Check out time (for Hal David): Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie

Listener comments!

11:29am Gary Mitchell:

What's it all about, Charlie?

11:33am charlie:

Well, for openers, it's about half an hour to showtime!

11:46am kat330:

Welcome back, Charlie! So glad to see you're honoring Mr. David. I'll be back a bit later, but listening from the get-go.

11:46am Carmichael:

Hiya Charlie. I see Jack and Shirley have joined us, along with Hal and Burt. It'll be a swingin' hep event!

11:46am Katya Oddio:

Ah man, Gary, now I have "Alfie" looping in the old noggin.

11:48am Carmichael:

Katya, my cure for that symptom is to sing the Kinks' "Ape Man". Works every time.

11:56am Perri:

Ears at the ready! Welcome back, and hello all...

11:56am ndbob:

Heya Charlie and everyone!

11:56am Katya Oddio:

Perri! Yay!

11:57am Perri:

Kaytyaaaaaa! :-)

11:58am Perri:

It's so exciting, I can't even spell Katya!

12:00pm listener james from westwood:

good thursday all, and welcome back, charlie!
i've heard the "by mennen!" jingle is an effective earworm killer for some.

12:02pm Katya Oddio:

Hey, all you smart people, ever figure a way to view the accuplaylist and comments without the white on black? Trying to work, and flipping back to this always trashes my eyes. Help please?

12:03pm charlie:

Greetings, all! I'll catch up in a few minutes. :)

12:12pm Katya Oddio:

The kenzo scripts rewrite everything I try, javascript overrides are overwritten on every refresh.

12:13pm charlie:

never thought about that black on white vs white on black issue, k.

12:17pm Katya Oddio:

Browser solution: Firefox > Preferences > Content > Colors > uncheck Allow Sites to Choose Colors

12:18pm Katya Oddio:

Gah! I love this Letta Mbulu song! First heard it in a DJ mix with no name. Thanks for that, Charlie!

12:18pm Gary Mitchell:

verrry

12:18pm jan:

Nothing wrong with groovin, and I'm doing it here while trying to do something.

12:23pm ndbob:

Letta had a great 45 on Columbia

12:24pm Webhamster Henry:

Nice reading, Charlie; Now cue up the Peter Sellers Beatle album!

12:24pm kat330:

I think I remember correctly that Dionne added that "e" to Warwick when a numerologist suggested she should.

12:25pm Katya Oddio:

The mix http://nevernotworking.org/archives/8

12:25pm ndbob:

@kat yep

12:26pm kat330:

[as opposed to the onomalogist on 7SD last eve]

12:28pm kat330:

Thanks, Katya
@ndbob: Glad I can pull out and rely on an old file once in a blue moon, though that was last week.

12:28pm Katya Oddio:

Beautiful treatment of this song [she was no less a nutter, though, kat! loved hearing her rattle on about the people ken's kids must be.]

12:29pm charlie:

Is that why she dropped the "e" again also?

12:30pm charlie:

Hey, this is a nice crowd here. Do you all know each other? Don't forget to tip your waitress.

12:30pm kat330:

She did? I did not know that. [tm Johnny Carson]

12:32pm Doug S.:

I'm on lunch break from jury duty. Was interviewed for a medical malpractice case. No word yet whether I've been selected for the jury.

12:32pm kat330:

So, Katya, you are a lurker! You should join in the comments fun on 7SD. For one thing, can't ever feel "guilty" going off-topic during the talk-show programming hours. :)

12:33pm kat330:

Hey, Doug! Please let us know about tomorrow whenever you can?

12:35pm Katya Oddio:

Good citizen, Doug

12:35pm kat330:

I was called for jury duty here in Knob Knee last summer -- bad timing as I was named administrator for my dad's complicated estate matters -- but turned out my calls to find out if I had to show up always were negative.

12:36pm Katya Oddio:

Sorry for your loss, kat

12:37pm kat330:

Donovan's Colours? Like Mellow Yellow?

12:37pm Doug S.:

@kat330
I'll know by 4:30. (My argument to the court clerk that I need to serve the broadcast public didn't fly.)

12:38pm kat330:

Thank you, Katya -- two years now, and three since my mother passed. Both had very long and rich lives.

12:38pm charlie:

it's a cover of a donovan song called colours

12:39pm ndbob:

from the "song Cycle" LP

12:39pm kat330:

I know and cover "Colours" myself, and I wasn't picking up on that. Hm. My bad -- maybe.

12:40pm ndbob:

Van Dyke's first and most interesting

12:43pm charlie:

It *is* a rather impressionistic arrangement, Kat330.
Bob -- Agreed. Discover America has some interesting moments too.

12:43pm charlie:

You are right, sir! [tm Ed McMahon]

12:44pm Katya Oddio:

Metá Metá always welcome. Love that you love that album, too. Vive le Free Music Archive!

12:44pm kat330:

Ah, that might explain it. The melody is very simple and rather pedestrian, so I can understand wanting to embellish it.

12:46pm kat330:

Um, Charlie, taking a chance another old file of mind is right, McMahon famously said "you are *correct*, sir!" ndbob will be the arbiter. :)

12:47pm ndbob:

12:49pm kat330:

Nice dreamy groove going on here.

12:57pm Katya Oddio:

The Go! Team really don't sound like a modern group here at all. Time travelling.

1:07pm Katya Oddio:

Have to start a Charlie list. Hear things and think our Chuck might enjoy them, but then forget all by Thursday. D'oh.

