WFMU: Todd-o-phonic Todd: Playlist from March 4, 2023

Listener comments!
	👻 3:00pm Will thee Sound Guy: Good Afternoon Todd-o-Phonic Todd and all!!!
	👻 3:01pm rx scabin: Good afternoon, Todd and Everyone.
	3:02pm Joe B: YEAH!
	3:02pm Vivi: 💥💥💥
	3:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: The essentially flawless Zombies.
	3:03pm medson: Hola TOPT and all. Blazin' outta the gate
	3:03pm flashback: hi all
	3:03pm Van Winkle ;-): Greetings Todd et al from above the 49th on another taking things "easy" Sat afternoon...
	3:04pm Richard Whig: this light be my fave easys track....possibly cuz ya can only get it in 45 on a kiwi release!
	3:04pm flashback: and a special greetings to our host todd
	3:04pm Creature Boy: Easybeats are pound for pound the best band EVER
	3:04pm freddie meduza // gbg sweden: good evening people!
	3:05pm freddie meduza // gbg sweden: good day! for you
	👻 3:05pm Karl Ward: YES
	3:05pm Cheree July: No Becky. You're not late at all. We just started.
	3:05pm Creature Boy: That includes the Creation
	3:06pm elkeno: "I Talked With A Zombie " haha
	3:07pm David Shortell: Has Rod Argent ever heard the song "Rod Argent" by the Ergs? youtube.com...
	3:07pm Richard Whig: creature boy makes a strong case!!!
	3:07pm Cali4nyaStreamin': We saw the Zombies at The Fillmore {San Francisco} a few years back
	3:07pm bobobob Fabtriplasticland: I see the bass player from the band called Pulp has passed
	3:08pm Aaron Working In Newark: Good afternoon!
	3:09pm bobobob: zombies walk too slow to walk with them ..pick up the pace
	3:09pm Cheree July: Somebody should call Don Gumbolles.😆🤣😂
	3:10pm flashback: i went to the record store( i still call it that) a few years ago and got a cd of oddsey and oricle by the zombies. i remembered buying it when it was new. then noticed it was the 50th anniversery edition. yikes
	3:10pm bobob plasticland: seem the Zombies at Masquerade in Atlanta a few years back ..great Great show...not an oldies band at all
	3:11pm Joe B: ↳ Song: "Trouble" by "Olivia Jean" this sounds great, looking forward to the LP
	3:11pm Joey!: Stevie Marriott guest vocals on The Easybeats, "Good Times"!
	👻 3:12pm Tony in Durham NC: Music to hang levolor blinds to...
	3:12pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "Painter Man" by "The Creation" I missed Painter Man, and now it's playing in my head. So now I have Painter Man and Trouble playing at the same time, in true schizophic lo-fi sound.
	3:12pm Cali4nyaStreamin': wow. great stuff. is this new/current/recent etc.?
	3:12pm Cali4nyaStreamin': 2023?
	👻 3:13pm Tony in Durham NC: Is Sachem H.S. Guy in the house? The EARS concert from '77 is up on youtube (audio only)
	👻 3:15pm John L: ↳ Tony in Durham NC @3:13 Thanks!
	3:17pm San Pedro Girl: Hi Todd and listeners!
	3:19pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ San Pedro Girl @3:17 I'm looking forward to the Rod Argent interview. :-)
	3:19pm Cali4nyaStreamin': Halifax, Nova Scottia?
	3:19pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Good afternoon worshipers of good music!
	3:19pm HyperDose: ↳ Song: "Less Is More" by "Outtacontroller" That was filthy good 🤩
	3:20pm Vivi: Saturday worship 🙏🏻
	3:20pm Cali4nyaStreamin': Cheers and thanks a lot for this show. I needed this right now
	3:24pm medson: ↳ Song: "Out Of Order" by "Tee Vee Repairmann" Great album
	👻 3:25pm rx scabin: Dinner is prepped, and I am drinking a Martini.
	👻 3:26pm Hoboken Jack: Hello TOPT, Joe, Medson Man, HyperD, McGroove, Karl, Will, every rocker!
