WFMU: Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael: Playlist from December 1, 2017

Listener comments!
	7:55am annie: ppssst
	7:59am Uncle Michael: PSSSST! Annie!
	8:00am ausmanx: it has all gone a bit quiet, hasn't it? even in australia. evening uncle m and annie
	8:02am Uncle Michael: Aus! Shall we make some noise?
	8:08am doctorjazz: Hi Early Bird Dinkers!
	8:09am annie: hey doc! hey aus! oh, hi UM!!
	8:09am Uncle Michael: It's The Real Doctor Jazz!
	8:10am doctorjazz: (accept no substitute!)
	8:12am doctorjazz: I love that it was a big deal to hear the premier of a new Monkees song.
	8:12am Uncle Michael: This is boss.
	8:13am annie: my dad came home from his teaching job in farmingdale HS one day and proudly proclaimed that his students had said he was "boss".. it tickeld him...
	8:17am ausmanx: was there an Unreal Don Steele too?
	8:18am doctorjazz: Annie, You're dad was Bruce Springsteen?
	8:21am annie: maybe it was bruce who told him, how old is he anyway?
	8:28am doctorjazz: Springsteen is 68; tried to get tickets to his Broadway show (there is a lottery), didn't manage it.
	8:29am annie: heh, that's about right, it was early 60s... using the word in school back then was rad, man
	8:30am ausmanx: and here was i thinking this was a Slade song. still think the Slade version is pretty staggering, though...
	8:31am ausmanx: i thought Bruce was a bit disappointing in Sydney this year, Doctor J. it's become The Bruce Springsteen Show, really, if you know what i mean. he's lucky to have van Zandt still there though; that guy's got charisma to burn
	8:36am Uncle Michael: Bruce has extended his run on Broadway till summer. Check again for tickets.
	8:42am doctorjazz: Wasn't it ALWAYS The Bruce Springsteen Show? Does he spend time talking about himself in concert now (saw him a few times, but quite a few years ago now)
	8:52am Uncle Michael: I miss over the counter sedatives for only .98 cents.
	8:53am annie: what was i that anyway? tryptophan?
	8:55am Uncle Michael: good question!
	8:59am annie: dyphenhydramine, an antihistamine...
	9:00am doctorjazz: Ahh, you can still get Benadryl/diphenhydramine, whew!
	9:01am Roberto: 'supunc!
	9:03am Roberto: Better than falling out of a hole in your old brown underpants.
	9:03am listener james from westwood: Howdy, UM and all! Well do I remember this on my radio back in the Carter era!
	9:03am Uncle Michael: Roberto!
	9:04am The Oscar: Mornin' all! This song always makes me think of that great tape loop track from the original 365 Days Project.
	9:04am doctorjazz: 70's Singles, FUN!
	9:05am Uncle Michael: Oscar!
	9:05am Uncle Michael: James!
	9:06am Scraps deSelby: h’lo hey hey h’lo
	9:06am The Oscar: Found it! wfmu.org...
	9:06am Uncle Michael: Scraps!
	9:07am annie: cutting out on your early today UM, getting out in the sun today..
	9:07am Uncle Michael: Enjoy the sunshine, Annie!
	9:08am Uncle Michael: I've never been compared to an earworm.
	9:09am Mike East: Mornin' folks!
	9:09am annie: i will, UM, the temps here have been perfect, in the mid-60s for daytime...
	9:09am Uncle Michael: Mike!
	9:10am Webhamster Henry: Not looking forward to the sax-filled hits of '79
	9:12am Uncle Michael: Henry!
	9:15am The Oscar: If I were an Elvis Costello-inspired singer-songwriter in the '70s, I think I'd be too self-conscious to write a sarcastic song about the radio.
	9:17am Scraps: Oh, oh!
	9:17am Alex in Illinois: They mentioned transistor radio. I remember those.
	9:17am listener james from westwood: Yeaaaaaaaah Buggles!
	9:17am Uncle Michael: Alex!
	9:18am listener james from westwood: They're gonna mention videocassette recorders in a second, in the form of VTR, as the UK called them.
	9:19am The Oscar: I'm somehow surprised every time I hear this song how damn GOOD it is.
	9:19am listener james from westwood: Or so I think.
	9:19am Webhamster Henry: VTR = Video Tape Recording
	9:20am Webhamster Henry: Home Video Taping is killing Music.
	🛒 9:20am Brian in UK: Uncle! @james and I thought it was Vogon Transmat Receivers.
	🛒 9:22am Brian in UK: What was the last track played on MTV?
	9:23am Roberto: In my mind the entire year of '79 smells like 8th grade gym.
	9:24am Scraps: KDKA in Pittsburgh!
	9:24am Uncle Michael: Brian!
	🛒 9:26am Brian in UK: Goodbye George.
	9:26am listener james from westwood: @Brian: hah! Do steer clear of their poetry!
	9:29am Scraps: And WACO in (wait for it....) Waco, Texas!
	9:29am Webhamster Henry: in 1979 I was a senior in college, finishing up my last half year.
	9:31am Uncle Michael: (sax solo)
	9:32am Mike East: Hoping for some Beegees this morning as I'm tech'ing for a Beegees tribute band this evening and I need to get pumped up!
	9:32am Scraps: I was fifteen, finishing up high school at Seattle Prep
	9:33am Scraps: Tragedy maybe?
	9:33am listener james from westwood: w00t, "Starry Eyes"!
	9:33am doctorjazz: GREAT TUNE, love Starry Eyes!
	9:34am Velvet Frog: A whole lotta David Sanborn style saxophone in 1979.
	9:34am Scraps: Oh this is a awesome awesome song
	9:34am Uncle Michael: Frog!
