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A virtual supermarket sweep of recorded history, with an emphasis on processed cheese.

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Artist Track Album Label Approx. start time
Arthur Brown  Rest Cure   Favoriting The Crazy World of Arthur Brown  Track  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Patricia Highsmith  interview excerpt, 24 April 1979   Favoriting Desert Island Discs Archive: 1976-1980  BBC   
Ruth Etting  Button Up Your Overcoat   Favoriting 78 (originally)  Columbia  0:03:00 (Pop-up)
The 3 Clubmen  Aviatrix   Favoriting The 3 Clubmen EP  Burning Shed  0:05:51 (Pop-up)
Aguaturbia  Waterfall   Favoriting Volumen 2  Essex  0:10:45 (Pop-up)
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity  Indian Rope Man   Favoriting Street Noise  Atco  0:14:25 (Pop-up)
Big Blood  Never Ending Nightmare   Favoriting First Aid Kit  Feeding Tube/Ba Da Bing  0:17:43 (Pop-up)
Barbara Manning  Don't Let It Bring You Down   Favoriting Under One Roof: Singles & Oddities  Interstate  0:21:38 (Pop-up)
The Mad Scene  Here Goes Nothing   Favoriting Sealight  Merge  0:24:00 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Tipsy 

Bunny Kick   Favoriting

Uh-oh! 

Asphodel 

0:27:44 (Pop-up)
Tom Zé  Irene   Favoriting Raridades  Warner Music Brasil  0:33:36 (Pop-up)
Yo La Tengo  Is That Enough   Favoriting Fade  Matador  0:36:33 (Pop-up)
Akiko Yano  New Song   Favoriting Piano Nightly  Nonesuch  0:40:42 (Pop-up)
Antena  To Climb the Cliff   Favoriting Camino del Sol  Numero  0:43:57 (Pop-up)
The Lovin' Spoonful  Coconut Grove   Favoriting Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful  Kama Sutra  0:47:00 (Pop-up)
Vinicius & Toquinho  Como é duro trabalhar   Favoriting Vinicius de Moraes & Toquinho  Phillips Brasil  0:49:42 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Jimi Tenor 

Beach Boy   Favoriting

Organism 

Sire 

0:54:09 (Pop-up)
Beach Boys  Our Prayer   Favoriting Smile Sessions  Capitol  0:58:49 (Pop-up)
Frank Sinatra with the Jeff Alexander Choir  Nature Boy   Favoriting Rarities  Columbia  0:59:51 (Pop-up)
The Great Society, with Grace Slick  Nature Boy   Favoriting How It Was  Columbia  1:03:12 (Pop-up)
Nancianne & Friends  Things We Said Today   Favoriting Nancianne & Friends (played from Tony Coulter's 2009 WFMU Marathon Premium, "Hit Replay")  Century Records  1:06:15 (Pop-up)
Fanfare van de Eeuwigdurende Bijstand  Swan Lake   Favoriting unreleased (thank you, Frans G in NL!)    1:08:35 (Pop-up)
Mickey Baker  Autumn Leaves   Favoriting Wildest Guitar!  Atlantic  1:10:54 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  Wait   Favoriting Rubber Soul  Capitol  1:12:55 (Pop-up)
Dorota Barová  A może właśnie   Favoriting Iluzja  Animal Music  1:15:09 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Las Comadrejas 

Oaxacatelas   Favoriting

We are Ugly, But We Have the Music 

Comad 

1:19:51 (Pop-up)
Renata Zeiguer  Sunset Boulevard   Favoriting Picnic in the Dark  Northern Spy  1:25:00 (Pop-up)
They Might Be Giants  Birdhouse in Your Soul   Favoriting Flood  Elektra  1:30:00 (Pop-up)
Procol Harum  Quite Rightly So   Favoriting Shine on Brightly  A&M  1:33:09 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Life on Mars?   Favoriting Hunky Dory  RCA/Ryko  1:36:39 (Pop-up)
Robyn Hitchcock  Filthy Bird   Favoriting Moss Elixir  Warner Bros.  1:40:21 (Pop-up)
Steady Holiday  Love and Pressure   Favoriting Nobody's Watching  Barsuk  1:45:27 (Pop-up)
Gladys Knight & the Pips  I Can See Clearly Now   Favoriting Imagination  Buddah  1:49:03 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Shudder to Think 

pH Balanced   Favoriting

High Art (soundtrack) 