	👻 3:26pm rx scabin: mrs. scabin is snoozing in the other room, recovering from radiation which ends next Friday.
	3:27pm HyperDose: See, Jack knows Saturday's are for the rockers too!
	3:27pm DJ Gummie: Todd, Sorry I’m late!! Hi Friends!!
	3:27pm SamTheRam: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:19 Excited for today's Service
	3:27pm medson: ↳ DJ Gummie @3:27 hi there
	3:28pm DouglasInDallas: Wazzup fellow glisteners. This party loud enough? People around me can hear it through my earbuds LOL
	3:29pm DJ Gummie: ↳ medson @3:27 Medson! Thanks for bringing a bonafide smoke show yesterday!
	3:29pm freddie meduza // gbg sweden: human being, a m a z i n g tune!
	3:32pm PaulRobeson1923: Todd O’ Phonic Babyy
	3:35pm Bluesman: Mind outage? TOPT - inquiring minds want to know!
	👻 3:36pm Tony in Durham NC: ↳ John L @3:15 Hey John, here are the lins www.youtube.com... www.youtube.com...
	👻 3:36pm rx scabin: Very groovy.
	3:36pm DouglasInDallas: This Summertime demo is one sexy jam...
	3:36pm Creature Boy: Who whudda thunk a little beat group from the 60s would make a winning bid for a definitive version of Summertime?
	👻 3:37pm Tony in Durham NC: One of my favorite versions of Summertime is by The Zombies, had it on one of their cassettes for years
	3:37pm Cooh John: Hi Todd and Todd-o-philes. If I collected different versions of a song, it would be "Summertime".
	3:39pm DouglasInDallas: This Way I Feel Inside sounds like Nico singing...
	3:39pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Creature Boy @3:36 The Buckinghams (Chicago) did TheZombies' 'You Make Me Feel Good' - & 'Summertime' (clearly after TheZombies' version) on their first album. I like those tbh ! Whole album in fact.
	3:39pm Creature Boy: Joe McGasco ( ha spelling idk 😄) did a whole set of different summertime versions
	3:40pm Creature Boy: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @3:39 That's a great album. I have it in stereo & mono
	3:40pm dug: I fcking love this radio station. do you forgive me for checking out 36 hrs of wayne shorter on wkcr? man was that sht the bomb, though.
	3:41pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Heyo. Gotta go get in the shower; haircut in a hour...
	3:43pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...had a moment once ...was just lying back listening to early Zombies ...& I was sort of hallucinating colored geometric shapes & things ...it was just so aesthetically perfect or ideal I was seeing Platonic archetypes or something. That's some kind of Musics that is... Ymmv. :)
	3:44pm Creature Boy: ↳ Song: "If It Don't Work Out" by "Dusty Springfield" I almost forgot about Dustys version!
	👻 3:47pm rx scabin: Apparently, I need to go deeper into the Zombies' catalog.
	3:48pm HyperDose: ↳ Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜 @3:41 Treat yo self!
	3:49pm Creature Boy: I'm a proud owner of the Begin Here LP
	3:51pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Creature Boy @3:49 That is something to be proud of for sure.
	3:54pm tom tom the pipers son: colin blundstone's voice is so distinctive, almost stylized , but never would anybody say its an affectation
	3:55pm chair: are the Zombies protopunk? I think so
	3:55pm McGroovey: ↳ rx scabin @3:47 I need to get R.I.P., apparently.
	3:57pm PaulRobeson1923: ↳ Song: "Beechwood Park" by "The Zombies" A++ / no scale can measure Rockin’ this hard
	3:57pm Ciggy: ↳ Song: "Tell Her No" by "The Zombies" My brother told me he couldn't stand his girlfriend anymore, (I think he was afraid of her) so he had his band play 'Tell Her No' as she was walking up our neighborhood street in 1966. So cruel.
