WFMU: Ira: Playlist from May 18, 2016

Listener comments!
	3:05pm sphere: hey Ira! nice hearing you again.
	3:05pm MONEYBAG$: Good afternoon Ira
	3:06pm bobsmart567: Great show in Portsmouth last month!
	3:08pm mark r: Digging the sounds, Ira. I thought this Ten Year's After track was something from the 50s or something--very cool.
	3:08pm mariano: Damn, missed K-Doe! Oh well... hi everyone, Ira!
	3:08pm Cliff: Hello Ira & everyone
	3:09pm MONEYBAG$: I have this album somewhere...bought it for the cover
	3:09pm bobsmart567: Calm down, Alvin. (ha)
	3:09pm melinda: hi Ira & folks!
	3:10pm Sem Chumbo: Hiya, Ira, and all. Alvin and the lads, eh? Boy, been a while.
	3:10pm Ira: For you and me, both, Sem
	3:11pm sphere: Ten Years After as an organ jazz trio? who knew!
	3:12pm KevinfromBayRidge: Hello all. IRA for IRWIN Swap going swimmingly well! GO ALVIN!!!
	3:13pm mariano: Reminds me of that Sabbath track from Live at Last, the jazzy break they put in the middle of Wicked World.
	3:18pm markreichard: I like the Texas Instruments track, too. It has sort of a Television-y vibe for me, instumentally. Anybody else hear that?
	3:20pm bobsmart567: Nice snare on that Texas Instruments!
	3:27pm Ira: Hmm, a little off center, this 45.
	3:27pm Sem Chumbo: Varetta and the Thomases and then Millie. Be still, my heart. I'm coming to join ya, Elizabeth!
	3:37pm Wendy del Formaggio: Just tuned in. Nice to hear you on the air, Ira the K.
	3:38pm mariano: Wow, what a perfect way to go, sad as it is.
	3:39pm mariano: Who else died on stage? The guy from Morphine, but who else?
	3:39pm Ernst: That's actually really interesting
	3:45pm Parq: Mariano, right off the top of my head, the guitarist from Stone the Crows was electrocuted on stage by an improperly grounded guitar.
	3:45pm Fredericks: The Q sounds just fine, Ira. Thanks!
	3:46pm Parq: Update, it was a mike, not a guitar. The guy was Les Harvey, whose brother was the Sensational Alex Harvey.
	3:47pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hey there, Ira and Iranians. @mariano - The singer for The Beat Farmers, Country Dick Montana, died on stage. Would you count Dimebag Darrel as well?
	3:49pm mariano: Thanks for the info, @Parq & @Ken -- personally I'd count Dimebag, poor guy.
	3:51pm melinda: This Mama Na Mwana is nice.
	3:54pm Parq: Jeez, I didn't know about the Dimebag Darrell case. Rough.
	4:00pm Sem Chumbo: Oh my god, what was Rod thinking?
	4:02pm Parq: Heh. Was just thinking, gee, that sounds like Rod McKuen.
	4:02pm Ira: There are clearly multiple ways to listen to the warm!
	4:03pm Sem Chumbo: heh. Love to have thirty or so of Doc's jackets. Stylish.
	4:07pm mariano: Sorry for the morbidity!
	4:08pm ChrisB.: Joey Ramone?
	4:09pm mark r: Dick Shawn very famously died onstage. Had a heart attack, everybody thought he was doing a bit, until they realized he wasn't kidding and it was too late to do anything (in fairness, he might have died anyway).
	4:11pm Sem Chumbo: Lorenzo San DuBois.
	4:11pm Parq: John Lennon was named in Cheryl Crow's "Maybe Angels' and by the 'Mones doing "Rock & Roll Radio" and was one of a number of musicians namechecked by James Brown, Bobby Byrd and Hank Ballard in "Funky Side of Town".
	4:12pm JP from KC: Here you go, Mariano! en.wikipedia.org...
	4:12pm Polyus: I think Irwin is supposed to clean the bathrooms.
	4:13pm P-90: Irwin doesn't seem like the kind of guy who wouldn't do his chore. Does he?
