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Favoriting January 29, 2022: We're All Just Drifters On The Morning Sky

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Electric Light Orchestra  So Fine (instrumental edit)   Favoriting
Rory Moon And The Silver Stars  Little Wondering Why   Favoriting
Earl Scruggs  Nashville Skyline Rag   Favoriting
Mitty Collier  My Babe   Favoriting
Now Generation, The  Alone Again (Naturally)   Favoriting
Dave Edmunds  London Is A Lonely Town   Favoriting
Strangers, The  Take The Time   Favoriting
Loney Hutchins  Pinball King   Favoriting
Barbara Lynn  Only You Know How To Love Me   Favoriting
Thomas Dean  Oh Babe   Favoriting
Deejays, The  Working Out Fine   Favoriting
Mike And The Moonpies  Road Crew   Favoriting
Ventures, The  Like You've Never Known Before   Favoriting
Don Wilson  2008 Interview Excerpt   Favoriting
Ventures, The  A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You   Favoriting
Sonny Charles And The Checkmates, Ltd.  Black Pearl   Favoriting
Yo La Tengo  If It's True   Favoriting
Karen Carpenter, Hal Blaine & Joe Osborne  We've Only Just Begun   Favoriting
Nikki Lane  Jackpot   Favoriting
Timmy Thomas  Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On   Favoriting
Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra  The Coffee Song   Favoriting
Los Lobos  Walking Song   Favoriting
Mama Cass  It's Getting Better   Favoriting
Billy Jo Spears  Here You Come Again   Favoriting
Los Masters  Cissy Strutt   Favoriting
David Bowie  Sound and Vision   Favoriting
Paul Revere And The Raiders  Good Thing   Favoriting
Carl Smith  Loose Talk   Favoriting
Shirelles, The  Love Is a Swingin' Thing   Favoriting
Ko And The Knockouts  If I   Favoriting
Mike Russo and The Dellwoods and Friend  Let's Do The Pretzel   Favoriting
Dallas Frazier  Just a LIttle Bit Of You   Favoriting
Pete Bennett And The Embers  Fever   Favoriting
NRBQ  The Moon And Other Things   Favoriting
Nuevo  77   Favoriting
Rita and Friend  Hamburger Hamlet   Favoriting

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CLICK HERE to read the lawsuit "Brother Records Inc. vs Jardine"

CLICK HERE for the six part documentary of the making of Elvis Costello's "Spanish Model"

CLICK HERE for Margaret's Granola Recipe

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

CLICK HERE for the Song Exploder episode on Cheap Trick's Surrender

CLICK HERE for info on "Sweet Relief - A tribute to Joey Spampinato"

CLICK HERE for an interesting blog piece about cut-out lps

CLICK HERE to watch "Call Her Mom," a 1972 pre-Animal House made for TV movie featuring Mark Eric & Charles Nelson Riley

CLICK HERE to see recently unearthed 100% NUDE photos of Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin - WARNINGS: 1. N.S.F.W. 2. You cant un-see these 3. WFMU is not responsible for psychiatric bills resulting from clicking on this link

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

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

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 Baby:

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Michael Shelley:

Hey Baby!
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Handy Haversack:

Morning, Michael, Baby, and all the Shelle Gamers! Gonna go make snow brunch but radios are on. FM sounding great in Brooklyn with the signal bouncing off snow and clouds!

Michael, I made a snow-weekend baked ziti last night. It's fantastic. I almost took a picture for but was so hungry ...
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Squints:

ok then.

hey HEY hey now.
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Frank In Queens:

Hey Now!
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Mister Dobalina:

This intro Michael always gets me!
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Frank In Queens:

Is it live or is it Memorex?
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Squints:

Mike The Exterminator.

Wasn't he part of the Genovese family?
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Baja Joe:

Morning Mike! Way to kick off show with the ELO!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, Michael & all!
  11:03am
clarke:

hoy new
there's no bday party for me in here!!
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PatrickMC:

Bev doing a little disco sounding thing
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Dennis Diken:

go, Mikey! hey gang!
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

The return of Rory Moon!
  11:05am
clarke:

we're only here for the ZITI!!!
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Listener Baby:

Double-est D That first set of your latest show was Hall of Fame Radio. I can’t stop listening to it.
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McGroovey:

Signal is great in North Bergen, except that when I sit down in one chair where I like to sit, it fuzzies up the radio.