	4:01pm McGroovey: I saw the Zombies ...at The Beacon, was it? Around '99-2000? With Love?, was it?, and... Who was the other band? My biggest three memories of the show were that Colin Blunstone's voice was amazing, the Zombies were amazing, and Rod Argent and his keyboards occupied the right half of the stage, and the whole rest of the band occupied the left half, which looked ummm weird.
	4:03pm Joe B: I always find it interesting when the main songwriter of a band is not the lead singer - Zombies, Beau Brummels, Left Banke etc
	4:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...did TheZombies & ManfredMann steal each other's mascots & stuff ? :D ...
	4:06pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Joe B @4:03 veddy interesting...
	4:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Joe B @4:03 Marginally TheWho ...TheBeatles famously, the main Writer is almost always the Singer...
	4:09pm tom tom the pipers son: ther was a football player named crazy legs hirsch.... how about crazy fingers argent?
	4:09pm Chad From Philly: Was just parked behind a car with a WFMU bumper sticker in Pittsburgh, I told the occupants that I was listening to the TOPT show and they were too, how cool is that?
	4:15pm David Watts: this is a super cool interview!
	4:16pm Doug in MP: Sad news... RIP legendary musician/producer/photographer SPOT
	4:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Whereas Sgt.Pepper & the PinkFloyd debut album 'Piper @ the Gates of Dawn' were famously recorded @ the same time early '67 in dif studios in Abbey Road - MOJO Magazine said the first thing recorded in #2 after Pepper was when TheZombies walked in - & saw the Engineers taking apart the four-track machines TheBeatles had linked to get more tracks ...& said - stop ! Keep those linked a minute ! & then they did 'Odessey & Oracle' sessions. Quite a little family of Albums in time & space.
	4:17pm David Watts: I saw zombies at Austin psych fest 2014 and rod argent looked like an absolute stud!
	4:18pm dug: todd --> you are the wind beneath my wings. this inteview is amazing
	👻 4:19pm rx scabin: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:19 Any recommendations for books about the Zombies or by Rod Argent?
	4:20pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ rx scabin @4:19 The liner notes to Zombie Heaven is the first thing that comes to mind.They are fantastic.
	4:20pm Joe B: this is great Todd!
	4:20pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Joe B @4:20 Thanks Champ!!!
	4:21pm McGroovey: ↳ Chad From Philly @4:09 Ultra-
	4:26pm Brian from Charlottesville: Great interview, TOPT
	4:28pm Handy Haversack: Hey, Todd and all. Been enjoying this talk.
	4:29pm PaulRobeson1923: ↳ Song: "This Will Be Our Year" by "The Zombies" Good Storyy
	👻 4:30pm Tommy in Neversink: The quality of the Zombie's music was head a shoulders above most bands at the time especially the rest of the British Invasions bands but they never reached their potential. They should have been much bigger. Not sure if it was poor management , production or marketing or what
	4:31pm Phin The Hyooman: Agree with the others: this is a wonderful interview, Todd.
	👻 4:32pm Tommy in Neversink: TT you always ask the right questions
	4:32pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thank you all for your kind words!
	4:34pm flashback: this is from the zombie album i got when i was 18 in 1969
	4:35pm Cali4nyaStreamin': I have forgotten the "Hold Your Head Up" lyric clarification he stated at the concert a few years back. Ask him for me please if you have the time
	4:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: The TopT Interviews are truly a Thing all their own.
	4:36pm Van Winkle ;-): So romantic..."and then you can tell me about your prison stay".. followed by those beautiful soaring crescendos...
	4:36pm San Pedro Girl: TOPT, you always ask great questions. And, RA is a great interviewee. I love his point about song meaning. Before he actually quoted Dylan, I immediately thought of that very statement made by BD. Fans always seem to need to know, "What a song means?" ...nothing in particular...and/or whatever it means to you, the listener."
	👻 4:37pm Frank In Queens: Hey Todd!
