WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from May 15, 2021

Listener comments!
	♥ 2:26am Listener Baby: I’m on the toilet!!!!
	♥ 2:26am Listener Baby: And good morning.
	♥ 10:39am Michael Shelley: Hey Sweet Pea!
	♥ 10:40am Listener Baby: How’s my dude?
	♥ 10:45am Michael Shelley: No complaints. Beautiful day. Took a while to find (free) parking, but that's par these days in this hood. Listening to Brainen. I have an apple I'm looking forward to... life is good.
	♥ 10:45am Michael Shelley: You?
	♥ 10:46am Michael Shelley: Do you sleep much?
	♥ 10:56am Listener Baby: Not enough doing okay crazy day today
	11:00am Listener Bop Monroe: greetings from really sunny Tannersville Mr. DJMS and all.
	♥ 11:01am Handy Haversack: Make it off the throne, Baby? Hey, everyone! I'm cooking but also listening hard. Excited for the show and hoping you're all having a great Saturday. Hey, Baby, MS, Bop, and also preemptive hellos to clarke, Frank, Moammar, Corey, Squints, Rev Rab, myron feld, Lizzie, spodi, Ken, HyperD, and all!
	11:01am Docrock: Good morning Michael and everyone listening To this broadcast.
	11:01am Listener Bop Monroe: oh... there's betty and veronica!
	11:02am clarke: heyyyyyyyy nowwwwww
	11:02am Frank In Queens: Hey now from Rockin’ Rochester!!
	♥ 11:02am Will the Sound Guy: Good Morning Michael and all! 🌞☀️
	♥ 11:02am Pauly from Clifton: Good morning, Michael, folks!
	11:04am clarke: yr in RAWWWchester?!?
	11:05am clarke: exporting Queens to the hinters, ahem.
	♥ 11:05am spodiodi: good saturday morning, Michael Shelley and everyone!
	11:06am Dennis Diken: Way to go, Mikey, great kickoff! Hey everybody!!
	11:07am clarke: it ain't The Archies w/o the jughead beat!!
	11:11am GR: They all used the Wrecking Crew
	11:11am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hullo Handy ! Surf's up mm hm hm...
	11:12am Dennis Diken: Bruce J played piano on Sandy Nelson’s “Teen Beat,” yes?
	11:12am Sonny Rickles: they all went to the same high school
	11:12am clarke: perhaps you have someone do a dramatic reading of bruce johnston's answers to questions? (maybe one of Wondermints)
	11:12am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...yeah - sorta two dimensional without jughead...
	♥ 11:12am HyperDose: Hey Michael and Shelleys of all kinds! How did you know I was going to be here, Handy? ;)
	11:14am clarke: hmm... did they all live on the same street in laurel canyon?
	11:14am Juke Joint Jonny: They all dated Squeaky Frome.
	♥ 11:15am listener 126464: Sock It To Me!
	♥ 11:15am spodiodi: hey chef Handy! cook it up
	♥ 11:15am McGroovey: I know what they have in common: they're not Jonathan Richman. But maybe that's the answer to a different question.
	♥ 11:16am spodiodi: JJJ i think may have it
	♥ 11:16am McGroovey: I know what they have in common: they're not Jonathan Richman. But maybe that's the answer to a different question.
	11:16am clarke: kim fowley 'lived' in new orleans for a few weeks, gave me the creeps.
	11:16am ?: hal blaine?
	♥ 11:16am spodiodi: truthin = so important
	11:16am Biba McLurex: Novelty records? Famous parents?
	11:16am Biba McLurex: Novelty records? Famous parents?
	♥ 11:16am myron feld: A musician I know who worked with Fowley described him thusly: "For the first 45 minutes he's the most fascinating guy you've ever met. Just make sure you leave before minute 46."
	11:17am CalZone!: They all went to Hollywood Highschool together?
	♥ 11:17am McGroovey: That posted twice somehow. The bot told me it hasn't succeeded the first time, and told to try again, so I did.
	11:17am dave: Kim Fowley and Nancy Sinatra shared a testicle
	11:17am clarke: nah - sandy nelson played drums on his song
	11:17am Ross T.: I was in a band that covered "Boots" -- we'd introduce it by saying "we're going to do one by Sinatra!"
	♥ 11:18am spodiodi: they both share a girl's name
	11:19am Ross T.: "I Found a Girl" Oh man. So good.
	11:19am Ojai John: Foggy morning in Southern California. Rock me.
	♥ 11:19am Squints: ok then
	♥ 11:19am Squints: hey HEY hey
	11:20am Monica: All portrayed in a movie?
	11:20am CalZone!: They all shares the same orthodontist! Beautiful straight teeth, all of them!
	11:21am clarke: everything weird.
	♥ 11:24am Don Gorden: thank God for the reverb
	11:25am Ross T.: This is the roots of SMiLE.
	11:25am ?: Calzone guessed it, minus the year. So give it to him, and give me a calzone.
	11:26am Listener Bop Monroe: 'i'm 5 and she's only 3' wtf...?!
	11:28am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: [ If it says you have to Try Again to Post - it's a dirty lie - ! ! ...Tell yer friends... ]
	11:30am clarke: yes - this show is the ONLY REASON i would do math on a saturday morning!!
	11:32am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Some time since I read 'Nearest Faraway Place' ...made a good double bill with 'City of Quartz' ...Never got the 'Where the Action Is!' L.A. Nuggets...
	♥ 11:32am Franco Twinkie: Jan was Bruce Berry were my friends cousins. There grandma was the real Little Old Lady From Pasadena. Sounds to me like those guys were real trouble.
	11:34am clarke: i wonder if hawthorne high ever played university in football?
	♥ 11:35am Corey: Morning Michael and listeners! Hey Handy!
	♥ 11:35am Franco Twinkie: I don't think Hawthorne and Uni are in the same league.
	11:38am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Fascinating about the Indies. So - TheBeatles handed it back to the Majors maybe? Been parroting that the Fabs helmed the Industry Boom...
	♥ 11:39am Baja Joe: Mike!
	11:40am egould310: Sending 18 year old Americans to go kill Vietnamese people was never patriotic.
	♥ 11:42am Michael Shelley: Agree - so why would Jan record "universal Coward" and then dodge the draft? Jan Berry (1941-2004) was a member of Jan and Dean, a popular American duo who specialised in West Coast surf rock during the 1960s. Among their successful songs were Surf City, Dead Man’s Curve and The Little Old Lady from Pasadena. In late 1965 Berry penned The Universal Coward, an angry response to Donovan’s anti-war single Universal Soldier. He recorded and released it solo after his singing partner, Dean Torrence, refused to participate. The Universal Coward is a vitriolic attack on those who opposed the Vietnam War, describing them as “scroungers”, “twisted”, “fanatic” and “thick skulled”. It received little radio airplay and did not reach the charts.
	♥ 11:42am Franco Twinkie: Kim Fowley said Jan was punk ass hoodlum that gave him all kinds of shit. Now that's quite a character assessment from from a real jerk/genius.
	11:43am Ross T.: Super interview (again). I could listen to another hour of that...guess I'll get the book!
	11:44am clarke: fast=inating!!!
