WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from August 13, 2022

Michael Shelley: Playlist from August 13, 2022

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August 13, 2022: The Summer

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Yo La Tengo	The Summer "The Summer" by "Yo La Tengo"
Myron Lee	Summertime Blues "Summertime Blues" by "Myron Lee"
Rusty and Doug	Sweet Sweet Girl To Me
Ike And Tina Turner	Flee, Flee Fla
Boris Gardiner	Commanding Wife "Commanding Wife" by "Boris Gardiner"
Aweful Kanawful	Pretend You're Sleeping
Televisionaries, The	Quarter After 8
Nick Lowe	I Don't Want The Night To End
Them	A Girl Like You "A Girl Like You" by "Them"
Sanford Clark	The Big Lie "The Big Lie" by "Sanford Clark"
Tams, The	Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
Blondie	Hanging on the Telephone (Mike Chapman on lead vocals)
Brinsley Schwarz	I Worry ('Bout You Baby)
Bill Boyd And His Cowboy Ramblers	Rockin' and Rollin' My Country Songs Away
Classicals, The	Camel Caravan "Camel Caravan" by "Classicals, The"
Stubby Kaye etc.	Fugue For Tinhorns
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	You Little Fool
Bodo Molitor	Real Real "Real Real" by "Bodo Molitor"
Tennessee Ernie Ford And Betty Hutton	This Must Be The Place
Incredible Casuals, The	On The Beach
Jackie and Roy	The Word "The Word" by "Jackie and Roy"
Dave Del Monte And The Cross County Boys	You May Be Cool
Shirelles, The	Dooms Day "Dooms Day" by "Shirelles, The"
Wire	Dot Dash "Dot Dash" by "Wire"
Newbeats, The	Find Ya Somewhere Else (To Eat Your Crackers)
Brenda Lee	Bigelow 6-200 (alt. mix)
Arthur Alexander	Whole Lot of Trouble
She And Him	Good To My Baby "Good To My Baby" by "She And Him"
Buddy Britten And The Regents	Right Now
Neil Young	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Cornelius Brothers And Sister Rose	Treat Here Like A Lady
S.E. Rogie	She Caught Me Red Hot "She Caught Me Red Hot" by "S.E. Rogie"
Fools Face	Won't Make It Hard For You
NRBQ	Rock All Night "Rock All Night" by "NRBQ"
Escorts, The	Night Time "Night Time" by "Escorts, The"
Johnny Burnette	You're Sixteen "You're Sixteen" by "Johnny Burnette"
Dead Milkmen	Punk Rock Girl "Punk Rock Girl" by "Dead Milkmen"
Ron Hicklin Singers	Promo "Promo" by "Ron Hicklin Singers"

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!
	♥ 10:13am Listener Baby: Baby. Take one step back. Stand up straight. Shoulders back. Place your right arm across your abdomen. Deep breath. And take a long, deep, bow. We are all applauding your amazing radio program last week. There are people who are now NRBQ fans because of it. What a beautiful gift you gave us. I know how much work you put into that one. Bravo. Good morning folks!
	♥ 10:57am Handy Haversack: Morning, Michael and all the Shellegamers!
	♥ 11:00am Frank In Queens: Heeeeeeyyyyyyyyy NOW!
	♥ 11:01am Michael in Montclair: Good morning Michael, Handy, and everyone!
	♥ 11:02am Eddy in Australia: Okay. Let's talk ...
	11:02am PuraVida: Goodest of mornings to Michael, all
	11:03am Doug in MP: Good morning! Hey Handy, what's up?
	♥ 11:03am Handy Haversack: K8 wants me to report that she loves this song! Yo, Frank! Long time, Eddy! Hey, Michael in Montclair, PuraVida!
	♥ 11:03am Frank In Queens: Hey there Handy!
	♥ 11:05am myron feld: Hello all! Michael, many thanks for playing my 3rd cousin, Myron Lee!
	11:05am egould: Bongo feet drum fills.
	11:05am Peter Horvath: Ahoy and happy Saturday to all
	♥ 11:06am Eddy in Australia: Hey Handy! It's good to be back.
	♥ 11:07am Geoffrey in Ottawa: I flew to NYC this week. Sat in the Porter waiting area in Toronto. Read my book. Guy across from me. White hair. Black glasses. Saw him in line for customs once we'd flown to New York. Nick Lowe! Damn. He was probably glad I didn't recognize him in the airport.
	11:07am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Horn if you're a honky ! ...I mean ...Good Morning.
	♥ 11:08am Frank In Queens: The Nick Lowe/Straitjackets show at TV was utterly amazing. Definitely one of the best performances I've seen Nick give.
	♥ 11:10am JohnEBGood: It's Only Rock and Roll!!
	♥ 11:10am Handy Haversack: Nice, Frank! Death Valley Girls was excellent in the same venue on Thu. night.
	11:14am PatrickMC: @Frank I was at the TVEye show too. One of the best shows I've been to in years. That venue is a throwback. Nick/Los Stjkts awesome. Televisionaries at times felt like 2nd coming of Rockpile.
	11:16am phat in lincoln: Connecticut style pizza is awesome.
	♥ 11:16am Pedro in Arlington: It's a nine hour drive From me to you South on 1-95 And I'll do it til the day that I die If I need to Just to see you Just to see you
	♥ 11:16am Eddy in Australia: @Michael Where in CT was the pizza joint?
	11:17am PatrickMC: Televisionaries drummer super duper
	♥ 11:17am Frank In Queens: @Patrick, yes Televisionaires really brought it that night. They're never bad, but they were exceptional on Wednesday. And yes, there is definitely some similarities to Rockpile. @Michael, was that the first time you saw Televisionairies?
	♥ 11:18am Michael Shelley: COLONY PIZZA - there are a few of them, this one in Fairfield, CT
	♥ 11:18am myron feld: We were at the Nick/LS/TVaries show last night -- really, really great!
	♥ 11:18am Michael Shelley: FIQ - yes
	♥ 11:19am Geoffrey in Ottawa: I drove to Rochester July 1 to see Televisionaries and Bloodshot Bill. Amazing summer night.
	11:19am Joe M: Wait Radio killed the Televisionaires?
	♥ 11:19am Frank In Queens: @Michael, wow. I thought you might've caught them before. They just keep getting better.
	♥ 11:19am Joe R.: Looking forward to seeing Televisionaries & Los Straitjackets at the Hi-Tide Summer Holiday in Asbury Park next weekend!
	11:20am Joe M: …airies
	♥ 11:22am G: commenter clarke in New Orleans must be sleeping in :-)
	♥ 11:23am mariano: Are the Televisionaries singing "Snake audit, snake audit"?
	♥ 11:24am mariano: Because if so, I know a couple of snakes involved in some shady tax schemes.
	11:24am Gregory Lopez: Hi, Michael. Good morning. "The Summer" by Yo La Tengo, is such a great song. I first heard it when I was 19 years old. What a great day!
	♥ 11:24am nycmusicnerd: Saw NL/Straitjackets/TVaries at TV Eye on Wednesday night. Such a treat to see them in such a tiny venue.
	♥ 11:24am Eddy in Australia: I'm waiting for Clarke to get here so we can swap Better Call Saul finale predictions.
	♥ 11:25am mariano: Oh hey, what's up, G?
	11:27am PatrickMC: We were all young ppl at tveye 🙄
	♥ 11:28am G: @mariano: Writing away for work since 5:30 (slept in haha). May do some fun stuff later in the day...
	11:28am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...not Them - THEM ...not the Troggs' song either...
	11:29am PuraVida: (this is great if you've never heard it) Greg Townson - Off and Running! Los Straitjackets guitarist & The Hi-Risers frontman returns with an all-new set of guitar instrumentals including “The Locomotion”, “Hello Stranger” & “Able Mable”. The latest in his “Travelin’ Guitar” series, “Off and Running!” gregtownson.bandcamp.com...
	♥ 11:30am nycmusicnerd: At TV Eye all the old folks were lined up against the walls so we'd have something to lean on. I have no regrets about going to that show--it was AMAZING!--but I was in PAIN most of the night.
	♥ 11:31am Montmaster J: I thought if saw the Felds in Fairfield last night.
	♥ 11:31am JohnEBGood: You right Michael. Smash or Trash? Them is in my trash ; )
	11:32am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Awlright ! ...the MAGAt theme song...
