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Favoriting November 28, 2020: Guest: "Speed of Sound" host Steve Greenberg

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Artist Track
Jackson do Pandeiro  Vamos Chegar Pra Lá   Favoriting
First Base  If I See You With That Girl Again   Favoriting
Pokey LaFarge  End Of My Rope   Favoriting
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings  Little By Little   Favoriting
Chico Marx  Everyone Says I Love You   Favoriting
Pezband  Please Be Somewhere Tonight   Favoriting
Bobby Goldsboro  Mornin' Mornin'   Favoriting
Wade Ray  Cattin' Around   Favoriting
Little Junior Parker  Seven Days   Favoriting
Explorers Club, The  Run, Run, Run   Favoriting
Visions, The  Tell Her Now   Favoriting
Conway Twitty  Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young   Favoriting
Timmy Thomas  Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On   Favoriting
Famous Ward Singers, The  I'm Getting RIcher   Favoriting
Flash And The Pan  Hey, Saint Peter   Favoriting
Brinsley Schwarz  Give Me Back My Love   Favoriting
Joel Paterson  Fender Freeze   Favoriting
Lee Dorsey  I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter   Favoriting
Elvis Costello  Goon Squad (Live At Pinkpop, 1979)   Favoriting
Joey Dee & the Starlighters  Peppermint Twist (parts 1 & 2)   Favoriting
Steve Greenberg  Interview   Favoriting
Barry White  Love's Theme   Favoriting
Todd Bradley  Mr. Happy   Favoriting
Toni And Terri  Everybody Can't Play Shortstop   Favoriting
Teenage Fanclub  He's Be A Diamond   Favoriting
Kurt Baker  She Don't Really Love You, Dude   Favoriting
Eddy Delbridge And The Free Agents  The Kids Are Dancing   Favoriting
Brad Palmer  Disco Demolition Night, July 12, 1979, Comiskey Park in Chicago   Favoriting

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CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

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

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

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

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

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

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to 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

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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 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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Listener Baby:

Hey Currently!
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Frank In Queens:

Hey now.
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Squints:

ok then
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, Shelleys & Ruth & all!
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Michael Shelley:

Duh hey now
  11:01am
Gordon FM:

Glad to see y’all are still smokin’
  11:01am
clarke:

HEY NOWWWW!!
Studio B-Minus is a'rockin'!!!
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Handy Haversack:

Morning out there, Michael and all the Shelle Gamers!
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Joe B:

hey Michael, Ruth and everyone
  11:05am
Listener Bop Monroe:

greetings from rainy Tannersville all!
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Corey:

Morning Michael, Ruth, and listeners! Nice to join you all.
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SeanG:

howdy folks
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Ruth Booth:

Morning, all!
  11:08am
Peta Waddington:

Listening live for first time... never timed it properly before. X
  11:09am
Gordon FM:

Clarkles - best sit down nahw mr.
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Frank In Queens:

I can dig the sentiment of this song.
  11:09am
clarke:

i'm'a stan'on'up~
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Be Now B:

The hits keep on coming :)
  11:11am
Vt Knit Girl:

Sharon Jones died in 2016
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MFlynn:

Good morning all! Beautiful Saturday here in Reading, Pa.
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YETI BOB:

@VtKG: Has it really been 4 years already? Time has been so strange lately
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YETI BOB:

She was incredible
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Be Now B:

looking at links to left.. I see "Andrew Bird live feat Jonathan Richman" wow That is a must Liesten/Watch!
  11:14am
egould310:

Chico Marx; the best!
  11:15am
egould310:

No wait; Groucho is the best!
  11:16am
clarke:

yes. PEZBAND!!
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YETI BOB:

egould: No, Karl is the best! :)
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Handy Haversack:

Heh, good socialist zing, YB!
  11:18am
phat:

That Pezband riff is so tasty. It's kind of ubiquitous, but I love it.
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Squints:

Wouldn't Karl insist they're all the best?
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YETI BOB:

Honestly I love all the Marxes, except for Richard.
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Squints:

Yeah, YB, that's a carve out.
  11:19am
Vt Knit Girl:

Yes she had a stroke a few days after Trump was elected. She was very ill with pancreatic cancer. So sad she was amazing. There is a great Doc about her.
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Michael Shelley:

Richard's Twitter feed is worth checking out. Good morning all & welcome Peta!
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Joe B:

I recommend following Richard Marx on twitter, very funny
  11:23am
Vt Knit Girl:

@yetibob the movie is called Miss Sharon Jones
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Mailman Tom:

Groucho. He had the best quiz show on television. It was called You Bet Your Life.
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Hubig Pie:

Junior Parker does a lovely downbeat version of Tomorrow Never Knows
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:26am
Frank In Queens:

A rather extensive collection of "You Bet Your Life" episodes: www.youtube.com...
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SecretSquirrel:

Anyone ever see that Smothers Brothers skit about Bobby Goldsboro's 'Honey,' in which they give a tour of the Honey House? Hilarious
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

#1 ConCatenation Station of the Nation !
  11:27am
Dean:

Uncle Michael played a series of tracks titled, "Run, Run, Run" (some without commas) yesterday. This was not among them.
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Squints:

RMarx does seem like Shatner to get the joke.
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Hughie Considine:

I guess the phrase just ... sings well? Amazing that the title unites the VU and the Who...
  11:28am
egould310:

Fresh faced youth, singing about positivity. V-neck sweaters and five part harmonies. Now this is the sound of the future!
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, Rev Rab. I finally got to a horizon yesterday and was able to see the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction. Extremely cool. We spent the day riding ferries around NYC with some friends (and the dog). A full day's fun for $5.50.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Oh Harpo.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

& Mars in the East. Quite a show.
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Handy Haversack:

Yeah! Very clear last night, with a black wall coming in from the west to add drama.
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Mister Dobalina:

Matt W's coffee cup, seems like he likes dark roasts. More of a medium roast guy, myself.
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Dennis Diken:

go Mikey! diggin'!
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Squints:

Black wall coming in from the west? From the direction of, um, the monolith?
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Be Now B:

risking life and limb to go play tennis outside.. singles tennis so hopefully safe. weird times. Got my ears on while I ride my bmx bike to tennis.. TY Michael Shelley... I look forward to checking out this podcast you speak of.. Rappers delight.. cool Good day all.
  11:32am
clarke:

i am NOT the target audience for Speed Of Sound. i won't say the info is not interesting - but, i just have little connection with the host's ouvre.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Gotta get better binoculars or even a telescope for Jupiter-Saturn by the Conjunction on 21st Dec. Winter Solstice : having them in one view can't be passed up.
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Handy Haversack:

I have yet to figure out how to insert podcasts into my deliciously decadent urban lifestyle choices. They just feel foreign to me still. I stick with radio.

Good call, Rev Rab.
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chresti:

Morning from the west!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Podcasts for me were for walking around & commutes with headphones. But I ain't goin' nowhere just now... It's just like Radio that you choose & program yerself. If the WiFis I steal are on - FMU fills +75% of timeslots...
  11:38am
clarke:

i think i just figured that someone who borrowed his show-name from one of my favorite songs would be "cooler"?? high expectations is perhaps MY problem.
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egould310:

Conway Twitty died on June 5, 1993 (aged 59) in
Springfield, Missouri.
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Hoboken Jack:

Hellooooo weather! Wait, no, I mean, hello Michael, Ruth, Joe, Frank, Greg, Dennis, MFlynn, Baby, Handy, all. Handy, I listen to podcasts while I'm walking, and over the course of a week can often fit in several good ones (insert plug for The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn).
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Squints:

With a groove like dat, why CAN'T we live together?
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, Jack!

I guess part of it for me is that I don't have a cell phone, so my commutes (formerly) and bridge walking (currently) are reading time for me.
  11:42am
clarke:

HH - gotta respect a person that does NOT have a phone! kudos!
  11:44am
clarke:

speaking of austrailia what's happened to Eddy? still in the dunny??
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Michael Shelley:

When I'm cooking dinner, after hours spent putting the show together, somtimes I just need non-music - and for the past 4 years the news has been a tough listen... and podcast really have been a pleasure for me.
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Bootsie:

YESSSS I love this song! I don't hear enough Flash and the Pan.
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Michael Shelley:

Eddy said a time change made it much harder to listen live.
  11:45am
muddybrookrambler:

Those Flash and the Pan records are criminally forgotten but for those in the know. Great stuff!
  11:46am
clarke:

ah. crikey!!
  11:48am
Rich from Bay Ridge:

Wow... haven't heard that one in decades.
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chresti:

If I'm not listening to WFMU, it's dublab or Radio Garden.
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Listener Baby:

Baby.. Bongo feet run away? You’ve been on fire with those of late. Not feeling it?
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Handy Haversack:

Hey, chresti! Happy Saturday!
  11:50am
clarke:

there have been feet in the show, BABY!! (explorer's club)
  11:51am
clarke:

w/gain structure!!
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Listener Baby:

Oh shoot. I have to listen so quietly in the house, I must have missed them. And there was another. I’m all better now.
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chresti:

Hi Handy!
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clarke:

sometimes the subtle feet are the best. the ones that sound like they are part of the tune. sometimes not.
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Listener Baby:

I call those times “A bongo feat”
  11:54am
clarke:

feats don't fail us now
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egould310:

If I’m not listening to wfmu, it’s dkfm, or the Petros and Money Show streaming on the iHeart radio app. Mostly just wfmu in the mornings, albums on Spotify in the afternoons/evenings.
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GeoSinPhilly:

Jingle Bell rock
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Michael Shelley:

THANK YOU!
  11:56am
clarke:

seems like much of the 'regulars' on the chat are not a target audience, ha ha.
  11:59am
clarke:

i have actually listened to the podcast featured today, and don't happen to believe that hanson belongs in the same sentence with otis redding. that's just me.
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Mister Dobalina:

Did someone say....DRUGGGggggggssss?!?!?!
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listener 126464:

get the version with the Live at Hollywood High 45 tucked inside
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Jesus CHRIST.
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Hoboken Jack:

Handy, I use an mp3 player that I load podcasts and music onto -- the only things I listen to on my phone are baseball and wfmu.
  12:01pm
egould310:

Speedy little rendition.
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Hubig Pie:

It's in the drugs
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herb.nyc:

I’ve seen EC lots. Have never heard him do “goon squad”. Amazing!!
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Frank Zaatar:

I was never quite satisfied with the production values on Armed Forces, so these live sets are great.
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Hoboken Jack:

Hey 126464!
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listener 126464:

Hello Jack, everybody!
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Listener Baby:

This song is Lit Up!
  12:05pm
clarke:

Jack: do you still have working ipods? (i have two that still work!)
  12:05pm
Gerry from Miami:

Wasn't actor Joe Pesci a one-time member of Joey Dee and the Starlighters?
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SecretSquirrel:

Michael, I'm impressed with the way you beat-match those Flintstones bongos to the track. Do you adjust the tempo and then pre-cue them in your cans? Youth wants to know!
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clarke:

those are joe pesci's hand claps, there!
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SecretSquirrel:

Nice to see you on this thread @FrankZaatar!
  12:07pm
clarke:

(out of time)
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Michael Shelley:

SS- no beat matching... just feeling it
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Frank In Queens:

If I'm not listening to WFMU, I'm listening to record collection and/or the Stern Show.
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Frank In Queens:

no, not and/or! WTF did I just type?
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clarke:

you are watching MOVIES!!!
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SecretSquirrel:

@Michael Shelley nice!
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Frank In Queens:

That's at night when I don't want to piss off my neighbors. But after their super-spreader Thanksgiving, I'm not sure I give a damn what they think anymore.
  12:12pm
clarke:

yikes!!
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Ciggy:

You mean, Like:
"Wowie Zowie, baby
You're so fine
Wowie Zowie, baby
Please be mine
Wowie Zowie
Up and down my spine
I don't even care
If you brush your teeth."
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Frank In Queens:

These are also the folks who smoke like chimneys. I might have mentioned them in the past.
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Frank Zaatar:

Back at you, squirrel.
  12:15pm
clarke:

The Smokers --- yes. have you ever read the steve martin short story with that title: The Smokers. ?? great.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Getting the impression of a Pop version of Cocaine & Rhinestones (which was exceptional)...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...but maybe not really...
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Frank In Queens:

I'll check it out clarke.
  12:18pm
Layet Johnson:

What’s Steve’s podcast called again?
  12:19pm
clarke:

the entire collection entitled Cruel Shoes is a great read!! and can be found at thrift stores, occasionally.
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Michael Shelley:

"Speed Of Sound"
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happymaan:

shorefire.com...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Apple podcasts :
podcasts.apple.com...
  12:22pm
Layet Johnson:

Thanks!!
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chresti:

My ex loved the Jack Paar show.
  12:23pm
johnk77:

even well on into the 70s
capitol known as 1 of the majors
weakest at breaking
anything new and/or different:<
  12:25pm
clarke:

my uncle happened to bring back some beatles records from england in '63
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Frank Zaatar:

I saw that show! You could hardly hear them and they seemed way too wild for my 10-year-old sensibilities. Come January I totally flipped for them.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

