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Leo Nocentelli  Riverfront   Favoriting THIS CD "Another Side" is our 1st prize today! 
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Loose Lips  Kyle   Favoriting PLEDGE NOW at 800-989-9368 (Jordon & Juniper are standing by!) 
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Coasters, The  Love Potion No. 9   Favoriting All four (and a T shirt) yours with a pledge of $75 or more. 
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Nuevo  Querido   Favoriting Album of the year? Help us replace this carpet! 
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Collin Blunstone  I Want Some More   Favoriting Check out the GRAND PRIZE package from Vines On The Marycrest! 
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Leo Nocentelli  You've Become A Habit   Favoriting This great lp is up for grabs! 800-989-9368 
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Elvis Presley  Baby What You Want Me To Do (8/26/69 midnght show)   Favoriting From the current double LP prize! 
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Otis Redding  Satisfaction   Favoriting OTIS! 
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Elvis Presley  I Got A Woman (live 8/26/69)   Favoriting The King says "Thank you very much for your pledge" 
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Richard Marks  Down On Broadway   Favoriting Grooviest lp of the year 
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Ron Trudeau  Smile A Little Smile For Me   Favoriting I LOVE THIS! 
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Los Straitjackets  I Live On A Battlefield   Favoriting Pledge now to get in the running for this fab CD! 
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Elvis Costello  Mentira (Lip Service)   Favoriting GET IN THE DRAWING FOR THE GRAND PRIZE! 
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Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis  Who Cares?   Favoriting I CARE! 
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J Ann C Trio, The  Funnell Of Love "live"   Favoriting Get in the running to win this fake live gem! 
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J Ann C Trio, The  Voodoo Doll   Favoriting This lp (on colored vinyl) is our current prize! 
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Sam And Dave  I Take What I Want   Favoriting Give - dont take! 
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CLICK HERE for The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HERE for The 100 Most Lost Songs of All

CLICK HERE for a million dollar guitar

CLICK HERE for The Herman Cain Award

CLICK HERE for a video of yo yo master Kenny Strauss

CLICK HERE for a pricing strategy consultant's look at how much Mike Love pays Brother Records INC. for the right to tour as The Beach Boys

CLICK HERE for five hours of live Stones, well chosen to spotlight Charlie

CLICK HERE to read the lawsuit "Brother Records Inc. vs Jardine"

CLICK HERE for the six part documentary of the making of Elvis Costello's "Spanish Model"

CLICK HERE for Margaret's Granola Recipe

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

CLICK HERE for the Song Exploder episode on Cheap Trick's Surrender

CLICK HERE for info on "Sweet Relief - A tribute to Joey Spampinato"

CLICK HERE for an interesting blog piece about cut-out lps

CLICK HERE to watch "Call Her Mom," a 1972 pre-Animal House made for TV movie featuring Mark Eric & Charles Nelson Riley

CLICK HERE to see recently unearthed 100% NUDE photos of Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin - WARNINGS: 1. N.S.F.W. 2. You cant un-see these 3. WFMU is not responsible for psychiatric bills resulting from clicking on this link

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

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 info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

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 Please Kill Me!

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 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 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

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

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HEREfor "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

CLICK HERE to support the new Starry Skies album called 'Small Wonders'.

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

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 info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

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 Please Kill Me!

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 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 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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Kotzwinkled:

More like Leo YES-centelli. FEELIN' IT.
  11:06am
clarke:

hey now
sync shijps
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Mr. Fine Wine:

Hi, gang! So happy to be here! Let's get the phones jangling!
  Swag For Life Member 11:06am
Eddy in Australia:

Ahoy Clarke!
  11:07am
clarke:

Edward!!!!! wow!! hallooooo!
  Swag For Life Member 11:08am
Eddy in Australia:

Greetings to MC Fine Wine and the Hitman
  11:08am
clarke:

the Hitman ha ha ha ha ha
  11:08am
clarke:

purrrrfect!!!
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Joe B:

Loose Lips were from Chicago
  11:10am
clarke:

like we couldn't tell??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:10am
Kotzwinkled:

Michael weaves a That Thing You Do!-esque tale for every #1 hit!
  11:12am
clarke:

BABY!!!!
nice!!!
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Handy Haversack:

Fantastic, Baby! You rock!
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Squints:

We need to chip for a vanity plate:

#1 HITMAN
  11:13am
clarke:

except the kid now drives the car!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:14am
Baja Joe:

Michael! Mr. Wine!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:14am
Handy Haversack:

Those giddy pre-pandemic days when you could just start kissing everything in sight.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:14am
Squints:

Vibe here reminds me of those great great late 60s/early 70s Little Richard records.

