WFMU: Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie: Playlist from June 28, 2024

Listener comments!
	♥ 7:01pm Webhamster Henry: Yeah! Busy Doing Acid!
	♥ 7:02pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @7:01 Busy Audio Acid!
	♥ 7:02pm Yvang: Hi Busy Charlie and busy listeners!
	♥ 7:04pm Charlie: Hi Yvang!
	♥ 7:04pm tom tom the pipers son: hey there charlie and people...
	7:05pm Doug Schulkind: Chazzola!
	♥ 7:06pm Charlie: Hola tom tom! Howdy Dougola!
	♥ 7:07pm Webhamster Henry: Here's yer Showtunes, Bronwyn B. Fans!
	♥ 7:08pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @7:07 Scattered throughout, as am I!
	♥ 7:08pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Webhamster Henry @7:07 errr, i read that as "got you showtunes right here"
	♥ 7:09pm Dan S: I'm Busy Doing Nothing, and I do it very well if I do say so myself.
	♥ 7:10pm Charlie: Hi Dan S! You're a pro:)
	♥ 7:10pm tom tom the pipers son: never knew 10cc did a soundtrack...
	♥ 7:10pm Dan S: ↳ Song: "Brand New Day" by "10CC" Wow, an old favorite I haven't heard in decades!
	♥ 7:11pm Dan S: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:10 Yes, an Original one. :)
	♥ 7:12pm WR: ↳ Song: "What Time Is It?" by "Ken Nordine" I've accepted that time is relative but distant. Twice removed.
	♥ 7:13pm Charlie: ↳ WR @7:12 Time is relative. Put a couple in a room, give 'em enough time, soon you'll have relatives.
	♥ 7:13pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Dan S @7:11 is this with goulding, creme, and godley?
	7:13pm Michael: Happy Friday Charlie.
	♥ 7:14pm Stork: ↳ Song: "Feeling Good" by "Nina Simone" Busy digging the 10CC to Nina Simone segue!
	♥ 7:14pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Feeling Good" by "Nina Simone" It wouldn't be the Drummer Stream without Nina Simone.
	♥ 7:14pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:13 Graham Goulding, Kevin Godley, Lol Creme, Eric Stewart
	♥ 7:15pm Charlie: ↳ Michael @7:13 Well, hey now, Michael!
	♥ 7:16pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @7:13 reminds me...a fifth grader tried to entertain me with a wc fields imitation when i was in first grade... it went " ah. yes, my uncle scratch, he lived in a roomful of fleas, my uncle itch was one of them" i guess i was entertained
	♥ 7:17pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @7:14 thanks, prime era...
	♥ 7:18pm Stork: ↳ Song: "What Time Is It?" by "Ken Nordine" I did a double (what, that's not Elvis Costello?) take on Ken Nordine
	7:20pm Deborah: The Mountains are Pink.....It's time....:)
	♥ 7:23pm WR: Movies in your mind, Charlie?
	♥ 7:25pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "(I'm Not Your) Steppin; Stone" by "The Living Str... Where are contemporary covers like this?
	♥ 7:25pm tom tom the pipers son: the monkees...not really a group...? for a couple of albums they were, weren't they
	♥ 7:25pm Charlie: ↳ Deborah @7:20 Hi Deborah! It's the pink hour in Tucson:)
	♥ 7:27pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:25 Well, I do think of them as a group, many didn't. But they were drafted as actors...
	♥ 7:27pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @7:25 beautiful day in nyc area today, not sure if we're at 'golden hour' but weather was/ is golden
	♥ 7:28pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @7:27 the podcast 500 songs has a brilliant informative episode on the monkees
	7:29pm Michael: Pink mountains here are called the Sandias - watermelon
	♥ 7:29pm Webhamster Henry: The past few days here in Ulster Cty., NY have been great for biking.
	♥ 7:30pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Lazy Afternoon (from The Golden Apple)" by "Jerry... orbach... long before he was a wiseacre tv cop
	♥ 7:30pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @7:25 That's what I'm talking about! We need big schlocky covers of current pop songs!
