If you lived here, you'd be home now (No archive due to computer gremlins): Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie

Listener comments!

11:10am Katya Oddio:

“I Want a House” by Twin Sister

freemusicarchive.org...

11:53am listener james from westwood:

good thursday all, and howdy charlie!

11:55am Charlie:

well waddaya know -- i made it back in time :)

11:56am Michael:

Morning all and our host Charlie. Hope all are well this cold Thursday.

11:56am Brian in UK:

Howdeedoodee Charlie. The shows title reminds me of Firesign Theatres' talking billboards.
Hey Katya & james.

11:57am Matt from Springfield:

All those houses made of ticky-tacky, and they all look the same. Well not exactly the same. And is that a goat??!

Hi Charlie and everyone! I'll be Busy Doing Something today, but want to express my approval of the selections in advance!

11:58am Matt from Springfield:

You had to get plumbing supplies, Charlie? I myself bought a squeeze tube of caulk just yesterday!

11:59am ndbob:

morning Charlie and everyone!

12:00pm listener james from westwood:

@matt, just caulk it up to good timing!

12:01pm Carmichael:

Hiya Charlie, hello slackers.

12:02pm Parq:

If I lived there, I'd be cold by now. Actually, it's pretty cold down in the flatlands as well. Warm it up, Charlie!

12:02pm Wendy del Formaggio:

Hi Charlie! I won't be at my computer for much longer, but I am tuned in and ready for your show. Hooray! Busy Doing Nothing!

12:02pm Carmichael:

ELO!

12:03pm Matt from Springfield:

Ha, I will LJFW!

If I don't see y'all, I'll be listening/lurking with delight!

12:03pm Wendy del Formaggio:

Ooh, ELO! You must've known I'd be listening. :-)

12:04pm Tower:

Always love ELO.

12:05pm Dervish:

Busy Doing Note-ing!

12:06pm Brian in UK:

Goat is the new horse over here.

Valve radios are cool.

12:10pm Tower:

@Matt: Thanks for putting The Womenfolk version of Little Boxes in my head. .... Charlie make it go away!

12:14pm ndbob:

@Tower that's the shortest song to make the Top 100

12:15pm Charlie:

A belated hiya to: Katya, James, Michael, Brian UK, Matt, Bob, Carmichael, Parq, Wendy, Tower, Dervish!

12:16pm Parq:

Most of you probably already know this about the first ELO album title, but ...
www.snopes.com...

12:16pm Uncle Michael:

SNOW DAY!

12:18pm Charlie:

Did not know that, Parq!
Hi Uncle Michael!

12:19pm Uncle Michael:

Hi Charlie. Hi everyone.

12:20pm Tower:

Bob, that I knew, even though I don't like to admit it.

12:20pm ndbob:

@parq I didn't either - thanks for the link!

12:21pm ndbob:

@Tower I'll admit I like that song - but then again you know my tastes:)

12:21pm Uncle Michael:

Antelope Freeway...

12:22pm Uncle Michael:

This shit is brilliant. dangerousminds.net...

12:24pm Katya Oddio:

Thanks for the fun links, Parq and Uncle Michael

12:25pm Matt from Springfield:

Tipsy, I like it!

12:28pm Uncle Michael:

Someone should ask Kenzo if the Live Audio Streams links at the top of the GTDR playlists could be to the GTDR stream.

12:29pm Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Soon, soon!

12:30pm ndbob:

@michael great link - and a great blog in general

12:30pm Charlie:

Hey, Kenzo, you popped up just in time!

12:31pm Uncle Michael:

How is it that you're always everywhere, Kenzo?!

Dangerous Minds kicks ass.

12:36pm Uncle Michael:

I have an unconfirmed rumor that Lou Bond has passed away.

12:38pm S.A. from S.F.:

Hi, all! My internets made me miss the first half hour.

12:38pm Uncle Michael:

Hi, S.A....I take it S.F. is not San Francisco.

