Favoriting Optical Sound with Mike Sin: Playlist from September 29, 2023 Favoriting

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A sight for sore ears. Power pop, freakbeat, and psychedelic songs for all six senses.

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Sat. Nov 30th, 11am - 1pm: Mike Sin fills in for Michael Shelley
Thu. Jan 2nd, 2025, 9pm - Midnight: Mike Sin fills in for Dave the Spazz

Favoriting September 29, 2023: Fillin' in for Nate... It's Friday - No Rest for the Weakened!

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Artist Track Album Label Format Comments New Approx. start time
Wombles  Let's Womble to the Party   Favoriting (single)  CBS    1975    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Boneheads  New Jersey   Favoriting (EP)  Good Times Rock 'n' Roll Club    1981  *   0:03:20 (Pop-up)
Jacuzzi Boys  Coral Girls   Favoriting (Single)  Audio Visual    2010    0:05:26 (Pop-up)
Primitive Hearts  Primitive Heart   Favoriting (EP)  No Rules!    2012    0:07:42 (Pop-up)
Devil Dogs  354   Favoriting The Devil Dogs  Crypt    1989    0:10:09 (Pop-up)
New York Dolls  Don't Mess With Cupid   Favoriting Lipstick Killers - Mercer Street Sessions  ROIR    1972    0:12:27 (Pop-up)
20/20  Tonight We Fly   Favoriting 20/20  Portrait    1979    0:15:22 (Pop-up)
Silencers  Illegal   Favoriting Rock 'n' Roll Enforcers  Precision    1980    0:18:07 (Pop-up)
Bass Drum of Death  Too Cold To Hold   Favoriting Say I Won't  Fat Possum    2023  *   0:21:54 (Pop-up)
Bush Tetras  Cowboys in Africa   Favoriting Rituals  Stiff  EP  1981    0:24:55 (Pop-up)
 
The Mamas & The Papas  Straight Shooter   Favoriting VA: Monterey International Pop Festival  Razor & Tie    1967    0:37:27 (Pop-up)
Every Mother's Son  I Won't   Favoriting Every Mother's Son  MGM    1967    0:40:29 (Pop-up)
?  Why Don't We Wait   VA: Le Beat Bespoke 10  Detour    1967(?). Recently found acetate. The band is still unidentified.  *   0:42:55 (Pop-up)
Shy Guys  We Gotta Go   Favoriting VA: Michigan Brand Nuggets  Belvedere    1966    0:45:09 (Pop-up)
The Who  I'm A Boy   Favoriting Live at the Fillmore East 1968  Geffen    1968    0:47:45 (Pop-up)
Shades  Ballot Bachs   Favoriting VA: Garagelands, Vol. 2  Strange Things Are Happening    1968    0:50:27 (Pop-up)
Beach Boys  Denny's Drums   Favoriting Shut Down, Vol. 2  Capitol    1964    0:52:58 (Pop-up)
Timebox  Gone Is the Sad Man   Favoriting Beggin'  RPM Retrodisc    1968    0:54:49 (Pop-up)
Jon & Robin  You Don't Care   Favoriting The Singles  Sundazed    1967  *   0:58:45 (Pop-up)
McGuinness Flint  Dream Darling Dream   Favoriting McGuinness Flint  Capitol    1970    1:01:21 (Pop-up)
 
 
Tribute to Terry Kirkman of the Association
Association  One Too Many Mornings   Favoriting VA: Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968  Rhino    1965    1:14:42 (Pop-up)
Association  Come On In   Favoriting Birthday  Warner Bros.    1968    1:17:38 (Pop-up)
Association  Enter the Young   Favoriting And Then ... Along Comes the Association  Valiant    1966    1:20:54 (Pop-up)
Association  The Bus Song   Favoriting Birthday  Warner Bros.    1968    1:23:35 (Pop-up)
Association  Goodbye Columbus   Favoriting "Live"  Warner Bros.    1970    1:26:49 (Pop-up)
 
Missing Monuments  The Girl of the Nite   Favoriting Painted White  Douchemaster    2011    1:32:15 (Pop-up)
Dirtbombs  Hearthquake Heart   Favoriting VA: Superfuzz - Original Soundtrack  Lowfly    2003    1:36:03 (Pop-up)
Names  It's a Miracle   Favoriting VA: Buttons - From Champaign to Chicago  Numero Group    1979    1:38:25 (Pop-up)
Mudhoney  Baby Help Me Forget   Favoriting (EP)  Glitterhouse    1989    1:41:53 (Pop-up)
Gumbo  The Devils   Favoriting (single)  Just Add Water    1974  *   1:44:22 (Pop-up)
 
