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Blue Öyster Cult  Cities On Flame With Rock and Roll   Favoriting   Columbia    45  feat. today's guest Joe Bouchard on bass!     
The Vagrants  Oh Those Eyes   Favoriting   Southern Sound    45      0:03:12 (Pop-up)
Namen Namen  The One I Love The Most   Favoriting   Massif Records  2022  EP    *   0:05:59 (Pop-up)
The William Loveday Intention  Girl from '62   Favoriting Cowboys Are SQ  Liberation Hall  2022  CD      0:08:28 (Pop-up)
Aldus Roger  1-Scotch, 1-Burbon, 1-Beer   Favoriting   La Louisianne    45      0:12:45 (Pop-up)
Stompin' Riffraffs  Burning   Favoriting Burning  Wild Records  2022  CD    *   0:15:20 (Pop-up)
The Scorpions  What Did I Say   Favoriting   CNR    45      0:16:50 (Pop-up)
NOBRO  Marianna   Favoriting Live Your Truth Shred Some Gnar & Sick Hustle  Dine Alone Records  2022  LP    *   0:20:10 (Pop-up)
Joe Bouchard  Rocket To Fame   Favoriting American Rocker  Rockheart Records  2022  CD    *   0:23:29 (Pop-up)
 
The Black Keys  Burn The Damn Thing Down   Favoriting Dropout Boogie  Nonesuch Records  2022  LP    *   0:30:31 (Pop-up)
Stars In the Sky and the Milky Way Band  Baby Hold On   Favoriting   Stars In The Sky    45      0:33:09 (Pop-up)
Dave Edmunds  Back To School Days   Favoriting Get It  Swan Song    LP      0:36:18 (Pop-up)
Janis Martin  Drugstore Rock and Roll   Favoriting   RCA Victor    45      0:38:54 (Pop-up)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers  Rockin' Around (With You)   Favoriting Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers  Shelter    LP      0:41:02 (Pop-up)
Ben Vaughn  Wayne Fontana Was Wrong   Favoriting The World Of Ben Vaughn  Relay Shack Records  2022  LP    *   0:43:56 (Pop-up)
Monroe and Gee Gee and the Interois  Shake It Baby   Favoriting   Gee Gee Records    45      0:46:14 (Pop-up)
The Cramps  Can't Hardly Stand It   Favoriting   Illegal    45      0:49:01 (Pop-up)
Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders  Rooster Blues   Favoriting Blues, Soul & Rock and Roll  Ghost Highway Recordings  2022  EP    *   0:51:33 (Pop-up)
Blues Rockers  Calling All Cows   Favoriting   Excello    45      0:54:01 (Pop-up)
 
The Stalk-Forrest Group  What Is Quicksand?   Favoriting   Elektra    45  pre- BOC, pre-Joe Bouchard    1:01:21 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult  Transmaniacon MC   Favoriting Blue Oyster Cult  Columbia    LP      1:04:33 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult  Then Came The Last Days of May   Favoriting Blue Oyster Cult  Columbia    LP      1:08:00 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult  The Red & The Black   Favoriting Tyranny and Mutation  Columbia    LP      1:11:22 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult  OD'd On Life Itself   Favoriting Rarities (1969-1988)  Columbia    2LP  recorded live in Portland, OR 1974    1:15:51 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult  Hot Rails To Hell   Favoriting Tyranny and Mutation  Columbia    LP      1:20:15 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult  Born To Be Wild   Favoriting   Columbia    45      1:24:59 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult  Boorman The Chauffer   Favoriting Rarities (1969-1988)  Columbia    2LP      1:28:40 (Pop-up)
 
 
interview with Joe Bouchard pt. 1
Blue Öyster Cult  Astronomy   Favoriting Secret Treaties  Columbia    LP      1:54:47 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult  Career Of Evil   Favoriting Secret Treaties  Columbia    LP      2:01:04 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult  ME 262   Favoriting Secret Treaties  Columbia    LP      2:05:05 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult  This Ain't The Summer Of Love   Favoriting   Columbia    45  originally performed by The Imperial Dogs    2:09:49 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult  (Don't Fear) The Reaper   Favoriting Agents Of Fortune  Columbia    LP      2:12:08 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult  Debbie Denise   Favoriting Agents Of Fortune  Columbia    LP      2:17:16 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult  Burnin' For You   Favoriting Fire Of Unknown Origin  Columbia    LP      2:21:04 (Pop-up)
Joe Bouchard  Katherine   Favoriting American Rocker  Rockheart Records  2022  CD    *   2:25:41 (Pop-up)
 
