WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from February 8, 2025

Listener comments!
	9:40am clarke: hey now. ahoy mates! since i have been up most of the night coughing, and am under the weather, i am not sure i shall be awake during the actual show. see u in the archives.
	♥ 9:55am Squints: ok then. hey HEY hey now. Mostly archival presence for me, oto. Rugby beckons. England v France.
	10:30am Listener Baby: Very proud of you.
	10:49am Listener Baby: Feel better Clarke.
	♥ 10:52am Squints: ↳ Listener Baby @10:49 What LB said. Don't you not be here next Saurday.
	10:58am Michael Shelley: Any guesses on the opening song?
	♥ 11:00am luka: gm ichibans
	11:00am Scott from Boston: Good morning Michael and number one hitters!
	♥ 11:00am luka: that’s my drink!
	♥ 11:00am Handy Haversack: Morning, Michael, all. Tahrd out over here from two vaxxes yestiddy. Glad to be listening.
	11:01am Scott from Boston: Nick Lowe something 😂
	♥ 11:01am Handy Haversack: ↳ Michael Shelley @10:58 I'm guessing Rick Derringer Something Warm
	11:01am annette: spank that monkey and get along with music
	11:02am Scott from Boston: Handy… can you give me the lottery number now?
	11:02am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Something Warm" by "Rick Derringer" Would have bet this is Todd.
	11:02am Michael Shelley: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:01 ding ding ding!
	11:02am clarke: something warm!
	♥ 11:02am common: hello!
	11:03am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @10:49 danke - chest fever.
	♥ 11:03am StringOFperils: Never would have guess Rick Derringer.
	♥ 11:03am Squints: ↳ Listener Baby @11:02 Yep. The longer I hear it....
	♥ 11:03am drr: ↳ Song: "Something Warm" by "Rick Derringer" what's up with that "bass drum"?
	11:04am listener phat in lincoln: Morning y'all
	11:04am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Something Warm" by "Rick Derringer" Did Todd produce?
	11:04am listener phat in lincoln: @clarke get well soon!
	11:05am clarke: ↳ drr @11:03 todd production
	11:05am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Não Vou Cortar O Cabelo" by "Bubbles, The" Baby. You said no surprises today?
	11:05am clarke: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:04 thanks.
	♥ 11:06am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 恭喜發財 🐍 Gōngxǐ Fācái ! 🐍
	♥ 11:06am Handy Haversack: Feel better, clarke!
	11:07am listener phat in lincoln: @Listener Baby according to Discogs, yes!
	11:07am clarke: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:06 thanks, i still haven't really gotten to sleep since yesterday, yet.
	♥ 11:07am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Something Warm" by "Rick Derringer" ...was guessing Dayll Hall...
	♥ 11:08am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ clarke @9:40 <+> WELLNESS <+>
	♥ 11:08am StringOFperils: Rock n Roll Hootchie Kook
	11:08am clarke: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @11:08 REV-ness!
	11:09am Mark T: Good morning
	♥ 11:09am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Diggy Liggy Lo" by "Rusty And Doug" I'd like to see a cage match between Diggy Liggy Lo and Bad Bad Leroy Brown.
	♥ 11:10am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ clarke @11:07 BenaDaryl ...sorry. Benadryl could open your breathing tubes - & send you to sleep (it's a Hypnotic - no kidding). You MUST Hydrate with it (not optional)...
	♥ 11:10am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:07 Still ailin'? Dang...
	11:10am Listener Baby: ↳ StringOFperils @11:08 Exactly!
	♥ 11:10am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "Something Warm" by "Rick Derringer" Alex Jones crazy, even! I did not know that.
	♥ 11:10am Ciggy: ↳ Song: "Something Warm" by "Rick Derringer" Was guessing Todd Rundgren
	11:11am clarke: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @11:10 i'm going to take alka-seltzer after this show, maybe.
	11:11am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:10 i did watch some decent movies (and some not decent)
	♥ 11:12am drr: ↳ Song: "Set Me Free" by "Bobby Bland" I'm just getting the left channel on this one.
	11:12am clarke: robert bland has a tight throat.
	♥ 11:13am StringOFperils: Sweet Dick Willie: [Radio Raheem walks past blasting Public Enemy on his boombox] Goddamn! Turn that shit off; play some Bobby Blue Bland.
	♥ 11:13am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "The Liquidator" by "Harry Stoneham" This record has seen better days. Lol
	♥ 11:14am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:11 You mentioned Miller's Crossing. I remember losing focus in the by the time it was winding up. Might enjoy it more now.
	♥ 11:14am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:14 I love that movie
	11:14am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:14 vastly underrated, theayah.
	♥ 11:15am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "The Liquidator" by "Harry Stoneham" Sounds better!
	11:15am Listener Baby: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:14 I love the scene where the guy explains Shaving to his kid.
	11:15am clarke: Turntable One is hungry, thirsty and seeking legal representation.
	♥ 11:16am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Listener Baby @11:15 Classic
	11:16am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:15 it's not to his kid - but to his driver. great scene. tho.
	♥ 11:16am Hughie Considine: ↳ Listener Baby @11:15 I need to rewatch clearly.
	11:16am egould: This is mucho bettero.
	♥ 11:17am Ciggy: Did you put a quarter on the arm
	11:17am John L: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:14 My favorite Coen bros. Jon Poito is amazing and I use the phrase " I was just speculatin' about a hypothesis" often.
	11:17am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:16 whatsa mattah? somebody hit you?!?
	♥ 11:17am listener phat in Lincoln: The Albert Finney shoot-out scene is amazing.
	11:17am clarke: ↳ John L @11:17 Ethics
	♥ 11:18am Hughie Considine: I recently watched "A Serious Man," which was surprisingly poignant.
	11:18am goes211: We are enjoying watching the sausage getting made. Thanxz, Michael!
	11:19am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Sung By Someone Lonely" by "Bellfuries, The" Terrific band
	11:19am Dash: Seems like most of you have equip issues.
	11:19am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:18 that's a good'un. Bonanza coming in clear.
	♥ 11:20am listener phat in Lincoln: Can't get the motivation to go to the bakery.
	♥ 11:21am Montmaster J: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:17 What's the rumpus?
	11:21am clarke: FuZZZZZZZZZZZZ
	11:22am clarke: ↳ Montmaster J @11:21 this is the kiss-off
	♥ 11:22am StringOFperils: Make this train go to Clarksville.
	♥ 11:23am Cal in Dothan: Good morning #1ers
	♥ 11:23am JohnEBGood: Go PATH ; )
	♥ 11:23am Montmaster J: ↳ clarke @11:22 or could be the high hat! :)
	11:24am Frank In Queens: Well, hey now!
	11:24am clarke: he shoots. he scores.
	11:24am Listener Baby: Hi Frank and Cal
	♥ 11:24am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Next Train to Crossoverville
	♥ 11:24am pgalub: Use of fuzz in non-psych tunes would make a great premium. ;)
	11:24am clarke: ↳ Montmaster J @11:23 it's always the hi-hat.
	♥ 11:25am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "Let's Take The Long Way Home" by "Ray (Rock) Huds... Rock was well-known for his pitch...
	11:25am clarke: ↳ pgalub @11:24 hey man!
	11:25am Frank In Queens: Hey clarke. Sorry to read you’re ill.
	♥ 11:25am listener phat in Lincoln: Lol
	♥ 11:25am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Who's Gonna Mow Yer Grass'' by BuckOwens opens the FuzzNuggets.
	♥ 11:26am pgalub: ↳ clarke @11:25 Hey clarke. Feel better soon!
	11:26am clarke: ↳ Frank In Queens @11:25 yeah, it is not actually that bad, but coughing too much to sleep.
	♥ 11:26am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "Let's Take The Long Way Home" by "Ray (Rock) Huds... These drums are incredible
	11:26am clarke: ↳ pgalub @11:26 thanks mate1
	11:26am Frank In Queens: Hey Baby!
	11:27am Frank In Queens: @clarke. I’ve been there…
	11:27am clarke: as far as i can determine - Sly Stone is the first to mic the hi-hat.
	♥ 11:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:26 Right ?
	11:28am clarke: ↳ Frank In Queens @11:27 it's an f'd up thang.
	11:28am Mattynotimes: I love this track
	11:29am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "For Real (demo)" by "Sly Stone" Sly was all mixed up with the Bay Area Latin Jazz kids. Cal, Willie, Mongo. They were good like that.
	♥ 11:29am StringOFperils: ↳ Listener Baby @11:29 Santana...'Ain't Got Nobody, That I Can Depend On...
	11:29am John L: ↳ Song: "For Real (demo)" by "Sly Stone" New Sly doc on Hulu Feb 13.
	11:30am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:29 this is obviously pre-santana, too?
	♥ 11:30am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "For Real (demo)" by "Sly Stone" Not many demos as entertaining as this...
	11:30am PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "For Real (demo)" by "Sly Stone" Everything he do gon be funky
	11:31am Mark T: ↳ Song: "For Real (demo)" by "Sly Stone" Good old Sly Stone
	♥ 11:31am JohnEBGood: My forecast. Eagles 34 Chiefs 28
	♥ 11:31am combokid: Michael, great article on Big Star, also loved The Knack video
	11:32am Listener Baby: ↳ StringOFperils @11:29 Also Bay Area.
	11:32am clarke: ↳ JohnEBGood @11:31 i predict a chiefs blowout, but prob won't even watch.
	♥ 11:33am StringOFperils: ↳ Listener Baby @11:32 Yep...lots of it in That band's bag 'o tricks
	♥ 11:33am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, gang!
	11:33am Scott from Boston: What happened to sexy George McRea!?
	11:33am clarke: a 'challenging' day!
	11:34am Bob: Good morning
	♥ 11:34am StringOFperils: Magnificent piloting with one engine on fire, Michael!
	11:35am clarke: hello gregory!
	11:35am Listener Baby: Late and dramatic key change!
	11:35am clarke: hello bob.
	♥ 11:36am egould: This song is begging for bongo feet!
	♥ 11:38am JohnEBGood: My favorite Juke Box tune is 905 by John Entwistle and the Who . Now you know ; )
	11:38am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "If I Had A Hammer" by "Johnny Cash And June Carter" Baby.. Okay. I’ve got know. Are you waiting for someone to correct you on this Carl Perkins thing? Is it a Rick Neilson thing? It’s time to spill.
	♥ 11:39am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "If I Had A Hammer" by "Johnny Cash And June Carter" The drums are incredible on this, too!
	11:39am Bob: I used to have a button that said “If I had a hammer I’d kill a folk singer.” So punk
	11:39am annette: EVERYBODYS EVERYTHING 🫠
	11:40am clarke: ↳ Bob @11:39 u wear that button without a shirt.
	11:41am gf2002: One of the best non-psych fuzz guitar tracks is "Have You Seen Her" by the Chi-Lites. No clue who the guitarist was. Also check some of the classic Philly Soul tracks with some fuzz and Coral sitar as played by Bobby Eli. But that Chi-Lites track has some massive fuzz...and it's as far from psychedelic rock as you could find.
	11:41am annette: but agree that version did not fit.
	♥ 11:41am Hughie Considine: ↳ JohnEBGood @11:38 A B-side, I imagine. Quite the deep cut -- very poppy.
	♥ 11:41am luka: behind the coaster/drink. a small Sonos speaker, a box for a Fender Mustang headphone amp, a computer monitor.
	11:42am clarke: ↳ luka @11:41 how is that little amp??
	11:43am annette: speaking of music... not enough slap bass out there. some one open up the closet
	♥ 11:43am luka: ↳ clarke @11:42 it’s a revelation for the money. i had the older model and this one has a tuner and even more effects/models.
	♥ 11:43am JohnEBGood: Awesome tune. Great lyrics. Peace : )
	♥ 11:43am Handy Haversack: We won those Johnny Cash bday tix last year. Good time.
	11:44am Daybreak!: That's by song right, not by artist? That seems to make it even harder? It certainly doesn't encourage cutting albums .
	11:44am clarke: ↳ luka @11:43 cool! i am quite a fan of the Danelectro mini-amp.
	11:44am listener phat in lincoln: So, Spotify is pushing a handful of artists with their algorithm. How much do those artists pay for that?
	♥ 11:44am luka: reread the ‘mats book Trouble Boys recently and was reminded how close SNL was to dissolving in the mid 80s. the world would have been better for it, probably.