	🛒 9:35am Brian in UK: The Second Age of English Pop.
	🛒 9:35am Brian in UK: Thanks, Roger.
	9:37am doctorjazz: And, perfect follow up tune, this Bram Tchaikovsky tune, rockin' out, POWER POP LIVES!
	9:40am Scraps: Maybe maybe Bruce Woolley?
	9:41am Scraps: Oh YEAH
	9:42am Scraps: I love EWF!
	9:43am Roberto: Neil Peart -- drummer and lyricist!
	9:49am listener james from westwood: Oh, jeez, there was a bar band in Bergen County in the early 90s, all women, named Good Girls Don't. Yes, they sang this actual song.
	9:50am Henry: nice little tune by the Knack!
	9:50am Uncle Michael: Henry!
	9:52am listener james from westwood: Oh, yeah, "Driver's Seat"!
	🛒 9:53am Brian in UK: S'funny, I always preferred The Driving Beat by Sniff.
	9:53am Henry: tapping foot
	🛒 9:53am Brian in UK: Paul Roberts, the singer painted their covers, stylish.
	🛒 9:56am Brian in UK: Ah Big John.
	9:56am Uncle Michael: Delighted that someone else appreciates John Stewart.
	🛒 9:58am Brian in UK: Uncle, California Bloodlines is a timeless piece. Got emotional the other week thinking about John for no particular reason. Really miss him.
	🛒 9:59am Brian in UK: Uncle, funny another American singer who was more popular here than over your way.
	10:01am Henry: is that emmylou back there?
	10:02am Artie: Howdy, y'all.
	10:02am Uncle Michael: Yes. And there' a version where they trade verses, as well.
	10:03am Uncle Michael: Artie!
	10:04am ndbob: heya UM - here for a little while
	10:08am V Priceless: heya Uncle M! Is this the last week of your early slot?
	10:10am Uncle Michael: Bob! VP! Nope, a couple more.
	10:11am still b/p: I've burned my toast! May the music of youngest adulthood divert the dismay.
	10:12am Uncle Michael: SBP!
	10:13am doctorjazz: Did The Who do much of interest after this?
	10:15am Jeff g.: HDT: I need it ev-er-ee Friday.
	10:16am Uncle Michael: Jeff!
	10:17am sinner: sin. and go no more! (hey. this is fun)
	10:18am Uncle Michael: I wish I'd written that.
	10:18am Uncle Michael: Kevin!
	10:18am sinner: I am a child of the sun
	10:19am davefromtoronto: i'm a child of the sin. UM!!!
	10:20am Artie Robbins: My 12yo self was mystified and frustrated that all songs weren't this awesome.
	10:20am Uncle Michael: Dave!
	10:21am Velvet Frog: Mr. Thorpe is one passionate singer.
	10:21am Henry: molly!
	10:22am Jeff g.: Nice segue.
	10:23am Uncle Michael: I think this is THE great southern rock anthem.
	10:23am Velvet Frog: Hot Damn! I bought that Molly Hatchet tape from RCA record club in '79 based on the Frank Frazetta cover art alone.
	10:23am sinner: why didn't I think of that?
	10:25am Uncle Michael: This is chooglin'.
	10:25am still b/p: This Molly song was excerpted in a record ad on FM radio when it was released and for some reason that context recollection is as strong as familiarity with the full song itself...if that makes sense.
	10:25am Dominick: Hot damn!
	10:25am Jeff g.: The stray whistle in a song is effective.
	10:26am still b/p: @ Dominick -- I'm happily imagining your avatar speaking that phrase.
	10:28am Henry: as a child of the South, i have to agree
	10:28am burke: French omelet, yum. With the butter in the pan...
	10:30am Henry: The Who's "It's Hard" is a pretty good album
	10:30am Parq: It had a very deep impact on me when someone pointed out that, on the cover of "Who Are You", Keith Moon is sitting in a chair marked "Not to be taken away".
	10:33am Uncle Michael: Dominick! Parq!
	10:40am Scraps: Funny, I though “Oh Well”! Should have posted it!
	10:40am Scraps: thought, I mean!
	10:41am Uncle Michael: Your thoughts are auto-posted to the admin version of the site. I'm playing your request right now.
	10:41am Funky16corners: Hi ho!
	10:42am Scraps: I bought The Rockets’ version not knowing it was a cover
	10:42am Uncle Michael: So did I.
	10:43am Uncle Michael: Larry!
	10:43am Alex in Illinois: I swear that I have heard different versions of this song by this same group but for different cities.
	10:43am Uncle Michael: Alex!
	10:43am Scraps: You did. It was released that way.
	10:44am Scraps: Yes yes yes yes yes
	10:45am Scraps: Woo, woooo-ooooo!
	10:46am Alex in Illinois: I also think there were separate regional releases of the Heart of Rock and Roll by Huey Lewis and the News
	10:47am Funky16corners: Love this one!
	10:48am Scraps: I love this, and I played it to DEATH
	10:48am Scraps: Very stimulating!
	10:48am Scraps: Myself!
	10:49am Uncle Michael: I caught the tour for this record! Tim was great live. He was shaking all that Rocky Horror cash from the low hanging branches.
	10:50am davefromtoronto: great time capsule tune
	10:50am Henry: castro=disastro
	10:52am Funky16corners: One of the weirdest things I ever saw Live was Johnny Cash’s band playing Music Box Dancer
	10:56am redkayak: Happy December Fool's Day :)
	10:57am Uncle Michael: Red! No foolin'?
	10:58am Webhamster Henry: My 1979 soundtrack were mostly English New Wave discs and Sweeney Todd.
	10:58am redkayak: Ahoy Cap'n!
