WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from January 9, 2021

Listener comments!
	♥ 10:59am Frank In Queens: Hey Now!
	♥ 11:00am Matt Clarke: Morning Michael! Hey Frankie!
	♥ 11:00am Listener Baby: Okay Baby, Let's do this. No holding back. Squeeze out some sparks, etc, etc.
	♥ 11:00am Listener Baby: Morning Frank!
	♥ 11:01am Michael Shelley: Will do!
	♥ 11:01am Handy Haversack: Michael and the Shelle Gamers! Happy Saturday! Hey there, Frank, Listener Baby!
	11:01am clarke: hey nooooooowwwwwwww
	♥ 11:01am myron feld: All the different traits.
	♥ 11:01am Listener Baby: Handy! Hope your world is good.
	11:02am Woo: JoJo turns 70 this year.
	♥ 11:03am Michael Shelley: !
	11:03am clarke: my mic sounds nice! check one...
	♥ 11:03am Webhamster Henry: You can go to the Government Center after the Shoppin' Center.
	♥ 11:03am Wendy del Formaggio: Good morning, Michael. I'm not sure I've ever heard this JR & TML track. But is there a BAD song they've put out? I don't think so. I love this.
	11:04am DJ Guin: uh oh...Spidey Sense tells me here come some NILSSON!!!
	11:04am Listener John from NJ: Greetings to all!
	11:04am DJ Guin: thanks for the Nilsson, Michael. :)
	11:05am clarke: @frank - Cub Scout Bowling Pins??
	11:05am Woo: This guy has some troubles
	♥ 11:05am Webhamster Henry: Nilsson was having himself a cup of tea, thinking about the bubbles.
	♥ 11:05am mariano: Happy Saturn's Day, MS, Crew, everyone! A special SUBDIVISIONS to Handy!
	♥ 11:06am Corey: Good morning Michael and listeners! A couple of hours #1's are just what a weary nation needs.
	♥ 11:06am Frank In Queens: @clerke Ordered!
	♥ 11:07am Handy Haversack: All within tolerances, Listener Baby, thanks! Hey, clarke, Corey, Mariano! How's Carnival proceeding down there?
	11:07am Dennis Diken: Hey Mikey & all! probably gotta jump in and out some today. Have a ball!
	11:07am DJ Guin: my late brother turned my young mind onto Jonathan Richman and Joe "King" Carrasco & the Crowns. miss ya, Danny.
	♥ 11:07am Michael Shelley: HEaded out to get your turntables repaired?
	♥ 11:08am Handy Haversack: OK, if I ever seen Goat Very Enjoyable Beer on this continent, it's going to be an instabuy!
	♥ 11:08am Corey: Howdy Handy!
	♥ 11:08am Frank In Queens: Hello all you good people.
	♥ 11:08am Wendy del Formaggio: Handy!
	11:08am clarke: hah - this year carnival season will be reduced to King Cake Season - and that is fairly risky, just that!
	♥ 11:09am Sully510: Good Berkeley, CA in the room. How's it going east coast. Staying warm and healthy?
	11:09am Andres: Morning! Great, now I want potatoes.
	♥ 11:09am Dominick: The JR&TML record was my into to them as well. Thanks, Vin Scelsa!
	11:09am clarke: nola jumped back into phase ONE yesterday - and that was probably too late
	♥ 11:10am Handy Haversack: Wendy! Your cards are occupying pride of place on our mantle, which is precious real estate! One's on my trebuchet and the other on the pic of Kate's Texas ancestors. What variety of King Cake is your particular temptation, clarke?
	♥ 11:10am Ciggy: Greeting Michael. Checking in from the Fleetwood Station on the Metro North Harlem Line.
	11:10am Cooh John: Hello Michael and #1ers.
	♥ 11:11am Listener Baby: Groovy kick drum!
	♥ 11:11am Listener Baby: Who be kicking it, Baby?
	11:12am clarke: i don't eat sweets, any more. back in the day the king cakes with cream cheese inside them got some interest. but, as a beer guy - it was a rarity. now both are in the past, for me.
	♥ 11:12am Handy Haversack: Fleetwood, Bronxville, Tuckahoe, White Plains, AND North White Plains -- did I remember it right, Ciggy?
	11:12am DJ Guin: okay kids..ima go back to reading and whatnot. smell ya laters..or next weekish.
	♥ 11:12am Wendy del Formaggio: I wouldn't be surprised if JRichman lives to be 100. After all, while the rest of us eat garbage, eat shit, get stoned, he stays home and eats health food, alone.
	♥ 11:12am spodiodi: good morning, Michael Shelley, and Louis Prima fans
	♥ 11:13am Wendy del Formaggio: Aww, thanks, Handy! I'm honored!
	♥ 11:13am yerfriendpaul: @Wendy - ha ha!
	♥ 11:13am mariano: Handy: Only carnival proceedings for me today will be warming up some seafood gumbo from Robert's once I'm duly caffeinated. I'd also recommend GOAT's black-label equivalent, Highly Enjoyable Beer.
	11:13am Dennis Diken: @Mikey - HA! yeah, can’t get good help these days!
	♥ 11:13am Sully510: @ciggy Good morning! What's the weather like?
	♥ 11:13am mariano: Hey hey, Louie Prima for Carnival!
	11:13am clarke: perhaps mariano has a sweet tooth?? it is clear where eddy's sentiments lie, ha ha.
	11:14am DJ Guin: my fave Louis is Jordan. www.youtube.com...
	♥ 11:14am Sully510: @mariano GOAT's Black label. I don't know that one.
	11:14am clarke: @mariano: you boycotting Rouse's??
	♥ 11:15am Webhamster Henry: Put that turban on.
	11:15am mike east: I sang when your smilin with my mother last night. She had dementia but she still remembers the words to songs. Thanks for playing this Michael.
	♥ 11:16am mariano: clarke: I have anxiety attacks when I go grocery shopping this time of year because of the walls of different types of king cake. I could go through Robert's like Pac Man and eat them all, but I really try to be good with the sweets. Regarding Rouse's: kind of a moot point for me since Robert's is one block away for me. I really hate that one of the Rouses took part in the Keystone Koup though. sully510: Sorry, was kidding, shoulda tagged with a "j/k."
	♥ 11:16am myron feld: There's no happier music than Louis, Keely and the Witnesses.
	♥ 11:17am Sully510: @MikeEast that's a great story. :)
	♥ 11:17am mariano: *...one block away from me...
	11:17am clarke: he DID put out an apology - but seems (to me) that the corporation forced him to??
	11:18am Juke Joint Jonny: Throw this song in the no bad versions basket
	11:19am clarke: it is pretty insane how GOOD the prepared foods are in nearly EVERY market are, here!
	♥ 11:19am yerfriendpaul: Love Fakebook! One of my favs of YLT!
	♥ 11:19am Pedro in Arlington: Thanks Mike for being a leading proponent of decaf. It helped me get through a week in which self-styled revolutionaries/domestic terrorists still needed to use the Metro stations and book themselves in to the Holiday Inns and Comfort Inns a few blocks away. Hopefully some of them are still spending nights in jail.
	11:20am McGroovey: This Yo La Tengo is sure a fab new young R'n'B combo!
	♥ 11:20am HyperDose: Wooo someone had a party last night!
	♥ 11:20am Biba McLurex: Making the whole week better, Michael.
	11:21am DJ Guin: "Al Sardine" King of the Seven Seas
	♥ 11:21am Michael in Montclair: Good Morning Mr. Shelly and everyone!
	11:21am Dennis: I call Bruce “Mr. Answer Vocal”
	♥ 11:22am mariano: That's really sweet, mike east. Those moments are precious. clarke: I haven't kept up with the story in much detail. I first heard about it on Nextdoor, where there's been a huge dustup over it, but I've been really busy scrapping on other venues over national politics (just earned my coveted fourth Breitbart ban, booyah!). And yeah, I was just musing to Handy and David (in London) the other day about the blessing of always having two types of gumbo on hand a block away at Robert's soup bar. We won't mention the king cake thank you very much.
	11:22am Juke Joint Jonny: Al Sardine's vocals always sound canned to me.
	11:22am Dennis: Calif Girls, God Only Knows, My World Fell Down - answer vocal on all of ‘em!
	♥ 11:23am Ciggy: @Sully510 ~ Good Morning. A clear crisp day in Westchester County, NY
	11:24am clarke: curt boettcher produce?
	11:24am Dennis: The tape collage bridge on the 45 (we’re hearing the LP version here) is how you keep a 45 off the top 40!
	♥ 11:24am Michael Shelley: Usher
	11:24am DJ Guin: Bruce Johnston resembles Harry Chapin..but with less talent and a better driving record. peace out!
	♥ 11:25am Matt Clarke: @Dennis: Yeah! I wonder why the LP version cut the tape collage section.
	11:25am davefromtoronto: explorers club are listening intently...
	11:26am clarke: sadly, Rouse's has some damn fine crawfish pies that i am going to miss. take 44 here we are.
	11:27am Andres: No. 70?! Those guys was robbed!
	11:27am Dennis: No idea, Matt - but the 45 also had that beautiful “Wish I didn’t feel like winter” section, which was NOT on the LP. Weird decisions!
	11:27am davefromtoronto: brian wilson had ears like a dog...
	11:28am Dennis: Dave, when Jason was polling fans on what tunes they should do on their covers LP, I suggested MWFD!😏
	♥ 11:28am Webhamster Henry: One working ear of a dog....