	11:45am gf2002: I wonder how many automated bots are set to repeatedly stream the major label artists...and besides that the whole system is rigged through the use of "bundling" label artists together as part of the deals made. Off soapbox. Maybe.
	♥ 11:45am egould: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:44 Taps nose.
	11:45am listener phat in lincoln: @luka what'd you get?
	11:45am annette: agree. not worth staying up late fer snl.
	♥ 11:46am luka: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:45 you asking about the amp?
	11:46am PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "Shhhhhhhh (For a Little While)" by "James Brown" Everything he do gon be funky too
	11:46am clarke: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:45 he was telling about the mustang ear-phone amp.
	11:46am clarke: RESPECT!
	11:46am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Shhhhhhhh (For a Little While)" by "James Brown" Oran so obviously recorded at a later date
	11:47am Listener Baby: Organ
	11:47am gf2002: ↳ annette @11:43 I think The Spin Doctors set slap bass back about 20 years and it still hasn't recovered.
	♥ 11:47am JohnEBGood: Yes it was a B side : )
	♥ 11:47am luka: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:45 this little dude www.fender.com...
	11:47am clarke: hungry and thirsty.
	11:47am Listener Baby: ↳ gf2002 @11:47 Wow. A Spin Doctors reference
	11:48am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:47 doesn't make one feel any better.!
	11:48am gf2002: ↳ Listener Baby @11:47 Someone had to do it!
	11:49am Scott from Boston: I find it as I get older when I’m frustrated. I just simply grunt low very similar to you, Michael
	♥ 11:49am Ciggy: Tranquilo
	♥ 11:49am JohnEBGood: I'm a test tube in an ice box of the factory they call earth!!
	♥ 11:50am Handy Haversack: The Muttering Hour fits in very well with WFMU. I'm hooked already!
	11:50am clarke: plan b never works.
	11:51am Mark T: ↳ Song: "Without Her" by "Harry Nilsson" The dude drank himself to death. How sad.
	11:52am Listener Baby: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:50 Fund raiser. Michael Shelley Muttering Greatest Hits. Who do I make my check out to?
	11:52am listener phat in lincoln: @luka oh nice!
	♥ 11:52am egould: ↳ Song: "Love, Love, Love (That's What It Is)" by "Carlisl... No need for autotune when you have perfect pitch.
	11:53am annette: slap bass orchestra will set us free.
	11:53am clarke: watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat.
	♥ 11:53am Handy Haversack: ↳ Listener Baby @11:52 Right? Ken will be so jealous he didn't think of it first!
	11:53am listener phat in lincoln: @clarke nothin' up my sleeve...
	11:54am clarke: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:53 o brother.
	11:54am gf2002: ↳ annette @11:53 Give it time, we'll start hearing slap bass on "country" hits soon enough, as soon as one of the many country artists who aren't country use it on a big hit everyone will start using it. It just takes one hit for everyone to jump on the ol' bandwagon.
	11:55am annette: @Scott : fart. just fart
	11:56am clarke: hey, this is a GREAT SHOW!!
	11:57am listener phat in lincoln: Speaking of benefits. If anyone here is familiar with a band called For Against, their singer/mastermind is dealing with cancer. Here's a link to his GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jeff-runnings-battle-stage-4-cancer?lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=native_options&attribution_id=sl%3A2c2f6a76-db1d-48a9-8569-536a8205b20a
	11:57am listener phat in lincoln: @clarke I gotta get me a new hat!
	11:58am clarke: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:57 i remember them! cancer sux.
	11:58am Fragonard: Don’t Slam that, Slim!
	♥ 11:58am Hughie Considine: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:57 Damn. Their "December" LP is a wonder.
	11:59am listener phat in lincoln: @clarke yep. He's a friend of mine. I actually fixed his synth last year. Really sad.
	11:59am listener phat in lincoln: @Hughie Considine yes, yes it is.
	11:59am annette: @ Gf. . . beyoncey got a chance, if not kitten sez put my money on kanzas. ready to throw my bass ax in the river if no one stands up
	11:59am PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "Mexico" by "Lee Dorsey" Now that's funky
	♥ 12:00pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "Serenade To A Poodle" by "Slim Gaillard" Somewhere a lonely poodle howled for its mate. --Robert Sheckley
	12:01pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:59 very sorry to hear!
	12:02pm clarke: in a honky-tonk down in mexico
	12:03pm annette: SLAP BASS FER PEACE. wake up. wake up.
	12:05pm clarke: @MS - on top of it all, somehow the playlist is updating in the wrong order.
	♥ 12:06pm egould: ↳ Song: "Beg, Borrow And Steal" by "Demotrons, The" The band name is either brilliant or total crap. I can’t decide.
	♥ 12:06pm crateslinger: If we're talking about folks that just passed. Julian, the drummer for LES punk band Public Nuisance left this festival of passing forms on Wednesday.
	♥ 12:07pm crateslinger: LES - Lower East Side
	12:07pm Listener Baby: ↳ egould @12:06 Well. If they excelled at Demos, it’s a bullseye.
	12:07pm Cooh John: Hello Michael and #1ers.
	12:07pm Michael Shelley: ↳ clarke @12:05 whats mixed up?
	12:08pm Marie in Chicago: Hey Michael, tx so much for recommending the Flat Five a few weeks ago. I went to see them this week and they were fantastic--beautiful, sweet, and fun lyrics, and great music, vocals, etc. (I had heard of them but never seen them, though I've seen almost of all them with diff bands). They had as a guest, Paul Cebar, and he was also great (guitar, vocals, lyrics, performance). He usually plays with his band the Milwaukeeans. Great show! (Hi everybody)
	12:08pm clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:07 it seems to be putting the most recent song on top???
	12:09pm johnk77: the demotrons also had a single on ariola germany? playlist nice on a chrome tab here
	12:09pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "For You" by "Rick Nelson" Space age bachelor Ricky
	12:10pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Marie in Chicago @12:08 SO JEALOUS!!!! (tried to get my daughter to go to that show - but she was busy!)
	12:10pm clarke: ↳ clarke @12:08 actually i refreshed my page and now it is correct - sorry!
	12:10pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "You're Looking Good" by "Dee Clark" Bo Diddley with strings!
	♥ 12:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Beg, Borrow And Steal" by "Demotrons, The" Great little song people could really lean into...
	♥ 12:10pm Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "You're Looking Good" by "Dee Clark" Same slightly queasy tempo as the big hit.
	♥ 12:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ PatrickMC @12:10 Right ?!
	12:11pm johnk77: rick nelson's kids were having a music career in hollywood early 1980s
	12:11pm annette: was ready to give my bass away. but thanks to Shriekback, ready to pick it up and grow hard potatoes on the tips of my fingers. who needs painted nails ?
	12:12pm clarke: ↳ Song: "You're Looking Good" by "Dee Clark" a six-string bass on that one! not sure if dano tho
	12:12pm goes211: WFUM…91.7 right?
	12:12pm Listener Baby: Baby. I thought Keith had that one. So much confidence in his voice.
	12:12pm clarke: quando quando quando
	12:12pm Michael Shelley: ↳ johnk77 @12:11 Was at Disneyworld a few years ago and Nelson was platying - they've given up their Hair Rock - and were doing Rick's stuff very well
	12:13pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "Quando Quando Quando" by "Frank Penn With The Esq... Nó versiones malos!
	12:13pm clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:12 gunnar and lil' ricky
	♥ 12:14pm egould: ↳ Song: "Quando Quando Quando" by "Frank Penn With The Esq... My karaoke go to song. The Engelbert Humperdinck version though.
	12:14pm Listener Baby: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:12 The Nelson kids Hair Era, was among the worst things of any kind the world has produced. Dreadful.
	♥ 12:14pm Handy Haversack: ↳ egould @12:14 Sound choice. Sound choice.
	12:15pm clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @12:14 not worse than RHCP.
	12:15pm janeen: Thanks for taking me back to the 60s, My dad loved Workin in the Coal Mine and when I heard Mexico I flipped. Flip side?
	12:16pm johnk77: i knew their then manager james burton on the dad original? 63 probably before randy meisner?
	♥ 12:17pm egould: ↳ clarke @12:15 Ha!
	12:17pm Listener Baby: ↳ clarke @12:15 ?
	12:17pm Michael Shelley: ↳ PatrickMC @12:13 Si
	12:18pm clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @12:17 i can't say the words.
	12:18pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Listener Baby @12:14 = grave roll over
	12:18pm Mikey: Michael, you ever see the Henry King version of State Fair?
	♥ 12:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "You Saw Me In Sunshine" by "Daniel Romano" Interesting song.
	♥ 12:19pm egould: ↳ Listener Baby @12:17 The Red Hot Chili Peppers suck even worse than Nelson.
	12:19pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Mikey @12:18 Have seen all 3 movie versions!
	12:20pm PatrickMC: ↳ egould @12:19 💯
	12:20pm clarke: three? hmm...
	12:20pm Michael Shelley: ↳ egould @12:19 oh yeah!
	12:20pm Cal Zone!: Daniel Romano's Outfit are an incredible live act. Seriously intense show they present. Don't miss them if they ever play in your neighborhood!
	12:21pm Michael Shelley: ↳ clarke @12:20 1933 version Set at the Iowa State Fair w? Will Rogers 1945 version Set at the Iowa State Fair 1962 version - musical set in Texas, Starring Pat Boone and Ann-Margret
	12:21pm clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:21 seen the pat boone one - never knew about the 30's one! wow!
	12:22pm Listener Baby: ↳ clarke @12:18 Throw me a bone.
	♥ 12:22pm egould: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:21 Ann-Margret makes my tummy feel tingly.
	12:22pm Bob: ↳ egould @12:19 Way, way worse
	12:22pm clarke: ↳ egould @12:22 she definitely makes me feel better!
	12:23pm Listener Baby: ↳ egould @12:19 Ah. That is a discussion worth having.
	12:23pm clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @12:22 egould threw the bone..
	12:23pm listener phat in lincoln: @Michael Shelley does the station need replacement broadcast CD players? I see gear like that for decent prices and can keep an eye out.
	12:24pm onthetrain: now mike can we hear thunderbird esq
	12:25pm clarke: ↳ Song: "The Big Time Spender, Part 1" by "Cornbread And B... equalizer - phat can get good price!
	12:25pm Marie in Chicago: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:10 Oh, too bad re: the kid. They were talking about putting out a new album so maybe they'll be playing again soon! (It's a great club, the Hideout.)
	♥ 12:25pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ egould @12:22 Just saw a Reel with Ann & DeanMartin ...that really was rather a lot of red hair...
	12:25pm Michael Shelley: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @12:23 Scott would be the go to guy on that! We've been using SONY XE400 - (ugg)
	12:26pm Bob: I watched a British film called Expresso Bongo last night on Tubi. Kind of plodding and unremarkable but it stars Cliff Richard and the Shadows. Shot in 1959 and a gorgeous black and white film transfer. Worth it for street shots of 1959 London and early Shadows footage.
	12:26pm sh-BOOM!: You all might like June, a 2023 documentary about the life of June Carter Cash. It is great. So many revelations for me. #1 she was a gifted multi-talented entertainer, #2 she was famous before Johnny. #3 she wrote one of his biggest hits. Lots of material going back decades. Highly entertaining.
	♥ 12:26pm Montmaster J: Anybody making anything good for the Super Bowl tomorrow?
	12:27pm clarke: ↳ Bob @12:26 will seek, thnx!
	♥ 12:27pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Bob @12:26 Not to mention Cliff & the Shadows as puppets in the Thunderbirds...
	12:27pm listener phat in lincoln: @Michael Shelley I'll keep an eye. I've always thought Tascams were great. But I'll look out for Sony.
	12:28pm clarke: ↳ Montmaster J @12:26 making myself scarce! !
	12:28pm Bob: ↳ clarke @12:27 It’s buried pretty deep in the music section but it’s worth scrolling through at least. Beautiful looking
