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Favoriting February 1, 2022: Dr. Johnny Fever (Howard Hesseman Special) hosted by Jon Nelson

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Linda Ronstadt  Ooh Baby Baby   Favoriting
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Van Morrisson  Into the Mystic   Favoriting
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Sly & the Family Stone  Remember Who You Are   Favoriting
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The Kinks  Rock n Roll Fantasy   Favoriting
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Warren Zevon  Werewolves of London   Favoriting
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Bo Diddley  Bo Diddley   Favoriting
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Wayne Newton  Danke Schoen   Favoriting
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Pete Townsend  Rough Boys   Favoriting
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Bruce Springsteen  Hungry Heart   Favoriting
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Queen  Another One Bites the Dust   Favoriting
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The Police  De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da   Favoriting
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Elvis Presley  Return to Sender   Favoriting
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The Kinks  You Really Got Me   Favoriting
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Captain Beefheart  Suction Prints   Favoriting
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The O’Jays  For the Love of Money   Favoriting
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Led Zeppelin  Immigrant Song   Favoriting
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Heart  Barracuda   Favoriting
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The Coasters  Young Blood   Favoriting
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Blondie  Heart of Glass   Favoriting
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Paul McCartney & Wings  Arrow Through Me   Favoriting
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Prince  I Wanna Be Your Lover   Favoriting
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Jerry Lee Lewis  Rockin My Life Away   Favoriting
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M  Pop Muzik   Favoriting
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Marvin Gaye  I Heard it Through the Grapevine   Favoriting
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Bonnie Raitt  Runaway   Favoriting
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Huey Lewis and the News  Do You Believe in Love   Favoriting
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Junior Walker and the All Stars  Shotgun   Favoriting
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Dr. John  Keep That Music Simple   Favoriting
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Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers  Why Do Fools Fall in Love   Favoriting
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B.B. King  Gambler’s Blues (Live, The International Club, Chicago)   Favoriting
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Jerry Lee Lewis  Don’t Let Go   Favoriting
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News Break 

 

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Rolling Stones  Lies   Favoriting
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Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band  Old Time Rock and Roll   Favoriting
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Nick Lowe  They Called it Rock   Favoriting
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Billy Swan  Don’t Be Cruel   Favoriting
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Wilson Pickett  Land of 1000 Dances   Favoriting
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The Cure  Jumping Someone Else’s Train   Favoriting
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Freddie King  I’m Tore Down   Favoriting
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The Cars  Just What I Needed   Favoriting
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Arthur Conley  Sweet Soul Music   Favoriting
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Albert King  Born Under a Bad Sign   Favoriting
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The Go-Go’s  We Got the Beat   Favoriting
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Jefferson Starship  Jane   Favoriting
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Little Richard  Lucille   Favoriting
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Joan Jett & The Blackhearts  I Love Rock & Roll   Favoriting
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Ray Charles  What’d I Say   Favoriting
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Paul McCartney  Take it Away   Favoriting
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Listener comments!

  2:01pm
Bri:

Mr. Fab!!
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Mr Fab:

Hi! But actually I'm just letting Jon use my space so he can do his Johnny Fever collage. *tosses Jon the car keys* Careful with it, now, Jon!
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postconsumer:

I'm feeling fabulous... but actually I'm just filling in for the next three hours...
:)
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postconsumer:

90% of the musical choices were made by Dr. Johnny Fever... and he'll be announcing everything himself, as well!
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Scott67:

G'day Mr.F & Jon....did someone say Beer??
👍😎🍻🎶📻🌞🌎
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postconsumer:

Hi Scott!
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postconsumer:

Here's how I described today's show on my social media: "What if I took EVERY DJ break which Howard Hesseman ever made (as Dr. Johnny Fever, on WKRP in Cincinnati), and just... followed his lead?

Would I be able to construct a three hour radio show, with Fever as the host?

I was, in fact, and even kept all the music era appropriate (nothing after 1982), and almost everything was actually played on the program (1978-1982).

They actually played Captain Beefheart on WKRP? Yes! And Prince? No! Tune in to see if you can tell which tracks I’ve twisted the doctor into playing for you...

