WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from April 9, 2022

Michael Shelley: Playlist from April 9, 2022

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April 9, 2022: Sweet Harmony

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Deke Dickerson	(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?
Nutley Brass, The	Head Over Heels
Porter Wagoner And Dolly Parton	Four O' Thirty Three
Sugar Pie DeSanto	Go Go Power "Go Go Power" by "Sugar Pie DeSanto"
Mickey Finn And The Bluemen	Tom Hark
Televisionaries, The	Quarter After 8
Tommy Boyce And Bobby Hart	I'm Digging You Digging Me
Dallas Frazier	Write That Down "Write That Down" by "Dallas Frazier"
Irma Thomas	It's Raining "It's Raining" by "Irma Thomas"
Robert Finley	Honey Let Me Stay The Night
Dion	King of The New York Streets
Manufacture	Teenage Letter "Teenage Letter" by "Manufacture"
Slink Moss Explosion	Honey Bee Bop
Stevie Wonder	Contract On Love "Contract On Love" by "Stevie Wonder"
Wild Bill Davis	Hit The Road, Jack
Supergrass	We Are Young "We Are Young" by "Supergrass"
Richie Valens	Come On Let's Go "Come On Let's Go" by "Richie Valens"
Loney Hutchins	Pinball King "Pinball King" by "Loney Hutchins"
James Carr	Stronger Than Love "Stronger Than Love" by "James Carr"
Jay Gonzalez	Need You Round "Need You Round" by "Jay Gonzalez"
Los Locos Del Ritmo	Pan Con Mantequilla
Melissa Carper	Makin' Memories "Makin' Memories" by "Melissa Carper"
Richard Marks	Simple, Carefree Life
Louis Prima	Shadrack "Shadrack" by "Louis Prima"
Above, The	Go Back "Go Back" by "Above, The"
Rick Nelson	Hey There Little Miss Tease
Daniel Romano	Chicken Bill "Chicken Bill" by "Daniel Romano"
Tami Lynn	At The Party "At The Party" by "Tami Lynn"
Cold, The	Three Chord City "Three Chord City" by "Cold, The"
Matchmakers, The	Tell Me A Secret
Nick Willett	Who Cares? "Who Cares?" by "Nick Willett"
Big Maybelle	That's A Pretty Good Love
Kay Starr	Comes Along A Love "Comes Along A Love" by "Kay Starr"
Trevor Blendour	Gloria "Gloria" by "Trevor Blendour"
Divinyls, The	I Touch Myself "I Touch Myself" by "Divinyls, The"
Rory Moon And The Silver Stars	Little Wondering Why
Lemonheads, The	Into Your Arms "Into Your Arms" by "Lemonheads, The"
Delbert McClinton	Ain't That Lovin' You
Arthur Alexander	Call Me Honey "Call Me Honey" by "Arthur Alexander"
Jonathan Richman	Everybody Loves Dolly
Way Out	Harold Steal A Car "Harold Steal A Car" by "Way Out"
Scooby Don	"Scooby Don"

CLICK HERE for a free download of the book "Our time is now : A farandole of Jonathan Richman songs"

CLICK HERE for incredible video footage of Croton-on-Hudson Battle of the Bands 1967

CLICK HERE for The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HERE for The 100 Most Lost Songs of All

CLICK HERE for a million dollar guitar

CLICK HERE for The Herman Cain Award

CLICK HERE for a video of yo yo master Kenny Strauss

CLICK HERE for a pricing strategy consultant's look at how much Mike Love pays Brother Records INC. for the right to tour as The Beach Boys