	♥ 12:28pm Montmaster J: oh, right you're THERE! Good luck!
	12:28pm annette: repeat : my cat picked KC 🐈
	12:28pm Bob: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:27 !
	12:29pm clarke: ↳ Bob @12:28 tubi is free?? right?
	12:29pm Bob: ↳ clarke @12:29 Oh yeah. Lots of good stuff goes through there too.
	12:30pm listener phat in lincoln: Bomb Squad put together some of the most incredible tracks ever.
	12:30pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Stuff" by "Alex Chilton" yep!
	12:31pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "Stuff" by "Alex Chilton" Gonna be funky
	12:31pm clarke: ↳ Bob @12:29 just found it, thanks!
	12:31pm annette: but she is tired of this bowl hype..
	12:32pm Listener Baby: Baby. Another masterpiece show. You got this, Baby!
	♥ 12:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Stuff" by "Alex Chilton" Nice Stereo
	12:32pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "Stuff" by "Alex Chilton" AC and Lee Dorsey should have collaborated
	12:32pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Stuff" by "Alex Chilton" jim spake on the sax.
	12:32pm Bob: I absolutely detest playing the RSD game but there’s a vinyl press of Alex’s Set as well as a new Nick Lowe and LS live LP. Did you mention that? Probably. I’m in and out doing the stuff
	12:34pm Michael Shelley: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @12:27 they suck
	12:35pm rx "rexy" scabin: Good afternoon, Michael and Everyone..
	♥ 12:35pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:34 That's such a drag. Sony doesn't make them anymore, as far as I know.
	12:35pm clarke: ↳ PatrickMC @12:32 when alex moved to nola, dorsey was on last year.
	12:36pm clarke: i was just thinking about a record that made me take a step back, and it is a kinda strange pick: The Kinks - Schoolboys In Disgrace.
	♥ 12:37pm listener phat in Lincoln: I never know how to react to late weirdo Chilton. I discovered Big Star in my 20s and they restored my faith in pop music. At that point, he'd already been doing the weirdo stuff for awhile. When I picked some up, it just didn't make any sense to me. It does now, more. But still.
	♥ 12:38pm Hughie Considine: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:37 My sentiments exactly.
	12:38pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:37 you gotta understand how fucked around he felt. his disdain for power pop was a decade .
	♥ 12:38pm Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Hold Me Tight" by "Skeeter Davis" First heard this covered by a ramshackle group in NYC that included Jody Harris.
	12:38pm Listener Baby: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:37 I count Alex Chilton as maybe the most disinterested live performers I’ve ever seen. Fool me once. I know he was a super talent. But I want my money back.
	♥ 12:39pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @12:38 Oh totally. I get that. It's just jarring.
	12:39pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:39 well, you get it NOW.
	♥ 12:39pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Listener Baby @12:38 When I saw that Box Tops reunion I was absolutely on top of the world.
	♥ 12:39pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @12:39 Yes.
	12:40pm PatrickMC: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:38 That sounds interesting!
	♥ 12:40pm Ciggy: > $>,# /[#à_'@ @&[× ;[=>,%
	12:40pm Bob: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:37 Just pretend it’s someone else entirely. I find the solo stuff resonates more and more with me as time goes on. That live with the Hi records crew on Omnivore is fantastic. As is the criminally overlooked Box Tops reunion LP that barely got released on a small French label. It’s streaming still I think. It’s called Tear Off! And I think it’s fantastic
	♥ 12:40pm Hughie Considine: Is anyone else listening to the 500 Songs podcast by Andrew Hickey. He has just done the third of four very long episodes dedicated to "Never Learn Not to Love." I am finally a bit perplexed.
	12:40pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Listener Baby @12:38 I saw quite a few really good shows... and only a few snoozers
	12:40pm Listener Baby: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:39 Wish I’d seen that. I saw him early 90s in a trio Yawn.
	12:40pm Scott from Boston: Is this a song about giving up? Because I just started growing a beard.
	12:40pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "Growing A Beard" by "Ben Vaughn" I'm growin some morrells
	♥ 12:41pm listener phat in Lincoln: What's funny, in high school, I heard This Mortal Coil doing his stuff and didn't put it together until later.
	♥ 12:41pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "Stuff" by "Alex Chilton" To me it sounded like they laid down the rhythm tracks, and then they had the soloists come in one at a time, and they gave them the chart, and each guy laid down his solo in the first take without hearing the track first, and without hearing the other soloists. Is that too harsh? The result does have a certain disjointed charm.
	♥ 12:42pm Montmaster J: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:40 We saw him at the knitting factory around that time....and I recall he walked up the stairs just as the band started up....almost like he wasn't supposed to be playing. My memory is that it was awesome.
	12:42pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Scott from Boston @12:40 I think we'll see a lot of beards in the next 4 years
	♥ 12:42pm Montmaster J: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:42 And pristine pick up trucks.
	12:43pm Michael Shelley: ↳ McGroovey @12:41 makes sense - a possibility
	♥ 12:43pm listener phat in Lincoln: Also, I didn't even know Big Star much when that Live album recorded in KC came out, AND FRIENDS OF MINE OPENED! I should have gone...
	12:43pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:43 that was in Columbia, MO
	12:43pm Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Shop Around" by "Don Bryant" First thing. One of the very best songs ever written. AMAZING take on it. Not sure I’ve sever heard this. Smokey lives!
	♥ 12:43pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Listener Baby @12:40 I never actually saw him do Big Star. Still regret that.
	12:45pm Listener Baby: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:43 Me neither. I have to admit it was solely because he blew so badly the time I had to endure him.
	♥ 12:45pm PaulRobeson1925: ↳ Song: "Shop Around" by "Don Bryant" OK
	12:45pm Bob: I saw Alex at least a dozen times. Box Tops, Big Star and lots of solo. The only time he ever phoned it in for me was when he was opening a sold out Blues Explosion show and people were really into him. Naturally he was bored. Seeing him up close in small rooms I always found him incredibly warm and cool.
	♥ 12:45pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @12:43 Oh yes! I mixed it up with something else, Matthew Sweet show that those same friends played. Funny, I saw them the other day and they talked about opening for Alice Donut in Louisville. Lol
	♥ 12:46pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: If there's bad AlexChilton no one's played it for me yet.
	♥ 12:46pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Bob @12:45 Lol
	♥ 12:46pm egould: Thanks Michael for the excellent music selections. Thanks everyone for the silly conversations. Let’s do it again next Saturday.
	12:47pm clarke: hah!
	♥ 12:47pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:46 I don't dislike the later stuff. It just kind of bums me out. The music business is so goddamn stupid and terrible. And it's only worse (such that it exists at all) now.
	12:48pm AndyH: The wife just saw that Marty Stewart will be back in NJ Apr 5 atthetabernacle.com
	12:48pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:47 also, at some point he just stopped writing.
	♥ 12:48pm listener phat in Lincoln: Good lord I love this show.
	12:48pm bc78: ↳ Song: "Time Out" by "Daryll-Ann" speaking of chilton, daryll-ann does one of the loveliest covers of big star's "thirteen"
	12:49pm DG: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:39 My only time seeing Chilton live was a Box Tops reunion show at the World Trade Center in '99 or so. They were great & signed my album afterwards too. Never heard the Big Star reunion album, wondered how good it was.
	12:49pm Michael Shelley: ↳ AndyH @12:48 got my tix
	♥ 12:49pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ AndyH @12:48 Seeing him in Omaha in March. My girlfriend does not like country music, but I think this will turn her around on that. [Fingers crossed]
	12:49pm Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Time Out" by "Daryll-Ann" This band is all I’ve been listening to for 3 weeks now. Respect!
	12:50pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:49 it will work!
	12:50pm AndyH: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:49 Of course!
	♥ 12:50pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @12:48 Writing is hard enough as it is, but then writing 3 albums worth of some of the best songs ever written and people mostly yawning? I can't even imagine.
	12:51pm clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @12:49 three weeks, Baby!! whooo hooo!
	12:52pm clarke: mister vanderbocki appreciates today's show.
	♥ 12:52pm listener phat in Lincoln: Michael, you're taking the edge off this foul mood I'm in. Thank you. I need this show, and WFMU, these days.
	♥ 12:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: What Robyn Hitchcock wrote to eulegize Chilton when he passed was (of course) on point. Clearly he bore some combination of resignation & resentment with his place in Music History...
	♥ 12:53pm listener phat in Lincoln: And the random chuds that showed up during the last time we faced this president seem to not showing up.
	♥ 12:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:53 .../ thuh Biz.
	12:54pm Marie in Chicago: ↳ Song: "After Midnight" by "J.J. Cale" groooovyy
	12:54pm Michael Shelley: ↳ clarke @12:52 Feel better - you're the one violating the codes
	♥ 12:54pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "After Midnight" by "J.J. Cale" Wait, when was this recorded?
	12:55pm Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "After Midnight" by "J.J. Cale" This version makes so much more sense.
	12:55pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "After Midnight" by "J.J. Cale" This a really funky show you laid down Michael
	♥ 12:55pm Nardo: Looks like Bar None is releasing Alex Chilton's Set on vinyl for record store day btw.
	♥ 12:55pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, MS.
	12:55pm clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:54 just go ahead and hang up...
	12:55pm rx "rexy" scabin: The 1971 version is not dull. It is relaxed.
	12:55pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "After Midnight" by "J.J. Cale" Peter Zaremba's Love Delegation also did a good cover
	♥ 12:56pm DaveMiß: Good show Mr Shelley
	♥ 12:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:53 We've been facing Drumpf for a decade or longer. Was never a face I wanted to see in the first instance. Even before the TV show made him a faux folk antihero.
	12:57pm Marie in Chicago: Thanks, Michael!
	♥ 12:57pm listener phat in Lincoln: Thanks Michael!
	12:57pm rx "rexy" scabin: Thank you, Michael and Everyone.
	♥ 12:57pm Montmaster J: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:56 If they put him on the Jumbotron tomorrow will he be booed? Will the network (fox) allow it to be aired?
	12:57pm clarke: a very good prank. ever get the feelin' you been cheated. good nite.
	♥ 12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "A Very Good Prank From 1974" by "Phone Phreak" ...how can we Monetize this kind of Harassment ...innocent days...
	♥ 12:58pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "A Very Good Prank From 1974" by "Phone Phreak" Wow. Also, phreak takes me back to my troublemaking nerd days.
	♥ 12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ MS ~
	♥ 1:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Montmaster J @12:57 Would he care ? Suggested it's not Drumpf's second term - it's First Lady Elonia's first... Is he campaigning anymore - ever again ? Will we have an Electoral Process @ all ?...

