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Johnny and Jackey  Someday We'll Be Together   Favoriting
Red Norvo All Star Sextet  Seven Come Eleven   Favoriting
Pernice Brothers, The  Working Girls (Sunlight Shines)   Favoriting
Gene Pitney  Lips Are Redder On You   Favoriting
Jeannie Riley  The Back Side Of Dallas   Favoriting
Don Julian & The Larks  Super Slick   Favoriting
Above, The  Goons   Favoriting
Dewline  If You Can Dig It   Favoriting
Louvin Brothers, The  What A Change One Day Can Make   Favoriting
Ted Hawkins  Watch Your Step   Favoriting
Oscar Peterson  Seven Come Eleven   Favoriting
Smithereens, The  PS I Love you   Favoriting
Lulu  Me The Peaceful Heart   Favoriting
Randy and the Rockets  Lets Do The Cajun Twist   Favoriting
Pearl Bailey  I Can't Rock and Roll to Save My Soul   Favoriting
Keys, The  I Don't Want To Cry   Favoriting
Tommy James And The Shondells  Mirage   Favoriting
Paul McCartney  Sally G   Favoriting
Dean and Jean  In My Way   Favoriting
Maninho Ma Voz Di Sanicolau  Fundo De Marê Palinha   Favoriting
Rami And The Reliables  New Rochelle   Favoriting
Bee Gees, The  Red Chair, Fade Away   Favoriting
Lonnie Mack  When I'm Alone   Favoriting
Jim Flaherty's Caravan vocal by Howie Stange  Real Gone Daddy   Favoriting
100 Proof (Aged in Soul)  Everything Good Is Bad   Favoriting
Paley Brothers with The Ramones  C'mon Let's Go!   Favoriting
Spotnicks, The  Casting My Spell   Favoriting
Piggies, The  Love Letters   Favoriting
Rudy Ray Moore ‎  Ghetto Expressions   Favoriting
Co-Real Artists  What About You In The World Today   Favoriting
Rockpile  You Ain't Nothing But Fine   Favoriting
Dana Gillespie  Just Gotta Know My Mind   Favoriting
Pee Wee King  Seven Come Eleven   Favoriting
Bo Diddley  Moon Daddy   Favoriting
Eric Hutchinson  Good Things Come   Favoriting
Ian And The Zodiacs  The Crying Game   Favoriting
Fountains Of Wayne  Stacy's Mom   Favoriting
Mike Francesa  Vince Lombardi   Favoriting
Mike and Vinnie  Fire Works PSA   Favoriting

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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 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

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 comments!

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Frank In Queens:

Hallo.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:00am
Listener Baby:

Twice in a week? You taking vitamins, Baby? Can not imagine any human recovering from that Pop onslaught you laid on us, in just two short days. Do have some seltzer handy? Going to take it easy, right?
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Michael Shelley:

HEY MR. FRANK!
  11:01am
Martinibomb:

yo! Michael
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:01am
Handy Haversack:

Morning and good Saturday, Michael and all the Shelle Gamers!

Missed your Thursday show because I was out on the East River, Michael, but glad to be here now.

Hey, Frank, everyone.
  11:01am
clarke:

yeah - they said i won...
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:01am
Frank In Queens:

Hi Michael! Hi Baby! Hi Handy! Hi Clarke! Hi all!
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Michael Shelley:

FYI - that's new Michael open #6 for the Covid times.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:02am
Squints59:

"Farty-five sheep." I glory in my emerald heritage, dere.
  11:02am
clarke:

i shelleyed in the evening i shelleyed in the morning and got some shelley on the wall
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Michael Shelley:

How is river traffic?
  11:03am
clarke:

we shall all shelley forth!!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:04am
Listener Baby:

Hi Frank!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:04am
Corey:

Morning Michael and everybody! Nice to be here with you all.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:04am
Squints59:

We're experiencing heavy Shelleying. Pow pow pow, indeed.
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Michael Shelley:

Chuck's version in "American Hot Wax" was a big deal to me as a kid!
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Michael Shelley:

Ever see that movie? Wonder if it holds up.
  11:06am
clarke:

hmm.. as far as i know the mississippi is pretty low. i like AmHotWax - not as much as AmGraf
  11:07am
clarke:

some day - we WILL be together!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Just a Shelley of his former self
...so @ least he's consistent.
  11:08am
clarke:

good tune!!!
  11:09am
clarke:

any day now expecting joe pernice's latest solo acoustic LP to be melting on my front stoop
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:09am
Hoboken Jack:

Hi Michael and everybody! Joe Pernice is live on Instagram right now but I'm here because I have PRIORITIES.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:10am
Frank In Queens:

Hi Jack!
  11:10am
clarke:

what is instagram? where somebody's grandma comes to your house to bake cookies??
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:10am
Pauly from Clifton:

Good morning, Michael, Skeleton Crew, all! So nice to hear your show twice in a week!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:10am
Handy Haversack:

@Michael: ferries are more frequent again, which is a little annoying, but it was a good day to be on the water!