	♥ 11:45am McGroovey: My favorite cover of Dead Man's Curve is by Nash the Slash.
	11:45am CalZone!: Fascinating interview! Learned so much! Gotta read this book! Off to the orthodontist now, and then to the beach in my woodie!
	♥ 11:45am Franco Twinkie: Randy Newman and Darby Crash also went to Uni. Equally important to the L.A. sound.
	11:46am Ross T.: Rich kids dodging military service but eventually pushing policy that sends poor kids to do the fighting...goes back forever!
	♥ 11:46am MFlynn: Yep, that book is a must have! Thanks Michael!!!!
	♥ 11:47am Squints: Hey, doc? How's my 'Vette?
	11:48am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Lots more conversation possible there ! Looking forward to 'Hollywood Eden'.
	♥ 11:48am JohnEBGood: Was that Keith Moon on drums on Dead Mans Curve?
	11:49am Listener Bop Monroe: last nite i broke the seal of a jim beam decanter that looks like elvis and filled a up a flintstones jelly (jam) jar
	♥ 11:49am Greg from ZONE 5: Happy Saturday, Michael & all!
	11:49am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Probly his hero - Hal Blaine. Moony a surf fan for sure.
	11:50am clarke: george. hal blaine drums on deadman's curve
	11:51am KWilde: Great interview as always Michael
	11:51am ?: What gives? Shut up Katherine heigl was a quote from a movie. Unless it was an issue with try again to post, then the question still remains, what gives?
	11:52am Dennis Diken: Great interview, Mikey! Can’t wait to read the book!
	♥ 11:52am JohnEBGood: Wow! I know Keith liked the LA sound. Thanks for the 411🎸
	11:53am clarke: moon was a HUUUUGE surf music fan.
	11:53am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Thx to Dennis Diken for schooling on Hal Blaine !
	11:54am Listener Bop Monroe: re KMoon: see the WHO BBC Vol 1 - Bucket T!
	♥ 11:55am Michael Shelley: ? = email me & I'll fill you in on what gives
	♥ 11:55am HyperDose: I'd like to see a list of Hal Blaine facts that Dennis doesn't know...oops, no such list exists!
	11:55am egould310: Why did Jan record ‘Universal Coward’? Probably drugs?!?
	11:56am johnk77: joel selvin was pop/rock guy for san francisco chronicle daily & sunday the pink section highly influential all over northern california and beyond
	11:56am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'The Beachcombers' : i.pinimg.com...
	11:56am johnk77: great work interviewer
	11:58am Ross T.: From 1979 -- we know skinny ties were involved.
	11:59am clarke: my undies dude - the whites!!
	11:59am clarke: (the ringer must not appear empty)
	♥ 12:00pm Handy Haversack: That was a great interview, MS! Really interesting. "Privilege and innocence." Great phrase.
	12:01pm clarke: HH - you get the house in order??
	♥ 12:03pm Handy Haversack: Mixed results, clarke -- but no bites! I think that phase is (please, please, please!) complete. Last week, we literally huddled on the back stoop with all four pets in the cold rain for the last half hour or so of MS and all of Fool's Paradise. Total misery.
	♥ 12:04pm Montmaster J: Wedgeworld!
	♥ 12:04pm spodiodi: spodi looks like he needs a wedgie
	12:04pm clarke: dang, sir!! dang IT!!
	♥ 12:05pm Hubig Pie: A 12 ft. wedge, now that's a party !
	♥ 12:06pm Montmaster J: I think we disagree on this but Sals aint Sals no more....and they're still rude.
	♥ 12:06pm Frank Zaatar: Rhyme of the Week: wlted/jilted.
	12:07pm phat in Lincoln: Who does a cover of this Fryfogle?
	12:07pm clarke: flatting!!!
	12:09pm John in Phoenixville: @ Michael Shelley: Regarding the “wedge” question, I went to school In Norristown, Pennsylvania, and they call such a sandwich a “zep.” Great show and interview today! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.inquirer.com/philly/columnists/craig_laban/the-zep-and-the-cos-how-norristowns-classic-sandwich-soothed-courtroom-nerves-20170620.html%3foutputType=amp
	12:09pm moca: in parts of ohio, they're called grinders ... 🥪
	♥ 12:10pm myron feld: It's wedge in SW Connecticut, too. Grinders further north, I think.
	12:12pm clarke: Bongolian!!!
	♥ 12:12pm Michael Shelley: Joel also taught college classes and his students included WFMU's Rex.
	12:12pm mike from Cardiff You Kay: Greetings from wales uk
	♥ 12:12pm Michael Shelley: DO NOT VIEW IF HUNGRY: www.google.com...
	12:13pm clarke: is joel the guy that gave rex a B in rock?
	♥ 12:13pm MFlynn: Wow, i wanna Wedge!!
	♥ 12:14pm Frank Zaatar: I thought grinder was a New England thing. IIRC in Boston a grinder is a sub (or whatever) roasted in a pizza oven for a few minutes.
	♥ 12:14pm spodiodi: Thrillhouse knows!
	12:14pm clarke: see you weren't always a veg, baby!
	12:16pm johnk77: in north central ohio a sub was also heated in a pizza oven
	12:17pm Ross T.: How did you know I needed some Dave Dudley?
	♥ 12:17pm MFlynn: Yeah Truck Driving Tunes!!!!
	12:17pm Dennis Diken: @Revolution Rabbit - at your service! @Hyper Dose, thanks, but I’m discovering tracks that Hal played on all the time! It’s endless!!
	12:17pm phat in Lincoln: I grew up in the great plains and New England and learned hoagie, sub and grinder.
	♥ 12:18pm Dano59: Heroes (so does that come from 'Gyro' or what??), subs, hoagies, grinders ... all pretty much apply at various spots in upstate NY.
	12:18pm clarke: hal blaine doesn't even really know all the stuff he played on!!
	12:18pm davefromtoronto: how bout "half a 2/4"
	♥ 12:18pm Dano59: hey, everybody's two six-packs away if you believe in yourself.
	12:19pm paul: Will two six packs last him six days on the road?
	12:20pm clarke: i mean, there's all kindsa commercial jingles the wrecking crew played on, as well as records
	♥ 12:21pm Handy Haversack: That two-six-packs song spoke to me!
	♥ 12:21pm Frank Zaatar: @Dano: Yep, it was heroes in the Southern Tier but then again we used the word "hamburg."
	12:23pm Dennis Diken: @clarke, Hal was working on a master sessionography later in his life, don’t know how far he got. I know at one point he was up to 1970!
	12:23pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Grinders' or subs up NewHampshuh far as I ever knew... where that comes from I'd like to know...
	♥ 12:24pm spodiodi: johnk77 and Dani59: i think grinders are baked (after the haogie-like sandwich has been made)
	12:24pm Frank In Queens: JD been listening to The Strokes recently? Not knocking the sound!
	♥ 12:25pm Corey: JD McPherson was one of the last show's I saw before COVID. This song came on right after an annoying concertgoer was yanked from the show. Ruined Under the Spell of City Lights. So this one was especially sweet! The days of annoying people at shows!
	12:25pm Frank In Queens: Ah didn’t realize it was an older track.