Michael Shelley: Playlist from February 8, 2025

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Artist	Track	Album
Rick Derringer	Something Warm "Something Warm" by "Rick Derringer"
Bubbles, The	Não Vou Cortar O Cabelo
Rusty And Doug	Diggy Liggy Lo "Diggy Liggy Lo" by "Rusty And Doug"
Bobby Bland	Set Me Free "Set Me Free" by "Bobby Bland"
Harry Stoneham	The Liquidator "The Liquidator" by "Harry Stoneham"
Bellfuries, The	Sung By Someone Lonely
Johnny Tillotson	Make This Train "Make This Train" by "Johnny Tillotson"
Ray (Rock) Hudson And Margie Short	Let's Take The Long Way Home
Sly Stone	For Real (demo) "For Real (demo)" by "Sly Stone"
Challengers, The	Scratch "Scratch" by "Challengers, The"
Johnny Cash And June Carter	If I Had A Hammer
James Brown	Shhhhhhhh (For a Little While)
Harry Nilsson	Without Her "Without Her" by "Harry Nilsson"
Carlisles, The	Love, Love, Love (That's What It Is)
Lee Dorsey	Mexico "Mexico" by "Lee Dorsey"
Slim Gaillard	Serenade To A Poodle
Loft, The	Feel Good Now "Feel Good Now" by "Loft, The"
Demotrons, The	Beg, Borrow And Steal	45
Rick Nelson	For You "For You" by "Rick Nelson"
Dee Clark	You're Looking Good "You're Looking Good" by "Dee Clark"
Frank Penn With The Esquires Ltd	Quando Quando Quando
Daniel Romano	You Saw Me In Sunshine
Crickets, The	We Gotta Get Together
George Jones and Melba Montgomery	Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Cornbread And Biscuits	The Big Time Spender, Part 1
Ernest Ranglin	Sling Shot "Sling Shot" by "Ernest Ranglin"
Alex Chilton	Stuff "Stuff" by "Alex Chilton"
Skeeter Davis	Hold Me Tight "Hold Me Tight" by "Skeeter Davis"
Ben Vaughn	Growing A Beard "Growing A Beard" by "Ben Vaughn"
Don Bryant	Shop Around "Shop Around" by "Don Bryant"
Aristides Santos	Never Never "Never Never" by "Aristides Santos"
Daryll-Ann	Time Out "Time Out" by "Daryll-Ann"
Skunks, The	I Need No One "I Need No One" by "Skunks, The"
J.J. Cale	After Midnight "After Midnight" by "J.J. Cale"
Phone Phreak	A Very Good Prank From 1974

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CLICK HERE for recipes Michael has discussed on the show

CLICK HERE to read a VERY INTERESTINGLY FORMATTED piece that examines if love songs are dying

CLICK HERE for An Oral History Of SNL’s ‘Christmastime For The Jews’

CLICK HERE for The Strachwitz Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings, nearly 160,000, yours for no charge

CLICK HERE for a Golf Channel documentary about DEVO’s strange intersection with the professional sports legend Chi-Chi Rodríguez

CLICK HERE for the story of Gene Krupa - with lots of great video clips

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's guesting on Mark Hurst's WFMU show Techtonic, discussing AI music making.