12:39pm S.A. from S.F.:

@U.M. - Whycome?

12:39pm ndbob:

hello S.A.!

12:40pm Uncle Michael:

Because of what you said the other day about your schedule...do you work graveyard?

12:41pm Tower:

@Uncle Michael: This has been updated to reflect that: http://staxrecords.free.fr/lbond.htm

12:42pm S.A. from S.F.:

Um-hum, yup! Working in the night kitchen.

12:42pm Uncle Michael:

Thanks, Tower.

12:42pm Uncle Michael:

You and Maurice Sendak?

12:43pm Charlie:

Hiya, S.A.!

12:43pm Wendy del Formaggio:

Steely Dan! One of my favorite guilty pleasures.

12:45pm Tower:

Some choice tunes spinnin' today, Charlie.

12:45pm Uncle Michael:

I only know the Steve & Eydie version of this song.

12:46pm S.A. from S.F.:

@Wendy - A favorite sing-a-long.

Hiya, Chollie!

@U.M. - Me and Maurice and the FMU archives.

12:46pm Charlie:

I also have a version by Tiny Tim, UM.

12:46pm glenn:

if anybody is looking for a good shooting guard. - www.guardian.co.uk...

12:47pm Parq:

Dang, that Peaches and Herb track was a treat!

12:49pm S.A. from S.F.:

Don't go there, Charlie...

12:52pm Charlie:

I'ts excellent, S.A.! But I'll spare ya (today).

12:54pm S.A. from S.F.:

The seat of my pants could use that famous cat-washing monkey.

12:58pm S.A. from S.F.:

Bet "The Kensington Bop" is even better live.

12:59pm Brian in UK:

Throbbin' Manhoods - 7" or 12", Charlie?

1:00pm S.A. from S.F.:

**snicker**

1:04pm Uncle Michael:

Going over my WFMU pledge marathon mailer which arrived yesterday...

1:04pm Charlie:

Haha, Brian, ask Bill Mac! -- it's his band. (www.wfmu.org...)

1:05pm Brian in UK:

'Charlie One of WFMU's best DJs !!!! This song is just him singing, playing nylon string guitar for the bass line, mandolin for the chords, and harmonica.' Bill Mac's quote. No doubt about the opening line.

1:05pm S.A. from S.F.:

Tomorrow is National Margarita Day -- forewarned is fore-pitchered.

1:06pm Brian in UK:

Poor old Bill still getting over a three fractured leg.

1:07pm S.A. from S.F.:

@UM - liking the Dave The Spazz T-shirt.

1:08pm Uncle Michael:

I'm thnkin' 'zombies.'

1:09pm Uncle Michael:

Piero of "Manana" fame.

1:09pm Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

2013 DJ premiums: wfmu.org...

1:10pm S.A. from S.F.:

I'm going "swag for life" this time.

1:10pm Uncle Michael:

Love how all the GTDR premiums are under "More."

1:12pm Michael:

I imagine my adoption of Charlie is soon to expire...sigh.

1:12pm Ike:

That Steely Dan track was like audio arsenic to my ears. OWWWW, my hippocampus!

But, I have now recovered enough to return and be a snarky gum-wad again. I like MC Solaar.

1:12pm S.A. from S.F.:

There's MOAR luv in GTDR!

1:13pm Uncle Michael:

If you love something, set it free.

1:13pm Michael:

You're right UM -he's all sort of grown up now.

1:13pm Uncle Michael:

I honestly cannot fathom anyone hatin' on the Dan.

1:16pm S.A. from S.F.:

I have slept with at least 2 women who find the sound of Fagan's voice similar to fingernails on blackboard -- and were driven to tell me so.

1:16pm Brian in UK:

The two Dans hate themselves and the world enough that you do not have to hate them. Simple.

1:16pm Katya Oddio:

Michael, did you take good care of our Charlie when he was in your custody this year?

1:16pm Uncle Michael:

You need a new, feral DJ.

