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Lou Reed  Take A Walk On The Wild Side   Favoriting
Chambers Brothers, The  Time Has Come Today (1966 version)   Favoriting
Jerry Lee Lewis  I've Been Twisitin'   Favoriting
Bobby Bland  Close To You   Favoriting
Dave Brubeck  Theme From Mr. Broadway   Favoriting
Lemon Twigs, The  The One   Favoriting
Baronets, The  I Can make It With You   Favoriting
Jeannie C. Riley  Things Go Better With Love (remix)   Favoriting
Doris Troy  Bossa Nova Blues   Favoriting
Kid Gulliver  Forget About Him   Favoriting
Nobody's Children  I Cant Let Go   Favoriting
Johnny Horton  Ha Ha And Moonface   Favoriting
Ray Sharpe  Help Me   Favoriting
Rosetta Tharpe  I'll Fly Away   Favoriting
Redd Kross  Annie's Gone   Favoriting
Kippington Lodge  Lady On A Bicycle   Favoriting
Billy Lee Riley  Flying Saucer Rock n' Roll   Favoriting
Impressions, The  You want Somebody Else   Favoriting
Rami And The Reliables  New Rochelle   Favoriting
Rutles  I Must Be in Love   Favoriting
Donny Young (Johnny Paycheck)  Shakin' The Blues   Favoriting
Clyde McPhatter  I'll Love You Till The Cows Come Home   Favoriting
Three Tops, The w/ Phyllis Dillon  Do It Right   Favoriting
Los Straitjackets  Jet Set   Favoriting
Tony Colton  I Stand Accused   Favoriting
Robbie Fulks  She Took A Lot Of Pills (And Died)   Favoriting
Dave Bartholomew  The Monkey   Favoriting
Elvis Costello  Monkey To Man   Favoriting
Strangers, The  I Can Hear Music   Favoriting
Gene Davis  Satan's Daughter   Favoriting
Lee Dorsey  Can You Hear Me   Favoriting
Middleclassmen, The  Woman (This Ole Place Is Gettin' You Down)   Favoriting
Jay Gonzalez  Bitter   Favoriting
Beach Boys, The  Oh Yeah   Favoriting
Beach Boys, The  Meant for You (alternate version)   Favoriting
Lefty Frizzell  Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday)   Favoriting
Bill Withers  Harlem   Favoriting
Fountains of Wayne  Everythings Runied   Favoriting
Batman And Robin  KHJ Bat Phone promo   Favoriting

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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 Martin Mull's "Soundstage: 60 Minutes to Kill" from 1975

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

CLICK HERE for a detailed look at cymbals in 1920s jazz

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 on the Please Kill Me website!

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

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

CLICK HERE 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 hear from the amazing Bob Washington, the voice of K-Tel

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 for The K-Tel Story

CLICK HERE for Ock TV

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

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

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

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

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

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

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

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

CLICK HERE for a 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

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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 comments!

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Frank In Queens:

Hey now!
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Michael Shelley:

Congrats Frank!
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Listener Baby:

I liken the comfort I receive from listening to Michael Shelley, to FDR's fireside chats. Strong, calming leadership, plain and simple. Michael Shelley 2020!!
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Handy Haversack:

Sweet Lou!

Good morning, Michael and all the Shelle Gamers!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, Michael & all!
Thought this might be Tribe, but I suppose Lou is more on brand :)
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Corey:

Morning Michael and listeners! Nice to be here with you all.
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paulincc:

I first thought Tribe too! Morning all.
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Pedro in Arlington:

What Listener Baby said.
  11:04am
Nordstrom:

Oh Maharishi, I bring you Herbie Flowers
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Marley P. Dogg:

Morning Michael! I hope you and your family are well!
  11:07am
Earth Walker:

Lou Reed !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Frank In Queens:

Congrats?
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Michael Shelley:

you were 1st!
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Frank In Queens:

Ah yes! It is an honor, sir!
  11:09am
P-90:

“Four Brothers and a Drummer Friend” is, if not exactly a good possible band name, certainly a good possible album name.
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jake6573:

Jerry Lee is so great it's ridiculous !
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Baja Joe:

Don’t know why but Wild Side sounded sooooo good on this particular morning
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Listener Baby:

I've learned from all these years of listening, that you just have to throw Frank a bone, every now and again.
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Handy Haversack:

Typical Queens soonerism! Here in Brooklyn, we are reserved and dignified!
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Michael Shelley:

Marley - was up from 3:30 to 5 this am. But, otherwise, we're doing well. Making the best of this shite. Thanks! & hope you are equally well.
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Michael Shelley:

Kind of you Baby.
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Listener Baby:

I like Frank!
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Frank In Queens:

Altruism at its finest, Baby.
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Michael Shelley:

Jake - post golden era, Jerry Lee had the highest ratio of good/bad of any of the early rockers - a lot of genius there!
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jake6573:

The Rick Bragg book about Jerry Lee is very disappointing, Jerry Lee gives one sentence and the author goes on a long 25 page description about the south ( over and over),
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jake6573:

Should we even mention when JLL comes back singing country. Off the charts great !
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jake6573:

" What made Milwaukee famous made a loser out of me". Nuff said.
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Cat:

love that Jerry Lee version of Feelin Good! Thanks Michael!
  11:17am
PERSONATOR from Highland Park NJ:

Love your show

Thanks for the great tunes!
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JG:

Thanks @Jake, thought maybe that was just the first 30 pages
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Michael Shelley:

Hmmmm
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Frank In Queens:

Number 9...Number 9....Number 9....
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Michael Shelley:

GET A NEW DJ!
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Handy Haversack:

Hmmmm
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myron feld:

the kids with the mashups, i tell ya....
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Listener Baby:

Hey... Live radio. Anything goes, anything can happen. Be a lot smoother if Baby prerecorded this sucker.
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JG:

quarantine making us cranky but the tunes help a lot
  11:23am
Joe R.:

Shame that Lemon Twigs release is pushed back, not sure I understand why
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jake6573:

Nice To hear JCR sing something other than harper valley, great job Mikey.
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Michael Shelley:

I think they want to coordinate the release with a tour... but when autumn come there will be an avalanche of releases that were pushed back.
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Michael Shelley:

OH NO...
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Michael Shelley:

Who is this guy talking?
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JG:

Mike, your mike!
  11:27am
paul:

Tell him to knock it off.
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JG:

mic
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Listener Baby:

This is your captain speaking...
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Handy Haversack:

He sounds like a caring and knowledgeable pro to me -- let's see where this goes!
  11:28am
Sea Bub:

that was Ms Ded Aire's boyfren, Mr. Cross Channel
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Baja Joe:

Always wanted to say this to a DJ, “Turn your radio down please.”
  11:28am
vertual:

It's your talkative twin phantom, Shelley Michaels
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Michael Shelley:

Baby - in the toilet
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artbrau:

You gotta remember to close the lid.
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myron feld:

Hey, Real Don Steele, you're supposed to talk over the instrumental intro!
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Goyim in the AM:

My wife just ran in the room announcing that the Kid Gulliver song sounded a lot like one of Nena's non-99 Luftballons hits, Nur Geträumt, and I think she's right!
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Michael Shelley:

It's very #1
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Cat:

Flintstone-feet-worthy
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Michael Shelley:

I'm gonna do this EVERY WEEK!
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Michael Shelley:

I blame Obama!
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Frank In Queens:

Don't worry Mike, you'll eventually get the hang of "talk-ups".
  11:33am
vertual:

We'll call it 127 second delay
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Frank Verplanck:

Mama-Ro-Neck!
  11:34am
Nordstrom:

Finally I know how to pronounce Mamaroneck.
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Handy Haversack:

Sal's. Mamaroneck. Noted!
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Gaylord Fields:

@Frank: In DJ parlance, it’s called “hitting the post-post.”
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Frank In Queens:

WNNNNNNNNNNNNBC!
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Michael Shelley:

vertual: for the win
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Frank In Queens:

Don't worry Gaylord, I'll eventually get the hang of DJ parlance.
  11:36am
daniel:

Michael please give us a link for this pizza! Us Jews need something to look forward to for when we can eat the leavened stuff again
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Handy Haversack:

Yeah, Fortitude was awesome.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Which Twilight Zones???
  11:37am
paul:

The new Twilight Zone is bad.
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Uncle Michael:

HELLO!
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Pedro in Arlington:

Chris Collingwood on Adam Schlesinger. Beautiful stuff. www.rollingstone.com...
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Yo Uncle Michael!
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Michael Shelley:

here's the recipe:
www.seriouseats.com...
BUT just put sauce & Cheese on it!
  11:38am
paul:

Greg...I think he's talking about the Jordan Peele version
  11:40am
daniel:

Thank you Michael! Stoked to make this. Best to you and your family
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herb.nyc:

Pizza? Prince St Pizza has no lines now (Manhattan). Lovely pepperoni squares, but if yr worried about sodium content...$5. -- wnyc Fresh Air reran the 2018 interview w John Prine, last night. I found the Thur NYTimes and it has his obituary.
  11:40am
Rick A.:

This sounds like Gloria. Did Van Morrison listen to this?
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Oh. NEW Twilight Zones. <epic eyeroll>
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Michael Shelley:

GZ5: Guy buys love potion for $1, Buster Keaton goes into the future, The old guy who has "what you need"
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Michael Shelley:

Jordan Peele...ahhh, no
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Hackensack Slim:

Love Ray Sharpe. Great shows at the Ponderosa Stomp. Glad to hear King Curtis lifted from Ray and not the other way around.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Aha! Solid episodes, all. Plus "What You Need" gets extra points for mentioning Scranton, PA.
  11:42am
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Gloria, yes. And also "Save Me" by Aretha. And The horns from "Tell Mama"?
  11:43am
Dennis Diken:

Go Mikey!
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Michael Shelley:

We'll definitely watch more... the good ones are perfect.
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Handy Haversack:

Our local wonderful pizza place somehow can't get whatever it needs for its legendary grandma pie right now. The regular pie is still excellent, but I sure would like to devour an entire grandma pie, pass out, and wake up in some magical baseball season in the future.
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Michael Shelley:

Also, interesting that TV shows were 26 minutes long, and now they're 22!
  11:45am
SeanG:

LOVE THIS SONG
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Greg from ZONE 5:

And there were like 30+ episodes per season!
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Handy Haversack:

We watched the pilot ep. of Hill Street Blues last night. Kate had never seen it. She kept saying, "THIS is why my parents wouldn't let me watch the 10-o'clock shows!"
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SeanG:

got this on 11 TURN IT UP
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Uncle Michael:

Gaylord, I'm enjoying my best batch of Pepino/Limon yet.
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Michael Shelley:

Gaylord - you're up early! What's been your average lock down rising time?
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Uncle Michael:

I adore Serious Eats. It's my foodie godhead...but come on, *this*???

"The 12.25 ounces of water is by weight not volume."
  11:49am
clarke:

ay paisans!!!
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Michael Shelley:

Here's the busting on Kippington Lodge:
2.bp.blogspot.com...
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lhnbt:

Can I put the Kid Gulliver bandcamp on here Michael? kidgulliver1.bandcamp.com...
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clarke:

what do you think of sanjay's piece??
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Michael Shelley:

SURE - all links welcome
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Michael Shelley:

UM- I dunno, all recipes should be idiot proof...
  11:51am
SeanG:

NIck Lowe the ACID HEAD hahaha
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Gaylord Fields:

@Uncle Michael: I considered brewing a batch of agua fresca, but I made donuts instead.
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Uncle Michael:

Michael, measure out the water by weight and by volume and compare.
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clarke:

how 'bout a fresca? hmm?? Hmmm??
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Handy Haversack:

Too much recipe for an apt. this size, but we are going to try to recreate the mushroom papparedelle from our favorite restaurant for "date night" tonight.
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Uncle Michael:

Gaylord. It's 10 minutes...you can do both!
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Uncle Michael:

I'm doing my pork tenderloin medallions with wild mushroom risotto, tonight.
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Michael Shelley:

LEFTOVERS are good
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Gaylord Fields:

Michael, I still keep business hours (working from home), so I go to sleep at 2 am and awake at 10 on weekdays/11 on weekends.
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Uncle Michael:

I didn't choose the leftovers life, it chose me.
  11:54am
clarke:

unless you eat the whole batch by "mistake"
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Frank In Queens:

We've been having leftovers 1-2 times a week. Depends on how many leftovers there are!
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Gaylord Fields:

@Unc: Fair enough.
  11:54am
CalZone!:

Curtis!
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Michael Shelley:

G- Sounds reasonable
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Uncle Michael:

I'm just encouraging you because it's soooo good.
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Handy Haversack:

"What were they before they were leftovers?"

"Leftovers-to-be!"
  11:56am
johnk77:

drove thru ferriday, la
last month
even poorer and blacker
than i had imagined
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Uncle Michael:

I sleep from 9:30 PM to 6:00 AM....with unscheduled breaks.
  11:57am
clarke:

all the river towns on the louisiana side had "white flight" out to the lake properties in cotton country
  11:58am
clarke:

had you bypassed downtown ferriday and driven around lake st. john - you would have found a different population
  11:59am
johnk77:

i stayed in a campground
across the river
from natchez
very interesting
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Frank In Queens:

Does "tuning to the black keys" mean tuning a half-step down?
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Doug in JC:

Curtis Mayfield guitar tuning - F#–A#–C#–F#–A#–F#
  11:59am
clarke:

in vidalia? another strange town
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Doug in JC:

www.premierguitar.com...
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Michael Shelley:

THANKS Doug!
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Gaylord Fields:

@Unc Michael: I have no idea what it’s like to go to bed before 1 am, unless I visit the left coast. I am on the extreme end of night owl circadian rhythms
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Yup, this checks out.
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Doug in JC:

I need to fix my guitar this weekend, I might try it out
  12:01pm
johnk77:

yes @clarke
https://www.riverviewrvpark.com/
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Michael Shelley:

ramigabriel.wordpress.com...
  12:02pm
adam:

my sister lives in new rock city
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Handy Haversack:

That was VERY no. 1!
  12:02pm
Nordstrom:

Play a Mamaroneck song now.
Please.
  12:02pm
clarke:

hope you toured extensively in natchez!! i could actually see myself moving there - great downtown buildings just sitting there
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Richard S:

I live in New Roc!
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Michael Shelley:

For how long?
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Uncle Michael:

Gaylord, I was only like that in my well-spent youth.
  12:04pm
johnk77:

no, the attractions had
just started closing
but another camper told me
he had extended 5 days previous
just to tour attractions and
historic sites in natchez
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Uncle Michael:

good opinion, Michael
  12:05pm
johnk77:

also the muscle shoals
recording museum
closed the day before i got there;<
  12:06pm
clarke:

you should go back at some point - when things are open - decent bbq and home-cookin' in natchez, etc. it must be strange to be traveling during this period
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steveo:

hello! does anyone else sometimes have trouble telling the Rutles from all of the earnest Beatles copycats?
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Handy Haversack:

@Richard S.: On the day of the eclipse a couple of years back, we car-topped a canoe and launched from Pelham Bay Park, behind Orchard Beach. Spent the day paddling around the islands out from New Ro and being watched warily by the beach clubs!
  12:07pm
Jonnie:

Did someone just say "All the way back to 1964 with The Rutles" ??? :)
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Richard S:

@Handy Haversack - Way cool! I was stuck in the office that day....
  12:08pm
KWilde:

Hey that station ID sounded familiar
  12:08pm
clarke:

clyde can GLIDE!!
  12:08pm
SeanG:

yeah thanks Doug for that Mayfield article---good stuff
  12:08pm
johnk77:

@clarke yes many campgrounds
closed and/or not taking new clients
staying now for a month just west
of murphy, nc
  12:09pm
clarke:

i can imagine - wow murphy ---....
  12:10pm
clarke:

murphy, NC is where that atlanta olympic bomber was living in the mountains!! yipe!
  12:11pm
clarke:

i LOVE LOVE LOVE western NC!!! could also see myself moving there, someday, too, ha ha
  12:11pm
xip:

clyde mc patter
  12:11pm
Jett:

Did you work on WHBI-FM?
  12:12pm
Jett:

WHBI became WNWK, I worked there too! Basement of the hotel on the west side.
  12:13pm
clarke:

nice gain structchah!!
  12:14pm
johnk77:

@handy orchard beach
a crucible of salsa
just found out andy gonzalez died rip:<
@clarke beautiful here next to
flottley river/fellow campers mostly
well to do hillwilliams
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Michael Shelley:

WNWK 105.9 when I worked there, on Broadway near Canal
  12:15pm
clarke:

head up and over to the Fontana Dam area, if you get the chance - actually there is so much to see around there
  12:15pm
paul:

Dylan or Dillon?
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Ross T.:

Radio has always had a sense of community or at least connection among odd strangers, ever since my 8 transistor under the pillow days....
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Frank In Queens:

Great story, Michael. A testament to the power of radio and music in general!
  12:16pm
Jett:

I guess by that time, they had moved the studios. I was there in the early eighties. The studio was uptown on Riverside Drive in the bsmt of a hotel.
  12:16pm
clarke:

avoid Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg like the, er, plague, tho
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Richard S:

Why do I suddenly want pizza?
  12:17pm
paul:

Thanks. My mother's name was Phyliss Dillon
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Handy Haversack:

I always suddenly want pizza.
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Michael Shelley:

Jett - some of the guys were still around from thoes days... was Howard (a really drunk guy) the head engineer?
  12:18pm
johnk77:

sadly the entire
nantahala national forest closed
i did go to pigeon forge last year
will probably not go back
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mariano:

Hi Michael, everyone.
  12:19pm
clarke:

yeah i remember going to pigeon forge as a kid and it was really cool - but tourist trap-y - now it is nothing like cool
  12:19pm
gene sculatti:

Michael, such a cool Straitjackets cut! Thanx!
  12:19pm
paul:

Bob Dillon was my stepdad. True story.
  12:19pm
clarke:

@mariano - hey you make it to gallatoire's???
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, mariano!
  12:20pm
johnk77:

i was headed to asheville
which i visited last year
and totally dug
but with campgrounds ahead
of me cancelling reservations
i decided to stay here for april
  12:21pm
clarke:

there is a nice campground right off the blue ridge parkway at asheville - supposed to be very posh
  12:22pm
johnk77:

buncombe? county
forced campgrounds to close
excitement here is riding e-bike
to dollar general
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mariano:

clarke: Not yet, waiting for some outstanding funds from clients before I splurge! Got some Good Thursday gumbo z'herbes and fried chicken from Dooky Chases's though. was part of that line of cars on Orleans Ave. Hi Handy!
  12:23pm
clarke:

if you drive the blue ridge parkway - make sure to stop and spend time at The Graveyard area - great mtn creek hike and places to hang and read, etc
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Corey:

This Robbie Fulks is real good. Nice to hear his voice.
  12:24pm
clarke:

dang - haven't been to ms. dooky's in DECADES - BUT, the cost is really about the same
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mariano:

And I have a confession to make regarding the gumbo and chicken: I mentioned them during Nick Name's show, then he wrote that it was making him hungry, so I LIED and said they sucked because I felt bad for him. But in fact they were *amazing*!
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WR:

Thank you for another Saturday lunch time soundtrack. Take care all.
  12:25pm
Jett:

I don't remember Howard. The following program is presented by it's host and advertisers. I was sandwiched in between Me. Magic and Ronnie I. Don't know if you remember those guys. I remember Phil Barry had a show, so did Johnny Angel,
  12:26pm
clarke:

oh, i am SURE that dooky's is still fantasmic!!
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WR:

Like what's my line: I'm Hal Blaine, I play drums.
  12:26pm
Jett:

correction Mr.Magic
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mariano:

See clarke, mention Galatoire's and Dooky's and Dave Bartholomew starts playing ;)
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Handy Haversack:

All your truths and stories preserved forever in the amber gem that is WFMJU, mariano!
  12:27pm
clarke:

thass right!
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Handy Haversack:

Wow, now I can't spell initialisms. Well, I'm off the clock.
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mariano:

Handy: I just don't want the ghost of Leah Chase to haunt me for badmouthing her namesake food!
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Hughie Considine:

I first heard this amazing song on FMU decades ago. Amazing what a legacy this station has had in my musical education.
  12:28pm
vertual:

Yes an appropriate song for the times! Yeahhhhhh
  12:28pm
clarke:

the ghost of leah would be the sweetest dang ghost EVER!!
  12:28pm
GListener MW:

!!! One of my favorite modern Costello tracks
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Uncle Michael:

It's only 26 years old!
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Roberto:

Presumably that should be "The Ape" seeing as our evolutionary ancestors were closer to apes than monkeys.
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Mailman Tom:

Excellent!
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Uncle Michael:

(or 16)
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Uncle Michael:

no simian pedantry!
  12:30pm
clarke:

superior bass plucking
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Roberto:

Imma pedant all up in this bish.
  12:31pm
johnk77:

@clarke thanks for the tip
robbie fulks got a nice mention at
the bottom of this times article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/arts/music/adam-schlesinger-songs.html
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mariano:

If I WERE a Carpenter!
  12:32pm
clarke:

oh and john: (if it is still open) try Lynn's Place (lunch or dinner meat'n'3) in Robbinsville, NC - another great area
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Handy Haversack:

WHOM Do You Love?!
  12:34pm
clarke:

there is a little park next to Lynn's - if it is to-go only
  12:35pm
wild McNeil peace all:

this fills guy is fulkun funny!
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HahahadeliCioudS:

Wow looks very Radiant fresh breaaDdddd Therese I can SmeLL the warM already mmmmMmmm
  12:35pm
Sean:

Hey Y'all,
don't be a Stranger
  12:36pm
vertual:

French toast, French roast and Michael Shelley. A great way to spend Saturday.
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HahahadeliCioudS:

What sunburn trickles are Mmmmmmm smells very warMmm literally wow
  12:37pm
clarke:

@mariano - how's ya peeps in the margny? it has been a very perilous week near the park, but surviving, so far.
  12:39pm
Sparkmouthnun:

The Lee Dorsey never fails.
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Ross T.:

Writing a song involving monkeys is generally a good bet.
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Michael Shelley:

Those are two truths. Amen.
  12:43pm
GListener MW:

Eyelids’ Jay Gonzalez? Keen!
  12:44pm
GListener MW:

Is that a brand new single?
  12:44pm
clarke:

however, writing a monkey about a song is not as productive a gambling endeavour
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mariano:

All good here so far, thanks clarke. I'm in a small building with a good group of neighbors. As I predicted, I saw someone in a medieval beak mask the other day. What's going on Uptown?
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Hams:

oh, yeah!
  12:45pm
clarke:

my dad had to be hospitalized for non-viral issues and my mom was running a fever - which has luckily receded - WHEW!
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Michael Shelley:

JAY GONZALEZ: inflatablemusic.bandcamp.com...

