WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from July 16, 2022

Michael Shelley: Playlist from July 16, 2022

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July 16, 2022: Guest: Karina Longworth of the podcast "You Must Remember This"

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Nick Lowe	Marie Provost "Marie Provost" by "Nick Lowe"
Jerry Fuller	Hollywood Star "Hollywood Star" by "Jerry Fuller"
Jim Lauderdale & Ralph Stanley	I Feel LIke Singing Today
Don Covay	Daddy Loves Baby "Daddy Loves Baby" by "Don Covay"
Talking Heads	Pulled Up "Pulled Up" by "Talking Heads"
Challengers, The	You've Got Your Troubles
Merle Haggard	Skid Row "Skid Row" by "Merle Haggard"
Roy Lee Johnson	Plowing Playboy "Plowing Playboy" by "Roy Lee Johnson"
Los Zafiros	Mírame Fijo "Mírame Fijo" by "Los Zafiros"
NRBQ	Get A Job "Get A Job" by "NRBQ"
Two Of Clubs, The	Heart "Heart" by "Two Of Clubs, The"
Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys	My Sinful Days Are Over
Bobby Bland	The Road Of Broken Hearted Men
Billie Holiday	As Time Goes By "As Time Goes By" by "Billie Holiday"
Karina Longworth	Interview "Interview" by "Karina Longworth"
Beach Boys, The	Never Learn Not To Love
Rutles, The	Now She's Left Me "Now She's Left Me" by "Rutles, The"
Sam And Dave	Don't Knock It "Don't Knock It" by "Sam And Dave"
Bill Fox	Bird Of The World "Bird Of The World" by "Bill Fox"
Fleetwood Mac	I Don't Want To Know (early basic track or demo)
High Numbers, The	Here 'Tis "Here 'Tis" by "High Numbers, The"
Spade Cooley	Spadella "Spadella" by "Spade Cooley"
Inez And Charlie Foxx	(1,2,3,4,5,6,7) Count The Days
Shakane	Down Down Down "Down Down Down" by "Shakane"
Pioneers, The	Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)
Bucky	I Am Dark "I Am Dark" by "Bucky"
Utopia	Silly Boy "Silly Boy" by "Utopia"
Peter And The Penguins	Here I Go Again
Muhammad Ali	Not Interested In You Living With Roaches
Chris	"Joke" ""Joke"" by "Chris"

CLICK HERE for the Radio & Broadcasting History site with archives of British music mags from the 60's

CLICK HERE for Beatle Novelty Records on YouTube

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!
	10:32pm doug: birthday wish... Henry Mancini route 66? yep i'm 66
	10:38am Listener Baby: Baby? Just what are we going to do? #1 Hits, or something else? I’ll leave it up to you. Morning fine folks out there. FYI, blast furnace hot, out here. Good times.
	10:49am Michael Shelley: HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOUG!
	11:01am Squints: ok then. heyHEYhey now.
	11:01am clarke: hey nowwww i keep gettin' cut off here... don't know what's goin' on...
	11:02am Peter Horvath: Happy Saturday, #1’ers
	11:02am HyperDose: Love my SM7B ❤️
	11:03am clarke: is that fer Shure??
	11:04am clarke: marie provost and manson. niiiice.
	11:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...with that Merseybeat George Martin piano...
	11:05am clarke: Gilbert Gottfried: So, i was having dinner with Charles Manson the other night and he says to me, "is it hot in here, or am i crazy?!?"
	11:06am HyperDose: Jesus smoked stogies?
	11:06am Dennis: Aloha, kats ‘n’ kittens
	11:07am Joe R.: Nice pairing Michael—I could see (hear?) Nick Lowe cover that Fuller song!
	11:08am yippie: are you talking about that building on tamarind in hollywood? i know that place
	11:09am clarke: people are People. that's the problem
	11:09am yippie: shangri-lodge
	11:11am Listener Baby: I know you do, Baby.
	11:11am clarke: used to cover this with Casuals
	11:11am rx scabin: Good morning, Michael and Everyone.
	11:11am Listener Baby: I love you too!
	11:12am SamTheRam: Don Covay starts the day just right!
	11:12am clarke: 8/10
	11:14am Dennis Diken: go, Mikey! hey, gang!
	11:14am clarke: DD!!
	11:16am Hoboken Jack: Hello Michael, Baby, Dennis, Clarke, HyperDose, Peter, all!
	11:17am clarke: jaaack - whereyat??
	11:17am HyperDose: Was just about to say, looks like Hoboken Jack is sleeping in 😄
	11:17am Hoboken Jack: Hoboken NJ!
	11:17am Listener Baby: Hey now, Double D and Jack, and everybody. Are we going to have a great day?
	11:18am clarke: yes, frantz used two crashes.
	11:19am Listener Baby: This just in… Their vocal thing was working either.
	11:19am clarke: hit Schnakenburg's for me, Jack (virtually, that is)
	11:19am clarke: 7/10
	11:21am Dennis Diken: Hey now, clarke, H Jack & Baby! Sure sounds like Sir HAL on tubs on the Challengers track!
	11:21am clarke: sure does!
	11:24am clarke: my only hal blaine story: i was 'forced' to go see Sonny&Cher in their later heyday, at the Monroe Civic Coliseum, in monroe, LA. my entire clan got a block of like 40 tix - and as a young teen, i did NOT want to go. "you have to!" - so, we all are seated at the show, and Sonny says, "hey, we'd like to give a special thanks to Hal Blaine for flying to shreveport, last night, to substitute for our drummer..." nuff said.
	11:26am Listener Baby: On fire!,,,
	11:27am Michael Shelley: BABY - first time I heard this was at a friend's house in Culver City
	11:27am clarke: en fuego!
	11:29am Listener Baby: Hey Baby. Be good to yourself! Come on now!
	11:31am Moammar: Seems like the bongo feet arrived early this Saturday.
	11:31am clarke: and often!
	11:32am katharsis: Hello all, mmm love the pine barrens tea color water
	11:32am clarke: what town is the launch point in the Barrens??
	11:32am rx scabin: John McPhee wrote a very good book about the Pine Barrens.
	11:32am Hughie Considine: Hey all, stoked to have my coaster featured. Whoopee!
	11:33am Baja Joe: Good morning Michael. Thanks again for spotting that Beach Boys CD box set last Saturday at the Street Sale. It's wonderful. I still can't believe I missed it. Gotta' get my eyes checked.
	11:33am clarke: is that Tracker, RX>?
	11:33am clarke: i wuz wondering if that was your coaster, hughie!
	11:33am Michael Shelley: RX - indeed!
	11:34am clarke: (and to have your cover blown!).
	11:35am Hughie Considine: I like having an alias but hey, I yam what I yam.
	11:35am Listener Baby: A cat pee-ed on me whilst driving him to vet . Every time I get in that car, I am reminded of that.
	11:35am clarke: i once saw NRBQ cover The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (in nashville).
	11:36am rx scabin: @clarke Called Pine Barrens
	11:36am clarke: oh, there's a kid's book called Tracker that's pretty good.