Hey there, Corey -- how's the Mitten?

Hoboken Jack! Head in the right place!
  11:12am
clarke:

it makes sense, as pernice's new album is a bit more "obtuse" than 'need' might 'require'
  11:12am
clarke:

but it is still great!
  11:12am
KWilde:

Howdy Michael! Long time no hear
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:13am
Hoboken Jack:

Frank, kudos on beating Baby to the top slot, but since it's registered at 10:59... BABY WINS!! Howdy, Handy! Ruth are ya up there? If so, a big Saturday hello.
  11:13am
clarke:

frank - you getting an aztec mirror??
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:14am
Frank In Queens:

Already pre-ordered. Are you going to watch the live stream on Friday?
  11:15am
clarke:

i don't think so - but will probably catch it later
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

files.explosm.net...
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:15am
Frank In Queens:

Jack, now that I know it's a competition, I'll actually try to win next week!
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Hoboken Jack:

No Flintstone feet, and EFD skipped the social media airhorn? What is going on over there?!? #efdfx
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:15am
Listener Baby:

Hi Jack. Thanks for the love. Frank and I have an agreement. It’s all good.
  11:15am
McGroovey:

Live streams are cool, but radio"s better for doing two or three things at once.
  11:16am
clarke:

the bongo feet have been stolen - contact the authorities!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:16am
Hoboken Jack:

Hey McGroove!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:16am
Frank In Queens:

I'll treat the livestream as a concert and actually give my undivided attention to what's going on on-stage.
  11:17am
clarke:

nice, bub!!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:17am
Listener Baby:

Can’t quite put my finger on the song this song is inspired by?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:17am
Corey:

Hey Handy! Beautiful day in the Mitten. The Big Lake and bay are turquoise and the water's warm. Summer paradise if you ignore the covidiots. Nice to hear you got out on the water.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:18am
Listener Baby:

A mass up of What’s going on and Shaft. I just answered my own question.
  11:18am
Dean:

...and Super Fly.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:19am
Frank In Queens:

Defo, Dean.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:19am
Handy Haversack:

We were paddling back into Newtown Creek, and at one of the many new luxury high-rise construction sites that are erecting Dark Towers of Capital to rule the neighborhood, the crews were signaling back and forth with air horns. All I could think was that somehow EFD was welcoming us back!

Corey, sounds excellent! Really hard on us not to make it out there this year.
  11:19am
clarke:

HEY NOWWwwww!!!!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:20am
Hoboken Jack:

Hey Frank, Michael is playing The Above on WFMU right now
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:20am
Listener Baby:

Frank.. can’t you kids just work out the issues. Come on man, the world needs you guys right now.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Yay Above !
Been a minute.
  11:21am
clarke:

SUPER-SLICK!!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:21am
Frank In Queens:

Baby, the "issues" are that we don't all live in the same region of the country anymore!
  11:21am
clarke:

this is our concern, dude.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:22am
Listener Baby:

Doh!
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Michael Shelley:

You can still make fine records Frank...
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Frank In Queens:

My least fave release, but Goons is maybe the best thing we ever did.
  11:23am
clarke:

jupe sounded a little ashamed, ha ha
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Stashu:

<3
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Adammets:

Good Morning!
  11:24am
clarke:

BTB's was the stones least fave album. nuff sed.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:25am
Frank In Queens:

Clarke, let's not get ridiculous with the comparisons!
  11:26am
clarke:

yes: LET'S!!
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Squints59:

Frank, Goons is a career in any league.
  11:27am
clarke:

The Point is: sometimes an artist is 'too close' to get propah perspective... and gain structure.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:28am
Frank In Queens:

I'd love to give you my perspective on that one, but not here.
  11:28am
clarke:

the louvins DID experiment with innovations later in career
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Ted Hawkins :)
...been a minute...
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:29am
Frank In Queens:

Thanks Squints! It's one of David's best compositions in a sea of great compositions.
  11:31am
clarke:

the asst prod seems to have forlorn The Above on Ze Playliste
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:31am
Handy Haversack:

Which release was your fave, Frank?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:31am
Corey:

@Handy A shame you can't make it out, but wise I think. There's a lot of work yet to do, but hopefully we can salvage summer 2021.
  11:32am
clarke:

get a slurpeee!!
  11:34am
clarke:

when u get to the cape, there's a guy with records at the wellfleet drive-in on weekends. of course, he is out of his mind wit da prices.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:34am
Hughie Considine:

It was a fine, fine pset!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:35am
Frank In Queens:

@Handy, of the ones actually released, the first s/t and the last EP. But the thing we were working on before we went on hold was definitely headed to the top of the list. One day...
  11:35am
clarke:

keep things the same!! there, i voted today
  11:35am
clarke:

HUGHIE SORRY to hear of your accident - hope the beagle is okay an' all???
  11:36am
Melissa:

It's an ancient Hindu symbol!
  11:36am
MelindafromAustin:

Also, originally Indigenous American symbol. - existed in many cultures before appropriation by Nazis.
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Hughie Considine:

Thanks, Clarke. Wife, son and beagle are all on the mend, and I am hughely relieved!
  11:37am
clarke:

jeez, WHEW!!
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Listener Baby:

So if a Nazi ooks in a mirror, he’s all good?
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Handy Haversack:

One day, Frank!
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Gaylord Fields:

Haha! "Reverse swastika" necklace: Nazis can just reverse it and wear it around their necks the other way around, or at least the 3% of them smart enough to figure that out.
  11:38am
clarke:

ONLY if it is an aztec mirror
  11:38am
MelindafromAustin:

Yeah - totally not appropriate
  11:38am
Melissa:

I have a 19th c. American Indian ring with the symbol on it. It existed for a long time before the Nazis coo-opted and changed it.
  11:38am
MelindafromAustin:

Just geeking out on the history of the symbol ...
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:38am
Frank In Queens:

@Handy, it's written. It just needs to be recorded.
  11:39am
Melissa:

Not condoning it as a piece of jewelry!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:39am
Listener Baby:

Nick Lowe!,
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Swavastika
...characterizes Fascists they create nothing & steal & misappropriate everything. They only had it for a few years. But I'm not gonna argue with a holocaust survivor about it - would defer of course.
Is it appropriating Buddhism anyhow?
Can you expect to not sell it to Fascists?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:40am
Hughie Considine:

It's true that it existed long before the Nazis, but that association is the one people make. Who sees a swastika, in whatever orientation, and thinks "Aztecs"?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:40am
Mike Sin:

Rundgren
  11:40am
P-90:

This is a real brain teaser...
  11:40am
scott:

Take back miss-used symbols, or let evil win, revisionists.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:41am
Listener Baby:

Graham Parker said the exact same thing about Nick Lowe. But you can’t argue with results, can you?
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:42am
Squints59:

I loved the Smithereens with Marshall Crenshaw, and I'm sure the other two ringers are great, too. But, durn, I miss Pat DiNizio.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:42am
Handy Haversack:

BTW, Michael and APJ: We were driving around in Vermont sunlight last weekend and blasting the Juniper CD! We took all the CDs from Bandcamp's June 5 and Juneteenth hauls and those were the soundtrack for our actually getting Out of Town(!) for a weekend.

Hadn't been on the U.S. mainland since coming back from Jersey City on March 16!
  11:42am
clarke:

here, here!
  11:43am
pp:

I was thinking Rundgren too, but he also might add a snide remark or 2. Also Zappa but not sure about being potheads
  11:44am
clarke:

shel talmy is my venture guess
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

What is a Producer? Responsible for a good thing being produced. Not interfering with a good thing may be one end of a spectrum?
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Frank In Queens:

I thought Talmy too.
  11:44am
juniper:

@Handy Thank you so much!
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Listener Baby:

Think about what Todd did on Skylarking. If that’s rolling a joint and scratching himself, I’m going to try that.
  11:45am
clarke:

however, i know that talmy actually did some production for easybeats
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Gaylord Fields:

@pp: Zappa was not primarily a producer, and was also personally and vocally not into pot smoking at all.
  11:46am
Dennis Diken:

Mickie Most?
  11:46am
clarke:

it's a bit warm here, at the mom
  11:46am
Tim:

Love Lulu....are you familiar with "Where's Edie"? written by Donnie Fritz and Eddie Hinton. Knocks me out
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Handy Haversack:

@Juniper: It was a blast! Great driving music!
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Mike Sin:

I said "Rundgren"as the answer to that producer question because there is a story about him doing that in a book/article about Grand Funk Railroad.
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Gaylord Fields:

Shel Talmy seems a good guess: Ray Davies has claimed that he pretty much produced a lot of those later Talmy sessions.
  11:47am
clarke:

yeah, but you listen to the difference between We're An American Band and the rest of the output and there is no question of production.
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Listener Baby:

I think Todd is pretty darned hands on. Besides, I’d guess George is talking about an English based producer. Shel might be a good guess too.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Do you know a Talmy track when you hear one (does he do anything)? I think of him as the Yank who recorded UK Maximum R&B - had the good taste to like it loud...
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clarke:

come back, gaylord, i want to chastise you!!
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Michael Shelley:

I hear Todd is VERY hot & cold. Shel sounds a good guess!
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Squints59:

Yeah, I doubt Todd. You don't rub a lot of acts the wrong way by being passive and agreeable.
  11:50am
clarke:

but, the main reason i ventured talmy is that he might be one who would make george martin jealous.
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Gaylord Fields:

Todd drove Andy Partridge nuts with his overly hands-on approach on Skylarking — going as far as having a whole concept record sketched out and giving Colin Moulding his fair share of songs for once.
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Hughie Considine:

Andy Partridge resented everything about Todd, from his snarky sense of humor to his capacious forehead.
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spodiodi:

good morning
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Squints59:

Tim, I l discovered Where's Eddie via Shonna Tucker's job on it with The Drive-By Truckers.
  11:51am
clarke:

but, also on the skylarking sessions - todd would show up late in the day after the band had been playing for hours
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McGroovey:

Meat product: boudin maybe? Weird squishy spicy meat-and-rice inside a sausage casing?