Just a collage I made, for fun. And then did nothing with. Now, to honor everyone’s favorite DJ, I’ll be sharing it with Sheena’s Jungle Room."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:11pm
Scott67:

Brilliant Jon!👍😎
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Otis:

Just in time for a little Sly. Love this concept Jon=Johnny Fever!
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Rich in Washington:

was just getting my hair foofed and feathered and squeezed myself into my Britannia jeans and Earth shoes. I'm ready to boogie down.
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postconsumer:

Thanks, Otis! Biggest compliment of my life. :) Thanks for tuning in, Rich!
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Mr Fab:

yep, your new name: Jon Fever.
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Scott67:

Is it gettin hot in here?
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postconsumer:

:)
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Scott67:

Close, 6:20am here.
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postconsumer:

The time's will change, but stay chronological! There will be some gaps as Johnny stays on the air nearly all day...
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postconsumer:

This was what I was working on, in the very early days of the lockdown. A labor of love which kept me distracted from things.
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Mr Fab:

brilliant idea, and skillfully executed.
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Scott67:

Makes me wanna binge watch WKRP in C now!!👍😎
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Rich in Washington:

This is a brilliant concept! I had no idea he back/front announced so many real songs. Most sitcoms would make stuff up and play library songs for diegetic music bits.
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Mr Fab:

is this like some disco 12" remix?
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Rich in Washington:

Yeah, me too, Scott67. I rarely got to watch the show back-in-the-day.
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postconsumer:

Thanks! Yes, it was a challenge, but not impossible. I tried the same thing with another fictional dj program and it didn't work out nearly as well. This one stretched to three hours.
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Scott67:

Jon, also unknowingly then a wonderful way to honour Howard now.🌷
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Otis:

Remember watching as a kid, alongside other fav sitcoms like 'come and knock on our door' and 'kiss my grits' and this show with Fever, 'booger'. This is like 6th-7th grade TV watching.
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postconsumer:

Yes! That's the reason I dug it out of storage. When I first finished it, I couldn't figure out what to do with it, so it just sat on my hard drive.
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Rich in Washington:

I've never gotten over the disappointment that Hello Larry's recurring line 'tie a can to it, Ruthie' utterly failed to capture the American zeitgeist.
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Rich in Washington:

I would totally listen to a commercial FM station with a format as eclectic as this.
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Mr Fab:

wait Rich, you watched "Hello, Larry"?!
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postconsumer:

I just finished watching the whole series, and I can tell you the music director was pulling his hair out, but yeah... I agree, the Doctor usually had it going on.
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Rich in Washington:

I had to, Mr. Fab, by orders. It was set in Portland Oregon. Plus, Larry/McLean was a radio DJ.
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Mr Fab:

Maybe it was a great show. I just know it as a punchline.
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Rich in Washington:

It was fairly dismal but I remember people around here being excited that a major US sitcom was set in Portland.
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Mr Fab:

I like "Grimm," tho i doubt it represented the real Portland - perpetually dark, and seemingly very wooded. You'd never guess Portland was a major city - they were always running thru dark forests.
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Rich in Washington:

I plan on watching the SNL from '79 with Hesseman with the skit where he plays himself visiting a real FM radio station and all the jocks take him to task for not wearing headphones in his DJing scenes.
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Mr Fab:

Well hey aren't those carts that he's holding? That's authentic at least.
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Rich in Washington:

The Grimm brothers house was right next door to my friend Toby's house, so got to see them use the street to shoot exteriors quite a few times.
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Scott67:

I think I better get outa the sack & make a steaming cup of espresso chemicals!
👍😎🍵 But what is meaningful employment??
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postconsumer:

CHEMICALS.
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Mr Fab:

pre-hip hop scratching pioneer!
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postconsumer:

actually... sorry, don't want to be that guy! :)
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Scott67:

This is sounding a little like out 1st TRASH CULT Show. Another Fictional Radio Program.
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Mr Fab:

From Wayne Newton to Beefheart? Sounds like Sheena's programming. WKRP In Jersey City.
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postconsumer:

:)
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Rich in Washington:

Amazing that that Beefheart track was actually mentioned - perhaps because it's such a funny title and artist name.
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postconsumer:

Also not your typical morning music, I think...
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postconsumer:

Not that it's too far out of line with Fever's tastes, right?
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Scott67:

Workin for my morning mate!
👍😎🎶📻
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Mr Fab:

Yeah, what's with the audience laughing at the names? As a Beefheart fan, I'm kind of offended!
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postconsumer:

Always challenge your audience. :)
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Scott67:

But then, my morning music is arvo/evening music. Now I live in the bizzarro FMU World.🌏
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cuspidor:

this is goddam brilliant
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Otis:

O'Jays and Zep... whaddya, raiding my record shelves Fever. Love it.
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WR:

Hello. Oh, damn, already missed an hour.
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postconsumer:

The truth is, some of this music was actually new to me! But I think Fever had a pretty good ear for what to play... :)
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Scott67:

There's that brilliant word again Jon! Headphones getting tight yet?
👍😉🎧
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postconsumer:

thank you!
welcome WR and cuspidor :)
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postconsumer:

ha ha! My hat will do double duty this afternoon
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Mr Fab:

Not only am I familiar with everything played thus far, I have and like a good deal of these rekkids. Those more Johnny Fever in me than i realized.
  3:05pm
Pimpdaddysupreme:

Hey, just now tuning in!
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Otis:

Same here Fab.

PDS! Hey buddy!
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postconsumer:

I know I've said this many times, elsewhere, but Johnny Fever was literally my earliest DJ influence. Started making cassette mix tapes and getting on the "mic" (on my little Fisher Price tape-recorder) between tracks, shortly thereafter.
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postconsumer:

Hi PDS! Thanks for tuning in!
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postconsumer:

When I was 9, it would have been mostly the Monkees and The Beach Boys, but I was djing... :)
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postconsumer:

I'm assuming I'm not the only one with that story...
  3:10pm
Pimpdaddysupreme:

Hey Otis! Good to see Jon on Sheena’s!
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Lizardner Dave !:

This is really amazing. Thank you.
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postconsumer:

Thanks Lizardner Dave !
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Rich in Washington:

The idea of being a DJ didn't occur to me until I discovered late night radio on my local stoner 'classic' rock station. The thought of playing music I liked while the whole world was sleeping weirdly appealed to me.
  3:11pm
Pimpdaddysupreme:

Hey there, Mr Fab! Glad to catch this special.
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Rich in Washington:

and then discovering the even weirder, cooler latenight DJs left of the classic station on KBOO while scanning the dial. THAT'S when I decided I wanted to be a radio DJ.
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WR:

Recently saw comic strip called Zits that has band names as generation identifier. Beefheart VS. Smashing Pumpkins
www.arcamax.com...
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Mr Fab:

Yo, PDS! Great to see you here, sir. Yup, Jon does "Some Assembly Required" once a month here. He calls it "SHeena 'ssembly Required."
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Otis:

Outside of today's show, catch Jon/PostConsumer as a rotating DJ here on The Wiggle Room with new Some Assembly Required (Sheena'ssembly Required) shows - wfmu.org...
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postconsumer:

I remember really getting into the early morning DJ team, as a pre-teen, and also staying up past my bedtime to listen to the mix DJs, late at night, on the weekends. Not to mention Dr. Demento, of course...
  3:15pm
Pimpdaddysupreme:

Jon, might you have used any of Johnny’s disco alter ego Rip Tide in your collage?
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Mr Fab:

Holy Spicolli WR, Beefheart mentioned in a mainstream daily newspaper comic trip? As the fave of the dorky dad, no less? I guess that's progress..
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Scott67:

What's a DJ?? 👍😉
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postconsumer:

Yes! It was edited into an earlier break... If you want to hear it, it's in the first hour (this won't archive until after 2), right before the Elvis track which he initially plays at the wrong speed...
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Rich in Washington:

Of course, Doctor Demento was the gateway drug common to most weirdo DJs.
  3:17pm
Pimpdaddysupreme:

Waiting on Nancy to mention her Wild Man Fischer collection.
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postconsumer:

yep! The two Doctors... Demento and Fever.
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Scott67:

Words to live by.
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David in California:

I remember when Dr. Demento was interviewed on NPR, and Bob Edwards couldn't believe that Dr. Demento did his show in top hat and tails.
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postconsumer:

nice!
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Otis:

Trying to pinpoint my gateway and it was very much a variety. Early 90s start was a combo of listening to Hour of Slack and Over The Edge and just coming off San Fran Hip Hop DJs like Cameron Paul on KMEL and hearing tape dubs of NYC and LA radio (like Russ Parr in LA/Bobby Jimmy)... in High School previous totally Demento and WKRP was one of the shows on the tube with the parents watching. Lots of influences... but probably my very first was AM KFRC San Fran Bay Area DJ Dr. Don Rose.
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cuspidor:

Did Herb Tarlek ever get on the air?
  3:25pm
Pimpdaddysupreme:

Just last week, my sister held a digital release party for my dad’s 1978 album “Nobody’s Dreamboat”. Finally available digitally for the first time. As part of that she found the UMatic tape of his appearance and live performance on Dr. Demento.
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postconsumer:

PDS, wow!
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Rich in Washington:

I only discovered a couple of weeks ago that the first late night DJ which I obsessively tuned into as a teen is now doing radio again on Freeform Portland under the same handle and show title - Stranger Than Fiction with Mr. B.
So weird to hear his voice on the air again.
  3:27pm
Pimpdaddysupreme:

If you’re interested, just Google “Zilch Fletcher”
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Scott67:

I'm wondering if there will be anything from Pink Floyd Animal's? Pigs on the Wing maybe?🐖
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Lizardner Dave !:

"Do I hear a dog barking on that album?"
"I do".
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Mr Fab:

Awesome! www.rochestercitynewspaper.com...
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Scott67:

Spot on Lizard D!👍😎
  3:32pm
Pimpdaddysupreme:

As far as my DJ inspirations, I grew up listening and interacting with radio. Making tapes of myself pretending to intro songs. When I was 10, we moved from Nashville to New Jersey. Between 1985 and 1990 I was most influenced by Kool DJ Red Alert on WRKS Kiss FM and Irwin Chusid on WFMU. Irwin’s “Atrocious Music” show made so much sense to me having grown up with my dad playing me weird and novelty records.
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postconsumer:

Levels ok, out there?
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Scott67:

Sounds good Jon!
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Otis:

PDS, yes... had a couple of KISS FM tape dubs in the late 80s made by a pal who sent me stuff from NYC and would send back dubs of KMEL in San Fran. Atrocious Music, I only had tape dubs of some of the volumes Irwin put out until I could listen to Woof Moo proper in 1999 with the realaudio stream.
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Mr Fab:

Levels are perfecto, Jon.
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Otis:

Sounding Solid Jon!
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postconsumer:

I forgot to mention the nap I took, on our couch, while waiting for the show to start, this AM. Seemed appropriate.
  3:36pm
Pimpdaddysupreme:

That and WFMU was such a breath of fresh air having come from Nashville’s heavily programmed airwaves. Freeform blew my mind. Back when WFMU was broadcasting from a college in East Orange. (It was East, right? Memories can be foggy)
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postconsumer:

Thanks guys, and thanks for all the radio influence stories!
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Scott67:

I'm on the couch listening, will nap later, as I wake at 6am to catch this.
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postconsumer:

:)
  3:38pm
Pimpdaddysupreme:

Once I was in college, I immediately signed up for a show on 88.3 FM WMTS. Wound up doing shows on there for 7 years.
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Aitch:

New Fab show!
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postconsumer:

Welcome, Aitch! Mr. Fab has given me his platform today, to honor the late, great Johnny Fever.
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Scott67:

Aitch, I'm up before you for a change!? I obviously didn't drink enough beer yesterday.
👍😎🍻🌞🌏
  3:44pm
Pimpdaddysupreme:

Re: that JR Walker track. In the beginning of the pandemic I made a pretty “Triggering” mashup about pandemic paranoia and our current 2nd amendment distopia. Here’s a link for later: https://sowndhaus.audio/track/19243/acelera-shot-gun-pandemic-bum-bum-principe-baru-amp-jr-walker-vs-trump-pence-chuck-amp-nwa
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postconsumer:

thanks!
  3:45pm
Pimpdaddysupreme:

Stupid autocarrot. My constent foyl!!!
  3:47pm
Pimpdaddysupreme:

Otis, I still need to digitize so many of my old tapes. If I can find some of those Irwin episodes I’ll send em your way. Would love to hear what you have.
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Otis:

PDS - Atrocious and old mix tapes are long gone (what I had left was shared on the FMU blog). Lots of moving around and purges pre-2005.
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David in California:

I can understand why DJs remember Howard Hesseman as Dr. Johnny Fever. But I also liked his performances in Dr. Detroit and in the Titan Man segment of Amazon Women of the Moon.
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Mr Fab:

I heard Irwin when he did some special fill-ins on an LA station in the '90s. I was instantly a fan and like Otis, i jumped on the FMU 'net stream in '99, when the classic "Incorrect Music" show was just hitting. So alas I never heard the "Atrocious" show. I wonder if tapes exist somewhere? Someone digitize 'em pleeze!
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Otis:

Irwin may have them still, I had 4 or 5 volumes from tape trading days in the mid-90s.
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Otis:

RealAudio 32k stream in 1999... I do have real fond memories of being able to experience radio from distant places. Right up there with nostalgia for trading tapes.
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Pimpdaddysupreme:

Mr Fab, my favorite moment, which I do believe I have on tape, was Irwin playing this warbly and terribly bland woman singing just left of key and all of a sudden the record starts to speed up and swirl until the needle flies across and off the record. Background music gently fades in and Irwin says, “Even I have my limits, you know.”
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postconsumer:

I still have all the tapes I got from you, Otis, from back in the day...
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Otis:

Wow, that's great Jon!
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Otis:

Pretty sure Don-O, MarkTime and SpaceBrother have tapes too as we all traded in the 90s.
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Feldy:

I'm late to the Johnny Fever party! In a meeting with Les Nessman
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postconsumer:

Welcome, Feldy!
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Senor Headache:

This is a truly brilliant concept/show, Jon and Mr. Fab, it warms the heart. Thank you so much.
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postconsumer:

Thanks, Señor Headache!
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postconsumer:

This cover was new to me - I really like it
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postconsumer:

Its almost shoe-gazey...
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Otis:

Don't know this one, nice cover and cover!
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Mr Fab:

Yeah, new to me too. Johnny Fever was pretty hip, diggin the crates for the deep cuts.
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postconsumer:

Ha, tricked you! This is one of the tracks I chose. :)
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postconsumer:

But it was new to me. Found it searching for songs released before 1982...
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Mr Fab:

Ha, i see what you did there Jon.
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postconsumer:

(beaming)
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postconsumer:

This and his intro for Prince are my favorite parts...
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postconsumer:

it was a fun music history lesson for me, to see the same years a lot of this music was released...
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Otis:

Never did have this Cars album on vinyl. Cassette in the back pocket, yes.
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Scott67:

This Album Cover always perplexed me. She has a big smile, but looks like she's about to smash through the windscreen.
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Otis:

Nah Scott, she's just pulling up to Trash Cult and excited to see so many pals.
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postconsumer:

:)
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Scott67:

You are sweet Otis!
👍😎🍻🍁❤
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Otis:

Would be cool if Trash Cult was around the block, I'd pop on my mask and meet ya there. Would be fun for sure!
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Otis:

Smooth transistions Jon!
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postconsumer:

All they do is talk!
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postconsumer:

Johnny didn't seem to like that last advert too much
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Scott67:

Otis, I will be there mate. It's a place to be yourself, & there's beer.
👍😎🍻
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Mr Fab:

dont know this one either, Starship doing their Foreigner impression.
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Candy-O'67:

Well, I just stumbled into your show, Mr. Fab! Looks like a cool playlist! I'll have to check out what I missed in the archive!
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Candy-O'67:

They do sound like Foreigner, Mr. Fab! haha
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postconsumer:

I know this one from Wet Hot American Summer, don't I?
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postconsumer:

Hi, Candy-O'67, thanks for tuning in! Fab's given me three hours to honor the late, great Johnny Fever.
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Candy-O'67:

Very cool, postconsumer!
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Mr Fab:

thanks Candy-O! But actually I'm just letting Jon use my space so he can do his Johnny Fever collage.
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Otis:

Flashbacks of middle school music jams.
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Otis:

Candy! Hey Hey!
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G:

Where are you getting the Johnny Fever audio clips? They're great.
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postconsumer:

Can't believe it's almost over... this has been fun.
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Candy-O'67:

Hey Otis!!
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postconsumer:

G, thanks for listening! I sampled them all from the tv show and edited everything together into this 3-hour show.
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Scott67:

G'day Candy-O.👍😎🌵🌻
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Candy-O'67:

Hey Scotty-O, cobber!
  4:44pm
Andres:

Hi, Mr Fab + Jon! Sorry i'm late but so happy to have this tribute to Howard Hesseman! As a kid I watched WKRP in syndication and absolutely loved the comedy and the music. It is mind-blowing that he and Tim Reid picked the music they played. Unimaginable today.
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postconsumer:

Thanks, Andres!
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Otis:

A real fun show today Jon. Brought back some sweet memories. Thanks pal.
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postconsumer:

Thanks, Otis! I love that I can usually find you here. :)
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Candy-O'67:

I hadn't heard that Howard had died. RIP, Howard!
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postconsumer:

Yes, farewell to Mr. Hesseman. RIP
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Sarcofiguy:

HEY!!!!!!
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Scott67:

Thanks Jon! A brilliantly fitting tribute to a brilliantly funny man.
I will be listening again mate.
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Sarcofiguy:

Love this damned song!
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Aitch:

just dropped kid to school, first day of her last year at high school.
Oddly the music playing sounds like my last year of high school, cough 40 years ago...
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Candy-O'67:

Thanks so much, Jon! Looking forward to catching the whole show in the archives! What a great tribute!
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postconsumer:

Thanks to you all for listening!
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Pimpdaddysupreme:

Hey Jon, thank you for the stellar Collage / tribute to Howard Hesseman. It’s been a great listen!
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Rich in Washington:

This was brilliant, Jon! Thanks so much!
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Pimpdaddysupreme:

Fantastic to chat with ya Mr. Fab & Otis! Hope to catch some more shows soon. See ya around!
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postconsumer:

Big thanks to Scott67, Rich, Mr. Fab, Otis, cuspidor, WR, Lizardner Dave, PDS, David, Aitch, Feldy, Senor Headache, G, Candy-O’67, Andres, and Sarcofiguy!

It was good talking with you!
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Lizardner Dave !:

This was a really great show, thank you!
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Pimpdaddysupreme:

Much love, Rich! See ya on the book of Face.
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Feldy:

Really nice tribute, Jon. Thank you
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postconsumer:

:)
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Andres:

Thank you, Jon! Great tribute and love letter to radio and television!
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Sarcofiguy:

I'm sorry I came in so damned late! But I'm gonna definitely get into this archived, of course!
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postconsumer:

Yes! I'm excited to share the archived version with friends who had to miss it. Should be up in about an hour, I hope?
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Rich in Washington:

Hi PDS! Great to see you here!
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Pimpdaddysupreme:

And now a pause for station identification
  4:59pm
Andres:

Go Bengals!
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Mr Fab:

Dr Johnny Fever, signing off…

Great job, Jon.
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Creebie:

I guess 17 minutes of Floyd’s Dogs wouldn’t make sense within this context but loved that scene with Johnny and Mr. Carlson, so a little disappointed it wasn’t in the playlist.
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postconsumer:

There were some cuts which had to be made, unfortunately.
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Mr Fab:

Archive up within a few hours usually
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postconsumer:

Thanks, Mr. Fab! And thanks for giving me the slot today.
  5:10pm
Creebie:

Don't get me wrong, it was a great show.
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WR:

Thank you Thank you for the assemblage!
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Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Amazing work, Jon!
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