1:18pm S.A. from S.F.:

@Michael - Perhaps Charlie will come back to you... (rubs fingers together)

1:19pm Uncle Michael:

My mailer was actually addressed to "Uncle Michael."

1:20pm Katya Oddio:

Ha! Love it!

1:20pm Charlie:

It's been a good year, thank you Michael! I'm now housebroken, but I still like Steely Dan.

1:20pm Michael:

I tried my best and of course you know what a fine gentleman he is so it was a wonderful relationship from my perspective. I'm not sure how charlie feels =)

1:21pm S.A. from S.F.:

This Morricone track is halfway between The Tijuana Brass and The Bonzo Dog Band.

1:21pm Rich in Washington:

That Ennio song was rather flatulent sounding.

1:23pm Katya Oddio:

Rich, adopted a cutie! Ooo, I wanna kiss the top of T's head. Too cute.

1:23pm Uncle Michael:

I have two nephews and a niece but I didn't really become 'Uncle Michael' until Calvin, the youngest...at age 2.5, left a phone message demanding, "I want some Uncle Michael music, RIGHT NOW!"

1:25pm S.A. from S.F.:

@UM - U R A "whatever the code is for 'star'"!

1:27pm Uncle Michael:

Well, I am to Calvin.

1:28pm Katya Oddio:

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1:28pm Holly in NC:

Hi Charlie & all! Yet another archive to catch up with.
Kenzo, if you're still here, ability to dl GTDS stream shows to my android mobile = my @1 desire in whole world.

After world peace, of course ;-)

1:29pm Listening Out There:

...great organ bit...

1:29pm Uncle Michael:

✡I must locate this pizza grinder record.✡

1:29pm S.A. from S.F.:

@Katya - Show off! PS: Gimme the text file.

1:30pm Katya Oddio:

Too lazy for that, S.A.! Here's a cut-n-paste-o-rama
fsymbols.com

1:30pm Rich in Washington:

@Katya: I took that pic this morning, when he suddenly decided to jump up onto my shoulders. That bit was really cute when he was a kitten and about three pounds lighter. Ouch!

1:31pm ndbob:

heya Holly!

1:31pm Carmichael:

My mailer was addressed to Listener Carmichael. And I can hate the Dan all day long. Too overplayed (not their fault), and too laid back. I need unsettling music.

1:31pm Rich in Washington:

I have one of these Organ Grinder Pizza albums, they were from a chain of pizza places in Portland OR.
One of them has a lively rendition of Tubular Bells on it.

1:32pm Uncle Michael:

That was easy: 3791.wallywashis.name...

1:32pm Katya Oddio:

Ouch, Rich!

1:33pm Charlie:

Nice find, Uncle M!
Here's more info: wayoutjunk.blogspot.com...

1:33pm Charlie:

I'd like to hear that one, Rich!

1:33pm Charlie:

Hi Holly!

1:35pm Uncle Michael:

Thanks Charlie. I was just about to post that link too!

1:35pm Katya Oddio:

I miss Way Out Junk. That was a fun one.

1:36pm Rich in Washington:

There must be three Organ Grinder LPs then, because I don't have that one.
Yeah, the one I mentioned has the theme from 2001 at the beginning (as they call it) and the theme from the Exorcist (as they call it) played by a teenage whiz on the wurlitzer.
I think I played those tracks when I subbed for Tony Coulter late last year but I can't remember for sure.

1:37pm Katya Oddio:

The RSM song most quoted at Rancho Oddio is "Records" -- "Why's everybody watchin' TV? I've got some records, people"

1:38pm Brian in UK:

Mine was addressed to Listener #112025. I am not a number I am a freeform man.

1:42pm Holly in NC:

Links @Charlie's link dead, trying to jump through hoops @UncleMichaels

1:42pm S.A. from S.F.:

That's the problem with The Castro Theatre -- they employ a live organ-player, but they don't market an organ album.

1:43pm S.A. from S.F.:

**snicker**