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Favoriting September 11, 2021: Guest: Billy Bremner

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Pretenders, The  Back On The Chain Gang   Favoriting
Rockpile With Robert Plant  Little Sister   Favoriting
Billy Bremner  Loud Music In Cars   Favoriting
Pat McLaughlin  Lynda   Favoriting
Rockpile  Fool Too Long (live)   Favoriting
Rockpile  You Ain't Nothing But Fine   Favoriting
Bill Murray (aka Billy Bremner)  Downtown Hoedown   Favoriting
Billy Bremner  Love Is Stranger Than Fiction   Favoriting
Rockfiles With Billy Bremner  Waiting For A Following Wind   Favoriting
Dave Edmunds  Never Been In Love   Favoriting
Nick Lowe  Switch Board Susan   Favoriting
Billy Bremner  Trouble Boys (demo)   Favoriting
Billy Bremner  Interview   Favoriting
Rockpile  Heart   Favoriting
Nick Lowe  Lately I've Let Things Slide   Favoriting
Beach Boys, The  Slip On Through (track & background vocals)   Favoriting
Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys  Chalk It Up To The Blues   Favoriting
Olympics, The  Same Old Thing   Favoriting
Rachel Sweet  B-A-B-Y   Favoriting
Petula Clark  You're The One   Favoriting
Red Foley  Hillbilly Fever   Favoriting
Rufus & Carla Thomas  Don't Mess Up A Good Thing   Favoriting
Ward Hall  Two Headed Baby Pitch   Favoriting

CLICK HERE for Michael's no holds barred interview with Linda Gail Lewis on Please Kill Me

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

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

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

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

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

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

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

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

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

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

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

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

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

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

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

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

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

CLICK HERE for a laugh

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

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

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

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

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

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

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

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

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

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HEREfor "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

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

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

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

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

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

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

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

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

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

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

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

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

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

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

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

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

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

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

CLICK HERE for a laugh

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

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

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

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

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

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

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

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

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

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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Listener comments!

  10:58am
davefromtoronto:

good morning!
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Squints:

ok then.

hey hey HEY now.
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Listener Baby:

Hola Baby!,
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Frank In Queens:

HEEEEEYYYYYYYY NOW!
  11:01am
clarke:

hey.
noW.
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happymaan:

Hey folks
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Frank In Queens:

Excited about today's show!
  11:01am
brandon:

what a great song - Pretenders. magic.
  11:01am
clarke:

BABY!! fRANK!!
  11:02am
clarke:

hey Baby - how goes on the east coast???
  11:02am
listener monica:

this is one of my favorite songs. ever.
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jmd:

Looking forward to this show. Good morning all.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Chrissie's B-Day on 8thSept. - I revisited 'Kid', a fave song. Not many can write or get to that space in expression. Something very special.
Avatar 11:05am
Listener Baby:

Hi Clarke Lottie’s in MA and doing good. She in for the ride of her life. We are excited for her. Thanks for asking.
  11:06am
clarke:

i take it not a lot of storm damage in n'hamp??
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Michael in Montclair:

Good morning everyone!
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Frank In Queens:

Hiya clarke, Baby,Squints, and everyone!
  11:06am
clarke:

howdy sir!!
  11:07am
clarke:

the Crimson Kimono has been very evasive at being found. still hunting.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07am
StringOFperils:

I hope Doc and Mort got composer credits on this, when I see Robert Plant's name. Hope Bob didn't 'write' it.
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Frank In Queens:

That's somewhat surprising and a shame.
  11:08am
clarke:

how did you find it??
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Frank In Queens:

Blu-ray
  11:09am
clarke:

ah.
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Listener Baby:

I didn't go. Lottie and her Mom. They rave!
  11:09am
MFlynn:

So cool! Rockpile. The perfect band!
  11:09am
clarke:

BABY: go to noho!!! i'm sure you are waiting for Parent's Day, ha ha ha.
  11:11am
clarke:

not that this is the only feature, but there is this store on the main drag in northampton called Units -- it is something i wish i had access to, right now - mod cool furniture and stuff.
  11:12am
rw:

Around here Loud Music in Cars has been replaced by just plain old loud cars.
  11:12am
davefromtoronto:

is this tune for or against loud music in cars?
Avatar 11:14am
Joe B:

greetings Michael and everyone
  11:14am
clarke:

'lo Joe
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CTEmpress:

Been waitin' all week for this!! HELLLOOOOO all!
  11:17am
clarke:

great show on monday, there! did you make it the beach after-show?
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Joe B:

thanks Clarke, and yes!
  11:18am
clarke:

cool!!~
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CTEmpress:

SO many Rockpile shows!!!!
  11:19am
clarke:

rick pile?
  11:19am
clarke:

quiet, he's on a roll.
  11:20am
phat in Lincoln:

So great. I'm excited about this interview!
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Michael Shelley:

Forget it, he's rolling
  11:21am
clarke:

u still got that rocktober thang goin'???
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StringOFperils:

Blistering. All the YES albums are melting, even now.
  11:22am
clarke:

was it over when the germans attacked pearl harbor?!?
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CTEmpress:

FINE FINE FINE!!!
  11:23am
MFlynn:

Wow! “You ain’t nothin” Always made me dizzy!!!
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Listener Baby:

@Clarke. I can't wait to go. Going to be next year, it looks like. Hard to get out of here.
  11:29am
johnk77:

great set selecter
i believe the terry williams kit
shown was also used by bill kirchen &
tony johnson moonliters
for uk recording?
they probably did not get
the fancy mics;>
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Listener Baby:

I get a lot of George Harrison from that last song. No?
  11:29am
clarke:

oh, man - you gotta see new england during the fall -- make time!!
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Listener Baby:

And this one too?
  11:30am
Glistener MW:

I always used to mix up this one with Joe Jackson’s “Stranger Than Fiction”
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Listener Baby:

Clarke. Fall is hell around here. Maybe late Fall? Gonna try for sure.
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StringOFperils:

George Harrison. Also raised on The Everly Brothers.
  11:31am
clarke:

i get that the vines won't give, but... dude!!!
  11:32am
clarke:

it's great that there are still drive-in's are around - but there are NO movies to play in them!!
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Listener Baby:

Hey all you fantastic listeners. If you want to know what is hip, and now, Please watch Juniper's new Spike Jones directed video.
www.youtube.com...
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CTEmpress:

I was fascinated he moved to Sweden. I wonder why!
  11:34am
clarke:

why NOT, cT??
  11:35am
clarke:

a question that can only be asked by someone who has not been to sweden.
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CTEmpress:

On my list!
  11:36am
clarke:

and northampton in the fall!!!
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Listener Baby:

@CT. Don't bring your wife.
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

"Never Been In Love" is definitely a #1 hit.
  11:39am
clarke:

pow pow pow
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Michael Shelley:

goodness yes!
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StringOFperils:

Tracks on Wax is phenomenal.
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CTEmpress:

Never Been In Love...this was "our" song when I was dating my longtime beau.
  11:39am
davefromtoronto:

which guy in the pic is billy b?
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CTEmpress:

The one looking at Edmunds
  11:40am
Wuthry Guffy:

The morning rabbit deepens his hold on my imagination.
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Michael Shelley:

on right
  11:40am
davefromtoronto:

thanks - dave edmunds strikes me as someone not to 'F' with...
  11:40am
clarke:

good. nite.
  11:42am
Vertual:

Same here Mike -they were huge for me - I first heard Teacher Teacher on a rock station and it just stuck out for me in the early 80's. It was a gateway to all Rockpile individually and as a group.
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Listener Baby:

They are diggiin' in on this one. Man!!
  11:43am
clarke:

however, this is mostly edmunds on lead
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Michael Shelley:

but I think Billy on the out-front gtr...
  11:44am
clarke:

hmm.. dunno about that - i think he is the wiry one in the background
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StringOFperils:

A1 on the jukebox, but nowhere on the charts.
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

When Rockpile performed "Trouble Boys" live they let Billy sing it. He also usually did one Elvis cover at each show.
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Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Also...Thin Lizzy does a cool version of "Trouble Boys".
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Who would the Informed (not me) say are his prime influences - Chet Atkins & Merle Travis ? James Burton ?
  11:49am
Vertual:

I think I was the only 9 year old that made my parents buy a single of I Hear You Knockin by Dave Edmunds around 1973. I loved that cover.
  11:49am
Bob:

Who's better than Billy?
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StringOFperils:

Eddie Cochran. Don Everly. Really, WTF do I now...
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StringOFperils:

*know
  11:50am
Bob:

Those guys aren't better. They're dead.
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StringOFperils:

Guessanswering RevR
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Goyim in the AM:

Most Egmonds are AWFUL. It's the one sixties European brand you can't give away.
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myron feld:

The Louvres are that French band you love.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...course Harrison funneled all of that anyhow, still...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...the Loovz were noted for their water closet reverb...
  12:00pm
Glistener MW:

Amazing interview - thanks for this, Mike!! And, the audio quality’s just fine!
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Handy Haversack:

Hey now, Michael and all the Shelle Gamers. Sorry to be late.
  12:02pm
johnk77:

nashville room london uk?
  12:03pm
clarke:

HH!! (tips hat)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Ensemble Chemistry. You can't buy it.
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StringOFperils:

Ha ha ha.
  12:07pm
Bob:

I love that you asked about Little Sister. I love how Nick sorta blows the ending
  12:10pm
clarke:

hey keith hates Between The Buttons
  12:12pm
MFlynn:

We’ll I love “seconds of pleasure” too. Just a great interview Michael. Can’t wait to see Billy live!
  12:12pm
phat in Lincoln:

Loving this so much. And there's a documentary!
  12:14pm
phat in Lincoln:

Socializing as a band probably helps keep musical chemistry.
  12:14pm
Glistener MW:

“My” rock pile will always be Eugene Levy in Mel’s Rock Pile from SCTV
  12:21pm
phat in Lincoln:

Back on the Chain Gang, which took on even more meaning after certain things in my life, is a perfect damn song. It's beyond unbelievably beautiful. And I was totally thinking of the parts you were humming, Michael. Just astounding record, which I may have to listen to on repeat a few times today.
  12:25pm
clarke:

fantastic!!! ; ]
  12:25pm
Vertual:

Billy's really such a fun interview! Learning so much.
  12:27pm
Bob:

It's amazing that the brits all seem to dislike the Rockpile album. It really comes through in Will's book on Nick. Amazing. That record is the bible for a generation of us.
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Michael Shelley:

amen
  12:29pm
MFlynn:

What a great guy!!!
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CTEmpress:

That was a great interview. Informative, light, and another ace, Michael. And I worship at the alter of Rockpile!
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Frank In Queens:

Fantastic interview!
  12:29pm
davefromtoronto:

great job - you always seem to bring the best out of your interviewees.
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StringOFperils:

Totally enjoyable. Bless his rockin' heart.
  12:30pm
Dennis Diken:

Wow, that was a gas! Rockpile were totally my band of the ‘70s. Well done, Michael…and Billy!
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Handy Haversack:

clarke!

Just finishing up putting the apt. back together after yet again taking it apart for the exterminator. Loved what I could catch of the interview, MS!
  12:32pm
Glistener MW:

Great interview! What a wonderfully humble and entertaining talent
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Frank In Queens:

Really loved Billy's demeanor. Matter-of-fact, indeed, and seemingly down-to-earth as well.
  12:32pm
johnk77:

bash it out
tart it up
respect to the interviewer & subject
  12:32pm
clarke:

oh man. exterminator blues, AGAIN!!
  12:33pm
Glistener MW:

Totally, Frank. I could’ve listened to hours-more of him
  12:33pm
sufferwords:

Billy was a fixture here in Los Angeles- was at Raji’s almost every night- prolly middle late 80’s- i’d be more precise save for the fog of war
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Listener Baby:

Maybe, probably, his best song ever.
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CTEmpress:

This Lowe song always brings a tear. And so did the end of that interview because it was perfection!
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Frank In Queens:

This song manages to be both light and heavy at the same time. It's pretty fucking brilliant.
  12:35pm
clarke:

fog of war - i like that!!
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Handy Haversack:

The romance and glory of city living, clarke! Still recovering from yesterday's 450-mile drive, too. I have to volunteer at a party later. One day, I'd really like to go to the WFMU sidewalk sale!

