WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from July 24, 2021

Michael Shelley: Playlist from July 24, 2021

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July 24, 2021: Guests: Jody Porter And The Berlin Waltz

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Cheap Trick	California Man "California Man" by "Cheap Trick"
Candy Rock Generation, The	My Name Is Jack
Louvin Brothers, The	Hoping That You're Hoping
Bunny Sigler	Let The Good Times Roll & Feel So Good
Herbie Mann & Tamiko Jones	A Good Thing Is Hard To Come By
Rantouls, The	Little Bit Of This "Little Bit Of This" by "Rantouls, The"
Nuevo	77 "77" by "Nuevo"
Factotums, The	Mr. And Mrs. Regards
Smokey Harless	A Place For Them Called Hell
T.V. And The Tribesmen	Barefootin'
Jonathan Richman	U.F.O. Man "U.F.O. Man" by "Jonathan Richman"
Greg Townson	Go Go Power "Go Go Power" by "Greg Townson"
Leslie Gore	Off And Running "Off And Running" by "Leslie Gore"
Brenda Lee	Jambalaya "Jambalaya" by "Brenda Lee"
Teddy Reynolds	Drop That Gun "Drop That Gun" by "Teddy Reynolds"
Jubilators	Get On The Road To Glory
Muffs, The	Crush Me "Crush Me" by "Muffs, The"
Juanes And Elvis Costello And The Attractions	Pump It Up
Honeybus	(Do I Figure) In Your Life?
Honeybus	Delighted To See You "Delighted To See You" by "Honeybus"
Connie Smith	Cincinnati, Ohio "Cincinnati, Ohio" by "Connie Smith"
Willie Mitchell	I Say A Little Prayer
Abby Jean	Stop And Listen "Stop And Listen" by "Abby Jean"
Mascots, The	Words Enough To Tell You
Tom T. Hall	Ode To A Half Pound Of Ground Round
Birdlegs And Pauline	Just Can't Help Myself
Owen Gray	Candida "Candida" by "Owen Gray"
Liquor Giants, The	It's Raining Butterflies
Records, The	Hearts In Her Eyes "Hearts In Her Eyes" by "Records, The"
Jody Porter And The Berlin Waltz	Sunsick Moon (live at Magic Door for WFMU)
Jody Porter	Interview "Interview" by "Jody Porter"
Jody Porter And The Berlin Waltz	Sheet Lightning (live at Magic Door for WFMU)
Jody Porter And The Berlin Waltz	Interview
Jody Porter And The Berlin Waltz	Crashland (live at Magic Door for WFMU)
Jody Porter	Interview "Interview" by "Jody Porter"
Jody Porter And The Berlin Waltz	Sink To The Bottom (live at Magic Door for WFMU)

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CLICK HERE for an interesting blog piece about cut-out lps

CLICK HERE to watch "Call Her Mom," a 1972 pre-Animal House made for TV movie featuring Mark Eric & Charles Nelson Riley
CLICK HERE to see recently unearthed 100% NUDE photos of Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin - WARNINGS: 1. N.S.F.W. 2. You cant un-see these 3. WFMU is not responsible for psychiatric bills resulting from clicking on this link

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

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!

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 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

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 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

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

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

CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HEREfor "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

CLICK HERE to support the new Starry Skies album called 'Small Wonders'.

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

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!

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 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

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 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

