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Favoriting February 29, 2020: This Kind Of Music!

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Artist Track
Jonathan Richman  This Kind Of Music   Favoriting
Ray Whitley  Here Today and Gone Tomorrow   Favoriting
Rusty & Doug Kershaw  Hey Sheriff   Favoriting
Rodger Collins  She's Looking Good   Favoriting
Golden Gate Quartet  Roll Jordon Roll   Favoriting
Cheap Trick  Come On, Come On   Favoriting
Tielman Brothers,The  Bossa Nova Baby   Favoriting
Johnny Darrell  Why You Been Gone So Long?   Favoriting
Dave "Baby" Cortez  Hot Cakes   Favoriting
B52's, The  52 Girls (7" version)   Favoriting
Escorts, The  Mad Mad World   Favoriting
Byrds, The  Your Gentle Way of Loving Me   Favoriting
Robert Parker  Twistin' Out In Space   Favoriting
Raymond Scott  Miller Beer Theme (Session)   Favoriting
Tom Petty  I Need To Know   Favoriting
Monkees, The  Daydream Believer   Favoriting
Gene Clark  Keep On Pushin'   Favoriting
Esther Phillips  Mo Jo Hannah   Favoriting
Don Tosti  Guisa Guaina   Favoriting
Hunters And Collectors  Throw My Arms Around You   Favoriting
Gainsborough Gallery  It's Growing   Favoriting
Terry Preston (Ferlin Husky)  Watch The Company You Keep   Favoriting
Earl King  Poor Sam   Favoriting
Nerves, The  When You Find Out   Favoriting
Bob Dylan  Tell Me That It Isn't True (Take 2)   Favoriting
Ronnie Dawson  Bayou Betty   Favoriting
Fantastic Johnny C  Some Kind Of Wonderful   Favoriting
Byron Lee & The Dragonaires  Jamaica Ska   Favoriting
Scruffy The Cat  You Dirty Rat   Favoriting
Mighty Joe Young'  Why Don't You Follow Me   Favoriting
Laura Cantrell  Pile Of Woe   Favoriting
Mr. Bear and His Bearcats  Radar   Favoriting
Furies  Get Out Of Denver   Favoriting
Rising Sons  The Girl With Green Eyes   Favoriting
Moon Mullican  Sven Nights To Rock   Favoriting
Redd Holt Unlimited  I Shot the Sheriff   Favoriting
Bill Fox  Bird Of The World   Favoriting
Gang of Four  Damaged Goods   Favoriting
Ohio Knox  Calamity Jane   Favoriting
Greg Townson  The Girl From The North Country   Favoriting

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CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for Martin Mull's "Soundstage: 60 Minutes to Kill" from 1975

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for a detailed look at cymbals in 1920s jazz

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to hear from the amazing Bob Washington, the voice of K-Tel

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then CLICK HERE to have a listen & decide for yourself

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for detailed Pet Sounds credits

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

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

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

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

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

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

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"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

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

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE for The K-Tel Story

CLICK HERE for Ock TV

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

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CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version


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Listener comments!

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Listener Baby:

I need beverage coasters, and soon. Thick, not thin. With groovy, fun designs. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks. Good morning!
  11:01am
clarke:

sanjay's piece
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Handy Haversack:

Morning, Michael and all the Shelle Gamers!
  11:05am
clarke:

NO sanjay's peace!!!
Avatar 11:05am
Listener Baby:

Hi Jupe! Hugs from us.
Avatar 11:06am
Creature Boy:

Ray Whitley? Was he in that band the Uniques? Hey ! Rusty & Doug!
  11:06am
clarke:

NO justice - but there IS Juniper - so we got THAT goin' for us!!
  11:10am
clarke:

5555555
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:11am
Handy Haversack:

Some heavy-hitter co-hosts you have lined up for Marathon, Michael. And getting a jump on it today!
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WR:

Biscuits?
  11:11am
clarke:

is that the spelling on the record - or creative spelling??
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JJ:

typo
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Michael Shelley:

creative license
  11:12am
clarke:

NICE!!
  11:13am
clarke:

BUNZUELA APPROVES!!
  11:14am
egould310:

Powerpop! Good morning, Michael. Good morning fellow pledgers.
Avatar 11:14am
jake6573:

Now we are cooking with gas ! Cheap Trick, an instant cure for depression.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:15am
Hughie Considine:

Damn I love this song. "Don't you ruin it tonight" is a great lyric. Weird that it fades though.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:17am
Hughie Considine:

Went to school w/ Lieber's son -- he went on to work with Paula Abdul.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:18am
WR:

Tielman Brothers were amazing. Found them (via WFMU) last year and the YouTube clips are essential viewing for any rock and roll fan.
  11:18am
Miles:

Whitley was NOT in the Uniques . Joe Stampley was . btw I AM creature boy answering my own question ( don't "ask" )
  11:19am
clarke:

you got songwriting credits for Why You Been Gone...???
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:19am
Corey:

Morning Michael and everyone. That Tielman Bros. track...off the hook.
  11:21am
clarke:

BayBay!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:22am
Handy Haversack:

Hey, Corey. How's the Mitten?
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zivilars:

happy marathon day everybody – nice start to the show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:24am
Mike East:

We are providing B52's backline on a gig tonight.
  11:25am
clarke:

who da drummah on dat gig??
  11:25am
tim from Champaign:

Apparently the cops let you keep the 45.
  11:26am
clarke:

sadly the drummer that was with the 52's in nola wasn't so gr8
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:26am
Hoboken Jack:

Hello Michael and all! Will eventually get the coasters, but for now I'm just coasting.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:26am
Mike East:

Not sure...but he'll be playing a DW Gold Sparkle drum kit.
  11:27am
JSG:

No D or G.
  11:27am
clarke:

i wouldn't say the guy was 'bad' - just too generic gb for the 52's
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:27am
Corey:

@Handy...Hello! Cool and sunny here in the Mitten. Which counts as unseasonably warm in these parts.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:29am
Handy Haversack:

Pretty much only the same like 9 people ever come over here, but I have this fantasy that one will see me drinking a beer out of a Three Chord Monte koozie and resting it on a Michael Shelley Show coaster and FINALLY think I'm pretty cool!

I hear that, @Corey! Earlier this week was downright creepily warm out here. But it did make me start thinking fondly of being in Oceana County this coming summer!
  11:29am
clarke:

(i have seen the 52's with original drummer, and with charlie drayton - who was amazing)
  11:32am
choggie:

Breaking noooze: Corona Virus In Jersey...patient zero in an isolation room in a local Jersey incubator
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Juke Joint Jonny:

Okay, hand me the nails.
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Listener Baby:

Little known fact: Charlie Drayton and Randy (Dawg) Jackson we’re drums and bass on I Touch Myself.
  11:34am
clarke:

wow!! i also saw the Divinyls when they were all still a band - and pretty great!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:34am
Corey:

@Handy...signs of early summer paradise season on Lake Michigan for sure!
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Listener Baby:

I’ll bet they were
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Very good observation re bYRdS. Obviously you would credit them much other respects. 5D in 1966 is @ once experimental breakthrough - & weak in material for loss of Gene Clark...
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zivilars:

missing tom petty (and his radio show) :(
Avatar 11:38am
Listener Baby:

Not just beer, Baby.
  11:39am
clarke:

WINE WINE WINE!!!
  11:41am
clarke:

i don't see so good
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:42am
Handy Haversack:

Debate team: Super cool!!
  11:44am
paul:

Good choice, JS!
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zivilars:

wow ... there are really people out there who dislike this song?? this is one of the most beautiful songs ever, never fails to calm me down
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LilyAbigale:

I don't enjoy Taylor Swift's music. I do appreciate her willingness to look within and take responsibility. Her discipline is ferocious
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:45am
LW Rhino:

When is Juniper's album coming out?
  11:45am
wildwoodflower:

Thanks Michael for the Gradfest plug--tonight at Tierney's! Your show is the best! Come by the show tonight if you can!
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Jimmy Wipper:

The PERFECT Saturday morning song!
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Listener Baby:

I love Davey’s fake British accent.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:46am
WR:

My favorite Monkeys song song by Davey.
  11:46am
clarke:

the news dept!!
  11:47am
johnk77:

@mikeeast percussion often
best part of carrolls
also i am now enjoying
tom petty bio
bonus fact
warren zanes is most fun
ex-del-fuego onstage & off
  11:48am
Marley Dogg:

Happy marathon eve everyone!
  11:49am
clarke:

gene clark leaving the byrds (twice) probably pulled the rug under the songwriting, somewhat, but in my estimation they managed pretty dang okay. hillman stepped up.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:49am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

' Daydream Believer" is a song composed by American songwriter John Stewart, shortly before he left the Kingston Trio. '
  11:53am
McGroovey:

Seems like a mashup of Spanish, Italian, and gibberish.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:53am
LW Rhino:

Sounded Hawaiian
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

bYRdS are essential, important, beautiful. Surely none will argue with this...
  11:54am
clarke:

GET A NEW DJ!!!! noooo!!!
  11:54am
Eddy in Australia:

Wow, unexpected.
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Listener Baby:

I saw this band. They were weird
  11:56am
Eddy in Australia:

@Baby weird in what way?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Neil Finn should write for the bYRdS.
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Michael Shelley:

JUNIPER LP = June 1st!
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Listener Baby:

Radical combination of ideas and influences. Didn’t say they were bad. They were excellent.
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JJ:

G irl! W hen I'm looking at you you really turn
me on. Listen! Do you like to parry?
Shake your hips over here.
You know .... whar I'm thinking of saying:
I want to dance with you.
Girl, let's get down and dance ....
'Tm waiting for my boyfriend to come back"
You stuck up girl! (x2)
This stuck up girl why doesn't she want to dance,
what's her problem with me and this dance
You're so stuck up, You don't get with it,
You think that you're so hot, Listen, just what
do you think, you just sit there
Why did you come to this dance?
You just sit there!
  11:56am
McGroovey:

I've seen Hunters and Collectors records since forever, but never heard one. I like it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:57am
LW Rhino:

Thanks Michael.
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JJ:

~Guisa Guaina - Don Tosti lyrics
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58am
Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

is this song a promise or a threat? Howdy, Michael and WFMU folx!
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Moammar:

Play this one back to back with the Otis Redding version!
  12:00pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Baby they definitely had their moments, moving through some very different styles over the years. When did you see them?
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Listener Baby:

Probably first tour of USA. Huge guess is 1983/84?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
Handy Haversack:

Keep playing good-luck music, Michael. I'm going in to cut my hair ...
  12:03pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Michael that H&C song was released as a single no less than three times in Australia before it became a hit. Covered widely, notably by the singer’s brother’s band - Crowded House.
  12:04pm
johnk77:

crowded blouse
  12:06pm
johnk77:

davy was totally cool
the only time i ever met him
pro onstage
  12:06pm
McGreivey:

This Nerves song is the best song the Zombies never made.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:07pm
juan:

Hi, for anyone still interested The lyrics for Don Tosti's Guisa Guaina are Calo which was a Mexican Slang of the Pachuco culture of the 40s or so. Here's a wikipedia link for more:

en.wikipedia.org...
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Juke Joint Jonny:

Nerves songs sound like clever wind-up toys. Meaning perfect little machines of fun.
  12:08pm
johnk77:

paul collins percussionist/manager
w/nerves
  12:09pm
ledzeppelinsucks:

尤里卡的丑陋的今天
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:10pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Bob trying to be MaccaSong Beatles ?
  12:10pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Baby interesting. They’d already gone through their Remain In Light and Conny Plank periods by then; those early records are worth investigating.
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Michael Shelley:

THANKS JUAN!
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Juke Joint Jonny:

Joe LaFee
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juan:

Thank you, Michael for another great show!
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ChrisB.:

Be on the lookout for Paul Collins doing "(Reach Out) I'll Be There," in a healthcare commercial they run constantly during NY Mets telecasts.
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Listener Baby:

Could have been earlier than 1983? Can’t imagine they been through the US before that? I’m old and that was along time ago.
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Listener Baby:

Ronnie Dawson is a gift.
  12:14pm
clarke:

you're never as old as you drink
  12:15pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Baby 84 sounds about right, and they were still pretty interesting then, just different. You’re right, that was a long time ago. We’re all getting old!
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Moammar:

The "can I get a witness" segment of "Some Kind of Wonderful" is one of the great moments in American history.
  12:16pm
clarke:

hey eddy - did you mean H&C recorded three different versions of that single? or they released the same recording three times in AU??
  12:19pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Clarke I don’t think they re-recorded it every time, maybe just remixed or tweaked somehow. Each version had a new picture sleeve, though!
  12:19pm
clarke:

ah.
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Uncle Michael:

Hello!
  12:20pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Michael Shelley tell that gain capture story again, in that terrible accent!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:20pm
Hughie Considine:

Big fan of "Big Fat Monkey's Hat" by Scruffy the Cat.
  12:21pm
clarke:

gain STRUCTURE!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:21pm
Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

oh, man, this is giving me the worst flashback to my adolescence! OY!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:22pm
Hughie Considine:

You have to think a band called Scruffy the Cat would be genial sorts. Then again, Pixies sounded cute too.
  #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 12:23pm
jpuva:

Loved Scruffy the Cat
  12:23pm
johnk77:

some of scruffy the cat
lived near the channel in boston
mid-eighties
great show selecter/selector
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Jimmy Wipper:

We opened for Scruffy The Cat in Virginia Beach way back when. I remember they were great and nice guys too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:23pm
ChrisB.:

Charlie Chesterton from Scruffy passed away a few years ago.
  12:23pm
Eddy in Australia:

@Clarke whoops! It’s late ...
  12:23pm
McGroovey:

My favorite Scruffy the Cat song!!! I love how the chorus doesn't happen the first time it's supposed to.
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dale:

logging in to give a thumbs up to canada's dan hill.
  12:24pm
vertual:

I also was hugely into Scruffy the Cat! Played them to death on my little high school radio show.
  12:25pm
clarke:

came to realize that i spent my half looking for folks that liked the music i like and the other half realizing NO ONE was going to. charlie chesterman was a friend's friend and heart'o'gold - if scruffy is the only thing you know - check out his later stuff with The Motorbikes and until the day he died he was a rocker!! with MUCH gain structure!!
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ChrisB.:

Sorry, his name was Chesterman.
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juan:

Had never hear Scruffy the Cat at all before but I think I love them. This is a great song!
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dave wuz here:

steven fredette (STC guitar,vocs, bandanas) is a friend i havent seen in too long
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Michael Shelley:

Dave - I JUST facebook friended him
  12:27pm
clarke:

steven has/had health issues but is fighting the good fight.
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Juke Joint Jonny:

Uh, maybe a Robert Hecker solo project?
  12:28pm
McGroovey:

There are also some good Charlie Chesterman solo albums and outtakes collections that are worth seeing out.

Most or all his/their stuff is OOP now.
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dave wuz here:

send him a hug from me
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Uncle Michael:

I'll be over in Lawrence tomorrow. Want me to say hi to Jordan for you, Michael?
  12:30pm
MFlynn:

So cool to hear Laura Cantrell!!!!
  12:30pm
McGroovey:

I want to start a Scruffy the Cat cover band.
  12:30pm
JSG:

By the great Joe Flood.
  12:31pm
johnk77:

@unclemichael rocks
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Handy Haversack:

Good stories and good songs these past couple of tunes, MS!
  12:32pm
JSG:

Will.
  12:33pm
clarke:

hey jay!!
  12:35pm
DG:

Thanks for Scruffy the Cat, a band I discovered probably by hearing "My Baby She's Alright" here (or another non-commercial station) and getting "Tiny Days" from the library. Like them a lot, but annoyed none of their stuff seemed to be on CD (I think now it's mostly just downloads); I have that album & an EP on vinyl. They didn't even have a Wikipedia page until a few years ago! (and even that is sort sparse---no links to the albums or info on them, etc.
  12:36pm
Uncle Michael:

now that's a segue.
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Juke Joint Jonny:

Captain Segue over here
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Handy Haversack:

I like how both real and metaphorical radar are equally up in Mr. Bear's grill here.
  12:39pm
Chris Volz:

R. Stevie Moore's favorite Mr. Bear song!
  12:39pm
DG:

They Might Be Giants had this subscription/club years ago, The Hello Music Club, where you'd get monthly EPs from different acts, mostly exclusive material. Chesterman (well, Chaz & the orbikes) did one of those.
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Juke Joint Jonny:

Children, once upon a time Bob Seger was really good.
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zivilars:

did chuck berry get good royality muh-neeee for this furies song?
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zivilars:

i really hope so, cause he loooooved muh-neeee
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Michael Shelley:

muh-neeee - YES
  12:44pm
DG:

Yeah, been listening to early BS (Smokin' OPs, Beautiful Loser) & they're good (there's also now a collection of his early singles on Abkco, inc. a couple of funny attempts to cash in on Dylan, and the Beach Boys). Then heard "Face the Promise" and said....what the hell happened to him?
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zivilars:

@Michael Shelley: coincidently just read the piece you've linked here a few minutes before – what a prick chuck was, although no new surprise
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Juke Joint Jonny:

Dinero los madrileños say
  12:45pm
clarke:

no zivalars but bob seger did!
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zivilars:

i made the HUGE mistake to watch his private porn video in the net – never can listen to his music again the same way as before
  12:46pm
DG:

Nice to hear the original version of "Seven Nights"...a song Springsteen's done live (too slow) & Nick Lowe covered (faster and probably better).
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Michael Shelley:

Bob seegar recorded so many of his hits in Muscle Shoals with those amazing musicians - I'm always surprised I dont like his stuff more
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Handy Haversack:

I'm sad that we're going to miss ToPT's Marathon kick-off. The dog turns Leap 2 today, and we have a whole pinball-beer-screw-February bday party planned for him (at THAT laundromat). So hope it goes well and kicks muh-neeee ass!

@MS: Remember, Kate and I will be for ToPT's show 3/14 and can talk some urban canoeing with you then!

Great show today. Thanks!
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Hughie Considine:

When asked why he played the piano, Moon replied: “Because the beer kept sliding off my fiddle.”
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Juke Joint Jonny:

Sven Nights to Rock is the Ingmar Bergman cover?
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Hughie Considine:

Hey Michael, if it were all about amazing musicians, Atlanta Rhythm Section would have been even bigger!
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Dr. Goot:

Basher did a pretty nifty cover of 7 Nights - youtu.be...
  12:49pm
johnk77:

@dr.goot
i am guessing nick probably
heard it from bill kirchen
  12:49pm
clarke:

THE FOX!!
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Scruffy The Cat...Charles Chesterman...Lily Dennison...Relativity Records...The Rat...Michael brings it all back home.
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Listener Baby:

Jupe. Don't fly too far away. But if you do, fly over this way! xoxo
  12:51pm
jordon:

love this song so much! listening in Lecompton KS
  12:53pm
clarke:

RIP
  12:54pm
clarke:

JS in Lecompton: wish you could have gotten that fmu app to work for ME!!! jealous!!
  12:56pm
clarke:

also RIP Dave Roback (Rain Parade, Clay Allison, Opal, Mazzy Star) - he had 'is issues but a good bloke down-under - with gain structure!!
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Dr. Goot:

@Johnk77
good point! - youtu.be...
  1:00pm
choggie:

Great shew mon! Bring your daughter to clean up after dirty dj's day at wafoomoo....Way to start a tradition
  1:00pm
Tim from LH:

Viva Greg Townson!
  1:01pm
clarke:

evah git the feeling you been junipered???
  3:22pm
Mark in Toronto:

Spelling mistake in band name - it's Gainsborough Gallery. And they're Canadian!

(3/3/20 Corrected - THANKS MS go Canada)
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