	10:58am Artie Robbins: "Let me brush your rock-n-roll hair" is a lyric for the ages.
	11:00am listener james from westwood: No barfing on this side, esp. not with Blondie in the mix!
	11:02am Alex in Illinois: I liked this song and I liked The Muppet Show, but not when the two were together.
	11:02am Scraps: “One Way Or Another” was the last great Blondie song, in my goddamned opinion
	11:03am still b/p: Sometimes trying to place/recall the timing and late crests of song airplay on album stations vs top 40 stations can put a knot in my rock and roll hair.
	11:03am Henry: sexiest stalking song ever
	11:04am Asheville Jon: M M M M M M M
	11:04am Scraps: Ohhhhhh yeah, the best best best one hit wonder evvvvver
	11:04am Asheville Jon: good morning UM and everyone
	11:04am Roberto: Lolz, I was going to say exactly what Henry just said. At least by the end of the song she's moved on...
	11:04am doctorjazz: Pop Music, have the 12 inch of this, great stuff!
	11:05am Uncle Michael: Jon!
	11:06am Asheville Jon: do we get to hear 'video killed the radio star" too?
	11:07am Asheville Jon: oh crud, checked the playlist, already been done. sorry, i am an idjit
	11:07am doctorjazz: Loving this set, killin' it!
	11:08am doctorjazz: (making my work morning tough, UM...)
	11:09am Roberto: Yeah I really need to go get lunch but...just one more song...
	11:09am Uncle Michael: idjits forgiven here, Jon
	11:09am Roberto: WFMU: idjits welcome here!
	11:09am ndbob: excellent show UM - busy day - need to go out for a bit
	11:10am Sem Chumbo: Hello, UM, Hinkys, Dinkys.
	11:10am Roberto: AGHHHHH ok ONE MORE SONG...
	11:10am Uncle Michael: Sem!
	11:11am Uncle Michael: See ya, Bob. Thanks for the hang.
	11:11am Roberto: This has to be the most perfect pop song of all time.
	11:12am Scraps: Oh, Girls Talk.... one of my late beloved’s favorite songs. Sigh.... (I still love it, just makes it more... colorful? can’t really think of a word, esp. with my broken brain [stroke])
	11:13am Scraps: Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds! Neat
	11:16am Sem Chumbo: So, grew up in a Canadian military family. Posted in the 60s to a Base in the middle of nowhere, in the province of New Brunswick---think Maine with with less savoir faire, but generally more teeth per person. Just off-Base was the only, and I mean ONLY, fast food joint for thirty miles in any direction. Called? The Hinky Dinky.
	11:19am still b/p: Heyyy, I'm in Maine. Oh, wait... www.pressherald.com...
	11:20am Scraps: Cheap Trick?
	11:21am Scraps: I almost did it!
	11:22am Scraps: Peter Frampton, too, right?
	11:22am Uncle Michael: Interesting, Chem. No relation.
	11:23am Uncle Michael: I'd say...yes. Though he was well into a successful career before he went mega.
	11:24am Scraps: Yes, but I don’t think he had a successful single. Maybe.
	11:24am burke: RIP Malcolm Young
	11:25am Scraps: He was before my time, I admit
	11:25am Sem Chumbo: Heh Heh, @still b/p.
	11:25am Scraps: Peter, not Malcolm
	11:25am Uncle Michael: Burke!
	11:27am Uncle Michael: Coming up at the top of the hour, filling in for Doug; RANCHO THATCHMO! wfmu.org...
	11:33am Uncle Michael: ...aaaaaand rap enters the charts.
	11:37am Webhamster Henry: I don't know if I've heard the short version of Rapper's Delight.
	11:38am Uncle Michael: It's still about four minutes.
	11:38am still b/p: Was in a bar/club on the banks of the Missouri River one night when I first heard ...and noticed...this. Although I think the calendar had crept to '80 by the time it got there and I got it.
	11:46am Tamar: I did the same thing-- bought the Japanese import of Live at Budokan when it came out only to have the exact same record released right afterward domestically for a lot less money. Grrr. That was kind of it for my new import buying. Once burned . . .
	11:47am Uncle Michael: Tamar!
	11:48am northguineahills: Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI.
	11:48am Uncle Michael: And rolllllllllls....over.
	11:49am doctorjazz: ELO!
	11:50am Uncle Michael: 'ello!
	11:50am Funky16corners: I love ELO but this song makes me want to poke Jeff Lynne in the eye
	11:51am Funky16corners: And Yay! Flynn!
	11:51am Funky16corners: SYLVESTER!!!!
	11:51am Dominick: Those who regret buying an import only to have it later released domestically remember, your purchase influenced the decision to release domestically. We thank you.
	11:51am northguineahills: =>///\|\|\|\|\|
	11:51am Dominick: Yesssssssylvester!
	11:52am Uncle Michael: True, Dom.
	11:52am Funky16corners: I’ve been lucky enough to blast this record on a nice, loud club sound system.
	11:52am Funky16corners: I’d do it twice a day if I could
	11:53am still b/p: The calendar crept to...just a few years ago before I ever heard Sylvester. Howdahappen?
	11:53am Uncle Michael: My cans are turned UP. What a record. Disco sucks?
	11:54am Funky16corners: It do not suck
	11:55am Funky16corners: Well played my liege!
	11:55am Sem Chumbo: Got my 5 inch plaforms on, bogying... seems lik .....ARG...AHAHA...!!! ungodly crash
	11:56am Sem Chumbo: Do not bogy that joint, man.
	11:56am Tamar: Loving all of this. Fun!
	11:57am northguineahills: Thanks UM, been a busy morning!