& EMI England owned U.S. Capitol ! Incredible they were forestalled. An English band - who knew right?
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Franco Twinkie:

It's hard to convey the feeling of been overwhelmed by a tidal wave to younger people, but it was real and totally disorienting.
  12:29pm
clarke:

while i agree this stuff is fascinating - i guess what i don't like is equating stuff i hate with stuff i love. i have definite borders.
  12:29pm
Jett:

Anyone know which version of "Mornin' Mornin'" came first, Bobby Goldsboro or The Guise?
  12:30pm
clarke:

guessing here, but goldsboro was no ground-breaker
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Frank Zaatar:

I really like Steve Greenberg's methodology.
  12:33pm
clarke:

the charts NEVER ever played into my beliefs.
  12:34pm
Dean:

Interesting article about The Beatles in the NYT, Feb. 17, 1964, McCandlish Phillips, "Publicitywise: How They Grew, Publicity Wise," mentions the Paar appearance: "Jack Paar was also in England when the Beatles made it big there, and he brought back a video tape that he played on his television show on Jan. 3 -- well ahead of the live appearance on the Sullivan show five weeks later."

$10,500 for two performances at Carnegie Hall...offered $20,000 for MSG...
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listener 126464:

all kinds of time
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herb.nyc:

Real Intetesting interview. Funny to hear Transistor Radio mentioned. Yeah! And Boy Bands. By coincidence, I know Maria Sherman. She just wrote a book about these men, Larger Than Life. I have it. (Wanna interview her, Michael?)
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Dean:

Also on the Paar show the night of their appearance: Peggy Cass, Paul Lynde, and Jack Douglas.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Right. FMU is specifically non-commercial & marginal... Yet also about any challenging boundaries. Interesting isn't it.
The Industry has completely changed - yet it's always been about wanting Hits.
  12:37pm
clarke:

jack douglas the record producer??
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Pedro in Arlington:

But what about Cronkite airing a story on the Beatles Dec. 1o, 1963?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I remember Dick Clark remarking how important the Twist was & nobody remembered.
  12:40pm
Sean:

I never thought that disco sucked. Not for one minute.
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Joe B:

Steve Greenberg did produce that first 9 cd Stax box, so I'm sure he knows his stuff on that topic
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MFlynn:

That was cool Michael!! Thank you!!!
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mariano:

'Morning MS, everyone. Haven't heard this in a while.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

From where I was - Disco felt like my generation's version of the Depression or Nam - just went on for years & years dominating everything it seemed. Completely the opposite of the Urban liberation of people of color or LGBTQ or hat drug users. The Conservatives were all up in it - & we were the Rawk Stoners.
  12:42pm
clarke:

great interview! i just figured the guy who used a chris bell title for his show would 'get it' more.
  12:42pm
clarke:

mariano!! new pic, huh?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

*hard druggers...
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Frank Zaatar:

That Stax box is a university course in itself.
  12:44pm
Cooh John:

Playing air violin
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Def gonna check out that podcast.
  12:45pm
muddybrookrambler:

The 80s had some amazing music—it just didn’t get played on commercial radio.
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mariano:

Hey clarke! Yes, trying out my new "Mulholland Dr" winter line of avatars.
  12:45pm
clarke:

that air-wahwah would be tricky - because there is delay and echo on it, requiring only half the movement.
  12:45pm
Sean:

@Revolution

Oh, I understand hat drug use. I watched an entire episode of "Lidsville" yesterday. #true
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Word muddy ...& then MTV...
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vertual:

just brought up memories of playing loves theme in middle school orchestra! that along with sweet caroline neil diamond..wow our director was so hip 1978
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

We'll skip the early 90s Cat in the Hat aesthetic tho'...
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Frank In Queens:

Bette Davis Eyes is f'in terrible. Everything about it. The song structure, the lyrics, and especially the singing! I have memories of a girl in my nursery school playing it over and over again. I did not like that girl.
  12:49pm
egould310:

I was a kid (5 to 10 yo) for the disco era. Didn’t mind it much. It seemed sexy, if slightly shallow and kind of flaky. Young adults partying, no Vietnam, no hippies, no baggage.

Don’t listen to it at all today. But I got no beef with disco.
  12:50pm
clarke:

movies, frank??? i was only going to watch the BEGINNING of Rear Window in your honor, the other night - but was of course drawn in... could be the best of all time.
  12:50pm
Jeff formerly from Rahway:

That’s the most magnificent Bevis Frond song of all time. Fitting to have TFC cover it 😆
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

when the change came
& I held my breath with my eyes closed
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Dean:

...and/or Helen O'Connell.