CLICK HERE for five hours of live Stones, well chosen to spotlight Charlie

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

Listener comments!
	♥ 9:32am Listener Baby: It’s common knowledge, that Baby, he hully gullys and don't ever drip a drop. Lay some happiness on us, Baby. Hugs and hello’s to all!
	10:57am Listener Bop Monroe: greetings from drizzly Tannersville Mr MS and all! great W&B fill-in yesterday and a great DDR w/Suzy Hotrod as yer lead-in. more bubblegum music?
	♥ 11:00am Handy Haversack: Michael and all the Shellegamers! Hey now!
	♥ 11:01am Frank In Queens: Oh, hey now!
	♥ 11:03am graphic_taco: Thanks for getting this song stuck in my head again Michael... keep the hits coming
	11:03am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Great to read DekeD on faceborg all the people he's known & places he goes in the USA with all the C&W & Rawkabilly History & vintage equipment &tc. ...
	11:03am Corey: Morning Michael and listeners! What’s so funny indeed.
	11:03am KWilde: #1 Hits!!
	11:04am Cooh John: Going to see my friend Eddie back up Nick next month.🙂
	11:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Interesting to see where people land with this song - venn diagrams of irony, rage, sincerity...
	♥ 11:04am Frank In Queens: Deke's recent tale of acquiring a fully functional Scully record lathe was fascinating!
	♥ 11:05am Squints: ok then. hey HEY hey now.
	♥ 11:05am Squints: This Head Over Heels thing is amazingly cool.
	11:05am clarke: hey nowwwww don't breathe on me, adrian.
	11:06am morphe': Michael Shelly !! Fri !!! Sat !!! What time Sunday ???!!!!!
	11:06am phat in lincoln: Morning!
	11:07am clarke: you can be replaced, you know.
	11:08am P-90: The Nutley Brass really rocked that one
	11:08am clarke: someone has cold/allergies!
	♥ 11:08am Handy Haversack: Currently deleting 25K+ e-mail from Google. Pulling myself free of that swamp.
	11:09am P-90: Deke ALWAYS rocks
	♥ 11:09am Dano59: the Go-Go's tribute is as good as I'd hoped. thanks, Michael!
	11:10am phat in lincoln: Someone has a cold...
	11:10am Bob: Michael, you sound like you have the crud. Me too. Non-Covid, good old fashioned spring cold. Ugh.
	11:10am Ciggy: Of course, of course- Your voice sounds hoarse.
	11:10am onthetrain: Morning everyone.
	♥ 11:11am Dano59: keep at it, Handy. I've noticed a lot of new spam coming in on GeeMail. Not sure where I went to trigger it.
	♥ 11:11am Dano59: Going to the store after the show for Vitamin C, cold medicine, tissues. Spring suuuckkkks
	♥ 11:12am Squints: Hoarse? Willlllllllbur.
	♥ 11:12am Frank In Queens: Michael had a few early days this week.Perhaps a touch of exhaustion?
	♥ 11:13am Handy Haversack: Dano59: I have transitioned to Fastmail, and it was easy and incredibly liberating.
	11:13am clarke: my gogo got up and went went
	♥ 11:14am Listener Baby: You sick Baby?
	♥ 11:15am Squints: Ain't no cure for this SPD.
	11:16am Ciggy: Gort is protecting Klatu right now on FXM
	11:18am P-90: “Gort: Klaatu barada nikto!”
	11:18am clarke: ha ha ha
	♥ 11:19am Hughie Considine: Interplanetary, such extraordinary craft...
	♥ 11:19am Frank In Queens: Ash: "Klaatu barada nik...."
	♥ 11:20am Pedro in Arlington: Saturdays at 11am, the original Wake and Bake. No. 1 always.
	♥ 11:20am Frank In Queens: Televisionaires playing the Hi Tide Summer Holiday down in Asbury Park in August: www.hitidesummerholiday.com
	♥ 11:22am Listener Baby: I dig you, you dig me.
	11:22am clarke: don't stand TOO close TO to the stage, Frank - in case they put some stank on it.
	11:23am P-90: lots of diggin’ going on there
	11:24am SPF 53: good morning Michael
	♥ 11:24am Frank In Queens: @clarke, there will be a trail of stank.
	♥ 11:25am Listener Baby: Two I dig you songs in three days. Are you trying to tell us something, Baby?
	11:25am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...not 1/3rd of other Boyce & Hart tunes...
	11:25am ?: Didn't Kim Fowley have something to do with Alley Oop?
	11:25am clarke: the Isles may have started that trail??
	11:26am P-90: Don’t forget: NO BATHROOMS
	♥ 11:26am Frank In Queens: @clarke, nah, this is Jersey we're talking about. That trail has been there since long before the Isles ;)
	♥ 11:26am Ciggy: 1st Saturday in May is the Kentucky Derby
	11:26am clarke: flol!
	11:27am Idle Pedant: Respectfully, it's "Televisionaries." Like visionary, only televisionary.
	11:28am paul: Epicenter will win the Derby.
	♥ 11:29am DanFA: I was just listening to an interview with Irma Thomas yesterday.
	11:29am clarke: @Frank - you sent me down a rabbit hole with douglas sirk. this week, watched the most EXCELLENT Sleep My Love with claudette colbert, don ameche and robert cummings - HIGHLY recommend!! didn't know sirk could be SO Hitch!!
	♥ 11:29am DanFA: @Clarke check out Imitation of Life. It's kind of nuts.
	11:30am Bob: I know it's Irma's song but The Detroit Cobras just stole this song so much. RIP Rachel. Man, she was cool.
	♥ 11:30am Frank In Queens: @clarke, excellent! "Sleep" has popped up when reading up a bit on him and his films, so I'll have to check it out.
	11:30am clarke: oh yea, i have seen most of Sirk's later films. the color ones. this one is b&w!!
	11:31am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Seriously - is there a DetroitCobras track that didn't Bring It...
	♥ 11:31am DavidL: @Micheal I took a solid Dallas Frazier dive after you played "Home In My Hand" a couple weeks back. Having listened to the Oak Ridge Boys' "Elvira" far too many times as a kid in the 80s, I'd never heard the original until then, and I found myself feeling super disappointed that they sang "fire" straight instead of doing Frazier's "fire-ah" to force the rhyme. So it goes. Musical rabbit holes always appreciated!
	11:31am clarke: it is sorta a re-tell of Gaslight -- and is free on the youtube
	♥ 11:31am dday: Klaatu barada nikto indeed : willienile.bandcamp.com...
	11:32am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ' The Hollywood Argyles were an American musical ensemble, assembled for studio recordings by the producer and songwriter Kim Fowley and his friend and fellow musician Gary Paxton. They had a US number one hit record, "Alley Oop" (Lute Records 5905) in 1960. '
	11:33am clarke: then, i got going on claudette colbert. i like her - she is not the greatest-looking of the stars, which makes her an even better actress!! check out Remember The Day (1941)
	♥ 11:33am Frank In Queens: "He who shall not be named!"
	♥ 11:34am Ciggy: Thanks for the tip Paul. Long, long, longshots: Happy Jack & Rattle N Roll
	11:35am nachurall: Michael, quality fill in's on Wake this week. thank you
	11:36am paul: You're welcome, Ciggy.
	11:37am HungryFreak: Great Dion tune
	♥ 11:37am Squints: One can argue with some of the production choices on Dion's earlier 1980s records. (They were, shall we say, of their time.) But in terms of performances, Dion never, ever made a bad record.
	♥ 11:38am dday: Excellent Dion song..reminiscent of Garland Jeffreys (a good thing)
	11:38am Bob: He toured this record with that great Dave Edmunds rock and roll revue that Ringo quickly stole. Terry Williams playing drums. Steve Cropper, Graham Parker, Kim Wilson, Memphis Horns. Cool shows.
	♥ 11:39am Michael Shelley: I saw that show at the Ritz - amazing night
	11:39am Folksnake: The bass and guitar on that Robert Finley tune are so great. Snakey!
	11:39am paul: Bob...I saw that show in Chicago. One of the top 3 concerts in my life.
	♥ 11:40am dday: @squints: wasn't there a disc he did in the 80's that was recorded in a bowling alley . I tend to recall reading an article about that.
	11:41am paul: Yo Frankie was a good album.
	11:42am Georgia: Looking on AllMusic, it appears that Dave Roe is the bassist on the Robert Finley track.
	♥ 11:43am dday: @squints: actually it was in 1968 : aquariumdrunkard.com...