	♥ 11:28am mariano: Oh, for those of you not familiar with what clarke and I are jawing about, Rouses is a legendary grocery chain in Louisiana carrying lots of Creole and Cajun goodies. One of the owners apparently was present at the DC riots, so now there's a growing boycott movement.
	11:30am Dennis: CG is 4-track, I believe. Yes, live!
	11:30am clarke: what think ye of the whoopie pies at Robert's? back in the day....
	11:32am Dennis: Glen Campbell once again, here with Gene (and Doug Dillard on banjo of course) - the guy never slept back then!
	♥ 11:32am Matt Clarke: Fitting in plenty of melody in a 1:30 song
	11:32am davefromtoronto: right! one dog ear. makes him even more impressive
	♥ 11:34am Jimmy Wipper: I had Major Lance on heavy rotation on Janaury 5th.
	11:34am Dennis: When the mayor of Atlanta appears on TV from her office, you can see here dad Major Lance’s hits LP on a shelf behind her ❤️
	♥ 11:34am myron feld: MS: new DJ premium idea: #1 Hits by Artists Whose Offspring Are or Were Mayors of American Cities or Towns. Let's see, we've got Major Lance....and uh......
	♥ 11:35am Hoboken Jack: Good morning and happy weekend Michael, Ruth, Frank, Matt, Baby, Handy, Mariano, Dennis, Spodes, McGroove, all!
	11:35am clarke: jan. 5th 1970? whipppaaaaaah.
	♥ 11:35am Matt Clarke: Hey Jack!
	11:35am Dennis: Aloha Jack
	♥ 11:35am Handy Haversack: Ha, Dennis, that's awesome. I once met Pele in the mayor of Atlanta's office as a kid -- that was pretty cool. Morning, Jack!
	♥ 11:35am Jimmy Wipper: Ha!
	♥ 11:35am Hubig Pie: And while you read mariano's post, please be sure to pronounce grocery store "Row-bears"
	11:36am clarke: the kids on Uzzle Street were dancin' around.
	♥ 11:37am Jimmy: Maurice White was the drummer on some Impressions and Major Lance records. Don't know which ones.
	♥ 11:37am Adammets: I saw "Lovers Rock" last night and I give it an A (it is a party I wanted to attend).
	♥ 11:37am Listener Baby: Jack!
	♥ 11:38am myron feld: Leftovers: YES!!!!
	♥ 11:38am Handy Haversack: Which show was interesting? I missed the title. YES, stay with Leftovers. It really finds its feet in the second season especially.
	11:38am paul: Gene Clark missing from the playlist.
	11:38am Woo: Cut your losses with The Leftovers.
	11:38am clarke: it IS tough to not spoil Mr. InBetween. so i stay mum.
	♥ 11:38am Adammets: Leftovers - the book is good. By Tom Perrotta. Same author whose work brought us Election (great movie). Didn't dig the tv show.
	♥ 11:38am Listener Baby: It does get better, Baby. But not sure it's worth the trip.
	♥ 11:39am Handy Haversack: We watched The Good Lord Bird, which I'd recommend to anyone. Also started Hunters, which, jury's still out for me. New season of The Expanse is MUCH better than the previous season.
	11:39am onthetrain: Mike the it crowd, always good show . You can get some insight to how the it people live !
	11:39am sonnyspop: Please recommend a turntable repair shop!
	11:40am KWilde: Hey Michael! Hey Mr Wipper!
	11:40am clarke: Good Lord Bird - i need to pick back up. it is SO well done, but also a bit intense.
	♥ 11:40am Listener Baby: Baby. Did you check out Raised By Wolves?
	♥ 11:40am mariano: Hubig: Good point, lol. I will not however put the accent on the "e" which is so wrong I'm surprised France hasn't threatened to recall its ambassadors over it.
	♥ 11:41am Adammets: Robert Quine played with Matthew Sweet on Dennis Miller TV show - easily available on Youtube
	11:41am paul: Thanks!
	11:41am onthetrain: I also liked “the fall” I believe it’s on Netflix about Russian serial killer living in Belfast
	11:41am captain mike: Ask anyone who has backed up Richard Lloyd how they enjoyed the experience
	♥ 11:42am Handy Haversack: I was told not to mess with Mr. In Between. Listener Baby, we watched it. I saw someone describe it as "like Game of Thrones on a ton of cocaine," which felt pretty apt. Ragnar Lothbrok!
	♥ 11:42am Adammets: If you liked Good Lord Bird, consider reading Deacon King Kong by James McBride - same author. Much fun.
	11:42am clarke: pointer for visitors to new orleans: every street or business name is the OPPOSITE of the way one would logically think it would be (with the french/spanish background).
	♥ 11:42am mariano: Good day to you, Hoboken Jack! Handy: You met Pele? Damn, that's so cool!
	11:42am Sean: Mike, can you post a link to the turntable repair call? WHAT? I gotta do it again because my math is incorrect! Man, this place a systemically biased against the stupid! MATHCISTS!
	11:43am Woo: Television has been making one more record for 30 years.
	♥ 11:43am Handy Haversack: Mariano, the mother of a kid on our soccer team worked for the mayor -- and went on to be mayor herself!
	11:44am Sean: @Woo Is he still a frying pan?
	♥ 11:44am Handy Haversack: (And our team was called the Cosmos, so it was fated!)
	11:44am clarke: i played in a band with richard lloyd for a short period of time and it was a GREAT experience. sadly, he had to go into the hospital which ended his tenure with this short-lived-anyway combo
	11:45am Ross T.: Richard Lloyd -- a what do they call it? -- a character. And top notch guitar player.
	11:45am Dennis: Ehhh... is everyone in the same key here?
	11:45am clarke: (i am not saying i am on board with what lloyd turned into after that hospital stay, though)
	11:46am Sean: Who's drumming om the Takeuchi?
	11:47am paul: Don't add bongos to this.
	11:47am PTC: In Richard Lloyd’s autobiography, he makes no mention of living in NJ and says he was raised in NYC. He also says many things that seem impossible, so maybe he is from NJ.
	11:47am Ross T.: I find Lloyd's interviews fascinating and funny. Bright guy. And again love his playing.
	♥ 11:47am Michael in Montclair: Richard Lloyd's The Alchemical Guitarist is one of the 'bibles' in my guitar instruction material collection. Watching him explain how to play guitar is an entertaining experience in itself.
	11:48am Dennis: There’s also the “sell-LEST-uh” pronunciation....?
	11:48am Dennis: I dunno.... I’m just a drummer!
	11:48am clarke: i guess the point is that lloyd turned some kinda corner. it is one of those cases where one has to appreciate the good and sorta overlook some bad (chuck berry anyone?).
	11:48am Ross T.: haha -- no bongos veto.
	♥ 11:49am Jimmy Wipper: Comfort food in trying times: we’ve been watching The Rockford Files from the first season on Peacock. James Garner is the best.
	♥ 11:49am Matt Clarke: Drums going through the vocal mics kinda sound
	11:50am clarke: i never really watched Rockford Files (much) back in the day - it came on friday and i was too busy getting into bars underage... but those plots all come from the pulps, and are GREAT. angel, of course, is a personal hero!
	11:52am paul: Pretty sure the Flying Burrito Brothers heard this.
	11:52am clarke: as for Lloyd's guitar instruction - it is entertaining, for a while. but, there is too much theory behind some simple theorems. on the fence.
	♥ 11:52am mariano: clarke: James Garner was a mensch.
	11:53am clarke: yes, sometimes it takes a while to appreciate great work.
	♥ 11:53am yerfriendpaul: I’m used to the Rock n Roll circus version of this tune
	11:53am pp: a revival of Name That Tune is now on TV. It would be punk if they used these kind of songs, like this Winwood soundalike
	♥ 11:53am JohnEBGood: Happy New Year Michael and family. A Whole Lot of Love to all. Peace : )
	♥ 11:54am Jimmy Wipper: For years I had Rockford’s answering machine message on our home answering machine.
	11:55am captain mike: Check out Otto Preminger’s “Skidoo”1968 with Cesar Romero Frank Gorshin Burgess Meredith Slim Pickens and Jackie Gleason on LSD Soundtrack and cameo by Harry Nilsson You will not be disappointed!
	11:55am clarke: i do not doubt that for a second whippah!!
	11:56am Juke Joint Jonny: Two Louis morning. Excellent.
	♥ 11:56am Handy Haversack: Kate and I were talking this morning about how glad we are that the B52's are so popular on WFMU!
	11:56am clarke: the first season of Rockford is particularly different with a different Rocky in the pilot, etc.
	11:56am Woo: I love you Cindy
	♥ 11:57am Sully510: Athens, GA Represent!
	11:57am clarke: oddly, i played in a short-lived cindy combo, too - two shows in athens.
	11:57am paul: Sounds like Lene Lovich.
	11:58am captain mike: Gee I saw the B 52’s OPEN for Martha and the Muffins!
	11:58am clarke: (i lived in athens for a summer during it's "heyday" - super great times!)
	♥ 11:59am Jay S: Hi from San Francisco!
	11:59am Andres: Captain Mike: Where was that?
	11:59am Stevel: Yay Georgia!
	11:59am Ross T.: Time for your book Clarke!
	12:00pm Woo: The less Fred the better, is that what you are saying Michael?
	12:00pm clarke: the 52's were never the same after the sad loss of original drummer.
	♥ 12:01pm Jay S: We've been watching the Rockford Files too. My wife bought the whole series on DVD. We watch it during lunch. I agree it's great TV.
	♥ 12:01pm myron feld: @clarke: you mean original guitarist Ricky Wilson, right?
	12:01pm clarke: too busy working on the last chapter, ha ha.