	11:38am Hoboken Jack: Baby: After Superstorm Sandy, trying to dry out my flooded Corolla, I followed the advice to pour kitty litter on the floor.
	11:38am ?: Hearts or Clubs?
	11:38am Squints: I don't know if it's the same performance, clarke, but I've heard a cover of it by them (presumably as a request from The Box). It's a train wreck. But a glorious train wreck.
	11:38am rx scabin: I must go now. Thanks for the music, Michael.
	11:38am clarke: the setting for Tracker is the pine barrens. kind of a kid's mystery thang.
	11:39am Squints: Pine Barrens? Say hello to the Russian if you see him.
	11:39am BrooklynBoy: Tremendous cover of Get a Job by NRBQ
	11:39am clarke: @Squints - did they hand out the lyrics sheets and everyone took a verse, including klem, don and the roadies??
	11:39am Moammar: @clarke The Butthole Surfers used to do an epic Edmund Fitzgerald cover. Helped -- of course -- to have gobbled some blotter beforehand.
	11:39am paul: Is that where the Jersey Devil hangs out?
	11:40am Listener Baby: Jack. He pee-ed on my lap, down between my legs. Went right down into the heated seats. Was game over as soon as it happened. Not so bad anymore, but never going away.
	11:40am clarke: purportedly, paul.
	11:40am Squints: Your alias is probably safe, Hughie. We almost certainly won't remember in a week.
	11:41am paul: Thanks, clarke.
	11:41am clarke: Squeak for yerself!!
	11:41am Squints: clarke, that I don't remember.
	11:41am G: @clarke: owe you an email reply -- later today or tomorrow. Mary Ellen's daughter comes to town tonight from Portland OR, for a week. fun fun!
	11:41am clarke: it WAS epic!!
	11:42am clarke: @G - you owe me nothinnng!! dissmissed!!!
	11:43am Squints: NRBQ's cover of Spinning Wheel (on the reissue of Kick Me Hard, I think) is...innaresting. Morphed quickly into jamming on And When I Die. (Without announcing it, it was kinda, "we're going over here now.....")
	11:44am Squints: Ain't hardly nothin' that can't be fixed by playing a little Bobby Bland.
	11:44am clarke: ggy
	11:45am Listener Baby: Is it just me, or does Bobby B sound like a woman? I always think it’s a woman when he comes on, then I realize it’s him. Happens every time.
	11:46am clarke: ill-a-noise.
	11:47am clarke: play it, sam.
	11:48am Greg from ZONE 5: HOT TAKE: Casablanca is a pretty good movie.
	11:48am clarke: that's goin' out on a limb in Zone 5
	11:49am Hughie Considine: On the other hand, @Squints, keep being Squints. It suits you.
	11:49am prof.fuzz: monrin' y'all
	11:49am clarke: FuZZZZZZZZZ
	11:50am clarke: monrin to YOU!!
	11:50am HyperDose: B&W Casablanca, yes. The colorized version is a crime against humanity.
	11:51am clarke: are they still making movies??
	11:53am Squints: I barely remember my dogs' names one day to the next.
	11:53am Kotzwinkled: Karina's other half is director Rian Johnson, at least last I heard. What a power couple!
	11:53am Squints: I really dug the Dino and Sammy series Karina did within YMRT.
	11:53am clarke: hint: dog's name: Copernicus!
	11:57am clarke: other dog: Theocrates.
	11:58am Mika: Is the podcast a full time gig and livelihood or a side hustle?
	11:58am RomanDogBird: The Polly Platt series and the most recent, Erotic 80s, are my favorites to date. The work Longworth puts in and her critical perspective are incredibly valuable.
	12:00pm Michael Shelley: My dog has no nose
	12:01pm clarke: that's lucky with the milk in the backseat!
	12:02pm Daybreak, just Daybreak: Seems like Jeffrey Epstein was trying to pick up Manson’s mantle. But decided to reach even farther into the power structure. Hopefully they’re burning in hell together. I’m not religious but maybe it’s a hell of their own imagining.
	12:02pm jt: In some ways, Podcasts are the new "Zines" ..I love both. Looking forward to listening to some of Karina Longworth's work. I could never own a copy of LIE, I didn't want Charlie in my house.
	12:04pm Kotzwinkled: Another plug for the podcast: Karina has one of the best pod voices of all time. So many other pod hosts seem nice enough but have super annoying voices and I just can't do it.
	12:05pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: As a real little kid had 'Never Learn Not to Love' on 45 with the happy yellow & orange Capitol label swirl.
	12:05pm Joe W: I am loving this interview with Karina Longworth!
	12:07pm Squints: The murderer was Lucky. In the back seat. With the milk dish.
	12:08pm clarke: and the dog talks to you, right, Squints?
	12:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Charlie's mythology of 'Helter Skelter' to start a Race War started to seem almost prescient in more recent years...
	12:11pm gf2002: Must read Manson book, if not THE must-read Manson book: "Chaos" by Tom O'Neill. Shatters a lot of myths and it will change your perspective on the Manson story overall.
	12:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...the Wilson brother who actually tried to rebel against their father...
	12:11pm Squints: He keeps talking about some fella named Sam.
	12:12pm Hughie Considine: I always hated the band that thought it was cool to name a band Kasabian.
	12:13pm Hughie Considine: And the band called Mansun. What a weird trend.
	12:13pm gf2002: The word is Manson got a cash payment for using his song "Cease To Exist", but he was very upset the Beach Boys changed his lyrics. He recorded an entire demo at Brian's home studio that has never been heard and will never be heard, outside those who were involved.
	12:14pm Bucci: i Love You Must Remember This! Great interview. A Manson bio I read, “Manson: the life and times of C Manson” by Jeff Gunn, claims that Dennis and Charlie bonded over their shared “strong racist streak” 😕 Apparently Dennis was never overt about these feelings, but Manson picked up on them
	12:14pm Jeanne: Love the interview! A Must read on LA and music! Dave McGowan's fascinating book - "Weird Scenes Inside The Canyon"
	12:15pm Hoboken Jack: Very nice interview, Michael!
	12:16pm paddy in matawan: super interesting topic. thanks mike!
	12:16pm jt: Even the song " Never Learn Not To Love " creeps me out!
	12:17pm clarke: another great one!
	12:17pm Hughie Considine: @Bucci, Dennis was close with Carli Munoz, Beach Boys keyboardist during the '70s and a native of Puerto Rico. I guess one could still be a virulent racist and keep it a secret, but that surprises me. Never heard that elsewhere.
	12:18pm dday: Not Manson, but just as f'ed up. This book was recommended to me by Pat Dinizo years ago '09. I read it & got it out of my house & burned it. It freaked me out that bad: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/428810.The_Ultimate_Evil
	12:19pm Mike Sin: That was a great interview -- love listening to podcasts that are exhaustively researched and "historical," as it were.