	11:43am Bob: I saw it in Royal Oak Michigan. There's a picture in the Rhino Edmunds box of them putting there hands in the cement outside this short lived Hard Rock Cafe ripoff restaurant that Madonna's (!) weasel brother attempted. The celeb cement things are long gone but I was there for that part too. Talked to everybody except the one guy i really wanted to meet. DAVE. He was busy fighting with his girlfriend or wife! True story.
	11:45am Bob: my spelling is also sick today
	11:45am ?: Hoi
	♥ 11:46am DanFA: I once saw Stevie Wonder being mobbed by fans outside one of the Famous Ray Pizza chains around Fort Greene years ago.
	11:48am Mister Dobalina: Hip Hop Mike Shelley from da streets!
	♥ 11:48am Squints: Oh woman oh woman don'tcha treat me so mean....
	11:49am Eric in CT: Seeing as you mostly enjoyed The Wanderer, I’m curious if you saw The Bronx Tale musical, based on the play by Chazz Palmientiere with music composed by good friend Alan Menken in a 60’s style influence by Dion, The Ronnettes and many others.
	♥ 11:50am Frank In Queens: I will be at the Webster Hall show! very excited for it!
	♥ 11:50am Michael Shelley: I did - and the night ww were there Robert De Niro (the director) was in the audience taking notes
	11:52am egould: Strangely enough, this song needs a sax solo.
	11:52am Christina Ginger: As a young un, I had the VHS release of Clueless (best 90’s teen movie), which had this music video as an add on after the credits. I think the box even advertised it. Crazy, fun stuff.
	11:53am Bob: Supergrass should have been as big as Oasis
	11:53am clarke: i vote for Drive Me Crazy, CG
	♥ 11:54am Michael Shelley: Oasis shouldnt have been big
	11:55am HungryFreak: Dion gave up his seat on the Winter Carnival Tour that fateful night. He is the lone surviving headliner of The Night The Music Died.
	11:55am Christina Ginger: I concur, Bob! Clarke, I’ll admit that I’ve never seen Drive Me Crazy, so I can’t comment. I’ll make Mr F watch it with me now though!
	♥ 11:55am Squints: I'm picturing DeNiro bringing the full Jimmy Conway working through the notes with the cast and crew.
	11:56am clarke: i haven't seen it in a long time, but at the time, i thought it was notches above the other fare.
	♥ 11:56am Frank In Queens: Whenever I'm asked the age-old question "Blur or Oasis?", my answer is always "Supergrass".
	♥ 11:57am Squints: Agreed about Oasis. Liked the hits well enough. But (not my line) Beatles? They're barely the Rutles.
	♥ 11:57am dday: Rubber hammers make the unique clavinet sound. There was one in a studio I worked in. Never "played" it just banged a few notes out
	♥ 11:57am Squints: Speaking of the Rutles, I Must Be In Love is a straight-up Number One Record.
	11:57am Dennis Diken: Go, Mikey! hey gang!
	11:57am clarke: for those who haven't, i recommend a listen to Oasis's fourth album: Don't Believe The Truth!
	11:57am egould: They told him, “Write what you know about.” He knew about pinball
	♥ 11:58am Squints: I have a soft spot for ParkLife.
	11:58am Bob: Disagree about Oasis. They had the goods plus the look and attitude that few manage to take it to the next level.
	♥ 11:58am Squints: Rubber Hammers would be a bitchin' name for a band.
	♥ 11:59am dday: Hee hee Squints.
	♥ 11:59am Hubig Pie: Whenever I asked Beatles or Stones, I always answer Velvet Underground. Mornin' everyone
	11:59am clarke: whodat!!!
	12:00pm pp: Stevie Wonder known for clarinet, listen to Superstition. Also Rundgren played it on Michael Stanley's Rosewood Bitters, a personal fave
	♥ 12:00pm Pedro in Arlington: I saw a documentary in which Bono said he lost the coin toss.
	♥ 12:00pm Michael Shelley: LOL
	12:00pm Bob: Little Stevie Dixieland
	12:00pm phat in lincoln: I want a clarvinet so bad.
	12:01pm clarke: wow, you don't hear much about Michael Stanley - i remember liking his live double album, but have not re-visited in a long while.
	12:01pm pp: clavinet not clarinet
	12:01pm HungryFreak: Pedro, the wasn't for the plane seat. That was to determine who would eat all those messy crackers.
	12:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Oasis very briefly echoed that magic balance TheBeatles had between working class Blues & sort of Mod 1960s Hope & Energy - a very specific alchemy that Power Pop eternally strives for again ...but almost always tips ever so in one direction or the other of... That is to say - Oasis managed to touch something TheBeatles completely exemplified. They neither equalled, extended - nor maintained it...
	♥ 12:02pm Hubig Pie: Stevie Wonder was banging the hell outta his keyboard thingy in that SOS doc.
	♥ 12:02pm Squints: SOMEbody's called the Hot Line.
	12:02pm Bob: Women love Oasis and couldn't care less about Teenage Fanclub or Velvet Crush. FACT.
	12:03pm clarke: ..and got Gerald -- THAT gerald!
	12:04pm pp: Rundgren's clavinet playing against Joe Walsh's slide guitar, a sound never again duplicated https://youtu.be/c0BHZhIKOLE
	♥ 12:04pm dday: PP: I encountered the clavinet at one of Rundgren's old haunts in Upstate NY (it belonged to a client so I didn't mess with it much more than a cursory few notes)
	♥ 12:05pm Squints: Just leaves more Teenage FanClub for me, I guess.
	♥ 12:06pm dday: PP: That Michael Stanley is a lost classic.
	12:06pm egould: A very faithful rendition.
	12:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...tho I'm probly wrong that PowerPop has troubled the Charts very little - for something widely considered Beatlesque : in a form that the Greatest Most Successful Most Famous Band Ever worked in. Or - is PowerPop not really defined by TheBeatles anyway (who touched on the range of most Forms in fact.) Some say the perfect blend would be a bit of Beatles with a bit of Early Who...
	♥ 12:08pm dday: RR63: In reading a book about Chris Bell, term comes up often as do it's realtion to the nbands you mention
	12:08pm pp: @dday: 👍
	♥ 12:08pm Squints: Pete liked to claim that Da Oo were proto Power Pop. Certainly had the crunch.
	12:09pm Bob: The Raspberries were probably the only actual power pop band. Cheap Trick are when they want to be.
	12:09pm clarke: well, i dunno. take The Cretones, f'rinstance: linda ronstadt took three of their songs to the charts. but, who cares about charts?? i know: joe belock!
	12:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @dday: Of course we all exalt BigStar - but there's just such an example: a smidge too much melancholia in the recipe... @Squints: Townshend coined the term 'PowerPop' in 1966 in fact.
	♥ 12:10pm G: You played this Melissa Carper on Wake the other day. Good then, good now :-)
	♥ 12:10pm Michael Shelley: Bob - what is the 1st Beat lp?
	12:10pm Bob: I know. I'm being facetious.
	12:10pm clarke: i never paid one bit of attention to the charts - other than to listen to American Top 40 in a slightly competitive way, i suppose?
	12:12pm egould: Chris Bell was an Anglophile. Beatles, Kinks, Who.
	♥ 12:12pm Squints: Of course, with Big Star, that little bit of melancholia was who they were.
	12:12pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Buddy Holly d. aged 22 Ritchie Valens d. aged 17
	♥ 12:13pm Squints: Big Star had an awesome pretty stripped down cover of "Till The End Of The Day" onto which they grafted the opening riff from "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere."
	12:13pm clarke: also what IS "power pop" anyway? i make a strong delineation between power pop and powerpop (the latter i consider to be the post-punk version)
	12:13pm egould: Melancholia/quaaludes.
	♥ 12:14pm DanFA: Did the Beastie Boys base their song Shadrach on this?
	12:14pm Bob: Big Star had that Memphis soul element that they couldn't deny, even if they were trying to. It's totally missed by the power pop nazi's that constantly cite them but kinda miss the point. They think it's only about the guitar melodies. I dunno. The Not Lame crowd are kinda silly
	12:15pm Claire from Montclair: 🔥
	♥ 12:15pm Squints: clarke, I know it when I hear it. Mostly I just need something to wave in the direction of The Great Lost Badfinger Record.