	👻 4:37pm Tommy in Neversink: The FMU DJs are the BEST interviewers anywhere. They really know their stuff. When a Larry King or Charlie Rose or even Dan Rather interview musicians they tend to focus on the fame part and don't know a lot about the music part. Howard Stern is a little better but he tends to be a bit too tabloid and focused on the interpersonal relationships in bands
	4:38pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ San Pedro Girl @4:36 I think I may have told this on the air recently, but I was at a Brian Wilson Q&A in New Orleans and someone ask him what "Girl Don't Tell Me" was about and he replied..."That song is about NOTHING!".
	4:39pm dug: this is amazing
	4:40pm McGroovey: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @4:38 Nothing is great.
	4:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: & Poetry is simply not Prose. It's like asking someone who took all this time to make a Painting to reduce it to an Explanation in a few Words. If they wanted to Write an Essay - they coulda done that... & really Music & Lyrics that are Sung are another thing again from Poetry that's read or even recited... & so on.
	4:42pm miniteeny: Greatest hits!
	4:42pm Matt Fiveash: ↳ Song: "Imagine The Swan" by "The Zombies" Jones jukebox fave!
	4:43pm Mr C: Terrific interview. I used to work with original Zombie Paul Atkinson, at Columbia Records. Special guy!
	4:43pm herb.nyc: Oops, this is a guerrilla visit. Just to say (for 4th time this wk) this- Daniel “no @ needed” Blumin is mentioned below. I learned this from Maria Sherman (author, “larger than life”, about boy bands. and she graduated from nyu. she was also a dj there) NYC PREMIERE Friday MARCH 10, 5:30pm from @wnyu WNYU DOCUMENTARY: THE WORLD'S BEST RADIO STATION IN THE WORLD - NYC Premiere & Post-Screening Discussion with Christina Batte (@christina.batte), Jack Peterson (@ajaxlp), Maria Sherman (@mariasherm), Jenn Pelly (@jennpelly), and Daniel Blumin! Come hang out on March 10, 2023 at 5:30PM at 19 Washington Square North, free and open to all! Comments: herb.nyc- Holy sex & broadcasting, Batman!
	4:44pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Mr C @4:43 So I've heard about Paul, Joe. Thanks for the kudos!
	4:44pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @4:38 When asked to explain what his film or art meant, Andy Warhol often didn't answer. Or, he would reply, "It is about nothing." This always seemed to disappoint the questioner. Many people need to have things explained to them. To me, creative work, like a good joke, should not require explanation. If it does, it isn't very good.
	👻 4:44pm Tommy in Neversink: William Faulkner was being asked by numerous reporters at and event what this or that part of passage in one of his books meant. He just didn't respond. Then one ask him if he'd been fishing lately . He had a lot to say about that
	4:45pm PaulRobeson1923: I Don’t get Art
	👻 4:45pm Tommy in Neversink: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @4:45 Don't try to get it
	4:45pm Bluesman: Zombies Radio! All Zombies, All the Time!
	4:46pm elkeno: this one sounds a little like Robyn Hitchcock
	👻 4:46pm Frank In Queens: ↳ Song: "Hold Your Head Up" by "Argent" The Boss Groover is NOT afraid to play the hits!
	4:47pm joe mulligan: ↳ Song: "Hold Your Head Up" by "Argent" still have this 45 from my older sisters
	4:47pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ elkeno @4:46 It's Robyn's birthday! 70 years young!
	4:47pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "Hold Your Head Up" by "Argent" Well now, this sure reminds me of the AM top-40 when I was a kid.
	4:47pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Frank In Queens @4:46 Speaking of hits, did The Islanders win today?
	4:47pm McGroovey: ↳ elkeno @4:46 Or vice versa
	4:48pm Morphe': I do beleive Clay, yesterday - in his This Day in History segment - said Ted Argent got busted in NYC 19?? and had to pay a $200somethingish fine???
	4:48pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Morphe' @4:48 I thought that was David Lee Roth? Dimebag Dave?
	4:49pm mr_donutsu: A total elementary school anthem for me!
	4:49pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @4:45 Ok, PR1923! You don't have to get it. ;-)
	4:49pm Morphe': Just realized - mprobable Ted Nugent??? Do not pick me for the PubQuizz Team..
