WFMU: Todd-o-phonic Todd: Playlist from December 2, 2023

Listener comments!
	♥ 3:01pm Hoboken Jack: I'm in love with the rock and roll world!
	🎸 ♥ 3:01pm DonJuanTijuana: Rock N Roll! 🤘🧨
	🎸 ♥ 3:03pm medson: Hola TOPT and all.
	♥ 3:03pm greg g: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:01 You and me both Hoboken Jack!
	♥ 3:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Clash ! ...so musically & socially relevant & indispensable ...no, I have no idea what all the words are...
	🎸 ♥ 3:04pm prof.fuzz: howdy y'all
	3:04pm HyperDose: ↳ Song: "Softly, Softly" by "The Equals" My Equals! 😍
	3:04pm Gerry from Miami: TODD, got some Pogues tunes lined up to honor SHANE MacGOWAN's passing? Hope so!
	3:05pm Van Winkle ;-): ↳ Song: "Janie Jones" by "The Clash" No shirking today on the R&R music front...Greetings TOPT et al from above the 49th...
	3:06pm Hubig Pie: ↳ Song: "Softly, Softly" by "The Equals" Eddie Grant on vocals ?
	3:06pm Christina Ginger: Hello hello!
	♥ 3:06pm Hoboken Jack: Hey TOPT, Greg G, Medson Man, Prof, HyperD, everybody!!
	3:06pm Richard Whig: I was told that there would be records and wit
	3:06pm Joe B: Boss Groover!
	3:07pm Richard Whig: Derv Gordon was the Equals' lead vocalist.
	3:08pm Joe B: ↳ Hubig Pie @3:06 eddy grant wrote 'em, Derv sang 'em
	♥ 3:09pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Todd and December dregs! Hi, Jack. Jim the Poet was looking for you the other night in his fill-in for Alan6º.
	♥ 3:09pm Chili MacPagoda: Aloha TOPT. We’re having a rare rainy day here so it’s a great reason to listen to the show. Which I’d be doing anyways. Strong opener w/the Clash & Equals. Glad yr not afraid of the hits!
	3:09pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Good afternoon worshipers of good music!
	♥ 3:10pm Pauly from Clifton: Hey-O TOPT!
	3:10pm Juli: I wish to drink a cup of coffee rn::::} So I will make a cup of coffee:::} It prolly won't keep me up hopefully
	♥ 3:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Rosalyn" by "David Bowie" + PinUps + ...a template for later Covers / Tribute Albums ?
	3:11pm Victrola Tom: Ok, what’d I miss??
	3:11pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Richard Whig @3:06 Nobody on the radio has ever lied to you before?
	3:13pm Juli: I have everything I need to start saving for instruments!!! I even have WFMU to speak to while saving
	3:13pm Richard Whig: so far, you have not missed the wit we've been promised.
	🎸 ♥ 3:14pm medson: Great opening set.
	♥ 3:14pm Chili MacPagoda: ↳ Song: "Outside Chance" by "The Turtles" Thee best. This one RULES. Warren Zevon ftw
	3:14pm PB: Nice Byrds, I mean Turtles track.
	3:14pm David Watts: Party on dudes!
	3:14pm Joe B: a 'stephen lyme' fave!
	3:15pm clarke: pow pow pow zevon baby!!
	🎸 ♥ 3:15pm listener 126464: Let's go! To me, quantity is quality.
	🎸 ♥ 3:16pm medson: ↳ Song: "Are You Paying Attention" by "The Blips" We are paying attention
	3:16pm clarke: i cain't afford to pay attention!
	🎸 ♥ 3:17pm prof.fuzz: ↳ clarke @3:16 in russia, attention pays you
	3:18pm clarke: da!
	3:20pm Juli: I enjoy the energy as alwayssssss
	3:22pm clarke: gurus!~
	3:22pm David Watts: This track ages well into middle age. What is my scene?
	3:23pm MFlynn: ↳ clarke @3:22 Love this one!
	3:23pm clarke: ↳ MFlynn @3:23 yahhhhhhh!!
	3:24pm Guy in Solihull UK: Super start to the show
	3:25pm Juli: I enjoy categorizing the self.
	3:25pm Juli: Do I?
	3:26pm Juli: No no I do not::::sarcasm:::}
	3:28pm clarke: come on.
	3:28pm MFlynn: ↳ clarke @3:28 Come On!!!!
	3:29pm Juli: BE freedom
	♥ 3:29pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Please, Please Me" by "Flamin' Groovies" A notable upward step for the Fabs after 'Love Me Do'. Yet heard much less...
	3:30pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Shaking & Stomping" by "The Kaisers" winnah spinnah!
	3:30pm Sylvia's Mother: The Fabs! That's the bag I'm in!
	3:31pm MFlynn: Damn, my one speaker was out! Better now!!!
	3:31pm P-90: Todd knows how to really come FLYING out of the starting gate
	♥ 3:32pm Hoboken Jack: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @3:09 Hey HP Ken! He found me but I need a little more advance notice to come up with something haha.
	3:33pm Juli: I can actually get to Jersey City now!
	♥ 3:33pm Hoboken Jack: Hello Joe, Tom, 126464, mflynn!
	3:34pm MFlynn: Hey Jack!!!
	3:34pm clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:33 they broke the mold!!
	🎸 ♥ 3:35pm listener 126464: Hiya, Jack!
	3:37pm Victrola Tom: The Prince of Pontification!
	♥ 3:37pm Hoboken Jack: Bummed about the Exbats
	3:37pm David Watts: Haha ya colored vinyl sucks!
	3:37pm MFlynn: You tell ‘em Todd!
	3:38pm Creature Boy: Colored vinyl aint easy to eyeball
	♥ 3:38pm Hoboken Jack: ↳ Song: "Rocket Man" by "Fastbacks" for a second i thought this was Freedy on the wrong speed
	3:38pm Prober: I was getting into the vibe of great song! And then Todd started screaming lol
	3:38pm clarke: commencing countdown engines ON
	3:38pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:37 Well now you can see Barrence Whitfield and The Savages that night instead.
	3:38pm The Hoboken Playwright: Don’t hold anything back, Todd. How do you really feel?
	3:39pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Prober @3:38 And the best part is I had it right the first time.
	3:39pm Juli: I need my art back:::::: I have nothing to play w rn!!!
	3:40pm DaveBed: How about a KJ track in memory of the great Geordie Walker?
	♥ 3:42pm Hoboken Jack: ↳ Juli @3:39 i hear good things about puppies
	3:42pm clarke: never thought i would say this in public, but Go Tulane!! roll wave.
	3:43pm clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:42 i hear good things about soviet bots.
	3:44pm clarke: ↳ Song: "If Tomorrow Starts Without Me" by "Bill Ryder-Jones" that was cool.
	♥ 3:45pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:32 I suppose you could install ChatGPT for such occasions but that would be cheating.
	3:45pm Juli: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:42 If only my heart isn't so soft I cannot fathom caring for a doggie again:::}
	3:47pm clarke: bass tone ist gut!
	♥ 3:48pm Chili MacPagoda: ↳ Song: "In Came You" by "Sundae Painters" This is great. Reminds me of thee Pastels.
	♥ 3:49pm radioronan: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:38 I was looking for Barrence's US dates an hour ago. When & where?
	3:49pm Juli: On a just don't eat diet! Small Breakfast Big brunch late lunch
	♥ 3:51pm San Pedro Girl: Hey Todd and everyone!
	3:51pm Creature Boy: ↳ Song: "Rosalyn" by "David Bowie" I feel like I knew most of the OG tunes when I first got my hands on Pin Ups & was just ever so slightly underwhelmed by it. It has increasingly become a favorite record over the years. I only heard Everything's Alright byThe Mojos like 8yrs ago
	3:51pm clarke: i CAN stand it. some more more.
	3:51pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ radioronan @3:49 Saturday 3/23 at The Bowery Electric. Not announced yet, probably next week.
	3:52pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ San Pedro Girl @3:51 Good afternoon!
	3:52pm Juli: Tea.
	3:53pm Joe B: great solo!
