WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from April 22, 2023

Michael Shelley: Playlist from April 22, 2023

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Garrett T. Capps	Downtown I'm Ready 2 Go
Uniques, The	Bolivar J "Bolivar J" by "Uniques, The"
Willie Mitchell	Bad Eye "Bad Eye" by "Willie Mitchell"
Clarendonians, The	You Won't See Me
NRBQ	The Music Goes Round "The Music Goes Round" by "NRBQ"
Movers, The	Hello L.A., Bye-Bye Birmingham
Jimmy Martin	Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Chris Kenner	Sick And Tired "Sick And Tired" by "Chris Kenner"
Chris Kenner	You Can Run But You Can't Slip Away
Robbie Fulks	Angela "Angela" by "Robbie Fulks"
Explorers Club, The	Any Little Way
Explorers Club, The	Ruby "Ruby" by "Explorers Club, The"
Chris Curtis	Aggravation "Aggravation" by "Chris Curtis"
Bill Kirchen	Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods
Titus Turner	Roll On "Roll On" by "Titus Turner"
Neighbors, The	Valerie "Valerie" by "Neighbors, The"
Del Shannon	The Pied Piper "The Pied Piper" by "Del Shannon"
Billy Strings	Long Journey Home "Long Journey Home" by "Billy Strings"
Hollywood Flames, The	Wow Wow Baby
Jackie Edwards	Come On Home "Come On Home" by "Jackie Edwards"
Dickies, The	Hideous "Hideous" by "Dickies, The"
Buzzcocks, The	What Do I Get? "What Do I Get?" by "Buzzcocks, The"
Rolling Stones, The	Down The Road A-piece
Austin Brookner	The Monkey Pox "The Monkey Pox" by "Austin Brookner"
Rufus Thomas	Ride Your Pony "Ride Your Pony" by "Rufus Thomas"
XTC	The Mayor Of Simpleton "The Mayor Of Simpleton" by "XTC"
Mike Post	The Rockford Files "The Rockford Files" by "Mike Post"
Flying Burrito Brothers, The	Lazy Days
Lowell Fulsom	Two Way Wishing "Two Way Wishing" by "Lowell Fulsom"
Shirley Scott And The Soul Saxes	It's Your Thing
Cactus Blossoms, The	Who'll Be the Next in Line (live for WFMU at Magic Door)
Keith And Billie	You Don't Know Like I Know
Clifton Chenier	Long Toes "Long Toes" by "Clifton Chenier"
Elvis Presley	Alla En El Rancho Grande (rehearsal jam)
Greg Townson	I Can Help "I Can Help" by "Greg Townson"
Steve Ward	Switch It On "Switch It On" by "Steve Ward"
Kurt Baker	Secrets "Secrets" by "Kurt Baker"
Charles H. Stern Agency, Inc	The In Sound For The '70s, side 1

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE for Michael Shelley's appearance on the Finding Favorites podcast where he discusses WFMU, NRBQ, Nancy & road food

CLICK HERE for The Beatles Sorter (1200 choice decision game takes an hour)

CLICK HERE for The Beatles & The Butcher - The Story of The 'Yesterday & Today' Album

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 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 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 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 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 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!
	11:01am Peter Horvath: Gotta love live radio!
	11:01am clarke: hey now! good day affiliate associates!!
	11:02am Bob: CHAOS!! Good morning, I hope
	11:02am Greg from ZONE 5: As Gaylord Fields says: Moments like this are a feature of WFMU, not a bug.
	11:02am Squints: ok then. hey HEY hey now.
	11:02am steveo: here for the moments GOOD MORRRRRNING
	11:02am Baja Joe: You see Mike, you see what happens?
	11:03am gone with the wind: hola
	11:03am gone with the wind: ↳ Peter Horvath @11:01 ...better than live TV...
	11:04am Handy Haversack: Morning, Michael and all the Shellegamers! Ready to go! And very grateful the FCC allows "goddamn" on the radio!
	11:05am clarke: goddam grateful.
	11:05am Bob: Don’t work Blue, Mike
	11:06am Greg from ZONE 5: ↳ Song: "Downtown I'm Ready 2 Go" by "Garrett T. Capps" #1.
	11:06am clarke: what's shakin' in the greater AA area, Bob?
	11:06am Cooh John: Hello Michael and #1ers. I'm ready to go.
	11:07am clarke: here comes the weekend! there it is.
	11:08am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ Good ♄Saturday FMUvianz ~
	11:09am wenzo: Good mornin folks
	11:12am Bob: Hey Clarke, the sun is breaking through. Just got the shopping done. Probably some yard work and the usual record selling business. Oh hey, looking forward to seeing a free show at the Ark Tuesday with that Session Americans band. I assume you know those guys? Dinty Child and associates. I hear great things
	11:12am Greg from ZONE 5: ↳ Song: "You Won't See Me" by "Clarendonians, The" World A-Music!
	11:13am clarke: ↳ Bob @11:12 sure, i know most of the Sessions guys. cool! what's the "record=selling biz"
	11:13am PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "You Won't See Me" by "Clarendonians, The" What sweet backing vocals
	11:13am Squints: ↳ Song: "Bad Eye" by "Willie Mitchell" I wanna be in the movie scene to which "Bad Eye" would be the soundtrack.
	11:13am Bob: Sessions Americana stupid spellcheck
	11:14am clarke: ↳ Bob @11:13 i knew what you meant. i don't know those guys too well, but certainly know them.
	11:15am clarke: Big Al - sangin'!!
	11:15am Bob: God bless Donn. Great guy from my experience
	11:15am Joe B: greetings Michael and everyone
	11:16am ojai John: I’m a downloader . Just happened to tune in for live .
	11:16am clarke: mornin' joe!
	11:17am Handy Haversack: Hey hey, Joe B!
	11:17am Baja Joe: ↳ Song: "The Music Goes Round" by "NRBQ" Very informative tune
	11:18am clarke: i didn't know Donn passed away - was a great dude! RIP!
	11:19am wenzo: Haha hey ojai the downloader
	11:19am clarke: best donn adams trick: he'd come to the mic and say "there are rumors that this place is about to get raided - put all the illegal things up on the stage and we'll hide them for you"
	11:20am Listener Baby: Baby!
	11:20am CalZone!: No bad versions of this song, but some are better than others!
	11:20am jmd: Nap sack/look back is a perfect start, for sure m
	11:20am clarke: baby.... BABY!!!!!!!
	11:20am drr: What bus did this guy take?
	11:21am clarke: it didn't go thru chattanooga!
	11:21am Michael Shelley: ↳ Listener Baby @11:20 HEY BABY!
	11:21am Bob: ↳ clarke @11:13 Clarke, I worked and owned retail record stores years ago. All online now. ShinylVinyl via discogs. Shlepping, cleaning and listing is my second job.
	11:21am Michael Shelley: ↳ CalZone! @11:20 Amen
	11:22am drr: I know! Somehow he wound up in Little Rock? He needs to talk to Chuck Berry about a more efficient itinerary.
	11:22am clarke: ↳ Bob @11:21 gotcha, Bob - what would have been your retail store in, say, 98'ish?
	11:23am clarke: ↳ drr @11:22 or bobby troup!
	11:23am clarke: ↳ drr @11:22 leave the driving to US!
	11:25am drr: ↳ Song: "Sick And Tired" by "Chris Kenner" Whoever recorded these drums--they haven't improved on that.
	11:26am clarke: that would be cosimo matassa
	11:26am clarke: pretty close to yer place
	11:28am Chris Hiatt: And a good late morning to you all.
	11:28am clarke: actually, very close to Verdi Mart
	11:29am Bob: ↳ clarke @11:22 No, i worked for a bunch. Repeat the Beat in metro Detroit most notably. Our store was Rubber Soul in Ypsilanti From 2001 - 2005 was all. We had a studio, retail store and performance space. I think you met my partner Will Stewart one time on the Cape. He passed a few yearss ago.