Little Santana groove, too.

Good.
God.
Y'all.
  11:15am
clarke:

ggy
  11:17am
clarke:

that's a carpet?!?
  11:18am
Peter Horvath:

Ahoy from Highland Park, Michael and Mr. Finewine!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:18am
Handy Haversack:

Such a great album!

The wear and tear on that carpet is partly from racing the web pledges from the printer to the MC. K8 was excelling at it last night!
  11:19am
clarke:

thnx K8!!!!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:19am
bbob:

That carpet should be adoptable. Because this is definitely the last season for it. #sad
  11:20am
clarke:

u need an area rug!!!
  11:20am
Frank In Queens:

Hey NOW! Pledge NOW!
  11:20am
clarke:

FRANK!!!
  11:20am
Frank In Queens:

clarke!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21am
happymaan:

Hey Michael!
  11:21am
clarke:

was about to check the NHL schedule!
  11:21am
HungryFreaks:

That's not a carpet, it's a rug. What size do you need? I may have something I can donate.
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Moammar:

Really pulls the room together. And the blows it right into the fourth dimension.
  11:21am
Frank In Queens:

@clarke, en route 😜
  11:21am
clarke:

hey F, so i am on the list for that chapel hill show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:22am
happymaan:

Wow, I already pledged but the idea of talking to one of the J's is pretty fun.
  11:22am
Frank In Queens:

@clarke excellent! Have fun!
  11:23am
clarke:

i am not positive i am GOING, but on the list. have u made NC travel plans??
  11:24am
clarke:

i was considering taking the train up thar. pondering....
  11:24am
Frank In Queens:

@clarke I haven’t gonna skip it. I have a big trip in May planned and the NC show is just too close to it.
  11:24am
wally:

can anyone help me. I am trying to find the band "the wedding cake" but I cannot find it on youtube or fmu search or anything. am I imagining that band? does it exist?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:24am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

+ Marathonianz +
  11:24am
clarke:

right-o! may is a good month in the western mtns!
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Hughie Considine:

@wally, not the Wedding Present?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:25am
Handy Haversack:

HungryFreaks: from pure (in-person) eyeballing, I'd guess it's maybe 6 X 15 feet?
  11:25am
clarke:

wedding present maybe??
  11:25am
Frank In Queens:

@clarke very much looking forward to it.
  11:26am
wally:

yes the wedding present!!!!! thank you so much. you save the day!!!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:26am
Hughie Considine:

well this is delightful.
  11:26am
Frank In Queens:

@Hughie it is!
  11:26am
clarke:

yes, keep me in loop, Frank. there's a chance i may travel later. or never, ha ha.
  11:27am
P-90:

Saturday morning line-up SO SOLID these days
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HyperDose:

WFMU tends to save the day quite a bit
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Brainiac from Neuron 3:

Hey Michael!
  11:29am
Toothgrinder Tom:

Hey everybody, beautiful day for a marathon!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:29am
Kotzwinkled:

I saw Allen Toussaint play "Margaritaville" with Buffett at Jazz Fest. It just made sense there.
  11:30am
clarke:

how much to adopt that Garbage sign?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:31am
Kotzwinkled:

Wait is the Nocentelli prize a CD or LP?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:31am
Mr. Fine Wine:

Whoa, this Leo Nocentelli is pretty nice. 800-989-9368...still time to get in on the drawing!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:31am
Mr. Fine Wine:

CD
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:34am
Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Jonathan!
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Moammar:

Slava Ukraini
  11:36am
P-90:

Princeton: with the pancake house and the nice little record shop. And incidentally a largish college…
  11:36am
clarke:

btw, said this many times, but the new orleans pronunciation of Allen Toussaint is TWO-saint. like the football team (that is setback 10 yrs).
  11:37am
P-90:

Mr. Fine Wine: THE CHEF OF THE FUTURE!
  Swag For Life Member 11:39am
Eddy in Australia:

@Clarke A bit like the St Kilda Saints, who just lost the first match of the Australian football season?!
  11:39am
clarke:

i would imagine thusly!!
  11:40am
clarke:

i am going thru something similar, Eddy: wondering whether to jettison one of 'my teams' because they MIGHT just tank, and EARLY!
  11:40am
Crei6hton:

Morning WFMU
  11:40am
P-90:

NPR shies away from decapitation themes
  Swag For Life Member 11:41am
Eddy in Australia:

Cursed Saints, at opposite ends of the world.
  Swag For Life Member 11:42am
Eddy in Australia:

Nah, gotta stick with 'em, but it feels good to vent a little.
  11:42am
clarke:

well, i was not (just then) referring to my Saints, but to lsu baseball (college), who lost their first conference game, last nite. ouch.
  11:44am
clarke:

oh - i will never jump off the Saints wagon - hell, i survived the bum phillips years, man!!
  11:45am
phat in lincoln:

Finally filled out my Swag for Life form.
  11:45am
clarke:

and St.K is DEFINITELY my favorite Aussie Footie team!! (by default - i know no others).
  Swag For Life Member 11:45am
Eddy in Australia:

I hear ya - been waiting 55 years (and counting) for a second championship
  11:45am
phat in lincoln:

Lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:45am
Whosondephone:

I didn't know Elvis was good.
  Swag For Life Member 11:45am
Eddy in Australia:

Ha!
  11:47am
Andres:

Good morning! Absolute satisfaction from this Otis!!
  Swag For Life Member 11:47am
Eddy in Australia:

Introduced to Erma Franklin's version of Baby What You Want Me To Do (a B-side) by this very show - thanks Michael.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:48am
greg g:

Morning Michael!! Very Satisfying!!
  11:52am
rx scabin:

Good morning, Michael and everyone.
  11:54am
HungryFreaks:

OMG I keep missing the phone number
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Listener Baby:

Bones Howe
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Moammar:

I have that Otis box set at the Whiskey right here. Band was James Young (guitar), Ralph Stewart (bass), Elbert Woodson (drums) Robert Holloway, Robert Pittman, Donald Henry (saxes), Sammy Coleman, John Farris (trumpets) and Clarence Johnson Jr. (trombone).
  11:56am
phat in lincoln:

That Jardine interview was weird, yes.
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Will the Sound Guy:

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  Swag For Life Member 11:57am
Eddy in Australia:

@Michael: Your Steven McDonald interview was a lot of fun.
  11:57am
clarke:

elbert woodson = smokin' HOT!
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Moammar:

Those aren't the Bar Kays, I think. I have no idea who they are.
Avatar 11:59am
Listener Baby:

Bones Howe , Big Jim Sullivan, Steve Berry
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:59am
Mike Sin:

Most all of Michael Shelley’s interviews are extremely engaging— they are at archival/“Smithsonian” level.
  12:00pm
phat in lincoln:

Ooooh! He said the name!
  Swag For Life Member 12:01pm
Eddy in Australia:

I had my money on one hour until the first slip-up. I win!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:01pm
Kotzwinkled:

After the Steve Cropper interview, we imitated his world-weary "welllllllllll" opener to many of his responses to Mike's questions.
  12:01pm
goes211:

Love this station! Love the banter and peek behind the show production! Thanks!
  12:01pm
clarke:

DEAD-ON eddy!
  12:02pm
clarke:

Frank - you at the venue, yet?? Movies??
  12:04pm
clarke:

ggy!!
  12:04pm
P-90:

PLEDGE NOW! for world-weary “wellll”s
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:05pm
Kotzwinkled:

@P-90 hahaha
  12:06pm
clarke:

diggin' these 'behind the scenes' photos
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:08pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

FMU indeed a bottomless Well of the right & necessary stuff.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:10pm
PaulRobeson1920:

@Mike Sin @11:59 I Agree

Hi Hi Hi
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:10pm
Pedro in Arlington:

At least one of the horns behind Otis at one of the Whiskey shows is notoriously out of tune. But there's beauty in that. Give to the No. 1 deejays.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:10pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...of which the Interviews are *indeed* a rich & rare element...
  12:12pm
phat in lincoln:

Woof Moo!
  12:14pm
clarke:

GET A NEW DJ!!!
  12:15pm
clarke:

a very nick lowe'ish way of singing.
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Listener Baby:

Great chords on this songs. They really show through this way
  12:17pm
rx scabin:

I do not think that is a zither. Still good though.
  12:17pm
phat in lincoln:

We could all use a little more electric zither in our lives.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:17pm
McGroovey:

Drum machine!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:17pm
Webhamster Henry:

Autoharp & organ alert!
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Listener Baby:

Autoharp
  12:17pm
phat in lincoln:

No bad versions of this song...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:18pm
DjLorraine:

Pledge for another SALAD with croutons.
  12:21pm
paul:

Accepting Oscar for Norma Rae
  12:21pm
Andres:

Are we comparing pledging to stuffing guts back into a torso? ;)
  #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:21pm
GeoSinPhilly:

"They like me!"
  12:22pm
clarke:

don't bring me down.
bruce.
  12:26pm
Mark from Mendham:

Love FMU
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:28pm
happymaan:

Lets get more #1 emoji's after our names!
  12:30pm
clarke:

medira el Baby!!
Avatar 12:31pm
Hubig Pie:

Ooo, I do likes the pink wine
  12:31pm
clarke:

hubig!! whereyat?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:31pm
Squints:

Is that the Ventures Neil Diamonding in the background?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:34pm
Handy Haversack:

LGL was a great interview!
Avatar 12:34pm
Hubig Pie:

clarke, mornin' coffee, yo.
  12:35pm
clarke:

beignets
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:36pm
Wenzo Toad:

I always flush my toilet with mountain dew
  12:36pm
phat in lincoln:

@Handy Haversack truth. She was so gracious and interesting.
  12:39pm
HungryFreaks:

I always flush my kidneys with mountain dew
  12:39pm
clarke:

go Eddy!!!
  Swag For Life Member 12:40pm
Eddy in Australia:

@MC Fine Wine: That was indeed me. Good memory!
  12:41pm
clarke:

who could forget EIA!?????
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:41pm
happymaan:

Hey @Wenzo, I've been seeing you around a lot.
  12:43pm
phat in lincoln:

Lake of the Ozarks is a fake place, as well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:43pm
Handy Haversack:

Nice one, Eddy!
  12:45pm
phat in lincoln:

Funnel of Love is actually a pretty weird song. This version is also pretty weird.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:45pm
Mr. Fine Wine:

Hi, Eddy! Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:46pm
Mr. Fine Wine:

Dang, since we set the goal, the needle has barely moved! Let's get some last-minute pledges in at 800-989-9368 or right here on the website!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:46pm
Squints:

This is pretty gnarly stuff. Squints like.

That yodeling at the end just sealed the deal.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:48pm
Squints:

Is this what The Cramps sound like when they're kicking back and taking it easy?
  12:49pm
vicki people like us WFMU:

Had some fun with that Bonanza LP on my People Like Us ‘A Fistful of Knuckles’ CD
  12:54pm
phat in lincoln:

Holy crap. These drums are incredible. What was he thinking?
  12:55pm
phat in lincoln:

Bonfa? What track is this?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:56pm
Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Michael, Mr. FW! Great Marathon show!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:58pm
Will the Sound Guy:

Thank you MS, MFW, volunteers, and pledgers!!!
  12:58pm
clarke:

ever get th' feeling you been BABY'd?? good nite.
  12:58pm
Jay and Silvia:

We gave too¡
  Swag For Life Member 12:59pm
Eddy in Australia:

See ya, Clarke!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:59pm
Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Jordon and Juniper!
  12:59pm
clarke:

gudday!!!
  1:07pm
rx scabin:

Good afternoon, everyone.
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