	11:57am still b/p: Yes, double-down getting down, cuz I have to make up the Sylvesti-deficit!
	11:58am listener james from westwood: Aw, Kermit!!
	11:59am northguineahills: Kermie!
	12:00pm Webhamster Henry: Seeing Kermit riding a bike got a round of applause in the theater I was in.
	12:00pm davefromtoronto: good lord...
	12:00pm listener james from westwood: I have no idea how they did that effect and I will never let myself find out.
	12:01pm Roberto: Yes, the bike-riding scene was by far the highlight of the film.
	12:01pm Asheville Jon: thanks for a fine show UM!
	12:01pm Roberto: Bai unc!
	12:01pm listener james from westwood: Smashing capper to an A M A Z I N G series of shows! Good on ya!
	12:02pm listener james from westwood: I've been borderline verklempt since 2 Novembers ago, 1 more day and 1 more song just fits the pattern.
	12:02pm still b/p: Grrrrreat series, yes. Thanks, UM.
	12:03pm Doug Schulkind: Thanks, UM. LOVED the Sylvester.
	4:01pm listener jeff: Hi UM:Listening on archive. Tanya Tucker, Not Fade Away. I had seen her at the state fairs a couple times previous to this year. Went to see her in 1979 at a bar somewhere in KCK. She was trying to "crossover" from country to rock or pop. She came out in all red spandex with a rock and roll band - electric guitars and long hair. Not quite what we expected. TNT! Still remember it was fun.

Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael: Playlist from December 1, 2017

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December 1, 2017: SPECIAL (chart singles from 1979): One last time...
Uncle Michael celebrates chart singles from the 1970s.
We rap up the series with 1979.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
Uncle Michael	Hinky Dinky Time Open				0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Donna Summer	On The Radio "On The Radio" by "Donna Summer"	single (b/w There Will Always Be A You)	Casablanca	December, 1979	0:01:34 (Pop-up)
Al Stewart	Song On The Radio "Song On The Radio" by "Al Stewart"	single (b/w A Man For All Seasons)	Arista	January, 1979	0:05:26 (Pop-up)
Edwin Starr	H.A.P.P.Y. Radio "H.A.P.P.Y. Radio" by "Edwin Starr"	single (b/w My Friend)	20th Century-Fox	May, 1979	0:09:31 (Pop-up)
The Sports	Who Listens To The Radio	single (b/w Hit Single)	Arista	October, 1979	0:12:49 (Pop-up)
The Buggles	Video Killed The Radio Star	single (b/w Kid Dynamo)	Island	October, 1979	0:15:45 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Peter Gunn	single (b/w Tiger In A Spotlight)	Atlantic	1979	0:19:04 (Pop-up)
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers	Don't Do Me Like That	single (b/w Casa Dega)	Backstreet/MCA	November, 1979	0:22:31 (Pop-up)
Flash And The Pan	Hey St. Peter "Hey St. Peter" by "Flash And The Pan"	single (b/w Walking In The Rain)	Epic	June, 1979	0:25:06 (Pop-up)
Ian Gomm	Hold On "Hold On" by "Ian Gomm"	single (b/w Another Year)	Stiff/Epic	August, 1979	0:29:19 (Pop-up)
The Records	Starry Eyes "Starry Eyes" by "The Records"	single (b/w Paint Her Face)	Virgin	August, 1979	0:32:14 (Pop-up)
Bram Tchaikovsky	Girl Of My Dreams	single (b/w Sarah Smiles)	Polydor	June, 1979	0:36:12 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Earth Wind & Fire	Boogie Wonderland (Instrumental)	single (b-side to Boogie Wonderland)	ARC	1979	0:40:07 (Pop-up)
Robert Palmer	Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)	single (b/w Love Can Run Faster)	Island	July, 1979	0:44:57 (Pop-up)
The Knack	Good Girls Don't "Good Girls Don't" by "The Knack"	single (b/w Frustrated)	Capitol	August, 1979	0:48:04 (Pop-up)
Sniff 'n' The Tears	Driver's Seat	single (b/w Slide Away)	Atlantic	July, 1979	0:51:06 (Pop-up)
John Stewart	Lost Her In The Sun "Lost Her In The Sun" by "John Stewart"	single (b/w Heart Of The Dream)	Columbia	November, 1979	0:54:44 (Pop-up)
Buck Owens	Play It Together Again Again	single (b/w He Don't Deserve You Anymore)	Warner Bros.	April 18.1979	0:58:05 (Pop-up)
Marty Robbins	All Around Cowboy "All Around Cowboy" by "Marty Robbins"	single (b/w The Dreamer)	Columbia	May 24, 1979	1:00:46 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Liquid Gold	Dance Yourself Dizzy (Instrumental)	single (b-side to Dance Yourself Dizzy (Vocal))	Parachute	1979	1:03:47 (Pop-up)
Nigel Olsson	Little Bit Of Soap "Little Bit Of Soap" by "Nigel Olsson"	single (b/w Thinking Of You)	Bang	March, 1979	1:07:59 (Pop-up)
The Who	Long Live Rock "Long Live Rock" by "The Who"	single (b/w My Wife)	MCA	June, 1979	1:11:15 (Pop-up)
Billy Thorpe	Children Of The Sun "Children Of The Sun" by "Billy Thorpe"	single (b/w Wrapped In The Chains Of Your Love)	Capricorn	April, 1979	1:15:09 (Pop-up)
