Enjoy your worries: Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie

Listener comments!

My life is an over pitched long hop struck over extra cover for six into the enraptured applauding crowd.
Arternoon Charlie.

11:51am Uncle Michael:

I ain't doin' nothin'.

yet

11:53am Brian in UK:

Sargeant to Spike Milligan "What are you doing there?"
Spike Milligan to Sargeant "Well everybodies got to be somewhere"

11:54am Michael:

Yo Charlie. And Uncle and Brian. Snowing up there Charlie?

11:54am Uncle Michael:

I'm busy being nowhere.

11:55am Brian in UK:

Ah Jim White

11:55am Uncle Michael:

Hello, Michael, Brian and Charlie.

11:55am Charlie:

Problem resolved (I hope). Should be ready to go!

11:56am Brian in UK:

Gents. Time for tea, methinks.

11:57am People Like Us:

Hello, good luck!

11:57am Brian in UK:

This sleepy Town track ties in well with your picture, Charlie

11:58am Uncle Michael:

Time for exfoliation, here.

11:58am ndbob:

morning Charlie and everyone!

11:58am Brian in UK:

.... and Meladies.

12:01pm Carmichael:

Brian, I speak English and I don't know wtf you just said back there.

Ola Carlos y amigos/amigas.

12:03pm Charlie:

Hello, good luck!

12:04pm other eddie:

and this makes it all worthwhile

12:05pm jan:

off to a great start.

12:05pm Brian in UK:

Carmichael it is cricket old bean. Not a blue million miles form your baseball

12:07pm Charlie:

Good morning/afternoon/evening all!

12:07pm listener james from westwood:

love this eno track. good day, charlie, and howdy, all!

12:07pm holland oats:

uh-oh NOTHING there this time!

12:09pm don:

yessss! hi all!

12:11pm ndbob:

nice version here

12:11pm Charlie:

A show found underneath the carpet.

12:15pm Uncle Michael:

Nice version of Wayward Wind.

12:15pm Uncle Michael:

I'm sensing a weather theme.

12:18pm Brian in UK:

Get ready, let's do Rock Steady.

12:18pm Carmichael:

Brian, hurling's me game. The Yanks here (and there are many) enjoy the game of running in a circle and going home. Silly bunts ...

12:19pm northguineahills:

I love this version of Cry Tough.

12:19pm ndbob:

snowing lightly here at the moment

12:20pm Carmichael:

Alton sure has a high voice, ala Frankie Lymon.

12:21pm Charlie:

Whether it's cold or whether it's hot,
You've got to have weather,
Whether or not.

12:21pm Brian in UK:

Ndbob, thought spring had sprung your way or is that what you call Spring.
Carmichael, is that an Irish connection?

12:22pm pacific standard simon:

Better the weather you know...

12:24pm Charlie:

I like seeing the title "Motorboat" above that old picture of the projects in Red Hook. (Not far from the water, of course.)

12:24pm ndbob:

@Brian it's way way overdue - a possible significant snowstorm Saturday night - and temps maybe not getting out of the 30s for another week

12:25pm pacific standard simon:

Hey, Uncle, my team is playing your team today!

12:27pm Uncle Michael:

@Simon: I'll have it on with the sound down during my show.

Time to commute. See you all in a few.

12:29pm Carmichael:

@Brian: I was born in County Wexford, although I reside in sunny Califor-nee.

12:30pm northguineahills:

Ahh, I missed my tea. I think I'll go for some maté rather then actual tea right now.

12:34pm Brian in UK:

Carmichael, that makes sense as much as anything does. Refering to Spike Milligan above have you read Puckoon.
jim-murdoch.blogspot.co.uk...

12:44pm pacific standard simon:

I always forget how much I enjoy these atypical Cream songs.

12:45pm Carmichael:

No, but I will now. Looks demanding, but I transgressed Finnegan's Wake once. Let's give it a whack.

12:46pm Charlie:

yes, ps simon -- and it doesn't get any more atypical than "pressed rat and warthog"

12:47pm Carmichael:

That was Jack Bruce? Yikes ..

12:48pm pacific standard simon:

By atypical, I mean "not da blooze", or maybe "anything that they wouldn't play live".

12:58pm ndbob:

great version here... the LP has some bizarre covers such as "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago"

12:58pm Doug Schulkind:

Phew, just got back from Busy Doing Taxes. Not as bad as I feared, but they wouldn't let me deduct for missing half of Charlie's show. #unfair

12:59pm Uncle Michael:

@Simon: Yesterday I learned that my dentist's father played in the bigs for four seasons...two with the Cubs and two with the Giants.