	3:53pm clarke: so... The Kaisers.. new album or should i just wait to hear the interview??
	♥ 3:54pm greg g: ↳ Song: "I Can't Stand It" by "The Feelies" Killin it!!
	3:55pm Van Winkle ;-): ↳ Creature Boy @3:51 Being a broke young teen...my first Bowie LP purchased was Pinups...used...I was unaware that those great songs were covers until much, much later. ;-)
	♥ 3:56pm radioronan: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:51 Awesome - Thanks!
	🎸 ♥ 3:57pm DonJuanTijuana: The Chesterfield Kings did a killer cover of Fight Fire
	3:57pm clarke: ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @3:55 hah, it actually is written on the liner notes, h aha ha.
	3:57pm John L: ↳ Song: "Fight Fire" by "The Golliwogs" Speaking of covers, I first heard this tune through Southern Culture On The Skids.
	3:58pm Creature Boy: ↳ Song: "I Wanna Be Your Man" by "The Pupils" Jealous ! I want the Pupils LP &&&& this Scorpio 45
	3:58pm Bob: I saw recently that John Fogerty is doing this song in his set
	3:58pm Juli: Water & watered down juice::: Exercise Dance Stretching I will become a ballerina!~
	3:58pm Richard Whig: playing air maracas over here
	3:58pm clarke: ↳ Richard Whig @3:58 you go man!!
	🎸 ♥ 3:58pm DonJuanTijuana: ↳ Bob @3:58 I would love to see this
	3:59pm Van Winkle ;-): ↳ clarke @3:57 Being used...I don't recall any liner notes. Probably just a white paper sleeve.
	3:59pm Joe B: thanks for the dedication!
	4:00pm clarke: ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @3:59 ah. that explains the whole deal.
	4:00pm clarke: it takes dedication...
	4:00pm Richard Whig: no denying Joe B is the People's Champ!!
	4:01pm clarke: ↳ clarke @4:00 [hank kimble voice] well, not the whole deal..
	4:02pm Creature Boy: ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @3:55 I feel ya , I hear ya
	4:02pm Van Winkle ;-): ↳ clarke @4:00 Long before the internet...so we were only as "knowledgeable" as the gatekeepers at the record shop counter allowed...I played it endlessly!!!
	♥ 4:03pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Creature Boy @3:51 I felt the same about that album initially. The cover art was so sensational. The music paled by comparison—or so I thought. Later on, when I revisited it, I loved it. Taste evolves.
	4:04pm clarke: ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @4:02 i bought plenty of used records, but almost every one had covers.
	4:04pm Andres: Good aft, Todd and all. It’s early in the month but I’m feeling the spirit… of radio. Sounding great!
	4:06pm clarke: also: regarding Pin-Ups - i didn't care for the drumming on most of it. thought it was ridiculous to not have woodmansey - like one of the greatest drummers of all time! - on it. also, every time i heard the original versions, i preferred them to the bowie cover.
	4:06pm Juli: Watching Youtube on TV & listening to radio Life is ridiculous!
	🎸 ♥ 4:07pm DonJuanTijuana: ↳ Juli @4:06 That’s what I do watching college hoops & listening TOPT
	4:08pm Juli: I also turned on DnB & now it's a party w us all
	4:09pm clarke: now.. Go Girl Crazy - that grabbed me!!
	♥ 4:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Some critique PinUps as Boowie being lazy. But it was out Oct. '73 with 'Aladdin Sane' same year in the Spring. & 'Diamond Dogs' the next Spring. & about a year after 'Nuggets' btw. I knew the Who & yARdbiRdS songs already - but things were a bit different for me cause I was a little kid hearing my older brother playing a quantity of things. I don't how anyone could not love the selections & the arrangements & performances. & it could've been easy to screw up doing those tunes...
	4:11pm P-90: (Korvettes!)
	4:11pm clarke: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @4:10 not that he was too lazy - too fucked up
	4:11pm MFlynn: Thanks Tood for getting me into the Dictators!
	4:11pm Anthony S.: Korvette's! Old guy.
	🎸 ♥ 4:13pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): Dang, loving this personal history, Todd. Thanks. Thinking about the fact that this month (the 10th) marks the 50th anniversary of CBGB.
	♥ 4:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ clarke @4:06 Hm. No Woody. Got Aynsley Dunbar tho. Spiders the Rawk Band was a great thing...
	4:14pm Mr C: The first 2 albums I ever purchsed were at an EJ Korvette's in Springfield, Pa. Supremes "Where DId Our Love Go" and 'Out of our Heads," Stones Mono 1.99...
	♥ 4:14pm Hoboken Jack: Lovely remembrances, Todd
	🎸 ♥ 4:14pm listener 126464: Nice remembrance Boss Groover.
	4:14pm Joe B: Every Day Is Saturday is essential, I'd say the most essential Dictators release, if not just for the essays by the various band members!
	♥ 4:14pm Chili MacPagoda: You know how to put together a tribute, Todd. Eloquent, thoughtful and humane. Thanks for that.
	4:15pm clarke: RIP scott -all around great guy!
	4:15pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Scott Kempner 1959-2023" kind words for a kind soul.
	♥ 4:16pm Gaylord Fields: Todd, that was a beautiful and heartfelt tribute to your friend. I learned about the Dictators in Trouser Press in the late '70s, and I am eternally grateful for that push towards my life's true goals. I'll indulge myself in one too many White Castle Impossible Sliders in his memory. Here's to Scott Kempner (Bronx Science '71) and all he stood for!
	4:16pm Joe B: condolences Todd. Never knew Top Ten personally but am a huge fan of all of his eras
	♥ 4:16pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Anthony S. @4:11 I too am old. I hadn’t heard it mentioned in so long, I’d nearly forgotten about it.
	4:17pm CommenterN: This was a demo?!?? Holyyyy
	4:17pm Richard Whig: nice done Todd. cheers
	4:17pm clarke: ↳ Gaylord Fields @4:16 Impossible Sliders - real thang?? (with or without arsenic?)
	4:17pm MFlynn: ↳ CommenterN @4:17 Wild !!!
	4:17pm Mr C: Soulful Todd..
	♥ 4:18pm Gaylord Fields: ↳ clarke @4:17 www.whitecastle.com... They taste about as unfortunate as the ones with meat, I'm happy to report.
	♥ 4:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ clarke @4:06 Hard - well, impossible to contest the Greatness of the originals. But I think the Boowie versions were all great. That being that high a bar. But I've said as much. & a template for Cover Albums to come even. But I said that too...
	4:18pm Creature Boy: Bought 2 unplayed copies of Bloodbrothers at a Salvation Army last year . Cool record
	♥ 4:19pm Chili MacPagoda: Gonna make him eat it up off da floor!!! Lol
	4:19pm Richard Whig: thank you Gaylord.....trying it so the rest of us can read n learn!!
	4:20pm clarke: ↳ Gaylord Fields @4:18 nearest white castle to me (that i know about): Memphis (if they still have it)
	4:21pm clarke: ↳ Creature Boy @4:18 dang, son. get lucky much??
	♥ 4:21pm Gaylord Fields: ↳ Richard Whig @4:19 I'm always watching out for you and my fellow meatless lovers of junk food!
	4:23pm clarke: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @4:18 also, in retrospect, now - i am just not that big on covers, anymore. was then, but still didn't care for that album.
	4:23pm Greg g: Thank you for the wonderful remembrance and tribute Todd. Rest in Peace Scott Kempner
	4:23pm Andres: I love that on the Go Girl Crazy album cover the Handsome Dick Manitoba wrestling jacket features a map of the province of Manitoba. We can fairly claim as CanCon I think. ;) Fantastic tribute.
	4:24pm Ochre Ogre: Nice tribute Todd. Got to NYC not knowing of The Dictators till popping in 2A Bar where Handsome Dick used to bartend.
	4:24pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Teengenerate" by "The Dictators" watermark song for my young ass!
	4:28pm Juli: Pretty
	4:30pm Juli: Everything in your life is a decision.