	4:13pm MONEYBAG$: Ira, just vacuum with the mic on. Maybe turn on some reverb.
	4:13pm mariano: Thanks @JP!
	4:14pm berbo: No, vacuum cleaning is Irwin's assigned chore. He voluntarily cleans the bathrooms for the fun of it.
	4:15pm mark r: There's a chart in the kitchen and on the elevator. This is fascinating inside info for listeners who haven't been to the station, a peek behind the curtain, as it were. Like most peeks behind the curtain, you usually end up understanding the function of curtains more than anything.
	4:16pm Parq: Wow, JP, Redd Fox and Dick Shawn both had their deaths mistaken for a part of their acts.
	4:16pm melinda: Ultimate Care II sounds like the name of a vacuum cleaner or other appliance.
	4:16pm ChrisB.: "Dancing with Joey Ramone," Amy Rigby, "I Want to Be Your Joey Ramone," Sleater Kinney, "The Miracle of Joey Ramone," U2.
	4:17pm Sem Chumbo: @Parq: quite the co-inky-dink, huh? Must have looked at the same Wiki-thingy pages as I did.
	4:17pm sphere: this could be a significant moment in WFMU history.
	4:17pm fleep: Didn't know he played Hooverphone as well. What a talent.
	4:18pm Kat in Chicago: This is such a WFMU moment. Live vacuuming over a track created from samples of washing machine sounds.
	4:18pm Wendy del Formaggio: You missed a spot, Ira.
	4:19pm sphere: Matmos uses the washing machine in the live show supporting the album, or so i hear.
	4:19pm MONEYBAG$: Maybe Irwin could do this over a Joe Frank episode
	4:19pm Kat in Chicago: @melinda pitchfork.com...
	4:20pm Parq: Kat, yes, that pretty much sums the whole thing up, doesn't it?
	4:20pm Kat in Chicago: @sphere they do! sadly, I missed the Chicago stop.
	4:20pm mark r: Ultimate Care II sounds like a skin care "system" Cindy Crawford would hawk on a 1 am infomercial.
	4:21pm melinda: Thanks Kat. Of course.
	4:21pm Kat in Chicago: Ultimate Care II would be a lovely name for all manner of things.
	4:23pm Sem Chumbo: Thx for that, Kat. Order yourself an adult beverage on me.
	4:24pm Kat in Chicago: Will do, Sem. Might have to wait till after work though.
	4:25pm Archival Detritus: LOVE the vacuuming. So down to earth.
	4:29pm Sem Chumbo: I like that. might
	4:30pm Carmichael: Hey there Ira and Dana.
	4:31pm ChrisB.: "Hey Ray, lighten up!" "OK, here's "Guitarzan."
	4:31pm Kat in Chicago: Ha, I was just about to make a Gitarzan reference
	4:34pm Cliff: Aww jeez, I went out for a walk and missed Matmos. Well I could always go down to the basement and bang on the washing machines with some sledgehammers
	4:35pm JP from KC: You won't replicate this performance, Cliff. Ira was vacuuming live on-air while it played.
	4:36pm Cliff: Well I gotta listen to that on the archives, then!
	4:37pm Ira: Joey Ramone! Do the Fleshtones or Ronnie Spector mention him by name too? (I can't check right now.)
	4:44pm P-90: "Dark Star"! I was going nuts trying to remember where this was from-had to check the playlist. The USC student film of John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon, later fleshed out for theatrical release. NGC 891 is an actual nebula, up there in the sky.
	4:51pm berbo: Is John Carpenter the composer on the Dark Star track?
	4:51pm Michael 98145: My favorite NGC object is WFMU
	4:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...how nice to come home to this RubberSoul outtake rarity ...
	4:58pm Ira: That's right--Julius LaRosa--the 133rd 5th Beatle.
	4:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...tho' I missed the Elevators & 10YearsAfter doing Woody Herman...
	4:59pm bobsmart567: www.amiright.com...
	5:00pm melinda: This is lovely.
