WFMU: Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie: Playlist from January 19, 2025

Listener comments!
	11:58am listener james from westwood: Yay, Charlie!
	12:01pm Yvang: Hi Charlie and the Busy Clubbers!
	12:01pm Michael: Is it? It is..Charlie!
	12:01pm Doug Schulkind: Get busy, Charlie!
	12:01pm DJ Peter: When I say LURV you best believe I'm in LURV L-U-R-V
	12:03pm Webhamster Henry: Hi Charlie! Happy New Year!
	12:03pm wendy del formaggio: CHARLIE!!!
	12:03pm Jeff Golick: OH YEAH
	12:03pm chresti: Hi Charley and busy bodies!
	12:04pm StringOFperils: Beezee Dung Rolleen Guh
	12:05pm Chris S.: Good morning!
	12:05pm Charlie: Hi everybody! Wow, what a crowd of beautiful chatters! Chat it up, why don'tcha? What's going on out there?
	12:06pm Chris S.: I'm pondering the notion of waffles as 3D pancakes.
	12:06pm Charlie: I spy with my widdle eye: james, Yvang, Michael, Doug, Peter, Henry, Wendy, Jeff, chresti, soPerils, Chris! Good day, y'all.
	👻 12:07pm doctorjazz: Hi Charlie!
	12:07pm tom tom the pipers son: hello charlie...people...
	12:12pm fred: ↳ Song: "To the East" by "Electrelane" Always loved Electrelane, I remember how they would circle and face each others in early shows, which felt more inclusive than exclusive somehow
	12:12pm schmutz: ↳ Song: "To the East" by "Electrelane" ❤️❤️ love this one
	12:13pm Rluwi: Hi All, Happy Sunday!
	12:13pm luka: soundin fine yes hello
	12:14pm Rluwi: Ruth from Charle's high school. Yes! I knew him when...
	12:14pm Charlie: Hi doc, tom, fred, schmutz, Rluwi, luka!
	12:15pm chresti: ↳ Song: "Yeah, I'm Feelin' Fine" by "The Luv'd Ones" Matching outfits<333
	12:17pm Rluwi: While at my farmers market here in Queens I saw someone wearing a WFMU hat. I commented, he smiled and kept walking. I had thought we'd bond for life. Bought my yogurt and headed home...
	12:17pm Charlie: ↳ fred @12:12 I saw them when they were promoting this album - they were so great live!
	12:19pm Rluwi: ↳ Chris S. @12:06 Chris S - absolutely!
	12:20pm Charlie: ↳ Chris S. @12:06 And you can build those waffles into a house, making them even more 3d!
	12:21pm Rluwi: ↳ Charlie @12:20 Charlie, always a visionary!
	12:22pm Chris S.: ↳ Charlie @12:20 Also: greater butter holding capacity...!
	12:23pm Chris S.: ↳ Rluwi @12:19 I've never seen this on a menu, where the idea belongs.
	12:24pm Doug Schulkind: ↳ Rluwi @12:17 Socially awkward WFMUers are everywhere, Rluwi. Dude was smiling on the inside.
	12:26pm Stork: You're doing so much more than filling in! Thank you, Chollie!!
	12:26pm TDK60: Hi Charlie. // I'm not going to mention the time a WFMU T wearer ignored my friendly "howdy." I just won't.
	12:27pm Chris S.: The show is off to an energetic and eclectic start! Ramones are ALWAYS a good bet. Kudos, Charlie.
	12:28pm fred: ↳ Charlie @12:17 Looked it up, first time I saw them was 20 years ago (!). Opening for some band I don't remember. A rare time when I walked out on a band (the headliner, not Electrelane)
	12:29pm Rluwi: ↳ Chris S. @12:27 I lurve peanut butter on apples!!
	12:30pm Rluwi: ↳ Doug Schulkind @12:24 OK, so it wasn't me. Good to know.
	12:30pm Chris S.: ↳ Rluwi @12:29 Almond butter on sliced apple is very nice, also too.
	12:31pm Rluwi: ↳ Chris S. @12:30 Totally!
	12:32pm Rluwi: Charlie, hope you know about almond butter! See the light 🚨. Ruth L
	12:33pm Rluwi: Loving this song by the Waitresses
	12:33pm tom tom the pipers son: signing up for fun... thanks charlie ...want to give part ofd my brain a break
	12:37pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Money" by "Flying Lizards" What? Marathon time already?
	12:37pm Cathy W: ↳ Song: "Ferries" by "Robyn Hitchcock" Enjoying the show Charlie - Robyn Hitchcock always a fave! One of Bill's as well.
	12:42pm Charlie: ↳ Rluwi @12:32 Ruthie, I think I eat my weight in almond butter annually!
	12:42pm Charlie: Hi Cathy W:)
	12:43pm chresti: ↳ Charlie @12:42 Almond butter ftw!
	12:44pm wendy del formaggio: Cindy Lee!
	12:45pm Charlie: ↳ wendy del formaggio @12:44 Still lovin' the Cindy Lee:)
	12:46pm Doug Schulkind: ↳ Charlie @12:42 I once saw a life-sized statue of Charlie made of almond butter at the Iowa State Fair!
	12:46pm Rluwi: ↳ Charlie @12:42 Me too!! Glad to hear we have this in common!
	12:46pm StringOFperils: Oh man, I actually had to talk to another human being on the phone instead of staring at the ACCU! What interference! The temerity! Da noive!!!
	12:48pm kev: Hi
	12:49pm newton: Almond Butter Cookies 2 cups almond butter (1 jar) 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt cocolate chips if you want 12 minutes in 350º oven. they will be soft still when done, dont over cook. cool
	12:49pm Charlie: ↳ Doug Schulkind @12:46 The base of the sculpture was actually waffles, coated with almond butter!
	12:50pm Charlie: Hi kev, hi newton - sounds good!
	👻 12:50pm doctorjazz: Walking the dogs (as the snow starts falling).
	12:50pm fred: ↳ Song: "The Book of Right-On" by "Joanna Newsom" You're hitting my 2005 playlist today
	12:51pm adamdoesit: Hi Charlie and Joannastans!
	12:52pm kev: No flour in the cookie ?
	12:52pm adamdoesit: ↳ Charlie @12:45 Same same. "All I Want is You" was my request show request on Uncle Michael's show.
	12:52pm newton: ↳ kev @12:52 no flour so gluten free
	12:53pm kev: 👍
	12:55pm Chris S.: Ask Spaulding (about your missing record).
	12:57pm fred: ↳ adamdoesit @12:51 I'm back to seeing dance shows, but at a slower pace. Keep an eye out for Hila Nachshonov, she's young but already an outstanding talent
	1:01pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Charlie, busybodies
	1:02pm adamdoesit: ↳ fred @12:57 Thanks for the tip, fred. I miss J&R Music World. I often pass Park Row on my way to and from work. There's no place to buy records anywhere near there now.
	1:02pm Rluwi: Banned Together, thank you for the info!