He's working on a new lp
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Ross T.:

The Beach Boys roughly '68 to '73ish...oh yeah....
  12:47pm
clarke:

COOL MS
  12:47pm
clarke:

bittersweet cool
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Handy Haversack:

Oof, scary stuff, @clarke! Best wishes for speedy recoveries all around!
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Uncle Michael:

I'm having leftover hatch chile/monterey jack mac and cheese with added diced ham for lunch. What are you folks having?
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mariano:

Oh man, so sorry to hear about your dad, clarke, hope he's doing better. Glad your mom's fever subsided.
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Michael Shelley:

Bitter Suite.

Clarke - hang in there!
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Handy Haversack:

@Michael S, have you heard "New Jersey Rum"? Irwin has played a couple of times. Some no. 1 potential there!
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Michael Shelley:

There's a possible quesadilla in my future...
  12:49pm
clarke:

yeah - so far dodging bullets. on a personal level, i am having a great run at recording - if it just wasn't for the rest of the world
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Michael Shelley:

No, I'll look into it!
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Uncle Michael:

Keep dodging 'em, Clarke clan.
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Handy Haversack:

By Jonathan Something, @Michael. On Bandcamp.
  12:51pm
johnk77:

great show
this lefty is a reworking of
that tour wisdom
of what to do between
sound check and show:
shit, shower, and shave
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Uncle Michael:

As lyricists, Bill Withers and John Prine had a lot in common. Discuss.
  12:51pm
clarke:

am sure everyone's in the same boat - thanks ya'll!!
  12:51pm
paul:

Joe M. did a great tribute to Bill Monday morning.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Aww, Bill. Spent the week watching live videos of him on YouTube.
  12:52pm
clarke:

he sho' did!
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Handy Haversack:

Great show today, Michael! Thanks for it! I dug the experimental stuff at the beginning a lot. Thanks for taking us on that journey.

Holy smokes, this Bill Withers COOKS!
  12:53pm
Crei6hton:

Awwww yeah
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Corey:

Off the hook!
  12:54pm
Glorious Estephonic:

Bill Withers Forever <3 <3 <3
  12:55pm
clarke:

hang in there folks!!! the show was frantic, dooode!!!! best to everyone. guh'nite!!
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Handy Haversack:

Oh jeez. Every time I think I'm ready, I'm not
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Uncle Michael:

Time for yard work. Thanks, Michael!
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Corey:

Perfect finish to a great show! Thanks Mike for putting it together. Take care everybody.
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Michael Shelley:

SORRY for the technical difficulties folks... thanks for hangin' in!
  12:56pm
Tyler H:

“Runied”? lol
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Michael Shelley:

YARD work here too!
  12:56pm
johnk77:

@clarke thanks
@paul yes mcgasko has become
even more crucial
in this post-apocalypse
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mariano:

Thanks Michael and crew, take care everyone!
  12:57pm
vertual:

Y'all better be here net week! Mandatory diversion from the insanity.
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Listener Baby:

Is that Adam singing?
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Frank In Queens:

Thanks for another splendid show Michael!
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Richard:

Thanks, Michael. Stay safe everyone!
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radioronan:

Thanks Michael!
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mariano:

Whose voice is that? Is that Irene?
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Michael Shelley:

THANKS ALL!
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Michael Shelley:

RUTH
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Handy Haversack:

Ruth?
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Ruth!
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Michael Shelley:

BABY = I have considered that, but landed on NO...
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Listener Baby:

I think it is? Maybe?
  4:52pm
Mark in Toronto:

No wonder you think the Donnie Young song sounds like George Jones. George Jones has the writing credit for the song!
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