	12:15pm clarke: i guess it is as ridiculous as pigeonholing as any "genre" definition.
	♥ 12:16pm Hubig Pie: Big Star's Til the end of the day on heavy rotation in me music library
	12:16pm clarke: i don't really believe in Yacht Rock, either.
	♥ 12:17pm Frank In Queens: Yacht rock is not real.
	♥ 12:17pm Squints: See, now, that Kings record right there, the one that Michael played the other morning. A little bar bandy (in the greatest possible way), but I'd absolutely wave that into the PP tent. I like my tents as big as Hammer's pants.
	♥ 12:17pm Squints: This Crabby cover is real nice.
	12:17pm clarke: and/or Adrian Belew's pants.
	12:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...like I was listening to TheHollies & called it PowerPop - & someone asked me - so where's the Power ?? ...Um - OK - GittarPop ?? ...& if PowerPop was defined by Townshend - then I posit a thing called SmartPop devolving from RayDavies....
	♥ 12:18pm dday: Bob: dead on. Chilton's influence. mentioned by many in the book as well, including Alex himself
	12:18pm paul: Super Hits Of The Seventies: Pure Dyn-O-Mite
	♥ 12:18pm Frank In Queens: 10/10!
	12:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yay TheAbove !
	12:18pm clarke: Frank done been bongoed!!
	♥ 12:19pm dday: Labels are what they are..ways to try to classify something. My take..if you like something forget the label :)
	12:20pm clarke: i forgot at an early age.
	12:20pm egould: Sneaky power pop song: “So Caught Up In You” by 38 Special.
	♥ 12:20pm Squints: Exactly, egould. The chair will allow it.
	♥ 12:21pm dday: RR63: good observation. I used to work with a band (not play) called Starte A's . A writer called the band "Pop with Brains"
	12:21pm Cooh John: Perfect timing with the bongos.
	12:21pm clarke: mindya, if examining the charts entertains you or gives one something to talk about, it's fine - for them.
	12:21pm MisterCaz: hey are they doing Sidewalk Saturday (or whatever it's called ) today?
	12:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I enjoy the podcasts Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More - & Chasing the Essential ...they aren't too uptight about definitions. Neither am I... So - has some Power, has some Pop. The rest is elaboration...
	♥ 12:21pm dday: damn keyboard Strate A's
	♥ 12:22pm Squints: Any punk band that's not allergic to even rudimentary melody, I'm like, yep, close enough.
	♥ 12:22pm Squints: Not to mention a certain little combo from Carteret.
	12:23pm clarke: i got a chicken bill the other day that was outrageous!
	♥ 12:23pm Michael Shelley: RRN63 - agree - Ice Cream Man has a good ear
	♥ 12:23pm Squints: They're now including bills/beaks in the Eight Piece Box?
	12:23pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Who got that balance real right ?? Howabout: TheRamones. How Johnny & Joey got along was their business...
	♥ 12:23pm Corey: Oddly enough Chicken Bill has become a family favorite. My toddler likes me to carry him sideways and bop around to it, the so called chicken ride.
	12:24pm egould: Def Leppard skirts the power pop/hard rock line. But then again, so does Cheap Trick.
	12:25pm clarke: it's all music to me.
	♥ 12:25pm dday: "Labels (I Still Want Yo) © 2015 dday: "Labels" (But I Still Want You) I'm an atheist, buddhist, communist scum A dadaist, existentialist, fetishist bum A geologist, herpetologist, individualist freak A jingoist, kafkaist, logicist geek But I still want you, yeah I still want you I'm a messianic, narcissistic, otocystic slime A paleontologic, quixotic, robotic mime A shamanist, taoist, universalist priest A vitriolic, workaholic, yogistic, zoologistic beast But I still want you, yeah I still want you.
	♥ 12:26pm Squints: Yep. all those guys: CT, Def Leppard, Redd Kross, Teenage Fanclub. Wave 'em in.
	12:26pm Bob: Clarke, the Casuals definitely were as good a power pop band as any when they wanted to be. Especially during your tenure. Chandler is a ridiculous pop song writer.
	12:26pm (another) Patrick in Hoboken: That Tami Lyn tune was fantastic
	12:27pm clarke: well, thanks!! and chandler (of course!) has a new "album" out now (of course!)!!
	12:27pm clarke: used to see this band quite often before i started playing out.
	12:28pm Bob: Chandler is as good as Elvis Costello. I used to have it on a card in the Chandler section of my record store. I sold a few.
	12:29pm clarke: (the bongo player was curiously absent)
	♥ 12:29pm JohnEBGood: Take me down to 3 chord city!! Thanks Michael and Joe ; )
	12:29pm clarke: and.. can i ask what record store??
	♥ 12:30pm Hubig Pie: Barbara Menendez was easy on the eyes
	12:30pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Bagism... Cause let's face it - the Charts are increasingly awful : www.facebook.com... - imho - in proportion to how much acquisitions happened & bean-counters & lawyers took over the Music Industry (Labels, Media, Distribution) from people who knew anything about Music, Artists or the Audience or Culture itself...
	12:31pm clarke: hubig - did you go to those CYO dances?? back in The Day, ya'll.
	♥ 12:32pm G: Mark Wirtz died recently, maybe 2020 or 21. The legendary never-completed Teenage Opera...
	12:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - a Freakbeat Impresario.
	♥ 12:33pm dday: There aren't any music moguls anymore, just hedge fund acquisition managers (like Merck Mercuriadis
	♥ 12:34pm Squints: Nice Sun homage in the sound there. Somewhere Mr Phillips smiles.
	12:35pm clarke: speaking of new orleans, there was a convergence of 'FMU folk down heayah, this past week. a lot of regular chatsters (who are not present today?) met up with Evan Davies and his lovely gal for some Victuals at Mandina's
	♥ 12:35pm Frank In Queens: There's a lot of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal that borders on power pop. There's a series called "Jobcentre Rejects" by the Swedish label On The Dole that comps some more obscure NWOBHM tracks and it's surprising how much of it could be passed off as power pop-y.
	♥ 12:35pm Michael 98145: I had the misfortune of watching part of the Grammy clown show
	♥ 12:35pm Hubig Pie: clarke, Catholic youth dances ? If I did someone woulda called the cops
	12:36pm clarke: well, Hubig - i ain't no catlick - but i went! it was The Cold!!
	12:37pm clarke: @Frank - i will have to check that out!
	12:38pm Dennis Diken: Thanks for the shout out, Mikey. That Big Maybelle track is TOO MUCH!!
	12:38pm egould: Thanks Rev Rabbit for the Ice Cream Man Power Pop tip.
	12:39pm clarke: Dikey & Mikey!! together again!!
	12:39pm Dennis Diken: the first time I heard “Happy Jack” I recognized the essence of what later became known as power pop. Then “Pictures Of Lily.” And “So Sad About Us.”
	♥ 12:40pm dday: @clarke: both The Who & Black Sabbath played at Union Catholic HS in Scotch Plains, NJ . That must've been something :)
	12:40pm clarke: you're flatting dear.
	12:40pm Dennis Diken: Hey clarke!
	12:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: egould enjoy. & 'Chasing the Essential' is kinda the little brother to it...
	12:40pm Bob: Clarke, it was called Rubber Soul in Ypsilanti Michigan. Long gone. I think you had dinner with my partner Will Stewart one time. He was staying with PJ at the time. Probably ten years ago
	♥ 12:40pm dday: I was just going to say Dennis Diken may know about those shows. I know Pat Dinizio went.
	12:41pm clarke: shit, i also played in Ypsilanti once!! sorry bout that!
	♥ 12:42pm Frank In Queens: YES!
	12:42pm clarke: i want to hate this snare sound - but... i... can't.
	12:42pm Baby: Amazitsong! Randy Dawg Jackson on bass here.
	♥ 12:43pm G: @clarke 12:35: I was at the FMU lunch meetup in New Orleans on Monday. Seems like weeks ago, work has been so busy since then lol
	12:43pm Mister Dobalina: I gotta go feed myself.
	12:43pm yippie: my mom made a clean remix of this song just for me
