Michael Shelley:
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from March 16, 2019
Michael Shelley:
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from March 16, 2019
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March 16, 2019: 2019 WFMU Fundraisier with co-host Devon!
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| Yo Lo Tengo |
Smile A Little Smile For Me (from Super Hit Tsunami!)
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| jim ford |
Dr. Handy's Dandy Candy
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| Chet Baker |
You Make Me Feel So Young
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| Nancy |
I want you bad
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| NRBQ |
Everybody's Out Of Town (From Super Hit Tsunami)
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| Hal Blaine |
Interview
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| Tripwires, The |
Nights On Broadway
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| Jarmels, The |
A Little Bit of Soap
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| Rose Garden, The |
Next Plane To London
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| Sarah Borges |
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) (from Super Hit Tsunami!)
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| J.D. McPherson |
Under The Spell Of City Lights
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| Ramones |
Dont Come Close
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1) Los Aliens Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)
2) Eric Ambel Crazy Mama
3) The Bakersfield Breakers Theme From S.W.A.T.
4) Sarah Borges Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl)
5) David Brookings Without You
6) Chris Collingwood Leaving On A Jet Plane
7) Marshall Crenshaw What The Hell I Got
8) The Dahlmanns Already Gone
9) Mitch Easter Rock And Roll Love Letter
10) Sam Elwitt I Can’t Tell The Bottom From The Top
11) Robbie Fulks Rub It In
12) NRBQ Everybody’s Out Of Town
13) Miss Georgia Peach and Travis Ramin Dim All The Lights
14) The Rubinoos Shenna Is A Punk Rocker
15) Los Straitjackets Angie
16) Greg Townson I Can Help
17) The Tripwires Nights On Broadway
18) Ben Vaughn Coconut
19) Willy Wisely Little Willie
20) Yo La Tengo Smile A Little Smile For Me
21) The Zambonis (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
Here's the video - with clips of all 21 songs:
CLICK HERE to find how how you can submit your own top of the hour WFMU ID
CLICK HERE to find how how to submit music to Michael for airplay consideration
CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "
CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis on the Please Kill Me website!
CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981
CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!
CLICK HERE to bid on the mechanical, sync and public performance royalties from one of the world’s best-selling music artists—Nicki Minaj
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 interesting photos of closed music clubs
CLICK HERE for info on the new Chris Stamey track!
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 "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"
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 to read the four key lessons learned from the Steely Dan estate lawsuit
CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression
CLICK HERE to watch a video about a guy who represents was America is all about
CLICK HERE for the official "How To Read Nancy" website
CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography
CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s
CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU
CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds
CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"
CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"
CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it
CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"
CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "
CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"
CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"
CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"
CLICK HERE to hear from the amazing Bob Washington, the voice of K-Tel
CLICK HERE for a new song titled "People Are Disgusting" from Jonathan Richman
CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman
CLICK HERE to listen to "Musicians fighting Spotify are ‘so f-cking dumb,’ music industry pundit Bob Lefsetz says"
CLICK HERE to read a Mike Love sympathetic piece titled "Beach Boys seek to overcome discord with new wave of Love"
CLICK HERE to listen to a new NPR interview with Brian Wilson
CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson
CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then CLICK HERE to have a listen & decide for yourself
CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"
CLICK HERE to see the March 25th Hot 100 chart - when Happy Together was number one!!
CLICK HERE for detailed Pet Sounds credits
CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show
CLICK HERE to see a Thought Leader gives a talk on Thought Leadership
CLICK HERE to find out Why Classic Rock Isn’t What It Used To Be
CLICK HERE to find out Why You Can’t Get a Ticket to the NBA Finals … … and every other major event on the planet
CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms
CLICK HERE to hear "How Music Taste Evolved"
CLICK HERE to check the stats
CLICK HERE for Ringo's isolated drums from "Oh Darling"
CLICK HERE to see some paintings by Jonathan Richman
CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"
CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall
CLICK HERE for a free download of The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall
CLICK HERE to see Michael Shelley get interviewed on a NJ public access TV show "Destination Montclair"
CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"
CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"
CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015
CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good
CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie
CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch
CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"
CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?
CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!
CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour
CLICK HERE for info on the new, all instrumental, Michael Shelley album
CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club
CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"
CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to
CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions
CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010
CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"
CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and
CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar
CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion
CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350
CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"
CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"
CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload
CLICK HERE for Gay Robot
CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research
CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)
CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing
CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"
CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen
CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!
CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years
CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman
CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"
CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse
CLICK HERE for The K-Tel Story
CLICK HERE for Ock TV
CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"
CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.
CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?
CLICK HERE for optical illusions
CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work
CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill
CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"
CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off
CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show
CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU
CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut
CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of
CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"
CLICK HERE for a film excerpt "Session Men - Memphis"
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 grammar test
CLICK HERE for Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee
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, 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.
I love THESE Beach Boy videos!
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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Sat. 3/16/19 10:52am
drums keep pounding rhythm in my brain:
Michael Shelley's previous two playlists are a conversation with Dennis Diken this week about Hal Blaine and a 2007 interview. | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:02am
Ken From Hyde Park:
Hahaha! Who was that last guy? |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:04am
Marcel M:
That intro was amazing |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:06am
clarke:
howdy from new orleans!! | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:06am
John from Florham Park:
Hey guys what’s up on this cool Saturday | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:07am
Sid:
I'm gonna change my name to Michael for the next pledge drive. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:09am
clarke:
i don't mind that flick | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:09am
dale:
love our roku box - pluto is good, and there is the WFMU video app too. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:10am
P-90:
“A Boy and His Dog” from the famous science fiction novella by the late Harlan Ellison | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:12am
John from Florham Park:
@P-90 did you ever watch the movie with din Johnson what a strange movie it was | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:12am
P-90:
The movie was produced by Alvy Moore, who appeared in every episode of Green Acres as Hank Kimball, the jittery County Agriculturalist. | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:13am
John from Florham Park:
I meant don sorry | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:14am
John from Florham Park:
@P-90 never knew that thanks | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:17am
Adam Bresnick:
Hey Michael- Adam here, not Aidan, as was just said, i.e. the guy who insisted you play Sarah Shook when I saw you at the year's best gig! Wanted you to know that I'm swagging for life in your honor, as always.... | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:18am
dale:
this makes me think of jonathan schwartz. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:18am
John from Florham Park:
I gave discovered more and more that a lot of the chatters on here know a lot of things | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:18am
John from Florham Park:
&dake I miss Jonathan Schwartz | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:19am
John from Florham Park:
I mean dale sorry | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:20am
Corey:
Denino's Pizza of Staten Island is pretty great. In addition, to the pizza recommended for the neighborhood/local vibe. Miss that place. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:21am
Scott b:
Back to don johnson for a sec - his band Horses is pretty cool - I was so taken by this simple little #1 jam years ago I had to put it on the ‘tube https://youtu.be/8Qq1DGlVSHo | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:22am
dale:
me too - sad his career ended as it did. i found this just now. thejonathanstation.com |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:22am
clarke:
i gave at the office. | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:24am
dale:
another new hamptonite? this intrigues me. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:24am
Hughie Considine:
In deli parlance that's "Takes slaw" |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:25am
Granny Spicy Tuna:
Howdy, WFMU folx. Keep those pledges rolling in! It's going great! |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:25am
John from Florham Park:
Thanks dale will give it a shot later | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:27am
John from Florham Park:
@granny hello there glad to see you here | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:28am