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

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

Listener comments!
	♥ 11:00am Squints: ok then hey hey HEY now
	♥ 11:01am Michael in Montclair: Sweet kick off tune for the show! Good morning everyone!
	♥ 11:02am common: Ello
	11:03am davefromtoronto: ELO kiddies
	♥ 11:03am Greg from ZONE 5: Yo Michael & all!
	11:03am egould310: No pressure Michael, but try to make this one of your best shows ever. Good start so far.
	♥ 11:06am Listener Baby: Hey. Know now. As in, I know you guys.
	11:06am Dennis: Aloha and happy Saturday!
	11:06am paul: My friend Jack eats sugar lumps
	♥ 11:10am Roger: My name is Jack! Love it!
	♥ 11:11am Roger: EGould! Hi! Are you east coast or west coast these days?
	♥ 11:13am Hoboken Jack: My name is also Jack, coincidentally. Good morning Michael, Baby, Greg, all!
	♥ 11:14am Corey: Morning Michael and listeners!
	11:15am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...a good Station is hard to come by - & you know that's true !...
	11:15am goyim in the am: I agree with you on the lyrics; hard to believe they chose “genie” when “weenie” was right there.
	11:16am DJ Guin: I watched all six parts of McCartney 3 2 1 last evening. A bit underwhelming, but you need to watch each to the end as they play some great songs during the credits. Macca shares some insights, but overall, I feel it was a warm-up to his 900 page Biography slated for publishing.
	11:16am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...wait - martini - genie - that's the best ever...
	11:18am DJ Guin: Happy 85th Birthday to Ruth Buzzi. Happy 70th to my favorite Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter. Hubba hubba.
	11:19am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: DJ G thx for review. I read they get better as it goes along... Oh yeah Lynda that's a Leo...
	11:20am egould310: Hi Roger. Greetings from mild and sunny Seattle. Stretching my legs to Michael’s show, and heading out for a seven mile jog through Ballard and Interbay.
	11:21am DJ Guin: @RevRabbit63 -- Macca's voice seems like it's near its end at times. I had to turn on closed captioning. I wonder how scripted it was and how much footage was left out, if any?
	♥ 11:24am Squints: If this Factotums number were just a little more off-kilter, it could be an XTC song.
	♥ 11:25am Listener Baby: @DJ Guin. I read somewhere that 15 hours were shot of 321. Agree, underwhelming, but anything such is pretty fun, no?
	11:26am Tom: HBO's new documentary Woodstock 1999 is a must see horror film!!
	11:27am ledzeppelinsucks: Stoked for National Tequila Day. I am applying Sammy Hagar repellant.
	11:28am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hey if you don't support the Confederacy ...you shuold leave Amurika... Gotcha.
	♥ 11:28am Hoboken Jack: Such a lousy, lowest common denominator-baiting song, that Lewis thing.
	11:28am DJ Guin: @Listener Baby - I am a Beatles super fan and I thoroughly enjoyed it, but..I don't know. Rick Rubin is obviously a fanboy, as well, but it left me wanting more, unless it's all been said before.
	♥ 11:28am myron feld: Remember Yippies?
	11:28am Dennis: Brian Wilson tour: if BW is as disengaged as he has been for the last several years, I consider it insulting to the fans, despite how good Al, Blondie and the band may be. McCartney 321 - highly recommended, even though there’s not much new there (hearing some isolated tracks is worth the trip).
	11:29am ledzeppelinsucks: Woodstock 1969 was a fiasco revised by slimy marketers.
	11:30am DJ Guin: @Dennis - well said. Macca acts like he's never heard some of the outtakes, which were featured on the Anthology in 1995. Perhaps his Memory Is Full.
	♥ 11:32am Listener Baby: @DJ G I think took a swing at finding some magic, and only found a little. Kind of like Magical Mystery Tour. Still, a moment or two of getting chills is worth anyone’s time. I give it a 6.75, but so glad I watched. I’ve got one more episode to go.
	11:32am DJ Guin: @ledzepsucks - good one.
	11:32am Dennis: DJGuin, he’s also a little disingenuous about remembering who played what (doubtless a little self-conscious about having to always say “That was me” - which I guess is to his credit)
	11:34am Dennis: And just what of tang are those aliens in search of, Michael? 😉
	11:34am davefromtoronto: speaking of aliens...
	11:35am Sonnyboy: Gee another clueless Liberal dee jay. Yeah America is changing for the worst. You must be a big supporter of BLM and the USA ladies soccer team. Do yourself a favor don’t comment on things you have no idea what you’re talking about .Just play your free form music and realize you could not make it on a real radio station. So clueless so useless reading the anti American NEW YORKER
	11:35am Dennis: They may have heard earth girls are easy…
	11:35am DJ Guin: @Dennis - agreed. if you believe Bernard Purdie...and the rumors I have heard about Hal Blaine (which makes less sense). "Nobody plays on a Beatles record" claim by Clapton is bunk. While My Guitar Gently Weeps was written about the sad state of the band and George's desire for the infighting to cease.
	11:36am muddybrookrambler: Man, this song MADE my summer many years ago! I foolishly sold my copy of the album long ago, and now it’s completely out-of-print. Love Jonathan’s latest, but I do wish he would get some of his lost albums back out to the world. UFO Man!
	11:36am DJ Guin: @ledzepsucks - got any troll repellent in that utility belt?
	11:38am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Trolls & ReichWing Ideologues always with the Hate & no Information or Arguments. Here - I give you some attention. Stop crying & clown out elsewhere.
	♥ 11:38am Michael Shelley: "Sonnyboy" - please explain what you're talking about. I'd love to hear more than name calling. Please.
	11:38am Dennis: DJG - and bringing EC into the session was George’s attempt to dial the session atmosphere down….
	11:39am TimG: If you like "Barefootin'" check out Barry Barefoot Beefus...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEb-4KyXPzo
