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Favoriting March 30, 2024: MIKE Twists Rock And Roll!

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Robbie Fulks  Angela   Favoriting 0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Richman  I'm Straight   Favoriting 0:05:00 (Pop-up)
Camera Obscura  Big Love   Favoriting 0:10:36 (Pop-up)
Barrett Strong  Gonna Take A Journey   Favoriting 0:15:41 (Pop-up)
Leroy Sibbles  Everybody Talking   Favoriting 0:17:43 (Pop-up)
Pretenders, The  The Buzz   Favoriting 0:23:20 (Pop-up)
Gordian Knot, The  If Only I Could Fly   Favoriting 0:25:31 (Pop-up)
Bill Kirchen  Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods   Favoriting 0:32:28 (Pop-up)
Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon  Let's Hang On   Favoriting 0:35:31 (Pop-up)
Buzzcocks, The  I Don't Mind   Favoriting 0:38:52 (Pop-up)
Johnny Rivers  Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu   Favoriting 0:43:07 (Pop-up)
Homer and Jethro  The Square Song   Favoriting 0:46:42 (Pop-up)
Little Luther  Twirl   Favoriting 0:49:03 (Pop-up)
Swan Silvertones, The  He Won't Deny Me   Favoriting 0:51:47 (Pop-up)
Pezband  Please Be Somewhere Tonight   Favoriting 0:54:14 (Pop-up)
Small Faces  Sha La La La Lee   Favoriting 1:01:09 (Pop-up)
Randy Newman  Last Night I Had A Dream   Favoriting 1:02:59 (Pop-up)
Robbie Fulks  One Glass Of Whiskey   Favoriting 1:07:10 (Pop-up)
Allen Toussaint  What Is Success?   Favoriting 1:09:23 (Pop-up)
Joan Jett  Fake Friends   Favoriting 1:12:57 (Pop-up)
Sonny Curtis  Bo Diddley Bach   Favoriting 1:16:38 (Pop-up)
Pokey LaFarge  Treat Me Right   Favoriting 1:18:40 (Pop-up)
Valentinos, The  Let's Get Together   Favoriting 1:21:42 (Pop-up)
Nick Lowe  Soulful Wind   Favoriting 1:23:50 (Pop-up)
Tony Hazzard  Me The Peaceful Heart   Favoriting 1:28:01 (Pop-up)
Joel Patterson  Fender Freeze   Favoriting 1:30:40 (Pop-up)
Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra  Who Said Shorty Wasn't Coming Back?   Favoriting 1:33:13 (Pop-up)
Letters, The  Don't Want You Back   Favoriting 1:37:14 (Pop-up)
Margaret Glaspy  You And I   Favoriting 1:38:26 (Pop-up)
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra  Batman Theme   Favoriting 1:46:39 (Pop-up)
Mike Russo & The Dellwoodss  Nose Job   Favoriting 1:49:19 (Pop-up)
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra  Holy Flypaper   Favoriting 1:51:07 (Pop-up)
Mike Russo & The Dellwoodss  Blind Date   Favoriting 1:54:13 (Pop-up)
Mike Russo & The Dellwoodss  The Pretzel   Favoriting 1:56:33 (Pop-up)

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CLICK HERE and HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE for The Beatles' 167 page FBI file

CLICK HERE for a documentary about L.A.'s Chinatown Punk Wars

CLICK HERE to help Paul find his bass

CLICK HERE for an assortment of Wrecking Crew AFM union contracts

CLICK HERE for 20+ gigabytes of sound effects from the USC Sound Effects Library

CLICK HERE for Armstrong's 1954 catalog, featuring spectacular mid-century linoleum, rug, and wall tile designs

CLICK HERE for The 50 Worst Decisions in Music History

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 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"

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


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Listener comments!

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Listener Baby:

Welp. Some #1 Hits couldn’t hurt.
  Swag For Life Member 10:54am
Eddy in Australia:

^^^ What Baby said.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:00am
Squints:

ok then,

hey HEY hey now.
  11:01am
clarke:

hey nowwwww....
i hope That Gerald will be appearing, today, too!!
  11:01am
rx "rexy" scabin:

Good morning, Michael and Everyone.
Avatar 11:02am
Mister Dobalina:

Greg from Zone 5, last week, did a great Mike intro, but with Greg, in it's place.
  11:02am
clarke:

newies but kookies!!!
Avatar 11:03am
Listener Baby:

Eddy old mate!!
  11:04am
clarke:

↳ Eddy in Australia @10:54
very number one, ritecheer.
  Swag For Life Member 11:05am
Eddy in Australia:

Baybee! Clarke!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:05am
Frank In Queens:

HEY NOW!
  11:05am
clarke:

he shoots, he scores!!! #1
  11:05am
clarke:

↳ Eddy in Australia @11:05
season's change!!
  11:06am
Cooh John:

Hello Michael and #1ers. Hope Robbie comes back to my town.💿
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:06am
Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @11:05
Still in a state of pleased amazement after today's morning match
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:06am
dave miss:

Hey Clarke!
Avatar 11:06am
Listener Baby:

↳ Song: "I'm Straight" by "Jonathan Richman"
The song that plays after this one is always very tricky. Like, what do you do?
  11:06am
clarke:

↳ Song: "I'm Straight" by "Jonathan Richman"
still at the Stawp'N'Shawap!!!
Avatar 11:06am
Mister Dobalina:

Clicky star material if I've heard any !!
  11:07am
Dennis Diken:

MAD "Twists" Roclk 'n' Roll - top LP!
  11:07am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:06
i uh (yawwn) missed it - fill me in?
  11:07am
clarke:

↳ dave miss @11:06
MISS!!!!
  11:07am
Scott from Boston:

Met my hero Jon Richman…so rude! Oh well
  11:08am
clarke:

↳ Dennis Diken @11:07
NEWIES BUT KOOKIES!!!
Avatar 11:08am
Michael Shelley:

↳ Scott from Boston @11:07
details please
  Swag For Life Member 11:08am
Eddy in Australia:

↳ clarke @11:05
Kinda. Northern hemisphere switch happened a few weeks ago. I think we switch this weekend. Makes it easier to listen live.
  11:09am
clarke:

↳ Eddy in Australia @11:08
this was my implication, old sport!!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:09am
Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @11:07
Newcastle came back from being down 2 goals to beat West Ham playing a man down and after losing 4 players to injury
  Swag For Life Member 11:09am
Eddy in Australia:

↳ Eddy in Australia @11:08
And join in the shenanigans, of course!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 11:10am
nycmusicnerd:

Greetings fellow nerds...
  11:10am
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:09
whooooah, will have to seek out highlights on YT!!
  11:10am
Scott from Boston:

My wife and I went to the Middle East about two years ago for the first time to get away from the kids first night out in maybe 13 years. Before the show we were standing around and my wife sat down and we were both looking at our phones, nothing was happening yet… Jonathan came out and I almost passed out sure enough he walked right over to me and he began to preach about how I shouldn’t be using my phone and we are addicted to phones and he doesn’t want to see me use the phone during the show. I really didn’t say anything because I was stunned. I thought it was very rude of him, he doesn’t know my life. So I took out my phone during the show and stood upfront so he could see me. I’m still disappointed.
Avatar 11:11am
Mailman Tom:

I have Mad Twists Rock 'n' Roll in my record collection!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:11am
Frank In Queens:

Aw too bad. Sorry about your tough week Michael.
Avatar 11:11am
Mister Dobalina:

I met a hero of mine, once, actually a few times, Terry Reid...super, super, nice guy. If you find yourself in nYc in May, check him out! Can't lose.
  Swag For Life Member 11:11am
Eddy in Australia:

@Michael Hope everything is okay?
  11:12am
clarke:

jonathan was trying to HELP YOU!
  11:12am
ryansterlingvirtue:

My fav Jonathan richman song! Right into the new camera obscura. Can’t wait to see them in glasgow this May
Avatar 11:13am
Michael Shelley:

↳ Scott from Boston @11:10
That's too bad. He's OCD... or something...
  11:14am
Scott from Boston:

We’re all a little wacky
  11:14am
clarke:

i don't think that is rude, honestly, it was jonathan's way of helping a person.
  Swag For Life Member 11:15am
Eddy in Australia:

↳ Scott from Boston @11:10
This’ll give you an idea of where JoJo is coming from: www.discogs.com...
Avatar 11:15am
Michael Shelley:

↳ Eddy in Australia @11:11
I am fine - thanks for concern!
  11:15am
Scott from Boston:

You may be correct
  11:15am
clarke:

↳ Michael Shelley @11:15
we are sorry for your loss, anyway!
  11:16am
clarke:

↳ Scott from Boston @11:15
more importantly, what the fuck has happened to the booking at the Middle East?? jezus.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:16am
Spikey BXL:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:09
Hurts, hurts badly
  Swag For Life Member 11:17am
Eddy in Australia:

↳ Dennis Diken @11:07
But does it have the flexi-disc track “Makin’ Out”?
  11:17am
clarke:

↳ Eddy in Australia @11:17
course it does! it was a GAS!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:18am
drr:

↳ Eddy in Australia @11:17
most everyone today you see is...MAKIN' OUT!
most everyone you will agree is...MAKIN' OUT!
  11:18am
clarke:

↳ drr @11:18
good morneeeng daveeed!!
  Swag For Life Member 11:18am
Eddy in Australia:

↳ drr @11:18
Whatta song, right?
  11:19am
Scott from Boston:

I was just discussing this with my rock sons!! So sad in Boston! Middle East, Rat, chanel…
  11:20am
clarke:

↳ Scott from Boston @11:19
it is quite possible that the show you attended was the last good band to play at that venue!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:20am
drr:

↳ Eddy in Australia @11:18
Well, it's something! As MAD flexis go, the one I'd like to have back is "A Super Spectacular Day!"
  11:22am
rx "rexy" scabin:

@clarke hello.
  11:22am
clarke:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @11:22
rexy - what's on the menu, today??
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:23am
Hughie Considine:

It seemed at the outset that the Pretenders might become a truly canonical band, but they never quite made it to that level. I recall being flabbergasted when a young dude I knew, who knew something about music, had no idea who they were.
  Swag For Life Member 11:23am
Eddy in Australia:

↳ drr @11:20
Not familiar with that one. eBay?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:23am
Hughie Considine:

Oh, and greetings to all who Shell-abrate!
  11:23am
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:23
was that fellow PF Sloan???
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:24am
Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @11:23
No, but he was wearing PF Flyers.
  11:24am
clarke:

so he WAS fairly cool!!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 11:25am
nycmusicnerd:

"Easter Saturday is the only day on the Christian calendar when Jesus is off-duty" --Robyn Hitchcock
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:25am
Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @11:24
haha. How I wanted PF Flyers. Mom insisted on us wearing flat-bottomed Keds because they didn't track in dirt. My childhood was ruined.
  11:25am
clarke:

nyyyyyc!!!
  11:26am
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:25
Mom!!! they make you run faster!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:26am
Steve Harsh:

The Gordian Knot is one heckuva band name!
Avatar 11:26am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ Good ♄Saturday FMUvianz ~
  11:27am
clarke:

rev!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:27am
Frank In Queens:

yo Rev!
Avatar 11:27am
Listener Baby:

↳ Song: "If Only I Could Fly" by "Gordian Knot, The"
I love songs that make you want to dance like Tom Jones.
  11:28am
Billybob:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:25
Run your fastest! Jump your highest...with PF Flyers!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:28am
Squints:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:24
He was Benny The Jet?
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Moammar:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:25
I loved my PF Flyers. The ne plus ultra of childhood footwear.
  #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:29am
GeoSinPhilly:

↳ Song: "If Only I Could Fly" by "Gordian Knot, The"
Very "Five O'Clock World."
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:29am
Squints:

↳ clarke @11:26
Jump highah, theah.
  11:29am
clarke:

↳ Squints @11:29
in toledo!!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:30am
Hughie Considine:

↳ Squints @11:28
I read it in a magaziiine...
  11:30am
Dennis Diken:

↳ Eddy in Australia @11:17
nope, when was that flexi released? I have no recollection of it
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Eddy in Australia:

The Beths are also playing at White Eagle Hall - in September. Highly recommended!
  11:32am
rx "rexy" scabin:

@clarke prepping for tomorrow: tapenade; roasted chick peas; stuffed artichokes; sesame carrot slaw; roasted asparagus; campanelle with mushrooms and ricotta (like lasagna) with my wife's sauce; and ice cream cake from a local ice cream place. There will be six of us.
  11:32am
clarke:

↳ Eddy in Australia @11:31
kiwis.
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Eddy in Australia:

↳ Dennis Diken @11:30
I’m gonna guess ‘75?
  11:32am
Dennis Diken:

re:that Gordion Knot track - totally Hal B & Joe O, my ears tell me
  11:33am
clarke:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @11:32
you've ALWAYS got It goin' on!!!
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Dennis Diken @11:32
yeah!
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Eddy in Australia:

↳ clarke @11:32
Yup!
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drr:

↳ Eddy in Australia @11:23
It might be on eBay but used flexis that play through are hard to find, and especially that one--it had six or seven (?) separate grooves, and when you set the needle down you didn't know which one you would get. They all start the same but there are six or seven different middle verses about having a really bad day.
It's on YouTube, last time I checked.
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Eddy in Australia @11:31
!
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Joe B:

greetings michael and everyone! bill kirchen always is great!
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Squints:

Saw Bill Kirchen at the Bull Run in Shirley in 2008. One of favorite shows ever. Nicest guy, too.
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Eddy in Australia:

↳ Michael Shelley @11:33
Potential guests?
  11:34am
clarke:

↳ Joe B @11:33
heya!!
  11:34am
Dennis Diken:

↳ Eddy in Australia @11:32
the MAD Twists LP came out in '62. too bad MAD didn't ever do a comp of those later flexi tracks
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Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Song: "Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods" by "Bill Kirchen"
Ws lucky enough to see Bill Kirchen twice. I'm a Les Paul guy, myself. Should prolly buy a Tele to expand my palette tho.
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nycmusicnerd:

Saw Bill Kirchen open for Nick Lowe a few times at City Winery more than a decade ago. His guitar looks like 2 pieces of plywood nailed together. And he played the HELL out of it!
  11:35am
clarke:

↳ Squints @11:33
great dude - great venue!!
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Squints:

↳ clarke @11:35
It's a hike up that way for me now. I'd have to book a room rather than drive home.
  11:36am
zak:

didn't Luther Perkins usually play a Jazzmaster?
  11:36am
clarke:

↳ Squints @11:35
thus costing about a thousand bucks.
  11:36am
clarke:

↳ zak @11:36
some of the time, yes.
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Squints:

↳ clarke @11:36
In Shirley? Not even on commencement weekend up here.
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Eddy in Australia:

↳ drr @11:33
Whoa, that sounds amazing. Pretty innovative of MAD. Flexis are supposed to be good for 10 plays max but I reckon most people would only play em a few times. I’ve kept all mine.
  11:37am
clarke:

↳ Squints @11:37
i was commenting on the price of motel rooms, these days. among other things.
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Squints:

↳ clarke @11:37
Broadly speaking, I'm with you there.
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Listener Baby:

↳ Song: "Let's Hang On" by "Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon"
The Isleys made a living doing just this.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Hello everyone!
  11:39am
clarke:

↳ Listener Baby @11:38
jumping on the bandwagon??
  11:39am
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:39
donuts????
  11:40am
clarke:

↳ Song: "I Don't Mind" by "Buzzcocks, The"
HARD YES!!
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drr:

↳ Eddy in Australia @11:37
I have an Eva-Tone sales kit, sent to me in 1985 by salesman Dan Mikrut, when I was eighteen and doing a fanzine. I didn't eventually spring for the flexi (cassettes were cheaper) but he treated me like a legitimate customer. It's full of flexis.