Molly Hatchet	Flirtin' With Disaster	single (b/w Gunsmoke)	Epic	December, 1979	1:20:36 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Dinosaur	Kiss Me Again (Version) "Kiss Me Again (Version)" by "Dinosaur"	single (b-side to Kiss Me Again)	Sire	1979	1:25:33 (Pop-up)
Billie Jo Spears	I Will Survive "I Will Survive" by "Billie Jo Spears"	single (b/w Rainy Days And Stormy Nights)	United Artists	April, 1979	1:30:29 (Pop-up)
Tanya Tucker	Not Fade Away "Not Fade Away" by "Tanya Tucker"	single (b/w Texas (When I Die))	MCA	December, 1979	1:33:42 (Pop-up)
The Rockets	Oh Well "Oh Well" by "The Rockets"	single (b/w Love Me Once Again)	RSO	June, 1979	1:37:40 (Pop-up)
The Inmates	Dirty Water "Dirty Water" by "The Inmates"	single (b/w I Can't Sleep)	Polydor	October, 1979	1:40:44 (Pop-up)
Flying Lizards	Money "Money" by "Flying Lizards"	single (b/w Money B)	Virgin	December, 1979	1:43:36 (Pop-up)
Tim Curry	I Do The Rock "I Do The Rock" by "Tim Curry"	single (b/w Hide This Face)	A&M	August, 1979	1:46:03 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Frank Mills	Music Box Dancer "Music Box Dancer" by "Frank Mills"	single (b/w The Poet And I (Instrumental))	Polydor	1979	1:50:30 (Pop-up)
The Cars	Good Times Roll "Good Times Roll" by "The Cars"	single (b/w All Mixed Up)	Elektra	February 20, 1979	1:55:29 (Pop-up)
Blondie	One Way Or Another "One Way Or Another" by "Blondie"	single (b/w Just Go Away)	Chrysalis	May, 1979	1:59:09 (Pop-up)
M	Pop Muzik "Pop Muzik" by "M"	single (b/w M Factor)	Sire	July, 1979	2:02:37 (Pop-up)
Dave Edmunds	Girls Talk "Girls Talk" by "Dave Edmunds"	single (b/w The Creature From The Black Lagoon)	Swan Song	September, 1979	2:05:49 (Pop-up)
Nick Lowe	Cruel To Be Kind "Cruel To Be Kind" by "Nick Lowe"	single (b/w Endless Grey Ribbon)	Columbia	June, 1979	2:09:10 (Pop-up)
Moon Martin	No Chance "No Chance" by "Moon Martin"	single (b/w Gun Shy)	Capitol	October, 1979	2:12:30 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Marvin Gaye	Ego Tripping Out (Instrumental)	single (b-side to Ego Tripping Out)	Tamla	1979	2:15:02 (Pop-up)
Cheap Trick	I Want You To Want Me (Live)	single (b/w Clock Strikes Ten)	Epic	March, 1979	2:19:34 (Pop-up)
AC/DC	Highway To Hell "Highway To Hell" by "AC/DC"	single (b/w Night Prowler)	Atlantic	August, 1979	2:23:08 (Pop-up)
Smokey Robinson	Cruisin' "Cruisin'" by "Smokey Robinson"	single (b/w Ever Had A Dream)	Tamla	August 10, 1979	2:26:32 (Pop-up)
The Fatback Band	King Tim III (Personality Jock)	single (b/w You're My Candy Sweet)	Spring	August, 1979	2:30:50 (Pop-up)
The Sugarhill Gang	Rapper's Delight - Short Version	single (b/w Rapper's Delight - Long Version)	Sugarhill	September, 1979	2:34:51 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Herb Alpert	Rise "Rise" by "Herb Alpert"	single (b/w Aranjuez (Mon Amour))	A&M	1979	2:38:43 (Pop-up)
Kate Bush	The Man With The Child In His Eyes	single (b/w Moving)	EMI America	October, 1979	2:43:23 (Pop-up)
Electric Light Orchestra	Don't Bring Me Down	single (b/w Dreaming Of 4000)	Jet	July, 1979	2:45:56 (Pop-up)
Sylvester	You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)	single (b/w Grateful)	Fantasy	October, 1979	2:49:54 (Pop-up)
Kermit The Frog (Jim Henson)	Rainbow Connection	single (b/w I Hope That Somethin' Better Comes Along)	Atlantic	August, 1979	2:57:11 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Fleetwood Mac	Albatross "Albatross" by "Fleetwood Mac"	single (b/w Jigsaw Puzzle Blues)	Blue Horizon	1968	3:00:21 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	7:55am annie: ppssst
	7:59am Uncle Michael: PSSSST! Annie!
	8:00am ausmanx: it has all gone a bit quiet, hasn't it? even in australia. evening uncle m and annie
	8:02am Uncle Michael: Aus! Shall we make some noise?
	8:08am doctorjazz: Hi Early Bird Dinkers!
	8:09am annie: hey doc! hey aus! oh, hi UM!!
	8:09am Uncle Michael: It's The Real Doctor Jazz!
	8:10am doctorjazz: (accept no substitute!)
	8:12am doctorjazz: I love that it was a big deal to hear the premier of a new Monkees song.
	8:12am Uncle Michael: This is boss.
	8:13am annie: my dad came home from his teaching job in farmingdale HS one day and proudly proclaimed that his students had said he was "boss".. it tickeld him...
	8:17am ausmanx: was there an Unreal Don Steele too?
	8:18am doctorjazz: Annie, You're dad was Bruce Springsteen?
	8:21am annie: maybe it was bruce who told him, how old is he anyway?
	8:28am doctorjazz: Springsteen is 68; tried to get tickets to his Broadway show (there is a lottery), didn't manage it.
	8:29am annie: heh, that's about right, it was early 60s... using the word in school back then was rad, man
	8:30am ausmanx: and here was i thinking this was a Slade song. still think the Slade version is pretty staggering, though...
