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Association, The  Come On In   Favoriting
Association, The  Changes   Favoriting
Sam The Sham  Oh Lo   Favoriting
Z.Z. Hill  Make Me Yours   Favoriting
Raymond Scott  Let's Have A Sack Full Of Krystals   Favoriting
Sex Pistols  God Save the Queen   Favoriting
Curt Boettcher  Along Comes Mary (demo)   Favoriting
Nat Stuckey  She Just Wrote Me From Atlanta   Favoriting
Otis Redding  Hard Day's Night   Favoriting
Thee Headcoatees  When The Night Comes   Favoriting
Association, The  Blistered   Favoriting
James Hand  Everybody Got It But Me   Favoriting
Clarence Carter  Too Weak To Fight   Favoriting
Ben Vaughn  Miss Me When I'm Gone   Favoriting
Association, The  Are You Ready? (live)   Favoriting
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys  Chalk It Up To The Blues   Favoriting
Hayes Ware  I Want To Bump   Favoriting
Lyres, The  Not Looking Back   Favoriting
Association, The  Hear In Here   Favoriting
Jim & Jesse  Big Job   Favoriting
Honey Cone  Girl's It Ain't Easy   Favoriting
Sarah Vaughan  Dominique's Discotheque   Favoriting
Association, The  Windy   Favoriting
Association, The  Time For Living   Favoriting
Russ Giguere  Interview   Favoriting
Association, The  Everythiing That Touches You   Favoriting
Association, The  Never My Love   Favoriting
Play It Safe Players, The  Volume 4, Part 3 - your sister's kid   Favoriting

CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID

CLICK HERE to find how how to submit music to Michael for airplay consideration

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for Martin Mull's "Soundstage: 60 Minutes to Kill" from 1975

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for a detailed look at cymbals in 1920s jazz

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to hear from the amazing Bob Washington, the voice of K-Tel

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE for The K-Tel Story

CLICK HERE for Ock TV

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version


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Listener comments!

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Frank In Queens:

Michael Shelley: The Basement Broadcasts
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mariano:

"Oh we're the boys in the chorus..." Like so much of Looney Tunes, it's engraved in my memory.
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Michael Shelley:

Good morning!
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Dominick:

Good morning!
  11:03am
V Priceless:

Hey Michael! Yay Association! Russ!
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DJ Guin:

morning Michael.
  11:04am
allanToronto:

Time to dig out the paisley Nehru shirt. Wheeee !
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DJ Guin:

The Monkees covered this..albeit..Torkishly
  11:06am
V Priceless:

‘Birthday’ is such a great record!
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Michael Shelley:

Agree - their best chemestry on Birthday.
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Michael Shelley:

I listened to A LOT of Association this week!
  11:08am
Dennis Diken:

Oh boy, luv my Association! “Changes” is a great, overlooked cut. Jules Alexander rules!
  11:08am
Pedro in Arlington:

Mike on Saturday. All is normal. My Mike-worthy gripe: runners using sidewalks on busy streets, huffing and puffing, passing people by inches, not 6 feet.
  11:08am
V Priceless:

‘Renaissance’ is great too!
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Michael Shelley:

Agree - 6 feet. Simple.
  11:10am
Earth Walker:

Basement tapes. Cool
  11:10am
scott:

The 'Along Comes Mary' youtube video from The Smothers Brother TV show is great.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:11am
Squints In Plymouth:

This Sam The Sham cut is great. Could be a less funky Little Feat number.
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mariano:

"Never My Love", as much as it gets played, is one of those I never get tired of. Those vocal harmonies... and I swear it's where "Je t'aime, moi non plus" got its groove.
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DJ Guin:

@Michael...not to bring the room down..but NYC is reporting virus related deaths every 17 min. By my math, that is 84 a day. Just wow. Be safe and smart, ffs.
  11:11am
Earth Walker:

Oh lo. Your touching my soul
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12am
dave wuz here:

sam the sham's beggar's banquet cut
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Michael Shelley:

Never My Love really was the #1 hit of my basement this week - the way the feel changes... the organ solo... and it's the best use of their gang style harmonies.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:15am
Montmaster J:

Greetings from the gray, rainy mont.
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Michael Shelley:

Is everybody on here healthy?
  11:16am
allanToronto:

I might be considered unwholesome.
  11:16am
Dennis Diken:

Agreed V, Renaissance is great, it’s their only LP on which the band played on all the tracks. I love the 1st 4 albums
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:17am
jmd:

Hey Michael and y’all. So far so good?
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Frank In Queens:

Physically healthy?
  11:17am
SeanG:

YAAAAAH!!!!!!!!
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mariano:

Well, at least physically, Michael. Jury's out on everything else.
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Stanley:

She ain't no human being
  11:18am
Paul:

Healthy here. Just wish people would keep their distance.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:18am
Squints In Plymouth:

It's funny nearly 45 years later how quaintly peppy GSTQ sounds.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:18am
Gord:

What mariano said . . . .
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:19am
myron feld:

This (God Save The Queen) with its b-side Did You No Wrong is one of the finest singles ever give. As Lou Simon would say, a well-spent 69 cents.
  11:19am
allanToronto:

Pistols seemed shambolic at the time. Now a lot of careerists can't play anything at all.
  11:20am
SeanG:

best song ever
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mariano:

Noooo future...
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Goyim in the AM:

Birch pollen, which always gets me in the chest, is flying around and keeping me slightly nervous, but I am in one of the European countries handling the sitch well with good testing and my symptoms are definitely coming and going with the pollen count. So we good.
  11:20am
V Priceless:

Hey Dennis! Yes! Is that Jules wailing away on ‘All Is Mine’? Wow.
  #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:21am
Eddy in Australia:

Recovered (not Covid) and reasonably healthy. Other people still stupid - see beach lockdowns in Australia.
  11:21am
stalvey:

“Cheap White Castle ripoff.” Spot the unneeded word. Have a Nice Day! Great set.
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Nymor:

She's still there
  11:22am
allanToronto:

This demo is terrific
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Michael Shelley:

SEMI-SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION: New interview I did with Chip Taylor just posted here - pleasekillme.com...
He talks songwriting & bookies!
  11:23am
Daniel kirk:

Listening from the covid 19 wing at Mountainside!
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Jimmy Wipper:

I woke up yesterday morning with "My World Fell Down" in my head. Not a good thing (at least now).
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Jimmy Wipper:

Hey Daniel! Hope you're feeling better!
  11:25am
Listener Marianne:

Love That Demo !!!
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Michael Shelley:

WOW. Daniel! What a good sign that you tuned in. Are you on the way out of this?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:26am
mariano:

Damn, Michael - Chip Taylor wears 79 better than most people wear 60!
  11:26am
J&E in Ithaca NY:

Loving this show! Love the Assiciation live set from Monterey, also somewhere out there is an amazing cover of Windy by instrumentalists Ferrante and Teischer. Heard it on an AM station KWXY out west one time only, been looking ever since!
  11:27am
Dennis Diken:

V, could be. And he co-wrote “Looking Glass”, one of my faves
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mariano:

Get well soon, Daniel!
  #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:27am
Eddy in Australia:

@Michael A good bookie might come in handy if, like me, you’re trying to save for a copy of I Can’t Let Go by Evie Sands on 45.
  11:29am
Tom from Maplewood:

I’m getting up in years! But with around 10,000 LPs, I’m still pretty good at telling where I got each and EVERY ONE of them - and often how much I paid. About. Most of them. I loved the Tower outlet! I consider on W. 4th St., but that just me. (Between Broadway & Lafayette Street). Yes, I’m a bit of a snobby record geek but I’m music lover first. .
  11:29am
Dennis Diken:

Dan, great to know we’re all listening together! Lots of love!
  11:29am
Paul:

Was this Otis a single?
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patrick321:

Otis what a monster
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Michael Shelley:

Not a 45. But there is a box set with multiple versions.
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Eddy in Australia:

Feel better soon, Daniel.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, Michael & all!
  11:32am
Paul:

I need to find that. I have the CD box set of his LPs.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:34am
Frank In Queens:

One of my fave Association songs.
  11:35am
allanToronto:

How many tracks were The Association working with in the studio doing that stuff?
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Dominick:

Most Association stuff was 8 track, 16 track after 1970.
  11:39am
Gary:

Saw The Association at the pre Fillmore,
Village Theater. Very memorable. I think Janis Siam
and The Soft White Underbelly opened.
  11:39am
Gary:

Janis Ian
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Frank In Queens:

Or, no idea...
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SmokinJ:

Soundin' great ms.. Hello cave dwellers everywhere! 8-)
  11:41am
allanToronto:

@Dominick> Thanks. 8 tracks. That's interesting to imagine. Sounds like a real engineering challenge to get that clarity and balance into the can.
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mariano:

Godfather I and II is a once- or twice-a-year thing for me, has been for decades.
  11:42am
Alan Forrester:

Hi from Scotland !!! Great ASSN toons so far !!!
  #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:42am
jpuva:

Michael -- no beer is not a good thing. Bottle King in Glen Ridge delivers.
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, everyone -- was listening but making brunch. I have panic-bought all the PBR from the corner store. It is not enough.
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mariano:

Things would be a lot different if don Vito were still alive.
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Michael Shelley:

Hmmmm - thanks J.P. - may have to pull that trigger!
  11:45am
mrmikestandsir:

yay! Behhhhhhhn Vaughhhhnnn!!
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Goyim in the AM:

Listen to scientists (but not computer scientists) on this stuff. I know a lot of them all across the political spectrum, and they do not agree that the economic devastation will be worse.
  11:47am
Paul:

When are the $1200 checks being sent?
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DJ Guin:

I forgot about March 22nd being International Talk Like William Shatner Day - Bill... turned.. 89 years//young.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:51am
Greg in Portland OR:

Good day.
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Bootsie:

Big Sandy's voice!!! <3 <3 <3
  11:53am
Paul:

Michael, are you going to play that new Dylan song?
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Handy Haversack:

@Michael Shelley (11:09): The JRu (Joey Ramone unit) is the crucial measurement of our time.