	11:30am clarke: ↳ Bob @11:29 ah yes! but, that was before i had hit AA. sorry he passed RIP!
	11:31am clarke: MS: what do you think of the new Penn & Teller series? (i like it).
	11:35am PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "You Can Run But You Can't Slip Away" by "Chris Ke... Richard Lloyd rocked Bklyn last night for about 30 lucky souls
	11:36am Michael Shelley: ↳ clarke @11:31 Fool Us? Or newer?
	11:36am clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @11:36 that's the one
	11:36am Handy Haversack: ↳ PatrickMC @11:35 I wanted to go, but the calendar (and price) conspired against. If you're looking for a show tonight, my partner, K8, has a newish band that's playing at Windjammer.
	11:37am clarke: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:36 what is name of band?
	11:37am Michael Shelley: ↳ clarke @11:36 I think it has changed magic
	11:37am clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @11:37 in a good way or bad?
	11:38am steveo: bears beans beads beaks beams beats
	11:38am clarke: ↳ clarke @11:37 i hope it is Squirrel & Moose!
	11:38am GeoSinPhilly: ↳ Song: "Angela" by "Robbie Fulks" Fulks did this with the Bluegrass lineup when I saw him Wednesday...and it sounded great!
	11:38am PatrickMC: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:36 Is that in Queens?
	11:39am Moammar: ↳ Song: "Angela" by "Robbie Fulks" SO much better than this recent bluegrass thing. But I am not a bluegrass fan. Amazing range.
	11:40am Handy Haversack: ↳ PatrickMC @11:38 Yup, Ridgewood. clarke: Juliett Class. They existed as a three piece, had put out an EP, and K8 and another player joined to expand out to a five piece.
	11:41am Listener Baby: A workforce double shot?
	11:41am clarke: isn't that a submarine? leave it to handy!
	11:41am Michael Shelley: ↳ GeoSinPhilly @11:38 YES! And great bg vox live by the fiddle/mando players!
	11:42am clarke: the two-fer with the woofer!!
	11:43am steveo: only a 29 minute bike ride to windjammer,,,, gotta get up at like 5:15 though :(
	11:43am clarke: when is the Stinkfinger two-fer?
	11:44am myron feld: We love the Explorers Club and saw them on their most recent visit to NYC. It was...weird. Lots of taped backups.
	11:46am Bob: I really mostly hate record store day even as part of the coalition that started it
	11:46am Jeff formerly from Rahway: There’s a Cactus Blossoms LP for sale as part of RSD. Alas, it’s probably sold out by now ☹️. If any listener finds the record today, HMU. It’s for my son!
	11:47am clarke: luv my tele!
	11:47am wenzo: Talent is just a seed, without hard work it ain’t shit.
	11:48am myron feld: I don't know who said this but it's true: "There are guitar players, and then there are Telecaster players." Like Kirchen.
	11:49am P-90: The Telecaster is beloved by many precisely for its “piece of lumber” feel (among many other qualities)
	11:49am Handy Haversack: ↳ steveo @11:43 steveo, they play second, so like 9:30?
	11:49am gf2002: The Telecaster is the greatest guitar ever made. I bought mine brand new and have been playing it as my main guitar for 35 years. I play it every day as my main gig.
	11:49am clarke: Kirchen is a player's player.
	11:49am Michael Shelley: ↳ Jeff formerly from Rahway @11:46 One of the songs on that was recorded at their session for their last appearance on my show!
	11:49am Peter Horvath: Fender Telecaster and the Gibson Les Paul Jr. Are two of the most excellent and well rounded guitars ever. At least that’s been my experience.
	11:50am clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @11:49 the $ is going to start rollin' in, now!!
	11:50am Tome: tele was mostly for counrty one time it's got that twang obviously
	11:50am gf2002: Tele players know about the "Bill Kirchen Mod", which is reversing the switch plate to put the knobs closer to your picking hand, which is how Bill did all the volume swells and "boo-wah" tone knob effects
	11:51am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: You can't teach Ear or Dexterity ...tho you can - maybe must work @ them. Having fingers 1/3rd longer like Hendrix doesn't hurt ...have seen people try & try to play with basic Rhythm - & just struggle. What to say to such a person ?? ...Imagination & Expression can't be Taught ...but courting them Creatively can. ...& who would trouble with any of it without the basic Enthusiasm to do it ? Myself ...sonsidereed myself 'Musical' as long as I can remember - but you speak of that band knowing 1,000 Songs - & there's whole continents of being a Musician that I haven't stepped foot in ! ...Even Dennis Diken says he only (relatively) recently learned to Count...
	11:52am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Total StratHead here. Always think can get the Tele sound using the right pickup setting & how one plays ...but that is probly not totally so...
	11:53am Tome: ...can't see why myself anywas why some want ie,,,, 2 humbuckers on a Tele ,, that to me is not a Tele ...
	11:55am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Point taken. Tho I kinda like Humbucker in Treble position for a Strat. It's wanting the Fender range - but not being too twangy. There's pickups you can switch from single pole to double ?? Stacked pickups that do it Vertically ??
	11:55am Squints: ↳ gf2002 @11:50 Are those all self-done, or can one ask these days for a Telecaster to come that way?
	11:56am gf2002: I went through a phase where I was almost ready to rout out my Tele and put a Gibson PAF humbucker in the neck position...I'm so glad I came to my senses and left it stock. The humbucker in the bridge position was almost directly influenced by and due to Eddie Van Halen
	11:56am CalZone!: Del's voice was a miracle!
	11:57am PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "The Pied Piper" by "Del Shannon" A double play from last week!
	11:58am Peter Horvath: I’ve never been able to play a strat properly. The volume knob is in the wrong spot for me; too close to the pick up. I keep turning it down when I play. Then if I take the volume knob off, I cut my hand open. A telecaster it is!
	11:58am Michael Shelley: ↳ PatrickMC @11:57 I needed it!
	11:58am Michael Shelley: ↳ CalZone! @11:56 Right!
	11:58am gf2002: ↳ Squints @11:55 It's usually done by the owner, I'm not aware of any Fender factory guitars coming out of the shop with that mod, but I'm not sure. It's a pretty easy mod unless you want to swap out the knobs to make them easier to turn, or drop a different tone pot in there
	11:59am paul: ↳ PatrickMC @11:57 I was thinking MS or Joe M. played this recently.
	11:59am Bob in DC: Billy!
	12:00pm ledzeppelinsucks: Car racing music.
	12:00pm clarke: ↳ gf2002 @11:58 yes, as far as i know - just undo the screws, turn the contol board around carefully, and then re-screw?
	12:00pm drr: ↳ gf2002 @11:58 It takes two minutes, two screws. I learned about it from seeing a guy in a zydeco band do it.
	12:02pm HyperDose: There's always room under the till
	12:02pm Squints: ↳ clarke @12:00 Innaresting and helpful, fellas. Tele is on my list after a Les Paul, because the other three chord meathead already has a Telecaster and do we want two playing at the same time? The LP would have happened this year but for having to buy a new boiler.
	12:02pm gf2002: ↳ clarke @12:00 You have to take out the pots and move the volume knob to the tone hole and vice versa if you want the volume knob closest to your picking hand, and if they wired it with short wires you'd have some soldering to do. But if you want the tone knob closest, it's as simple as flipping the plate...unless the wires were cut short by the factory.
	12:03pm Tome: liked old Gibson Junior now I see they're selling them about ,, mine was like '67 ish I think only wish I still had it,, I always wanted "more" in a guitar but if felt and jus sounded so perfect to me ,, at that time .
	12:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Only thing I ever wanted to do with a Tele is impersonate JeffBeck in the yARdbiRdS. Which I will dream of anyhow. Strat is Fendery enuff for me ! I love the five-position range of Tones. The slippery feel. But if I ever really had access to a Tele watch me enjoy it...
	12:03pm ledzeppinsucks: Following mud season is burnout season in ME. There are brand new scratches in parking lots and rural highways.
