WFMU: Give The Drummer Some with Doug Schulkind: Playlist from September 30, 2022

Listener comments!
	7:13pm Doug Schulkind: Some Joe Bussard resources: VIDEO/FILM youtu.be... youtu.be... youtu.be... www.mustrad.org.uk... ORAL HISTORY OF FONOTONE RECORDS www.thewire.co.uk... ARTICLES dustandgrooves.com... dusttodigital.substack.com... washingtoncitypaper.com... COMPILATIONS dust-digital.com... dust-digital.com... www.oldhatrecords.com...
	7:54am KimSorise: Oh, dang. What incredible legacies he helped to preserve and share - not to mention his own. Good Morning, Doug and Drummers.
	7:58am Uncle Michael: Good morning. I can't wait to hear this Joe Bussard tribute.
	8:24am Doug Schulkind: Good morning, Sister Kim! Good morning, Uncle Michael!
	🥁 8:45am PAULS: Frederick, MD, represent! RIP Joe and good morning drumminati of all stripes
	8:50am Doug Schulkind: @PAULS The entire basement of Joe's home on Cherry Hill Lane in Frederick should be preserved in the Smithsonian.
	🥁 8:55am listener james from westwood: Would I be wrong in guessing my first exposure to Bussard would've been through Secret Museum of the Air? If it wasn't, it was still WFMU, via the documentary shown at the Record Fair one year. Either way, another reason why FMU is so bloody important to music.
	8:57am adamdoesit: Good morning, Doug and drummers. I had a good run, but the virus caught up with me a week ago tomorrow. I'm thankful I didn't pass it to my loved ones, though I don't know how. They say to think positive, but I'd rather test negative. I got them stochastic pandemic blues. But, Bussards not buzzards. Let's get a groove on.
	8:57am Doug Schulkind: @listener james from westwood Probably not Joe Bussard with the Secret Museum. The record collector behind that amazing stash of international 78s is Pat Conte. The documentary you are referring to is Desperate Man Blues. Incredible incredible incredible!
	8:59am Doug Schulkind: @adamdoesit Oh no! So sorry. Hope things are and stay mild. We've had COVID run through my house twice, and I've steered clear so far. I realize it's only a matter of time. Keep well, Sir!
	🥁 8:59am Brian in UK: Hello Doug & Friday Folk. This show might till be still running next Friday.
	🥁 9:00am listener james from westwood: Aha! I knew Conte was the core; couldn't recall if Bussard was ever brought into that show as another collector. Thanks!
	🥁 9:00am listener james from westwood: And underscore in triplicate on Desperate Man Blues. Bloody amazing.
	🥁 9:01am listener james from westwood: @adamdoesit: Argh, bloody hell; sorry you got hit!
	9:01am Irene: So glad you’re paying tribute to Joe today, Doug! Good morning all!
	🥁 9:02am Brian in UK: adandoesit. Snap. Lili & I both tested positive last week. She is Neg now. I will retest tomorrow. First two days are for sleeping then a slow increase of energy.
	9:02am Doug Schulkind: @Brian in UK I'd love to work my way through Mr. Bussard's 15,000-25,000 78s. @listener james from westwood I could surely be wrong. I am not familiar with Joe B having international recordings in his collection.
	9:02am Webhamster Henry: Hi Friday Morning people!
	9:02am TDK60: Good morning, Doug.
	9:03am Irene: Hope you’re feeling better, adamdoesit!
	🥁 9:03am PAULS: Gettin' mighty crowded! get well soon, adamdoesit
	9:04am Webhamster Henry: Both Pat Conte and Richie "Citizen Kafka" Schulberg have/had massive 78 collections.
	9:04am Gina Bacon: Morning, Doug & Fridaypeople!
	9:04am Irene: And UKBrian too. The Covid keeps whipping through.😿
	🥁 9:06am PAULS: When is everyone gonna wake up? COVID is actually The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
	9:07am adamdoesit: Thanks, Doug, listener james in westwood, BiUK, Irene, PAULS (and ugh, BiUK). It's getting better all the time. PAULS, you're not wrong.
	9:07am TDK60: Good luck adamdoesit, Brian in UK, with the virus. / Never heard of Bussard. I have a musician cousin living in Frederick too, should ask if he knows about him. Oh, died in '86? Collection still there?
	🥁 9:08am PAULS: WAS 86, TDK60. Died this week
	🥁 9:08am Brian in UK: TDK60, thanks, he died on Monday aged 86.
	9:09am TDK60: Oh, thanks for clarification Pauls, Brian.
	9:09am fred: Tough month for Dust-to-digital, it started with Art Rosenbaum, and ended with Joe Bussard
	9:09am Doug Schulkind: Good morning, Irene Trudel! Gina Bacon (from the town Joe Bussard called "Trashville")!, Webhamster Henry! TDK60! fred! Listen for Joe Bussard on autoharp. Coming up!
	🥁 9:09am Brian in UK: I guess that he ploughed the same furrow as Harry Smith & then some.
	🥁 9:10am PAULS: dark holler! wihuuuuuu! I can hear why this was a favorite of JB's
	9:11am Listener Gregory: Good banjo to all who believe!
	9:11am Doug Schulkind: @PAULS Soon, we're going to hear Joe performing in one of his many informal groups, the Possum Holler Boys.
	🥁 9:11am PAULS: Trashville. Heh.
	9:11am Doug Schulkind: @Listener Gregory Praises unto the father, the son and the holy clawhammerer.
	9:13am Doug Schulkind: Nice faint harmonic on that guitar (played by Ira Stripling).
	🥁 9:13am Brian in UK: Joe Bussard's comment that Country stopped in 1954 & Rock 'n Roll is a cancer are strong words.
	🥁 9:13am dutchtheo: Howdy, Doug and Basement drummers!
	9:14am MHLee: Howdy
	9:14am Doug Schulkind: Sady Courville on fiddle here with Dennis McGee. Descend the stairs with me, dutchtheo! Howdy back, MHLee! How was your show this morning?
	9:17am MHLee: Clarence Ashley was a huge influence to the most influential bluegrass players. I also think he has one of the oldest recordings of House of the Rising Sun irc
	9:18am Listener Gregory: This is a real classic and never grows old, IMHO.
	9:18am KWilde: Good Morning! Looking forward to this tribute
	9:18am Doug Schulkind: Amanda Petrusich devotes a chapter in her book Do Not Sell at Any Price to Joe.
	9:19am MHLee: @Doug Schulkind I always enjoy putting together MWRA. Today it was neo-vaudeville mostly from the 1960s to today
	🥁 9:20am PAULS: I love this fiddle style! It's like the strings are greased up...
	9:21am Webhamster Henry: If you like this material, you should listen to Derek Piotr's Dust on the Decks on Mondays, right after Techtonic at 7PM www.wfmu.org...
	9:21am Doug Schulkind: @MHLee Sadly I'll never get to hear you live as I am hard at work on last-minute show prep.
	9:22am Andy S.: Glad I remembered to tune in this morning! Thank you, Joe Bussard, for your passion, your knowledge, and your generosity (but I'm glad you were not my dad).
	🥁 9:22am listener james from westwood: Oooh, this sweet Blue Sky Boys track.
	9:22am Gina Bacon: This is a beauty.
	9:23am Doug Schulkind: @Andy S Yes, yes, yes, and definitely yes!
	9:23am MHLee: I've always liked this one. John Harford did an excellent version. My high school bluegrass band (about a decade before I was involved) open for him at Carnegie Museum of Natural History
	🥁 9:24am listener james from westwood: @Doug: Petrusich was one of the first non-FMU people I thought of when I heard this news. Imagine she'll write more on the topic but maybe not soon, seeing as she's suffered a hard loss of her own.
	9:24am Doug Schulkind: Following this gorgeous number we'll hear from Joe's favorite singer.
	9:25am Little Danny: hello doug hello old-timers
	9:25am Doug Schulkind: @listener james from westwood We have a houseguest here in Pittsburgh who last night moderated a Zoom panel featuring Amanda P and the music writer Will Hermes.
	9:26am Doug Schulkind: Sweet to see you, Little Danny!
	9:28am MHLee: I think you could argue by '48 that country music was in crisis. By the time Hillbilly was not being used as a descriptor we already had some electric boogies slipping in... of course the decade prior Western music had been cleaned up for the movies.
	9:29am alanr: Hola to all the familiars!
	9:29am MHLee: Still I think some like the Louvin Brothers and some others kept much more traditional style.
	🥁 9:31am listener james from westwood: @Doug: Oh no kidding? Glad she's able to keep touch with music writing. That's a good sign.
	9:33am Gina Bacon: Thanks for this tribute, and all of those resources, Doug!
	9:33am Uncle Michael: I'd love to learn more about who/how these shellacs were cleaned up for digitizing. They sound pristine and I'm certain that many of them wouldn't sound that way if you just dropped the stylus on the physical media. These have been lovingly restored.
	9:33am BillfromRockTavern: Good morning Doug . Super enjoying this tribute! What is going to happen to all those precious 78s?
	🥁 9:34am PAULS: I know Will Hermes a little from NPR daze, he's up in New Paltz
	9:34am chresti: Good morning Doug and drummers!