	12:01pm captain mike: The Edge perhaps? Re-vamped folk bar Edgerton’s in Toronto after original Rock Lobster 45 came out Lots of fun!!!
	♥ 12:01pm spodiodi: hi Jack! nice on Les Fleur De Lys, MS
	♥ 12:01pm myron feld: Drummer Keith Strickland then became the guitarist.
	12:02pm clarke: i DO mean ricky, yes.
	12:02pm clarke: but keith was GREAT - don't get me wrong
	♥ 12:04pm Pedro in Arlington: Lucy and Ethel did this on an episode.
	♥ 12:04pm Handy Haversack: Yo, spodi!
	♥ 12:04pm spodiodi: i wonder if Tex ever played The Regal Beagle
	♥ 12:04pm spodiodi: yo, Handy!
	12:05pm paul: Top Value and S&H green stamps
	12:05pm clarke: frank you still around?? movies, this odd week?
	12:05pm Cee Dubbles: S & H Green Stamps!!
	12:05pm otto: oooooooooh! those red-dot specials!!!!! thats a #1 hit...
	♥ 12:05pm mariano: Wait, Jackie Gleason on LSD? Whaaaaa? Heya spodi!
	♥ 12:05pm Webhamster Henry: Green Stamps, A&P Plaid stamps. AND HERE'S A SONG FOR YOU! jhhl.net...
	♥ 12:05pm Adammets: Kings had S&H trading stamps. The company S was for Sperry and the Sperry family paid money for the Beinecke Library of rare books at Yale.
	♥ 12:06pm ChrisB.: There were a few: S&H, Triple S, Plaid Stamps.
	12:06pm Bob a: Yes. The A&P gave Plaid Stamps.
	12:06pm Jim from Tranquility: S & h green stamps
	♥ 12:06pm joe mulligan: my mother-in-law gave me a round ice bucket with penguins on it that she got from redeeming s&h green stamps
	12:06pm paul: My grandmother smoked tons of Raleigh cigarettes to get the coupons!
	12:07pm Bob a: And Old Gold cigarettes gave coupons.
	12:07pm Listener Robert: I have Tex Ritter's "Yippie-Yi-Oh" (Old Cowhand), I think on 45, but it might be on a Little Golden 78.
	♥ 12:07pm Webhamster Henry: We now have frequent flyer miles and loyalty cards.
	12:07pm onthetrain: And the 8’oclock coffee grinder next to it I used to love that .
	12:07pm Jim from Tranquility: There was another brand that was orange but I don’t remember the name
	12:08pm Ross T.: I'm a couple of years older than you, Michael, and I helped my mom lick S&H Green Stamps and fill the books for redemption. There were different value stamps -- you were happy to have one 100 unit stamp to fill a page rather than 100 single units. That would be a lot of stamp glue on an 8 year old tongue.
	12:08pm paul: Jim...You thinking of Top Value?
	♥ 12:08pm JohnEBGood: The B52's opened up with Planet Claire and went on to rock us at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado about 20 years ago. Awesome ; )
	12:08pm onthetrain: S&h stamps were green and kings were orange iirc!
	12:09pm clarke: i would say top value was more of a yellow?
	12:09pm Listener Robert: The yellow ones were Gold Bond stamps. They had a redemption store in Parkchester.
	♥ 12:09pm spodiodi: hey mariano!
	12:09pm Cee Dubbles: you're welcome person on the radio
	12:09pm paul: clarke, you are right.
	12:09pm Dean: Blue Chip Stamps were a competitor with S&H.
	12:10pm Ross T.: And Alpine cigarettes had Swift Gift Coupons, just to keep this going.
	♥ 12:10pm mariano: Bob a: Used to love Old Golds when I smoked. One of the few filtered cigs stronger than Reds. They were like something out of a Tom Waits song.
	12:10pm Listener Robert: Sperry and Hutchinson's were so widely known that "green stamps" was generic for all these trading stamps.
	12:11pm Stevel: Spelled Hughey, at the time? It took me years to learn that he hadn’t covered Dave Edmunds
	12:11pm Andres: Captain Mike: Thanks. Did not know that place. It’s heyday was a decade before I could get in to a show. Found an article by Dave Bidini telling its story. Sounds like it was incredible!
	♥ 12:11pm Handy Haversack: We watched the Shane MacGowan doc through WFMU On Demand last night. I don't think it's going to concede the cigarettes-and-pints prize to any other documentary.
	12:11pm paul: We were strictly a Top Value family. Green stamps were for commies.
	♥ 12:12pm Handy Haversack: Old Golds were TW's brand, Mariano!
	12:12pm Listener Bop Monroe: we had Bohack growing up in Brooklyn and they had King Korn stamps!
	12:13pm captain mike: Mariano: Jackie’s drug trip has to be seen to be believed Wouldja believe the head of Groucho Marx rotating on the head of a giant screw? Yep
	♥ 12:14pm JohnEBGood: Mike Hammer was paid as a spokesperson. Velvet or Monkees?
	♥ 12:14pm Handy Haversack: (You all know all this super in-depth music history, and I know cigarette brands. Sigh.)
	12:14pm johnk77: green stamps had redemption stores in the 1960s in ohio huey lewis birth name is hugh cregg fred schneider was a very cool guy off-stage the few times i got to hang with him
	12:14pm clarke: preminger had some strange deviations to be faiyah!!
	12:14pm gene sculatti: Isn't this Rare Breed side a Joey Levine vocal?
	12:14pm Cooh John: Top Value and Green Stamps. I had to lick them and put them in the books.
	♥ 12:14pm Michael Shelley: ALL THUMBS: www.youtube.com... youtu.be...
	♥ 12:15pm Matt Clarke: Words Of Love solo copped there!
	♥ 12:17pm JohnEBGood: Does any one remember NFL stickers on Chiquita Bananas?
	12:17pm paul: Matt...Did Gene drop the E from his last name or did you add one? Just curious.
	12:18pm Ross T.: The B-52s struck me as the band you'd be happiest to hang out with.
	♥ 12:18pm Matt Clarke: @Paul: I added one for myself. The Gene Clark pic is coincidental.
	♥ 12:18pm Matt Fiveash: Second MS's recommendation of the clip in question. Bonus: Thumbs's Batman t-shirt!
	♥ 12:18pm dale: thumbs carlisle does a real toe-tapping version of caravan.
	12:18pm Cooh John: captain Mike, saw "Skidoo" at the midnight movies in the 70's.
	12:19pm clarke: candy - oh i love you so
	12:19pm paul: Oh, OK. Thanks for answering.
	♥ 12:20pm Handy Haversack: In NYC, I think vaccine priority is established by Thunderdome-style matches. I'll start filing my teeth into points.
	12:21pm clarke: the (gene) clark's were decendents of the lewis&clark clark's and out of springfield, MO area
	♥ 12:21pm HesperusWrecked: We got our green stamps from the Finast on Ocean Ave, Jersey City. Got a guitar, a bicycle, and many other things. Big Irish-Polish Catholic family, lotsa kids, lotsa food to buy. Stamps would shoot out like a waterfall.
	♥ 12:21pm Matt Clarke: @Handy: They finally expanded the criteria starting Monday.
	♥ 12:22pm mariano: Handy: Two men enter, one man leaves!
	♥ 12:23pm Handy Haversack: Matt Clarke, are we supposed to register with someone? Also, related: should I stop filing my teeth into points?
	♥ 12:23pm JohnEBGood: If you don't move to this you're dead! Bo rules!
	♥ 12:23pm Corey: Man this Diddley is first class.
	12:24pm Dean: I love Irene Kral, to whose work I was introduced by her sometime arranger and pianist, Alan Broadbent.
	12:24pm paul: You can add bongos to this one.
	12:25pm Ross T.: reverse psychology?
	♥ 12:25pm Matt Clarke: @Handy: The NY.gov newsletter I got says reservations starting Monday. You can check this website to see where you stand am-i-eligible.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov
	12:25pm Andres: Vaccine priority by combat.
	12:26pm johnk77: bad is bad was written by the guys in clover
	12:27pm clarke: good schtuff, heayah
	12:28pm disgraceddavefromtoronto: watched "rock and roll high school" last night - wouldn't recommend it - anyone see it and like it?
	♥ 12:29pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Matt Clarke. Sorry, I'm out of it at the best of times! I decided to file every other tooth into a point and partially trust the system!
	♥ 12:29pm Matt Clarke: @Handy: But I will say it doesn't seem to be up to date. The newsletter says on Monday it is expanded to priority group "1B" and that is expected to not expand from there until APRIL
	12:30pm Ross T.: Oh geez I remember this
	12:30pm clarke: it ain't the Archies without the jughead beat
	12:31pm Ross T.: Jughead's pretty fair on the skins. "Sugar Sugar" is totally in the pocket.
	12:31pm clarke: that IS hal blaine!!
	♥ 12:32pm spodiodi: he had a cool hat
	12:32pm clarke: captain obvious, sorry.
	♥ 12:32pm Handy Haversack: Kate's a teacher (artist educator, but still), so hopefully she'll qualify under 1B. I remain eternally 4F.
	12:32pm paul: 1910 Fruitgum Company. No-brainer.
	♥ 12:33pm Hubig Pie: Reggie did an exaggerated head sway
	♥ 12:33pm Matt Clarke: @Handy: Teachers are included in 1B
	♥ 12:35pm Adammets: "Gonna stay right now - wear a mask!"
