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Favoriting October 29, 2022: Guest: David Libert author of "Rock And Roll Warrior"

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Artist Track
Beths, The  Expert In A Dying Field   Favoriting
Dennis Linde  Burning Love   Favoriting
Jerry Lee Lewis  Hillbilly Fever   Favoriting
Benny Spellman And Gerri Hall  Somewhere   Favoriting
Soul Bossa Trio  A Bit Tricky   Favoriting
Todd Rundgren  I Saw The Light   Favoriting
Happenings, The  Breaking Up Is Hard To Do   Favoriting
Jerry Lee Lewis  Mexicali Rose   Favoriting
Bo Diddley  Somebody Beat Me   Favoriting
Ben Vaughn  Wayne Fontana Was Wrong   Favoriting
Bee Gees, The  Coalman   Favoriting
Jerry Lee Lewis  My Blue Heaven   Favoriting
Jerry Lee Lewis  Lonely Weekends   Favoriting
Johnny Adams  Living On Your Love   Favoriting
America  Work To Do   Favoriting
Soft Soul Transition  Happy With You Girl   Favoriting
Jerry Lee Lewis  Haunted House   Favoriting
Jerry Lee Lewis  Meat Man   Favoriting
Jerry Lee Lewis  Sixty Minute Man   Favoriting
Jerry Lee Lewis  It's A Hang Up Baby   Favoriting
Jerry Lee Lewis  It'll Be Me   Favoriting
Jerry Lee Lewis  Jambalaya (On The Bayou)   Favoriting
Jerry Lee Lewis  End Of The Road   Favoriting
Happenings, The  Same Old Story   Favoriting
David Libert  Interview   Favoriting
Happenings, The  See You In September   Favoriting
Mel Brewer  Guest: Ron Fields   Favoriting

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

CLICK HERE for Beatle Novelty Records on YouTube

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

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

CLICK HERE for The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HERE for The 100 Most Lost Songs of All

CLICK HERE for a million dollar guitar

CLICK HERE for The Herman Cain Award

CLICK HERE for a video of yo yo master Kenny Strauss

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for Margaret's Granola Recipe

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for an interesting blog piece about cut-out lps

CLICK HERE to watch "Call Her Mom," a 1972 pre-Animal House made for TV movie featuring Mark Eric & Charles Nelson Riley

CLICK HERE to see recently unearthed 100% NUDE photos of Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin - WARNINGS: 1. N.S.F.W. 2. You cant un-see these 3. WFMU is not responsible for psychiatric bills resulting from clicking on this link

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HERE for the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version

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

CLICK HERE for Marty Stewart on the PBS show "The Kate"

CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HERE for "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

CLICK HERE to support the new Starry Skies album called 'Small Wonders'.

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

CLICK HERE for a podcast titled "Nick Lowe breaks down his live show"

CLICK HERE to see The Top 30 Most Expensive Items Sold on Discogs in September 2020, and CLICK HERE to check out The Most Expensive Soul Records Ever Sold on Discogs

CLICK HERE to check out the Radio Time Machine and listen to any year of any country's radio

CLICK HERE to see U.S. recorded music revenues by format from 1973 to 2019

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

CLICK HERE to listen to the Student Teachers on 'KCRW's "Lost Notes"

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of

CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"

CLICK HERE for a laugh

CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people

CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"

CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

CLICK HERE for the The Knack - this clip (with hard panned guitars) will help you understand the division of guitar parts in this song - which is not quite what I thought it was

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

CLICK HERE for a reminder that you have to be 恋のホワン・ホワン (or HERE, or HERE , or HERE , or HERE, or HERE!)

CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete garbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version


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Listener Baby:

Baby! Long live JJL! Morning friends.
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Count Mikeula!:

This better be an all scary music show or there will be trouble, mark my words!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:36am
Listener Baby:

You again?
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Count Mikeula!:

How would you like a pain in the neck?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:37am
Listener Baby:

I’m looking at one!
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Count Mikeula!:

I don’t look at mirrors.
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Count Mikeula!:

PS – do you want some ointment, for that burn?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:40am
Listener Baby:

Good thing.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:41am
Listener Baby:

Yes. Please sent ointment.
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Count Mikeula!:

On my fist!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:49am
Listener Baby:

I’m too far away to do anything, Mr. Count. But if you do anything to screw up my friends show, I’ve got a stake and some garlic to shove up your Transylvanian tukkus.
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Count Mikeula!:

Ooh I’m so scared!
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Count Mikeula!:

PS – I’m not scared, that was sarcasm
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:00am
Squints:

ok then.

heyHEYhey now.
  11:01am
Baby:

Thanks for clearing that up Count.
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Baja Joe:

Good morning Michael!
  11:02am
phat in lincoln:

Good morning
  11:02am
Baby:

PS. Are you sure your name actually has an O in it?
  11:02am
rx scabin:

Good morning, Michael and Everyone.
  11:02am
clarke:

hey
now
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:03am
Corey:

Good morning Michael and listeners! Been dealt a lousy hand this week. But #1 hits are good for what ails ya.
  11:03am
clarke:

long live The Killer!!!
  11:05am
hendrix wolfbat:

Wow, this new Beths song is fricken GREAT
  11:07am
clarke:

baby.. Baby ... BABY!!!!
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prof.fuzz:

morning y'all
  11:08am
clarke:

FuZZZZZZZ!!!!
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RobbieWhite:

good morning Michael
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prof.fuzz:

ClarkEEEEEE!!!!
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HyperDose:

Mornin', prof!
  11:09am
clarke:

run, it's The Fuzz!!
  11:09am
hendrix wolfbat:

Oh! Is that guy from CCR? That's who I thought this was.
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prof.fuzz:

back atcha, hyperD
  11:09am
hendrix wolfbat:

Also, GOOD morning y'all 👻
  11:10am
clarke:

RIP
  11:11am
Baby:

Clarke!!
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Pedro in Arlington:

We still got Linda Gail Lewis at least.
  11:11am
clarke:

you back way out west??
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drr:

Everybody head to Sonic in Jerry Lee's memory.
  11:12am
clarke:

you oughtta see me eat, man!!
  11:13am
Baby:

Back home. MA was magnificent
  11:13am
clarke:

cool. favorite thang???
  11:14am
clarke:

i'm headed your way in nov, Baby.
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Hughie Considine:

I missed the Beths, but wow, what an insanely great track! Hey, Clarke!
  11:15am
clarke:

DRR, you goin' to that Silver Synthetic early set, this evening?? (bud rip's)
Hughie!!
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prof.fuzz:

we're heading out to a car show at AAA's howdy arabia HQ in a bit. cars, bbq, and probably some cover band serving up all the hits...
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myron feld:

I Saw The Light = most perfect song in every way ever. At least today.
  11:17am
clarke:

if the van's a'rockin'.....
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prof.fuzz:

...don't spill bbq sauce on the seats!
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drr:

clarke: quite likely.
  11:18am
clarke:

yes, to all!
  11:19am
Jeff formerly from Rahway:

Todd just headlined a Bowie tribute at UCPAC in rahway Thurs nite
  11:20am
clarke:

todd's new single is getting back to the truth.
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HyperDose:

Hundred dollar handshakes? Those are the kind of people I need in my life
  11:20am
roc:

A bit tricky sounds exactly like phish birds of a feather. Cancel phish. Jam is a lie
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Mailman Tom:

Jody Miller died, too. Love her song, "Things"!
  11:21am
clarke:

wearin' sweaters!!
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Baja Joe:

Heading later to a birthday celebration for the newest addition to my family's collection of Joes with my surname. Collectively, there will be 4 Joes with the same surname in attendance. Keep a lookout for meteor strikes. Happy birthday little Joey!
  11:22am
clarke:

but only one baja!!
  11:23am
clarke:

FRANK RIZZO!!!!
open ya f'n ears!!!!
  11:23am
Baby:

To Cali Clarke? What part?
  11:24am
clarke:

@Baby - headed to l.a. - but going to try to make a road trip to the winery!!
  11:25am
Baby:

Keep me posted. That is now very complicated for reasons you are not privy too.
  11:26am
clarke:

okay - keep ME posted, than!!
  11:28am
clarke:

that was a whacky game!! two great pitchers with not=great nites.
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myron feld:

It's been 20 years since a 5-run lead in a WS game was blown.
  11:29am
clarke:

yeah - astros have never won game one in a WS!
  11:31am
gf2002:

The Phillies playoff run has been amazing. Against all odds
  11:31am
clarke:

i will have to admit the phills are for reals.
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Hughie Considine:

It was a classic post-season thriller -- the bottom of the 10th was a total nail-biter.
  11:32am
clarke:

it was!
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Hughie Considine:

You know who else was wrong? Paul Mauriat. Love is not blue. Not always anyway.
  11:33am
clarke:

ha ha ha ha, not so sure PM was wrong.
  11:34am
phat in lincoln:

Whew, glad I don't get my love advice from Wayne Fontana.
  11:34am
gf2002:

The Phillies run to the WS in 2008 was the same, great baseball and nail-biter finishes. This is the good stuff.
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Hughie Considine:

Mrs. Gibb herself apparently found Robin's voice unsettling.
  11:36am
wind:

Omg. The Bee Gees were once bad??!
  11:36am
clarke:

he's a hole man??
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Michael Shelley:

wind - no.
  11:36am
clarke:

no wind, they weren't.
  11:37am
gf2002:

And the coal man told the Gibbs "Wayne Fontana was wrong"
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Squints:

@wind: Never. Ever.

