronettes"	Phil Spector Wall Of Sound Vol. 2: Rare Masters	Phil Spector		LP			1:26:15 (Pop-up)
The Ronettes	Do I Love You "Do I Love You" by "The Ronettes"		Philles		45			1:28:40 (Pop-up)
The Courettes	Hey Boy "Hey Boy" by "The Courettes"	Back In Mono	Damaged Goods	2021	LP		*	1:32:23 (Pop-up)
The Ronettes	You Baby "You Baby" by "The Ronettes"	Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica	Philles		LP			1:36:01 (Pop-up)
The Ronettes	Is This What I Get For Loving You?		Philles		45			1:38:40 (Pop-up)
The Beach Boys	I Can Hear Music "I Can Hear Music" by "The Beach Boys"		Capitol		45			1:42:17 (Pop-up)
The Ronettes	(I'm A) Woman In Love		Phil Spector International		45			1:44:45 (Pop-up)
The Rolling Stones	We Were Falling In Love		no label		45			1:48:31 (Pop-up)
The Ronettes	Paradise "Paradise" by "The Ronettes"		Philles		45			1:50:23 (Pop-up)
The Ronettes	(The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up		Philles		45			1:53:55 (Pop-up)
The Ronettes (featuring the voice of Veronica)	You Came, You Saw, You Conquered!		A&M Records		45			1:58:45 (Pop-up)

11/29/14 interview with Ronnie Spector 1:34:09 to 1:51:02
The Ronettes	I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine	Phil Spector Wall Of Sound Vol. 2: Rare Masters	Phil Spector		LP			2:21:27 (Pop-up)
Ronnie Spector and the E Street Band	Say Goodbye To Hollywood		Epic		45			2:25:46 (Pop-up)
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes featuring Ronnie Spector	You Mean So Much To Me	I Don't Want To Go Home	Epic		LP			2:28:52 (Pop-up)
Ronnie Spector	Tandoori Chicken "Tandoori Chicken" by "Ronnie Spector"		Apple		45			2:33:21 (Pop-up)
Ronnie Spector	It's A Heartache "It's A Heartache" by "Ronnie Spector"		Alston		45			2:35:36 (Pop-up)
Ronnie Spector	She Talks To Rainbows	She Talks To Rainbows	Creation		EP	written and produced by Joey Ramone		2:38:58 (Pop-up)
Ronnie Spector	Something's Gonna Happen	Something's Gonna Happen	Bad Girl Sounds		CD	EP of Marshall Crenshaw songs		2:42:45 (Pop-up)
Ronnie Spector	Don't Worry Baby "Don't Worry Baby" by "Ronnie Spector"	She Talks To Rainbows	Creation		EP	This Beach Boys classic was intended for The Ronettes		2:45:40 (Pop-up)

The Raveonettes	Ode to L.A. "Ode to L.A." by "The Raveonettes"	Pretty In Black	Columbia		CD			2:50:13 (Pop-up)
David Johansen	Frenchette "Frenchette" by "David Johansen"	David Johansen	Blue Sky		LP			2:53:22 (Pop-up)
Ronnie Spector	You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory	The Last Of The Rock Stars	Bad Girl Sounds		CD			2:58:47 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 3:00pm Handy Haversack: Afternoon, Todd and all affiliated groovers-o-phonic!
	3:00pm DJ Nico: Yes, Todd!
	🎸 ♥ 3:01pm medson: Let’s Rock.
	3:01pm P-90: Good choice for the #1 slot, as always
	3:02pm gauche knee: Yes! Noize!
	♥ 3:03pm Alvy Singer: Quiet Riot made Jim Lea and Noddy Holder extremely wealthy.
	3:03pm phat in lincoln: Hot damn.
	3:04pm late for class: Tease it to Jesus
	🎸 ♥ 3:05pm medson: Pub rockers
	🎸 ♥ 3:05pm luka: Rose Tattoo hits different when you actually have a rose tattoo. good afternoon, rockers.
	3:05pm Rick G: Coming in hot! Thank you for the blast of energy TOPT
	3:06pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Hey everyone...I'll try and keep you warm with the hot sounds today!
	🎸 ♥ 3:07pm medson: The trifecta to start things off? Todd showing no mercy
	3:07pm Joe B: BOSS GROOVER
	3:08pm Victrola Tom: Hola rock & rollas!
	3:08pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Hey Champ! Hola Medson! Nico! And all the other great assembled here!