	1:02pm kev: Keep it
	1:03pm chresti: ↳ newton @12:49 I like to add evaporated coconut water to almond butter for sweetness
	1:06pm Charlie: ↳ Chris S. @12:55 Haha! I have a friend whose cat used to hide his car keys, but Spalding has not hid any records yet to my knowledge.
	1:07pm Charlie: here's a link to the doc: www.bannedtogetherdoc.com
	1:08pm newton: hmm, I have never had evaporated coconut water. I like to use champlain valley honey to make almond butter sandwiches
	1:11pm Charlie: ↳ chresti @1:03 gotta try that. I'm fond of almond butter-apple butter sandwiches
	1:11pm newton: ↳ adamdoesit @1:02 I never bought music at JandR, but I did by audio components there. I miss rocks in your head and rebel rebel though
	1:12pm StringOFperils: I'm not a New Yorker, but I did shop at Rocks In Your Head a few times; that was a good store.
	1:12pm spodiodi: good *, Charlie and all! so glad you're here
	1:13pm kev: I have a dog that has chewed up my records
	1:15pm fred: ↳ adamdoesit @1:02 That show was weird: because the choreographers were from Israel, they didn't put the country on the posters for "security". But still had logos for sponsors, which included Tel Aviv and another org with the Israeli flag prominent. Stealth fail I got pulled out of the line for an extra security check, lost my place in the line, but it worked out: got a seat on the middle of the front row because I knew it was mostly solos
	1:15pm Chris S.: ↳ Charlie @1:06 Cats can be very sneaky, as you know.
	1:16pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ StringOFperils @12:46 thought this was "staring at ACLU" i think i'm fixated
	1:17pm Michael 98145: ↳ Song: "The Devil Lies in My Husband's Body" by "Pulsallama" "I'm down here inventing a cryptocurrency"
	1:17pm wendy del formaggio: Pulsallama!
	1:17pm StringOFperils: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:16 It 's not me that'll be staring at them...and ...uh..guess we're both fixated. Can't imagine why.
	1:18pm Dean: Now this is a funny coincidence. On Jeff G's show earlier today, we discussed opening acts for The Clash back in the day. Here, you've played a Clash track and now one by one of the (relatively obscure) opening acts, Pulsallama.
	1:18pm StringOFperils: Someone should deep-fake Melania singing this.
	1:20pm tom tom the pipers son: btw @ fred... esg did open for the clash it may have been at one of the bond times sguare shows
	1:20pm Charlie: hiya spodi, Dean
	1:21pm Charlie: ↳ Dean @1:18 I was at a Clash show opened by Pulsallama! At Asbury Park, 1982, I think
	1:21pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ StringOFperils @1:18 why deep fake even?
	1:22pm Dean: '82 seems right. I had to see a flier to recall having seen The Dils open for Bo Diddley, who opened for The Clash, '79, Santa Monica.
	👻 1:22pm doctorjazz: OK, back from dog walk, relaxing to the tunes!
	1:22pm StringOFperils: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:21 Oh dear. Let's not do this tom tom. We have to think of the children.
	1:23pm Charlie: Funny I didn't even know that discussion happened!
	👻 1:24pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "The Fall" by "Katie the Pest" Hadn't heard Katie the Pest previously, 2 tracks today, like them!
	1:24pm Dean: A shout-out to Santa Monica, another fun coincidence.
	1:24pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ StringOFperils @1:22 yes they will be in crisis mode w/o tik tok
	1:25pm Franco Twinkie: Little pretty ones!
	1:25pm fred: ↳ Song: "The Fall" by "Katie the Pest" Did MES ever do a song called Katie the Pest?
	1:25pm Dean: Later in '79, Joe Ely opened for The Clash, again in Santa Monica.
	1:25pm Michael 98145: ↳ StringOFperils @1:18 making the basement great again
	1:26pm StringOFperils: Nice cover version. Who'd even attempt it?
	1:27pm coelacanth∅: i don't remember who opened fot the clash when i saw them. i wasn't impressed, whoever it was. but there was a guest with them, i'm also not sure, maybe Mickey Gallagher?
	1:27pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @1:25 maybe about kate middleton?
	👻 1:27pm doctorjazz: ↳ adamdoesit @1:02 I spent many hours at J&R (and downtown Tower Records), good places to discover music (before it was all available on the internets...)
	1:28pm Dean: Yes, very likely Gallagher, who is on London Calling? Sandinista? He also performed with Joe Ely. Formerly, he was Peter Frampton's keyboard player. So I seem to recall.
	1:29pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Show Biz Kids" by "Rickie Lee Jones" i am digging this...
	1:30pm Charlie: ↳ StringOFperils @1:26 She does a great cover of Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys on this album also
	1:31pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Dean @1:25 When I saw The Clash at The Santa Monica Civic in early 1979, Bo Diddly and The Dills opened for them.
	1:31pm Charlie: cool! Hi Franco
	👻 1:32pm doctorjazz: Sorry I never got to see The Clash live (was a busy time for me).
	1:32pm Dean: I was there, Franco.
	1:32pm Dean: Feb. 9, 1979
	1:32pm Michael 98145: ↳ Franco Twinkie @1:31 The Dils were so great
	1:33pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Franco Twinkie @1:31 i remember when we got tickets being bummed that Bo wasn't touring with them any more. early 80s, just missed it.
	1:35pm chresti: ↳ Song: "Small Axe" by "The Wailers" It sounded like "if you have a big cheese....", from the other side of the kitchen
	1:35pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Franco Twinkie @1:31 hey, the dills...that's who it was! were they any good? i didn't think so at the time but i might feel differently now.
	1:37pm fred: ↳ doctorjazz @1:32 One of my regrets: Joe Stummer played in Paris but I had a ticket for a dance show that day. I thought I'd catch him next time, but there was no next time
	1:37pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Dean @1:32 Charlie! I know you were Dean. Both you and I saw the music world in L.A. turn on it's axis in the late 1970's Now I'm and old man who's always saying 'When I was young..."
	1:38pm Rluwi: Oh, yeah, that could well have been the Lori Montana of Little Mary Sunshine/ Garden School game! But, oh more evidence. Wonder wear she is. Love Pulislama
	1:38pm fred: ↳ chresti @1:35 Wendy would approve this version
	1:39pm MarciB: Sucha a great show and loved hearing that Pulsilama song. Thanks Charlie!
	1:41pm Charlie: Hiya MarciB, thanks for tuning in!
	1:41pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "Small Axe" by "The Wailers" Tosh's contributions in this era especially grab me. always liked his voice/singing more than Marley's.
	👻 1:41pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "So What" by "Ast0r" This is cool (an album I've heard so many times, I think it's got its own groove in my brain. Nice to hear it in this odd digital version...)
	1:42pm Michael 98145: ↳ doctorjazz @1:41 Odd, yes
	1:42pm Rluwi: I keep losing sound here, dang! Is it something I said?