	12:44pm clarke: hello Greg!!! great meeting and hanging and let's do 'er again!
	♥ 12:44pm Mr. Fine Wine: There was an FMU lunch meetup in New Orleans on Monday?
	12:44pm clarke: yes - were you here???
	♥ 12:45pm G: Yep. Evan Davies was down here with Sherri.
	♥ 12:45pm Mr. Fine Wine: I bumped into Evan on Wednesday right before I flew home...but hadn't known he was there till then.
	♥ 12:45pm G: Yep, Clarke. I'm in New Mexico for 10 days starting this coming week, but right after that!
	♥ 12:46pm Handy Haversack: Wish I'd been at that lunch! Thanks, MS. Choring around her, but the radios are on. Have good days, all.
	♥ 12:46pm dday: The women in Poughkeepsie Take their clothes off when they're tipsy But I hear in Ypsilanti They don't wear any panties...
	12:46pm clarke: oh DANG man!!! sorry!!
	♥ 12:47pm G: @FW -- If memory serves, he was here for most of a week doing tourist stuff, record stores, etc. Left maybe Thursday.
	12:48pm clarke: @G - oh wow!! have a GREAT time!! Shelley is in Old Mexico that same time. wish you had made that lunch Handy - the gumbo was (not) vegan!
	12:49pm clarke: the mixing level of this acoustic guitar is exquisite.
	♥ 12:49pm G: @Clarke: Working vacation. I have to get to regular workstuff online every day. But I'm pretty good at that, after 15+ years working online only lol
	12:49pm phat in lincoln: This Lemonheads is one of the best pop records ever made and I'll die on that hill.
	12:49pm egould: This is power pop.
	♥ 12:49pm Mr. Fine Wine: DD: Is it a coincidence that both the Who and the Rivingtons have songs called Happy Jack? Are they both referring to the same thing somehow?
	♥ 12:49pm dday: poppy & powerful
	12:49pm Dennis Diken: @dday - Pat D may have attended that Black Sabbath show but not the Who
	♥ 12:49pm Squints: Yep.
	♥ 12:50pm dday: Good question Mr. Fine Wine
	12:50pm phat in lincoln: It's got damn perfect.
	12:51pm Bob: Mike double down on power pop
	12:51pm clarke: Mr. Fine Wine - that really sux we didn't know you were down here!!! mannn, we had a great meal. keep in touch next time - get my email from MS, etc.
	♥ 12:51pm Mr. Fine Wine: Thanks, clarke!
	12:51pm Bobobob dublon Plasticland: @Dennis D ..what bout the Clefs of Lavender Hill ..Stop Get a Ticket🙂🕉
	12:51pm HungryFreak: Necco is New England Confection Company
	♥ 12:52pm Michael 98145: shiny insides !
	♥ 12:52pm dday: Hi Dennis: I remember Pat (who I was friends with way back on MySpace, never in person & then on FB. Your pages as well) posting the Sabbath stub on his page. Couldn't remember if he had mentioned The Who show. Not on there anymore. Thanks for clarifying
	12:52pm b0b0b0b0b0b0b: Stop get a Ticket is great p pop
	♥ 12:53pm Mr. Fine Wine: Same chords as Pan Con Mantequilla?
	12:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @HungryFreak - if I learn nothing else today...
	12:53pm clarke: i trust you still managed to eke out a good time, Mr.FW! the weather has been spectacular (with a few spectacular tornadoes thrown in).
	♥ 12:53pm Squints: Most of what's on the Nuggets boxes is Power Pop or a precursor thereto.
	12:53pm morphe': Thanks Michael and all !!!! Off to Footie in the park ... Til !!!!
	♥ 12:54pm radioronan: Thanks Michael!
	♥ 12:54pm Mr. Fine Wine: Yes, i had a blast. It was too hot that last day (Wednesday) but great the five days before that!
	12:54pm Dennis Diken: @Mr Fine Wine - we must get to the bottom of this!
	12:54pm clarke: ha ha - you don't have any idea of what HOT is!! that was a slight hint of what's about to come.
	♥ 12:55pm Mr. Fine Wine: Agreed, Dennis!
	♥ 12:55pm Handy Haversack: clarke -- I do great on just bread and beer when I have to!
	12:55pm rx scabin: Thanks for the great show, as usual.
	♥ 12:56pm Hubig Pie: clarke, termite season is only a couple weeks away. Turn the lights out
	♥ 12:56pm Michael 98145: Good day, All.
	12:56pm HungryFreak: @Revolution - I've had one in my wallet since I was 8. Just in case I ended up running into Monty Hall. The guy, not the WFMU spot.
	12:56pm clarke: well, funny, the bread at Mandina's is special -- almost crouton (in the french sense) but wider
	♥ 12:56pm ze boocherie: This reminded me to put some honey in my tea, thank you!
	♥ 12:57pm G: Yes, it's been in the 70s every day here in NOLA, and not at all humid -- and supposed to be nice for the next week or two at least. We can't wait till it's 95 and super-humid every day from May till October.
	12:57pm Dennis Diken: @bobobob - great track, that one! @dday -I think there’s a book out there about that Who show
	12:57pm clarke: the termites have not been as "snowy" as in the past, for some reason. methinks some city chemical thang.
	12:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: PowerPop, Nuggets - EarlyWho - aiming still for affectively concise & maximally impactful Singles...
	12:57pm LCBD: ❤️❤️❤️
	12:58pm clarke: (read: pesticide)
	12:58pm egould: Thanks Michael. Great show.
	♥ 12:58pm Corey: Thanks Michael! So many killer songs this week! Take care all.
	♥ 12:58pm dday: Dennis: I'll check that out! Thanks
	♥ 12:58pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: I was so happy when I found out there was a name for what I like best, that is, power pop. Ask for it by name!
	♥ 12:58pm prof.fuzz: I'm hearing this Jonathan R song as "Everybody Loves Garlic" for some strange reason...
	12:59pm clarke: anyone ever get the feeling they been cheated?? good nite.
	♥ 12:59pm Frank In Queens: Nice show Michael, and nice week of radio from you!
	12:59pm clarke: A to B. worst deal
	♥ 1:00pm prof.fuzz: Hi Michael S! Handy! clarke!
	1:00pm clarke: hey have a great trip to Mex!!
	1:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ MS ~
	1:40pm P-90: Tackled by the SD Padres. Ouch.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Deke Dickerson	(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?
Nutley Brass, The	Head Over Heels
Porter Wagoner And Dolly Parton	Four O' Thirty Three
Sugar Pie DeSanto	Go Go Power "Go Go Power" by "Sugar Pie DeSanto"
Mickey Finn And The Bluemen	Tom Hark
Televisionaries, The	Quarter After 8
Tommy Boyce And Bobby Hart	I'm Digging You Digging Me
Dallas Frazier	Write That Down "Write That Down" by "Dallas Frazier"
Irma Thomas	It's Raining "It's Raining" by "Irma Thomas"
Robert Finley	Honey Let Me Stay The Night
Dion	King of The New York Streets
Manufacture	Teenage Letter "Teenage Letter" by "Manufacture"
Slink Moss Explosion	Honey Bee Bop
Stevie Wonder	Contract On Love "Contract On Love" by "Stevie Wonder"
Wild Bill Davis	Hit The Road, Jack
Supergrass	We Are Young "We Are Young" by "Supergrass"
Richie Valens	Come On Let's Go "Come On Let's Go" by "Richie Valens"
Loney Hutchins	Pinball King "Pinball King" by "Loney Hutchins"
James Carr	Stronger Than Love "Stronger Than Love" by "James Carr"
Jay Gonzalez	Need You Round "Need You Round" by "Jay Gonzalez"
Los Locos Del Ritmo	Pan Con Mantequilla
Melissa Carper	Makin' Memories "Makin' Memories" by "Melissa Carper"
Richard Marks	Simple, Carefree Life
Louis Prima	Shadrack "Shadrack" by "Louis Prima"
Above, The	Go Back "Go Back" by "Above, The"
Rick Nelson	Hey There Little Miss Tease
Daniel Romano	Chicken Bill "Chicken Bill" by "Daniel Romano"
Tami Lynn	At The Party "At The Party" by "Tami Lynn"
Cold, The	Three Chord City "Three Chord City" by "Cold, The"
Matchmakers, The	Tell Me A Secret
Nick Willett	Who Cares? "Who Cares?" by "Nick Willett"
Big Maybelle	That's A Pretty Good Love
Kay Starr	Comes Along A Love "Comes Along A Love" by "Kay Starr"
Trevor Blendour	Gloria "Gloria" by "Trevor Blendour"
Divinyls, The	I Touch Myself "I Touch Myself" by "Divinyls, The"
Rory Moon And The Silver Stars	Little Wondering Why
Lemonheads, The	Into Your Arms "Into Your Arms" by "Lemonheads, The"
Delbert McClinton	Ain't That Lovin' You
Arthur Alexander	Call Me Honey "Call Me Honey" by "Arthur Alexander"
Jonathan Richman	Everybody Loves Dolly
Way Out	Harold Steal A Car "Harold Steal A Car" by "Way Out"
Scooby Don	"Scooby Don"