	12:03pm nycmusicnerd: Greetings fellow nerds...
	12:03pm clarke: ↳ gf2002 @12:02 ah, yes, tone is 'rear'
	12:04pm drr: I saw a cashier flat refuse a $2 (bad luck), and the purchaser totally understood. I swapped the lady 2 singles for it but they looked at me like I was crazy to do that.
	12:05pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Would love a LesPaul - not as versatile but fat tone & wider 'Classical' feel neck ...but I flat-out never been near that kinda money.
	12:05pm Squints: ↳ drr @12:04 Well, you're still here, so it couldn't have been suuuuch bad luck. Although how's the ride been?
	12:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...seems for SGs - gotta be the real Gibson or it ain't there. True or not ?
	12:07pm tonyb: A hundred mint condition 2 dollar bills in numerical sequence is nice to have. I carry three as tokens of 🍀?
	12:07pm drr: Lefty Gibsons/humbucker style guitars are prohibitive but I want one. Till then I'm stuck with these single-coil Fenders.
	12:07pm clarke: my this is totally enjoyable! (as is everything else played, ha ha)
	12:08pm wenzo: Your guitar is as old as me gf2002. Good vintage 👍
	12:09pm drr: ↳ Squints @12:05 I think I'm OK. But maybe the Fates are just toying with me.
	12:09pm Michael 98145: ↳ Song: "Hideous" by "Dickies, The" Yay !
	12:09pm HyperDose: Nothing beats a Les Paul in my book. Was happy to acquire my dream LP Custom clone, the ESP EC-1001T during lockdown.
	12:09pm Mailman Tom: I saw the Buzzcocks perform in New Haven in the early 90s!
	12:09pm clarke: ↳ drr @12:09 you hain't gotten that gibson, tho.
	12:10pm ledzeppelinsucks: I deployed mobile devices and some employees, always asian would ask for another phone. They would say they have to ask their mother in law if the 'phone was ok' followed by emails from their managers or lies about the performance. They were always asian and likely spooked by the phone #s. Car rental agents get the same because of license plates. performance
	12:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: My main Gittar happens to be a Charvel someone gave me (!) - which is an S-type with two Humbuckers. So there it is.
	12:11pm ledzeppelinsucks: spooked by phone numbers. Car rental agents get the same because of license plates.
	12:11pm clarke: is there anyone here not named Mike?!?
	12:12pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Down The Road A-piece" by "Rolling Stones, The" 'Rolling Stones Now!' - bitchen album.
	12:12pm Michael Shelley: ↳ clarke @12:11 No
	12:12pm Squints: ↳ Song: "Down The Road A-piece" by "Rolling Stones, The" One of the smokingest early Stones tracks ev-verrrrrrr.
	12:12pm McGroovey: Danelectro
	12:12pm HyperDose: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:10 Charvel's are sweet! Love the San Dimas tone
	12:12pm clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:12 thought so.
	12:12pm Michael Shelley: I have a Strat (with a Jazzmaster pick up) and a Les Paul Jr!
	12:13pm clarke: s'aright? s'aright!!
	12:14pm clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:12 the guitar strap is that made of...rope?
	12:14pm Michael 98145: it's a party. movie channel was showing Gidget this morning.
	12:15pm gf2002: ↳ wenzo @12:08 It only gets better with age!
	12:15pm HyperDose: Big fan of the humbucker + hot rail combo which you can emulate on newer guitars with push/pull pots
	12:16pm clarke: newer guitars?? no thnx.
	12:16pm HyperDose: ↳ clarke @12:16 Even better when relic'd ....kidding!
	12:16pm gf2002: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:10 If that's an 80's Charvel, that is a great guitar. Very playable, solid tone. Charvel made great players' instruments back in the day. Also keep an eye out for the Charvel "Surfcaster" models from the early 90's. Ahead of their time and ahead of the market unfortunately, really cool guitars
	12:17pm drr: ↳ gf2002 @12:16 Love their ice cream cakes, too.
	12:17pm clarke: cookie puss.
	12:18pm gf2002: ↳ drr @12:17 Fudgey The Whale, of course!
	12:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ drr @12:17 ...didn't get the cake with it but yerknow ...gift horse...
	12:18pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Ride Your Pony" by "Rufus Thomas" recorded wearing shorts!
	12:19pm drr: ↳ clarke @12:18 "Ain't I'm clean?"
	12:19pm Squints: ↳ clarke @12:18 So long as they're pants...
	12:20pm clarke: trousers.
	12:21pm egould: Please be upstanding, everyone.
	12:21pm Squints: ↳ clarke @12:20 Camilla could not be reached for comment.
	12:21pm Glistener MW: XTC always brightens up the rainiest mornings!
	12:22pm clarke: upstanding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Quv_vmhKwEw
	12:22pm Peter Horvath: Mayor of Simpleton makes me remember that I’m a crummy bass player, and that I should stick to crummy guitar playing.
	12:22pm clarke: ↳ clarke @12:22 Cheap Trick live in Sydney '88
	12:23pm gf2002: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:06 I never warmed up to the SG overall, but if you get the right Epiphone SG I'm sure it would be close for a fraction of the cost. I have played some below-average Epiphone Les Pauls but I own one which is a solid guitar, I'd almost call it a great players guitar that doesn't break the bank. Good Epiphones are out there, it's hit or miss. Sometimes you just have to swap out the bridge/tailpiece and some of the electronics and it's a solid playing and sounding guitar that doesn't cost thousands. I love the LP juniors too.
	12:24pm Jimmy Wipper: Rockfish!!!
	12:24pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ gf2002 @12:23 Okay.
	12:24pm common: ↳ Song: "The Mayor Of Simpleton" by "XTC" stating the obvious, but what a great pop song. and now rockford files!
	12:25pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "The Rockford Files" by "Mike Post" Angel!
	12:25pm nycmusicnerd: This is Jim Rockford. At the tone, leave a message. I'll get back to you.
	12:25pm clarke: wip fish!!
	12:25pm egould: Oh hell yeah Rockford Files!!!
	12:25pm Fragonard: Rocky!
	12:25pm Cooh John: Leave your message at the tone. I'll get back to you.
	12:25pm ledzeppelinsucks: Liked Rockford Files accurate portrayal of Los Angeles-a giant truck terminal.
	12:25pm clarke: ↳ Song: "The Rockford Files" by "Mike Post" as performed by Stinkfinger
	12:25pm Fragonard: Oh Dennis!
	12:26pm P-90: One of Post’s most memorable and durable creations
	12:26pm Matt Fiveash: ↳ Song: "The Rockford Files" by "Mike Post" I had a DJ gig last night in Brooklyn and played this 45. People went apeshit!
	12:26pm Ken From Hyde Park: $200 a day plus expenses. Such a deal!
	12:27pm Cooh John: Do TV shows have decent theme songs anymore?
	12:27pm clarke: "jimmy...JIMMY!!! YA GOTTA HELP ME OUT!!!"
	12:27pm HyperDose: ↳ Cooh John @12:27 Not since Matlock
	12:28pm gf2002: Love Rockford Files! Especially the episodes with Gretchen Corbett
	12:28pm Jimmy Wipper: For years (in the land line days) I actually had Jim’s message on my answering machine. Some people got it and left the best messages. And it mostly confused older relatives. Very cool story, Michael!
	12:28pm clarke: and then you bought a strat with a jazz pick-up.
	12:29pm Rich in Washington: The Rockford theme comes already clicky-starred by me.
	12:29pm Squints: ↳ gf2002 @12:28 She was a cutie in a low-wattage way.
	12:29pm Glistener MW: That theme song was so popular that apparently Mike Post had people mouth-sound “singing” it at him all the time in public in various degrees of whininess. If you ever bump into him, DO NOT do that! He hates it!!!
	12:29pm clarke: gram got the parsons from his step-father (a nola res)
	12:29pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Just this morning listening to last week's BobBrainen of all Gene Clark & Burritos. How good is that.