	5:01pm P-90: I suspect the corny old-fashioned "dance hall" music that plays after the computer voice announces "Martin Segundo and the Scintilla Strings" came from a catalog of stock music cues you can buy for your movie for a few bucks. Not like Carpenter's later synth-based stuff at all. The joke was that the astronauts stuck on this multi-year space mission would have to listen to this muzak on board. "When Moonlight Falls on NGC 891" is a Jetsons-ish joke about an old-fashioned big-band type song title with an astronomical reference thrown in.
	5:06pm Uncle Michael: Greetings, Ira. If you haven't heard the actual firing, it's beyond imagining. It's breathtaking.
	5:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Jeffrey Ross Hyman, known by his stage name Joey Ramone... [Wikipedia] Born: May 19, 1951, Forest Hills, New York City, NY Died: April 15, 2001, Manhattan, New York City, NY Height: 6′ 6″ Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend... [Wikipedia] Born: May 19, 1945 (age 70), Chiswick, London, United Kingdom
	5:10pm P-90: Julius LaRosa: one of those guys whose obituary you're surprised to read, because you would have guessed he'd been gone a while already...
	5:11pm Matt: They're playing the nationals!
	5:11pm Wendy del Formaggio: I had no idea there was a Mets MSR Madness song. I am not sure if I am happy or frightened.
	5:14pm ylabuk: we want you drop by to istanbul again soon!!
	5:15pm mauri: mo' hammered all eee
	5:26pm bobsmart567: Dudes sound pretty baked
	5:27pm melinda: I didn't know Harper's Bizarre covered this. @bobsmart: yeah, I was gonna say it's like the Valium version of Knock on Wood.
	5:28pm Carmichael: Ted Templeman was the de facto leader of Harper's Bizarre.
	5:28pm bobsmart567: We've gone from Vicodin to speed
	5:31pm Clay: Checking in late, unfortunately, but loving it. Julius LaRosa ... I think his career was derailed by Arthur Godfrey on live TV, but you've probably gone over this. And as far as stage deaths ... the only thing that comes to mind is Gary Thain from Uriah Heep who was electrocuted onstage ... died later of complications. Always remember ...
	5:33pm Uncle Michael: Parkyakarkus died at the podium during a Friar's Club roast and people assumed it was a gag.
	5:33pm steveo: Rockin' show, guvnor.
	5:33pm Clay: Ha! Rod McKuen, Celebrity Twist. He must have doubled down on the Twist craze entries ... I remember he did Oliver Twist (a twist song) circa '62.
	5:35pm Cliff: "1673: Molière, the French actor and playwright, died after being seized by a violent coughing fit while playing the title role in his play Le Malade imaginaire (The Hypochondriac)." - from en.wikipedia.org...
	5:40pm flashbazbo: Ooh me me....Didn't mark sandman die onstage?
	5:40pm ChrisB.: Ira's speaking voice is so much like his singing voice, he could make a bonus track out of the playlist.
	5:42pm Ira: Oliver Twist is the B-side.
	5:43pm Carmichael: @UM: Was parkyakarkus the father of Albert Brooks (and Judy the Cop)?
	5:44pm Clay: Thanks for the clarification on McKuen. From Wiki "Actor and comedian Joe E. Ross suffered a heart attack and died while performing on stage. His wife reportedly collected just half of Ross' fee because he had failed to do a full show."
	5:44pm Fredericks: I thought David Gilgour was Yo La Tengo. Then I said "no way." Ken would slap Ira's knuckles with a ruler.
	5:45pm Uncle Michael: Yes, Carmichael.
	5:46pm Ira: David Gil-M-our = Yo La Tengo, so no Pink Floyd on this show.
	5:47pm Linda Lee: really, really lovely show Ira. thank you!
	5:47pm Fredericks: Right!
	5:49pm Ira: Thanks, everyone!! Was that a request for one more twist number? Coming right up . . .
	5:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Set of joy.
	5:51pm Linda Lee: love the joey dee mightily.
	5:51pm Fredericks: Hope it's the "The Basie Twist" — Count Basie.
