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Turning over the toy box and jamming together the gloriously mismatched musical Lincoln Logs, Legos and Tinker Toys from Tin Pan Alley pluggers, pickled egg tavern weepers, lockstep soul ensembles, skinny-tie power poppers, Eurotrash ravers, moontanned art school rockers, drunken soccer anthems and anything else that seems like a good idea at the time. There are no guilty pleasures.

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Favoriting June 10, 2016: We meat-loafed 'em (go Cubs).

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Artist Track Album Approx. start time
Uncle Michael  Hinky Dinky Time Open   Favoriting   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Ray Charles  Let The Good Times Roll   Favoriting The Genius of Ray Charles (Atlantic - 1959)
(From: Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1952-1959)
 
0:02:27 (Pop-up)
The Globetrotters  House Party   Favoriting The Globetrotters (Kirshner - 1970)   0:05:13 (Pop-up)
Blue Mink  Good Morning Freedom   Favoriting single (b/w Mary Jane) (Philips - 1970)
(From: Home Compilation)
 
0:08:13 (Pop-up)
Wizzard  Bend Over Beethoven   Favoriting single (b-side to See My Baby Jive) (Harvest - 1973)   0:10:59 (Pop-up)
Blossom Dearie  I'm Hip   Favoriting I'm Hip (Columbia - 1998)   0:15:30 (Pop-up)
Johnny Wakelin  In Zaire   Favoriting single (b/w You Got The Bug) (Pye - 1976)
(From: Sound Of Africa)
 
0:18:06 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Fabulous Continentals 

Undertow   Favoriting

single (b/w Return To Me) (CB - 1963)  

0:21:09 (Pop-up)
The Tubes  Stand Up And Shout   Favoriting White Punks On Dope (A&M - 1976)   0:27:08 (Pop-up)
Free Fall  Free Fall   Favoriting Power & Volume (Nuclear Blast - 2013)   0:29:42 (Pop-up)
Brownsville Station  Barefootin'   Favoriting single (b-side to Smokin' In The Boy's Room) (Big Tree - 1973)
(From: Smokin' in the Boy's Room: The Best of Brownsville Station)
 
0:33:35 (Pop-up)
The Golden Cups  Get My Mojo Working   Favoriting The Golden Cups Album (Capitol - 1968)   0:36:20 (Pop-up)
Maltese  Yasumi   Favoriting Suncrush (Donburaco - 2015)   0:39:43 (Pop-up)
RX  Sunday Bloody Sunday   Favoriting The Party Party (unk. - 2004)   0:43:30 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Ted Heath 

Theme From "Lord Of The Flies"   Favoriting

single (b/w Paris Mist) (London - 1963)
(From: Lost Jukebox - Volume 32)
 

0:46:23 (Pop-up)
Roy Hamilton  Don't Let Go   Favoriting single (b/w The Right To Love) (Epic - 1957)   0:53:06 (Pop-up)
Lord Tickler  Medley: Mango Walk / Give Me Back Me Shilling / Sweetie Charlie   Favoriting unk. (unk. - unk.)
(From: Take Me To Jamaica: The Story Of Jamaican Mento)
 
0:55:26 (Pop-up)
Bob & Ray  Anxiety - Card From Llewellyn   Favoriting n/a (Recorded off air - 1975)
(From: WOR-AM 1975 Tape 5)
 
0:58:53 (Pop-up)
The Free Design  You Be You And I'll Be Me   Favoriting Heaven/Earth (Project 3 Total Sound - 1969)   1:03:04 (Pop-up)
The Matadors (Tony, Vic And Manuel)  Ace of Hearts   Favoriting single (b-side to Perfidia) (Colpix - 1963)
(From: Lost Jukebox Vol. 99)
 
1:05:39 (Pop-up)
Grimms  Slaves Of Freedom   Favoriting Sleepers (DJM - 1976)   1:08:17 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
The Beach Boys 

Guess I'm Dumb (Instrumental Track With Background Vocals)   Favoriting

prev. unr. (Capitol - 1964)
(From: The Beach Boys - Made In California)
 

