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Artist Track Album / Format Year Comments Approx. start time
Hank Levine w/ Timothy Leary  Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience   Favoriting (CD-R) from the Brainen Archive   1961 / 1966    0:00:00 Pop-up)  
Ministry Of Sound  Someone Like You   Favoriting Midsummer Night's Dream (MP3) from the Brainen Archive   1966 / 2005  Thanks to Doug Young  0:03:14 Pop-up)  
Beach Boys  Good Timin'   Favoriting Greatest Hits Vol. 3 (CD) from the Brainen Archive   1979 /2000    0:04:40 Pop-up)  
Beach Boys  Goin' On   Favoriting Greatest Hits Vol. 3 (CD) from the Brainen Archive   1980 / 2005    0:05:21 Pop-up)  
Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis  Round Too Long   Favoriting Wild! Wild! Wild! (CD) *   2018    0:09:18 Pop-up)  
NRBQ  Call Him Off, Rogers   Favoriting All Hopped Up (LP) from the Brainen Archive   1977  reissue on Omnivore coming soon  0:12:25 Pop-up)  
Ornette Coleman  Good Girl Blues   Favoriting The Science Fiction Sessions (CD box set) from the Brainen Archive   1972 / 2000    0:15:08 Pop-up)  
Chris Butler & Ralph Carney  Polka Day   Favoriting Songs For Unsung Holidays (LP) *   2018    0:20:07 Pop-up)  
Buddy Weed Trio  The Waltzing Cat   Favoriting The Music Of Leroy Anderson (LP) from the Brainen Archive   1957  Thanks to Duane Miller  0:21:24 Pop-up)  
Leroy Anderson  The Phantom Regimen   Favoriting Conducts His Own Compositions, Vol. 2 (10") from the Brainen Archive   1951    0:24:24 Pop-up)  
 
Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's 
        0:26:19 Pop-up)  
Shirley Ellis  The Clapping Song   Favoriting Three Six Nine! - The Best Of Shirley Ellis (CD) * from the Brainen Archive   1965 / 2018  written by Lincoln Chase  0:43:06 Pop-up)  
Lincoln Chase  Temporarily Blue   Favoriting The Explosive... (LP) from the Brainen Archive   1958    0:44:49 Pop-up)  
Orlons  Goin' Places   Favoriting The Best Of... (CD) from the Brainen Archive   1964 / 2005    0:47:00 Pop-up)  
Red Allen w/Coleman Hawkins  Ain't Cha Got Music   Favoriting Swing Out! (CD) from the Brainen Archive   1933 / 2013    0:49:46 Pop-up)  
Kenneth Patchen with the Chamber Jazz Sextet  State Of The Nation   Favoriting Rebel Poets Of America (CD) from the Brainen Archive   1957 / 2008  split CD w/Lawrence Ferlinghetti  0:52:23 Pop-up)  
Gerald Finzi  Carol (Five Bagatelles)   Favoriting Green And Pleasant Land II (CD-R) from the Brainen Archive   1941 / 2005  Compiled by Keith Spring  0:55:33 Pop-up)  
 
Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's 
        0:57:10 Pop-up)  
Chris Stamey w/Peter Holsapple  Greensboro Days   Favoriting (MP3) * from the Brainen Archive   2018    1:06:48 Pop-up)  
dBs  Picture Sleeve   Favoriting (45) from the Brainen Archive   2011    1:10:25 Pop-up)  
Bonnie Turner  Way Down In The Congo   Favoriting Sun-The Roots Of Rock: Delta Rhythm Kings (LP) from the Brainen Archive   1953 / 1976    1:14:13 Pop-up)  
Paul Williams  35-30   Favoriting The Roots Of Rock 'N Roll (2LP) from the Brainen Archive   1947 / 1977    1:17:39 Pop-up)  
Max Roach  Abstrutions   Favoriting Members Don't Git Weary (LP) from the Brainen Archive   1968    1:20:12 Pop-up)  
Li De La Russe  Delia's Psychadelian Waltz   Favoriting Jonny Trunk Presents: Now We Are Ten (CD) from the Brainen Archive   ? / 2007  VAR  1:23:52 Pop-up)  
Douglas Wood  Icicles   Favoriting Jonny Trunk Presents: Now We Are Ten (CD) from the Brainen Archive   ? / 2007  VAR  1:24:47 Pop-up)  
Jon Brion  Time's Passage   Favoriting Wilson (MP3) from the Brainen Archive   2016  OST  1:26:45 Pop-up)  
 
Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's 
        1:29:52 Pop-up)  
Ivy League  Tossin' And Turnin'   Favoriting This Is... (CD) from the Brainen Archive   1965 / 1990    1:39:36 Pop-up)  
Humblebums [Gerry Rafferty]  Patrick   Favoriting The Humblebums (LP) from the Brainen Archive   1969    1:42:04 Pop-up)  
Red Norvo And His Selected Sextet  Get Happy   Favoriting Red Norvo's Fabulous Jam Session (LP) from the Brainen Archive   1945 / 198?  For FXO  1:44:41 Pop-up)  
Archie Shepp  Consequences   Favoriting New Music: Second Wave (2LP) from the Brainen Archive   1964 / 1979  VAR  1:48:06 Pop-up)  
Theo Bleckmann & Kneebody  The Cage   Favoriting Twelve Songs by Charles Ives (CD)   2009    1:53:02 Pop-up)  
Spookey Ruben  Wakey Wakey   Favoriting Breakfast (CD) from the Brainen Archive   2002    1:56:58 Pop-up)  
 
Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's 
        1:57:28 Pop-up)  


(* = new, from the Brainen Archive The marked selections are from the Brainen Archive.)


Listener comments!

  9:03am 1whoknewcthulhu:

Good morning, Bob and all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03am Frank In Queens:

Good morning Bob!
Avatar 9:08am jake6573:

Good Morning room
  9:11am Doc Rock:

Good Morning Bob & All Listeners.
Beach Boys. A Perfect Start For A Holiday.
Greetings Jeff!
Avatar 9:22am northguineahills:

Love this Ornette!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am melinda:

hello everyone!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:27am WilliamfromDumont:

Morning all!
Avatar 9:34am Rocky Horror:

Hello everyone! Bob "The Frogman" Brainen Comeith
  9:35am richard in brooklyn:

perhaps i've missed something along the way but looking at the new wfmu schedule, bob is conspicuously absent. end of an era? say it ain't so!
Avatar 9:36am northguineahills:

I go swamping to get good field recordings at night (frogs usually dominate aurally).
  9:38am Jeff:

Hey Doc + All, Good Timing!
Avatar 9:38am Rocky Horror:

@ngh: Why not send your field recordings into WFMU so we all can hear them on someone's show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38am steveo:

are you sure? google says: 'No results found for "frogs dominate aurally"'
  9:42am Colin and Danie in Durham, England:

Loved Dean. Look up British comic Daniel Kitson, he’s good friends with Demitri and they’re quite alike. He doesn’t put a lot out though so you may have to stoop to the bootlegs
Avatar 9:48am Linda Lee:

@northguineahills ~ i love doing field recordings! aiming to do something at my new digs ~ natural sounds move through this bowl-shaped valley pretty amazingly. what kind of recorder do you use?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49am melinda:

@Rocky I think ngh has had some of his field recordings played on Neighbors Noise, on the GTDR stream
Avatar 9:50am Rocky Horror:

@melinda cool!
Avatar 9:50am Mailman Tom:

I love the Orlons! I have all their LPs and picture sleeve 45s. "Goin' Places" should have been a number 1 hit!
  9:51am johnk77:

great show, selecter
Steven Wright's voice and demeanor
were the same off-stage and on
the 1 time i hung out w/him
in the eighties;>
Avatar 9:53am Buddha of Suburbia:

Hi Bob! Hi Melinda! Linda Lee! Northguineahills! Yo, Rocky!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53am melinda:

@LL you should check out the first hour of Jesse's show, it's all field recordings. Same time slot as Morricone Island, so, one of those difficult choices.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, Bob. Hi, Buddha. Hi, everyone.
Avatar 9:55am Rocky Horror:

Hi Buddha
Avatar 9:55am Linda Lee:

thanks melinda! i will!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55am Hughie Considine:

Hey Buddha! Long time no chat -- nice to see you on the Brainen show, one of my longtime faves ...
Avatar 9:56am Rocky Horror:

Hi Ken from HP
Avatar 9:56am Linda Lee:

love seeing you all around fmu Buddha!
Avatar 9:57am Linda Lee:

never heard Patchen. that was nice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57am Ken From Hyde Park:

Good morning, Rocky. How are things in Miami?
  9:58am mauri:

such beautiful songs for this saturday. thanks bob.
Avatar 9:58am Rocky Horror:

@Ken From HP: Good and warm
Avatar 9:59am Rocky Horror:

And now... Bob "The Frogman" Brainen
Avatar 10:00am Buddha of Suburbia:

Hey Ken! Hi ya Rocky! Soda Pop Curtis is that you?! *Putting on bifocals* Where have ya been?
Avatar 10:01am Buddha of Suburbia:

Love seeing you too LL!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01am melinda:

hi Buddha!
Avatar 10:02am Buddha of Suburbia:

Hi ya Melinda! What's shaking?
Avatar 10:02am Buddha of Suburbia:

you sound tired Bob. I like it.
  10:02am Jeff:

Richard In Brooklyn prompted me to take a look at the fall schedule. I, also, can’t find Bob anywhere.
I’ve been listening to Bob since 1980. In an increasingly fucked up world, his program is an oasis. I/we need him.
What’s up, Bob?
Avatar 10:03am Linda Lee:

that's just Bob, Buddha. :-)
Avatar 10:03am Linda Lee:

Jeff, are you kidding? let's go see.
Avatar 10:04am Buddha of Suburbia:

ha
Avatar 10:04am Linda Lee:

Kerouac did a lovely set of pieces with Zoot Sims. haiku.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:05am melinda:

Anne Sexton did readings with jazz too
Avatar 10:06am Linda Lee:

Jeff's right, damn it.
Avatar 10:06am Linda Lee:

@melinda ~ did she? must hear!
Avatar 10:07am Linda Lee:

Buddha ~ Shirley Ellis did the song that inspired Rachel Bo Bachel. :-)
Avatar 10:08am Buddha of Suburbia:

Whaa? Thought Rachel was just being quirky!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08am melinda:

@LL I heard it at an exhibit of stuff from her archive at the Ransom Center in Austin, haven't looked for it since then.
Avatar 10:09am Linda Lee:

she was. but look up 'the name game'. folks my age knew it as kids.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:09am WilliamfromDumont:

Gonna miss ya man.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am unpopularfred:

I'll miss you Bob, you've become a part of my Saturday morning routine. Enjoy your hiatus.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am Corey:

Great show as always, Bob! Going to miss spending Saturday mornings with your show!
Avatar 10:11am Buddha of Suburbia:

Where'd ya go Hughie C?
Avatar 10:11am Linda Lee:

@melinda ~ time to go detective! thanks.
  10:11am the illuminated void:

wow .. working hard here on an art piece. FANTASTIC SHOW!!! thanks very productive music. For me
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am melinda:

I was shocked to see Bob absent from the schedule, too, this was my first FMU show 8-9 years ago.
Avatar 10:11am Buddha of Suburbia:

I really dig this song.
Avatar 10:11am Linda Lee:

no one can replace Bob Brainen. that's a fact.
Avatar 10:12am northguineahills:

@Rocky: Jesse Kaminsky plays my unedited and edited field recordings on Neighbor's Noise on Give the Drummer Some stream Tuesdays 7pm-10pm. (sorry, was gardening, was away from the computer)
Avatar 10:12am Buddha of Suburbia:

First Ken now Bob...I will miss tuning into you blokes!
Avatar 10:13am Linda Lee:

as you should be, ngh. harvest time! :-)
Avatar 10:13am Buddha of Suburbia:

How are you Northguineahills?
  10:13am Jeff:

Bob, I know you’ve got a life, but.....
We’re gonna miss you - don’t stay away too long.
Avatar 10:14am Buddha of Suburbia:

Illuminated Void! Hey buddy!
Avatar 10:14am northguineahills:

So, this is what Stamey is up to now! Ohio gasaimasu, Buddha, LL, melinda, and everyone else! (actually slept a bit last night!)
Avatar 10:15am Linda Lee:

so glad to hear it, ngh.
  10:15am the illuminated void:

Namaste buddha. off for weekend i hope. I will email a piece i am working on
Avatar 10:16am Buddha of Suburbia:

Illuminati Voido, please do! I'm excited to see everyone's work.
Avatar 10:16am northguineahills:

@Buddha: epidermis is stil shite, but my friends gave me homeopathic pointers and local experts, to supplement my pharmeceuticals, so, I'm optimistic.
Avatar 10:17am Buddha of Suburbia:

Glad to hear northguineahills. Will you be in NJ for the Art Auction?
  10:19am the illuminated void:

cant remember my pass word or you email.... THAt sounds like clay. hahahaah
  10:20am the illuminated void:

the falsetto i mean
Avatar 10:21am Linda Lee:

thought for sure you meant the memory lapse :-)
Avatar 10:22am Buddha of Suburbia:

Linda Lee, you're feisty today.
Avatar 10:22am northguineahills:

I don't do monocultures, my veggies are all mixed together, w/ native flowers, but I need to go back out to weed some of the larger elephant ears and other plants that are encroaching my precious herbs and veggies.