	12:20pm Dennis: The Dennis Wilson quote I remember was “I gave [Manson] about a hundred thousand dollars worth of stuff.” At the time I thought “stuff=drugs”, but in retrospect I think he just meant personal property.
	12:21pm Squints: What I love about The Rutles is how some of even the obviously parodic stuff could actuall pass. Like this one here, "Now She's Left Me." I mean, "I Must Be In Loov" (the way I'll always spell it) is a straight up Number One Hit.
	12:21pm Dennis: That quote explaining what Manson got for the song
	12:23pm winston legthigh: happy saturday michael, lizners!
	12:23pm Hughie Considine: Totally, @Squints. "Double Back Alley" may be a sort of parody, but it's still a total No. 1.
	12:23pm clarke: graboff = america's secret weapon.
	12:25pm Squints: We play all kinds of music here. Sam AND Dave. G G Y
	12:25pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Rutles - brilliant musically (Neil Innes) & as a film (Eric Idle). Also well before SpinalTap.
	12:26pm clarke: The Fox!!
	12:26pm gf2002: It's said Manson specifically got cash in hand for the song, which goes against the narrative that the Beach Boys stole the song, but Dennis did have Manson and his crew at his house and basically kept them there rent free. Manson's crew wrecked an expensive sports car Dennis owned, and trashed or stole other personal belongings Dennis had. That's what Dennis meant by the hundreds of thousands quote, I think. He supported them and they thanked him by trashing or stealing his possessions
	12:27pm Bucci: @hughie yeah surprises me too. I’ve only seen it in this one book, and there’s no source given. Re: Munoz, I’m sure there are a lot of white people out there who have non-white ”friends” and are still racist.
	12:27pm Squints: I'd mix it differently, because in the context of the film they were trying to simulate the concert performance ambience, but almost everything on This Is Spinal Tap could be an actual hit. Especially Tonite I Want To Rock You Tonite and Hellhole.
	12:27pm gf2002: Neil Young gave Manson a motorbike as a gift, he thought Manson was a talented songwriter who could make up lyrics and songs on the spot which impressed Neil
	12:28pm morphe': Thanks Mikey and all .. Great crazy Interview ... I do still hitch hike up and down the Appalachian Trail pick up hitchhikers in Ireland but ?????
	12:28pm Michael Shelley: I hear that Munoz is writing a book... maybe it will be in there...
	12:29pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Not sure Hollywood generally interests me that much. Podcast I love for it's quality is Cocaine & Rhinestones on 20thCentury Country Music. Only looked into it cause Rex mentioned it!
	12:29pm clarke: i hear you need some tracking work done??
	12:30pm Ciggy: @dday ~ The Ultimate Evil by Maury Terry is (of course) a cult classic.
	12:30pm gf2002: Carli Munoz speaks of Dennis with nothing but love in his voice, and in his heart too. I don't think anything like the racist claims would be addressed by Carli since he didn't see it in all the years he was friends with Dennis
	12:30pm Hubig Pie: The Rutles stole all their tunes from Rattlin' Orange Peel
	12:30pm Baja Joe: Bought a hat. Yes I did.
	12:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: To me the thing about Manson is the Hippie culture gets saddled with him - but I see it as he was older & abused & a product of the incarceration system. He's theirs in other words.
	12:31pm PuraVida: @Rev Rabbitt The Keeper of Country Music’s Tall Tales and Secret Histories Tyler Mahan Coe created a sensation with his podcast Cocaine & Rhinestones. Now the son of Nashville outlaw David Allan Coe returns with a story that goes even deeper. www.gq.com...
	12:31pm PatrickMC: "Verse"
	12:32pm Squints: My fave FMac song. And I might like it even better lo-fi like this.
	12:32pm clarke: mcvie!!!!
	12:32pm gf2002: Revolution Rabbit: If you haven't already, check out the Tom O'Neill book "Chaos". It tackles the very subject you mentioned but in a very illuminating way that never gets discussed
	12:33pm PuraVida: @Rev Rabbitt My friend Brett wrote this
	12:33pm PatrickMC: Miss Stevie's harmonies! But adding my own handclaps
	12:33pm Gaylord Fields: I am absolutely agnostic about whether Dennis is racist or harbored racist thoughts, as this is all new to me, but citing his having a Puerto Rican friend does not move the needle at all on the idea that he could, say, hate Black people. That's not how racism works.
	12:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...even talk that Manson was involved in some MK-Ultra type project to manufacture someone to destabilize culture specifically. Which would mean he was really theirs. Thx y'all - noting...
	12:34pm Squints: I do miss the jangle, a little. But I like how campfirey it sounds.
	12:35pm Bucci: Yeah totally. Would love to hear from Munoz. The only other detail given in this book is that D& M’s racism was specifically targeted at Black people. It’s weird that I’ve never heard about this side of Dennis anywhere else, but that’s what the author of this book wrote.
	12:35pm winston legthigh: correctamundo re: the mac michael
	12:35pm ?: as always, great show... found your cd Too Many Movies in a thrift store with promo cut on bar code, good stuff, was surprised to see your name on it, had to take it home,, didn't know you had one out... again, good music, great pop sound...
	12:36pm gf2002: @Revolution Rabbit Manson crossed paths and had direct dealings with some high-level operatives working with US intelligence agencies. Coincidence? O'Neill's research says no.
	12:36pm PuraVida: Who is this?
	12:36pm Michael Shelley: Yes
	12:37pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Staysh Ken did a whole episode of his program interviewing an author on Manson...
	12:39pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Oof. Speaking of Cocaine & Rhinestones - SpadeCooley. That's as much TrueCrime as I wanna know about for some time...
	12:39pm Michael Shelley: Thanks ? - there's a load of info at michaelshelley.net
	12:41pm gf2002: The most bizarre aspect of the Manson story is how and why he managed to avoid jail after he was arrested numerous times after his release in '67 and was never sent back to prison for what were clear violations of his parole and release conditions. Someone or something had Manson's back and he managed to avoid what would happen to anyone else who broke parole or was arrested as Manson was. At the time when busting and jailing "hippies" for any minor infraction was common in California, Manson avoided all of it.
	12:41pm Gaylord Fields: Shorter version: I don't like Black people =/= I like only White people.
	12:42pm dale: i think pitney was on musicor most of his career.
	12:42pm Dennis: My wife saw the BW/Chicago show in Camden (I didn’t want to go), and said that while Brian’s band was great as always, it was TOTALLY depressing to see Brian up there - God Only Knows was a travesty, and the whole thing left her broken-hearted and ANGRY at the fact that his legacy is being tarnished by his appearing live as the shell of the man he once was.
	12:42pm clarke: gf - check out the series Aquarius, which alleges that Manson had higher-up support from cali politicos and had stuff 'ON' them.
	12:43pm Moe: Have read Chaos and the Ed Saunders book, The Family... Ed has his theories and Chaos asks some interesting questions and digs up a lot of interesting information about Manson, the San Francisco Free Clinic and the CIA... a good read...