Making waffles, waiting for the waffle iron to heat up. Teenagers are waiting patiently impatiently in their rooms for me to announce that it's time to come and consume.
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Squints:

This might sound stupid but could that ELO track (or any ELO track of that era, really) not be rearranged just as fully for Strats and Teles and make fantastic Ventures records?
  11:08am
clarke:

move that chair, McG!!
  11:09am
clarke:

i learned long ago - never force a drive!! there's always a way to wait.
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Squints:

My only knock on A New World Record is that production is a little too... blended enough. A bit more separation, maybe, and make the sound really pop. Wouldn't change a single actual note or part.
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Pedro in Arlington:

Bummed that Marty Stuart got postponed in DC on Thursday. No indication as to why. What say you, No. 1 dj?
  11:10am
clarke:

agreed Squints - at the time New World Record came out, i was anti-disco - that stance has eased (a bit) these days, and this record stands up.
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Squints:

Signal fine as always fine over the interweb tubes.

Power, however, has exhibited quantum behavior.
  11:11am
David watts:

making elk sausage breakfast sandwiches and listening!
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Mister Dobalina:

Coffee has been made, Aeropress.. baked Beans and scrambled eggs, toast are being craved, but I'm all out of beans.
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greg g:

Happy Saturday!!
  11:11am
Wiefwi Beanne:

That was some serious pickin' DJ Michael Shelley.
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Squints:

I would absolutely go see Marty Stuart and the Fab Supes play A New World Record arranged for guitars in its entirety.
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PatrickMC:

This is so awesome. Where's Gil
  11:14am
J&E in Ithaca NY:

What a lovely version of this song!
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HyperDose:

Okay going back for mas cafe. Eeyore type morning
  11:15am
Benjamin Kracauer:

damn I love this cover
  11:17am
Johnny Four Strings:

Michael, you're an iron man for getting to the studio today!
  11:17am
muddybrookrambler:

Thank you for making it in, Michael. Much appreciated!
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PatrickMC:

More sleigh bells!
  11:18am
P-90:

That there are no Ventures left gives me this little chill of sadness, these things don’t always affect me that much but for whatever reason this really hurts a little…
  11:18am
MFlynn:

Wow, love this rare Edmunds cover! Thank you Michael, have not heard this beauty in years!!
  11:18am
clarke:

my woody's inside
  11:18am
gf2002:

What a great cover of a great song! Wasn't the original used in an episode of Mad Men?
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Dennis Diken:

Sir Baby - many thanks! that set was largely a birthday set for my wife (privately dedicated). your appreciation is deeply appreciated!!
  11:19am
gf2002:

Edmunds *nailed* the production on this one
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Listener Baby:

The set overtook me.
  11:19am
clarke:

bday wishes for Mrs. D!
  11:19am
P-90:

Happy Birthday @Mrs. Diken!
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McGroovey:

Take the Time: great song. Reminds me of something. Not Honeybus, because I haven't listened to them really. ....
  11:25am
clarke:

it is almost a chord-turnaround of Honeybus's biggest "hit"
  11:25am
P-90:

Few certainties in life, but yes we can say for certain that the world was at least a little bit better before Autotune, and would be at least a little bit better now without it.
  11:26am
clarke:

I Can't Let Maggie Go
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Squints:

This could be a Great Lost Jim Croce song.
  11:26am
TVP:

A little late, I know what you're saying earlier. I bought a best of album of an Australian singer from the 60s/70s about a year or so again, and most of the songs on it were covers of US/UK hits.
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PatrickMC:

Totally #1
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Frank In Queens:

Love pinball. Just realized I haven't played pinball in almost 3 years.
  11:29am
clarke:

i don't know P-90 -- seems like 'singing' today means WAAAAY over-singing - whether auto-tuned or not.
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Listener Baby:

For those of on “Lottie” watch. Snowman is on her “to do” list today.
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Squints:

This Barbara Lynn number is real, real good.
  11:30am
clarke:

i'm on Lottie Watch (.com) = COOL!!
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myron feld:

When I worked at Manic Panic (punk rock clothing shop) on St. Marks Pl, we had a pinball machine and weekly high-score awards. One week the winner was Robert Fripp.
  11:31am
clarke:

i am a jealous and vicarious noho'er!
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Michael Shelley:

APPLE CAKE: www.nola.com...
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PatrickMC:

Vague memory of Cooks on Rt 1
  11:32am
clarke:

fripp should have been shopping for clothes instead!!
  11:32am
gf2002:

@clarke Exactly - The motto being why say/sing with one note what you can say with ten, and with overdone vibrato. A lot due to those TV singing competition shows
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Listener Baby:

Understood, Clarke.
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Squints:

I can't not hear "bundt" in an Andrea Martin Greek voice.
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myron feld:

@Michael Shelley: Mrs. Feld says use Baker’s Joy.
  11:33am
bobobob:

no stick ..parchment paper on bottom Michael
  11:33am
Christina Ginger:

Non stick cooking spray and lots of flour will help with the Bundt cake not sticking. But good brands, like Nordicware, should do pretty well with minimal extra treatment.
  11:34am
P-90:

I’d LOVE to see a faded Polaroid photo of Bob Fripp playing the pinball machine at Manic Panic
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Frank In Queens:

Mega T-Rex vibes on this one.
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Listener Baby:

@Clarke and P90. I wish someone would sing an Anne Murray song on one of those stupid shows.
  11:34am
Wiefwi Beanne:

From one baker to another DJ Micheal, thanks for the recipie. Has a good beat!
  11:34am
bobobob:

sometimes cookin spray just not enough
  11:35am
clarke:

you mean over-sing it
  11:35am
Christina Ginger:

You also need to let the cake cool a lot before trying to remove it.
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Michael Shelley:

parchment in a Bundt pan?
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Listener Baby:

Or for once, not.
  11:36am
clarke:

mawnin' Christina (Ms. Low!)!!!
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Handy Haversack:

Brunch is served! Morning, all!
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myron feld:

@P-90: you and me both. But as soon as I can export my pictorial memory of Fripp doing so, I’ll post it.
  11:37am
ledzeppelinsucks:

Use an applicator like a safe non fiber shedding towel and wipe the grease or oil on the surface of the pan. Refrigerate the pan so it coagulates. Pour in the cooled batter and put it in the heated oven.
  11:37am
Christina Ginger:

Hi Clarke!
  11:37am
P-90:

I’m with Christina, try a light, even spritz of Pam and a light dusting of finely sifted flour on that sucker
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Frank In Queens:

@Handy, leftover ziti? That's what I'd be eating!
  11:37am
Niko, Copenhagen:

Hi, Michael. Where is the Reciepe for the cake? Greetings from Denmark. Always listens in the kitchen while making the Saturday dinner.
  11:37am
clarke:

i have a question for the crew:
sabrett's or nathan's????
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Handy Haversack:

For dinner, Frank! Jalapeno hash and huevos mexicana for brunch.
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Frank In Queens:

@clarke, although it's been decades, Sabrett's was my preference of the two.
  11:38am
Wiefwi Beanne:

NIKO is on link above in Michael Shelly comment
  11:38am
clarke:

i'm a total nathan's guy - it's the garlic!!
  11:39am
clarke:

and yes, i realize some-o-ya's are vegan, sorry!
  11:39am
Christina Ginger:

You meat eaters need to go to your nearest Wegmans and buy some Zweigles.
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Frank In Queens:

Now I'm a Field Roast man.
  11:40am
clarke:

as long as there is some Boddington's to wash it down with.
  11:40am
Monica:

Mike and the Moonpies! Love them
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Handy Haversack:

Those Field Roast frankfurters are good! I like to sautee onion and jalapeno to top them with.
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Ross T.:

Mike and the Moonpies did an LP of "lost" Gary Stewart ("She's Acting Single, I'm Drinking Doubles") music. They're all right in my book.
  11:41am
phat in lincoln:

Morning!
  11:41am
clarke:

boy, you gon' turn into a dang jalapeno!!
  11:41am
P-90:

Also: yes, not rushing a Bundt out of the pan before it’s really had a chance to fully cool is a key discipline to practice (as Bob Fripp might put it)
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Squints:

Ross T, I going right after this show to track that down. I love Gary Stewart.
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Ross T.:

Squints! I thought I was alone.
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PatrickMC:

Nathan's for the dogs and the pinball
  11:43am
clarke:

huge Gary Stewart fan here.
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Listener Baby:

Crickets like, no?
  11:43am
Niko, Copenhagen:

@Wiefwi Beanne: Thanks. Got it!
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Wenzo Toad:

thanks Mike!
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Ross T.:

"Your Place or Mine" is among my very very favorite records in any genre.
  11:44am
clarke:

like crickets, yes!
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Ross T.:

That's a beautiful thing about the WFMU community -- you're not alone!
  11:45am
ledzeppelinsucks:

When cooking have the device and oil or water heated or boiling before adding the ingredients. Placing vegetables in an oiled pan and then turning on the gas or electricity results in boiled vegetables. Cooking oil and water is not intended to heat with the food it is supposed to cook.
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Handy Haversack:

Yarm, that was good. Finally can say hi, Squints, Mister D, Frank, Baja Joe, Greg, clarke(!), Dennis D, the Toddfather, McGroovey, Pedro, greg g, PatrickMC, HyperD, P-90, MFlynn, McGroovey, myron, bobobob, Christina G, Monica, phat, Ross, Wenzo, and all!
  11:47am
P-90:

RIP BB King’s also
  11:49am
clarke:

ah, kindler gentler times.
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PatrickMC:

All roads lead to neil Diamond
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HyperDose:

Handy + K8 💨☕ Sending slightly caffeinated pixie to the kittens!
  11:51am
P-90:

The Ventures are and will always be ENORMOUS in Japan. Like to a degree that would startle many innocent Americans. Like Elvis, Sinatra, and JimI Hendrix combined, that kind of enormous.
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Frank In Queens:

Why sure I'll have another cuppa tea.
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, HyperDose! They are definitely not fans of this Cone of Shame situation.
  11:51am
Monica:

Oh, I love Gary Stewart, too. I figured that was implied.
  11:52am
clarke:

this episode of Haversack's Wild Kingdom is brought to you by King-Dons.
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Frank In Queens:

Ugh, CSG is the worst!
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Dominick:

CSG destroyed many a fine mix
  11:53am
clarke:

in most cases, frank. sometimes used to good purpose.
  11:54am
?:

I think Baby was at that Checkmates show....some small casino kind of on the outskirts....there's a photo somewhere.....
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PatrickMC:

2 Jewish guys from NY wrote everything
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Listener Baby:

Pure magic!
  11:54am
P-90:

Imagine being the guy who invented a technology for making records sound consistently terrible
  11:55am
clarke:

turr-bull.
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Frank In Queens:

@clarke, I've yet to hear a good Haeco-CSG mix, but I haven't heard all of them.
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Listener Baby:

@? I missed that trip. Was sick as a dog. Totally bummed to this day.
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Dominick:

Toni Wine is one of those Jewish "guys"
  11:56am
clarke:

i can recall liking a few things - although, my memory fails, at this moment (as is oft the case)
  11:56am
P-90:

Yeah, at one couple of Jewish guys and Carole King wrote most of everything worthwhile
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Montmaster J:

Oh, sorry Baby!......
  11:57am
Dennis Diken:

Hey Handy!
  11:57am
clarke:

one of them is Sugar & Spice by The Cryin' Shames, i think??
  11:58am
P-90:

And Toni Wine. So a couple Jewish guys and a couple Jewish girls wrote almost everything.
  11:58am
clarke:

speaking of Baby and wine....
  11:58am
clarke:

...HOW THEM VINES????
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Frank In Queens:

@clarke, maybe. But since that's from '66, I'm guessing the mono is just superior anyway.
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Dominick:

The idea of CSG was to prevent center panned stuff from building up and swamping side panned stuff. Without it center panned stuff would sound 3dB louder than side panned material when played in mono. However, the cure was worse then the symptom.
  11:59am
Dennis Diken:

I played in a show with Sonny Charles in ‘16. He was a GASSER!
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Handy Haversack:

Did he say wmfu.org in the station ID? Is there another, secret website?!
  12:01pm
rx scabin:

@Handy Haversack A pitbull I had, liked the cone because it made her bark louder. She was a sweet pooch.
  12:02pm
P-90:

Can’t wait to see Michael chatting about his parenting book with Oprah
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Ross T.:

Elmo!
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steveo:

handy, it redirects to a honda dealership
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myron feld:

@Handy: I heard that, too!
  12:03pm
paul:

Elmo's eyes are olives.
  12:03pm
clarke:

ha ha ha
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steveo:

this song has only just begun
  12:04pm
clarke:

this is NOT over-singing!!
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PatrickMC:

What a super great unhip song
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Handy Haversack:

Is it a free-form Honda dealership?

Nice, rx scabin. I think somehow Bagpipe has avoided the Cone of Shame so far.