	9:34am Uncle Michael: I scrub 78s with a brush and Dawn.
	9:34am Little Danny: that 78 cleaning scene is legendary amongst ocd-addled record collectors love you joe!
	🥁 9:35am Artie: Lovely set. Always enjoy hearing the ur-Cocaine Blues in Little Sadie.
	9:36am holland oats: drumma! peoples! buzzards!
	9:37am ?: A solid piece about Joe in the Washington Post from June. He talks about the future of the collection. Only met the man once, a few years ago at a record store in Maryland. He was everything you'd imagine. And gave out an invite to the house in Frederick to a total stranger. Should have taken him up on it. https://wapo.st/3rkXojq
	9:38am Pedro in Arlington: Sorry. Didn't mean to be anonymous. A solid piece about Joe in the Washington Post from June. He talks about the future of the collection. Only met the man once, a few years ago at a record store in Maryland. He was everything you'd imagine. And gave out an invite to the house in Frederick to a total stranger. Should have taken him up on it. wapo.st...
	🥁 9:38am Artie: @UM: Most likely little used, but are you aware of the Eliza 3D imaging and virtual stylus project? All praise the Archivists of the world!
	🥁 9:39am Artie: And now would seem an appropriate time to mention the fine Music Memory project: musicmemory.org
	🥁 9:39am PAULS: Hey -- I'm startin' ta feeeel the spirit!
	9:40am Irene: Hey Uncle Michael! Hope you’re doing better. As for cleaning up the sound of records, a good washing is absolutely the first step. But software to further clean the sound has come a long way. I recommend iZotope, which if used the right way can work wonders.
	9:40am Doug Schulkind: Howdy-do, BillfromRock Tavern! (Say hello to the marvelous Maggie!), chresti! Artie! holland oats? HOLLAND OATS!! And hello, Question Mark! Here's an obit in the Washington Post by Joe Heim (he wrote that piece back in June): www.washingtonpost.com...
	🥁 9:41am PAULS: Death May Be Your Paycheck -- reminds me of the classic Father Guido Sarducci "life is a job" routine
	9:41am Doug Schulkind: Haha! Pedro in Arlington pulls of his cloak!
	🥁 9:42am Artie: @Pedro: Wow. I’ve never met Joe, but have run into Marshall Wyatt of Old Hat a few times at shows here in Raleigh. Royalty.
	9:44am Pedro in Arlington: I did manage to get Joe's autograph on one of the rarer CD compilations he made possible. He was pleased to see a copy still around. www.allmusic.com...
	🥁 9:46am Brian in UK: Doug, no mention of our Durban correspondent. Did I miss something?
	9:46am Doug Schulkind: Yup. Down in the Basement. A PERFECT title for compilation of tunes from Joe Bussard's collection.
	9:47am Doug Schulkind: @Brian in UK Oh! Thanks for reminding me. I will mention during my next talkie-talk.
	🥁 9:48am Zipperhead7: Douglas and Drumedaries! Just back from a walk with Zipperdawg. He's excited. His favorite instrument is harmonica, being part coonhound and all. The cats preferred cool jazz with marimbas
	9:49am Doug Schulkind: Big love to the whole Zipperfamily!
	9:52am Doug Schulkind: Boy is Wellman Braud slapping his bass upside the head with this Ellington small group!
	🥁 9:52am Artie: Top quote from the WaPo piece: “Well, yeah, but that’s records,” he says, laughing again.
	9:52am Doug Schulkind: Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington on piano here.
	9:53am Doug Schulkind: @Artie Joe was always always laughing.
	🥁 9:53am PAULS: That bass better burp soon
	9:54am Rich in Washington: Top o' the mornin', Doug! Howdy everyone!
	9:55am MHLee: Hi Rich
	9:55am Andy S.: "The records filled every inch of the shelves he had built for them in the 1960s. They were kept in identical green paper sleeves and arranged in an order only he knew — and never divulged." (Joe Heim, Washington Post, 9/29/2022)
	🥁 9:56am PAULS: Hey I just wanted to say FREE SHAKIRA! and farewell, Trevor Noah, we hardly knew ya. ok, I feel better now.
	9:56am Rich in Washington: Hi MHLee!
	9:56am Doug Schulkind: Beale Street Sheiks: Frank Stokes on guitar and singing. Dan Shane on second guitar. @Rich in Washington Speaking of tops, how yours feeling? @Andy S The mystical mojo of Joe's filing system is most appealing.
	🥁 9:56am doctorjazz: Hello Drummers!
	9:57am bigplanetnoise: Morning, Doug and Drummers!
	9:57am Doug Schulkind: Nice footage of Joe and his basement guest dancing all goofy to this number. Speaking of goofy, HELLO DOCTORJAZZ! And welcome aboard, Mr. Coffee!
	🥁 9:57am PAULS: stars have aligned with big planet good day!
	9:58am Doug Schulkind: @Artie Another ur-Cocaine number for ya!
	9:59am Listener Gregory: If only Mr Bussard had stopped jazz at 1938, we wouldn't have had all that Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, etc. nonsense.
	10:00am MHLee: Excellent song
	10:00am Rich in Washington: @Doug: Feelin' good! Going a bit bonkers from staying at home but that's OK.
	10:00am TDK60: Blind Willie Johnson, wordless tune that could say a few thousand words.
	🥁 10:01am Zipperhead7: Samuel Charters' notes for the Blind Willie Johnson CD reissue are some of the most depressing reading I've ever encountered
	10:01am MHLee: @Zipperhead7 I'll need to read em
	10:02am Doug Schulkind: Keep mending, Rich! Glad to hear you're doing OK!
	10:03am Rich in Washington: I'll be back on the radiola next week (knocks on simulated woodgrain veneer) but this week, Julie of Dark Night of the Soul fills in for me tonight.
	10:07am TDK60: 'Dark Was the Night' is possibly one of the more elemental US recordings, to me.
	10:10am Webhamster Henry: I'll verify that Autoharp when it comes by.
	10:12am Doug Schulkind: @Webhamster Henry Autoharp coming up NEXT!
	🥁 10:12am PAULS: Doug - did I miss a Chris A update?
	10:13am Listener Gregory: "Having faith in God and the rights of men..." that will never steer you wrong!
	10:13am Doug Schulkind: @Zipperhead7 I have my issues with Sam Charters. @PAULS Oh shit! I forgot again. Sorry, I'm a little distracted. I'll write myself a note for the next mic break.
	10:14am Uncle Michael: comnists
	10:17am Doug Schulkind: I choose to include the "Mamma" spelling as it appears on the original acetate's label: www.discogs.com...
	🥁 10:18am doctorjazz: The doctor said, "Give 'em jug band music, seems to make them feel just fine..."
	🥁 10:18am bobdc: How long did he continue playing live gigs?
	10:18am Doug Schulkind: I am NOT, however, including the errant possessive apostrophe in "Tennessee Mess Arounder's."
	10:20am TDK60: Bussard played what instrument/s?
	10:20am Pedro in Arlington: One more memory of that night Joe did his little deejay show at that record store in Silver Spring, MD: His daughter and the grandkids "suffered" for his art and deserved a lot of credit for Joe being able to be Joe. That was clear. Hopefully the collection remains complete and loved and will provide them with some good income for years to come.
	10:20am Doug Schulkind: @bobdc I don't know that answer to that. This tune by the West Maryland Highballers is the one track in this set that was commercially released and not cut by Joe for Fonotone Records (and thus does not appear on the Dust-to-Digital box set of Fonotone tracks).
	🥁 10:20am doctorjazz: These are GREAT!
	10:20am Listener Gregory: They were real rapscallions, Doug. They even messed around with punctuation.
	10:21am Doug Schulkind: Rapscallions and hip-hop shallots, eh, Listener Gregory?
	10:22am ?: So great you are honoring Joe today! I once wrote to him after receiving the fonotone box set that I wondered if he could send me an Oriole records sleeve for a tattoo I was getting. Someone in the office sent me one, no charge. I'd like to think it was him but.... who knows. Much love for so many of the songs he collected.
	🥁 10:22am Zipperhead7: Just outta curiosity, Doug -- do you think Charters made the mistake of fetishizing "authenticity?"
	🥁 10:23am Artie: @UM et.al: Pardon my faulty memory, the project was IRENE (not Eliza). refs here: irene.lbl.gov physicstoday.scitation.org...
	10:25am Doug Schulkind: @Zipperhead7 I felt that Charters had a really boneheaded and myopic view of "the blues" and the music's connection to Africa.
	10:26am rw: Mornin'
	10:26am Stork: Great show, Dougie! These are super sides!
	10:28am Doug Schulkind: @Zippearhead7 Charters wrote about Ali Farka Touré and other African artists as playing a form of music that was the forerunner of American blues, whereas Touré was really more influenced by American blues. Charters' view discounted the possibility that African musicians could be open to external influences, too. A small-minded view in my estimation.
	10:28am Doug Schulkind: Greetings, rw! Groovings, Stork!
	🥁 10:30am Zipperhead7: Good point, Doug. It's a two-way street for sure. Always wondered how much James Brown influenced Fela, for example.