	5:52pm Cliff: Thank you Ira!
	5:52pm ChrisB.: That's one hot tambourine!
	5:52pm bobsmart567: Plays a mean tambourine
	5:52pm Fredericks: Not really. The thought disgusts me.
	5:53pm Linda Lee: i see ferris wheels!
	5:53pm Fredericks: Clayton, it's Joey Dee!
	5:54pm Sem Chumbo: Swell afternoon, Ira the K. (Kid Congo et al a special trea)t. Hope to hear you around here again before long. Bye!
	5:56pm Parq: Dug the show big-time ITK. By the way, the bad poet also did something called "(You Ought To See) Oliver Twist". Bill Kelly plays it every now and again.
	5:56pm Carmichael: I remember seeing the Dick Van Dyke show, where they found a singing sensation who had a new dance called "The Twizzle".
	5:57pm melinda: Thanks for the tunes Ira!
	5:58pm Carmichael: Yeah, thanks Ira. This has been swell.
	5:59pm Monica: H'Ira! Great show, wonderful surprise.
	5:59pm bobsmart567: Thanks Ira
	6:00pm chris: thanks, Ira!
	6:01pm Michael 98145: a clean studio is a happy studio
	6:01pm popsicornia: That was a treat, thanks!
	6:01pm P-90: Danke, Ira Dude!
	6:02pm Stau: Dick Shawn

Ira: Playlist from May 18, 2016

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May 18, 2016: fill-in for Irwin

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	Approx. start time
	Ira the K theme "Ira the K theme"			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Cozy Cole	Turvy part 1 "Turvy part 1" by "Cozy Cole"			0:02:01 (Pop-up)
Ernie K-Doe	Little Bit of Everything			0:04:21 (Pop-up)
Ten Years After	Woodchopper's Ball			0:06:52 (Pop-up)
The Texas Instruments	Good Times in Rhythm			0:14:24 (Pop-up)
Thirteenth Floor Elevators	Wait for My Love			0:19:50 (Pop-up)
Varetta & the Thomases	Breaking Hearts			0:23:08 (Pop-up)
Millie Jackson	Ask Me What You Want			0:25:35 (Pop-up)
Woody Herman	It's Your Thing "It's Your Thing" by "Woody Herman"			0:28:33 (Pop-up)
Cozy Cole	Turvy part 2 "Turvy part 2" by "Cozy Cole"			0:31:31 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Sonny Rollins	There's No Business Like Show Business		Jane Little RIP	0:33:58 (Pop-up)
Los Straitjackets	Friday on My Mind			0:40:14 (Pop-up)
NRBQ	Don't You Know "Don't You Know" by "NRBQ"			0:43:02 (Pop-up)
Johnny Amelio	Downbeat's "Downbeat's" by "Johnny Amelio"			0:45:54 (Pop-up)
Jean Bosco Mwenda	Mama Na Mwana "Mama Na Mwana" by "Jean Bosco Mwenda"			0:47:58 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Richman	Outside O'Duffy's			0:50:52 (Pop-up)
High Llamas	Bramble Black "Bramble Black" by "High Llamas"			0:53:38 (Pop-up)
The Goon Sax	Home Haircuts "Home Haircuts" by "The Goon Sax"			0:56:16 (Pop-up)
Rod McKuen	Celebrity Twist "Celebrity Twist" by "Rod McKuen"			1:00:12 (Pop-up)
Doc Severinsen	Carry That Weight "Carry That Weight" by "Doc Severinsen"			1:02:09 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Matmos	Ultimate Care II "Ultimate Care II" by "Matmos"			1:04:25 (Pop-up)
Roberto Jordan	Voy a Meterme en Tu Corazon			1:21:01 (Pop-up)
Twinkeyz	Twinkeyz Theme "Twinkeyz Theme" by "Twinkeyz"			1:23:36 (Pop-up)
Ray Stevens	Mr. Businessman "Mr. Businessman" by "Ray Stevens"			1:26:55 (Pop-up)