Movie Movie  Only Time Will Tell   Favoriting Storyboards  Topsy-Turvy    2023  *   1:56:55 (Pop-up)
Empire  Expensive Sound   Favoriting Expensive Sound  Munster    1981  *   2:00:21 (Pop-up)
Worriers  Charming   Favoriting Trust Your Gut  Ernest Jenning    2023. Playing live on the EvanFunkDavies show on Wed. Oct 18th!  *   2:04:08 (Pop-up)
Artful Dodger  You Know It's Alright   Favoriting Artful Dodger  Pilot    1976    2:07:01 (Pop-up)
Lloyds  And That's Why (I Don't Like You)   Favoriting Attitude Check  Liberation Hall    1979  *   2:10:29 (Pop-up)
Earth Quake  (Sitting In The Middle of) Madness   Favoriting VA: Beserkley Chartbusters Vol. 1  Beserkley    1974    2:14:36 (Pop-up)
Robin Lane & the Chartbusters  Don't Cry   Favoriting Robin Lane & the Chartbusters  Warner Bros.    1980    2:18:07 (Pop-up)
Piper  Drop By and Stay   Favoriting Can't Wait  A&M    1977    2:21:16 (Pop-up)
Van Duren  New Year's Eve   Favoriting Are You Serious?  Water    1977.    2:24:20 (Pop-up)
 
Wednesday Week  The Senses of Our World   Favoriting (single)  Vibro-Phonic    1998. Cover of a Bugaloos track!    2:34:56 (Pop-up)
Cavedogs  What's New Pussycat?   Favoriting Six Tender Moments  Capitol    1991    2:37:52 (Pop-up)
Now  Wind Was   Favoriting And Blue Space Is Burning Noon  Sloth Mate Productions    2023  *   2:40:58 (Pop-up)
Liverpool Express  Hold Tight   Favoriting (single)  Warner Bros.    1976    2:45:27 (Pop-up)
Dukes of the Stratosphear  Shiny Cage   Favoriting Psonic Psunspot  Geffen    1987    2:47:37 (Pop-up)
Thanes  For What Reward?   Favoriting (EP)  Rogue    2023  *   2:50:39 (Pop-up)
Rita Pavone  Just Once More   Favoriting (single)  RCA Victor    1964    2:52:56 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
Mike Sin:

Welcome everybody -- Thanks for tuning in!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Mike Sin and all!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09pm
medson:

Alright. My parents said I can stay up late to tune in. Let’s rock.
  9:11pm
Noland in Reno:

Damn!!!! Way to start things off!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Awright ! Optimal Optical...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Greetings, Mike and Myopotamians!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
medson:

Sinfully good tunes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
Mike Sin:

Thanks so much, Friday night lights!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
Mike Sin:

Everyone in the NYC area braving these rains OK?
  9:23pm
cbunny:

i know how it sounds to say that dolls track is so good.
i get it.
but I needed to hear that cut tonite!
thanks for a fun fun set starting right.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24pm
Handy Haversack:

Mike Sin. Mike Sinners.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "Cowboys in Africa" by "Bush Tetras"
😲
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29pm
chresti:

I'm so DIZZY!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29pm
medson:

↳ Mike Sin @9:20
All good down here. Had some rain earlier.
Avatar 9:32pm
David Shortell:

Merry Michaelmas, Michael.
What is this bed music you play between sets anyway?
Avatar 9:34pm
MarciB:

The rain has stopped here in Western Queens for the moment...and so great to hear Mike on the airwaves tonight!
  9:35pm
P-90:

The Peavey amp logo!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ MarciB @9:34
Yeah, we just walked back from LIC to Greenpoint. Much dryer than the walk over there a few hours back.
  9:36pm
cbunny:

peavey holds very special places for me.
i still have a 70’s mark iv bass head and a 90’s combo
👾
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37pm
BnowB:

[Intro: David Lee Roth]
Alright, you sinners, swing
  9:37pm
E. Normus:

What’s up party peoples? Pumped to het my swag from the marathon soon! Long live wfmu.
  9:39pm
cbunny:

i’m headed to a lady shredding show at harvard and stone on hollywood in a couple hours.
pagoto totally shreds.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39pm
chris_in_space:

We are in capable hands with you tonight, @Mike Sin. Listening to the Optical Sound while watching the Jays crush the Rays, and setting up my bike for a weekend of long rides on a bikepacking trip.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39pm
Krull Sagan:

Great set Mr. Sin! Digging it from the parking deck of RDU airport on this Friday night- the soundtrack of waiting for a dear one to land
Avatar 9:39pm
David Shortell:

↳ Song: "Straight Shooter" by "The Mamas & The Papas"
I believe that was Brian Jones introducing them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:40pm
Mike Sin:

↳ David Shortell @9:32
"Arcipelago" by the Underground Set
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:40pm
Franco Twinkie:

↳ cbunny @9:36
I have a Peavy Backstage 30. One day I took it outside in the parking lot where I use to live to crank it to 11.