	12:43pm Joe W: So I saw the Brian Wilson/Chicago show last night at Jones Beach. Brian might as well have not been there. He hardly spoke/sang and sat behind the piano kind of hunched over. Sadly, it reminded me of the last time I saw Carl Wilson perform with the Beach Boys at Jones Beach in 1997 after he had been diagnosed with lung cancer and I knew it would be the last time that I would see him. With Brian last night I felt like it was the last time I would see him "perform". Aside from that, the band was good. No surprise there. They played just the hits. I had read that the Chicago horn section had performed with Brian's band during the early part of the tour. That did not happen last night. In fact, I saw Chicago arrive at 8pm, shortly before Brian's band finished. It was like two separate concerts which was a minor bummer. I thoroughly enjoyed Chicago. I hadn't seen them in years and didn't know what to expect. The guy who performs Peter Cetera's parts, Neil Donell, was great. Sounded just like Cetera.
	12:43pm Moammar: The Marcia Ball version of Count the Days is one of the better sides she's cut. Smoking!
	12:43pm Dennis: It needs to end - let the band continue and play his great work, but Brian should stay home - or at least away from center-stage, where he clearly cannot deliver the goods.
	12:44pm PuraVida: Read about Spade Cooley. He was was convicted of first-degree murder by a Kern County jury on August 21, 1961, after unexpectedly withdrawing an insanity plea. He was spared death in the gas chamber and sentenced to life in prison. Then-Governor Ronald Reagan agreed to pardon Cooley, but Cooley died before the pardon was finalized.
	12:44pm Gaylord Fields: @dale: The Musicor label was essentially created as a vehicle for Gene Pitney by his manager, Aaron Schroeder.
	12:44pm MFlynn: Wow, sounds a lot like Edmunds’ version.
	12:44pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Original ?! Only know the Flamin'Groovies version.
	12:45pm kym: Fantastic interview with Karina Longworth! When you asked if she ever gets kickback from listeners who "were there" and disagree with her version of events I was specifically thinking of the Polly Platt season. I tried listening to the TCM Ben Mankiewicz podcasts about Peter Bogdonavich (which felt like a rebuttal of You Must Remember This) and could barely get through it.
	12:45pm Moe: The peak Brian show had to be the Smile Tour many years back when his group included the Wondermints, incredible harmonies, I've seen him since but nothing topped that show...
	12:46pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks, Clarke! Will do.
	12:46pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yeah C&R podcast details the psychopathic ugliness of Spade's sadistic murder of his wife. & Reagan pardoned him. Cause cowboy.
	12:47pm clarke: sad to say i agree about brian performing. or think he should not perform, rather.
	12:47pm Bob: Tuning in late. I just finished the YMRT Manson series. Very good. Has anyone mentioned the book CHAOS? The exhaustively researched recent book on Manson and the CIA connections? It's mindblowing. The Terry Melcher aspect in particular.
	12:47pm winston legthigh: doug @10:32 happy birthday! was just listening to nat king cole's version of rt. 66 this very morning. voice as smooth as silk.
	12:48pm PuraVida: @Revolution Rabbit Nov63 yeah I read the long version of the details...
	12:48pm clarke: Gaylord that was actually directed to gf2002, but of course, not solely to him. what i will direct to you is that you are a cookie full of arsenic!!
	12:48pm Gaylord Fields: @Dennis: A member of Brian's band once told me something very illuminating. Brian loves touring, for the group camaraderie and the sense of, let's call it "family," but he dislikes the performing part.
	12:49pm Moammar: BONGO FEET NOW!
	12:49pm Moe: thanks, Michael, will check out the website, back to shifting my cd and lp collection so the wife can move in her oversized couch...
	12:49pm clarke: i have seen Brian a few times and it is just sad - the rest of the band makes it great, somehow.
	12:50pm PuraVida: Was just listening to The Belmonts version of this from Cigars, Acappella, Candy (1972)
	12:50pm Gaylord Fields: @clarke: I forgot I'm the second banana in this chat. I defer to the superior gf.
	12:50pm clarke: ha ha ha, you ALWAYS Number One in my book!
	12:51pm jt: Nice to finally hear the original.. wait.. is that the original: The Pioneers ? "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) "
	12:51pm clarke: that series Aquarius is pretty good, tho. i enjoyed it, and not a big fan of duchovny, either.
	12:52pm gf2002: @clarke Yes I watched the entire series Aquarius, it did suggest some interesting possibilities like you mentioned. Pretty solid for network TV, I caught it on Netflix or Prime or whatever lol. But the Tom O'Neill book for me was and is the most revelatory history of Manson ever published, it basically destroys the "Helter Skelter" book's narrative.
	12:52pm PuraVida: "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a 1969 song written and recorded by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, attributed to a then-fictitious band they named "Steam". It was released under the Mercury subsidiary label Fontana
	12:52pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I have to make myself realize it was already decades ago I saw BrianWilson with TheWondermints et al do Pet Sounds Live. & it was wonderful.
	12:53pm Squints: This Utopia thing is real nice.
	12:53pm clarke: agree Rev - at THAT time brian was a lot more involved!!
	12:53pm DG: First saw Brian at the Beacon in '99 or so (his first solo show in NY, I think) & he wasn't that engaged then, either. Also saw him in Coney Island about 10 years ago & though he spoke to the audience (but didn't seem to say much about performing at an actual beach) he did seem a bit out of it. Both shows were basically very accomplished BW tribute bands with a guy pretending to play a keyboard, and singing with lots of back-up. It sounds like it's gotten worse though.
	12:54pm Joe W: Brian was so disengaged last night that I actually felt sorry for the band as they constantly tried to prop him up.
	12:54pm Squints: I was a big X-Files fan and watched and liked Aquarius. But I'm not sure Duchovny acts so much as he's just "being Duchovny."
	12:54pm Dennis: Gaylord: yes, it’s well established that Brian’s least-favorite part of touring is the performing…it’s a lot to ask of paying customers to underwrite, and reward, that attitude. Not acceptable, IMHO
	12:54pm clarke: FUN-powered up in here!!!
	12:55pm DG: AAH, the OTHER Rutles album! This Rundgren/Utopia album has some great evocations of '64--67 era Beatles, it should be better known (& most of them sort of combine the sound of several different songs, unlike some of the Rutles stuff. And then, of course, TR joined Ringo for a few tours.... (Anyone know if Utopia ever did any of this stuff live?)
	12:56pm CalZone!: I might have missed this in the mic break or on the chat, but that Inez Foxx record was produced written by Jerry Williams aka Swamp Dogg . I always thought that was Jerry counting down but it could be Charlie Foxx I guess. HBD Swamp Dogg 80 years young!
	12:56pm Dennis: Brian rallied for the final time for the BBs’ 50th reunion tour and (especially) album. It’s been quickly downhill ever since.
	12:57pm clarke: oh yes, Utopia did a whole tour in beatle suits, but i didn't get to see that.
	12:57pm Hoboken Jack: Thank you Michael for the interview and excellent show, went by too quickly!
	12:57pm clarke: anyone ever get the feeling they been Chris'd! goodnite.