Velvel 

1:53:42 (Pop-up)
Hoven Droven  Syen (Psychic)   Favoriting Hippa  Northside   
Fred Thomas  A Dream (Ellie Rusbridge, vocal; William Blake, text)   Favoriting The Beguilers  F-IRE  2:02:21 (Pop-up)
Giant Sand  Astonished (in Memphis)   Favoriting Chore of Enchantment  Thrill Jockey  2:05:09 (Pop-up)
Chazaloo (your host)  You Are Here in the Sky (remix of The Flamingos "I Only Have Eyes for You")   Favoriting 7-inch single (originally)  End  2:09:57 (Pop-up)
Susumu Yokota  Card Nation   Favoriting Grinning Cat  Leaf/Skintone  2:12:54 (Pop-up)
The Monkees  Shades of Gray   Favoriting Headquarters  Colgems/Rhino  2:16:48 (Pop-up)
The 3 Clubmen  Racecar   Favoriting The 3 Clubmen EP  Burning Shed  2:20:15 (Pop-up)
Dva  Surfi   Favoriting Nipomo  Northern Spy  2:24:27 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Thomas Stronen 

Dispatches   Favoriting

Pohlitz 

Rune Grammofon 

2:28:21 (Pop-up)
Lael Neale  Some Sunny Day   Favoriting Acquainted with Night  Sub Pop  2:32:12 (Pop-up)
The Byrds  We'll Meet Again   Favoriting Mr. Tambourine Man  Columbia  2:36:15 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers  Chewing Gum Wrapper   Favoriting Rockin' and Romance  Twintone  2:38:24 (Pop-up)
Alex McMurray  Around the World   Favoriting Road Songs  Alex McMurray  2:41:27 (Pop-up)
Cate Le Bon  Waterfalls (Paul McCartney cover)   Favoriting Live on RNZ Radio  RNZ  2:45:21 (Pop-up)
Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake  Season in the Sun   Favoriting The Newest Sound Around; The Legendary Duets  RCA  2:49:00 (Pop-up)
Ivor Cutler Trio  Last Song   Favoriting Ludo  Chrysalis / Rev-Ola  2:51:33 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Johnny Beecher 

Sax Fifth Avenue   Favoriting

45 played at 33 

Warner Bros. 

2:53:57 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:30am
WR:

writing a hello early because at the moment I'm doing nothing but I'm supposed to be working. At lease I can listen until about 1:30PM, cheers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:38am
Charlie:

Hi WR, well I'm supposed to be doing nothing!
Avatar 11:49am
βrian:

Ok, pulling up my ottoman and fussing with my listening device.

Good morning from the Isthmus.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:55am
chresti:

I'm very very busy standing at the tennis desk. Just fed the ravens their peanuts (threw them onto the roof, I can hear them up there now)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:56am
chresti:

Hi Charley and nothing doings!
Avatar 11:57am
βrian:

I'm imagining a Raven Peanut jar at the booth window.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:57am
chresti:

↳ chresti @11:55
@Griffith Park
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58am
chresti:

↳ βrian @11:57
That'd be a good way to scare the hell out of the tennis patrons!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:59am
Brian in UK:

Hello Charlie & n'er do wells.
Avatar 12:00pm
Stork:

I'm here for the puck-drop!! Hiya Chollie-Ollie!! Whaddaya say?!?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:01pm
chresti:

↳ chresti @11:56
*Charlie
  12:01pm
1MT:

Hi Charlie!
Avatar 12:02pm
Stork:

Now that's what I call Nothing!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02pm
chresti:

Whoa slick intro!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02pm
Webhamster Henry:

Hi Charlie!
  12:02pm
Leonardo:

Nice sofa
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02pm
listener james from westwood:

Yay, Nothing for lunch! Good Monday, Charlie and all!
Avatar 12:02pm
Ryan H:

Hello, Charlie!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:02pm
doctorjazz:

Very busy doing work stuff, but have the show on, will comment here and there (sure that's a relief).
Hi Charlie!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02pm
Charlie:

Hi everybody! Getting settled, will check back soon:)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Rest Cure" by "Arthur Brown"
Not the sound one associates with Arthur Brown (at least, not THIS one). Ramping up a bit, maybe...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
Doug Schulkind:

Hello, Busybodies!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:06pm
spodiodi:

good morning, Charlie and do-nothings
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:07pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Button Up Your Overcoat" by "Ruth Etting"
Sounds like Eddy Lang on guitar here.
Avatar 12:09pm
Stork:

Wow, that was weird - there really was nothing at the start - the stream stopped, then no Charlie - I quit the pop-up and restarted it - now i gotz it!! Hey, alls!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:11pm
Charlie:

Stork, same thing happened for me! I had to restart the stream to get me. Is this normal?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:12pm
Charlie:

So what's this about ravens playing tennis with peanuts?
Avatar 12:13pm
Stork:

↳ Charlie @12:11
Never happened quite that way before. Listening for the start - sream stopped, then zilch. Took me a good 8 mins or so to try the restart. It's a puzzlah!
Avatar 12:14pm
βrian:

Cascada?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:16pm
doctorjazz:

No break in the action here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:16pm
Charlie:

Over the falls in a barrel!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:23pm
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:

Hey all. Just got off another Zoom call. Loving this fill in! Also this BigBlood is getting me psyched for the Monty Hall show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:24pm
chresti:

↳ Charlie @12:12
My friends at the tennis courts in Griffith Park! They like me because I give them peanuts.
Have not seen them playing tennis yet.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:24pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜 @12:23
When is that show?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:25pm
spodiodi:

↳ chresti @12:24
🐦‍⬛ gm chresti!\\//
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:26pm
chresti:

↳ spodiodi @12:25
gm spodi!\\//
Avatar 12:28pm
djnogoodnick:

Hi Charlie and Drummer-streamers! Busy doin' nuthin is the theme of my summer!
Avatar 12:32pm
northguineahills:

↳ chresti @12:24
it was nice for you to show kindness by giving peanuts to the unkindness...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:33pm
Brian in UK:

Charlie, got an Omnibus edition of the Ripley stories recently.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:33pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "Button Up Your Overcoat" by "Ruth Etting"
You must leave the bar at 2am and go directly to bed!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:33pm
Michael 98145:

↳ chresti @12:24
Our local corvids find pistachios to be fun entertainment, as well
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:35pm
chresti:

↳ Michael 98145 @12:33
Ooh I'll try those sometime!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:37pm
Michael 98145:

↳ chresti @12:35
they seem to enjoy the rattle
  12:37pm
Roberto:

Crud, if I'd known Charlie was filling in today I'd have rescheduled my dentist appointment!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:38pm
Charlie:

↳ Roberto @12:37
Make your dentist play GTDR!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:39pm
Charlie:

↳ chresti @12:33
Last call!
  12:39pm
wendy del formaggio:

CHARLIE! I just got home from running errands. Tuned in in time to hear “Irene,” but not Irene. Know what I mean?
Avatar 12:39pm
northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Is That Enough" by "Yo La Tengo"
yaye, YLT!
  12:39pm
Roberto:

Wish I could. Her office music blows chunks! Although it's better than it used to be.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 12:41pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Roberto @12:37
Hopefully no filling in from the dentist...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:43pm
luka:

hi folks
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:46pm
Charlie:

Greetings to each of you individually! Glad you're all here:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:48pm
Charlie:

Can someone invent a clone to respond to comments while I'm tryna figger out what I'm going to play next?
Avatar 12:48pm
TDK60:

Hola. I love stuff from recorded history. So, spin it..
Avatar 12:49pm
Ryan H:

CharlieGPT
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:50pm
spodiodi:

↳ Song: "Coconut Grove" by "The Lovin' Spoonful"
there is no bad version. this one is nice
Avatar 12:52pm
northguineahills:

↳ Charlie @12:48
frinkiac.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:52pm
Michael 98145:

↳ Song: "Coconut Grove" by "The Lovin' Spoonful"
Always nice to hear them
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:53pm
chresti:

↳ Charlie @12:48
I need someone to go check the courts for me so I do not miss your show!
Avatar 12:54pm
northguineahills:

↳ chresti @12:53
if I ever needed a tennis court, i now know how to distract you while i nick one...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:54pm
Charlie:

↳ chresti @12:53
Chresti, what do you do at the courts?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:54pm
WR:

↳ Charlie @12:54
Chresti is The Gatekeeper
  12:55pm
jaromir:

Good afternoon Lewish. Finally made it in for a visit
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:57pm
WR:

Thank you Charlie for the tunes, you'll probably be finished doing nothing by the time I'm finished leading my team mates into whatever.