	♥ 3:09pm Handy Haversack: Yo, medson, luka, People's Champ, Victrola Tom, Todd, everyone! We are throwing off heat here!
	3:09pm late for class: Brandishing a shotgun like a baseball bat
	♥ 3:09pm TomDash: Strong outta the gate!
	3:11pm Victrola Tom: Hey Handy! Get ready for some more Hoboken Poker in February!
	♥ 3:12pm Handy Haversack: Gotcha, Tom! Desperately hoping the stupid COVID numbers start going back down! We are feeling pretty locked in again. Whisky supplies are holding up, though!
	♥ 3:14pm DjLorraine: Nice picture of the Ronnettes. I love that Ronnie is acknowledging her team.
	3:15pm jamesegio: i think its time for bloodys!
	♥ 3:15pm Hoboken Jack: A rare afternoon timeslot for TOPT! Hey Joe, Medson Man, Tom, Handy, 1-800- DONT-GAMBLE-BAGPIPE, everybody!
	♥ 3:15pm Hoboken Jack: Hey TomDash!
	3:16pm Jeff: Too bad no one played Slade on the radio when they needed it. Sounds better than ever. Thanks
	♥ 3:16pm Handy Haversack: Jack, even K8 said to me, "Wait, you're betting on Tom Brady? Don't you hate him?" Bagpipe has mercifully not judged me.
	3:18pm Joe B: YEAH!
	3:18pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: You're welcome @Jeff. I did first come upon them on Scott Muni's "Things From England" on WNEW-FM, but U.S. airplay was definitely a rare thing for them.
	3:18pm Miss G: Good tune by Fast Eddy and even greater segue!
	3:18pm Victrola Tom: @Handy same here re: lockdown. But it appears the numbers are starting to plummet so we’re hoping for a mid-Feb game. Exact date TBD.
	♥ 3:19pm Handy Haversack: BÖC!!!!
	♥ 3:19pm Dennis Diken: go, Todd! hey, gang!
	3:19pm Victrola Tom: What’s up Hobo Jack!
	3:19pm Ross T.: I have to sign in and make a comment whenever you play some BOC! I'm on the lamb but I ain't no sheep....
	3:19pm DJ Nico: You're my house chores soundtrack in frosty Toronto! -12 now!
	3:19pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Hey Dennis! I hope you and Donna are warm in The Den today!
	🎸 ♥ 3:19pm medson: Todd has established early in the show that he’s the one asking the questions.
	3:21pm DJ Nico: -12 celsius, windchill is in the mid -20s
	3:21pm phat in lincoln: Only BöC could turn a song about the RCMP into something about S&M.
	♥ 3:22pm Alvy Singer: Wonderful Handsome Dick impression Todd.
	3:23pm gauche knee: love this new fontaines
	3:25pm DJ Nico: Like this too!
	3:25pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks @Alvy Singer!
	3:26pm Spinning Giant: great cut!
	🎸 ♥ 3:26pm James in ATL: Love this track - scratching that Blur itch. Also, Thank you Todd-O-Phonic Todd for the awesome Wake & Bake fill-ins this week!
	🎸 ♥ 3:27pm James in ATL: That was the Fontaines D.C. track. I type slow...
	3:29pm Joe B: wow! Cheryl's Record Delivery!
	♥ 3:29pm efd: Wow, that's dedication! Good for you, Cheryl!
	3:29pm DJ Nico: Cheryl is a GODDESS!
	3:29pm Qibote: Still in town :-)
	🎸 ♥ 3:32pm medson: Today’s show is literally brought to you by Sissophonic Cheryl.
	3:35pm rx scabin: Hello. Here I am as promised last week during an excellent fill-in.
	3:35pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Welcome rx!
	♥ 3:35pm Kotzwinkled: hell yes this Parquet Courts is the only good song about the pandemic (that I know of).
	3:36pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: You're welcome James!
	3:36pm jamesegio: pq performed on ellen this week!
	3:37pm DJ Nico: Like this too!
	3:37pm jamesegio: and it was this song!
	3:38pm johnk77: boc & richard hell= likely more winners to come
	3:41pm Miss G: Dream Syndicate played such great live shows in the 80s.
	♥ 3:42pm efd: @Miss G And they still are! They were amazing at Brooklyn Made in December.
	3:43pm elkeno: Pavement ist rad!
	♥ 3:44pm Kotzwinkled: Malk used that riff in a solo album too, no?