	♥ 12:26pm Handy Haversack: We had never heard of him, Corey, but very much enjoyed that tune! For those wondering: jalapeno hashbrowns and huevos a la mexicana. Muy bueno.
	♥ 12:26pm JohnEBGood: 12 packs did not exist. Now we have 30's 🎳
	♥ 12:26pm spodiodi: Hoagies reign supreme in my world. subs are usually a sad wonderbread-ized attempt at a sandwich (and usually in strip malls); i don't have enough experience with heroes to offer my very important opinion
	♥ 12:26pm Handy Haversack: I noticed that outside of NYC, 15 packs seem to be the new 12 pack!
	12:27pm clarke: @DD - i treasured this Goldmine article on blaine that was written at around, say, '77 - even then hal couldn't recall some sessions.
	♥ 12:27pm HyperDose: Easy work for Wade Boggs!
	♥ 12:27pm Frank Zaatar: Cross the Pennsylvania border, heroes become hoagies.
	♥ 12:27pm spodiodi: counting six packs always reminds me of that Kenny Rogers song
	♥ 12:30pm spodiodi: hoagies exist in and around philly... never trust anything called a hoagie outside of the phila pa metropolitan area
	12:30pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Nick almost sounded like GrahamNash in the 1st verse...
	12:31pm Ross T.: Drinking and driving, Geisha girls -- I feel some cancelling coming on.
	♥ 12:32pm Dano59: @spodi: so is it Ray's, Original Ray's, or Famous Original Ray's for you? @Frank: Elmira-Horseheads here! Land of salt potatoes and Genny Cream Ale
	12:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...' on a 🎶 toasted bun - Toooooasted ! ' : blog.wfmu.org...
	♥ 12:33pm Handy Haversack: "I'm tired of subs, Marge! I want hoagies, heroes, GRINDERS!"
	12:34pm clarke: PO-BOYS!!!!!!!!!!
	12:35pm clarke: (final answer).
	12:36pm Dennis Diken: @clarke - it’s understandable, I mean, he worked 10-18 hour days, including weekends at times, for a decade or so! It’s truly mind boggling!
	12:36pm moca: hey, cardiff!! what's occurrin' ? 🎪
	♥ 12:36pm Frank Zaatar: Sorry spodiodi, you've never been to Grace's in Clarks Summit PA.
	♥ 12:37pm spodiodi: Dano, i don't think i've had either. but even most Wawas aren't horrible (if not quite hoagies).
	12:37pm clarke: yes - also earl palmer was mixed in there, too. on the jingles - blaine has trouble remembering if it was palmer or himself. mind-boggling.
	♥ 12:37pm Handy Haversack: Now I want an eggplant parm hero. Oh, also, in the NYC is going back to normal department: Kate and I went out to dinner last night (second time!) at a place we love and, duh, had not been to in 14 months. We sat outside, on the corner, in Italian WIlliamsburg. About halfway through, a couple walked by, and Kate pointed out that the woman was completely nude except for a shawl that was draped only in front of her. I verified when they walked back by. Just seemed to be going to the bodega for a bomber stark bummed and easy living. Welcome back, NYC.
	♥ 12:38pm Michael Shelley: Just finished Gavin & Stacy - really enjoyed it- made me want to visit Wales
	12:38pm Ross T.: This is the most perfect Rock and Roll song ever.
	♥ 12:38pm spodiodi: Frank, I'll keep that in mind next time i visit my friend's cabin up that way (you're right, i haven't been, but i am very skeptical :) )
	12:38pm clarke: from what i remember of that article, there's some levi's commercial that is part blaine part palmer
	♥ 12:39pm Corey: @Handy That breakfast sounds off the hook. Love this Fogerty!
	♥ 12:39pm spodiodi: Freedom, Handy! **==
	12:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...nice garlicy eggplant parm...
	♥ 12:40pm MFlynn: Would love to travel to Wales and have a beer with Dave Edmunds.
	12:41pm clarke: we doin' MovieTime?? from rochester??
	♥ 12:41pm spodiodi: mzSpodi is growing some eggplant on our slab (yay!)
	12:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Loved BobbyElliot's description on Todd-o's that TheHollies had like a horn section in their vocals. Damn straight.
	♥ 12:42pm Frank Zaatar: @Dano: I come from the Land of Speidis. By the way, I think Tom Hnaks worked the word "hamburg" into Erie dialect his script for That Thing You Do.
	12:42pm DG: As someone who went to school in upstate NY (the capital) we definitely used to order "subs" after our questionable dinners at the quad dining hall...I think here in NYC it's "heroes" or "subs"---never heard the other terms jn this area. It's the same with soda---some places have "pop" or other terms, & apparently, as I learned reading these messages, a "Coke" is a generic term for a soda in other parts of the country(?!).
	12:43pm Mike Sin: WNEW-FM in NYC during the late ‘70s/early ‘80s was great. Sure, there were serious commercial concerns, but the special programs (usually featured late) were fantastic, and you felt the DJs still had some say regarding the playlists of their own shows.
	♥ 12:43pm spodiodi: my friend's dad and uncle from philly used "hamburgs" shrugs
	♥ 12:43pm MFlynn: Wow, what a beautiful Hollies song that was.
	♥ 12:43pm spodiodi: felt more like a generational than a localized thing to me
	12:44pm ledzeppelinsucks: My dad grew up in Kensington Phiadelphia. Those were huge rednecks and racists. 'Porta Riccuns'
	12:44pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Soda - never heard 'Pop' for a drink up NewHampshuh...
	12:45pm DG: MFlynn: Would love to do that too....hope DE is doing OK in Wales, since he's now retired. Saw him half a dozen times over the years, mostly with Rockpile & his subsequent bands...last was a solo show at the Bottom Line (RIP) in '02. I don't think he's played in America since then.
	♥ 12:45pm Handy Haversack: My western Michigan family definitely says "hamburg." And butters the buns!
	♥ 12:45pm Frank Zaatar: WNEW: Vin Scelsa, Idiot's Delight!
	♥ 12:45pm spodiodi: they also had jersey and Delaware water gap tendrils. "pop" is a great word, but not for carbonated sugary slurm
	12:46pm Ross T.: "Vinny Scelsa's on the radio...."
	♥ 12:46pm spodiodi: just me? no radio
	♥ 12:46pm spodiodi: come back, Michael!
	♥ 12:46pm Frank Zaatar: "Me and Razoo Kelly..."
	12:46pm clarke: not just you.
	♥ 12:47pm Handy Haversack: Stream loss on AAC through VLC.
	12:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: It goes w/ the carbonation - & love the parity of Junkfood & disposable Culture...
	12:47pm paul: Wake up!
	♥ 12:47pm REDSPIDER: ditto
	♥ 12:48pm spodiodi: using satellite to locate and lock gremlins
	12:48pm DG: Mike Sin: Absolutely, regarding WNEW. I can even remember when PLJ was "progressive" & they had Howard Smith doing a late-night interview show (Sat. or Sundays I think), I still have tapes of him interviewing John & Yoko....he had Zappa & others on too.
	♥ 12:48pm Dano59: also failing on popup player. sheesh
	♥ 12:48pm spodiodi: readying the wave motion gun
	12:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Seems to b streaming - but sounds like an effete CD that only plays a note now & then...