1:00pm pacific standard simon:

I wonder how long ago that would be?

1:01pm Uncle Michael:

like '55 to '59

1:02pm Uncle Michael:

Bob Speake...still living, aged 82...and living here in town.

1:02pm pacific standard simon:

My father used to do cocaine with a Dodgers outfielder, but the less said about that, the better.

1:03pm Uncle Michael:

Sez you!

1:05pm pacific standard simon:

It looks like Speake was an original SF Giant. His nickname was "Spook".

1:05pm People Like Us:

Oh! I've been wondering what the hell this (Fats) tune is for years (since I sampled it)

1:06pm Uncle Michael:

Right. He also was given some sort of plaque by the Cubs a few years ago for posting the best month of may at the plate or something. I'm unclear on that one.

1:07pm Charlie:

All your questions answered (eventually) here on BDN, Vicki.

1:09pm People Like Us:

I heard another one earlier when I was in the kitchen that is used as the vocals (ie sampled) on a track by either Kaada or Bidzibilia (spelling) - something you gave me the sample version of once!

1:09pm Charlie:

At first glance I thought you (Simon) said your father used to do cocaine with Mr Rogers.

1:10pm Charlie:

Yes, that was the Kaada track, "Care" -- Juanita Rogers singing.

1:11pm pacific standard simon:

@Charlie - That WOULD be something to brag about.

1:12pm People Like Us:

that's it!

1:15pm listener james from westwood:

this fine cover of superstar was used briefly in "the frighteners," a film i sometimes think i am alone in liking.

1:16pm Parq:

May I point out here that Antique Phono DJ Mac knocked "Superstar" out of the park in a Hoof n Mouth finale ca. 2007?

1:16pm pacific standard simon:

The lunch special at the Pacific Standard Diner, today, is a "Kobe" beef wiener (I kid you not) on a sesame roll, with baked beans and sauerkraut.

1:18pm Charlie:

don't know that film, L James fr W

1:18pm Uncle Michael:

I had turkey, bacon, avacado, tomato, red onion, mixed greens, white cheddar, mayo, dijon on a ciabatta roll.

1:19pm Brian in UK:

@pss (I kid you not) was used by Humphrey Bogart in The Caine Mutiny?

1:19pm pacific standard simon:

We dine like royalty, here at Busy Doing Nothing!

1:20pm Carmichael:

It's burrito day for me.

1:20pm Carmichael:

Yes! Dana Gillespie!

1:20pm pacific standard simon:

Never seen it, Brian. It was a Steve Allen catchphrase.

1:21pm Uncle Michael:

Damn right. You wouldn't know this, Simon but the ciabatta came from Wheatfield's in Lawrence...truly one of the finest artisan bakeries in the country.

1:21pm Carmichael:

No wait! Is this a sample? This intro is definitely Pay You Back With Interest. Defintely.

1:23pm pacific standard simon:

You see -- I gave up on Lawrence to soon! We had nothing so fine, there, in the early '80s.

1:23pm Charlie:

Correct, Carmichael. The Dana Gillespie version, to be exact.

1:23pm Charlie:

I wish I could buy you all lunch.

1:24pm Uncle Michael:

You feed us, Charlie.

1:24pm jan:

You are ON today- great program!

1:25pm Carmichael:

This is a great song. Sly does it again.

1:25pm Charlie:

Well, drinks then!
Thanks, Jan :)

1:26pm Charlie:

("Sing, Rose!") sez Sly

1:27pm Brian in UK:

@pss well Herman Wouks book was published in the early 50s. Who nose.
Ginger beer for me Charlie, por favor.

1:27pm frenchee:

dagnabbit, Charlie! How can I get any work done while you're cranking out Frenchee faves hit by hit by hit??? Sly is lunch.

1:28pm pacific standard simon:

Mmm, Crabbies Ginger Beer.

1:28pm Charlie:

glad to crank out the hits, frenchee! work later!

1:29pm Brian in UK:

Desnoes & Geddes from Jamaica. Same folks as make Red Stripe. Hell cut the ginger beer make it a Stripe and a copy of the Daily Gleaner.

1:29pm earrie:

I tend to get more work done during Charlie's show.
Especially when it was on Mondays.

1:30pm Uncle Michael:

I'd like to try that, Brian. The hottest ginger beer in the U.S. is Stewarts. People don't usually believe me when I say that.