1:11:52 (Pop-up)
Jerry Lee Lewis  Ring of Fire   Favoriting Country Songs For City Folks (Smash - 1965)
(From: The Locust Years)
 
1:17:03 (Pop-up)
Johnnie Ray  Cool Water   Favoriting single (b-side to An Ordinary Couple) (Philips - 1961)
(From: Yes, Tonight Josephine)
 
1:19:02 (Pop-up)
Hank Thompson  Teach 'em How to Swim   Favoriting Songs For Rounders (Capitol - 1959)   1:21:22 (Pop-up)
Brute Force  Cudd'ly   Favoriting single (b-side to In Jim's Garage) (Columbia - 1967)
(From: Lost Jukebox Volume 080)
 
1:23:44 (Pop-up)
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (v Carmen Lombardo)  A Cottage For Sale   Favoriting shellac 10" (b/w Without You Emaline) (Columbia - 1930)   1:25:44 (Pop-up)
Red Norvo and his Orchestra (v Mildred Bailey)  Worried Over You   Favoriting shellac 10" (b-side to Tears In My Heart) (Columbia - 1937)
(From: Complete Columbia)
 
1:29:02 (Pop-up)
Terry Rice-Milton  Opening Night   Favoriting single (b-side to Your Heart's Not In Your Love) (CBS - 1970)
(From: Lost Jukebox Volume 047)
 
1:31:59 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
King Tubby 

Dub of a Woman   Favoriting

Dub From The Roots (Total Sounds - 1974)  

1:34:35 (Pop-up)
Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra (with Neil LeVang, guitar)  Riders in the Sky   Favoriting single (b/w My Love For You) (Dot - 1961)   1:43:00 (Pop-up)
Ennio Morricone  As A Judgement (Come Una Sentenza)   Favoriting C'Era Una Volta Il West (Once Upon A Time In The West) (RCA Victor Original Cast - 1969)   1:44:49 (Pop-up)
Rattles  You Can't Have Sunshine Everyday   Favoriting single (b/w Where Is The Friend) (Philips - 1970)
(From: With All the Original Hits!)
 
1:47:52 (Pop-up)
David Bowie  Neuköln   Favoriting Heroes (RCA Victor - 1977)   1:50:55 (Pop-up)
Can  Bring Me Coffee or Tea   Favoriting Tago Mago (United Artists - 1971)   1:55:23 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Young Holt Unlimited 

California Montage   Favoriting

single (b/w Straight Ahead) (Brunswick - 1969)
(From: Funky16Corners Blog )
 

2:02:05 (Pop-up)
Lesley Gore  Wonder Boy   Favoriting single (b-side to Maybe I Know) (Mercury - 1964)
(From: The Golden Hits Of Lesley Gore)
 
2:06:57 (Pop-up)
D. R. Hooker  Falling Asleep   Favoriting The Truth (On Records - 1972)   2:09:04 (Pop-up)
Orchester Jeff Hasky  Jeff's Special   Favoriting unk. (unk. - unk.)
(From: Test Card Classics 2: Big Band Width)
 
2:13:59 (Pop-up)
Tubize Royal Hawaiian Orchestra  Wabash Blues   Favoriting single (b/w In My Old Hawaiian Home) (Okeh - 1929)
(From: Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics: 1927-1938)
 
2:15:57 (Pop-up)
Pat Daisy  Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone   Favoriting single (b/w I'll Be There) (RCA Victor - 1973)
(From: Whitburn Country - 1972)
 
2:18:56 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Hughes  Neighbor, Neighbor   Favoriting single (b/w It's A Good Thing) (Fame - 1966)   2:20:59 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Perrey & Kingsley 

Pioneers of the Stars   Favoriting

Kaleidoscopic Vibrations (Vanguard - 1967)
(From: The Out Sound from Way In!)
 