	10:30am rw: Doug, I didn't catch whether you were privy to any listening parties in Mr. Bussard's basement. By the way you were talking I got the feeling maybe you had.
	🥁 10:31am Artie: Possum Holler Boys need to be credited for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang authorship.
	🥁 10:31am PAULS: keep on struttin'!
	🥁 10:32am PAULS: I'm a sucker for anything featuring brushes
	10:33am Doug Schulkind: @Zipperhead7 Brown's influence on Fela was monumental. (Actually, his influence on Geraldo Pino was monumental and Pino's influence on Fela was huge.) I produced a WFMU marathon premium many years ago surveying James Brown's influence on musicians from around the world (mostly African). I called the collection "It's a James, James, James World."
	10:33am Doug Schulkind: @Artie No chit!
	🥁 10:33am PAULS: lol Doug
	10:34am Hopey Sockmonkey: Mornin' Doug and Drummers!
	🥁 10:34am doctorjazz: This sounds like an essential set (went to the link, sold out in physical media, but available as a download).
	🥁 10:35am PAULS: Nice to see that funky knit mug of yours, Hopey!
	10:36am Doug Schulkind: Great to see ya, Hopey Sockmonkey!
	🥁 10:39am Brian in UK: Ah Butcher the Metaphor. You know what comes next!!!
	🥁 10:39am PAULS: omg Doug, you are a serial metaphor murderer
	🥁 10:40am PAULS: DFBIHS
	🥁 10:41am listener james from westwood: Much love to Chris and his—those shows have been like the arrival of a joyous fleet each month.
	10:42am Franco Twinkie: Heya Doug.
	10:43am Webhamster Henry: I love those Chris A. segments - a little mini-show in the show.
	10:43am Listener Gregory: The Abenaki also extend into Vermont, but they are not a federally recognized tribe. They are recognized by the state and are increasingly active with cultural activities.
	10:43am adamdoesit: What listener james from westwood said. Chris A, I hope whatever it is gets better, and that you're back with us soon.
	10:44am Doug Schulkind: Only a few metaphors were harmed during the making of this radio show.
	10:45am Doug Schulkind: Hoping for the best for Chris and family. I know Chris would love to be back sharing his amazing record library with you all. Hey hey, Franco Twinkie!
	10:46am Listener Gregory: If you stick to murdering analogies, the metaphor lobby usually leaves you alone.
	🥁 10:47am doctorjazz: Echoing Listener James and adamdoesit, hoping all goes well for Chris and his family, can't wait to hear him on the Drummer Stream again!
	10:47am Doug Schulkind: @Listener Gregory That comment is loaded.
	🥁 10:48am doctorjazz: Speaking of "howYOUdoin", how are you feeling, @adamdoesit?
	10:49am Doug Schulkind: Genie Sherman (on whom I have had a major crush for 40 years) on vocals here.
	10:50am Doug Schulkind: The lyrics to this tune are translated from a Blaise Cendrars poem.
	10:50am Listener Gregory: New fund-raising idea! "We will murder a metaphor at the top of the hour if we do not meet our goal. And this time it will be a metaphor you really love. Also, it will be an extended metaphor, and its death will be stretched across an entire paragraph. But click on the DONATE link, and the metaphor will be preserved... until the next pledge period."
	10:51am adamdoesit: doc, thanks for asking. I feel better enough to return to life, but I'm still testing positive, so I keep it under wraps. Feeling a little (ok, a lot) stir crazy, and bummed to have missed some spectacular bike riding weather this week. Thankfully, my lovely wife is still in the clear, and was able to go see Tyshawn Sorey at the Park Ave Armory yesterday (albeit without me).
	10:53am Doug Schulkind: @Listener Gregory We should run that one up the flagpole and see if it floats. @adamdoesit Those Tyshawn Sorey shows at the Armory are taking on a legendary status. So many folks (I imagine your wife among them) are raving about them.
	🥁 10:54am doctorjazz: Ah, missed that Sorey was playing (hard to keep up), glad you're feeling better!
	10:55am adamdoesit: @Doug, she hasn't given me the download yet. I'll get thorugh the virus, but the suspense is killing me!
	10:56am Ramblin' Ray: Greetings Doug and fellow-earwiggers. Will time travel back to hear tribute sets i just missed.
	10:56am Listener Gregory: Doug, let's cross that bridge at the road less traveled.
	🥁 10:56am doctorjazz: That would be this show...? www.armoryonpark.org...
	10:56am Doug Schulkind: @adamdoesit Twice we've done the same-house quarantine routine here. A bizarre choreography. Oh YAY, Ramblin' Ray's here!
	10:57am Doug Schulkind: Please introduce yourself to the stellar young artist Mali Obomsawim: www.maliobomsawin.com...
	10:58am Doug Schulkind: This magnificent LP from Jeanne Lee has blessedly been recently reissued: moved-by-sound.bandcamp.com...
	10:58am adamdoesit: doc, yup, that's the one. Doug, yeah, I can appreciate contemporary dance, but I'd rather do the good old twist.
	🥁 11:00am Artie: Currently engaged in small-house two-person single-infection dance here. (Artie- SO+) It's weird talking through walls and texting back and forth over breakfast. Ian is here to help with the ventilation however.
	11:02am Doug Schulkind: @Artie Send Lisa my healingest vibes and tell the cats to be patient.
	11:02am Marie: working and lurking and loving the show. Hi Doug, hi all!
	11:04am Doug Schulkind: Oh hey, Marie! So happy you're out there/in here!
	11:04am Doug Schulkind: Shouldn't every radio show have autoharps and harpsichords?!?!
	11:06am Mr C: This record was on Argo??
	11:08am Doug Schulkind: @Artie Rain from Ian is due here tomorrow. @Mr C The British Argo. www.discogs.com...
	11:08am Marie: Doug, your show is a musical treasure, and there's no two ways about it.
	11:09am Doug Schulkind: @Marie Thank you! I'm gonna needlepoint that into a pillow!
	11:10am Uncle Michael: Late to respond to Irene and Artie. There are lots of tools for cleaning up surface noise. I have and use some. Izotope is good eats, but not my go-to. I'm more interested in how Bussard's records have been restored for release than how they may have been. I'd be curious to know. I'm also guessing (and that's all it is, a guess) that it wasn't done optically. I'm thinking that preferred methods would be along the lines of the archive.org 4-stylus method, followed by a first pass in software, then a meticulous, manual cleanup of the pops and clicks that got through, then a touch of EQ...but hell...I have no real clue.
	🥁 11:10am Artie: The cats do despise a closed door. Such eager little vectors. We're seeing a bit of light Ian rains ATM, but the winds haven't really started. It should all be fairly mild, probably more so up north.
	11:11am Doug Schulkind: This Dane Belany record is a thousand percent new to me. A hundred thousand percent.
	11:11am Doug Schulkind: My Drummer Stream comrade David Mittleman will be hosting a French Jazz special on his show on October 11. Maybe he'll include something from this. twitter.com...
	🥁 11:15am Artie: @UM: Yes, optical seems unlikely as well. Just thought it might be of interest. The fine folks at Dust-to-Digital might be able to shed some light on the matter. Perhaps worthy of the effort to produce an article on the subject?
	🥁 11:22am JtotheK: hiya doug, hi everyone. enjoying the programme.
	11:24am Doug Schulkind: Greetings, JtotheK! Hey everyone, I blabbed so much extra during today's show that I left myself no time for a soul set. I'm going to save the sequence I had planned for next week and just extend this set of Nigerian tunes by about 10 minutes. Hope that doesn't get your nose hairs in a twist.
	11:25am ?: Check out Ward Marston demonstrating how he optimizes transcriptions of old discs. Demo begins around the 4' point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JS2-e6gIjk I subscribe to all of Marston's releases. He's a wizard.
	🥁 11:25am JtotheK: Re: Joe B. - I couldn't find a link, but confirmed he was featured in Wax Poetics, Issue 8 (Spring 2004) - article 'Academic Archive Volume VII - In the Basement at 78 RPM' by Joe Allen.
	11:26am Dean = ?: Duh.
	11:26am Webhamster Henry: Citizen Kafka used to run recordings through a system called SADIE that I bet has evolved over the last 30 years.
	11:27am Doug Schulkind: @Uncle Michael Check out this video of Joe showing you how he cleans his records: youtu.be...
	11:28am Doug Schulkind: @Webhamster Henry Joe Bussard ran his recordings through a system called "Little Sadie," amirite?!?!
	11:28am Doug Schulkind: @Dean Thanks for sharing that!
	11:29am Webhamster Henry: I'm checking out some AI software that, i bet with proper training, could resynthesize higher than recorded quality audio for those who want to hear it that way. Not just splitting out the stems for remixing purposes, but actually regenning new audio taking into account the subtleties of the original.
	11:30am Listener Gregory: @Webhamster, is this a deep learning system? They are great at reproducing or creating things that are like their training corpus, but they might have a problem if anything unexpected happens in the music.