	12:30pm gf2002: I can't think of a TV theme that has actually made the top-40 charts from the past, say, 40 years? I still have the Rockford Files single on 45, and Theme From SWAT, Hill Street Blues, all of those. Love em!
	12:31pm paul: What was your father's name, Michael?
	12:32pm clarke: vanderbocki!
	12:32pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ gf2002 @12:30 "I'll Be There For You" (theme from Friends) - The Rembrandts
	12:32pm Barefoot Jimmy G: "He's gonna die young" made me laugh out loud!
	12:32pm clarke: Benny.
	12:32pm Dano59: ↳ Jeff formerly from Rahway @11:46 I didn't even see it at my local ... alas
	12:32pm Michael Shelley: ↳ paul @12:31 Joshua Shelley
	12:33pm gf2002: ↳ nycmusicnerd @12:32 Thank you! I forgot that one. I didn't watch Friends haha...but that song was everywhere.
	12:33pm paul: Thanks. Cool story.
	12:34pm Dano59: ↳ Bob @11:46 Record Store Day remains a maddening Day of Disappointment
	12:35pm gf2002: Remember when The Beach Boys released a 78RPM of Good Vibrations on Record Store Day? Still scratching my head over that one but I guess collectors dug it
	12:35pm clarke: ↳ Dano59 @12:34 well, i never would have the (re-ish) Sneakers 10" if it wasn't for RSD
	12:35pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ gf2002 @12:33 Also...I can't remember the title off the top of my head, but Paula Cole sang the theme to Dawson's Creek. "I don't wanna wait..."
	12:36pm Listener Baby: Joshua Shelley in one of the BEST episodes of The Odd Couple ever filmed.
	12:36pm nycmusicnerd: I've never done Record Store Day. Nearly everything sold is vinyl, and I don't own a turntable.
	12:36pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Cooh John @12:27 How do you feel about Sponge Bob Square Pants?
	12:38pm paul: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:32 IMDB has a great shot of him and James Caan from Funny Lady.
	12:38pm gf2002: ↳ nycmusicnerd @12:35 Yes again! Dawson's Creek, of course. I guess I meant original theme songs that were composed for the TV shows specifically, in those cases they took an existing song to use as the theme and it became a hit
	12:40pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Dano59 @12:34 I had my own RSD in Atlanta last week -- and then picked up a Numero Group 4XLP comp this week. I think I might be tapped.
	12:40pm Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "Two Way Wishing" by "Lowell Fulsom" Great cut. Lowell Fulsom is awesome, one of my bands covers Tramp, I think off this same record?
	12:40pm morphe': Thanks Mikey and all !!! Off to the footie mix up in the park..
	12:41pm Rex: Hey! Lookis what's available today for Record Store Day: A Cactus Blossom Boys EP!!
	12:42pm morphe': ↳ morphe' @12:40 Errata - Simon will be playing .. I'll be drinking a can of beer in the setting sun..
	12:43pm Mark from Bloomfield: coming into this late: what did Michael's dad do? scriptwriter? I have been on quite a few shoots, fascinating
	12:43pm drr: RSD seems to go against everything I like about record stores. I like to go on the day after, though.
	12:44pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Handy Haversack @12:40 The next Bandcamp Friday coincides with Cinco de Mayo, so start gathering nickel can deposits now! 🪙
	12:46pm johnk77: great work selecter bill kirchen 1 of the best live tele players first saw him in 1970 and last time taos maybe 2017 always killer, super-nice guy graduated in the same class as iggy and was in the audience of first stooges gig
	12:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ drr @12:43 ...like St. Patricks is the day to not go to the pub ...maybe... When something is History - it gets miniaturized & stuck in the Museum - &/or hovered over by the larger buildings...
	12:47pm Pedro in Arlington: No. 1 show on earbuds at a college ballgame. Especially good drowning out the bad music between innings. Would kill to see snapshots from those 70s shows on set.
	12:47pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @12:44 ¡Mas Modelos, cantinero!
	12:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I suppose the gallery of Masters who favor the Tele speaks for itself.
	12:48pm paul: ↳ Song: "Alla En El Rancho Grande (rehearsal jam)" by "Elv... Wow.
	12:49pm nycmusicnerd: Saw Bill Kirchen open for Nick Lowe at City Winery maybe a decade ago. Blistering version of "Hot Rod Lincoln".
	12:49pm Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "Long Toes" by "Clifton Chenier" Thanks for playing some Clifton Chenier!
	12:49pm Michael Shelley: ↳ gf2002 @12:38 As a huge Creek fan I must point out - that show had a theme for the 1st season, and the Paula Cole song was used in an episode, then (due to popularity) made the theme going forward
	12:49pm gf2002: Speaking of the Telecaster...James Burton on his pink paisley Tele backing E. Sounds like James was playing the same open A licks he did on That's Alright Mama on that jam
	12:49pm GeoSinPhilly: ↳ Song: "Alla En El Rancho Grande (rehearsal jam)" by "Elv... Ron Tutt on drums? He really moves things along.
	12:49pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ Song: "I Can Help" by "Greg Townson" YAY FOR GREG TOWNSON!!! Will be seeing him at the Beacon this summer with Los Straitjackets. TWICE.
	12:51pm clarke: ↳ gf2002 @12:49 That's All Right was scotty moore, tho
	12:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "I Can Help" by "Greg Townson" This Townson sounds like a confabulation of 'I Can Help''s lyrics onto Townshend's 'Let My Love Open the Door'...
	12:51pm gf2002: ↳ clarke @12:51 I meant when Elvis played it live after '69
	12:51pm clarke: ↳ gf2002 @12:51 ah! or when ricky nelson played it live.
	12:52pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "I Can Help" by "Greg Townson" I was trying to remember who did this originally. I had the Billy Swan version in my head, but I couldn't remember who it was. Mrs McGroovey had to look it up on the Google.
	12:52pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:51 I was thinking something similar! An improvement over the original.
	12:52pm Glistener MW: “I’ve got two strong arms” — what a great reason to date someone.
	12:52pm clarke: ↳ McGroovey @12:52 there's a great billy swan interview on the utube
	12:53pm clarke: ↳ Glistener MW @12:52 if you are moving, yes!
	12:53pm PatrickMC: ↳ nycmusicnerd @12:49 One of the more animated of the straitjackets live
	12:54pm gf2002: ↳ clarke @12:51 Burton had this cool lick he added to it for those live Elvis shows, total Tele tone in the hands of the master. Speaking of Ricky Nelson, Burton's solo on Fools Rush In is a masterpiece. Elvis made him play it verbatim when he covered the song later
	12:54pm clarke: burton was a frickin' genius.
	12:54pm egould: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:51 Yes.
	12:54pm Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "Switch It On" by "Steve Ward" This is a finely crafted song, really enjoying it. And thanks for the great show today!
	12:55pm steveo: if the place burns down we'll have to throw on it some water
	12:55pm clarke: another carry-over #1?
	12:55pm Black Cat: Great show and great comments to all. 🐈‍⬛💛🐈‍⬛
	12:56pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ PatrickMC @12:53 Yep. Led me to discover the Hi-Risers. Only recently realized how similar they are to BR549. A little less country, but similar grooves.
	12:56pm nycmusicnerd: Great show, Michael!
	12:56pm Squints: ↳ Song: "Secrets" by "Kurt Baker" Moving is kind of a Marah direction here, maybe?
	12:57pm Moammar: Powering the pop
	12:57pm egould: Thank you Michael.
	12:57pm drr: ↳ Glistener MW @12:52 More than I can say for some arm wrestlers I know.
	12:57pm johnk77: another great live tele player albert lee who replaced james burton in emmylou's hot band
	12:58pm PatrickMC: ↳ johnk77 @12:57 Albert Lee super
	12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ MS ~
	12:58pm clarke: anyone get the feelin' they been bakered? good nite.
	12:59pm drr: How do you get your money back at the gas station??
	12:59pm steveo: i hope no one accidentally buys any of these products since no one paid for the ads!
