WFMU: Todd-o-phonic Todd: Playlist from June 11, 2022

Listener comments!
	👻 3:00pm yerfriendpaul: YES!!
	👻 3:01pm Tony in Durham NC: So good to hear from ol' home town: LONG ISLAND
	3:01pm bittycar: Hello all!
	3:01pm clarke: yeeesh!!! good day all!!
	3:01pm medson: Is this where the music is coming from? Hey TOPT and all
	3:01pm Ken From Hyde Park: BÖC? So that's how it's going to be today? Cool!
	👻 3:02pm Tony in Durham NC: Öyster Bay Parkway Aflame With Röck 'n' Röll!!!
	3:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Is Micah co-hosting the Cult Activity ?
	3:03pm clarke: i have a set of blue oyster Ludwig drums. but, as far as i know am not a member of any cult.
	3:03pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Long Island two-fer!
	3:03pm taryninstereo: Hello! Listening with my little rock n roller.
	3:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Vagrants with LeslieWest ?
	3:04pm morphe': The guy 2nd from the left (audience view) looks my my cousin Padrig who died last year... I'd love to see the shoes - not a fetish, just to place the year(s)... Padrig wore the clunky brown shoes with a thick sole and a 2 inch heel... he was short so was working the shoes ...
	3:04pm clarke: he's a BIG boy!!
	👻 3:05pm prof.fuzz: good afternoon, y'all!
	3:05pm clarke: FuZZZZ
	👻 3:06pm prof.fuzz: clarkEEEE
	👻 3:06pm TonyR: Did I find the sound, or did the sound find me?
	3:06pm clarke: funniest story from the road, Prof??
	👻 3:08pm TonyR: I think that if the oysters are blue, you send them back.
	3:08pm Woo: How long is Long Island?
	👻 3:08pm TonyR: What a zen question.
	3:08pm DjLorraine: “let the girl, let that girl rock n roll“ !
	👻 3:09pm prof.fuzz: @clarke: someone in the home crowd last night asked The Redhead that question (while I was retuning a guitar). Her reply: When she sprained her ankle on an uneven stage in ohio! That would not have been my choice of story, but...
	👻 3:09pm Hackensack Slim: Todd loves his new chair!
	3:09pm clarke: that ain't that funny.
	👻 3:10pm TonyR: Oh, ick. I once walked ON my ankle trying to get in a cab too fast.
	👻 3:10pm TonyR: No platform shoes were involved.
	3:11pm clarke: but i have also been at that uneven stage - in ohio
	👻 3:11pm Tony in Durham NC: Thanks, Tödd-ö-Phönic!
	👻 3:11pm prof.fuzz: @clarke. I know. AND I know better than to laugh at my better half getting hurt. My reply would be the owl puppet knocking over Louie from psych-o-positive's beer at wonderville. Louie didn't know what hit him, but all ended well (except for the beer, of course).
	👻 3:12pm TonyR: I have learned that you have significant tendons on the OUTSIDE of your ankle, going down to your foot. If a doc slightly nudges inward, they're supposed to fight back slightly. One of mine had no fight left.
	👻 3:13pm TonyR: No more f-Me pumps for ME!
	3:13pm clarke: those pesky owl puppets, again??
	3:13pm Victrola Tom: Belmont Stakes warmup races and the TOPT show!! Who needs sunshine?
	3:13pm medson: Yes please
	👻 3:13pm prof.fuzz: that damn owl's an a-hole...
	3:14pm clarke: i know ya'll have a song called (i think) Owls.
	👻 3:14pm prof.fuzz: tour award for best shoes goes to chris dipinto of creem circus.
	👻 3:15pm Hoboken Jack: Hello TOPT and all! Thank you for the driving soundtrack until I am Franklin Township Jack this afternoon.
	3:15pm jamesegio: Feel like I'm back at the crawfish fest!
	3:15pm clarke: FT Jack. welcome to the cult.
	👻 3:15pm prof.fuzz: @clarke: you are correct, sir! the owl puppet appears during that song and wrecks things up, usually.
	3:16pm clarke: Spoiler Alert~~
	3:17pm clarke: this rocks me like a hurricane.
	3:17pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Jack. Residents of Franklin Township wearing nice pants today?
	👻 3:18pm TonyR: So there IS a form of humor lower than puns....
	3:19pm clarke: yes.
	3:19pm The Spoony: OO, AH!
	3:20pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...owl's well that ends well...
	👻 3:20pm prof.fuzz: so true, RevRab
	3:21pm clarke: i'm owl about it!
	3:21pm WM: I heard an early prototype of BOC known as The Stalk-Forrest Group as the opening act for Ten Years After and MC5 at Stony Brook University, Long Island in (I think) 1970. I don't remember their set too clearly (I went to hear MC5) but I remember thinking they were at least pretty good, professional.
	3:22pm Van Winkle;-): Greetings all from above the 49th...now...be very careful with your spelling or you might stumble on an altogether different and heavier sounding Scorpions band... Oh wait...they're spelled the same...ha, ha
	3:22pm clarke: pre- or post- Soft White Underbelly??
	3:23pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Van Winkle: Believe it or else, it's the same band!
	👻 3:24pm Tony in Durham NC: My wife met a guy at work many years ago here in NC, and he once played bass for BÖC. Boy, was he sorry he quit! Let's just refer to him as Joey D...
	3:24pm morphe': Thanks TopT and all!!! May be be back before 6pm ET/EST ???
	3:26pm clarke: i, too, must depart, soon, and will archive the rest, later. avidly! thnx TopT
	👻 3:27pm Tony in Durham NC: ...wait, might've been Soft White Underbelly back in the day of The Bridge To Nowhere at SUNY Stonybrook
	3:28pm Victrola Tom: I love me some BOC or SWU, whichever name they’re going by! A band I saw both at Madison Square Garden and Maxwell’s!
	3:29pm Van Winkle;-): @ Todd...well you learn something new and old...every Saturday on the phonic shoe...
	3:29pm WM: Yes, BOC also went by the names Soft White Unverbelly and Stalk-Forrest group in the early days.
	3:30pm McGroovey: Billy Childish: like Guided By Voices, at some point I just had to stop buying the latest record, cause there were too many, and there were other people's records that needed buying.
	3:30pm medson: I’d like to see the Stompin Riffraffs. But I have something to do on Sept 24th here in NJ.
	3:31pm Victrola Tom: @TOPT: That must have happened before Joe B became the Peoples Champ!
	3:32pm David Shortell: When was Billy Childish interviewed on this program?
	3:32pm Mike Sin: Yeah! Scorpions! Thanks! Listening in the car while heading back from the shore.
	3:35pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @David Shortell: 6/22/19
	3:35pm ACmonicAC: Hey, Todd, Medson, and all fellow groomers. Greetings from Atlantic City.
	3:36pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @ACmonicAC: Uhm, I think you meant groovers...
	3:37pm medson: Hi there Monica.
	3:37pm MFlynn: Thanks Todd. Edmunds doing Parker! My favorite!!
	3:38pm Van Winkle;-): Chugging right along...with that Martians...sorry...snafu on ye Olde shazz...Stars In The Sky and the Milky Way Band tune...ta muchly!!!
	3:38pm chris_in_space: Hey all. I’m in Bellwoods Park in Toronto. Show sounding great as the frisbees fly by.
	3:39pm noisejerk: @Tony IDNC: omg, The Bridge to Nowhere... I played many gigs too close to the salad bar at the Union restaurant. Also, you'd have to check Wikipedia or HotrailsUK or whatever but pretty sure the original SWU preceded SFG. SWU had (Peter, Paul and Mary associate) Les Braunstein singing. After he was replaced by E Bloom they renamed to SFG for a bit to finish a second demo/debut attempt for Elektra.