	♥ 7:31pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @7:30 maybe a redundancy in most cases
	♥ 7:32pm Charlie: ↳ WR @7:23 Exactly, WR, it's all a big production number in my mind.
	♥ 7:32pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:31 ah that was prejudicial
	♥ 7:38pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Oklahoma!" by "Japanese cast" Here's Stan Freberg's Oklahoma knock-off "Oregon! Oregon!" youtu.be...
	♥ 7:41pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Ridin' High (from Red, Hot and Blue)" by "Ethel M... Ethel Merman + Cole Porter: two tastes that go great together!
	♥ 7:41pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @7:38 ooh! Looking forward to checking that out later! Love Stan:)
	♥ 7:46pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "It's Delovely (from Red, Hot and Blue)" by "Mabel... Lots of alternate lyrics here! Mabel is so good - I actually saw her live - uh - 51 years ago.
	♥ 7:48pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @7:46 That must've been wonderful.
	♥ 7:48pm tom tom the pipers son: mabel mercer...elington's sister? strong family resemblance
	♥ 7:50pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Charlie @7:48 She said you just have to find the story in the song and act it out.
	♥ 7:50pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:48 No relation!
	♥ 7:50pm tom tom the pipers son: woops sorry
	♥ 7:52pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:50 i don't know where i came with that...
	♥ 7:53pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @7:50 I like when actors sing, when they find a voice for a song, even if they're not really "singers."
	♥ 7:55pm tom tom the pipers son: ruth ellington notable for founding jazz ministry at st. peter's manhattan
	♥ 7:58pm tom tom the pipers son: the other night larry grogan played mccrae covering "i just wasn't made for these times" and "you still believe in me" iirc, from 1967, amazing for the time
	♥ 8:01pm Webhamster Henry: Show "Gay Divorce", movie "Gay Divorcée"
	8:02pm Dean: Again, I had to shut down what I was playing here--vol. 6 of East Side Story--to check in on WFMU. I'm all for year-round Christmas music.
	♥ 8:02pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @8:01 Ah, thanks for the clarification, Henry.
	♥ 8:03pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:58 I've got that album. It's terrific. I've also got albums with Carmen singing Elusive Butterfly and The Sound of Silence.
	♥ 8:03pm tom tom the pipers son: might be an idea to hang some tinsel on joe biden to spruce him up a bit
	8:04pm Dean: "Slice up the fruit cake" resonates a good deal with Sweeny Todd.
	♥ 8:04pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @8:03 yes it sounds like that album has great curation
	♥ 8:05pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Welcome Christmas (from TV special, How the Grinc... Ahh the good ol Kustard Kings.
	♥ 8:05pm Charlie: ↳ Dean @8:04 Haha! Yes. and Hi Dean:)
	♥ 8:07pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @8:05 On Michael Shelley's label:)
	♥ 8:09pm Charlie: Accu weather: It's pouring here just south of Tucson!
	♥ 8:09pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Christmas" by "The Who" image from isle of wight?
	♥ 8:10pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:09 no, no skeleton suit on entwistle
	♥ 8:11pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:10 Yeah, just looking for a live pic from that era. Maybe this is later though
	8:13pm Dean: Did you know that England has a fourth of July?
	♥ 8:15pm Charlie: ↳ Dean @8:13 And yet we don't have a Guy Fawkes day.
	♥ 8:17pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Turkey Lurkey Time" by "Donna McKechnie, Margo Sa... Fantastic TV musical Schmigadoon/Schmicago worked the Turkey Lurkey into its choreography.
	♥ 8:18pm tom tom the pipers son: isn't guy fawkes a kind of ironic holiday, celebrating a failed attempt at freedom?
	♥ 8:19pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @8:15 where's john brown day?
	♥ 8:20pm Charlie: As Frederick Douglas wrote, "What, to the Negro, is the Fourth of July?"
	8:22pm Michael: If you haven't seen it - highly recommend the episode of Documentary Now! "Co-Op" www.youtube.com...