	1:00pm steveo: lotsa fun thanks, Mike
	1:00pm clarke: we're done having tons of fun!
	1:04pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, MS!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Garrett T. Capps	Downtown I'm Ready 2 Go
Uniques, The	Bolivar J "Bolivar J" by "Uniques, The"
Willie Mitchell	Bad Eye "Bad Eye" by "Willie Mitchell"
Clarendonians, The	You Won't See Me
NRBQ	The Music Goes Round "The Music Goes Round" by "NRBQ"
Movers, The	Hello L.A., Bye-Bye Birmingham
Jimmy Martin	Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Chris Kenner	Sick And Tired "Sick And Tired" by "Chris Kenner"
Chris Kenner	You Can Run But You Can't Slip Away
Robbie Fulks	Angela "Angela" by "Robbie Fulks"
Explorers Club, The	Any Little Way
Explorers Club, The	Ruby "Ruby" by "Explorers Club, The"
Chris Curtis	Aggravation "Aggravation" by "Chris Curtis"
Bill Kirchen	Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods
Titus Turner	Roll On "Roll On" by "Titus Turner"
Neighbors, The	Valerie "Valerie" by "Neighbors, The"
Del Shannon	The Pied Piper "The Pied Piper" by "Del Shannon"
Billy Strings	Long Journey Home "Long Journey Home" by "Billy Strings"
Hollywood Flames, The	Wow Wow Baby
Jackie Edwards	Come On Home "Come On Home" by "Jackie Edwards"
Dickies, The	Hideous "Hideous" by "Dickies, The"
Buzzcocks, The	What Do I Get? "What Do I Get?" by "Buzzcocks, The"
Rolling Stones, The	Down The Road A-piece
Austin Brookner	The Monkey Pox "The Monkey Pox" by "Austin Brookner"
Rufus Thomas	Ride Your Pony "Ride Your Pony" by "Rufus Thomas"
XTC	The Mayor Of Simpleton "The Mayor Of Simpleton" by "XTC"
Mike Post	The Rockford Files "The Rockford Files" by "Mike Post"
Flying Burrito Brothers, The	Lazy Days
Lowell Fulsom	Two Way Wishing "Two Way Wishing" by "Lowell Fulsom"
Shirley Scott And The Soul Saxes	It's Your Thing
Cactus Blossoms, The	Who'll Be the Next in Line (live for WFMU at Magic Door)
Keith And Billie	You Don't Know Like I Know
Clifton Chenier	Long Toes "Long Toes" by "Clifton Chenier"
Elvis Presley	Alla En El Rancho Grande (rehearsal jam)
Greg Townson	I Can Help "I Can Help" by "Greg Townson"
Steve Ward	Switch It On "Switch It On" by "Steve Ward"
Kurt Baker	Secrets "Secrets" by "Kurt Baker"
Charles H. Stern Agency, Inc	The In Sound For The '70s, side 1

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Listener comments!
	11:01am Peter Horvath: Gotta love live radio!
	11:01am clarke: hey now! good day affiliate associates!!
	11:02am Bob: CHAOS!! Good morning, I hope
	11:02am Greg from ZONE 5: As Gaylord Fields says: Moments like this are a feature of WFMU, not a bug.
	11:02am Squints: ok then. hey HEY hey now.
	11:02am steveo: here for the moments GOOD MORRRRRNING
	11:02am Baja Joe: You see Mike, you see what happens?
	11:03am gone with the wind: hola
	11:03am gone with the wind: ↳ Peter Horvath @11:01 ...better than live TV...
	11:04am Handy Haversack: Morning, Michael and all the Shellegamers! Ready to go! And very grateful the FCC allows "goddamn" on the radio!
	11:05am clarke: goddam grateful.
	11:05am Bob: Don’t work Blue, Mike
	11:06am Greg from ZONE 5: ↳ Song: "Downtown I'm Ready 2 Go" by "Garrett T. Capps" #1.
	11:06am clarke: what's shakin' in the greater AA area, Bob?
	11:06am Cooh John: Hello Michael and #1ers. I'm ready to go.
	11:07am clarke: here comes the weekend! there it is.
	11:08am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ Good ♄Saturday FMUvianz ~
	11:09am wenzo: Good mornin folks
	11:12am Bob: Hey Clarke, the sun is breaking through. Just got the shopping done. Probably some yard work and the usual record selling business. Oh hey, looking forward to seeing a free show at the Ark Tuesday with that Session Americans band. I assume you know those guys? Dinty Child and associates. I hear great things
	11:12am Greg from ZONE 5: ↳ Song: "You Won't See Me" by "Clarendonians, The" World A-Music!
	11:13am clarke: ↳ Bob @11:12 sure, i know most of the Sessions guys. cool! what's the "record=selling biz"
	11:13am PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "You Won't See Me" by "Clarendonians, The" What sweet backing vocals
	11:13am Squints: ↳ Song: "Bad Eye" by "Willie Mitchell" I wanna be in the movie scene to which "Bad Eye" would be the soundtrack.
	11:13am Bob: Sessions Americana stupid spellcheck
	11:14am clarke: ↳ Bob @11:13 i knew what you meant. i don't know those guys too well, but certainly know them.
	11:15am clarke: Big Al - sangin'!!
	11:15am Bob: God bless Donn. Great guy from my experience
	11:15am Joe B: greetings Michael and everyone
	11:16am ojai John: I’m a downloader . Just happened to tune in for live .
	11:16am clarke: mornin' joe!
	11:17am Handy Haversack: Hey hey, Joe B!
	11:17am Baja Joe: ↳ Song: "The Music Goes Round" by "NRBQ" Very informative tune
	11:18am clarke: i didn't know Donn passed away - was a great dude! RIP!
	11:19am wenzo: Haha hey ojai the downloader
	11:19am clarke: best donn adams trick: he'd come to the mic and say "there are rumors that this place is about to get raided - put all the illegal things up on the stage and we'll hide them for you"
	11:20am Listener Baby: Baby!
	11:20am CalZone!: No bad versions of this song, but some are better than others!
	11:20am jmd: Nap sack/look back is a perfect start, for sure m
	11:20am clarke: baby.... BABY!!!!!!!
	11:20am drr: What bus did this guy take?
	11:21am clarke: it didn't go thru chattanooga!
	11:21am Michael Shelley: ↳ Listener Baby @11:20 HEY BABY!
	11:21am Bob: ↳ clarke @11:13 Clarke, I worked and owned retail record stores years ago. All online now. ShinylVinyl via discogs. Shlepping, cleaning and listing is my second job.
	11:21am Michael Shelley: ↳ CalZone! @11:20 Amen
	11:22am drr: I know! Somehow he wound up in Little Rock? He needs to talk to Chuck Berry about a more efficient itinerary.
	11:22am clarke: ↳ Bob @11:21 gotcha, Bob - what would have been your retail store in, say, 98'ish?
	11:23am clarke: ↳ drr @11:22 or bobby troup!
	11:23am clarke: ↳ drr @11:22 leave the driving to US!
	11:25am drr: ↳ Song: "Sick And Tired" by "Chris Kenner" Whoever recorded these drums--they haven't improved on that.
	11:26am clarke: that would be cosimo matassa
	11:26am clarke: pretty close to yer place
	11:28am Chris Hiatt: And a good late morning to you all.
	11:28am clarke: actually, very close to Verdi Mart
	11:29am Bob: ↳ clarke @11:22 No, i worked for a bunch. Repeat the Beat in metro Detroit most notably. Our store was Rubber Soul in Ypsilanti From 2001 - 2005 was all. We had a studio, retail store and performance space. I think you met my partner Will Stewart one time on the Cape. He passed a few yearss ago.
	11:30am clarke: ↳ Bob @11:29 ah yes! but, that was before i had hit AA. sorry he passed RIP!
	11:31am clarke: MS: what do you think of the new Penn & Teller series? (i like it).