	♥ 11:33am JohnEBGood: This a smash!
	♥ 11:33am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Michael & all!
	♥ 11:33am Handy Haversack: Mariano!
	♥ 11:36am Frank In Queens: TV Eye was a nice mix between young and old; with myself planted firmly in the middle. It should be mentioned that on at least two occasions (possibly 3), you could practically here a pin drop in the room when Nick brought it down on tracks like "Blue On Blue". I've seen that happen at some of the more "sit down" venues I've seen Nick perform at, but to be able to pull that off in a standing room club is really goddamn amazing, I think.
	11:36am Listener John from NJ: I have seen Nick Lowe perform once -- in 1978 -- when I was in high school. And I think it's kind of funny that it's a lifetime later and I really want to go see him again
	11:36am clarke: hey now!!! late riser.
	♥ 11:37am Frank In Queens: you slackin' clarke!
	♥ 11:37am Eddy in Australia: Clarke!
	♥ 11:37am Handy Haversack: clarke is risen!
	11:37am clarke: allo EDDy!!!!
	11:38am clarke: keep workin into friday nights...and mornings
	♥ 11:39am Baja Joe: Hello Michael!
	♥ 11:40am nycmusicnerd: John from NJ: You won't regret it. Especially if Los Straitjackets are backing him. It's a genius combination.
	♥ 11:40am JohnEBGood: I like Owl Sun. My AT DJ 📞
	11:40am phat in lincoln: I have a db's promo cassingle I got from them when the opened for REM.
	11:41am PatrickMC: @Frank The respect and awe the crowd gave Nick in those moments was something I've never seen outside folk gigs. I saw Rockpile in 79. Nick w/LS is in top artistic form right now. A joy to see.
	♥ 11:41am mariano: Handy, clarke!
	11:41am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ I toast Ye All with the DeathWishCoffeez ~
	11:42am clarke: jes M!!!
	♥ 11:42am jpuva: My Rickenbacker vote is going to be In The City! I remember seeing Paul Weller at an early solo show, and as soon as he strapped on his Rick the crowd absolutely erupted. Probably the only instance I can think of a guitar getting such an ovation.
	♥ 11:42am GG..: I think The Byrds played a 12 string Rickenbacker - and Tom Petty did too (because the Byrds did) Lemmy played a Rickenbacker bass early beatles John Lennon had one Kevin Parker from Tame Impala plays one
	11:42am clarke: tryin' ta read UP...
	11:42am John in Phoenixville: Thanks for the Blondie preview, Michael! My box set is on the way. The band sounds so tight on that take of “Hanging on the Telephone”!
	11:43am egould: Rickenbacker song: Plimsouls ‘A Million Miles Away’
	11:44am PuraVida: Also John Fogerty & don't forget Mike Campbell of the Heartbreakers...
	11:45am Listener John from NJ: @nycmusicnerd I know! that's the right combination ( NL and LS). I just need the right confluence of time, money, geography, health and luck, and I'll be there.
	11:46am egould: Michael could you post the name of the Rickenbacker book? I’d like to buy a copy.
	11:47am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: egould nice one. Way McGuinn emulates Coltrane's sax keys opening & closing in 8 Miles High is an incredible thing - pivotal Psych song too. Obvious choice, but...
	♥ 11:47am drr: hi errbody
	11:47am PuraVida: (Forgerty still uses the same Rickenbacker 325 he played at Woodstock)
	♥ 11:47am JohnEBGood: Gr8 No drums : )
	11:47am Listener John from NJ: This Bill Boyd song is brilliant.
	11:48am clarke: johnny spamp played a left-handed rick 360 much of the time he was in the casuals - on the albums Your Sounds and It Is Balloon. You Am I play several different ric's.
	11:50am gf2002: I Call Your Name - Beatles. If I Needed Someone - Beatles. I Can't Explain - The Who. S Central Rain - REM. A Girl Like You - Smithereens. You Can't Do That - Beatles. Time Won't Let Me - The Outsiders. CCR/Fogerty live at Woodstock - I Put A Spell On You. Mr Tambourine Man, My Back Pages, 8 Miles High, Turn Turn Turn - Byrds. Early Bangles with Susanna Hoffs. Paul Weller with The Jam. John Kay with Speppenwolf. And that's just Rickenbacker guitars!
	11:50am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Remaster in 2009 of HardDay'sNight album laid me out with how the 12String chimed like a freaking autoharp. The key influence on McGuinn of course. REM obviously - & Rick meant Smiths to certain people @ a certain time... Who's first album - 'TheGood'sGone' - interesting cause also the firs 6' amp album if I have this right. Townshend's arpeggiating chords is actually very FolRawk ~ JanglePopish...
	11:50am clarke: Chesterfield Kings, The Records, Eddie & The Hotrods, early REM, Bill Fox, early GbV
	♥ 11:51am Handy Haversack: Belmont, Michael? My dad worked there in the fifties. He would take me to the track when I was a kid, but unfortunately that meant Birmingham, a 2.5-hr drive.
	11:52am gf2002: Add Carl Wilson - Beach Boys - Dance Dance Dance to the list
	11:52am PuraVida: Mike Campbell has a Rickenbacker 620 12-string (made in 1963) that he bought in 1977.
	11:52am PatrickMC: Yonkers
	11:52am clarke: Handy - how wuz Michigan??
	11:52am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Kids Are Alright'...
	11:53am clarke: Eddy - if yer still around - glad to see you up in the middle of the night!! i get shit for it, ha ha.
	♥ 11:54am Handy Haversack: Pretty good, clarke! Good weather, very little family drama, some tractor-bro action with the dog.
	11:55am clarke: awesome handy!!
	♥ 11:55am Eddy in Australia: @Clarke Yep, still here. You recovered from this week's BCS yet?
	11:56am egould: Rickenbacker Guitars. Out of the Frying Pan into the Fireglo on Amazon. Bought a copy.
	♥ 11:56am drr: clarke: a lefty Rick? That's cool. I've never seen one. Didn't know they existed. I've played my brother's Rickenbacker, upside down, really disliked it (but that was probably because somebody "scalloped" the fretboard...I don't think my brother liked it either).
	11:56am clarke: oh man, kim!!!!
	♥ 11:57am nycmusicnerd: I'm actually going to Boston to see NL/Elvis Costello on Monday because I couldn't bring myself to do Pier 17 again.
	♥ 11:57am drr: clicky-starring any artist named Bodo.
	11:58am clarke: it took johnny a while to find that lefty 360! i think the guy at Soutpaw Guitars tracked it down for him
	11:58am gf2002: The intro and rhythm guitar on Purple Rain was played by Wendy Melvoin on a Rickenbacker, very heavily chorused though
	♥ 11:59am mariano: Hey, drr!
	11:59am clarke: 10/10
	♥ 11:59am Eddy in Australia: @Clarke I know! How's it gonna end?
	♥ 11:59am JohnEBGood: Wow. Never played a Rick but picked up on Ovation in the comments. Glenn Campbell played one. What a fantastic sound 🎸
	♥ 11:59am drr: wonder if he's like the "sleepy bo-do" metntioned in "Daydream".
	♥ 11:59am Frank In Queens: 10/10, btw
	♥ 11:59am drr: @clarke: good morning. Ever been to Southpaw?
	12:00pm PatrickMC: @NYMN Is pier 17 that bad?
	12:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Haha ! I think the Velvets knew their amphetamines perfectly well - point taken tho.
	♥ 12:00pm drr: hey mariano! and G! Can y'all comprehend this weather?
	12:01pm clarke: @DRR - YES - it is an AMAZING world of lefty guitars south of houston. u need to go!! they have some righty stuff, too, but it is vintage guitars for lefty folk
	♥ 12:01pm DJ Johnny Cool: Probably Speedy West on steel.
	12:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Lefty shop - that's great.
	12:02pm Joe M: Jump, jive And chicken fry.
	♥ 12:02pm nycmusicnerd: Patrick: The doors open at 5pm. So if you're someone who works for a living you have no chance of getting a good vantage point. When the NL/Elvis show went on sale, I looked at Ticketbastard for prices. Cost to get in and be on your feet the entire night: $55. Cost to get a seat: $130. More than DOUBLE the price. And it's an outdoor venue. Think about how hot it's been this week. Imagine being on your feet in this heat for an entire show. Not good.
	12:02pm clarke: @Dave, i don't think it rained uptown yesterday - after many MANY threats.