	4:30pm Kaiser Johnny: Great show as always and thanks for the play : )
	4:31pm efd via mobile device: Great tribute Todd, been listening in the car.
	4:31pm DFFDicd: hoooo, getting way choked up ovah heeyah.. fuh, who'll save... thanks for nothing with that reminder of the liner notes that somehow were a snapshot of me and my dopey pals too
	4:31pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Kaiser Johnny @4:30 Thanks! Great track Johnny!
	4:32pm clarke: ↳ Kaiser Johnny @4:30 that was a LOT of fun, sir!! continue the fun!!
	4:33pm John L: I must have lived in New Paltz for more than 10 years before finding out the Dictators started right here. That piece of history should be on the SUNY orientation tour.
	♥ 4:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Didn't get a whole lot of exposure to The Dictators. Seems there was probly some Regional element for them ? But then - I think they got to LA & all ? Mostly - they fell between Genres - & Eras ? (Punk & - whatever preceded it.) Which obvsly made them more relevant & notable. But in hindsight. Anyhow- nobody played them much for me beyond say 'Next Big Thing'...
	4:33pm DFFDicd: ...meaning thanks for everything. Rest in Rock, Top Ten.
	4:33pm Juli: ↳ John L @4:33 I worked in New Paltz for a season:::}
	🎸 ♥ 4:36pm listener 126464: Saw a Dictators reunion show at The Left Banke 1980 or so. Place was packed.
	4:36pm John L: ↳ Juli @4:33 Where and when did you work? I got here in 1981. I left and returned several times after graduation.
	4:36pm MFlynn: I really liked these guys and it’s great to hear all these great songs again. Thanks Todd!
	🎸 ♥ 4:37pm medson: Great tribute Todd.
	4:38pm Juli: ↳ John L @4:36 Tweefontein!
	4:38pm Joe B: I recall seeing one show at Maxwell's in the D.F.F.D era, or right after, maybe 2002?, where they played as a 4-piece without Scott. It was good but underscored his importance. not that that needed to be pointed out but ...
	4:38pm Christina Ginger: Dave Alvin posted a very nice tribute to Scott on his IG for those of you that would care to read it. It’s really worth it for the photo alone.
	4:39pm Juli: They make great lotion::: www.tweefonteinherbfarm.com
	🎸 ♥ 4:39pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Song: "Scott Kempner 1959-2023" such a great set.
	4:40pm Juli: I couldn't smoke weed there so I left:::}
	♥ 4:40pm ScottySlave: Thank you for this tribute!
	4:41pm Chad From Philly: Thanks for this wonderful tribute Todd, RIP Top Ten
	4:41pm Juli: ↳ John L @4:36 They have a cute lil shop in NEW PALTZ worth seeing for the huge crystals & neat ceilings in this beautiful old farmhouse
	4:42pm Juli: Who are we tributing?
	4:42pm Ochre Ogre: The Dictators, kinda like next generation of David Peel and the Lower East Side.
	4:42pm Hubig Pie: Spag bol and a bottle of red = gracious living
	4:42pm Richard Whig: damn
	4:43pm clarke: ALL the Del Lords were such good dudes. thnx roscoe!!
	4:43pm Joe B: Del Lords 2013 album would certainly be included on a theme show of how to not fuck up a reunion. (or theme hour not sure how many good ones there are!)
	🎸 ♥ 4:44pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Joe B @4:43 amen such a great record!
	♥ 4:44pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: That was the stuff right there. Great words.
	4:45pm John L: ↳ Juli @4:41 I'm familiar, but I've never been. Until 2019 I owned a record store here. Closed during Covid, but I'm working at a different record store now.
	4:45pm DFFDicd: Glad to know some you getting a good edumucashun re the mighty Dics. I suppose there's a NY thing, and/or a niche thing, that even today keeps them out of conversations that include Velvets/Dolls/Patti/TV/Ramones/and sometimes Dick Hell, but unfortunately marketing, overt humor (very "NY"), and a weird sounding first record and even weirder in a way second record doomed them. The third record and, ironically, subsequent releases in the 90s and 2000s like DFFD and the live records are where a certain balance of all the elements (including drumming) came together that arguably would've spread the disease with more grease and ease.
	4:45pm Juli: ↳ Song: "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live" by ... Relatable.
	4:46pm Juli: ↳ John L @4:45 Nicely:::} Record stores are where it's at
	4:46pm Joe B: Todd, I wonder if Dion and Top Ten made any phone calls to the Geator!
	♥ 4:47pm Ciggy: I met the Del Lords, or at least 2 of them at the bar before they performed at a club called 7 Wlillow Street in Port Chester, NY. Circa 1995. Really affable guys
	4:47pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Joe B @4:46 Hahahahaha!
	4:48pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Joe B @4:46 Maybe using Geator Phon-O-Vision.
	4:48pm Susan: Glad I got drag to all the reunion shows by my Dictators obsessed husband ! Always great
	4:48pm clarke: ↳ Ciggy @4:47 ciggy - did that place have a black and white checkered florr?? near the harbor??
	4:48pm clarke: -floor
	4:51pm DFFDicd: Notes: - Dion D of the Bronx, of course. - FBX enormous Dics acolytes despite growing up in Seattle.
	4:52pm Joe Castrianni: I was that Little Kings show. So good.
	4:53pm Sylvia's Mother: My goodness! 503 Social Club.
	4:53pm clarke: wow, yimmee mastro!! impressario!!
	♥ 4:55pm Ciggy: ↳ clarke @4:48 I remember it as being really clean. I do remember it as predominantly white. Also, the "neighborhood" seemed to be under the Cross Westchester Expressway. A little industrial and artist neighborhood. I went there twice. The other time to see the Buzzcocks. It had very good acts. It reminded me of Westchester County's version of Wetlands Preserve.
	4:56pm clarke: ↳ Ciggy @4:55 yeah, this doesn't sound like the place where i played, once. can't remember the name.
	♥ 4:56pm Gaylord Fields: I'm off to the White Castle, as promised, to pre-game for tonight's Rock 'n' Soul party! See some of you happy taxpayers at Monty Hall!
	4:57pm clarke: ↳ Gaylord Fields @4:56 will tune in, sir!! impossible!
	4:57pm clarke: i'm now triple-screening, but still listening. lotta action, today!
	4:58pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Song: "Baby Boomerang" by "Harpo" This song was already great, and then the mandolin came in, launching it to the stratosphere.
	♥ 4:59pm Chili MacPagoda: ↳ Song: "Go-Go Girl" by "John's Children" Love this. And big respect for this band for being “too wild” for thee Who and getting kicked off their tour.
	5:04pm clarke: ↳ Song: "It's The Little Things" by "Redd Kross" THIS album!!!
	♥ 5:10pm Chili MacPagoda: ↳ Song: "I Wonder" by "The Crystals" The feeling after finishing a Wonka Fizzy Lifting drink is this fantastic song.
	5:10pm Andres: ↳ Song: "I Wonder" by "The Crystals" A beaut!
	5:11pm Fredericks: ↳ Song: "I Remember You" by "Ramones" Johnny's best guitar tone is on this record.
	5:12pm Mr C: ↳ Gaylord Fields @4:56 where's the White Castle in JC?
	5:13pm clarke: ↳ Mr C @5:12 wherever it is - he's there already!
	5:13pm Fredericks: Wire would sound great next. That was NOT a request.
	5:14pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Mr C @5:12 Journal Square
	5:15pm Fredericks: It would be perfect RADIO!
	♥ 5:16pm Matt Clarke: Salve Todd + all!
	5:17pm Mr C: A great song to cover. In the day..
	5:18pm nealac: Damn this sounds so good!
	5:19pm clarke: RIP shane
	♥ 5:19pm Ciggy: ↳ clarke @4:56 The other Port Chester club was, Detroit. I saw what was advertised as the 1st U.S. performance of The Pretenders back in 1980 (which was untrue). But this club was in a major shopping center on Rte. 1. And of course, there is the Capitol Theater.
	♥ 5:20pm Tom inboston: Just saw Ted in Somerville! Hope you guys got to see him last night down in jerz!!
	5:20pm Frank In Queens: Pow pow pow!