	♥ 8:24pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael @8:22 i used to do theater with james urbaniak, he was good at beckett
	♥ 8:26pm tom tom the pipers son: like this spoonful...
	8:26pm Dean: New Year?! Did I not hear that right?
	8:27pm Dean: My favorite musical, Maim!
	♥ 8:28pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Dean @8:27 ha! could think of a couple of candidates for director
	♥ 8:30pm Rich in Washington: Merry Christmas, Charlie! God bless us, everyone!
	♥ 8:32pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Too Darn Hot" by "Ann Miller" The KMK film was originally released in 3D! and not "The Latest Report", original lyric is "The Kinsey Report"
	♥ 8:33pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Webhamster Henry @8:32 interesting thx
	♥ 8:35pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "(Tropical) Heat Wave" by "James White & The Blacks" a lot of separation on this
	♥ 8:36pm Charlie: ↳ Rich in Washington @8:30 Hi Rich! Happy Hanukah! Kwanza! Solstice!
	8:37pm Dean: Halloween! Arbor Day!
	♥ 8:45pm tom tom the pipers son: i see on instagram there's a brand of clothing called 'the normie' ....s. m. ken would get a kick out of that probabl;y
	♥ 8:45pm Charlie: Well I don't know about y'all, but I'm having a holiday right here!
	♥ 8:46pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "A Perfect Day" by "Sterling Holloway, Barbara Sta... This movie is so great!
	8:47pm Ruth garden school: Yo Charlie, great show, just tuning in but I'm having a great time at camp, passed a swim test. Write soon Ruth
	♥ 8:47pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @8:46 I love it!
	♥ 8:47pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @8:45 i'm digging...
	♥ 8:49pm Charlie: ↳ Ruth garden school @8:47 Hey Ruth! Don't drink too much bug juice! xo, -- c
	8:52pm Ruth garden school: ↳ Dean @8:27 Maim! Excellent. You give my old mint julep a kick...
	♥ 8:52pm tom tom the pipers son: thanks charlie, apologize if my chatter was annoying....
	8:52pm Dean: I so prefer Sammy to Frank.
	8:53pm Ruth garden school: Love the math test we have to take before they post our comments. Good thing I got some tutoring.
	♥ 8:55pm tom tom the pipers son: i love being surprised by a newman tune i don't know
	8:55pm Ruth garden school: Hope there's no questions about Algebraic equations. That would shut me up for good!
	♥ 8:55pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:52 Not at all! Thanks for being here:)
	♥ 8:56pm Charlie: Thanks everyone for being here!
	♥ 8:56pm tom tom the pipers son: ok thanks...
	♥ 8:57pm Webhamster Henry: Well that was busy doing Broadway!
	8:57pm Ruth garden school: Thank you for this awesome mix!
	♥ 8:58pm WR: Thanak you! Charlie! Had a good time busy doing AJH with Charlie.
	♥ 8:58pm Rich in Washington: Thanks, Charlie! Hey folks, I'll be holding down the fort right after this show for the next three hours at The Radio Is Broken! wfmu.org...
	♥ 8:59pm tom tom the pipers son: see ya charlie!