Dana Gillespie	Pay You Back With Interest			1:30:02 (Pop-up)
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane	Angelica			1:32:40 (Pop-up)
Martin Segundo & the Scintilla Strings	When Twilight Falls on NGC891	Dark Star OST		1:38:32 (Pop-up)
Budamunk & Ill Sugi	Friendly Vibrations			1:43:03 (Pop-up)
Tramaine	The Rock "The Rock" by "Tramaine"			1:46:10 (Pop-up)
Electric Guest	This Head I Hold "This Head I Hold" by "Electric Guest"			1:52:09 (Pop-up)
Julius LaRosa	Lipstick and Candy and Rubbersole Shoes		Julius LaRosa RIP	1:55:03 (Pop-up)
Chris Abrahams	Clung, Eloquent "Clung, Eloquent" by "Chris Abrahams"			1:56:59 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Man Friday	Groove "Groove" by "Man Friday"			2:01:40 (Pop-up)
Rodd Keith	The Mets Special "The Mets Special" by "Rodd Keith"			2:09:18 (Pop-up)
Verne Harrell	Muhammad Ali "Muhammad Ali" by "Verne Harrell"			2:11:56 (Pop-up)
Clarence Carter	You've Been a Long Time Coming			2:15:13 (Pop-up)
Jerry Fuller	Double Life "Double Life" by "Jerry Fuller"			2:17:51 (Pop-up)
Marvin Franklin with Kimo and the Guys	Kona Winds			2:20:46 (Pop-up)
Harper's Bizarre	Knock On Wood "Knock On Wood" by "Harper's Bizarre"			2:24:10 (Pop-up)
Lynn Hope	Blues for Anna Bacoa "Blues for Anna Bacoa" by "Lynn Hope"			2:27:11 (Pop-up)
Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds	Chicano Studies			2:29:53 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Griffith	Do It "Do It" by "Johnny Griffith"			2:33:47 (Pop-up)
Jeremy Spencer	String-a-Long "String-a-Long" by "Jeremy Spencer"			2:38:20 (Pop-up)
David Kilgour	Fallaway (demo) "Fallaway (demo)" by "David Kilgour"			2:40:36 (Pop-up)
Scattered Brains of the Lovely Union	Party to Your Om			2:44:12 (Pop-up)
Los Ovnis	Cuando Era Nio "Cuando Era Nio" by "Los Ovnis"			2:47:45 (Pop-up)
Joey Dee & the Starlighters	Ya Ya Twist			2:50:24 (Pop-up)
Gerardo Iacoucci	Simbolismo Fantastico			2:54:10 (Pop-up)
Kid Millions / Harry Taussig	No Sleeping Bag			2:56:14 (Pop-up)
Chuck MCCann	outro "outro" by "Chuck MCCann"			2:59:54 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:05pm sphere: hey Ira! nice hearing you again.
	3:05pm MONEYBAG$: Good afternoon Ira
	3:06pm bobsmart567: Great show in Portsmouth last month!
	3:08pm mark r: Digging the sounds, Ira. I thought this Ten Year's After track was something from the 50s or something--very cool.
	3:08pm mariano: Damn, missed K-Doe! Oh well... hi everyone, Ira!
	3:08pm Cliff: Hello Ira & everyone
	3:09pm MONEYBAG$: I have this album somewhere...bought it for the cover
	3:09pm bobsmart567: Calm down, Alvin. (ha)
	3:09pm melinda: hi Ira & folks!
	3:10pm Sem Chumbo: Hiya, Ira, and all. Alvin and the lads, eh? Boy, been a while.
	3:10pm Ira: For you and me, both, Sem
	3:11pm sphere: Ten Years After as an organ jazz trio? who knew!
	3:12pm KevinfromBayRidge: Hello all. IRA for IRWIN Swap going swimmingly well! GO ALVIN!!!
	3:13pm mariano: Reminds me of that Sabbath track from Live at Last, the jazzy break they put in the middle of Wicked World.
	3:18pm markreichard: I like the Texas Instruments track, too. It has sort of a Television-y vibe for me, instumentally. Anybody else hear that?
