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Flat Five, The  This'll Be The Day   Favoriting
Hollis Dixon And The Keynotes  Go Away With Me   Favoriting
Sturgill Simpson  A Little Light   Favoriting
Ba Ba Thomas  Miss Shake It   Favoriting
Monguito  Work Out   Favoriting
Robert Gordon  Something's Gonna Happen   Favoriting
Hollies, The  Now's The Time   Favoriting
Lattie Moore  Rockabilly Joe's   Favoriting
Esther Phillips  When A Woman Loves A Man   Favoriting
Nick Lowe  A Quiet Place   Favoriting
Gene Pitney  She's a Heartbreaker   Favoriting
Dave Edmunds  The Race Is On   Favoriting
Billy Ball and The Upsetters feat. Roosevelt Matthews  Tighten Up Tighter   Favoriting
Joel Paterson  All My Loving   Favoriting
Teenage Head  Picture My Face   Favoriting
Hard Times, The  Here, There And Everywhere   Favoriting
Deena With The Poor Man's Opera  Dance The Night Away   Favoriting
Claude McLin  Jambo   Favoriting
Ronnie D'addario  Save That For Me   Favoriting
Lemon Twigs, The  The One   Favoriting
Kinks, The  I Gotta Move   Favoriting
Magic Christians, The  Come And Get It   Favoriting
Robbie Fulks and Linda Gail Lewis  Wild, Wild, Wild   Favoriting
Soulful Strings, The  Since You've Been Gone   Favoriting
Kurt Baker  I Like Her A Lot   Favoriting
Neighborhood  Big Yellow Taxi   Favoriting
Motel Mirrors  Let Me Be Sweet To You   Favoriting
Daddy Cleanhead  Something's Going On In My Room   Favoriting
Barbara Dane  I'm On My Way   Favoriting
La's, The  There She Goes   Favoriting
Pozo Seco Singers  I Can Make It With You   Favoriting
Robert Gordon with Link Wray  Red Hot   Favoriting
Little Caesar And The Empire  Everybody Dance Now   Favoriting
Jacob James, The  Don't Want To Stay   Favoriting
Gary Calamar  Severe Tire Damage   Favoriting
? And The Mysterians  Can't Get Enough Of You Baby   Favoriting
George Jones  Her Name Is   Favoriting
Willie Wright & His Sparklers  I Want To Love You Less   Favoriting
Sugar Stems, The  We Only Come Out At Night   Favoriting

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CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

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 info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

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 Please Kill Me!

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!

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

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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

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CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

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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"

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

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 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

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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

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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"?

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CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

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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!

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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!

  11:00am
Frank In Queens:

Hey Now!
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Listener Baby:

Did that horrible Count harm you Baby? So happy you seem to be okay. Must have been harrowing. Good morning!
  11:01am
Cooh John:

We will get it.
  11:01am
clarke:

hey now!!!
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DJ Guin:

Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike.... what day is it?
  11:02am
clarke:

make some HITS!!
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Cat:

With any luck, baby, you'll be able to call the race.
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Pauly from Clifton:

Good morning, Michael, Crew, Folks!
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Cat:

Indeed, This'll Be The Day
  11:03am
Bob:

Trump is barricaded in the oval office like that warden in Shawshank Redemption. Gun in his mouth. Wondering how Joe Biden got the best of him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:03am
Handy Haversack:

Morning, Michael and all the Shelle Gamers!
  11:04am
clarke:

BABAAAAYYYYYY!!
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Corey:

Morning Michael and listeners! Hey I recognize that baby paraphernalia!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:05am
Handy Haversack:

Frank, clarke, Corey, everyone -- how's it going?

Nice view, Corey!
  11:06am
Kpx:

@MS: did you ever use the one from the life cereal commercial where the little kid says, Hey Mikey he likes it. I don't ever remember hearing that one in your opening intro.
  11:06am
clarke:

this has truly been an awful year - but hangin' in there, HH!!
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DjLorraine:

Gmoring Michael, crew, listeners and Cooh John
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DJ Guin:

Breaking News: Donald Trump hired as NY Mets General Manager...promptly calls the organization a bunch of "losers and suckers"...
  11:08am
R2:

Bring back Count Mikeula.
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DJ Guin:

...Trump wondered what it would be like to work for a real Billionaire.
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DJ Guin:

Seriously...the 74 year old Huckster with Tertiary Syphilis is "laying the groundwork for a 20204 campaign"
..what the actual f%ck?
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Corey:

Morning Handy! All good in Michigan. Sunny and warm this week. A week that makes one forget that winter's on its way (especially welcome this week). Was half tempted to jump in the big lake.
  11:12am
Frank In Queens:

Hi Handy! Another sleepy Saturday at the office. At least it’s the last one of the year.
  11:12am
clarke:

was wondering if there were other folks in the office, Frank!
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Uncle Michael:

For $10 I will tell you how you feel.
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Count Mikeula!:

@R2 : yes!
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Handy Haversack:

Nice, Corey -- I'd do it! You know, with warmth and whisky waiting inside!