	1:43pm adamdoesit: ↳ Song: "So What" by "Ast0r" This is fun. Surprisingly reverent.
	1:43pm Dean: The Dils were top-notch, absolutely. Some folks regarded them as the California version of The Clash. Whatever. Their first single was on What? Records, the same label that released The Germs' first. Chris Ashford's label. You could find him at Licorice Pizza across the street from the Whisky in those days.
	👻 1:45pm doctorjazz: ↳ adamdoesit @1:43 Seems to be a note for note transcription so far (Miles' solo)
	1:46pm tom tom the pipers son: kind of bloop... did make me laugh when i first spotted it..
	1:46pm Charlie: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:41 hey, coela, yes I love Peter Tosh's songs from that era too. Very poppy. And love his voice. Marley's voice somehow matches his kinda vague lyrics though
	👻 1:46pm doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @1:45 I can sing along with it (told you it has a groove in my brain)
	1:46pm Charlie: ↳ Michael 98145 @1:42 Hi Michael 98145
	1:47pm tom tom the pipers son: ah just spotted snow....light but steady in queens
	👻 1:47pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "So What" by "Ast0r" Going to run through all the solos, sounds like (even have the horn 2 note back up to the solo recreated).
	1:48pm adamdoesit: Yup, with synthy starburst flourishes. The bass player is cooking — gives new meaning to Mr. PC.
	1:48pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Dean @1:43 Yeah, that Licorice Pizza was just part and parcel of going to The Whisky a Go-Go. They had a great collections of 'zines too.
	1:49pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Franco Twinkie @1:48 ah ... the pt anderson film title....
	1:50pm Ike: I can dig it.
	1:50pm Dean: Flipside among them. I remember delivering a supply.
	1:50pm fred: ↳ doctorjazz @1:46 Is that rendition family-approved?
	1:50pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Franco Twinkie @1:48 Which was...
	1:51pm pgalub: Hey Charlie and everyone!
	1:51pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Franco Twinkie @1:50 licorice pizza
	1:51pm Charlie: Hi Ike! Pete!!!
	👻 1:52pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Song to a Seagull" by "Don Sebesky (featuring Pau... Love that Paul Desmond sound/tone (one of those less-is-more players). (There's a great band he led with Jim Hall, another less-is-more player)
	1:52pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Dean @1:50 Yup, they carried my 'zine as well.
	1:53pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Charlie @1:46 true i guess. musically poppy, but lyrically political - while Marley was still singing mostly love songs. Marley had a Beautiful voice, very smooth and pretty; and i grew to Love the wailers (actually not until after Bob had clocked out -even though i was very into reggae already) ...Tosh's voice seemed very "soulful" to me, kind of tough.
	👻 1:58pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Backstage Sally" by "Art Blakey & the Jazz Messen... The band: Bass – Jymie Merritt Drums – Art Blakey Piano – Cedar Walton Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Trombone – Curtis Fuller Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard
	1:59pm Charlie: ↳ doctorjazz @1:58 Yes, and what a lineup!
	2:00pm northguineahills: Chuck! nothinerinos!
	2:01pm Stork: ↳ Song: "So What" by "Ast0r" I'm just checking back in, and bitterly regret missing Kind of Bloop. I must investigate, forthwith!
	2:06pm spodiodi: must.click. ahh there we go
	2:06pm adamdoesit: ↳ spodiodi @2:06 Same same.
	2:07pm Charlie: Hi NGH! Stork!! adam!!!
	2:12pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Why Can’t I Touch it?" by "Buzzcocks" i don't think i've heard this bassline sampled before...if it weren't for cavern this could been the bassline for white line
	2:14pm tom tom the pipers son: saw a great best friends perf on the street after alightning bolt show in greenpoint fireworks music coming out of a van... the cops shut it down
	2:15pm Yvang: ↳ Song: "Handpocket" by "Best Friends Forever" So cool! I've met the guitar player a few years ago, she's a super talented illustrator!
	2:16pm Yvang: ↳ Yvang @2:15 www.instagram.com...
	2:18pm Yvang: ↳ Yvang @2:15 She's the bass player...
	2:19pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:14 tom, great you got to see them play on the street!
	2:19pm Charlie: ↳ Yvang @2:15 Yvang - cool! didn't know she was an illustrator. Great stuff
	2:22pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @2:19 it was electro/ noise... different from the track you played, and true to their word, for 20 minutes we were "best friends forever"
	2:26pm judy from croton: Oh, this qualifies as a major mood enhancer: Busy Doing Nothing And it's starting to snow!
	2:27pm Michael 98145: ( public service announcement - robynhitchcockofficial.bandcamp.com... )
	2:28pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Must Be Tears" by "Lael Neale" indeed
	👻 2:29pm doctorjazz: ↳ Michael 98145 @2:27 That's in a half hour, thanks for the link!
	2:29pm adamdoesit: ↳ Michael 98145 @2:27 Thanks Michael!
	👻 2:31pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Malinke Guitars" by "John Williams" Pretty harmonics!
	2:32pm Charlie: ↳ Michael 98145 @2:27 Thanks for the reminder on this Michael! I meant to remember and tell people about that
	👻 2:33pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Malinke Guitars" by "John Williams" Must be multitracked...
	2:34pm andy the painter: so glad that you’ve been doing these fill-ins lately, Charlie. (and grateful for their archives) always a pleasure to hear your programming, especially on this pretty bleak winter’s day in nyc
	2:34pm Charlie: ↳ judy from croton @2:26 Hi judy!
	2:35pm Dean: Richard Harvey, at one time of Gryphon, appears on this Williams album.
	2:35pm Charlie: ↳ doctorjazz @2:33 It's a duet with another guitarist, John Etheridge
	2:35pm Charlie: ↳ andy the painter @2:34 thanks, andy! glad you could stop by in real time:)
	2:36pm Michael 98145: Enjoying the show today ...
	👻 2:36pm doctorjazz: ↳ Charlie @2:35 That explains it-he's a fabulous guitarist, but those left hand fingers can only be in so many places at once...
	2:38pm tom tom the pipers son: i recognized her...nice job cher....
	2:39pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:38 and sonny too, if he wrote this
	2:39pm chresti: ↳ Song: "Baby Don't Go" by "Sonny and Cher" Love the guitar
	2:39pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "Baby Don't Go" by "Sonny and Cher" back from a shower just in time for my favorite Sonny & Cher song!
	2:42pm adamdoesit: ↳ Song: "Come Back" by "Sharon Van Etten" What a banger. Thank you, Sharon. As long as you keep making records, I'll never run out of gifts.
	2:42pm Charlie: Yes, Sonny wrote it and produced it. My fave S&C song too, coela:)
	2:43pm Dean: Many years ago in preparation for architecture school, which I ultimately declined to attend, I read Kevin Lynch's The Image of the City. I forgot that one of the subject cities is Jersey City, along with Boston and Los Angeles. Here's what Lynch wrote in '59: "What might have been its natural shopping center was stifled by the artificial creation of Journal Square on the upper land, so that the city has no single center, but rather four or five. To the usual formlessness of space and heterogeneity of structure that mark the blighted area of any American city is added the complete confusion of an uncoordinated street system. The drabness, dirt, and smell of the town are at first overpowering. This, of course, is the first superficial view of an outsider. It was interesting to see how those who had lived there for many years imaged it for themselves."