	5:22pm clarke: he shoots, he scores!!
	5:22pm Fredericks: ↳ Song: "Dirty Old Town" by "Ted Leo/The Pharmacists" Very nice, Theodore!
	5:22pm clarke: ↳ Ciggy @5:19 not that one, either, ha ha.
	5:23pm clarke: ↳ Fredericks @5:22 ha ha ha. alvin!!!
	5:23pm P-90: So which one is Ernie Banks?
	♥ 5:23pm Chili MacPagoda: Aloha Mike Sin, Matt, Frank & Christina Ginger. Going to be a memorable Saturday in December 🍻
	5:26pm clarke: The Records?? i'm in!
	5:27pm Andres: Envious of you locals. Have a blast tonight!
	♥ 5:29pm Matt Clarke: Come on out locals!
	5:30pm MFlynn: Damn I wish I could be there tonight.
	🎸 ♥ 5:31pm DonJuanTijuana: ↳ Matt Clarke @5:29 Wish I was in town, sounds like a blast!
	5:31pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Love Love Love" by "Bobby Hebb" oh, sure!!
	♥ 5:34pm Chili MacPagoda: I’ll be representing FMU Rock N Soul west tonight with a few friends havin’ a rave up in my kitchen. The stereo will be loud enough for the neighbors to throw bricks at my house
	♥ 5:36pm chresti: Hi Todd-0 and phonicians!
	5:36pm Gerry G: Todd, Thank you for your tribute to Top Ten. Rest in peace Scott.
	5:37pm clarke: hey!
	♥ 5:37pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "Watusi Time" by "The Vibrations" Sounds like a Danelectro bass
	5:37pm clarke: ↳ McGroovey @5:37 you oughtta know!
	5:39pm clarke: you guys going to Anfield on this trip??
	5:39pm clarke: frank makes history everywhere!
	5:40pm bobob plasticland: TerryTonic
	♥ 5:41pm Chili MacPagoda: And will be hosting Yesterday’s Numbers again in 2024 ;-) hey positive manifestations can make this happen.
	5:41pm clarke: yeah, but he will answer questions with a robot voice.
	5:41pm bobob fabtriplasticland: the Trusty Trio ...Matt Mike and Todd!!!!!!!!!
	5:41pm Andres: Tonight is like Festivus. There will be an Airing of Grievances.
	5:43pm clarke: so wait! you can reserve tables at White Castle for V-day??
	♥ 5:44pm chresti: ↳ Andres @5:41 Where?
	5:45pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ clarke @5:43 At select restaurants.
	5:45pm clarke: i wonder if they accept a party of one, though? ; ]
	♥ 5:46pm Chili MacPagoda: Signing on for a Drop In date, you say? Hmmm…
	♥ 5:46pm Matt Clarke: ↳ Chili MacPagoda @5:46 2024 filling up fast!
	5:47pm P-90: Maximum Motown vibe
	5:47pm clarke: ↳ Matt Clarke @5:46 i'll do one in 2030
	♥ 5:48pm Matt Clarke: ↳ clarke @5:47 Get in touch when ready 😉
	5:48pm clarke: ↳ Matt Clarke @5:48 ha ha.
	♥ 5:49pm Chili MacPagoda: ↳ Matt Clarke @5:46 Put me down on the schedule!
	♥ 5:49pm Matt Clarke: ↳ Chili MacPagoda @5:49 Send me an email and I will get you some dates
	♥ 5:50pm Chili MacPagoda: ↳ Matt Clarke @5:49 Right on and cheers, my brother.
	5:51pm bobobobob plasticland: Nice!!!!P things
	5:52pm clarke: mistah kenny jones. mate.
	5:52pm Ochre Ogre: Thanks Todd!
	♥ 5:53pm Chili MacPagoda: ↳ Song: "I Can't Make It" by "The Small Faces" A favorite and the closest the Faces got to making a US style fuzzzzz garage rockah. So good
	5:57pm clarke: speaking of questions, does anyone know todd's opinion of coloured vinyl?
	♥ 5:57pm Matt Clarke: Thanks Todd! Thanks everyone!
	5:58pm MFlynn: Thanks Todd and have a blast tonight everyone!!!
	♥ 5:58pm Chili MacPagoda: Long live RnS, may its freakbeat flag fly forever 🏁
	♥ 5:59pm Chili MacPagoda: Cheers Todd, a great show and a wonderful tribute to yr friend.
	♥ 5:59pm radioronan: Thanks for a great afternoon of music selections & Scott tribute. Have a great time tonight. Cheers y'all!
	🎸 ♥ 6:00pm listener 126464: Todd, thank you for your service.
	♥ 6:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ TopT ~

Todd-o-phonic Todd: Playlist from December 2, 2023

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
The Clash	Janie Jones "Janie Jones" by "The Clash"	The Clash	CBS (UK)		LP
The Equals	Softly, Softly "Softly, Softly" by "The Equals"		President		45			0:01:49 (Pop-up)
Thee Cha Cha Chas	Rock N Roll Till I'm Dead		FOLC	2023	45		*	0:05:12 (Pop-up)
David Bowie	Rosalyn "Rosalyn" by "David Bowie"	Pinups	RCA		LP			0:06:03 (Pop-up)
The Exbats	Better At Love "Better At Love" by "The Exbats"	Song Machine	Goner	2023	LP		*	0:08:33 (Pop-up)
The Turtles	Outside Chance "Outside Chance" by "The Turtles"		White Whale		45			0:11:12 (Pop-up)
The Blips	Are You Paying Attention	Again	Cornelius Chapel	2023	LP		*	0:13:21 (Pop-up)
Candy	Kids In The City "Kids In The City" by "Candy"		Mercury		45			0:15:36 (Pop-up)
Hoodoo Gurus	What's My Scene "What's My Scene" by "Hoodoo Gurus"		Big Time		45			0:19:50 (Pop-up)
Dazy	Every Little Thing "Every Little Thing" by "Dazy"	Otherbody	Lame-O Records		LP			0:23:17 (Pop-up)
Flamin' Groovies	Please, Please Me	Jumpin' In The Night	Sire		LP			0:25:28 (Pop-up)
The Kaisers	Shaking & Stomping "Shaking & Stomping" by "The Kaisers"		Sleazy Records	2023	45		*	0:27:33 (Pop-up)

Fastbacks	Rocket Man "Rocket Man" by "Fastbacks"	Z2	No Threes Records	2023	LP		*	0:35:14 (Pop-up)
Bill Ryder-Jones	If Tomorrow Starts Without Me		Domino Recording Co.	2023	MP3		*	0:39:11 (Pop-up)
The Pretenders	A Love "A Love" by "The Pretenders"	Relentless		2023	LP		*	0:42:18 (Pop-up)
Sundae Painters	In Came You "In Came You" by "Sundae Painters"	Sundae Painters	Leather Jacket Records	2023	LP		*	0:45:42 (Pop-up)
The Feelies	I Can't Stand It "I Can't Stand It" by "The Feelies"	Some Kinda Love: Performing the Music Of The Velvet Underground	Bar None	2023	LP		*	0:49:03 (Pop-up)
The Pupils	I Wanna Be Your Man "I Wanna Be Your Man" by "The Pupils"	A Tribute To The Rolling Stones	Wing Records (UK)		LP			0:52:50 (Pop-up)
The Golliwogs	Fight Fire "Fight Fire" by "The Golliwogs"		Scorpio		45			0:54:31 (Pop-up)
The Minus 5	Don't Be Denied "Don't Be Denied" by "The Minus 5"	Calling Cortez	Yep Roc	2023	CD		*	0:57:19 (Pop-up)

Scott Kempner 1959-2023 "Scott Kempner 1959-2023"
The Dictators	Backseat Boogie "Backseat Boogie" by "The Dictators"	Every Day Is Saturday	Norton		CD			1:12:03 (Pop-up)
The Dictators	Weekend "Weekend" by "The Dictators"	Go Girl Crazy!	Epic		LP			1:17:40 (Pop-up)
The Dictators	Teengenerate "Teengenerate" by "The Dictators"	Go Girl Crazy!	Epic		LP			1:21:24 (Pop-up)
The Dictators	Hey Boys "Hey Boys" by "The Dictators"	Manifest Destiny	Asylum Records		LP			1:24:44 (Pop-up)
The Dictators	16 Forever "16 Forever" by "The Dictators"		Norton		45			1:27:57 (Pop-up)