	8:31am ausmanx: i thought Bruce was a bit disappointing in Sydney this year, Doctor J. it's become The Bruce Springsteen Show, really, if you know what i mean. he's lucky to have van Zandt still there though; that guy's got charisma to burn
	8:36am Uncle Michael: Bruce has extended his run on Broadway till summer. Check again for tickets.
	8:42am doctorjazz: Wasn't it ALWAYS The Bruce Springsteen Show? Does he spend time talking about himself in concert now (saw him a few times, but quite a few years ago now)
	8:52am Uncle Michael: I miss over the counter sedatives for only .98 cents.
	8:53am annie: what was i that anyway? tryptophan?
	8:55am Uncle Michael: good question!
	8:59am annie: dyphenhydramine, an antihistamine...
	9:00am doctorjazz: Ahh, you can still get Benadryl/diphenhydramine, whew!
	9:01am Roberto: 'supunc!
	9:03am Roberto: Better than falling out of a hole in your old brown underpants.
	9:03am listener james from westwood: Howdy, UM and all! Well do I remember this on my radio back in the Carter era!
	9:03am Uncle Michael: Roberto!
	9:04am The Oscar: Mornin' all! This song always makes me think of that great tape loop track from the original 365 Days Project.
	9:04am doctorjazz: 70's Singles, FUN!
	9:05am Uncle Michael: Oscar!
	9:05am Uncle Michael: James!
	9:06am Scraps deSelby: h’lo hey hey h’lo
	9:06am The Oscar: Found it! wfmu.org...
	9:06am Uncle Michael: Scraps!
	9:07am annie: cutting out on your early today UM, getting out in the sun today..
	9:07am Uncle Michael: Enjoy the sunshine, Annie!
	9:08am Uncle Michael: I've never been compared to an earworm.
	9:09am Mike East: Mornin' folks!
	9:09am annie: i will, UM, the temps here have been perfect, in the mid-60s for daytime...
	9:09am Uncle Michael: Mike!
	9:10am Webhamster Henry: Not looking forward to the sax-filled hits of '79
	9:12am Uncle Michael: Henry!
	9:15am The Oscar: If I were an Elvis Costello-inspired singer-songwriter in the '70s, I think I'd be too self-conscious to write a sarcastic song about the radio.
	9:17am Scraps: Oh, oh!
	9:17am Alex in Illinois: They mentioned transistor radio. I remember those.
	9:17am listener james from westwood: Yeaaaaaaaah Buggles!
	9:17am Uncle Michael: Alex!
	9:18am listener james from westwood: They're gonna mention videocassette recorders in a second, in the form of VTR, as the UK called them.
	9:19am The Oscar: I'm somehow surprised every time I hear this song how damn GOOD it is.
	9:19am listener james from westwood: Or so I think.
	9:19am Webhamster Henry: VTR = Video Tape Recording
	9:20am Webhamster Henry: Home Video Taping is killing Music.
	🛒 9:20am Brian in UK: Uncle! @james and I thought it was Vogon Transmat Receivers.
	🛒 9:22am Brian in UK: What was the last track played on MTV?
	9:23am Roberto: In my mind the entire year of '79 smells like 8th grade gym.
	9:24am Scraps: KDKA in Pittsburgh!
	9:24am Uncle Michael: Brian!
	🛒 9:26am Brian in UK: Goodbye George.
	9:26am listener james from westwood: @Brian: hah! Do steer clear of their poetry!
	9:29am Scraps: And WACO in (wait for it....) Waco, Texas!
	9:29am Webhamster Henry: in 1979 I was a senior in college, finishing up my last half year.
	9:31am Uncle Michael: (sax solo)
	9:32am Mike East: Hoping for some Beegees this morning as I'm tech'ing for a Beegees tribute band this evening and I need to get pumped up!
	9:32am Scraps: I was fifteen, finishing up high school at Seattle Prep
	9:33am Scraps: Tragedy maybe?
	9:33am listener james from westwood: w00t, "Starry Eyes"!
	9:33am doctorjazz: GREAT TUNE, love Starry Eyes!
	9:34am Velvet Frog: A whole lotta David Sanborn style saxophone in 1979.
	9:34am Scraps: Oh this is a awesome awesome song
	9:34am Uncle Michael: Frog!
	🛒 9:35am Brian in UK: The Second Age of English Pop.
	🛒 9:35am Brian in UK: Thanks, Roger.
	9:37am doctorjazz: And, perfect follow up tune, this Bram Tchaikovsky tune, rockin' out, POWER POP LIVES!
	9:40am Scraps: Maybe maybe Bruce Woolley?
	9:41am Scraps: Oh YEAH
	9:42am Scraps: I love EWF!
	9:43am Roberto: Neil Peart -- drummer and lyricist!
	9:49am listener james from westwood: Oh, jeez, there was a bar band in Bergen County in the early 90s, all women, named Good Girls Don't. Yes, they sang this actual song.
	9:50am Henry: nice little tune by the Knack!
	9:50am Uncle Michael: Henry!
	9:52am listener james from westwood: Oh, yeah, "Driver's Seat"!
	🛒 9:53am Brian in UK: S'funny, I always preferred The Driving Beat by Sniff.
	9:53am Henry: tapping foot
	🛒 9:53am Brian in UK: Paul Roberts, the singer painted their covers, stylish.
	🛒 9:56am Brian in UK: Ah Big John.
	9:56am Uncle Michael: Delighted that someone else appreciates John Stewart.
	🛒 9:58am Brian in UK: Uncle, California Bloodlines is a timeless piece. Got emotional the other week thinking about John for no particular reason. Really miss him.
	🛒 9:59am Brian in UK: Uncle, funny another American singer who was more popular here than over your way.