	12:48pm JimF: blup ... blup ... blup ... ... blup :-(
	12:48pm clarke: it sure ain't the archies, now!!
	♥ 12:48pm spodiodi: take that, you filthy mutated mogwai!
	12:48pm KWilde: Lost on phone too
	12:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: *effed CD ...
	♥ 12:49pm Handy Haversack: 91.1 is working. Can't tell about 91.9.
	12:49pm muddybrookrambler: Lost on iPhone app
	12:49pm paul: You Don't Know What You Got Until You Lose It. Indeed.
	♥ 12:49pm MFlynn: Rats, i lost the connection too, pc and phone. well that stinks.
	♥ 12:49pm spodiodi: throws computer out window
	12:50pm ?: chyna turned it off
	12:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Drummer & others streams seem OK...
	12:50pm davefromtoronto: it's sabotage...
	♥ 12:50pm Handy Haversack: gets hit in face by spodi's computer OW!
	12:50pm paul: Little Milton's minimalist period.
	12:50pm clarke: hate to say this but WHAT GIVES?
	♥ 12:50pm spodiodi: damn hamburg crazed gremlins
	♥ 12:51pm adamdoesit: Can't raise the drummer stream either. Streaming host connectivity I guess. This radio station is temporarily radio only.
	♥ 12:51pm spodiodi: sorry, Handy. get in line (to sue)
	♥ 12:51pm SammyC: for shame!!!!
	12:51pm ed: In case you didn't know the stream is not playing anything.
	12:51pm clarke: could be hackers from eastern europe.
	12:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Funny - I get the other streams.
	♥ 12:51pm spodiodi: drummer working fine here, adamdoesit
	12:52pm davefromtoronto: as long as it's back on for fools paradise...
	♥ 12:52pm SammyC: i dont even know if my receiver can tune in
	♥ 12:52pm spodiodi: sheenas is out too tho
	♥ 12:52pm MFlynn: Bummer, back to saturday chores and yardwork i guess. Have a great day everyone.
	12:52pm goyim in the am: Ex-Ichiban is up.
	♥ 12:52pm spodiodi: rev, i'm 2 for 4 here
	12:52pm Walter: What song is playing right now?
	♥ 12:53pm Corey: So this is what it would be like without streaming for us in Michigan. A sadder world indeed.
	♥ 12:53pm adamdoesit: You're right, spodi. Correction: drummer dead on web player for me, ok on tunein.
	12:53pm beavo: I thought my battery was dead
	♥ 12:53pm Dano59: guess I'll get out and go buy some eggplant to plant - thx for the tip MzSpodi
	12:54pm Andres: Hello. Bunny is good.
	12:54pm phat in Lincoln: Oh no!
	♥ 12:54pm spodiodi: :) right on, Dano59, i'll pass it on
	♥ 12:55pm Glistener MW: oh whew! -- logged in now to see if this was just-me or not. Hello, compadres in zen silence.
	♥ 12:55pm REDSPIDER: The sound is sputtering intermittently right now
	12:55pm Sonny Rickles: sheesh, guess I'll go work on my eggplant too
	12:55pm clarke: i blame gremlins.
	♥ 12:55pm spodiodi: thanks, Michael Shelley! great show! (gremlins be damned!)
	♥ 12:55pm Handy Haversack: OK, I have the FM going. There's a lot of static, but if you all want, I will try to give you the closed captioning. You're worth it!
	♥ 12:55pm Glistener MW: I'm on my balcony listening to a real-life version of Bob Brainen's birds and more birds
	♥ 12:55pm Glistener MW: (it's a great cover!)
	12:55pm DRATSUM: WFMU silence on Sonos player
	12:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: John Cage - if not #1 - in the Top10...
	12:56pm clarke: even without the last 1/16th of the show - FANtastic!!
	♥ 12:56pm Dano59: Drummer stream and Rock'n'Soul are playing (via radio.garden) - others nada
	♥ 12:56pm Corey: In any case, thanks Michael for the great interview and tunes! Good luck WFMU tech wizards!
	♥ 12:56pm Dano59: S.O.S. StationManagerKen!
	12:57pm Ross T.: 91.1 in Bay Ridge loud and mostly clear.
	♥ 12:57pm spodiodi: there we go!
	♥ 12:58pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, MS! Glad to have you back in the heart of it all! Stream signal just came back!
	12:58pm JimF: Yay!
	12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yes TY Always DJ MS ! Michael's back in the Studio, right ? So it's not vermin nibbling wires out his house... Oh Hullo !
	12:58pm Ross T.: Thank you for another great show, sir!
	12:58pm paul: Ever get the feelin'...
	♥ 12:58pm Glistener MW: Huzzah! my favorite winged-mammal theme.
	♥ 12:58pm REDSPIDER: Holy Blackout, Batman...We're back on!
	12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY Batman.
	♥ 12:58pm juan: Thanks for another great show, Michael! ( even with silence for the last few minutes) Be well everyone and enjoy the weekend!
	♥ 12:58pm Glistener MW: Thanks for the always-great show, Michael! Have a great weekend, everyone
	12:59pm Dennis Diken: Great show, Mikey!
	♥ 12:59pm radioronan: Well thanks Michael and streaming fixing skeletons!
	♥ 1:00pm REDSPIDER: ....aaaand it's out again...
	1:00pm beavo: There goes again
	1:00pm beavo: There goes again
	♥ 1:00pm Glistener MW: to quote Cathy -- "ACK!"
	1:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...hm - maybe we need Superman or Dr.Strange...
	1:00pm Edward: Order the book on Indiebound.org! Fuck Amazon!
	♥ 1:00pm Frank Zaatar: Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? Nah, not today. Great show.
	♥ 1:00pm Handy Haversack: Down again.
	♥ 1:01pm REDSPIDER: Thanks, Mike, see you next week, same bat time, same bat station

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May 15, 2021: Guest: "Hollywood Eden" author Joel Selvin

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Rogues, The	Come On Let's Go "Come On Let's Go" by "Rogues, The"
Jill Gibson	Easy As 1,2,3 "Easy As 1,2,3" by "Jill Gibson"
Sandy Nelson	And Then There Were Drums
Bruce Johnston	Surfin' 'Round The World
Kim Fowley	Me "Me" by "Kim Fowley"
Nancy Sinatra	These Boots Were Made For Walking
Jan And Dean	I Found A Girl "I Found A Girl" by "Jan And Dean"
Jan And Dean	Baby Talk "Baby Talk" by "Jan And Dean"
Joel Selvin	Interview "Interview" by "Joel Selvin"
Jan And Dean	Dead Man's Curve "Dead Man's Curve" by "Jan And Dean"
Yo La Tengo	Wasn't Born To Follow
Lee Moses	Time And Place "Time And Place" by "Lee Moses"
The Cats And The Fiddle	Public Jitterbug No. 1
Excel	Bad News "Bad News" by "Excel"
Rokes, The	Grazie A Te "Grazie A Te" by "Rokes, The"
Bob Fryfogle	Six Feet Under "Six Feet Under" by "Bob Fryfogle"
Junior Wells And The Aces	Feelin' Good (live)
Holly Golightly	Getting Mighty Crowded
Marmalade, The	Some Fine Day "Some Fine Day" by "Marmalade, The"
Dave Dudley	Two Six Packs Away "Two Six Packs Away" by "Dave Dudley"
Three Days Ahead LPF	Face It Man "Face It Man" by "Three Days Ahead LPF"
JD McPherson	On The Lips "On The Lips" by "JD McPherson"
Roy Orbison With Bob Moore's Orchrestra And Chorus	Today's Teardrops
Nick Lowe	Geisha Girl "Geisha Girl" by "Nick Lowe"
Impressions, The	Gotta Get Away "Gotta Get Away" by "Impressions, The"
Dinah Washington	Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't My Baby?