The Dictators	What It Is "What It Is" by "The Dictators"	Bloodbrothers	Asylum Records		LP			1:31:10 (Pop-up)
The Dictators	Who Will Save Rock And Roll?		Norton		45			1:34:08 (Pop-up)
The Del Lords	How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live	Frontier Days	EMI America		LP			1:40:06 (Pop-up)
Dion 'N' Little Kings	Stay "Stay" by "Dion 'N' Little Kings"	Live In New York	Ace		CD			1:43:08 (Pop-up)

Nick Frater	Sixteen Houses "Sixteen Houses" by "Nick Frater"	Bivouac	Think Like A Key Music	2023	CD		*	1:51:35 (Pop-up)
Harpo	Baby Boomerang "Baby Boomerang" by "Harpo"		EMI (Sweden)		45			1:53:29 (Pop-up)
John's Children	Go-Go Girl "Go-Go Girl" by "John's Children"		Track (UK)		45			1:56:25 (Pop-up)
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts	(Make The Music Go) Boom	Mindsets	Blackheart Records		EP			1:58:43 (Pop-up)
Redd Kross	It's The Little Things	Neurotica	Big Time		CD			2:02:14 (Pop-up)
The Crystals	I Wonder "I Wonder" by "The Crystals"		London American		45			2:05:57 (Pop-up)
Ramones	I Remember You "I Remember You" by "Ramones"	Leave Home	Sire		LP			2:08:40 (Pop-up)
The Prize	Say You're Mine "Say You're Mine" by "The Prize"		Antifade/Drunken Sailor	2023	45		*	2:11:40 (Pop-up)
Manfred Mann	Untie Me "Untie Me" by "Manfred Mann"	The Five Faces Of Manfred Mann	His Master's Voice					2:13:19 (Pop-up)
Ted Leo/The Pharmacists	Dirty Old Town	Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead	Lookout! Records		CD	R.I.P. Shane McGowan		2:16:49 (Pop-up)

The Undertakers	Mashed Potatoes "Mashed Potatoes" by "The Undertakers"		Pye (UK)		45			2:26:29 (Pop-up)
The Clayton Squares	Come and Get It		MGM		45			2:27:14 (Pop-up)
Bobby Hebb	Love Love Love "Love Love Love" by "Bobby Hebb"		Philips		45			2:29:23 (Pop-up)
The Vibrations	Watusi Time "Watusi Time" by "The Vibrations"		Okeh		45			2:32:08 (Pop-up)

The Royalettes	Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind		MGM		45			2:43:19 (Pop-up)
The Impressions	Can't Satisfy "Can't Satisfy" by "The Impressions"		ABC		45			2:45:13 (Pop-up)
The Pretty Things	Buzz The Jerk "Buzz The Jerk" by "The Pretty Things"		Fontana (UK)		45			2:47:13 (Pop-up)
The Small Faces	I Can't Make It "I Can't Make It" by "The Small Faces"		Decca (UK)		45			2:50:51 (Pop-up)

Ian & The Zodiacs	So Much In Love		Philips (UK)		45			2:56:39 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 3:01pm Hoboken Jack: I'm in love with the rock and roll world!
	🎸 ♥ 3:01pm DonJuanTijuana: Rock N Roll! 🤘🧨
	🎸 ♥ 3:03pm medson: Hola TOPT and all.
	♥ 3:03pm greg g: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:01 You and me both Hoboken Jack!
	♥ 3:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Clash ! ...so musically & socially relevant & indispensable ...no, I have no idea what all the words are...
	🎸 ♥ 3:04pm prof.fuzz: howdy y'all
	3:04pm HyperDose: ↳ Song: "Softly, Softly" by "The Equals" My Equals! 😍
	3:04pm Gerry from Miami: TODD, got some Pogues tunes lined up to honor SHANE MacGOWAN's passing? Hope so!
	3:05pm Van Winkle ;-): ↳ Song: "Janie Jones" by "The Clash" No shirking today on the R&R music front...Greetings TOPT et al from above the 49th...
	3:06pm Hubig Pie: ↳ Song: "Softly, Softly" by "The Equals" Eddie Grant on vocals ?
	3:06pm Christina Ginger: Hello hello!
	♥ 3:06pm Hoboken Jack: Hey TOPT, Greg G, Medson Man, Prof, HyperD, everybody!!
	3:06pm Richard Whig: I was told that there would be records and wit
	3:06pm Joe B: Boss Groover!
	3:07pm Richard Whig: Derv Gordon was the Equals' lead vocalist.
	3:08pm Joe B: ↳ Hubig Pie @3:06 eddy grant wrote 'em, Derv sang 'em
	♥ 3:09pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Todd and December dregs! Hi, Jack. Jim the Poet was looking for you the other night in his fill-in for Alan6º.
	♥ 3:09pm Chili MacPagoda: Aloha TOPT. We’re having a rare rainy day here so it’s a great reason to listen to the show. Which I’d be doing anyways. Strong opener w/the Clash & Equals. Glad yr not afraid of the hits!
	3:09pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Good afternoon worshipers of good music!
	♥ 3:10pm Pauly from Clifton: Hey-O TOPT!
	3:10pm Juli: I wish to drink a cup of coffee rn::::} So I will make a cup of coffee:::} It prolly won't keep me up hopefully
	♥ 3:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Rosalyn" by "David Bowie" + PinUps + ...a template for later Covers / Tribute Albums ?
	3:11pm Victrola Tom: Ok, what’d I miss??
	3:11pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Richard Whig @3:06 Nobody on the radio has ever lied to you before?
	3:13pm Juli: I have everything I need to start saving for instruments!!! I even have WFMU to speak to while saving
	3:13pm Richard Whig: so far, you have not missed the wit we've been promised.
	🎸 ♥ 3:14pm medson: Great opening set.
	♥ 3:14pm Chili MacPagoda: ↳ Song: "Outside Chance" by "The Turtles" Thee best. This one RULES. Warren Zevon ftw
	3:14pm PB: Nice Byrds, I mean Turtles track.
	3:14pm David Watts: Party on dudes!
	3:14pm Joe B: a 'stephen lyme' fave!
	3:15pm clarke: pow pow pow zevon baby!!
	🎸 ♥ 3:15pm listener 126464: Let's go! To me, quantity is quality.
	🎸 ♥ 3:16pm medson: ↳ Song: "Are You Paying Attention" by "The Blips" We are paying attention
	3:16pm clarke: i cain't afford to pay attention!
	🎸 ♥ 3:17pm prof.fuzz: ↳ clarke @3:16 in russia, attention pays you
	3:18pm clarke: da!
	3:20pm Juli: I enjoy the energy as alwayssssss
	3:22pm clarke: gurus!~
	3:22pm David Watts: This track ages well into middle age. What is my scene?
	3:23pm MFlynn: ↳ clarke @3:22 Love this one!
	3:23pm clarke: ↳ MFlynn @3:23 yahhhhhhh!!
	3:24pm Guy in Solihull UK: Super start to the show
	3:25pm Juli: I enjoy categorizing the self.
	3:25pm Juli: Do I?
	3:26pm Juli: No no I do not::::sarcasm:::}
	3:28pm clarke: come on.
	3:28pm MFlynn: ↳ clarke @3:28 Come On!!!!
	3:29pm Juli: BE freedom
	♥ 3:29pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Please, Please Me" by "Flamin' Groovies" A notable upward step for the Fabs after 'Love Me Do'. Yet heard much less...
	3:30pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Shaking & Stomping" by "The Kaisers" winnah spinnah!
	3:30pm Sylvia's Mother: The Fabs! That's the bag I'm in!
	3:31pm MFlynn: Damn, my one speaker was out! Better now!!!
