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Artist Track
Bret McKenzie  If You Wanna Go   Favoriting
Nancy Gregg  Forever   Favoriting
Jimmie Scott  You're In The Dog House Now   Favoriting
James "Gonzo" Booker  Big Nick   Favoriting
Mel Tormé  The Lady Is A Tramp   Favoriting
Blondie  Out In The Streets (1974 Session)   Favoriting
Charlie Rich  That's My Way   Favoriting
Cory Branan  Walls, MS   Favoriting
Arthur Alexander  You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care)   Favoriting
Be Bop Deluxe  Panic In The World   Favoriting
Left Banke, The  Pretty Ballerina   Favoriting
Los Shakers  Break It All   Favoriting
Carl Perkins  High On Love   Favoriting
Charles Brown and Amos Milburn  I Want To Go Home   Favoriting
Chet Baker  You Make Me Feel So Young   Favoriting
Quincy  Turn The Other Way Around   Favoriting
Unsung Genius  Qunicy WIth Lyrics   Favoriting
Johnny Fortune  Don't Stay Out After Midnight   Favoriting
Speedy West And Jimmy Bryant  Flippin The Lid   Favoriting
Slim Harpo  Shake Your Hips   Favoriting
Dirty Looks  Let Go   Favoriting
Four Seasons, The  Queen Jane Approximately   Favoriting
Izaak Opatz  Goin' Through The Big D   Favoriting
Willie Harper  New Kind of Love   Favoriting
Smithereens, The  Pretty Little Lies   Favoriting
Dennis Diken  Interview   Favoriting
Smithereens, The  Monkey Man   Favoriting
Dennis Diken  Interview   Favoriting
Smithereens, The  Face The World With Pride   Favoriting
Wipper Brothers, The  The Rocktober   Favoriting

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 HERE for 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 HERE for "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

CLICK HERE to support the new Starry Skies album called 'Small Wonders'.

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version


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Listener comments!

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Squints:

ok then.

heyHEYhey now.
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Handy Haversack:

Hey now, Michael and all the Shellegamers!
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prof.fuzz:

mike check
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Awlright ! Smithereens special !
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goes211:

I’ll say it…Pow Pow Pow!
  11:02am
ChrisB.:

Rocktober! I won!
  11:02am
Peter Horvath:

Happy Saturday Michael and the #1’ers
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Moammar:

Band meeting.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

certron cassettes ...hey, you can afford what you can afford...
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Craig in MoTown:

Ready for the Hits
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, Michael & all!
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clarke:

hey now... listening on app. watching liverpool match at a friends. check in l8r
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prof.fuzz:

clarkEEE!
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Scott from Denver:

Who on the comments board a couple months back said they used to be in Charlie Pickett and the Eggs? I have a photo from the Drumstick in Lincoln NE I’d like to share.
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Hoboken Jack:

Hello Michael, Greg, Clarke, Peter, Handy, damp Bagpipe, everybody!
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SeanG:

@Scott from Denver that's clarke!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Yo Jack!
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Listener Baby:

Baby
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Peter Horvath:

Ahoy Jack
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Moammar:

"Les Cornichons" by Nino Ferrer, repurposed. Also, without the funny lyrics.
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SeanG:

also Michael, in the new CCR doc , John Fogerty plays the shit outta of a Rickenbacker!
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Moammar:

I heard good things about the CCR film. Maybe if the rain keeps up today ...
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Scott from Denver:

I got to see Marty Stuart down here in Marfa TX at El Cosmico and The Trans Pecos Music Fest. The boys were fabulous as always.
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Handy Haversack:

The Velvet Fog!

My generation introduced to him through Night Court.
  11:15am
clarke:

@scott from denver - love to see the photo. will be home later.
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Pedro in Arlington:

For some reason, it took me 40 years to see Marshall Crenshaw despite enjoying all the records all these years. Highly recommended, especially with this fine band.
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Scott from Denver:

Clarke, Cool. “Samforms@mac.com”
  11:20am
Dennis:

Aloha Number One-ers
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Squints:

I said, DOCtor, ain't there nothin' I can take?
  11:24am
phat in hereford:

Morning all. Still recovering from Earth last night. That show was beyond expectations.
  11:25am
phat in lincoln:

Making chili for a local Democratic Party cook-off! I'd rather stay home and play power chords all day.
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Corey:

Morning Michael and listeners! This AA striking a nerve. Great song!
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Hughie Considine:

Ah, yes, the King of the Flanger, Bill Nelson!
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Montmaster J:

bumper sticker on way to work this week, "Embrace the Suck"
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Hughie Considine:

Not a lot in this particular song, but still...
  11:33am
P-90:

BBD: perennially underrated band
  11:33am
JSG:

Oh man, I had a serious Be Bop Deluxe phase in 75-76.
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Handy Haversack:

I thought it was Eno for a sec.
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McGroovey:

An interview with Bill Nelson would be an excellent idea.
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McGroovey:

Seems like Bill Nelson is the kind of guy who'd like to talk. He is on Facebook.
  11:37am
phat in lincoln:

Left Banke changed my life. Not kidding.
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McGroovey:

Sometimes two chords are enough.
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SeaCreature:

Bill Nelson’s creative output is nothing short of stunning. His Noise Candy boxed set of outtakes, for example.
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JimB:

Pretty Ballerina one of my absolute, all-time favorites.
  11:40am
phat in lincoln:

The best Fake Beatles!
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McGroovey:

Most Bill Nelson is like Guided By Voces (in terms of personal vision, and prodigiousness of output) but in hi-fidelity, and usually without other musicians, post-1980
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Sure thing - find me a Southern Belle & get DixieFried.
  11:46am
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Maybe it was a public service plea deal. mmm drugsrbad
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PaulRobeson1922:

Hi Hi Hi Hi
  11:47am
DavidL:

Oh wow, never heard I Want To Go Home before… revelatory!!
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Moammar:

Read a long piece this past week by Michael Corcoran of Austin Chronicle fame on the relationship between Charles and Amos. Possibly romantic.
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McGroovey:

I can't listen to the show because I'm being a band dad for my daughter's high school marching band right now. So I'm watching the show.
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McGroovey:

Watching the playlist, that is.
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prof.fuzz:

@mcG: Good Dad!
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Listener Baby:

Flings to be flung. Is a true story.
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Michael Shelley:

I wish
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Did Quincy Jones sue the producers of the TV show Quincy??
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Hughie Considine:

On the other hand, Jack Klugman reacted positively to the name.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Oh good! I don't have to request that you play this.
  11:57am
SeanG:

yeah that Be Bop Deluxe song was amazing!
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Roberto:

YES THE QUNICY THEME WITH LYRICS
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yerfriendpaul:

Ha ha!! Quincy theme song lyrics!!
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Mailman Tom:

I have Jack Klugman's autograph!
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Hughie Considine:

I love vocalese.
  11:58am
Frank Zaatar:

Wow, those guys make the Jaggs sound totally original.
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Folsom:

Mailman Tom - do you also have Bret Somers' autograph?
  12:01pm
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let’s take a chastity vow, little suzie
  12:03pm
Trevor lake:

Sounds great!
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Roberto:

Jack Klugman came to my house once, but that's a whole other story.
  12:07pm
dano59:

Dirty Looks!
This and Any Trouble’s The Trouble With Love are among my top Stiffs.
  12:08pm
dano59:

… no matter how old I get, #1 Hits always affirm my adolescent tastes
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Michael 98145:

rock & roll is still the best drug
  12:10pm
Frank Zaatar:

"Don't you know that rock and roll is still the best drug." I'm pretty sure Dirty Looks wasn't making a PSA.
  12:11pm
clarke:

home, again! jiggity job. hello all!!
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tgrace55:

first time listener here, really enjoying the show!
  12:14pm
clarke:

liverpool played to a pesky TIE. boo!!
  12:14pm
clarke:

the backside of the Big D??
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Moammar:

@tgrace55: gabba gabba we accept you we accept you one of us one of us
  12:16pm
clarke:

FRANK RIZZO!!
open up yer ears!!!
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PaulRobeson1922:

HappPpY October!
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prof.fuzz:

@clarkEEEEE: I'm really close to the back side of Big D right now.
  12:17pm
clarke:

reallly close - but no cigar
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prof.fuzz:

i'd get closer but there's something goin' through it at the moment...
  12:18pm
clarke:

i know you live in Cement City!! ha ha
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GeoSinPhilly:

Did Izaac Opatz steal that song from Robbie Fulks' "Parallel Bars," or did they both steal it from somewhere else?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

OMG how good does that sound.
  12:25pm
clarke:

that was fab
  12:27pm
clarke:

there ya have it!! the Sound!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

*1971*
  12:28pm
dano59:

That’s how The Tragically Hip would write / come up with songs - during their sound checks.
  12:29pm
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WFMU !!! White Fat Men United !!!
  12:30pm
clarke:

and people too afraid to put their names up
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PaulRobeson1922:

All are welcome, baby.
  12:31pm
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PaulRobeson1922 is a white guy.
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PaulRobeson1922:

In the hour t’ween blood & roses, what else have you left to do! Turn on yer radio! & leave it on!

He He He… The dirt in my hand, baby, baby
  12:34pm
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Just kidding !!! Enjoy your beers dudez !!!
  12:35pm
Jeff formerly from Rahway:

Jersey pride on the airwaves today.
  12:36pm
clarke:

The Smithereens went about as far as a GOOD band can go.
  12:38pm
clarke:

so: KUDOS!!!!
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Hughie Considine:

Is it true that all Smithereens records were recorded down-tuned a half-step? I read that somewhere.
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drr:

I heard all their songs were in some odd key like Em.
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PaulRobeson1922:

Cash For Clunkers really messed up the used car market 4 the average American
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Listener Baby:

East Coast brothers. Wife and I going to be in Boston and Cape Cod in a few weeks. We would happily take any recommendations for eating establishments in both locations. Thank you in advance!
  12:42pm
clarke:

thats AWEsome Baby. BABY!!!
  12:42pm
clarke:

got a list for ya, fo'sho'!!
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Squints:

Dillon's Local in Plymouth. Rod And Rail in Buzzard's Bay. Where out on the Cape, Baby?
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Chris Hiatt:

Was that the Universal fire?
  12:43pm
yippie:

I just heard the "lost album" of Wil Malone
  12:44pm
b0b0b Plasticland:

Hey Dennis ...drummer Bob from Milwaukee Plasticland..i seen you in Milwaukee in those 9 months..great!!
  12:44pm
SeanG:

@Listener Baby Taco Party in Somerville right outside Boston has amazing tacos, Ball Square, Somerville
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Mike Sin:

Love the conversation — always enjoy hearing Dennis talk about the band specifically and the biz in general.
  12:44pm
clarke:

on the Cape do NOT miss: burger at The Knack (orleans) the best, PJ's drive-in in Wellfleet, Lobster Pot in provincetown, so many
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Kurt Cobain on record as a Smithereens fan was he not ?
  12:45pm
yippie:

I once went to Jimmy Fallon's show and pee wee Herman opened for Ben folds
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Squints:

The Knack in Orleans is a Friday night staple of our August bicycles and beers trip. I like the Lobster Pot, too. Never been to PJs. I like Arnold's in Wellfleet. The Red Inn in PTown is fun but I've only ever had apps there.
  12:47pm
clarke:

Baby: i know shelley likes arnold's too - too many flies and tourists for moi.
  12:48pm
clarke:

it's hard to go wrong on the cape, food-wise, really.
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Squints:

Fisherman's View in Sandwich down by the Canal is pretty good. And what clarke said about it being hard to go wrong.
  12:49pm
clarke:

BUT- going this 'late' in fall, you are on the verge of missing all the summer places, that close for season.
  12:49pm
mr_donutsu:

This reminds me of how AC/DC basically got booed off the stage in Seattle — opening for TED NUGENT in 1977.
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Squints:

You'd be surprised anymore, clarke. A lot of places do their darndest to extend their season into October. But right now you're not going to beating outside.
  12:51pm
yippie:

donut in Japanese is donatsu
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Squints:

Be eating. D'oh.
  12:51pm
clarke:

but yeah, i think PJ's will be open - best onion rings like EVER (except popeye's, maybe?)
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Squints:

My heart fills with joy that the Smithereens have carried on. I've seen them with Marshall. Not yet with Robin.
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Listener Baby:

@Squints. Wellfleat? Is that right?
  12:52pm
clarke:

and the beating resume in november
  12:53pm
clarke:

Wellfleet, MA cool town, definitely want to stay at an inn there, if you can
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Squints:

Fleet. Like in boats.

Arnold's might actually be slightly south of the line in Eastham.
  12:53pm
clarke:

(psst... Wellfleet is where i lived, there, Baby)
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Listener Baby:

Awesome! Thanks fellas!
  12:54pm
clarke:

i'll fill you in more next week!
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Squints:

Wellfleet is fun. I'm happy never to go to the Beachcomber again. Too crowded in the Yogi Berra sense. But there's a bunch of neat places up by the harbor.
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Montmaster J:

@baby....if you can get off 6 and drive along 6A if your'e headed further east..much more scenic...can be traffic but some good roadside places along the way
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Listener Baby:

@Clarke. Thumbs.
  12:55pm
clarke:

the 'comber is not what it once was, sadly.
  12:56pm
clarke:

i also take it that you are going to visit the punk in noho??
  12:56pm
MFlynn:

Great discussion guys. That was a blast!! Dennis, see you on the road!
  12:56pm
clarke:

once again: GREAT interview!! as always.
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Listener Baby:

@Clarke. If Wellesley is noho, yes
  12:57pm
clarke:

northampton, ma
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Listener Baby:

@Montmast. Noted. Thanks.
  12:57pm
b0b0b:

sounds like western union
  12:58pm
clarke:

Fred and Daphne -- Useless!!!
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Michael Shelley:

Best onion rings in Cape @ Arnolds!
  12:58pm
clarke:

negatory good buddy!!
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Listener Baby:

Baby How well do you know me?
  12:59pm
clarke:

Yes you won!
  12:59pm
clarke:

The Rocktobaaaah
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Too kewl. TY Mr. Diken.
~ TY Always DJ MS ~
  12:59pm
Joe R.:

Please play this every week this month!
  1:00pm
clarke:

them peoples.
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Michael Shelley:

pretty well...
  1:00pm
Tim from LH:

Great show today, great talk with Dennis. Happy Roctober!
  1:00pm
mr_donutsu:

This sounds like Jackie Starr!
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Jimmy Wipper:

I really DID win!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Thanks Michael! Happy Roctober, all!
  1:00pm
clarke:

two day!!
  1:01pm
clarke:

wipper = genius. sir!
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Listener Baby:

Onion rings?
  3:00pm
Bob:

I'm interested in hearing the interview with the Cheap Trick author and in hearing your opinion about it. I just finished it. It's both fabulous and frustrating. Not unlike the (sometimes) greatest American band themselves.
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