	3:40pm DanFA: Just a reminder that Patti Smith was an early collaborator with Blue Oyster Cult.
	3:41pm Victrola Tom: @ACmonicAC Greetings from Ventnor!
	3:42pm noisejerk: Patti was with BOC guitar/keys Allen Lanier for a bit. She's got co-writes sprinkled through their discography.
	3:43pm DanFA: @noisejerk, yes, specifically Fire of Unknown Origin and Career of Evil
	3:44pm Frank In Queens: Hey there Todd!
	3:45pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Hey Frank! Can't wait for your Drop In show today at 6 on The Rock and Soul Stream!
	3:45pm Frank In Queens: Thanks Todd! I’m looking forward to it myself.
	👻 3:45pm Hoboken Jack: I can't wait to cover this.
	3:46pm ACmonicAC: Yes, Todd, indeed I did mean Groovers. I have old, fat fingers which have aged out of every last little bit of agility. Big oops on my part.
	3:47pm ACmonicAC: Victrola Tom: Howdy neighbor!!
	3:49pm DanFA: The groove on this is sick.
	3:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...it's the 'simple' stuff where you gotta BringIt...
	3:51pm noisejerk: @DanFA "Baby Ice Wet Dog" and I think "Revenge of Vera Gemini," too.
	3:52pm Robm: Hello TOPT listeners
	3:52pm medson: Cheers Todd
	3:55pm medson: Listening to this one right into the Vibe Report
	3:55pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: PatTodd reminded me of Barrence Whitfield. Which is good.
	3:56pm noisejerk: Discovered 2 Cramps songs in Stranger Things season 4 this week!
	3:57pm ACmonicAC: Hi Robm!
	3:59pm medson: Link for the Drop In show tonight 6pm Rock N Soul Stream wfmu.org...
	4:00pm (another) Patrick in Hoboken: Today I learned Wayne Fontana was from Lancashire, England?! Born in Manchester, died in Stockport.
	4:02pm dday: Shades of "Redeemed" (to come later) :)
	4:04pm Robm: Hey ACmonicAC
	4:04pm jimmytallow: Amazing song!
	👻 4:04pm John L: noisejerk: I noticed that, too, but I don't think it had the same impact on sales that it did for Kate Bush. sadly.
	4:05pm noisejerk: Redeemed on the 1st album feels like last breath of their Dead/Quicksilver/Moby Grape-ness.... very Long Island.
	4:05pm dday: My copy of Transmaniacon skips just before the second ending lead in lick. I finally hear it the way it should go
	4:07pm noisejerk: @dday, holy crap - my Trans MC does too! We got the same crap pressing?
	4:07pm dday: I beat the hell out of my LP. Screams skips opening side two as well :)
	4:08pm noisejerk: @John L - no surprise. I suppose I've heard more Cramps with bass in popular culture, alas.
	4:08pm Victrola Tom: My favorite BOC tune right here!
	4:09pm Mike W.: Awesome lead-in set
	4:09pm Victrola Tom: Transmaniocon MC ‘ain’t bad either!
	4:10pm noisejerk: I saw "Blue Oyster Cult" like 15-20 years ago at BB Kings. Sorta weird how 1st lp gets so much play - LDOM, Redcap, Stairway, maybe Trans MC. Even Cities despite no Albert
	4:10pm David Shortell: Does this song have a thematic connection to the work of George Pelecanos?
	4:11pm dday: Maybe ask Joe B. if there's a link (subconsciously) between the verses in "Screams" & the bridge(s) in Zappa's "Concentration Moon" (We're Only In It For the Money)
	4:11pm Victrola Tom: Just hit the exacta on race 8 at Belmont, and we’re all winning with this set right here!
	4:11pm noisejerk: RE: Stranger Things - I keep hoping to a Black Flag or at least DK's bumper sticker... it won't happen.
	👻 4:11pm John L: noisejerk: Their version of "Fever" is well used in the vampire epic "Near Dark."
	4:11pm dday: I'm On the Lamb..But I Ain't No Sheep
	4:12pm noisejerk: John: cool! (no bass)
	4:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Was thinking could be called the lovechild of Sabbath & KingCrimson ...but the idea there's a little MobyGrape in there is interesting...
	4:13pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Part one of my conversation with Joe Bouchard coming up soon!
	4:13pm noisejerk: ...is waiting on the bass break.
	4:13pm dday: Wings Wetted Down!!!!!
	4:14pm Victrola Tom: I think it’s pretty funny that BOC were considered heavy metal back In the 70’s.
	4:15pm noisejerk: dday: that's been the origin of my email address since the beginning of email.
	4:15pm Mike W.: “Near Dark” is a classic #TakeAnyTangent
	4:15pm Frank In Queens: Man, lovin this BOC set.
	4:15pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Early 1973.
	4:15pm Van Winkle;-): @ dday...and total "non~secitur" (sic) but your avatar/icon reminds me of my cats' fave brand of UK cat food...before they immigrated to N.'merika... Felix.
	4:17pm dday: Van Winkle: That's a drawing of my cat Squeezle McLoveMuffin done by my friend, Coney Island's, The Artist Rose (Chateau)
	4:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: These Songs Tho
	4:18pm noisejerk: Was never down with how they re-jiggered the chorus on OD'd for gigs. But, this un's wild and wooly and Buck is so Buck all over the Buckin place (Lanier giving him some what for, too)
	👻 4:18pm John L: I watched the new Ti West film, "X," and they used a BOC song. Unfortunately it was "Don't Fear The Reaper," which is the go-to song for filmmakers with not enough imagination. Great song, but overused.
	4:21pm dday: One of the loudest shows I've ever attended was BOC opening for SLADE. Capitol Theater Passaic, NJ. 9/21/1973. 2nd Row Center
	4:23pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @dday: Holy shit! What a show!
	4:23pm dday: The end of Hot Rails was 5 guitars front of the stage ALL treble..I couldn't hear for days later
	4:24pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Groovy show today TOPT!!
	4:26pm David Shortell: I always pronounced "Öyster" like I do "oyster". I don't know what the umlaut's for.
	4:26pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Also very '19th Nervous Breakdown'. A good allusion...
	4:27pm noisejerk: I used to have the 5 Guitars poster, but not as cool as that show. (Hot Rails reminds me of how so much guitar spew all over Tyranny isn't fixed, edited, punched. I've loved all of what would be considered mistakes left in since I was a tot. Money/time issues? Aesthetics, prolly not?)
	👻 4:27pm Hackensack Slim: Hey Todd, Another cool show. Lookin' forward to the chat with Joe. I was at the BOC show at the Capitol in Passaic, with Kiss as the opening act.
	👻 4:29pm John L: When I was growing up on Long island my friends and I looked up Buck Dharma in the phone book, under his real name. Unless there was more than one Donald Roeser living on L.I. I'm pretty sure it was him. Our intention was to drive by his house, just as a kind of pilgrimage, but we either chickened out or got too high and ended up at Jack-In-The Box.
	4:29pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Hackensack Slim: Kiss AND Slade or are you referring to a different show?
	4:30pm noisejerk: More awesome Joe-ness. As soon as Secret Treaties extras came out with Boorman we covered it. Who could resist?
	4:30pm dday: So wait..the umlautted O = the e sound like in "her" or the i sound in bird..so All this time I've been saying it wrong?
	4:31pm noisejerk: John - growing up on LI I can attest that the getting too high and ending up at Jack in the Box is not the exceptional part of that story
	👻 4:32pm Hackensack Slim: Different Show, Todd. April '74. I wish Slade was on the bill.