	3:31pm P-90: Todd knows how to really come FLYING out of the starting gate
	♥ 3:32pm Hoboken Jack: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @3:09 Hey HP Ken! He found me but I need a little more advance notice to come up with something haha.
	3:33pm Juli: I can actually get to Jersey City now!
	♥ 3:33pm Hoboken Jack: Hello Joe, Tom, 126464, mflynn!
	3:34pm MFlynn: Hey Jack!!!
	3:34pm clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:33 they broke the mold!!
	🎸 ♥ 3:35pm listener 126464: Hiya, Jack!
	3:37pm Victrola Tom: The Prince of Pontification!
	♥ 3:37pm Hoboken Jack: Bummed about the Exbats
	3:37pm David Watts: Haha ya colored vinyl sucks!
	3:37pm MFlynn: You tell ‘em Todd!
	3:38pm Creature Boy: Colored vinyl aint easy to eyeball
	♥ 3:38pm Hoboken Jack: ↳ Song: "Rocket Man" by "Fastbacks" for a second i thought this was Freedy on the wrong speed
	3:38pm Prober: I was getting into the vibe of great song! And then Todd started screaming lol
	3:38pm clarke: commencing countdown engines ON
	3:38pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:37 Well now you can see Barrence Whitfield and The Savages that night instead.
	3:38pm The Hoboken Playwright: Don’t hold anything back, Todd. How do you really feel?
	3:39pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Prober @3:38 And the best part is I had it right the first time.
	3:39pm Juli: I need my art back:::::: I have nothing to play w rn!!!
	3:40pm DaveBed: How about a KJ track in memory of the great Geordie Walker?
	♥ 3:42pm Hoboken Jack: ↳ Juli @3:39 i hear good things about puppies
	3:42pm clarke: never thought i would say this in public, but Go Tulane!! roll wave.
	3:43pm clarke: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:42 i hear good things about soviet bots.
	3:44pm clarke: ↳ Song: "If Tomorrow Starts Without Me" by "Bill Ryder-Jones" that was cool.
	♥ 3:45pm Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:32 I suppose you could install ChatGPT for such occasions but that would be cheating.
	3:45pm Juli: ↳ Hoboken Jack @3:42 If only my heart isn't so soft I cannot fathom caring for a doggie again:::}
	3:47pm clarke: bass tone ist gut!
	♥ 3:48pm Chili MacPagoda: ↳ Song: "In Came You" by "Sundae Painters" This is great. Reminds me of thee Pastels.
	♥ 3:49pm radioronan: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:38 I was looking for Barrence's US dates an hour ago. When & where?
	3:49pm Juli: On a just don't eat diet! Small Breakfast Big brunch late lunch
	♥ 3:51pm San Pedro Girl: Hey Todd and everyone!
	3:51pm Creature Boy: ↳ Song: "Rosalyn" by "David Bowie" I feel like I knew most of the OG tunes when I first got my hands on Pin Ups & was just ever so slightly underwhelmed by it. It has increasingly become a favorite record over the years. I only heard Everything's Alright byThe Mojos like 8yrs ago
	3:51pm clarke: i CAN stand it. some more more.
	3:51pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ radioronan @3:49 Saturday 3/23 at The Bowery Electric. Not announced yet, probably next week.
	3:52pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ San Pedro Girl @3:51 Good afternoon!
	3:52pm Juli: Tea.
	3:53pm Joe B: great solo!
	3:53pm clarke: so... The Kaisers.. new album or should i just wait to hear the interview??
	♥ 3:54pm greg g: ↳ Song: "I Can't Stand It" by "The Feelies" Killin it!!
	3:55pm Van Winkle ;-): ↳ Creature Boy @3:51 Being a broke young teen...my first Bowie LP purchased was Pinups...used...I was unaware that those great songs were covers until much, much later. ;-)
	♥ 3:56pm radioronan: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:51 Awesome - Thanks!
	🎸 ♥ 3:57pm DonJuanTijuana: The Chesterfield Kings did a killer cover of Fight Fire
	3:57pm clarke: ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @3:55 hah, it actually is written on the liner notes, h aha ha.
	3:57pm John L: ↳ Song: "Fight Fire" by "The Golliwogs" Speaking of covers, I first heard this tune through Southern Culture On The Skids.
	3:58pm Creature Boy: ↳ Song: "I Wanna Be Your Man" by "The Pupils" Jealous ! I want the Pupils LP &&&& this Scorpio 45
	3:58pm Bob: I saw recently that John Fogerty is doing this song in his set
	3:58pm Juli: Water & watered down juice::: Exercise Dance Stretching I will become a ballerina!~
	3:58pm Richard Whig: playing air maracas over here
	3:58pm clarke: ↳ Richard Whig @3:58 you go man!!
	🎸 ♥ 3:58pm DonJuanTijuana: ↳ Bob @3:58 I would love to see this
	3:59pm Van Winkle ;-): ↳ clarke @3:57 Being used...I don't recall any liner notes. Probably just a white paper sleeve.
	3:59pm Joe B: thanks for the dedication!
	4:00pm clarke: ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @3:59 ah. that explains the whole deal.
	4:00pm clarke: it takes dedication...
	4:00pm Richard Whig: no denying Joe B is the People's Champ!!
	4:01pm clarke: ↳ clarke @4:00 [hank kimble voice] well, not the whole deal..
	4:02pm Creature Boy: ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @3:55 I feel ya , I hear ya
	4:02pm Van Winkle ;-): ↳ clarke @4:00 Long before the internet...so we were only as "knowledgeable" as the gatekeepers at the record shop counter allowed...I played it endlessly!!!
	♥ 4:03pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Creature Boy @3:51 I felt the same about that album initially. The cover art was so sensational. The music paled by comparison—or so I thought. Later on, when I revisited it, I loved it. Taste evolves.
	4:04pm clarke: ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @4:02 i bought plenty of used records, but almost every one had covers.
	4:04pm Andres: Good aft, Todd and all. It’s early in the month but I’m feeling the spirit… of radio. Sounding great!
	4:06pm clarke: also: regarding Pin-Ups - i didn't care for the drumming on most of it. thought it was ridiculous to not have woodmansey - like one of the greatest drummers of all time! - on it. also, every time i heard the original versions, i preferred them to the bowie cover.
	4:06pm Juli: Watching Youtube on TV & listening to radio Life is ridiculous!
	🎸 ♥ 4:07pm DonJuanTijuana: ↳ Juli @4:06 That’s what I do watching college hoops & listening TOPT
	4:08pm Juli: I also turned on DnB & now it's a party w us all
	4:09pm clarke: now.. Go Girl Crazy - that grabbed me!!
	♥ 4:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Some critique PinUps as Boowie being lazy. But it was out Oct. '73 with 'Aladdin Sane' same year in the Spring. & 'Diamond Dogs' the next Spring. & about a year after 'Nuggets' btw. I knew the Who & yARdbiRdS songs already - but things were a bit different for me cause I was a little kid hearing my older brother playing a quantity of things. I don't how anyone could not love the selections & the arrangements & performances. & it could've been easy to screw up doing those tunes...
	4:11pm P-90: (Korvettes!)
	4:11pm clarke: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @4:10 not that he was too lazy - too fucked up
	4:11pm MFlynn: Thanks Tood for getting me into the Dictators!
	4:11pm Anthony S.: Korvette's! Old guy.
	🎸 ♥ 4:13pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): Dang, loving this personal history, Todd. Thanks. Thinking about the fact that this month (the 10th) marks the 50th anniversary of CBGB.
	♥ 4:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ clarke @4:06 Hm. No Woody. Got Aynsley Dunbar tho. Spiders the Rawk Band was a great thing...
	4:14pm Mr C: The first 2 albums I ever purchsed were at an EJ Korvette's in Springfield, Pa. Supremes "Where DId Our Love Go" and 'Out of our Heads," Stones Mono 1.99...
	♥ 4:14pm Hoboken Jack: Lovely remembrances, Todd
	🎸 ♥ 4:14pm listener 126464: Nice remembrance Boss Groover.