 
Joe Bouchard interview pt. 2
Blue Öyster Cult  She's As Beautiful As A Foot   Favoriting Blue Oyster Cult  Columbia    LP      2:53:54 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  The Continuing Story Of Bungalo Bill   Favoriting The White Album  Apple    2LP      2:56:47 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:00pm
yerfriendpaul:

YES!!
Avatar 👻 3:01pm
Tony in Durham NC:

So good to hear from ol' home town: LONG ISLAND
  3:01pm
bittycar:

Hello all!
  3:01pm
clarke:

yeeesh!!! good day all!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:01pm
medson:

Is this where the music is coming from? Hey TOPT and all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:01pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

BÖC? So that's how it's going to be today? Cool!
Avatar 👻 3:02pm
Tony in Durham NC:

Öyster Bay Parkway Aflame With Röck 'n' Röll!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:02pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Is Micah co-hosting the Cult Activity ?
  3:03pm
clarke:

i have a set of blue oyster Ludwig drums. but, as far as i know am not a member of any cult.
Avatar 3:03pm
Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Long Island two-fer!
  3:03pm
taryninstereo:

Hello! Listening with my little rock n roller.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:03pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Vagrants with LeslieWest ?
  3:04pm
morphe':

The guy 2nd from the left (audience view) looks my my cousin Padrig who died last year... I'd love to see the shoes - not a fetish, just to place the year(s)... Padrig wore the clunky brown shoes with a thick sole and a 2 inch heel... he was short so was working the shoes ...
  3:04pm
clarke:

he's a BIG boy!!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
prof.fuzz:

good afternoon, y'all!
  3:05pm
clarke:

FuZZZZ
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:06pm
prof.fuzz:

clarkEEEE
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:06pm
TonyR:

Did I find the sound, or did the sound find me?
  3:06pm
clarke:

funniest story from the road, Prof??
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:08pm
TonyR:

I think that if the oysters are blue, you send them back.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:08pm
Woo:

How long is Long Island?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:08pm
TonyR:

What a zen question.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:08pm
DjLorraine:

“let the girl, let that girl rock n roll“ !
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:09pm
prof.fuzz:

@clarke: someone in the home crowd last night asked The Redhead that question (while I was retuning a guitar). Her reply: When she sprained her ankle on an uneven stage in ohio! That would not have been my choice of story, but...
Avatar 👻 3:09pm
Hackensack Slim:

Todd loves his new chair!
  3:09pm
clarke:

that ain't that funny.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:10pm
TonyR:

Oh, ick. I once walked ON my ankle trying to get in a cab too fast.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:10pm
TonyR:

No platform shoes were involved.
  3:11pm
clarke:

but i have also been at that uneven stage - in ohio
Avatar 👻 3:11pm
Tony in Durham NC:

Thanks, Tödd-ö-Phönic!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:11pm
prof.fuzz:

@clarke. I know. AND I know better than to laugh at my better half getting hurt.
My reply would be the owl puppet knocking over Louie from psych-o-positive's beer at wonderville. Louie didn't know what hit him, but all ended well (except for the beer, of course).
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:12pm
TonyR:

I have learned that you have significant tendons on the OUTSIDE of your ankle, going down to your foot. If a doc slightly nudges inward, they're supposed to fight back slightly. One of mine had no fight left.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:13pm
TonyR:

No more f-Me pumps for ME!
  3:13pm
clarke:

those pesky owl puppets, again??
  3:13pm
Victrola Tom:

Belmont Stakes warmup races and the TOPT show!! Who needs sunshine?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:13pm
medson:

Yes please
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:13pm
prof.fuzz:

that damn owl's an a-hole...
  3:14pm
clarke:

i know ya'll have a song called (i think) Owls.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:14pm
prof.fuzz:

tour award for best shoes goes to chris dipinto of creem circus.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:15pm
Hoboken Jack:

Hello TOPT and all! Thank you for the driving soundtrack until I am Franklin Township Jack this afternoon.
Avatar 3:15pm
jamesegio:

Feel like I'm back at the crawfish fest!
  3:15pm
clarke:

FT Jack. welcome to the cult.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:15pm
prof.fuzz:

@clarke: you are correct, sir! the owl puppet appears during that song and wrecks things up, usually.
  3:16pm
clarke:

Spoiler Alert~~
  3:17pm
clarke:

this rocks me like a hurricane.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:17pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, Jack. Residents of Franklin Township wearing nice pants today?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:18pm
TonyR:

So there IS a form of humor lower than puns....
  3:19pm
clarke:

yes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:19pm
The Spoony:

OO, AH!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:20pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...owl's well that ends well...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:20pm
prof.fuzz:

so true, RevRab
  3:21pm
clarke:

i'm owl about it!
  3:21pm
WM:

I heard an early prototype of BOC known as The Stalk-Forrest Group as the opening act for Ten Years After and MC5 at Stony Brook University, Long Island in (I think) 1970. I don't remember their set too clearly (I went to hear MC5) but I remember thinking they were at least pretty good, professional.
  3:22pm
Van Winkle;-):

Greetings all from above the 49th...now...be very careful with your spelling or you might stumble on an altogether different and heavier sounding Scorpions band... Oh wait...they're spelled the same...ha, ha
  3:22pm
clarke:

pre- or post- Soft White Underbelly??
Avatar 3:23pm
Todd-o-phonic Todd:

@Van Winkle: Believe it or else, it's the same band!
Avatar 👻 3:24pm
Tony in Durham NC:

My wife met a guy at work many years ago here in NC, and he once played bass for BÖC. Boy, was he sorry he quit! Let's just refer to him as Joey D...
  3:24pm
morphe':

Thanks TopT and all!!! May be be back before 6pm ET/EST ???
  3:26pm
clarke:

i, too, must depart, soon, and will archive the rest, later. avidly! thnx TopT
Avatar 👻 3:27pm
Tony in Durham NC:

...wait, might've been Soft White Underbelly back in the day of The Bridge To Nowhere at SUNY Stonybrook
  3:28pm
Victrola Tom:

I love me some BOC or SWU, whichever name they’re going by! A band I saw both at Madison Square Garden and Maxwell’s!
  3:29pm
Van Winkle;-):

@ Todd...well you learn something new and old...every Saturday on the phonic shoe...
  3:29pm
WM:

Yes, BOC also went by the names Soft White Unverbelly and Stalk-Forrest group in the early days.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:30pm
McGroovey:

Billy Childish: like Guided By Voices, at some point I just had to stop buying the latest record, cause there were too many, and there were other people's records that needed buying.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:30pm
medson:

I’d like to see the Stompin Riffraffs. But I have something to do on Sept 24th here in NJ.
  3:31pm
Victrola Tom:

@TOPT: That must have happened before Joe B became the Peoples Champ!
Avatar 3:32pm
David Shortell:

When was Billy Childish interviewed on this program?
  3:32pm
Mike Sin:

Yeah! Scorpions! Thanks! Listening in the car while heading back from the shore.
Avatar 3:35pm
Todd-o-phonic Todd:

@David Shortell: 6/22/19
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:35pm
ACmonicAC:

Hey, Todd, Medson, and all fellow groomers. Greetings from Atlantic City.
Avatar 3:36pm
Todd-o-phonic Todd:

@ACmonicAC: Uhm, I think you meant groovers...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:37pm
medson:

Hi there Monica.
  3:37pm
MFlynn:

Thanks Todd. Edmunds doing Parker! My favorite!!
  3:38pm
Van Winkle;-):

Chugging right along...with that Martians...sorry...snafu on ye Olde shazz...Stars In The Sky and the Milky Way Band tune...ta muchly!!!
  3:38pm
chris_in_space:

Hey all. I’m in Bellwoods Park in Toronto. Show sounding great as the frisbees fly by.
  3:39pm
noisejerk:

@Tony IDNC: omg, The Bridge to Nowhere... I played many gigs too close to the salad bar at the Union restaurant. Also, you'd have to check Wikipedia or HotrailsUK or whatever but pretty sure the original SWU preceded SFG. SWU had (Peter, Paul and Mary associate) Les Braunstein singing. After he was replaced by E Bloom they renamed to SFG for a bit to finish a second demo/debut attempt for Elektra.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:40pm
DanFA:

Just a reminder that Patti Smith was an early collaborator with Blue Oyster Cult.
  3:41pm
Victrola Tom:

@ACmonicAC Greetings from Ventnor!
  3:42pm
noisejerk:

Patti was with BOC guitar/keys Allen Lanier for a bit. She's got co-writes sprinkled through their discography.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:43pm
DanFA:

@noisejerk, yes, specifically Fire of Unknown Origin and Career of Evil
  3:44pm
Frank In Queens:

Hey there Todd!
Avatar 3:45pm
Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Hey Frank! Can't wait for your Drop In show today at 6 on The Rock and Soul Stream!
  3:45pm
Frank In Queens:

Thanks Todd! I’m looking forward to it myself.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:45pm
Hoboken Jack:

I can't wait to cover this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:46pm
ACmonicAC:

Yes, Todd, indeed I did mean Groovers. I have old, fat fingers which have aged out of every last little bit of agility. Big oops on my part.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:47pm
ACmonicAC:

Victrola Tom: Howdy neighbor!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:49pm
DanFA:

The groove on this is sick.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:50pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...it's the 'simple' stuff where you gotta BringIt...
  3:51pm
noisejerk:

@DanFA "Baby Ice Wet Dog" and I think "Revenge of Vera Gemini," too.
  3:52pm
Robm:

Hello TOPT listeners
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:52pm
medson:

Cheers Todd
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:55pm
medson:

Listening to this one right into the Vibe Report
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:55pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

PatTodd reminded me of Barrence Whitfield. Which is good.
  3:56pm
noisejerk:

Discovered 2 Cramps songs in Stranger Things season 4 this week!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:57pm
ACmonicAC:

Hi Robm!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:59pm
medson:

Link for the Drop In show tonight 6pm Rock N Soul Stream wfmu.org...
  4:00pm
(another) Patrick in Hoboken:

Today I learned Wayne Fontana was from Lancashire, England?! Born in Manchester, died in Stockport.
Avatar 4:02pm
dday:

Shades of "Redeemed" (to come later) :)
  4:04pm
Robm:

Hey ACmonicAC
  4:04pm
jimmytallow:

Amazing song!
Avatar 👻 4:04pm
John L:

noisejerk: I noticed that, too, but I don't think it had the same impact on sales that it did for Kate Bush. sadly.
  4:05pm
noisejerk:

Redeemed on the 1st album feels like last breath of their Dead/Quicksilver/Moby Grape-ness.... very Long Island.
Avatar 4:05pm
dday:

My copy of Transmaniacon skips just before the second ending lead in lick. I finally hear it the way it should go
  4:07pm
noisejerk:

@dday, holy crap - my Trans MC does too! We got the same crap pressing?
Avatar 4:07pm
dday:

I beat the hell out of my LP. Screams skips opening side two as well :)
  4:08pm
noisejerk:

@John L - no surprise. I suppose I've heard more Cramps with bass in popular culture, alas.
  4:08pm
Victrola Tom:

My favorite BOC tune right here!
  4:09pm
Mike W.:

Awesome lead-in set
  4:09pm
Victrola Tom:

Transmaniocon MC ‘ain’t bad either!
  4:10pm
noisejerk:

I saw "Blue Oyster Cult" like 15-20 years ago at BB Kings. Sorta weird how 1st lp gets so much play - LDOM, Redcap, Stairway, maybe Trans MC. Even Cities despite no Albert
Avatar 4:10pm
David Shortell:

Does this song have a thematic connection to the work of George Pelecanos?
Avatar 4:11pm
dday:

Maybe ask Joe B. if there's a link (subconsciously) between the verses in "Screams" & the bridge(s) in Zappa's "Concentration Moon" (We're Only In It For the Money)
  4:11pm
Victrola Tom:

Just hit the exacta on race 8 at Belmont, and we’re all winning with this set right here!
  4:11pm
noisejerk:

RE: Stranger Things - I keep hoping to a Black Flag or at least DK's bumper sticker... it won't happen.
Avatar 👻 4:11pm
John L:

noisejerk: Their version of "Fever" is well used in the vampire epic "Near Dark."
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dday:

I'm On the Lamb..But I Ain't No Sheep
  4:12pm
noisejerk:

John: cool! (no bass)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:13pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Was thinking could be called the lovechild of Sabbath & KingCrimson ...but the idea there's a little MobyGrape in there is interesting...
Avatar 4:13pm
Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Part one of my conversation with Joe Bouchard coming up soon!
  4:13pm
noisejerk:

...is waiting on the bass break.
Avatar 4:13pm
dday:

Wings Wetted Down!!!!!
  4:14pm
Victrola Tom:

I think it’s pretty funny that BOC were considered heavy metal back In the 70’s.
  4:15pm
noisejerk:

dday: that's been the origin of my email address since the beginning of email.
  4:15pm
Mike W.:

“Near Dark” is a classic

#TakeAnyTangent
  4:15pm
Frank In Queens:

Man, lovin this BOC set.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:15pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Early 1973.
  4:15pm
Van Winkle;-):

@ dday...and total "non~secitur" (sic) but your avatar/icon reminds me of my cats' fave brand of UK cat food...before they immigrated to N.'merika... Felix.
Avatar 4:17pm
dday:

Van Winkle: That's a drawing of my cat Squeezle McLoveMuffin done by my friend, Coney Island's, The Artist Rose (Chateau)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:18pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

These Songs Tho
  4:18pm
noisejerk:

Was never down with how they re-jiggered the chorus on OD'd for gigs. But, this un's wild and wooly and Buck is so Buck all over the Buckin place (Lanier giving him some what for, too)
Avatar 👻 4:18pm
John L:

I watched the new Ti West film, "X," and they used a BOC song. Unfortunately it was "Don't Fear The Reaper," which is the go-to song for filmmakers with not enough imagination. Great song, but overused.
Avatar 4:21pm
dday:

One of the loudest shows I've ever attended was BOC opening for SLADE. Capitol Theater Passaic, NJ. 9/21/1973. 2nd Row Center
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

@dday: Holy shit! What a show!
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dday:

The end of Hot Rails was 5 guitars front of the stage ALL treble..I couldn't hear for days later
  4:24pm
Jeff formerly from Rahway:

Groovy show today TOPT!!
Avatar 4:26pm
David Shortell:

I always pronounced "Öyster" like I do "oyster". I don't know what the umlaut's for.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:26pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Also very '19th Nervous Breakdown'. A good allusion...
  4:27pm
noisejerk:

I used to have the 5 Guitars poster, but not as cool as that show. (Hot Rails reminds me of how so much guitar spew all over Tyranny isn't fixed, edited, punched. I've loved all of what would be considered mistakes left in since I was a tot. Money/time issues? Aesthetics, prolly not?)
Avatar 👻 4:27pm
Hackensack Slim:

Hey Todd, Another cool show. Lookin' forward to the chat with Joe. I was at the BOC show at the Capitol in Passaic, with Kiss as the opening act.
Avatar 👻 4:29pm
John L:

When I was growing up on Long island my friends and I looked up Buck Dharma in the phone book, under his real name. Unless there was more than one Donald Roeser living on L.I. I'm pretty sure it was him. Our intention was to drive by his house, just as a kind of pilgrimage, but we either chickened out or got too high and ended up at Jack-In-The Box.
Avatar 4:29pm
Todd-o-phonic Todd:

@Hackensack Slim: Kiss AND Slade or are you referring to a different show?
  4:30pm
noisejerk:

More awesome Joe-ness. As soon as Secret Treaties extras came out with Boorman we covered it. Who could resist?
Avatar 4:30pm
dday:

So wait..the umlautted O = the e sound like in "her" or the i sound in bird..so All this time I've been saying it wrong?
  4:31pm
noisejerk:

John - growing up on LI I can attest that the getting too high and ending up at Jack in the Box is not the exceptional part of that story
Avatar 👻 4:32pm
Hackensack Slim:

Different Show, Todd. April '74. I wish Slade was on the bill.
  4:35pm
noisejerk:

John - my best LI/BOC story: Around 19/20 years old, I was working for Manpower restocking Dr. Scholls displays in drugstores all over Nassau County. I'd be visited at my parents' house by a guy handing over boxes of product for the stores. I don't know how I knew - I guess I knew his real name, and MAYBE saw a picture somehow - one day I asked him, "Are you Andy Panda?" He was shocked, chagrined, not pleased. "Grumble grumble, etc"
Avatar 👻 4:36pm
John L:

I did get to see BOC at a benefit for Vietnamese refugees. Also on the bill was Utopia, Patti Smith , David Johansen and Rick Derringer. BOC were the best of the night, and I remember Patti being a little out of it.
Avatar 4:37pm
Todd-o-phonic Todd:

"When Led Zeppelin was really hot". That cracked me up.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:44pm
DjLorraine:

*whispers. Which one in the picture on the playlist is Joe B?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:46pm
ACmonicAC:

This is a great interview, Todd.
Avatar 4:47pm
Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Thanks Monica!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:48pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Wull - when I was truly a kid - the Sabbath fans for instance were the actual dopers & were considered trouble !
  4:51pm
noisejerk:

Lorraine: far left. I met him once and asked him about the essential "weirdness." He saw it then as he portrays now - sure, they could sit with MC5, Beefheart, etc. So, what explains Mirrors and on, or even Spectres? Not like they had Cheap Trick pop chops, groove, singing, to justify chasing hits.
Avatar 4:51pm
dday:

DJ Lorraine: I believe he's the one in the cow shirt
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:51pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Joe sounds like a straight-up dude. A regular guy with no ego issues. Fun!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:52pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

FMU Interviews are the schizle.
  4:53pm
Victrola Tom:

Anyone else attend the MSG Black & Blue tour show with the Dio-era Sabbath?
  4:54pm
Victrola Tom:

I wish I didn’t wear out my tour t-shirt from B&B, would love to break that one out now!
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zivilars:

Fantastic show as always, the holy Saturday trinity Michael Shelley / Rex / Todd never lets me down! THANKS!
  5:00pm
Robm:

@TOPT did you ask your guest about joan crawford has risen from the grave? Great song
  5:00pm
Van Winkle;-):

Attended an altogether different "blue cult" concert this past Mon...Jack White in full blue smurf mode...really only attended because i wanted to experience a coliseum show again as a flashback to my mid 70s concert experiences...I did the 2 lighter double double at the end of the multi-screen "performance"... ;-)
Never caught THE öyster...but Alice, Kiss, Lizzy and even Elton were great...in their time..."when they were hot".
Today's concert sound systems are many times better though...
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luka:

one of the greatest songs ever. and the Some Enchanted Evening version is even better.
  5:02pm
Van Winkle;-):

Tue...not Mon...I don't track time as well these days...hence my Van Winkleness... ;-)
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John L:

I'm starting to have Long island flashbacks. Not always a good thing, but in this case...I can almost smell Smiths Point. A bad flashback and I can smell Lake Rononkoma.
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Mr. Pumpy:

I can't believe Handy is missing this show. He was just asking if I, and some friends, wanted to go see BOC...and gushing about them. In his Haversackian way. Great Show T-O-T!!!!
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HyperDose:

Aw yea babeh!
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DjLorraine:

Perfect cowbell
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ACmonicAC:

More cowbell!
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luka:

the bass on the outro of this. my goodness, prepare yourself.
  5:13pm
Victrola Tom:

Some things don’t require mentioning with this crowd, but we all know there will be no cowbell comments during this set, right?
  5:13pm
Chattanooga Willy:

I saw BOC in the mid 70s at the colosseum in Montgomery AL. They were touring with Mott the Hoople. My friends and I moved from our nosebleed seats to the stagefront pit for their advertised "$400,000 laser light show". Buck Dharma shot lights from his ring that exploded in colors as they hit the sweet smoke above our heads. What a show!
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Mr. Pumpy:

More goat horn!!!
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Fredericks:

I thought I'd outgrew the Cult. This set makes me think that that isn't quite true.
  5:13pm
noisejerk:

JohnL: I'm from Nassau County. More about the bagels and industrial park chemical spills.
  5:14pm
noisejerk:

Victrola: I was thinking/hoping the same thing, but, too late. Sigh.
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DjLorraine:

(Hair standing up!)
  5:15pm
noisejerk:

luka: yes, that lick!
  5:15pm
Robm:

I hate hearing cowbells:)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Question :
...Does he ever think something actually needs more cowbell - but second-guesses himself...
  5:16pm
Dan from Delco:

I’m seeing the gnarly eyeball
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Robm beats me by a minuet ...so it is with low-hanging fruits...
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van chinski:

Cliche, overplayed, overused or not this song is just frickin' great.
  5:17pm
noisejerk:

Eff that crappy SNL stuff. Time Has Come Today and Mississippi Queen have way more cowbell.
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HyperDose:

As much as I love that tune, gotta say Burnin' for You floors me a bit more
@Dan Tall boys for life!
  5:17pm
Victrola Tom:

@Mr Pumpy LMAO & more goat horn!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

*MINNIT ...so it is with AutoIncorrect.
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van chinski:

Burnin' For You is also killer
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Pleasure to hear Reaper.
  5:18pm
noisejerk:

Burnin is a Meltzer lyric!
  5:18pm
bittycar:

Nice interview and show, Todd! As a little extra surprise my partner had Eric Bloom do a Cameo birthday shoutout video to my twin brother and I back in Feb. He sang Godzilla for us, right before he was about to board ship for the Rock Legends Cruise. Silly but I got a kick out of it. Thanks for the great show as always!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

GODZILLA
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

@bittycar: That's a great story!
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John L:

nnoisejerk:My grandparents lived in Long Beach, so we went to Lido Beach a lot. And Nassau Coliseum for my first arena shows.
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van chinski:

There goes Tokyo
  5:20pm
Robm:

@Todd are you going to play joan crawford by BOC?
  5:20pm
Victrola Tom:

@Hyperdose I feel like I’ve lived to see Burnin get the cred it was due when the Hold Steady & Drive By Truckers used it as their encore during their ‘08 co-headlining tour.
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Jessie:

I have always thought of Blue Oyster Cult as America's Hawkwind.
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HyperDose:

Oh god...my loins 😍
  5:21pm
Dan from Delco:

Oh yeah. Right in the vein.
  5:21pm
Victrola Tom:

@noisejerk Mississippi Queen may in fact be the King of Cowbell!
  5:22pm
Dan from Delco:

@van Godzilla is such a badass tune
  5:22pm
noisejerk:

Victrola: That San Diego Replacements type band The Mieces had Burnin for You video on late night MTV I think back then.
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DjLorraine:

🔥
  5:23pm
Dan from Delco:

@hyperdose hold my hand let’s go
  5:23pm
noisejerk:

Bittycar: Isn't Godzilla a Buck vocal (like all their sorta hits)? Anyway, happy birthday (you deserve your own).
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Ken From Hyde Park:

My college buds had The Revölution by Night album and I remember the "Shooting Shark" song.
  5:24pm
Victrola Tom:

Reaper and Burnin are both near-perfect rock & roll tunes. Good times!
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DjLorraine:

I love the base line!!
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HyperDose:

Love the bass and lead gtr in direct competition. I'd say it's a tie
  5:25pm
Robm:

@DjLorraine also love this deep dive into BOC
  5:25pm
Steve Harsh:

Great interview Todd. Long Island represent!
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ACmonicAC:

Burnin should have some cowbell.
  5:25pm
noisejerk:

JohnL: Unfortunately, I'm young enough to say my first BOC show was at Nassau on Spectres tour with Rush opening. BUT, I saw a weird crappyish post Will Shatter Flipper show at Malibu on Lido Beach. Violent Femmes opened!?
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HyperDose:

@ACmonicAC ...how dare you
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ACmonicAC:

Hahahaha!
  5:26pm
Victrola Tom:

@noisejerk I believe Buck wrote Godzilla but dueted the vocals with Bloom.
  5:26pm
Dan from Delco:

This movie had a BOC subplot https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0111293/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
  5:27pm
noisejerk:

Victrola: my brain memory sounds like that - both singing. I'd venture you're correct. Maybe we'll find out soon.
  5:27pm
bittycar:

@noisejerk. He shares lead vocals with Dharma. Bloom had video clips of Godzilla on his laptop that he’d occasionally flash to while he sang. He had some funny things to say. Great guy!
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dday:

Hee hee . Some Cowbell fun for you all : cowbellsongs.com...
  5:28pm
Victrola Tom:

@ACmonic nah, I’d go with Mr Pumpy’s goat horn for Burnin! 😂
  5:29pm
Robm:

@dday you are evil:)
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HyperDose:

The Stöned Age and Rolling Kansas are definitely two of the lesser-known stoner flicks. Smiley Face is also a gem with an absolutely star-studded cast.
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dday:

Thanks Rob :)
  5:30pm
noisejerk:

@bittycar - fun! I'm glad he was a nice guy! When I meet him he wasn't in the mood (probably something I said - it usually is).
  5:30pm
Victrola Tom:

Not to sound redundant, but I also love this Bouchard track!! Killer!
  5:30pm
Robm:

@dday don’t ever change
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DjLorraine:

I remember enjoying Black Blade from Cultosuarus Erectus
  5:33pm
bittycar:

@noisejerk. Haha! We all have our off days I guess. Thanks for the birthday wish!
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John L:

Dan from Delco: There was a 2011 film called Roadie that also had a BOC subplot. It's about a stagehand who gets fired after 20 years on the road with BOC. More of a character study than a comedy. Bunch of BOC on the soundtrack, as well as some Good Rats.
  5:36pm
noisejerk:

@bittycar. yeah, not kidding, I'm sure it was me (or at least the situation).
  5:37pm
noisejerk:

@dday, that site is annoying and correct. I change my vote to Nazareth.
  5:38pm
Dan from Delco:

@John L - Will check it out
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DjLorraine:

..i had a signed Ian Hunter poster but i had to move too many times
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Ken From Hyde Park:

If someone can locate a recording of the isolated cowbell, please send it to Station Manager Ken.
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dday:

@noisejerk: there's a website for everything it seems :)
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HyperDose:

Because Freebird needs more cowbell, Ken?
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dday:

The Freebird solo should be ALL cowbell
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Frank Zaatar:

Tish and Snooky! Now you're taking cult heroes.
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dday:

DjLorraine: I have a Mott poster from '73 a show in Cleveland. Aerosmith was the opener. Mint. Not signed. I saw that combo at Seton Hall in Oct. 73. $3.50. Nobody knew who Aerosmith was. I've got some great photos of Mott from that show. B&W & color.
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Frank In Queens:

Great GREAT interview Todd!
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Thanks Frank! Now get ready for your show!
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Frank In Queens:

Standing by...
  5:56pm
noisejerk:

Thank you, Todd. I couldn't help but interject here instead of my usual lurking. Apologies and a Gurnsey cow to you all.
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HyperDose:

Thanks for the fun, Todd and all!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Great Flamenco Gittar intro actually a Moog tape preset. Cheaters !
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dday:

Thank You all from an ex Garfield, New Gurnsey resident
  5:58pm
bittycar:

Thank you, Todd! Good evening to all!
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DjLorraine:

Bless you TOPT keep on rocking
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radioronan:

Thanks Todd!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...first thing I noticed with 2009 Beatles Remasters was how much tambourine (& perhaps cowbell) seemed 6 inches from my face all the time...
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chresti:

And all this time I thought it was Buffalo Bill..
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Think with this one Lennon finally did a Song like his Cartoons...
  6:00pm
Van Winkle;-):

I created a whole spitlistz devoted to cow bell tunes (with a bit of creator licence...as rim shots can sometimes sound similar pretty similar...it's 4 hours long and quite moo~tivational when you need to get on with chores.
Great "fun with phonic" episode Todd...as always. ;-)
The egg-free banana loaf is almost done...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ TopT ~
  6:00pm
Victrola Tom:

What a show!!!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Wait a minute...that's not Flipper!?!
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SamTheRam:

Thank You Todd, nothing but fun!
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