	10:01am Henry: is that emmylou back there?
	10:02am Artie: Howdy, y'all.
	10:02am Uncle Michael: Yes. And there' a version where they trade verses, as well.
	10:03am Uncle Michael: Artie!
	10:04am ndbob: heya UM - here for a little while
	10:08am V Priceless: heya Uncle M! Is this the last week of your early slot?
	10:10am Uncle Michael: Bob! VP! Nope, a couple more.
	10:11am still b/p: I've burned my toast! May the music of youngest adulthood divert the dismay.
	10:12am Uncle Michael: SBP!
	10:13am doctorjazz: Did The Who do much of interest after this?
	10:15am Jeff g.: HDT: I need it ev-er-ee Friday.
	10:16am Uncle Michael: Jeff!
	10:17am sinner: sin. and go no more! (hey. this is fun)
	10:18am Uncle Michael: I wish I'd written that.
	10:18am Uncle Michael: Kevin!
	10:18am sinner: I am a child of the sun
	10:19am davefromtoronto: i'm a child of the sin. UM!!!
	10:20am Artie Robbins: My 12yo self was mystified and frustrated that all songs weren't this awesome.
	10:20am Uncle Michael: Dave!
	10:21am Velvet Frog: Mr. Thorpe is one passionate singer.
	10:21am Henry: molly!
	10:22am Jeff g.: Nice segue.
	10:23am Uncle Michael: I think this is THE great southern rock anthem.
	10:23am Velvet Frog: Hot Damn! I bought that Molly Hatchet tape from RCA record club in '79 based on the Frank Frazetta cover art alone.
	10:23am sinner: why didn't I think of that?
	10:25am Uncle Michael: This is chooglin'.
	10:25am still b/p: This Molly song was excerpted in a record ad on FM radio when it was released and for some reason that context recollection is as strong as familiarity with the full song itself...if that makes sense.
	10:25am Dominick: Hot damn!
	10:25am Jeff g.: The stray whistle in a song is effective.
	10:26am still b/p: @ Dominick -- I'm happily imagining your avatar speaking that phrase.
	10:28am Henry: as a child of the South, i have to agree
	10:28am burke: French omelet, yum. With the butter in the pan...
	10:30am Henry: The Who's "It's Hard" is a pretty good album
	10:30am Parq: It had a very deep impact on me when someone pointed out that, on the cover of "Who Are You", Keith Moon is sitting in a chair marked "Not to be taken away".
	10:33am Uncle Michael: Dominick! Parq!
	10:40am Scraps: Funny, I though “Oh Well”! Should have posted it!
	10:40am Scraps: thought, I mean!
	10:41am Uncle Michael: Your thoughts are auto-posted to the admin version of the site. I'm playing your request right now.
	10:41am Funky16corners: Hi ho!
	10:42am Scraps: I bought The Rockets’ version not knowing it was a cover
	10:42am Uncle Michael: So did I.
	10:43am Uncle Michael: Larry!
	10:43am Alex in Illinois: I swear that I have heard different versions of this song by this same group but for different cities.
	10:43am Uncle Michael: Alex!
	10:43am Scraps: You did. It was released that way.
	10:44am Scraps: Yes yes yes yes yes
	10:45am Scraps: Woo, woooo-ooooo!
	10:46am Alex in Illinois: I also think there were separate regional releases of the Heart of Rock and Roll by Huey Lewis and the News
	10:47am Funky16corners: Love this one!
	10:48am Scraps: I love this, and I played it to DEATH
	10:48am Scraps: Very stimulating!
	10:48am Scraps: Myself!
	10:49am Uncle Michael: I caught the tour for this record! Tim was great live. He was shaking all that Rocky Horror cash from the low hanging branches.
	10:50am davefromtoronto: great time capsule tune
	10:50am Henry: castro=disastro
	10:52am Funky16corners: One of the weirdest things I ever saw Live was Johnny Cash’s band playing Music Box Dancer
	10:56am redkayak: Happy December Fool's Day :)
	10:57am Uncle Michael: Red! No foolin'?
	10:58am Webhamster Henry: My 1979 soundtrack were mostly English New Wave discs and Sweeney Todd.
	10:58am redkayak: Ahoy Cap'n!
	10:58am Artie Robbins: "Let me brush your rock-n-roll hair" is a lyric for the ages.
	11:00am listener james from westwood: No barfing on this side, esp. not with Blondie in the mix!
	11:02am Alex in Illinois: I liked this song and I liked The Muppet Show, but not when the two were together.
	11:02am Scraps: “One Way Or Another” was the last great Blondie song, in my goddamned opinion
	11:03am still b/p: Sometimes trying to place/recall the timing and late crests of song airplay on album stations vs top 40 stations can put a knot in my rock and roll hair.
	11:03am Henry: sexiest stalking song ever
	11:04am Asheville Jon: M M M M M M M
	11:04am Scraps: Ohhhhhh yeah, the best best best one hit wonder evvvvver
	11:04am Asheville Jon: good morning UM and everyone
	11:04am Roberto: Lolz, I was going to say exactly what Henry just said. At least by the end of the song she's moved on...
	11:04am doctorjazz: Pop Music, have the 12 inch of this, great stuff!
	11:05am Uncle Michael: Jon!
	11:06am Asheville Jon: do we get to hear 'video killed the radio star" too?
	11:07am Asheville Jon: oh crud, checked the playlist, already been done. sorry, i am an idjit
	11:07am doctorjazz: Loving this set, killin' it!
	11:08am doctorjazz: (making my work morning tough, UM...)
	11:09am Roberto: Yeah I really need to go get lunch but...just one more song...
