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Cactus Blossoms, The  Went To See The Gypsy   Favoriting
Smubbs, The  Momma's Blues   Favoriting
Ferlin Husky  I'll Be Here For A Lifetime   Favoriting
Barbara Mason  Got To Get You Off My Mind   Favoriting
Shirley Scott And The Soul Saxes  It's Your Thing   Favoriting
Hi-Risers, The  Once We Get Started   Favoriting
Bret And Terry  Beatle Fever   Favoriting
W.A. Nichol's Western Aces  Cocaine Blues   Favoriting
Shoes  Say It Like You Mean It   Favoriting
Rockpile  You Ain't Nothing But Fine   Favoriting
Caravelles, The  I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine   Favoriting
Hank Williams  I'll Be A Bachelor 'Til I Die   Favoriting
Betty And Dupree  If It Ain't One Thing   Favoriting
Dave Brubeck Quartet  Mr. Broadway   Favoriting
Fools Face  Won't Make It Hard For You   Favoriting
P.F. Sloan  What Am Doin' Here With You?   Favoriting
Buddy Holly  Love's Made A Fool Of You   Favoriting
Cliff Nobles And Co.  Love Is Alright   Favoriting
Cucumbers, The  Who Betrays Me?   Favoriting
Marty Wilde  Shelley   Favoriting
Robbie Fulks  Sally G.   Favoriting
Roy "C"  I Found a Man In My Bed   Favoriting
Tommy McClain  Matching Shoes And Purses   Favoriting
Belle And Sebastian  The Blues Are Still Blue   Favoriting
Lulu  I'll Come Running Over   Favoriting
Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers  Tried So Hard   Favoriting
Ramsey Lewis  Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey   Favoriting
Bret McKenzie  If You Wanna Go   Favoriting
Gary Lewis And The Playboys  Barefootin'   Favoriting
Tony Joe White  Saturday Night In Oak Grove Louisianna   Favoriting
Dave "Baby" Cortez  Count Down Part 1   Favoriting
Frank Sinatra  Ring A Ding Ding   Favoriting
Outta Sites, The  Beautiful You   Favoriting
Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra  Holy Flypaper   Favoriting
Nick Lowe  Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young   Favoriting
Love  Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark and Hilldale   Favoriting
Donald Trump (AKA James Austin Johnson)  Scooby Doo   Favoriting

CLICK HERE for the Radio & Broadcasting History site with archives of British music mags from the 60's

CLICK HERE for Beatle Novelty Records on YouTube

CLICK HERE for a free download of the book "Our time is now : A farandole of Jonathan Richman songs"

CLICK HERE for incredible video footage of Croton-on-Hudson Battle of the Bands 1967

CLICK HERE for The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HERE for The 100 Most Lost Songs of All

CLICK HERE for a million dollar guitar

CLICK HERE for The Herman Cain Award

CLICK HERE for a video of yo yo master Kenny Strauss

CLICK HERE for a pricing strategy consultant's look at how much Mike Love pays Brother Records INC. for the right to tour as The Beach Boys

CLICK HERE for five hours of live Stones, well chosen to spotlight Charlie

CLICK HERE to read the lawsuit "Brother Records Inc. vs Jardine"

CLICK HERE for the six part documentary of the making of Elvis Costello's "Spanish Model"

CLICK HERE for Margaret's Granola Recipe

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

CLICK HERE for the Song Exploder episode on Cheap Trick's Surrender

CLICK HERE for info on "Sweet Relief - A tribute to Joey Spampinato"

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 HERE for 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 HERE for "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


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Listener Baby:

Top of the Baby to you morning.
  11:01am
Squints:

ok then.

heyHEYhey now.
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Handy Haversack:

Hey now, Michael and all!

Dang, I'm heading for Arthur's house!
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Mike Drop !
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Mister Dobalina:

One of the best, if not the best intro on FMU. MIke, Michael...
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prof.fuzz:

a gathering of mikes is called a mike check
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prof.fuzz:

yo! handy!
  11:04am
Squints:

Isn't that when we actually count the Mikes?