P-90:
Devin doesn’t seem to know that Michael is not exactly enamored with Jerry Lewis | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:28am
Hughie Considine:
A man needs a seamstress ... |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:28am
clarke:
oh the patches are SUPER-COOL!!!! love the patch!! on my Lee courduroy jacket | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:30am
Ken From Hyde Park:
Good morning, Granny. No fires, mudslides or earthquakes for you today, I hope. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:30am
Sid:
My patch has been prominently displayed on my refrigerator since 2018. Still haven't decided what garment deserves it. Looks good anywhere. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:33am
Hoboken Jack:
Hey I wanted to be in the running for the Nancy book, that's why I pledged when I did! May need to review a time-stamped videotape on the announcement. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:34am
dale:
clarke - with the white lamb's wool collar? |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:38am
clarke:
nah,, just a corduroy collar. | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:40am
Granny Spicy Tuna:
Howdy, JohnfFP! Hey, KenFHP! No disasters so far, but i haven't checked beyond the walls of my house yet. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:40am
dale:
oh. sorry. well it's a 3 season jacket so more versatile. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:40am
clarke:
i think devin might be thinking of mac davis?? | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:41am
fleep:
[surfacing] Howdy pledging people |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:42am
dale:
mac davis wrote in the ghetto, no? |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:43am
dotpattern:
Shout out to Cal - first time listener |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:44am
P-90:
Still can’t believe that Galt Macdermot is gone | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:46am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
The humility of some of these Session Titans... |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:46am
clarke:
mac davis wrote a lotta cool tunes, before he went the game show circuit | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:46am
Ciggy:
Hal Blaine: Tribute to drummer Hal Blaine & members of "The Wrecking Crew" beta.prx.org... |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:49am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
...qualifier: some... |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:52am
clarke:
not on SNF no. | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 11:56am
Hoboken Jack:
HP Ken, we meet again! |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:02pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
THAT PATCH |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:04pm
Hoboken Jack:
Patch, I'm depending on you, son. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:04pm
Ken From Hyde Park:
Yes, Jack. How are things? You have any more volunteer shifts coming up? |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:11pm
clarke:
Nights On Broadway from the album that precedes SNF, Main Course - which, ain't bad | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:13pm
clarke:
half the songs on there are NOT disco - which makes them BETTER | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:17pm
clarke:
gotta head out to the St. Paddy's parade. hope the fund-raising continues in a favorable fashion. | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:21pm
Hoboken Jack:
If I get back in time I may help out at the tail end of the Hoof and Mouth. Cheers to the Dunkel! Also: "That's not a pledge" -- good one, Michael. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:23pm
adam:
what's the name of the promo video? | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:30pm
Listener Baby:
Baby! |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:32pm
Sid:
There is the "Da na na na na na na na na" from "Batman." Not really lyrics, like sha la las. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:34pm
Sid:
Pandering is an art; WFMU is quite artful. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:35pm
Sid:
Commercial radio targets the lowest-common-denominator audience. We are anything but that. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:45pm
Listener Baby:
That voice-over talent has a real future! |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:46pm
dano59:
I really like Tripwires, but wow how Gary the Squirrel does Nights on Broadway !! | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:47pm
dano59:
Lookin forward to Superhits 6 and the patch! | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:48pm
Michael Shelley:
BABY |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:49pm
dano59:
Tim McIntire also played Alan Freed ... | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:51pm
Frank In Queens:
Hi all! I've been tuned in, just on the go! Great show as always and hooray for another great year at FMU! |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:52pm
Listener Baby:
Hi Frank. Good luck, and have fun on tour. So happy for you!! |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:52pm
Michael Shelley:
BABY was worried about you! |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:52pm
Marc15:
Will Michael get The Original Artists to cover a 1970s Song for next year’s Marathon Premium? | |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:53pm
Frank In Queens:
Thanks Baby! I'll be around next week, but after that I'll have the time difference to contend with. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:54pm
Frank In Queens:
I miss the guitar overdub on this. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:54pm
Listener Baby:
I always worry about Frank. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:54pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Ramones meant so much to us. |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:55pm
Frank In Queens:
Pretend I'm Joey and don't worry about me! ;) |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:58pm
Frank In Queens:
Cheers everyone! |
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Sat. 3/16/19 12:59pm
Sweet Corn Lizzie:
Just kicked in $100 for you and Hinky Dinky Time! |
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