	11:35am PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "You Can Run But You Can't Slip Away" by "Chris Ke... Richard Lloyd rocked Bklyn last night for about 30 lucky souls
	11:36am Michael Shelley: ↳ clarke @11:31 Fool Us? Or newer?
	11:36am clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @11:36 that's the one
	11:36am Handy Haversack: ↳ PatrickMC @11:35 I wanted to go, but the calendar (and price) conspired against. If you're looking for a show tonight, my partner, K8, has a newish band that's playing at Windjammer.
	11:37am clarke: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:36 what is name of band?
	11:37am Michael Shelley: ↳ clarke @11:36 I think it has changed magic
	11:37am clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @11:37 in a good way or bad?
	11:38am steveo: bears beans beads beaks beams beats
	11:38am clarke: ↳ clarke @11:37 i hope it is Squirrel & Moose!
	11:38am GeoSinPhilly: ↳ Song: "Angela" by "Robbie Fulks" Fulks did this with the Bluegrass lineup when I saw him Wednesday...and it sounded great!
	11:38am PatrickMC: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:36 Is that in Queens?
	11:39am Moammar: ↳ Song: "Angela" by "Robbie Fulks" SO much better than this recent bluegrass thing. But I am not a bluegrass fan. Amazing range.
	11:40am Handy Haversack: ↳ PatrickMC @11:38 Yup, Ridgewood. clarke: Juliett Class. They existed as a three piece, had put out an EP, and K8 and another player joined to expand out to a five piece.
	11:41am Listener Baby: A workforce double shot?
	11:41am clarke: isn't that a submarine? leave it to handy!
	11:41am Michael Shelley: ↳ GeoSinPhilly @11:38 YES! And great bg vox live by the fiddle/mando players!
	11:42am clarke: the two-fer with the woofer!!
	11:43am steveo: only a 29 minute bike ride to windjammer,,,, gotta get up at like 5:15 though :(
	11:43am clarke: when is the Stinkfinger two-fer?
	11:44am myron feld: We love the Explorers Club and saw them on their most recent visit to NYC. It was...weird. Lots of taped backups.
	11:46am Bob: I really mostly hate record store day even as part of the coalition that started it
	11:46am Jeff formerly from Rahway: There’s a Cactus Blossoms LP for sale as part of RSD. Alas, it’s probably sold out by now ☹️. If any listener finds the record today, HMU. It’s for my son!
	11:47am clarke: luv my tele!
	11:47am wenzo: Talent is just a seed, without hard work it ain’t shit.
	11:48am myron feld: I don't know who said this but it's true: "There are guitar players, and then there are Telecaster players." Like Kirchen.
	11:49am P-90: The Telecaster is beloved by many precisely for its “piece of lumber” feel (among many other qualities)
	11:49am Handy Haversack: ↳ steveo @11:43 steveo, they play second, so like 9:30?
	11:49am gf2002: The Telecaster is the greatest guitar ever made. I bought mine brand new and have been playing it as my main guitar for 35 years. I play it every day as my main gig.
	11:49am clarke: Kirchen is a player's player.
	11:49am Michael Shelley: ↳ Jeff formerly from Rahway @11:46 One of the songs on that was recorded at their session for their last appearance on my show!
	11:49am Peter Horvath: Fender Telecaster and the Gibson Les Paul Jr. Are two of the most excellent and well rounded guitars ever. At least that’s been my experience.
	11:50am clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @11:49 the $ is going to start rollin' in, now!!
	11:50am Tome: tele was mostly for counrty one time it's got that twang obviously
	11:50am gf2002: Tele players know about the "Bill Kirchen Mod", which is reversing the switch plate to put the knobs closer to your picking hand, which is how Bill did all the volume swells and "boo-wah" tone knob effects
	11:51am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: You can't teach Ear or Dexterity ...tho you can - maybe must work @ them. Having fingers 1/3rd longer like Hendrix doesn't hurt ...have seen people try & try to play with basic Rhythm - & just struggle. What to say to such a person ?? ...Imagination & Expression can't be Taught ...but courting them Creatively can. ...& who would trouble with any of it without the basic Enthusiasm to do it ? Myself ...sonsidereed myself 'Musical' as long as I can remember - but you speak of that band knowing 1,000 Songs - & there's whole continents of being a Musician that I haven't stepped foot in ! ...Even Dennis Diken says he only (relatively) recently learned to Count...
	11:52am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Total StratHead here. Always think can get the Tele sound using the right pickup setting & how one plays ...but that is probly not totally so...
	11:53am Tome: ...can't see why myself anywas why some want ie,,,, 2 humbuckers on a Tele ,, that to me is not a Tele ...
	11:55am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Point taken. Tho I kinda like Humbucker in Treble position for a Strat. It's wanting the Fender range - but not being too twangy. There's pickups you can switch from single pole to double ?? Stacked pickups that do it Vertically ??
	11:55am Squints: ↳ gf2002 @11:50 Are those all self-done, or can one ask these days for a Telecaster to come that way?
	11:56am gf2002: I went through a phase where I was almost ready to rout out my Tele and put a Gibson PAF humbucker in the neck position...I'm so glad I came to my senses and left it stock. The humbucker in the bridge position was almost directly influenced by and due to Eddie Van Halen
	11:56am CalZone!: Del's voice was a miracle!
	11:57am PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "The Pied Piper" by "Del Shannon" A double play from last week!
	11:58am Peter Horvath: I’ve never been able to play a strat properly. The volume knob is in the wrong spot for me; too close to the pick up. I keep turning it down when I play. Then if I take the volume knob off, I cut my hand open. A telecaster it is!
	11:58am Michael Shelley: ↳ PatrickMC @11:57 I needed it!
	11:58am Michael Shelley: ↳ CalZone! @11:56 Right!
	11:58am gf2002: ↳ Squints @11:55 It's usually done by the owner, I'm not aware of any Fender factory guitars coming out of the shop with that mod, but I'm not sure. It's a pretty easy mod unless you want to swap out the knobs to make them easier to turn, or drop a different tone pot in there
	11:59am paul: ↳ PatrickMC @11:57 I was thinking MS or Joe M. played this recently.
	11:59am Bob in DC: Billy!
	12:00pm ledzeppelinsucks: Car racing music.
	12:00pm clarke: ↳ gf2002 @11:58 yes, as far as i know - just undo the screws, turn the contol board around carefully, and then re-screw?
	12:00pm drr: ↳ gf2002 @11:58 It takes two minutes, two screws. I learned about it from seeing a guy in a zydeco band do it.
	12:02pm HyperDose: There's always room under the till
	12:02pm Squints: ↳ clarke @12:00 Innaresting and helpful, fellas. Tele is on my list after a Les Paul, because the other three chord meathead already has a Telecaster and do we want two playing at the same time? The LP would have happened this year but for having to buy a new boiler.
	12:02pm gf2002: ↳ clarke @12:00 You have to take out the pots and move the volume knob to the tone hole and vice versa if you want the volume knob closest to your picking hand, and if they wired it with short wires you'd have some soldering to do. But if you want the tone knob closest, it's as simple as flipping the plate...unless the wires were cut short by the factory.
	12:03pm Tome: liked old Gibson Junior now I see they're selling them about ,, mine was like '67 ish I think only wish I still had it,, I always wanted "more" in a guitar but if felt and jus sounded so perfect to me ,, at that time .
	12:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Only thing I ever wanted to do with a Tele is impersonate JeffBeck in the yARdbiRdS. Which I will dream of anyhow. Strat is Fendery enuff for me ! I love the five-position range of Tones. The slippery feel. But if I ever really had access to a Tele watch me enjoy it...
	12:03pm ledzeppinsucks: Following mud season is burnout season in ME. There are brand new scratches in parking lots and rural highways.
	12:03pm nycmusicnerd: Greetings fellow nerds...
	12:03pm clarke: ↳ gf2002 @12:02 ah, yes, tone is 'rear'
	12:04pm drr: I saw a cashier flat refuse a $2 (bad luck), and the purchaser totally understood. I swapped the lady 2 singles for it but they looked at me like I was crazy to do that.