Mmmm

Very
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McGroovey:

Good
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Gaylord Fields:

@clarke: "With my Jersey City brains?"
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Think of MickieMost as a fairly intrusive PopMeister but I don't know what that means in the studio...
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listener 126464:

for some reason Pearl sang in my 3rd grade or so classroom
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Mike Sin:

re: Talmy
In the the 1960s, there is no way a producer could not be hands on. Bands had no control and no expertise. The budgets were tight as hell and the records were recorded in between touring. In addition, Talmy's whole process of splitting the guitar signal and massively compressing one is all over a lot his record productions.
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Hughie Considine:

And there were mice in the guest houses where the band stayed during the sessions.
  11:52am
clarke:

yer a cookie filled with arsenic. and jj says you sweat.
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Squints59:

So, McGroovey, it wasn't... offal? <ducks>
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Thx Mike Sin
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Squints59:

You know, for the two or three minutes the record's on, Gaylord's not wrong. Dang.
  11:55am
phat:

Sure does sound like Joe Jackson, mixed with Nick Lowe.
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Gaylord Fields:

Well, it kinda is, Michael, or at least up there. I searched for it frantically from 1981, when I first heard it, only finding a copy in the late '90s Thank your lucky stars for Discogs, kids!
  11:55am
VictorP:

I love your show Michael but I wish you and Todd aphonic Todd would stay the hell out of the political Arena. There's no need to take a cheap shot of Goya because first of all, cordelia's CEO also went to some Obama functions and says that he generally respects the office of the presidency and secondly you are equating Nazism with the Trump Administration. Let me remind you it's the Democrats that have some serious anti-semites on their team, not the Republicans. Again, for the love of God, just stay the hell out of the political Arena because you have a wonderful radio show and there's no need for you to ruin it. At least you're not as rapid as tired of finding Todd who's completely out of his freaking mind.
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scott:

Producing a record, like shooting kodachrome for National Geographic. Make every take/frame count.
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Listener Baby:

Hi Gaylord. The world loves you!
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Hubig Pie:

All the cajun girls love a hot boudin
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

foottapper
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Gaylord Fields:

Baby!
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Hoboken Jack:

Will definitely be doing some Keys research. And then someone on here that the rhythm guitarist voted for John Anderson in 1980 or something.
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Handy Haversack:

Rev Rab, I was actually tapping my foot!
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Mike Sin:

With Grand Funk Railroad, Rundgren might have surmised there wasn't much to do given the standard three-piece set up and the ego involved. He might have figure the basic rhythm tracks didn't need much of his attention... so he stepped way back during the initial tracking. I would think with GFR, he would focus on the overdubs and the mix -- that's what he could add to that formula.
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Squints59:

The HDH formula. (I jest.) Write it forwards, write it backwards, write it sideways.
  11:57am
clarke:

BABY!!
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Listener Baby:

I take no responsibility for my namesake.
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Handy Haversack:

Rhythm guitarists were his main constituency, Jack. No one has ever really captured the rhythm guitarist vote since. Those were different times, of course.
  11:58am
Meesalikeu:

omg yes that is totally i think we’re alone now backwards — way to milk out the music!
  11:58am
scott:

Todd looks a lot like Nixon standing on his piano in the fold of the Something/Anything alum.
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Gaylord Fields:

@Squints59: Also, stitch the verse melody with the chorus, give it to every artist on the roster to record! But out of fairness, if you wrote hooks as potent as HDH did, would you want to use them just once?
  11:59am
Dennis Diken:

John Hawken of Nashville Teens told me Most would tape studio rehearsals of tunes unbeknownst to the band and put the tracks on the album!
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Michael Shelley:

Victor P. - no
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Gaylord Fields:

*"switch" the verse melody…
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Pedro in Arlington:

More politics, Mike. Music is good too.
  12:01pm
scott:

Freudian Fripp...
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Squints59:

I wasn't knocking it, Gaylord. 8^) Just noticing. Also, somehow "stitch" works, too.
  12:02pm
Meesalikeu:

a clunky country lite number lol — oh and i think its alot easier to chart on adult contemporary so maybe no payola but who knows
  12:02pm
Tim:

PS Don't Go Changin' (your format)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Surprised to learn the Lead break in Nowhere Man is the melody backwards. So - this is a thing people do...
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Hoboken Jack:

Victor, get your facts straight: We American Jews are, by a large percentage, proud liberal Democrats. That we're also highly intelligent is no coincidence. Also, besmirching the great TOPT on these here messageboards is not a way to win friends and influence people. You might want to just listen to records at home and come back to the radio in mid November.
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Uncle Michael:

Play Sally G again!
  12:03pm
pp:

I had read that Jimmy Miller became less hands as a producer on later on. Great riddle though
  12:03pm
scott:

Karl Marx, too...
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Gaylord Fields:

@Squints59: I was actually agreeing with you 100% by giving more examples (yeah, "stitch" does work) — just marveling at how we didn't mind at all literally hearing "The Same Old Song"!
  12:04pm
WM:

Regarding the reverse swastika controversy:  Do you think that Scotsmen who wear kilts are cross-dressers? Do you think that there  must be mass starvation in Hungary, because everyone there must be Hungry? Do you remember when some people thought Barack Obama must be Muslim because his middle name is Hussein? Part of being educated is being aware of historic and cultural differences. Re Wikipedia "Swastika still continues to be used as a symbol of good luck and prosperity in Hindu and Buddhist countries such as Nepal, India, Mongolia, and China. Swastika is very commonly used in Hindu marriage ceremonies." BTW I like your show and thanks for playing Tommy James' Mirage.
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McGroovey:

There are plenty of antisemite Republicans, if we're going to start taking about that.

But DJs will about what they talk about, and play the music they like, and you can listen or not.
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Squints59:

Hah. Nobody's guiltier than me of pushing the lever for another of the same pellet.
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Mike Sin:

@Dennis Diken -- that would make sense as an LP in 1964/1965 for a "teen" band was tenuous. Time to market was more important than quality!
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Hughie Considine:

Hey @Victor, I guess it's just you who objects. I'm pretty sure that less hot garbage from you would be welcomed by the FMU listening public. And @WM, regardless of its origin, the swastika is a symbol of hate in 2020, and no amount of what-aboutism will change that.
  12:08pm
VictorP:

My problem is with the cheap shot taken atGoya. Of course the swastika, limethe Confederate flag is a symbol of hate. It was an ancient hindu symbol btw.
  12:09pm
scott:

Somewhere, an image of Mother Teresa, or the Pope , or Jesus, or the star of David is a symbol of hate in 2020, fickle fashion.
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Michael Shelley:

VP- That Goya guy totally crossed the line
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Uncle Michael:

How about giving Hindus and Buddhists who wear facing-other-way swastikas as an expression of their own culture a pass. Anything else is Nazi symbology at worst, and cultural appropriation at best.

Oh, and fuck Goya.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

So a Producer is a mediator between Artist & Company to get Product Produced. From Businessman to Engineer to Arranger... Providing Atmosphere for the Artist - even tricking them or psyching them out... just thinking out loud to myself...
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Frank In Queens:

I'm sure Goya is very grateful for your valiant defense of their company. Very big of you to stand up for a multi-national corporation against a "cheap shot" from a local radio DJ.
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Hughie Considine:

One man's cheap shot is another man's considered belief.
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Hoboken Jack:

Hello Dennis, Gaylord, cool Mike Sin, Uncle Michael!
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Uncle Michael:

New Rochelle will forever mean Rob and Laura Petrie to me.
  12:11pm
Dean:

Goya's paintings have been used as album covers.
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Uncle Michael:

Hi Jack.
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Gaylord Fields:

Hiya, Hoboken Jack!
  12:11pm
VictorP:

The real anti semites are all democrats these days. They are the bds party with the long proud history of hatred that goes back to Robert KKK Byrd, Orval faubus, George Wallace oh, Bull Connor and every goddamn Senator that voted against civil rights legislation in the 60s. All Democrats. And never forget that it was the Republican party that was found at the free to slaves. I was by no means defending the swastika but I was defending the CEO of Goya who has a right to pick who he wants to support, and he has supported both parties, I'm sick and tired of this cancel culture and the fascism that accompanies it. This is the United States of America we're supposed to have freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of expression in this country in case you people have been asleep for so long.
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Uncle Michael:

Victor, if you're going to conflate Judaism and Zionism we have nothing to discuss.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

The Confederate stars & bars was factually conceived for White Supremacy - so not the same that way.
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Juke Joint Jonny:

Hoo boy, totally relaxed normal day on the comment board today
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Mike Sin:

Hello HoboJack!
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Hughie Considine:

No one's free speech is being curtailed, Victor. People are just being held accountable for the stupid racist shit they say.
  12:12pm
Dean:

Cancel cancel culture!
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Uncle Michael:

Hiatus Culture!
  12:13pm
Dean:

Hiaters gotta hiate!
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Hughie Considine:

And thinking that Palestinians deserve respect doesn't make someone an anti-Semite, only that they disagree with Israel's treatment of them.
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Mike Sin:

Vince Melouney of the "Vince Melouney Sect." Check out those tracks! Very talented guitarist!
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Uncle Michael:

Hiatal Hernia Culture!
  12:14pm
clarke:

c'mon - totally false origin of confed flag - it was conceived as a battle flag. also, what one person considers it a symbol of may not be what everyone else THINKS it is.
  12:15pm
Dean:

Watch your pronouns, UM. Hiatal Theirnia Culture!
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Uncle Michael:

oops
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Handy Haversack:

I keep wanting to get to something like "Goya's problems don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy, mixed-up world," but I can't make it all tie in well enough. So accept this as a good-faith effort to get there.

Also never thought the accu would see a "wake up, sheeple" from a Goya apologist. Just did NOT have that one in the pool!

Saturdays!
  12:16pm
pp:

here's an off-the-wall guess for a hands off producer -- Andy Warhol
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Uncle Michael:

Unless "take off your shirt" is a production note.
  12:17pm
scott:

Are you saying that Palestinians treat Jews the same way as Not-sees did?
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Hughie Considine:

Does anyone have a good sangria recipe?
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, Shelleys and all!
Do NOT attempt to go to the JC post office. TURN BACK NOW!!
  12:18pm
Dean:

You know how Casablanca translates into English, right?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Oh boy here we go - as if what the Parties were in the Civil War excuses everything now when Drumpf dogwhistles to the Klan & Nazis literally in our streets with impunity... There's your antisemitism friend.
It certainly changed when LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 & knew he was losing the South to racists for the Democratic Party - & that was 50+ years ago.
The devil loves most a lie with a little truth in it.
  12:18pm
Jay:

What was that alternate version of "Red Chair Fade Away"?
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Uncle Michael:

Hughie: Open bottle of Kirkland Sangria from Costco...pour over ice.
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Hughie Considine:

Just that simple, eh @Uncle? I was inspired to mix some stuff up!
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Uncle Michael:

Kirkland isn't very good...but it sets me right. It's Koolade with alcohol.
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Michael Shelley:

"cancel Culture" sucks - but there are times when people need to held accountable
  12:22pm
scott:

Yes, the children of every man in jail should be held responsible for the crimes and sins of the father.
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Uncle Michael:

Every time I hear Lincoln was a Republican/Dixiecrats were the racists: Every. Time:

en.wikipedia.org...
  12:22pm
WM:

@Hughie Considin: I completely understand and sympathise. I absolutely do not want to make excuses for neo-nazism. I'm just making a point about cultural literacy and logical reasoning. Sometimes context determines the meaning and the symbol/word is not the thing. 
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Pedro in Arlington:

@Victor The chronological political affiliations of Strom Thurmond undermines your superficial read of history. Also White Supremacist Strom impregnated his family's Black maid. As to Goya guy, sure he's free to praise a monster. And I'm free to buy store-brand pintos in response.
  12:23pm
clarke:

these guys really GET that sly thang
  12:24pm
Dean:

It's the perennial conundrum: Who holds accountable those who do the holding accountable? Some factions (loaded word, I know) in academia are going off the rails with their "principled" stands against this or that point of view. In so doing, they neglect the fundamental principles that--generally, by no means perfectly--support the advancement of knowledge.
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Hughie Considine:

@WM, I see your point. Context is indeed important, so, to my mind, in the context of 2020, a swastika in any orientation no longer has anything to do with Buddhism and everything to do with far-right ideology.
  12:26pm
clarke:

as short-sighted as that is, i guess i agree hugh
  12:26pm
clarke:

the problem is that there can be no middle ground any more, apparently.
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Juke Joint Jonny:

Quick interruption to note this Paley Ramones track is the best thing ever
  12:27pm
Dean:

"Quick interruption": I see what you did there.
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Hughie Considine:

Yes, @Clarke, centrism no longer seems like a viable option in such fraught, polarized times.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

If there's a bad version of this song, I haven't heard it.
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Frank In Queens:

Piggies!
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Uncle Michael:

If we keep our eye on the ball, a centrist is going to be elected to the presidency in a few months.
  12:30pm
clarke:

anyone hear Gas Money here?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I would think it very Buddhist in principle to not stir sh*t or increase suffering if not necessary because of a mere symbol - regardless of proprietary rights - but that may be my take alone. : )
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Hubig Pie:

Sangria - couple o' oranges, a lemon, 1/4 c. sugar, 1/4 c. triple sec and a bottle o' cheap red wine. Mix and sip.
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Uncle Michael:

sip? hahahaha
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Squints59:

UM is clear on the concept. 8^)
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Greg from ZONE 5:

"I don't know kung-fu, but I could learn to CHOP ME A MOTHERFUCKER!"
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Uncle Michael:

These ain't sippin' times.
  12:33pm
scott:

la sangre, too much blood shed
  12:33pm
President of Café Bustelo:

Hello! This is the President of Café Bustelo to remind you that here at Café Bustelo we do not support Trump or have any Swastika anywhere. Enjoy Café Bustelo!