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Listener comments!
	♥ 9:32am Listener Baby: It’s common knowledge, that Baby, he hully gullys and don't ever drip a drop. Lay some happiness on us, Baby. Hugs and hello’s to all!
	10:57am Listener Bop Monroe: greetings from drizzly Tannersville Mr MS and all! great W&B fill-in yesterday and a great DDR w/Suzy Hotrod as yer lead-in. more bubblegum music?
	♥ 11:00am Handy Haversack: Michael and all the Shellegamers! Hey now!
	♥ 11:01am Frank In Queens: Oh, hey now!
	♥ 11:03am graphic_taco: Thanks for getting this song stuck in my head again Michael... keep the hits coming
	11:03am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Great to read DekeD on faceborg all the people he's known & places he goes in the USA with all the C&W & Rawkabilly History & vintage equipment &tc. ...
	11:03am Corey: Morning Michael and listeners! What’s so funny indeed.
	11:03am KWilde: #1 Hits!!
	11:04am Cooh John: Going to see my friend Eddie back up Nick next month.🙂
	11:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Interesting to see where people land with this song - venn diagrams of irony, rage, sincerity...
	♥ 11:04am Frank In Queens: Deke's recent tale of acquiring a fully functional Scully record lathe was fascinating!
	♥ 11:05am Squints: ok then. hey HEY hey now.
	♥ 11:05am Squints: This Head Over Heels thing is amazingly cool.
	11:05am clarke: hey nowwwww don't breathe on me, adrian.
	11:06am morphe': Michael Shelly !! Fri !!! Sat !!! What time Sunday ???!!!!!
	11:06am phat in lincoln: Morning!
	11:07am clarke: you can be replaced, you know.
	11:08am P-90: The Nutley Brass really rocked that one
	11:08am clarke: someone has cold/allergies!
	♥ 11:08am Handy Haversack: Currently deleting 25K+ e-mail from Google. Pulling myself free of that swamp.
	11:09am P-90: Deke ALWAYS rocks
	♥ 11:09am Dano59: the Go-Go's tribute is as good as I'd hoped. thanks, Michael!
	11:10am phat in lincoln: Someone has a cold...
	11:10am Bob: Michael, you sound like you have the crud. Me too. Non-Covid, good old fashioned spring cold. Ugh.
	11:10am Ciggy: Of course, of course- Your voice sounds hoarse.
	11:10am onthetrain: Morning everyone.
	♥ 11:11am Dano59: keep at it, Handy. I've noticed a lot of new spam coming in on GeeMail. Not sure where I went to trigger it.
	♥ 11:11am Dano59: Going to the store after the show for Vitamin C, cold medicine, tissues. Spring suuuckkkks
	♥ 11:12am Squints: Hoarse? Willlllllllbur.
	♥ 11:12am Frank In Queens: Michael had a few early days this week.Perhaps a touch of exhaustion?
	♥ 11:13am Handy Haversack: Dano59: I have transitioned to Fastmail, and it was easy and incredibly liberating.
	11:13am clarke: my gogo got up and went went
	♥ 11:14am Listener Baby: You sick Baby?
	♥ 11:15am Squints: Ain't no cure for this SPD.
	11:16am Ciggy: Gort is protecting Klatu right now on FXM
	11:18am P-90: “Gort: Klaatu barada nikto!”
	11:18am clarke: ha ha ha
	♥ 11:19am Hughie Considine: Interplanetary, such extraordinary craft...
	♥ 11:19am Frank In Queens: Ash: "Klaatu barada nik...."
	♥ 11:20am Pedro in Arlington: Saturdays at 11am, the original Wake and Bake. No. 1 always.
	♥ 11:20am Frank In Queens: Televisionaires playing the Hi Tide Summer Holiday down in Asbury Park in August: www.hitidesummerholiday.com
	♥ 11:22am Listener Baby: I dig you, you dig me.
	11:22am clarke: don't stand TOO close TO to the stage, Frank - in case they put some stank on it.
	11:23am P-90: lots of diggin’ going on there
	11:24am SPF 53: good morning Michael
	♥ 11:24am Frank In Queens: @clarke, there will be a trail of stank.
	♥ 11:25am Listener Baby: Two I dig you songs in three days. Are you trying to tell us something, Baby?
	11:25am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...not 1/3rd of other Boyce & Hart tunes...
	11:25am ?: Didn't Kim Fowley have something to do with Alley Oop?
	11:25am clarke: the Isles may have started that trail??
	11:26am P-90: Don’t forget: NO BATHROOMS
	♥ 11:26am Frank In Queens: @clarke, nah, this is Jersey we're talking about. That trail has been there since long before the Isles ;)
	♥ 11:26am Ciggy: 1st Saturday in May is the Kentucky Derby
	11:26am clarke: flol!
	11:27am Idle Pedant: Respectfully, it's "Televisionaries." Like visionary, only televisionary.
	11:28am paul: Epicenter will win the Derby.
	♥ 11:29am DanFA: I was just listening to an interview with Irma Thomas yesterday.
	11:29am clarke: @Frank - you sent me down a rabbit hole with douglas sirk. this week, watched the most EXCELLENT Sleep My Love with claudette colbert, don ameche and robert cummings - HIGHLY recommend!! didn't know sirk could be SO Hitch!!
	♥ 11:29am DanFA: @Clarke check out Imitation of Life. It's kind of nuts.
	11:30am Bob: I know it's Irma's song but The Detroit Cobras just stole this song so much. RIP Rachel. Man, she was cool.
	♥ 11:30am Frank In Queens: @clarke, excellent! "Sleep" has popped up when reading up a bit on him and his films, so I'll have to check it out.
	11:30am clarke: oh yea, i have seen most of Sirk's later films. the color ones. this one is b&w!!
	11:31am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Seriously - is there a DetroitCobras track that didn't Bring It...
	♥ 11:31am DavidL: @Micheal I took a solid Dallas Frazier dive after you played "Home In My Hand" a couple weeks back. Having listened to the Oak Ridge Boys' "Elvira" far too many times as a kid in the 80s, I'd never heard the original until then, and I found myself feeling super disappointed that they sang "fire" straight instead of doing Frazier's "fire-ah" to force the rhyme. So it goes. Musical rabbit holes always appreciated!
	11:31am clarke: it is sorta a re-tell of Gaslight -- and is free on the youtube
	♥ 11:31am dday: Klaatu barada nikto indeed : willienile.bandcamp.com...
	11:32am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ' The Hollywood Argyles were an American musical ensemble, assembled for studio recordings by the producer and songwriter Kim Fowley and his friend and fellow musician Gary Paxton. They had a US number one hit record, "Alley Oop" (Lute Records 5905) in 1960. '
	11:33am clarke: then, i got going on claudette colbert. i like her - she is not the greatest-looking of the stars, which makes her an even better actress!! check out Remember The Day (1941)
	♥ 11:33am Frank In Queens: "He who shall not be named!"
	♥ 11:34am Ciggy: Thanks for the tip Paul. Long, long, longshots: Happy Jack & Rattle N Roll
	11:35am nachurall: Michael, quality fill in's on Wake this week. thank you
	11:36am paul: You're welcome, Ciggy.
	11:37am HungryFreak: Great Dion tune
	♥ 11:37am Squints: One can argue with some of the production choices on Dion's earlier 1980s records. (They were, shall we say, of their time.) But in terms of performances, Dion never, ever made a bad record.
	♥ 11:38am dday: Excellent Dion song..reminiscent of Garland Jeffreys (a good thing)
	11:38am Bob: He toured this record with that great Dave Edmunds rock and roll revue that Ringo quickly stole. Terry Williams playing drums. Steve Cropper, Graham Parker, Kim Wilson, Memphis Horns. Cool shows.
	♥ 11:39am Michael Shelley: I saw that show at the Ritz - amazing night
	11:39am Folksnake: The bass and guitar on that Robert Finley tune are so great. Snakey!
	11:39am paul: Bob...I saw that show in Chicago. One of the top 3 concerts in my life.
	♥ 11:40am dday: @squints: wasn't there a disc he did in the 80's that was recorded in a bowling alley . I tend to recall reading an article about that.
	11:41am paul: Yo Frankie was a good album.
	11:42am Georgia: Looking on AllMusic, it appears that Dave Roe is the bassist on the Robert Finley track.
	♥ 11:43am dday: @squints: actually it was in 1968 : aquariumdrunkard.com...
	11:43am Bob: I saw it in Royal Oak Michigan. There's a picture in the Rhino Edmunds box of them putting there hands in the cement outside this short lived Hard Rock Cafe ripoff restaurant that Madonna's (!) weasel brother attempted. The celeb cement things are long gone but I was there for that part too. Talked to everybody except the one guy i really wanted to meet. DAVE. He was busy fighting with his girlfriend or wife! True story.
	11:45am Bob: my spelling is also sick today
	11:45am ?: Hoi
	♥ 11:46am DanFA: I once saw Stevie Wonder being mobbed by fans outside one of the Famous Ray Pizza chains around Fort Greene years ago.
	11:48am Mister Dobalina: Hip Hop Mike Shelley from da streets!
	♥ 11:48am Squints: Oh woman oh woman don'tcha treat me so mean....
	11:49am Eric in CT: Seeing as you mostly enjoyed The Wanderer, I’m curious if you saw The Bronx Tale musical, based on the play by Chazz Palmientiere with music composed by good friend Alan Menken in a 60’s style influence by Dion, The Ronnettes and many others.
	♥ 11:50am Frank In Queens: I will be at the Webster Hall show! very excited for it!
	♥ 11:50am Michael Shelley: I did - and the night ww were there Robert De Niro (the director) was in the audience taking notes
	11:52am egould: Strangely enough, this song needs a sax solo.
	11:52am Christina Ginger: As a young un, I had the VHS release of Clueless (best 90’s teen movie), which had this music video as an add on after the credits. I think the box even advertised it. Crazy, fun stuff.
	11:53am Bob: Supergrass should have been as big as Oasis
	11:53am clarke: i vote for Drive Me Crazy, CG
	♥ 11:54am Michael Shelley: Oasis shouldnt have been big
	11:55am HungryFreak: Dion gave up his seat on the Winter Carnival Tour that fateful night. He is the lone surviving headliner of The Night The Music Died.
	11:55am Christina Ginger: I concur, Bob! Clarke, I’ll admit that I’ve never seen Drive Me Crazy, so I can’t comment. I’ll make Mr F watch it with me now though!
	♥ 11:55am Squints: I'm picturing DeNiro bringing the full Jimmy Conway working through the notes with the cast and crew.