	♥ 11:41am Handy Haversack: Michael, we're sitting here with our cat Lulu in her last hour. Could you play a Lulu song for her and for us? Thanks for sharing this with us, WFMU fam. We are hurting real bad.
	11:41am davefromtoronto: at least you know now that even crazy reich wingers listen to your show!
	11:42am Dennis: Good on ya, Michael, but a futile request - sadly, such respectful entreaties make no difference to folks like this
	♥ 11:44am Listener Baby: @Handy. I know well how awful you must be feeling right now. I went through the same last week. Hard as it gets. Condolences and hugs your way.
	11:44am P-90: “Yackety” gumbo?
	11:44am paul: What's wrong with the USA ladies soccer team? Did I miss something?
	11:44am Dennis Diken: Go, Mikey! Hi all!
	♥ 11:44am myron feld: Handy, I am truly sorry. I know how hard it is. Condolences.
	11:45am Dennis: So sorry to hear this, Handy - love to your family, hang in there
	11:46am paul: Very sorry, Handy. I've been through that and it is brutal. But she'll be done suffering soon.
	♥ 11:46am Handy Haversack: Oh, it's so hard. We have COVID and can't even go with her to the vet. We are hurting so much.
	11:47am Dennis: Handy, can you get a house call?
	11:47am egould310: I don’t think he should have started a gun fight in the first place.
	♥ 11:47am Handy Haversack: They won't come because of the COVID.
	11:49am paul: The first days really are the hardest. Try to focus on your happy memories.
	11:50am davefromtoronto: boy did she write good songs.
	♥ 11:50am suzyhotrod: Yes!!! The Muffs! I'm bopping all over my kitchen and washing dishes. Thanks, Michael!
	♥ 11:51am Michael Shelley: Handy - so sorry - been there and it is deeply sad - sorry.
	11:51am Mike Sin: Back on the beach today. Listening and barefooting!
	11:52am egould310: Muffs at Jabberjaw while drunk with friends was a good time.
	♥ 11:52am suzyhotrod: Aw Handy! Sending love to your kitty.
	11:53am ?: Juanes is a dude
	11:54am egould310: El Vez Castillo?
	♥ 11:55am Greg from ZONE 5: I make no apologies for my love of "Fotografia" by Juanes y Nelly Furtado. NONE.
	11:58am DJ Guin: @Dennis - i am stoked for the "Get Back" three-parter coming up in November, but yeah..George bringing in Billy Preston was for similar reasons. Hoping Peter Jackson does not look to change history to Macca's liking.
	11:58am Tom of Tom&Julia: World's largest musical instrument is in Atlantic City https://www.boardwalkorgans.org
	♥ 11:59am Michael in Montclair: @Handy, I am so sorry to hear about Lulu.
	11:59am ?: THE BOARDWALK! do a few hours of people watching on the boardwalk free lol Ripleys Museum and other thangs
	12:00pm Sean: Try to watch "King of Marvin Gardens" before the Atlantic City trip. It'll help you just appreciate the mise-en-scene when you're down there.
	12:00pm davefromtoronto: the drag about macca is he's too much of a PR man for himself. i never feel like i'm not getting filtered versions of everything from him.
	12:02pm Dennis: DJ Guin - totally agree
	12:03pm Sean: What NO bongo feet?
	♥ 12:03pm Hoboken Jack: Close, but Honeybunch is actually the best band ever.
	12:04pm DJ Guin: @davefromtoronto. agreed. after Epstein died, Paul tried to take over John's band, that John wanted to leave as far back in 1965. Help! was not a song, but a 'suicide' note.
	12:04pm Dennis Diken: @Handy, so sorry, sending love
	♥ 12:05pm myron feld: Connie Smith is SO great. We heard a new one from her yesterday on the SXM Outlaw Country station -- it was good!
	♥ 12:06pm Listener Baby: Didn’t one of the Honeybus guys go on to write the music for Thomas The Train?
	♥ 12:06pm myron feld: And as Bengals fans, we play this song before every game. Doesn't seem to help much.
	♥ 12:07pm thriftstoreleather: Birthplace of R&R - Cincinnati! :) :o
	♥ 12:07pm Listener Baby: And make no mistake. Connie Smith was pretty, and then some.
	♥ 12:09pm thriftstoreleather: Who Dey! :) everybody beats the Bengals, in the JUNGLE BABY!
	♥ 12:11pm thriftstoreleather: Abbey Jean! This is Great!
	12:13pm bobobob dublon from Plasticland: my friends band from milwaukee did The Shag original Stop and Listen you should mention that
	♥ 12:13pm Hoboken Jack: Hey Suzy, Dennis, Handy, Mike Sin. Love to Handy, Kate, Bagpipe, Lulu.
	12:14pm Gerry from Miami: A little late to the party this morning, Michael. But "hello" to all the regulars! Great to see SQUINTS, Dennis Diken, DJ Guin and all loyal WOOF MOOERS.
	12:15pm paul: If you like Macca....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Q4hAQ4fEw
	12:15pm davefromtoronto: those old beatles press conferences were so fun and a great way to get insight on the dynamics between the four of them. one great moment was when a press guy asked if there was an acknowledged leader in the band and paul immediately looks over at john who stands up and in front of the 3 of them and says "no not at all".
	♥ 12:15pm common: I would like to talk to Paul about Linda and ram
	12:16pm paul: He says he wishes more people would ask him about Wings.
	♥ 12:16pm Eddy in Australia: Love it when Michael does accents! (If that's what you'd call 'em.)
	12:16pm DJ Guin: Michael's suggestion: www.youtube.com...
	♥ 12:16pm JG: I would ask him if Little Richard gave him actual lessons on the scream
	12:16pm Marci: Impossible is better IMO - less sweet
	12:17pm Dennis: Hey Jack
	12:17pm TimG: Ah, baloney. Michael you always ask about the past and how music was made. Only difference is, all those questions have been asked and answered already by Paul.
	♥ 12:18pm Michael Shelley: Boloney??? I'm saying that with Paul I would take a different tack. Let's hope we get to find out who is right!
	12:18pm gf2002: Taking it back a few weeks, it would have been great to ask Steve Cropper about what happened to the deal where The Beatles were negotiating with Stax to record there, just before Geoff Emerick got promoted at EMI and made history with them on the Revolver sessions...I'd ask Macca about the Stax deal too. It would be interesting to hear both sides
	12:18pm greenpoint: I have to disagree. I prefer beyond burger because impossible comes out of the package with a fairly strong designed flavor. Sorta smoky grilled meat flavor, which is great. But beyond has less flavor out of the package and you can customize with whatever- onions, Worcestershire, soy etc.