	9:00pm Michael: Great show - thanks much Charlie!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Ken Nordine	What Time Is It? "What Time Is It?" by "Ken Nordine"	The Best of Word Jazz, Vol. 1	Rhino	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Mark Lester & Ensemble	Who Will Buy	Oliver! Original Soundtrack Recording	Colgems	0:03:47 (Pop-up)
10CC	Brand New Day "Brand New Day" by "10CC"	The Original Soundtrack	Mercury	0:07:52 (Pop-up)
Nina Simone	Feeling Good "Feeling Good" by "Nina Simone"	Divas Exoticas (various artists)	Capitol	0:11:42 (Pop-up)
Mark Lindsay	Something Big (from the film Something Big)	The Mad, Mad World of Soundtracks (various artists)	Motor	0:14:53 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Tipsy	Bunny Kick "Bunny Kick" by "Tipsy"	Uh-Oh!	Asphodel	0:17:05 (Pop-up)
The Living Strings	(I'm Not Your) Steppin; Stone	I'm A Believer and Other Monkees' Hits	Camden	0:22:19 (Pop-up)
Paul Lynde & cast	Hymn for a Sunday Evening	Bye Bye Birdie (Original Broadway Cast)	Columbia	0:24:41 (Pop-up)
Jerry Orbach	Lazy Afternoon (from The Golden Apple)	Off Broadway	MGM	0:26:32 (Pop-up)
Blossom Dearie	Surrey With the Fringe on Top	Once Upon A Summertime	Verve	0:29:06 (Pop-up)
Japanese cast	Oklahoma! "Oklahoma!" by "Japanese cast"	Oklahoma! 7-inch EP	Nippon Columbia	0:33:16 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Kai Winding	Oklahoma! "Oklahoma!" by "Kai Winding"	The Swingin' States	Columbia	0:35:41 (Pop-up)
Ethel Merman	Ridin' High (from Red, Hot and Blue)	Ethel's Ridin' High	London	0:38:25 (Pop-up)
Mabel Mercer	It's Delovely (from Red, Hot and Blue)	Sings Cole Porter	Atlantic	0:40:56 (Pop-up)
Nino Tempo & April Stevens	Begin the Beguine (from Jubilee)	The Best of	Varèse Sarabande	0:44:33 (Pop-up)
Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra	Well, Did You Evah? (from the film High Society)	7-inch single	Capitol	0:46:55 (Pop-up)
Carmen McRae	I Get a Kick Out of You (from Anything Goes)	Sings Great American Songwriters	Decca/GRP	0:49:47 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Somerville	From This Moment On	Red, Hot & Blue (various artists)	Chrysalis	0:52:01 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Mickey Baker	Night and Day (from Gay Divorce)	Wildest Guitar	Atlantic	0:55:13 (Pop-up)
Angela Lansbury	We Need a Little Christmas	Mame (Original Broadway Cast Recording)	Columbia	1:00:02 (Pop-up)
The Kustard Kings	Welcome Christmas (from TV special, How the Grinch Stole Christmas)	A Kustard Kristmas	Confidential Recordings	1:02:52 (Pop-up)
The Who	Christmas "Christmas" by "The Who"	Tommy	MCA	1:06:31 (Pop-up)
The Young Adults	Christmas in Japan in July	Live in Providence, 21 March 1978 (WBRU broadcast)	The Young Adults	1:11:10 (Pop-up)
Donna McKechnie, Margo Sappington, Baayork Lee	Turkey Lurkey Time (watch the video!)	Promises, Promises (Original Broadway Cast Album)	United Artists	1:13:57 (Pop-up)
Vince Guaraldi Trio	Christmas Time Is Here	A Charlie Brown Christmas	Fantasy	1:16:48 (Pop-up)
Edwin Winter and cast	Christmas Day	Promises, Promises (Original Broadway Cast Album)	United Artists	1:19:48 (Pop-up)
The Lovin' Spoonful	Full Measure "Full Measure" by "The Lovin' Spoonful"	Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful	Kama Sutra	1:21:23 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Artie Schroeck Implosion	Amy's Theme	A Spoonful of Lovin'	Verve	1:23:56 (Pop-up)
Ann Miller	Too Darn Hot (Go, Ann, Go!) "Too Darn Hot" by "Ann Miller"	Kiss Me Kate (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	MGM	1:28:59 (Pop-up)
James White & The Blacks	(Tropical) Heat Wave	Off-White	Ze	1:31:33 (Pop-up)
Little Eva	Up on the Roof "Up on the Roof" by "Little Eva"	The Complete Dimension Recordings	WestSide	1:35:21 (Pop-up)
Jive Five	What Time Is It? "What Time Is It?" by "Jive Five"	The Doo Wop Box II (various artists)	Rhino	1:38:09 (Pop-up)
Cindy Lee	What's It Going to Take	Diamond Jubilee	Realistik Studios	1:40:59 (Pop-up)
Sterling Holloway, Barbara Stanwyck	A Perfect Day	Remember the Night (movie soundtrack)	Paramount Pictures	1:44:19 (Pop-up)
Lou Reed	Perfect Day "Perfect Day" by "Lou Reed"	Transformer	RCA	1:46:05 (Pop-up)
Sammy Davis Jr	Some Days Everything Goes Wrong	The Shelter of Your Arms	Reprise	1:49:46 (Pop-up)
Randy Newman	Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear	Sail Away	Reprise	1:52:29 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Beecher	Sax Fifth Avenue "Sax Fifth Avenue" by "Johnny Beecher"	45 played at 33	Warner Bros.	1:54:48 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 7:01pm Webhamster Henry: Yeah! Busy Doing Acid!