	3:20pm bobsmart567: Nice snare on that Texas Instruments!
	3:27pm Ira: Hmm, a little off center, this 45.
	3:27pm Sem Chumbo: Varetta and the Thomases and then Millie. Be still, my heart. I'm coming to join ya, Elizabeth!
	3:37pm Wendy del Formaggio: Just tuned in. Nice to hear you on the air, Ira the K.
	3:38pm mariano: Wow, what a perfect way to go, sad as it is.
	3:39pm mariano: Who else died on stage? The guy from Morphine, but who else?
	3:39pm Ernst: That's actually really interesting
	3:45pm Parq: Mariano, right off the top of my head, the guitarist from Stone the Crows was electrocuted on stage by an improperly grounded guitar.
	3:45pm Fredericks: The Q sounds just fine, Ira. Thanks!
	3:46pm Parq: Update, it was a mike, not a guitar. The guy was Les Harvey, whose brother was the Sensational Alex Harvey.
	3:47pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hey there, Ira and Iranians. @mariano - The singer for The Beat Farmers, Country Dick Montana, died on stage. Would you count Dimebag Darrel as well?
	3:49pm mariano: Thanks for the info, @Parq & @Ken -- personally I'd count Dimebag, poor guy.
	3:51pm melinda: This Mama Na Mwana is nice.
	3:54pm Parq: Jeez, I didn't know about the Dimebag Darrell case. Rough.
	4:00pm Sem Chumbo: Oh my god, what was Rod thinking?
	4:02pm Parq: Heh. Was just thinking, gee, that sounds like Rod McKuen.
	4:02pm Ira: There are clearly multiple ways to listen to the warm!
	4:03pm Sem Chumbo: heh. Love to have thirty or so of Doc's jackets. Stylish.
	4:07pm mariano: Sorry for the morbidity!
	4:08pm ChrisB.: Joey Ramone?
	4:09pm mark r: Dick Shawn very famously died onstage. Had a heart attack, everybody thought he was doing a bit, until they realized he wasn't kidding and it was too late to do anything (in fairness, he might have died anyway).
	4:11pm Sem Chumbo: Lorenzo San DuBois.
	4:11pm Parq: John Lennon was named in Cheryl Crow's "Maybe Angels' and by the 'Mones doing "Rock & Roll Radio" and was one of a number of musicians namechecked by James Brown, Bobby Byrd and Hank Ballard in "Funky Side of Town".
	4:12pm JP from KC: Here you go, Mariano! en.wikipedia.org...
	4:12pm Polyus: I think Irwin is supposed to clean the bathrooms.
	4:13pm P-90: Irwin doesn't seem like the kind of guy who wouldn't do his chore. Does he?
	4:13pm MONEYBAG$: Ira, just vacuum with the mic on. Maybe turn on some reverb.
	4:13pm mariano: Thanks @JP!
	4:14pm berbo: No, vacuum cleaning is Irwin's assigned chore. He voluntarily cleans the bathrooms for the fun of it.
	4:15pm mark r: There's a chart in the kitchen and on the elevator. This is fascinating inside info for listeners who haven't been to the station, a peek behind the curtain, as it were. Like most peeks behind the curtain, you usually end up understanding the function of curtains more than anything.
	4:16pm Parq: Wow, JP, Redd Fox and Dick Shawn both had their deaths mistaken for a part of their acts.
	4:16pm melinda: Ultimate Care II sounds like the name of a vacuum cleaner or other appliance.
	4:16pm ChrisB.: "Dancing with Joey Ramone," Amy Rigby, "I Want to Be Your Joey Ramone," Sleater Kinney, "The Miracle of Joey Ramone," U2.
	4:17pm Sem Chumbo: @Parq: quite the co-inky-dink, huh? Must have looked at the same Wiki-thingy pages as I did.
	4:17pm sphere: this could be a significant moment in WFMU history.
	4:17pm fleep: Didn't know he played Hooverphone as well. What a talent.
	4:18pm Kat in Chicago: This is such a WFMU moment. Live vacuuming over a track created from samples of washing machine sounds.