John Fogerty	Almost Saturday Night
Hollies, The	When Your Lights Turned On
Skeeter Davis And NRBQ	You Don't Know What You Got Until You Lose It
Little Milton	Rebeat "Rebeat" by "Little Milton"
Luxury	Green Hearts "Green Hearts" by "Luxury"
Roger Nichols and the Small Circle of Friends	Love So Fine
Charlie Byrd	Limehouse Blues "Limehouse Blues" by "Charlie Byrd"
Jan And Dean	Merry Christmas "Merry Christmas" by "Jan And Dean"
KFWB News	August 18, 1956 "August 18, 1956" by "KFWB News"
KHJ Bat Phone Contest	"KHJ Bat Phone Contest"

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Listener comments!
	♥ 2:26am Listener Baby: I’m on the toilet!!!!
	♥ 2:26am Listener Baby: And good morning.
	♥ 10:39am Michael Shelley: Hey Sweet Pea!
	♥ 10:40am Listener Baby: How’s my dude?
	♥ 10:45am Michael Shelley: No complaints. Beautiful day. Took a while to find (free) parking, but that's par these days in this hood. Listening to Brainen. I have an apple I'm looking forward to... life is good.
	♥ 10:45am Michael Shelley: You?
	♥ 10:46am Michael Shelley: Do you sleep much?
	♥ 10:56am Listener Baby: Not enough doing okay crazy day today
	11:00am Listener Bop Monroe: greetings from really sunny Tannersville Mr. DJMS and all.
	♥ 11:01am Handy Haversack: Make it off the throne, Baby? Hey, everyone! I'm cooking but also listening hard. Excited for the show and hoping you're all having a great Saturday. Hey, Baby, MS, Bop, and also preemptive hellos to clarke, Frank, Moammar, Corey, Squints, Rev Rab, myron feld, Lizzie, spodi, Ken, HyperD, and all!
	11:01am Docrock: Good morning Michael and everyone listening To this broadcast.
	11:01am Listener Bop Monroe: oh... there's betty and veronica!
	11:02am clarke: heyyyyyyyy nowwwwww
	11:02am Frank In Queens: Hey now from Rockin’ Rochester!!
	♥ 11:02am Will the Sound Guy: Good Morning Michael and all! 🌞☀️
	♥ 11:02am Pauly from Clifton: Good morning, Michael, folks!
	11:04am clarke: yr in RAWWWchester?!?
	11:05am clarke: exporting Queens to the hinters, ahem.
	♥ 11:05am spodiodi: good saturday morning, Michael Shelley and everyone!
	11:06am Dennis Diken: Way to go, Mikey, great kickoff! Hey everybody!!
	11:07am clarke: it ain't The Archies w/o the jughead beat!!
	11:11am GR: They all used the Wrecking Crew
	11:11am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hullo Handy ! Surf's up mm hm hm...
	11:12am Dennis Diken: Bruce J played piano on Sandy Nelson’s “Teen Beat,” yes?
	11:12am Sonny Rickles: they all went to the same high school
	11:12am clarke: perhaps you have someone do a dramatic reading of bruce johnston's answers to questions? (maybe one of Wondermints)
	11:12am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...yeah - sorta two dimensional without jughead...
	♥ 11:12am HyperDose: Hey Michael and Shelleys of all kinds! How did you know I was going to be here, Handy? ;)
	11:14am clarke: hmm... did they all live on the same street in laurel canyon?
	11:14am Juke Joint Jonny: They all dated Squeaky Frome.
	♥ 11:15am listener 126464: Sock It To Me!
	♥ 11:15am spodiodi: hey chef Handy! cook it up
	♥ 11:15am McGroovey: I know what they have in common: they're not Jonathan Richman. But maybe that's the answer to a different question.
	♥ 11:16am spodiodi: JJJ i think may have it
	♥ 11:16am McGroovey: I know what they have in common: they're not Jonathan Richman. But maybe that's the answer to a different question.
	11:16am clarke: kim fowley 'lived' in new orleans for a few weeks, gave me the creeps.
	11:16am ?: hal blaine?
	♥ 11:16am spodiodi: truthin = so important
	11:16am Biba McLurex: Novelty records? Famous parents?
	11:16am Biba McLurex: Novelty records? Famous parents?
	♥ 11:16am myron feld: A musician I know who worked with Fowley described him thusly: "For the first 45 minutes he's the most fascinating guy you've ever met. Just make sure you leave before minute 46."
	11:17am CalZone!: They all went to Hollywood Highschool together?
	♥ 11:17am McGroovey: That posted twice somehow. The bot told me it hasn't succeeded the first time, and told to try again, so I did.
	11:17am dave: Kim Fowley and Nancy Sinatra shared a testicle
	11:17am clarke: nah - sandy nelson played drums on his song
	11:17am Ross T.: I was in a band that covered "Boots" -- we'd introduce it by saying "we're going to do one by Sinatra!"
	♥ 11:18am spodiodi: they both share a girl's name
	11:19am Ross T.: "I Found a Girl" Oh man. So good.
	11:19am Ojai John: Foggy morning in Southern California. Rock me.
	♥ 11:19am Squints: ok then
	♥ 11:19am Squints: hey HEY hey
	11:20am Monica: All portrayed in a movie?
	11:20am CalZone!: They all shares the same orthodontist! Beautiful straight teeth, all of them!
	11:21am clarke: everything weird.
	♥ 11:24am Don Gorden: thank God for the reverb
	11:25am Ross T.: This is the roots of SMiLE.
	11:25am ?: Calzone guessed it, minus the year. So give it to him, and give me a calzone.
	11:26am Listener Bop Monroe: 'i'm 5 and she's only 3' wtf...?!
	11:28am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: [ If it says you have to Try Again to Post - it's a dirty lie - ! ! ...Tell yer friends... ]
	11:30am clarke: yes - this show is the ONLY REASON i would do math on a saturday morning!!
	11:32am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Some time since I read 'Nearest Faraway Place' ...made a good double bill with 'City of Quartz' ...Never got the 'Where the Action Is!' L.A. Nuggets...
	♥ 11:32am Franco Twinkie: Jan was Bruce Berry were my friends cousins. There grandma was the real Little Old Lady From Pasadena. Sounds to me like those guys were real trouble.
	11:34am clarke: i wonder if hawthorne high ever played university in football?
	♥ 11:35am Corey: Morning Michael and listeners! Hey Handy!
	♥ 11:35am Franco Twinkie: I don't think Hawthorne and Uni are in the same league.