	12:05pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Would love a LesPaul - not as versatile but fat tone & wider 'Classical' feel neck ...but I flat-out never been near that kinda money.
	12:05pm Squints: ↳ drr @12:04 Well, you're still here, so it couldn't have been suuuuch bad luck. Although how's the ride been?
	12:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...seems for SGs - gotta be the real Gibson or it ain't there. True or not ?
	12:07pm tonyb: A hundred mint condition 2 dollar bills in numerical sequence is nice to have. I carry three as tokens of 🍀?
	12:07pm drr: Lefty Gibsons/humbucker style guitars are prohibitive but I want one. Till then I'm stuck with these single-coil Fenders.
	12:07pm clarke: my this is totally enjoyable! (as is everything else played, ha ha)
	12:08pm wenzo: Your guitar is as old as me gf2002. Good vintage 👍
	12:09pm drr: ↳ Squints @12:05 I think I'm OK. But maybe the Fates are just toying with me.
	12:09pm Michael 98145: ↳ Song: "Hideous" by "Dickies, The" Yay !
	12:09pm HyperDose: Nothing beats a Les Paul in my book. Was happy to acquire my dream LP Custom clone, the ESP EC-1001T during lockdown.
	12:09pm Mailman Tom: I saw the Buzzcocks perform in New Haven in the early 90s!
	12:09pm clarke: ↳ drr @12:09 you hain't gotten that gibson, tho.
	12:10pm ledzeppelinsucks: I deployed mobile devices and some employees, always asian would ask for another phone. They would say they have to ask their mother in law if the 'phone was ok' followed by emails from their managers or lies about the performance. They were always asian and likely spooked by the phone #s. Car rental agents get the same because of license plates. performance
	12:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: My main Gittar happens to be a Charvel someone gave me (!) - which is an S-type with two Humbuckers. So there it is.
	12:11pm ledzeppelinsucks: spooked by phone numbers. Car rental agents get the same because of license plates.
	12:11pm clarke: is there anyone here not named Mike?!?
	12:12pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Down The Road A-piece" by "Rolling Stones, The" 'Rolling Stones Now!' - bitchen album.
	12:12pm Michael Shelley: ↳ clarke @12:11 No
	12:12pm Squints: ↳ Song: "Down The Road A-piece" by "Rolling Stones, The" One of the smokingest early Stones tracks ev-verrrrrrr.
	12:12pm McGroovey: Danelectro
	12:12pm HyperDose: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:10 Charvel's are sweet! Love the San Dimas tone
	12:12pm clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:12 thought so.
	12:12pm Michael Shelley: I have a Strat (with a Jazzmaster pick up) and a Les Paul Jr!
	12:13pm clarke: s'aright? s'aright!!
	12:14pm clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:12 the guitar strap is that made of...rope?
	12:14pm Michael 98145: it's a party. movie channel was showing Gidget this morning.
	12:15pm gf2002: ↳ wenzo @12:08 It only gets better with age!
	12:15pm HyperDose: Big fan of the humbucker + hot rail combo which you can emulate on newer guitars with push/pull pots
	12:16pm clarke: newer guitars?? no thnx.
	12:16pm HyperDose: ↳ clarke @12:16 Even better when relic'd ....kidding!
	12:16pm gf2002: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:10 If that's an 80's Charvel, that is a great guitar. Very playable, solid tone. Charvel made great players' instruments back in the day. Also keep an eye out for the Charvel "Surfcaster" models from the early 90's. Ahead of their time and ahead of the market unfortunately, really cool guitars
	12:17pm drr: ↳ gf2002 @12:16 Love their ice cream cakes, too.
	12:17pm clarke: cookie puss.
	12:18pm gf2002: ↳ drr @12:17 Fudgey The Whale, of course!
	12:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ drr @12:17 ...didn't get the cake with it but yerknow ...gift horse...
	12:18pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Ride Your Pony" by "Rufus Thomas" recorded wearing shorts!
	12:19pm drr: ↳ clarke @12:18 "Ain't I'm clean?"
	12:19pm Squints: ↳ clarke @12:18 So long as they're pants...
	12:20pm clarke: trousers.
	12:21pm egould: Please be upstanding, everyone.
	12:21pm Squints: ↳ clarke @12:20 Camilla could not be reached for comment.
	12:21pm Glistener MW: XTC always brightens up the rainiest mornings!
	12:22pm clarke: upstanding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Quv_vmhKwEw
	12:22pm Peter Horvath: Mayor of Simpleton makes me remember that I’m a crummy bass player, and that I should stick to crummy guitar playing.
	12:22pm clarke: ↳ clarke @12:22 Cheap Trick live in Sydney '88
	12:23pm gf2002: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:06 I never warmed up to the SG overall, but if you get the right Epiphone SG I'm sure it would be close for a fraction of the cost. I have played some below-average Epiphone Les Pauls but I own one which is a solid guitar, I'd almost call it a great players guitar that doesn't break the bank. Good Epiphones are out there, it's hit or miss. Sometimes you just have to swap out the bridge/tailpiece and some of the electronics and it's a solid playing and sounding guitar that doesn't cost thousands. I love the LP juniors too.
	12:24pm Jimmy Wipper: Rockfish!!!
	12:24pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ gf2002 @12:23 Okay.
	12:24pm common: ↳ Song: "The Mayor Of Simpleton" by "XTC" stating the obvious, but what a great pop song. and now rockford files!
	12:25pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "The Rockford Files" by "Mike Post" Angel!
	12:25pm nycmusicnerd: This is Jim Rockford. At the tone, leave a message. I'll get back to you.
	12:25pm clarke: wip fish!!
	12:25pm egould: Oh hell yeah Rockford Files!!!
	12:25pm Fragonard: Rocky!
	12:25pm Cooh John: Leave your message at the tone. I'll get back to you.
	12:25pm ledzeppelinsucks: Liked Rockford Files accurate portrayal of Los Angeles-a giant truck terminal.
	12:25pm clarke: ↳ Song: "The Rockford Files" by "Mike Post" as performed by Stinkfinger
	12:25pm Fragonard: Oh Dennis!
	12:26pm P-90: One of Post’s most memorable and durable creations
	12:26pm Matt Fiveash: ↳ Song: "The Rockford Files" by "Mike Post" I had a DJ gig last night in Brooklyn and played this 45. People went apeshit!
	12:26pm Ken From Hyde Park: $200 a day plus expenses. Such a deal!
	12:27pm Cooh John: Do TV shows have decent theme songs anymore?
	12:27pm clarke: "jimmy...JIMMY!!! YA GOTTA HELP ME OUT!!!"
	12:27pm HyperDose: ↳ Cooh John @12:27 Not since Matlock
	12:28pm gf2002: Love Rockford Files! Especially the episodes with Gretchen Corbett
	12:28pm Jimmy Wipper: For years (in the land line days) I actually had Jim’s message on my answering machine. Some people got it and left the best messages. And it mostly confused older relatives. Very cool story, Michael!
	12:28pm clarke: and then you bought a strat with a jazz pick-up.
	12:29pm Rich in Washington: The Rockford theme comes already clicky-starred by me.
	12:29pm Squints: ↳ gf2002 @12:28 She was a cutie in a low-wattage way.
	12:29pm Glistener MW: That theme song was so popular that apparently Mike Post had people mouth-sound “singing” it at him all the time in public in various degrees of whininess. If you ever bump into him, DO NOT do that! He hates it!!!
	12:29pm clarke: gram got the parsons from his step-father (a nola res)
	12:29pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Just this morning listening to last week's BobBrainen of all Gene Clark & Burritos. How good is that.
	12:30pm gf2002: I can't think of a TV theme that has actually made the top-40 charts from the past, say, 40 years? I still have the Rockford Files single on 45, and Theme From SWAT, Hill Street Blues, all of those. Love em!
	12:31pm paul: What was your father's name, Michael?
	12:32pm clarke: vanderbocki!