That's a good thing, Frank!
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Squints:

One of my favorite ever Marshall Crenshaw songs, and covers thereof.
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Michael in Montclair:

Good morning Michael, skeleton cre, and everyone!
  11:16am
dano59:

With Spedding, or Link Wray? I forget
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Pedro in Arlington:

Feel good Mike. They've already warned the flabby fascist about trespassers at the White House and the two Georgia Senate seats are possible with Cheeto Benito not on the ballot along with the other Republican who ran against the rich lady.
  11:16am
Frank In Queens:

Clarke, there is, bit i’m alone in this room. The rest are administering tests.
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Bergey:

Morning all like that track
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Squints:

Spedding. Link Wray moved on after the second record.
  11:17am
clarke:

crank them speakers!! scare them off!
  11:18am
clarke:

oh, we're gonna do this, now? MovieTime!!
  11:19am
Frank In Queens:

If I blast The Hollies, they’ll likely run in here to listen!
  11:19am
paul:

Ever hear After The Fox (With Peter Sellers On Vocals) by the Hollies?
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Corey:

@Handy Now you're talking. Last chance. The lake ain't getting warmer til June.
  11:20am
Bob:

I know that one from Brinsley Schwarz
  11:20am
dano59:

Thx, Squints .. I have most of the Gordon LPs ;and a good CD from 2015 but lost the thread somewhere
  11:20am
clarke:

this week's entry kinda blew my mind - i was just gonna check out the beginning and got drawn in. Zig-Zag (1970) MGM...
  11:22am
clarke:

...Zig-Zag stars george kennedy and he is GREAT in it - almost as great as in Cool Hand Luke, but more subtle. highly recommend!!
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DjLorraine:

Bergey you can tell your client(s) this ole gal is interested in whatever they would like to share.
  11:25am
Frank In Queens:

Zig Zag added to the list.
  11:25am
clarke:

i think you will dig it, Frank!!
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Ross T.:

Paul -- I was thinking about "After the Fox" just yesterday out of nowhere! It got a lot of play as I believe promotion for the movie in South Florida. Never saw it, not a great track per se but obviously got stuck in my craw!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:26am
Corey:

FYI CNN and NBC have called it.
  11:27am
clarke:

After The Fox - not the greatest film. the title track is the best thing about the flick.
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Ross T.:

"Biden Wins" I'll be damned.
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Hams:

johnny dollar!
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Handy Haversack:

Screaming outside the window made me check to see -- yup, AP called PA.
  11:28am
Cooh John:

Hello DjLorraine. Just in time to hear Eddie and LSJ.
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Handy Haversack:

Appropriate song for right now, MS!
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Listener Baby:

They called it ,Baby!!!!!!
  11:30am
Bob:

I'm curious to know how they did that Nick Lowe track. That new Los Straitjackets track Space Junket is also epic.
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Listener Baby:

Vinnie Bell sitar bad as!
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Listener Baby:

Ass
  11:32am
clarke:

Baby, you don't have anything to do with Baby Audio do ya? (i don't think so?)
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Ross T.:

Now the real madness begins I'm afraid...but whew!
  11:33am
clarke:

microphone manufacturers and pre's.
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Listener Baby:

Not me Clarke. But with a name like that, how could it be bad?
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Handy Haversack:

Lots of cheering out there still, though.
  11:34am
Cooh John:

I will always remember where I was when the 2020 race was called. Is it over now? Or is it just beginning?
  11:34am
Christy D:

Thanks for the good news!!
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dk50b:

My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is (almost) over.
  11:34am
clarke:

their stuff is "boutique" - good but expensive. i can't afford them. if i COULD then i would get telefunkens
  11:34am
Bob:

GENE PITNEY PUT US OVER THE TOP!
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Listener Baby:

By the end of it, it’s going to be by close to 5 million votes.
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Listener Paul:

Wooooohoooo!
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Hubig Pie:

An average Joe what we needs right now
  11:35am
johnzo:

hey at least we can trust him to nominate sane supreme court justices... like Clarence Thomas & Antonin Scalia... oh wait...
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Chud:

OUT DEMONS OUT
  11:36am
clarke:

interesting study, MS.
  11:37am
MFlynn:

What a cool comparison Michael!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:37am
Spankyflop:

Tears going inside is kind of the opposite of what tears do.
  11:37am
Cooh John:

Nice tutorial
  Swag For Life Member 11:37am
Listener Paul:

Though I heard a minute or two before Michael Shelley announced, I'm glad I heard it from Mike too!
  11:38am
clarke:

sounds like George Jones is singing CULLING ??? but, should be WELLIN'??
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Mailman Tom:

It was more of an anti-Trump vote than a pro-Biden vote. Let the celebrations begin!
  11:38am
bill:

hop effing RAY already
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Handy Haversack:

I guess the other option was "Tighten Upper"?
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Ross T.:

Trump is going to build a palace/compound somewhere in the desert/wilderness surrounded by RV/trailer parks for his following where they plot their secession/revolution....
  11:40am
Cooh John:

Artists like to use poetic license to stretch conventions, Spankyflop.
  11:40am
andy fuchs:

I think it's a little over-tightened.... just sayin'
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adampsyche:

everyone called it, huzzah
  11:42am
Cooh John:

Last election, voters hated Hillary more than they feared Trump. Looks like they came to their senses.
  11:43am
clarke:

NOW perhaps we can move on from this TOTAL BS
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chresti:

Yay PA!
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Ross T.:

Fox has not called it by the way.
  11:44am
Mark in Toronto:

Hey you missed adding Tighten Up Tighter to the playlist!
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Dennis Diken:

@Bob - indeed, Pitney to the rescue, always!
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Jeff formerly from Rahway:

Now is a good time to smoke that victory cigar I've been saving.
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Stanley:

YES!
Well done America.
THANKS!
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Handy Haversack:

If you don't talk about dumb things, then Rex corners the market!

Hey, Stanley!
  11:45am
Will:

273. 273! Whooping throughout the streets of Pawtucket RI!
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Stanley:

Hi Handy. I'm dancing in the streets with you.
  11:46am
clarke:

hey Dennis!!
i re-watched the Mamas&Papas doc - the ghost voice was called Harvey!!
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Hubig Pie:

Gas station beer
Pizza hut pizza
and a drive-in movie
Hell of a honeymoon
  11:46am
sufferwords:

breathe
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Spankyflop:

You live in the Pizza Belt, Michael, home of the best pizza in the world.gawker.com...
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Handy Haversack:

Your naivete is touching, MS! Pizza Hut is garbage. Though spotting former Pizza Hut bldgs. in the wild is always fun.

I am going to walk in a while, Stanley, and see what the vibe is like. In the meantime ... maybe a beer ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:47am
John from NP:

Nah, they just hated trump more than they hated biden
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Hubig Pie:

Couldn't finish the Borat movie
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dk50b:

@Ross T. With multiple criminal investigations already underway, don't be surprised if Trump flees the country who's freedoms he despises.
  11:49am
Andres:

CanCon!!! Beauty, eh?
  11:50am
Patster:

Michael - thank you for giving me the best news ever! 💙
  Swag For Life Member 11:50am
Eddy in Australia:

I just had to chime in to say Yay. And hey, don’t forget the history-making veep. Back to bed or time for a celebratory nightcap?
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Ross T.:

A tip o' the tuke to the Flamin' Groovies is always appreciated.
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Geoffrey in Ottawa:

I watched the documentary and it was great to see that early footage of the Head, but, boy, time has not been kind to those guys.
  #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:51am
Geoffrey in Ottawa:

I watched on tvo.org Not sure you guys get that down there, but maybe.
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Ross T.:

Have the first "Impeach Biden" signs appeared yet?
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John from NP:

Biden finally has someone to translate for him at 7-11
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McGroovey:

BORAT: I loved the Borat movie, though there were some unnecessary cringy bits that should have been cut.