	♥ 12:02pm Eddy in Australia: I'm a lefty! Sounds like Southpaw is the store for me.
	12:03pm gf2002: It's My Life - The Animals
	♥ 12:03pm Listener Baby: Baby. Ricky question. Basses too?
	12:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Wanna lefty Strat around just to eff with my brain. Oddly - it's not fingering with right that feels especially weird - it's picking with my left...
	12:04pm evancuts: The ‘Comba!
	12:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Good one gf2002.
	♥ 12:04pm Michael Shelley: BABY - hell yeah
	12:04pm clarke: G and i went to Parasol's yesterday. this is not the ric - this is a lefty telecaster copy by GHS
	♥ 12:04pm Listener Baby: IC song. whatever decade this song was released, it's top 100 of that decade!!
	♥ 12:05pm Listener Baby: Game on!
	♥ 12:05pm mariano: drr: You mean how the north is sweltering and it's relatively mild in NOLA?
	12:05pm PatrickMC: Aha, thanks. Doesn't exactly conjure up long ago nights on Pier 84 for $12
	♥ 12:05pm drr: clarke: I've been to Southpaw! I was in a band called MAXIMVS, all three of us were left-handed. We had a show in Houston so we stopped in. What I didn't know is that it's not only a lefty shop, it's a CHRISTIAN shop. Emphatically.
	♥ 12:07pm drr: Giant bible verses plastered on banners on every shelf.
	12:07pm clarke: the funny thing about summer is that before it starts one thinks and plans they are gonna do ____ and _____ and it never ends up working out that way (kinda like a new years resolution, sorta).
	♥ 12:07pm drr: clarke: nobody plans to get covid.
	12:07pm Mister Dobalina: Always love hearing, 'Get a new DJ' !!! Funk Dat!
	♥ 12:07pm Listener Baby: Baby, are amazing progressive rock bands invited to the party?
	12:08pm clarke: not true dave!
	♥ 12:08pm drr: mariano: yeah! it's NOT RAINING.
	♥ 12:08pm drr: not true about...?
	12:09pm clarke: i know someone who wanted to catch covid because they thought it was a one and done thing.
	12:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Interesting cover ...it works ! (The Elevators' is transcendental...)
	♥ 12:09pm prof.fuzz: mornin' y'all
	♥ 12:10pm drr: oh yeah, that was a thing.
	12:10pm clarke: also, i think Southpaw toned down the bible stuff.
	12:10pm clarke: FuZZZZ
	12:10pm jmd: Woo-wee!
	♥ 12:11pm prof.fuzz: clarkEEEE
	♥ 12:11pm nycmusicnerd: clarke: At the beginning of the pandemic some people were actually having COVID parties, with 1 person who was infected & the rest hoping to catch it. Stupid.
	12:11pm Dennis: My brother’s chat room name is Ric-O-Sound
	12:12pm clarke: but, Dave, this IS the strangest summer EVER in new orleans, fo'sho'!!! it rained EVERY day from late june until yesterday - and i bet it tained in the 9th yesterday??
	12:12pm Dennis: He’s of course a Ric 12 owner
	♥ 12:12pm drr: clarke: that's kinda too bad. It was an experience. Our guitarist came out of there with a nice red Epiphone.
	12:13pm clarke: cool Dennis!! i have a 360 myself a '72
	♥ 12:13pm prof.fuzz: @DRR: a nice red epiphone and his eternal salvation?
	♥ 12:13pm drr: fuzz, no but a free pack of strings!
	12:14pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Jesus takes the LeftHand Path...
	♥ 12:14pm mariano: Like those ill-advised plague parties in the Middle Ages.
	♥ 12:14pm Michael Shelley: BABY - all #1 hits are invited
	12:14pm Dennis: Clarke, his Ric (a later one) had challenging neck issues
	12:15pm clarke: @DRR - that doesn't mean the owner doesn't talk about going to church when you are checking out, etc. ha ha.
	12:16pm PatrickMC: Dot dash, all time #1 record
	♥ 12:16pm drr: mariano: you know the song "Rage In the Plague Age" by Les Savy Fav? Yes there is at least one (excellent) indie rock tune pertaining to that subject.
	12:16pm clarke: the neck on my guitar is PRISTINE!!! it's VERY thin, but that's a ric.
	12:16pm clarke: one of me fave Wire songs!!
	♥ 12:17pm mariano: "Dog rash, dog rash"? That's what I was hearing. drr: I'm not sure if I know that one, I'll look it up.
	12:17pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...A-Bomb is a little like the Sun falling from the sky to earth really ...wull anyway...
	12:17pm PatrickMC: Dog flash Don't crash
	♥ 12:18pm prof.fuzz: close enough, dave!
	12:18pm clarke: brooke shields was in new orleans to film Pretty Baby, as a young kid. i saw her on the streetcar with her 'handlers', once - she was really nice!
	12:18pm PatrickMC: Back to Parallel Lines and Brooke. Pretty Baby
	♥ 12:18pm YETI BOB: Yes! Perfect.
	♥ 12:19pm Handy Haversack: Gotta go, MS and all. Moved D&D to Saturday this week. Many thanks. Later on, Number Ones!
	12:19pm clarke: l8r handy!
	♥ 12:19pm YETI BOB: I've never heard anyone cover Eno's "Baby's On Fire"
	12:20pm Listener Bop Monroe: greetings from breezy Tannersville NY DJ MS and all. it all tastes better sittin' on a Ritz!
	12:20pm PatrickMC: Isn't this i like Peanut Butter
	♥ 12:20pm prof.fuzz: buy handy!
	12:20pm The Butterman: I’d like to comment on this but I’m overwhelmed with possibilities here.
	♥ 12:20pm Eddy in Australia: I don't think there are many Wire covers at all, with the obvious exception of REM doing Strange.
	♥ 12:20pm mariano: I believe that "Dot Dash" was originally written as a jingle for dog-rash unguent, then when it was rejected by the ad company, it was repurposed as a post-punk number. Bye, Handy!
	♥ 12:21pm Mailman Tom: I like bread and butter, I like toast and jam!
	♥ 12:22pm YETI BOB: Mariano - from their album "Wire Sell Out"
	12:22pm Listener Bop Monroe: i love brenda lee but.... oh, this is just wrong
	♥ 12:22pm drr: Eddy: but Wire took a Wire tribute on the road with them, to play their back catalog! I believe they were called "Ex-Lion Tamer". I don't think I'm making this up.
	12:23pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Think I have heard 'Baby'sOnFire' covers actually ...don't ask me who...
	♥ 12:23pm YETI BOB: drr: Yes, I saw that tour! They were the "Ex Lion Tamers". With Jim DeRogatis on drums, who went on to be a big rock critic.
	♥ 12:23pm drr: First time I heard Baby's On Fire it was by 801.
	12:23pm clarke: i saw the Ex-Lion Tamers and Wire at maxwell's
	12:23pm Edward: Wow that crackers song, a clear #1 hit, isn’t even listed in Wikipedia’s Newbeats discography.
	♥ 12:23pm mariano: Lol, YETI BOB! That I would definitely like to hear.
	♥ 12:25pm prof.fuzz: mike watt has been known to cover wire...
	♥ 12:25pm YETI BOB: They played Pink Flag in its entirety, incluing a brief pause to "turn the record over". The fans went crazy. (And then Wire could just play new songs and not have to play 12XU, etc)
	12:25pm Dennis: That 801 Live album opens with my favorite guitar sound in the world: Synthi Hi-Fli. Awesome.
	♥ 12:26pm Eddy in Australia: DeRogatis talks about Wire and that tour all the time on his podcast.
	12:26pm clarke: i'm big on 801~
	♥ 12:26pm drr: I wish I had an Arthur Alexander filter, so no matter what record was playing it would sound like Arthur Alexander.
	♥ 12:26pm YETI BOB: Dennis: 801 Live is effing great. mariano - I think the Ex Lion Tamers even made an album, IIRC. They called it "Ink Lag". Unless I'm just making that up.
	12:27pm clarke: i would be interested in that record - even if i am pretty much anti-covers!
	♥ 12:28pm JohnEBGood: That must be Debbie!
	♥ 12:28pm YETI BOB: Well, can't find "Ink Lag" on Discogs, but I remember hearing about it once. Maybe a joke.
	♥ 12:29pm mariano: drr: Yes, I have heard that Savy Fav song, it's in GTA IV on one of the radio stations.