	3:44pm Miss G: Oh thanks efd, I was wondering! (I assumed the answer was yes)
	🎸 ♥ 3:45pm luka: W I L D O N E
	♥ 3:46pm MHLee: I hope I didn't miss the tribute
	3:47pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @MHLee: You didn't, it's coming up soon.
	🎸 ♥ 3:47pm luka: i will endlessly go back forth between Fighting and Johnny being my favorite Lizzy
	3:50pm cheezwhizzle: Hi Todd-O!!
	♥ 3:51pm MHLee: This is a no label band? This is good stuff.
	3:51pm Spinning Giant: wow. this is great! new, TOPT?
	3:52pm Spinning Giant: where'd you get it...?
	3:52pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Spinning Giant: From 2020...
	♥ 3:53pm efd: @Spinning Giant: fleshpanthers.bandcamp.com...
	3:53pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks Evan! @MHLee: They self-released it.
	3:53pm DJ Nico: Knew it was Greg C ❤️
	♥ 3:53pm MHLee: Adding to wishlist
	3:53pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @cheezwhizzle: Are you listening in Philly today?
	♥ 3:55pm MHLee: I worked my way through the acid archives... oh look I'm on the mother station for once. I think I've only been here twice
	3:57pm aint Paul: Sounds like Westerberg.
	3:58pm Spinning Giant: thanks todd, efd - cheers!
	4:02pm Christina Ginger: Finally home from working some OT, and just in time for what I wanted to hear.
	♥ 4:02pm TonyR: It's Ronnie Time!
	4:04pm DJ Nico: Hi Christina!
	♥ 4:04pm MHLee: The Teenagers are incredible
	4:04pm johnk77: ron delsener was a playa in the entertainment biz in the before times
	♥ 4:05pm Dave the Spazz: @Todd-o-phonic Todd: You're holding out on me with your Jay Black anecdotes!
	♥ 4:05pm TonyR: Coy Todd.
	4:06pm Christina Ginger: Hi DJ Nico! 💜 Max just said hi, too.
	4:06pm Don F.: She always gave props to Frankie Lymon. Thanks for playing, Todd!
	4:07pm rx scabin: Excellent. Will there ever be a FL and the Teenagers and adjacent show or set? There is probably, but one (except for WFMU djs) cannot know everything.
	♥ 4:07pm MHLee: I never realized how obviously linked doo-wopers and the ronnettes are
	4:08pm Mr C: Todd Where was the RROH after party for her?
	🎸 ♥ 4:08pm medson: My father would love this set.
	4:08pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Dave the Spazz: I've never heard someone say "Why won't you work with me?" so many times.
	♥ 4:08pm TonyR: "My father...." GIT OFF MY LAWN!
	4:09pm Joe B: @TOPT - sounds like me trying to book a live music engineer!
	4:09pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Mr C: At Home Sweet Home on Chrystie Street.
	🎸 ♥ 4:10pm MonicaC: Hi Todd! Hi Friends! I’m late to the party, but I plan to Make up for lost time. RIP Ronnie.
	♥ 4:10pm Handy Haversack: Glad to be here for this. There have been a lot of tributes on WFMU these past couple of years (too many, of course, we have lost too many). And others of course have spanned multiple shows. But I don't remember one where the loss was so leavened with joy and gratitude for the art and the artist and the gift of sharing a world with them as these amazing shows for Ronnie. Just stunned with admiration. Thanks so much, Todd. And Sheila and everyone and all.
	4:11pm Miss G: The subtle menace in her voice when she sings "he did it and yes he's gone," what a maestro!
	🎸 ♥ 4:12pm listener 126464: Hey Todd, cheers gang!
	♥ 4:12pm TonyR: What Handy said.
	♥ 4:14pm Matt Clarke: Hey Todd! Thanks for this great show
	4:15pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks for listening Matt!
	4:16pm Joe B: @handy - one reason I think is not only is it an iconic talent but that said icon was somewhat in our orbit. she showed up at the record fair, was on Gaylord's show a couple times, Todd's show, called in to Spazz and my shows, performed at a few Ponderosa Stomp FMU broadcasts. not to mention Dennis D and Ira K having played with her, and other members of the extended FMU friends and family playing with her for years etc.
	🎸 ♥ 4:16pm DonJuanTijuana: Thank you TOPT for sharing these great Ronnie stories & of course the tunes !
	♥ 4:17pm TonyR: Saw her live in 1997 in Hoboken. Killer performer.
