Next time might be your time: Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie

Listener comments!

11:41am People Like Us:

Herro

11:44am Charlie:

Harroo!

11:47am Michael:

Top of the morning to you Charlie. And big wave to PLU too!

11:50am Charlie:

Heddo, Michael!

11:55am Tower:

Hello All! Will be listening today but not much time for chat.

11:58am Charlie:

Well, then I'll say hi now, Tower.

11:59am pacific standard simon:

Good Noon, Charlie -- I got no silly song for you today.

11:59am ndbob:

morning Charlie and everyone!

12:03pm Charlie:

simon, your presence is silly enough ;)
hiya bob

12:04pm duke:

Ready to do nothing.

12:04pm pacific standard simon:

[waggles tongue, wiggles ears, thumbs nose]

12:06pm Doug Schulkind:

Have fun pronouncing "Uakti," Charlie. Don't sprain your tonsils.

12:06pm other eddie:

so much more productive when doing something to be busy doing nothing with charlie et al. thanks for the company y'all

12:08pm fleep:

I'm calling doing laundry as 'nothing.' Since the machine does most of the work. And good day, Charlie.

12:09pm Charlie:

Always ready to do nothing, Duke!
Hey, Eddie!
Fleep!
@Doug: wah-KEE-chee, n'est-ce pas?

12:09pm pacific standard simon:

I'm collecting unemployment insurance -- that's CLOSE to nothing.

12:13pm northguineahills:

Hi-Five! PSS! Me too!

12:13pm still b/p:

It's surprising how many people adamantly and impatiently insist you SHOULD collect unemployment if you chose no to. Interesting phenomenon.

12:15pm trish:

RIP Trevor Bolder

An obit with a video link to Queen Bitch http://www.clashmusic.com/news/david-bowie-bass-player-trevor-bolder-dies

12:16pm duke:

Really like that BGT thing.

12:17pm Charlie:

howdy ngh, b/p, trish -- too bad about trevor.

12:19pm pacific standard simon:

That's a shame about Trevor -- I thought he really made The Man Who Sold The World work.

12:19pm trish:

I'm mistakenly listening to Diane's show, again. (heh.)

12:19pm other eddie:

charlie! how do you know exactly what i need when i don't even have a clue??

12:19pm northguineahills:

I didn't when I had a 3 month spell in '98, and I regretted it (was finishing up my BA, and I was expecting a job soon).

12:21pm trish:

A stitch to the playlist on a Bolder run: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/50782

12:21pm fleep:

Trevor - same age as me. That puts a spin on the morning.

12:21pm pacific standard simon:

I need the unemployment to pay for my COBRA health insurance continuation.

12:23pm northguineahills:

@Trish: I do that all the time b/tn the streams. especially if there's a hiccup in one stream, it will skip to the other.

12:25pm trish:

Slip of the stream.

12:27pm pacific standard simon:

That "Tico Tico" post on Beware of The Blog was wonderful -- I ended up burning a whole CD of nothing but "Tico Tico" versions.

12:27pm Rick from SC:

what a nice snappy tune to brighten up the day

12:30pm Brian in UK:

Van Dyke Parks lyrics as bonkers/unintelligible as ever. I refer you to Surfs Up.

12:32pm Brian in UK:

Tsh, my manners, I must have left them at home. Hello Charlie y amigos. Oh I am at home.

12:33pm pacific standard simon:

As someone who has read more than his share of the poetry of Andre Breton and Paul Eluard, I have to chuckle when people complain about the obscurity of the lyrics of Van Dyke Parks.

12:33pm Charlie:

other eddie -- because I don't have a clue either, so we're on the same wavelength
hi also brian, rick!

12:34pm still b/p:

Busy Clueing Nothing!

12:36pm Parq:

Howdy, all. Few things are more welcome than the collective voice of Steeleye Span.

12:36pm northguineahills:

Steeleye Span!

12:37pm Charlie:

busy cueing nothing (up)

12:40pm Brian in UK:

@simon That's why Song Cycle did not stay long in this house. Was it Eluard who was chums with Picasso, Man Ray, Lee Miller?

12:41pm Brian in UK:

I did love his production work on Phil Ochs Greatest Hits though.

12:46pm pacific standard simon:

Among many others, Brian. Don't think he could have gotten on very well with Dali, who stole his wife, though.

12:47pm Parq:

Wait, the meat was stuffed with nuts and polished boots?

12:47pm Brian in UK:

I loves Lee Miller.
Dare I ask any luck yesterday?

12:48pm Charlie:

yo, Parq

12:49pm Stanley:

Signing in.

12:49pm pacific standard simon:

The interview went well, but I don't know just how well.

12:50pm pacific standard simon:

One man's meat is another man's boot-blacked nuts!

12:52pm Brian in UK:

Hey Stanley. Beer o'clock?

12:53pm Stanley:

I wish. I'm on a dry day, today.

12:53pm Uncle Michael:

I'm hear but sadly, for a little while...my sound is off. Loved what I heard in the car, Charlie.

12:54pm Stanley:

UM - in the car? How come?

12:55pm Brian in UK:

Stanley, my condolences.

12:56pm Brian in UK:

Apologies Charlie, gotta do something.

12:57pm Charlie:

Hey, Uncle Hinky Dinky, if you're still here.
seeya Brian,
Howdy Stanley!

12:57pm 5tinymice:

I can still mosh to this..it's pretty dope!

1:01pm jan:

@Charlie: Just joined the party. Was out taking photos- got showered on, but needed the rainy weather. You say it's foggy in VT?