	♥ 12:30pm Eddy in Australia: Try the official Wire online store. They sell an amazing assortment of live recordings. Maybe ELT is there too?
	12:31pm gf2002: It's probably in the new book, I haven't read it yet, but a cool story came from David Marks' sister: Before the Beach Boys, both Carl Wilson and David took guitar lessons at a music store using Rickenbacker student model guitars the store kept on hand for students. Must be a California thing...in the late 80's, early 90's I'd ask the local stores in this area if they had any Rickenbackers or could get any and some of those guys actually got mad at me. I never saw one on the racks here until I moved to Boston. Then they started showing up more often.
	12:32pm clarke: in my top ten albums!
	♥ 12:34pm YETI BOB: I don't see it there, Eddy. But they do have "4 April 2011, WFMU"
	♥ 12:35pm Eddy in Australia: @Clarke My prediction for the BCS finale: Gene goes on the run and ends up in New Jersey (you know, the state that looks like Alfred Hitchcock wearing a fez), where he shoots Tony Soprano in a diner as part of a deal to get protection from the NY mob. Thoughts?
	♥ 12:35pm Michael Shelley: Eddie - what's the local time?
	12:35pm PatrickMC: MusicRadio 77!
	♥ 12:35pm Eddy in Australia: @Michael 2:35am Sunday
	♥ 12:36pm drr: mariano: oh yeah, forgot that. I got a little sick of hearing it on there. I am stuck in the middle of GTA IV, I'm on four simultaneous missions my uncoordinated ass can't finish.
	12:36pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Treat Her' is an amazing record for sure. Couldn't be improved.
	12:36pm clarke: my prediction would indicate spoilers.
	12:36pm sufferwords: worked with Brooke Shields twenty years ago- she's a fine human 100%
	12:37pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: BCS Finale is Jimmy/Saul waking up from a dream & finding himself in a Mr Show sketch.
	♥ 12:37pm YETI BOB: Cheers Eddie. Hope you are having an excellent Saturday night!
	12:38pm clarke: that's good to hear sufferwords, because i couldn't believe the stories i'd heard about brooke connecting with my short meeting w/her. i guess drugs changed her for a while??
	♥ 12:38pm drr: re: Mr. Show: I tried to show my gf "The Story Of Everest" last night and it's been scrubbed from the internet.
	12:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Easy to forget BeachBoys used Ricks. Or maybe it isn't.
	12:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Couldn't imagine having been BrookeShields. Good for her she comes out in one piece.
	♥ 12:40pm mariano: drr: I haven't played IV in years, but I think that one and San Andreas have had the best radio mix of the franchise. From what I hear, though, you have to have the game on disk to hear the original mix because of licensing BS.
	12:40pm clarke: eddy - will email my prediction of BCS ending.
	♥ 12:41pm mariano: drr: Story of Everest on tubi (apparently on HBO Max as well): tubitv.com...
	12:41pm egould: Reminds me of Pato Banton, acting out the parts with voices and such.
	♥ 12:41pm ratso: Hey Michael...been driving in the car, but finally home. Just wanna say good show, thanks.
	♥ 12:41pm drr: I love the ridiculous right wing talk radio in GTA IV.
	12:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: MurielHemmingway tho ...there's yer real eyebrow fetish...
	12:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Maybe never not think this is Raspberries.
	♥ 12:43pm Eddy in Australia: @Clarke Okay, sounds good. I don't think my 'prediction' spoiled anything, right?
	12:44pm clarke: TOTALLY agree Rev!!!
	♥ 12:44pm mariano: drr: Lol, yeah. And then that cartoon, Republican Space Rangers, on one of the TV channels. I also really love the home shopping channel's knife show, The Serrated Edge. "Don't get me started on the Moors!"
	12:45pm gf2002: @Revolution Rabbit Carl Wilson was probably the most high-profile player next to George Harrison to use the Rick 360/12 in 1964, he's playing one on Ed Sullivan in September '64. Then Rickenbacker 12's exploded with McGuinn the next year.
	♥ 12:46pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Me too, Rev!
	♥ 12:47pm drr: mariano: clicky-starring your comment.
	12:48pm clarke: don't get me started on the Moors!! email sent Eddy!!
	12:48pm WoofMu: Sad request 1967 seekers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYTwmZ_MX4I 79- too young!
	12:49pm Doug in MP: I should really order that book, as a very very lucky inheritor of a Rick 6 string
	♥ 12:50pm Frank In Queens: Know your audience ;)
	12:51pm DG: Yes, Costello covered "Night Time" on the b-side of "Every Day I Write the Book" (on the 12-inch). It's also a bonus cut on the "Imperial Bedroom" reissue (which was the previous album---not sure why they put it there).
	12:51pm clarke: MovieTime, Frank??
	12:51pm V: To get to the front of the line...get a wheelchair or bring crutches...
	12:52pm DG: I heard Ringo doesn't do this song live anymore (saw him do it a bunch of times) because of dumb P.C. reasons, or something.....
	12:52pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Don't blame him.
	12:53pm Dennis: Front of the line = $$ is my only experience . Sorry Michael.
	♥ 12:53pm Michael Shelley: Is the character singing also a teen...?
	12:54pm the nOggin: Yes, Michael Shelly! I love Punk Rock girl
	12:54pm gf2002: Michael...you just made my week playing the Milkmen. Everyone I knew had this cassette back in the day. Loved the video too, and MTV actually played it regularly. Hard to believe.
	12:54pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: The Philly accents make the song.
	♥ 12:54pm drr: "rich as the Duke Of Earl"
	♥ 12:55pm Frank In Queens: @clarke, I got nuthin' this week. We had friends staying with us last weekend, and spent the rest of this week recovering from that and rehearsing. Plus the Mets had some big games last week as well. Probably watch something tonight. You?
	12:55pm gf2002: "They said 'He don't work here!'" Pure genius
	12:55pm clarke: i'm still catching up with movies i missed when they came out - have to say that Take Me Home Tonight is a good "sequel" to Fast Times!!
	♥ 12:55pm Jimmy Wipper: A crazy friend of mine posted this long diatribe against Ringo for his “pedophile” song. Everyone pointed out that not only did he not do it first, but it was clearly a teen singing to another teen.
	♥ 12:56pm radioronan: Thanks Michael! Cheers y'all!
	12:56pm clarke: holy SHIT -- WIPPER!!!!!
	12:56pm DG: Jimmy: Geez, that's insane. Hope no one told him about Romeo & Juliet.
	12:57pm Listener Bop Monroe: arizona!
	12:57pm clarke: WHERE THE HELL U BEEN MAAAAN!?!?
	♥ 12:57pm Frank In Queens: @clarke, really? I remember rolling my eyes at that one when it came out a decade ago.
	♥ 12:57pm Jimmy Wipper: Hahahaha, I’m always here Clarke! Just not posting.
	12:57pm clarke: i know, frank - i have seen it twice and i think it is pretty good.
	12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...singer was 18 yrs. & one day old ...so wake up little Suzie...
	12:58pm clarke: well, glad yer alive mistah wippah!!! how goes on the eastern shore??
	♥ 12:58pm Hubig Pie: Gary Puckett had the no. 1 pedo song
	♥ 12:59pm Frank In Queens: Fun show Michael. Thank you!
	♥ 12:59pm drr: great show MS! Too short.
	12:59pm clarke: also, i'm late to the dance, but that icelandic series Trapped - highly approve!!
	12:59pm Listener Bop Monroe: subgenius, is it not? thanks for another great show DJ MS!
	12:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& if she needs to 'go camping' - got her back... ~ TY Always DJ MS ~
	12:59pm Dennis: Thanks Michael!
	12:59pm clarke: fun show - thanks ms!!
	♥ 1:00pm Jimmy Wipper: Close, Norfolk! Had some bleak surgery this time last year, but I'm doing fine now!
	1:00pm clarke: glad you are better !! soon!!
	♥ 1:00pm Jimmy Wipper: Thanks! Come visit some year!