CLICK HERE and HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE for The Beatles' 167 page FBI file

CLICK HERE for a documentary about L.A.'s Chinatown Punk Wars

CLICK HERE to help Paul find his bass

CLICK HERE for an assortment of Wrecking Crew AFM union contracts

CLICK HERE for 20+ gigabytes of sound effects from the USC Sound Effects Library

CLICK HERE for Armstrong's 1954 catalog, featuring spectacular mid-century linoleum, rug, and wall tile designs

CLICK HERE for The 50 Worst Decisions in Music History

CLICK HERE for Michael Shelley's appearance on the Finding Favorites podcast where he discusses WFMU, NRBQ, Nancy & road food

CLICK HERE for The Beatles & The Butcher - The Story of The 'Yesterday & Today' Album

CLICK HERE for the Radio & Broadcasting History site with archives of British music mags from the 60's

CLICK HERE for Beatle Novelty Records on YouTube

CLICK HERE for a free download of the book "Our time is now : A farandole of Jonathan Richman songs"

CLICK HERE for The 100 Most Lost Songs of All

CLICK HERE for a million dollar guitar

CLICK HERE for The Herman Cain Award

CLICK HERE for a pricing strategy consultant's look at how much Mike Love pays Brother Records INC. for the right to tour as The Beach Boys

CLICK HERE to read the lawsuit "Brother Records Inc. vs Jardine"

CLICK HERE for the six part documentary of the making of Elvis Costello's "Spanish Model"

CLICK HERE for the Song Exploder episode on Cheap Trick's Surrender

CLICK HERE for info on "Sweet Relief - A tribute to Joey Spampinato"

CLICK HERE for an interesting blog piece about cut-out lps

CLICK HERE to watch "Call Her Mom," a 1972 pre-Animal House made for TV movie featuring Mark Eric & Charles Nelson Riley

CLICK HERE to see recently unearthed 100% NUDE photos of Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin - WARNINGS: 1. N.S.F.W. 2. You cant un-see these 3. WFMU is not responsible for psychiatric bills resulting from clicking on this link

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

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CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

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CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf"

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HERE for the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

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CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

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CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

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CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

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CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version