Also, just saying a Swastika is meaningless because it i has history is about as intelligent as saying a noose is just a rope or a burring cross is juts a vertical bonfire.
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Hughie Considine:

Thanks, @Hubig. Was looking for something just that simple. @Uncle, agree that Biden is a centrist but he's been pushed to the left by recent events.
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myron feld:

i'll add my two thumbs (up) to the Murphy Dolomite movie
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Moammar:

That Dolemite film was wonderful. Eddie was wonderful.
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Geoffrey in Ottawa:

Bit of a different show today. I'm enjoying it.
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Uncle Michael:

He ain't bein' pushed far. I'm a privileged middle-aged, land-owning, straight white guy...and I'm WAY to the left of Biden. I'm not very far to the left.
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Geoffrey in Ottawa:

The Dolemite movie was the last movie I saw in a theatre.
  12:35pm
scott:

Biden is just as likely as Trump to be canonized.
  12:37pm
WM:

The Nazis superimposed their pseudo-Aryan history on an innocent and venerable religious symbol. That doesn't mean that we must accept the replacement of falsity for truth as a fait accompli.
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Frank In Queens:

I really don't understand how anyone can be disappointed by this album.
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Chop Scott:

Excellent show-as ever Michael!
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Geoffrey in Ottawa:

I'm up here in Canada, but boy, oh, boy, I can tell you a lot of conversations here centre on what's going to happen in the States come November.
  12:37pm
Stevel:

It’s a collection of damn near perfect songs
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Uncle Michael:

Well, I like the Fabulous Thunderbirds version of this song better...still...this is a great album.
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Moammar:

I picked up this Rockpile album as a spotty adolescent. Holds up.
  12:38pm
WM:

Oops! left out the first sentence of my last post -@Uncle Michael: Yes, the Nazi plagiarism of the swastika is the foremost example of cultural appropriation and historical illiteracy.
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Geoffrey in Ottawa:

I'm going to throw this Rockpile album on the turntable as soon as this show is over. Sounds just geat.
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Moammar:

The Joe Tex original is still the best, but the T-Birds did it nicely as well. The Brits are always a little tense.
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

Good morning Michael, Uncle Michael, Handy, everybody! Oh my god I’ve missed you so since Thursday!
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Uncle Michael:

Sorry WM. That appropriation left a mark. That symbol is irretrievable in western culture.
  12:39pm
President of Café Bustelo:

To dismiss the impact of the Swastika as a symbol of hate to those who are now still alive or decided from those who were victims of the hate connected to the Swastika is an act of convenience of you to minimize the trauma that others have felt for your own comfort.
  12:40pm
Meesalikeu:

only a matter of time until shelly breaks out the rockpile lol count on it
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, SC Lizzie! We're full of beans around here today!
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Bill in W.O.:

I was one of those mildly disappointed in the Rockpile-titled (as opposed to the preceding 5 Lowe/Edmunds record) record in the day types. It just felt safer, less edgy than the previous body of work...but yeah, the years have been kind and it's great.
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Hughie Considine:

@WM, it's too bad that the Nazis appropriated the swastika, but they did, and that's that. Try standing on a corner waving a swastika and explaining that it was all a tragic instance of cultural appropriation and see how that goes.
  12:40pm
Tim from LH:

Billy Bremmner was going to do a little tour of the North East this September until Covid -19 showed up.
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Squints59:

Joe Tex original? I learn something new every day. Now I have a new quest.
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Uncle Michael:

I think expectations were unrealistically high for there FINALLY being a Rockpile release.
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myron feld:

This Dana Gillespie song is outstanding.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Dana Gillespie ...staggeringly beautiful...mind.
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

Handy I see what you did you lil garbanzo
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clarke:

bremner DID do a japan tour with spampinato bros as back-up band, in januar
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Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

yeah, i've been hearing her here lately and hadn't been aware of her before.
Hi!
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Frank In Queens:

I don't see a problem with stating the symbol had origins in a far different culture and with a far different meaning than what it is associated with today. However, to suggest that the original meaning has any significance in the western world today is ridiculous. It's mere trivia at this point. Nothing more.
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Bill in W.O.:

@Uncle M - definitely - and then, of course, it all blew up! Let's not forget the bonus covers stuff too...so good.
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Hughie Considine:

Can the Ramones' "7-11" be far behind?
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Uncle Michael:

You Ain't Nothin' but Fine was a Rockin' Sidney number. Not Joe Tex.
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