	♥ 4:18pm Handy Haversack: Yeah, Joe -- the sense of closeness and real intimacy is very clear and makes it all the more special that a window to it can be opened through these shows. It's a gift. And it comes over the radio waves for free!
	4:19pm Joe B: someone recently posted an acetate of a demo of the ronettes doing home of the brave. the quality is not great but it is great to hear Ronnie singing it in '64
	4:19pm Don F.: @JoeB Yes. Saw her with Billy Miller at the Norton records stand - FMU record fair/
	4:19pm Tim from LH: I got to see her with Liberty Devito on drums at BB Kings.
	♥ 4:20pm MHLee: Any chance we'll hear the Raveonettes?
	4:20pm Joe B: @don f. - yes, there is a picture of me in there with them somewhere but cannot locate it!
	4:20pm Dungaroos Kipawah: I urge y’all to find & read Josh Alan Friedman’s TELL THE TRUTH UNTIL THEY BLEED—the piece on Ronnie is indelible, and contains essential pieces on Jerry Leiber, Doc Pomus & a cavalcade (yup) of others.
	♥ 4:20pm Dominick: great to hear this
	4:21pm DJ Nico: Hi Matt! xx
	4:21pm HyperDose: Live Ronnie 😍
	4:22pm stevej: scratchy. skippy. I'm old enough to handle it. Thanks TOPT
	♥ 4:22pm Handy Haversack: Cavalcades and everything?! I'm in! Hey, Dungaroos K.
	4:22pm Miss G: The skip is worth it! swoon
	4:22pm Lord Jimz: great recovery!
	4:22pm Joe B: Cheryl, quick bring a backup copy to the station!
	4:23pm Stillwell Coney Islander: I WAS THERE!!! THANK God!! Brooklyn Fox Theatre
	♥ 4:23pm Matt Clarke: Hi DJ Nico! <3
	♥ 4:23pm Matt Clarke: @Joe B: LOL
	🎸 ♥ 4:23pm medson: Good one Joe B.
	4:23pm Tom D.: Todd, very nice tribute to Ronnie Spector, I appreciate her singing more than ever, RIP Ronnie.
	♥ 4:23pm Pedro in Arlington: "Record of the Century." Dick Clark was a putz but not wrong here.
	4:24pm Miss G: Wowie kazowie Stillwell Coney Islander!
	♥ 4:24pm JB from NP: Bless you, Todd O, for this show.
	4:25pm Don F.: @JoeB. LOL - My uncle had dental practice in the Brooklyn Fox b/4 it was knocked down for the Con Ed bldg. Ronnie mentions Murray the K on Letterman and he has no idea who he is.
	4:26pm Joe B: @don - was watching the letterman clips last night, saw that! the one with eddie money is great also
	4:26pm marygidge: I’ve been waiting all my life for this show.
	4:29pm Don F.: @JoeB. So worth the viewing.
	4:29pm Stillwell Coney Islander: Miss G, every year Murray the K put on a R&R show early 60s, my friends and I went to all y them
	4:29pm Joe B: that was so amazing
	4:30pm Sissophonic Cheryl: @Joe B, I've used up my Uber allowance for the day! lol
	4:30pm rx scabin: Did she kiss GF on the lips?
	4:31pm Joe B: ha ha!
	4:31pm rx scabin: Unless I misheard the lyrics.
	♥ 4:31pm DjLorraine: Thank you Todd for that info that Ronnie sang Do I Love You to Gaylord Fields.
	♥ 4:32pm Ken From Hyde Park: This is great, Todd-o-Ronnie Todd!
	4:32pm Don F.: @TOPT @JOE B If I may share - Went to Genya Ravan loft for Ronnie's son Bar Mitzvah party some moons ago. Awesome - pitched her some covers for their next album. Genya's produced album needs to be revisited.
	♥ 4:32pm JB from NP: This is the kind of tribute she deserves, and one for a few repeat listens on the archive
	4:33pm JoeyX: I got to see the Courettes open for Holly Golightly and they were a force of nature!
	4:33pm Joe B: @don - i recall she covered evie sands and the ramones, don't remember any others from that LP
	4:34pm Don F.: @Joe B. Anne Husick (b/g vocals for Pickett on Letterman) and bassist for Ronnie has the memory of that!
	4:35pm Lord Jimz: Thank you for your extraordinary show, we're totally blown-out!
	♥ 4:36pm MHLee: In case you've never heard it, check out the Raveonettes feat. Ronnie Spector... the song is called Ode to LA...