	♥ 12:35pm Dennis Diken: pretty sure it's Gary Chester drumming on "Sugar Sugar." it was cut in NYC. Toni Wine sings "I'm gonna make your love (or life?) so sweet"
	♥ 12:36pm Hoboken Jack: "where I'm at" sounds like "wear a mask" to me
	♥ 12:36pm yerfriendpaul: Sounds so good
	12:36pm DJ Guin: 1910 Fruitgum Co. I DJed the Linden HS 40th Reunion and some tool from the band kept haranguing me to play their stupid songs. Worst. Gig. Ever.
	♥ 12:36pm Hoboken Jack: @adammets: jinx!
	12:37pm paul: DJ Guin, no Indian Giver?
	12:38pm clarke: as i recall an interview i read with ron dante, the archie theme was cut with wrecking crew. Sugar Sugar was cut in nyc, tho.
	♥ 12:38pm mariano: Handy (@12:32): I'll save you a spot at the old glue factory. It's-a not so bad, you'll see.
	12:39pm clarke: the interview was in Goldmine - so it has been a while since i read that!
	12:39pm DJ Guin: @paul. How may times can you play "Simple Simon Says"? they insisted I have "The Theme from Man of La Mancha" and I couldn't get a moment to spin the record.
	♥ 12:40pm Dennis Diken: @clarke - we must get to the bottom of this!
	12:41pm clarke: i wish i had kept all those old goldmines!! but, gosh, i got enough stuff to get rid of NOW
	♥ 12:41pm Hubig Pie: Ladd/Lake on the take in 2nites installment of noir- The Glass Key
	♥ 12:41pm Handy Haversack: Mariano, Newtown Creek was home to most of the animal-rendering plants in the city! If you were a horse, goat, circus elephant and you died in NYC, you came to Newtown Creek! The tallest of the chimneys still stands. Which is to say, Greenpoint is at its best smelling since before colonization right now.
	12:42pm clarke: The Glass Key is a personal fave! book AND film!
	12:42pm Ross T.: I saw a Ron Dante interview on YouTube a while back discussing the making of Sugar Sugar. The New York version resonates more.
	♥ 12:43pm JohnEBGood: Michael. You are so number one!!
	12:43pm DJ Guin: this song needs more xylophone lmao
	12:44pm clarke: oh i don't dispute that Sugar Sugar was recorded in nyc - it WAS. you will notice a different sound on the Archies Theme, tho.
	12:44pm phat: That bassline really doesn't sound like wrecking crew.
	12:44pm Ross T.: I love you more than S&H Green Stamps did he say?
	♥ 12:45pm Matt Clarke: Sounds like a Wrecking Crew Sonny n Cher session to these ears
	12:45pm clarke: i vote No on wrecking crew
	12:45pm phat: @Ross T. That's a very romantic sentiment
	12:45pm clarke: but definitely a good call with Palmer on this!!
	♥ 12:45pm Frank Zaatar: Did Ron Dante mention Millie Smalls? I would be surprised if he did.
	♥ 12:46pm Frank Zaatar: Hey Mike, I tunded in late. Can we expect a Gerry Marsden trtibute sometime soon?
	12:46pm DJ Guin: Q. What's the difference between a dead snake and a dead lawyer? A. There are skid marks before the snake.
	12:46pm clarke: not that i recall
	12:48pm clarke: another capt obvious: obviously YLT sped up georgia's voice for Emulsified?? yes?
	♥ 12:49pm Frank Zaatar: I tuned in late.
	12:49pm Dennis Diken: Mikey - there was one snare fill on that track that made me think it was Hal, would need to hear it again. That’s probably Earl Palmer on the S&L track but somehow it almost doesn’t sound like him?? Shirley actually does speak on one their sides - I think she really does sound like that!
	12:50pm clarke: yesssss!!
	♥ 12:51pm Smoketown Joe: My Michael Shelly coaster, a tall cocktail and WFMU blasting from my computer. A lovely afternoon. Thanks Michael
	12:51pm clarke: sounds like my freshman dorm!!
	♥ 12:51pm Frank Zaatar: @Clarke: If Dante had mentioned My Boy Lolipop he might have got himself into legal trouble. ;)
	♥ 12:52pm Handy Haversack: Picturing clarke and his King (Kinks?) Cake dancing around the apartment!
	12:52pm clarke: actually i DO think that is mentioned in that - but maybe by the interviewer?
	12:52pm Dennis Diken: Could it be we wouldn’t have “Sleepwalker” had Clive Davis not had “the talk” with Ray?
	♥ 12:52pm Pedro in Arlington: Only recently discovered Miriam's Kinks podcast on mixcloud. Some good interviews. Mike's chat with Dave remains the gold standard.
	12:53pm Ross T.: Pretty good album overall too.
	12:53pm clarke: i'm still in me nightshirt, mate!
	♥ 12:53pm Michael in Montclair: The chorus on this Kinks tune reminds me of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’s ‘Nightwatchman’.
	12:53pm Ross T.: Though the previous "Schoolboys in Disgrace" is even better.
	12:53pm Sean: Dennis, you mean Clive Davis explained sex to Ray Davies?
	♥ 12:54pm Corey: Thanks Michael and skeleton crew! Super enjoyable as always. Have a great day all.
	♥ 12:54pm Michael Shelley: Dennis - what makes Bun E. Carlos so unique?
	12:54pm clarke: Schoolboys was ME in high school!!!
	♥ 12:54pm Michael in Montclair: RIP Adam Schlesinger
	12:54pm Ross T.: Guessing Clive said "no more concept albums!"
	12:54pm Tim from LH: Love the rowdiness of the backing vocals on Sleepwalker.
	12:55pm clarke: the Swing!!!!
	♥ 12:55pm Bootsie: Love me some Tinted Windows!!
	♥ 12:56pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Michael! Great stuff as always! Be well, Shelle Gamers! Keep those drinks coasting!
	♥ 12:56pm JohnEBGood: Hey Mike while you're at is pull out a number from School Boyz Like Education. whooo hooo Give the People What They Want
	12:56pm clarke: where DOES the time go?!? ever get the feeling...??????
	12:57pm Dennis Diken: Mikey - like any great musician/artist, he had his own voice on his instrument and expressed it well. Great feel, songplayer
	12:57pm DG: Yea on Tinted Windows! That album didn't get enough play & now there's no hope of a reunion....some good Cheap Trick/bubblegum/powerpop with a group of people you wouldn't expect to see in the same band.
	♥ 12:58pm Matt Clarke: Thanks Michael! Great show
	12:58pm clarke: it's in the Swing!!
	12:58pm Billy Jam: thanks for the great show Michael Shelly - and greetings fellow listeners inc. nearby me here in Oakland - Sully510 in Berkeley
	♥ 12:58pm spodiodi: thanks, Michael Shelley!
	♥ 12:58pm Handy Haversack: Thanks for the tips, BTW, Matt Clarke!
	12:59pm clarke: that said: i have to give Dax Neilsonn kudos for carrying the tradition ON and ON.
	♥ 12:59pm Matt Clarke: No prob, Handy! Hope it works for you guys soon
	12:59pm Dennis Diken: @clarke - so true! @Sean - ha!
	♥ 12:59pm mariano: Thank you MS and Crew!
	12:59pm clarke: yah - except KISS songs went downhill when peter criss was gone!
	♥ 1:00pm mariano: Watch the KISS interview with Tom Snyder.
	♥ 1:00pm GeoSinPhilly: I know it's a little long for your show, but the Roland Kirk version of "ISay a Little Prayer" is some kind of #1 Hit.
	1:00pm DG: Hahaha....those Paul Stanley clips are all over YouTube (I assume excerpts from the audio version of his book). He trashes everyone, but I guess $$ kept them together.
	♥ 1:00pm Fuzzy: Ace too!
	♥ 1:00pm Richard: Thanks, Michael. Great show! Educational, even. Have a great weekend everyone!
	♥ 1:00pm Michael in Montclair: Great show today Michael!
	1:01pm Ross T.: Attaboy!
	♥ 1:01pm radioronan: Thanks Michael!
	1:01pm clarke: i remember the dante/shelley interview - but, don't think you got into sesh details...
	♥ 1:01pm Fuzzy: Criss.
	1:01pm clarke: fun shew, really big!! nex'week!!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers	Rockin' Shopping Center
Harry Nilsson	So You Think You've Got Troubles
Louis Innis	I Ain't Got a Pot (To Peel Potatoes In)
Branding Iron	Right, Tight and Out of Sight
Louis Prima	When You're Smiling/ The Sheik Of Araby
Yo La Tengo	Emulsified "Emulsified" by "Yo La Tengo"
Sagittarius	My World Fell Down "My World Fell Down" by "Sagittarius"
Beach Boys, The	California Girls (takes 42-44)
Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers	Keep On Pushin'
Major Lance	Sometimes I Wonder "Sometimes I Wonder" by "Major Lance"
Richard Lloyd	Alchemy "Alchemy" by "Richard Lloyd"
Jimmy Takeuchi	Aquarius "Aquarius" by "Jimmy Takeuchi"
Mop Tops, The	I Want You To Stand By Me
Jim Ford	Under Construction "Under Construction" by "Jim Ford"
Homer Banks	A Lot Of Love "A Lot Of Love" by "Homer Banks"
Louis Armstrong	Cuban Pete "Cuban Pete" by "Louis Armstrong"
B52's, The	Hero Worship "Hero Worship" by "B52's, The"
Les Fleur De Lys	Prodigal Son "Prodigal Son" by "Les Fleur De Lys"
Tex Ritter	I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande)
Oboe	Tradin' Stamps "Tradin' Stamps" by "Oboe"
Dave Edmunds	Bad Is Bad "Bad Is Bad" by "Dave Edmunds"
Rare Breed, The	Bad Girl "Bad Girl" by "Rare Breed, The"
Thumbs Carllile	Candy Girl "Candy Girl" by "Thumbs Carllile"
Bo Diddley	Somebody Beat Me "Somebody Beat Me" by "Bo Diddley"
Irene Kral	Wonderful Life "Wonderful Life" by "Irene Kral"
Yolks, The	You Don't Live Here No More
Yolks, The	Don't Cry Anymore "Don't Cry Anymore" by "Yolks, The"
Archies, The	Archie's Theme (Everything's Archie)
Lemon Pipers	Rice Is Nice "Rice Is Nice" by "Lemon Pipers"
Moon Mullican	Well Oh Well "Well Oh Well" by "Moon Mullican"
Earl King	Do The Grind "Do The Grind" by "Earl King"
She And Him	Sweet Darlin' "Sweet Darlin'" by "She And Him"
Law Firm	I Love You More "I Love You More" by "Law Firm"
Shirley And Lee	Rock All Night "Rock All Night" by "Shirley And Lee"
Freddie McGregor	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
Kinks, The	Sleepwalker "Sleepwalker" by "Kinks, The"
Tinted Windows	Nothing To Me "Nothing To Me" by "Tinted Windows"
Willie Mitchell	I Say a Little Prayer
Paul Stanley	Peter Chris "Peter Chris" by "Paul Stanley"

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Listener comments!