	12:32pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ gf2002 @12:30 "I'll Be There For You" (theme from Friends) - The Rembrandts
	12:32pm Barefoot Jimmy G: "He's gonna die young" made me laugh out loud!
	12:32pm clarke: Benny.
	12:32pm Dano59: ↳ Jeff formerly from Rahway @11:46 I didn't even see it at my local ... alas
	12:32pm Michael Shelley: ↳ paul @12:31 Joshua Shelley
	12:33pm gf2002: ↳ nycmusicnerd @12:32 Thank you! I forgot that one. I didn't watch Friends haha...but that song was everywhere.
	12:33pm paul: Thanks. Cool story.
	12:34pm Dano59: ↳ Bob @11:46 Record Store Day remains a maddening Day of Disappointment
	12:35pm gf2002: Remember when The Beach Boys released a 78RPM of Good Vibrations on Record Store Day? Still scratching my head over that one but I guess collectors dug it
	12:35pm clarke: ↳ Dano59 @12:34 well, i never would have the (re-ish) Sneakers 10" if it wasn't for RSD
	12:35pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ gf2002 @12:33 Also...I can't remember the title off the top of my head, but Paula Cole sang the theme to Dawson's Creek. "I don't wanna wait..."
	12:36pm Listener Baby: Joshua Shelley in one of the BEST episodes of The Odd Couple ever filmed.
	12:36pm nycmusicnerd: I've never done Record Store Day. Nearly everything sold is vinyl, and I don't own a turntable.
	12:36pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Cooh John @12:27 How do you feel about Sponge Bob Square Pants?
	12:38pm paul: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:32 IMDB has a great shot of him and James Caan from Funny Lady.
	12:38pm gf2002: ↳ nycmusicnerd @12:35 Yes again! Dawson's Creek, of course. I guess I meant original theme songs that were composed for the TV shows specifically, in those cases they took an existing song to use as the theme and it became a hit
	12:40pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Dano59 @12:34 I had my own RSD in Atlanta last week -- and then picked up a Numero Group 4XLP comp this week. I think I might be tapped.
	12:40pm Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "Two Way Wishing" by "Lowell Fulsom" Great cut. Lowell Fulsom is awesome, one of my bands covers Tramp, I think off this same record?
	12:40pm morphe': Thanks Mikey and all !!! Off to the footie mix up in the park..
	12:41pm Rex: Hey! Lookis what's available today for Record Store Day: A Cactus Blossom Boys EP!!
	12:42pm morphe': ↳ morphe' @12:40 Errata - Simon will be playing .. I'll be drinking a can of beer in the setting sun..
	12:43pm Mark from Bloomfield: coming into this late: what did Michael's dad do? scriptwriter? I have been on quite a few shoots, fascinating
	12:43pm drr: RSD seems to go against everything I like about record stores. I like to go on the day after, though.
	12:44pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Handy Haversack @12:40 The next Bandcamp Friday coincides with Cinco de Mayo, so start gathering nickel can deposits now! 🪙
	12:46pm johnk77: great work selecter bill kirchen 1 of the best live tele players first saw him in 1970 and last time taos maybe 2017 always killer, super-nice guy graduated in the same class as iggy and was in the audience of first stooges gig
	12:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ drr @12:43 ...like St. Patricks is the day to not go to the pub ...maybe... When something is History - it gets miniaturized & stuck in the Museum - &/or hovered over by the larger buildings...
	12:47pm Pedro in Arlington: No. 1 show on earbuds at a college ballgame. Especially good drowning out the bad music between innings. Would kill to see snapshots from those 70s shows on set.
	12:47pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @12:44 ¡Mas Modelos, cantinero!
	12:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I suppose the gallery of Masters who favor the Tele speaks for itself.
	12:48pm paul: ↳ Song: "Alla En El Rancho Grande (rehearsal jam)" by "Elv... Wow.
	12:49pm nycmusicnerd: Saw Bill Kirchen open for Nick Lowe at City Winery maybe a decade ago. Blistering version of "Hot Rod Lincoln".
	12:49pm Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "Long Toes" by "Clifton Chenier" Thanks for playing some Clifton Chenier!
	12:49pm Michael Shelley: ↳ gf2002 @12:38 As a huge Creek fan I must point out - that show had a theme for the 1st season, and the Paula Cole song was used in an episode, then (due to popularity) made the theme going forward
	12:49pm gf2002: Speaking of the Telecaster...James Burton on his pink paisley Tele backing E. Sounds like James was playing the same open A licks he did on That's Alright Mama on that jam
	12:49pm GeoSinPhilly: ↳ Song: "Alla En El Rancho Grande (rehearsal jam)" by "Elv... Ron Tutt on drums? He really moves things along.
	12:49pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ Song: "I Can Help" by "Greg Townson" YAY FOR GREG TOWNSON!!! Will be seeing him at the Beacon this summer with Los Straitjackets. TWICE.
	12:51pm clarke: ↳ gf2002 @12:49 That's All Right was scotty moore, tho
	12:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "I Can Help" by "Greg Townson" This Townson sounds like a confabulation of 'I Can Help''s lyrics onto Townshend's 'Let My Love Open the Door'...
	12:51pm gf2002: ↳ clarke @12:51 I meant when Elvis played it live after '69
	12:51pm clarke: ↳ gf2002 @12:51 ah! or when ricky nelson played it live.
	12:52pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "I Can Help" by "Greg Townson" I was trying to remember who did this originally. I had the Billy Swan version in my head, but I couldn't remember who it was. Mrs McGroovey had to look it up on the Google.
	12:52pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:51 I was thinking something similar! An improvement over the original.
	12:52pm Glistener MW: “I’ve got two strong arms” — what a great reason to date someone.
	12:52pm clarke: ↳ McGroovey @12:52 there's a great billy swan interview on the utube
	12:53pm clarke: ↳ Glistener MW @12:52 if you are moving, yes!
	12:53pm PatrickMC: ↳ nycmusicnerd @12:49 One of the more animated of the straitjackets live
	12:54pm gf2002: ↳ clarke @12:51 Burton had this cool lick he added to it for those live Elvis shows, total Tele tone in the hands of the master. Speaking of Ricky Nelson, Burton's solo on Fools Rush In is a masterpiece. Elvis made him play it verbatim when he covered the song later
	12:54pm clarke: burton was a frickin' genius.
	12:54pm egould: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:51 Yes.
	12:54pm Chris Hiatt: ↳ Song: "Switch It On" by "Steve Ward" This is a finely crafted song, really enjoying it. And thanks for the great show today!
	12:55pm steveo: if the place burns down we'll have to throw on it some water
	12:55pm clarke: another carry-over #1?
	12:55pm Black Cat: Great show and great comments to all. 🐈‍⬛💛🐈‍⬛
	12:56pm nycmusicnerd: ↳ PatrickMC @12:53 Yep. Led me to discover the Hi-Risers. Only recently realized how similar they are to BR549. A little less country, but similar grooves.
	12:56pm nycmusicnerd: Great show, Michael!
	12:56pm Squints: ↳ Song: "Secrets" by "Kurt Baker" Moving is kind of a Marah direction here, maybe?
	12:57pm Moammar: Powering the pop
	12:57pm egould: Thank you Michael.
	12:57pm drr: ↳ Glistener MW @12:52 More than I can say for some arm wrestlers I know.
	12:57pm johnk77: another great live tele player albert lee who replaced james burton in emmylou's hot band
	12:58pm PatrickMC: ↳ johnk77 @12:57 Albert Lee super
	12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ MS ~
	12:58pm clarke: anyone get the feelin' they been bakered? good nite.
	12:59pm drr: How do you get your money back at the gas station??
	12:59pm steveo: i hope no one accidentally buys any of these products since no one paid for the ads!
	1:00pm steveo: lotsa fun thanks, Mike
	1:00pm clarke: we're done having tons of fun!
	1:04pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, MS!

Michael Shelley: Playlist from April 22, 2023

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