	12:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Not enuf songs about starving until yer paycheck. Somehow.
	♥ 12:19pm Eddy in Australia: @Handy Sorry to hear about Lulu, from a fellow cat lover on the other side of the world
	12:19pm ?: “There are 1 million nanograms (ng) in one milligram (mg). That means an impossible whopper [sic] has 18 million times as much estrogen as a regular whopper [sic].
	12:20pm Gerry from Miami: Tom T. Hall had a bit of Roger Miller's "sound," but not as much whimsy.
	12:20pm paul: People who don't like cats will come back in a second life as mice.
	12:21pm davefromtoronto: i've thought many times of how great an interview would be if michael s could get paul on the show. it's really all about who the interviewer is.
	♥ 12:23pm JG: Where is the MacCarney thing streaming anybody know?
	12:24pm paul: It's on hulu, which i don't have.
	12:24pm davefromtoronto: i always remembered how disappointed michael seemed to finally get brian wilson on and then had all these restrictive conditions to follow. and the jonathan richman one too.
	12:24pm Gerry from Miami: Tony Orlando goes to Kingston!
	12:25pm DJ Guin: I would ask Sir Paul about Jimmy McCulloch.who is sadly overlooked. "Medicine Jar" hit me hard in my personal life and the guitar work is phenomenal. Even Stern is too palsy-walsy to ask anything but pre-interview questions. Macca's legacy is assured, but he has gone Russian historian and won't be completely honest.
	♥ 12:25pm Listener Baby: I think macca walks a fine and difficult line. Imagine the wrath if he all of sudden started diss-ing John. He knows better, but are all worst for it. He’s as much a politician, as a musician at this point. And for a very long time. He’s got it down.
	12:26pm DJ Guin: McCartney 3.2.1 is on Apple+ I don't pay for anything, so the world's streaming content is my oyster.
	♥ 12:26pm JG: thanks Paul. I got no Hulu either
	12:26pm DJ Guin: correction: HULU. sowwy.
	12:27pm paul: Yw, JG
	12:27pm egould310: Had to stop mid run and say thanks for the jangly goodness, Mike. Also it’s hot in Seattle. Back to running.
	12:27pm davefromtoronto: i'd ask him how heather mills managed to get a leg up on him...
	12:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Seriously - incomprehensible to be McCartney. Deals with it all remarkably well. I would say - he's more sly with his ego - but I dunno - compared to Lennon's convolutions... Macca has to deal with it all since he's survived...
	♥ 12:28pm Listener Baby: @Dave. Ouch man!!
	♥ 12:29pm JG: I think people love McCarntey so much they're just tired of loving and loo to find fault. But really the guy is still capable of killing it rock n roll wise, so he's really sort of unworldly, still which I guess is stating the obvious
	12:29pm DJ Guin: @Dave - Heather Mills should have made that appearance in Pirates of the Caribbean: Let's Make Another Crap Sequel
	12:30pm davefromtoronto: paul went out of his way while heading for his concert ride to shake my 7 year old son so he's gold in my book.
	12:30pm paul: Love McCartney, but it's been a while since he's released an album I really like.
	12:31pm davefromtoronto: to shake his hand! oops...
	♥ 12:32pm Listener Baby: Magic Door!
	♥ 12:32pm Squints: DaveFromTronna: Heh. "Shake it up, baby. woooooooo!"
	12:33pm DJ Guin: @paul - how many artists can say that? i was lucky to see him at his MetLife appearances (worked there) and people got up for beers and bathroom during his Wings and solo songs. It's not like Ringo can sing "Something" or "Give Peace A Chance" and get away with it. If he tours again...it will just be a money grab.
	12:33pm davefromtoronto: well it definitely shook my wife up - she screamed when he stepped out of the elevator.
	12:34pm DJ Guin: @dave - did you give the Mrs. a Hall Pass on Macca?
	12:36pm paul: I've seen him 6 or 7 times and the crowd always loves the Wings stuff...Band on the Run, Jet, Live and Let Die, etc
	12:38pm paul: But I wouldn't be surprised if he's done touring.
	♥ 12:39pm Squints: I like "My Love" well enough to buy the single at 13yo. But for that or Michelle or something like that, that would be my moment for a loo break. Would anyone really head for the head during Junior's Farm or HiHiHi?
	12:40pm eric from lake hiawatha: The Ground Round Rt 10
	♥ 12:42pm Michael Shelley: I saw Paul once, around 1998, at Giant's Stadium, had (free) excellent seats - while it was thrilling - I remember thinking how stiff the band sounded.
	12:42pm Gerry from Miami: SQUINTS, first twist, then shout! It won't hurt a bit!
	12:42pm dk50b: As for attractions near AC, here's one I've always wanted to see but my fellow travelers were too focused on giving their money to the casinos lucytheelephant.org
	♥ 12:42pm Michael Shelley: Juniper is a big Wings era Paul fan.
	♥ 12:43pm Squints: Stiff like not loose or swinging? Or stiff like a whisky or two too many?
	12:43pm paul: She is a wise young woman.
	♥ 12:48pm Michael Shelley: NO SWING
	12:50pm Tim from LH: I saw the Fountains at Union County Music Fest, they were a loud guitar band in concert. Jody Porter had rack full of guitars on stage.
	♥ 12:50pm Squints: Probably said that on a sign backstage, like "NO STAIRWAY."
	12:50pm Gerry from Miami: SQUINTS, certainly you remember the tagline (and one I wish I had a T-shirt for) that STIFF Records adooted back in the Sex Pistol days----IF IT AIN'T STIFF, IT AIN'T WORTH A F**K!"
	12:53pm Alsn Montgomery: I would just like to say that their music is visually inspiring to me as an artist as a painter
	♥ 12:56pm Squints: Jody makes this sound like Procul Harum. Which I'da never thought of, but is kinda neat.
	♥ 12:57pm radioronan: Thanks Michael and Jody..
	12:59pm @julielinor: Woah - that was a fantastic live set :)
	12:59pm Gerry from Miami: Procol Harum is a band whose entire catalog gets an annual spin from me. Gotta hear my "Broken Barricades" and "Salty Dog!" Still there'll be more!
	1:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY DJ MS & JodyPorter & BerlinWaltz !