1:31pm fleep:

Have you tried Blenheim? www.blenheimgingerale.com

1:31pm pacific standard simon:

Say, Michael -- I'm leaning toward the notion that XTC's supporting act in Lawrence was The Embarrassment.

1:34pm pacific standard simon:

I like Crabbies because it has actual alcohol in it -- 4.8%.

1:35pm Uncle Michael:

That's very possible.

1:35pm pacific standard simon:

This is hip music.

1:35pm fleep:

I'm hip

1:36pm Brian in UK:

What's the difference twixt Ginger beer/ale. I tend to non alcholic. Ale is a mixer?

1:37pm Brian in UK:

Totally confused now!!
www.gingerbeer.co.uk

1:38pm Charlie:

What's the diff between ginger beer and Ginger Baker?

1:38pm fleep:

What's the difference between Ginger and Mary Ann?

1:38pm Uncle Michael:

ginger beer won't kick your ass. ginger baker will

1:39pm earrie:

Tea?

1:39pm Brian in UK:

One leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

1:40pm fleep:

Ginger beer has no Cream in it.

1:42pm Charlie:

I like cream soda. And Cel-Ray.

1:42pm Uncle Michael:

I've never been willing to try Cel-Ray.

1:45pm pacific standard simon:

I've finally reached a point where I would be willing to try Cel-Ray, but cannot find it in local stores.

1:47pm Uncle Michael:

Stewarts ginger beer and vanilla ice cream makes an excellent float.

1:47pm Carmichael:

Working away, I knew this voice to be either Marianne Faithful or Dave Cousins.

1:47pm pacific standard simon:

What would this song sound like, mixed with the Nico version? Vicki?

1:48pm frenchee:

GINGER BAKER JOKES! And Ginger beer floats...happy doing nothing day

1:49pm fleep:

Cel-Ray is available here, but you have to go to our local soda pop mecca www.sodapopstop.com...

1:49pm Michael:

Uncle Michael: Stewart's drive-in?

1:50pm pacific standard simon:

All we need to make life complete is an old blues song about "jake leg".

1:50pm Michael:

And what about a nice egg cream?

1:51pm Brian in UK:

Ever tried Elderflower Cordial. We make it every Spring. Delighful.

1:52pm Uncle Michael:

No, Stewarts is a sodey pop bottler. It's a smalll...national brand. Most of their flavors are unremarkable. Their ginger beer is great...and naturally, the flavor that's hardest to find.

1:52pm ndbob:

@simon I had an LP of jake leg songs with liner notes written by a musicologist/pharmacist

1:53pm Uncle Michael:

www.drinkstewarts.com...

1:54pm Charlie:

egg Creams all around!

1:54pm Charlie:

Matt Fiveash in the wings, up next:
www.wfmu.org...

1:55pm pacific standard simon:

Never tried it, Brian -- but I would, just to say I had.

For the uninitiated, "jake leg" is what you get from drinking adulterated Jamaican Ginger.

1:55pm Uncle Michael:

Five minutes, Mr. Fiveash.

1:56pm Matt F:

Well All Right! Charlie, Rave On would have been fine too. Hey UM, welcome aboard!

1:56pm ndbob:

right - a neurotoxin was one of the ingredients

1:56pm Michael:

UM: they must have been connected at one time perhaps. We had these in NJ growing up:
www.stewartsrestaurantsinc.com
Their root beer was top notch!

1:56pm don:

well alright! great show charlie.. now for lunch.. hoping to find some cel-ray

1:57pm ndbob:

Buddy's best song

1:57pm Charlie:

uh-well-a-huh-a-huh-a

1:57pm pacific standard simon:

Choices, choices -- Matty5, or the Giants/Cubs game... damn.

1:58pm ndbob:

excellent show Charlie!

1:59pm pacific standard simon:

Charlie is my darling.

1:59pm Uncle Michael:

@Michael: Interesting.

@Charlie: Thanks for the fine program.

1:59pm Doug Schulkind:

GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO PROGRAMMING ALERT...
It'll be Busy Doing Waiting until Charlie's show rolls around again next Thursday. Have fun twiddling your thumbs.

Just don't twiddle that dial, as THE MATT FIVEASH SHOW is about to begin here on the Drummer Stream.

Here is Matt's playlist page: www.wfmu.org...

1:59pm fleep:

Thanks for the tunes, Charlie

1:59pm Listening Out There:

thx again

2:01pm Michael:

Thanks Charlie!

2:01pm Charlie:

Thanks for hanging out and doing nothing today, everybody! See you next time.