	4:50pm Joe B: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @4:47 Islanders win!
	👻 4:50pm Frank In Queens: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @4:47 YES! Big win against Detroit today. Finally in from the cold, settling into the Rod Ardent interview with a hot cuppa.
	4:50pm Alan in Marblehead: Great show today, Todd!
	4:51pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Frank In Queens @4:50 Boiling-hot, Texas-style gin and tonic!
	4:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ San Pedro Girl @4:44 Context can be illuminating - &/or interesting. But surely the value of the Creative is specifically that it communicates what our other more ordinary means are not doing. That is ...I benefit plenty from shining spotlights on Works from different angles - or - as was done here - learning of the circumstances of Creation. But to dissect or frame a living thing in concrete is usually fatal. A Symbol become too rigid becomes a mere Sign. & directing traffic is generally not the object of the Creative exercise...
	4:53pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "Dropped Reeling & Stupid" by "The Zombies" This sounds a tad like Steely Dan, except without the bits of Steely Dan that I hate.
	4:54pm Van Winkle ;-): It's the time...indeed...;-)
	4:54pm tadpoles: Thanks Todd for a neat afternoon spent with you and Rod Argent and some Zombies. Great stuff. Cheers.
	👻 4:54pm Frank In Queens: ↳ Handy Haversack @4:51 Still dry since the ball dropped, and although a hot toddy sounds good now, trying to get over this case of the sniffles before the marathon kicks into motion.
	4:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ McGroovey @4:53 That's interesting ...I think of TheZombies as an influence on say the doors with keyboard & Jazz elements. (Also Van & Them...) But a precursor to the Dan ...yerknow, probly !
	4:55pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @4:40 To paraphrase, Mark Twain put it well. If you want a message try Western Union.
	4:55pm tom tom the pipers son: always thought rod argent was a nom de plume as in rod "money" in french, but i was wrong.
	👻 4:56pm Tommy in Neversink: Isn't this the first keyboard solo in rock?
	4:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Tommy in Neversink @4:56 Well excluding JerryLee & LittleRichard ...'Runaway'...
	4:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ San Pedro Girl @4:55 Pithy fellow !
	4:58pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Frank In Queens @4:54 I think we're getting pollen already, too! March being the new May.
	4:59pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @4:54 I was thinking that it sounded like Steely Dan.
	4:59pm McGroovey: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @4:54 Sure, you're right. But I meant that this particular new song sounds Dan-ish. Influences can work in both directions.
	5:00pm Handy Haversack: ↳ San Pedro Girl @4:55 I had a HS teacher who used to say, "These works don't have messages; they have meanings. And the characters don't have lifestyles; they have lives. Unlike YOU people."
	5:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Handy Haversack @5:00 :D
	5:01pm Handy Haversack: YLT pledge-request link: pledge.wfmu.org...
	5:01pm PaulRobeson1923: ↳ San Pedro Girl @4:49 No, you don’t understand. I don’t get art!
	👻 5:02pm Frank In Queens: It gets real cutthroat around marathon time....
	5:02pm McGroovey: Sad Todd :(🥺
	5:02pm tom tom the pipers son: payola at fmu. call j edgar hoover
	5:02pm Dan from Delco: I requested Fly Eagles Fly last year and it was denied! I understand why.
	5:03pm Charbird: Charlie here from CA, hello everyone! Great show Todd! I miss Jersey and all my Jersey buddies!
	5:03pm DonJuanTijuana: Money talks TOPT
	5:03pm Joe B: Vee Vee rules!
	5:03pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Frank In Queens @5:02 Don't make Billy Jam put the needle on you, people!
	👻 5:03pm Frank In Queens: ROTATIONS: wfmu.org...
	5:05pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @5:01 Please excuse me. I guess I either didn't or don't understand. And, I don't have to.
	5:06pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Charbird @5:03 It was great to hang with you Charlie!
	5:07pm PaulRobeson1923: Oh gosh! I don’t get FaRts!
	5:07pm PaulRobeson1923: Art! Art! I mean art!