	🥁 11:31am doctorjazz: There are home components that are supposed to be good at "cleaning" up vinyl, here's one I've read about that's supposed to be very effective. sweetvinyl.com
	🥁 11:32am doctorjazz: I recall Phil Schapp used to have a record cleaning machine that used a turntable and vacuum that went in both directions, to get in deep into those dirty grooves.
	11:34am Dean: Been investigating Keith Monks machines. I had good experience with one decades ago.
	11:35am Doug Schulkind: This plus spit is what I've used to clean my records for 40+ years: images.app.goo.gl...
	11:36am Dean: You should market your spit, Doug.
	11:36am Doug Schulkind: @Dean D5.
	🥁 11:37am PAULS: D05! Works on hair, too!
	🥁 11:38am doctorjazz: @PAULS, that's how I got my shiny dome...
	🥁 11:39am doctorjazz: I have an old VPI vacuum record cleaner, noisy as all hell, but does the trick.
	11:39am adamdoesit: Doug, do you lick the record, or the brush? New Discwasher brushes ain't what they used to be. Got a Groovewasher brush, which is supposed to bring back that lovin' feeling. It's better, but not as powerful a cleaner as nostalgia.
	11:42am Doug Schulkind: @adamdoesit I spit directly onto the Discwasher. Then I spread the spit down its length using a pen cap or something.
	11:42am Doug Schulkind: I've spit so much over the years cleaning off my records, I'd be surprised if you fine folks didn't feel a fine mist while listening to Give the Drummer Some.
	11:43am Doug Schulkind: Speaking of filthy records, UNCLE MICHAEL IS NEXT! Tune into today Hinky Dinky Time and welcome our good Uncle back with open ears. HINKY DINKY PLAYLIST: wfmu.org...
	11:44am Listener Gregory: Doug, that is why I still wear a mask.
	11:45am adamdoesit: Wow, talk about record porn. And, never mind writing your initials on the label -- you can prove it's yours with DNA analysis!
	11:45am Doug Schulkind: @Listener Gregory I've always claimed to have the smartest listeners.
	11:47am Doug Schulkind: And speaking further of filthy records, Jeff Golick is doing a special on D:O Radio on October 9: On this special program, D:O Radio will present a feast for the ear and eye. Musical selections on this show will all come from LPs whose covers feature unclothed individuals—at least top front. The resulting playlist will be mildly NSFW, and almost certainly in bad taste. As Elvis sang, "Stop, look and listen!" This is not an April Fool's joke.
	🥁 11:50am Zipperhead7: Apologies if I've told this story here before, but several years ago I took a first pressing of "Freak Out" into a store to sell. The clerk took one of the records out of the sleeve, and as he looked at it a long skein of drool ran out of his mouth and puddled on the record. Ewwww . . .
	11:50am Doug Schulkind: Long Skein of Drool was the name of my first band in high school
	11:51am adamdoesit: There it is.
	11:51am Listener Gregory: Have to head out now. As always, Doug, your show is a real gold mine, and each song is a shining star. We thank you for your service—and spit.
	🥁 11:52am PAULS: OMG I went to high school with Doug and I wanted in LSD SO BAD!! But I was so nervous at the audition I just couldn't work up enough saliva.
	11:52am Stanley: This set is doing it for me. Sweet Mother.
	11:52am Doug Schulkind: @Listener Gregory Happy travels, Sir!
	11:53am Doug Schulkind: @Stanley Great. Now I wanna hear Prince Nico Mbarga.
	🥁 11:53am Artie: Hipsters just called 'em The Loogie Spiders
	🥁 11:53am Zipperhead7: Thanks, PAULS. I just spit coffee all over my laptop
	11:54am Dean: Let's see, then, next weekend's D:O will feature Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, John & Yoko, Herbie Mann...
	11:54am Doug Schulkind: Sweet Mother: www.discogs.com...
	11:54am Dave in Vermont: haven't tuned in in a while. Thanks, Doug.
	🥁 11:54am PAULS: Glad I could help, ZippH7! Gotta keep those precious bodily fluids replenished and shit....
	11:55am Doug Schulkind: @Dean I've been trying to unsee that Herbie Mann record jacket for decades. Hey there, Dave in Vermont! Nice to see ya!
	11:55am adamdoesit: Thanks for the tunes, Doug. Soul set or no, you lightened this heavy heart. Til next time, don't just say it when you can play it and spray it.
	11:56am Uncle Michael: Good thing you missed my last show, Doug.
	🥁 11:56am PAULS: This is one long spit take of a chat session
	11:56am Uncle Michael: Thanks for the music, Brother Doug. See you all in the next room.
	11:56am Webhamster Henry: @Doug so.. for that D:O show it's not just the destination that's out.
	11:56am Doug Schulkind: @adamdoesit Happy to lighten and enlighten. Feel better soon, Pops. @Uncle Michael There is absolutely nothing good about missing your show.
	11:57am Doug Schulkind: @Webhamster Henry Destination Let It All Hang Out
	11:57am KWilde: Great show Doug!
	11:58am Doug Schulkind: Thanks so much, KWilde!
	🥁 11:58am doctorjazz: Great show (as usual), thanks Doug!
	11:58am Dean: This talk about record covers reminds me of a mystery that has nagged me for years. I recall seeing in my friend's record store c.'99 a CD with a cover depicting a dock or jetty (or spit?). Two or three people are on the dock. They're about to throw into the water an individual rolled into a carpet. Sound familiar, anybody?
	11:58am Rich in Washington: Thanks, Brothuh Doug! See you on the radio next week!
	🥁 11:59am PAULS: Nooooooooo! always too soon. thanks Doug! great set, til next week. O's out of it but the pressure is off, so...
	🥁 11:59am Zipperhead7: Fanx, Doug and co.! Se y'all next week!
	12:00pm chresti: Thanks Doug!
	🥁 12:00pm listener james from westwood: Many thanks, Doug!
	12:01pm Doug Schulkind: Thank you, ljfw! chresti! Zipperhead7! PAULS! Rich in Washington! And everyone! I love you all and see you next week!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
Music behind DJ: Sarah Webster Fabio	Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues	Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues	Folkways	1976	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: ECD	In Tempo "In Tempo" by "ECD"	Major Force: The Original Art-Form	Mo' Wax	1990	0:04:04 (Pop-up)
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Buell H. Kazee	East Virginia "East Virginia" by "Buell H. Kazee"	b/w Darling Cora	Brunswick	1927	0:07:38 (Pop-up)
The Stripling Brothers	Wolves Howling	b/w Big Eyed Rabbit	Vocalion	1929	0:10:23 (Pop-up)
Dennis McGee	Mon Chèr Bébe Creole [My Creole Sweet Mama]	b/w Madame Young Donnez Moi Vôtre Plús Jole Blonde	Vocalion	1929	0:13:43 (Pop-up)
Clarence Ashley	Little Sadie "Little Sadie" by "Clarence Ashley"	b/w Naomi Wise	Columbia	1930	0:16:30 (Pop-up)
Roland Cauley & Lake Howard	Grey Eagle	b/w Medley: Darling Nelly Gray and Little Brown Jug	Melotone	1934	0:19:15 (Pop-up)
Blue Sky Boys	Turn Your Radio On "Turn Your Radio On" by "Blue Sky Boys"	b/w Kneel at the Cross	Bluebird	1940	0:21:54 (Pop-up)
Jimmie Rodgers	Looking for a New Mama	b/w Gambling Barroom Blues	Bluebird	1931	0:24:51 (Pop-up)
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Music behind DJ: Dennis McGee & Sady Courville	Happy [Happy One-Step]	b/w Courville & McGee Waltz	Vocalion	1929	1:15:14 (Pop-up)
Rev. F.W. McGee	Death May Be Your Pay Check	b/w Sin Is to Blame for It All	Victor	1928	0:37:53 (Pop-up)
Long Cleve Reed & Little Harvey Hull - The Down Home Boys	Original Stack O' Lee Blues	b/w Mama You Don't Know How	Black Patti	1927	0:41:07 (Pop-up)
Blind Roosevelt Graves and His Brother	New York Blues	b/w Guitar Boogie	Paramount	1929	0:43:49 (Pop-up)
Jesse Stone & His Blue Serenaders	Starvation Blues	b/w Boot to Boot	Okeh	1927	0:47:02 (Pop-up)
Sonny Greer & His Memphis Men	Beggar's Blues	b/w Saturday Night Function	Columbia	1929	0:50:08 (Pop-up)
Beale Street Sheiks	Its a Good Thing	b/w You Shall	Paramount	1927	0:53:22 (Pop-up)
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra	New Goofy Dust Rag	b/w Kansas City Squabble	Victor	1929	0:56:20 (Pop-up)
Blind Willie Johnson	Dark Was the Night Cold Was the Ground	b/w It's Nobody's Fault But Mine	Columbis	1928	0:58:59 (Pop-up)