	12:43pm Bob: Dang, I was on the road and missed the show in real time. And there's my photo of my wife disrespecting the WFMU book! I would have added to the Nick Lowe conversation by saying his show in Detroit last week was probably the best show I've seen him do in forty years and many shows. Just astounding. The crowd, the amazing openers Tommy McClain and CC Adcock. Just incredible. Los Straitjackets just kill it backing him.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Yo La Tengo	The Summer "The Summer" by "Yo La Tengo"
Myron Lee	Summertime Blues "Summertime Blues" by "Myron Lee"
Rusty and Doug	Sweet Sweet Girl To Me
Ike And Tina Turner	Flee, Flee Fla
Boris Gardiner	Commanding Wife "Commanding Wife" by "Boris Gardiner"
Aweful Kanawful	Pretend You're Sleeping
Televisionaries, The	Quarter After 8
Nick Lowe	I Don't Want The Night To End
Them	A Girl Like You "A Girl Like You" by "Them"
Sanford Clark	The Big Lie "The Big Lie" by "Sanford Clark"
Tams, The	Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
Blondie	Hanging on the Telephone (Mike Chapman on lead vocals)
Brinsley Schwarz	I Worry ('Bout You Baby)
Bill Boyd And His Cowboy Ramblers	Rockin' and Rollin' My Country Songs Away
Classicals, The	Camel Caravan "Camel Caravan" by "Classicals, The"
Stubby Kaye etc.	Fugue For Tinhorns
Elvis Costello and the Attractions	You Little Fool
Bodo Molitor	Real Real "Real Real" by "Bodo Molitor"
Tennessee Ernie Ford And Betty Hutton	This Must Be The Place
Incredible Casuals, The	On The Beach
Jackie and Roy	The Word "The Word" by "Jackie and Roy"
Dave Del Monte And The Cross County Boys	You May Be Cool
Shirelles, The	Dooms Day "Dooms Day" by "Shirelles, The"
Wire	Dot Dash "Dot Dash" by "Wire"
Newbeats, The	Find Ya Somewhere Else (To Eat Your Crackers)
Brenda Lee	Bigelow 6-200 (alt. mix)
Arthur Alexander	Whole Lot of Trouble
She And Him	Good To My Baby "Good To My Baby" by "She And Him"
Buddy Britten And The Regents	Right Now
Neil Young	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Cornelius Brothers And Sister Rose	Treat Here Like A Lady
S.E. Rogie	She Caught Me Red Hot "She Caught Me Red Hot" by "S.E. Rogie"
Fools Face	Won't Make It Hard For You
NRBQ	Rock All Night "Rock All Night" by "NRBQ"
Escorts, The	Night Time "Night Time" by "Escorts, The"
Johnny Burnette	You're Sixteen "You're Sixteen" by "Johnny Burnette"
Dead Milkmen	Punk Rock Girl "Punk Rock Girl" by "Dead Milkmen"
Ron Hicklin Singers	Promo "Promo" by "Ron Hicklin Singers"

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Listener comments!
	♥ 10:13am Listener Baby: Baby. Take one step back. Stand up straight. Shoulders back. Place your right arm across your abdomen. Deep breath. And take a long, deep, bow. We are all applauding your amazing radio program last week. There are people who are now NRBQ fans because of it. What a beautiful gift you gave us. I know how much work you put into that one. Bravo. Good morning folks!
	♥ 10:57am Handy Haversack: Morning, Michael and all the Shellegamers!
	♥ 11:00am Frank In Queens: Heeeeeeyyyyyyyyy NOW!
	♥ 11:01am Michael in Montclair: Good morning Michael, Handy, and everyone!
	♥ 11:02am Eddy in Australia: Okay. Let's talk ...
	11:02am PuraVida: Goodest of mornings to Michael, all
	11:03am Doug in MP: Good morning! Hey Handy, what's up?
	♥ 11:03am Handy Haversack: K8 wants me to report that she loves this song! Yo, Frank! Long time, Eddy! Hey, Michael in Montclair, PuraVida!
	♥ 11:03am Frank In Queens: Hey there Handy!
	♥ 11:05am myron feld: Hello all! Michael, many thanks for playing my 3rd cousin, Myron Lee!
	11:05am egould: Bongo feet drum fills.
	11:05am Peter Horvath: Ahoy and happy Saturday to all
	♥ 11:06am Eddy in Australia: Hey Handy! It's good to be back.
	♥ 11:07am Geoffrey in Ottawa: I flew to NYC this week. Sat in the Porter waiting area in Toronto. Read my book. Guy across from me. White hair. Black glasses. Saw him in line for customs once we'd flown to New York. Nick Lowe! Damn. He was probably glad I didn't recognize him in the airport.
	11:07am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Horn if you're a honky ! ...I mean ...Good Morning.
	♥ 11:08am Frank In Queens: The Nick Lowe/Straitjackets show at TV was utterly amazing. Definitely one of the best performances I've seen Nick give.
	♥ 11:10am JohnEBGood: It's Only Rock and Roll!!
	♥ 11:10am Handy Haversack: Nice, Frank! Death Valley Girls was excellent in the same venue on Thu. night.
	11:14am PatrickMC: @Frank I was at the TVEye show too. One of the best shows I've been to in years. That venue is a throwback. Nick/Los Stjkts awesome. Televisionaries at times felt like 2nd coming of Rockpile.
	11:16am phat in lincoln: Connecticut style pizza is awesome.
	♥ 11:16am Pedro in Arlington: It's a nine hour drive From me to you South on 1-95 And I'll do it til the day that I die If I need to Just to see you Just to see you
	♥ 11:16am Eddy in Australia: @Michael Where in CT was the pizza joint?
	11:17am PatrickMC: Televisionaries drummer super duper
	♥ 11:17am Frank In Queens: @Patrick, yes Televisionaires really brought it that night. They're never bad, but they were exceptional on Wednesday. And yes, there is definitely some similarities to Rockpile. @Michael, was that the first time you saw Televisionairies?
	♥ 11:18am Michael Shelley: COLONY PIZZA - there are a few of them, this one in Fairfield, CT
	♥ 11:18am myron feld: We were at the Nick/LS/TVaries show last night -- really, really great!
	♥ 11:18am Michael Shelley: FIQ - yes
	♥ 11:19am Geoffrey in Ottawa: I drove to Rochester July 1 to see Televisionaries and Bloodshot Bill. Amazing summer night.
	11:19am Joe M: Wait Radio killed the Televisionaires?
	♥ 11:19am Frank In Queens: @Michael, wow. I thought you might've caught them before. They just keep getting better.
	♥ 11:19am Joe R.: Looking forward to seeing Televisionaries & Los Straitjackets at the Hi-Tide Summer Holiday in Asbury Park next weekend!
	11:20am Joe M: …airies
	♥ 11:22am G: commenter clarke in New Orleans must be sleeping in :-)
	♥ 11:23am mariano: Are the Televisionaries singing "Snake audit, snake audit"?
	♥ 11:24am mariano: Because if so, I know a couple of snakes involved in some shady tax schemes.
	11:24am Gregory Lopez: Hi, Michael. Good morning. "The Summer" by Yo La Tengo, is such a great song. I first heard it when I was 19 years old. What a great day!
	♥ 11:24am nycmusicnerd: Saw NL/Straitjackets/TVaries at TV Eye on Wednesday night. Such a treat to see them in such a tiny venue.
	♥ 11:24am Eddy in Australia: I'm waiting for Clarke to get here so we can swap Better Call Saul finale predictions.
	♥ 11:25am mariano: Oh hey, what's up, G?
	11:27am PatrickMC: We were all young ppl at tveye 🙄
	♥ 11:28am G: @mariano: Writing away for work since 5:30 (slept in haha). May do some fun stuff later in the day...
	11:28am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...not Them - THEM ...not the Troggs' song either...
	11:29am PuraVida: (this is great if you've never heard it) Greg Townson - Off and Running! Los Straitjackets guitarist & The Hi-Risers frontman returns with an all-new set of guitar instrumentals including “The Locomotion”, “Hello Stranger” & “Able Mable”. The latest in his “Travelin’ Guitar” series, “Off and Running!” gregtownson.bandcamp.com...
	♥ 11:30am nycmusicnerd: At TV Eye all the old folks were lined up against the walls so we'd have something to lean on. I have no regrets about going to that show--it was AMAZING!--but I was in PAIN most of the night.
	♥ 11:31am Montmaster J: I thought if saw the Felds in Fairfield last night.
	♥ 11:31am JohnEBGood: You right Michael. Smash or Trash? Them is in my trash ; )
	11:32am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Awlright ! ...the MAGAt theme song...
	♥ 11:33am JohnEBGood: This a smash!
	♥ 11:33am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Michael & all!