	2:45pm Michael 98145: ↳ Song: "Tonight, You Belong To Me" by "Patience & Prudence" 💙
	2:46pm Michael 98145: ↳ Dean @2:43 Yikes . Confess i've never been there. IRL
	2:47pm tom tom the pipers son: @ charlie....nice show ...my soul's been replenished....before it is drained again....
	2:49pm judy from croton: Never fails, Charlie. You play a song that has been bobbing to top of my brain pile for days. This time: You Belong To Me (my sisters had the 45)
	👻 2:49pm doctorjazz: ↳ Dean @2:43 Now Jersey City is considered "Hip New Jersey". Rents are up, of course...
	2:49pm Erik abodes VT: ↳ Song: "Tonight, You Belong To Me" by "Patience & Prudence" ♥️
	2:49pm newton: thanks charlie!
	2:49pm spodiodi: thank you, Charlie! :)
	2:50pm Dean: The Lynch book is pretty special. It's now as old as I am, so I'm sure circumstances have changed, per doctorjazz. But as you can tell from the quote, Lynch is not exclusively interested in a "first superficial view."
	2:50pm coelacanth∅: ↳ adamdoesit @2:42 i've never heard anything by Sharon Van Etten that i don't at least like (and i Love most of it) -and to me that's a huge feat for anyone making currently commercially acceptable music.
	2:50pm Webhamster Henry: This set is peak Charlie.
	2:51pm chresti: Thanks Charlie!
	2:52pm Dean: I see that Lynch identifies Van Vorst Park as an important node. It is a half-mile walk from WFMU.
	2:53pm Dean: Off to play recorder duets. Lovely show this morning (where I sit).
	👻 2:53pm doctorjazz: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:50 I have to say, Sharon Van Etten has always been on that list of "artists I should check out", still on the list.
	2:53pm newton: Im putting the ham in the oven now
	2:53pm schmutz: thanks for this Charlie ❤️ hope to see you on again soon!
	👻 2:53pm doctorjazz: Thanks, Charlie, loved the show!
	2:53pm Michael 98145: ↳ newton @2:53 yum
	2:54pm tom tom the pipers son: i just made a somewhat elaborate tuna salad for lunch
	2:55pm adamdoesit: Thanks for keeping me busy, Charlie, that was fun.
	2:55pm coelacanth∅: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:54 i'll be right over. i'll bring rice cakes.
	2:56pm Michael 98145: distracting us from the rough beast slouching our way
	2:56pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:55 alrighty.... tuna mayo lemon juice dill pepper....and matouk's hot sauce
	2:57pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:56 red onion
	2:57pm listener james from westwood: Charlie, always a delight; thanks kindly!
	2:57pm northguineahills: thanks charlie!
	2:59pm Rluwi: Charlie, thank you on behalf of myself, my husband Hal and my gender fluid canine companion Lulu. We have had a great time!
	2:59pm Michael: Charlie - thanks for the fine show. Was very busy doing somethings. Be well!
	👻 2:59pm doctorjazz: Tuna sounds good-have some beef barley soup in the fridge, chicken thighs to cook, and half a left over eggplant sandwich in the fridge. Should hold me if the roads are bad.
	2:59pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Charlie!
	2:59pm Yvang: Thanks Charlie!
	3:00pm Yvang: Don't be too busy and come back on the air soon!
	3:00pm Rluwi: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:54 Try adding Wasabi!
	3:01pm Charlie: Thank you everyone for being here!
	3:02pm StringOFperils: Thanks!
	3:04pm jan: Hear Here! Ola, Charlie!

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Micro Mach Machine	Papa Rock "Papa Rock" by "Micro Mach Machine"	Split 7" w/ Macdonald Duck Eclair	Music Related	0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Ramones	Judy Is a Punk "Judy Is a Punk" by "Ramones"	Ramones	Sire	0:01:26 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Katie the Pest	Spit It Out "Spit It Out" by "Katie the Pest"	Other Cities, Other Girls	Katie the Pest	0:03:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Electrelane	To the East "To the East" by "Electrelane"	7-inch single; No Shouts, No Calls	Too Pure	0:07:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Luv'd Ones	Yeah, I'm Feelin' Fine	Truth Gotta Stand	Sundazed	0:11:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Encarnita Polo	Pepa Bandera "Pepa Bandera" by "Encarnita Polo"	7-inch single	RCA	0:14:33 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
I Was a King	Leave "Leave" by "I Was a King"	You Love It Here		0:16:58 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Robyn Hitchcock	Ferries "Ferries" by "Robyn Hitchcock"	The Man Upstairs	Yep Roc	0:20:18 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Tipsy	Bunny Kick "Bunny Kick" by "Tipsy"	Uh-oh!	Ashpodel	0:23:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Waitresses	No Guilt "No Guilt" by "The Waitresses"	7-inch single	Antilles	0:28:05 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Shangri-Las	Bull Dog "Bull Dog" by "The Shangri-Las"	7-inch single	Red Bird	0:31:46 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Smoosh	I've Got My Own Problems to Fix	She Like Electric	Pattern 25	0:34:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Flying Lizards	Money "Money" by "Flying Lizards"	7-inch single	Virgin	0:35:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Charlotte Cornwell, Julie Covington, Rula Lenska	Roller Coaster	Rock Follies (TV series soundtrack)	Island	0:37:49 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Supremes	Come See About Me "Come See About Me" by "Supremes"	Greatest Hits	Motown	0:39:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Cindy Lee	Stone Faces "Stone Faces" by "Cindy Lee"	Diamond Jubilee	Realistik Studios	0:41:51 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Joanna Newsom	The Book of Right-On	The Milk-Eyed Mender	Drag City	0:46:17 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Donovan	Wear Your Love Like Heaven	A Gift From a Flower to Garden	Epic	0:50:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Las Comadrejas	Oaxacatelas "Oaxacatelas" by "Las Comadrejas"	We Are Ugly But We Have the Music	Comad	0:52:33 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sammy Davis Jr.	Not for Me "Not for Me" by "Sammy Davis Jr."	7-inch single	Reprise	1:00:30 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Clash	One More Time "One More Time" by "The Clash"	Sandinista!	Epic	1:02:53 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Run-D.M.C.	Wake Up "Wake Up" by "Run-D.M.C."	Run-D.M.C.	