@clarke: The question occurred to me, too. In 1964 record producer Douglas worked for RFK (per wikipedia), so probably not? More likely the British actor.
  12:50pm
vertual:

oops more like 1976
  12:50pm
gf2002:

I haven't heard the podcast about "grunge" getting bumped by boy bands and teen acts yet, but I remember vividly the period around 1996-1999 because I was playing in a band...and listening to the radio (and MTV) seemed to switch from bands and artists who played guitars and wrote their own songs to the pop princesses like Britney, Christina, etc and boy bands. These acts had songwriting "teams" of sometimes 6 people and hot dance moves instead of a legit band playing, writing, and singing with real drummers and loud guitars. I knew it was over for guitar bands actually making the charts. Grunge was and still is such an overblown and misleading term, it's meaningless.
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YETI BOB:

@Frank in Queens: For me it's the snare drum
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Frank In Queens:

YETI BOB, yeah that too!
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egould310:

Thanks for playing he tunes and interview, Michael.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Bevis - great songs.
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Frank In Queens:

Clarke, this week was Gimme Shelter, Flash Gordon/Life After Flash doc, Badlands, and Do The Right Thing.
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Frank In Queens:

gf2002, don't forget the true nadir of the 90s; Nu-Metal.
  12:53pm
clarke:

i like Badlands!! the rest a bit 'eh' about - gimme shelter was edited poorly - not enough gram parsons, etc
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Gimme Shelter woulda been better if the actors stuck to their cues... the pool cues...
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gf2002:

Nu-metal was indeed one of the worst scourges to ever hit the music world. And the nadir of that genre for all to see was that Woodstock fiasco
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Frank In Queens:

Hey now!
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Squints:

This FAs number from the turn of the 80s Mod revivial? I could mentally hear these fellas on a bill with Squire.
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Joe B:

songwriting teams isn't always a bad thing. the Monkees and Motown had songwriting teams. And some of the commercial rock bands I heard from 1996-99 could have used a songwriting team or two.
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Dean:

Having second thoughts. Yeah, it could have been Jack Douglas the producer.
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Frank In Queens:

gf2002, the Woodstock "fiasco" was completely appropriate for that ill-conceived festival.
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mariano:

gf2002: Yeah, grunge always seemed like some term imposed by the music industry a little after the fact. I don't remember a single person ever saying "I'm into grunge" or "I'm in a grunge band" till after Nirvana became mega stars.
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gf2002:

No those teams aren't necessarily a bad thing, but it got ridiculous when it took more than 2 pro writers (as The Monkees usually had on these teams) to make a pop hit.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

How to turn Woodstock into Altamont - the 1st festival with ATMs & $4 water.
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Joe B:

"These acts had songwriting "teams" of sometimes 6 people" If people like phil spector and motown were properly crediting people, they would have had 6 people as well. for example, neither goffin nor king wrote the guitar riff for pleasant valley sunday, and that makes the song
  12:58pm
gf2002:

That Woodstock fiasco was a fitting end for sure. I think people woke up after seeing that play out on TV
  12:58pm
Sean:

THIS RADIO BROADCAST IS GREAT!!!

Stupidity, the American national pastime.
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Squints:

Joe B, Chip Douglas, right? Or was it Chip Taylor?
  12:59pm
egould310:

That disco demolition was dumb as fuck. Sad.
  12:59pm
clarke:

anyone ever get the feeling they been....
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Joe B:

wrecking crew contributions from people like louie shleton (vallerie) should have gotten songwriting credits
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listener 126464:

Thanks Michael, thanks Ruth.
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Joe B:

Nez came up with the pleasant valley sunday riff, I believe
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Frank In Queens:

Cheers folks. See some of you at 3.
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Ciggy:

Loved Disco Tex And His Sexolettes
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...the opposite of Wavy Gravy handing out oatmeal to gatecrashers...
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Dean:

Neither producer nor actor: a writer, e.g., My Brother Was an Only Child.
  1:01pm
egould310:

I should be drinking. Think I’ll pour a vodka oj.
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Handy Haversack:

Great show, Michael. Really interesting talk. I was blasting it out back while getting the leaves dealt with so couldn't thank you before the end of the show -- I was elbow deep in oak debris when you signed off! But many thanks!
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