	11:09am Uncle Michael: idjits forgiven here, Jon
	11:09am Roberto: WFMU: idjits welcome here!
	11:09am ndbob: excellent show UM - busy day - need to go out for a bit
	11:10am Sem Chumbo: Hello, UM, Hinkys, Dinkys.
	11:10am Roberto: AGHHHHH ok ONE MORE SONG...
	11:10am Uncle Michael: Sem!
	11:11am Uncle Michael: See ya, Bob. Thanks for the hang.
	11:11am Roberto: This has to be the most perfect pop song of all time.
	11:12am Scraps: Oh, Girls Talk.... one of my late beloved’s favorite songs. Sigh.... (I still love it, just makes it more... colorful? can’t really think of a word, esp. with my broken brain [stroke])
	11:13am Scraps: Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds! Neat
	11:16am Sem Chumbo: So, grew up in a Canadian military family. Posted in the 60s to a Base in the middle of nowhere, in the province of New Brunswick---think Maine with with less savoir faire, but generally more teeth per person. Just off-Base was the only, and I mean ONLY, fast food joint for thirty miles in any direction. Called? The Hinky Dinky.
	11:19am still b/p: Heyyy, I'm in Maine. Oh, wait... www.pressherald.com...
	11:20am Scraps: Cheap Trick?
	11:21am Scraps: I almost did it!
	11:22am Scraps: Peter Frampton, too, right?
	11:22am Uncle Michael: Interesting, Chem. No relation.
	11:23am Uncle Michael: I'd say...yes. Though he was well into a successful career before he went mega.
	11:24am Scraps: Yes, but I don’t think he had a successful single. Maybe.
	11:24am burke: RIP Malcolm Young
	11:25am Scraps: He was before my time, I admit
	11:25am Sem Chumbo: Heh Heh, @still b/p.
	11:25am Scraps: Peter, not Malcolm
	11:25am Uncle Michael: Burke!
	11:27am Uncle Michael: Coming up at the top of the hour, filling in for Doug; RANCHO THATCHMO! wfmu.org...
	11:33am Uncle Michael: ...aaaaaand rap enters the charts.
	11:37am Webhamster Henry: I don't know if I've heard the short version of Rapper's Delight.
	11:38am Uncle Michael: It's still about four minutes.
	11:38am still b/p: Was in a bar/club on the banks of the Missouri River one night when I first heard ...and noticed...this. Although I think the calendar had crept to '80 by the time it got there and I got it.
	11:46am Tamar: I did the same thing-- bought the Japanese import of Live at Budokan when it came out only to have the exact same record released right afterward domestically for a lot less money. Grrr. That was kind of it for my new import buying. Once burned . . .
	11:47am Uncle Michael: Tamar!
	11:48am northguineahills: Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI.
	11:48am Uncle Michael: And rolllllllllls....over.
	11:49am doctorjazz: ELO!
	11:50am Uncle Michael: 'ello!
	11:50am Funky16corners: I love ELO but this song makes me want to poke Jeff Lynne in the eye
	11:51am Funky16corners: And Yay! Flynn!
	11:51am Funky16corners: SYLVESTER!!!!
	11:51am Dominick: Those who regret buying an import only to have it later released domestically remember, your purchase influenced the decision to release domestically. We thank you.
	11:51am northguineahills: =>///\|\|\|\|\|
	11:51am Dominick: Yesssssssylvester!
	11:52am Uncle Michael: True, Dom.
	11:52am Funky16corners: I’ve been lucky enough to blast this record on a nice, loud club sound system.
	11:52am Funky16corners: I’d do it twice a day if I could
	11:53am still b/p: The calendar crept to...just a few years ago before I ever heard Sylvester. Howdahappen?
	11:53am Uncle Michael: My cans are turned UP. What a record. Disco sucks?
	11:54am Funky16corners: It do not suck
	11:55am Funky16corners: Well played my liege!
	11:55am Sem Chumbo: Got my 5 inch plaforms on, bogying... seems lik .....ARG...AHAHA...!!! ungodly crash
	11:56am Sem Chumbo: Do not bogy that joint, man.
	11:56am Tamar: Loving all of this. Fun!
	11:57am northguineahills: Thanks UM, been a busy morning!
	11:57am still b/p: Yes, double-down getting down, cuz I have to make up the Sylvesti-deficit!
	11:58am listener james from westwood: Aw, Kermit!!
	11:59am northguineahills: Kermie!
	12:00pm Webhamster Henry: Seeing Kermit riding a bike got a round of applause in the theater I was in.
	12:00pm davefromtoronto: good lord...
	12:00pm listener james from westwood: I have no idea how they did that effect and I will never let myself find out.
	12:01pm Roberto: Yes, the bike-riding scene was by far the highlight of the film.
	12:01pm Asheville Jon: thanks for a fine show UM!
	12:01pm Roberto: Bai unc!
	12:01pm listener james from westwood: Smashing capper to an A M A Z I N G series of shows! Good on ya!
	12:02pm listener james from westwood: I've been borderline verklempt since 2 Novembers ago, 1 more day and 1 more song just fits the pattern.
	12:02pm still b/p: Grrrrreat series, yes. Thanks, UM.
	12:03pm Doug Schulkind: Thanks, UM. LOVED the Sylvester.
	4:01pm listener jeff: Hi UM:Listening on archive. Tanya Tucker, Not Fade Away. I had seen her at the state fairs a couple times previous to this year. Went to see her in 1979 at a bar somewhere in KCK. She was trying to "crossover" from country to rock or pop. She came out in all red spandex with a rock and roll band - electric guitars and long hair. Not quite what we expected. TNT! Still remember it was fun.

Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael: Playlist from December 1, 2017

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