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August 11, 2015 Favoriting
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Artist Selection Album    (Label / Recording date)
Theme Music:
 James Brown  		Cold Sweat (pt. 1)   Favoriting b/w Cold Sweat (pt. 2)
(King 1967)

Les Tambours du Bronx  La Valse des Nuls   Favoriting Monostress 225L
(Uniembal 1992)
Terry Manning  I Can't Stand the Rain   Favoriting Home Sweet Home
(Sunbeam 1968)
Joe Hicks  All In   Favoriting Mighty Joe Hicks
(Enterprise 1973)

Talkover Music:
 Jimmy Takeuchi & His Exciters  		Soul Francisco   Favoriting Drumming Beat Pops
(Union )

Willie Wright  Dressing for the Occasion   Favoriting Telling the Truth
(Hotel/Numero Group 1977)
St. Teresa Holiness Science Church  Got to Make This Journey Somehow   Favoriting
Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Titibitis of Africa  Ovbialeke Bolozo   Favoriting Jackpot
( 1981)
The Qualitons  One Man Song   Favoriting Panoramic Tymes
(Tramp 2009)

Talkover Music:
 Jean-Jacques Perrey  		Eva   Favoriting Mood Indigo
(Vanguard 1970)

Takagi Kan  Meet the Rhythm   Favoriting Major Force: The Original Art-Form
(Mo' Wax )
The Jack Baker Trio & TM Juke
(feat. Alice Russell)  		Spread It On   Favoriting Tru Thoughts Funk
(Tru Thoughts )
Barry Waite Unlimited  Unlimited Funky Sting   Favoriting Jamaican Funk Experience: Rude-Boy RIddims, Skanking Horns & Boss Reggae
(Nascente )
The Hot 8 Brass Band  Wolf Burger   Favoriting Tombstone
(Tru Thoughts 2013)

Closing Theme:
 Specks Williams  		We Gave the Drummer Some   Favoriting b/w Specks Blues
(Jax 196?)

Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:50pm Jeff Golick:

What a card.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:52pm Doug Schulkind:

A joker, right?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:56pm Jeff Golick:

I spent much of the 1980s in a panic about nuclear winter. I blame RR. Though reading Jonathan Schell's Fate of the Earth didn't help much.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:57pm Doug Schulkind:

I was proud to have the opportunity to cast my first presidential election vote ever for Not Reagan.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:57pm listener james from westwood:

@Jeff, Doug: More like the "Rules for Poker" card, with the earth in the pot.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:58pm Rich in Washington:

We survived Ronald Reagan.
Avatar 5:58pm glenn:

jeeeeez, i thought this was irwin's show for a minute.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:59pm Doug Schulkind:

Greetings LJFW, Rich in WA and glenn in CA!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:00pm Rich in Washington:

I remember as a teenager hearing a radio program called Second Coming that was about how Reagan was obsessed with end times theology and that he felt it was his duty to kick off armageddon. It scared the shit out of me.
Avatar 6:00pm Peter Nelson:

Hoping for wangeness and stronderfulness.
Avatar 6:00pm glenn:

is it wrong to wish that what's his face had been a better shot?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:00pm Jeff Golick:

I'm very glad I didn't hear that, @Rich.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:00pm Doug Schulkind:

@Rich in WA
I heard that show, too. Scared the shit outta me, too.
Avatar 6:00pm ndbob:

evening Doug and everyone!
  6:02pm Dean:

8/11!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:03pm listener james from westwood:

How do, Doug, ndbob, and all!!

I do recall my freshman year high school class being very badly wigged out by "The Day After," and, when I was younger, wondering what the FALLOUT SHELTER signs on the buildings in Parkchester meant.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:04pm Rich in Washington:

I am still trying to track down a copy of it. Maybe not as batshit crazy as it was to me as a teenager.
I remember Reagan giving a speech after all those Marines got blown up in Beirut and thought 'jesus. He loves doing this shit. Giving speeches over flag draped coffins."
I was terrified that they would reinstate the draft, as many conservative politicians were at the time boasting that we should do.
Avatar 6:04pm ndbob:

Contrary to popular misconception, this microphone gaffe was not broadcast over the air, but rather leaked later to the general populace
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:05pm Doug Schulkind:

Howdy, ndbob and Dean! A simply absurd organizing theme for this evening's show, but a least I had fun making the GIF.