TEENAGE HEAD: I've seen the records, never heard them before somehow, but I've always been Teenage Head-curious. Great song.
  11:54am
Mark in Toronto:

Yes guys, go to the TV Ontario website, documentaries, and you can stream it.
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Dennis Diken:

ah, thanks clarke!
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dk50b:

Pennsyltucky is back to being Pennsylvania
  11:55am
clarke:

my friend HAAARVEY is even bigger than me!
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Ross T.:

Unless you're a top of the mountain and can get botox, new teeth, blood changes etc. time is not kind to most rock and rollers.
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Gaylord Fields:

Gene Pitney WINS!!!
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clarke:

ya gotta know when to stop drinkin' Ross
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Corey:

In northern Michigan, celebrations are more subdued. Maybe because I have confederate/Trump flag flying neighbors. Still champagne is open and the stereo volume up several ticks.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Scrapple futures up sharply this morning, I understand.
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Listener Baby:

I’m not sure that time has been kind to me? I avoid mirrors at all costs.
  11:59am
clarke:

gaylord - such i thing i would never do!!!
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paul:

Joe M. played Jambo once on his show and I've been trying to think of the name of it ever since. Maybe the greatest song ever.
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βrian:

@Corey: Which county? I've spend a lot of time in Grand Traverse county and Kalkaska county, but I grew up in Genesee.
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Handy Haversack:

Listener Rob sounds like a pro!
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miketp:

bright selections MICHAEL
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Count Mikeula!:

I also avoid mirrors
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Listener Baby:

Sounds like early Nick Lowe
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βrian:

In Madison we heard the news while out for a walk. An impromtu street celebration had begun.
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Gaylord Fields:

@ckarke: the Sweet Smell of Success, indeed!
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Listener Baby:

That’s enough out of you, Count!
  12:03pm
clarke:

headlines: two rolls get fresh with a baker - HOT HOT HOT HOT!!
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J&E in Ithaca NY:

I love that I heard this news on Michael’s show. Truly #1 hit material.
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βrian:

"It's only a dollar. It wins the election. It gives you an ..."
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Ross T.:

Clarke -- it took me a while after I knew but eventually I did!
  12:04pm
maja:

Breaking news: Biden won
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Strandlund:

BYE DON!!
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βrian:

Hah. Reddit seems to be swamped.
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Listener Baby:

Band name: Fantastic Tamborine
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Ross T.:

This message board is a fine place to celebrate.
  12:07pm
clarke:

i realize i have 19 tambourines (!) and never paid for ANY of them - they were gifts or found behind stages, etc.
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Corey:

@Brian I'm in Leelanau. Actually tilted Biden this year. But mixed enough up here that the soon to be former President held a rally up here on the eve of the election.
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Ross T.:

Okay even Fox has declared it....
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βrian:

Ah. My wife grew up in TC.
  12:09pm
clarke:

pete quaif had to move!
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Dean:

Does Three O'Clock get airplay on WFMU? I mean, Sixteen Tambourines...
  12:11pm
clarke:

sure it does - i heard joe belock play Jet Fighter a few weeks ago
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Dean:

Nice to know! Thanks.
  12:11pm
wendy del formaggio:

What J&E said. I’m so happy I heard the news while listening to WFMU. Thank you, Michael!
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, happy Saturday, βrian!
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Corey:

This is a helluva celebration song. "Goodbye to the bad old Dixie. The bigots and the monkey trial"
  12:14pm
gene sculatti:

Michael: Gary 'Dreamweaver' Wright was a member of the Buggs (true): https://www.google.com/search?q=the+buggs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj26P_p9vDsAhXUN30KHbMJCYQQ_AUoAnoECAgQBA&biw=1920&bih=1007
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βrian:

Hola, Handy.
  12:16pm
clarke:

you've got me bugged bugged bugged...
the south is as good or bad as the rest of this screwy country.
  12:18pm
clarke:

good new album from Kurt!
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Ross T.:

Well I heard Mister Young sing about her....
  12:19pm
clarke:

worth owning!!
  12:20pm
johnk77:

i graduated from highskool
60 miles from kent
that month 1970
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Michael Shelley:

Gene - Ive tried to get in touch with Gary about his Buggs days... but he doesnt respond.
  12:22pm
clarke:

on the same note - don't give up on Elliott Easton. i know he has a home in haverhill, MA
  12:22pm
gene sculatti:

Too bad; they sure beat his later days!
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spodiodi:

greetings, Michael Shelley and relieved listeners!
  12:23pm
wendy del formaggio:

Heyyy isn’t today Joni Mitchell’s birthday? Did Michael announce that and I missed it?
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Handy Haversack:

Local afternoon beauty: can confirm.