This number sounds like kind of demented cross between AHDN Beatles and The Hollies.
  11:37am
andy fuchs:

wow, pretty Beatleseque Bee Gee's cut !
  11:38am
phat in lincoln:

All these years I've been tellingy troubles to the wrong guy!
  11:38am
clarke:

SKWINTS!!!!
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Count Mikeula!:

Wind, you may be broken
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myron feld:

for all JLL fans (and who isn't?), I recommend "Jerry Lee Lewis : His Own Story" by Rick Bragg.
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Squints:

Has the jukebox blown a fuse yet?
  11:41am
clarke:

several!!
  11:41am
wind:

Oh sorry no offense! I judge on if a song moves me! This one certainly did!!
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drr:

The Bragg bio is great (that's where I learned about JLL's love of Sonic). Also great: Hellfire, by Nick Tosches.
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Listener Baby:

His finger is the thing
  11:41am
gf2002:

I think it gets lost sometimes just how fantastic Jerry Lee's piano playing was. He could just sit down at the piano and knock these performances out take after take. After making sure the tacks were hammered into the piano hammers of course
  11:42am
clarke:

it is a miracle that JLL lived as long as he did, wow!
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myron feld:

drr, yes indeed on "Hellfire"
  11:42am
wind:

RIP 🪦 JLL
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Squints:

G
G
Y
  11:43am
clarke:

ggS
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HyperDose:

This is an amazing tune
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drr:

Johnny Adams doesn't get the recognition he deserves. He should be in the Country Music Hall of Fame, for one thing, just for "Reconsider Me".
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MFlynn:

Wow is right!
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Ciggy:

Scrambling eggs to Jerry Lee Lewis
R.I.P.
  11:45am
Ed From Jersey City:

I believe the word is, “Mellifluous.”
  11:47am
clarke:

good album!!
  11:48am
clarke:

i think one of the reasons America stands up over time so well is that those guys listen to cool new stuff.
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Squints:

That little lick coming out of the chorus is a nice nod to It Must Be Summer.
  11:49am
clarke:

wink, wink!
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Squints:

I could loop Don't Cross The River for a long, long time.

My only complaint with that song is that it's a least one verse too short.
  11:50am
Bob:

Checking in late from Ann Arborish. A hundred thousand out of town amateur drinkers have descended on the city for epic sportsball ballyhoo. UGH! I hope you didn't play anything good yet!
  11:50am
clarke:

well, it is rare that a good song is too short. but, all good songs make you think they are too short!
  11:50am
Listener Elias:

I swear I heard the lyric "flick on a naked baby" instead of "if we're gonna make it baby". What is wrong with my brain?
  11:51am
Bob:

That's a better lyric!
  11:51am
clarke:

hello bob!! i would like to be going to that game, today!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ Good Day FMUvianz ! ~
  11:52am
clarke:

rev!!!~
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Squints:

Elias, that's a legit FoW sort of lyric. It's probably in their notebooks. 8^)

Gerald would find it acceptable.
  11:52am
Bob:

Yeah, it's pretty exciting to double the size of town for events actually. This is an incredibly rare night game though. The emergency room workers and cops are not going to have a good one.
  11:52am
clarke:

the rev-e-newer man!!!
  11:53am
clarke:

oh, THAT Gerald!!!
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Count Mikeula!:

About time!
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Listener Baby:

You suck
  11:54am
clarke:

oh. that gerald!!!
  11:55am
clarke:

GANDJ!!!!
  11:56am
wind:

Count Mikeula !!!🙏🏽🙏🏾
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drr:

The whole Southern Roots album is great, it's mostly covers of songs you're familiar with the words to, but somehow Jerry is not. He just sings whatever; I guess he gets pretty close.
  11:56am
Bob:

JLL>Elvis
  11:57am
clarke:

is there a JLL album that is not great??
  11:57am
clarke:

Sonic waves!!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Count any relation to Mary Shelley ?...
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Squints:

clarke, as with Dion, nnnnnnnnnope.
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Count Mikeula!:

@baby; true
  11:58am
clarke:

or Dionne!!
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Squints:

Rev, hah. That make me chuckle. Chortle, even.
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Ciggy:

Sizling Bacon to Jerry Lee Lewis
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drr:

"Meat Man, you mother!"
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Listener Baby:

You suck at sucking
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Wanderer Walks On By...
  11:59am
clarke:

now i wanna go to Sonic!!
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drr:

Ha, sorry, I'm that guy who sings along but gets ahead of the record.
  12:00pm
clarke:

end spoiler.
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drr:

I just love that record.
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Listener Baby:

They call him a lot of different things, no?
  12:01pm
clarke:

yes.
  12:01pm
clarke:

but not late for supper.
  12:02pm
Bob:

Off the top of their head, does anyone know the record where Jerry first said "MOTHER-HUMPIN'?" Always thought that was so great how he worked that and his own name in to songs.
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myron feld:

Very surprised Jerry didn't refer to himself by name in "Sixty Minute Man." No one better than him at that, and it NEVER got old.
  12:03pm
clarke:

i think it was a live thing before Meat Man introduced it on record.
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Squints:

When you don't hear 'em for a while, it's startlingly ridiculous how great these records are.
  12:05pm
jg:

It’s a hang up is my fave by the killer
  12:05pm
Bob:

Maybe my personal favorite JLL track
  12:05pm
clarke:

JLL: "i know what i wanna eat!!!"
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Hubig Pie:

How's Jimmy Swaggart doin' these days ?
  12:06pm
Ian:

I remember reading an interview with Cowboy Jack Clement where he said one of his provisional lyrics as “if find a new turd in your toilet bowl”
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Ciggy:

Washing down my breakfast Chugging Cachaça to Jerry Lee Lewis
R.I.P.
  12:06pm
clarke:

went by his "ministry" the other day HP! it is a tv station now.
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Hubig Pie:

He lost his religion on Airline Hwy, clarke
  12:08pm
clarke:

expert in a dying field!!
  12:09pm
clarke:

we joke, but that guy doesn't deserve to be even mentioned in the same 24 hour period as The Killer!!
  12:11pm
Andres:

That was a solid tribute. So great.
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drr:

Ian: I remember that too.
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drr:

I just bought that Johnny Adams LP from Discogs, I was surprised to see there were lots of reasonably priced copies. didn't expect that.
  12:22pm
clarke:

rain approaches, Dave.
  12:30pm
clarke:

great interview!!!
i'm also double-screening and penn state just got a safety on ohio state!! wow.
  12:32pm
clarke:

also, i believe The Tempos had the 'original' version of See You In Sept??
  12:34pm
clarke:

ulp safety called back.
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Count Mikeula!:

Ghost writer!
  12:39pm
clarke:

it was the way it WAS!!!
  12:40pm
clarke:

a million pies - unfortunate wording!
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Hughie Considine:

haha, i had the same thought ...
  12:45pm
Stevel:

Wow. Getting this book.
  12:48pm
Bob:

Interesting dude. I'll read the book. His voice sounds a little like Trump though. Sorta freaking me out.
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Squints:

It'll freak you out more if he starts taking about Scooby.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Great interview.
Yay 60s Stereo separation.
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Mike Sin:

That was a hell of an interview -- I'm in for the book!
  12:56pm
clarke:

nice!!!
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Motobro:

Fantastic interview !!! Both of you.
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KevinfromBayRidge:

Wunnerful interview Michael!
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Geoffrey in Ottawa:

That was an amazing interview, Michael. Thank you so much.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

I HATED this song when I was a kid. Doing better with it now that I'm a (relative) grownup.
  12:57pm
Bob:

I am pretty sure I've never heard this record before
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Fairly involved Harmonies - some Arranging going on for sure - but it keeps an immediate expressive feeling. Neat trick.
  12:58pm
clarke:

thanks, baby - four guys wearin' sweaters singin like boids
  12:58pm
Bob:

Flash Bazbo!
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drr:

So, wait, "See You In September" is NOT Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons? Mind blown.
  12:58pm
P-90:

Chris Guest
  12:58pm
clarke:

it was done by The Tempos before anyone else
  12:59pm
DG:

Yes! Ron Fields! remember this from when it was first on, and back in college whenever our station encountered some zealous rec. co. promo guy, we'd all be talking about "whaling songs".
  12:59pm
P-90:

“Flush ‘em down the toidy! Good bye! In the Dumpa !
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Hughie Considine:

what a sublime ending! thanks, Michael!
  1:00pm
clarke:

ah ha ha
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Hughie Considine:

what a sublime ending! thanks, Michael!
  1:01pm
DG:

Oh, and speaking of "Sweet Connie," I worked for a publishing co. (well, they thought they were) & we took her out to lunch once, after meeting w/her about a book on her life. She was certainly looked like she'd had a lot of experiences, let's put it that way....she also probaby didn't hold onto the lunch we bought her...don't think we ever put that book out (or if we did, we never promoted it).
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Count Mikeula!:

Terrible show!
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SamTheRam:

Learned so much today from your show and interview. Thank You Michael
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