Unfortunately, North Brooklyn seems to have gentrified to such an extent that these entitled children have no idea what Joey Ramone looked like!
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myron feld:

@Daniel Kirk -- good to see you here! Much love and support from Stamford CT.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

A heavy jammer in my jogging playlist
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Handy Haversack:

How you doing, Greg! Good to see you.
  11:59am
Micheal:

When the Lyres played live they were either amazing or three sheets.
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Hackensack Slim:

Hey Mike,
The Lyres shows were always great. Disaster lurking nearby.
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Mike Sin:

The new reality -- my wife doing yoga in one bedroom, me doing sit ups and such in the other, michael shelley's program blasting in the living room between us... can't complain.
  12:03pm
clarke:

man, been staying up later (recording) and (luckily) been able to sleep later -- but, missed half the shew here
  12:05pm
Dennis Diken:

“Hear In Here” & the entire Birthday LP showcases Hal Blaine at the peak of his powers. Prob recorded mid-late ‘67? Joe Osborne killing it too!
  12:06pm
Earth Walker:

Yeeeee hay
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KevinfromBayRidge:

Howdy all. Who needs Zoom when we have this?
  12:08pm
Baby:

Baby
  12:09pm
clarke:

baby..!!!
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mb:

Good morning Michael Shelley and all the people.
  12:10pm
clarke:

baby's icon has been quarantined
  12:10pm
Earth Walker:

Mike. My wife and I do our yoga class online now. Better in the class but better then nothing
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, BR Kevin. How goes?
  12:12pm
clarke:

all the people.
  12:12pm
Earth Walker:

Hi Handy you’re on the scene
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Howdy Handy & Kevin!
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Michael Shelley:

Baby - all good?
  12:13pm
clarke:

i guess i would pick B-day as my fave Ass'n album
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Michael Shelley:

My wife - doing the on-line yoga too!
  12:14pm
allanToronto:

This song is my TARDUS.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

"Whose show gets you complaints from the neighbors?"
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, Earth Walker!
  12:14pm
Earth Walker:

Windy an oldie but a goodie
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:15pm
mariano:

Windy has an interesting story, iirc - wasn't it written by the woman who owned the house the Association lived in or something like that?
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Hughie Considine:

Reaching out to capture a moment was easier than trying to catch the wind
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Handy Haversack:

We had Sheila' show blasting in the back yard yesterday. No one complained -- at least out loud!
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KevinfromBayRidge:

How many Wendys "renamed" themselves "Windy" when this came out?
  12:18pm
Dennis Diken:

Bones Howe - kudos!
  12:18pm
H:

I will never listen to "Windy" the same way again after seeing the "Wendy" montage on Breaking Bad.
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DJ Guin:

"Who makes the tastiest Spicy Chicken sandwich? Paired with a Frosty and a large fries..."
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Woo:

I have this Association on a 45 rpm. Oddly that's the only song by them I own in any format.
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clarke:

DD - ever seen that photo of Bones behind the drum kit? did he play??
  12:19pm
allanToronto:

Real cool time. AM radio ruled. The Association. The Tremeloes. The Grass Roots, etc etc. Synaesthesia new car smell happening here.
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KevinfromBayRidge:

Hey Handy. Got out in the drizzle along the VZ Bikepath this morning. No social distancing problems!
  12:20pm
clarke:

DJ - POPEYE'S!!!
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Earth Walker:

Associations 38 past members
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Dominick:

@mariano - Ruthanne Friedman was Van Dyke Parks' "girlfriend" at the time she wrote Windy. She wrote it initially about a man.
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Handy Haversack:

Yeah -- bless the rains, @Kevin!
  12:21pm
H:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rw0A8jE18s
  12:22pm
allanToronto:

Hmmm. Windy IS kind of like a Harper's Bizzare trk. The Van Dyke Parks thing makes sense
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Michael Shelley:

Clarke - I believe Bones plays on the Grass Roots' "where were you when I needed you" - which was suppose to be the demo, but ended up the master.
  12:23pm
clarke:

i mean, i knew he dabbled - but, if you got hal blaine around...
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mariano:

Thanks, Dominick!
  12:27pm
clarke:

great research as ALWAYS
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Dominick:

that was me, third guitar
  12:33pm
Earth Walker:

This interview is gold
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mariano:

Dominick - sorry, third guitar on what? An Association song?
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DJ Guin:

@mariano...Dom was quoting a Randy Newman song
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DJ Guin:

"Vine Street"
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mariano:

Ah, thanks DJ Guin - most things go over my head ;)
  12:44pm
Elle Tor's Husband:

What a great interview!
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James in ATL:

Thanks so much Michael! Terrific interview. WFMU is my lifeline at this point.
  12:47pm
clarke:

yeah - all that time setting up your little basement studio has paid off (again!)!!
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Michael Shelley:

Thanks all. I'm definitely lucky to already have the studio up & running.
  12:48pm
clarke:

we're ALL lucky
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DJ Guin:

@ShelleyDevotees..I am out for the remainder of the day..need to move asap as it appears my landlady did succumb..service is tomorrow..I have to start packing and hauling it off to storage. Great time to become homeless.
I will listen, but too busy for comments. Peace out.
  12:49pm
clarke:

cool!! no cellphone and no email!!
  12:51pm
clarke:

uhh NOT cool for DJ - hopefully the luck carries over to you
  12:52pm
V Priceless:

great bunch of guys - still all friends for almost 60 years. Says alot. Thanks Michael! Great interview!
  12:52pm
clarke:

good pick!!
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Sonny Rickles:

Recently discovered a YouTube vid where the kids were dancing to this song on American Bandstand (!)
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Handy Haversack:

Ugh, good luck, DJ Guin. Sorry to hear it.
  12:52pm
P-90:

Another excellent interview.
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Dominick:

Here is perfection
  12:52pm
Baby:

Indeed!
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mariano:

Oh man, DJ Guin - I'm so sorry to hear that. Please let us know how you're doing when you get a chance, ok? Good luck, stay safe.
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Michael Shelley:

DJ Guin - yikes! Be careful!
  12:53pm
V Priceless:

maybe the greatest song ever written, IMHO
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herb.nyc:

This show has so made my morning/afternoon. Thx a lot, michael.
  12:54pm
P-90:

You can hear why he picked this one as a special fave.
  12:54pm
clarke:

so - running back, MS: what is the difference in the personnel between The Troop and The Wrecking Crew?? probably a couple of diff players??
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myron feld:

Hate THIS?
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listener 126464:

Thanks Michael
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myron feld:

SUCH a great song. Glad you've seen the light.
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mariano:

Oh man, my favorite...
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Michael Shelley:

I was dumb!
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Michael Shelley:

Troop & WC had no crossover.
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Dennis Diken:

Great interview! Bones drummed on several tunes on Grass Roots Where Were You When I Needed You LP, indeed, when he and PF Sloan (and maybe Steve Barri) were cutting demos that turned into masters
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Fuzzy:

Mine too -- like a warm fuzzy blanket.
  12:56pm
P-90:

One of the all-time arranging jobs. (imo)
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Michael Shelley:

Thanks to whoever is board-op ing back at the station! Much appreciated!
  12:57pm
Earth Walker:

Never my love This song is forever music gold
  12:57pm
clarke:

ever get the feeling you've been Associated?? good nite. BOOM.
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mariano:

Seriously, I swear "Je t'aime (moi non plus)" got its groove from NML, or was inspired by it! Thanks Michael and FMU crew, take care everyone, stay safe.
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Agent Peter:

Thanks Michael
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Ruth Booth:

anything for you Michael!
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myron feld:

Wonderful interview, MS!
  12:57pm
Paul:

8th grade dances.
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Jimmy Wipper:

Great show!
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Handy Haversack:

Great show, Michael! Thanks, man! Got your e-mail, too -- one day summer will be here! Thanks again for all!
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Michael Shelley:

guitarist Mike Deasy (who would continue to play on other Association albums), bassist Jerry Scheff, and percussionists Jim Troxel and Toxey French.[
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, @Ruth Booth! SKELETONS 5EVA!
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Juke Joint Jonny:

This sounds so great on my home stereo.
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Joe B:

thanks Michael and Ruth, great show
  12:59pm
KWilde:

Another great show! Thanks Michael
  12:59pm
clarke:

bring me a couple of sugars with that...
  1:00pm
clarke:

just him and me in the woods??
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Richard:

Thanks, Michael. Great show.
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Frank In Queens:

Great show Michael! Everyone enjoy the rest of the weekend and stay safe!
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Dominick:

Be safe everyone!
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KevinfromBayRidge:

Tenks! I'm NOT cheated!
  1:19pm
Elle Tor's Husband:

Scared me. I thought The Killer got kilt by the virus. This show should play when he does pass - like in 2043...
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