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Music behind DJ: Fats Waller	I'm a Hundred Percent for You	b/w You Fit Into the Picture	Victor	1935	1:15:04 (Pop-up)
From FONOTONE RECORDS: FREDERICK, MARYLAND (1956-1969)
Joe Bussard & Oscar Myers	The Flight of Astronaut John Glenn	b/w Ragtime Annie	Fonotone	1962	1:11:04 (Pop-up)
Sunny Side Sacred Singers	Power in the Blood	Fonotone Records: Frederick, Maryland (1956-19969)	Dust-to-Digital		1:14:19 (Pop-up)
Tennessee Mess Arounders	I Love You Mamma	b/w Orange Blossom Special	Fonotone	1962	1:16:12 (Pop-up)
The West Maryland Highballers	Sourwood Mountain	Original and Traditional Country Music	Biograph	1963	1:19:06 (Pop-up)
Georgia Jokers	Hannah Open the Door	b/w All on Account of Somebody	Fonotone	1964	1:22:26 (Pop-up)
Jolly Joe's Jug Band	Love Old Memphis	b/w Talking About Sadie Green	Fonotone	1964	1:25:18 (Pop-up)
Possum Holler Boys	Up Jumped the Devil	b/w Sweet Heaven When I Die	Fonotone	1964	1:28:37 (Pop-up)
Back Alley Boys	Alley Strut "Alley Strut" by "Back Alley Boys"	b/w Alley Blues	Fonotone	1967	1:30:54 (Pop-up)
Joe Bussard & Bud Taylor	Sow Good Seeds	Fonotone Records: Frederick, Maryland (1956-19969)	Dust-to-Digital		1:33:55 (Pop-up)
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Music behind DJ: Feature Staff Band with Al Terry	City Hall Rag	b/w Open Strings	Feature	1953	1:54:09 (Pop-up)
Mali Obomsawin	Wawasint8da "Wawasint8da" by "Mali Obomsawin"	Sweet Tooth	Out of Your Head	2022	1:43:37 (Pop-up)
Garrett List A-1 Band	You Are More Beautiful Than the Sky and the Sea	Fire & Ice	Lovely	1982	1:48:15 (Pop-up)
Jeanne Lee	Jamaica "Jamaica" by "Jeanne Lee"	Conspiracy	Earthforms	1974	1:54:59 (Pop-up)
Michael Garrick Sextet with Norma Winstone	The Heart Is a Lotus	The Heart Is a Lotus	Argo	1970	2:00:59 (Pop-up)
Dane Belany	Imagination "Imagination" by "Dane Belany"	Motivations	Sahara	1975	2:09:10 (Pop-up)
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Music behind DJ: Lee Morgan	The Sidewinder "The Sidewinder" by "Lee Morgan"	The Sidewinder	Blue Note	1963	2:14:25 (Pop-up)
African Tempo's Band	African Baby	African Baby	Feathers	1977	2:21:39 (Pop-up)
Imo Brothers International Band	Onwe Ndidi Nwe Nmeri	Uwa Ekwe Nmeta	Afrodisia	1982	2:31:53 (Pop-up)
Agwa Brothers Band	Ndi Nwere Ego "Ndi Nwere Ego" by "Agwa Brothers Band"	Ndi Nwere Ego	Ephraimike	1986	2:40:46 (Pop-up)
Rogana Ottah & His Black Heroes International	Let Them Say	Who Knows Tomorrow	Supremedisk	1986	2:48:58 (Pop-up)
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Music behind DJ: John Lee Hooker	Stand By "Stand By" by "John Lee Hooker"	I Feel Good	Jewel	1970	2:57:40 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	7:13pm Doug Schulkind: Some Joe Bussard resources: VIDEO/FILM youtu.be... youtu.be... youtu.be... www.mustrad.org.uk... ORAL HISTORY OF FONOTONE RECORDS www.thewire.co.uk... ARTICLES dustandgrooves.com... dusttodigital.substack.com... washingtoncitypaper.com... COMPILATIONS dust-digital.com... dust-digital.com... www.oldhatrecords.com...
	7:54am KimSorise: Oh, dang. What incredible legacies he helped to preserve and share - not to mention his own. Good Morning, Doug and Drummers.
	7:58am Uncle Michael: Good morning. I can't wait to hear this Joe Bussard tribute.
	8:24am Doug Schulkind: Good morning, Sister Kim! Good morning, Uncle Michael!
	🥁 8:45am PAULS: Frederick, MD, represent! RIP Joe and good morning drumminati of all stripes
	8:50am Doug Schulkind: @PAULS The entire basement of Joe's home on Cherry Hill Lane in Frederick should be preserved in the Smithsonian.
	🥁 8:55am listener james from westwood: Would I be wrong in guessing my first exposure to Bussard would've been through Secret Museum of the Air? If it wasn't, it was still WFMU, via the documentary shown at the Record Fair one year. Either way, another reason why FMU is so bloody important to music.
	8:57am adamdoesit: Good morning, Doug and drummers. I had a good run, but the virus caught up with me a week ago tomorrow. I'm thankful I didn't pass it to my loved ones, though I don't know how. They say to think positive, but I'd rather test negative. I got them stochastic pandemic blues. But, Bussards not buzzards. Let's get a groove on.
	8:57am Doug Schulkind: @listener james from westwood Probably not Joe Bussard with the Secret Museum. The record collector behind that amazing stash of international 78s is Pat Conte. The documentary you are referring to is Desperate Man Blues. Incredible incredible incredible!
	8:59am Doug Schulkind: @adamdoesit Oh no! So sorry. Hope things are and stay mild. We've had COVID run through my house twice, and I've steered clear so far. I realize it's only a matter of time. Keep well, Sir!
	🥁 8:59am Brian in UK: Hello Doug & Friday Folk. This show might till be still running next Friday.
	🥁 9:00am listener james from westwood: Aha! I knew Conte was the core; couldn't recall if Bussard was ever brought into that show as another collector. Thanks!
	🥁 9:00am listener james from westwood: And underscore in triplicate on Desperate Man Blues. Bloody amazing.
	🥁 9:01am listener james from westwood: @adamdoesit: Argh, bloody hell; sorry you got hit!
	9:01am Irene: So glad you’re paying tribute to Joe today, Doug! Good morning all!
	🥁 9:02am Brian in UK: adandoesit. Snap. Lili & I both tested positive last week. She is Neg now. I will retest tomorrow. First two days are for sleeping then a slow increase of energy.
	9:02am Doug Schulkind: @Brian in UK I'd love to work my way through Mr. Bussard's 15,000-25,000 78s. @listener james from westwood I could surely be wrong. I am not familiar with Joe B having international recordings in his collection.
	9:02am Webhamster Henry: Hi Friday Morning people!
	9:02am TDK60: Good morning, Doug.
	9:03am Irene: Hope you’re feeling better, adamdoesit!
	🥁 9:03am PAULS: Gettin' mighty crowded! get well soon, adamdoesit
	9:04am Webhamster Henry: Both Pat Conte and Richie "Citizen Kafka" Schulberg have/had massive 78 collections.
	9:04am Gina Bacon: Morning, Doug & Fridaypeople!
	9:04am Irene: And UKBrian too. The Covid keeps whipping through.😿
	🥁 9:06am PAULS: When is everyone gonna wake up? COVID is actually The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
	9:07am adamdoesit: Thanks, Doug, listener james in westwood, BiUK, Irene, PAULS (and ugh, BiUK). It's getting better all the time. PAULS, you're not wrong.
	9:07am TDK60: Good luck adamdoesit, Brian in UK, with the virus. / Never heard of Bussard. I have a musician cousin living in Frederick too, should ask if he knows about him. Oh, died in '86? Collection still there?
	🥁 9:08am PAULS: WAS 86, TDK60. Died this week
	🥁 9:08am Brian in UK: TDK60, thanks, he died on Monday aged 86.
	9:09am TDK60: Oh, thanks for clarification Pauls, Brian.
	9:09am fred: Tough month for Dust-to-digital, it started with Art Rosenbaum, and ended with Joe Bussard
	9:09am Doug Schulkind: Good morning, Irene Trudel! Gina Bacon (from the town Joe Bussard called "Trashville")!, Webhamster Henry! TDK60! fred! Listen for Joe Bussard on autoharp. Coming up!
	🥁 9:09am Brian in UK: I guess that he ploughed the same furrow as Harry Smith & then some.
	🥁 9:10am PAULS: dark holler! wihuuuuuu! I can hear why this was a favorite of JB's
	9:11am Listener Gregory: Good banjo to all who believe!
	9:11am Doug Schulkind: @PAULS Soon, we're going to hear Joe performing in one of his many informal groups, the Possum Holler Boys.
	🥁 9:11am PAULS: Trashville. Heh.
	9:11am Doug Schulkind: @Listener Gregory Praises unto the father, the son and the holy clawhammerer.
	9:13am Doug Schulkind: Nice faint harmonic on that guitar (played by Ira Stripling).
	🥁 9:13am Brian in UK: Joe Bussard's comment that Country stopped in 1954 & Rock 'n Roll is a cancer are strong words.
	🥁 9:13am dutchtheo: Howdy, Doug and Basement drummers!
	9:14am MHLee: Howdy
	9:14am Doug Schulkind: Sady Courville on fiddle here with Dennis McGee. Descend the stairs with me, dutchtheo! Howdy back, MHLee! How was your show this morning?