	♥ 10:59am Frank In Queens: Hey Now!
	♥ 11:00am Matt Clarke: Morning Michael! Hey Frankie!
	♥ 11:00am Listener Baby: Okay Baby, Let's do this. No holding back. Squeeze out some sparks, etc, etc.
	♥ 11:00am Listener Baby: Morning Frank!
	♥ 11:01am Michael Shelley: Will do!
	♥ 11:01am Handy Haversack: Michael and the Shelle Gamers! Happy Saturday! Hey there, Frank, Listener Baby!
	11:01am clarke: hey nooooooowwwwwwww
	♥ 11:01am myron feld: All the different traits.
	♥ 11:01am Listener Baby: Handy! Hope your world is good.
	11:02am Woo: JoJo turns 70 this year.
	♥ 11:03am Michael Shelley: !
	11:03am clarke: my mic sounds nice! check one...
	♥ 11:03am Webhamster Henry: You can go to the Government Center after the Shoppin' Center.
	♥ 11:03am Wendy del Formaggio: Good morning, Michael. I'm not sure I've ever heard this JR & TML track. But is there a BAD song they've put out? I don't think so. I love this.
	11:04am DJ Guin: uh oh...Spidey Sense tells me here come some NILSSON!!!
	11:04am Listener John from NJ: Greetings to all!
	11:04am DJ Guin: thanks for the Nilsson, Michael. :)
	11:05am clarke: @frank - Cub Scout Bowling Pins??
	11:05am Woo: This guy has some troubles
	♥ 11:05am Webhamster Henry: Nilsson was having himself a cup of tea, thinking about the bubbles.
	♥ 11:05am mariano: Happy Saturn's Day, MS, Crew, everyone! A special SUBDIVISIONS to Handy!
	♥ 11:06am Corey: Good morning Michael and listeners! A couple of hours #1's are just what a weary nation needs.
	♥ 11:06am Frank In Queens: @clerke Ordered!
	♥ 11:07am Handy Haversack: All within tolerances, Listener Baby, thanks! Hey, clarke, Corey, Mariano! How's Carnival proceeding down there?
	11:07am Dennis Diken: Hey Mikey & all! probably gotta jump in and out some today. Have a ball!
	11:07am DJ Guin: my late brother turned my young mind onto Jonathan Richman and Joe "King" Carrasco & the Crowns. miss ya, Danny.
	♥ 11:07am Michael Shelley: HEaded out to get your turntables repaired?
	♥ 11:08am Handy Haversack: OK, if I ever seen Goat Very Enjoyable Beer on this continent, it's going to be an instabuy!
	♥ 11:08am Corey: Howdy Handy!
	♥ 11:08am Frank In Queens: Hello all you good people.
	♥ 11:08am Wendy del Formaggio: Handy!
	11:08am clarke: hah - this year carnival season will be reduced to King Cake Season - and that is fairly risky, just that!
	♥ 11:09am Sully510: Good Berkeley, CA in the room. How's it going east coast. Staying warm and healthy?
	11:09am Andres: Morning! Great, now I want potatoes.
	♥ 11:09am Dominick: The JR&TML record was my into to them as well. Thanks, Vin Scelsa!
	11:09am clarke: nola jumped back into phase ONE yesterday - and that was probably too late
	♥ 11:10am Handy Haversack: Wendy! Your cards are occupying pride of place on our mantle, which is precious real estate! One's on my trebuchet and the other on the pic of Kate's Texas ancestors. What variety of King Cake is your particular temptation, clarke?
	♥ 11:10am Ciggy: Greeting Michael. Checking in from the Fleetwood Station on the Metro North Harlem Line.
	11:10am Cooh John: Hello Michael and #1ers.
	♥ 11:11am Listener Baby: Groovy kick drum!
	♥ 11:11am Listener Baby: Who be kicking it, Baby?
	11:12am clarke: i don't eat sweets, any more. back in the day the king cakes with cream cheese inside them got some interest. but, as a beer guy - it was a rarity. now both are in the past, for me.
	♥ 11:12am Handy Haversack: Fleetwood, Bronxville, Tuckahoe, White Plains, AND North White Plains -- did I remember it right, Ciggy?
	11:12am DJ Guin: okay kids..ima go back to reading and whatnot. smell ya laters..or next weekish.
	♥ 11:12am Wendy del Formaggio: I wouldn't be surprised if JRichman lives to be 100. After all, while the rest of us eat garbage, eat shit, get stoned, he stays home and eats health food, alone.
	♥ 11:12am spodiodi: good morning, Michael Shelley, and Louis Prima fans
	♥ 11:13am Wendy del Formaggio: Aww, thanks, Handy! I'm honored!
	♥ 11:13am yerfriendpaul: @Wendy - ha ha!
	♥ 11:13am mariano: Handy: Only carnival proceedings for me today will be warming up some seafood gumbo from Robert's once I'm duly caffeinated. I'd also recommend GOAT's black-label equivalent, Highly Enjoyable Beer.
	11:13am Dennis Diken: @Mikey - HA! yeah, can’t get good help these days!
	♥ 11:13am Sully510: @ciggy Good morning! What's the weather like?
	♥ 11:13am mariano: Hey hey, Louie Prima for Carnival!
	11:13am clarke: perhaps mariano has a sweet tooth?? it is clear where eddy's sentiments lie, ha ha.
	11:14am DJ Guin: my fave Louis is Jordan. www.youtube.com...
	♥ 11:14am Sully510: @mariano GOAT's Black label. I don't know that one.
	11:14am clarke: @mariano: you boycotting Rouse's??
	♥ 11:15am Webhamster Henry: Put that turban on.
	11:15am mike east: I sang when your smilin with my mother last night. She had dementia but she still remembers the words to songs. Thanks for playing this Michael.
	♥ 11:16am mariano: clarke: I have anxiety attacks when I go grocery shopping this time of year because of the walls of different types of king cake. I could go through Robert's like Pac Man and eat them all, but I really try to be good with the sweets. Regarding Rouse's: kind of a moot point for me since Robert's is one block away for me. I really hate that one of the Rouses took part in the Keystone Koup though. sully510: Sorry, was kidding, shoulda tagged with a "j/k."
	♥ 11:16am myron feld: There's no happier music than Louis, Keely and the Witnesses.
	♥ 11:17am Sully510: @MikeEast that's a great story. :)
	♥ 11:17am mariano: *...one block away from me...
	11:17am clarke: he DID put out an apology - but seems (to me) that the corporation forced him to??
	11:18am Juke Joint Jonny: Throw this song in the no bad versions basket
	11:19am clarke: it is pretty insane how GOOD the prepared foods are in nearly EVERY market are, here!
	♥ 11:19am yerfriendpaul: Love Fakebook! One of my favs of YLT!
	♥ 11:19am Pedro in Arlington: Thanks Mike for being a leading proponent of decaf. It helped me get through a week in which self-styled revolutionaries/domestic terrorists still needed to use the Metro stations and book themselves in to the Holiday Inns and Comfort Inns a few blocks away. Hopefully some of them are still spending nights in jail.
	11:20am McGroovey: This Yo La Tengo is sure a fab new young R'n'B combo!
	♥ 11:20am HyperDose: Wooo someone had a party last night!
	♥ 11:20am Biba McLurex: Making the whole week better, Michael.
	11:21am DJ Guin: "Al Sardine" King of the Seven Seas
	♥ 11:21am Michael in Montclair: Good Morning Mr. Shelly and everyone!
	11:21am Dennis: I call Bruce “Mr. Answer Vocal”
	♥ 11:22am mariano: That's really sweet, mike east. Those moments are precious. clarke: I haven't kept up with the story in much detail. I first heard about it on Nextdoor, where there's been a huge dustup over it, but I've been really busy scrapping on other venues over national politics (just earned my coveted fourth Breitbart ban, booyah!). And yeah, I was just musing to Handy and David (in London) the other day about the blessing of always having two types of gumbo on hand a block away at Robert's soup bar. We won't mention the king cake thank you very much.
	11:22am Juke Joint Jonny: Al Sardine's vocals always sound canned to me.
	11:22am Dennis: Calif Girls, God Only Knows, My World Fell Down - answer vocal on all of ‘em!