	4:14pm Joe B: Every Day Is Saturday is essential, I'd say the most essential Dictators release, if not just for the essays by the various band members!
	♥ 4:14pm Chili MacPagoda: You know how to put together a tribute, Todd. Eloquent, thoughtful and humane. Thanks for that.
	4:15pm clarke: RIP scott -all around great guy!
	4:15pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Scott Kempner 1959-2023" kind words for a kind soul.
	♥ 4:16pm Gaylord Fields: Todd, that was a beautiful and heartfelt tribute to your friend. I learned about the Dictators in Trouser Press in the late '70s, and I am eternally grateful for that push towards my life's true goals. I'll indulge myself in one too many White Castle Impossible Sliders in his memory. Here's to Scott Kempner (Bronx Science '71) and all he stood for!
	4:16pm Joe B: condolences Todd. Never knew Top Ten personally but am a huge fan of all of his eras
	♥ 4:16pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Anthony S. @4:11 I too am old. I hadn’t heard it mentioned in so long, I’d nearly forgotten about it.
	4:17pm CommenterN: This was a demo?!?? Holyyyy
	4:17pm Richard Whig: nice done Todd. cheers
	4:17pm clarke: ↳ Gaylord Fields @4:16 Impossible Sliders - real thang?? (with or without arsenic?)
	4:17pm MFlynn: ↳ CommenterN @4:17 Wild !!!
	4:17pm Mr C: Soulful Todd..
	♥ 4:18pm Gaylord Fields: ↳ clarke @4:17 www.whitecastle.com... They taste about as unfortunate as the ones with meat, I'm happy to report.
	♥ 4:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ clarke @4:06 Hard - well, impossible to contest the Greatness of the originals. But I think the Boowie versions were all great. That being that high a bar. But I've said as much. & a template for Cover Albums to come even. But I said that too...
	4:18pm Creature Boy: Bought 2 unplayed copies of Bloodbrothers at a Salvation Army last year . Cool record
	♥ 4:19pm Chili MacPagoda: Gonna make him eat it up off da floor!!! Lol
	4:19pm Richard Whig: thank you Gaylord.....trying it so the rest of us can read n learn!!
	4:20pm clarke: ↳ Gaylord Fields @4:18 nearest white castle to me (that i know about): Memphis (if they still have it)
	4:21pm clarke: ↳ Creature Boy @4:18 dang, son. get lucky much??
	♥ 4:21pm Gaylord Fields: ↳ Richard Whig @4:19 I'm always watching out for you and my fellow meatless lovers of junk food!
	4:23pm clarke: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @4:18 also, in retrospect, now - i am just not that big on covers, anymore. was then, but still didn't care for that album.
	4:23pm Greg g: Thank you for the wonderful remembrance and tribute Todd. Rest in Peace Scott Kempner
	4:23pm Andres: I love that on the Go Girl Crazy album cover the Handsome Dick Manitoba wrestling jacket features a map of the province of Manitoba. We can fairly claim as CanCon I think. ;) Fantastic tribute.
	4:24pm Ochre Ogre: Nice tribute Todd. Got to NYC not knowing of The Dictators till popping in 2A Bar where Handsome Dick used to bartend.
	4:24pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Teengenerate" by "The Dictators" watermark song for my young ass!
	4:28pm Juli: Pretty
	4:30pm Juli: Everything in your life is a decision.
	4:30pm Kaiser Johnny: Great show as always and thanks for the play : )
	4:31pm efd via mobile device: Great tribute Todd, been listening in the car.
	4:31pm DFFDicd: hoooo, getting way choked up ovah heeyah.. fuh, who'll save... thanks for nothing with that reminder of the liner notes that somehow were a snapshot of me and my dopey pals too
	4:31pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Kaiser Johnny @4:30 Thanks! Great track Johnny!
	4:32pm clarke: ↳ Kaiser Johnny @4:30 that was a LOT of fun, sir!! continue the fun!!
	4:33pm John L: I must have lived in New Paltz for more than 10 years before finding out the Dictators started right here. That piece of history should be on the SUNY orientation tour.
	♥ 4:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Didn't get a whole lot of exposure to The Dictators. Seems there was probly some Regional element for them ? But then - I think they got to LA & all ? Mostly - they fell between Genres - & Eras ? (Punk & - whatever preceded it.) Which obvsly made them more relevant & notable. But in hindsight. Anyhow- nobody played them much for me beyond say 'Next Big Thing'...
	4:33pm DFFDicd: ...meaning thanks for everything. Rest in Rock, Top Ten.
	4:33pm Juli: ↳ John L @4:33 I worked in New Paltz for a season:::}
	🎸 ♥ 4:36pm listener 126464: Saw a Dictators reunion show at The Left Banke 1980 or so. Place was packed.
	4:36pm John L: ↳ Juli @4:33 Where and when did you work? I got here in 1981. I left and returned several times after graduation.
	4:36pm MFlynn: I really liked these guys and it’s great to hear all these great songs again. Thanks Todd!
	🎸 ♥ 4:37pm medson: Great tribute Todd.
	4:38pm Juli: ↳ John L @4:36 Tweefontein!
	4:38pm Joe B: I recall seeing one show at Maxwell's in the D.F.F.D era, or right after, maybe 2002?, where they played as a 4-piece without Scott. It was good but underscored his importance. not that that needed to be pointed out but ...
	4:38pm Christina Ginger: Dave Alvin posted a very nice tribute to Scott on his IG for those of you that would care to read it. It’s really worth it for the photo alone.
	4:39pm Juli: They make great lotion::: www.tweefonteinherbfarm.com
	🎸 ♥ 4:39pm Listener Bryan (the Professor): ↳ Song: "Scott Kempner 1959-2023" such a great set.
	4:40pm Juli: I couldn't smoke weed there so I left:::}
	♥ 4:40pm ScottySlave: Thank you for this tribute!
	4:41pm Chad From Philly: Thanks for this wonderful tribute Todd, RIP Top Ten
	4:41pm Juli: ↳ John L @4:36 They have a cute lil shop in NEW PALTZ worth seeing for the huge crystals & neat ceilings in this beautiful old farmhouse
	4:42pm Juli: Who are we tributing?
	4:42pm Ochre Ogre: The Dictators, kinda like next generation of David Peel and the Lower East Side.
	4:42pm Hubig Pie: Spag bol and a bottle of red = gracious living
	4:42pm Richard Whig: damn
	4:43pm clarke: ALL the Del Lords were such good dudes. thnx roscoe!!
	4:43pm Joe B: Del Lords 2013 album would certainly be included on a theme show of how to not fuck up a reunion. (or theme hour not sure how many good ones there are!)
	🎸 ♥ 4:44pm prof.fuzz: ↳ Joe B @4:43 amen such a great record!
	♥ 4:44pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: That was the stuff right there. Great words.
	4:45pm John L: ↳ Juli @4:41 I'm familiar, but I've never been. Until 2019 I owned a record store here. Closed during Covid, but I'm working at a different record store now.
	4:45pm DFFDicd: Glad to know some you getting a good edumucashun re the mighty Dics. I suppose there's a NY thing, and/or a niche thing, that even today keeps them out of conversations that include Velvets/Dolls/Patti/TV/Ramones/and sometimes Dick Hell, but unfortunately marketing, overt humor (very "NY"), and a weird sounding first record and even weirder in a way second record doomed them. The third record and, ironically, subsequent releases in the 90s and 2000s like DFFD and the live records are where a certain balance of all the elements (including drumming) came together that arguably would've spread the disease with more grease and ease.
	4:45pm Juli: ↳ Song: "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live" by ... Relatable.
	4:46pm Juli: ↳ John L @4:45 Nicely:::} Record stores are where it's at
	4:46pm Joe B: Todd, I wonder if Dion and Top Ten made any phone calls to the Geator!
	♥ 4:47pm Ciggy: I met the Del Lords, or at least 2 of them at the bar before they performed at a club called 7 Wlillow Street in Port Chester, NY. Circa 1995. Really affable guys
	4:47pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Joe B @4:46 Hahahahaha!