	9:17am MHLee: Clarence Ashley was a huge influence to the most influential bluegrass players. I also think he has one of the oldest recordings of House of the Rising Sun irc
	9:18am Listener Gregory: This is a real classic and never grows old, IMHO.
	9:18am KWilde: Good Morning! Looking forward to this tribute
	9:18am Doug Schulkind: Amanda Petrusich devotes a chapter in her book Do Not Sell at Any Price to Joe.
	9:19am MHLee: @Doug Schulkind I always enjoy putting together MWRA. Today it was neo-vaudeville mostly from the 1960s to today
	🥁 9:20am PAULS: I love this fiddle style! It's like the strings are greased up...
	9:21am Webhamster Henry: If you like this material, you should listen to Derek Piotr's Dust on the Decks on Mondays, right after Techtonic at 7PM www.wfmu.org...
	9:21am Doug Schulkind: @MHLee Sadly I'll never get to hear you live as I am hard at work on last-minute show prep.
	9:22am Andy S.: Glad I remembered to tune in this morning! Thank you, Joe Bussard, for your passion, your knowledge, and your generosity (but I'm glad you were not my dad).
	🥁 9:22am listener james from westwood: Oooh, this sweet Blue Sky Boys track.
	9:22am Gina Bacon: This is a beauty.
	9:23am Doug Schulkind: @Andy S Yes, yes, yes, and definitely yes!
	9:23am MHLee: I've always liked this one. John Harford did an excellent version. My high school bluegrass band (about a decade before I was involved) open for him at Carnegie Museum of Natural History
	🥁 9:24am listener james from westwood: @Doug: Petrusich was one of the first non-FMU people I thought of when I heard this news. Imagine she'll write more on the topic but maybe not soon, seeing as she's suffered a hard loss of her own.
	9:24am Doug Schulkind: Following this gorgeous number we'll hear from Joe's favorite singer.
	9:25am Little Danny: hello doug hello old-timers
	9:25am Doug Schulkind: @listener james from westwood We have a houseguest here in Pittsburgh who last night moderated a Zoom panel featuring Amanda P and the music writer Will Hermes.
	9:26am Doug Schulkind: Sweet to see you, Little Danny!
	9:28am MHLee: I think you could argue by '48 that country music was in crisis. By the time Hillbilly was not being used as a descriptor we already had some electric boogies slipping in... of course the decade prior Western music had been cleaned up for the movies.
	9:29am alanr: Hola to all the familiars!
	9:29am MHLee: Still I think some like the Louvin Brothers and some others kept much more traditional style.
	🥁 9:31am listener james from westwood: @Doug: Oh no kidding? Glad she's able to keep touch with music writing. That's a good sign.
	9:33am Gina Bacon: Thanks for this tribute, and all of those resources, Doug!
	9:33am Uncle Michael: I'd love to learn more about who/how these shellacs were cleaned up for digitizing. They sound pristine and I'm certain that many of them wouldn't sound that way if you just dropped the stylus on the physical media. These have been lovingly restored.
	9:33am BillfromRockTavern: Good morning Doug . Super enjoying this tribute! What is going to happen to all those precious 78s?
	🥁 9:34am PAULS: I know Will Hermes a little from NPR daze, he's up in New Paltz
	9:34am chresti: Good morning Doug and drummers!
	9:34am Uncle Michael: I scrub 78s with a brush and Dawn.
	9:34am Little Danny: that 78 cleaning scene is legendary amongst ocd-addled record collectors love you joe!
	🥁 9:35am Artie: Lovely set. Always enjoy hearing the ur-Cocaine Blues in Little Sadie.
	9:36am holland oats: drumma! peoples! buzzards!
	9:37am ?: A solid piece about Joe in the Washington Post from June. He talks about the future of the collection. Only met the man once, a few years ago at a record store in Maryland. He was everything you'd imagine. And gave out an invite to the house in Frederick to a total stranger. Should have taken him up on it. https://wapo.st/3rkXojq
	9:38am Pedro in Arlington: Sorry. Didn't mean to be anonymous. A solid piece about Joe in the Washington Post from June. He talks about the future of the collection. Only met the man once, a few years ago at a record store in Maryland. He was everything you'd imagine. And gave out an invite to the house in Frederick to a total stranger. Should have taken him up on it. wapo.st...
	🥁 9:38am Artie: @UM: Most likely little used, but are you aware of the Eliza 3D imaging and virtual stylus project? All praise the Archivists of the world!
	🥁 9:39am Artie: And now would seem an appropriate time to mention the fine Music Memory project: musicmemory.org
	🥁 9:39am PAULS: Hey -- I'm startin' ta feeeel the spirit!
	9:40am Irene: Hey Uncle Michael! Hope you’re doing better. As for cleaning up the sound of records, a good washing is absolutely the first step. But software to further clean the sound has come a long way. I recommend iZotope, which if used the right way can work wonders.
	9:40am Doug Schulkind: Howdy-do, BillfromRock Tavern! (Say hello to the marvelous Maggie!), chresti! Artie! holland oats? HOLLAND OATS!! And hello, Question Mark! Here's an obit in the Washington Post by Joe Heim (he wrote that piece back in June): www.washingtonpost.com...
	🥁 9:41am PAULS: Death May Be Your Paycheck -- reminds me of the classic Father Guido Sarducci "life is a job" routine
	9:41am Doug Schulkind: Haha! Pedro in Arlington pulls of his cloak!
	🥁 9:42am Artie: @Pedro: Wow. I’ve never met Joe, but have run into Marshall Wyatt of Old Hat a few times at shows here in Raleigh. Royalty.
	9:44am Pedro in Arlington: I did manage to get Joe's autograph on one of the rarer CD compilations he made possible. He was pleased to see a copy still around. www.allmusic.com...
	🥁 9:46am Brian in UK: Doug, no mention of our Durban correspondent. Did I miss something?
	9:46am Doug Schulkind: Yup. Down in the Basement. A PERFECT title for compilation of tunes from Joe Bussard's collection.
	9:47am Doug Schulkind: @Brian in UK Oh! Thanks for reminding me. I will mention during my next talkie-talk.
	🥁 9:48am Zipperhead7: Douglas and Drumedaries! Just back from a walk with Zipperdawg. He's excited. His favorite instrument is harmonica, being part coonhound and all. The cats preferred cool jazz with marimbas
	9:49am Doug Schulkind: Big love to the whole Zipperfamily!
	9:52am Doug Schulkind: Boy is Wellman Braud slapping his bass upside the head with this Ellington small group!
	🥁 9:52am Artie: Top quote from the WaPo piece: “Well, yeah, but that’s records,” he says, laughing again.
	9:52am Doug Schulkind: Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington on piano here.
	9:53am Doug Schulkind: @Artie Joe was always always laughing.
	🥁 9:53am PAULS: That bass better burp soon
	9:54am Rich in Washington: Top o' the mornin', Doug! Howdy everyone!
	9:55am MHLee: Hi Rich
	9:55am Andy S.: "The records filled every inch of the shelves he had built for them in the 1960s. They were kept in identical green paper sleeves and arranged in an order only he knew — and never divulged." (Joe Heim, Washington Post, 9/29/2022)
	🥁 9:56am PAULS: Hey I just wanted to say FREE SHAKIRA! and farewell, Trevor Noah, we hardly knew ya. ok, I feel better now.
	9:56am Rich in Washington: Hi MHLee!
	9:56am Doug Schulkind: Beale Street Sheiks: Frank Stokes on guitar and singing. Dan Shane on second guitar. @Rich in Washington Speaking of tops, how yours feeling? @Andy S The mystical mojo of Joe's filing system is most appealing.
	🥁 9:56am doctorjazz: Hello Drummers!
	9:57am bigplanetnoise: Morning, Doug and Drummers!
	9:57am Doug Schulkind: Nice footage of Joe and his basement guest dancing all goofy to this number. Speaking of goofy, HELLO DOCTORJAZZ! And welcome aboard, Mr. Coffee!
	🥁 9:57am PAULS: stars have aligned with big planet good day!
	9:58am Doug Schulkind: @Artie Another ur-Cocaine number for ya!
	9:59am Listener Gregory: If only Mr Bussard had stopped jazz at 1938, we wouldn't have had all that Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, etc. nonsense.
	10:00am MHLee: Excellent song
	10:00am Rich in Washington: @Doug: Feelin' good! Going a bit bonkers from staying at home but that's OK.
	10:00am TDK60: Blind Willie Johnson, wordless tune that could say a few thousand words.
	🥁 10:01am Zipperhead7: Samuel Charters' notes for the Blind Willie Johnson CD reissue are some of the most depressing reading I've ever encountered
	10:01am MHLee: @Zipperhead7 I'll need to read em
	10:02am Doug Schulkind: Keep mending, Rich! Glad to hear you're doing OK!
	10:03am Rich in Washington: I'll be back on the radiola next week (knocks on simulated woodgrain veneer) but this week, Julie of Dark Night of the Soul fills in for me tonight.
	10:07am TDK60: 'Dark Was the Night' is possibly one of the more elemental US recordings, to me.
	10:10am Webhamster Henry: I'll verify that Autoharp when it comes by.