	♥ 11:23am Ciggy: @Sully510 ~ Good Morning. A clear crisp day in Westchester County, NY
	11:24am clarke: curt boettcher produce?
	11:24am Dennis: The tape collage bridge on the 45 (we’re hearing the LP version here) is how you keep a 45 off the top 40!
	♥ 11:24am Michael Shelley: Usher
	11:24am DJ Guin: Bruce Johnston resembles Harry Chapin..but with less talent and a better driving record. peace out!
	♥ 11:25am Matt Clarke: @Dennis: Yeah! I wonder why the LP version cut the tape collage section.
	11:25am davefromtoronto: explorers club are listening intently...
	11:26am clarke: sadly, Rouse's has some damn fine crawfish pies that i am going to miss. take 44 here we are.
	11:27am Andres: No. 70?! Those guys was robbed!
	11:27am Dennis: No idea, Matt - but the 45 also had that beautiful “Wish I didn’t feel like winter” section, which was NOT on the LP. Weird decisions!
	11:27am davefromtoronto: brian wilson had ears like a dog...
	11:28am Dennis: Dave, when Jason was polling fans on what tunes they should do on their covers LP, I suggested MWFD!😏
	♥ 11:28am Webhamster Henry: One working ear of a dog....
	♥ 11:28am mariano: Oh, for those of you not familiar with what clarke and I are jawing about, Rouses is a legendary grocery chain in Louisiana carrying lots of Creole and Cajun goodies. One of the owners apparently was present at the DC riots, so now there's a growing boycott movement.
	11:30am Dennis: CG is 4-track, I believe. Yes, live!
	11:30am clarke: what think ye of the whoopie pies at Robert's? back in the day....
	11:32am Dennis: Glen Campbell once again, here with Gene (and Doug Dillard on banjo of course) - the guy never slept back then!
	♥ 11:32am Matt Clarke: Fitting in plenty of melody in a 1:30 song
	11:32am davefromtoronto: right! one dog ear. makes him even more impressive
	♥ 11:34am Jimmy Wipper: I had Major Lance on heavy rotation on Janaury 5th.
	11:34am Dennis: When the mayor of Atlanta appears on TV from her office, you can see here dad Major Lance’s hits LP on a shelf behind her ❤️
	♥ 11:34am myron feld: MS: new DJ premium idea: #1 Hits by Artists Whose Offspring Are or Were Mayors of American Cities or Towns. Let's see, we've got Major Lance....and uh......
	♥ 11:35am Hoboken Jack: Good morning and happy weekend Michael, Ruth, Frank, Matt, Baby, Handy, Mariano, Dennis, Spodes, McGroove, all!
	11:35am clarke: jan. 5th 1970? whipppaaaaaah.
	♥ 11:35am Matt Clarke: Hey Jack!
	11:35am Dennis: Aloha Jack
	♥ 11:35am Handy Haversack: Ha, Dennis, that's awesome. I once met Pele in the mayor of Atlanta's office as a kid -- that was pretty cool. Morning, Jack!
	♥ 11:35am Jimmy Wipper: Ha!
	♥ 11:35am Hubig Pie: And while you read mariano's post, please be sure to pronounce grocery store "Row-bears"
	11:36am clarke: the kids on Uzzle Street were dancin' around.
	♥ 11:37am Jimmy: Maurice White was the drummer on some Impressions and Major Lance records. Don't know which ones.
	♥ 11:37am Adammets: I saw "Lovers Rock" last night and I give it an A (it is a party I wanted to attend).
	♥ 11:37am Listener Baby: Jack!
	♥ 11:38am myron feld: Leftovers: YES!!!!
	♥ 11:38am Handy Haversack: Which show was interesting? I missed the title. YES, stay with Leftovers. It really finds its feet in the second season especially.
	11:38am paul: Gene Clark missing from the playlist.
	11:38am Woo: Cut your losses with The Leftovers.
	11:38am clarke: it IS tough to not spoil Mr. InBetween. so i stay mum.
	♥ 11:38am Adammets: Leftovers - the book is good. By Tom Perrotta. Same author whose work brought us Election (great movie). Didn't dig the tv show.
	♥ 11:38am Listener Baby: It does get better, Baby. But not sure it's worth the trip.
	♥ 11:39am Handy Haversack: We watched The Good Lord Bird, which I'd recommend to anyone. Also started Hunters, which, jury's still out for me. New season of The Expanse is MUCH better than the previous season.
	11:39am onthetrain: Mike the it crowd, always good show . You can get some insight to how the it people live !
	11:39am sonnyspop: Please recommend a turntable repair shop!
	11:40am KWilde: Hey Michael! Hey Mr Wipper!
	11:40am clarke: Good Lord Bird - i need to pick back up. it is SO well done, but also a bit intense.
	♥ 11:40am Listener Baby: Baby. Did you check out Raised By Wolves?
	♥ 11:40am mariano: Hubig: Good point, lol. I will not however put the accent on the "e" which is so wrong I'm surprised France hasn't threatened to recall its ambassadors over it.
	♥ 11:41am Adammets: Robert Quine played with Matthew Sweet on Dennis Miller TV show - easily available on Youtube
	11:41am paul: Thanks!
	11:41am onthetrain: I also liked “the fall” I believe it’s on Netflix about Russian serial killer living in Belfast
	11:41am captain mike: Ask anyone who has backed up Richard Lloyd how they enjoyed the experience
	♥ 11:42am Handy Haversack: I was told not to mess with Mr. In Between. Listener Baby, we watched it. I saw someone describe it as "like Game of Thrones on a ton of cocaine," which felt pretty apt. Ragnar Lothbrok!
	♥ 11:42am Adammets: If you liked Good Lord Bird, consider reading Deacon King Kong by James McBride - same author. Much fun.
	11:42am clarke: pointer for visitors to new orleans: every street or business name is the OPPOSITE of the way one would logically think it would be (with the french/spanish background).
	♥ 11:42am mariano: Good day to you, Hoboken Jack! Handy: You met Pele? Damn, that's so cool!
	11:42am Sean: Mike, can you post a link to the turntable repair call? WHAT? I gotta do it again because my math is incorrect! Man, this place a systemically biased against the stupid! MATHCISTS!
	11:43am Woo: Television has been making one more record for 30 years.
	♥ 11:43am Handy Haversack: Mariano, the mother of a kid on our soccer team worked for the mayor -- and went on to be mayor herself!
	11:44am Sean: @Woo Is he still a frying pan?
	♥ 11:44am Handy Haversack: (And our team was called the Cosmos, so it was fated!)
	11:44am clarke: i played in a band with richard lloyd for a short period of time and it was a GREAT experience. sadly, he had to go into the hospital which ended his tenure with this short-lived-anyway combo
	11:45am Ross T.: Richard Lloyd -- a what do they call it? -- a character. And top notch guitar player.
	11:45am Dennis: Ehhh... is everyone in the same key here?
	11:45am clarke: (i am not saying i am on board with what lloyd turned into after that hospital stay, though)
	11:46am Sean: Who's drumming om the Takeuchi?
	11:47am paul: Don't add bongos to this.
	11:47am PTC: In Richard Lloyd’s autobiography, he makes no mention of living in NJ and says he was raised in NYC. He also says many things that seem impossible, so maybe he is from NJ.
	11:47am Ross T.: I find Lloyd's interviews fascinating and funny. Bright guy. And again love his playing.
	♥ 11:47am Michael in Montclair: Richard Lloyd's The Alchemical Guitarist is one of the 'bibles' in my guitar instruction material collection. Watching him explain how to play guitar is an entertaining experience in itself.
	11:48am Dennis: There’s also the “sell-LEST-uh” pronunciation....?
	11:48am Dennis: I dunno.... I’m just a drummer!
	11:48am clarke: i guess the point is that lloyd turned some kinda corner. it is one of those cases where one has to appreciate the good and sorta overlook some bad (chuck berry anyone?).
	11:48am Ross T.: haha -- no bongos veto.
	♥ 11:49am Jimmy Wipper: Comfort food in trying times: we’ve been watching The Rockford Files from the first season on Peacock. James Garner is the best.
	♥ 11:49am Matt Clarke: Drums going through the vocal mics kinda sound
	11:50am clarke: i never really watched Rockford Files (much) back in the day - it came on friday and i was too busy getting into bars underage... but those plots all come from the pulps, and are GREAT. angel, of course, is a personal hero!
	11:52am paul: Pretty sure the Flying Burrito Brothers heard this.
	11:52am clarke: as for Lloyd's guitar instruction - it is entertaining, for a while. but, there is too much theory behind some simple theorems. on the fence.
	♥ 11:52am mariano: clarke: James Garner was a mensch.
	11:53am clarke: yes, sometimes it takes a while to appreciate great work.
	♥ 11:53am yerfriendpaul: I’m used to the Rock n Roll circus version of this tune
	11:53am pp: a revival of Name That Tune is now on TV. It would be punk if they used these kind of songs, like this Winwood soundalike
	♥ 11:53am JohnEBGood: Happy New Year Michael and family. A Whole Lot of Love to all. Peace : )
	♥ 11:54am Jimmy Wipper: For years I had Rockford’s answering machine message on our home answering machine.
	11:55am captain mike: Check out Otto Preminger’s “Skidoo”1968 with Cesar Romero Frank Gorshin Burgess Meredith Slim Pickens and Jackie Gleason on LSD Soundtrack and cameo by Harry Nilsson You will not be disappointed!
	11:55am clarke: i do not doubt that for a second whippah!!