	♥ 7:02pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @7:01 Busy Audio Acid!
	♥ 7:02pm Yvang: Hi Busy Charlie and busy listeners!
	♥ 7:04pm Charlie: Hi Yvang!
	♥ 7:04pm tom tom the pipers son: hey there charlie and people...
	7:05pm Doug Schulkind: Chazzola!
	♥ 7:06pm Charlie: Hola tom tom! Howdy Dougola!
	♥ 7:07pm Webhamster Henry: Here's yer Showtunes, Bronwyn B. Fans!
	♥ 7:08pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @7:07 Scattered throughout, as am I!
	♥ 7:08pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Webhamster Henry @7:07 errr, i read that as "got you showtunes right here"
	♥ 7:09pm Dan S: I'm Busy Doing Nothing, and I do it very well if I do say so myself.
	♥ 7:10pm Charlie: Hi Dan S! You're a pro:)
	♥ 7:10pm tom tom the pipers son: never knew 10cc did a soundtrack...
	♥ 7:10pm Dan S: ↳ Song: "Brand New Day" by "10CC" Wow, an old favorite I haven't heard in decades!
	♥ 7:11pm Dan S: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:10 Yes, an Original one. :)
	♥ 7:12pm WR: ↳ Song: "What Time Is It?" by "Ken Nordine" I've accepted that time is relative but distant. Twice removed.
	♥ 7:13pm Charlie: ↳ WR @7:12 Time is relative. Put a couple in a room, give 'em enough time, soon you'll have relatives.
	♥ 7:13pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Dan S @7:11 is this with goulding, creme, and godley?
	7:13pm Michael: Happy Friday Charlie.
	♥ 7:14pm Stork: ↳ Song: "Feeling Good" by "Nina Simone" Busy digging the 10CC to Nina Simone segue!
	♥ 7:14pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Feeling Good" by "Nina Simone" It wouldn't be the Drummer Stream without Nina Simone.
	♥ 7:14pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:13 Graham Goulding, Kevin Godley, Lol Creme, Eric Stewart
	♥ 7:15pm Charlie: ↳ Michael @7:13 Well, hey now, Michael!
	♥ 7:16pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @7:13 reminds me...a fifth grader tried to entertain me with a wc fields imitation when i was in first grade... it went " ah. yes, my uncle scratch, he lived in a roomful of fleas, my uncle itch was one of them" i guess i was entertained
	♥ 7:17pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @7:14 thanks, prime era...
	♥ 7:18pm Stork: ↳ Song: "What Time Is It?" by "Ken Nordine" I did a double (what, that's not Elvis Costello?) take on Ken Nordine
	7:20pm Deborah: The Mountains are Pink.....It's time....:)
	♥ 7:23pm WR: Movies in your mind, Charlie?
	♥ 7:25pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "(I'm Not Your) Steppin; Stone" by "The Living Str... Where are contemporary covers like this?
	♥ 7:25pm tom tom the pipers son: the monkees...not really a group...? for a couple of albums they were, weren't they
	♥ 7:25pm Charlie: ↳ Deborah @7:20 Hi Deborah! It's the pink hour in Tucson:)
	♥ 7:27pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:25 Well, I do think of them as a group, many didn't. But they were drafted as actors...