Good call, Frank.
  12:36pm
clarke:

wow, you are NATIONWIDE this summer, handy!
  12:37pm
clarke:

MovieTime folks????
also, can someone tell if that vinyl double of Feel Flows is like a shortened comp???
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Michael Shelley:

Wednesdays at Raji's with The Dimebags
  12:38pm
clarke:

or in another way to ask: is there a vinyl version of the ENTIRE box-set???
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Handy Haversack:

For MovieTime, K8 and I elected NOT to watch Cocoon on VHS at our rental cabin. I feel good about that.

We watched and liked the TV show Reservation Dogs.
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Frank In Queens:

Moving through the Fuller filmography again this week. Re-watched Shock Corridor and The Naked Kiss. Now it gets interesting...
  12:40pm
clarke:

hmm, have not revisted Coccon, but i remember it nicely? and, those are the two most "mainstream" ones, frank!!
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Frank In Queens:

Also breezed through Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy. Not quite as good as Mighty Boosh, but still pretty good. Series 1 is pretty out there.
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CTEmpress:

@Frank In Queens quintessential NL work. I marvel at his meter, structure and irony straight to the heart
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Michael & all!
  12:41pm
clarke:

will check both, frank!! eventually. ha ha.
  12:41pm
phat in Lincoln:

Goddamn I love Big Sandy.
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CTEmpress:

THIS IS IN MY PLAYBOX!!!! Same Old Thing a TRUE #1 Olympic hit
  12:43pm
clarke:

i am still on the canals in Travels By Narrowboat - which is relaxing (and i need that).
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Frank In Queens:

@CTEmpress he's like a fine wine; gotten even better with age.
  12:44pm
clarke:

kinda like Baby. BABY!!!
  12:45pm
clarke:

oh BABY
  12:46pm
clarke:

the two last songs were re-interpreted in very great ways by monsieurs Anderson and Chilton, respectively.
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Frank Zaatar:

Why don't we hear more of those Rachel Sweet tracks these days?
  12:47pm
clarke:

but nobody beats the orginal = Carla.
  12:48pm
clarke:

-original
  12:48pm
Greg R.:

I saw Rockpile at the Roxy on the Sunset Strip in 1978. I was 18. Billy's playing was mind blowing! But so was Nick Lowe's bass playing. After the show we went to Tower and I got Dave Edmund's Tracks on Wax 4x4 LP. It was a great night!
  12:49pm
paul:

Sounds like the Vogues
  12:50pm
clarke:

pet sounds "morning'ish" ha ha
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Barno:

Greetings from Akron, Ohio!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

A peculiar Petula.
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Handy Haversack:

Sounds like Cardinal Richelieu.
  12:51pm
clarke:

ha ha ha ha.
  12:52pm
clarke:

speaking of Akron (hey barno!), saw a really good interview with Jerry Casale on the youtube - look up Whip It and making of
  12:52pm
MFlynn:

Thank you Michael!
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Barno:

Yes #clarke, I recently heard about that interview with Jerry Casale. Thanks for reminding me to check it out.
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Michael! Glad to have caught what we did!

Later on, Numbers One! Stay perfect!
  12:54pm
clarke:

this is the news dept and i think you're drunk.
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Matt in Nebraska:

Phat... Nick Lowe said he'd "rather nail his feet to the ground and stare at the sun" than watch the "Born Fighters" doc. Hope you're well!!! LOL.
  12:54pm
clarke:

C-A-R-L-A
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CTEmpress:

STAX ATTACK!!!!
  12:57pm
clarke:

BABY boy!!
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Barno:

@Clarke, there are so many great musicians from Akron; Devo, Black Keys, Rachel Sweet, Ralph Carney, Chrissie Hynde, I run into Chris Butler and members of The Waitresses and Tin Huey around our local music and art events on the regular.
  12:57pm
paul:

14 kids. 15 heads.
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Frank In Queens:

Great great show today, Michael. Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone!
  12:58pm
paul:

Vogues!
  12:58pm
KWilde:

Great job Michael!
  12:58pm
clarke:

fun stuff -- goo'nite
  12:58pm
Glistener MW:

Man, if I had a nickel for every time I heard the phrase “the baby is on exhibition”
  12:59pm
SeanG:

thanks Michael just clicked on the nude photos of jerry lewis and dean martin
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

TY As Ever DJ MS !
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