	11:56am Juke Joint Jonny: Two Louis morning. Excellent.
	♥ 11:56am Handy Haversack: Kate and I were talking this morning about how glad we are that the B52's are so popular on WFMU!
	11:56am clarke: the first season of Rockford is particularly different with a different Rocky in the pilot, etc.
	11:56am Woo: I love you Cindy
	♥ 11:57am Sully510: Athens, GA Represent!
	11:57am clarke: oddly, i played in a short-lived cindy combo, too - two shows in athens.
	11:57am paul: Sounds like Lene Lovich.
	11:58am captain mike: Gee I saw the B 52’s OPEN for Martha and the Muffins!
	11:58am clarke: (i lived in athens for a summer during it's "heyday" - super great times!)
	♥ 11:59am Jay S: Hi from San Francisco!
	11:59am Andres: Captain Mike: Where was that?
	11:59am Stevel: Yay Georgia!
	11:59am Ross T.: Time for your book Clarke!
	12:00pm Woo: The less Fred the better, is that what you are saying Michael?
	12:00pm clarke: the 52's were never the same after the sad loss of original drummer.
	♥ 12:01pm Jay S: We've been watching the Rockford Files too. My wife bought the whole series on DVD. We watch it during lunch. I agree it's great TV.
	♥ 12:01pm myron feld: @clarke: you mean original guitarist Ricky Wilson, right?
	12:01pm clarke: too busy working on the last chapter, ha ha.
	12:01pm captain mike: The Edge perhaps? Re-vamped folk bar Edgerton’s in Toronto after original Rock Lobster 45 came out Lots of fun!!!
	♥ 12:01pm spodiodi: hi Jack! nice on Les Fleur De Lys, MS
	♥ 12:01pm myron feld: Drummer Keith Strickland then became the guitarist.
	12:02pm clarke: i DO mean ricky, yes.
	12:02pm clarke: but keith was GREAT - don't get me wrong
	♥ 12:04pm Pedro in Arlington: Lucy and Ethel did this on an episode.
	♥ 12:04pm Handy Haversack: Yo, spodi!
	♥ 12:04pm spodiodi: i wonder if Tex ever played The Regal Beagle
	♥ 12:04pm spodiodi: yo, Handy!
	12:05pm paul: Top Value and S&H green stamps
	12:05pm clarke: frank you still around?? movies, this odd week?
	12:05pm Cee Dubbles: S & H Green Stamps!!
	12:05pm otto: oooooooooh! those red-dot specials!!!!! thats a #1 hit...
	♥ 12:05pm mariano: Wait, Jackie Gleason on LSD? Whaaaaa? Heya spodi!
	♥ 12:05pm Webhamster Henry: Green Stamps, A&P Plaid stamps. AND HERE'S A SONG FOR YOU! jhhl.net...
	♥ 12:05pm Adammets: Kings had S&H trading stamps. The company S was for Sperry and the Sperry family paid money for the Beinecke Library of rare books at Yale.
	♥ 12:06pm ChrisB.: There were a few: S&H, Triple S, Plaid Stamps.
	12:06pm Bob a: Yes. The A&P gave Plaid Stamps.
	12:06pm Jim from Tranquility: S & h green stamps
	♥ 12:06pm joe mulligan: my mother-in-law gave me a round ice bucket with penguins on it that she got from redeeming s&h green stamps
	12:06pm paul: My grandmother smoked tons of Raleigh cigarettes to get the coupons!
	12:07pm Bob a: And Old Gold cigarettes gave coupons.
	12:07pm Listener Robert: I have Tex Ritter's "Yippie-Yi-Oh" (Old Cowhand), I think on 45, but it might be on a Little Golden 78.
	♥ 12:07pm Webhamster Henry: We now have frequent flyer miles and loyalty cards.
	12:07pm onthetrain: And the 8’oclock coffee grinder next to it I used to love that .
	12:07pm Jim from Tranquility: There was another brand that was orange but I don’t remember the name
	12:08pm Ross T.: I'm a couple of years older than you, Michael, and I helped my mom lick S&H Green Stamps and fill the books for redemption. There were different value stamps -- you were happy to have one 100 unit stamp to fill a page rather than 100 single units. That would be a lot of stamp glue on an 8 year old tongue.
	12:08pm paul: Jim...You thinking of Top Value?
	♥ 12:08pm JohnEBGood: The B52's opened up with Planet Claire and went on to rock us at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado about 20 years ago. Awesome ; )
	12:08pm onthetrain: S&h stamps were green and kings were orange iirc!
	12:09pm clarke: i would say top value was more of a yellow?
	12:09pm Listener Robert: The yellow ones were Gold Bond stamps. They had a redemption store in Parkchester.
	♥ 12:09pm spodiodi: hey mariano!
	12:09pm Cee Dubbles: you're welcome person on the radio
	12:09pm paul: clarke, you are right.
	12:09pm Dean: Blue Chip Stamps were a competitor with S&H.
	12:10pm Ross T.: And Alpine cigarettes had Swift Gift Coupons, just to keep this going.
	♥ 12:10pm mariano: Bob a: Used to love Old Golds when I smoked. One of the few filtered cigs stronger than Reds. They were like something out of a Tom Waits song.
	12:10pm Listener Robert: Sperry and Hutchinson's were so widely known that "green stamps" was generic for all these trading stamps.
	12:11pm Stevel: Spelled Hughey, at the time? It took me years to learn that he hadn’t covered Dave Edmunds
	12:11pm Andres: Captain Mike: Thanks. Did not know that place. It’s heyday was a decade before I could get in to a show. Found an article by Dave Bidini telling its story. Sounds like it was incredible!
	♥ 12:11pm Handy Haversack: We watched the Shane MacGowan doc through WFMU On Demand last night. I don't think it's going to concede the cigarettes-and-pints prize to any other documentary.
	12:11pm paul: We were strictly a Top Value family. Green stamps were for commies.
	♥ 12:12pm Handy Haversack: Old Golds were TW's brand, Mariano!
	12:12pm Listener Bop Monroe: we had Bohack growing up in Brooklyn and they had King Korn stamps!
	12:13pm captain mike: Mariano: Jackie’s drug trip has to be seen to be believed Wouldja believe the head of Groucho Marx rotating on the head of a giant screw? Yep
	♥ 12:14pm JohnEBGood: Mike Hammer was paid as a spokesperson. Velvet or Monkees?
	♥ 12:14pm Handy Haversack: (You all know all this super in-depth music history, and I know cigarette brands. Sigh.)
	12:14pm johnk77: green stamps had redemption stores in the 1960s in ohio huey lewis birth name is hugh cregg fred schneider was a very cool guy off-stage the few times i got to hang with him
	12:14pm clarke: preminger had some strange deviations to be faiyah!!
	12:14pm gene sculatti: Isn't this Rare Breed side a Joey Levine vocal?
	12:14pm Cooh John: Top Value and Green Stamps. I had to lick them and put them in the books.
	♥ 12:14pm Michael Shelley: ALL THUMBS: www.youtube.com... youtu.be...
	♥ 12:15pm Matt Clarke: Words Of Love solo copped there!
	♥ 12:17pm JohnEBGood: Does any one remember NFL stickers on Chiquita Bananas?
	12:17pm paul: Matt...Did Gene drop the E from his last name or did you add one? Just curious.
	12:18pm Ross T.: The B-52s struck me as the band you'd be happiest to hang out with.
	♥ 12:18pm Matt Clarke: @Paul: I added one for myself. The Gene Clark pic is coincidental.
	♥ 12:18pm Matt Fiveash: Second MS's recommendation of the clip in question. Bonus: Thumbs's Batman t-shirt!
	♥ 12:18pm dale: thumbs carlisle does a real toe-tapping version of caravan.
	12:18pm Cooh John: captain Mike, saw "Skidoo" at the midnight movies in the 70's.
	12:19pm clarke: candy - oh i love you so
	12:19pm paul: Oh, OK. Thanks for answering.
	♥ 12:20pm Handy Haversack: In NYC, I think vaccine priority is established by Thunderdome-style matches. I'll start filing my teeth into points.
	12:21pm clarke: the (gene) clark's were decendents of the lewis&clark clark's and out of springfield, MO area
	♥ 12:21pm HesperusWrecked: We got our green stamps from the Finast on Ocean Ave, Jersey City. Got a guitar, a bicycle, and many other things. Big Irish-Polish Catholic family, lotsa kids, lotsa food to buy. Stamps would shoot out like a waterfall.
	♥ 12:21pm Matt Clarke: @Handy: They finally expanded the criteria starting Monday.
	♥ 12:22pm mariano: Handy: Two men enter, one man leaves!
	♥ 12:23pm Handy Haversack: Matt Clarke, are we supposed to register with someone? Also, related: should I stop filing my teeth into points?
	♥ 12:23pm JohnEBGood: If you don't move to this you're dead! Bo rules!
	♥ 12:23pm Corey: Man this Diddley is first class.
	12:24pm Dean: I love Irene Kral, to whose work I was introduced by her sometime arranger and pianist, Alan Broadbent.
	12:24pm paul: You can add bongos to this one.
	12:25pm Ross T.: reverse psychology?
	♥ 12:25pm Matt Clarke: @Handy: The NY.gov newsletter I got says reservations starting Monday. You can check this website to see where you stand am-i-eligible.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov
	12:25pm Andres: Vaccine priority by combat.
	12:26pm johnk77: bad is bad was written by the guys in clover
	12:27pm clarke: good schtuff, heayah
	12:28pm disgraceddavefromtoronto: watched "rock and roll high school" last night - wouldn't recommend it - anyone see it and like it?