Profile	1:06:25 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sad Rockets	Twenty-Six "Twenty-Six" by "Sad Rockets"	Transition	Matador	1:11:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Pulsallama	The Devil Lies in My Husband's Body	7-inch single		1:14:58 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Katie the Pest	The Fall "The Fall" by "Katie the Pest"	You Are a Wildfire	Katie the Pest	1:18:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jerome Aniton	introduces Steely Dan at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 7/4/74	7-inch single (Hey Nineteen/Bodhisattva live)	MCA	1:21:34 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Rickie Lee Jones	Show Biz Kids "Show Biz Kids" by "Rickie Lee Jones"	It's Like This	Artemis	1:23:59 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Wailers	Small Axe "Small Axe" by "The Wailers"	some collection or other		1:28:26 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: World Standard	The Lonely Driver 1952	Country Gazette	Ashpodel	1:31:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Ast0r	So What "So What" by "Ast0r"	Kind of Bloop: An 8-bit Tribute to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue (various artists)	Mana Wave	1:38:32 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Don Sebesky (featuring Paul Desmond)	Song to a Seagull	Giant Box	CTI	1:47:48 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers	Backstage Sally	Buhaina's Delight	Blue Note	1:53:21 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jorge Ben	Bebete Vãobora / Criola / Cadê Tereza	10 Anos Depois	Phillps	1:59:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Buzzcocks	Why Can’t I Touch it?	Singles Going Steady	I.R.S	2:04:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Panty Raid	Don't Make Me Touch It	Erotic Drama (cassette, originally)	Panty Raid	2:10:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Best Friends Forever	Handpocket "Handpocket" by "Best Friends Forever"	Romance Conflict Adventure	Plan-It X	2:11:26 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Websites	Private Browser "Private Browser" by "The Websites"	Hit Counter		2:13:55 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Parliament	Night of the Thumpasaurus People	Mothership Connection	Casablanca	2:15:44 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Shudder to Think	pH Balanced "pH Balanced" by "Shudder to Think"	High Art (soundtrack)	Velvel	2:20:36 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Lael Neale	Must Be Tears "Must Be Tears" by "Lael Neale"	Star Eaters Delight	Sub Pop	2:25:54 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
John Williams	Malinke Guitars "Malinke Guitars" by "John Williams"	The Magic Box	Sony Classical	2:29:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sonny and Cher	Baby Don't Go "Baby Don't Go" by "Sonny and Cher"	7-inch single		2:35:06 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sharon Van Etten	Come Back "Come Back" by "Sharon Van Etten"	We've Been Going About This All Wrong	Jagjaguwar	2:38:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Patience & Prudence	Tonight, You Belong To Me	7-inch single	Liberty	2:42:58 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Bebe & Serge	Surfin' in Space "Surfin' in Space" by "Bebe & Serge"	Spaced Out Supernovasuperstar	Bloat	2:45:32 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Space Lady	Synthesize Me "Synthesize Me" by "The Space Lady"	The Space Lady's Greatest Hits	Night School	2:47:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Nino Tempo & April Stevens	Tweedlee Dee	7-inch single	Atco	2:52:09 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Beecher	Sax Fifth Avenue "Sax Fifth Avenue" by "Johnny Beecher"	45 played at 33	Warner Bros.	2:54:56 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	11:58am listener james from westwood: Yay, Charlie!
	12:01pm Yvang: Hi Charlie and the Busy Clubbers!
	12:01pm Michael: Is it? It is..Charlie!
	12:01pm Doug Schulkind: Get busy, Charlie!
	12:01pm DJ Peter: When I say LURV you best believe I'm in LURV L-U-R-V
	12:03pm Webhamster Henry: Hi Charlie! Happy New Year!
	12:03pm wendy del formaggio: CHARLIE!!!
	12:03pm Jeff Golick: OH YEAH
	12:03pm chresti: Hi Charley and busy bodies!
	12:04pm StringOFperils: Beezee Dung Rolleen Guh
	12:05pm Chris S.: Good morning!
	12:05pm Charlie: Hi everybody! Wow, what a crowd of beautiful chatters! Chat it up, why don'tcha? What's going on out there?
	12:06pm Chris S.: I'm pondering the notion of waffles as 3D pancakes.
	12:06pm Charlie: I spy with my widdle eye: james, Yvang, Michael, Doug, Peter, Henry, Wendy, Jeff, chresti, soPerils, Chris! Good day, y'all.
	👻 12:07pm doctorjazz: Hi Charlie!
	12:07pm tom tom the pipers son: hello charlie...people...
	12:12pm fred: ↳ Song: "To the East" by "Electrelane" Always loved Electrelane, I remember how they would circle and face each others in early shows, which felt more inclusive than exclusive somehow
	12:12pm schmutz: ↳ Song: "To the East" by "Electrelane" ❤️❤️ love this one
	12:13pm Rluwi: Hi All, Happy Sunday!
	12:13pm luka: soundin fine yes hello
	12:14pm Rluwi: Ruth from Charle's high school. Yes! I knew him when...
	12:14pm Charlie: Hi doc, tom, fred, schmutz, Rluwi, luka!
	12:15pm chresti: ↳ Song: "Yeah, I'm Feelin' Fine" by "The Luv'd Ones" Matching outfits<333
	12:17pm Rluwi: While at my farmers market here in Queens I saw someone wearing a WFMU hat. I commented, he smiled and kept walking. I had thought we'd bond for life. Bought my yogurt and headed home...
	12:17pm Charlie: ↳ fred @12:12 I saw them when they were promoting this album - they were so great live!
	12:19pm Rluwi: ↳ Chris S. @12:06 Chris S - absolutely!
	12:20pm Charlie: ↳ Chris S. @12:06 And you can build those waffles into a house, making them even more 3d!
	12:21pm Rluwi: ↳ Charlie @12:20 Charlie, always a visionary!
	12:22pm Chris S.: ↳ Charlie @12:20 Also: greater butter holding capacity...!
	12:23pm Chris S.: ↳ Rluwi @12:19 I've never seen this on a menu, where the idea belongs.
	12:24pm Doug Schulkind: ↳ Rluwi @12:17 Socially awkward WFMUers are everywhere, Rluwi. Dude was smiling on the inside.
	12:26pm Stork: You're doing so much more than filling in! Thank you, Chollie!!
	12:26pm TDK60: Hi Charlie. // I'm not going to mention the time a WFMU T wearer ignored my friendly "howdy." I just won't.
	12:27pm Chris S.: The show is off to an energetic and eclectic start! Ramones are ALWAYS a good bet. Kudos, Charlie.
	12:28pm fred: ↳ Charlie @12:17 Looked it up, first time I saw them was 20 years ago (!). Opening for some band I don't remember. A rare time when I walked out on a band (the headliner, not Electrelane)
	12:29pm Rluwi: ↳ Chris S. @12:27 I lurve peanut butter on apples!!
	12:30pm Rluwi: ↳ Doug Schulkind @12:24 OK, so it wasn't me. Good to know.
	12:30pm Chris S.: ↳ Rluwi @12:29 Almond butter on sliced apple is very nice, also too.
	12:31pm Rluwi: ↳ Chris S. @12:30 Totally!