	12:58pm Bob: Utopia are weirder than the Residents in my book
	12:58pm Joe W: Great show Michael, as usual!
	12:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ MS ~

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Nick Lowe	Marie Provost "Marie Provost" by "Nick Lowe"
Jerry Fuller	Hollywood Star "Hollywood Star" by "Jerry Fuller"
Jim Lauderdale & Ralph Stanley	I Feel LIke Singing Today
Don Covay	Daddy Loves Baby "Daddy Loves Baby" by "Don Covay"
Talking Heads	Pulled Up "Pulled Up" by "Talking Heads"
Challengers, The	You've Got Your Troubles
Merle Haggard	Skid Row "Skid Row" by "Merle Haggard"
Roy Lee Johnson	Plowing Playboy "Plowing Playboy" by "Roy Lee Johnson"
Los Zafiros	Mírame Fijo "Mírame Fijo" by "Los Zafiros"
NRBQ	Get A Job "Get A Job" by "NRBQ"
Two Of Clubs, The	Heart "Heart" by "Two Of Clubs, The"
Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys	My Sinful Days Are Over
Bobby Bland	The Road Of Broken Hearted Men
Billie Holiday	As Time Goes By "As Time Goes By" by "Billie Holiday"
Karina Longworth	Interview "Interview" by "Karina Longworth"
Beach Boys, The	Never Learn Not To Love
Rutles, The	Now She's Left Me "Now She's Left Me" by "Rutles, The"
Sam And Dave	Don't Knock It "Don't Knock It" by "Sam And Dave"
Bill Fox	Bird Of The World "Bird Of The World" by "Bill Fox"
Fleetwood Mac	I Don't Want To Know (early basic track or demo)
High Numbers, The	Here 'Tis "Here 'Tis" by "High Numbers, The"
Spade Cooley	Spadella "Spadella" by "Spade Cooley"
Inez And Charlie Foxx	(1,2,3,4,5,6,7) Count The Days
Shakane	Down Down Down "Down Down Down" by "Shakane"
Pioneers, The	Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)
Bucky	I Am Dark "I Am Dark" by "Bucky"
Utopia	Silly Boy "Silly Boy" by "Utopia"
Peter And The Penguins	Here I Go Again
Muhammad Ali	Not Interested In You Living With Roaches
Chris	"Joke" ""Joke"" by "Chris"

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Listener comments!
	10:32pm doug: birthday wish... Henry Mancini route 66? yep i'm 66
	10:38am Listener Baby: Baby? Just what are we going to do? #1 Hits, or something else? I’ll leave it up to you. Morning fine folks out there. FYI, blast furnace hot, out here. Good times.
	10:49am Michael Shelley: HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOUG!
	11:01am Squints: ok then. heyHEYhey now.
	11:01am clarke: hey nowwww i keep gettin' cut off here... don't know what's goin' on...
	11:02am Peter Horvath: Happy Saturday, #1’ers
	11:02am HyperDose: Love my SM7B ❤️
	11:03am clarke: is that fer Shure??
	11:04am clarke: marie provost and manson. niiiice.
	11:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...with that Merseybeat George Martin piano...
	11:05am clarke: Gilbert Gottfried: So, i was having dinner with Charles Manson the other night and he says to me, "is it hot in here, or am i crazy?!?"
	11:06am HyperDose: Jesus smoked stogies?
	11:06am Dennis: Aloha, kats ‘n’ kittens
	11:07am Joe R.: Nice pairing Michael—I could see (hear?) Nick Lowe cover that Fuller song!
	11:08am yippie: are you talking about that building on tamarind in hollywood? i know that place
	11:09am clarke: people are People. that's the problem
	11:09am yippie: shangri-lodge
	11:11am Listener Baby: I know you do, Baby.
	11:11am clarke: used to cover this with Casuals
	11:11am rx scabin: Good morning, Michael and Everyone.
	11:11am Listener Baby: I love you too!
	11:12am SamTheRam: Don Covay starts the day just right!
	11:12am clarke: 8/10
	11:14am Dennis Diken: go, Mikey! hey, gang!
	11:14am clarke: DD!!
	11:16am Hoboken Jack: Hello Michael, Baby, Dennis, Clarke, HyperDose, Peter, all!
	11:17am clarke: jaaack - whereyat??
	11:17am HyperDose: Was just about to say, looks like Hoboken Jack is sleeping in 😄
	11:17am Hoboken Jack: Hoboken NJ!
	11:17am Listener Baby: Hey now, Double D and Jack, and everybody. Are we going to have a great day?
	11:18am clarke: yes, frantz used two crashes.
	11:19am Listener Baby: This just in… Their vocal thing was working either.
	11:19am clarke: hit Schnakenburg's for me, Jack (virtually, that is)
	11:19am clarke: 7/10
	11:21am Dennis Diken: Hey now, clarke, H Jack & Baby! Sure sounds like Sir HAL on tubs on the Challengers track!
	11:21am clarke: sure does!
	11:24am clarke: my only hal blaine story: i was 'forced' to go see Sonny&Cher in their later heyday, at the Monroe Civic Coliseum, in monroe, LA. my entire clan got a block of like 40 tix - and as a young teen, i did NOT want to go. "you have to!" - so, we all are seated at the show, and Sonny says, "hey, we'd like to give a special thanks to Hal Blaine for flying to shreveport, last night, to substitute for our drummer..." nuff said.
	11:26am Listener Baby: On fire!,,,
	11:27am Michael Shelley: BABY - first time I heard this was at a friend's house in Culver City
	11:27am clarke: en fuego!
	11:29am Listener Baby: Hey Baby. Be good to yourself! Come on now!
	11:31am Moammar: Seems like the bongo feet arrived early this Saturday.
	11:31am clarke: and often!
	11:32am katharsis: Hello all, mmm love the pine barrens tea color water
	11:32am clarke: what town is the launch point in the Barrens??
	11:32am rx scabin: John McPhee wrote a very good book about the Pine Barrens.
	11:32am Hughie Considine: Hey all, stoked to have my coaster featured. Whoopee!
	11:33am Baja Joe: Good morning Michael. Thanks again for spotting that Beach Boys CD box set last Saturday at the Street Sale. It's wonderful. I still can't believe I missed it. Gotta' get my eyes checked.
	11:33am clarke: is that Tracker, RX>?
	11:33am clarke: i wuz wondering if that was your coaster, hughie!
	11:33am Michael Shelley: RX - indeed!
	11:34am clarke: (and to have your cover blown!).
	11:35am Hughie Considine: I like having an alias but hey, I yam what I yam.
	11:35am Listener Baby: A cat pee-ed on me whilst driving him to vet . Every time I get in that car, I am reminded of that.
	11:35am clarke: i once saw NRBQ cover The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (in nashville).
	11:36am rx scabin: @clarke Called Pine Barrens
	11:36am clarke: oh, there's a kid's book called Tracker that's pretty good.
	11:38am Hoboken Jack: Baby: After Superstorm Sandy, trying to dry out my flooded Corolla, I followed the advice to pour kitty litter on the floor.