	♥ 11:33am Handy Haversack: Mariano!
	♥ 11:36am Frank In Queens: TV Eye was a nice mix between young and old; with myself planted firmly in the middle. It should be mentioned that on at least two occasions (possibly 3), you could practically here a pin drop in the room when Nick brought it down on tracks like "Blue On Blue". I've seen that happen at some of the more "sit down" venues I've seen Nick perform at, but to be able to pull that off in a standing room club is really goddamn amazing, I think.
	11:36am Listener John from NJ: I have seen Nick Lowe perform once -- in 1978 -- when I was in high school. And I think it's kind of funny that it's a lifetime later and I really want to go see him again
	11:36am clarke: hey now!!! late riser.
	♥ 11:37am Frank In Queens: you slackin' clarke!
	♥ 11:37am Eddy in Australia: Clarke!
	♥ 11:37am Handy Haversack: clarke is risen!
	11:37am clarke: allo EDDy!!!!
	11:38am clarke: keep workin into friday nights...and mornings
	♥ 11:39am Baja Joe: Hello Michael!
	♥ 11:40am nycmusicnerd: John from NJ: You won't regret it. Especially if Los Straitjackets are backing him. It's a genius combination.
	♥ 11:40am JohnEBGood: I like Owl Sun. My AT DJ 📞
	11:40am phat in lincoln: I have a db's promo cassingle I got from them when the opened for REM.
	11:41am PatrickMC: @Frank The respect and awe the crowd gave Nick in those moments was something I've never seen outside folk gigs. I saw Rockpile in 79. Nick w/LS is in top artistic form right now. A joy to see.
	♥ 11:41am mariano: Handy, clarke!
	11:41am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ I toast Ye All with the DeathWishCoffeez ~
	11:42am clarke: jes M!!!
	♥ 11:42am jpuva: My Rickenbacker vote is going to be In The City! I remember seeing Paul Weller at an early solo show, and as soon as he strapped on his Rick the crowd absolutely erupted. Probably the only instance I can think of a guitar getting such an ovation.
	♥ 11:42am GG..: I think The Byrds played a 12 string Rickenbacker - and Tom Petty did too (because the Byrds did) Lemmy played a Rickenbacker bass early beatles John Lennon had one Kevin Parker from Tame Impala plays one
	11:42am clarke: tryin' ta read UP...
	11:42am John in Phoenixville: Thanks for the Blondie preview, Michael! My box set is on the way. The band sounds so tight on that take of “Hanging on the Telephone”!
	11:43am egould: Rickenbacker song: Plimsouls ‘A Million Miles Away’
	11:44am PuraVida: Also John Fogerty & don't forget Mike Campbell of the Heartbreakers...
	11:45am Listener John from NJ: @nycmusicnerd I know! that's the right combination ( NL and LS). I just need the right confluence of time, money, geography, health and luck, and I'll be there.
	11:46am egould: Michael could you post the name of the Rickenbacker book? I’d like to buy a copy.
	11:47am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: egould nice one. Way McGuinn emulates Coltrane's sax keys opening & closing in 8 Miles High is an incredible thing - pivotal Psych song too. Obvious choice, but...
	♥ 11:47am drr: hi errbody
	11:47am PuraVida: (Forgerty still uses the same Rickenbacker 325 he played at Woodstock)
	♥ 11:47am JohnEBGood: Gr8 No drums : )
	11:47am Listener John from NJ: This Bill Boyd song is brilliant.
	11:48am clarke: johnny spamp played a left-handed rick 360 much of the time he was in the casuals - on the albums Your Sounds and It Is Balloon. You Am I play several different ric's.
	11:50am gf2002: I Call Your Name - Beatles. If I Needed Someone - Beatles. I Can't Explain - The Who. S Central Rain - REM. A Girl Like You - Smithereens. You Can't Do That - Beatles. Time Won't Let Me - The Outsiders. CCR/Fogerty live at Woodstock - I Put A Spell On You. Mr Tambourine Man, My Back Pages, 8 Miles High, Turn Turn Turn - Byrds. Early Bangles with Susanna Hoffs. Paul Weller with The Jam. John Kay with Speppenwolf. And that's just Rickenbacker guitars!
	11:50am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Remaster in 2009 of HardDay'sNight album laid me out with how the 12String chimed like a freaking autoharp. The key influence on McGuinn of course. REM obviously - & Rick meant Smiths to certain people @ a certain time... Who's first album - 'TheGood'sGone' - interesting cause also the firs 6' amp album if I have this right. Townshend's arpeggiating chords is actually very FolRawk ~ JanglePopish...
	11:50am clarke: Chesterfield Kings, The Records, Eddie & The Hotrods, early REM, Bill Fox, early GbV
	♥ 11:51am Handy Haversack: Belmont, Michael? My dad worked there in the fifties. He would take me to the track when I was a kid, but unfortunately that meant Birmingham, a 2.5-hr drive.
	11:52am gf2002: Add Carl Wilson - Beach Boys - Dance Dance Dance to the list
	11:52am PuraVida: Mike Campbell has a Rickenbacker 620 12-string (made in 1963) that he bought in 1977.
	11:52am PatrickMC: Yonkers
	11:52am clarke: Handy - how wuz Michigan??
	11:52am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Kids Are Alright'...
	11:53am clarke: Eddy - if yer still around - glad to see you up in the middle of the night!! i get shit for it, ha ha.
	♥ 11:54am Handy Haversack: Pretty good, clarke! Good weather, very little family drama, some tractor-bro action with the dog.
	11:55am clarke: awesome handy!!
	♥ 11:55am Eddy in Australia: @Clarke Yep, still here. You recovered from this week's BCS yet?
	11:56am egould: Rickenbacker Guitars. Out of the Frying Pan into the Fireglo on Amazon. Bought a copy.
	♥ 11:56am drr: clarke: a lefty Rick? That's cool. I've never seen one. Didn't know they existed. I've played my brother's Rickenbacker, upside down, really disliked it (but that was probably because somebody "scalloped" the fretboard...I don't think my brother liked it either).
	11:56am clarke: oh man, kim!!!!
	♥ 11:57am nycmusicnerd: I'm actually going to Boston to see NL/Elvis Costello on Monday because I couldn't bring myself to do Pier 17 again.
	♥ 11:57am drr: clicky-starring any artist named Bodo.
	11:58am clarke: it took johnny a while to find that lefty 360! i think the guy at Soutpaw Guitars tracked it down for him
	11:58am gf2002: The intro and rhythm guitar on Purple Rain was played by Wendy Melvoin on a Rickenbacker, very heavily chorused though
	♥ 11:59am mariano: Hey, drr!
	11:59am clarke: 10/10
	♥ 11:59am Eddy in Australia: @Clarke I know! How's it gonna end?
	♥ 11:59am JohnEBGood: Wow. Never played a Rick but picked up on Ovation in the comments. Glenn Campbell played one. What a fantastic sound 🎸
	♥ 11:59am drr: wonder if he's like the "sleepy bo-do" metntioned in "Daydream".
	♥ 11:59am Frank In Queens: 10/10, btw
	♥ 11:59am drr: @clarke: good morning. Ever been to Southpaw?
	12:00pm PatrickMC: @NYMN Is pier 17 that bad?
	12:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Haha ! I think the Velvets knew their amphetamines perfectly well - point taken tho.
	♥ 12:00pm drr: hey mariano! and G! Can y'all comprehend this weather?
	12:01pm clarke: @DRR - YES - it is an AMAZING world of lefty guitars south of houston. u need to go!! they have some righty stuff, too, but it is vintage guitars for lefty folk
	♥ 12:01pm DJ Johnny Cool: Probably Speedy West on steel.
	12:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Lefty shop - that's great.
	12:02pm Joe M: Jump, jive And chicken fry.
	♥ 12:02pm nycmusicnerd: Patrick: The doors open at 5pm. So if you're someone who works for a living you have no chance of getting a good vantage point. When the NL/Elvis show went on sale, I looked at Ticketbastard for prices. Cost to get in and be on your feet the entire night: $55. Cost to get a seat: $130. More than DOUBLE the price. And it's an outdoor venue. Think about how hot it's been this week. Imagine being on your feet in this heat for an entire show. Not good.
	12:02pm clarke: @Dave, i don't think it rained uptown yesterday - after many MANY threats.
	♥ 12:02pm Eddy in Australia: I'm a lefty! Sounds like Southpaw is the store for me.