	12:32pm Rluwi: Charlie, hope you know about almond butter! See the light 🚨. Ruth L
	12:33pm Rluwi: Loving this song by the Waitresses
	12:33pm tom tom the pipers son: signing up for fun... thanks charlie ...want to give part ofd my brain a break
	12:37pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Song: "Money" by "Flying Lizards" What? Marathon time already?
	12:37pm Cathy W: ↳ Song: "Ferries" by "Robyn Hitchcock" Enjoying the show Charlie - Robyn Hitchcock always a fave! One of Bill's as well.
	12:42pm Charlie: ↳ Rluwi @12:32 Ruthie, I think I eat my weight in almond butter annually!
	12:42pm Charlie: Hi Cathy W:)
	12:43pm chresti: ↳ Charlie @12:42 Almond butter ftw!
	12:44pm wendy del formaggio: Cindy Lee!
	12:45pm Charlie: ↳ wendy del formaggio @12:44 Still lovin' the Cindy Lee:)
	12:46pm Doug Schulkind: ↳ Charlie @12:42 I once saw a life-sized statue of Charlie made of almond butter at the Iowa State Fair!
	12:46pm Rluwi: ↳ Charlie @12:42 Me too!! Glad to hear we have this in common!
	12:46pm StringOFperils: Oh man, I actually had to talk to another human being on the phone instead of staring at the ACCU! What interference! The temerity! Da noive!!!
	12:48pm kev: Hi
	12:49pm newton: Almond Butter Cookies 2 cups almond butter (1 jar) 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt cocolate chips if you want 12 minutes in 350º oven. they will be soft still when done, dont over cook. cool
	12:49pm Charlie: ↳ Doug Schulkind @12:46 The base of the sculpture was actually waffles, coated with almond butter!
	12:50pm Charlie: Hi kev, hi newton - sounds good!
	👻 12:50pm doctorjazz: Walking the dogs (as the snow starts falling).
	12:50pm fred: ↳ Song: "The Book of Right-On" by "Joanna Newsom" You're hitting my 2005 playlist today
	12:51pm adamdoesit: Hi Charlie and Joannastans!
	12:52pm kev: No flour in the cookie ?
	12:52pm adamdoesit: ↳ Charlie @12:45 Same same. "All I Want is You" was my request show request on Uncle Michael's show.
	12:52pm newton: ↳ kev @12:52 no flour so gluten free
	12:53pm kev: 👍
	12:55pm Chris S.: Ask Spaulding (about your missing record).
	12:57pm fred: ↳ adamdoesit @12:51 I'm back to seeing dance shows, but at a slower pace. Keep an eye out for Hila Nachshonov, she's young but already an outstanding talent
	1:01pm coelacanth∅: Greetings Charlie, busybodies
	1:02pm adamdoesit: ↳ fred @12:57 Thanks for the tip, fred. I miss J&R Music World. I often pass Park Row on my way to and from work. There's no place to buy records anywhere near there now.
	1:02pm Rluwi: Banned Together, thank you for the info!
	1:02pm kev: Keep it
	1:03pm chresti: ↳ newton @12:49 I like to add evaporated coconut water to almond butter for sweetness
	1:06pm Charlie: ↳ Chris S. @12:55 Haha! I have a friend whose cat used to hide his car keys, but Spalding has not hid any records yet to my knowledge.
	1:07pm Charlie: here's a link to the doc: www.bannedtogetherdoc.com
	1:08pm newton: hmm, I have never had evaporated coconut water. I like to use champlain valley honey to make almond butter sandwiches
	1:11pm Charlie: ↳ chresti @1:03 gotta try that. I'm fond of almond butter-apple butter sandwiches
	1:11pm newton: ↳ adamdoesit @1:02 I never bought music at JandR, but I did by audio components there. I miss rocks in your head and rebel rebel though
	1:12pm StringOFperils: I'm not a New Yorker, but I did shop at Rocks In Your Head a few times; that was a good store.
	1:12pm spodiodi: good *, Charlie and all! so glad you're here
	1:13pm kev: I have a dog that has chewed up my records
	1:15pm fred: ↳ adamdoesit @1:02 That show was weird: because the choreographers were from Israel, they didn't put the country on the posters for "security". But still had logos for sponsors, which included Tel Aviv and another org with the Israeli flag prominent. Stealth fail I got pulled out of the line for an extra security check, lost my place in the line, but it worked out: got a seat on the middle of the front row because I knew it was mostly solos
	1:15pm Chris S.: ↳ Charlie @1:06 Cats can be very sneaky, as you know.
	1:16pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ StringOFperils @12:46 thought this was "staring at ACLU" i think i'm fixated
	1:17pm Michael 98145: ↳ Song: "The Devil Lies in My Husband's Body" by "Pulsallama" "I'm down here inventing a cryptocurrency"
	1:17pm wendy del formaggio: Pulsallama!
	1:17pm StringOFperils: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:16 It 's not me that'll be staring at them...and ...uh..guess we're both fixated. Can't imagine why.
	1:18pm Dean: Now this is a funny coincidence. On Jeff G's show earlier today, we discussed opening acts for The Clash back in the day. Here, you've played a Clash track and now one by one of the (relatively obscure) opening acts, Pulsallama.
	1:18pm StringOFperils: Someone should deep-fake Melania singing this.
	1:20pm tom tom the pipers son: btw @ fred... esg did open for the clash it may have been at one of the bond times sguare shows
	1:20pm Charlie: hiya spodi, Dean
	1:21pm Charlie: ↳ Dean @1:18 I was at a Clash show opened by Pulsallama! At Asbury Park, 1982, I think
	1:21pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ StringOFperils @1:18 why deep fake even?
	1:22pm Dean: '82 seems right. I had to see a flier to recall having seen The Dils open for Bo Diddley, who opened for The Clash, '79, Santa Monica.
	👻 1:22pm doctorjazz: OK, back from dog walk, relaxing to the tunes!
	1:22pm StringOFperils: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @1:21 Oh dear. Let's not do this tom tom. We have to think of the children.
	1:23pm Charlie: Funny I didn't even know that discussion happened!
	👻 1:24pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "The Fall" by "Katie the Pest" Hadn't heard Katie the Pest previously, 2 tracks today, like them!
	1:24pm Dean: A shout-out to Santa Monica, another fun coincidence.
	1:24pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ StringOFperils @1:22 yes they will be in crisis mode w/o tik tok
	1:25pm Franco Twinkie: Little pretty ones!
	1:25pm fred: ↳ Song: "The Fall" by "Katie the Pest" Did MES ever do a song called Katie the Pest?
	1:25pm Dean: Later in '79, Joe Ely opened for The Clash, again in Santa Monica.
	1:25pm Michael 98145: ↳ StringOFperils @1:18 making the basement great again
	1:26pm StringOFperils: Nice cover version. Who'd even attempt it?
	1:27pm coelacanth∅: i don't remember who opened fot the clash when i saw them. i wasn't impressed, whoever it was. but there was a guest with them, i'm also not sure, maybe Mickey Gallagher?