@ndbob
You are correct. The mic was live, but the quip was not broadcast. It was leaked later.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:05pm listener james from westwood:

Amazing, given that that quip was in a time when that would have taken some doing, with tape and whatnot, vs. today, when getting audio out to the world is what, a 30-second procedure!
Avatar 6:05pm Sarah N:

Give the bomber some!
Avatar 6:06pm Peter Nelson:

And yet Ronny seems quite sane compared to who's been along since. Him and Maggie made a great comic partnership.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:06pm listener james from westwood:

@Sarah N: Followed by Kaminsky Falloutsky!
Avatar 6:06pm ndbob:

I think that's ridiculous Rich - sorry- I'm not exactly a Reagan fan - but do you really think he enjoyed doing "this shit" - I find your comment amazing
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:07pm Doug Schulkind:

Hiya, Peter 'n' Sarah!
Avatar 6:08pm Peter Nelson:

Hiya, Doug 'n' Doug.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:09pm Doug Schulkind:

This song was first performed by Ann Peebles, who co-wrote it.
Avatar 6:09pm ndbob:

right Doug - Terry Manning being another Memphis guy
Avatar 6:10pm Sarah N:

Hello Doug, listener James (ha ha) and all you funky eared groove meisters. Funk us up good, (Schul)kind sir!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:11pm Doug Schulkind:

Memphis drenched, ndbob!

Welcome, Funky Eared Groove Meisters! (Please pick up your badges and goody bags at the hospitality table.)
Avatar 6:12pm glenn:

all right! free merch!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:12pm Doug Schulkind:

Big Star's Chris Bell on guitar?
Avatar 6:13pm Carmichael:

Howdy Doug and acolytes. When Reagan was shot, I was in a secure communications van in the Middle East. It suddenly came dinging over the teletype. Presumably, I was one of the 1st people anywhere to hear about it. And it scared the shit out of me, too.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:16pm Rich in Washington:

ndbob: I was a teenager. That's what I thought back then. Sorry if you find that ridiculous.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:16pm Doug Schulkind:

The last dinging teletype I remember also came from 1981, Carmichael. I was outside of Cleveland at my college radio station and Cleveland Indians pitcher Len Barker had just thrown a perfect game.
Avatar 6:17pm ndbob:

I didn't find out about the Reagan shooting for an hour and a half - was in my car coming home from work - the radio was broken
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:17pm Doug Schulkind:

The things teenage me was thinking would scare the shit out of most people.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:18pm Jeff Golick:

I also recall fearing that a draft was coming. I remember mailing in some kind of registration thing upon turning 18, and really not digging the notion.
Avatar 6:18pm glenn:

against the blue jays, unfortunately.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:19pm Rich in Washington:

There was someone beating the drum for the reinstatement of the draft. Also, some kind of change to the requirement to register, draft cards, etc.
Avatar 6:19pm ndbob:

I will never forget my draft lottery number - 325
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:21pm Jeff Golick:

@ndbob: was a low number good or bad?
Avatar 6:21pm still b/p:

Just a day or two ago was thinking about the pissed-off Harry Reasoner in that day's early reporting:
"Let's get it nailed down...somebody...let's find out! Let's get it straight so we can report this thing accurately!"
Well, Harry, it was a mess that day and is typically a mess still when big news breaks. Moreso now with the bigger, uglier, more varied media mob rush and idjit frenzy.
Avatar 6:22pm still b/p:

No...Frank Reynolds...not Harry. Can't I report this thing accurately?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:23pm Jeff Golick:

I generally felt in line with Woody Allen's quip that he was classified as "4F" -- in the event of war, he was a hostage.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:23pm Jeff Golick:

(Another joke ruined!)
Avatar 6:23pm ndbob:

@Jeff a low number was good - what a relief that was!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:24pm Doug Schulkind:

My mother always told me that if I got drafted, she would shoot me in the foot. It was only years later that I learned that the shooting would have been voluntary. I am not kidding.
Avatar 6:24pm ndbob:

woops high number
Avatar 6:24pm ndbob:

was thinking low as in near the bottom
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:26pm Doug Schulkind:

Greetings, still b/p!
Avatar 6:26pm ndbob:

so I gave up my student deferment - was reclassified 1-A and waited out the year
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:26pm Doug Schulkind:

This track from the St. Teresa Holiness Science Church comes from the Kevin Nutt collection. Thank you, Sinner!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:27pm Rich in Washington:

I remember hearing Viet Nam era relatives and coworkers citing their low numbers as a sign of how lucky/unlucky they were (depending on whether they were called up or not).
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:28pm Doug Schulkind:

If I had gotten drafted, I would walked right in and blown it with my induction officer. And when I say blown it, I mean... it. That would've kept me home.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:29pm Rich in Washington:

You'd have pulled a Nugent on 'em, Doug?
Avatar 6:30pm glenn:

give the klinger some.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:32pm Doug Schulkind:

@Rich in Washington
I once saw Ted Nugent live as part of an all-day hard rok fest at RFK Stadium in DC. He was a fool back then, too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:33pm listener james from westwood:

Principal Skinner: Er, one question remains: how do I get out of the army?
Bart: No problemo. Just make a pass at your commanding officer.
Principal Skinner: Done and done. And I mean done!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:33pm Doug Schulkind:

Glad you are here to tell the story, ndbob.