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Listener comments!
	9:40am clarke: hey now. ahoy mates! since i have been up most of the night coughing, and am under the weather, i am not sure i shall be awake during the actual show. see u in the archives.
	♥ 9:55am Squints: ok then. hey HEY hey now. Mostly archival presence for me, oto. Rugby beckons. England v France.
	10:30am Listener Baby: Very proud of you.
	10:49am Listener Baby: Feel better Clarke.
	♥ 10:52am Squints: ↳ Listener Baby @10:49 What LB said. Don't you not be here next Saurday.
	10:58am Michael Shelley: Any guesses on the opening song?
	♥ 11:00am luka: gm ichibans
	11:00am Scott from Boston: Good morning Michael and number one hitters!
	♥ 11:00am luka: that’s my drink!
	♥ 11:00am Handy Haversack: Morning, Michael, all. Tahrd out over here from two vaxxes yestiddy. Glad to be listening.
	11:01am Scott from Boston: Nick Lowe something 😂
	♥ 11:01am Handy Haversack: ↳ Michael Shelley @10:58 I'm guessing Rick Derringer Something Warm
	11:01am annette: spank that monkey and get along with music
	11:02am Scott from Boston: Handy… can you give me the lottery number now?
	11:02am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Something Warm" by "Rick Derringer" Would have bet this is Todd.
	11:02am Michael Shelley: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:01 ding ding ding!
	11:02am clarke: something warm!
	♥ 11:02am common: hello!
	11:03am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @10:49 danke - chest fever.
	♥ 11:03am StringOFperils: Never would have guess Rick Derringer.
	♥ 11:03am Squints: ↳ Listener Baby @11:02 Yep. The longer I hear it....
	♥ 11:03am drr: ↳ Song: "Something Warm" by "Rick Derringer" what's up with that "bass drum"?
	11:04am listener phat in lincoln: Morning y'all
	11:04am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Something Warm" by "Rick Derringer" Did Todd produce?
	11:04am listener phat in lincoln: @clarke get well soon!
	11:05am clarke: ↳ drr @11:03 todd production
	11:05am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Não Vou Cortar O Cabelo" by "Bubbles, The" Baby. You said no surprises today?
	11:05am clarke: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:04 thanks.
	♥ 11:06am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 恭喜發財 🐍 Gōngxǐ Fācái ! 🐍
	♥ 11:06am Handy Haversack: Feel better, clarke!
	11:07am listener phat in lincoln: @Listener Baby according to Discogs, yes!
	11:07am clarke: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:06 thanks, i still haven't really gotten to sleep since yesterday, yet.
	♥ 11:07am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Something Warm" by "Rick Derringer" ...was guessing Dayll Hall...
	♥ 11:08am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ clarke @9:40 <+> WELLNESS <+>
	♥ 11:08am StringOFperils: Rock n Roll Hootchie Kook
	11:08am clarke: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @11:08 REV-ness!
	11:09am Mark T: Good morning
	♥ 11:09am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Diggy Liggy Lo" by "Rusty And Doug" I'd like to see a cage match between Diggy Liggy Lo and Bad Bad Leroy Brown.
	♥ 11:10am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ clarke @11:07 BenaDaryl ...sorry. Benadryl could open your breathing tubes - & send you to sleep (it's a Hypnotic - no kidding). You MUST Hydrate with it (not optional)...
	♥ 11:10am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:07 Still ailin'? Dang...
	11:10am Listener Baby: ↳ StringOFperils @11:08 Exactly!
	♥ 11:10am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "Something Warm" by "Rick Derringer" Alex Jones crazy, even! I did not know that.
	♥ 11:10am Ciggy: ↳ Song: "Something Warm" by "Rick Derringer" Was guessing Todd Rundgren
	11:11am clarke: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @11:10 i'm going to take alka-seltzer after this show, maybe.
	11:11am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:10 i did watch some decent movies (and some not decent)
	♥ 11:12am drr: ↳ Song: "Set Me Free" by "Bobby Bland" I'm just getting the left channel on this one.
	11:12am clarke: robert bland has a tight throat.
	♥ 11:13am StringOFperils: Sweet Dick Willie: [Radio Raheem walks past blasting Public Enemy on his boombox] Goddamn! Turn that shit off; play some Bobby Blue Bland.
	♥ 11:13am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "The Liquidator" by "Harry Stoneham" This record has seen better days. Lol
	♥ 11:14am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:11 You mentioned Miller's Crossing. I remember losing focus in the by the time it was winding up. Might enjoy it more now.
	♥ 11:14am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:14 I love that movie
	11:14am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:14 vastly underrated, theayah.
	♥ 11:15am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "The Liquidator" by "Harry Stoneham" Sounds better!
	11:15am Listener Baby: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:14 I love the scene where the guy explains Shaving to his kid.
	11:15am clarke: Turntable One is hungry, thirsty and seeking legal representation.
	♥ 11:16am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Listener Baby @11:15 Classic
	11:16am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:15 it's not to his kid - but to his driver. great scene. tho.
	♥ 11:16am Hughie Considine: ↳ Listener Baby @11:15 I need to rewatch clearly.
	11:16am egould: This is mucho bettero.
	♥ 11:17am Ciggy: Did you put a quarter on the arm
	11:17am John L: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:14 My favorite Coen bros. Jon Poito is amazing and I use the phrase " I was just speculatin' about a hypothesis" often.
	11:17am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:16 whatsa mattah? somebody hit you?!?
	♥ 11:17am listener phat in Lincoln: The Albert Finney shoot-out scene is amazing.
	11:17am clarke: ↳ John L @11:17 Ethics
	♥ 11:18am Hughie Considine: I recently watched "A Serious Man," which was surprisingly poignant.
	11:18am goes211: We are enjoying watching the sausage getting made. Thanxz, Michael!
	11:19am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Sung By Someone Lonely" by "Bellfuries, The" Terrific band
	11:19am Dash: Seems like most of you have equip issues.
	11:19am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:18 that's a good'un. Bonanza coming in clear.
	♥ 11:20am listener phat in Lincoln: Can't get the motivation to go to the bakery.
	♥ 11:21am Montmaster J: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:17 What's the rumpus?
	11:21am clarke: FuZZZZZZZZZZZZ
	11:22am clarke: ↳ Montmaster J @11:21 this is the kiss-off
	♥ 11:22am StringOFperils: Make this train go to Clarksville.
	♥ 11:23am Cal in Dothan: Good morning #1ers
	♥ 11:23am JohnEBGood: Go PATH ; )
	♥ 11:23am Montmaster J: ↳ clarke @11:22 or could be the high hat! :)
	11:24am Frank In Queens: Well, hey now!
	11:24am clarke: he shoots. he scores.
	11:24am Listener Baby: Hi Frank and Cal
	♥ 11:24am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Next Train to Crossoverville
	♥ 11:24am pgalub: Use of fuzz in non-psych tunes would make a great premium. ;)
	11:24am clarke: ↳ Montmaster J @11:23 it's always the hi-hat.
	♥ 11:25am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "Let's Take The Long Way Home" by "Ray (Rock) Huds... Rock was well-known for his pitch...
	11:25am clarke: ↳ pgalub @11:24 hey man!
	11:25am Frank In Queens: Hey clarke. Sorry to read you’re ill.
	♥ 11:25am listener phat in Lincoln: Lol
	♥ 11:25am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Who's Gonna Mow Yer Grass'' by BuckOwens opens the FuzzNuggets.
	♥ 11:26am pgalub: ↳ clarke @11:25 Hey clarke. Feel better soon!
	11:26am clarke: ↳ Frank In Queens @11:25 yeah, it is not actually that bad, but coughing too much to sleep.
	♥ 11:26am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "Let's Take The Long Way Home" by "Ray (Rock) Huds... These drums are incredible
	11:26am clarke: ↳ pgalub @11:26 thanks mate1
	11:26am Frank In Queens: Hey Baby!
	11:27am Frank In Queens: @clarke. I’ve been there…
	11:27am clarke: as far as i can determine - Sly Stone is the first to mic the hi-hat.
	♥ 11:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:26 Right ?
	11:28am clarke: ↳ Frank In Queens @11:27 it's an f'd up thang.
	11:28am Mattynotimes: I love this track
	11:29am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "For Real (demo)" by "Sly Stone" Sly was all mixed up with the Bay Area Latin Jazz kids. Cal, Willie, Mongo. They were good like that.
	♥ 11:29am StringOFperils: ↳ Listener Baby @11:29 Santana...'Ain't Got Nobody, That I Can Depend On...
	11:29am John L: ↳ Song: "For Real (demo)" by "Sly Stone" New Sly doc on Hulu Feb 13.
	11:30am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:29 this is obviously pre-santana, too?
	♥ 11:30am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "For Real (demo)" by "Sly Stone" Not many demos as entertaining as this...
	11:30am PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "For Real (demo)" by "Sly Stone" Everything he do gon be funky
	11:31am Mark T: ↳ Song: "For Real (demo)" by "Sly Stone" Good old Sly Stone
	♥ 11:31am JohnEBGood: My forecast. Eagles 34 Chiefs 28
	♥ 11:31am combokid: Michael, great article on Big Star, also loved The Knack video
	11:32am Listener Baby: ↳ StringOFperils @11:29 Also Bay Area.
	11:32am clarke: ↳ JohnEBGood @11:31 i predict a chiefs blowout, but prob won't even watch.
	♥ 11:33am StringOFperils: ↳ Listener Baby @11:32 Yep...lots of it in That band's bag 'o tricks
	♥ 11:33am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, gang!
	11:33am Scott from Boston: What happened to sexy George McRea!?
	11:33am clarke: a 'challenging' day!
	11:34am Bob: Good morning
	♥ 11:34am StringOFperils: Magnificent piloting with one engine on fire, Michael!
	11:35am clarke: hello gregory!
	11:35am Listener Baby: Late and dramatic key change!
	11:35am clarke: hello bob.
	♥ 11:36am egould: This song is begging for bongo feet!
	♥ 11:38am JohnEBGood: My favorite Juke Box tune is 905 by John Entwistle and the Who . Now you know ; )
	11:38am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "If I Had A Hammer" by "Johnny Cash And June Carter" Baby.. Okay. I’ve got know. Are you waiting for someone to correct you on this Carl Perkins thing? Is it a Rick Neilson thing? It’s time to spill.
	♥ 11:39am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "If I Had A Hammer" by "Johnny Cash And June Carter" The drums are incredible on this, too!
	11:39am Bob: I used to have a button that said “If I had a hammer I’d kill a folk singer.” So punk
	11:39am annette: EVERYBODYS EVERYTHING 🫠
	11:40am clarke: ↳ Bob @11:39 u wear that button without a shirt.
	11:41am gf2002: One of the best non-psych fuzz guitar tracks is "Have You Seen Her" by the Chi-Lites. No clue who the guitarist was. Also check some of the classic Philly Soul tracks with some fuzz and Coral sitar as played by Bobby Eli. But that Chi-Lites track has some massive fuzz...and it's as far from psychedelic rock as you could find.
	11:41am annette: but agree that version did not fit.
	♥ 11:41am Hughie Considine: ↳ JohnEBGood @11:38 A B-side, I imagine. Quite the deep cut -- very poppy.
	♥ 11:41am luka: behind the coaster/drink. a small Sonos speaker, a box for a Fender Mustang headphone amp, a computer monitor.
	11:42am clarke: ↳ luka @11:41 how is that little amp??
	11:43am annette: speaking of music... not enough slap bass out there. some one open up the closet
	♥ 11:43am luka: ↳ clarke @11:42 it’s a revelation for the money. i had the older model and this one has a tuner and even more effects/models.
	♥ 11:43am JohnEBGood: Awesome tune. Great lyrics. Peace : )
	♥ 11:43am Handy Haversack: We won those Johnny Cash bday tix last year. Good time.
	11:44am Daybreak!: That's by song right, not by artist? That seems to make it even harder? It certainly doesn't encourage cutting albums .
	11:44am clarke: ↳ luka @11:43 cool! i am quite a fan of the Danelectro mini-amp.
	11:44am listener phat in lincoln: So, Spotify is pushing a handful of artists with their algorithm. How much do those artists pay for that?
	♥ 11:44am luka: reread the ‘mats book Trouble Boys recently and was reminded how close SNL was to dissolving in the mid 80s. the world would have been better for it, probably.