	♥ 4:36pm Matt Clarke: A fav too
	♥ 4:36pm Handy Haversack: Ouch, shipping on that Courettes album is rough!
	♥ 4:38pm MHLee: @Handy you get the vinyl on amazon with prime
	4:39pm Frank In Queens: Greetings from the tundra.
	🎸 ♥ 4:39pm Joel: Playing this Philly style - LOUD !!
	4:39pm Morgan: great deep dive Toddophonic
	♥ 4:39pm Matt Clarke: Hey Frankie
	4:40pm Frank In Queens: Hey Matt
	♥ 4:40pm MHLee: I love to death the Leonard Cohen album with Phil on it... but it's amazing that a decade or more later the wall of sound is still the same recognizable wall of sound
	🎸 ♥ 4:40pm listener 126464: Love The Courettes cover art for that.
	4:41pm Joe B: or Philles style!
	4:41pm Miss G: MHLee, I don't know that Leonard Cohen album, but we were nuts when the Ramones came out with End of the Century. . .
	🎸 ♥ 4:41pm MonicaC: Great song. I’ve never heard it.
	4:42pm Joe B: EDIT RECORD
	4:43pm DJ Nico: Frank in Queens! It's arctic winds here!
	4:43pm Joe B: Carl delivered this one great live
	♥ 4:43pm MHLee: @Miss G... it's called Death of Ladies Man... 1977 I believe... people hated it when it came out... side 2 is great imo
	♥ 4:44pm Matt Clarke: Love love love
	4:44pm Don F.: Some DJ made a collage of This Beach Boys w/ Baby I Love you. @TOPT you hit sweet spot. All Faklempt. Talk amongst yourselves.
	♥ 4:45pm Chili MacPagoda: This is fantastic. Great show, another Saturday classic!
	4:45pm rx scabin: @DJ Nico It is 9 degrees here in Western NY. It used to be the regular, but sort of rare the last few years. I wonder why.
	4:45pm Christina Ginger: @DJ NIco, what’s the temp in TO?
	4:45pm late for class: <3 <3<3
	♥ 4:45pm MHLee: End of the Century is awesome too... I especially like Danny Says which gives me Buddy Holly vibes... of course the Ramones wound't exist without the Ronnetes
	♥ 4:45pm Matt Clarke: Hey ChiliMac! Happy Saturday
	4:45pm Dennis Diken: So diggin’ this, Todd! Thanks for the shout out
	♥ 4:46pm Chili MacPagoda: My brother Matt!!
	4:46pm Miss G: Thanks MHLee. .people around me had so much Leonard Cohen that I never bothered to pay attention red face
	4:47pm Miss G: Oh PS I also love that Raveonettes song
	♥ 4:47pm TonyR: "End of the Century" was supposed to get the superdeluxe nox set edition treatment any day now for two years.
	4:48pm Joe B: It's a shame Phil packed it in and sulked away in the face of the British Invasion, I guess foreshadowing what a jerk he was.
	♥ 4:49pm adamdoesit: TOPT, what a great, heartfelt tribute. I can feel the admiration. RIP Ronnie.
	4:50pm Daybreak’s getting through!: Wow! DEEPLY girl group influenced! Good call TOPT!
	🎸 ♥ 4:50pm Joel: Sound of Jaw Dropping ...
	♥ 4:51pm TonyR: Pic of Stones and Rnnettes togather. i.pinimg.com...
	4:55pm rx scabin: Todd!
	4:57pm rx scabin: Didn't you end Wake with this one? Heartbreaking.
	4:58pm Victrola Tom: As far as this tribute goes, I am without speech!
	4:58pm Daybreak’s getting through!: Yikes! I bet “the best part of breaking up when we’re making up” lead some people to have some desperate one-sided delusions and caused a lot of bad relationship troubles with toxic behavior! Ahh, were we ever so young?
	4:59pm Morgan: the best part of breaking up is fleeing for your life, heading for the hills, running out of your shoes, never to return
	♥ 5:00pm dale: just got a chance to sit down. great show todd.
	5:00pm KWilde: Great show TOPT!
	5:00pm rx scabin: The best part of breaking up is the nostalgia.
	5:00pm Jaded spades: Thank you for an amazing tribute!!! sigh.