	10:12am Doug Schulkind: @Webhamster Henry Autoharp coming up NEXT!
	🥁 10:12am PAULS: Doug - did I miss a Chris A update?
	10:13am Listener Gregory: "Having faith in God and the rights of men..." that will never steer you wrong!
	10:13am Doug Schulkind: @Zipperhead7 I have my issues with Sam Charters. @PAULS Oh shit! I forgot again. Sorry, I'm a little distracted. I'll write myself a note for the next mic break.
	10:14am Uncle Michael: comnists
	10:17am Doug Schulkind: I choose to include the "Mamma" spelling as it appears on the original acetate's label: www.discogs.com...
	🥁 10:18am doctorjazz: The doctor said, "Give 'em jug band music, seems to make them feel just fine..."
	🥁 10:18am bobdc: How long did he continue playing live gigs?
	10:18am Doug Schulkind: I am NOT, however, including the errant possessive apostrophe in "Tennessee Mess Arounder's."
	10:20am TDK60: Bussard played what instrument/s?
	10:20am Pedro in Arlington: One more memory of that night Joe did his little deejay show at that record store in Silver Spring, MD: His daughter and the grandkids "suffered" for his art and deserved a lot of credit for Joe being able to be Joe. That was clear. Hopefully the collection remains complete and loved and will provide them with some good income for years to come.
	10:20am Doug Schulkind: @bobdc I don't know that answer to that. This tune by the West Maryland Highballers is the one track in this set that was commercially released and not cut by Joe for Fonotone Records (and thus does not appear on the Dust-to-Digital box set of Fonotone tracks).
	🥁 10:20am doctorjazz: These are GREAT!
	10:20am Listener Gregory: They were real rapscallions, Doug. They even messed around with punctuation.
	10:21am Doug Schulkind: Rapscallions and hip-hop shallots, eh, Listener Gregory?
	10:22am ?: So great you are honoring Joe today! I once wrote to him after receiving the fonotone box set that I wondered if he could send me an Oriole records sleeve for a tattoo I was getting. Someone in the office sent me one, no charge. I'd like to think it was him but.... who knows. Much love for so many of the songs he collected.
	🥁 10:22am Zipperhead7: Just outta curiosity, Doug -- do you think Charters made the mistake of fetishizing "authenticity?"
	🥁 10:23am Artie: @UM et.al: Pardon my faulty memory, the project was IRENE (not Eliza). refs here: irene.lbl.gov physicstoday.scitation.org...
	10:25am Doug Schulkind: @Zipperhead7 I felt that Charters had a really boneheaded and myopic view of "the blues" and the music's connection to Africa.
	10:26am rw: Mornin'
	10:26am Stork: Great show, Dougie! These are super sides!
	10:28am Doug Schulkind: @Zippearhead7 Charters wrote about Ali Farka Touré and other African artists as playing a form of music that was the forerunner of American blues, whereas Touré was really more influenced by American blues. Charters' view discounted the possibility that African musicians could be open to external influences, too. A small-minded view in my estimation.
	10:28am Doug Schulkind: Greetings, rw! Groovings, Stork!
	🥁 10:30am Zipperhead7: Good point, Doug. It's a two-way street for sure. Always wondered how much James Brown influenced Fela, for example.
	10:30am rw: Doug, I didn't catch whether you were privy to any listening parties in Mr. Bussard's basement. By the way you were talking I got the feeling maybe you had.
	🥁 10:31am Artie: Possum Holler Boys need to be credited for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang authorship.
	🥁 10:31am PAULS: keep on struttin'!
	🥁 10:32am PAULS: I'm a sucker for anything featuring brushes
	10:33am Doug Schulkind: @Zipperhead7 Brown's influence on Fela was monumental. (Actually, his influence on Geraldo Pino was monumental and Pino's influence on Fela was huge.) I produced a WFMU marathon premium many years ago surveying James Brown's influence on musicians from around the world (mostly African). I called the collection "It's a James, James, James World."
	10:33am Doug Schulkind: @Artie No chit!
	🥁 10:33am PAULS: lol Doug
	10:34am Hopey Sockmonkey: Mornin' Doug and Drummers!
	🥁 10:34am doctorjazz: This sounds like an essential set (went to the link, sold out in physical media, but available as a download).
	🥁 10:35am PAULS: Nice to see that funky knit mug of yours, Hopey!
	10:36am Doug Schulkind: Great to see ya, Hopey Sockmonkey!
	🥁 10:39am Brian in UK: Ah Butcher the Metaphor. You know what comes next!!!
	🥁 10:39am PAULS: omg Doug, you are a serial metaphor murderer
	🥁 10:40am PAULS: DFBIHS
	🥁 10:41am listener james from westwood: Much love to Chris and his—those shows have been like the arrival of a joyous fleet each month.
	10:42am Franco Twinkie: Heya Doug.
	10:43am Webhamster Henry: I love those Chris A. segments - a little mini-show in the show.
	10:43am Listener Gregory: The Abenaki also extend into Vermont, but they are not a federally recognized tribe. They are recognized by the state and are increasingly active with cultural activities.
	10:43am adamdoesit: What listener james from westwood said. Chris A, I hope whatever it is gets better, and that you're back with us soon.
	10:44am Doug Schulkind: Only a few metaphors were harmed during the making of this radio show.
	10:45am Doug Schulkind: Hoping for the best for Chris and family. I know Chris would love to be back sharing his amazing record library with you all. Hey hey, Franco Twinkie!
	10:46am Listener Gregory: If you stick to murdering analogies, the metaphor lobby usually leaves you alone.
	🥁 10:47am doctorjazz: Echoing Listener James and adamdoesit, hoping all goes well for Chris and his family, can't wait to hear him on the Drummer Stream again!
	10:47am Doug Schulkind: @Listener Gregory That comment is loaded.
	🥁 10:48am doctorjazz: Speaking of "howYOUdoin", how are you feeling, @adamdoesit?
	10:49am Doug Schulkind: Genie Sherman (on whom I have had a major crush for 40 years) on vocals here.
	10:50am Doug Schulkind: The lyrics to this tune are translated from a Blaise Cendrars poem.
	10:50am Listener Gregory: New fund-raising idea! "We will murder a metaphor at the top of the hour if we do not meet our goal. And this time it will be a metaphor you really love. Also, it will be an extended metaphor, and its death will be stretched across an entire paragraph. But click on the DONATE link, and the metaphor will be preserved... until the next pledge period."
	10:51am adamdoesit: doc, thanks for asking. I feel better enough to return to life, but I'm still testing positive, so I keep it under wraps. Feeling a little (ok, a lot) stir crazy, and bummed to have missed some spectacular bike riding weather this week. Thankfully, my lovely wife is still in the clear, and was able to go see Tyshawn Sorey at the Park Ave Armory yesterday (albeit without me).
	10:53am Doug Schulkind: @Listener Gregory We should run that one up the flagpole and see if it floats. @adamdoesit Those Tyshawn Sorey shows at the Armory are taking on a legendary status. So many folks (I imagine your wife among them) are raving about them.
	🥁 10:54am doctorjazz: Ah, missed that Sorey was playing (hard to keep up), glad you're feeling better!
	10:55am adamdoesit: @Doug, she hasn't given me the download yet. I'll get thorugh the virus, but the suspense is killing me!
	10:56am Ramblin' Ray: Greetings Doug and fellow-earwiggers. Will time travel back to hear tribute sets i just missed.
	10:56am Listener Gregory: Doug, let's cross that bridge at the road less traveled.
	🥁 10:56am doctorjazz: That would be this show...? www.armoryonpark.org...
	10:56am Doug Schulkind: @adamdoesit Twice we've done the same-house quarantine routine here. A bizarre choreography. Oh YAY, Ramblin' Ray's here!
	10:57am Doug Schulkind: Please introduce yourself to the stellar young artist Mali Obomsawim: www.maliobomsawin.com...
	10:58am Doug Schulkind: This magnificent LP from Jeanne Lee has blessedly been recently reissued: moved-by-sound.bandcamp.com...
	10:58am adamdoesit: doc, yup, that's the one. Doug, yeah, I can appreciate contemporary dance, but I'd rather do the good old twist.
	🥁 11:00am Artie: Currently engaged in small-house two-person single-infection dance here. (Artie- SO+) It's weird talking through walls and texting back and forth over breakfast. Ian is here to help with the ventilation however.
	11:02am Doug Schulkind: @Artie Send Lisa my healingest vibes and tell the cats to be patient.
	11:02am Marie: working and lurking and loving the show. Hi Doug, hi all!
	11:04am Doug Schulkind: Oh hey, Marie! So happy you're out there/in here!
	11:04am Doug Schulkind: Shouldn't every radio show have autoharps and harpsichords?!?!
	11:06am Mr C: This record was on Argo??
	11:08am Doug Schulkind: @Artie Rain from Ian is due here tomorrow. @Mr C The British Argo. www.discogs.com...
	11:08am Marie: Doug, your show is a musical treasure, and there's no two ways about it.
	11:09am Doug Schulkind: @Marie Thank you! I'm gonna needlepoint that into a pillow!