	5:09pm DouglasInDallas: Todd-o-phonic Todd ask Rod about the fake Zombies touring the US?
	5:09pm PaulRobeson1923: I love the way Rod tickles the keys and I can’t answer why
	5:10pm Ken From Hyde Park: Oh, cool! Rod and Todd but not stupid Flanders!
	5:10pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Handy Haversack @5:00 That is a bit condescending, especially coming from a HS teacher.
	5:11pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @5:10 good catch kfhp!
	5:11pm Van Winkle ;-): The "magic take" is what many of us seek & appreciate with our listening choices...
	5:12pm Christina Ginger: Better late than never, yet again.
	👻 5:13pm Frank In Queens: Zombie Heaven sounds fantastic. Highly recommended.
	5:13pm Christina Ginger: Alec Palao has done a ton of work on Rhino sets as well. Genius.
	5:14pm Handy Haversack: ↳ San Pedro Girl @5:10 Guess you had to be there. I thought it was a good point.
	5:14pm Fredericks: Oh, shit.
	5:15pm Bluesman: Zombie Heaven is a must-have if yer lacking Zombies music in yer collection! Alec Palao is a hero!
	5:15pm Van Winkle ;-): Oh merde!!! ;-) sometimes things do sound better in french...
	5:15pm San Pedro Girl: What a great story!
	5:15pm Joe B: ↳ Christina Ginger @5:13 agreed! the San Francisco box comes to mind
	5:18pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Joe B @5:15 YES! I believe he did work on Nuggets II as well.
	5:25pm Rick G: Great run of interviews on WFMU: Your terrific one with the amazing Toni Basil, Evan’s with the very sweet Dave Gahan, and today’s with the delightful Rod Argent. A 56 year happy marriage, friends with former band mates, sharp as hell. Really positive and informative radio!
	5:26pm a. burgess: what about yod crewsy and the fixers?
	5:26pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Rick G @5:25 Thanks Rick!
	5:27pm stuntz: Great stuff, OP. Still can't believe the Zombies played Pupi Raia's birthday/hamburger bash a ways back.
	5:27pm Christina Ginger: I wear earplugs to the orchestra 😂
	5:29pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Handy Haversack @5:14 I guess. I had the high part all covered, was excellent at that. Attending classes is where I came up short.
	5:30pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Rick G @5:25 Well said!
	5:31pm Handy Haversack: ↳ San Pedro Girl @5:29 Yeah, I spent junior year dropping papers off in a friend's car so I could go drop acid and smoke cigarettes in peace!
	5:32pm Handy Haversack: Todd, thanks for this great conversation and fantastic tunes as well. Gotta go away from the keyboard so K8 can run her set before the gig tonight. Will be listening to the transistor at the other end of the apartment. Thanks! Later on, friends!
	5:32pm HyperDose: Bye Handy and K8!
	5:33pm DJ Gummie: Todd, Rod is a great interviewee. He’s so stoked about….everything! Love this.
	5:33pm Handy Haversack: See youse, HyperD!
	5:34pm Van Winkle ;-): Honest question...I see the pledge page for 2023 is up...does it matter if we get the ball rolling this week...or are we meant to hold off for the big marathon event?
	5:35pm dday: I guess I'm the outlier here as usual, but I loved Argent's "Nexus" LP. More proggy with longer compositions. Really great stuff in my book
	5:35pm HyperDose: ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @5:34 Hold off until marathon if you want to hear your name read on the air and have the chance to win prizes during the shows
	5:35pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @5:34 Good question. It doesn't matter when you pledge...but thanks for pledging!
	5:36pm Joe B: ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @5:34 either way works, it all goes in the same pot. but what hyperdose said - if the prizes tossed out during the shows are important to you, hold off. if not, pull the trigger now
	5:38pm Morphe': ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @5:34 Van Wink... - if ya don not care which dj gets credit, if ya wait until Wed 8 march 18:15 ET(NJ/NY Time) and can call = ya can "saok Andy" and he will equal yer donation... especially good if a big $$$###$$$
	5:39pm stuntz: Do you have video connections with your cavalacde of stars guests when you interview them or just audio? Just curious, OP.