Hey, spodiodi and Wendy!
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βrian:

Trump got 5.2% in D.C. Go figure.
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Roberto:

The problem is that the core of the GOP is not longer distinct from the domestic terrorists.
  12:24pm
Andres:

"The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!"
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Cooh John:

I am an open-minded freethinker. Not republicrat. Those are just two gangs who fight.
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Ross T.:

The Looters and the Shooters...well put.
  12:24pm
MFlynn:

Awesome! Really like Mr John Paul Keith!
  12:25pm
wendy del formaggio:

Hi Handy!
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spodiodi:

hi Handy! feel free to send some heat out west! ;) chilly day here
  12:25pm
clarke:

there ya go Cooh John! being cooh, again!!
  12:25pm
johnk77:

the broadcast area
is having +1 weather
  12:26pm
clarke:

Frank - no movies, this week(s)??
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mariano:

Hey all! This has been like the last scene in Caddyshack, with Danny's putt teetering on the edge.
  12:27pm
johnk77:

76 degrees outside
40 % humidity
  12:27pm
clarke:

hey M - headed to Domelise's in a little while!
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mariano:

And Trump is like Judge Smails refusing to pay up.
  12:28pm
Woo:

na na hey hey
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DjLorraine:

Nice weather, now we can make it cleaner
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Michael Shelley:

oooh - send a pic - last time we were there they were closed for remodel - hope they didnt wreck it
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Sally:

Hello lovely WFMU listeners, I just woke up in California to the sound of people cheering and honking horns all over my neighborhood, and knew it was going to be a great day!! :)
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mariano:

Hey, what's up clarke! There were a couple of other NOLA denizens on here yesterday. Enjoy Domelise's, I must do something similar to celebrate. Just waking up after an epic sleep.
  12:29pm
clarke:

remodel? ha ha ha. no they didn't do anything! ms. domelise passed away last year - the kids are running - it's the same.
  12:30pm
clarke:

we should meet up at Charles Seafoods at some point, but i can't today
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Listener Baby:

Lady has some pipes!
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, Mariano! Glad you got some sleep in. I was awake before 6, just staring at nothing. Was up an hour or so before I managed to get back to it. Principally annoying in that it makes Full Saturday harder to achieve!
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spodiodi:

hey mariano! like the caddy shack comparison :)
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SeanG:

The La's!!!!!!
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mariano:

clarke: My cousin and I were just talking about Charles. PM me through my profile, let's make it happen!

Runner up for headline of the day: "Trump backers tricked into joining ‘Gay Communists for Socialism’ on Facebook" www.theguardian.com...
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Listener Baby:

Best song of the 1990’s?
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Roberto:

OK so this song is about heroin, right?
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Don in Tampere:

Wild Wild Wild was one of my favorite albums of that year too! Unfortunately they didn't play in Finland...

Damn, that's some good news coming out of the interweb!
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Heidee:

Congratulations America!!! And lots of love from across the pond.
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MFlynn:

Is this La’s tune the “perfect” pop song? Pretty close.
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Cat Stacker:

Every song written between 1981 and 1991 is about masturbation
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Roberto:

Whatever it's about, I can't get enough of it.
  12:34pm
Andres:

Jangly pop gold.
  12:34pm
Cooh John:

A song Dave Hill said got him through some dark times.
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Dennis Diken:

splendid show Mikey! thanks for the shoutout!
  12:35pm
clarke:

i recently learned that The La's HATED HATED their album. i think it is great - one of the best of that era. the mixing was taken out of their hands, and it killed the group.
  12:35pm
phat:

When Lee Mayers hits that gravelly voice sound during that chorus, I fall down.
  12:36pm
clarke:

maVers
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johnk77:

killer set selecter
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Ross T.:

So many bands were sensitive about mixing.
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Listener Baby:

DD Hi buddy. Your show is 100% ON FIRE!
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mariano:

spodi: "Hey! We're all gonna get laid!"

Handy: Still barely moving, but I'm afraid to go back under and find out the headlines were a dream.
  12:37pm
Tim:

Best Michael Shelley Show ever...I'm Blue, and that's a good thing!
  12:37pm
clarke:

for mavers it caused a huge case of writer's block
  12:37pm
Naila:

Hip hip
  12:37pm
johnk77:

some rich bands
let clearmountain do it
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Corey:

Hit after hit after hit.
  12:38pm
clarke:

well, the mixing for the la's was lillywhite, but that didn't help in their minds
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Dennis Diken:

thanks Listener Baby!! Pozo Seco Singers featured later country star Don Williams
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Morris from Dresden:

(OFF TOPIC; sorry) He's fired, congratulations USA! <3
  12:39pm
johnk77:

ur americana
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Heidee:

Morris, let us celebrate this in Germany like hell.
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Cat:

GO!
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clarke:

fresh fish special! yer on a KICK!
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Ross T.:

I live in Bay Ridge, one of the few if not only conservative enclaves in Brooklyn. So I will be discreet in terms of whooping and hollering. But whooping and hollering here.
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Handy Haversack:

Hey there, Heidee!