	5:01pm Daybreak’s getting through!: The little skips on the record are poor Sheila B’s tears’ This loss hit her bad! Her show yesterday: https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/111744
	5:02pm HyperDose: Was? ;)
	5:04pm Ira: Easy to tell us apart, Todd. Murray=Lone Twister. Me=Lone Mosher. Beautiful tribute!
	5:04pm Chloe Q: Really enjoying this Ronnie tribute- great show, Todd!
	♥ 5:06pm Ken From Hyde Park: Those The K brothers! I always get Ira, Murray & Nate mixed up.
	5:06pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks Chloe and everyone!
	5:06pm Scott Cornish: Without any further ado ron ron
	5:07pm HyperDose: She sounded so sweet (even when she wasn't singing) 💖
	5:07pm RobinSays: Such a wonderful show today, Todd. My parents (who have both passed on) used to go to the Peppermint Lounge in the Sixties and they loved rock 'n' roll -- especially the girl groups. Your show brings up fond memories of them for me.
	♥ 5:07pm Handy Haversack: Not to mention Vitamin, Ken.
	♥ 5:08pm TonyR: Bought the hi-res Xmas Album a few years ago. Someone recorded the album to cassette from LP in the 80s for a gift to me on a gift exchange at my job.
	5:08pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @RobinSays: That's really wonderful to hear, thank you.
	♥ 5:08pm Matt Clarke: The Ronettes' reached the top 10 again at the end of 2021 with "Sleigh Ride."
	♥ 5:09pm TonyR: Back when records still went out of print....
	5:10pm Don F.: Just found Ronnie Photos from Lincoln Center out of doors produced by Jill S. 07/26/2017. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1111970126310347&set=pcb.1111970332976993
	5:10pm Morgan: i love her
	5:14pm Miss G: What a consummate performer with such love for her contemporaries and her fans etc
	♥ 5:15pm TonyR: She's a PROFESSIONAL, Girl!
	5:15pm Morgan: i never realized what a usurper mariah carey is
	5:15pm rx scabin: I heard her say, "kick ass." Excellent.
	♥ 5:16pm Chili MacPagoda: Ronnie has that old school NYC vibe that’s slowly disappearing, I love her, her spirit and her voice. She sounds like the women I used to ride with on the A/C into Manhattan. She’s the coolest!!
	5:18pm Joe B: a friggin men
	♥ 5:18pm Handy Haversack: WORD
	5:18pm Miss G: This was in the Washington Post obit, loved so much: “We weren’t afraid to be hot. That was our gimmick,” Spector said in her memoir. “When we saw The Shirelles walk on stage with their wide party dresses, we went in the opposite direction and squeezed our bodies into the tightest skirts we could find. Then we’d get out on stage and hike them up to show our legs even more.”
	♥ 5:19pm Matt Clarke: Thank you so much for re-playing this, Todd
	5:19pm Joe B: etude in black!
	♥ 5:19pm Hoboken Jack: I love this interview so much!!!
	5:19pm Morgan: chili my mom grew up in spanish harlem
	5:19pm Dungaroos Kipawah: The Cassavetes episode IS the best episode!
	5:19pm DJ Nico: This is so great ❤️
	5:19pm Ira: Great Columbo choice! She could do it all.
	5:19pm Lord Jimz: Awesome, Miss G!
	5:20pm Dungaroos Kipawah: One more reason to love Ronnie--Columbo!
	5:20pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: You're welcome Matt!
	5:20pm Miss G: I swear I just watched that Columbo Cassavetes during the pandemic!
	5:21pm Jaded spades: This is such a treat!! Great interview. What a doll she was...
	♥ 5:22pm Handy Haversack: That was wonderful.
	🎸 ♥ 5:22pm MonicaC: I feel like a fly on the wall, listening to a conversation between two dear friends. What a great interview, Todd. Your affection and reverence for her (and hers for you) comes over loud and clear.
	5:22pm HyperDose: That was very special. Thank you for sharing that moment, Todd.
	5:22pm rx scabin: Thank you, T. I have got to go. I will see you next time T. Excellent show, as we know.
	5:22pm Joe B: so great TOPT, thannks
	5:23pm Miss G: Yes, Todd, I doubt that her other interviewers got such a great convo
	5:23pm Corey: Really enjoyed that Todd. RIP Ronnie
	♥ 5:23pm Micheal: What a fantastic interview! Thank you, Todd! The Colombo episode is “etude in black”.
	♥ 5:23pm MHLee: Oh wow, goosebumps... this song is so painfully sad
	♥ 5:23pm mariano: Hey, TOPT, folks! Glad to be able to catch the last part of the tribute.