	♥ 12:29pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Matt Clarke. Sorry, I'm out of it at the best of times! I decided to file every other tooth into a point and partially trust the system!
	♥ 12:29pm Matt Clarke: @Handy: But I will say it doesn't seem to be up to date. The newsletter says on Monday it is expanded to priority group "1B" and that is expected to not expand from there until APRIL
	12:30pm Ross T.: Oh geez I remember this
	12:30pm clarke: it ain't the Archies without the jughead beat
	12:31pm Ross T.: Jughead's pretty fair on the skins. "Sugar Sugar" is totally in the pocket.
	12:31pm clarke: that IS hal blaine!!
	♥ 12:32pm spodiodi: he had a cool hat
	12:32pm clarke: captain obvious, sorry.
	♥ 12:32pm Handy Haversack: Kate's a teacher (artist educator, but still), so hopefully she'll qualify under 1B. I remain eternally 4F.
	12:32pm paul: 1910 Fruitgum Company. No-brainer.
	♥ 12:33pm Hubig Pie: Reggie did an exaggerated head sway
	♥ 12:33pm Matt Clarke: @Handy: Teachers are included in 1B
	♥ 12:35pm Adammets: "Gonna stay right now - wear a mask!"
	♥ 12:35pm Dennis Diken: pretty sure it's Gary Chester drumming on "Sugar Sugar." it was cut in NYC. Toni Wine sings "I'm gonna make your love (or life?) so sweet"
	♥ 12:36pm Hoboken Jack: "where I'm at" sounds like "wear a mask" to me
	♥ 12:36pm yerfriendpaul: Sounds so good
	12:36pm DJ Guin: 1910 Fruitgum Co. I DJed the Linden HS 40th Reunion and some tool from the band kept haranguing me to play their stupid songs. Worst. Gig. Ever.
	♥ 12:36pm Hoboken Jack: @adammets: jinx!
	12:37pm paul: DJ Guin, no Indian Giver?
	12:38pm clarke: as i recall an interview i read with ron dante, the archie theme was cut with wrecking crew. Sugar Sugar was cut in nyc, tho.
	♥ 12:38pm mariano: Handy (@12:32): I'll save you a spot at the old glue factory. It's-a not so bad, you'll see.
	12:39pm clarke: the interview was in Goldmine - so it has been a while since i read that!
	12:39pm DJ Guin: @paul. How may times can you play "Simple Simon Says"? they insisted I have "The Theme from Man of La Mancha" and I couldn't get a moment to spin the record.
	♥ 12:40pm Dennis Diken: @clarke - we must get to the bottom of this!
	12:41pm clarke: i wish i had kept all those old goldmines!! but, gosh, i got enough stuff to get rid of NOW
	♥ 12:41pm Hubig Pie: Ladd/Lake on the take in 2nites installment of noir- The Glass Key
	♥ 12:41pm Handy Haversack: Mariano, Newtown Creek was home to most of the animal-rendering plants in the city! If you were a horse, goat, circus elephant and you died in NYC, you came to Newtown Creek! The tallest of the chimneys still stands. Which is to say, Greenpoint is at its best smelling since before colonization right now.
	12:42pm clarke: The Glass Key is a personal fave! book AND film!
	12:42pm Ross T.: I saw a Ron Dante interview on YouTube a while back discussing the making of Sugar Sugar. The New York version resonates more.
	♥ 12:43pm JohnEBGood: Michael. You are so number one!!
	12:43pm DJ Guin: this song needs more xylophone lmao
	12:44pm clarke: oh i don't dispute that Sugar Sugar was recorded in nyc - it WAS. you will notice a different sound on the Archies Theme, tho.
	12:44pm phat: That bassline really doesn't sound like wrecking crew.
	12:44pm Ross T.: I love you more than S&H Green Stamps did he say?
	♥ 12:45pm Matt Clarke: Sounds like a Wrecking Crew Sonny n Cher session to these ears
	12:45pm clarke: i vote No on wrecking crew
	12:45pm phat: @Ross T. That's a very romantic sentiment
	12:45pm clarke: but definitely a good call with Palmer on this!!
	♥ 12:45pm Frank Zaatar: Did Ron Dante mention Millie Smalls? I would be surprised if he did.
	♥ 12:46pm Frank Zaatar: Hey Mike, I tunded in late. Can we expect a Gerry Marsden trtibute sometime soon?
	12:46pm DJ Guin: Q. What's the difference between a dead snake and a dead lawyer? A. There are skid marks before the snake.
	12:46pm clarke: not that i recall
	12:48pm clarke: another capt obvious: obviously YLT sped up georgia's voice for Emulsified?? yes?
	♥ 12:49pm Frank Zaatar: I tuned in late.
	12:49pm Dennis Diken: Mikey - there was one snare fill on that track that made me think it was Hal, would need to hear it again. That’s probably Earl Palmer on the S&L track but somehow it almost doesn’t sound like him?? Shirley actually does speak on one their sides - I think she really does sound like that!
	12:50pm clarke: yesssss!!
	♥ 12:51pm Smoketown Joe: My Michael Shelly coaster, a tall cocktail and WFMU blasting from my computer. A lovely afternoon. Thanks Michael
	12:51pm clarke: sounds like my freshman dorm!!
	♥ 12:51pm Frank Zaatar: @Clarke: If Dante had mentioned My Boy Lolipop he might have got himself into legal trouble. ;)
	♥ 12:52pm Handy Haversack: Picturing clarke and his King (Kinks?) Cake dancing around the apartment!
	12:52pm clarke: actually i DO think that is mentioned in that - but maybe by the interviewer?
	12:52pm Dennis Diken: Could it be we wouldn’t have “Sleepwalker” had Clive Davis not had “the talk” with Ray?
	♥ 12:52pm Pedro in Arlington: Only recently discovered Miriam's Kinks podcast on mixcloud. Some good interviews. Mike's chat with Dave remains the gold standard.
	12:53pm Ross T.: Pretty good album overall too.
	12:53pm clarke: i'm still in me nightshirt, mate!
	♥ 12:53pm Michael in Montclair: The chorus on this Kinks tune reminds me of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’s ‘Nightwatchman’.
	12:53pm Ross T.: Though the previous "Schoolboys in Disgrace" is even better.
	12:53pm Sean: Dennis, you mean Clive Davis explained sex to Ray Davies?
	♥ 12:54pm Corey: Thanks Michael and skeleton crew! Super enjoyable as always. Have a great day all.
	♥ 12:54pm Michael Shelley: Dennis - what makes Bun E. Carlos so unique?
	12:54pm clarke: Schoolboys was ME in high school!!!
	♥ 12:54pm Michael in Montclair: RIP Adam Schlesinger
	12:54pm Ross T.: Guessing Clive said "no more concept albums!"
	12:54pm Tim from LH: Love the rowdiness of the backing vocals on Sleepwalker.
	12:55pm clarke: the Swing!!!!
	♥ 12:55pm Bootsie: Love me some Tinted Windows!!
	♥ 12:56pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Michael! Great stuff as always! Be well, Shelle Gamers! Keep those drinks coasting!
	♥ 12:56pm JohnEBGood: Hey Mike while you're at is pull out a number from School Boyz Like Education. whooo hooo Give the People What They Want
	12:56pm clarke: where DOES the time go?!? ever get the feeling...??????
	12:57pm Dennis Diken: Mikey - like any great musician/artist, he had his own voice on his instrument and expressed it well. Great feel, songplayer
	12:57pm DG: Yea on Tinted Windows! That album didn't get enough play & now there's no hope of a reunion....some good Cheap Trick/bubblegum/powerpop with a group of people you wouldn't expect to see in the same band.
	♥ 12:58pm Matt Clarke: Thanks Michael! Great show
	12:58pm clarke: it's in the Swing!!
	12:58pm Billy Jam: thanks for the great show Michael Shelly - and greetings fellow listeners inc. nearby me here in Oakland - Sully510 in Berkeley
	♥ 12:58pm spodiodi: thanks, Michael Shelley!
	♥ 12:58pm Handy Haversack: Thanks for the tips, BTW, Matt Clarke!
	12:59pm clarke: that said: i have to give Dax Neilsonn kudos for carrying the tradition ON and ON.
	♥ 12:59pm Matt Clarke: No prob, Handy! Hope it works for you guys soon
	12:59pm Dennis Diken: @clarke - so true! @Sean - ha!
	♥ 12:59pm mariano: Thank you MS and Crew!
	12:59pm clarke: yah - except KISS songs went downhill when peter criss was gone!
	♥ 1:00pm mariano: Watch the KISS interview with Tom Snyder.
	♥ 1:00pm GeoSinPhilly: I know it's a little long for your show, but the Roland Kirk version of "ISay a Little Prayer" is some kind of #1 Hit.
	1:00pm DG: Hahaha....those Paul Stanley clips are all over YouTube (I assume excerpts from the audio version of his book). He trashes everyone, but I guess $$ kept them together.
	♥ 1:00pm Fuzzy: Ace too!
	♥ 1:00pm Richard: Thanks, Michael. Great show! Educational, even. Have a great weekend everyone!
	♥ 1:00pm Michael in Montclair: Great show today Michael!
	1:01pm Ross T.: Attaboy!
	♥ 1:01pm radioronan: Thanks Michael!
	1:01pm clarke: i remember the dante/shelley interview - but, don't think you got into sesh details...
	♥ 1:01pm Fuzzy: Criss.
	1:01pm clarke: fun shew, really big!! nex'week!!

Michael Shelley: Playlist from January 9, 2021

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