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Favoriting February 18, 2023: Guest: Ron Sexsmith Drops By For A Live Performance And Interview

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Ron Sexsmith  First Chance I Get   Favoriting
Ron Sexsmith  Summer Blowin' Town   Favoriting
Ron Sexsmith  interview   Favoriting
Ron Sexsmith  What I Had In Mind (live in Studio A)   Favoriting
Ron Sexsmith  interview   Favoriting
Ron Sexsmith  When Our Love Was New (live in Studio A)   Favoriting
Ron Sexsmith  interview   Favoriting
Ron Sexsmith  I'll Never Fall In Love Again (live in Studio A)   Favoriting
Ron Sexsmith  interview   Favoriting
Ron Sexsmith  One Bird Calling (live in Studio A)   Favoriting
Ron Sexsmith  Ever Wonder   Favoriting
Ron Sexsmith  This Song   Favoriting
Ron Sexsmith  This Is Where I Belong   Favoriting
Ron Sexsmith  Cheap Hotel   Favoriting
Ron Sexsmith  Strawberry Blonde   Favoriting
Ron Sexsmith  Just My Heart Talkin'   Favoriting
Les Ingénues  Oui Monsieur   Favoriting
Jerry Lee Lewis  Why You Been Gone So Long?   Favoriting
Johnny and Jackey  Someday We'll Be Together   Favoriting
Dennis Coffey  Get Back   Favoriting
Michael Penn  Brave New World   Favoriting
Byrds, The  Don't Make Waves   Favoriting
Pine Valley Cosmonauts featuring Neco Case And Bob Boyd  Stay A Little Longer   Favoriting
Erma Franklin  Higher And Higher   Favoriting
Beths, The  I Told You That I Was Afriad   Favoriting
Barry St. John  A Little Bit Of Soap   Favoriting
Leroy Pullins  The Worst Was Wonderful   Favoriting
Bobby Bland  Reach Right Out   Favoriting
Bug Club, The  Jonathan's Gone   Favoriting
Romancers, The  She Took My Oldsmobile   Favoriting
Jimmy Heap  Go Ahead On   Favoriting
Ricky Allen  Cut You A-Loose   Favoriting
Sloan  I Dream Of Sleep   Favoriting
Deejays, The  Coming On Strong   Favoriting
Johnny Cash  I Want To Go Home   Favoriting
Al Green  Let's Stay Together   Favoriting
Brylcream  Public Service Announcement   Favoriting
James Austin Johnson  RollingThunder Jingle Bells   Favoriting

CLICK HERE for Michael Shelley's appearance on the Finding Favorites podcast where he discusses WFMU, NRBQ, Nancy & road food

CLICK HERE for The Beatles Sorter (1200 choice decision game takes an hour)

CLICK HERE for The Beatles & The Butcher - The Story of The 'Yesterday & Today' Album

CLICK HERE for the Radio & Broadcasting History site with archives of British music mags from the 60's

CLICK HERE for Beatle Novelty Records on YouTube

CLICK HERE for a free download of the book "Our time is now : A farandole of Jonathan Richman songs"

CLICK HERE for The 100 Most Lost Songs of All

CLICK HERE for a million dollar guitar

CLICK HERE for The Herman Cain Award

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for Margaret's Granola Recipe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

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

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

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

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

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

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

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

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

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

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

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

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

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

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

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

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

CLICK HERE for a laugh

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

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

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

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

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

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

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

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

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

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HERE for "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

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

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

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

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

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

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

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

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

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

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

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

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

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

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

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

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

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

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

CLICK HERE for a laugh

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

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

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

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

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

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

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

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

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

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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(jerry lee voice)
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Peter Horvath:

Ahoy #1ers from the home of Station Manager Ken(and the Band-Aid)
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Chris Hiatt:

Hullo all!
  11:10am
clarke:

good sounds!!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

I don't know Ron Sexsmith at all. I'm digging this a lot. Thanks Michael.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Peter Horvath @11:09
Ken! He's commenting from inside the house!
  11:12am
clarke:

the comments are coming from....ulp...
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PatrickMC:

↳ Song: "What I Had In Mind (live in Studio A)" by "Ron Se...
What a pretty song
  11:13am
Peter Horvath:

OK, the HOMETOWN of Station Manager Ken…
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prof.fuzz:

↳ clarke @11:12
what if peter and ken were hanging out with tim??? i'd better check the back of the fuZZZmobile.
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StringOFperils:

Great to hear Ron Sexmith getting exposure here. A great writer with many great recordings, who flies under the radar, even while being lauded by other great musicians. You don't get inivited over for breakfast to Sir Paul's place for nothing. I used to see him around on Queen St W. and think, 'Wow, there he is.' Kind of like seeing Brian Wilson walking around.
  11:13am
clarke:

don't look in there!!
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Barney Grubbs:

my brother used to live in a house with Conrad in Austin!
  11:22am
clarke:

fascinating!!
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PatrickMC:

The "Winnie the Pooh method" of songwriting.😂
  11:24am
clarke:

better than Eeyore method!
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Steve from Dunwoody:

Wonderful!
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prof.fuzz:

↳ clarke @11:24
eeyore is emo...
  11:25am
clarke:

and slowwww!!
  11:26am
KWilde:

Great so far!
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Hughie Considine:

Beautiful stuff. I remember I first heard about Ron because Elvis Costello called him his favorite newish songwriter -- he was very much above the radar for awhile, even duetted with Chris Martin of Coldplay.
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San Pedro Girl:

Good morning Michael and everyone.
  11:27am
clarke:

bubble of one Hugh!
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Hughie Considine:

Good morning, sir!
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PatrickMC:

Coldplay fans didn't appreciate RS... Shocked
  11:29am
clarke:

you are the fly!!
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Barney Grubbs:

↳ Barney Grubbs @11:20
I’d always buy him a Courvoisier when Damnations came through Minneapolis in the late 90s
  11:30am
clarke:

↳ PatrickMC @11:29
round up the usual suspects!
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Hughie Considine:

ha! working feverishly on three new episodes of unprecedented length~
  11:31am
clarke:

that's very fine, sir!
  11:32am
eliza:

this is wonderful
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Pneumonia and phone-ya is ridiculously great.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

This great.
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Listener Baby:

Baby. He’s in perfect voice for my tune. Pull the trigger.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

How much for real Live with just Voice & Gittar do we actually get ? Like breathing for him presumably - but brave, unpretentious, generous & authentic where I'm sitting...
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Hughie Considine:

sublime
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Steve from Dunwoody:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:33
Hear hear
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PatrickMC:

↳ Song: "I'll Never Fall In Love Again (live in Studio A)"...
The sadness in Hal's great lyrics
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San Pedro Girl:

So beautiful.
  11:35am
Cherry Garcia:

A bit creeped out by Sexsmith's affect-less speaking voice.
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Steve from Dunwoody:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @11:34
All that, this guy is so real.
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Hughie Considine:

Aha, the Kravitz Kriteria!
  11:37am
thin slice:

I saw Ron last night. I got a little misty when he played Seem to Recall. Caught me with my defenses down
  11:37am
Frank In Queens:

This has been great so far. Not terribly familiar with Ron’s work, but I’m enjoying this segment.
  11:38am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:37
u gonna dual-screen later?
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Brian in UK:

Hello Michael & Ron.
I bought Ron's second album, Other Songs. Must have played the track Strawberry Blond six or seven times that day.
  11:41am
Joe W.:

Love Ron Sexsmith. He did a version of Caroline No on Vin Scelsa’s show 100 years ago that was outstanding. Have never been able to find a recording of it.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Brian in UK @11:40
I did the same with Lebanon, Tennessee and a few others from the previous LP.
  11:42am
Frank In Queens:

@clarke, I’ve got rehearsal until 3, but I’ll be dual-screening at 5.
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dreamyandseedy:

beautiful interview! loved that you asked for his thoughts on the difference btwn canada and america
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Brian in UK:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:41
That is a great album too. You can occasionally pick up a little Harry Nilsson in his voice.
  11:43am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:42
cool on the rehearsal!!! how's the home-studio room going?
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Dano59:

nice interview & songs. i first saw Ron opening for Costello/Attractions in '96; Mann Center, Philly. He did a Stevie Wonder song and said his name was a hard one to live up to.
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Handy Haversack:

Running around over here, but real nice conversation and tunes, MS.
  11:44am
paul:

↳ Song: "Ever Wonder" by "Ron Sexsmith"
Could be a Kinks song.
  11:45am
Frank In Queens:

@clarke, certainly functional. New gear coming next week. At that point we’ll be fully operational…for now.
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Kotzwinkled:

Great interview, Mike! I grew up outside Topeka and we were so used to the Westboro church that ignoring them was just part of our routine by the time they got nation wide recognition. Always sobering to hear someone else talk about them and realize how inured we were to their hate.
  11:45am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:45
years in the making!!
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Frank In Queens:

@Dano, Ron’s last name does sound a bit like a vocation.
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Dano59:

↳ Joe W. @11:41
I'll have to go. thru my ID tapes. Vin did a series of retrospective shows once, 'I've Got You Covered'
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Don Gorden:

Yo Mike where's my shoes?? this guy has a Dave Davies thing going on , good stuff
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Brian in UK @11:43
I hear that -- and like Harry, he was touted by the great songwriters of his day. Unlike Harry, he's obviously well adjusted.
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ paul @11:44
I agree. There is a Ray Davies quality to Ron's delivery: simple, raw and just lovely.
  11:47am
clarke:

harry was well-adjusted -- with a bottle!
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Brian in UK:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:46
Well he is Canadian!!!!
  11:48am
paul:

↳ San Pedro Girl @11:47
Exactly.
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Frank In Queens:

Ah, here we go!
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ paul @11:48
and here we are. :)
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Squints:

↳ Song: "This Is Where I Belong" by "Ron Sexsmith"
There's that Ray Davies quality right there.
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Brian in UK:

↳ Brian in UK @11:47
Ever heard Destination Unknown by Ron & his old friend Don Kerr.
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paul:

↳ Song: "This Is Where I Belong" by "Ron Sexsmith"
And there you have it.
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Dano59:

↳ Song: "This Is Where I Belong" by "Ron Sexsmith"
aha - great segue. I love every version of this Kinks song
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PatrickMC:

↳ Song: "This Is Where I Belong" by "Ron Sexsmith"
The Seksmith Kronicles
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Brian in UK @11:47
haha - indubitably Canadian, but I was relieved he doesn't say "aboot."
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:49
I'll bet he does when he is in Canada.
  11:50am
clarke:

eh!!
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KWilde:

Perfect cover
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Hughie Considine:

↳ San Pedro Girl @11:50
interesting!
  11:51am
Corey:

Morning Michael and listeners! Thanks for the great studio performance and interview! Look forward to catching Ron in concert sometime down the road.
  11:51am
clarke:

@Frank - does this mean you don't want spoilers, later? (assuming yes).
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I'd like to hear him collaborate with SonVolt - but too many cooks I reckon...
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @11:51
Interesting idea.
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San Pedro Girl:

I like your thinking.
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Dano59:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @11:51
the harmonies would be interesting. I was thinking ... Nicole Atkins.
  11:52am
clarke:

↳ Song: "Cheap Hotel" by "Ron Sexsmith"
got the al green band vibe, here
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Steve from Dunwoody:

↳ Song: "Cheap Hotel" by "Ron Sexsmith"
Nick Lowe-ish vocals & words
  11:53am
clarke:

↳ Song: "Strawberry Blonde" by "Ron Sexsmith"
this is the one!
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Brian in UK:

Yipee.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...yup - Baroque but Intimate - Poetic Metaphors but Parochial. Interesting he mentioned perhaps being on the Spectrum. Bridging these perceptions for us...
  11:54am
clarke:

i'm baroque'r than you are.
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Brian in UK:

Nice one, Michael.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "Strawberry Blonde" by "Ron Sexsmith"
This is such a short story.
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Brian in UK:

↳ clarke @11:54
You might like this album then.
en.wikipedia.org...
  11:55am
Frank In Queens:

@clarke, i’ll be dual-screening for hockey. I’ll just check the footie scores later.
  11:55am
Joe W.:

Strawberry Blonde. Such a great song. RS is such an underrated singer songwriter. Thanks Michael for a wonderful interview.
  11:56am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:55
gotcha!! who Isles playin'?
  11:56am
Frank In Queens:

@clarke Broons
  11:57am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:55
i may bail on the match, anyway - there are parades rolling all day, here.
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Dano59:

I remember this story re: Ron & Sir Paul; and I have the tape ... somewhere
www.fuelfriendsblog.com...
  11:57am
clarke:

go bruinz - ha ha ha.
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Kotzwinkled:

↳ clarke @11:57
you know the Krewe of Rolling Elvi? Got some dear friends in that bunch and they have some good throws this year.
  11:58am
clarke:

↳ clarke @11:57
that is a joke, btw.
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San Pedro Girl:

That so many great poets and balladeers are Canadian has always interested me.
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PatrickMC:

↳ Song: "Just My Heart Talkin'" by "Ron Sexsmith"
He does indeed have a Kinksy way with a melody at times
  11:58am
Frank In Queens:

@clarke haha i get it
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Hoboken Jack:

↳ Song: "Just My Heart Talkin'" by "Ron Sexsmith"
Talk about a No. 1 hit! This and "Secret Heart." Hey everybody!
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ PatrickMC @11:58
And that is wonderful.
  11:59am
clarke:

↳ Kotzwinkled @11:58
i don't really know any specific guys - but i subbed with a chuck berry cover band for their party a few months ago.
  11:59am
Frank In Queens:

Enjoyed the first hour Michael. I’ll check the archives later for the second. Later everyone!
  11:59am
clarke:

l8r FiQ~
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Kotzwinkled:

↳ clarke @11:59
Nice! I'm sure that was a time...
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Squints:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:56
Bear want dance.
  12:00pm
clarke:

can con, eh.
  12:01pm
clarke:

↳ Kotzwinkled @12:00
well, it was fast and furious - at tipatina's, and then we were out of there, ha ha. that's why i didn't get to meet any of the elvi.
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Dano59:

↳ Joe W. @11:41
Joe W:
there's a 'Caroline, No' performance on Ron's Youtube channel:
www.youtube.com...
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Hubig Pie:

↳ clarke @11:57
You gonna catch Krewe of Tucks ? -a series of unrelated floats loosely based around a very vague theme ? I used to be in a marching club in that parade.
  12:04pm
clarke:

↳ Hubig Pie @12:02
i AM going to Tuck's later, and rode in a 'float' (band truck!) in Tuck's in the late 70's when it went down napoleon thru Fountainbleu!
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Hubig Pie:

They did have a swell after parade party in the Canal st. Marriott. That's where we would watch Endymion.
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drr:

↳ clarke @11:59
there's a chuck berry cover band? and I'm not in it?? Tell me more.
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Dano59:

↳ Song: "Why You Been Gone So Long?" by "Jerry Lee Lewis"
this song was our lesson in a Country Harmony Singing workshop I was in , in 2018. Sierra Ferrell took the '5th' part. iirc
  12:05pm
clarke:

↳ Hubig Pie @12:04
don't think i will do Endymion, tonight. it doesn't run down the avenue, near our spot (and my pad)
  12:06pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:04
they are called The Great 28's - i told you about them, before, dave!
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Squints:

↳ clarke @12:06
That's the perfect name for a Chuck Berry cover band.
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Squints:

"What are we going to play tonight, Chuck?"
  12:07pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:04
it is jeremy tuman's side-project band. i highly recommend jeremy's book Stereo Killer
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drr:

↳ clarke @12:06
well, I wasn't listening! How is that my fault?
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PatrickMC:

This is very unDiana but great
  12:08pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:07
they occasionally play near your place - but i can't remember the name of the bar...
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Dominick:

Love "Some Day"
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drr:

↳ clarke @12:08
Old Arabi Bar? Cause it shut down; sad day. Maybe Whiskey Bayou?
  12:11pm
clarke:

@hubig - i have recently noticed some competition in the fried pie biz - Haydel's just started pumping out apple, cherry, banana, etc.
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Kotzwinkled:

↳ drr @12:11
RIP Arabi Bar. Surely it will come back in some form?
  12:12pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:11
no, closer on st. claude?
  12:13pm
clarke:

↳ Kotzwinkled @12:12
arabi got slammed by two tornadoes this year!
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drr:

↳ Kotzwinkled @12:12
Probably. It's back taxes related.
  12:13pm
clarke:

or last year.
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drr:

↳ clarke @12:13
...that went down the same street, basically.
  12:14pm
clarke:

yeah, it is a strange world. this weather.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Hubig Pie @12:04
I think I stayed there when I was in HS!
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Hubig Pie:

↳ clarke @12:11
There is only one Savory Simon
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listener phat in Lincoln:

There's no producer listed on the Michael Penn album Wikipedia. Did he produce that?
  12:16pm
clarke:

@handy - you were at the marriott in 84?
@hubig - yaaa brah!!
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pgalub:

Let's go Byrds!
  12:17pm
clarke:

'ello petahhh!!
  12:17pm
rx scabin:

Good afternoon. I've been away recovering from the COVD which started as I was just getting over the flu. It was a fun ten days. It is good to be back. Luckily, my wife who is going through radiation treatment has avoided both. She is tough.
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pgalub:

ay clarke!!
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clarke:

↳ Song: "Don't Make Waves" by "Byrds, The"
can't recommend this movie, tho.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Don't Make Waves" by "Byrds, The"
Regarded as a toss-off (Crosby @ the end sarkily quipping 'Masterpiece!') - done for a film (where is that film ?!?) - I always loved it.
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PaulRobeson1923:

↳ Song: "Don't Make Waves" by "Byrds, The"
Morningggg all!
The west is the best
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Handy Haversack:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:16
phat, I had been keeping an eye out for you and Courtney Noir to tell you about a book that's coming out on a group from Topeka ... and then this morning remembered that KS and NE are actually different places. I am dumb. If it weren't for my half-assing everything, you wouldn't be able to tell I have an ass at all!

But I was *trying* to be considerate! Points for effort?
  12:18pm
clarke:

↳ rx scabin @12:17
you got slammed by two tornadoes, too!
  12:18pm
ChrisB.:

Anyone ever see this movie, featuring Tony Curtis and Sharon Tate? Pretty good!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Don't Make Waves" by "Byrds, The"
...love to hear that early BYrdS just Rawk out to the extent they ever did...
  12:18pm
clarke:

see above, but it is not that bad, i guess.
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PaulRobeson1923:

↳ rx scabin @12:17
Good morning, rx scabin. All the best
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:17
What's the book?
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Kotzwinkled:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:17
Hey what group? I'm 30 min from Topeka at the moment!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:19
cup.columbia.edu...

On DVS Mindz
  12:20pm
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:17
what's the group? book title?
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PatrickMC:

↳ Song: "Stay A Little Longer" by "Pine Valley Cosmonauts ...
Nice. Where are the Tommy Duncan fans
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drr:

Pretty interesting movie week at Cinema Dave. East Of Eden, Witness For The Prosecution, and Coffy.
Also The Loveless. (Come on!....didn't finish.)
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Well shit. That looks great.
  12:21pm
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:21
not my cuppa, tho
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Handy Haversack:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:21
Whew! With apologies to both states.
  12:22pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:20
that's a pretty good week, DRR! never seen loveless, tho?
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Kotzwinkled:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:20
Wow. Born and raised in Kansas AND I work for Columbia. This is hitting the center of a rare Venn Diagram for me indeed. Thanks!
  12:23pm
rx scabin:

I missed WFMU.
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ rx scabin @12:17
@ rx scabin Sorry to hear you've been ill. I too am recovering from covid and a simultaneous uri --not fun. I hope you feel better soon. And best wishes to your wife. It sounds like you're really going through a lot.
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Dennis Diken:

hey, this is the same backing track as the Jackie Wilson version of "Higher & Higher," yes?
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Kotzwinkled @12:22
Do you? I work for it, too.
  12:23pm
clarke:

i've been into a few series, this past week: The Last Of Us (really above average) and Poker Face (which i am really enjoying!).
  12:24pm
clarke:

↳ rx scabin @12:23
we've missed you - hope recovery is in the works!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Happy 90th Yoko
  12:25pm
clarke:

you work for Columbia, you stayed at the Marriott - who ARE you?!?!?
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Kotzwinkled:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:23
I do indeed! Relocated back home to Kansas "temporarily," due to COVID but had a kid and in the interim and stayed working remote. Tale as old as time...
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Handy Haversack:

↳ clarke @12:23
I'm enjoying the Rockfordness of it, but a friend and I have serious questions about her superpower vis-a-vis poker, which does not involve outright lies ("I have this") so much as representations of risk-states based on pile size and game theory. So ... I just have questions!

I understand that the intersection of people who like exigetical rigor in their superpowers AND read poker theory might not be the target audience. But we're out here!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Kotzwinkled @12:25
Yeah, our office is pretty empty these days.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ clarke @12:25
I'm Batman.

Wait, that's not right.
  12:27pm
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:26
it is just smartly=written, and i am a rian/nate johnson fan.
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Handy Haversack:

Just figured out that Robbie Fulks is playing in ATL when we're down there, but I don't know if we'll be able to get to any shows ...
  12:27pm
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:26
it might be right!
  12:28pm
clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:27
when you in ATL??
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joe mulligan:

yes! trugoy rest peacefully
  12:29pm
clarke:

snare. !!!
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joe mulligan:

↳ Song: "A Little Bit Of Soap" by "Barry St. John"
proper de la tribute Michael
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Kotzwinkled:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:26
which dept are you in if you don't mind me asking? I'm in AOD
  12:30pm
Mark R:

Nice version of 'Soap.' Bert Berns would be proud.
  12:31pm
rx scabin:

@San Pedro Girl just a "slight" cough now. COVID was way easier than the flu. My wife and I are relentless. I hope your recover soon.
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Dennis Diken:

pretty sure that Erma Franklin version of "Higher & Higher" employs not only Jackie Wilson's track but also the same backing vocals. both versions are on Brunswick and produced by Carl Davis, I do believe.
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drr:

↳ clarke @12:22
The Loveless: dir Kathryn Bigelow, 1981. Stars Willem Dafoe and....Robert Gordon. Gordon has some rock-star presence but as an actor he's not good, even as a rockabilly-dressin' biker gang member.
Movie has a cult following, but mostly it's a lot of foreboding. In fact it was still foreboding about 45 minutes in, and I got fed up.
  12:32pm
rx scabin:

This makes it better, as you all know.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ clarke @12:28
Mid-April. 30th HS reunion and seeing my sister. Staying in downtown Decatur but not renting a car.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Kotzwinkled @12:30
Actually, for the press -- we published that DVS Mindz book (though I didn't work on it directly).
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clarke:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:33
sah=weeeet!
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Dennis Diken @12:31
But, w/ the Motown session guys - which led (in part) to Motown staking out rival studios to make sure non of their session guys were moonlighting
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Squints:

↳ Song: "Reach Right Out" by "Bobby Bland"
I surely pity the fool.
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clarke:

GGSq~~~~
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Kotzwinkled:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:33
Nice. I will check out that book for sure. Small world on the FMU board.
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clarke:

ain't it?
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Your Ace From Exchange Place:

↳ Song: "Jonathan's Gone" by "Bug Club, The"
This band has a lot of #1 Hits!
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Squints:

↳ Your Ace From Exchange Place @12:37
What Ace said.
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?:

Barrie St. John sang backing vocals on "If It's Love" on the "Frank" album.
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clarke:

no ace, just you!
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ rx scabin @12:31
Thank you. I feel better but have a cough too. I feel totally exhausted. This was my second bout of cv in 8 months. In both cases I've felt like I aged 10 years.
I'm 4X vaccinated. But I have RA which makes me more susceptible to viruses and illness in general.
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Michael Shelley:

↳ @12:38
Thanks for the research!
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "She Took My Oldsmobile" by "Romancers, The"
This is a total WFMU classic. First heard it on Bill Kelly's show and taped it immediately. We go a long way back, FMU and me.
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Dennis Diken:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:34
is that right? the Funk Bros had been cutting non-Motown sessions for some time. Berry was clamping down, heh?
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:39
I too go way back with fmu. I used to listen to Bill Kelly's show regularly back in the '80s.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:39
My impression is Bill Kelly was one of the first people - anywhere - to notably champion & present GarageRawk ?
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clarke:

good morning dennis, btw!
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Handy Haversack:

Dig the premium this year, MS! Though I don't know what to do if I don't replenish my coaster supply.

wfmu.org...
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:40
He was certainly early, vocal about it, and a total purist. "Mindless teenage brain rot!"
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clarke:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:40
uhhh no. there was a show called Smace's Oldies Show on WTUL in the mid-70's (pre-nuggets realease)
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Hughie Considine:

↳ San Pedro Girl @12:40
It's a long-standing relationship at this point. My t-shirt stack is getting out of hand.
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drr:

I have a Jimmy Heap album but it's just naughty hillbilly jokes that are also too long. I think he made a lot of them though.
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:41
H- Listeners voted overwhelmingly NOT for more coasters (I was ready) - but , we have this: wfmu.org...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ clarke @12:42
Well - Nuggets was out in 1972...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ clarke @12:42
But ! - that is interesting...
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:43
Yeah, excited for it!
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Kotzwinkled:

Time to finally seal and Modge Podge my coasters like I keep threatening to do...
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Handy Haversack:

Swag is up, too: wfmu.org...
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clarke:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:43
smace pre-dated the album - on friday nights in new orleans. insanely great
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ clarke @12:44
Ah. N'Orleans.
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PaulRobeson1923:

WFMU- The only James Webb Freakout Telescope Radio Station!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Kotzwinkled @12:43
Dang, that would have been a good idea ...
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clarke:

i just didn't tune in until probably 74 but he had been doing his show since the 60's
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Squints:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:42
My entire non-work wardrobe now is pretty much brewery Ts, band Ts and WFMU Ts.
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:42
It is the BEST radio station on the planet, a wealth of resource and great community. :)
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rx scabin:

Indeed.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Squints @12:45
After returning from the pandemic, I have gone ahead and switched to wearing WFMU shirts to work. Black ones, mainly; this *is* New York. (Exceptions are made for the Taylor Ham shirt and Strength Through Failure.)
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "I Dream Of Sleep" by "Sloan"
Sloan actually was named for the way a certain employer hectored one of the band members for being a "slow one."
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Kotzwinkled:

↳ Squints @12:45
When you start working from home, it all becomes one. Am I letting myself go, or evolving?
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Squints @12:45
If you're gonna be a walking billboard, at least it's for a good cause.
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joe mulligan:

↳ Song: "I Dream Of Sleep" by "Sloan"
you get less splash if you aim for the painted fly
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drr:

I only have one WFMU shirt, but I do have it on rn.
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clarke:

evolving!!
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joe mulligan:

no-brow humor a lil early
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Handy Haversack:

There's a poem out there called "Where We Stand: A Definitive Catalogue of the Male Experience" that's just a list of urinal brand names.
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:47
Whenever I wear my fmu shirts listeners come up to me and say hi. I love it.
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Squints:

I went back into the office June 2021. (Had to get out of that room I was in all day.) Fortunately our workplace casual includes decent pairs of jeans. But sadly a collar is more or less mandatory.
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Squints:

↳ joe mulligan @12:48
oo. oo.
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Kotzwinkled:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:48
beautiful.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:48
Is it available for streaming?
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Handy Haversack:

↳ San Pedro Girl @12:49
There are a couple of people in my neighborhood with whom I exchange the "nice shirt" nod. But oddly no one's ever noticed it out in the NYC world!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:49
ZING!
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joe mulligan:

↳ Squints @12:49
(in vinny babarino voice)
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clarke:

who's throwin' those coasters?
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:48
@ Handy Haversack Sorry, I didn't mean to reply to your comment.
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Hubig Pie:

↳ clarke @12:42
TUL was where I learned of FMU. I think they played Bingo Gazingo and the DJ said somethin like "if you ever in NJ/NY you gotta " (pre-streaming days)
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Squints:

↳ clarke @12:51
They'ah very aerodynamic, theah.
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:50
I live in SF so there are fewer listeners around here. It is more novel.
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clarke:

↳ Hubig Pie @12:51
yeah, i didn't catch on to TUL in the late 60's, but when i was about 12 - yes!
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PaulRobeson1923:

FMU- Home to the James Webb Freakout Telescope Radio Station Freakout Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline BABY
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clarke:

@Squints - do you know that bar trick?? ha ha.
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PatrickMC:

↳ Song: "Let's Stay Together" by "Al Green"
Let's go to church
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clarke:

al green band vibe.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ San Pedro Girl @12:46
Couldn't agree more!
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Song: "Let's Stay Together" by "Al Green"
Sweet! I Love the Rev. Al Green.
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Moammar:

↳ Song: "Let's Stay Together" by "Al Green"
Ah, the sweet sounds of Rhodes, Chalmers and Rhodes.
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Squints:

↳ clarke @12:53
Only coaster trick I know for bars is to shake some salt on the coaster so the glass don't stick.
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radioronan:

Thanks Michael! Cheers y'all!
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, MS! Later on, Numbers One!
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Squints:

I am glad that this year's coaster will be digital.
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:54
I'm not sure how I could've survived this pandemic without wfmu. It has been my lifesaver. I live alone.
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Corey:

Thanks for the great show, Michael! Road trip music for a quick trip downstate (Michigan). Enjoy your Saturday all.
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clarke:

↳ Squints @12:54
ok, describing it is tough: you get a coaster and tear out just enough of a U to fit around the bridge of your nose - put it on and yell "WHO'S THROWIN' THOSE COASTERS?!?"
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joe mulligan:

↳ San Pedro Girl @12:56
truth!!
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Corey @12:56
US-31. PURE MICHIGAN!
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Kotzwinkled:

CHEERS ALL! THX MIKE AND SEXY RON SEXSMITH!
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Squints:

↳ clarke @12:56
Hah.
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clarke:

FAB FAB SHOW mate!! great interview and live music and #1 hitz.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Public Service Announcement" by "Brylcream"
Disturbingly Healthy !
~ TY Always DJ MS ~
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Dennis Diken:

holy moly, it's one o'clock already?! that went by quickly! great show, Mikey!
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drr:

Fun show! Heard of Ron Sexsmith but hadn't heard his music until today. Good guest.
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San Pedro Girl:

Thank you Michael. Great show! Take care everyone.
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Hughie Considine:

Great show - and great to be with you all. Jingle BELLZ!
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Chris Hiatt:

Fun as always. Thanks, Michael Shelley!
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Squints:

↳ Handy Haversack @12:56
Speaking of Michigan, when's Tim from Washington doing part 2 of the drop-in?
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Squints:

Live and be well, friends.
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joe mulligan:

so much fun, thanks Michael
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clarke:

good nite
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Moammar:

A pleasure as ever.
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Handy Haversack:

↳ Squints @12:57
Squints, in case you see this: I think May?
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