	4:35pm noisejerk: John - my best LI/BOC story: Around 19/20 years old, I was working for Manpower restocking Dr. Scholls displays in drugstores all over Nassau County. I'd be visited at my parents' house by a guy handing over boxes of product for the stores. I don't know how I knew - I guess I knew his real name, and MAYBE saw a picture somehow - one day I asked him, "Are you Andy Panda?" He was shocked, chagrined, not pleased. "Grumble grumble, etc"
	👻 4:36pm John L: I did get to see BOC at a benefit for Vietnamese refugees. Also on the bill was Utopia, Patti Smith , David Johansen and Rick Derringer. BOC were the best of the night, and I remember Patti being a little out of it.
	4:37pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: "When Led Zeppelin was really hot". That cracked me up.
	4:44pm DjLorraine: *whispers. Which one in the picture on the playlist is Joe B?
	4:46pm ACmonicAC: This is a great interview, Todd.
	4:47pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks Monica!
	4:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Wull - when I was truly a kid - the Sabbath fans for instance were the actual dopers & were considered trouble !
	4:51pm noisejerk: Lorraine: far left. I met him once and asked him about the essential "weirdness." He saw it then as he portrays now - sure, they could sit with MC5, Beefheart, etc. So, what explains Mirrors and on, or even Spectres? Not like they had Cheap Trick pop chops, groove, singing, to justify chasing hits.
	4:51pm dday: DJ Lorraine: I believe he's the one in the cow shirt
	4:51pm Ken From Hyde Park: Joe sounds like a straight-up dude. A regular guy with no ego issues. Fun!
	4:52pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: FMU Interviews are the schizle.
	4:53pm Victrola Tom: Anyone else attend the MSG Black & Blue tour show with the Dio-era Sabbath?
	4:54pm Victrola Tom: I wish I didn’t wear out my tour t-shirt from B&B, would love to break that one out now!
	4:59pm zivilars: Fantastic show as always, the holy Saturday trinity Michael Shelley / Rex / Todd never lets me down! THANKS!
	5:00pm Robm: @TOPT did you ask your guest about joan crawford has risen from the grave? Great song
	5:00pm Van Winkle;-): Attended an altogether different "blue cult" concert this past Mon...Jack White in full blue smurf mode...really only attended because i wanted to experience a coliseum show again as a flashback to my mid 70s concert experiences...I did the 2 lighter double double at the end of the multi-screen "performance"... ;-) Never caught THE öyster...but Alice, Kiss, Lizzy and even Elton were great...in their time..."when they were hot". Today's concert sound systems are many times better though...
	5:00pm luka: one of the greatest songs ever. and the Some Enchanted Evening version is even better.
	5:02pm Van Winkle;-): Tue...not Mon...I don't track time as well these days...hence my Van Winkleness... ;-)
	👻 5:09pm John L: I'm starting to have Long island flashbacks. Not always a good thing, but in this case...I can almost smell Smiths Point. A bad flashback and I can smell Lake Rononkoma.
	5:10pm Mr. Pumpy: I can't believe Handy is missing this show. He was just asking if I, and some friends, wanted to go see BOC...and gushing about them. In his Haversackian way. Great Show T-O-T!!!!
	5:11pm HyperDose: Aw yea babeh!
	5:12pm DjLorraine: Perfect cowbell
	5:12pm ACmonicAC: More cowbell!
	5:12pm luka: the bass on the outro of this. my goodness, prepare yourself.
	5:13pm Victrola Tom: Some things don’t require mentioning with this crowd, but we all know there will be no cowbell comments during this set, right?
	5:13pm Chattanooga Willy: I saw BOC in the mid 70s at the colosseum in Montgomery AL. They were touring with Mott the Hoople. My friends and I moved from our nosebleed seats to the stagefront pit for their advertised "$400,000 laser light show". Buck Dharma shot lights from his ring that exploded in colors as they hit the sweet smoke above our heads. What a show!
	5:13pm Mr. Pumpy: More goat horn!!!
	5:13pm Fredericks: I thought I'd outgrew the Cult. This set makes me think that that isn't quite true.
	5:13pm noisejerk: JohnL: I'm from Nassau County. More about the bagels and industrial park chemical spills.
	5:14pm noisejerk: Victrola: I was thinking/hoping the same thing, but, too late. Sigh.
	5:15pm DjLorraine: (Hair standing up!)
	5:15pm noisejerk: luka: yes, that lick!
	5:15pm Robm: I hate hearing cowbells:)
	5:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Question : ...Does he ever think something actually needs more cowbell - but second-guesses himself...
	5:16pm Dan from Delco: I’m seeing the gnarly eyeball
	5:17pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Robm beats me by a minuet ...so it is with low-hanging fruits...
	5:17pm van chinski: Cliche, overplayed, overused or not this song is just frickin' great.
	5:17pm noisejerk: Eff that crappy SNL stuff. Time Has Come Today and Mississippi Queen have way more cowbell.
	5:17pm HyperDose: As much as I love that tune, gotta say Burnin' for You floors me a bit more @Dan Tall boys for life!
	5:17pm Victrola Tom: @Mr Pumpy LMAO & more goat horn!
	5:17pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: *MINNIT ...so it is with AutoIncorrect.
	5:18pm van chinski: Burnin' For You is also killer
	5:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Pleasure to hear Reaper.
	5:18pm noisejerk: Burnin is a Meltzer lyric!
	5:18pm bittycar: Nice interview and show, Todd! As a little extra surprise my partner had Eric Bloom do a Cameo birthday shoutout video to my twin brother and I back in Feb. He sang Godzilla for us, right before he was about to board ship for the Rock Legends Cruise. Silly but I got a kick out of it. Thanks for the great show as always!
	5:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: GODZILLA
	5:19pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @bittycar: That's a great story!
	👻 5:19pm John L: nnoisejerk:My grandparents lived in Long Beach, so we went to Lido Beach a lot. And Nassau Coliseum for my first arena shows.
	5:19pm van chinski: There goes Tokyo
	5:20pm Robm: @Todd are you going to play joan crawford by BOC?
	5:20pm Victrola Tom: @Hyperdose I feel like I’ve lived to see Burnin get the cred it was due when the Hold Steady & Drive By Truckers used it as their encore during their ‘08 co-headlining tour.
	5:20pm Jessie: I have always thought of Blue Oyster Cult as America's Hawkwind.
	5:21pm HyperDose: Oh god...my loins 😍
	5:21pm Dan from Delco: Oh yeah. Right in the vein.
	5:21pm Victrola Tom: @noisejerk Mississippi Queen may in fact be the King of Cowbell!
	5:22pm Dan from Delco: @van Godzilla is such a badass tune
	5:22pm noisejerk: Victrola: That San Diego Replacements type band The Mieces had Burnin for You video on late night MTV I think back then.
	5:22pm DjLorraine: 🔥
	5:23pm Dan from Delco: @hyperdose hold my hand let’s go
	5:23pm noisejerk: Bittycar: Isn't Godzilla a Buck vocal (like all their sorta hits)? Anyway, happy birthday (you deserve your own).
	5:23pm Ken From Hyde Park: My college buds had The Revölution by Night album and I remember the "Shooting Shark" song.
	5:24pm Victrola Tom: Reaper and Burnin are both near-perfect rock & roll tunes. Good times!
	5:24pm DjLorraine: I love the base line!!
	5:24pm HyperDose: Love the bass and lead gtr in direct competition. I'd say it's a tie
	5:25pm Robm: @DjLorraine also love this deep dive into BOC
	5:25pm Steve Harsh: Great interview Todd. Long Island represent!