	♥ 7:27pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @7:25 beautiful day in nyc area today, not sure if we're at 'golden hour' but weather was/ is golden
	♥ 7:28pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @7:27 the podcast 500 songs has a brilliant informative episode on the monkees
	7:29pm Michael: Pink mountains here are called the Sandias - watermelon
	♥ 7:29pm Webhamster Henry: The past few days here in Ulster Cty., NY have been great for biking.
	♥ 7:30pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Lazy Afternoon (from The Golden Apple)" by "Jerry... orbach... long before he was a wiseacre tv cop
	♥ 7:30pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @7:25 That's what I'm talking about! We need big schlocky covers of current pop songs!
	♥ 7:31pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @7:30 maybe a redundancy in most cases
	♥ 7:32pm Charlie: ↳ WR @7:23 Exactly, WR, it's all a big production number in my mind.
	♥ 7:32pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:31 ah that was prejudicial
	♥ 7:38pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Oklahoma!" by "Japanese cast" Here's Stan Freberg's Oklahoma knock-off "Oregon! Oregon!" youtu.be...
	♥ 7:41pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Ridin' High (from Red, Hot and Blue)" by "Ethel M... Ethel Merman + Cole Porter: two tastes that go great together!
	♥ 7:41pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @7:38 ooh! Looking forward to checking that out later! Love Stan:)
	♥ 7:46pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "It's Delovely (from Red, Hot and Blue)" by "Mabel... Lots of alternate lyrics here! Mabel is so good - I actually saw her live - uh - 51 years ago.
	♥ 7:48pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @7:46 That must've been wonderful.
	♥ 7:48pm tom tom the pipers son: mabel mercer...elington's sister? strong family resemblance
	♥ 7:50pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Charlie @7:48 She said you just have to find the story in the song and act it out.
	♥ 7:50pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:48 No relation!
	♥ 7:50pm tom tom the pipers son: woops sorry
	♥ 7:52pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:50 i don't know where i came with that...
	♥ 7:53pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @7:50 I like when actors sing, when they find a voice for a song, even if they're not really "singers."
	♥ 7:55pm tom tom the pipers son: ruth ellington notable for founding jazz ministry at st. peter's manhattan
	♥ 7:58pm tom tom the pipers son: the other night larry grogan played mccrae covering "i just wasn't made for these times" and "you still believe in me" iirc, from 1967, amazing for the time
	♥ 8:01pm Webhamster Henry: Show "Gay Divorce", movie "Gay Divorcée"
	8:02pm Dean: Again, I had to shut down what I was playing here--vol. 6 of East Side Story--to check in on WFMU. I'm all for year-round Christmas music.
	♥ 8:02pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @8:01 Ah, thanks for the clarification, Henry.
	♥ 8:03pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:58 I've got that album. It's terrific. I've also got albums with Carmen singing Elusive Butterfly and The Sound of Silence.
	♥ 8:03pm tom tom the pipers son: might be an idea to hang some tinsel on joe biden to spruce him up a bit
	8:04pm Dean: "Slice up the fruit cake" resonates a good deal with Sweeny Todd.
	♥ 8:04pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @8:03 yes it sounds like that album has great curation
	♥ 8:05pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Welcome Christmas (from TV special, How the Grinc... Ahh the good ol Kustard Kings.
	♥ 8:05pm Charlie: ↳ Dean @8:04 Haha! Yes. and Hi Dean:)
	♥ 8:07pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @8:05 On Michael Shelley's label:)
	♥ 8:09pm Charlie: Accu weather: It's pouring here just south of Tucson!
	♥ 8:09pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Christmas" by "The Who" image from isle of wight?
	♥ 8:10pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:09 no, no skeleton suit on entwistle
	♥ 8:11pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:10 Yeah, just looking for a live pic from that era. Maybe this is later though
	8:13pm Dean: Did you know that England has a fourth of July?