	11:38am ?: Hearts or Clubs?
	11:38am Squints: I don't know if it's the same performance, clarke, but I've heard a cover of it by them (presumably as a request from The Box). It's a train wreck. But a glorious train wreck.
	11:38am rx scabin: I must go now. Thanks for the music, Michael.
	11:38am clarke: the setting for Tracker is the pine barrens. kind of a kid's mystery thang.
	11:39am Squints: Pine Barrens? Say hello to the Russian if you see him.
	11:39am BrooklynBoy: Tremendous cover of Get a Job by NRBQ
	11:39am clarke: @Squints - did they hand out the lyrics sheets and everyone took a verse, including klem, don and the roadies??
	11:39am Moammar: @clarke The Butthole Surfers used to do an epic Edmund Fitzgerald cover. Helped -- of course -- to have gobbled some blotter beforehand.
	11:39am paul: Is that where the Jersey Devil hangs out?
	11:40am Listener Baby: Jack. He pee-ed on my lap, down between my legs. Went right down into the heated seats. Was game over as soon as it happened. Not so bad anymore, but never going away.
	11:40am clarke: purportedly, paul.
	11:40am Squints: Your alias is probably safe, Hughie. We almost certainly won't remember in a week.
	11:41am paul: Thanks, clarke.
	11:41am clarke: Squeak for yerself!!
	11:41am Squints: clarke, that I don't remember.
	11:41am G: @clarke: owe you an email reply -- later today or tomorrow. Mary Ellen's daughter comes to town tonight from Portland OR, for a week. fun fun!
	11:41am clarke: it WAS epic!!
	11:42am clarke: @G - you owe me nothinnng!! dissmissed!!!
	11:43am Squints: NRBQ's cover of Spinning Wheel (on the reissue of Kick Me Hard, I think) is...innaresting. Morphed quickly into jamming on And When I Die. (Without announcing it, it was kinda, "we're going over here now.....")
	11:44am Squints: Ain't hardly nothin' that can't be fixed by playing a little Bobby Bland.
	11:44am clarke: ggy
	11:45am Listener Baby: Is it just me, or does Bobby B sound like a woman? I always think it’s a woman when he comes on, then I realize it’s him. Happens every time.
	11:46am clarke: ill-a-noise.
	11:47am clarke: play it, sam.
	11:48am Greg from ZONE 5: HOT TAKE: Casablanca is a pretty good movie.
	11:48am clarke: that's goin' out on a limb in Zone 5
	11:49am Hughie Considine: On the other hand, @Squints, keep being Squints. It suits you.
	11:49am prof.fuzz: monrin' y'all
	11:49am clarke: FuZZZZZZZZZ
	11:50am clarke: monrin to YOU!!
	11:50am HyperDose: B&W Casablanca, yes. The colorized version is a crime against humanity.
	11:51am clarke: are they still making movies??
	11:53am Squints: I barely remember my dogs' names one day to the next.
	11:53am Kotzwinkled: Karina's other half is director Rian Johnson, at least last I heard. What a power couple!
	11:53am Squints: I really dug the Dino and Sammy series Karina did within YMRT.
	11:53am clarke: hint: dog's name: Copernicus!
	11:57am clarke: other dog: Theocrates.
	11:58am Mika: Is the podcast a full time gig and livelihood or a side hustle?
	11:58am RomanDogBird: The Polly Platt series and the most recent, Erotic 80s, are my favorites to date. The work Longworth puts in and her critical perspective are incredibly valuable.
	12:00pm Michael Shelley: My dog has no nose
	12:01pm clarke: that's lucky with the milk in the backseat!
	12:02pm Daybreak, just Daybreak: Seems like Jeffrey Epstein was trying to pick up Manson’s mantle. But decided to reach even farther into the power structure. Hopefully they’re burning in hell together. I’m not religious but maybe it’s a hell of their own imagining.
	12:02pm jt: In some ways, Podcasts are the new "Zines" ..I love both. Looking forward to listening to some of Karina Longworth's work. I could never own a copy of LIE, I didn't want Charlie in my house.
	12:04pm Kotzwinkled: Another plug for the podcast: Karina has one of the best pod voices of all time. So many other pod hosts seem nice enough but have super annoying voices and I just can't do it.
	12:05pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: As a real little kid had 'Never Learn Not to Love' on 45 with the happy yellow & orange Capitol label swirl.
	12:05pm Joe W: I am loving this interview with Karina Longworth!
	12:07pm Squints: The murderer was Lucky. In the back seat. With the milk dish.
	12:08pm clarke: and the dog talks to you, right, Squints?
	12:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Charlie's mythology of 'Helter Skelter' to start a Race War started to seem almost prescient in more recent years...
	12:11pm gf2002: Must read Manson book, if not THE must-read Manson book: "Chaos" by Tom O'Neill. Shatters a lot of myths and it will change your perspective on the Manson story overall.
	12:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...the Wilson brother who actually tried to rebel against their father...
	12:11pm Squints: He keeps talking about some fella named Sam.
	12:12pm Hughie Considine: I always hated the band that thought it was cool to name a band Kasabian.
	12:13pm Hughie Considine: And the band called Mansun. What a weird trend.
	12:13pm gf2002: The word is Manson got a cash payment for using his song "Cease To Exist", but he was very upset the Beach Boys changed his lyrics. He recorded an entire demo at Brian's home studio that has never been heard and will never be heard, outside those who were involved.
	12:14pm Bucci: i Love You Must Remember This! Great interview. A Manson bio I read, “Manson: the life and times of C Manson” by Jeff Gunn, claims that Dennis and Charlie bonded over their shared “strong racist streak” 😕 Apparently Dennis was never overt about these feelings, but Manson picked up on them
	12:14pm Jeanne: Love the interview! A Must read on LA and music! Dave McGowan's fascinating book - "Weird Scenes Inside The Canyon"
	12:15pm Hoboken Jack: Very nice interview, Michael!
	12:16pm paddy in matawan: super interesting topic. thanks mike!
	12:16pm jt: Even the song " Never Learn Not To Love " creeps me out!
	12:17pm clarke: another great one!
	12:17pm Hughie Considine: @Bucci, Dennis was close with Carli Munoz, Beach Boys keyboardist during the '70s and a native of Puerto Rico. I guess one could still be a virulent racist and keep it a secret, but that surprises me. Never heard that elsewhere.
	12:18pm dday: Not Manson, but just as f'ed up. This book was recommended to me by Pat Dinizo years ago '09. I read it & got it out of my house & burned it. It freaked me out that bad: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/428810.The_Ultimate_Evil
	12:19pm Mike Sin: That was a great interview -- love listening to podcasts that are exhaustively researched and "historical," as it were.
	12:20pm Dennis: The Dennis Wilson quote I remember was “I gave [Manson] about a hundred thousand dollars worth of stuff.” At the time I thought “stuff=drugs”, but in retrospect I think he just meant personal property.