	11:10am Uncle Michael: Late to respond to Irene and Artie. There are lots of tools for cleaning up surface noise. I have and use some. Izotope is good eats, but not my go-to. I'm more interested in how Bussard's records have been restored for release than how they may have been. I'd be curious to know. I'm also guessing (and that's all it is, a guess) that it wasn't done optically. I'm thinking that preferred methods would be along the lines of the archive.org 4-stylus method, followed by a first pass in software, then a meticulous, manual cleanup of the pops and clicks that got through, then a touch of EQ...but hell...I have no real clue.
	🥁 11:10am Artie: The cats do despise a closed door. Such eager little vectors. We're seeing a bit of light Ian rains ATM, but the winds haven't really started. It should all be fairly mild, probably more so up north.
	11:11am Doug Schulkind: This Dane Belany record is a thousand percent new to me. A hundred thousand percent.
	11:11am Doug Schulkind: My Drummer Stream comrade David Mittleman will be hosting a French Jazz special on his show on October 11. Maybe he'll include something from this. twitter.com...
	🥁 11:15am Artie: @UM: Yes, optical seems unlikely as well. Just thought it might be of interest. The fine folks at Dust-to-Digital might be able to shed some light on the matter. Perhaps worthy of the effort to produce an article on the subject?
	🥁 11:22am JtotheK: hiya doug, hi everyone. enjoying the programme.
	11:24am Doug Schulkind: Greetings, JtotheK! Hey everyone, I blabbed so much extra during today's show that I left myself no time for a soul set. I'm going to save the sequence I had planned for next week and just extend this set of Nigerian tunes by about 10 minutes. Hope that doesn't get your nose hairs in a twist.
	11:25am ?: Check out Ward Marston demonstrating how he optimizes transcriptions of old discs. Demo begins around the 4' point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JS2-e6gIjk I subscribe to all of Marston's releases. He's a wizard.
	🥁 11:25am JtotheK: Re: Joe B. - I couldn't find a link, but confirmed he was featured in Wax Poetics, Issue 8 (Spring 2004) - article 'Academic Archive Volume VII - In the Basement at 78 RPM' by Joe Allen.
	11:26am Dean = ?: Duh.
	11:26am Webhamster Henry: Citizen Kafka used to run recordings through a system called SADIE that I bet has evolved over the last 30 years.
	11:27am Doug Schulkind: @Uncle Michael Check out this video of Joe showing you how he cleans his records: youtu.be...
	11:28am Doug Schulkind: @Webhamster Henry Joe Bussard ran his recordings through a system called "Little Sadie," amirite?!?!
	11:28am Doug Schulkind: @Dean Thanks for sharing that!
	11:29am Webhamster Henry: I'm checking out some AI software that, i bet with proper training, could resynthesize higher than recorded quality audio for those who want to hear it that way. Not just splitting out the stems for remixing purposes, but actually regenning new audio taking into account the subtleties of the original.
	11:30am Listener Gregory: @Webhamster, is this a deep learning system? They are great at reproducing or creating things that are like their training corpus, but they might have a problem if anything unexpected happens in the music.
	🥁 11:31am doctorjazz: There are home components that are supposed to be good at "cleaning" up vinyl, here's one I've read about that's supposed to be very effective. sweetvinyl.com
	🥁 11:32am doctorjazz: I recall Phil Schapp used to have a record cleaning machine that used a turntable and vacuum that went in both directions, to get in deep into those dirty grooves.
	11:34am Dean: Been investigating Keith Monks machines. I had good experience with one decades ago.
	11:35am Doug Schulkind: This plus spit is what I've used to clean my records for 40+ years: images.app.goo.gl...
	11:36am Dean: You should market your spit, Doug.
	11:36am Doug Schulkind: @Dean D5.
	🥁 11:37am PAULS: D05! Works on hair, too!
	🥁 11:38am doctorjazz: @PAULS, that's how I got my shiny dome...
	🥁 11:39am doctorjazz: I have an old VPI vacuum record cleaner, noisy as all hell, but does the trick.
	11:39am adamdoesit: Doug, do you lick the record, or the brush? New Discwasher brushes ain't what they used to be. Got a Groovewasher brush, which is supposed to bring back that lovin' feeling. It's better, but not as powerful a cleaner as nostalgia.
	11:42am Doug Schulkind: @adamdoesit I spit directly onto the Discwasher. Then I spread the spit down its length using a pen cap or something.
	11:42am Doug Schulkind: I've spit so much over the years cleaning off my records, I'd be surprised if you fine folks didn't feel a fine mist while listening to Give the Drummer Some.
	11:43am Doug Schulkind: Speaking of filthy records, UNCLE MICHAEL IS NEXT! Tune into today Hinky Dinky Time and welcome our good Uncle back with open ears. HINKY DINKY PLAYLIST: wfmu.org...
	11:44am Listener Gregory: Doug, that is why I still wear a mask.
	11:45am adamdoesit: Wow, talk about record porn. And, never mind writing your initials on the label -- you can prove it's yours with DNA analysis!
	11:45am Doug Schulkind: @Listener Gregory I've always claimed to have the smartest listeners.
	11:47am Doug Schulkind: And speaking further of filthy records, Jeff Golick is doing a special on D:O Radio on October 9: On this special program, D:O Radio will present a feast for the ear and eye. Musical selections on this show will all come from LPs whose covers feature unclothed individuals—at least top front. The resulting playlist will be mildly NSFW, and almost certainly in bad taste. As Elvis sang, "Stop, look and listen!" This is not an April Fool's joke.
	🥁 11:50am Zipperhead7: Apologies if I've told this story here before, but several years ago I took a first pressing of "Freak Out" into a store to sell. The clerk took one of the records out of the sleeve, and as he looked at it a long skein of drool ran out of his mouth and puddled on the record. Ewwww . . .
	11:50am Doug Schulkind: Long Skein of Drool was the name of my first band in high school
	11:51am adamdoesit: There it is.
	11:51am Listener Gregory: Have to head out now. As always, Doug, your show is a real gold mine, and each song is a shining star. We thank you for your service—and spit.
	🥁 11:52am PAULS: OMG I went to high school with Doug and I wanted in LSD SO BAD!! But I was so nervous at the audition I just couldn't work up enough saliva.
	11:52am Stanley: This set is doing it for me. Sweet Mother.
	11:52am Doug Schulkind: @Listener Gregory Happy travels, Sir!
	11:53am Doug Schulkind: @Stanley Great. Now I wanna hear Prince Nico Mbarga.
	🥁 11:53am Artie: Hipsters just called 'em The Loogie Spiders
	🥁 11:53am Zipperhead7: Thanks, PAULS. I just spit coffee all over my laptop
	11:54am Dean: Let's see, then, next weekend's D:O will feature Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, John & Yoko, Herbie Mann...
	11:54am Doug Schulkind: Sweet Mother: www.discogs.com...
	11:54am Dave in Vermont: haven't tuned in in a while. Thanks, Doug.
	🥁 11:54am PAULS: Glad I could help, ZippH7! Gotta keep those precious bodily fluids replenished and shit....
	11:55am Doug Schulkind: @Dean I've been trying to unsee that Herbie Mann record jacket for decades. Hey there, Dave in Vermont! Nice to see ya!
	11:55am adamdoesit: Thanks for the tunes, Doug. Soul set or no, you lightened this heavy heart. Til next time, don't just say it when you can play it and spray it.
	11:56am Uncle Michael: Good thing you missed my last show, Doug.
	🥁 11:56am PAULS: This is one long spit take of a chat session
	11:56am Uncle Michael: Thanks for the music, Brother Doug. See you all in the next room.
	11:56am Webhamster Henry: @Doug so.. for that D:O show it's not just the destination that's out.
	11:56am Doug Schulkind: @adamdoesit Happy to lighten and enlighten. Feel better soon, Pops. @Uncle Michael There is absolutely nothing good about missing your show.
	11:57am Doug Schulkind: @Webhamster Henry Destination Let It All Hang Out
	11:57am KWilde: Great show Doug!
	11:58am Doug Schulkind: Thanks so much, KWilde!
	🥁 11:58am doctorjazz: Great show (as usual), thanks Doug!
	11:58am Dean: This talk about record covers reminds me of a mystery that has nagged me for years. I recall seeing in my friend's record store c.'99 a CD with a cover depicting a dock or jetty (or spit?). Two or three people are on the dock. They're about to throw into the water an individual rolled into a carpet. Sound familiar, anybody?
	11:58am Rich in Washington: Thanks, Brothuh Doug! See you on the radio next week!
	🥁 11:59am PAULS: Nooooooooo! always too soon. thanks Doug! great set, til next week. O's out of it but the pressure is off, so...
	🥁 11:59am Zipperhead7: Fanx, Doug and co.! Se y'all next week!
	12:00pm chresti: Thanks Doug!
	🥁 12:00pm listener james from westwood: Many thanks, Doug!
	12:01pm Doug Schulkind: Thank you, ljfw! chresti! Zipperhead7! PAULS! Rich in Washington! And everyone! I love you all and see you next week!

Give The Drummer Some with Doug Schulkind: Playlist from September 30, 2022

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