	11:45am gf2002: I wonder how many automated bots are set to repeatedly stream the major label artists...and besides that the whole system is rigged through the use of "bundling" label artists together as part of the deals made. Off soapbox. Maybe.
	♥ 11:45am egould: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:44 Taps nose.
	11:45am listener phat in lincoln: @luka what'd you get?
	11:45am annette: agree. not worth staying up late fer snl.
	♥ 11:46am luka: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:45 you asking about the amp?
	11:46am PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "Shhhhhhhh (For a Little While)" by "James Brown" Everything he do gon be funky too
	11:46am clarke: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:45 he was telling about the mustang ear-phone amp.
	11:46am clarke: RESPECT!
	11:46am Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Shhhhhhhh (For a Little While)" by "James Brown" Oran so obviously recorded at a later date
	11:47am Listener Baby: Organ
	11:47am gf2002: ↳ annette @11:43 I think The Spin Doctors set slap bass back about 20 years and it still hasn't recovered.
	♥ 11:47am JohnEBGood: Yes it was a B side : )
	♥ 11:47am luka: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:45 this little dude www.fender.com...
	11:47am clarke: hungry and thirsty.
	11:47am Listener Baby: ↳ gf2002 @11:47 Wow. A Spin Doctors reference
	11:48am clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @11:47 doesn't make one feel any better.!
	11:48am gf2002: ↳ Listener Baby @11:47 Someone had to do it!
	11:49am Scott from Boston: I find it as I get older when I’m frustrated. I just simply grunt low very similar to you, Michael
	♥ 11:49am Ciggy: Tranquilo
	♥ 11:49am JohnEBGood: I'm a test tube in an ice box of the factory they call earth!!
	♥ 11:50am Handy Haversack: The Muttering Hour fits in very well with WFMU. I'm hooked already!
	11:50am clarke: plan b never works.
	11:51am Mark T: ↳ Song: "Without Her" by "Harry Nilsson" The dude drank himself to death. How sad.
	11:52am Listener Baby: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:50 Fund raiser. Michael Shelley Muttering Greatest Hits. Who do I make my check out to?
	11:52am listener phat in lincoln: @luka oh nice!
	♥ 11:52am egould: ↳ Song: "Love, Love, Love (That's What It Is)" by "Carlisl... No need for autotune when you have perfect pitch.
	11:53am annette: slap bass orchestra will set us free.
	11:53am clarke: watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat.
	♥ 11:53am Handy Haversack: ↳ Listener Baby @11:52 Right? Ken will be so jealous he didn't think of it first!
	11:53am listener phat in lincoln: @clarke nothin' up my sleeve...
	11:54am clarke: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:53 o brother.
	11:54am gf2002: ↳ annette @11:53 Give it time, we'll start hearing slap bass on "country" hits soon enough, as soon as one of the many country artists who aren't country use it on a big hit everyone will start using it. It just takes one hit for everyone to jump on the ol' bandwagon.
	11:55am annette: @Scott : fart. just fart
	11:56am clarke: hey, this is a GREAT SHOW!!
	11:57am listener phat in lincoln: Speaking of benefits. If anyone here is familiar with a band called For Against, their singer/mastermind is dealing with cancer. Here's a link to his GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jeff-runnings-battle-stage-4-cancer?lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=native_options&attribution_id=sl%3A2c2f6a76-db1d-48a9-8569-536a8205b20a
	11:57am listener phat in lincoln: @clarke I gotta get me a new hat!
	11:58am clarke: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:57 i remember them! cancer sux.
	11:58am Fragonard: Don’t Slam that, Slim!
	♥ 11:58am Hughie Considine: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:57 Damn. Their "December" LP is a wonder.
	11:59am listener phat in lincoln: @clarke yep. He's a friend of mine. I actually fixed his synth last year. Really sad.
	11:59am listener phat in lincoln: @Hughie Considine yes, yes it is.
	11:59am annette: @ Gf. . . beyoncey got a chance, if not kitten sez put my money on kanzas. ready to throw my bass ax in the river if no one stands up
	11:59am PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "Mexico" by "Lee Dorsey" Now that's funky
	♥ 12:00pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Song: "Serenade To A Poodle" by "Slim Gaillard" Somewhere a lonely poodle howled for its mate. --Robert Sheckley
	12:01pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @11:59 very sorry to hear!
	12:02pm clarke: in a honky-tonk down in mexico
	12:03pm annette: SLAP BASS FER PEACE. wake up. wake up.
	12:05pm clarke: @MS - on top of it all, somehow the playlist is updating in the wrong order.
	♥ 12:06pm egould: ↳ Song: "Beg, Borrow And Steal" by "Demotrons, The" The band name is either brilliant or total crap. I can’t decide.
	♥ 12:06pm crateslinger: If we're talking about folks that just passed. Julian, the drummer for LES punk band Public Nuisance left this festival of passing forms on Wednesday.
	♥ 12:07pm crateslinger: LES - Lower East Side
	12:07pm Listener Baby: ↳ egould @12:06 Well. If they excelled at Demos, it’s a bullseye.
	12:07pm Cooh John: Hello Michael and #1ers.
	12:07pm Michael Shelley: ↳ clarke @12:05 whats mixed up?
	12:08pm Marie in Chicago: Hey Michael, tx so much for recommending the Flat Five a few weeks ago. I went to see them this week and they were fantastic--beautiful, sweet, and fun lyrics, and great music, vocals, etc. (I had heard of them but never seen them, though I've seen almost of all them with diff bands). They had as a guest, Paul Cebar, and he was also great (guitar, vocals, lyrics, performance). He usually plays with his band the Milwaukeeans. Great show! (Hi everybody)
	12:08pm clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:07 it seems to be putting the most recent song on top???
	12:09pm johnk77: the demotrons also had a single on ariola germany? playlist nice on a chrome tab here
	12:09pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "For You" by "Rick Nelson" Space age bachelor Ricky
	12:10pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Marie in Chicago @12:08 SO JEALOUS!!!! (tried to get my daughter to go to that show - but she was busy!)
	12:10pm clarke: ↳ clarke @12:08 actually i refreshed my page and now it is correct - sorry!
	12:10pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "You're Looking Good" by "Dee Clark" Bo Diddley with strings!
	♥ 12:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Beg, Borrow And Steal" by "Demotrons, The" Great little song people could really lean into...
	♥ 12:10pm Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "You're Looking Good" by "Dee Clark" Same slightly queasy tempo as the big hit.
	♥ 12:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ PatrickMC @12:10 Right ?!
	12:11pm johnk77: rick nelson's kids were having a music career in hollywood early 1980s
	12:11pm annette: was ready to give my bass away. but thanks to Shriekback, ready to pick it up and grow hard potatoes on the tips of my fingers. who needs painted nails ?
	12:12pm clarke: ↳ Song: "You're Looking Good" by "Dee Clark" a six-string bass on that one! not sure if dano tho
	12:12pm goes211: WFUM…91.7 right?
	12:12pm Listener Baby: Baby. I thought Keith had that one. So much confidence in his voice.
	12:12pm clarke: quando quando quando
	12:12pm Michael Shelley: ↳ johnk77 @12:11 Was at Disneyworld a few years ago and Nelson was platying - they've given up their Hair Rock - and were doing Rick's stuff very well
	12:13pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "Quando Quando Quando" by "Frank Penn With The Esq... Nó versiones malos!
	12:13pm clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:12 gunnar and lil' ricky
	♥ 12:14pm egould: ↳ Song: "Quando Quando Quando" by "Frank Penn With The Esq... My karaoke go to song. The Engelbert Humperdinck version though.
	12:14pm Listener Baby: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:12 The Nelson kids Hair Era, was among the worst things of any kind the world has produced. Dreadful.
	♥ 12:14pm Handy Haversack: ↳ egould @12:14 Sound choice. Sound choice.
	12:15pm clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @12:14 not worse than RHCP.
	12:15pm janeen: Thanks for taking me back to the 60s, My dad loved Workin in the Coal Mine and when I heard Mexico I flipped. Flip side?
	12:16pm johnk77: i knew their then manager james burton on the dad original? 63 probably before randy meisner?
	♥ 12:17pm egould: ↳ clarke @12:15 Ha!
	12:17pm Listener Baby: ↳ clarke @12:15 ?
	12:17pm Michael Shelley: ↳ PatrickMC @12:13 Si
	12:18pm clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @12:17 i can't say the words.
	12:18pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Listener Baby @12:14 = grave roll over
	12:18pm Mikey: Michael, you ever see the Henry King version of State Fair?
	♥ 12:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "You Saw Me In Sunshine" by "Daniel Romano" Interesting song.
	♥ 12:19pm egould: ↳ Listener Baby @12:17 The Red Hot Chili Peppers suck even worse than Nelson.
	12:19pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Mikey @12:18 Have seen all 3 movie versions!
	12:20pm PatrickMC: ↳ egould @12:19 💯
	12:20pm clarke: three? hmm...
	12:20pm Michael Shelley: ↳ egould @12:19 oh yeah!
	12:20pm Cal Zone!: Daniel Romano's Outfit are an incredible live act. Seriously intense show they present. Don't miss them if they ever play in your neighborhood!
	12:21pm Michael Shelley: ↳ clarke @12:20 1933 version Set at the Iowa State Fair w? Will Rogers 1945 version Set at the Iowa State Fair 1962 version - musical set in Texas, Starring Pat Boone and Ann-Margret
	12:21pm clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:21 seen the pat boone one - never knew about the 30's one! wow!
	12:22pm Listener Baby: ↳ clarke @12:18 Throw me a bone.
	♥ 12:22pm egould: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:21 Ann-Margret makes my tummy feel tingly.
	12:22pm Bob: ↳ egould @12:19 Way, way worse
	12:22pm clarke: ↳ egould @12:22 she definitely makes me feel better!
	12:23pm Listener Baby: ↳ egould @12:19 Ah. That is a discussion worth having.
	12:23pm clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @12:22 egould threw the bone..
	12:23pm listener phat in lincoln: @Michael Shelley does the station need replacement broadcast CD players? I see gear like that for decent prices and can keep an eye out.
	12:24pm onthetrain: now mike can we hear thunderbird esq
	12:25pm clarke: ↳ Song: "The Big Time Spender, Part 1" by "Cornbread And B... equalizer - phat can get good price!
	12:25pm Marie in Chicago: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:10 Oh, too bad re: the kid. They were talking about putting out a new album so maybe they'll be playing again soon! (It's a great club, the Hideout.)
	♥ 12:25pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ egould @12:22 Just saw a Reel with Ann & DeanMartin ...that really was rather a lot of red hair...
	12:25pm Michael Shelley: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @12:23 Scott would be the go to guy on that! We've been using SONY XE400 - (ugg)
	12:26pm Bob: I watched a British film called Expresso Bongo last night on Tubi. Kind of plodding and unremarkable but it stars Cliff Richard and the Shadows. Shot in 1959 and a gorgeous black and white film transfer. Worth it for street shots of 1959 London and early Shadows footage.
	12:26pm sh-BOOM!: You all might like June, a 2023 documentary about the life of June Carter Cash. It is great. So many revelations for me. #1 she was a gifted multi-talented entertainer, #2 she was famous before Johnny. #3 she wrote one of his biggest hits. Lots of material going back decades. Highly entertaining.
	♥ 12:26pm Montmaster J: Anybody making anything good for the Super Bowl tomorrow?
	12:27pm clarke: ↳ Bob @12:26 will seek, thnx!
	♥ 12:27pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Bob @12:26 Not to mention Cliff & the Shadows as puppets in the Thunderbirds...
	12:27pm listener phat in lincoln: @Michael Shelley I'll keep an eye. I've always thought Tascams were great. But I'll look out for Sony.
	12:28pm clarke: ↳ Montmaster J @12:26 making myself scarce! !
	12:28pm Bob: ↳ clarke @12:27 It’s buried pretty deep in the music section but it’s worth scrolling through at least. Beautiful looking