There's a "museum" of flexi discs linked from or hiding somewhere on the WFMU website.
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Hoboken Jack:

Hello radio friends!
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Eddy in Australia:

↳ clarke @11:40
Michael has a knack for dropping Buzzcocks in at the perfect moment, no?
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Steve Harsh:

Yes Michael, Singles Going Steady was that mind blowing album for me too
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Dano59:

↳ Song: "Let's Hang On" by "Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon"
... just think of all the kids in rock bands who wanted to be Little Richard et al. - that track was better than, say, Motown does the Beatles
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @11:39
Not yet! Probably will in a second. Although I may skip it this week. My dentist was not happy with me yesterday.
  11:44am
jg:

Your author interview hipped me to the Jim Gordon book which I’m reading now. Thank you Michael , it’s such a great read. Also been hipped to all the great Gordon tracks
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Hoboken Jack @11:41
Hey Jackson! Good seeing you during the fundraiser - thanks for helping out!
  11:44am
dday:

↳ Song: "Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu" by "...
Love the David Lindley / ElRayo X version
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Spikey BXL:

↳ Hoboken Jack @11:41
Celebration Jack!
  11:45am
clarke:

↳ Eddy in Australia @11:41
HARD YES.
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Squints:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:44
You live long enough, they stop scolding you.
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Dano59:

↳ clarke @11:39
i brought donuts. - fresh this morning - then I went to the Salvation Army & rifled thru a heap of oldies 45s
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Joe B:

from johnny rivers' stratocaster period!
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Frank In Queens:

↳ nycmusicnerd @11:34
Wow, that show was that long ago? Damn.
  11:45am
johnk77:

billkirchen.com
1 of the greatest live electric guitar players
consistently excellent from 1970->now
also in the audience of the stooges
first gig in ann arbor
halloween 1967
and thank you michael for the
recent joel selvin interview
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Dano59:

↳ drr @11:40
that's cool! A flexi sample case!
  11:46am
clarke:

↳ Joe B @11:45
i saw him with a Gibson ES 335
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Bob Barth:

GOOOOOD MORNING MICHAEL!! (doing my best Adrian Cronauer)
  11:47am
rx "rexy" scabin:

@clarke I like to cook and plan menus. It soothes.
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nycmusicnerd:

↳ Frank In Queens @11:45
I think it was either 2008 or 2010, I'm not sure.
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Joe B:

↳ clarke @11:46
yes, before and after this era!
  11:47am
clarke:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @11:47
it does!! but it also makes some of us hungry!!
  11:47am
Dennis Diken:

↳ Hoboken Jack @11:41
Jack! dude!
  11:48am
clarke:

mornin' Jack!!
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Squints:

↳ dday @11:44
Ooh.
Ooh. Want.

It's not on either of the first two records. So there's a third?
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Dano59:

↳ Song: "The Square Song" by "Homer and Jethro"
oh lovely another hate crtime on vinyl
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Squints @11:45
They'll stop scolding me when I fork over the cash for the braces I'm getting this spring
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PaulRobeson1924:

Why rock & roll, daddy? Why not Dvořák?
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Sigh. After the pull a third wisdom tooth.
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Dano59:

↳ Hoboken Jack @11:41
So, Jackk ... what was the theme of Laura C's show at Sid Gold's?
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Eddy in Australia:

↳ drr @11:40
Thanks for the heads-up on the museum. Down here flexis were produced by a company called Ambassador. All I got when I expressed interest was one lousy sample flexi!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Strats just even look best. Aside from the rage of tones you can get
...but you wanna put a Tele in my hands for me you can try & influence my opinion :)
...seriously tho - I get a lot of people like Teles are kind of Lock & Load. Found the hard way that replacing a string on a Strat with that thru the body situation can get complicated when you're in a hurry...
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Twirl" by "Little Luther"
This sounded amazing from the beginning.
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Hughie Considine:

Why have I never heard this delightful "Happy Difference" bumper thing before?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @11:50
ran*Ge of tones ...raging or otherwise...
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Dano59:

↳ drr @11:40
flexis:
wfmu.org... and wfmu.org...
  11:53am
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:50
i've hoid it.
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Squints:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:49
But that's just alignment and how they come in, right? Brushing and flossing can't help much there, yes? Est quod est?
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Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @11:53
I guess it's a somewhat rare one. Meanwhile, can you feel the spirit?
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Squints:

↳ PaulRobeson1924 @11:49
Close that Dovrak. We don't live in a barn.
  11:55am
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:54
hoid it, often, h aha ha.
  11:55am
clarke:

↳ Song: "Please Be Somewhere Tonight" by "Pezband"
yass!!
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Steve Harsh:

Pezband ultimate power pop tune
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Squints @11:53
True
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Squints @11:53
I need the braces so the brushing and flossing work
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "Please Be Somewhere Tonight" by "Pezband"
The vocal feels like a perfect amalgam of power pop vocals, with more than a hint of Eric Carmen.
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nycmusicnerd:

↳ Hughie Considine @11:56
I was thinking Eric Carmen too
  11:57am
clarke:

yeeeaaaahhh!!
  11:57am
P-90:

Pezband even better than Pez People
  11:57am
clarke:

but where does eric carmen get his voice from - macca. let's make it plain.
  11:57am
dday:

↳ Song: "Please Be Somewhere Tonight" by "Pezband"
a little deeper voiced Kasim Sulton from Utopia
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Eddy in Australia:

↳ Dano59 @11:52
Thanks for that. For anyone interested, Jonny Trunk in the UK put out a book about flexis a few years ago.
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Dennis Diken:

Pezband were regualrs at Zaffy's in Piscataway in the late 70s. wonderful shows. great hangs with like-minded musical pals who also attended.
  11:58am
clarke:

they are ALL from mccartney - even pete ham.
  11:59am
P-90:

Pezband sounds like a contemporary Badfinger to me
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Squints:

They might have been short, but there was nothing small about these guys.
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Dano59:

↳ clarke @11:57
Paul, with more classical training
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Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @11:58
Emmitt Rhodes too. But they all had their own flavor.
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Eddy in Australia:

↳ Squints @11:59
All exactly the same height!
  12:00pm
clarke:

the inflection infection.
  12:00pm
wenzo:

Waddupdoe
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

SmallFaces had everything
...except, maybe, a top-level Songwriter ? Tho if there's a bad track by them I don't know it...
Well & their Management were crooks of course...
  12:01pm
clarke:

this is before ronnie discovered the perfect bass rig.
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Dano59:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:00
no complaints here. Rod Stewart ca. 1971-73 was my gateway to the band and that sound though.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @12:01
What was that?
  12:03pm
P-90:

I remember when they were “scooping up bands with four males in them”
  12:03pm
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:02
i don't know what it was, but it sounds like GOD!!!
  12:05pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "Last Night I Had A Dream" by "Randy Newman"
also ry cooder on slide.!!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @12:03
He did sound amazing. I need to look into this. I love my new rig, but...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Dano59 @12:02
Yeah. Just thinking why weren't they better known as great as they were in a handful of respects. & maybe no Ray or Pete or J&P or GlimmerTwins as a distinct voice for Writing Songs.
  12:05pm
DG:

Love R. Newman but I don't know this version of "Dream" (it's slower than the "Sail Away" version---is it a demo?
  12:06pm
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:05
there's a live vid on tube, but a hollow-body bass has a lot to do widdat.
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Eddy in Australia:

Flip that Small Faces 45 for the killer instrumental and Mac showcase “Grow Your Own”
  12:06pm
johnk77:

ian mclagan's book all the rage
excellent, with lots of small faces history
  12:07pm
clarke:

i know Robbie can't be here - but, can we hear from Gerald??
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @12:06
That weirdo custom jobby
  12:08pm
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:08
not so "custom" just a fender neck on a gibson body
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drr:

↳ johnk77 @12:06
great book. The chapters are all one or two pages long; I guess that's how long his stories are. Loved reading about how the label paid for them to have accounts at the hip clothes stores, and encouraged them to use them, but would only give them a couple of pounds a week in cash.
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Dano59:

↳ Eddy in Australia @12:06
'Happy Boys Happy' is one of my fave SF tracks
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @12:08
I was thinking of the later thing he played.
  12:11pm
clarke:

oh, yeah. dunno what that was.
  12:11pm
tonyb:

Ian Mclagan visited WFMU. (Joe B.?) I tempted him on his way out by pointing to the underused Steinway in Monty Hall. Works every time!
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Joe B:

↳ tonyb @12:11
yes was on my show! a great day!
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Dano59:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:05
I'm thinking they didn't have a pigeonholable sound. e.g. Afterglow vs. Lazy Sunday. And like everyone else then they were chasing a hit (while also drinking a bit)
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Frank In Queens:

↳ Song: "What Is Success?" by "Allen Toussaint"
This is great.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @12:11
Tony Zemaitis Ronnie Lane Bass reverb.com...

Not a hollow body, though.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

He had another thing, too, later, I think.
  12:14pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "Fake Friends" by "Joan Jett"
'fellow' Orioles fan. go birds!!
  12:15pm
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:13
check the live video
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listener phat in Lincoln:

This weirdo thing!

www.vintageguitar.com...
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @12:15
I should do that anyway!
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Eddy in Australia:

↳ Joe B @12:12
And I recall you did a pretty good tribute, too.
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Squints:

↳ Song: "Fake Friends" by "Joan Jett"
What a gloriously dopey song. Very Brownsville Stationy.
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Michael 98145:

Joan !
  12:16pm
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:15
that's with The Faces
  12:16pm
Greg from ZONE 5:

Arrived safely in Saugerties- thanks for the driving tunes!
  12:16pm
clarke:

Zone 5 is left unprotected, again!
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Dano59:

you guys are all making me smile today
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Greg from ZONE 5 @12:16
My pleasure - thanks for the fill in (& excellent thon photos!)
  12:19pm
clarke:

i wonder if Frank is going for MovieTime??
  12:20pm
clarke:

not a movie, but i super-enjoyed the netflix series The Gentlemen. totally entertaining!
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Dano59:

↳ Song: "Treat Me Right" by "Pokey LaFarge"
going for that JD McPherson-Cactus Bossoms "market"
  12:20pm
clarke:

↳ Dano59 @12:20
that huge market!
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drr:

↳ Dano59 @12:20
yeah! Is it the same band, even?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Dano59 @12:13
Right. Which is maybe what I'm getting @ with the 'distinctive' writing thing ...cause they're all good songs & records ! & they did have a distinctive quality as Good-Time Cockney Mods... & otoh they stuck to a Maximum R&B stye - & yerknow would've been illogical to not have Marriott's Power Soul voice as their center of gravity... But they were sonically & topically adventurous like everybody when the acid kicked in...
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Dano59:

↳ drr @12:21
Justin T. Earle had something like this in him too, if only...
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Dano59:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @12:21
I know! Given more leeway in the studio and better ... 'direction'? they coulda gone up against the Kinks or even the Fabs
  12:23pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "Let's Get Together" by "Valentinos, The"
goddam.
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Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @12:19
I have zero entries from this week. Busy week and only had time for a few Moonlighting episodes.
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Dano59:

↳ Dano59 @12:23
also now thinking of Brinsley Schwarz along these same lines - they worshiped the Band as much as the Beatles
  12:24pm
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:23
opening day yips??
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I'm with the banned:

↳ Song: "Let's Get Together" by "Valentinos, The"
Gosh, The Valentinos! ❤
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Michael Shelley:

↳ Dano59 @12:20
same backing band - good ears!
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nycmusicnerd:

↳ Song: "Soulful Wind" by "Nick Lowe"
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's always a good time to play Nick Lowe!!!
  12:25pm
clarke:

lowe beat time.
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Dano59:

↳ clarke @12:19
I haven't been logging anything but finally saw The Iron Cross this week, checking that off the Peckinpah list. And want to start the newer 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' series and some older French films
  12:26pm
clarke:

↳ clarke @12:25
(a young fresh fellow ref)
  12:26pm
clarke:

↳ Dano59 @12:25
can u recommend Iron Cross? i never sawdat.
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Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @12:24
I was there yesterday. Never a completely pleasurable experience due to the weather, though it was better than last year even though they lost.
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Eddy in Australia:

↳ clarke @12:19
Watched Blood Simple last night.
  12:27pm
clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:26
yeah, too cold and rainy. i don't know why all northeast teams just don't play west coast teams the first couple of weeks???
  12:28pm
clarke:

↳ Eddy in Australia @12:27
lordy - what a flick!!
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Dano59:

↳ clarke @12:26
yes the Lowe Beats! There's also the Lowelies who put out an EP
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Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @12:27
Or southern teams. But thankfully they postponed from Thursday as that was the shitty rainy day. Yesterday was pleasantly sunny, but the wind is rough up where we sit.
  12:29pm
clarke:

↳ Dano59 @12:28
gotta check them!
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Eddy in Australia:

↳ clarke @12:28
Yes! I hadn’t seen it in decades. Was floored.
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Joe B:

↳ Eddy in Australia @12:27
an alltime fave
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Dano59:

↳ clarke @12:26
excellent antiwar movie about a German platoon on the Russian front at the end of the war. James Mason and Coburn are outstanding.
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drr:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:23
Since we last convened I've screened two films: Electra Glide In Blue, and Pecker.
  12:30pm
clarke:

↳ Eddy in Australia @12:29
honestly, that film doesn't really "register" on first viewing (which was in a theater for moi).
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Dano59:

↳ Dano59 @12:29
it's on Prime - next up. for me is Noon Wine, an SP film for TV
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Squints:

↳ clarke @12:27
MLB did try starting the first couple of series all in southern, western or indoor venues in the late 1990s. I don't know from where any pushback came but some must have.

As it is you can't get me into Fenway before Memorial Day. Always 50ish and drizzling sideways. Which is worse than outright rain.
  12:30pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:29
not seen either. should i?
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Dano59:

↳ drr @12:29
Electra Glide has that beautiful Monument Valley scene, right?
  12:31pm
clarke:

↳ Squints @12:30
i don't know if it was "push-back" but the schedule people decided to reward the division winners from the previous season with a home-field opening day series.
  12:32pm
tonyb:

Great scene of light streaming through bullet holes in the door in “Blood Simple”.
  12:32pm
clarke:

↳ tonyb @12:32
yeah that last scene is something else!
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Dano59:

↳ Song: "Fender Freeze" by "Joel Patterson"
a lot of Fender favorites from Michael today
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Pedro in Arlington:

Sorry, just tuning in. In case it wasn't mentioned, Teenage Fanclub is touring at least the East Coast starting in April.
  12:33pm
clarke:

↳ clarke @12:32
or, almost last scene - i forgot about the denoument.
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Frank In Queens:

↳ drr @12:29
How was Electra Glide? Curious about that one.
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Squints:

Scheduling quirks are funny. The Twins apparently don't want to be home the first day of fishing season because nobody will be at the ballpark. Similarly some clubs actually don't especially want to be home on the Fourth.
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Eddy in Australia:

↳ clarke @12:30
Marc Maron’s latest podcast guest, David Krumholtz, has some interesting insights about working with the Cohens.
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clarke:

↳ clarke @12:33
=denouement
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Dano59:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:33
all I really remember about it is - a modern-day western with Robert Blake as a cop, and great cinematography
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drr:

↳ clarke @12:30
EGIB is a good 70s movie, kinda strange. Robert Blake plays a diminutive, by-the-book motorcycle cop who wants to make detective, but has no feel for dealing with criminals. It was directed by James Guercio, Chicago's manager, and the band members play thugs and greasy hippies.

Pecker is fun, but who knew John Waters would become the most conventional filmmaker of them all?
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Frank In Queens:

↳ Squints @12:30
Tell me about it. I make an exception for Opening Day, but that's it until at least mid-May. Although this year they're retiring Doc Gooden's number on the 14th and I'll probably wind up going for that.
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clarke:

↳ Eddy in Australia @12:34
do they go get dimmies???
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Eddy in Australia:

↳ clarke @12:33
And of course M. Emmet Walsh just passed away.
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nycmusicnerd:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:23
If you haven't seen the Shakespeare episode of Moonlighting yet, that's a MUST SEE.
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Frank In Queens:

↳ Dano59 @12:35
If there's a monument valley scene, that's enough for me.
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Dano59:

↳ Eddy in Australia @12:36
he is just so beautifully evil in Blood Simple.
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Michael 98145:

Is Monday a holiday everywhere outside the US of A ?
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clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:35
what a pitcher!! "you know you got a no-no goin'??"
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Eddy in Australia @12:36
Joel Coen sais this: “One time I asked him to do something just to humor me, and he said, ‘Joel, this whole damn movie is just to humor you.’”
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Eddy in Australia:

↳ clarke @12:35
I saw some people eating dimmies at the footy today! (The Saints lost.)
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Dano59:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:36
and I can say it's light-years better than the low-budget analogue - any Billy Jack film.
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Frank In Queens:

↳ nycmusicnerd @12:36
Yeah, we're in the last season and I want to get to the end as quickly as possible. The series really dips after David and Maddie get it on. Curtis Armstrong is really the only saving grace at this point.
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Juli P:

Got an hour of sleep
Feel great
friend left so I can chill & be weird lol

Not that I am weird lol
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Squints:

↳ Song: "Don't Want You Back" by "Letters, The"
Now THIS is a Numbah One hit.
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drr:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:33
Not a raving recommendation, but a definite thumbs up. Elisha Cook Jr. makes an appearance as a psychologically damaged desert dweller, and the producer's really got their money's worth there.
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nycmusicnerd:

↳ Eddy in Australia @12:34
I miss David Krumholtz. We used to have some good Twitter convos, then he abruptly left. And this was before the Muskrat took over. I think he got tired of the trolls.
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Dano59:

↳ Juli P @12:38
your normal amount of weirdness
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drr:

producers.
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Juli P:

↳ Dano59 @12:38
Agreed: and how
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clarke:

↳ Frank In Queens @12:37
some shark-jumping implied.
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clarke:

↳ drr @12:38
Cook - might be the greatest.
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Dano59:

↳ nycmusicnerd @12:38
I'll have to rewatch it to go along with my Peckinpah revisits
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Frank In Queens:

↳ clarke @12:39
No doubt.
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Hubig Pie:

↳ drr @12:38
Elisha Cook's forehead eats up the movie screen.
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Eddy in Australia:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:37
Great line!
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Frank In Queens:

↳ drr @12:38
Cool. It's still on my list.
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Michael Shelley:

Im recommending this one from 1961 - featuring my mom:
www.imdb.com...
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Dano59:

↳ nycmusicnerd @12:38
Twitter's gotten pretty ugly but I still look for something good there
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clarke:

↳ Hubig Pie @12:40
that worried look.
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Hughie Considine:

Elisha Cook Jr. in The Killing still haunts me.
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clarke:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:40
RIP
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drr:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:37
Loved that quote. Walsh:

"That motherscratcher?" - Raising Arizona
"I tried to capture the spirit of the thing." - Slap Shot
Best of all, the evil, evil parole officer in Straight Time. He kinda makes the movie.
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Hubig Pie:

↳ Michael Shelley @12:40
I second that recommendation. Also features a snow driven hurricane.
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Eddy in Australia:

↳ Dano59 @12:36
Steals the film, really.
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Moammar:

Aw, hell. Sorry to hear this.
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Frank In Queens:

Awww, sorry Michael :(
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listener phat in Lincoln:

My condolences Michael.
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Frank In Queens:

I have KLH speakers. I love them!
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nycmusicnerd:

I'm sorry for your loss.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Sincere Condolences & sorry for your loss DJ Michael Shelley.
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goes211:

Sorry for your loss, Michael...your mom raised a great kid!
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clarke:

nice memories, mate!!
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P-90:

Lost my Mom last year, I’m right there with you Michael
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Joey!:

So sorry to hear Mike. She'll always be with you..no worries.
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Steve Del Sol:

The early KLH were great.
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Squints:

PP&M and The Kingston Trio. That was my house. then my pop discovered the Tijuana Brass.
  12:43pm
allyjojo:

Sounds like she had a big impact on your music listening. As a listener of your show, I’m thankful for that!
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Bucci:

I’m sorry Micheal, your Mom sounds great. May her memory be a blessing
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Squints:

So sorry about yah Mum, Michael. But living every Saturday at 11am.
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Hughie Considine:

Beautiful memories, Michael.
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Dano59:

my condolences and I'm enjoying your grateful memories, Michael.
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clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:45
yours too, mate!!
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chinn:

Sorry for your loss, Michael. Her influence on you is evident in this remembrance, and in your show every week. I'm sure she was very proud of you.
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Christina Ginger:

I’m very sorry, Michael.
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Dave the Spazz:

Very sorry to hear, Michael. Thanks for introducing me to her. Condolences, pal.
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nycmusicnerd:

How blessed you were to have a parent who encouraged your exploration of the arts. Again, condolences.
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Alan in Marblehead:

I’m sorry, Michael
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clarke:

never get the feelin' you been cheated!!! good night!!
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Don & Tracy:

Thanks for sharing
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common:

condolences, michael. my mom died a couple years ago. its rough. she sounded great. saw her in blast of silence! great!
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Frank In Queens:

Nice remembrance, Michael. I never had the pleasure of meeting her, but she sounds like a fine lady.
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ErikB:

Condolences Michael. Thanks for sharing. I thank her for helping to make you. Cool mom!
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Hubig Pie:

Blast of Silence is beautifully filmed late era noir. Sorry for your loss.
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Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "Batman Theme" by "Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra"
Michael--This is such a loving tribute to a parent. Hitting close to home! Between the MAD LP cover and the Batman theme these are things my dad brought into my life too. Thanks for sharing.
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Listener Baby:

↳ Song: "Batman Theme" by "Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra"
Having a family gathering in a few minutes. We will raise a glass to Molly, and the Shelley family. Hugs old friend. I love you!,
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CH:

↳ Dano59 @12:21
So very sorry, Michael. I saw "Blast of Silence" recently. She was beautiful.
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Pedro in Arlington:

Sounds like a No. 1 mom. Condolences to you and yours.
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DrugtheDummer:

Very sorry for your loss Michael.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Sounds like your Mother transmitted Good Values to you. Myself - I'm very grateful my parents were people who had humanist values of right & wrong - & honored intelligence. Whatever else I may say about them - the plain fact is not everyone is as fortunate.
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joe mulligan:

very sweet memories Michael, thanks for sharing. She raised you well.
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Gaylord Fields:

Lovely tribute to my friend Molly, as I make my way to see my mom on her 89th birthday.
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sonnyspop:

Condolences, Michael. Your mom sounds great. Best to you and your family.
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Frank In Queens:

Michael's mom also has a small part in one of my fave movies of all time, Over The Edge.
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I'm with the banned:

Sorry for your loss Michael. Please accept my condolences...
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KevinfromBayRidge:

Very sorry, Michael. Her goodness continues through you. And we're the beneficiaries as you share.
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Sorry for your loss, Michael, but glad to hear your mother did well and had her loved ones with her up to the end of her life.
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Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "Nose Job" by "Mike Russo & The Dellwoodss"
Not me crying through the Nose Job song.
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Tamar:

My condolences, Michael. She sounds like a great mom with a full, creative life.
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clarke:

↳ Gaylord Fields @12:50
treasure every moment!!
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bobw:

Oh, dang Micheal. B.R. and I sending love to you!
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

I’m sorry for your loss. I was touched by your memories. My dad was a similar not like other dads guy and I know how lucky I was. So were you.
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Santos L. Halper:

<3
Moms+Music
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drr:

Sorry for your loss, Michael.
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Adammets:

So sorry for your loss. As we say, may her memory be for a blessing.
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Juli P:

I am sorry for your loss as well::::::{
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clarke:

MS - you had some very kind words when my mum passed, so i am returning the feelings.
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Juli P:

Hugs & xoxoxo
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Montmaster J:

Great tribute to Molly. So many memories. The ultimate cool mom. May the green ribbon always be on your door. Love
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Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Song: "Blind Date" by "Mike Russo & The Dellwoodss"
I'm going to have to ask my dad if he knows this record. He gave me a bunch of Spike Jones 78s he had from his own childhood and this definitely is his sense of humor.
  12:57pm
P-90:

“faintmaking”?
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Gaylord Fields:

Being Steve McQueen’s onscreen girlfriend = a life well lived.
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Ken S:

Michael,

Condolences on the loss of your Mom. Sounds like a nice long life and happy you have those musical memories. I worked with Norm Blagman, co-composer of Nose Job, back in the 80s. He also wrote Love Power from the Producers, as well as a few songs Elvis Presley covered in the 60s. One of the funniest men I’ve ever met and stories for days. Thanks for sharing that song this morning.
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clarke:

ever get the feeling you been Molly'd? good nite.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ MS ~
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Frank In Queens:

Nice show Michael. Hang in there man.
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P-90:

Many thanks, Michael
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