	1:27pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ fred @1:25 maybe about kate middleton?
	👻 1:27pm doctorjazz: ↳ adamdoesit @1:02 I spent many hours at J&R (and downtown Tower Records), good places to discover music (before it was all available on the internets...)
	1:28pm Dean: Yes, very likely Gallagher, who is on London Calling? Sandinista? He also performed with Joe Ely. Formerly, he was Peter Frampton's keyboard player. So I seem to recall.
	1:29pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Show Biz Kids" by "Rickie Lee Jones" i am digging this...
	1:30pm Charlie: ↳ StringOFperils @1:26 She does a great cover of Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys on this album also
	1:31pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Dean @1:25 When I saw The Clash at The Santa Monica Civic in early 1979, Bo Diddly and The Dills opened for them.
	1:31pm Charlie: cool! Hi Franco
	👻 1:32pm doctorjazz: Sorry I never got to see The Clash live (was a busy time for me).
	1:32pm Dean: I was there, Franco.
	1:32pm Dean: Feb. 9, 1979
	1:32pm Michael 98145: ↳ Franco Twinkie @1:31 The Dils were so great
	1:33pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Franco Twinkie @1:31 i remember when we got tickets being bummed that Bo wasn't touring with them any more. early 80s, just missed it.
	1:35pm chresti: ↳ Song: "Small Axe" by "The Wailers" It sounded like "if you have a big cheese....", from the other side of the kitchen
	1:35pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Franco Twinkie @1:31 hey, the dills...that's who it was! were they any good? i didn't think so at the time but i might feel differently now.
	1:37pm fred: ↳ doctorjazz @1:32 One of my regrets: Joe Stummer played in Paris but I had a ticket for a dance show that day. I thought I'd catch him next time, but there was no next time
	1:37pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Dean @1:32 Charlie! I know you were Dean. Both you and I saw the music world in L.A. turn on it's axis in the late 1970's Now I'm and old man who's always saying 'When I was young..."
	1:38pm Rluwi: Oh, yeah, that could well have been the Lori Montana of Little Mary Sunshine/ Garden School game! But, oh more evidence. Wonder wear she is. Love Pulislama
	1:38pm fred: ↳ chresti @1:35 Wendy would approve this version
	1:39pm MarciB: Sucha a great show and loved hearing that Pulsilama song. Thanks Charlie!
	1:41pm Charlie: Hiya MarciB, thanks for tuning in!
	1:41pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "Small Axe" by "The Wailers" Tosh's contributions in this era especially grab me. always liked his voice/singing more than Marley's.
	👻 1:41pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "So What" by "Ast0r" This is cool (an album I've heard so many times, I think it's got its own groove in my brain. Nice to hear it in this odd digital version...)
	1:42pm Michael 98145: ↳ doctorjazz @1:41 Odd, yes
	1:42pm Rluwi: I keep losing sound here, dang! Is it something I said?
	1:43pm adamdoesit: ↳ Song: "So What" by "Ast0r" This is fun. Surprisingly reverent.
	1:43pm Dean: The Dils were top-notch, absolutely. Some folks regarded them as the California version of The Clash. Whatever. Their first single was on What? Records, the same label that released The Germs' first. Chris Ashford's label. You could find him at Licorice Pizza across the street from the Whisky in those days.
	👻 1:45pm doctorjazz: ↳ adamdoesit @1:43 Seems to be a note for note transcription so far (Miles' solo)
	1:46pm tom tom the pipers son: kind of bloop... did make me laugh when i first spotted it..
	1:46pm Charlie: ↳ coelacanth∅ @1:41 hey, coela, yes I love Peter Tosh's songs from that era too. Very poppy. And love his voice. Marley's voice somehow matches his kinda vague lyrics though
	👻 1:46pm doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @1:45 I can sing along with it (told you it has a groove in my brain)
	1:46pm Charlie: ↳ Michael 98145 @1:42 Hi Michael 98145
	1:47pm tom tom the pipers son: ah just spotted snow....light but steady in queens
	👻 1:47pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "So What" by "Ast0r" Going to run through all the solos, sounds like (even have the horn 2 note back up to the solo recreated).
	1:48pm adamdoesit: Yup, with synthy starburst flourishes. The bass player is cooking — gives new meaning to Mr. PC.
	1:48pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Dean @1:43 Yeah, that Licorice Pizza was just part and parcel of going to The Whisky a Go-Go. They had a great collections of 'zines too.
	1:49pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Franco Twinkie @1:48 ah ... the pt anderson film title....
	1:50pm Ike: I can dig it.
	1:50pm Dean: Flipside among them. I remember delivering a supply.
	1:50pm fred: ↳ doctorjazz @1:46 Is that rendition family-approved?
	1:50pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Franco Twinkie @1:48 Which was...
	1:51pm pgalub: Hey Charlie and everyone!
	1:51pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Franco Twinkie @1:50 licorice pizza
	1:51pm Charlie: Hi Ike! Pete!!!
	👻 1:52pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Song to a Seagull" by "Don Sebesky (featuring Pau... Love that Paul Desmond sound/tone (one of those less-is-more players). (There's a great band he led with Jim Hall, another less-is-more player)
	1:52pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Dean @1:50 Yup, they carried my 'zine as well.
	1:53pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Charlie @1:46 true i guess. musically poppy, but lyrically political - while Marley was still singing mostly love songs. Marley had a Beautiful voice, very smooth and pretty; and i grew to Love the wailers (actually not until after Bob had clocked out -even though i was very into reggae already) ...Tosh's voice seemed very "soulful" to me, kind of tough.
	👻 1:58pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Backstage Sally" by "Art Blakey & the Jazz Messen... The band: Bass – Jymie Merritt Drums – Art Blakey Piano – Cedar Walton Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Trombone – Curtis Fuller Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard
	1:59pm Charlie: ↳ doctorjazz @1:58 Yes, and what a lineup!
	2:00pm northguineahills: Chuck! nothinerinos!
	2:01pm Stork: ↳ Song: "So What" by "Ast0r" I'm just checking back in, and bitterly regret missing Kind of Bloop. I must investigate, forthwith!
	2:06pm spodiodi: must.click. ahh there we go
	2:06pm adamdoesit: ↳ spodiodi @2:06 Same same.
	2:07pm Charlie: Hi NGH! Stork!! adam!!!
	2:12pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Why Can’t I Touch it?" by "Buzzcocks" i don't think i've heard this bassline sampled before...if it weren't for cavern this could been the bassline for white line
	2:14pm tom tom the pipers son: saw a great best friends perf on the street after alightning bolt show in greenpoint fireworks music coming out of a van... the cops shut it down
	2:15pm Yvang: ↳ Song: "Handpocket" by "Best Friends Forever" So cool! I've met the guitar player a few years ago, she's a super talented illustrator!
	2:16pm Yvang: ↳ Yvang @2:15 www.instagram.com...
	2:18pm Yvang: ↳ Yvang @2:15 She's the bass player...