	11:56am clarke: i haven't seen it in a long time, but at the time, i thought it was notches above the other fare.
	♥ 11:56am Frank In Queens: Whenever I'm asked the age-old question "Blur or Oasis?", my answer is always "Supergrass".
	♥ 11:57am Squints: Agreed about Oasis. Liked the hits well enough. But (not my line) Beatles? They're barely the Rutles.
	♥ 11:57am dday: Rubber hammers make the unique clavinet sound. There was one in a studio I worked in. Never "played" it just banged a few notes out
	♥ 11:57am Squints: Speaking of the Rutles, I Must Be In Love is a straight-up Number One Record.
	11:57am Dennis Diken: Go, Mikey! hey gang!
	11:57am clarke: for those who haven't, i recommend a listen to Oasis's fourth album: Don't Believe The Truth!
	11:57am egould: They told him, “Write what you know about.” He knew about pinball
	♥ 11:58am Squints: I have a soft spot for ParkLife.
	11:58am Bob: Disagree about Oasis. They had the goods plus the look and attitude that few manage to take it to the next level.
	♥ 11:58am Squints: Rubber Hammers would be a bitchin' name for a band.
	♥ 11:59am dday: Hee hee Squints.
	♥ 11:59am Hubig Pie: Whenever I asked Beatles or Stones, I always answer Velvet Underground. Mornin' everyone
	11:59am clarke: whodat!!!
	12:00pm pp: Stevie Wonder known for clarinet, listen to Superstition. Also Rundgren played it on Michael Stanley's Rosewood Bitters, a personal fave
	♥ 12:00pm Pedro in Arlington: I saw a documentary in which Bono said he lost the coin toss.
	♥ 12:00pm Michael Shelley: LOL
	12:00pm Bob: Little Stevie Dixieland
	12:00pm phat in lincoln: I want a clarvinet so bad.
	12:01pm clarke: wow, you don't hear much about Michael Stanley - i remember liking his live double album, but have not re-visited in a long while.
	12:01pm pp: clavinet not clarinet
	12:01pm HungryFreak: Pedro, the wasn't for the plane seat. That was to determine who would eat all those messy crackers.
	12:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Oasis very briefly echoed that magic balance TheBeatles had between working class Blues & sort of Mod 1960s Hope & Energy - a very specific alchemy that Power Pop eternally strives for again ...but almost always tips ever so in one direction or the other of... That is to say - Oasis managed to touch something TheBeatles completely exemplified. They neither equalled, extended - nor maintained it...
	♥ 12:02pm Hubig Pie: Stevie Wonder was banging the hell outta his keyboard thingy in that SOS doc.
	♥ 12:02pm Squints: SOMEbody's called the Hot Line.
	12:02pm Bob: Women love Oasis and couldn't care less about Teenage Fanclub or Velvet Crush. FACT.
	12:03pm clarke: ..and got Gerald -- THAT gerald!
	12:04pm pp: Rundgren's clavinet playing against Joe Walsh's slide guitar, a sound never again duplicated https://youtu.be/c0BHZhIKOLE
	♥ 12:04pm dday: PP: I encountered the clavinet at one of Rundgren's old haunts in Upstate NY (it belonged to a client so I didn't mess with it much more than a cursory few notes)
	♥ 12:05pm Squints: Just leaves more Teenage FanClub for me, I guess.
	♥ 12:06pm dday: PP: That Michael Stanley is a lost classic.
	12:06pm egould: A very faithful rendition.
	12:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...tho I'm probly wrong that PowerPop has troubled the Charts very little - for something widely considered Beatlesque : in a form that the Greatest Most Successful Most Famous Band Ever worked in. Or - is PowerPop not really defined by TheBeatles anyway (who touched on the range of most Forms in fact.) Some say the perfect blend would be a bit of Beatles with a bit of Early Who...
	♥ 12:08pm dday: RR63: In reading a book about Chris Bell, term comes up often as do it's realtion to the nbands you mention
	12:08pm pp: @dday: 👍
	♥ 12:08pm Squints: Pete liked to claim that Da Oo were proto Power Pop. Certainly had the crunch.
	12:09pm Bob: The Raspberries were probably the only actual power pop band. Cheap Trick are when they want to be.
	12:09pm clarke: well, i dunno. take The Cretones, f'rinstance: linda ronstadt took three of their songs to the charts. but, who cares about charts?? i know: joe belock!
	12:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @dday: Of course we all exalt BigStar - but there's just such an example: a smidge too much melancholia in the recipe... @Squints: Townshend coined the term 'PowerPop' in 1966 in fact.
	♥ 12:10pm G: You played this Melissa Carper on Wake the other day. Good then, good now :-)
	♥ 12:10pm Michael Shelley: Bob - what is the 1st Beat lp?
	12:10pm Bob: I know. I'm being facetious.
	12:10pm clarke: i never paid one bit of attention to the charts - other than to listen to American Top 40 in a slightly competitive way, i suppose?
	12:12pm egould: Chris Bell was an Anglophile. Beatles, Kinks, Who.
	♥ 12:12pm Squints: Of course, with Big Star, that little bit of melancholia was who they were.
	12:12pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Buddy Holly d. aged 22 Ritchie Valens d. aged 17
	♥ 12:13pm Squints: Big Star had an awesome pretty stripped down cover of "Till The End Of The Day" onto which they grafted the opening riff from "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere."
	12:13pm clarke: also what IS "power pop" anyway? i make a strong delineation between power pop and powerpop (the latter i consider to be the post-punk version)
	12:13pm egould: Melancholia/quaaludes.
	♥ 12:14pm DanFA: Did the Beastie Boys base their song Shadrach on this?
	12:14pm Bob: Big Star had that Memphis soul element that they couldn't deny, even if they were trying to. It's totally missed by the power pop nazi's that constantly cite them but kinda miss the point. They think it's only about the guitar melodies. I dunno. The Not Lame crowd are kinda silly
	12:15pm Claire from Montclair: 🔥
	♥ 12:15pm Squints: clarke, I know it when I hear it. Mostly I just need something to wave in the direction of The Great Lost Badfinger Record.
	12:15pm clarke: i guess it is as ridiculous as pigeonholing as any "genre" definition.
	♥ 12:16pm Hubig Pie: Big Star's Til the end of the day on heavy rotation in me music library
	12:16pm clarke: i don't really believe in Yacht Rock, either.
	♥ 12:17pm Frank In Queens: Yacht rock is not real.
	♥ 12:17pm Squints: See, now, that Kings record right there, the one that Michael played the other morning. A little bar bandy (in the greatest possible way), but I'd absolutely wave that into the PP tent. I like my tents as big as Hammer's pants.
	♥ 12:17pm Squints: This Crabby cover is real nice.
	12:17pm clarke: and/or Adrian Belew's pants.
	12:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...like I was listening to TheHollies & called it PowerPop - & someone asked me - so where's the Power ?? ...Um - OK - GittarPop ?? ...& if PowerPop was defined by Townshend - then I posit a thing called SmartPop devolving from RayDavies....
	♥ 12:18pm dday: Bob: dead on. Chilton's influence. mentioned by many in the book as well, including Alex himself
	12:18pm paul: Super Hits Of The Seventies: Pure Dyn-O-Mite
	♥ 12:18pm Frank In Queens: 10/10!
	12:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yay TheAbove !
	12:18pm clarke: Frank done been bongoed!!
	♥ 12:19pm dday: Labels are what they are..ways to try to classify something. My take..if you like something forget the label :)
	12:20pm clarke: i forgot at an early age.
	12:20pm egould: Sneaky power pop song: “So Caught Up In You” by 38 Special.
	♥ 12:20pm Squints: Exactly, egould. The chair will allow it.
	♥ 12:21pm dday: RR63: good observation. I used to work with a band (not play) called Starte A's . A writer called the band "Pop with Brains"
	12:21pm Cooh John: Perfect timing with the bongos.
	12:21pm clarke: mindya, if examining the charts entertains you or gives one something to talk about, it's fine - for them.
	12:21pm MisterCaz: hey are they doing Sidewalk Saturday (or whatever it's called ) today?
	12:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I enjoy the podcasts Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More - & Chasing the Essential ...they aren't too uptight about definitions. Neither am I... So - has some Power, has some Pop. The rest is elaboration...
	♥ 12:21pm dday: damn keyboard Strate A's
	♥ 12:22pm Squints: Any punk band that's not allergic to even rudimentary melody, I'm like, yep, close enough.
	♥ 12:22pm Squints: Not to mention a certain little combo from Carteret.
	12:23pm clarke: i got a chicken bill the other day that was outrageous!
	♥ 12:23pm Michael Shelley: RRN63 - agree - Ice Cream Man has a good ear
	♥ 12:23pm Squints: They're now including bills/beaks in the Eight Piece Box?
	12:23pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Who got that balance real right ?? Howabout: TheRamones. How Johnny & Joey got along was their business...
	♥ 12:23pm Corey: Oddly enough Chicken Bill has become a family favorite. My toddler likes me to carry him sideways and bop around to it, the so called chicken ride.
	12:24pm egould: Def Leppard skirts the power pop/hard rock line. But then again, so does Cheap Trick.
	12:25pm clarke: it's all music to me.
	♥ 12:25pm dday: "Labels (I Still Want Yo) © 2015 dday: "Labels" (But I Still Want You) I'm an atheist, buddhist, communist scum A dadaist, existentialist, fetishist bum A geologist, herpetologist, individualist freak A jingoist, kafkaist, logicist geek But I still want you, yeah I still want you I'm a messianic, narcissistic, otocystic slime A paleontologic, quixotic, robotic mime A shamanist, taoist, universalist priest A vitriolic, workaholic, yogistic, zoologistic beast But I still want you, yeah I still want you.
	♥ 12:26pm Squints: Yep. all those guys: CT, Def Leppard, Redd Kross, Teenage Fanclub. Wave 'em in.