	5:25pm ACmonicAC: Burnin should have some cowbell.
	5:25pm noisejerk: JohnL: Unfortunately, I'm young enough to say my first BOC show was at Nassau on Spectres tour with Rush opening. BUT, I saw a weird crappyish post Will Shatter Flipper show at Malibu on Lido Beach. Violent Femmes opened!?
	5:26pm HyperDose: @ACmonicAC ...how dare you
	5:26pm ACmonicAC: Hahahaha!
	5:26pm Victrola Tom: @noisejerk I believe Buck wrote Godzilla but dueted the vocals with Bloom.
	5:26pm Dan from Delco: This movie had a BOC subplot https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0111293/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
	5:27pm noisejerk: Victrola: my brain memory sounds like that - both singing. I'd venture you're correct. Maybe we'll find out soon.
	5:27pm bittycar: @noisejerk. He shares lead vocals with Dharma. Bloom had video clips of Godzilla on his laptop that he’d occasionally flash to while he sang. He had some funny things to say. Great guy!
	5:28pm dday: Hee hee . Some Cowbell fun for you all : cowbellsongs.com...
	5:28pm Victrola Tom: @ACmonic nah, I’d go with Mr Pumpy’s goat horn for Burnin! 😂
	5:29pm Robm: @dday you are evil:)
	5:29pm HyperDose: The Stöned Age and Rolling Kansas are definitely two of the lesser-known stoner flicks. Smiley Face is also a gem with an absolutely star-studded cast.
	5:29pm dday: Thanks Rob :)
	5:30pm noisejerk: @bittycar - fun! I'm glad he was a nice guy! When I meet him he wasn't in the mood (probably something I said - it usually is).
	5:30pm Victrola Tom: Not to sound redundant, but I also love this Bouchard track!! Killer!
	5:30pm Robm: @dday don’t ever change
	5:31pm DjLorraine: I remember enjoying Black Blade from Cultosuarus Erectus
	5:33pm bittycar: @noisejerk. Haha! We all have our off days I guess. Thanks for the birthday wish!
	👻 5:34pm John L: Dan from Delco: There was a 2011 film called Roadie that also had a BOC subplot. It's about a stagehand who gets fired after 20 years on the road with BOC. More of a character study than a comedy. Bunch of BOC on the soundtrack, as well as some Good Rats.
	5:36pm noisejerk: @bittycar. yeah, not kidding, I'm sure it was me (or at least the situation).
	5:37pm noisejerk: @dday, that site is annoying and correct. I change my vote to Nazareth.
	5:38pm Dan from Delco: @John L - Will check it out
	5:44pm DjLorraine: ..i had a signed Ian Hunter poster but i had to move too many times
	5:44pm Ken From Hyde Park: If someone can locate a recording of the isolated cowbell, please send it to Station Manager Ken.
	5:44pm dday: @noisejerk: there's a website for everything it seems :)
	5:45pm HyperDose: Because Freebird needs more cowbell, Ken?
	5:47pm dday: The Freebird solo should be ALL cowbell
	5:51pm Frank Zaatar: Tish and Snooky! Now you're taking cult heroes.
	5:53pm dday: DjLorraine: I have a Mott poster from '73 a show in Cleveland. Aerosmith was the opener. Mint. Not signed. I saw that combo at Seton Hall in Oct. 73. $3.50. Nobody knew who Aerosmith was. I've got some great photos of Mott from that show. B&W & color.
	👻 5:53pm Frank In Queens: Great GREAT interview Todd!
	5:54pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks Frank! Now get ready for your show!
	👻 5:54pm Frank In Queens: Standing by...
	5:56pm noisejerk: Thank you, Todd. I couldn't help but interject here instead of my usual lurking. Apologies and a Gurnsey cow to you all.
	5:57pm HyperDose: Thanks for the fun, Todd and all!
	5:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Great Flamenco Gittar intro actually a Moog tape preset. Cheaters !
	5:57pm dday: Thank You all from an ex Garfield, New Gurnsey resident
	5:58pm bittycar: Thank you, Todd! Good evening to all!
	5:58pm DjLorraine: Bless you TOPT keep on rocking
	5:58pm radioronan: Thanks Todd!
	5:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...first thing I noticed with 2009 Beatles Remasters was how much tambourine (& perhaps cowbell) seemed 6 inches from my face all the time...
	5:59pm chresti: And all this time I thought it was Buffalo Bill..
	5:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Think with this one Lennon finally did a Song like his Cartoons...
	6:00pm Van Winkle;-): I created a whole spitlistz devoted to cow bell tunes (with a bit of creator licence...as rim shots can sometimes sound similar pretty similar...it's 4 hours long and quite moo~tivational when you need to get on with chores. Great "fun with phonic" episode Todd...as always. ;-) The egg-free banana loaf is almost done...
	6:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ TopT ~
	6:00pm Victrola Tom: What a show!!!
	6:01pm Ken From Hyde Park: Wait a minute...that's not Flipper!?!
	6:01pm SamTheRam: Thank You Todd, nothing but fun!

Todd-o-phonic Todd: Playlist from June 11, 2022

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June 11, 2022: Hot Rails To Heck

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Blue Öyster Cult	Cities On Flame With Rock and Roll		Columbia		45	feat. today's guest Joe Bouchard on bass!
The Vagrants	Oh Those Eyes "Oh Those Eyes" by "The Vagrants"		Southern Sound		45			0:03:12 (Pop-up)
Namen Namen	The One I Love The Most		Massif Records	2022	EP		*	0:05:59 (Pop-up)
The William Loveday Intention	Girl from '62	Cowboys Are SQ	Liberation Hall	2022	CD			0:08:28 (Pop-up)
Aldus Roger	1-Scotch, 1-Burbon, 1-Beer		La Louisianne		45			0:12:45 (Pop-up)
Stompin' Riffraffs	Burning "Burning" by "Stompin' Riffraffs"	Burning	Wild Records	2022	CD		*	0:15:20 (Pop-up)
The Scorpions	What Did I Say "What Did I Say" by "The Scorpions"		CNR		45			0:16:50 (Pop-up)
NOBRO	Marianna "Marianna" by "NOBRO"	Live Your Truth Shred Some Gnar & Sick Hustle	Dine Alone Records	2022	LP		*	0:20:10 (Pop-up)
Joe Bouchard	Rocket To Fame "Rocket To Fame" by "Joe Bouchard"	American Rocker	Rockheart Records	2022	CD		*	0:23:29 (Pop-up)

The Black Keys	Burn The Damn Thing Down	Dropout Boogie	Nonesuch Records	2022	LP		*	0:30:31 (Pop-up)
Stars In the Sky and the Milky Way Band	Baby Hold On		Stars In The Sky		45			0:33:09 (Pop-up)
Dave Edmunds	Back To School Days "Back To School Days" by "Dave Edmunds"	Get It	Swan Song		LP			0:36:18 (Pop-up)
Janis Martin	Drugstore Rock and Roll		RCA Victor		45			0:38:54 (Pop-up)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers	Rockin' Around (With You)	Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers	Shelter		LP			0:41:02 (Pop-up)
Ben Vaughn	Wayne Fontana Was Wrong	The World Of Ben Vaughn	Relay Shack Records	2022	LP		*	0:43:56 (Pop-up)
Monroe and Gee Gee and the Interois	Shake It Baby		Gee Gee Records		45			0:46:14 (Pop-up)
The Cramps	Can't Hardly Stand It "Can't Hardly Stand It" by "The Cramps"		Illegal		45			0:49:01 (Pop-up)
Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders	Rooster Blues	Blues, Soul & Rock and Roll	Ghost Highway Recordings	2022	EP		*	0:51:33 (Pop-up)
Blues Rockers	Calling All Cows "Calling All Cows" by "Blues Rockers"		Excello		45			0:54:01 (Pop-up)