Good, myron! Glad to have some backup!
  12:04pm
Johnny Four Strings:

Juniper has levels of perception the rest of us can only wonder about. Elmo is indeed in that rug.
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Michael Shelley:

Dominick: thanks for explaining!
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Squints:

Lambchop's cover of this never ends.
  12:04pm
P-90:

Ken’s selling Hondas now to fund the station?
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Frank In Queens:

Never been a big Carpenters fan, but I played in a Bacharach tribute show years ago, and I gained a healthy appreciation for their music.
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Kotzwinkled:

Elmo is trapped in that rug like Josie in the endtable knob in Twin Peaks.
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PatrickMC:

I miss Richard
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steveo:

"How the Carpenters Used THREE UNRELATED KEYS In a Pop Song"
  12:05pm
P-90:

Karen is SO amazingly good
  12:06pm
clarke:

Twin Peaks - Frank??? have you finished or stopped??
  12:06pm
gf2002:

Joe Osborn was one of the finest electric bassists of all time. I can't think of any tracks where he didn't use a pick, and he never changed the strings on his Jazz Bass, to the point they became worn smooth, yet he was always in tune up and down the neck. Great player, but it is Osborn
  12:06pm
paul:

Is this from a box set?
  12:06pm
clarke:

but... i have to say that richard's harmonies are damn fine.
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Frank In Queens:

@clarke, finally wrapped it up last night. I'm ready for some movies again.
  12:07pm
count Reeshard:

Neil Young’s 1st LP is the only reason I’d heard of haeco-CSG. NY said it crushed the dynamics, had the album recalled and - unfortunately - remixed it. (NY later regretted the 2nd mix.)
  12:07pm
clarke:

whew!!!
  12:07pm
paul:

Where is that Karen C. song from?
  12:07pm
P-90:

I’d like to hear that whole album remixed that way too.
  12:08pm
DG:

Missed it, but I see you played the Edmunds song LONDON's a Lonely Town. I have him doing the original "NY's a Lonely Town' on a U.K. b--side. Was this released somewhere?
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Beneath the Underground:

Thank YOU, Michael. Blaine and Osborne are heroes of the music, though not nearly widely enough known. And Karen Carpenter’s voice, without the silly harmony overdubs is pure, perfect and utterly artful.
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PNX:

Doesn't Cousin Kenny play guitar on this Nikki Lane track?
  12:09pm
paul:

DG, on a Pebbles compilation.
  12:09pm
Christina Ginger:

Clarke, I think I’m one of the few people who started laughing during the extended mushroom cloud and modern strings music scene in season 3, ep 8.
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Frank In Queens:

@count Reeshard, Cream - Wheels Of Fire is another prominent release ruined by CSG.
  12:10pm
clarke:

i'm not sure i made it that far, CG!!
  12:10pm
clarke:

i stopped when Firewalk came out, basically - what season was that???
  12:11pm
P-90:

Interesting tidbit about Osborne belonging to the “never change strings unless they break, the more worn-in the better” club
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Frank In Queens:

Fire Walk With Me was a prequel of sorts, but it came out after Season 2.
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Squints:

Christina Ginger, I probably chuckled more at the notion of BOB-in-a-pog. I understand why, but still, heh.
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Hams:

bugaloo!
  12:12pm
clarke:

the problem with that school is that if you happen to break a string - it stands out as new.
  12:14pm
Christina Ginger:

So many great bits in the show…. Even if it’s incredibly frustrating.
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PatrickMC:

More chacha
  12:14pm
clarke:

i once borrowed a bass from John Stirrat of Wilco, and dunce that i was, broke one of the (ancient) strings trying to tune it with a guitar tuner. he was bummed, but very nice about it, too.
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Tome:

Tickle me Coffee !<>!
  12:14pm
Glistener MW:

I recall Soul Coughing did a great cover of The Coffee Song!
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Baja Joe:

Mike, please share the name of the "good" decaf you found, if you would. Always searching for good decaf myself. I found the McDonald's K-cup decaf to be "ok"
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ChuckAmok:

potato juice, feh
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Montmaster J:

Has NRBQ ever covered this ;)
  12:16pm
gf2002:

Osborn never broke a string on that bass, and he used that same early Fender Jazz Bass on every hit record he played on, from "California Dreaming" to "San Francisco" to "Age Of Aquarius" and all the classic 5th Dimension and Carpenters records. Same bass, same strings.
  12:16pm
clarke:

(this was pre-snark days)
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Handy Haversack:

David Lynch has a great sense of humor. I don't think there's anything out of trim about laughing during that scene. Pretty sure I might have a few times, too.
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Michael Shelley:

star*ucks decaf Caffè Verona
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PatrickMC:

Back when Slash was the leading issuer of new American music
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sonnyspop:

Los Lobos started out there a little like Yap, Yap, Yap.
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marcel:

"Cof-fee" (Dougie)
  12:19pm
clarke:

carole kaye has said if she ever broke a string she would just order a new bass, and use the strings that came with -- but, she has said a lotta, uh, things.
  12:20pm
Christina Ginger:

@Handy to this all together, I’d really like to have some coffee with him.
  12:21pm
P-90:

If you’re into leaving the strings on a bass forever, and you’re playing everything with a pick, you MUST know what you’re doing…
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Michael Shelley:

David Lynch in "Louie" is amazing
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Handy Haversack:

Right, Christina Ginger?