	5:23pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: I'm glad you guys enjoyed the interview...it really captured her wonderful essence.
	🎸 ♥ 5:23pm listener 126464: So good. Thanks Todd.
	♥ 5:23pm Alvy Singer: Ronnie was such a treasure. Very sweet interview Todd.
	5:24pm Stillwell Coney Islander: Thank you so much Todd and Joe B for your tributes to Ronnie Spector. Brought back a lot memories of being a teenager in the early days of Rock and Roll. Little did we know...
	♥ 5:24pm TonyR: Loved that interview - you don't hear singers freely talk about getting winded every day.
	5:25pm Richard Whig: been listening......lovely interview. thanks for replaying
	♥ 5:25pm greg g: Thank you Todd for a wonderful and inspiring tribute and thank you Ronnie !
	♥ 5:25pm Handy Haversack: I love that you were at that show at the Fox, Stillwell!
	5:26pm elkeno: that skip could have played on for a long time...
	♥ 5:26pm Ken From Hyde Park: The 2014 episode: www.wfmu.org...
	5:28pm Joe B: The record was important for the E Streeters as well. tomophobic tom posted this week that it was a much needed payday and high profile gig as the band was not allowed to play during bruce's dispute with his ex manager
	5:28pm Melissa Jean: I'm not crying, you're crying
	5:29pm Miss G: Melissa Jean, I'm going to have to run out into the cold for more boxes of tissues!
	5:29pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Joe B: Mike Appel of The Balloon Farm!
	5:31pm HyperDose: Southside Johnny!
	5:32pm Parq: How about that horn section!
	♥ 5:33pm MHLee: Well I guess that proves the I would like Bruce more without Bruce
	5:36pm Tim from LH: Also has a beautiful picture sleeve of Ronnie .
	5:36pm Joe B: damn, nothing gets past TOPT! thought i could sneak this one in on monday
	5:37pm Joe B: @tim - agreed
	♥ 5:37pm TonyR: Leon Russell on piano, no? I bet it's harder to do than it sounds.
	🎸 ♥ 5:37pm Joel: David Johansen used to do this song live. The memories !!
	5:37pm Will R.: Shouting out to the shout out! Thnx Todd and RIP Ronnie
	♥ 5:39pm TonyR: Guys! Guys! There's enough tandoori chicken for everybody!
	5:40pm Listener Robert: Know the one, "It's a heartburn, nothing but a heartburn. Feels like burp but won't come...."
	5:40pm Miss G: <3 this is one of my Top Ten songs
	5:40pm Joe B: too bad George saddled Ronnie with a second-rate song for the a-side of the apple single
	♥ 5:40pm Handy Haversack: Well, we learned from Todd and all that every night in heaven there's a Ramones record release party. Glad to know Ronnie will be performing at those.
	5:41pm Ignore Function: Great job with this, Todd.
	5:41pm Larry B Wright: Sometimes when listening to TOPT or WFMU in general you just have to stop whatever you're doing, shut down the devices and the lights and just sit down and listen and learn! (I'm a supporter!) Cheers&Love LBW
	5:41pm HyperDose: She straight up owned this track
	♥ 5:41pm Matt Clarke: @Joey B: He had "You" recorded and ready for her didn't he?
	♥ 5:42pm TonyR: Bowie covered the A-side. Didn't improve things.
	♥ 5:42pm McGroovey: Great show today, Todd. She Talks to Rainbows brought me out of lurk mode. I love this song! I need to get out the Ramones'version later.
	5:42pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Beautiful show today Todd. I didn’t say it first but someone stated that Ronnie could sing the phone book & bring us to tears.
	5:42pm Joe B: @Matt - yeah - allegedly there was gonna be an album but when the single unsurprisingly stiffed, Phil pulled the plug
	5:42pm Fredericks: IgFunc! Cold up there, yet?
	5:43pm Melissa Jean: yes this was really beautiful. and I'm so sorry you've lost your friend, my thoughts are with you
	5:43pm Joe B: yeah! great!
	5:44pm morphe': Thanks TopT and all !!!!!!!
	5:44pm elkeno: lol such a Marshall vibe. Great
	5:45pm gauche knee: this entire show, esp Ronnie tribute , really beyond, TOPT. loved hearing the interview again. & her gorg nyc accent! Ronnie with her charm & badassness put such a shine on everything♥️
	5:45pm georgia: is that the Pussywillows?