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Cheap Trick	California Man "California Man" by "Cheap Trick"
Candy Rock Generation, The	My Name Is Jack
Louvin Brothers, The	Hoping That You're Hoping
Bunny Sigler	Let The Good Times Roll & Feel So Good
Herbie Mann & Tamiko Jones	A Good Thing Is Hard To Come By
Rantouls, The	Little Bit Of This "Little Bit Of This" by "Rantouls, The"
Nuevo	77 "77" by "Nuevo"
Factotums, The	Mr. And Mrs. Regards
Smokey Harless	A Place For Them Called Hell
T.V. And The Tribesmen	Barefootin'
Jonathan Richman	U.F.O. Man "U.F.O. Man" by "Jonathan Richman"
Greg Townson	Go Go Power "Go Go Power" by "Greg Townson"
Leslie Gore	Off And Running "Off And Running" by "Leslie Gore"
Brenda Lee	Jambalaya "Jambalaya" by "Brenda Lee"
Teddy Reynolds	Drop That Gun "Drop That Gun" by "Teddy Reynolds"
Jubilators	Get On The Road To Glory
Muffs, The	Crush Me "Crush Me" by "Muffs, The"
Juanes And Elvis Costello And The Attractions	Pump It Up
Honeybus	(Do I Figure) In Your Life?
Honeybus	Delighted To See You "Delighted To See You" by "Honeybus"
Connie Smith	Cincinnati, Ohio "Cincinnati, Ohio" by "Connie Smith"
Willie Mitchell	I Say A Little Prayer
Abby Jean	Stop And Listen "Stop And Listen" by "Abby Jean"
Mascots, The	Words Enough To Tell You
Tom T. Hall	Ode To A Half Pound Of Ground Round
Birdlegs And Pauline	Just Can't Help Myself
Owen Gray	Candida "Candida" by "Owen Gray"
Liquor Giants, The	It's Raining Butterflies
Records, The	Hearts In Her Eyes "Hearts In Her Eyes" by "Records, The"
Jody Porter And The Berlin Waltz	Sunsick Moon (live at Magic Door for WFMU)
Jody Porter	Interview "Interview" by "Jody Porter"
Jody Porter And The Berlin Waltz	Sheet Lightning (live at Magic Door for WFMU)
Jody Porter And The Berlin Waltz	Interview
Jody Porter And The Berlin Waltz	Crashland (live at Magic Door for WFMU)
Jody Porter	Interview "Interview" by "Jody Porter"
Jody Porter And The Berlin Waltz	Sink To The Bottom (live at Magic Door for WFMU)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 11:00am Squints: ok then hey hey HEY now
	♥ 11:01am Michael in Montclair: Sweet kick off tune for the show! Good morning everyone!
	♥ 11:02am common: Ello
	11:03am davefromtoronto: ELO kiddies
	♥ 11:03am Greg from ZONE 5: Yo Michael & all!
	11:03am egould310: No pressure Michael, but try to make this one of your best shows ever. Good start so far.
	♥ 11:06am Listener Baby: Hey. Know now. As in, I know you guys.
	11:06am Dennis: Aloha and happy Saturday!
	11:06am paul: My friend Jack eats sugar lumps
	♥ 11:10am Roger: My name is Jack! Love it!
	♥ 11:11am Roger: EGould! Hi! Are you east coast or west coast these days?
	♥ 11:13am Hoboken Jack: My name is also Jack, coincidentally. Good morning Michael, Baby, Greg, all!
	♥ 11:14am Corey: Morning Michael and listeners!
	11:15am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...a good Station is hard to come by - & you know that's true !...
	11:15am goyim in the am: I agree with you on the lyrics; hard to believe they chose “genie” when “weenie” was right there.
	11:16am DJ Guin: I watched all six parts of McCartney 3 2 1 last evening. A bit underwhelming, but you need to watch each to the end as they play some great songs during the credits. Macca shares some insights, but overall, I feel it was a warm-up to his 900 page Biography slated for publishing.
	11:16am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...wait - martini - genie - that's the best ever...
	11:18am DJ Guin: Happy 85th Birthday to Ruth Buzzi. Happy 70th to my favorite Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter. Hubba hubba.
	11:19am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: DJ G thx for review. I read they get better as it goes along... Oh yeah Lynda that's a Leo...
	11:20am egould310: Hi Roger. Greetings from mild and sunny Seattle. Stretching my legs to Michael’s show, and heading out for a seven mile jog through Ballard and Interbay.
	11:21am DJ Guin: @RevRabbit63 -- Macca's voice seems like it's near its end at times. I had to turn on closed captioning. I wonder how scripted it was and how much footage was left out, if any?
	♥ 11:24am Squints: If this Factotums number were just a little more off-kilter, it could be an XTC song.
	♥ 11:25am Listener Baby: @DJ Guin. I read somewhere that 15 hours were shot of 321. Agree, underwhelming, but anything such is pretty fun, no?
	11:26am Tom: HBO's new documentary Woodstock 1999 is a must see horror film!!
	11:27am ledzeppelinsucks: Stoked for National Tequila Day. I am applying Sammy Hagar repellant.
	11:28am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hey if you don't support the Confederacy ...you shuold leave Amurika... Gotcha.
	♥ 11:28am Hoboken Jack: Such a lousy, lowest common denominator-baiting song, that Lewis thing.
	11:28am DJ Guin: @Listener Baby - I am a Beatles super fan and I thoroughly enjoyed it, but..I don't know. Rick Rubin is obviously a fanboy, as well, but it left me wanting more, unless it's all been said before.
	♥ 11:28am myron feld: Remember Yippies?