	12:21pm Squints: What I love about The Rutles is how some of even the obviously parodic stuff could actuall pass. Like this one here, "Now She's Left Me." I mean, "I Must Be In Loov" (the way I'll always spell it) is a straight up Number One Hit.
	12:21pm Dennis: That quote explaining what Manson got for the song
	12:23pm winston legthigh: happy saturday michael, lizners!
	12:23pm Hughie Considine: Totally, @Squints. "Double Back Alley" may be a sort of parody, but it's still a total No. 1.
	12:23pm clarke: graboff = america's secret weapon.
	12:25pm Squints: We play all kinds of music here. Sam AND Dave. G G Y
	12:25pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Rutles - brilliant musically (Neil Innes) & as a film (Eric Idle). Also well before SpinalTap.
	12:26pm clarke: The Fox!!
	12:26pm gf2002: It's said Manson specifically got cash in hand for the song, which goes against the narrative that the Beach Boys stole the song, but Dennis did have Manson and his crew at his house and basically kept them there rent free. Manson's crew wrecked an expensive sports car Dennis owned, and trashed or stole other personal belongings Dennis had. That's what Dennis meant by the hundreds of thousands quote, I think. He supported them and they thanked him by trashing or stealing his possessions
	12:27pm Bucci: @hughie yeah surprises me too. I’ve only seen it in this one book, and there’s no source given. Re: Munoz, I’m sure there are a lot of white people out there who have non-white ”friends” and are still racist.
	12:27pm Squints: I'd mix it differently, because in the context of the film they were trying to simulate the concert performance ambience, but almost everything on This Is Spinal Tap could be an actual hit. Especially Tonite I Want To Rock You Tonite and Hellhole.
	12:27pm gf2002: Neil Young gave Manson a motorbike as a gift, he thought Manson was a talented songwriter who could make up lyrics and songs on the spot which impressed Neil
	12:28pm morphe': Thanks Mikey and all .. Great crazy Interview ... I do still hitch hike up and down the Appalachian Trail pick up hitchhikers in Ireland but ?????
	12:28pm Michael Shelley: I hear that Munoz is writing a book... maybe it will be in there...
	12:29pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Not sure Hollywood generally interests me that much. Podcast I love for it's quality is Cocaine & Rhinestones on 20thCentury Country Music. Only looked into it cause Rex mentioned it!
	12:29pm clarke: i hear you need some tracking work done??
	12:30pm Ciggy: @dday ~ The Ultimate Evil by Maury Terry is (of course) a cult classic.
	12:30pm gf2002: Carli Munoz speaks of Dennis with nothing but love in his voice, and in his heart too. I don't think anything like the racist claims would be addressed by Carli since he didn't see it in all the years he was friends with Dennis
	12:30pm Hubig Pie: The Rutles stole all their tunes from Rattlin' Orange Peel
	12:30pm Baja Joe: Bought a hat. Yes I did.
	12:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: To me the thing about Manson is the Hippie culture gets saddled with him - but I see it as he was older & abused & a product of the incarceration system. He's theirs in other words.
	12:31pm PuraVida: @Rev Rabbitt The Keeper of Country Music’s Tall Tales and Secret Histories Tyler Mahan Coe created a sensation with his podcast Cocaine & Rhinestones. Now the son of Nashville outlaw David Allan Coe returns with a story that goes even deeper. www.gq.com...
	12:31pm PatrickMC: "Verse"
	12:32pm Squints: My fave FMac song. And I might like it even better lo-fi like this.
	12:32pm clarke: mcvie!!!!
	12:32pm gf2002: Revolution Rabbit: If you haven't already, check out the Tom O'Neill book "Chaos". It tackles the very subject you mentioned but in a very illuminating way that never gets discussed
	12:33pm PuraVida: @Rev Rabbitt My friend Brett wrote this
	12:33pm PatrickMC: Miss Stevie's harmonies! But adding my own handclaps
	12:33pm Gaylord Fields: I am absolutely agnostic about whether Dennis is racist or harbored racist thoughts, as this is all new to me, but citing his having a Puerto Rican friend does not move the needle at all on the idea that he could, say, hate Black people. That's not how racism works.
	12:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...even talk that Manson was involved in some MK-Ultra type project to manufacture someone to destabilize culture specifically. Which would mean he was really theirs. Thx y'all - noting...
	12:34pm Squints: I do miss the jangle, a little. But I like how campfirey it sounds.
	12:35pm Bucci: Yeah totally. Would love to hear from Munoz. The only other detail given in this book is that D& M’s racism was specifically targeted at Black people. It’s weird that I’ve never heard about this side of Dennis anywhere else, but that’s what the author of this book wrote.
	12:35pm winston legthigh: correctamundo re: the mac michael
	12:35pm ?: as always, great show... found your cd Too Many Movies in a thrift store with promo cut on bar code, good stuff, was surprised to see your name on it, had to take it home,, didn't know you had one out... again, good music, great pop sound...
	12:36pm gf2002: @Revolution Rabbit Manson crossed paths and had direct dealings with some high-level operatives working with US intelligence agencies. Coincidence? O'Neill's research says no.
	12:36pm PuraVida: Who is this?
	12:36pm Michael Shelley: Yes
	12:37pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Staysh Ken did a whole episode of his program interviewing an author on Manson...
	12:39pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Oof. Speaking of Cocaine & Rhinestones - SpadeCooley. That's as much TrueCrime as I wanna know about for some time...
	12:39pm Michael Shelley: Thanks ? - there's a load of info at michaelshelley.net
	12:41pm gf2002: The most bizarre aspect of the Manson story is how and why he managed to avoid jail after he was arrested numerous times after his release in '67 and was never sent back to prison for what were clear violations of his parole and release conditions. Someone or something had Manson's back and he managed to avoid what would happen to anyone else who broke parole or was arrested as Manson was. At the time when busting and jailing "hippies" for any minor infraction was common in California, Manson avoided all of it.
	12:41pm Gaylord Fields: Shorter version: I don't like Black people =/= I like only White people.
	12:42pm dale: i think pitney was on musicor most of his career.
	12:42pm Dennis: My wife saw the BW/Chicago show in Camden (I didn’t want to go), and said that while Brian’s band was great as always, it was TOTALLY depressing to see Brian up there - God Only Knows was a travesty, and the whole thing left her broken-hearted and ANGRY at the fact that his legacy is being tarnished by his appearing live as the shell of the man he once was.
	12:42pm clarke: gf - check out the series Aquarius, which alleges that Manson had higher-up support from cali politicos and had stuff 'ON' them.
	12:43pm Moe: Have read Chaos and the Ed Saunders book, The Family... Ed has his theories and Chaos asks some interesting questions and digs up a lot of interesting information about Manson, the San Francisco Free Clinic and the CIA... a good read...