	11:38am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Fascinating about the Indies. So - TheBeatles handed it back to the Majors maybe? Been parroting that the Fabs helmed the Industry Boom...
	♥ 11:39am Baja Joe: Mike!
	11:40am egould310: Sending 18 year old Americans to go kill Vietnamese people was never patriotic.
	♥ 11:42am Michael Shelley: Agree - so why would Jan record "universal Coward" and then dodge the draft? Jan Berry (1941-2004) was a member of Jan and Dean, a popular American duo who specialised in West Coast surf rock during the 1960s. Among their successful songs were Surf City, Dead Man’s Curve and The Little Old Lady from Pasadena. In late 1965 Berry penned The Universal Coward, an angry response to Donovan’s anti-war single Universal Soldier. He recorded and released it solo after his singing partner, Dean Torrence, refused to participate. The Universal Coward is a vitriolic attack on those who opposed the Vietnam War, describing them as “scroungers”, “twisted”, “fanatic” and “thick skulled”. It received little radio airplay and did not reach the charts.
	♥ 11:42am Franco Twinkie: Kim Fowley said Jan was punk ass hoodlum that gave him all kinds of shit. Now that's quite a character assessment from from a real jerk/genius.
	11:43am Ross T.: Super interview (again). I could listen to another hour of that...guess I'll get the book!
	11:44am clarke: fast=inating!!!
	♥ 11:45am McGroovey: My favorite cover of Dead Man's Curve is by Nash the Slash.
	11:45am CalZone!: Fascinating interview! Learned so much! Gotta read this book! Off to the orthodontist now, and then to the beach in my woodie!
	♥ 11:45am Franco Twinkie: Randy Newman and Darby Crash also went to Uni. Equally important to the L.A. sound.
	11:46am Ross T.: Rich kids dodging military service but eventually pushing policy that sends poor kids to do the fighting...goes back forever!
	♥ 11:46am MFlynn: Yep, that book is a must have! Thanks Michael!!!!
	♥ 11:47am Squints: Hey, doc? How's my 'Vette?
	11:48am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Lots more conversation possible there ! Looking forward to 'Hollywood Eden'.
	♥ 11:48am JohnEBGood: Was that Keith Moon on drums on Dead Mans Curve?
	11:49am Listener Bop Monroe: last nite i broke the seal of a jim beam decanter that looks like elvis and filled a up a flintstones jelly (jam) jar
	♥ 11:49am Greg from ZONE 5: Happy Saturday, Michael & all!
	11:49am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Probly his hero - Hal Blaine. Moony a surf fan for sure.
	11:50am clarke: george. hal blaine drums on deadman's curve
	11:51am KWilde: Great interview as always Michael
	11:51am ?: What gives? Shut up Katherine heigl was a quote from a movie. Unless it was an issue with try again to post, then the question still remains, what gives?
	11:52am Dennis Diken: Great interview, Mikey! Can’t wait to read the book!
	♥ 11:52am JohnEBGood: Wow! I know Keith liked the LA sound. Thanks for the 411🎸
	11:53am clarke: moon was a HUUUUGE surf music fan.
	11:53am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Thx to Dennis Diken for schooling on Hal Blaine !
	11:54am Listener Bop Monroe: re KMoon: see the WHO BBC Vol 1 - Bucket T!
	♥ 11:55am Michael Shelley: ? = email me & I'll fill you in on what gives
	♥ 11:55am HyperDose: I'd like to see a list of Hal Blaine facts that Dennis doesn't know...oops, no such list exists!
	11:55am egould310: Why did Jan record ‘Universal Coward’? Probably drugs?!?
	11:56am johnk77: joel selvin was pop/rock guy for san francisco chronicle daily & sunday the pink section highly influential all over northern california and beyond
	11:56am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'The Beachcombers' : i.pinimg.com...
	11:56am johnk77: great work interviewer
	11:58am Ross T.: From 1979 -- we know skinny ties were involved.
	11:59am clarke: my undies dude - the whites!!
	11:59am clarke: (the ringer must not appear empty)
	♥ 12:00pm Handy Haversack: That was a great interview, MS! Really interesting. "Privilege and innocence." Great phrase.
	12:01pm clarke: HH - you get the house in order??
	♥ 12:03pm Handy Haversack: Mixed results, clarke -- but no bites! I think that phase is (please, please, please!) complete. Last week, we literally huddled on the back stoop with all four pets in the cold rain for the last half hour or so of MS and all of Fool's Paradise. Total misery.
	♥ 12:04pm Montmaster J: Wedgeworld!
	♥ 12:04pm spodiodi: spodi looks like he needs a wedgie
	12:04pm clarke: dang, sir!! dang IT!!
	♥ 12:05pm Hubig Pie: A 12 ft. wedge, now that's a party !
	♥ 12:06pm Montmaster J: I think we disagree on this but Sals aint Sals no more....and they're still rude.
	♥ 12:06pm Frank Zaatar: Rhyme of the Week: wlted/jilted.
	12:07pm phat in Lincoln: Who does a cover of this Fryfogle?
	12:07pm clarke: flatting!!!
	12:09pm John in Phoenixville: @ Michael Shelley: Regarding the “wedge” question, I went to school In Norristown, Pennsylvania, and they call such a sandwich a “zep.” Great show and interview today! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.inquirer.com/philly/columnists/craig_laban/the-zep-and-the-cos-how-norristowns-classic-sandwich-soothed-courtroom-nerves-20170620.html%3foutputType=amp
	12:09pm moca: in parts of ohio, they're called grinders ... 🥪
	♥ 12:10pm myron feld: It's wedge in SW Connecticut, too. Grinders further north, I think.
	12:12pm clarke: Bongolian!!!
	♥ 12:12pm Michael Shelley: Joel also taught college classes and his students included WFMU's Rex.
	12:12pm mike from Cardiff You Kay: Greetings from wales uk
	♥ 12:12pm Michael Shelley: DO NOT VIEW IF HUNGRY: www.google.com...
	12:13pm clarke: is joel the guy that gave rex a B in rock?
	♥ 12:13pm MFlynn: Wow, i wanna Wedge!!
	♥ 12:14pm Frank Zaatar: I thought grinder was a New England thing. IIRC in Boston a grinder is a sub (or whatever) roasted in a pizza oven for a few minutes.
	♥ 12:14pm spodiodi: Thrillhouse knows!
	12:14pm clarke: see you weren't always a veg, baby!
	12:16pm johnk77: in north central ohio a sub was also heated in a pizza oven
	12:17pm Ross T.: How did you know I needed some Dave Dudley?
	♥ 12:17pm MFlynn: Yeah Truck Driving Tunes!!!!
	12:17pm Dennis Diken: @Revolution Rabbit - at your service! @Hyper Dose, thanks, but I’m discovering tracks that Hal played on all the time! It’s endless!!
	12:17pm phat in Lincoln: I grew up in the great plains and New England and learned hoagie, sub and grinder.
	♥ 12:18pm Dano59: Heroes (so does that come from 'Gyro' or what??), subs, hoagies, grinders ... all pretty much apply at various spots in upstate NY.
	12:18pm clarke: hal blaine doesn't even really know all the stuff he played on!!