	12:03pm gf2002: It's My Life - The Animals
	♥ 12:03pm Listener Baby: Baby. Ricky question. Basses too?
	12:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Wanna lefty Strat around just to eff with my brain. Oddly - it's not fingering with right that feels especially weird - it's picking with my left...
	12:04pm evancuts: The ‘Comba!
	12:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Good one gf2002.
	♥ 12:04pm Michael Shelley: BABY - hell yeah
	12:04pm clarke: G and i went to Parasol's yesterday. this is not the ric - this is a lefty telecaster copy by GHS
	♥ 12:04pm Listener Baby: IC song. whatever decade this song was released, it's top 100 of that decade!!
	♥ 12:05pm Listener Baby: Game on!
	♥ 12:05pm mariano: drr: You mean how the north is sweltering and it's relatively mild in NOLA?
	12:05pm PatrickMC: Aha, thanks. Doesn't exactly conjure up long ago nights on Pier 84 for $12
	♥ 12:05pm drr: clarke: I've been to Southpaw! I was in a band called MAXIMVS, all three of us were left-handed. We had a show in Houston so we stopped in. What I didn't know is that it's not only a lefty shop, it's a CHRISTIAN shop. Emphatically.
	♥ 12:07pm drr: Giant bible verses plastered on banners on every shelf.
	12:07pm clarke: the funny thing about summer is that before it starts one thinks and plans they are gonna do ____ and _____ and it never ends up working out that way (kinda like a new years resolution, sorta).
	♥ 12:07pm drr: clarke: nobody plans to get covid.
	12:07pm Mister Dobalina: Always love hearing, 'Get a new DJ' !!! Funk Dat!
	♥ 12:07pm Listener Baby: Baby, are amazing progressive rock bands invited to the party?
	12:08pm clarke: not true dave!
	♥ 12:08pm drr: mariano: yeah! it's NOT RAINING.
	♥ 12:08pm drr: not true about...?
	12:09pm clarke: i know someone who wanted to catch covid because they thought it was a one and done thing.
	12:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Interesting cover ...it works ! (The Elevators' is transcendental...)
	♥ 12:09pm prof.fuzz: mornin' y'all
	♥ 12:10pm drr: oh yeah, that was a thing.
	12:10pm clarke: also, i think Southpaw toned down the bible stuff.
	12:10pm clarke: FuZZZZ
	12:10pm jmd: Woo-wee!
	♥ 12:11pm prof.fuzz: clarkEEEE
	♥ 12:11pm nycmusicnerd: clarke: At the beginning of the pandemic some people were actually having COVID parties, with 1 person who was infected & the rest hoping to catch it. Stupid.
	12:11pm Dennis: My brother’s chat room name is Ric-O-Sound
	12:12pm clarke: but, Dave, this IS the strangest summer EVER in new orleans, fo'sho'!!! it rained EVERY day from late june until yesterday - and i bet it tained in the 9th yesterday??
	12:12pm Dennis: He’s of course a Ric 12 owner
	♥ 12:12pm drr: clarke: that's kinda too bad. It was an experience. Our guitarist came out of there with a nice red Epiphone.
	12:13pm clarke: cool Dennis!! i have a 360 myself a '72
	♥ 12:13pm prof.fuzz: @DRR: a nice red epiphone and his eternal salvation?
	♥ 12:13pm drr: fuzz, no but a free pack of strings!
	12:14pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Jesus takes the LeftHand Path...
	♥ 12:14pm mariano: Like those ill-advised plague parties in the Middle Ages.
	♥ 12:14pm Michael Shelley: BABY - all #1 hits are invited
	12:14pm Dennis: Clarke, his Ric (a later one) had challenging neck issues
	12:15pm clarke: @DRR - that doesn't mean the owner doesn't talk about going to church when you are checking out, etc. ha ha.
	12:16pm PatrickMC: Dot dash, all time #1 record
	♥ 12:16pm drr: mariano: you know the song "Rage In the Plague Age" by Les Savy Fav? Yes there is at least one (excellent) indie rock tune pertaining to that subject.
	12:16pm clarke: the neck on my guitar is PRISTINE!!! it's VERY thin, but that's a ric.
	12:16pm clarke: one of me fave Wire songs!!
	♥ 12:17pm mariano: "Dog rash, dog rash"? That's what I was hearing. drr: I'm not sure if I know that one, I'll look it up.
	12:17pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...A-Bomb is a little like the Sun falling from the sky to earth really ...wull anyway...
	12:17pm PatrickMC: Dog flash Don't crash
	♥ 12:18pm prof.fuzz: close enough, dave!
	12:18pm clarke: brooke shields was in new orleans to film Pretty Baby, as a young kid. i saw her on the streetcar with her 'handlers', once - she was really nice!
	12:18pm PatrickMC: Back to Parallel Lines and Brooke. Pretty Baby
	♥ 12:18pm YETI BOB: Yes! Perfect.
	♥ 12:19pm Handy Haversack: Gotta go, MS and all. Moved D&D to Saturday this week. Many thanks. Later on, Number Ones!
	12:19pm clarke: l8r handy!
	♥ 12:19pm YETI BOB: I've never heard anyone cover Eno's "Baby's On Fire"
	12:20pm Listener Bop Monroe: greetings from breezy Tannersville NY DJ MS and all. it all tastes better sittin' on a Ritz!
	12:20pm PatrickMC: Isn't this i like Peanut Butter
	♥ 12:20pm prof.fuzz: buy handy!
	12:20pm The Butterman: I’d like to comment on this but I’m overwhelmed with possibilities here.
	♥ 12:20pm Eddy in Australia: I don't think there are many Wire covers at all, with the obvious exception of REM doing Strange.
	♥ 12:20pm mariano: I believe that "Dot Dash" was originally written as a jingle for dog-rash unguent, then when it was rejected by the ad company, it was repurposed as a post-punk number. Bye, Handy!
	♥ 12:21pm Mailman Tom: I like bread and butter, I like toast and jam!
	♥ 12:22pm YETI BOB: Mariano - from their album "Wire Sell Out"
	12:22pm Listener Bop Monroe: i love brenda lee but.... oh, this is just wrong
	♥ 12:22pm drr: Eddy: but Wire took a Wire tribute on the road with them, to play their back catalog! I believe they were called "Ex-Lion Tamer". I don't think I'm making this up.
	12:23pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Think I have heard 'Baby'sOnFire' covers actually ...don't ask me who...
	♥ 12:23pm YETI BOB: drr: Yes, I saw that tour! They were the "Ex Lion Tamers". With Jim DeRogatis on drums, who went on to be a big rock critic.
	♥ 12:23pm drr: First time I heard Baby's On Fire it was by 801.
	12:23pm clarke: i saw the Ex-Lion Tamers and Wire at maxwell's
	12:23pm Edward: Wow that crackers song, a clear #1 hit, isn’t even listed in Wikipedia’s Newbeats discography.
	♥ 12:23pm mariano: Lol, YETI BOB! That I would definitely like to hear.
	♥ 12:25pm prof.fuzz: mike watt has been known to cover wire...
	♥ 12:25pm YETI BOB: They played Pink Flag in its entirety, incluing a brief pause to "turn the record over". The fans went crazy. (And then Wire could just play new songs and not have to play 12XU, etc)
	12:25pm Dennis: That 801 Live album opens with my favorite guitar sound in the world: Synthi Hi-Fli. Awesome.
	♥ 12:26pm Eddy in Australia: DeRogatis talks about Wire and that tour all the time on his podcast.
	12:26pm clarke: i'm big on 801~
	♥ 12:26pm drr: I wish I had an Arthur Alexander filter, so no matter what record was playing it would sound like Arthur Alexander.
	♥ 12:26pm YETI BOB: Dennis: 801 Live is effing great. mariano - I think the Ex Lion Tamers even made an album, IIRC. They called it "Ink Lag". Unless I'm just making that up.
	12:27pm clarke: i would be interested in that record - even if i am pretty much anti-covers!
	♥ 12:28pm JohnEBGood: That must be Debbie!
	♥ 12:28pm YETI BOB: Well, can't find "Ink Lag" on Discogs, but I remember hearing about it once. Maybe a joke.
	♥ 12:29pm mariano: drr: Yes, I have heard that Savy Fav song, it's in GTA IV on one of the radio stations.