	5:46pm Joe B: @georgia - yes!
	♥ 5:46pm TonyR: Todd's autobiography is gonna be "My Life as a Pussywillow."
	5:46pm georgia: Wow this is great never heard this..
	5:46pm Joe B: and marshall on guitar!
	5:46pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Georgia for the win! Not just in the national championship game.
	5:46pm Robm: This station with both the djs and the chat room can give quite an education and a lot of times i jyst lurk to soak up all the knowledge
	5:47pm Mr C: What a lovely, lovely tribute Todd. Top of the Pops!
	♥ 5:47pm patrick321: Hey Todd and all, glad I got back in time to express my appreciation for this wonderful, heartfelt show.I'm sure it must've been hard for you to replay that interview but it was so great to feel her genuine warmth and continued enthusiasm for her music. Thanks for sharing it.
	5:48pm Larry B Wright: Agreed Robm!
	5:49pm Joe B: two of the four Martinets on this track!
	5:49pm gauche knee: 😭 Phil couldn’t stop this duo from happening! 😍
	5:50pm elkeno: Ronnie is a joy, Todd, you & FMU are as well for this fantastic showcase- thank you
	5:51pm Ignore Function: FONPR! Yes, it is cold.
	♥ 5:51pm MHLee: There it is! Fell deeply in love with this album in 2015
	♥ 5:52pm Handy Haversack: Todd, I said it already, but thanks for this, for giving such a gift to the listeners even with your own loss. You're the best! This has been wonderful, and I am very grateful for it and to have been able to hear it. Be well, all.
	♥ 5:52pm MO MIZ: Thanks for another Amazing Show, Todd! Much Love and admiration felt between you and Ronnie, pretty fantastic.
	♥ 5:53pm Matt Clarke: Beautiful remembrance, Todd. Thank you.
	5:54pm Old Dave: A proper tribute, and I learned much as usual. Thanks, Todd! Appreciate her that much more now.
	♥ 5:54pm MHLee: F*ckin Ronnie, man. Thanks so much. It's been an experience.
	♥ 5:54pm RevErie: Great show Todd! Thanx!
	5:54pm Lord Jimz: We're fully buzzed out from all the love.
	5:54pm HyperDose: Incredible show, Todd. You did your friend well. She would have loved it.
	🎸 ♥ 5:54pm listener 126464: Thank you Todd.
	🎸 ♥ 5:55pm Joel: YES... YES.. And Those Marvelettes
	5:55pm Joe B: thanks so much Todd. a proper sendoff, from one icon to another!
	5:55pm Robm: Damn between todd and sheliab yesterday i keep getting something in my eyes
	5:55pm Steve Harsh: Frenchette has Sylvain all over it, and nobody loved Ronnie more than Syl. And they died one day apart. RIP legends
	5:55pm Miss G: Fascinating show TOPT! Thank you so much, so many great stories, and info I had no idea! (not to mention those amazing songs) and thanks to listeners for chat (sorry I can't even talk, I'm just. . .mind blown I guess is the phrase)
	5:55pm DJ Nico: Thank you for this tribute, Todd. Beautiful send off to Ronnie xx
	🎸 ♥ 5:56pm MonicaC: Todd, you have outdone yourself. I know this show came straight from your heart. Just beautiful.
	5:57pm StuartR: Great interview +tunes, Todd
	♥ 5:57pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Todd. Ronnie was pretty special.
	5:58pm Corey: Thanks for the beautiful tribute, Todd. Take care all.
	5:58pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks for all the love everyone...much appreciated!
	🎸 ♥ 5:59pm MonicaC: 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
	♥ 6:00pm mariano: Thank you, TOPT!
	6:00pm Motobro: Great show Todd. And Killer ending, Actually a tear jerker....
	6:00pm Stillwell Coney Islander: Many many thanks to you Todd. I am speechless and emotional over the death of Ronnie Spector
	6:02pm Jaded spades: Killer ending...
	♥ 6:02pm Dominick: Thanks Todd
	6:02pm marygidge: Tears
	♥ 6:03pm radioronan: Wonderful - Thanks for the memories and tribute, Todd!
	6:03pm DJ Nico: ❤️
	♥ 6:16pm Artie: Thanks, Todd.
	7:23am Robbie White: Thank you for this great show.
	11:40pm MOM WHIG: Todd - just listening in the Archives -- crying thru the whole thing - I luved her too. You did a GREAT tribute to her & all of us too.

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