	12:43pm Joe W: So I saw the Brian Wilson/Chicago show last night at Jones Beach. Brian might as well have not been there. He hardly spoke/sang and sat behind the piano kind of hunched over. Sadly, it reminded me of the last time I saw Carl Wilson perform with the Beach Boys at Jones Beach in 1997 after he had been diagnosed with lung cancer and I knew it would be the last time that I would see him. With Brian last night I felt like it was the last time I would see him "perform". Aside from that, the band was good. No surprise there. They played just the hits. I had read that the Chicago horn section had performed with Brian's band during the early part of the tour. That did not happen last night. In fact, I saw Chicago arrive at 8pm, shortly before Brian's band finished. It was like two separate concerts which was a minor bummer. I thoroughly enjoyed Chicago. I hadn't seen them in years and didn't know what to expect. The guy who performs Peter Cetera's parts, Neil Donell, was great. Sounded just like Cetera.
	12:43pm Moammar: The Marcia Ball version of Count the Days is one of the better sides she's cut. Smoking!
	12:43pm Dennis: It needs to end - let the band continue and play his great work, but Brian should stay home - or at least away from center-stage, where he clearly cannot deliver the goods.
	12:44pm PuraVida: Read about Spade Cooley. He was was convicted of first-degree murder by a Kern County jury on August 21, 1961, after unexpectedly withdrawing an insanity plea. He was spared death in the gas chamber and sentenced to life in prison. Then-Governor Ronald Reagan agreed to pardon Cooley, but Cooley died before the pardon was finalized.
	12:44pm Gaylord Fields: @dale: The Musicor label was essentially created as a vehicle for Gene Pitney by his manager, Aaron Schroeder.
	12:44pm MFlynn: Wow, sounds a lot like Edmunds’ version.
	12:44pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Original ?! Only know the Flamin'Groovies version.
	12:45pm kym: Fantastic interview with Karina Longworth! When you asked if she ever gets kickback from listeners who "were there" and disagree with her version of events I was specifically thinking of the Polly Platt season. I tried listening to the TCM Ben Mankiewicz podcasts about Peter Bogdonavich (which felt like a rebuttal of You Must Remember This) and could barely get through it.
	12:45pm Moe: The peak Brian show had to be the Smile Tour many years back when his group included the Wondermints, incredible harmonies, I've seen him since but nothing topped that show...
	12:46pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks, Clarke! Will do.
	12:46pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yeah C&R podcast details the psychopathic ugliness of Spade's sadistic murder of his wife. & Reagan pardoned him. Cause cowboy.
	12:47pm clarke: sad to say i agree about brian performing. or think he should not perform, rather.
	12:47pm Bob: Tuning in late. I just finished the YMRT Manson series. Very good. Has anyone mentioned the book CHAOS? The exhaustively researched recent book on Manson and the CIA connections? It's mindblowing. The Terry Melcher aspect in particular.
	12:47pm winston legthigh: doug @10:32 happy birthday! was just listening to nat king cole's version of rt. 66 this very morning. voice as smooth as silk.
	12:48pm PuraVida: @Revolution Rabbit Nov63 yeah I read the long version of the details...
	12:48pm clarke: Gaylord that was actually directed to gf2002, but of course, not solely to him. what i will direct to you is that you are a cookie full of arsenic!!
	12:48pm Gaylord Fields: @Dennis: A member of Brian's band once told me something very illuminating. Brian loves touring, for the group camaraderie and the sense of, let's call it "family," but he dislikes the performing part.
	12:49pm Moammar: BONGO FEET NOW!
	12:49pm Moe: thanks, Michael, will check out the website, back to shifting my cd and lp collection so the wife can move in her oversized couch...
	12:49pm clarke: i have seen Brian a few times and it is just sad - the rest of the band makes it great, somehow.
	12:50pm PuraVida: Was just listening to The Belmonts version of this from Cigars, Acappella, Candy (1972)
	12:50pm Gaylord Fields: @clarke: I forgot I'm the second banana in this chat. I defer to the superior gf.
	12:50pm clarke: ha ha ha, you ALWAYS Number One in my book!
	12:51pm jt: Nice to finally hear the original.. wait.. is that the original: The Pioneers ? "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) "
	12:51pm clarke: that series Aquarius is pretty good, tho. i enjoyed it, and not a big fan of duchovny, either.
	12:52pm gf2002: @clarke Yes I watched the entire series Aquarius, it did suggest some interesting possibilities like you mentioned. Pretty solid for network TV, I caught it on Netflix or Prime or whatever lol. But the Tom O'Neill book for me was and is the most revelatory history of Manson ever published, it basically destroys the "Helter Skelter" book's narrative.
	12:52pm PuraVida: "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a 1969 song written and recorded by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, attributed to a then-fictitious band they named "Steam". It was released under the Mercury subsidiary label Fontana
	12:52pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I have to make myself realize it was already decades ago I saw BrianWilson with TheWondermints et al do Pet Sounds Live. & it was wonderful.
	12:53pm Squints: This Utopia thing is real nice.
	12:53pm clarke: agree Rev - at THAT time brian was a lot more involved!!
	12:53pm DG: First saw Brian at the Beacon in '99 or so (his first solo show in NY, I think) & he wasn't that engaged then, either. Also saw him in Coney Island about 10 years ago & though he spoke to the audience (but didn't seem to say much about performing at an actual beach) he did seem a bit out of it. Both shows were basically very accomplished BW tribute bands with a guy pretending to play a keyboard, and singing with lots of back-up. It sounds like it's gotten worse though.
	12:54pm Joe W: Brian was so disengaged last night that I actually felt sorry for the band as they constantly tried to prop him up.
	12:54pm Squints: I was a big X-Files fan and watched and liked Aquarius. But I'm not sure Duchovny acts so much as he's just "being Duchovny."
	12:54pm Dennis: Gaylord: yes, it’s well established that Brian’s least-favorite part of touring is the performing…it’s a lot to ask of paying customers to underwrite, and reward, that attitude. Not acceptable, IMHO
	12:54pm clarke: FUN-powered up in here!!!
	12:55pm DG: AAH, the OTHER Rutles album! This Rundgren/Utopia album has some great evocations of '64--67 era Beatles, it should be better known (& most of them sort of combine the sound of several different songs, unlike some of the Rutles stuff. And then, of course, TR joined Ringo for a few tours.... (Anyone know if Utopia ever did any of this stuff live?)
	12:56pm CalZone!: I might have missed this in the mic break or on the chat, but that Inez Foxx record was produced written by Jerry Williams aka Swamp Dogg . I always thought that was Jerry counting down but it could be Charlie Foxx I guess. HBD Swamp Dogg 80 years young!
	12:56pm Dennis: Brian rallied for the final time for the BBs’ 50th reunion tour and (especially) album. It’s been quickly downhill ever since.
	12:57pm clarke: oh yes, Utopia did a whole tour in beatle suits, but i didn't get to see that.
	12:57pm Hoboken Jack: Thank you Michael for the interview and excellent show, went by too quickly!
	12:57pm clarke: anyone ever get the feeling they been Chris'd! goodnite.
	12:58pm Bob: Utopia are weirder than the Residents in my book
	12:58pm Joe W: Great show Michael, as usual!
	12:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ MS ~

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