Just then, two cops walked by.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:41pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "Straight Shooter" by "The Mamas & The Papas"
Man!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49pm
chresti:

↳ cbunny @9:39
sounds good (and loud)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:50pm
BnowB:

↳ Song: "I'm A Boy" by "The Who"
I'm the boy on a bike.
  9:52pm
P-90:

the fine art of the fuzz solo
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53pm
coelacanth∅:

shades of count 5
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53pm
coelacanth∅:

hey Mike Sin, opticians
  9:54pm
P-90:

Denny!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55pm
Handy Haversack:

Yo, coela, BnowB, Franco.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56pm
Franco Twinkie:

Hey Handy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56pm
coelacanth∅:

greetings Handy! how was K8's show the other night?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ coelacanth∅ @9:56
It was really great! All three bands sounded excellent. K8 and crew were in top-notch form. And it was the one not rainy evening in the past week or so. Real nice Brooklyn time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:00pm
BnowB:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:55
Howdy Handy :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:00pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "You Don't Care" by "Jon & Robin"
pretty woman
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:00pm
coelacanth∅:

↳ Handy Haversack @9:57
sweet! {thumbs-up emoji}
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:05pm
chresti:

Haha doing great!
Avatar 10:06pm
Steve from LI:

Got it right the first time: listening to the stream on my phone
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07pm
Franco Twinkie:

Happy neighbor talk is the best!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08pm
Handy Haversack:

I spend a lot of time playing music really loud in Mike Sin's car. He hasn't known until now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08pm
chresti:

via phone and laptop in SoCal
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09pm
Mike Sin’s Ear Dr.:

Stop cranking it up so loud
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10pm
chresti:

FUGS
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11pm
Franco Twinkie:

Fug pedal!
  10:12pm
d:

let's play some records!
  10:13pm
chresti:

FUZZ
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15pm
PaulRobeson1923:

Love em
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16pm
Glynis GirlGroupGirl:

↳ PaulRobeson1923 @10:15
I’m with Paul!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16pm
Franco Twinkie:

↳ Song: "One Too Many Mornings" by "Association"
Aw man! Chresti and I were at a party in Pasadena when Terry Kirkman walked into the kitchen.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:18pm
PaulRobeson1923:

: )
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19pm
Glynis GirlGroupGirl:

Like the lesser known Association cuts Mike. Deep dive!
  10:20pm
Gary:

Nice Mike. Saw them at the Village Theater in ‘67 and they were top notch musicians and performers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:21pm
Franco Twinkie:

Speaking of Monterrey Pop: The Association are in the outtakes from the movie. I can't believe how Devo those guys were back in 1967!
  10:26pm
Gary:

Monterey was a disaster for them. See Kirkman’s obit in The NY Times 10/26.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27pm
Peter from Boonton formerly Dover NJ:

Hi, Mike, thanks for filling in. You kept me company driving back from band rehearsal. Great show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:30pm
PaulRobeson1923:

Not a cloud in the sky, it’s a sunny day
Push in the button let the top ten play
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32pm
Franco Twinkie:

Goodbye Columbus was Philip Roth's first novel. After that, he was unstoppable.
Avatar 10:33pm
David Shortell:

↳ Song: "Goodbye Columbus" by "Association"
Richard Benjamin starred in that and the other Philip Roth adaption "Portnoy's Complaint".
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36pm
Chili MacPagoda:

Imagine the surprise of walkin in the door, firing up the speaker and hearing Mike Sin on a Friday. A nice surprise! Cheers Señor Sin 🍻
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:40pm
Mike Sin:

Thanks so much everybody for stickin' with me tonight!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "It's a Miracle" by "Names"
If Tim weren't at Goner Fest, he'd love this. Since he IS at Goner Fest, and I'm NOT: screw off, Tim!
  10:41pm
Zabadak:

I like this, it’s very “Cheap Trick”-y
  10:42pm
pp:

yes from Illinois what do you expect :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:49pm
coelacanth∅:

ho hum, ho hum,
it's off t'werk i go.

Thanks Mike!

'night
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:50pm
dave miss:

Always a great station during a disaster
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:57pm
chresti:

Weather witch? I've heard some weather warlock
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:58pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Only Time Will Tell" by "Movie Movie"
Yeah, sounds good. New York City, you say?
Avatar 11:01pm
cbunny:

Movie Movie love
Avatar 11:02pm
cbunny:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:58
yup one of Sicco's bands.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:03pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ cbunny @11:02
I can dig it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:05pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Charming" by "Worriers"
And at the Broadway, Brooklyn, 10/14!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:20pm
Chop Scott:

Thanks for all of this tonight Mike--rough day addressing water leaks and shop vac action in my space. Trying to decompress with a cocktail and your fine program--Cheers!
  11:29pm
Lawrence:

Great show Mike!
  11:35pm
mr 6:

Witchie Poo
  11:38pm
Yapper:

Witchiepoo was in HR Pufnstuf. I forget the name of the Bugaloos antagonist. Great stuff. Both shows!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:43pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Wind Was" by "Now"
Wanted to go see these guys Sat. night, but the weather beat me. It was just too depressing to go out. Ate eggplant parm instead.
  11:43pm
cbunny:

omw to pagoto. thanks for fin sets
  11:44pm
cbunny:

and fun ones too
  11:48pm
cbunny:

all about the shredding
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:52pm
Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Mike! Great fill-Sin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58pm
chresti:

Thanks Mike!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58pm
Todd76Pct:

Thanks much for great picks tonight, Mike!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:59pm
Todd76Pct:

Now on EFDs show was a great set!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:00am
dave miss:

Whoot SIN!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:12am
Mike Sin:

Thanks so much, all ya wonderful peeps!
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