	12:26pm Bob: Clarke, the Casuals definitely were as good a power pop band as any when they wanted to be. Especially during your tenure. Chandler is a ridiculous pop song writer.
	12:26pm (another) Patrick in Hoboken: That Tami Lyn tune was fantastic
	12:27pm clarke: well, thanks!! and chandler (of course!) has a new "album" out now (of course!)!!
	12:27pm clarke: used to see this band quite often before i started playing out.
	12:28pm Bob: Chandler is as good as Elvis Costello. I used to have it on a card in the Chandler section of my record store. I sold a few.
	12:29pm clarke: (the bongo player was curiously absent)
	♥ 12:29pm JohnEBGood: Take me down to 3 chord city!! Thanks Michael and Joe ; )
	12:29pm clarke: and.. can i ask what record store??
	♥ 12:30pm Hubig Pie: Barbara Menendez was easy on the eyes
	12:30pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Bagism... Cause let's face it - the Charts are increasingly awful : www.facebook.com... - imho - in proportion to how much acquisitions happened & bean-counters & lawyers took over the Music Industry (Labels, Media, Distribution) from people who knew anything about Music, Artists or the Audience or Culture itself...
	12:31pm clarke: hubig - did you go to those CYO dances?? back in The Day, ya'll.
	♥ 12:32pm G: Mark Wirtz died recently, maybe 2020 or 21. The legendary never-completed Teenage Opera...
	12:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - a Freakbeat Impresario.
	♥ 12:33pm dday: There aren't any music moguls anymore, just hedge fund acquisition managers (like Merck Mercuriadis
	♥ 12:34pm Squints: Nice Sun homage in the sound there. Somewhere Mr Phillips smiles.
	12:35pm clarke: speaking of new orleans, there was a convergence of 'FMU folk down heayah, this past week. a lot of regular chatsters (who are not present today?) met up with Evan Davies and his lovely gal for some Victuals at Mandina's
	♥ 12:35pm Frank In Queens: There's a lot of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal that borders on power pop. There's a series called "Jobcentre Rejects" by the Swedish label On The Dole that comps some more obscure NWOBHM tracks and it's surprising how much of it could be passed off as power pop-y.
	♥ 12:35pm Michael 98145: I had the misfortune of watching part of the Grammy clown show
	♥ 12:35pm Hubig Pie: clarke, Catholic youth dances ? If I did someone woulda called the cops
	12:36pm clarke: well, Hubig - i ain't no catlick - but i went! it was The Cold!!
	12:37pm clarke: @Frank - i will have to check that out!
	12:38pm Dennis Diken: Thanks for the shout out, Mikey. That Big Maybelle track is TOO MUCH!!
	12:38pm egould: Thanks Rev Rabbit for the Ice Cream Man Power Pop tip.
	12:39pm clarke: Dikey & Mikey!! together again!!
	12:39pm Dennis Diken: the first time I heard “Happy Jack” I recognized the essence of what later became known as power pop. Then “Pictures Of Lily.” And “So Sad About Us.”
	♥ 12:40pm dday: @clarke: both The Who & Black Sabbath played at Union Catholic HS in Scotch Plains, NJ . That must've been something :)
	12:40pm clarke: you're flatting dear.
	12:40pm Dennis Diken: Hey clarke!
	12:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: egould enjoy. & 'Chasing the Essential' is kinda the little brother to it...
	12:40pm Bob: Clarke, it was called Rubber Soul in Ypsilanti Michigan. Long gone. I think you had dinner with my partner Will Stewart one time. He was staying with PJ at the time. Probably ten years ago
	♥ 12:40pm dday: I was just going to say Dennis Diken may know about those shows. I know Pat Dinizio went.
	12:41pm clarke: shit, i also played in Ypsilanti once!! sorry bout that!
	♥ 12:42pm Frank In Queens: YES!
	12:42pm clarke: i want to hate this snare sound - but... i... can't.
	12:42pm Baby: Amazitsong! Randy Dawg Jackson on bass here.
	♥ 12:43pm G: @clarke 12:35: I was at the FMU lunch meetup in New Orleans on Monday. Seems like weeks ago, work has been so busy since then lol
	12:43pm Mister Dobalina: I gotta go feed myself.
	12:43pm yippie: my mom made a clean remix of this song just for me
	12:44pm clarke: hello Greg!!! great meeting and hanging and let's do 'er again!
	♥ 12:44pm Mr. Fine Wine: There was an FMU lunch meetup in New Orleans on Monday?
	12:44pm clarke: yes - were you here???
	♥ 12:45pm G: Yep. Evan Davies was down here with Sherri.
	♥ 12:45pm Mr. Fine Wine: I bumped into Evan on Wednesday right before I flew home...but hadn't known he was there till then.
	♥ 12:45pm G: Yep, Clarke. I'm in New Mexico for 10 days starting this coming week, but right after that!
	♥ 12:46pm Handy Haversack: Wish I'd been at that lunch! Thanks, MS. Choring around her, but the radios are on. Have good days, all.
	♥ 12:46pm dday: The women in Poughkeepsie Take their clothes off when they're tipsy But I hear in Ypsilanti They don't wear any panties...
	12:46pm clarke: oh DANG man!!! sorry!!
	♥ 12:47pm G: @FW -- If memory serves, he was here for most of a week doing tourist stuff, record stores, etc. Left maybe Thursday.
	12:48pm clarke: @G - oh wow!! have a GREAT time!! Shelley is in Old Mexico that same time. wish you had made that lunch Handy - the gumbo was (not) vegan!
	12:49pm clarke: the mixing level of this acoustic guitar is exquisite.
	♥ 12:49pm G: @Clarke: Working vacation. I have to get to regular workstuff online every day. But I'm pretty good at that, after 15+ years working online only lol
	12:49pm phat in lincoln: This Lemonheads is one of the best pop records ever made and I'll die on that hill.
	12:49pm egould: This is power pop.
	♥ 12:49pm Mr. Fine Wine: DD: Is it a coincidence that both the Who and the Rivingtons have songs called Happy Jack? Are they both referring to the same thing somehow?
	♥ 12:49pm dday: poppy & powerful
	12:49pm Dennis Diken: @dday - Pat D may have attended that Black Sabbath show but not the Who
	♥ 12:49pm Squints: Yep.
	♥ 12:50pm dday: Good question Mr. Fine Wine
	12:50pm phat in lincoln: It's got damn perfect.
	12:51pm Bob: Mike double down on power pop
	12:51pm clarke: Mr. Fine Wine - that really sux we didn't know you were down here!!! mannn, we had a great meal. keep in touch next time - get my email from MS, etc.
	♥ 12:51pm Mr. Fine Wine: Thanks, clarke!
	12:51pm Bobobob dublon Plasticland: @Dennis D ..what bout the Clefs of Lavender Hill ..Stop Get a Ticket🙂🕉
	12:51pm HungryFreak: Necco is New England Confection Company
	♥ 12:52pm Michael 98145: shiny insides !
	♥ 12:52pm dday: Hi Dennis: I remember Pat (who I was friends with way back on MySpace, never in person & then on FB. Your pages as well) posting the Sabbath stub on his page. Couldn't remember if he had mentioned The Who show. Not on there anymore. Thanks for clarifying
	12:52pm b0b0b0b0b0b0b: Stop get a Ticket is great p pop
	♥ 12:53pm Mr. Fine Wine: Same chords as Pan Con Mantequilla?
	12:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @HungryFreak - if I learn nothing else today...
	12:53pm clarke: i trust you still managed to eke out a good time, Mr.FW! the weather has been spectacular (with a few spectacular tornadoes thrown in).
	♥ 12:53pm Squints: Most of what's on the Nuggets boxes is Power Pop or a precursor thereto.
	12:53pm morphe': Thanks Michael and all !!!! Off to Footie in the park ... Til !!!!
	♥ 12:54pm radioronan: Thanks Michael!
	♥ 12:54pm Mr. Fine Wine: Yes, i had a blast. It was too hot that last day (Wednesday) but great the five days before that!
	12:54pm Dennis Diken: @Mr Fine Wine - we must get to the bottom of this!
	12:54pm clarke: ha ha - you don't have any idea of what HOT is!! that was a slight hint of what's about to come.
	♥ 12:55pm Mr. Fine Wine: Agreed, Dennis!
	♥ 12:55pm Handy Haversack: clarke -- I do great on just bread and beer when I have to!
	12:55pm rx scabin: Thanks for the great show, as usual.
	♥ 12:56pm Hubig Pie: clarke, termite season is only a couple weeks away. Turn the lights out
	♥ 12:56pm Michael 98145: Good day, All.
	12:56pm HungryFreak: @Revolution - I've had one in my wallet since I was 8. Just in case I ended up running into Monty Hall. The guy, not the WFMU spot.
	12:56pm clarke: well, funny, the bread at Mandina's is special -- almost crouton (in the french sense) but wider
	♥ 12:56pm ze boocherie: This reminded me to put some honey in my tea, thank you!
	♥ 12:57pm G: Yes, it's been in the 70s every day here in NOLA, and not at all humid -- and supposed to be nice for the next week or two at least. We can't wait till it's 95 and super-humid every day from May till October.
	12:57pm Dennis Diken: @bobobob - great track, that one! @dday -I think there’s a book out there about that Who show
	12:57pm clarke: the termites have not been as "snowy" as in the past, for some reason. methinks some city chemical thang.
	12:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: PowerPop, Nuggets - EarlyWho - aiming still for affectively concise & maximally impactful Singles...
	12:57pm LCBD: ❤️❤️❤️
	12:58pm clarke: (read: pesticide)
	12:58pm egould: Thanks Michael. Great show.
	♥ 12:58pm Corey: Thanks Michael! So many killer songs this week! Take care all.
	♥ 12:58pm dday: Dennis: I'll check that out! Thanks
	♥ 12:58pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: I was so happy when I found out there was a name for what I like best, that is, power pop. Ask for it by name!
	♥ 12:58pm prof.fuzz: I'm hearing this Jonathan R song as "Everybody Loves Garlic" for some strange reason...
	12:59pm clarke: anyone ever get the feeling they been cheated?? good nite.
	♥ 12:59pm Frank In Queens: Nice show Michael, and nice week of radio from you!
	12:59pm clarke: A to B. worst deal
	♥ 1:00pm prof.fuzz: Hi Michael S! Handy! clarke!
	1:00pm clarke: hey have a great trip to Mex!!
	1:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ MS ~
	1:40pm P-90: Tackled by the SD Padres. Ouch.

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