1:09pm Matt from Springfield:

Just lurking today, but wanted to send a quick shout out to Charlie and everyone here!
(So glad it wasn't all Dionne Warwick, like I thought when I saw the Hal David pic! :)

1:11pm kat330:

@Matt: In fact, it was NO Dionne Warwick. There was a Warwicke track, however. :)

Hiya!

1:13pm Matt from Springfield:

I've heard this "Collage" before, didn't know the James Gang did it.

Hiya kat! (Maybe charlie ate a potatoe for lunch ;)

1:14pm kat330:

No, that was our very own, erm, Hoosier Quayle.

1:15pm Other:

@Matt: perhaps you had Warwick Circle on your mind?

1:20pm kat330:

This show's title pretty much answer's The Dells' question.

1:23pm Katya Oddio:

Didn't know this Dells album existed. Adding to the bin hunt list.

1:24pm kat330:

Great lead singer.

1:28pm kat330:

My sweet George.

1:33pm kat330:

Some seriously Moore beard there.

1:33pm listener james from westwood:

always nice to hear r. stevie
been lurking mostly this show but digging what i've been hearing. improving the accuracy of my proofreading at least 25%.

1:34pm Gary Mitchell:

roger nichols ..Yes!

1:35pm kat330:

Next week, my turn to lurk. :)

1:35pm northguineahills:

This Roger Nichols reminds me of the Free Design.

1:37pm Gary Mitchell:

she spaaks pretty!

1:37pm Webhamster Henry:

Charlie: my wife plays the intro to "Knowing When To Leave" over and over. I had it as a ringtone for a while.
"Knowing when to Put Down The Guns!"

1:38pm Gary Mitchell:

the singing detective

1:39pm kat330:

@Gary: That's more directly Michael Gambon.

1:45pm Gary Mitchell:

didja ever see the dennis potter interview a couple of days before his demise - utterly amazing

1:46pm kat330:

No, I didn't. Is it online? Loved that series.

1:47pm ndbob:

I will check it out Gary.. ah Fred Lowery

1:47pm Gary Mitchell:

it's gotta be online somewhere - he was partying to the very end

1:47pm northguineahills:

Holy Crap, I have that Robert Maxwell LP (or at least one w/ that track). My easy listening selection isn't as robust as other genres.

1:48pm Stanley:

More whistling on the radio - thats what we want.

1:48pm kat330:

Heh! Talented whistler indeed.

1:49pm Ricardo Montalban:

I do love the Fred Lowery stuff.

1:49pm kat330:

@ngh: You need to boost it if only for the neighbor's cat's sake.

1:51pm kat330:

Potter's last might be here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKErIO3HqHo

and here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzYzfGn_Fvw

1:53pm Katya Oddio:

Fred Lowery at the archived Whistling Records site
http://web.archive.org/web/20041019031718/http://www.whistlingrecords.com/fred_lowery/fred_lowery.htm

1:54pm ndbob:

ty kat and katya

1:54pm charlie:

When do I get to lurk?

1:55pm Katya Oddio:

ngh: This will help you round it out very nicely!
http://spaceagepop.com/

1:55pm northguineahills:

I'll probably only borrow the neighbor's cat in the near future if I need a mouser. Not necessarily to kill a mouse, but just to get the cat scent around the flat. It usually works.

1:55pm charlie:

Oh, I guess I lurk through most of my own show :)

1:55pm Katya Oddio:

Today, Charlie!

1:56pm northguineahills:

Thanks, kat!

1:57pm ndbob:

excellent show as always Charlie!

1:57pm northguineahills:

Thanks for another great set, Charlie!

1:57pm Katya Oddio:

chu betcha

1:58pm kat330:

Ei kesta, all!

Thank you, Mr. Lewis, for a relaxing after lunch sonic cocktail! Have a good one, everyone!

1:58pm Matt from Springfield:

Ahhh, Stan Getz, nice smooooth ending to a great show!

1:59pm Katya Oddio:

And full circle to Gary Mitchell's opening comment

1:59pm charlie:

Hey all, thanks for making this a lovely party. Looking forward to checking out your comments later. Have a great week! :)

1:59pm Matt from Springfield:

And hey, I didn't know that Dif Juz was 4AD--great label, check out Meghan's recent 4AD fest on Underwater Theme Park!

2:00pm Laura L:

In the words of Wayne Newton, Danke schoen, Charlie.

2:00pm Gary Mitchell:

it's just for the moment .. and what a great two hours to have lived

2:01pm Matt from Springfield:

@kat: I guess you will be lurking next week, but at least you can have a sonic cocktail while doing it! :D

Thanks charlie!
Have a good day everyone!

2:02pm Matt from Springfield:

You said it Gary!

2:02pm Stanley:

@ Katya thanks great to see Betty Hutton at the end For more Betty check this http://tinyurl.com/dxk2x4z. Now i'm going to whistle my way to the shops for some food.

2:03pm listener james from westwood:

always a pleasure, chaz!

12:32pm earrie:

Rebroadcast show is a new one for me.
A fine looking studio guestroom. (and hm, what kind of mic is that?)

12:46pm Erella inToronto:

Thank you Charlie for this loveliness.

1:36pm Charlie:

Thanks, earrie & Erella...
That mic is an Audio Technica AT-3035, purchased used. (And the desk with all the equipment fits into the closet.)