@Buddha: due to my medical costs, I've cancelled my visit to my wife in BK, so, sadly, I won't be there (I have insurance, and it still costs me more then an airline ticket per month, well, that's what I get for living in a third-world country [accident of birt])
  10:22am the illuminated void:

no bonnie turner. my writing is horrible
Avatar 10:22am Buddha of Suburbia:

Is my profile pic too Goth/dreary? I can change it to fluffy clouds.
  10:23am Jeff:

So, I started listening to Bob and Frank O’Toole (back to back) in 1980. Sometime in the late ‘80s, I’m at the Bottom Line with my girlfriend/future 1st and ex-wife. I start rapping to the guy sitting next to me, and, guess what? It’s Bob Brainen! He invites me to come and guest DJ with him, and I never do it.
What a putz I am!
Thanks for the memories, Bob
Avatar 10:23am northguineahills:

errr... accident of birth (darn sticky keys)
Avatar 10:24am Linda Lee:

amount of feisty is directly related to wakefulness here.
Goth? hardly! it's in color!
Avatar 10:24am Buddha of Suburbia:

Northguineahills, i am sorry to hear that. You have been through so much. Offering you a virtual hug.
Avatar 10:24am Linda Lee:

@Jeff ~ we've all got those putz stories, methinks :-)
  10:25am Cooh John:

thanks for your great shows.
Avatar 10:25am Buddha of Suburbia:

Thanks LL
Avatar 10:25am Buddha of Suburbia:

Hey Cooh John
  10:26am Jeff:

Thanks, Linda Lee
Avatar 10:28am Linda Lee:

i was visiting LA in 73 with music biz familiy & invited to see the Dead play, from the guy who managed the theater. would've gotten close to the stage & backstage as well. i chose the beach. putzish! :-D
  10:30am the illuminated void:

linda last show at JFK stadium in philly. Sold my dead tickets went to see jazz on delaware
  10:30am Gordon FM:

Nooooooooooo! Don’t go away, Bob. Saturdays won’t be the same. :_
  10:30am the illuminated void:

1984
Avatar 10:31am Linda Lee:

oy. :-D
Avatar 10:31am Rocky Horror:

And now... Bob "The Frogman" Brainen
  10:32am the illuminated void:

does anybody know link for the archives folder DJ intitials to download mp4
Avatar 10:33am Linda Lee:

still haven't lived mine down & for this reason i will welcome senility.
or death. :-D
  10:33am the illuminated void:

i think i would gone to yours
  10:34am jake:

Daniel closes
  10:34am jake:

Clowes
Avatar 10:35am northguineahills:

@Jeff: I guess that session wasn't archived. My sessions were mysteriously not archived and that was in the noughts of this millenia.

Thanks, Buddha, abrazos a cambio!
Avatar 10:37am Linda Lee:

there's a bit of a karma story there. the manager's old lady & my aunt, her bestie, wouldn't guide my decision, though they were my 'babysitters'. i remember the manager's lady saying, 'let's not make this decision. let's let the kid decide. see how hip she is.' so i chose the beach. they were visibly disappointed. served em right! that's karma. :-D
Avatar 10:37am northguineahills:

disappearing outside to tend to the garden, if I'm not back, thanks Bob!
Avatar 10:38am northguineahills:

nice, LL!
Avatar 10:40am Linda Lee:

thanks, i agree. i've been a karmic facilitator ever since. i tend to bring it about. ;-)
Avatar 10:42am Linda Lee:

gosh, i love the Ivy League. love this stuff immensely.
Avatar 10:43am northguineahills:

karma hasn't favored me the last few years, so I'm due! (bets on the Washington Generals vs the Harlem Globetrotters).
  10:43am Jeff:

I saw the Dead and The Band in 1973. It was in Jersey City of all places! All I remember was Phil Lesh walking past me before the show with his eyes rolled back in his head. All I saw was the whites of his eyes. Reminded me of the first time I went to the Village Vanguard to see Pharoah Sanders. Freaked me out!
Avatar 10:43am northguineahills:

What LL said...
Avatar 10:44am Linda Lee:

wow. having a pre-show event i guess. :-D
Avatar 10:45am Linda Lee:

what happened at the vanguard?
Avatar 10:45am Linda Lee:

ngh ~ yes, you're due. just be kind. it'll catch up to you for sure. ;-)
Avatar 10:45am Rocky Horror:

@ngh: I alway root for the Globetrotters
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:46am melinda:

@Jeff creepy! but good.
Avatar 10:46am northguineahills:

I saw the Dead out of curiousity in '96. I wasn't too much into the music back then (I am now), but the people there were amazing human beings. I will never forget it. Then Jerry died a few months later. An unforgettable experience.
Avatar 10:47am Linda Lee:

what the hell venus was there in JC in 73, Jeff? i grew up there, more or less, throughout the 60s & 70s. don't remember any venue at all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47am steveo:

Great show today, Bob. I'm glad we have today.
Avatar 10:47am northguineahills:

sadly, never got to see the Pharoah.....
Avatar 10:47am Linda Lee:

glad you got to see them, ngh. i did not!
  10:49am Dean:

Roosevelt Stadium: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~./gdead/setlists/73.html
Avatar 10:49am Linda Lee:

.. nor Pharoah. saw Sun Ra though! :-)
Avatar 10:49am SmokinJ:

Nice mix bb.. 8-)
Avatar 10:50am Blues Mandinga:

* getting happy*
Avatar 10:50am northguineahills:

Saw the Arkestra, sans Sun Ra. still mindblowing.....
  10:50am the illuminated void:

next lifetime linda lee you'll make a different choice
  10:50am Jeff:

Roosevelt Stadium
I took the subway, the PATH train and a bus from Brooklyn to get there.
On the way back, my friend and I were almost hit by the PATH train - we were sitting on the ledge with our legs dangling down and looking the wrong way for the train. I got home at around 6-7 in the morning. My mother was standing at the door when I opened it. Made me wonder how long she was standing there?
Avatar 10:52am Linda Lee:

@the illuminated void ~ truly hope i won't have to :-D
forgot all about Roosevelt Stadium! gosh.
@Jeff ~ wow. lucky you on that PATH train. silly wabbits!
Avatar 10:52am Blues Mandinga:

Mother business, Jeff Bro.
Avatar 10:52am Buddha of Suburbia:

I have a confession to make.
Avatar 10:53am Linda Lee:

uh oh :-D
Avatar 10:54am Rocky Horror:

Confess Buddha!! Confess!!
Avatar 10:54am Buddha of Suburbia:

Sometimes I like to troll what you guys say on here while eating a small portion of gummy bears as I listen to Brainen's collection of tunes.
Avatar 10:55am Blues Mandinga:

@Buddha, do you need a lawyer?
  10:55am Dennis Diken:

great show Bob! love the Ivy League. the other 2 songs by them that really send me are "Funny How Love Can Be" and "That's Why I'm Crying." I always felt there's a strong Tokens influence in their music.
Avatar 10:55am Linda Lee:

i'm guessing that's the behavior of many, Buddha. probably minus the gummies.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:55am Hughie Considine:

Must have got lost @Buddha. Actually had a moment to write feverishly! Looking forward to catching up w/ you!
Avatar 10:56am Linda Lee:

thanks for the recommends, Dennis D!
  10:56am Dean:

Wow. Had no idea Bleckmann performed Ives!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:56am melinda:

@Buddha that's just lurking, lots of lurkers
Avatar 10:57am Linda Lee:

this set is my life today. fantastic. thank you Bob!!
Avatar 10:57am Buddha of Suburbia:

Blues Mandinga, I think people secretly like to be studied/observed from a distance. I am a garden variety lurker.
  10:57am Dean:

It was a Grammy nominee, and I missed it.
Avatar 10:58am Buddha of Suburbia:

Hi Hughie! Please email me more of your wonderful writings! Looking forward to it.
Avatar 10:58am TDK60:

Hello. Sun Ra Arkestra plays today at Union Pool in Brooklyn. A free gig! I'm gonna try to go, but know I may be turned back if it fills up. Never been there; is it big?
Avatar 10:58am Linda Lee:

i really don't. this is why there's scotch tape over my laptop cam :-D
Avatar 10:59am Rocky Horror:

Sounded like somebody had stollen Clay's sound effects
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:59am melinda:

I need to tape my cam, too, LL, thanks for the reminder
Avatar 10:59am Linda Lee:

hey there TDK60! more room in the deep end, for sure. ;-) get there early as you can.
Avatar 11:00am Buddha of Suburbia:

Linda Lee, so do you think I should keep this new profile pic up? Every time I see my mug on here I get the heebie jeebies.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:00am Santos L. Halper:

We'll miss you Bob! One more next week i hope?
Avatar 11:00am Rocky Horror:

And now... Bob "The Frogman" Brainen
Avatar 11:00am Linda Lee:

folks use opaque, but i like the images you get through scotch tape!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:01am Ken From Hyde Park:

Time to hop on out already? Have a good week, Bob.
Avatar 11:01am Linda Lee:

Buddha ~ i like the new pic. but no one likes the heebie jeebies.
Avatar 11:01am Blues Mandinga:

@Buddha I prefer to be studied from the closeness.
Avatar 11:01am Buddha of Suburbia:

Bob is this is the last day for a while?
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