	4:18pm Wendy del Formaggio: You missed a spot, Ira.
	4:19pm sphere: Matmos uses the washing machine in the live show supporting the album, or so i hear.
	4:19pm MONEYBAG$: Maybe Irwin could do this over a Joe Frank episode
	4:19pm Kat in Chicago: @melinda pitchfork.com...
	4:20pm Parq: Kat, yes, that pretty much sums the whole thing up, doesn't it?
	4:20pm Kat in Chicago: @sphere they do! sadly, I missed the Chicago stop.
	4:20pm mark r: Ultimate Care II sounds like a skin care "system" Cindy Crawford would hawk on a 1 am infomercial.
	4:21pm melinda: Thanks Kat. Of course.
	4:21pm Kat in Chicago: Ultimate Care II would be a lovely name for all manner of things.
	4:23pm Sem Chumbo: Thx for that, Kat. Order yourself an adult beverage on me.
	4:24pm Kat in Chicago: Will do, Sem. Might have to wait till after work though.
	4:25pm Archival Detritus: LOVE the vacuuming. So down to earth.
	4:29pm Sem Chumbo: I like that. might
	4:30pm Carmichael: Hey there Ira and Dana.
	4:31pm ChrisB.: "Hey Ray, lighten up!" "OK, here's "Guitarzan."
	4:31pm Kat in Chicago: Ha, I was just about to make a Gitarzan reference
	4:34pm Cliff: Aww jeez, I went out for a walk and missed Matmos. Well I could always go down to the basement and bang on the washing machines with some sledgehammers
	4:35pm JP from KC: You won't replicate this performance, Cliff. Ira was vacuuming live on-air while it played.
	4:36pm Cliff: Well I gotta listen to that on the archives, then!
	4:37pm Ira: Joey Ramone! Do the Fleshtones or Ronnie Spector mention him by name too? (I can't check right now.)
	4:44pm P-90: "Dark Star"! I was going nuts trying to remember where this was from-had to check the playlist. The USC student film of John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon, later fleshed out for theatrical release. NGC 891 is an actual nebula, up there in the sky.
	4:51pm berbo: Is John Carpenter the composer on the Dark Star track?
	4:51pm Michael 98145: My favorite NGC object is WFMU
	4:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...how nice to come home to this RubberSoul outtake rarity ...
	4:58pm Ira: That's right--Julius LaRosa--the 133rd 5th Beatle.
	4:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...tho' I missed the Elevators & 10YearsAfter doing Woody Herman...
	4:59pm bobsmart567: www.amiright.com...
	5:00pm melinda: This is lovely.
	5:01pm P-90: I suspect the corny old-fashioned "dance hall" music that plays after the computer voice announces "Martin Segundo and the Scintilla Strings" came from a catalog of stock music cues you can buy for your movie for a few bucks. Not like Carpenter's later synth-based stuff at all. The joke was that the astronauts stuck on this multi-year space mission would have to listen to this muzak on board. "When Moonlight Falls on NGC 891" is a Jetsons-ish joke about an old-fashioned big-band type song title with an astronomical reference thrown in.
	5:06pm Uncle Michael: Greetings, Ira. If you haven't heard the actual firing, it's beyond imagining. It's breathtaking.
	5:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Jeffrey Ross Hyman, known by his stage name Joey Ramone... [Wikipedia] Born: May 19, 1951, Forest Hills, New York City, NY Died: April 15, 2001, Manhattan, New York City, NY Height: 6′ 6″ Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend... [Wikipedia] Born: May 19, 1945 (age 70), Chiswick, London, United Kingdom
	5:10pm P-90: Julius LaRosa: one of those guys whose obituary you're surprised to read, because you would have guessed he'd been gone a while already...
	5:11pm Matt: They're playing the nationals!
	5:11pm Wendy del Formaggio: I had no idea there was a Mets MSR Madness song. I am not sure if I am happy or frightened.
	5:14pm ylabuk: we want you drop by to istanbul again soon!!