	♥ 12:30pm Eddy in Australia: Try the official Wire online store. They sell an amazing assortment of live recordings. Maybe ELT is there too?
	12:31pm gf2002: It's probably in the new book, I haven't read it yet, but a cool story came from David Marks' sister: Before the Beach Boys, both Carl Wilson and David took guitar lessons at a music store using Rickenbacker student model guitars the store kept on hand for students. Must be a California thing...in the late 80's, early 90's I'd ask the local stores in this area if they had any Rickenbackers or could get any and some of those guys actually got mad at me. I never saw one on the racks here until I moved to Boston. Then they started showing up more often.
	12:32pm clarke: in my top ten albums!
	♥ 12:34pm YETI BOB: I don't see it there, Eddy. But they do have "4 April 2011, WFMU"
	♥ 12:35pm Eddy in Australia: @Clarke My prediction for the BCS finale: Gene goes on the run and ends up in New Jersey (you know, the state that looks like Alfred Hitchcock wearing a fez), where he shoots Tony Soprano in a diner as part of a deal to get protection from the NY mob. Thoughts?
	♥ 12:35pm Michael Shelley: Eddie - what's the local time?
	12:35pm PatrickMC: MusicRadio 77!
	♥ 12:35pm Eddy in Australia: @Michael 2:35am Sunday
	♥ 12:36pm drr: mariano: oh yeah, forgot that. I got a little sick of hearing it on there. I am stuck in the middle of GTA IV, I'm on four simultaneous missions my uncoordinated ass can't finish.
	12:36pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Treat Her' is an amazing record for sure. Couldn't be improved.
	12:36pm clarke: my prediction would indicate spoilers.
	12:36pm sufferwords: worked with Brooke Shields twenty years ago- she's a fine human 100%
	12:37pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: BCS Finale is Jimmy/Saul waking up from a dream & finding himself in a Mr Show sketch.
	♥ 12:37pm YETI BOB: Cheers Eddie. Hope you are having an excellent Saturday night!
	12:38pm clarke: that's good to hear sufferwords, because i couldn't believe the stories i'd heard about brooke connecting with my short meeting w/her. i guess drugs changed her for a while??
	♥ 12:38pm drr: re: Mr. Show: I tried to show my gf "The Story Of Everest" last night and it's been scrubbed from the internet.
	12:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Easy to forget BeachBoys used Ricks. Or maybe it isn't.
	12:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Couldn't imagine having been BrookeShields. Good for her she comes out in one piece.
	♥ 12:40pm mariano: drr: I haven't played IV in years, but I think that one and San Andreas have had the best radio mix of the franchise. From what I hear, though, you have to have the game on disk to hear the original mix because of licensing BS.
	12:40pm clarke: eddy - will email my prediction of BCS ending.
	♥ 12:41pm mariano: drr: Story of Everest on tubi (apparently on HBO Max as well): tubitv.com...
	12:41pm egould: Reminds me of Pato Banton, acting out the parts with voices and such.
	♥ 12:41pm ratso: Hey Michael...been driving in the car, but finally home. Just wanna say good show, thanks.
	♥ 12:41pm drr: I love the ridiculous right wing talk radio in GTA IV.
	12:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: MurielHemmingway tho ...there's yer real eyebrow fetish...
	12:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Maybe never not think this is Raspberries.
	♥ 12:43pm Eddy in Australia: @Clarke Okay, sounds good. I don't think my 'prediction' spoiled anything, right?
	12:44pm clarke: TOTALLY agree Rev!!!
	♥ 12:44pm mariano: drr: Lol, yeah. And then that cartoon, Republican Space Rangers, on one of the TV channels. I also really love the home shopping channel's knife show, The Serrated Edge. "Don't get me started on the Moors!"
	12:45pm gf2002: @Revolution Rabbit Carl Wilson was probably the most high-profile player next to George Harrison to use the Rick 360/12 in 1964, he's playing one on Ed Sullivan in September '64. Then Rickenbacker 12's exploded with McGuinn the next year.
	♥ 12:46pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Me too, Rev!
	♥ 12:47pm drr: mariano: clicky-starring your comment.
	12:48pm clarke: don't get me started on the Moors!! email sent Eddy!!
	12:48pm WoofMu: Sad request 1967 seekers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYTwmZ_MX4I 79- too young!
	12:49pm Doug in MP: I should really order that book, as a very very lucky inheritor of a Rick 6 string
	♥ 12:50pm Frank In Queens: Know your audience ;)
	12:51pm DG: Yes, Costello covered "Night Time" on the b-side of "Every Day I Write the Book" (on the 12-inch). It's also a bonus cut on the "Imperial Bedroom" reissue (which was the previous album---not sure why they put it there).
	12:51pm clarke: MovieTime, Frank??
	12:51pm V: To get to the front of the line...get a wheelchair or bring crutches...
	12:52pm DG: I heard Ringo doesn't do this song live anymore (saw him do it a bunch of times) because of dumb P.C. reasons, or something.....
	12:52pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Don't blame him.
	12:53pm Dennis: Front of the line = $$ is my only experience . Sorry Michael.
	♥ 12:53pm Michael Shelley: Is the character singing also a teen...?
	12:54pm the nOggin: Yes, Michael Shelly! I love Punk Rock girl
	12:54pm gf2002: Michael...you just made my week playing the Milkmen. Everyone I knew had this cassette back in the day. Loved the video too, and MTV actually played it regularly. Hard to believe.
	12:54pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: The Philly accents make the song.
	♥ 12:54pm drr: "rich as the Duke Of Earl"
	♥ 12:55pm Frank In Queens: @clarke, I got nuthin' this week. We had friends staying with us last weekend, and spent the rest of this week recovering from that and rehearsing. Plus the Mets had some big games last week as well. Probably watch something tonight. You?
	12:55pm gf2002: "They said 'He don't work here!'" Pure genius
	12:55pm clarke: i'm still catching up with movies i missed when they came out - have to say that Take Me Home Tonight is a good "sequel" to Fast Times!!
	♥ 12:55pm Jimmy Wipper: A crazy friend of mine posted this long diatribe against Ringo for his “pedophile” song. Everyone pointed out that not only did he not do it first, but it was clearly a teen singing to another teen.
	♥ 12:56pm radioronan: Thanks Michael! Cheers y'all!
	12:56pm clarke: holy SHIT -- WIPPER!!!!!
	12:56pm DG: Jimmy: Geez, that's insane. Hope no one told him about Romeo & Juliet.
	12:57pm Listener Bop Monroe: arizona!
	12:57pm clarke: WHERE THE HELL U BEEN MAAAAN!?!?
	♥ 12:57pm Frank In Queens: @clarke, really? I remember rolling my eyes at that one when it came out a decade ago.
	♥ 12:57pm Jimmy Wipper: Hahahaha, I’m always here Clarke! Just not posting.
	12:57pm clarke: i know, frank - i have seen it twice and i think it is pretty good.
	12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...singer was 18 yrs. & one day old ...so wake up little Suzie...
	12:58pm clarke: well, glad yer alive mistah wippah!!! how goes on the eastern shore??
	♥ 12:58pm Hubig Pie: Gary Puckett had the no. 1 pedo song
	♥ 12:59pm Frank In Queens: Fun show Michael. Thank you!
	♥ 12:59pm drr: great show MS! Too short.
	12:59pm clarke: also, i'm late to the dance, but that icelandic series Trapped - highly approve!!
	12:59pm Listener Bop Monroe: subgenius, is it not? thanks for another great show DJ MS!
	12:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& if she needs to 'go camping' - got her back... ~ TY Always DJ MS ~
	12:59pm Dennis: Thanks Michael!
	12:59pm clarke: fun show - thanks ms!!
	♥ 1:00pm Jimmy Wipper: Close, Norfolk! Had some bleak surgery this time last year, but I'm doing fine now!
	1:00pm clarke: glad you are better !! soon!!
	♥ 1:00pm Jimmy Wipper: Thanks! Come visit some year!
	12:43pm Bob: Dang, I was on the road and missed the show in real time. And there's my photo of my wife disrespecting the WFMU book! I would have added to the Nick Lowe conversation by saying his show in Detroit last week was probably the best show I've seen him do in forty years and many shows. Just astounding. The crowd, the amazing openers Tommy McClain and CC Adcock. Just incredible. Los Straitjackets just kill it backing him.

Michael Shelley: Playlist from August 13, 2022

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