Ah. Ah. Ah.
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Corey:

Good morning Michael and listeners! Happy Saturday.
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Cooh John:

Hello Michael and #1ers.
  11:07am
clarke:

mike check mike check - is this thang on??

HEY NOWWWW
  11:07am
Squints:

There's no such thing as too much loud music.
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clarke:

Squints has not been to the bowie doc in imax
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Squints:

Heh.
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radiofreebronx:

Ferlin is an underappreciated name
  11:09am
clarke:

i mean, it was a practically empty theater, but. dayum!
  11:10am
clarke:

@Squints - are yer leaves starting to change?? i like this time in new eng!!
  11:13am
clarke:

it IS my thang!!
  11:13am
Squints:

They have, Clarke. Noticed it on the way Logan Thursday. (In JAX visiting the bride's sister.) Still a lot later than it used to be. When I moved up here in 1997 it was already all red, orange and yellow by now.


Deciduous is a four letter word come November.
  11:14am
Squints:

GGY
  11:14am
clarke:

did JAX get much of that storm??
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love2laf:

We're at peak colour here now, it's one of the best I've seen. Could have done without seeing snow on the deck this morning though. What a great music start to the show, thanks Michael.
  11:16am
clarke:

also, getting to logan is now a breeze since they finally got all that tunnel shit straightened out!
  11:16am
clarke:

where's all that goin' on L2L???
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Quite near where I am :
www.facebook.com...
  11:17am
clarke:

hampshuhhhh!!
  11:17am
Squints:

l2l, what's your 20? I'm in Plymouth.
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prof.fuzz:

clarkEEE
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...ferlin' a little husky muhself this morning so far...
  11:18am
clarke:

FuZZZZZZZ!!! how guzz?
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love2laf:

Northern Ontario, near Algonquin Park. It's completely sold out for Thanksgiving weekend.
  11:19am
clarke:

GaNDJ!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Digital Optical technology. What could possibly.
  11:19am
Peter Horvath:

Get it together, man!
  11:19am
Cooh John:

I thought that sounded like The HI Risers.
  11:19am
clarke:

evidently the song is on youtube...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Third time charm.
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JohnEBGood:

Hi Michael, Checking in from Hudson, Florida. We good here but our neighbors 150 miles south are devastated. Peace all ; )
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steveo:

The organ sounded okay to me
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prof.fuzz:

doin' alright, clarkEEEEEE
good day in the studio yesterday.
cooler weather today. gonna get some skate time in.
  11:21am
clarke:

nice on studio - and cool front!!
  11:22am
clarke:

i got the LSU game gonna start soonlike... tiger fans not too happy about that, but i'm ready!
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Mister Dobalina:

Oh boy!
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Dano59:

feelin' groovy, Michael!
I'll be pulling records for a party this afternoon if anyone needs me.
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Listener Baby:

Can we all agree this guy never ever tried cocaine?
  11:23am
clarke:

we'll be needin' those lipstick pick-ups
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drr:

Oh yeah, I guess the Tigers play Tennessee today? I saw a bunch of tourists in Vol orange yesterday, felt like being back home.
  11:23am
egould:

Murder is never the solution your problems.
  11:23am
clarke:

Baby .... BABY!!!!
  11:24am
clarke:

it's gonna be a BATTLE, dave!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Cause alkyhole never made anyone violent.
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prof.fuzz:

lipstick pickups are sexy
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Handy Haversack:

Yo, prof.fuzz!
  11:25am
egould:

Many alcoholics take cocaine/speed so they can stay awake and keep drinking more.
  11:25am
paul:

Wolfgang Amadeus Nichols
  11:25am
clarke:

as are P-90's
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Listener Baby:

This is what we like to call a #1
  11:25am
Squints:

Clarke, my in-laws got some rain but no flooding. Storm cut across the panhandle south of them then headed north up the Atlantic. My bubba near Myrtle probably got more rain. Thanks for asking.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...now alkyhole *&* cocaine...
Cocaine & Rhinestones however is a fine combination.
  11:26am
clarke:

handy! how's the Kingdom??

yeah, Squints that was a bad one.
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Handy Haversack:

We were up in the northwestern Catskills the other day, and the color was pretty great. Leafs got *peeped*, yo!

clarke! Hanging in. Bagpipe had a couple days away from the cats, and they have forgiven us for being away, I think.
  11:27am
clarke:

the only thing i gotta say is that at least the weather is getting distributed more 'evenly' lately. in that the same places that always get hit, have had a break - knock on wood.
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Hughie Considine:

Boy, Shoes just make it sound effortless...
  11:28am
clarke:

agree Hughie - and GOOD MORNING!!
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prof.fuzz:

yes they are, clarkEEE.
p-90s were deployed yesterday, as were some tv jones t-armonds. stay tuned.
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Handy Haversack:

We got back in town about 3 PM yesterday, and the neighborhood gave me the best birthday present of all: a parking spot right in front of the building! Mirabile dictu!
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Hughie Considine:

Good morning, Mistah Clarke!
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prof.fuzz:

that's a super Happy Happy, handy!
  11:29am
paul:

I'm in the Tampa area. We got lucky.
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Handy Haversack:

We were bringing back *significantly* more cider and pumpkins than we'd left with, prof.fuzz.
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prof.fuzz:

oh cool. billy b is playing in denton in may.
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Dano59:

recently came across a muffled but fine, fine live recording of Susanna Hoffs performing Teacher, Teacher.
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prof.fuzz:

as required by custom and several local ordinances, handy
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Hughie Considine:

Susannah Hoffs has great taste in covers, that's for sure.
  11:33am
clarke:

Fuzz - denton in may - is that the NXNW thang?
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prof.fuzz:

not sure if the BB show in denton is affiliated with a fest or not. it's listed at dan's silverleaf (a cool venue).
  11:34am
KWilde:

Good morning!
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Hughie Considine:

oops, I added an extra H to Susanna Hoffs. The H stands for extra harmony.
  11:34am
clarke:

does NXNW still exist?? or did they change the name to Rubber Gloves?? or something?
  11:36am
clarke:

btw, folks went to see Country Westerns in nola, this past thursday - GREAT show! then we all walked over to catch the end of the Spoon show, which was a vox-o-rama!
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prof.fuzz:

i don't think the nxnw fest exists anymore. there've been a number of denton-based fests over the years. rubber gloves is a great venue and hosts local, touring, and fests. they have a nice outdoor stage and two indoor stages.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, Michael & all!
  11:37am
clarke:

yes, FuZZ i have played Rubber Gloves before a few times.
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drr:

clarke: I didn't know about either of those shows.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Mdm Hoffs probly tastes pretty good outside the covers as well ...but that's just gratuitous...
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prof.fuzz:

rubber gloves reopened a few years back and is clean and the restrooms aren't flooded anymore.
  11:38am
clarke:

yes, Spoon did two nites at the old one-eyed jacks and CW's were at the new OEJ's - both pretty fantastic shows.
  11:38am
clarke:

sorry dave, i should be better in touch!!
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drr:

Yeah, I still haven't been to the new OEJ (well, I went when it was Margaritaville). I'm the outta touch one though.
  11:43am
clarke:

i am headed your way this evening dave as anthony roro is having an art opening at the Satsuma Gallery at around 6pm
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Brubeck jut trying to sound like Manfred Man.
  11:44am
egould:

Powerpop.
  11:46am
Squints:

Digging this Fools Face hard.
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Listener Baby:

Hello Clarke!!
  11:46am
clarke:

Satsuma Gallery 3218 Dauphine St. bywater
  11:47am
Squints:

Manfred Mann, now THAT'S jazz. The beard. It's science.
  11:47am
clarke:

@BAby - you still need rec's for the cape??
  11:47am
egould:

That’s what she said!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...thing about off-color jokes is - you can't Hoff it both ways...
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Listener Baby:

Think I’m good, Clarke. Half the fun is finding out for yourself, no?
  11:49am
Squints:

Baby, indeed.
  11:49am
clarke:

si. if you find yerself in orleans, my favorite (thick) chowder is at the Land Ho. on main st.
  11:50am
Daybreak, just Daybreak:

Sounds like he’s preparing for his 4th divorce!!!
Good luck weakling!
  11:50am
clarke:

oh yeah, Baby - if you are looking for music to see on the cape, a good bet any night would be Harvest Wine Bar in Dennis
  11:51am
clarke:

and Johnny Spampinato's new band is called Value Leaders - very great!! they are likely to be playing around.
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Listener Baby:

Seems we will be there just after everything closes down. You think that place will still be putting on live music? If so, we are there.
  11:52am
clarke:

Harvest goes year-round!
  11:53am
clarke:

(or most of the winter, that is)
  11:53am
Squints:

Seconded wrt the Land Ho. Hoping Johnny and the VLs get to just this side of the canal. Nae quite yet.
  11:54am
clarke:

Land Ho is 365 day open.
  11:55am
Jerry:

Hey Michael, Don’t know if you already did it yet, but can you please play the Jerky Boys “Rocktober” skit? It is LOL funny!!
  11:55am
clarke:

@Squints, the bass player just had a hand-operation so they've been a lil' slow, lately, but by the time Baby gets there - full action!!
  11:56am
clarke:

you shoulda been here last week, Jerry!
  11:56am
clarke:

I WON!!!
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McGroovey:

Well now I want to hear more Cliff Noble vocals.
  11:56am
clarke:

McG!!! howzit sir??
  11:57am
clarke:

ggy!!
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Hughie Considine:

This record especially ("Who Betrays Me...") remains a scrappy delight!
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drr:

Yeah, I remember passing over The Cucumbers many times at the record store.
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Jimmy Wipper:

Jerky Boys’ Rocktober skit?!?! Harummphhh!!!
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McGroovey:

@clarke it's a running-around day
  12:00pm
SecretSquirrel:

Happy Saturday, Michael and everyone! I remember hearing this Cliff Nobles vocal version on the radio, but the instrumental version truly is better. He doesn’t mesh rhythmically with the band.
  12:00pm
SecretSquirrel:

And what a treat to hear Jon and Deena!
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prof.fuzz:

hey mcG!
  12:02pm
clarke:

i think this guy likes ya!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Hahaha– hard to hear this without thinking of Stan Marsh. "Shelleeeeeeyyyy!!"
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Greg from ZONE 5:

(My bad: Randy Marsh)
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Frank Zaatar:

Hey, Squirrel! I'll bet you remember the (northern NJ?) UHF station that used to show a lot of Nu Wave videos in the early 80's. They used to play the Cucumbers' My Boyfriend on heavy rotation. It's a shame they didn't get more exposure.
  12:08pm
Squints:

U68? Wasn't Uncle Floyd on there for a while?
  12:12pm
rx scabin:

Good afternoon, Michael and Everyone. I am avoiding almost all obligations today. At least, I hope so. My only only obligations are cooking dinner and drinking a Martini.
  12:13pm
Squints:

I say thee again, G.G.Y.
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drr:

Roy C. IS a genius.
  12:13pm
clarke:

Sick Man Of Europe
  12:14pm
SecretSquirrel:

Yes! U68, and Uncle Floyd was their star attraction. He once described music videos as “a movie about a song.”
  12:15pm
clarke:

TN is already ten up on LSU - damnit!!
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drr:

clarke: I know, and the game is not on any channel I get. I would really enjoy watching the Vols roll over LSU in Death Valley, or whatever they call their little stadium.
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drr:

not a fan of the "smoke" unis though.
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Frank Zaatar:

That's it. U68 played about 16 videos but it was stuff you didn't hear on MTV or hear on PLJ/NEW for that matter; Cucumbers; the Kidds, Dominatrix--budget, quirky taste, both?
  12:18pm
KWilde:

Great song by Tommy McClain
  12:20pm
clarke:

ha ha. well, if you wanna watch the tigers come back on the vols, you can find a live broadcast on youtube - search by: lsu vs. tennessee live
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DJ Johnny Cool:

I haven't heard any Loretta yet. What gives?
  12:23pm
clarke:

7/10
  12:24pm
clarke:

8/10
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jmd:

This version is so terrific. Ramsey and crew knockin' it out!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Yeah. Not singing it but otherwise.
  12:29pm
Squints:

My inside is out. Good. God. Y'all.
  12:29pm
paul:

Gotta play some Loretta Lynn, too.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

It's one fonky Monkey.
  12:31pm
clarke:

Ramsey RIP
Loretta RIP
  12:35pm
clarke:

as a yout, on the new orleans radio, i used to hear this song as Banana Puddin'. but you'd have to hear the original to hear why.
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drr:

wow, thanks, clarke. Didn't know about that.
  12:36pm
clarke:

no, DRR -i mean to say MIS-hear!!
  12:37pm
Squints:

Somethin' funky is what I got.
  12:37pm
clarke:

in other words it was a scuse me while i kiss this guy moment.
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Frank Zaatar:

Gary Lewis: Making funky music sound adenoidal since 1964.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Mondegreens.
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Frank Zaatar:

Tony Joe White: Making foraging sound funky since 1967.
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drr:

clarke: I meant about the ball game. I have the Robert Parker Barefootin laying around here somewhere, I guess I didn't know it sounded like Banana Puddin'. That sounds more like something S.C.O.T.S. would sing about.
  12:41pm
clarke:

i think SCOTS does have a song called Banana Puddin'
  12:41pm
rx scabin:

A little like Big John Patton.
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drr:

This "Count Down" makes me nostalgic...for the days when you could get amazing mp3s of stuff you'd never heard off of Usenet. It was a staple of my mix CDs for a while.
  12:42pm
clarke:

and if you just tuned into the game, you'll find tigers are now down 13
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Hughie Considine:

I have a book of mondegreens called "Scuze Me While I Kiss This Guy," but most of them are just the kind of thing you make up with your pals when you're bored--they don't really sound like that's what's being sung.
  12:43pm
clarke:

well, Parker's Barefootin' sounds close to banana puddin'.
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drr:

saw the FG. I don't know if I told you; I tried out for the Vols when I attended UT. The tryout was...short. I'll tell you the story one of these days (if I didn't already?).
  12:44pm
clarke:

i don't know that story - but shall be all ears!
  12:45pm
SecretSquirrel:

That’s true, Frank. Re mondegreens – the first time I heard it, I sincerely thought the chorus to Bad Moon Rising was “second bathroom on the right.” Figured it was a novelty song.
  12:46pm
clarke:

i was on Muzzle Street, the other day.
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

What’s that theremin-ish instrument?
  12:47pm
clarke:

shout out to Eddy In Australia!!! archivin' and jivin'!!
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Hughie Considine:

That one makes sense, @SecretSquirrel, as does the Purple Haze mishearing, but for example, Do you hear "Woah! Nipsey Russell" as the chorus to the b-52's' "Roam"?
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JohnEBGood:

OK WFMU family. We all know Dick Butkus wore number 51 when he played linebacker for The Bears. Who wore that number for the New York Yankees during their great run of World Series titles?
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Frank Zaatar:

"I had this dream? There were clowns in my coffee! CLOWNS in my coffee!!!!"
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drr:

Hughie: I will now!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

TambourineMan - thot 'ain't no place I'm goin' to' was 'rainbow phase I'm going thru'. Which seemed better when I was doing drugs.
  12:48pm
clarke:

mantle?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Not if clowns value their lives.
  12:49pm
Edward:

My ex-wife heard the "Flashdance" theme as "Take your pants off / And make it happen."
  12:49pm
clarke:

that's a nice wife!
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Hughie Considine:

haha! that's the problem with mondegreens...once you hear 'em...
"I'm gonna make you, make you, make you malteds..." -- "Brass in Pocket"
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drr:

I thought "Superfreak" was "Super Great" and heard "incense, wine, and candles" as "intertwining candles". Either way, it's such a freaky scene.
  12:51pm
SecretSquirrel:

Frank - LOL!!!
  12:51pm
clarke:

ha ha ya'll1 all good ones.
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drr:

Hughie: there's also a bit in Brass In Pocket where she says "detour leaning" or possibly "ditalini", which is a pasta shape. No idea what she means.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

DriveMyCar - 'I wanna be famous a star of the screen' - thot was 'I started to scream'. What does a kid know.
  12:52pm
Edward:

In Lou Reed's "Kill Your Sons," Lester Bangs misheard the second line of "Creedmore treated me very good / Payne Whitney was even better" as "The cane whipping was even better."
  12:52pm
paul:

Nick's Cowboy Outfit LP is way underrated.
  12:52pm
clarke:

as per Frank Rizzo - clean the shit outta ya ears!!
  12:53pm
SecretSquirrel:

And it’s good someone is keeping the flame of Nipsey Russell alive, Hughie
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Hughie Considine:

The pasta connection is very mysterious, @drr ... that's a good one, and Chrissie has some seriously idiosyncratic diction...
  12:53pm
clarke:

oh yes.. number oner than number one.
  12:54pm
dave:

Thanks
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Loves to love the Love.
Keep the name of NipseyRussell alive & the Clowns outta yer Coffeez. That's it, really.
  12:54pm
clarke:

for the record there is NOTHING between me and hillsdale!!
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Hughie Considine:

Nipsey Russell - now and always!
I discovered "Forever Changes" in the late '90s and was amazed at what I'd missed. An ageless record.
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drr:

Can any Atlantans confirm/remember that The Varsity (big strange downtown greasy burger place) has/had a sort of tribute wall to Nipsey (he worked there as a car hop before his career took off)?
  12:55pm
clarke:

it was all rumour.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

We never doubted you Mr. C.
  12:55pm
Edward:

@drr: The phrase is "Detroit leaning." Urban Dictionary defines "Detroit lean" as either "Driving with the left hand high on the wheel and the right shoulder dropped low" or "when you let out a fart while you are sitting down and you lean your body to one side or the other while lifting your leg ever so slightly."
  12:55pm
Frank Zaatar:

@RRN63: I don't know. Getting sipped by Carly Simon...?
  12:56pm
clarke:

my gosh - now i want hotdogs!!! Varsity ruled!!
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Dano59:

I will not share my mishearings of Elton John ca. 1973, but my buddy Mark used to sing, instead of "Drowning, drowning... ":
"Turning, turning in the sea of love"
  12:56pm
clarke:

and lsu is getting SMOKED!!
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Hughie Considine:

This sure has been fun. Thanks for the stellar tunes, Mr. DJ!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Def to ForeverChanges' advantage to not be overexalted & overexposed early.
So when does VillageGreen get a turn in the better homes of the bourgeoisie.
  12:57pm
clarke:

A to B.
  12:57pm
paul:

No Loretta?
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drr:

clarke: yep, sorry Rex, I have to turn up the sound on this ball game.
  12:58pm
?:

One of the worst deals!
  12:58pm
clarke:

we need to give way too much attention to scooby.

bein' unhelpful.
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Ciggy:

It's Over?
Just git my booster
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drr:

great show, lotta new stars!
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Dano59:

I'm seeing Jonathan the 22nd - but Io don't think Billy Bremner's ever coming to honor my tickets
  12:59pm
dave:

Awooooooo!
  1:05pm
rx scabin:

Good afternoon, Rex and Everyone.
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