The Stalk-Forrest Group	What Is Quicksand?		Elektra		45	pre- BOC, pre-Joe Bouchard		1:01:21 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult	Transmaniacon MC	Blue Oyster Cult	Columbia		LP			1:04:33 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult	Then Came The Last Days of May	Blue Oyster Cult	Columbia		LP			1:08:00 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult	The Red & The Black	Tyranny and Mutation	Columbia		LP			1:11:22 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult	OD'd On Life Itself	Rarities (1969-1988)	Columbia		2LP	recorded live in Portland, OR 1974		1:15:51 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult	Hot Rails To Hell	Tyranny and Mutation	Columbia		LP			1:20:15 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult	Born To Be Wild		Columbia		45			1:24:59 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult	Boorman The Chauffer	Rarities (1969-1988)	Columbia		2LP			1:28:40 (Pop-up)

interview with Joe Bouchard pt. 1 "interview with Joe Bouchard pt. 1"
Blue Öyster Cult	Astronomy "Astronomy" by "Blue Öyster Cult"	Secret Treaties	Columbia		LP			1:54:47 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult	Career Of Evil "Career Of Evil" by "Blue Öyster Cult"	Secret Treaties	Columbia		LP			2:01:04 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult	ME 262 "ME 262" by "Blue Öyster Cult"	Secret Treaties	Columbia		LP			2:05:05 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult	This Ain't The Summer Of Love		Columbia		45	originally performed by The Imperial Dogs		2:09:49 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult	(Don't Fear) The Reaper	Agents Of Fortune	Columbia		LP			2:12:08 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult	Debbie Denise "Debbie Denise" by "Blue Öyster Cult"	Agents Of Fortune	Columbia		LP			2:17:16 (Pop-up)
Blue Öyster Cult	Burnin' For You	Fire Of Unknown Origin	Columbia		LP			2:21:04 (Pop-up)
Joe Bouchard	Katherine "Katherine" by "Joe Bouchard"	American Rocker	Rockheart Records	2022	CD		*	2:25:41 (Pop-up)

Joe Bouchard interview pt. 2 "Joe Bouchard interview pt. 2"
Blue Öyster Cult	She's As Beautiful As A Foot	Blue Oyster Cult	Columbia		LP			2:53:54 (Pop-up)
The Beatles	The Continuing Story Of Bungalo Bill	The White Album	Apple		2LP			2:56:47 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 3:00pm yerfriendpaul: YES!!
	👻 3:01pm Tony in Durham NC: So good to hear from ol' home town: LONG ISLAND
	3:01pm bittycar: Hello all!
	3:01pm clarke: yeeesh!!! good day all!!
	3:01pm medson: Is this where the music is coming from? Hey TOPT and all
	3:01pm Ken From Hyde Park: BÖC? So that's how it's going to be today? Cool!
	👻 3:02pm Tony in Durham NC: Öyster Bay Parkway Aflame With Röck 'n' Röll!!!
	3:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Is Micah co-hosting the Cult Activity ?
	3:03pm clarke: i have a set of blue oyster Ludwig drums. but, as far as i know am not a member of any cult.
	3:03pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Long Island two-fer!
	3:03pm taryninstereo: Hello! Listening with my little rock n roller.
	3:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Vagrants with LeslieWest ?
	3:04pm morphe': The guy 2nd from the left (audience view) looks my my cousin Padrig who died last year... I'd love to see the shoes - not a fetish, just to place the year(s)... Padrig wore the clunky brown shoes with a thick sole and a 2 inch heel... he was short so was working the shoes ...
	3:04pm clarke: he's a BIG boy!!
	👻 3:05pm prof.fuzz: good afternoon, y'all!
	3:05pm clarke: FuZZZZ
	👻 3:06pm prof.fuzz: clarkEEEE
	👻 3:06pm TonyR: Did I find the sound, or did the sound find me?
	3:06pm clarke: funniest story from the road, Prof??
	👻 3:08pm TonyR: I think that if the oysters are blue, you send them back.
	3:08pm Woo: How long is Long Island?
	👻 3:08pm TonyR: What a zen question.
	3:08pm DjLorraine: “let the girl, let that girl rock n roll“ !
	👻 3:09pm prof.fuzz: @clarke: someone in the home crowd last night asked The Redhead that question (while I was retuning a guitar). Her reply: When she sprained her ankle on an uneven stage in ohio! That would not have been my choice of story, but...
	👻 3:09pm Hackensack Slim: Todd loves his new chair!
	3:09pm clarke: that ain't that funny.
	👻 3:10pm TonyR: Oh, ick. I once walked ON my ankle trying to get in a cab too fast.
	👻 3:10pm TonyR: No platform shoes were involved.
	3:11pm clarke: but i have also been at that uneven stage - in ohio
	👻 3:11pm Tony in Durham NC: Thanks, Tödd-ö-Phönic!
	👻 3:11pm prof.fuzz: @clarke. I know. AND I know better than to laugh at my better half getting hurt. My reply would be the owl puppet knocking over Louie from psych-o-positive's beer at wonderville. Louie didn't know what hit him, but all ended well (except for the beer, of course).
	👻 3:12pm TonyR: I have learned that you have significant tendons on the OUTSIDE of your ankle, going down to your foot. If a doc slightly nudges inward, they're supposed to fight back slightly. One of mine had no fight left.
	👻 3:13pm TonyR: No more f-Me pumps for ME!
	3:13pm clarke: those pesky owl puppets, again??
	3:13pm Victrola Tom: Belmont Stakes warmup races and the TOPT show!! Who needs sunshine?
	3:13pm medson: Yes please
	👻 3:13pm prof.fuzz: that damn owl's an a-hole...
	3:14pm clarke: i know ya'll have a song called (i think) Owls.
	👻 3:14pm prof.fuzz: tour award for best shoes goes to chris dipinto of creem circus.
	👻 3:15pm Hoboken Jack: Hello TOPT and all! Thank you for the driving soundtrack until I am Franklin Township Jack this afternoon.
	3:15pm jamesegio: Feel like I'm back at the crawfish fest!
	3:15pm clarke: FT Jack. welcome to the cult.
	👻 3:15pm prof.fuzz: @clarke: you are correct, sir! the owl puppet appears during that song and wrecks things up, usually.
	3:16pm clarke: Spoiler Alert~~
	3:17pm clarke: this rocks me like a hurricane.
	3:17pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Jack. Residents of Franklin Township wearing nice pants today?
	👻 3:18pm TonyR: So there IS a form of humor lower than puns....
	3:19pm clarke: yes.
	3:19pm The Spoony: OO, AH!
	3:20pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...owl's well that ends well...
	👻 3:20pm prof.fuzz: so true, RevRab
	3:21pm clarke: i'm owl about it!
	3:21pm WM: I heard an early prototype of BOC known as The Stalk-Forrest Group as the opening act for Ten Years After and MC5 at Stony Brook University, Long Island in (I think) 1970. I don't remember their set too clearly (I went to hear MC5) but I remember thinking they were at least pretty good, professional.
	3:22pm Van Winkle;-): Greetings all from above the 49th...now...be very careful with your spelling or you might stumble on an altogether different and heavier sounding Scorpions band... Oh wait...they're spelled the same...ha, ha
	3:22pm clarke: pre- or post- Soft White Underbelly??