2:23:30 (Pop-up)
T. Rex  Laser Love   Favoriting single (b/w Life's An Elevator) (EMI - 1976)
(From: Great Hits 1972-1977, Vol. 1: The A-Sides)
 
2:28:15 (Pop-up)
The Trout  Crazy Billy   Favoriting The Trout (MGM - 1968)   2:31:42 (Pop-up)
The 8th Day  If I Could See The Light   Favoriting single (b/w If I Could See The Light (Instrumental)) (Invictus - 1971)   2:35:01 (Pop-up)
Howlin' Wolf  Somebody In My Home (Alternate Take)   Favoriting prev. unr. (Chess - 1958)
(From: Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960)
 
2:38:04 (Pop-up)
Paula Greer  So In Love   Favoriting prev. unr. (Workshop Jazz - 1963)
(From: Complete Motown Singles - Vol 3)
 
2:40:34 (Pop-up)
Norma Jean  Go Cat Go   Favoriting single (b/w Lonesome Number One) (RCA Victor - 1964)
(From: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music - Country And Western Hit Parade)
 
2:43:37 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Ray Charles 

Rockhouse (Part 2)   Favoriting

single (b-side to Rockhouse (Part 1)) (Atlantic - 1958)  

2:45:45 (Pop-up)
Al Stewart  Year Of The Cat   Favoriting Year Of The Cat (Janus - 1976)   2:48:34 (Pop-up)
The Kinks  I Gotta Go Now   Favoriting Kinksize Session (EP) (Pye - 1964)
(From: The Anthology 1964-1971)
 
2:51:47 (Pop-up)
Frank Ifield  Goodbye Now   Favoriting single (b-side to Paradise) (Columbia - 1965)
(From: The Complete A-Side And B-Side)
 
2:54:33 (Pop-up)
Johnnie Ray  Miss Me Just A Little   Favoriting single (b/w Soliloquy Of A Fool ) (Columbia - 1957)
(From: Cry)
 
2:57:14 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Fleetwood Mac 

Albatross   Favoriting

single (b/w Jigsaw Puzzle Blues) (Blue Horizon - 1968)  

2:59:22 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Alex In Illinois:

Hello!
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ndbob:

afternoon Alex, UM everyone!
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Doug Schulkind:

Every doggone thing?
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duke:

Cool start, UM.
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listener james from westwood:

Ahhh, finally back in the office and (almost) in time for HDT! How do, UM and all!!
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Uncle Michael:

Alex! Bob! Doug! Duke! James!
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mauri:

howdy doody uncle michael.
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Uncle Michael:

mauri!
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Dominick:

Pah-tay!
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Jeff Golick:

Well this beats the Super Bowl Shuffle by a country mile in the sports song sweepstakes.
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Jeff Golick:

(By Athletes category.)
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Uncle Michael:

How many real Globetrotters are on this is anyone's guess.
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Uncle Michael:

Jeff!
  12:09pm
Dean:

Did you make it to the new Jazz Record Mart, UM?
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:10pm
doctorjazz:

Hey, going to have to run early today, but sounding great so far!
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Uncle Michael:

No rekkid shoppin' Dean.

Doc! Thanks.
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V Priceless:

Greets, Uncle M!
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Uncle Michael:

VP!
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67tele:

mornin'
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Uncle Michael:

Tele!
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Parq:

Digging Blossom, as I always do. UM, glad you had a blast on your baseball sojourn. Good to have you back.
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Uncle Michael:

Thanks Parq!
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listener james from westwood:

No lie, this Wakelin cut, and your show being the first place I heard it, were the first things I thought of after I recovered from the news re: Ali. Glad to hear it today!
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Doug Schulkind:

Nice one here, Uncle Michael.
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Uncle Michael:

Had to!
  12:27pm
Dean:

Would *love* to learn more about stand-by favorite restaurants in Chicago. I'm going in July, taking family. Will try to visit Kuma's Corner for the heavy metal decor.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:28pm
Parq:

I regret to say, I am not familiar with "meatloafing" as baseball slang, and have been unsuccessful in googling it. Help would be welcome.
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Jeff Golick:

Have you clicked on the GIF, @Dean?
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Jeff Golick:

ooops, meant @Parq!?
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listener james from westwood:

If I had to guess: getting on base but not getting to home, as per the Rizzuto bridge in "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"?
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Uncle Michael:

Two wins out of three games. Animate the gif!
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:33pm
doctorjazz:

OK, Adios! See you in the archives.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:33pm
Parq:

Ahh. The light bulb over the head goes on.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:36pm
Uncle Michael:

Not a traditional baseball term...yet.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 12:39pm
Jeff Golick:

Do people still refer to the third game of a three-game stand in which both teams have won a game as a "rubber game?"
  12:42pm
Dean:

Somebody needs to explore the semiotics of meatloaf, a la Barthes. One of the crass cartoons my kids watch features a stay-at-home dad who makes an evidently inedible meatloaf at virtually every meal. It hurts me, because my meatloaf is usually pretty good.
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Uncle Michael:

yep
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Jeff Golick:

That's good.
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Parq:

Just think what the effect on the world might have been if a college-age Georgie Bush had been successfully afforded a career as a rock star.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:56pm
Uncle Michael:

We might have had no need for Eddie Money?
  12:56pm
Dean:

Num, num. Thank you! Will investigate both of those spots. I have a friend who is pretty damn good at replicating secret recipes. Problem is he's here on the west coast, not heading to Chicago any time soon.

Just saw this in Saveur: http://www.saveur.com/picchiapo-roman-italian-braised-beef-recipe Same as Italian beef?
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Dominick:

Thanks for this!
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annie:

bob and ray.... so gd funny
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Uncle Michael:

Dean, that's decidedly different!
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ndbob:

great one here!
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ndbob:

I think some Jan and Dean involvement here?
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Uncle Michael:

google that!
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chromaphone:

Trying to think of a squarer band than the Free Design... maybe The Beach Boys when Mike Love sang lead?
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Uncle Michael:

Except...GOOD!
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Dominick:

@chromaphone - Up With People!
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V Priceless:

haha - was just listening to 'ol Neil this morning...brilliant!
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ndbob:

ah half right - jan berry is on it
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Dominick:

Dr. Love can rock with the best of them
www.youtube.com...
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Dominick:

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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holland oats:

yolo hinkies
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Parq:

Dan Quayle though the Free Design were cool, but I don't hold that against them. They have a lovely segment in Mitchell Kezin's documentary about not-quite-mainstream Christmas music.
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Mike East:

huh...Ring of Fire hook came into my head completely at random this morning. Haven't heard this song in quite a while.
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Uncle Michael:

Welcome all you recent arrivals!
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chromaphone:

Will check it Dominick. Now I'm remembering how rockin' the Beach Boys Live in London lp that my Dad used to play was too.
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Rich in Washington:

Is this the 'sit on a sandwich' Brute Force?
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ndbob:

Always amazed me that this is from 1967
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Uncle Michael:

Yes.
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Rich in Washington:

Me too ndbob, I didn't know Brute Force went back that far.
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holland oats:

omg that cudd'ly
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chromaphone:

I remember singing Up with People in 3rd grade or thereabouts school chorus. Is Up With People a band?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:33pm
Dominick:

Brute was a member of the Tokens in the mid 60's
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Parq:

Little bit of "Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" in that song that Norvo and Co. were essaying, no?
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chromaphone:

Ok you're right Dom, Mike Love really rocks out sometimes. thanks for the link.
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Uncle Michael:

I agree, Parq. I hear it.
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Jeff Golick:

I recall some anecdote about the making of Love and Mercy (possibly apocryphal) wherein some Hollywood wag wonders if they can find a big enough asshole to play Mike Love.
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Jeff Golick:

Bilbo was a member of the Tolkiens in the 60s, too.
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chromaphone:

I look forward to checking out more Free Design on your recommendation UM. There is something about these groups with the big white vocal arrangements that tend to still sound square to me.
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Dominick:

Brute still plays an occasional gig. Saw him a little over a year ago.
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listener james from westwood:

Ooohh, this "Riders" is a good 'un, I can tell just from the intro.
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chromaphone:

I'll be playing this song tomorrow morning at an outdoor town fest with my wife on vocals :)
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listener james from westwood:

Don't mean a thang if it ain't got that twang!
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ndbob:

Neil Levang was good
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listener james from westwood:

Ennio! Speaking of that twang!!
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listener james from westwood:

Kick-kick-kicking myself for over a decade for not seeing Morricone when he performed in NYC back around 2003ish.
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burke:

Funny: I just murdered a breaded steak from Johnny O's on 35th Street...but now I wish I got a beef.
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Uncle Michael:

that'd have been pretty cool
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Uncle Michael:

A beef; it's what's for dinner.
  1:53pm
Dean:

Adding Johnny O's on 35th to the list...
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Uncle Michael:

Gonna be south of the Loop, Dean?
  1:55pm
Dean:

No. On the Loop. But w/ family I want to figure ways to get out and away (namely, from conference I'll be attending).
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burke:

I wouldn't call Johnny O's a dining destination. But if you're catching a Sox game it's not a bad choice.
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Uncle Michael:

Ah...you'll need to have a proper gyros in Chicago.
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burke:

Not sure how UM feels about professional baseball on the OTHER side of town :-)
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Uncle Michael:

You call that baseball? How's Shields working out?
  2:00pm
Dean:

Do tell. None of the places near me here has a "best" gyro, I'm afraid. Might be better places in SF. Won't have a car in Chicago, so we'll use the public transit, which is how we get around 1/3 of the time around here, anyway.

When I travel solo I look for dining destinations, where that means "nice" restaurants. Too hard/$$$$ with young kids. Judging from the menu, the kids would love Johnny O's.
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Uncle Michael:

I'm not up on where the best gyros places are in a given area these days. Burke?
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Uncle Michael:

I'd google best gyros in chicago and see which places are near to your lodging.
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burke:

He's reminding me a little of Lester's first months with the Cubs. Ha!
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burke:

Al's Beef is a local chain with a prototypical Chicago fast food menu.
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Rich in Washington:

Speaking of umlauts and gyros, where, regionally in the US is Döner kebabs a thing?
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Brian in UK:

Hello Uncle. Is that a Kohler engine you are using?
  2:09pm
Dean:

Goddamn, I'm hungry.

I don't mind looking like a tourist. Do the waiters at these restaurants recommend appropriate wines to go with the "beef"?
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Rich in Washington:

There was this cheesy chain franchise around here that did döner sandwiches but they were literally like a Kronos restaurant in Teutonic drag. Old German flags everywhere. Meat was virtually identical to that whirling monstrosity found in those generic Gyros joints, sans the tdziki sauce, feta.
Is this a thing in the US?
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67tele:

'Kites Are Fun' by Free Design - wow simply wow
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Uncle Michael:

Waiters? heh.

Yes, Brian.
  2:13pm
Dean:

Looks like Greektown is relatively close, at least a couple good options.
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Uncle Michael:

Greektown is GREAT but go there for sit-down Greek food. Get the gyros from a more modest location.
  2:16pm
Dean:

Good idea. At this rate my family will be dining about seven times per day.
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Jeff Golick:

They're playing my song.
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Rich in Washington:

Dammit. Now I really want a gyros.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:18pm
Uncle Michael:

The gyros will be good there...but you'll want to order different things. Greek Islands was always our go-to but there are other good places. Saganaki is delicious...not just a show.
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Rich in Washington:

Not a single Greek restaurant in my neighborhood - lots of crap gyros joints or places that make 'em, but our last, rather lackluster Greek joint closed a couple of years ago.
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chromaphone:

I would want a gyro if I hadn't just eaten 2 huge slices of macaroni and cheese bacon pizza.
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Uncle Michael:

And the thing is, Chicago is a great restaurant town...but we're just talking about the local staples...and we haven't discussed pizza.
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Parq:

Rich -- opposite problem here. Greek restaurants, seeking four-star status, with opulent facilities filled with super-rich millennials throwing back overpriced cocktails and talking too loud.
  2:26pm
Dean:

The LA area used to have Papadakis Taverna, famous (or notorious) for being the site where USC's football team recruited players. I went there only once when I was a kid, ill-equipped to judge the fare. I vaguely recall the smashing of dishes.
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Stevel:

Great Japanese place at Clark and Polk. Decent fancy-beer bar about two blocks north, Villians.
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listener james from westwood:

I may be in Chicago in the next 2 years, so these points will prove very helpful. Was there for a few too-brief days many moons ago, but went with business colleagues with very bland tastes and therefore didn't eat anywhere interesting.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 2:37pm
Brian in UK:

@james that's the thing with going out in a group, it is lowest common demominator.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:40pm
Stevel:

Also, on Michigan Ave. a place called The Gauge. Very busy at lunch, but that's because its great. Fanicer, for working types, meeting clients, etc. Excellent food and service. $13-$25 entres at lunch.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:41pm
Uncle Michael:

Great bowl of matzoh ball soup at Frances' on north Clark...
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burke:

Speaking of the south side! Let's hear it for Howlin
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burke:

Howlin' beef
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:43pm
Uncle Michael:

I gotta go the museum at the old Chess studios one of these days.
  2:48pm
Dean:

Man, that Gage has an 18oz bone-in ribeye for sixty bucks at dinner! I really love a good steak at a good restaurant. (Still dreaming of that Porterhouse at Tanino in Westwood...) But cripes, I can't deal with the price and, often, the volume. I once dined solo at Peter Luger's, where there was precisely one steak that a mere individual could reasonably consume. But I bet that Gage ribeye is good.
Avatar 🛒 Swag For Life Member 2:49pm
Jeff Golick:

Sharing a t-bone is for sure the way to go at Peter Luger.
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Jeff Golick:

Of course, leftover are nice, too. We never seem to have any.
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chromaphone:

Thanks for the sweet tunes UM!
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Parq:

DOUBLE clickie-star for "Cat".
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ndbob:

excellent show UM!
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Parq:

That string passage just kills me every time.
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Dean:

Leftovers work when you're near home. They're hard to deal with in a hotel room.

Guilty pleasure, this Al Stewart. When it was a hit it aired every fifteen minutes. Not enough to wear it out, though.
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listener james from westwood:

Agreed, Parq!!
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Stevel:

Hey, I wonder if the Chess museum is open on Saturday's. I'll be within ten blocks or less.

Still love Year of the Cat.

PHIL KENZIE, PHIL KENZIE!!
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Parq:

I'm even okay with the obligatory sax break. It was the 70s, after all.
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Brian in UK:

Unmistakable voice. Favourite album is Past, Present and Future'.
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Doug Schulkind:

2013 was the Year of Grumpy Cat
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Brian in UK:

Thanks Uncle. Good weekend, y'all.

Off for a po-boy cauliflower cheese.
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Jeff Golick:

I had the sheet music for "Yeah of the Cat" as a wee piano playing lad. Also, "She's Got a Way." Also Joe Jackson's "Night and Day" album.
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Dean:

Buddy of mine hired Al Stewart to play his 50th birthday. I wonder if Diamanda Galas would consider playing my 60th?
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Jeff Golick:

"Yeah" is of course "year," in Massachusettsese.
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Dean:

There's some uncertainty as to how and precisely when Peter Wood, co-writer of YOTC, left us.
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Brian in UK:

Frank cannot resist a little yodel.
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chromaphone:

I remember being a wee lad and when Year of the Cat kept coming on the radio thinking "that singer sounds weird".
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Stevel:

So, does this mean you're really leaving?
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Uncle Michael:

For real.
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Stevel:

[looks at the ground.]
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Parq:

Wait, did I miss something? LEAVING leaving?
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Uncle Michael:

I lied.
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Doug Schulkind:

That's my boy, Johnnie Ray!
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Stevel:

Geeze, apparently!
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listener james from westwood:

Thanks a ton, UM!!
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Stevel:

Migrate pleasure.

Don't mind me, just free associating.
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Jeff Golick:

Bye!
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Uncle Michael:

Thanks everyone...see youse next time!
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