	11:28am Dennis: Brian Wilson tour: if BW is as disengaged as he has been for the last several years, I consider it insulting to the fans, despite how good Al, Blondie and the band may be. McCartney 321 - highly recommended, even though there’s not much new there (hearing some isolated tracks is worth the trip).
	11:29am ledzeppelinsucks: Woodstock 1969 was a fiasco revised by slimy marketers.
	11:30am DJ Guin: @Dennis - well said. Macca acts like he's never heard some of the outtakes, which were featured on the Anthology in 1995. Perhaps his Memory Is Full.
	♥ 11:32am Listener Baby: @DJ G I think took a swing at finding some magic, and only found a little. Kind of like Magical Mystery Tour. Still, a moment or two of getting chills is worth anyone’s time. I give it a 6.75, but so glad I watched. I’ve got one more episode to go.
	11:32am DJ Guin: @ledzepsucks - good one.
	11:32am Dennis: DJGuin, he’s also a little disingenuous about remembering who played what (doubtless a little self-conscious about having to always say “That was me” - which I guess is to his credit)
	11:34am Dennis: And just what of tang are those aliens in search of, Michael? 😉
	11:34am davefromtoronto: speaking of aliens...
	11:35am Sonnyboy: Gee another clueless Liberal dee jay. Yeah America is changing for the worst. You must be a big supporter of BLM and the USA ladies soccer team. Do yourself a favor don’t comment on things you have no idea what you’re talking about .Just play your free form music and realize you could not make it on a real radio station. So clueless so useless reading the anti American NEW YORKER
	11:35am Dennis: They may have heard earth girls are easy…
	11:35am DJ Guin: @Dennis - agreed. if you believe Bernard Purdie...and the rumors I have heard about Hal Blaine (which makes less sense). "Nobody plays on a Beatles record" claim by Clapton is bunk. While My Guitar Gently Weeps was written about the sad state of the band and George's desire for the infighting to cease.
	11:36am muddybrookrambler: Man, this song MADE my summer many years ago! I foolishly sold my copy of the album long ago, and now it’s completely out-of-print. Love Jonathan’s latest, but I do wish he would get some of his lost albums back out to the world. UFO Man!
	11:36am DJ Guin: @ledzepsucks - got any troll repellent in that utility belt?
	11:38am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Trolls & ReichWing Ideologues always with the Hate & no Information or Arguments. Here - I give you some attention. Stop crying & clown out elsewhere.
	♥ 11:38am Michael Shelley: "Sonnyboy" - please explain what you're talking about. I'd love to hear more than name calling. Please.
	11:38am Dennis: DJG - and bringing EC into the session was George’s attempt to dial the session atmosphere down….
	11:39am TimG: If you like "Barefootin'" check out Barry Barefoot Beefus...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEb-4KyXPzo
	♥ 11:41am Handy Haversack: Michael, we're sitting here with our cat Lulu in her last hour. Could you play a Lulu song for her and for us? Thanks for sharing this with us, WFMU fam. We are hurting real bad.
	11:41am davefromtoronto: at least you know now that even crazy reich wingers listen to your show!
	11:42am Dennis: Good on ya, Michael, but a futile request - sadly, such respectful entreaties make no difference to folks like this
	♥ 11:44am Listener Baby: @Handy. I know well how awful you must be feeling right now. I went through the same last week. Hard as it gets. Condolences and hugs your way.
	11:44am P-90: “Yackety” gumbo?
	11:44am paul: What's wrong with the USA ladies soccer team? Did I miss something?
	11:44am Dennis Diken: Go, Mikey! Hi all!
	♥ 11:44am myron feld: Handy, I am truly sorry. I know how hard it is. Condolences.
	11:45am Dennis: So sorry to hear this, Handy - love to your family, hang in there
	11:46am paul: Very sorry, Handy. I've been through that and it is brutal. But she'll be done suffering soon.
	♥ 11:46am Handy Haversack: Oh, it's so hard. We have COVID and can't even go with her to the vet. We are hurting so much.
	11:47am Dennis: Handy, can you get a house call?
	11:47am egould310: I don’t think he should have started a gun fight in the first place.
	♥ 11:47am Handy Haversack: They won't come because of the COVID.
	11:49am paul: The first days really are the hardest. Try to focus on your happy memories.
	11:50am davefromtoronto: boy did she write good songs.
	♥ 11:50am suzyhotrod: Yes!!! The Muffs! I'm bopping all over my kitchen and washing dishes. Thanks, Michael!
	♥ 11:51am Michael Shelley: Handy - so sorry - been there and it is deeply sad - sorry.
	11:51am Mike Sin: Back on the beach today. Listening and barefooting!
	11:52am egould310: Muffs at Jabberjaw while drunk with friends was a good time.
	♥ 11:52am suzyhotrod: Aw Handy! Sending love to your kitty.
	11:53am ?: Juanes is a dude
	11:54am egould310: El Vez Castillo?
	♥ 11:55am Greg from ZONE 5: I make no apologies for my love of "Fotografia" by Juanes y Nelly Furtado. NONE.
	11:58am DJ Guin: @Dennis - i am stoked for the "Get Back" three-parter coming up in November, but yeah..George bringing in Billy Preston was for similar reasons. Hoping Peter Jackson does not look to change history to Macca's liking.
