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September 21, 2013: Comes A-Long A-Love
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CLICK HERE for an article by WFMU's Joe McGasko: "Johnny Cash: 10 Things You Might Not Know About Him"
CLICK HERE to read: Hal Blaine picks five essential drum records
CLICK HERE the girl from The Like's new band JJAMZ
CLICK HERE for info on the new Nashville DVD
CLICK HERE for " The Weirdest Photos Of Mike Love You Can Find "
CLICK HERE to read: Hal Blaine picks five essential drum records
CLICK HERE for some Steve Allen bashing
CLICK HERE for info in the Fête Paradiso at Governors Island
CLICK HERE for The Beach Boys reunion show live In Japan - full show
CLICK HERE and page down to the Violent Femmes Trivia section
CLICK HERE for twelve seconds of The Limonaire Organ in action at Governors Island
CLICK HERE to see the amazing and mind boggling lists of celebrities who will spend three days signing autographs at the at the Chiller Theatre convention in Parsippany, N.J.
CLICK HERE for Liverpool Scene's "Batpoem Live!
CLICK HERE for Deke Dickerson's 2013 Tour Documentary--PART ONE!
CLICK HERE for a "Step Inside Legendary New Jersey Radio Station WFMU!
CLICK HERE to listen to tons of Alan Lomax's field recordings
CLICK HERE for a look at The Beach Boys' new box set "Made in California" - with a sample track!
I have low expectations for THIS and even lower ones for THIS
CLICK HERE to read about how Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne writes songs
CLICK HERE to watch The Beach Boys pretend to record "Good Vibrations"
CLICK HERE for The Mighty Hannibal "Midnight Hour" on The !!!! Beat
CLICK HERE for Rock Aficionados Try to Spin Old Vinyl Into Gold in New Investing Track
CLICK HERE for Ted Nugent
CLICK HERE for "Iconic NYC Music Venues, Then And Now" slideshow
CLICK HERE for "Ex”-Cheap Trick Drummer Bun E. Carlos in Lawsuit With “Former” Band Mates"
CLICK HERE for Sinatra doing his thing
CLICK HERE for 45 minutes of Elvis Costello & The Attractions at their peak
CLICK HERE to see the results of THE LES PAUL AUCTION
CLICK HERE to watch the full "Beach Boys Live in Concert 50th Anniversary"
CLICK HERE to see listener Bjarne from Norway who tattooed the Woof Moo Logo on his hip area
CLICK HERE for some live Magic and CLICK HERE for the proper chords.
CLICK HERE for Celebrity Make Unders – What Would Celebrities Look Like If They Were Everyday People?!
CLICK HERE to listen to almost every top 10 of the top 40 era.
CLICK HERE for a short documentary on Donnie And Joe Emerson!
CLICK HERE for info on Fake Amps!
CLICK HERE to hear Gene Simmons say that Ace Frehley is a drugged racist with low self esteem who did nothing
CLICK HERE to see Malcolm Brickhouse & Jarad Dawkins sixth-grade metalheads from Flatbush, Brooklyn
CLICK HERE to hear David Letterman ask: "Are Those Your Drums?"
CLICK HERE for a PDF of who plays what on Everly Brothers recordings.
CLICK HERE for How we made "You Really Got Me"!
CLICK HERE for another of the worst people in the world!
CLICK HERE for a not quite right piece called "The Rising Cost of New Vinyl"
CLICK HERE for 10 of the all-time greatest disc jockeys - with audio clips of their chatter
CLICK HERE this train wreck is a great microcosm of what is wrong with the world.
CLICK HERE for Nina Simone: nutty but good.
CLICK HERE for a few actual kind hearted people who would like to give $1 million to each and every person in America but are unfortunately not all that good at math
CLICK HERE for a series of Beatles vocal harmony tutorials
CLICK HERE to read: KISS' Paul Stanley: 'I Don't Need The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame'
CLICK HERE to read: An Open Letter From a Bar Owner to Musicians!
CLICK HERE to read "Van Dyke Parks: 'I was victimised by Brian Wilson's buffoonery' ".
CLICK HERE to watch a video that proves: Andy Kaufman Lives!
CLICK HERE to see why Bob Lefsetz thinks the Stones' tour is a greedy failure, and how the band is clueless.
CLICK HERE to watch the entire Minutemen documentary "We Jam Econo"
CLICK HERE for "22 geniously defaced textbooks & exam papers"
CLICK HERE to see Elvis & Elmo sing "The Monster Went And Ate My Red 2"
CLICK HERE to see Robin Zander's "son"
CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.
CLICK HERE for Kim Shattuck.
CLICK HERE for info in Eric Kayser - now in NYC on 3rd Ave.
CLICK HERE for a nice piece on The Cowsills!
I love THESE Beach Boy videos!
CLICK HERE for Jerry Lewis Telethon Bloopers - Part 1 !
CLICK HERE for Jerry Lewis Telethon Bloopers - Part 2 !
CLICK HERE for more Jerry. the whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.
CLICK HERE for The Worst Work Stations Ever
CLICK HERE to see Google interview Nick Lowe after his Live@Google performance in Mountain View. To get the two tracks for free from this performance CLICK HERE
There's some controversy about the coin toss that decided who would get seats in the plane that crashed on February 3, 1959 and killed Buddy Holly, Richie Vallens & Big Bopper. CLICK HERE for "An open Letter & Challenge to Dion from Tommy Allsup" then CLICK HERE for Dion's version from "The Wanderer Talks Truth"
CLICK HERE to explore & watch a short film on The Cosimo Code, an attempt to catalog every Cosimo Matassa 45!