Laters all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:57pm
schmutz:

yay charlie! sneaking in a lil listen between meetings. will catch up in the archive :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:57pm
chresti:

↳ Charlie @12:54
I check reservations in and walk around to see who hasn't shown up- a short hike on a trail to the upper courts.
  12:57pm
jan:

Hi Charlie- great to hear you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:58pm
spodiodi:

lover that pic, Charlie. thank you for sharing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:58pm
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:

↳ doctorjazz @12:24
Apologies, just saw this -- this Friday, sold out!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:59pm
Michael 98145:

↳ chresti @12:57
great exercise.
hope you aren't having to deal with pickle ballers.
Avatar 1:00pm
northguineahills:

I heard Ira yesterday say much of the tour had been postponed until 2024 due to Georgia's knee surgery...
Avatar 1:01pm
TDK60:

The photograph of your grandfather looks similar to ones I've seen from the 1960s-to-early '70s.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:01pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜 @12:58
Oh well, thanks anyway. Haven't gotten my head around Monty Hall concerts yet...
Avatar 1:02pm
northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Our Prayer" by "Beach Boys"
one of my faves..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:02pm
chresti:

www.google.com...
Avatar 1:02pm
Jeff Moore:

↳ Song: "Beach Boy" by "Jimi Tenor"
Wholly what? Hi Charlie!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:03pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Nature Boy" by "Frank Sinatra with the Jeff Alexa...
There's a cool segue...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:03pm
chresti:

↳ Michael 98145 @12:59
Not lately
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:03pm
Michael 98145:

↳ chresti @1:02
Great location
  1:03pm
wendy del formaggio:

Oh damn. That Beach Boys-to-Frank segue was superb.
Avatar 1:04pm
Stork:

This is a really great trove of Sinatra rarities!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:05pm
Michael 98145:

Nat King Cole
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:05pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Nature Boy" by "Frank Sinatra with the Jeff Alexa...
Frankie sounds pretty good (not much of a Sinatra fan in general).
Avatar 1:05pm
TDK60:

Frank, singing 'bout the day he met a proto-hippy happenin' by.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:06pm
listener james from westwood:

This was from back when the animation studios were caricaturing Frankie as basically a coiffed pipe cleaner in a suit.
Avatar 1:06pm
Stork:

↳ Song: "Nature Boy" by "The Great Society, with Grace Slick"
Grace!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:07pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Nature Boy" by "The Great Society, with Grace Slick"
Sounds like a bit of a vocal stretch for Grace (not quite there with intonation...)
  1:07pm
frenchee:

NATURE BOY is a huge favorite. I love this version by...Grace Slick?
  1:08pm
frenchee:

↳ Stork @1:06
oh hai Stork and DoctorJazz. This is a devilment to sing.
  1:08pm
wendy del formaggio:

There’s a Mickey Katz version of this song, too. “Nature Bocher.”
  1:09pm
frenchee:

I also like Alex Chilton's version.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:09pm
Michael 98145:

↳ frenchee @1:07
Yes! Had forgotten that.
Avatar 1:09pm
still b/p:

↳ listener james from westwood @1:06
And when teenage fans in the theater for his concert would NOT risk losing their seats, reportedly even for urgent restroom need, so...those seats, ohhh, they remember those shows and those girls.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:10pm
unpopularfred:

↳ Song: "Nature Boy" by "The Great Society, with Grace Slick"
I've never fully warmed to this song, but it continues to keep my interest by the wide variety of artists who've embraced it
Avatar 1:10pm
Stork:

↳ Song: "Things We Said Today" by "Nancianne & Friends"
These segues are a-blowin my mind!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:11pm
Michael 98145:

↳ Song: "Swan Lake" by "Fanfare van de Eeuwigdurende Bijst...
cool !
Avatar 1:13pm
still b/p:

Worked with someone years ago who used chill electronic mix versions of Nature Boy for the top, bottom and scene-change moments in a production of Macbeth.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:14pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

It's 64F here in Bellows Falls today. So, I'm also thinking about Autumn Leaves.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:15pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "Nature Boy" by "Frank Sinatra with the Jeff Alexa...
I like Nat King Cole's version
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:15pm
Michael 98145:

Well, -this- has been a set & a half
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:16pm
Charlie:

I do want to say Hi to Jaromir, making his first appearance on the chat! Thanks for dropping by:)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:17pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Wait" by "The Beatles"
I can fill in great vocals here, listen closely all!
  1:18pm
jaromir:

↳ Song: "Wait" by "The Beatles"
exactly, minus vocals was great
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:18pm
Michael 98145:

RIP, William Friedkin
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:19pm
chresti:

↳ still b/p @1:13
Wow.
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Michael:

Morning Charlie!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:23pm
chresti:

10:23 am
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:30pm
Charlie:

↳ jaromir @1:18
Jaromir, did you get only the instrumental track?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:33pm
spodiodi:

↳ Song: "Birdhouse in Your Soul" by "They Might Be Giants"
👏
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:33pm
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:

↳ Song: "Birdhouse in Your Soul" by "They Might Be Giants"
Love this song. Long time no hear!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:33pm
Charlie:

↳ doctorjazz @1:17
Did you all not get vocals? That would mean I'm only sending one channel. The stereo on old Beatles records puts the vocals on one channel.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:33pm
listener james from westwood:

↳ Song: "Birdhouse in Your Soul" by "They Might Be Giants"
Aw, yay, TMBG!
  1:33pm
jaromir:

i heard lyrics towards the very end but mostly just instrumental
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:34pm
Michael 98145:

↳ Charlie @1:33
did not know that
Avatar 1:35pm
northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Birdhouse in Your Soul" by "They Might Be Giants"
reminds me when i was in the uk in '93 w/ the boy scouts, me and a friend who sing this whole album from beginning to end. (i got my eagle scout before my 14th bday in the minimal time allowed, and only participated thereafter in interesting trips, like going to the uk...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:35pm
Charlie:

↳ jaromir @1:33
Okay, gotta look into that then!
  1:35pm
jaromir:

i liked it anyhow :)
  1:36pm
jaromir:

I have to skip to PT, good listenings. I'll keep an eye out in the future
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:36pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Quite Rightly So" by "Procol Harum"
Love this!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:37pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Birdhouse in Your Soul" by "They Might Be Giants"
Stepped away, missed Birdhouse, sad, another fave!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:38pm
Charlie:

"but still in closing let me say..."!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:39pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Birdhouse in Your Soul" by "They Might Be Giants"
That reminds me, John Flansburgh was a guest on the Sheena Stream not long ago-I've been meaning to catch that one in the archives, this is good reminder.

wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:40pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ Song: "Life on Mars?" by "David Bowie"
It's hard to choose a favorite Bowie song, because duh, but this one is definitely in the Top 10. Maybe Top 5.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:40pm
Threemoons:

↳ Song: "Life on Mars?" by "David Bowie"
BOWIE
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:41pm
Charlie:

↳ Threemoons @1:40
For me too! This might be my fave. And, not to sound too pompous, but one of the great songs of its era!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:42pm
Charlie:

↳ Wendy del Formaggio @1:40
That was meant to be a reply to Wendy! clicked the wrong word balloon, doh!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:43pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ Charlie @1:42
10-4, good buddy!
Avatar 1:44pm
Jeff Moore:

↳ Song: "Life on Mars?" by "David Bowie"
I flashed on what song this was from the timbre of the very first piano note we heard... but I always lose those music quizzes!