	3:23pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Van Winkle: Believe it or else, it's the same band!
	👻 3:24pm Tony in Durham NC: My wife met a guy at work many years ago here in NC, and he once played bass for BÖC. Boy, was he sorry he quit! Let's just refer to him as Joey D...
	3:24pm morphe': Thanks TopT and all!!! May be be back before 6pm ET/EST ???
	3:26pm clarke: i, too, must depart, soon, and will archive the rest, later. avidly! thnx TopT
	👻 3:27pm Tony in Durham NC: ...wait, might've been Soft White Underbelly back in the day of The Bridge To Nowhere at SUNY Stonybrook
	3:28pm Victrola Tom: I love me some BOC or SWU, whichever name they’re going by! A band I saw both at Madison Square Garden and Maxwell’s!
	3:29pm Van Winkle;-): @ Todd...well you learn something new and old...every Saturday on the phonic shoe...
	3:29pm WM: Yes, BOC also went by the names Soft White Unverbelly and Stalk-Forrest group in the early days.
	3:30pm McGroovey: Billy Childish: like Guided By Voices, at some point I just had to stop buying the latest record, cause there were too many, and there were other people's records that needed buying.
	3:30pm medson: I’d like to see the Stompin Riffraffs. But I have something to do on Sept 24th here in NJ.
	3:31pm Victrola Tom: @TOPT: That must have happened before Joe B became the Peoples Champ!
	3:32pm David Shortell: When was Billy Childish interviewed on this program?
	3:32pm Mike Sin: Yeah! Scorpions! Thanks! Listening in the car while heading back from the shore.
	3:35pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @David Shortell: 6/22/19
	3:35pm ACmonicAC: Hey, Todd, Medson, and all fellow groomers. Greetings from Atlantic City.
	3:36pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @ACmonicAC: Uhm, I think you meant groovers...
	3:37pm medson: Hi there Monica.
	3:37pm MFlynn: Thanks Todd. Edmunds doing Parker! My favorite!!
	3:38pm Van Winkle;-): Chugging right along...with that Martians...sorry...snafu on ye Olde shazz...Stars In The Sky and the Milky Way Band tune...ta muchly!!!
	3:38pm chris_in_space: Hey all. I’m in Bellwoods Park in Toronto. Show sounding great as the frisbees fly by.
	3:39pm noisejerk: @Tony IDNC: omg, The Bridge to Nowhere... I played many gigs too close to the salad bar at the Union restaurant. Also, you'd have to check Wikipedia or HotrailsUK or whatever but pretty sure the original SWU preceded SFG. SWU had (Peter, Paul and Mary associate) Les Braunstein singing. After he was replaced by E Bloom they renamed to SFG for a bit to finish a second demo/debut attempt for Elektra.
	3:40pm DanFA: Just a reminder that Patti Smith was an early collaborator with Blue Oyster Cult.
	3:41pm Victrola Tom: @ACmonicAC Greetings from Ventnor!
	3:42pm noisejerk: Patti was with BOC guitar/keys Allen Lanier for a bit. She's got co-writes sprinkled through their discography.
	3:43pm DanFA: @noisejerk, yes, specifically Fire of Unknown Origin and Career of Evil
	3:44pm Frank In Queens: Hey there Todd!
	3:45pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Hey Frank! Can't wait for your Drop In show today at 6 on The Rock and Soul Stream!
	3:45pm Frank In Queens: Thanks Todd! I’m looking forward to it myself.
	👻 3:45pm Hoboken Jack: I can't wait to cover this.
	3:46pm ACmonicAC: Yes, Todd, indeed I did mean Groovers. I have old, fat fingers which have aged out of every last little bit of agility. Big oops on my part.
	3:47pm ACmonicAC: Victrola Tom: Howdy neighbor!!
	3:49pm DanFA: The groove on this is sick.
	3:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...it's the 'simple' stuff where you gotta BringIt...
	3:51pm noisejerk: @DanFA "Baby Ice Wet Dog" and I think "Revenge of Vera Gemini," too.
	3:52pm Robm: Hello TOPT listeners
	3:52pm medson: Cheers Todd
	3:55pm medson: Listening to this one right into the Vibe Report
	3:55pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: PatTodd reminded me of Barrence Whitfield. Which is good.
	3:56pm noisejerk: Discovered 2 Cramps songs in Stranger Things season 4 this week!
	3:57pm ACmonicAC: Hi Robm!
	3:59pm medson: Link for the Drop In show tonight 6pm Rock N Soul Stream wfmu.org...
	4:00pm (another) Patrick in Hoboken: Today I learned Wayne Fontana was from Lancashire, England?! Born in Manchester, died in Stockport.
	4:02pm dday: Shades of "Redeemed" (to come later) :)
	4:04pm Robm: Hey ACmonicAC
	4:04pm jimmytallow: Amazing song!
	👻 4:04pm John L: noisejerk: I noticed that, too, but I don't think it had the same impact on sales that it did for Kate Bush. sadly.
	4:05pm noisejerk: Redeemed on the 1st album feels like last breath of their Dead/Quicksilver/Moby Grape-ness.... very Long Island.
	4:05pm dday: My copy of Transmaniacon skips just before the second ending lead in lick. I finally hear it the way it should go
	4:07pm noisejerk: @dday, holy crap - my Trans MC does too! We got the same crap pressing?
	4:07pm dday: I beat the hell out of my LP. Screams skips opening side two as well :)
	4:08pm noisejerk: @John L - no surprise. I suppose I've heard more Cramps with bass in popular culture, alas.
	4:08pm Victrola Tom: My favorite BOC tune right here!
	4:09pm Mike W.: Awesome lead-in set
	4:09pm Victrola Tom: Transmaniocon MC ‘ain’t bad either!
	4:10pm noisejerk: I saw "Blue Oyster Cult" like 15-20 years ago at BB Kings. Sorta weird how 1st lp gets so much play - LDOM, Redcap, Stairway, maybe Trans MC. Even Cities despite no Albert
	4:10pm David Shortell: Does this song have a thematic connection to the work of George Pelecanos?
	4:11pm dday: Maybe ask Joe B. if there's a link (subconsciously) between the verses in "Screams" & the bridge(s) in Zappa's "Concentration Moon" (We're Only In It For the Money)
	4:11pm Victrola Tom: Just hit the exacta on race 8 at Belmont, and we’re all winning with this set right here!
	4:11pm noisejerk: RE: Stranger Things - I keep hoping to a Black Flag or at least DK's bumper sticker... it won't happen.
	👻 4:11pm John L: noisejerk: Their version of "Fever" is well used in the vampire epic "Near Dark."
	4:11pm dday: I'm On the Lamb..But I Ain't No Sheep
	4:12pm noisejerk: John: cool! (no bass)
	4:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Was thinking could be called the lovechild of Sabbath & KingCrimson ...but the idea there's a little MobyGrape in there is interesting...
	4:13pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Part one of my conversation with Joe Bouchard coming up soon!
	4:13pm noisejerk: ...is waiting on the bass break.
	4:13pm dday: Wings Wetted Down!!!!!
	4:14pm Victrola Tom: I think it’s pretty funny that BOC were considered heavy metal back In the 70’s.
	4:15pm noisejerk: dday: that's been the origin of my email address since the beginning of email.
	4:15pm Mike W.: “Near Dark” is a classic #TakeAnyTangent
	4:15pm Frank In Queens: Man, lovin this BOC set.
	4:15pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Early 1973.
	4:15pm Van Winkle;-): @ dday...and total "non~secitur" (sic) but your avatar/icon reminds me of my cats' fave brand of UK cat food...before they immigrated to N.'merika... Felix.