CLICK HERE for "I Was a Teenage Fake Zombie"
CLICK HERE for Los Shakers - Siempre tú
CLICK HERE for info on an amazing new drug: Unpretentiousil!
CLICK HERE for info session guitarist Vincent Bell.
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
CLICK HERE to see Beastie Boy Mike D's lovely $9 a square foot wallpaper!
CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret"
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 go to a useless website like THIS ONE.
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 gargbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."
CLICK HERE for a similar 156 page "Book On Demand" titled "Nick Lowe" that boasts being made from "High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!" What is the world coming to? Only $19.95.
Listener comments! | |
Sat. 9/21/13 11:07am
bradleyscottyoung:
Saw Glenn Tilbrook last night in Oak Cliff because of your show two weeks age, thanks. Continue to fight for truth, justice and the American Way. | |
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Sat. 9/21/13 11:08am
Michael Shelley:
How was it? |
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Sat. 9/21/13 11:08am
DeemerDave:
Happy Saturday Michael. Tyler Stewart's birthday today for those who like Barenaked Ladies. |
Sat. 9/21/13 11:12am
bradleyscottyoung:
Fantastic show, great musicianship from all four, and a good crowd at The Kessler. | |
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![]() I was trying to rent 4 nylon string guitars last week and one of the deals fell through because Glen Tillbrook hadn't returned his backline yet. I ended up finding all of them, and I forgive Mr. Tillbrook, but what a stressful week, man. |
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Sat. 9/21/13 11:20am
glenn:
gaaa. i came to wfmu to get as far away from the barenaked ladies as possible. |
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![]() them and Justin Beiber, right, glenn? |
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Sat. 9/21/13 11:21am
glenn:
oh god. don't even go there. |
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Sat. 9/21/13 11:23am
glenn:
now, if you want to discuss sloan, i'm good with that. |
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![]() your nation's produced plenty to be proud of. Enough to eclipse the shameful. |
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Sat. 9/21/13 11:27am
glenn:
i gotta say, there's a lot of good music in canuckistan. |
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![]() Fucked Up is from T-Dot! |
Sat. 9/21/13 11:34am
Clay Pigeon:
Listening and loving it in Roxbury, Michael. | |
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Sat. 9/21/13 11:36am
Tom from Detroit:
digs the new beach boys album and hears Wyldlife is covering that's why god made radio. |
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Sat. 9/21/13 11:37am
glenn:
sam phiillips is great. |
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Sat. 9/21/13 11:40am
glenn:
AND she plays a russian terrorist in die hard 3. or maybe 4. |
Sat. 9/21/13 11:40am
Bob:
Did the DJ just say the Byrds were kind of false? | |
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![]() To be fair, that version of "You Movin' is from demo sessions when they had just started and were shopping for labels |
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Sat. 9/21/13 11:44am
Michael Shelley:
Matt - Indeed - which is why it is so great/odd/early sounding - and why they used session guys on Mr. T. man |
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Sat. 9/21/13 11:52am
Michael Shelley:
Thank Clay! |
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Sat. 9/21/13 11:53am
Tom from Detroit:
ahhh Cobras...... |
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Sat. 9/21/13 11:55am
Jimmy Wipper:
Loving the Kinks on a sunny morning! |
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Sat. 9/21/13 11:56am
Paul Dee:
Great show Michael!Will you be doing a Ponderosa Stomp themed show? Does WFMU have a copy of that Charles Brimmer record? |
Sat. 9/21/13 11:57am
Philip Tham:
App new to me I find it interesting & suit my taste in term of music. Hope will mean everything to me. Best regards Thanks | |
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Sat. 9/21/13 11:59am
Michael Shelley:
welcome to the family Philip |
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Sat. 9/21/13 12:08pm
Michael Shelley:
p- no, dont have the Charles Brimmer... yet |
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Sat. 9/21/13 12:09pm
glenn:
this is pretty funny. - news.nationalpost.com... |
Sat. 9/21/13 12:13pm
EVGrrrl:
Thanks Michael and Rex for mentioning our event tomorrow! It's gonna be doggone fun! Get tix here: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3748034&pl=boweryelectric Thanks!!!! | |
Sat. 9/21/13 12:27pm
BigJay:
Oh yeah H and O ! | |
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Sat. 9/21/13 12:29pm
Brian in UK:
Love Hal Blaine's answer to what is the hardest thing about being a session musician. 'Finding a parking space'. |
Sat. 9/21/13 12:38pm
gene sculatti:
You're right. Never heard the Neighbors before, but "Valerie" killed! | |
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Sat. 9/21/13 12:46pm
kyle a:
that was hilarious, what was that song from? |
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Sat. 9/21/13 12:47pm
Dr. Goot:
Great Knack tune! - www.youtube.com... |
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Sat. 9/21/13 12:48pm
DeemerDave:
I have this Knack album on cassette. I agree w/ Michael. Top notch drummer & guitar. Not as good lyricists. |
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![]() ...so much more WHOish & better than that Hit I never wanna hear agaieeen... |
Mon. 9/23/13 2:21pm
Red:
re: Hal Blaine song- "It's more than a camera. it's almost alive!" | |
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