(Isn't "timbre" a good word, tho'?)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:44pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Life on Mars?" by "David Bowie"
Brad Meldhau did a nice version of this (solo piano) on his last album of Beatles tunes (I know, I know...)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:45pm
Charlie:

↳ Jeff Moore @1:44
It's what the lumberjacks shout--timbre!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:47pm
spodiodi:

↳ Song: "Filthy Bird" by "Robyn Hitchcock"
i usually don't care for the artist, but this song sounds good
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:49pm
Webhamster Henry:

Sorry I was out, I was busy doing banking.
Avatar 1:49pm
Jeff Moore:

↳ Song: "Life on Mars?" by "David Bowie"
Also:

If anyone here hasn't yet watched the British mystery timeslip cop show called "Life on Mars", this is your notification that it's one of the best TV shows ever, and you need to watch it. And the sequel Ashes to Ashes, wherein Mysteries are Solved.

Do not bother with the insipid US remake of LOM.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:50pm
Michael 98145:

↳ chresti @1:02
Guess i had forgotten there is a golf course near the Greek Theatre ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:50pm
Charlie:

↳ Jeff Moore @1:49
Yes, that is a good show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:51pm
Michael 98145:

↳ Jeff Moore @1:49
Thanks for the tip -- never saw that
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 1:53pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Charlie @1:33
That came without the vocals (at the end there was some bleeding through of the vocal). I didn't know if somehow you had come up with a music minus one version of Wait. That wide Beatles-stereo panning drives many nuts (and is why many, but not me, prefer mono versions).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:54pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ Jeff Moore @1:49
Thank you, Jeff! It's on my list now, with the admonition: Ignore the US remake. (Generally a good policy anyway.)
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doctorjazz:

↳ Jeff Moore @1:49
Have to put it on my to watch list (in the middle of watching ALL of Dr Who, that could take until the next millenium).
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βrian:

12:56 on the isthmus.
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rw:

Good morning and thank you Charlie for filling in today! Is that a plastic curtain protector? My grandparents had one on their sofa.
  2:02pm
rw:

Oh. Enjoying the show, and hello radio friends!
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Charlie:

↳ rw @2:02
Sure looks like it!
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doctorjazz:

↳ rw @2:02
My parents had a sofa that looked a lot like the one in the picture, but it WAS covered in plastic. Don't recall curtain plastic protection, but plastic lined our chairs as well.
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Michael 98145:

↳ doctorjazz @2:03
That was a common practice -- save the sofa for "company"
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Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:

↳ Song: "pH Balanced" by "Shudder to Think"
Useless pronunciation point -- Hoven Droven is pronounced "huven druven" -- like the hum in Humvee. From a Norwegian friend of mine -- last name is Hovde, pronounced HUV-Dee (rhymes with Dove-dee)
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doctorjazz:

↳ Michael 98145 @2:04
The sofa and chairs outlasted my parents (partly because no one wanted to sit on them, they were so uncomfortable). Nobody wanted them later either, good shape or no.
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Charlie:

↳ Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜 @2:04
No pronunciation points are useless! Thanks:)
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Michael 98145:

↳ doctorjazz @2:05
Many wound up on sidewalks.

No, not the parents. 😎
  2:10pm
rw:

After having lived through the Depression you want to make sure that sofa you spent so much $ on outlasts your grandkids' grandkids. Whether they want it or not.
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Charlie:

It's hard to find a new home for our parents' and grandparents' old furniture.
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coelacanth∅:

Greetings Charlie and busybodies!
  2:12pm
rw:

↳ Charlie @2:11
You said it. I'm not looking forward to the day my mom passes away. I hope I go first.
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Michael 98145:

↳ Charlie @2:11
Habitat for Humanity will sometimes accept them ...
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coelacanth∅:

...this is different than my astonished (in memphis) on my chore of enchantment!
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rw:

Yo coe!
  2:13pm
wendy del formaggio:

I should have some Giant Sand in my collection. And I don’t. I only have a Howe Gelb solo album which I love.
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "You Are Here in the Sky (remix of The Flamingos "...
chazaloo!
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coelacanth∅:

hey rw!
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Michael 98145:

↳ Song: "You Are Here in the Sky (remix of The Flamingos "...
nice
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wendy del formaggio:

A remix by you of one of my favorite songs? Who knew?!
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Jeff Moore:

↳ Song: "Swan Lake" by "Fanfare van de Eeuwigdurende Bijst...
Also: TIL that there exists something called a "fanfare band". How that differs from a regular brass band or a drum & bugle corps remains mysterious.
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Charlie:

↳ wendy del formaggio @2:14
I did this one years ago!
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northguineahills:

↳ Song: "Card Nation" by "Susumu Yokota"
I heart all susumy yokota!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Shades of Gray" by "The Monkees"
Remember when this came out, was a big deal, lots of AM radio play.
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Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Shades of Gray" by "The Monkees"
I play this on the autoharp sometimes. #okboomer
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still b/p:

↳ Song: "Shades of Gray" by "The Monkees"
Is the instrumentation really this spare, or is it another bit of stereo mishigas?
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still b/p:

↳ still b/p @2:22
Confirmed with a listen elsewhere: it was stereo mishigas. Much missing.
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Charlie:

↳ still b/p @2:22
Yeah, I gotta figger out what the f is going on with that!
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unpopularfred:

↳ still b/p @2:28
glad we figured that out, I'm always nervous that I'm going deaf in my right ear
  2:35pm
Erik (VT):

Definitely stoked to check out / listen / and learn more about The 3 Clubmen (Andy Partridge, etc).
Random XTC related query: only have one Sugarplastics album. In your opinion, Are ALL of em worthy of attention ?
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Shades of Gray" by "The Monkees"
Sounded odd on my end as well (not as much as the Beatles song, though)
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Charlie:

↳ Erik (VT) @2:35
I am completely ignorant of The Sugarplastic!
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Michael 98145:

↳ Song: "We'll Meet Again" by "The Byrds"
Wore copies of this LP to vinyl dust
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "We'll Meet Again" by "The Byrds"
Missing tracks here as well (you don't need to hear this again, do you).
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Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Chewing Gum Wrapper" by "Jonathan Richman & The M...
Jonathan in his "I'll write about what I just stepped in" phase.
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Charlie:

↳ Webhamster Henry @2:43
"Ode to a piece of trash..."
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Charlie:

Hey, nothing-doers, stay tuned for Wendy and Wreck Your Own Adventure, up next! Here's the playlist page: wfmu.org...
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Around the World" by "Alex McMurray"
I love his How to be a Cannonball album, haven't heard this (He has 24 albums on Bandcamp, I see).
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Michael 98145:

↳ doctorjazz @2:46
Uh oh -- another bandcamp expedition coming ..
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Michael 98145:

↳ Song: "Waterfalls (Paul McCartney cover)" by "Cate Le Bon"
Cate !
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Charlie:

↳ doctorjazz @2:46
Don't know that album, but he is prolific! He used to front a great band called Royal Fingerbowl.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Michael 98145 @2:47
All 24 albums available as digital downloads, for the low, low price of $57.75, hmmm...
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spodiodi:

great show. thank you, Charlie!
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Wendy del Formaggio:

↳ Song: "Season in the Sun" by "Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake"
Is this where we have joy, we have fun?
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Season in the Sun" by "Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake"
This is cool (been listening to Ran Blake a bit, nice box set of Soul Note/Black Saint recordings).
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Michael 98145:

Enjoyed this, thank you.
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Wendy del Formaggio:

Thanks, Charlie! Shameless self-promotion time: go here if you want to listen to Wreck Your Own Adventure. wfmu.org...
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doctorjazz:

Thanks for the great tunes, Charlie!
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Wendy del Formaggio:

IVOR CUTLER!!! <3 <3 <3
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Erik (VT):

- oh ok: re The Sugarplastic are sort of a USA (L.A.) spin on the XTC vibe. 4 albums (plus).
  2:55pm
rw:

Nice work Charlie. Thank you!
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chresti:

Thanks Charlie, very pleasant musical accompaniment to go with my morning tasks!
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Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Last Song" by "Ivor Cutler Trio"
Ivor Cutler is a good ingredient for every show. Fun fact: he was Jewish!
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listener james from westwood:

Many thanks, Charlie—always delightful!
  2:59pm
frenchee:

↳ Webhamster Henry @2:43
ha ha! he is oh so very slice-of-life
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Charlie:

Oh! Thanks, all, for joining today:) Much appreciated! See you next time...
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