	4:48pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Joe B @4:46 Maybe using Geator Phon-O-Vision.
	4:48pm Susan: Glad I got drag to all the reunion shows by my Dictators obsessed husband ! Always great
	4:48pm clarke: ↳ Ciggy @4:47 ciggy - did that place have a black and white checkered florr?? near the harbor??
	4:48pm clarke: -floor
	4:51pm DFFDicd: Notes: - Dion D of the Bronx, of course. - FBX enormous Dics acolytes despite growing up in Seattle.
	4:52pm Joe Castrianni: I was that Little Kings show. So good.
	4:53pm Sylvia's Mother: My goodness! 503 Social Club.
	4:53pm clarke: wow, yimmee mastro!! impressario!!
	♥ 4:55pm Ciggy: ↳ clarke @4:48 I remember it as being really clean. I do remember it as predominantly white. Also, the "neighborhood" seemed to be under the Cross Westchester Expressway. A little industrial and artist neighborhood. I went there twice. The other time to see the Buzzcocks. It had very good acts. It reminded me of Westchester County's version of Wetlands Preserve.
	4:56pm clarke: ↳ Ciggy @4:55 yeah, this doesn't sound like the place where i played, once. can't remember the name.
	♥ 4:56pm Gaylord Fields: I'm off to the White Castle, as promised, to pre-game for tonight's Rock 'n' Soul party! See some of you happy taxpayers at Monty Hall!
	4:57pm clarke: ↳ Gaylord Fields @4:56 will tune in, sir!! impossible!
	4:57pm clarke: i'm now triple-screening, but still listening. lotta action, today!
	4:58pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Song: "Baby Boomerang" by "Harpo" This song was already great, and then the mandolin came in, launching it to the stratosphere.
	♥ 4:59pm Chili MacPagoda: ↳ Song: "Go-Go Girl" by "John's Children" Love this. And big respect for this band for being “too wild” for thee Who and getting kicked off their tour.
	5:04pm clarke: ↳ Song: "It's The Little Things" by "Redd Kross" THIS album!!!
	♥ 5:10pm Chili MacPagoda: ↳ Song: "I Wonder" by "The Crystals" The feeling after finishing a Wonka Fizzy Lifting drink is this fantastic song.
	5:10pm Andres: ↳ Song: "I Wonder" by "The Crystals" A beaut!
	5:11pm Fredericks: ↳ Song: "I Remember You" by "Ramones" Johnny's best guitar tone is on this record.
	5:12pm Mr C: ↳ Gaylord Fields @4:56 where's the White Castle in JC?
	5:13pm clarke: ↳ Mr C @5:12 wherever it is - he's there already!
	5:13pm Fredericks: Wire would sound great next. That was NOT a request.
	5:14pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Mr C @5:12 Journal Square
	5:15pm Fredericks: It would be perfect RADIO!
	♥ 5:16pm Matt Clarke: Salve Todd + all!
	5:17pm Mr C: A great song to cover. In the day..
	5:18pm nealac: Damn this sounds so good!
	5:19pm clarke: RIP shane
	♥ 5:19pm Ciggy: ↳ clarke @4:56 The other Port Chester club was, Detroit. I saw what was advertised as the 1st U.S. performance of The Pretenders back in 1980 (which was untrue). But this club was in a major shopping center on Rte. 1. And of course, there is the Capitol Theater.
	♥ 5:20pm Tom inboston: Just saw Ted in Somerville! Hope you guys got to see him last night down in jerz!!
	5:20pm Frank In Queens: Pow pow pow!
	5:22pm clarke: he shoots, he scores!!
	5:22pm Fredericks: ↳ Song: "Dirty Old Town" by "Ted Leo/The Pharmacists" Very nice, Theodore!
	5:22pm clarke: ↳ Ciggy @5:19 not that one, either, ha ha.
	5:23pm clarke: ↳ Fredericks @5:22 ha ha ha. alvin!!!
	5:23pm P-90: So which one is Ernie Banks?
	♥ 5:23pm Chili MacPagoda: Aloha Mike Sin, Matt, Frank & Christina Ginger. Going to be a memorable Saturday in December 🍻
	5:26pm clarke: The Records?? i'm in!
	5:27pm Andres: Envious of you locals. Have a blast tonight!
	♥ 5:29pm Matt Clarke: Come on out locals!
	5:30pm MFlynn: Damn I wish I could be there tonight.
	🎸 ♥ 5:31pm DonJuanTijuana: ↳ Matt Clarke @5:29 Wish I was in town, sounds like a blast!
	5:31pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Love Love Love" by "Bobby Hebb" oh, sure!!
	♥ 5:34pm Chili MacPagoda: I’ll be representing FMU Rock N Soul west tonight with a few friends havin’ a rave up in my kitchen. The stereo will be loud enough for the neighbors to throw bricks at my house
	♥ 5:36pm chresti: Hi Todd-0 and phonicians!
	5:36pm Gerry G: Todd, Thank you for your tribute to Top Ten. Rest in peace Scott.
	5:37pm clarke: hey!
	♥ 5:37pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "Watusi Time" by "The Vibrations" Sounds like a Danelectro bass
	5:37pm clarke: ↳ McGroovey @5:37 you oughtta know!
	5:39pm clarke: you guys going to Anfield on this trip??
	5:39pm clarke: frank makes history everywhere!
	5:40pm bobob plasticland: TerryTonic
	♥ 5:41pm Chili MacPagoda: And will be hosting Yesterday’s Numbers again in 2024 ;-) hey positive manifestations can make this happen.
	5:41pm clarke: yeah, but he will answer questions with a robot voice.
	5:41pm bobob fabtriplasticland: the Trusty Trio ...Matt Mike and Todd!!!!!!!!!
	5:41pm Andres: Tonight is like Festivus. There will be an Airing of Grievances.
	5:43pm clarke: so wait! you can reserve tables at White Castle for V-day??
	♥ 5:44pm chresti: ↳ Andres @5:41 Where?
	5:45pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ clarke @5:43 At select restaurants.
	5:45pm clarke: i wonder if they accept a party of one, though? ; ]
	♥ 5:46pm Chili MacPagoda: Signing on for a Drop In date, you say? Hmmm…
	♥ 5:46pm Matt Clarke: ↳ Chili MacPagoda @5:46 2024 filling up fast!
	5:47pm P-90: Maximum Motown vibe
	5:47pm clarke: ↳ Matt Clarke @5:46 i'll do one in 2030
	♥ 5:48pm Matt Clarke: ↳ clarke @5:47 Get in touch when ready 😉
	5:48pm clarke: ↳ Matt Clarke @5:48 ha ha.
	♥ 5:49pm Chili MacPagoda: ↳ Matt Clarke @5:46 Put me down on the schedule!
	♥ 5:49pm Matt Clarke: ↳ Chili MacPagoda @5:49 Send me an email and I will get you some dates
	♥ 5:50pm Chili MacPagoda: ↳ Matt Clarke @5:49 Right on and cheers, my brother.
	5:51pm bobobobob plasticland: Nice!!!!P things
	5:52pm clarke: mistah kenny jones. mate.
	5:52pm Ochre Ogre: Thanks Todd!
	♥ 5:53pm Chili MacPagoda: ↳ Song: "I Can't Make It" by "The Small Faces" A favorite and the closest the Faces got to making a US style fuzzzzz garage rockah. So good
	5:57pm clarke: speaking of questions, does anyone know todd's opinion of coloured vinyl?
	♥ 5:57pm Matt Clarke: Thanks Todd! Thanks everyone!
	5:58pm MFlynn: Thanks Todd and have a blast tonight everyone!!!
	♥ 5:58pm Chili MacPagoda: Long live RnS, may its freakbeat flag fly forever 🏁
	♥ 5:59pm Chili MacPagoda: Cheers Todd, a great show and a wonderful tribute to yr friend.
	♥ 5:59pm radioronan: Thanks for a great afternoon of music selections & Scott tribute. Have a great time tonight. Cheers y'all!
	🎸 ♥ 6:00pm listener 126464: Todd, thank you for your service.
	♥ 6:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ TopT ~

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