Take it slow and easy, Mariano. It's Saturday on WFMU. Good things will come and all you have to do is sit there!
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Heidee:

Hiya Handy, feelin good?
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Handy Haversack:

Sunshine, birds, cool tunes, and whooping from the streets, Heidee. There are worse ways to pass the hours!
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Ross T.:

And bongo feet!
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Morris:

Let's get the party started with this hot playlist. Sekt her, Heidee!
  12:43pm
Dean:

Was that Little Caesar & the Empire? Speaking of pizza...
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Don in Tampere:

That little girl in the announcement got it exactly right! I don't know a better station in the world than WFMU.
  12:44pm
clarke:

heyyy. you still got that rocktobah thing goin'?
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Heidee:

@Handy & Morris, 🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂
  12:45pm
clarke:

my name's benny.
  12:46pm
clarke:

getting a total Schramm's vibe here! (compliment)
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Handy Haversack:

"Steer into the skid" might be the nearest thing I have to an ethos.
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Handy Haversack:

Or at least an aesthetic.
  12:48pm
egould310:

The Jacob James kinda have a Cheap Trick thing; but damn if that band isn’t actually The Flesh Lights’ power pop alter ego.
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johnk77:

great show today
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Morris:

Donation goal reached, someone mad getting fired, seems it was the right time for getting my WFMU tattoo ... except that I'm a bit too old for such kiddy stuff, did it anyway, lol.
  12:49pm
clarke:

as par usuale
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goes211:

Ding Dong the witch is dead!
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radioronan:

Thanks Michael. Thanks skeleton crew
  12:50pm
DG:

Wait, so ? and the Mysterians are now covering the band that copied THEM?
  12:50pm
clarke:

benny johnstone!
  12:52pm
clarke:

what about Waterloo (stonewall jackson)
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Ross T.:

Country Clavinet....
  12:52pm
DG:

Wow, I wish there was a way to delete a comment. Didn't know this WAS a Mysterians song that Smash Mouth covered. Oops, sorry.....
  12:52pm
johnk77:

good call on clav
extreme phasing?
  12:52pm
egould310:

Weird George Jones song. Very creative, though. I like it.
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Krull Sagan:

Helllloooo! I hope everyone is feeling like it’s a SNOW DAY
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Corey:

Anchor Steam! The beer that got me into nice beer.

Thanks for the spot on show, Michael. Nice to share this moment with you all. Take care.
  12:55pm
Dean:

Anchor Steam was acquired by Sapporo three years ago. They are dead to me. Good breweries in Oakland, and my neighbor here in Berkeley operates a gin distillery there.
  12:55pm
Hells Kitch:

Thank you for making a bright day even brighter! #1 Hits for President!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

As my parents would say, it's too nice a day to be cooped up inside. I'm gonna hop on my bike. HAPPY SATURDAY, EVERYONE!!!
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Handy Haversack:

Oh, shoot -- thanks, Michael! Great time in the Number 1 Clubhouse today!

Thanks, Ruth Booth in the Ruth Booth Booth!

Yo, Krull!

Later on, all. Be well.
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Corey:

@Dean Yeah. That was a bummer.
  12:56pm
WFMU listener john:

My iphone blew up on my way to lunch
  12:56pm
clarke:

johnstone's my middle name
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Ruth Booth:

@Greg from Zone 5
Get some sunshine for me too.
Have a great day Handy!
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spodiodi:

thanks, Michael!
thanks, Ruth!
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clarke:

ruth!! thnx again! bang-up shew AGAIN. dio mio baby Baby
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listener 126464:

Thanks Michael, Ruth. Cheers everybody!
  12:58pm
clarke:

ever get the feeling you been cheated. good nite.
  12:59pm
Justin:

Hey I don’t think that was a wah, but rather a phaser
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Artie:

Such a fine day!!
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Heidee:

Thank you Michael! Enjoy the day, guys!
  12:59pm
clarke:

that was a clav with a wah AND a phaser.
  1:00pm
goes211:

Thanxz Michael!
  1:00pm
Frank In Queens:

Cheers Michael! See you next week!
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Ross T.:

George Jones' signature sound.
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Roberto:

Word, Michael. So much of the pain this country has endured was self-inflicted.
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Count Mikeula!:

Terrible show!
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