	4:17pm dday: Van Winkle: That's a drawing of my cat Squeezle McLoveMuffin done by my friend, Coney Island's, The Artist Rose (Chateau)
	4:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: These Songs Tho
	4:18pm noisejerk: Was never down with how they re-jiggered the chorus on OD'd for gigs. But, this un's wild and wooly and Buck is so Buck all over the Buckin place (Lanier giving him some what for, too)
	👻 4:18pm John L: I watched the new Ti West film, "X," and they used a BOC song. Unfortunately it was "Don't Fear The Reaper," which is the go-to song for filmmakers with not enough imagination. Great song, but overused.
	4:21pm dday: One of the loudest shows I've ever attended was BOC opening for SLADE. Capitol Theater Passaic, NJ. 9/21/1973. 2nd Row Center
	4:23pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @dday: Holy shit! What a show!
	4:23pm dday: The end of Hot Rails was 5 guitars front of the stage ALL treble..I couldn't hear for days later
	4:24pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Groovy show today TOPT!!
	4:26pm David Shortell: I always pronounced "Öyster" like I do "oyster". I don't know what the umlaut's for.
	4:26pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Also very '19th Nervous Breakdown'. A good allusion...
	4:27pm noisejerk: I used to have the 5 Guitars poster, but not as cool as that show. (Hot Rails reminds me of how so much guitar spew all over Tyranny isn't fixed, edited, punched. I've loved all of what would be considered mistakes left in since I was a tot. Money/time issues? Aesthetics, prolly not?)
	👻 4:27pm Hackensack Slim: Hey Todd, Another cool show. Lookin' forward to the chat with Joe. I was at the BOC show at the Capitol in Passaic, with Kiss as the opening act.
	👻 4:29pm John L: When I was growing up on Long island my friends and I looked up Buck Dharma in the phone book, under his real name. Unless there was more than one Donald Roeser living on L.I. I'm pretty sure it was him. Our intention was to drive by his house, just as a kind of pilgrimage, but we either chickened out or got too high and ended up at Jack-In-The Box.
	4:29pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Hackensack Slim: Kiss AND Slade or are you referring to a different show?
	4:30pm noisejerk: More awesome Joe-ness. As soon as Secret Treaties extras came out with Boorman we covered it. Who could resist?
	4:30pm dday: So wait..the umlautted O = the e sound like in "her" or the i sound in bird..so All this time I've been saying it wrong?
	4:31pm noisejerk: John - growing up on LI I can attest that the getting too high and ending up at Jack in the Box is not the exceptional part of that story
	👻 4:32pm Hackensack Slim: Different Show, Todd. April '74. I wish Slade was on the bill.
	4:35pm noisejerk: John - my best LI/BOC story: Around 19/20 years old, I was working for Manpower restocking Dr. Scholls displays in drugstores all over Nassau County. I'd be visited at my parents' house by a guy handing over boxes of product for the stores. I don't know how I knew - I guess I knew his real name, and MAYBE saw a picture somehow - one day I asked him, "Are you Andy Panda?" He was shocked, chagrined, not pleased. "Grumble grumble, etc"
	👻 4:36pm John L: I did get to see BOC at a benefit for Vietnamese refugees. Also on the bill was Utopia, Patti Smith , David Johansen and Rick Derringer. BOC were the best of the night, and I remember Patti being a little out of it.
	4:37pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: "When Led Zeppelin was really hot". That cracked me up.
	4:44pm DjLorraine: *whispers. Which one in the picture on the playlist is Joe B?
	4:46pm ACmonicAC: This is a great interview, Todd.
	4:47pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks Monica!
	4:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Wull - when I was truly a kid - the Sabbath fans for instance were the actual dopers & were considered trouble !
	4:51pm noisejerk: Lorraine: far left. I met him once and asked him about the essential "weirdness." He saw it then as he portrays now - sure, they could sit with MC5, Beefheart, etc. So, what explains Mirrors and on, or even Spectres? Not like they had Cheap Trick pop chops, groove, singing, to justify chasing hits.
	4:51pm dday: DJ Lorraine: I believe he's the one in the cow shirt
	4:51pm Ken From Hyde Park: Joe sounds like a straight-up dude. A regular guy with no ego issues. Fun!
	4:52pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: FMU Interviews are the schizle.
	4:53pm Victrola Tom: Anyone else attend the MSG Black & Blue tour show with the Dio-era Sabbath?
	4:54pm Victrola Tom: I wish I didn’t wear out my tour t-shirt from B&B, would love to break that one out now!
	4:59pm zivilars: Fantastic show as always, the holy Saturday trinity Michael Shelley / Rex / Todd never lets me down! THANKS!
	5:00pm Robm: @TOPT did you ask your guest about joan crawford has risen from the grave? Great song
	5:00pm Van Winkle;-): Attended an altogether different "blue cult" concert this past Mon...Jack White in full blue smurf mode...really only attended because i wanted to experience a coliseum show again as a flashback to my mid 70s concert experiences...I did the 2 lighter double double at the end of the multi-screen "performance"... ;-) Never caught THE öyster...but Alice, Kiss, Lizzy and even Elton were great...in their time..."when they were hot". Today's concert sound systems are many times better though...
	5:00pm luka: one of the greatest songs ever. and the Some Enchanted Evening version is even better.
	5:02pm Van Winkle;-): Tue...not Mon...I don't track time as well these days...hence my Van Winkleness... ;-)
	👻 5:09pm John L: I'm starting to have Long island flashbacks. Not always a good thing, but in this case...I can almost smell Smiths Point. A bad flashback and I can smell Lake Rononkoma.
	5:10pm Mr. Pumpy: I can't believe Handy is missing this show. He was just asking if I, and some friends, wanted to go see BOC...and gushing about them. In his Haversackian way. Great Show T-O-T!!!!
	5:11pm HyperDose: Aw yea babeh!
	5:12pm DjLorraine: Perfect cowbell
	5:12pm ACmonicAC: More cowbell!
	5:12pm luka: the bass on the outro of this. my goodness, prepare yourself.
	5:13pm Victrola Tom: Some things don’t require mentioning with this crowd, but we all know there will be no cowbell comments during this set, right?
	5:13pm Chattanooga Willy: I saw BOC in the mid 70s at the colosseum in Montgomery AL. They were touring with Mott the Hoople. My friends and I moved from our nosebleed seats to the stagefront pit for their advertised "$400,000 laser light show". Buck Dharma shot lights from his ring that exploded in colors as they hit the sweet smoke above our heads. What a show!
	5:13pm Mr. Pumpy: More goat horn!!!
	5:13pm Fredericks: I thought I'd outgrew the Cult. This set makes me think that that isn't quite true.
	5:13pm noisejerk: JohnL: I'm from Nassau County. More about the bagels and industrial park chemical spills.
	5:14pm noisejerk: Victrola: I was thinking/hoping the same thing, but, too late. Sigh.
	5:15pm DjLorraine: (Hair standing up!)
	5:15pm noisejerk: luka: yes, that lick!
	5:15pm Robm: I hate hearing cowbells:)
	5:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Question : ...Does he ever think something actually needs more cowbell - but second-guesses himself...
	5:16pm Dan from Delco: I’m seeing the gnarly eyeball
	5:17pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Robm beats me by a minuet ...so it is with low-hanging fruits...
	5:17pm van chinski: Cliche, overplayed, overused or not this song is just frickin' great.
	5:17pm noisejerk: Eff that crappy SNL stuff. Time Has Come Today and Mississippi Queen have way more cowbell.
	5:17pm HyperDose: As much as I love that tune, gotta say Burnin' for You floors me a bit more @Dan Tall boys for life!