	♥ 8:15pm Charlie: ↳ Dean @8:13 And yet we don't have a Guy Fawkes day.
	♥ 8:17pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Turkey Lurkey Time" by "Donna McKechnie, Margo Sa... Fantastic TV musical Schmigadoon/Schmicago worked the Turkey Lurkey into its choreography.
	♥ 8:18pm tom tom the pipers son: isn't guy fawkes a kind of ironic holiday, celebrating a failed attempt at freedom?
	♥ 8:19pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @8:15 where's john brown day?
	♥ 8:20pm Charlie: As Frederick Douglas wrote, "What, to the Negro, is the Fourth of July?"
	8:22pm Michael: If you haven't seen it - highly recommend the episode of Documentary Now! "Co-Op" www.youtube.com...
	♥ 8:24pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Michael @8:22 i used to do theater with james urbaniak, he was good at beckett
	♥ 8:26pm tom tom the pipers son: like this spoonful...
	8:26pm Dean: New Year?! Did I not hear that right?
	8:27pm Dean: My favorite musical, Maim!
	♥ 8:28pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Dean @8:27 ha! could think of a couple of candidates for director
	♥ 8:30pm Rich in Washington: Merry Christmas, Charlie! God bless us, everyone!
	♥ 8:32pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Too Darn Hot" by "Ann Miller" The KMK film was originally released in 3D! and not "The Latest Report", original lyric is "The Kinsey Report"
	♥ 8:33pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Webhamster Henry @8:32 interesting thx
	♥ 8:35pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "(Tropical) Heat Wave" by "James White & The Blacks" a lot of separation on this
	♥ 8:36pm Charlie: ↳ Rich in Washington @8:30 Hi Rich! Happy Hanukah! Kwanza! Solstice!
	8:37pm Dean: Halloween! Arbor Day!
	♥ 8:45pm tom tom the pipers son: i see on instagram there's a brand of clothing called 'the normie' ....s. m. ken would get a kick out of that probabl;y
	♥ 8:45pm Charlie: Well I don't know about y'all, but I'm having a holiday right here!
	♥ 8:46pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "A Perfect Day" by "Sterling Holloway, Barbara Sta... This movie is so great!
	8:47pm Ruth garden school: Yo Charlie, great show, just tuning in but I'm having a great time at camp, passed a swim test. Write soon Ruth
	♥ 8:47pm Charlie: ↳ Webhamster Henry @8:46 I love it!
	♥ 8:47pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @8:45 i'm digging...
	♥ 8:49pm Charlie: ↳ Ruth garden school @8:47 Hey Ruth! Don't drink too much bug juice! xo, -- c
	8:52pm Ruth garden school: ↳ Dean @8:27 Maim! Excellent. You give my old mint julep a kick...
	♥ 8:52pm tom tom the pipers son: thanks charlie, apologize if my chatter was annoying....
	8:52pm Dean: I so prefer Sammy to Frank.
	8:53pm Ruth garden school: Love the math test we have to take before they post our comments. Good thing I got some tutoring.
	♥ 8:55pm tom tom the pipers son: i love being surprised by a newman tune i don't know
	8:55pm Ruth garden school: Hope there's no questions about Algebraic equations. That would shut me up for good!
	♥ 8:55pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:52 Not at all! Thanks for being here:)
	♥ 8:56pm Charlie: Thanks everyone for being here!
	♥ 8:56pm tom tom the pipers son: ok thanks...
	♥ 8:57pm Webhamster Henry: Well that was busy doing Broadway!
	8:57pm Ruth garden school: Thank you for this awesome mix!
	♥ 8:58pm WR: Thanak you! Charlie! Had a good time busy doing AJH with Charlie.
	♥ 8:58pm Rich in Washington: Thanks, Charlie! Hey folks, I'll be holding down the fort right after this show for the next three hours at The Radio Is Broken! wfmu.org...
	♥ 8:59pm tom tom the pipers son: see ya charlie!
	9:00pm Michael: Great show - thanks much Charlie!

Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie: Playlist from June 28, 2024

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