	2:19pm Charlie: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:14 tom, great you got to see them play on the street!
	2:19pm Charlie: ↳ Yvang @2:15 Yvang - cool! didn't know she was an illustrator. Great stuff
	2:22pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Charlie @2:19 it was electro/ noise... different from the track you played, and true to their word, for 20 minutes we were "best friends forever"
	2:26pm judy from croton: Oh, this qualifies as a major mood enhancer: Busy Doing Nothing And it's starting to snow!
	2:27pm Michael 98145: ( public service announcement - robynhitchcockofficial.bandcamp.com... )
	2:28pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Song: "Must Be Tears" by "Lael Neale" indeed
	👻 2:29pm doctorjazz: ↳ Michael 98145 @2:27 That's in a half hour, thanks for the link!
	2:29pm adamdoesit: ↳ Michael 98145 @2:27 Thanks Michael!
	👻 2:31pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Malinke Guitars" by "John Williams" Pretty harmonics!
	2:32pm Charlie: ↳ Michael 98145 @2:27 Thanks for the reminder on this Michael! I meant to remember and tell people about that
	👻 2:33pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Malinke Guitars" by "John Williams" Must be multitracked...
	2:34pm andy the painter: so glad that you’ve been doing these fill-ins lately, Charlie. (and grateful for their archives) always a pleasure to hear your programming, especially on this pretty bleak winter’s day in nyc
	2:34pm Charlie: ↳ judy from croton @2:26 Hi judy!
	2:35pm Dean: Richard Harvey, at one time of Gryphon, appears on this Williams album.
	2:35pm Charlie: ↳ doctorjazz @2:33 It's a duet with another guitarist, John Etheridge
	2:35pm Charlie: ↳ andy the painter @2:34 thanks, andy! glad you could stop by in real time:)
	2:36pm Michael 98145: Enjoying the show today ...
	👻 2:36pm doctorjazz: ↳ Charlie @2:35 That explains it-he's a fabulous guitarist, but those left hand fingers can only be in so many places at once...
	2:38pm tom tom the pipers son: i recognized her...nice job cher....
	2:39pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:38 and sonny too, if he wrote this
	2:39pm chresti: ↳ Song: "Baby Don't Go" by "Sonny and Cher" Love the guitar
	2:39pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "Baby Don't Go" by "Sonny and Cher" back from a shower just in time for my favorite Sonny & Cher song!
	2:42pm adamdoesit: ↳ Song: "Come Back" by "Sharon Van Etten" What a banger. Thank you, Sharon. As long as you keep making records, I'll never run out of gifts.
	2:42pm Charlie: Yes, Sonny wrote it and produced it. My fave S&C song too, coela:)
	2:43pm Dean: Many years ago in preparation for architecture school, which I ultimately declined to attend, I read Kevin Lynch's The Image of the City. I forgot that one of the subject cities is Jersey City, along with Boston and Los Angeles. Here's what Lynch wrote in '59: "What might have been its natural shopping center was stifled by the artificial creation of Journal Square on the upper land, so that the city has no single center, but rather four or five. To the usual formlessness of space and heterogeneity of structure that mark the blighted area of any American city is added the complete confusion of an uncoordinated street system. The drabness, dirt, and smell of the town are at first overpowering. This, of course, is the first superficial view of an outsider. It was interesting to see how those who had lived there for many years imaged it for themselves."
	2:45pm Michael 98145: ↳ Song: "Tonight, You Belong To Me" by "Patience & Prudence" 💙
	2:46pm Michael 98145: ↳ Dean @2:43 Yikes . Confess i've never been there. IRL
	2:47pm tom tom the pipers son: @ charlie....nice show ...my soul's been replenished....before it is drained again....
	2:49pm judy from croton: Never fails, Charlie. You play a song that has been bobbing to top of my brain pile for days. This time: You Belong To Me (my sisters had the 45)
	👻 2:49pm doctorjazz: ↳ Dean @2:43 Now Jersey City is considered "Hip New Jersey". Rents are up, of course...
	2:49pm Erik abodes VT: ↳ Song: "Tonight, You Belong To Me" by "Patience & Prudence" ♥️
	2:49pm newton: thanks charlie!
	2:49pm spodiodi: thank you, Charlie! :)
	2:50pm Dean: The Lynch book is pretty special. It's now as old as I am, so I'm sure circumstances have changed, per doctorjazz. But as you can tell from the quote, Lynch is not exclusively interested in a "first superficial view."
	2:50pm coelacanth∅: ↳ adamdoesit @2:42 i've never heard anything by Sharon Van Etten that i don't at least like (and i Love most of it) -and to me that's a huge feat for anyone making currently commercially acceptable music.
	2:50pm Webhamster Henry: This set is peak Charlie.
	2:51pm chresti: Thanks Charlie!
	2:52pm Dean: I see that Lynch identifies Van Vorst Park as an important node. It is a half-mile walk from WFMU.
	2:53pm Dean: Off to play recorder duets. Lovely show this morning (where I sit).
	👻 2:53pm doctorjazz: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:50 I have to say, Sharon Van Etten has always been on that list of "artists I should check out", still on the list.
	2:53pm newton: Im putting the ham in the oven now
	2:53pm schmutz: thanks for this Charlie ❤️ hope to see you on again soon!
	👻 2:53pm doctorjazz: Thanks, Charlie, loved the show!
	2:53pm Michael 98145: ↳ newton @2:53 yum
	2:54pm tom tom the pipers son: i just made a somewhat elaborate tuna salad for lunch
	2:55pm adamdoesit: Thanks for keeping me busy, Charlie, that was fun.
	2:55pm coelacanth∅: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:54 i'll be right over. i'll bring rice cakes.
	2:56pm Michael 98145: distracting us from the rough beast slouching our way
	2:56pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ coelacanth∅ @2:55 alrighty.... tuna mayo lemon juice dill pepper....and matouk's hot sauce
	2:57pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:56 red onion
	2:57pm listener james from westwood: Charlie, always a delight; thanks kindly!
	2:57pm northguineahills: thanks charlie!
	2:59pm Rluwi: Charlie, thank you on behalf of myself, my husband Hal and my gender fluid canine companion Lulu. We have had a great time!
	2:59pm Michael: Charlie - thanks for the fine show. Was very busy doing somethings. Be well!
	👻 2:59pm doctorjazz: Tuna sounds good-have some beef barley soup in the fridge, chicken thighs to cook, and half a left over eggplant sandwich in the fridge. Should hold me if the roads are bad.
	2:59pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Charlie!
	2:59pm Yvang: Thanks Charlie!
	3:00pm Yvang: Don't be too busy and come back on the air soon!
	3:00pm Rluwi: ↳ tom tom the pipers son @2:54 Try adding Wasabi!
	3:01pm Charlie: Thank you everyone for being here!
	3:02pm StringOFperils: Thanks!
	3:04pm jan: Hear Here! Ola, Charlie!

Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie: Playlist from January 19, 2025

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