1:03pm pacific standard simon:

I was hoping for Satie, but this works well, too.

1:14pm Tower:

Love Look Sharp, love the whole LP. I have a copy on two 10" records also.

1:14pm Uncle Michael:

@Stanley: The car is how I get from where I live to where I work.

1:15pm Uncle Michael:

I have sound!

1:15pm Charlie:

Hi, Jan, no I meant it's foggy in my head!
Tower - "I want Satie, but I got T-Rex"

1:16pm northguineahills:

Not sure how or why, but I also have a copy of Look Sharp.

1:17pm Uncle Michael:

NGH, I still have my split 10" Look Sharp but the bu8tton is missing.

1:18pm pacific standard simon:

@Uncle Michael - I was in the middle of writing the same comment when you posted that.

1:21pm Uncle Michael:

Were you going to make the same typo?

1:23pm northguineahills:

* Not to be confused w/ Dizzee Rascal's "Look Sharp".

1:23pm pacific standard simon:

Missed the typo, and called the person who kept the badge a "dirty bastard".

1:27pm Uncle Michael:

Mine had the button when I bought it. It had shrink wrap too. It was 1979. I lost the button myself.

1:28pm Charlie:

Maybe the button's in your car, Uncle Michael

1:30pm Uncle Michael:

I sold that '78 Ford Fiesta a while back, I'm afraid.

1:30pm northguineahills:

I got mine in a bargain bin in FL, it was already beat up and there was no button.

1:32pm Uncle Michael:

Actually...if I can find my mother-lode of New Wave buttons somewhere...it will likely still be in with them.

1:32pm pacific standard simon:

I would have guessed a 1961 Volvo.

Here's my remaining buttons:

www.flickr.com...

1:37pm other eddie:

does anybody remember a spliced-up audio track from some film where a diner waitress keeps asking if the customer would like a piece of pie or a cup of coffee? I heard it years ago, maybe here or on kenny g's or ken's show...

1:39pm pacific standard simon:

My sing-a-long track for today!

1:39pm Parq:

"Parallel Lines" is another album I remember vividly from that era, as was "Look Sharp".

1:39pm Charlie:

eddie -- that's Negativland "Piece a Pie"

1:41pm Parq:

Other Eddie:
www.youtube.com...

1:41pm Charlie:

from the album "No Business"

1:41pm other eddie:

thanks!!

1:41pm Uncle Michael:

Ok...with a four-day weekend...I plan to find my buttons, dammit.

1:42pm Parq:

One of my favorite Negland creations, by the way.

1:44pm Charlie:

Then you can wear "More flair," Michael

1:44pm Parq:

Forgive the overkill, but:
wfmu.org...

1:46pm Uncle Michael:

Is the world ready for me with more flair?

1:46pm fleep:

As you typed 'more flair' I was looking at a movie trailer with Jennifer Aniston.

1:46pm other eddie:

that piece a pie is just brilliant

1:46pm Uncle Michael:

plate of shrimp

1:47pm Parq:

Yeah, isn't it? UM, two points.

1:47pm pacific standard simon:

Wash it down with a Nesbitt's Lime Soda.

1:49pm pacific standard simon:

Surely you've thrown out all your old flairs, UM.

1:50pm fleep:

Flares. Or flairs. Either way.

1:50pm Parq:

1:53pm Uncle Michael:

I have flair...but not flares.

1:53pm pacific standard simon:

Stop that twitching, Parq!

1:54pm KevinfromBayRidge:

Hello Charlie & all. So Happy to be able to listen compliments of the Pop-UP!

1:55pm Stanley:

UM - (back now form the kitchen) What I meant was how can you listen to the stream in the car?

1:56pm Matt F:

Hi Charlie. Fun Fact: We both played Andy Williams's "Can't Get Used To Losing You" last week. First time in history that two FMU shows in a row have played Andy Williams, I bet.

1:56pm Uncle Michael:

@Stanley: Smartphone through the car stereo. I stream audio in the car constantly, including my own entire music library from my house. Hit me up if you want more info.

1:57pm Charlie:

It don't happen often, Matt, that's for sure. Big hit, that, even on the R&B charts.

1:57pm Uncle Michael:

Matt, you and I play tracks from the Spinout OST on consecutive days. That's gotta count for something.

1:58pm Charlie:

Hey y'all -- here's Matt Fiveash's playlist:
www.wfmu.org...
Baby, stick around!

1:58pm Doug Schulkind:

@Stanley
Uncle Michael has a transponder in his back left molar. That baby can pull in Beijing on a clear day.

1:58pm Charlie:

And thanks all for hanging out here today. Seeya...

1:58pm ndbob:

excellent show charlie!

1:59pm Matt F:

Great, great song. Charlie, there's a Doc Pomus docu that's been on the festival circuit. Trailer can be found on youtube, it looks amazing! UM, yeah, we should get some kind of grant.

1:59pm Stanley:

@Doug - blimey, that's clever.

1:59pm Uncle Michael:

Thanks, Charlie.

2:00pm northguineahills:

Bravo, Charlie!

2:00pm Stanley:

Very much enjoyed your show, Charlie.
I'm sticking around to catch the rest of this GDSR double bill,

2:01pm other eddie:

well done. thanks charlie

2:01pm trish:

Thanks to you and the concurrent Diane K., as ever.

2:11pm Michael:

Very nice show indeed charlie - gracias.

10:20pm Gramulis:

Thats a very beautiful picture of Giles, Giles, and Fripp. Robert Fripp looks like he's having fun with that warped grin on his face a great band too.