	11:58am Tom of Tom&Julia: World's largest musical instrument is in Atlantic City https://www.boardwalkorgans.org
	♥ 11:59am Michael in Montclair: @Handy, I am so sorry to hear about Lulu.
	11:59am ?: THE BOARDWALK! do a few hours of people watching on the boardwalk free lol Ripleys Museum and other thangs
	12:00pm Sean: Try to watch "King of Marvin Gardens" before the Atlantic City trip. It'll help you just appreciate the mise-en-scene when you're down there.
	12:00pm davefromtoronto: the drag about macca is he's too much of a PR man for himself. i never feel like i'm not getting filtered versions of everything from him.
	12:02pm Dennis: DJ Guin - totally agree
	12:03pm Sean: What NO bongo feet?
	♥ 12:03pm Hoboken Jack: Close, but Honeybunch is actually the best band ever.
	12:04pm DJ Guin: @davefromtoronto. agreed. after Epstein died, Paul tried to take over John's band, that John wanted to leave as far back in 1965. Help! was not a song, but a 'suicide' note.
	12:04pm Dennis Diken: @Handy, so sorry, sending love
	♥ 12:05pm myron feld: Connie Smith is SO great. We heard a new one from her yesterday on the SXM Outlaw Country station -- it was good!
	♥ 12:06pm Listener Baby: Didn’t one of the Honeybus guys go on to write the music for Thomas The Train?
	♥ 12:06pm myron feld: And as Bengals fans, we play this song before every game. Doesn't seem to help much.
	♥ 12:07pm thriftstoreleather: Birthplace of R&R - Cincinnati! :) :o
	♥ 12:07pm Listener Baby: And make no mistake. Connie Smith was pretty, and then some.
	♥ 12:09pm thriftstoreleather: Who Dey! :) everybody beats the Bengals, in the JUNGLE BABY!
	♥ 12:11pm thriftstoreleather: Abbey Jean! This is Great!
	12:13pm bobobob dublon from Plasticland: my friends band from milwaukee did The Shag original Stop and Listen you should mention that
	♥ 12:13pm Hoboken Jack: Hey Suzy, Dennis, Handy, Mike Sin. Love to Handy, Kate, Bagpipe, Lulu.
	12:14pm Gerry from Miami: A little late to the party this morning, Michael. But "hello" to all the regulars! Great to see SQUINTS, Dennis Diken, DJ Guin and all loyal WOOF MOOERS.
	12:15pm paul: If you like Macca....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Q4hAQ4fEw
	12:15pm davefromtoronto: those old beatles press conferences were so fun and a great way to get insight on the dynamics between the four of them. one great moment was when a press guy asked if there was an acknowledged leader in the band and paul immediately looks over at john who stands up and in front of the 3 of them and says "no not at all".
	♥ 12:15pm common: I would like to talk to Paul about Linda and ram
	12:16pm paul: He says he wishes more people would ask him about Wings.
	♥ 12:16pm Eddy in Australia: Love it when Michael does accents! (If that's what you'd call 'em.)
	12:16pm DJ Guin: Michael's suggestion: www.youtube.com...
	♥ 12:16pm JG: I would ask him if Little Richard gave him actual lessons on the scream
	12:16pm Marci: Impossible is better IMO - less sweet
	12:17pm Dennis: Hey Jack
	12:17pm TimG: Ah, baloney. Michael you always ask about the past and how music was made. Only difference is, all those questions have been asked and answered already by Paul.
	♥ 12:18pm Michael Shelley: Boloney??? I'm saying that with Paul I would take a different tack. Let's hope we get to find out who is right!
	12:18pm gf2002: Taking it back a few weeks, it would have been great to ask Steve Cropper about what happened to the deal where The Beatles were negotiating with Stax to record there, just before Geoff Emerick got promoted at EMI and made history with them on the Revolver sessions...I'd ask Macca about the Stax deal too. It would be interesting to hear both sides
	12:18pm greenpoint: I have to disagree. I prefer beyond burger because impossible comes out of the package with a fairly strong designed flavor. Sorta smoky grilled meat flavor, which is great. But beyond has less flavor out of the package and you can customize with whatever- onions, Worcestershire, soy etc.
	12:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Not enuf songs about starving until yer paycheck. Somehow.
	♥ 12:19pm Eddy in Australia: @Handy Sorry to hear about Lulu, from a fellow cat lover on the other side of the world
	12:19pm ?: “There are 1 million nanograms (ng) in one milligram (mg). That means an impossible whopper [sic] has 18 million times as much estrogen as a regular whopper [sic].
	12:20pm Gerry from Miami: Tom T. Hall had a bit of Roger Miller's "sound," but not as much whimsy.
	12:20pm paul: People who don't like cats will come back in a second life as mice.
	12:21pm davefromtoronto: i've thought many times of how great an interview would be if michael s could get paul on the show. it's really all about who the interviewer is.
	♥ 12:23pm JG: Where is the MacCarney thing streaming anybody know?
	12:24pm paul: It's on hulu, which i don't have.
	12:24pm davefromtoronto: i always remembered how disappointed michael seemed to finally get brian wilson on and then had all these restrictive conditions to follow. and the jonathan richman one too.