	12:18pm davefromtoronto: how bout "half a 2/4"
	♥ 12:18pm Dano59: hey, everybody's two six-packs away if you believe in yourself.
	12:19pm paul: Will two six packs last him six days on the road?
	12:20pm clarke: i mean, there's all kindsa commercial jingles the wrecking crew played on, as well as records
	♥ 12:21pm Handy Haversack: That two-six-packs song spoke to me!
	♥ 12:21pm Frank Zaatar: @Dano: Yep, it was heroes in the Southern Tier but then again we used the word "hamburg."
	12:23pm Dennis Diken: @clarke, Hal was working on a master sessionography later in his life, don’t know how far he got. I know at one point he was up to 1970!
	12:23pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Grinders' or subs up NewHampshuh far as I ever knew... where that comes from I'd like to know...
	♥ 12:24pm spodiodi: johnk77 and Dani59: i think grinders are baked (after the haogie-like sandwich has been made)
	12:24pm Frank In Queens: JD been listening to The Strokes recently? Not knocking the sound!
	♥ 12:25pm Corey: JD McPherson was one of the last show's I saw before COVID. This song came on right after an annoying concertgoer was yanked from the show. Ruined Under the Spell of City Lights. So this one was especially sweet! The days of annoying people at shows!
	12:25pm Frank In Queens: Ah didn’t realize it was an older track.
	♥ 12:26pm Handy Haversack: We had never heard of him, Corey, but very much enjoyed that tune! For those wondering: jalapeno hashbrowns and huevos a la mexicana. Muy bueno.
	♥ 12:26pm JohnEBGood: 12 packs did not exist. Now we have 30's 🎳
	♥ 12:26pm spodiodi: Hoagies reign supreme in my world. subs are usually a sad wonderbread-ized attempt at a sandwich (and usually in strip malls); i don't have enough experience with heroes to offer my very important opinion
	♥ 12:26pm Handy Haversack: I noticed that outside of NYC, 15 packs seem to be the new 12 pack!
	12:27pm clarke: @DD - i treasured this Goldmine article on blaine that was written at around, say, '77 - even then hal couldn't recall some sessions.
	♥ 12:27pm HyperDose: Easy work for Wade Boggs!
	♥ 12:27pm Frank Zaatar: Cross the Pennsylvania border, heroes become hoagies.
	♥ 12:27pm spodiodi: counting six packs always reminds me of that Kenny Rogers song
	♥ 12:30pm spodiodi: hoagies exist in and around philly... never trust anything called a hoagie outside of the phila pa metropolitan area
	12:30pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Nick almost sounded like GrahamNash in the 1st verse...
	12:31pm Ross T.: Drinking and driving, Geisha girls -- I feel some cancelling coming on.
	♥ 12:32pm Dano59: @spodi: so is it Ray's, Original Ray's, or Famous Original Ray's for you? @Frank: Elmira-Horseheads here! Land of salt potatoes and Genny Cream Ale
	12:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...' on a 🎶 toasted bun - Toooooasted ! ' : blog.wfmu.org...
	♥ 12:33pm Handy Haversack: "I'm tired of subs, Marge! I want hoagies, heroes, GRINDERS!"
	12:34pm clarke: PO-BOYS!!!!!!!!!!
	12:35pm clarke: (final answer).
	12:36pm Dennis Diken: @clarke - it’s understandable, I mean, he worked 10-18 hour days, including weekends at times, for a decade or so! It’s truly mind boggling!
	12:36pm moca: hey, cardiff!! what's occurrin' ? 🎪
	♥ 12:36pm Frank Zaatar: Sorry spodiodi, you've never been to Grace's in Clarks Summit PA.
	♥ 12:37pm spodiodi: Dano, i don't think i've had either. but even most Wawas aren't horrible (if not quite hoagies).
	12:37pm clarke: yes - also earl palmer was mixed in there, too. on the jingles - blaine has trouble remembering if it was palmer or himself. mind-boggling.
	♥ 12:37pm Handy Haversack: Now I want an eggplant parm hero. Oh, also, in the NYC is going back to normal department: Kate and I went out to dinner last night (second time!) at a place we love and, duh, had not been to in 14 months. We sat outside, on the corner, in Italian WIlliamsburg. About halfway through, a couple walked by, and Kate pointed out that the woman was completely nude except for a shawl that was draped only in front of her. I verified when they walked back by. Just seemed to be going to the bodega for a bomber stark bummed and easy living. Welcome back, NYC.
	♥ 12:38pm Michael Shelley: Just finished Gavin & Stacy - really enjoyed it- made me want to visit Wales
	12:38pm Ross T.: This is the most perfect Rock and Roll song ever.
	♥ 12:38pm spodiodi: Frank, I'll keep that in mind next time i visit my friend's cabin up that way (you're right, i haven't been, but i am very skeptical :) )
	12:38pm clarke: from what i remember of that article, there's some levi's commercial that is part blaine part palmer
	♥ 12:39pm Corey: @Handy That breakfast sounds off the hook. Love this Fogerty!
	♥ 12:39pm spodiodi: Freedom, Handy! **==
	12:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...nice garlicy eggplant parm...
	♥ 12:40pm MFlynn: Would love to travel to Wales and have a beer with Dave Edmunds.
	12:41pm clarke: we doin' MovieTime?? from rochester??
	♥ 12:41pm spodiodi: mzSpodi is growing some eggplant on our slab (yay!)
	12:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Loved BobbyElliot's description on Todd-o's that TheHollies had like a horn section in their vocals. Damn straight.
	♥ 12:42pm Frank Zaatar: @Dano: I come from the Land of Speidis. By the way, I think Tom Hnaks worked the word "hamburg" into Erie dialect his script for That Thing You Do.
	12:42pm DG: As someone who went to school in upstate NY (the capital) we definitely used to order "subs" after our questionable dinners at the quad dining hall...I think here in NYC it's "heroes" or "subs"---never heard the other terms jn this area. It's the same with soda---some places have "pop" or other terms, & apparently, as I learned reading these messages, a "Coke" is a generic term for a soda in other parts of the country(?!).
	12:43pm Mike Sin: WNEW-FM in NYC during the late ‘70s/early ‘80s was great. Sure, there were serious commercial concerns, but the special programs (usually featured late) were fantastic, and you felt the DJs still had some say regarding the playlists of their own shows.
	♥ 12:43pm spodiodi: my friend's dad and uncle from philly used "hamburgs" shrugs
	♥ 12:43pm MFlynn: Wow, what a beautiful Hollies song that was.
	♥ 12:43pm spodiodi: felt more like a generational than a localized thing to me
	12:44pm ledzeppelinsucks: My dad grew up in Kensington Phiadelphia. Those were huge rednecks and racists. 'Porta Riccuns'
	12:44pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Soda - never heard 'Pop' for a drink up NewHampshuh...
	12:45pm DG: MFlynn: Would love to do that too....hope DE is doing OK in Wales, since he's now retired. Saw him half a dozen times over the years, mostly with Rockpile & his subsequent bands...last was a solo show at the Bottom Line (RIP) in '02. I don't think he's played in America since then.
	♥ 12:45pm Handy Haversack: My western Michigan family definitely says "hamburg." And butters the buns!