	♥ 12:28pm Montmaster J: oh, right you're THERE! Good luck!
	12:28pm annette: repeat : my cat picked KC 🐈
	12:28pm Bob: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:27 !
	12:29pm clarke: ↳ Bob @12:28 tubi is free?? right?
	12:29pm Bob: ↳ clarke @12:29 Oh yeah. Lots of good stuff goes through there too.
	12:30pm listener phat in lincoln: Bomb Squad put together some of the most incredible tracks ever.
	12:30pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Stuff" by "Alex Chilton" yep!
	12:31pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "Stuff" by "Alex Chilton" Gonna be funky
	12:31pm clarke: ↳ Bob @12:29 just found it, thanks!
	12:31pm annette: but she is tired of this bowl hype..
	12:32pm Listener Baby: Baby. Another masterpiece show. You got this, Baby!
	♥ 12:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "Stuff" by "Alex Chilton" Nice Stereo
	12:32pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "Stuff" by "Alex Chilton" AC and Lee Dorsey should have collaborated
	12:32pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Stuff" by "Alex Chilton" jim spake on the sax.
	12:32pm Bob: I absolutely detest playing the RSD game but there’s a vinyl press of Alex’s Set as well as a new Nick Lowe and LS live LP. Did you mention that? Probably. I’m in and out doing the stuff
	12:34pm Michael Shelley: ↳ listener phat in lincoln @12:27 they suck
	12:35pm rx "rexy" scabin: Good afternoon, Michael and Everyone..
	♥ 12:35pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:34 That's such a drag. Sony doesn't make them anymore, as far as I know.
	12:35pm clarke: ↳ PatrickMC @12:32 when alex moved to nola, dorsey was on last year.
	12:36pm clarke: i was just thinking about a record that made me take a step back, and it is a kinda strange pick: The Kinks - Schoolboys In Disgrace.
	♥ 12:37pm listener phat in Lincoln: I never know how to react to late weirdo Chilton. I discovered Big Star in my 20s and they restored my faith in pop music. At that point, he'd already been doing the weirdo stuff for awhile. When I picked some up, it just didn't make any sense to me. It does now, more. But still.
	♥ 12:38pm Hughie Considine: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:37 My sentiments exactly.
	12:38pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:37 you gotta understand how fucked around he felt. his disdain for power pop was a decade .
	♥ 12:38pm Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Hold Me Tight" by "Skeeter Davis" First heard this covered by a ramshackle group in NYC that included Jody Harris.
	12:38pm Listener Baby: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:37 I count Alex Chilton as maybe the most disinterested live performers I’ve ever seen. Fool me once. I know he was a super talent. But I want my money back.
	♥ 12:39pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @12:38 Oh totally. I get that. It's just jarring.
	12:39pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:39 well, you get it NOW.
	♥ 12:39pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Listener Baby @12:38 When I saw that Box Tops reunion I was absolutely on top of the world.
	♥ 12:39pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @12:39 Yes.
	12:40pm PatrickMC: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:38 That sounds interesting!
	♥ 12:40pm Ciggy: > $>,# /[#à_'@ @&[× ;[=>,%
	12:40pm Bob: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:37 Just pretend it’s someone else entirely. I find the solo stuff resonates more and more with me as time goes on. That live with the Hi records crew on Omnivore is fantastic. As is the criminally overlooked Box Tops reunion LP that barely got released on a small French label. It’s streaming still I think. It’s called Tear Off! And I think it’s fantastic
	♥ 12:40pm Hughie Considine: Is anyone else listening to the 500 Songs podcast by Andrew Hickey. He has just done the third of four very long episodes dedicated to "Never Learn Not to Love." I am finally a bit perplexed.
	12:40pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Listener Baby @12:38 I saw quite a few really good shows... and only a few snoozers
	12:40pm Listener Baby: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:39 Wish I’d seen that. I saw him early 90s in a trio Yawn.
	12:40pm Scott from Boston: Is this a song about giving up? Because I just started growing a beard.
	12:40pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "Growing A Beard" by "Ben Vaughn" I'm growin some morrells
	♥ 12:41pm listener phat in Lincoln: What's funny, in high school, I heard This Mortal Coil doing his stuff and didn't put it together until later.
	♥ 12:41pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "Stuff" by "Alex Chilton" To me it sounded like they laid down the rhythm tracks, and then they had the soloists come in one at a time, and they gave them the chart, and each guy laid down his solo in the first take without hearing the track first, and without hearing the other soloists. Is that too harsh? The result does have a certain disjointed charm.
	♥ 12:42pm Montmaster J: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:40 We saw him at the knitting factory around that time....and I recall he walked up the stairs just as the band started up....almost like he wasn't supposed to be playing. My memory is that it was awesome.
	12:42pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Scott from Boston @12:40 I think we'll see a lot of beards in the next 4 years
	♥ 12:42pm Montmaster J: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:42 And pristine pick up trucks.
	12:43pm Michael Shelley: ↳ McGroovey @12:41 makes sense - a possibility
	♥ 12:43pm listener phat in Lincoln: Also, I didn't even know Big Star much when that Live album recorded in KC came out, AND FRIENDS OF MINE OPENED! I should have gone...
	12:43pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:43 that was in Columbia, MO
	12:43pm Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Shop Around" by "Don Bryant" First thing. One of the very best songs ever written. AMAZING take on it. Not sure I’ve sever heard this. Smokey lives!
	♥ 12:43pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Listener Baby @12:40 I never actually saw him do Big Star. Still regret that.
	12:45pm Listener Baby: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:43 Me neither. I have to admit it was solely because he blew so badly the time I had to endure him.
	♥ 12:45pm PaulRobeson1925: ↳ Song: "Shop Around" by "Don Bryant" OK
	12:45pm Bob: I saw Alex at least a dozen times. Box Tops, Big Star and lots of solo. The only time he ever phoned it in for me was when he was opening a sold out Blues Explosion show and people were really into him. Naturally he was bored. Seeing him up close in small rooms I always found him incredibly warm and cool.
	♥ 12:45pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @12:43 Oh yes! I mixed it up with something else, Matthew Sweet show that those same friends played. Funny, I saw them the other day and they talked about opening for Alice Donut in Louisville. Lol
	♥ 12:46pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: If there's bad AlexChilton no one's played it for me yet.
	♥ 12:46pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Bob @12:45 Lol
	♥ 12:46pm egould: Thanks Michael for the excellent music selections. Thanks everyone for the silly conversations. Let’s do it again next Saturday.
	12:47pm clarke: hah!
	♥ 12:47pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:46 I don't dislike the later stuff. It just kind of bums me out. The music business is so goddamn stupid and terrible. And it's only worse (such that it exists at all) now.
	12:48pm AndyH: The wife just saw that Marty Stewart will be back in NJ Apr 5 atthetabernacle.com
	12:48pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:47 also, at some point he just stopped writing.
	♥ 12:48pm listener phat in Lincoln: Good lord I love this show.
	12:48pm bc78: ↳ Song: "Time Out" by "Daryll-Ann" speaking of chilton, daryll-ann does one of the loveliest covers of big star's "thirteen"
	12:49pm DG: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:39 My only time seeing Chilton live was a Box Tops reunion show at the World Trade Center in '99 or so. They were great & signed my album afterwards too. Never heard the Big Star reunion album, wondered how good it was.
	12:49pm Michael Shelley: ↳ AndyH @12:48 got my tix
	♥ 12:49pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ AndyH @12:48 Seeing him in Omaha in March. My girlfriend does not like country music, but I think this will turn her around on that. [Fingers crossed]
	12:49pm Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "Time Out" by "Daryll-Ann" This band is all I’ve been listening to for 3 weeks now. Respect!
	12:50pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:49 it will work!
	12:50pm AndyH: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:49 Of course!
	♥ 12:50pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @12:48 Writing is hard enough as it is, but then writing 3 albums worth of some of the best songs ever written and people mostly yawning? I can't even imagine.
	12:51pm clarke: ↳ Listener Baby @12:49 three weeks, Baby!! whooo hooo!
	12:52pm clarke: mister vanderbocki appreciates today's show.
	♥ 12:52pm listener phat in Lincoln: Michael, you're taking the edge off this foul mood I'm in. Thank you. I need this show, and WFMU, these days.
	♥ 12:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: What Robyn Hitchcock wrote to eulegize Chilton when he passed was (of course) on point. Clearly he bore some combination of resignation & resentment with his place in Music History...
	♥ 12:53pm listener phat in Lincoln: And the random chuds that showed up during the last time we faced this president seem to not showing up.
	♥ 12:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:53 .../ thuh Biz.
	12:54pm Marie in Chicago: ↳ Song: "After Midnight" by "J.J. Cale" groooovyy
	12:54pm Michael Shelley: ↳ clarke @12:52 Feel better - you're the one violating the codes
	♥ 12:54pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "After Midnight" by "J.J. Cale" Wait, when was this recorded?
	12:55pm Listener Baby: ↳ Song: "After Midnight" by "J.J. Cale" This version makes so much more sense.
	12:55pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "After Midnight" by "J.J. Cale" This a really funky show you laid down Michael
	♥ 12:55pm Nardo: Looks like Bar None is releasing Alex Chilton's Set on vinyl for record store day btw.
	♥ 12:55pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, MS.
	12:55pm clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:54 just go ahead and hang up...
	12:55pm rx "rexy" scabin: The 1971 version is not dull. It is relaxed.
	12:55pm PatrickMC: ↳ Song: "After Midnight" by "J.J. Cale" Peter Zaremba's Love Delegation also did a good cover
	♥ 12:56pm DaveMiß: Good show Mr Shelley
	♥ 12:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:53 We've been facing Drumpf for a decade or longer. Was never a face I wanted to see in the first instance. Even before the TV show made him a faux folk antihero.
	12:57pm Marie in Chicago: Thanks, Michael!
	♥ 12:57pm listener phat in Lincoln: Thanks Michael!
	12:57pm rx "rexy" scabin: Thank you, Michael and Everyone.
	♥ 12:57pm Montmaster J: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:56 If they put him on the Jumbotron tomorrow will he be booed? Will the network (fox) allow it to be aired?
	12:57pm clarke: a very good prank. ever get the feelin' you been cheated. good nite.
	♥ 12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Song: "A Very Good Prank From 1974" by "Phone Phreak" ...how can we Monetize this kind of Harassment ...innocent days...
	♥ 12:58pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "A Very Good Prank From 1974" by "Phone Phreak" Wow. Also, phreak takes me back to my troublemaking nerd days.
	♥ 12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ MS ~
	♥ 1:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Montmaster J @12:57 Would he care ? Suggested it's not Drumpf's second term - it's First Lady Elonia's first... Is he campaigning anymore - ever again ? Will we have an Electoral Process @ all ?...

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