Those are fighting words UM
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clarke:

i don't think rockin' sidney did ANY originals - he appropriated EVERY thing
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Uncle Michael:

The truth often is, Lizzie.
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clarke:

including toot toot
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Mike W:

Oh man! I saw Keely and Sam in 1994 at the Desert Inn. Ah-mazink gig.
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myron feld:

6 and 8 is the way to go
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myron feld:

and back up your bet with odds
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Greg from ZONE 5:

I never gamble, and therefore always break even.
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Listener Baby:

Hi Clarke!
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

The Wikipedia says Sidney co wrote Fine Fine Fine
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clarke:

BABY!!!!!!
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Hughie Considine:

Just happened to watch Philip Seymour Hoffman's scene at the craps table in "Hard Eight." What a dynamo!
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Moammar:

Ecch, not Joe Tex. You're right. I was having a brief moment. Confused it with Knife and Fork -- which is Kip Anderson anyway. As you were.
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Handy Haversack:

"Learn to play craps" -- ha! They are eager to have you learn to play craps at the casino.

I stick with poker.
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Uncle Michael:

Poker takes skill. I have no skill.
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Sparkmouthnun:

The verse on this is "There Should Be A Book".
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clarke:

apparently, you have trouble-shooting audio issues skillz!!
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blackjack is easy to win...if you're rain man.
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Dean:

Last time I gambled for reals was 1976, Vegas. I was there for the Yes/Donovan show. Underage, I ran through the old MGM casino dropping nickels into slot machines. Netted five bucks without getting caught. Vowed then and there never to return. That take is now worth more than $23.
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WM:

Just to be clear: In the 1977 the Supreme Court decided than a neo-Nazi group had the right to march through a Jewish neighborhood in Skokie, Illinois. I passionately DISAGREE with that judgment. Everyone knows what the Nazis stand for and their hateful ideas must be emphatically rejected.I don't think this opinion contradicts anything I wrote in my previous posts. Thanks everyone for a lively discussion!
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clarke:

i saw that Yes/Donovan tour - donovan was GREAT
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Baby:

Big Jim on guitar
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Dean:

He was! (Almost wrote, "Yes, he was!," but thought better of it.)
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Hoboken Jack:

Hey Greg, hey SteveL! Michael, thanks for yet another great show!
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

We were at a Reno casino with Rex and Green Eyed Lurline and I won 40 cents from a nickel slot machine. I leapt around like I won a car and my husband was mortified.
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LW Rhino:

Yo... Michael. I started playing craps about 3 years ago. Love, love , love the game. You meet the wierdest people at the craps tables. I just expierenced the new socially distanced craps at Parx casino on Monday. Self isolated slots, 6 gamblers per table, must hit the hand sanitizer station before you are allowed to play, and of course masks required. If only people would learn how to roll numbers, why does everyone 7 out these days?
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GListener MW:

R.I.P. Adam S. <3
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Uncle Michael:

clarke...sometimes more-so for other people than myself.
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RIP Joe Rogan.
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P-90:

Ahhh... the Yes/Donovan tour. A once-in-a-lifetime moment. Wakeman’s return. And Donovan in top form.
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks for another great show, Michael! Enjoyed the chat, everyone.

RIP, Adam.

Be well, all!
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clarke:

ha ha - that's always the way.
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Bill in W.O.:

So Chris C. really knew this was a hit and really tried to talk Adam S. out of putting it on the record? Really?
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Uncle Michael:

I will never understand the dismissal of Stacy's Mom as a novelty song, inconsistent with the rest of the catalog.
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Michael Shelley:

isntJoe ROgan still alive
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

Great song
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Frank In Queens:

Thanks for another great show, Michael (and of course, the spin)!
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clarke:

anyone ever get the feeling you been Diddly'd? fun show, all!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hilarious. Brilliant.
Dammit.
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Uncle Michael:

Thank you, Michael!
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Listener Baby:

It's grown on me over the years. Hated it at first.
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Hughie Considine:

I agree, @Uncle. There was a fair amount of snark directed at the band for being jokey. Seems ridiculous now.
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P-90:

Wishful thinking re: Rogan?
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Frank In Queens:

Jesus, Francesca has the most nauseating voice...
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davefromtoronto:

sorry it's a bad mma in joke. big fights tonite.
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Dean:

Larry Grogan (no relation to Joe Rogan) played an Ian and the Zodiacs track during yesterday's 4-hour garage-a-thon.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

TY MS
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Richard:

Thanks Michael. Great show.
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mariano:

Thank you Michael!
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Michael Shelley:

THANKS ALL.... now I need to go back & read ALL these comments!
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Dean:

Thanks, and good morning/afternoon/evening.
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Handy Haversack:

I had a couple of good bean jokes, Michael -- you're in for a treat!
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clarke:

HEY - who was the mystery producer?????
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