David Foster Wallace has a fun essay about being on the set of Lost Highway from his first nonfiction collection. Worth reading if you can find it.
  12:22pm
DG:

Los Lobos are one of the most versatile rock bands I've ever seen. Saw them many times, once at the Beacon they did "Crossroads" that you'd swear was Clapton & co. They embody the spirit of rock & roll & how they're not in the HoF just shows how stupid & blind those judges are. Speaking of great voices, this Cass track...
  12:22pm
Joe Melillo:

Yeah, being a fan of “organic” music in the early ‘80’s was sometimes polarizing. But fun to find. Slash records, et al.
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jillydg:

Hi All. Michael, I was listening to Los Lobos this week and thinking exactly that. Kicking myself for bailing on seeing them in Omni-December. Cheers!
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Baja Joe:

Love Los Lobos. During the time I was regularly buying vinyl, usually from J&R Music in lower Manhattan, I remember buying "Will The Wolf Survive." I bring it home, play it, and it skipped like crazy. Returned it, same thing with the new copy. Drove me nuts when it happened a third time. Lived with the faulty copy. I finally got around to buying the CD and was then able to listen to an unblemished copy of the album. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
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Beneath the Underground:

Every cut the Wrecking Crew recorded was brilliant. But Mike—where did you find that Only Nust Begun with the iso vocals/drums/bass? It should be required listening for the young
  12:23pm
howdy:

Goffin/King composition?
  12:23pm
goyim in the am:

Hey gf — flatwound bass strings were the standard until Rotosound showed up in the 60s; Osbourne (and many others since) liked ‚em with the chrome played off, but they were always smooth.
  12:24pm
paul:

@Beneath, I was wondering the same thing.
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ChuckAmok:

nice hook
  12:24pm
clarke:

push and PILL?? very freudian.
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Tome:

like this Billy Jo Spears version !<>!
  12:25pm
DG:

The Cass Elliot track is by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, one of the THREE Jewish couples (OK, Ellie Greenwich was half) responsible for all those Brill Bldg. hits. They're also the only couple still together, & the only one where both members are still living.
  12:25pm
clarke:

for Cass, i mean.
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PatrickMC:

RIP J&R. One of the all time great record/cd stores
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Michael Shelley:

Found that Carpenters mix here:
www.youtube.com...
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Baja Joe:

@PatrickMC, you know it.
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Ross T.:

Yes J&R...sigh...
  12:27pm
clarke:

like flies on shhhhherbert
  12:27pm
DG:

J&R was great---when I worked downtown for a bit you could find vinyl copies of new releases (in the mid-90s or so), the prices were reasonable, & they had budget CDs too. I wish they'd come back.
  12:27pm
P-90:

Thanks for that link @Michael Shelley!
  12:28pm
gf2002:

No doubt, flatwounds were the standard until the later 60's. But consider how many sessions Osborn was playing on a weekly basis, and the fact he never changed his strings yet was never off in the intonation up the neck is pretty amazing. All strings wear out over time, his aged like a fine wine! Wasn't it Entwistle who was one of the first to use Rotosound roundwounds?
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HyperDose:

Respect to Mama Cass! 🙌🏾‍ That was a great back story
  12:30pm
P-90:

Yes, Entwistle and Chris Squire popularized the Rotosound round wounds
  12:31pm
gf2002:

I think it was Hal Blaine who said Joe Osborn used to stack up his cigarette butts on the music stand as he stubbed them out, and if it was a particularly long or stressful session he'd look over at Joe's music stand and see the butts stacked up almost to the top!
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PatrickMC:

In addition to fantastic non-pop/rock stock, J&R had CD listening stations with old and new discs picked by staff. How I discovered Volunteered Slavery by Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
  12:32pm
clarke:

the sad part is that hal had to breathe that smoke!
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Beneath the Underground:

Okay thanks for the link. Wonderful
  12:32pm
Shannon:

I put both Cissy Strut and Sound and Vision on the first mix CD I ever made for my baby nephew!
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myron feld:

One of the best Bowie songs, thanks MS! The Davis/Murray/Alomar band was *so* good.
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Handy Haversack:

Got K8 humming along!
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Baja Joe:

I'm so happy right now.
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Creature Boy:

Uh oh
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phat in lincoln:

Hot damn.
  12:34pm
gf2002:

I've had people ask how to get that 60's LA electric bass sound, and I always say get a Fender bass, use a pick, and play through a Fender guitar amp or Fender amp simulation. And use flatwound strings. It was a pretty basic setup but the players knew what the **** they were doing to get those sounds on tape
  12:34pm
P-90:

I think (not sure) McCartney is using roundwounds on his Ricky by the time of “Sgt Pepper” (prominently on things like “With a Little Help…”’ and “Lucy in the Sky” etc.)
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Frank In Queens:

The flatwounds make a world of difference.
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PatrickMC:

CD skip!
  12:35pm
clarke:

what guitar amp do you suggest??
  12:35pm
gf2002:

@clarke Almost all those LA studio guys were heavy smokers
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Kotzwinkled:

I order from Happy Mug online shipped coffee means to my house. They also do ground AND decaf FYI. Great stuff.
  12:36pm
clarke:

speaking as a non-smoking drummer - you have to huff and puff other people's fumes.
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joe mulligan:

David Bowie's "Sound and Vision" always makes my ears think of Nick Lowe's "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass" - even though they're not really that similar sounding. maybe it's the rhythm track I don't know
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Creature Boy:

Carl Smith whose 2nd wife was the GREAT Goldie Hill
  12:38pm
annette:

@kotz. nothing like half decaf w spices.
  12:39pm
gf2002:

@clarke For original Fender amps, I'd say a Super Reverb like Kaye used. But make sure it's modified first so you don't blow it out like I did to my '67 Bandmaster head when I put my Jazz bass through it lol. For simulations and modeling amps/software, anything that says "Black Panel" or "Twin" usually does the job. It's all about the voicing and the EQ, and I've found as soon as you run a Fender bass through a 60's Fender emulation in that software, it gets close. But the pick is essential to really nail it.
  12:39pm
Rex:

I love the listeners, but I have all these cinnamon rolls to eat and a crackling fire to sit in front of out here in snowy St George...
  12:39pm
clarke:

danke!
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Michael Shelley:

and, you stole my water!
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Handy Haversack:

clarke, I was trying to find for you the Bloom County strip where Opus is caught between a chain-smoking Steve Dallas and a chain-pastrami-burping Portnoy, but the internet is letting me down. Take the effort as genuine sympathy, though!
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GeoSinPhilly:

That Carl Smith sounds like the model for Robbie Fulks' "Let's Live Toghether."
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Michael Shelley:

and, I was suppose to see some pictures!
  12:41pm
clarke:

we've all goofed on some equipment, ha ha.
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Michael Shelley:

AND REX - today's ending is a REX REQUEST!
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PatrickMC:

Winterland in St. George. Why ever leave?
  12:43pm
clarke:

HH - Bloom County (i think) has the bar Booche's? if so, that is a REAL bar in columbia, MO - great burgers!!!
  12:43pm
P-90:

Hey Rex, is Satan Island surrounded by ice floes yet? With Polar Bears selling Italian Ices?
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Pedro in Arlington:

If you work from a fur-lined fallout shelter miles below the earth's crust, is snow a thing?
  12:45pm
Rex:

Nothing but wild turkeys in parkas out here on the rock.
  12:45pm
gf2002:

My Bandmaster and Jazz Bass sounded amazing for a few minutes...that classic tone you always search for...then literally it just shut down as I was playing. Cost a bunch to repair it, and then I was informed you have to do a few mods if you want to run a bass through an old Fender tube guitar amp lol. Costly lesson.
  12:46pm
Larry 7:

Mad Twists Rock n Roll! Had this as a child.
  12:46pm
Cooh John:

I have some pretzels right here. Yum.
  12:46pm
goyim in the am:

What you really want is an Ampeg B-15. this is a NJ station.
  12:47pm
clarke:

yes, GF, but at least you ruined YOUR stuff - not someone else's - that's the worst feeling.
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Creature Boy:

Hadn't heard about the Dallas Frazier thing neither
  12:47pm
annette:

my glittery fender bass with flat wounds is somewhere in the jersey hood singing praise in a church. btw every sat women in the church cooking food and sending out to poor
  12:49pm
Layet Johnson:

Hey y’all from Arkansas. Great jams, Michael!
  12:50pm
gf2002:

@clarke yes indeed!
  12:50pm
Rex:

Pedro- The hatch door to the Furlined Fallout is under 10 inches of snow (and these hot cinnamon rolls aren’t gonna eat themselves)..
  12:50pm
clarke:

he don't like queens and he don't like manhatten
  12:50pm
Wiefwi Beanne:

I just bought the apples for the recipe. DJ Michael.
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Creature Boy:

Tofurky has got me....on the run
  12:51pm
Layet Johnson:

Arkan-songs and vegan recipes! Today’s show is for me! Thanks Mike.
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robin:

"tell coco to make it"? jeez michael...7 traditional gender roles much? 🤦🏻‍♀️
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evancuts:

How about that recipe for the dessert you brought to Don and Margaret's house? THAT was a #1 hit!
  12:52pm
P-90:

I only have one bass, a 1969 Rickenbacker. Always roundwounds, played with a pick. You could argue that the. Rickenbacker and the Fender bass are two different instruments, rather than two versions of the same one…
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Handy Haversack:

Rex, do you have the ingredients for several rounds of ICE STATION REINDEERS?
  12:52pm
Christina Ginger:

Super easy to veganize if you use JUST egg, or a flax egg, as the flax would get hidden in the texture of the cake. For the topping, there’s no reason why you couldn’t use a good dairy free milk with lemon juice and the rest. Or make a thinned out homemade almond/cashew cream… does that cake really need 3 cups of sugar, though?
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Michael Shelley:

Robin - cheap shot - if you know Coco (and I do for 30 years) you would know that she's a great cook - and Rex, not so much
  12:52pm
P-90:

And I haven’t baked a Bundt in years, so what do I know?
  12:53pm
paul:

If the Doors were founded in 1957, they would have sounded like the Embers.
  12:53pm
gf2002:

@P-90, totally agree. The Rickenbacker is and always has been its own thing, nothing else sounds like a Rick bass.
  12:55pm
annette:

NRBQ. NRBQ. NRBQ. YAY
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Handy Haversack:

Christina Ginger: have you and Frank tried that eggplant with black pepper sauce that I posted for him a week or two back? K8 really dug that one, so I'll be making it more.
  12:55pm
clarke:

* * *
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PatrickMC:

A genuine #1 on MS's hit parade
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steveo:

mi cerebro es HECHO de chicle
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Pedro in Arlington:

Starting Gofundme to send a Saint Bernard with several chilidogs to Rex. Cinnamon rolls did little for Pompeii.
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PatrickMC:

Mama!
  12:57pm
morphe':

Thanks Mikey and all !!!!
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McGroovey:

Fine show.

All the waffles got eaten. The kids are going sledding now. They're old enough that we can stay indoors
  12:58pm
clarke:

ever get the feeling you been 86'd? good nite.
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steveo:

Thank you for the wonderful show!
  12:58pm
KWilde:

Thanks Michael! Have a safe drive home!
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, MS! Gonna grab that Nuevo album next Friday.

Take it easy, everyone!
  12:58pm
P-90:

@gf2002: I realized a long time ago that you could do a band with a bassist playing a Fender, even a five or six-string variation, and another bassist playing the Ricky, with a pick and playing up high on the neck a lot, almost in baritone guitar territory.
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PatrickMC:

Mmm cinnamon gender rolls...
  12:59pm
paul:

Miss HH in Chicago.
  12:59pm
Rex:

Thanks Michael and thanks Hamburger Hamlet!
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Frank In Queens:

Great show Michael! Stay warm and safe everyone in the NE.
  1:00pm
P-90:

Now I’m craving “alleged cinnamon rolls”
  1:00pm
Christina Ginger:

Clarke- that sounds great. But frank forgot to mention it to me. Send it along again if you can, other wise, wait until topt.
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robin:

but michael, your listeners (including myself) don't know that! context is important.
  1:02pm
clarke:

@christina -- that was Handy - but i will be on TopT's chat, anyway - see ya there
  1:14pm
BARBARA J Ruby-MURRAY:

Hi Michael, I can't find that recipe you spoke about apple like cake, where can i find it in your archives please, cause the granola rfecipe was very good so I'm going to try this cake, thanks Barbara
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evahilary:

Listening to the archive. I loved Cooks! Pinball heaven. I loved your comments about it. Now I'm imagining that it was a place to employ people in witness protection!
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