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Favoriting September 30, 2017: Nothing To Me

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Artist Track
Tinted Windows  Nothing To Me   Favoriting
Everly Brothers, The  Gone, Gone, Gone   Favoriting
Robert Gordon  Flying Saucers Rock & Roll   Favoriting
Isley Brothers, The  Say You Love Me Too   Favoriting
Claude Williamson  You Make Me Feel So Young   Favoriting
Nouvelle Vague  Blister In The Sun   Favoriting
Merseys, The  Sorrow   Favoriting
Johnny Cash  Wanted Man   Favoriting
Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra  The Grape Vine   Favoriting
Phluph  It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry   Favoriting
Matt Warwick  Live From the Mini Record FAIR!!!   Favoriting
Flamin' Groovies  I Want You Bad   Favoriting
Raspberries, The  Go All The Way   Favoriting
Raspberries, The  I Wanna Be With You   Favoriting
Sunshine Boys, The  We Need A Lot More Jesus (and A Lot Less Rock And Roll)   Favoriting
B.B. King  I'm Gonna Sit In Till You Give In   Favoriting
Detroit Cobras, The  Heartbeat   Favoriting
Bobby Goldsboro  Can You Feel It?   Favoriting
Roy Hogsed  Snake Dance Boogie   Favoriting
Don Bryant  The Glory Of Love   Favoriting
Floyd Cramer  The Gospel Theme   Favoriting
Above, The  Goons   Favoriting
Glen Campbell  It's Not Unusual   Favoriting
Neil Young  Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere   Favoriting
Darondo  Do You Really Love Me?   Favoriting
Cornershop  Brimful of Asha   Favoriting
Rolling Stones, The  I'd Much Rather Be With The Boys   Favoriting
Luke McDaniel as Jeff Daniels  Foxy Dan   Favoriting
West Street Mob  Break Dance, Electric Boogie   Favoriting
Beverly Kenney  It's A Mean World   Favoriting
Toneta  Devil Devil   Favoriting
David Brookings & The Average Lookings  The Basement Room   Favoriting
Los Shakers  Always You   Favoriting
Rick Nelson  I've Been Lookin'   Favoriting
Stevie Wonder  Contract On Love   Favoriting
Ben Vaughn Quintet, The  Road Song   Favoriting
Ritchie Valens  Come On Let's Go   Favoriting
Hendrik Rover  El Numero Dos   Favoriting
Oscar McLollie and His Honey Jumpers  All That Oil In Texas   Favoriting
Matt Lucas  Turn On Your Lovelight   Favoriting
Sturgill Simpson  Railroad Of Sin   Favoriting
Johnnie Frierson  Miracles   Favoriting
Jumpin Jeff Farmer  Interview   Favoriting
Rita and Friend  How Can Woman Do It?   Favoriting

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CLICK HERE for a new song titled "People Are Disgusting" from Jonathan Richman

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CLICK HERE to see the March 25th Hot 100 chart - when Happy Together was number one!!

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CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell in a BBC interview with some woman with a lot of plastic surgery

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CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

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

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CLICK HERE to see Michael Shelley get interviewed on a NJ public access TV show "Destination Montclair"

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

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CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

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

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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"

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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

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Listener comments!

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Listener Baby:

It's all about the Baby, the Baby, the Baby, not that other thing. Morning, kind fellow. Baby
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Uncle Michael:

WHERE IS THE SECOND TINTED WINDOWS ALBUM?!
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Your Ace From Exchange Place:

Good morning!
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Bootsie:

Aaaaah, I love Tinted Windows!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:03am
Bootsie:

@Uncle Michael, damn good question.
  11:14am
Frank Above:

Hey!
  11:14am
Eddy in Australia:

Is Juniper going to review the Mini Record Fair this year?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:18am
melinda:

Nouvelle Vague does nice covers.
  11:18am
Frank Above:

Jack Bruce is one of my heroes.
Avatar 11:19am
Juke Joint Jonny:

I liked the laid back piano against the going-for-it drums on that Nouvelle Vague track.
  11:28am
phat:

phluph are not phantastic
Avatar 11:37am
Todd-o-phonic Todd:

YES!!!
Avatar 11:39am
Listener Baby:

Back in the day, I remember that this tune and Ballroom Blitz hit the radio at about the same time. I could be a little fuzzy about that, but twas a good time for radio.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:41am
Barkevious Shabazz:

These Raspberries tracks battle it for supremacy HARD.
  11:41am
egould310:

Raspberries to go with my pancakes for breakfast. Thanks Mike!
Avatar 11:42am
David Shortell:

Peter Quill probably considers "Go All The Way" a Number One Hit. It's on his mother's Awesome Mix tape.
Avatar 11:44am
Juke Joint Jonny:

Counterpoint: nope.
Avatar 11:44am
Listener Baby:

The fact is, I missed that by 15 months. Go All The Way July 1972, Ballroom September 1973. I always remember them as a pair whenever I hear one of them.
Avatar 11:45am
glenn:

and immediately after recording this, the sunshine boys went out drinkin' and carousin'
  11:46am
phat:

BB King song is so weird.
Avatar 11:47am
Mailman Tom:

I love the Detroit Cobras!
Avatar 11:49am
Cheri Pi:

Heya MS!!
Avatar 11:50am
Michael Shelley:

HEYA
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glenn:

say, these above boys are pretty good.
  12:00pm
Moammar:

A little late on this, but today's trivia fact is that Bobby Goldsboro's brother was once Alabama's banking commissioner. That is all.
Avatar 12:02pm
glenn:

well, alabama. they're kinda crazy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
drr:

It's so maddening. Huntsville is the Rocket City, it's literally full of rocket scientists. Really, really nice place. Yet all the strange voters seem to come out of the woods at voting time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04pm
drr:

(Huntsville, Alabama.)
Avatar 12:05pm
SmokinJ:

wonderful neil!
Avatar 12:12pm
Juke Joint Jonny:

Wow! This Cornershop tune sounds so solid! Amazing. I remember liking it when it was new, but it didn't make a big impression. Good one.
  12:13pm
pp:

JJJ so solid is right!
  12:18pm
SeanG:

WOO HOO!!!
  12:22pm
dano59:

Lovin a lot of today's set. Gotta get that Nouvelle Vague. Kinda lost track after the first 3.
Avatar 12:22pm
Michael Shelley:

please explain: www.youtube.com...
Avatar 12:24pm
glenn:

explain tonetta? he's a loon. in the best way.
  12:24pm
SeanG:

tonetta writes #1 hits for sure!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:29pm
drr:

I get Tonetta and Darondo mixed up.
  12:30pm
Just Saying:

A Los Shakers song always makes things better, no matter how good things already are.
Avatar 12:34pm
Ray Manzarek:

No sense at all.
  12:34pm
gene sculatti:

This cut always sounded like Motown trying to do the 4 Seasons.
Avatar 12:48pm
glenn:

a friend of mine stole a greyhound bus in downtown toronto once.
Avatar 12:50pm
glenn:

which he proceeded to drive out to my parent's house 45 miles away and leave in the driveway.
Avatar 12:50pm
glenn:

i blame alcohol.
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