@LJFW
Going to the sacred texts again!
Avatar 6:34pm glenn:

box score for len barker's perfect game, attended by 7,290 fans.
www.baseball-reference.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:35pm Doug Schulkind:

The Qualitons are from Hungary. Speaking of Hungary, after the show, I am headed down to the kitchen to make artichoke heart/sautéed mushroom/prosciutto pizza.
Avatar 6:35pm ndbob:

TY Doug! I do remember that game - and having no idea who Len Barker was
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:36pm Doug Schulkind:

@ndbob
The AP newswire went crazy with five bells! Five bells were usually reserved for natural disasters!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:36pm Rich in Washington:

I used to work with a guy who claimed that he and a friend were tearin' it up in a jeep in the mountains of Colorado when they broke down and were stranded and ended up getting rescued by a hunter who ended up being Ted Nugent. No idea if the story was true but if not, he sold it well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:38pm Doug Schulkind:

@Rich in Washington
Well, Ted Nugent just peed in that Colorado River, turning it dark yellow. (Ew gross.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:39pm listener james from westwood:

Spicy stuff there from Hungary!
Avatar 6:39pm ndbob:

@Doug Woah!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:42pm listener james from westwood:

When Titles Become Toxic, Part a Zillion: awfullibrarybooks.net...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:43pm Doug Schulkind:

GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO PROGRAMMING ALERT...
Paid By the Tear with Sasha is up next on the Drummer Stream, filling in for Kaminsky Kamoutsky: wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:43pm Doug Schulkind:

@LJFW
I think it should have been "Coming On You." (Ew gross.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:44pm Jeff Golick:

@ljfw: aiiiiEEEEEEEE!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:46pm listener james from westwood:

@Doug: More pertinent to tonight's inspiration: awfullibrarybooks.net/will-the-soviet-union-survive/
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:49pm Doug Schulkind:

Ha! I think I read the review in the Soviet Onion.
Avatar 6:49pm ndbob:

@James _ That's a great site in general!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:52pm listener james from westwood:

@ndbob, I had plumb forgotten about it until someone recirculated a post about one of the books in my Tumblr feed. I can only imagine what books libraries get from eager authors now that barriers to self-publishing are far lower.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:52pm Jeff Golick:

@ljfw: Revised and Expanded with a new Afterword: YES.
Avatar 6:52pm Monica:

hola, doug!! loving this barry waite unlimited jam.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:54pm Doug Schulkind:

Hola Ms. Monica!!! Love the Whiz Kid list you just posted on FB. Classic! www.facebook.com...
Avatar 6:56pm ndbob:

@James I used to collect vintage paperbacks found some really odd stuff
  6:56pm Santos L Halper:

Loving these funky drummers. Thanks Doug!
  6:56pm Dean:

@ljfw: Among the best donations, Mind Control Within the United States. http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Control-Within-United-States/dp/0965817407
Avatar 6:57pm Monica:

thx for sharing, dougeleh!
Avatar 6:57pm Jeff:

Likin' this The Hot 8 Brass Band - it's just full of big loose joy.

Y'know who always had a weakness for a big beautiful little-bit-sloppy brass sound? A certain lady named Monica. I wonder what she's up to.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:57pm Doug Schulkind:

Love love love the Hot 8! The story of tragedy befalling a member of this brass band was told in the HBO show The Treme.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:57pm Doug Schulkind:

Members of the actual band and their families PLAYED THEMSELVES in the funeral depicted in the show.
Avatar 6:58pm ndbob:

excellent show Doug!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:58pm Doug Schulkind:

@Jeff
There will always be a Sterno keeping a seat warming for Monica here at GTDR!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:00pm listener james from westwood:

Thanks for the show, Doug!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:00pm Jeff Golick:

Thanks Doug!
Avatar 7:00pm Jeff:

Doug, you're a man of taste.

Monica - we're ready anytime! I can give hints about setting up a remote DJ rig.
Avatar 7:01pm Monica:

hey, jeff! thx so much. terrif show a toujours, doug!
Avatar 7:02pm Sarah N:

Thanks Doug. The funk meter reads full. Booooom!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:03pm Doug Schulkind:

Glad to blow, um, you away, Sarah N!
Avatar 11:54am bobdc:

Check out what Bootsy Collins and Jerry Harrison did with this infamous sound bite, very shortly after Reagan made these comments: www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:24pm Doug Schulkind:

@bobdc
Yes of course. Should've been on the show. Thanks for contributing this!
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