	♥ 12:45pm Frank Zaatar: WNEW: Vin Scelsa, Idiot's Delight!
	♥ 12:45pm spodiodi: they also had jersey and Delaware water gap tendrils. "pop" is a great word, but not for carbonated sugary slurm
	12:46pm Ross T.: "Vinny Scelsa's on the radio...."
	♥ 12:46pm spodiodi: just me? no radio
	♥ 12:46pm spodiodi: come back, Michael!
	♥ 12:46pm Frank Zaatar: "Me and Razoo Kelly..."
	12:46pm clarke: not just you.
	♥ 12:47pm Handy Haversack: Stream loss on AAC through VLC.
	12:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: It goes w/ the carbonation - & love the parity of Junkfood & disposable Culture...
	12:47pm paul: Wake up!
	♥ 12:47pm REDSPIDER: ditto
	♥ 12:48pm spodiodi: using satellite to locate and lock gremlins
	12:48pm DG: Mike Sin: Absolutely, regarding WNEW. I can even remember when PLJ was "progressive" & they had Howard Smith doing a late-night interview show (Sat. or Sundays I think), I still have tapes of him interviewing John & Yoko....he had Zappa & others on too.
	♥ 12:48pm Dano59: also failing on popup player. sheesh
	♥ 12:48pm spodiodi: readying the wave motion gun
	12:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Seems to b streaming - but sounds like an effete CD that only plays a note now & then...
	12:48pm JimF: blup ... blup ... blup ... ... blup :-(
	12:48pm clarke: it sure ain't the archies, now!!
	♥ 12:48pm spodiodi: take that, you filthy mutated mogwai!
	12:48pm KWilde: Lost on phone too
	12:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: *effed CD ...
	♥ 12:49pm Handy Haversack: 91.1 is working. Can't tell about 91.9.
	12:49pm muddybrookrambler: Lost on iPhone app
	12:49pm paul: You Don't Know What You Got Until You Lose It. Indeed.
	♥ 12:49pm MFlynn: Rats, i lost the connection too, pc and phone. well that stinks.
	♥ 12:49pm spodiodi: throws computer out window
	12:50pm ?: chyna turned it off
	12:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Drummer & others streams seem OK...
	12:50pm davefromtoronto: it's sabotage...
	♥ 12:50pm Handy Haversack: gets hit in face by spodi's computer OW!
	12:50pm paul: Little Milton's minimalist period.
	12:50pm clarke: hate to say this but WHAT GIVES?
	♥ 12:50pm spodiodi: damn hamburg crazed gremlins
	♥ 12:51pm adamdoesit: Can't raise the drummer stream either. Streaming host connectivity I guess. This radio station is temporarily radio only.
	♥ 12:51pm spodiodi: sorry, Handy. get in line (to sue)
	♥ 12:51pm SammyC: for shame!!!!
	12:51pm ed: In case you didn't know the stream is not playing anything.
	12:51pm clarke: could be hackers from eastern europe.
	12:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Funny - I get the other streams.
	♥ 12:51pm spodiodi: drummer working fine here, adamdoesit
	12:52pm davefromtoronto: as long as it's back on for fools paradise...
	♥ 12:52pm SammyC: i dont even know if my receiver can tune in
	♥ 12:52pm spodiodi: sheenas is out too tho
	♥ 12:52pm MFlynn: Bummer, back to saturday chores and yardwork i guess. Have a great day everyone.
	12:52pm goyim in the am: Ex-Ichiban is up.
	♥ 12:52pm spodiodi: rev, i'm 2 for 4 here
	12:52pm Walter: What song is playing right now?
	♥ 12:53pm Corey: So this is what it would be like without streaming for us in Michigan. A sadder world indeed.
	♥ 12:53pm adamdoesit: You're right, spodi. Correction: drummer dead on web player for me, ok on tunein.
	12:53pm beavo: I thought my battery was dead
	♥ 12:53pm Dano59: guess I'll get out and go buy some eggplant to plant - thx for the tip MzSpodi
	12:54pm Andres: Hello. Bunny is good.
	12:54pm phat in Lincoln: Oh no!
	♥ 12:54pm spodiodi: :) right on, Dano59, i'll pass it on
	♥ 12:55pm Glistener MW: oh whew! -- logged in now to see if this was just-me or not. Hello, compadres in zen silence.
	♥ 12:55pm REDSPIDER: The sound is sputtering intermittently right now
	12:55pm Sonny Rickles: sheesh, guess I'll go work on my eggplant too
	12:55pm clarke: i blame gremlins.
	♥ 12:55pm spodiodi: thanks, Michael Shelley! great show! (gremlins be damned!)
	♥ 12:55pm Handy Haversack: OK, I have the FM going. There's a lot of static, but if you all want, I will try to give you the closed captioning. You're worth it!
	♥ 12:55pm Glistener MW: I'm on my balcony listening to a real-life version of Bob Brainen's birds and more birds
	♥ 12:55pm Glistener MW: (it's a great cover!)
	12:55pm DRATSUM: WFMU silence on Sonos player
	12:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: John Cage - if not #1 - in the Top10...
	12:56pm clarke: even without the last 1/16th of the show - FANtastic!!
	♥ 12:56pm Dano59: Drummer stream and Rock'n'Soul are playing (via radio.garden) - others nada
	♥ 12:56pm Corey: In any case, thanks Michael for the great interview and tunes! Good luck WFMU tech wizards!
	♥ 12:56pm Dano59: S.O.S. StationManagerKen!
	12:57pm Ross T.: 91.1 in Bay Ridge loud and mostly clear.
	♥ 12:57pm spodiodi: there we go!
	♥ 12:58pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, MS! Glad to have you back in the heart of it all! Stream signal just came back!
	12:58pm JimF: Yay!
	12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yes TY Always DJ MS ! Michael's back in the Studio, right ? So it's not vermin nibbling wires out his house... Oh Hullo !
	12:58pm Ross T.: Thank you for another great show, sir!
	12:58pm paul: Ever get the feelin'...
	♥ 12:58pm Glistener MW: Huzzah! my favorite winged-mammal theme.
	♥ 12:58pm REDSPIDER: Holy Blackout, Batman...We're back on!
	12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY Batman.
	♥ 12:58pm juan: Thanks for another great show, Michael! ( even with silence for the last few minutes) Be well everyone and enjoy the weekend!
	♥ 12:58pm Glistener MW: Thanks for the always-great show, Michael! Have a great weekend, everyone
	12:59pm Dennis Diken: Great show, Mikey!
	♥ 12:59pm radioronan: Well thanks Michael and streaming fixing skeletons!
	♥ 1:00pm REDSPIDER: ....aaaand it's out again...
	1:00pm beavo: There goes again
	1:00pm beavo: There goes again
	♥ 1:00pm Glistener MW: to quote Cathy -- "ACK!"
	1:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...hm - maybe we need Superman or Dr.Strange...
	1:00pm Edward: Order the book on Indiebound.org! Fuck Amazon!
	♥ 1:00pm Frank Zaatar: Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? Nah, not today. Great show.
	♥ 1:00pm Handy Haversack: Down again.
	♥ 1:01pm REDSPIDER: Thanks, Mike, see you next week, same bat time, same bat station

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