	5:17pm Victrola Tom: @Mr Pumpy LMAO & more goat horn!
	5:17pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: *MINNIT ...so it is with AutoIncorrect.
	5:18pm van chinski: Burnin' For You is also killer
	5:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Pleasure to hear Reaper.
	5:18pm noisejerk: Burnin is a Meltzer lyric!
	5:18pm bittycar: Nice interview and show, Todd! As a little extra surprise my partner had Eric Bloom do a Cameo birthday shoutout video to my twin brother and I back in Feb. He sang Godzilla for us, right before he was about to board ship for the Rock Legends Cruise. Silly but I got a kick out of it. Thanks for the great show as always!
	5:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: GODZILLA
	5:19pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: @bittycar: That's a great story!
	👻 5:19pm John L: nnoisejerk:My grandparents lived in Long Beach, so we went to Lido Beach a lot. And Nassau Coliseum for my first arena shows.
	5:19pm van chinski: There goes Tokyo
	5:20pm Robm: @Todd are you going to play joan crawford by BOC?
	5:20pm Victrola Tom: @Hyperdose I feel like I’ve lived to see Burnin get the cred it was due when the Hold Steady & Drive By Truckers used it as their encore during their ‘08 co-headlining tour.
	5:20pm Jessie: I have always thought of Blue Oyster Cult as America's Hawkwind.
	5:21pm HyperDose: Oh god...my loins 😍
	5:21pm Dan from Delco: Oh yeah. Right in the vein.
	5:21pm Victrola Tom: @noisejerk Mississippi Queen may in fact be the King of Cowbell!
	5:22pm Dan from Delco: @van Godzilla is such a badass tune
	5:22pm noisejerk: Victrola: That San Diego Replacements type band The Mieces had Burnin for You video on late night MTV I think back then.
	5:22pm DjLorraine: 🔥
	5:23pm Dan from Delco: @hyperdose hold my hand let’s go
	5:23pm noisejerk: Bittycar: Isn't Godzilla a Buck vocal (like all their sorta hits)? Anyway, happy birthday (you deserve your own).
	5:23pm Ken From Hyde Park: My college buds had The Revölution by Night album and I remember the "Shooting Shark" song.
	5:24pm Victrola Tom: Reaper and Burnin are both near-perfect rock & roll tunes. Good times!
	5:24pm DjLorraine: I love the base line!!
	5:24pm HyperDose: Love the bass and lead gtr in direct competition. I'd say it's a tie
	5:25pm Robm: @DjLorraine also love this deep dive into BOC
	5:25pm Steve Harsh: Great interview Todd. Long Island represent!
	5:25pm ACmonicAC: Burnin should have some cowbell.
	5:25pm noisejerk: JohnL: Unfortunately, I'm young enough to say my first BOC show was at Nassau on Spectres tour with Rush opening. BUT, I saw a weird crappyish post Will Shatter Flipper show at Malibu on Lido Beach. Violent Femmes opened!?
	5:26pm HyperDose: @ACmonicAC ...how dare you
	5:26pm ACmonicAC: Hahahaha!
	5:26pm Victrola Tom: @noisejerk I believe Buck wrote Godzilla but dueted the vocals with Bloom.
	5:26pm Dan from Delco: This movie had a BOC subplot https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0111293/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
	5:27pm noisejerk: Victrola: my brain memory sounds like that - both singing. I'd venture you're correct. Maybe we'll find out soon.
	5:27pm bittycar: @noisejerk. He shares lead vocals with Dharma. Bloom had video clips of Godzilla on his laptop that he’d occasionally flash to while he sang. He had some funny things to say. Great guy!
	5:28pm dday: Hee hee . Some Cowbell fun for you all : cowbellsongs.com...
	5:28pm Victrola Tom: @ACmonic nah, I’d go with Mr Pumpy’s goat horn for Burnin! 😂
	5:29pm Robm: @dday you are evil:)
	5:29pm HyperDose: The Stöned Age and Rolling Kansas are definitely two of the lesser-known stoner flicks. Smiley Face is also a gem with an absolutely star-studded cast.
	5:29pm dday: Thanks Rob :)
	5:30pm noisejerk: @bittycar - fun! I'm glad he was a nice guy! When I meet him he wasn't in the mood (probably something I said - it usually is).
	5:30pm Victrola Tom: Not to sound redundant, but I also love this Bouchard track!! Killer!
	5:30pm Robm: @dday don’t ever change
	5:31pm DjLorraine: I remember enjoying Black Blade from Cultosuarus Erectus
	5:33pm bittycar: @noisejerk. Haha! We all have our off days I guess. Thanks for the birthday wish!
	👻 5:34pm John L: Dan from Delco: There was a 2011 film called Roadie that also had a BOC subplot. It's about a stagehand who gets fired after 20 years on the road with BOC. More of a character study than a comedy. Bunch of BOC on the soundtrack, as well as some Good Rats.
	5:36pm noisejerk: @bittycar. yeah, not kidding, I'm sure it was me (or at least the situation).
	5:37pm noisejerk: @dday, that site is annoying and correct. I change my vote to Nazareth.
	5:38pm Dan from Delco: @John L - Will check it out
	5:44pm DjLorraine: ..i had a signed Ian Hunter poster but i had to move too many times
	5:44pm Ken From Hyde Park: If someone can locate a recording of the isolated cowbell, please send it to Station Manager Ken.
	5:44pm dday: @noisejerk: there's a website for everything it seems :)
	5:45pm HyperDose: Because Freebird needs more cowbell, Ken?
	5:47pm dday: The Freebird solo should be ALL cowbell
	5:51pm Frank Zaatar: Tish and Snooky! Now you're taking cult heroes.
	5:53pm dday: DjLorraine: I have a Mott poster from '73 a show in Cleveland. Aerosmith was the opener. Mint. Not signed. I saw that combo at Seton Hall in Oct. 73. $3.50. Nobody knew who Aerosmith was. I've got some great photos of Mott from that show. B&W & color.
	👻 5:53pm Frank In Queens: Great GREAT interview Todd!
	5:54pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thanks Frank! Now get ready for your show!
	👻 5:54pm Frank In Queens: Standing by...
	5:56pm noisejerk: Thank you, Todd. I couldn't help but interject here instead of my usual lurking. Apologies and a Gurnsey cow to you all.
	5:57pm HyperDose: Thanks for the fun, Todd and all!
	5:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Great Flamenco Gittar intro actually a Moog tape preset. Cheaters !
	5:57pm dday: Thank You all from an ex Garfield, New Gurnsey resident
	5:58pm bittycar: Thank you, Todd! Good evening to all!
	5:58pm DjLorraine: Bless you TOPT keep on rocking
	5:58pm radioronan: Thanks Todd!
	5:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...first thing I noticed with 2009 Beatles Remasters was how much tambourine (& perhaps cowbell) seemed 6 inches from my face all the time...
	5:59pm chresti: And all this time I thought it was Buffalo Bill..
	5:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Think with this one Lennon finally did a Song like his Cartoons...
	6:00pm Van Winkle;-): I created a whole spitlistz devoted to cow bell tunes (with a bit of creator licence...as rim shots can sometimes sound similar pretty similar...it's 4 hours long and quite moo~tivational when you need to get on with chores. Great "fun with phonic" episode Todd...as always. ;-) The egg-free banana loaf is almost done...
	6:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ TopT ~
	6:00pm Victrola Tom: What a show!!!
	6:01pm Ken From Hyde Park: Wait a minute...that's not Flipper!?!
	6:01pm SamTheRam: Thank You Todd, nothing but fun!

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