	12:24pm Gerry from Miami: Tony Orlando goes to Kingston!
	12:25pm DJ Guin: I would ask Sir Paul about Jimmy McCulloch.who is sadly overlooked. "Medicine Jar" hit me hard in my personal life and the guitar work is phenomenal. Even Stern is too palsy-walsy to ask anything but pre-interview questions. Macca's legacy is assured, but he has gone Russian historian and won't be completely honest.
	♥ 12:25pm Listener Baby: I think macca walks a fine and difficult line. Imagine the wrath if he all of sudden started diss-ing John. He knows better, but are all worst for it. He’s as much a politician, as a musician at this point. And for a very long time. He’s got it down.
	12:26pm DJ Guin: McCartney 3.2.1 is on Apple+ I don't pay for anything, so the world's streaming content is my oyster.
	♥ 12:26pm JG: thanks Paul. I got no Hulu either
	12:26pm DJ Guin: correction: HULU. sowwy.
	12:27pm paul: Yw, JG
	12:27pm egould310: Had to stop mid run and say thanks for the jangly goodness, Mike. Also it’s hot in Seattle. Back to running.
	12:27pm davefromtoronto: i'd ask him how heather mills managed to get a leg up on him...
	12:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Seriously - incomprehensible to be McCartney. Deals with it all remarkably well. I would say - he's more sly with his ego - but I dunno - compared to Lennon's convolutions... Macca has to deal with it all since he's survived...
	♥ 12:28pm Listener Baby: @Dave. Ouch man!!
	♥ 12:29pm JG: I think people love McCarntey so much they're just tired of loving and loo to find fault. But really the guy is still capable of killing it rock n roll wise, so he's really sort of unworldly, still which I guess is stating the obvious
	12:29pm DJ Guin: @Dave - Heather Mills should have made that appearance in Pirates of the Caribbean: Let's Make Another Crap Sequel
	12:30pm davefromtoronto: paul went out of his way while heading for his concert ride to shake my 7 year old son so he's gold in my book.
	12:30pm paul: Love McCartney, but it's been a while since he's released an album I really like.
	12:31pm davefromtoronto: to shake his hand! oops...
	♥ 12:32pm Listener Baby: Magic Door!
	♥ 12:32pm Squints: DaveFromTronna: Heh. "Shake it up, baby. woooooooo!"
	12:33pm DJ Guin: @paul - how many artists can say that? i was lucky to see him at his MetLife appearances (worked there) and people got up for beers and bathroom during his Wings and solo songs. It's not like Ringo can sing "Something" or "Give Peace A Chance" and get away with it. If he tours again...it will just be a money grab.
	12:33pm davefromtoronto: well it definitely shook my wife up - she screamed when he stepped out of the elevator.
	12:34pm DJ Guin: @dave - did you give the Mrs. a Hall Pass on Macca?
	12:36pm paul: I've seen him 6 or 7 times and the crowd always loves the Wings stuff...Band on the Run, Jet, Live and Let Die, etc
	12:38pm paul: But I wouldn't be surprised if he's done touring.
	♥ 12:39pm Squints: I like "My Love" well enough to buy the single at 13yo. But for that or Michelle or something like that, that would be my moment for a loo break. Would anyone really head for the head during Junior's Farm or HiHiHi?
	12:40pm eric from lake hiawatha: The Ground Round Rt 10
	♥ 12:42pm Michael Shelley: I saw Paul once, around 1998, at Giant's Stadium, had (free) excellent seats - while it was thrilling - I remember thinking how stiff the band sounded.
	12:42pm Gerry from Miami: SQUINTS, first twist, then shout! It won't hurt a bit!
	12:42pm dk50b: As for attractions near AC, here's one I've always wanted to see but my fellow travelers were too focused on giving their money to the casinos lucytheelephant.org
	♥ 12:42pm Michael Shelley: Juniper is a big Wings era Paul fan.
	♥ 12:43pm Squints: Stiff like not loose or swinging? Or stiff like a whisky or two too many?
	12:43pm paul: She is a wise young woman.
	♥ 12:48pm Michael Shelley: NO SWING
	12:50pm Tim from LH: I saw the Fountains at Union County Music Fest, they were a loud guitar band in concert. Jody Porter had rack full of guitars on stage.
	♥ 12:50pm Squints: Probably said that on a sign backstage, like "NO STAIRWAY."
	12:50pm Gerry from Miami: SQUINTS, certainly you remember the tagline (and one I wish I had a T-shirt for) that STIFF Records adooted back in the Sex Pistol days----IF IT AIN'T STIFF, IT AIN'T WORTH A F**K!"
	12:53pm Alsn Montgomery: I would just like to say that their music is visually inspiring to me as an artist as a painter
	♥ 12:56pm Squints: Jody makes this sound like Procul Harum. Which I'da never thought of, but is kinda neat.
	♥ 12:57pm radioronan: Thanks Michael and Jody..
	12:59pm @julielinor: Woah - that was a fantastic live set :)
	12:59pm Gerry from Miami: Procol Harum is a band whose entire catalog gets an annual spin from me. Gotta hear my "Broken Barricades" and "Salty Dog!" Still there'll be more!
	1:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY DJ MS & JodyPorter & BerlinWaltz !

Michael Shelley: Playlist from July 24, 2021

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