	5:15pm mauri: mo' hammered all eee
	5:26pm bobsmart567: Dudes sound pretty baked
	5:27pm melinda: I didn't know Harper's Bizarre covered this. @bobsmart: yeah, I was gonna say it's like the Valium version of Knock on Wood.
	5:28pm Carmichael: Ted Templeman was the de facto leader of Harper's Bizarre.
	5:28pm bobsmart567: We've gone from Vicodin to speed
	5:31pm Clay: Checking in late, unfortunately, but loving it. Julius LaRosa ... I think his career was derailed by Arthur Godfrey on live TV, but you've probably gone over this. And as far as stage deaths ... the only thing that comes to mind is Gary Thain from Uriah Heep who was electrocuted onstage ... died later of complications. Always remember ...
	5:33pm Uncle Michael: Parkyakarkus died at the podium during a Friar's Club roast and people assumed it was a gag.
	5:33pm steveo: Rockin' show, guvnor.
	5:33pm Clay: Ha! Rod McKuen, Celebrity Twist. He must have doubled down on the Twist craze entries ... I remember he did Oliver Twist (a twist song) circa '62.
	5:35pm Cliff: "1673: Molière, the French actor and playwright, died after being seized by a violent coughing fit while playing the title role in his play Le Malade imaginaire (The Hypochondriac)." - from en.wikipedia.org...
	5:40pm flashbazbo: Ooh me me....Didn't mark sandman die onstage?
	5:40pm ChrisB.: Ira's speaking voice is so much like his singing voice, he could make a bonus track out of the playlist.
	5:42pm Ira: Oliver Twist is the B-side.
	5:43pm Carmichael: @UM: Was parkyakarkus the father of Albert Brooks (and Judy the Cop)?
	5:44pm Clay: Thanks for the clarification on McKuen. From Wiki "Actor and comedian Joe E. Ross suffered a heart attack and died while performing on stage. His wife reportedly collected just half of Ross' fee because he had failed to do a full show."
	5:44pm Fredericks: I thought David Gilgour was Yo La Tengo. Then I said "no way." Ken would slap Ira's knuckles with a ruler.
	5:45pm Uncle Michael: Yes, Carmichael.
	5:46pm Ira: David Gil-M-our = Yo La Tengo, so no Pink Floyd on this show.
	5:47pm Linda Lee: really, really lovely show Ira. thank you!
	5:47pm Fredericks: Right!
	5:49pm Ira: Thanks, everyone!! Was that a request for one more twist number? Coming right up . . .
	5:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Set of joy.
	5:51pm Linda Lee: love the joey dee mightily.
	5:51pm Fredericks: Hope it's the "The Basie Twist" — Count Basie.
	5:52pm Cliff: Thank you Ira!
	5:52pm ChrisB.: That's one hot tambourine!
	5:52pm bobsmart567: Plays a mean tambourine
	5:52pm Fredericks: Not really. The thought disgusts me.
	5:53pm Linda Lee: i see ferris wheels!
	5:53pm Fredericks: Clayton, it's Joey Dee!
	5:54pm Sem Chumbo: Swell afternoon, Ira the K. (Kid Congo et al a special trea)t. Hope to hear you around here again before long. Bye!
	5:56pm Parq: Dug the show big-time ITK. By the way, the bad poet also did something called "(You Ought To See) Oliver Twist". Bill Kelly plays it every now and again.
	5:56pm Carmichael: I remember seeing the Dick Van Dyke show, where they found a singing sensation who had a new dance called "The Twizzle".
	5:57pm melinda: Thanks for the tunes Ira!
	5:58pm Carmichael: Yeah, thanks Ira. This has been swell.
	5:59pm Monica: H'Ira! Great show, wonderful surprise.
	5:59pm bobsmart567: Thanks Ira
	6:00pm chris: thanks, Ira!
	6:01pm Michael 98145: a clean studio is a happy studio
	6:01pm popsicornia: That was a treat, thanks!
	6:01pm P-90: Danke, Ira Dude!
	6:02pm Stau: Dick Shawn

Ira: Playlist from May 18, 2016

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