	5:41pm chair: My FAVORITE ZOMBIES SONG!! was wondring if you were gonna play it
	5:41pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ stuntz @5:39 As of a couple of years ago, most (but not all) of the interviews are on Zoom w/video.
	👻 5:42pm Hoboken Jack: Very nice interview, thank you Todd!!
	5:43pm sufferwords: great chat- whipping post?
	👻 5:43pm rx scabin: Todd, your " mmm hum" is stellar.
	5:43pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Song: "Outta Sight" by "The Low Spirits" YES!
	5:44pm PaulRobeson1923: ↳ Handy Haversack @5:31 How do you know it was acid?
	5:44pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ rx scabin @5:43 I've worked on it for a long time.
	5:44pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "Outta Sight" by "The Low Spirits" I have to go up to Rochester tomorrow for a week or so. I guess I need to find out who's playing at Lux and the Bug Jar!
	5:44pm efd: Another great interview! Thank you Todd (and Rod)!
	👻 5:45pm Frank In Queens: Great interview, Todd! And this Low Spirits 45 is in heavy rotation here in Queens.
	5:45pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Handy Haversack @5:31 Nice cover! I attended one of those TP&TH shows at the Fillmore in '97. Good times! <3 <3
	5:45pm Christina Ginger: ↳ McGroovey @5:44 God, I hope it’s not too terrible weather-wise. I think they were supposed to get socked.
	5:46pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ San Pedro Girl @5:45 Oops! That was not meant for Handy.
	5:47pm Morphe': Thanks TopT and all !!!!!
	5:48pm McGroovey: ↳ Christina Ginger @5:45 I suppose I should check the weather.
	5:48pm Van Winkle ;-): Pledged...and DJ specified...I need to check out that Todd-O-Phonic Todd activity book...as soon as it's "off the press" ;-)
	5:49pm Greg g: Thanks Todd and Rod!!
	5:49pm dday: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @5:44 Hi Todd... I think your pal Jerry Balderson (JB) did an interview with Colin B. a bit ago when he was playing the area. homegrownradionnj.com archive if it exists
	👻 5:49pm rx scabin: ↳ McGroovey @5:44 You do.
	5:49pm joe mulligan: ↳ Song: "Failure Not Success" by "Wild Billy Childish & CTMF" whenever i hear of Billy Eilish...
	5:50pm Stuntz: Gotcha. Face to face conversations are always the best, OP.
	👻 5:50pm rx scabin: Thank you, Todd and Everyone.
	5:50pm joe mulligan: i wonder if she copped her name from billy
	5:51pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ joe mulligan @5:50 Kylie Minogue is actually a fan of Billy's.
	5:51pm medson: Great show as always Todd.
	5:51pm joe mulligan: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @5:51 ha!!!!
	👻 5:51pm rx scabin: ↳ McGroovey @5:44 Do you remember the Penny Arcade? There is a story in the latest Granta where it is mentioned.
	5:52pm Morphe': ↳ joe mulligan @5:49 In the 80s in Brixton, my friend's door in their squat had a big sticker on it: When I hear the name Jesus, I reach for the shotgun There were a lot of Carib 7th Day Adventis and other early Saturday morn loons
	5:52pm Cali4nyaStreamin': what a great line "walkin' the streets in my mother's dress"
	5:52pm McGroovey: ↳ McGroovey @5:48 Sunday in Rochester: "Overcast [duh... It's winter in Rochester]. A few flurries or snow showers possible [so, not REALLY snowing]. High 41⁰ [almost springlike!]. Winds west 10-20mph." I remember when winter was winter.
	5:53pm Morphe': ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @5:51 Yes but is Kylie Minogue's Brother's friend with the gigantic Covid shot balls a fan???
	5:54pm Christina Ginger: ↳ rx scabin @5:51 Ha, I went to a few shows at the Penny Arcade. It was kinda dumpy by the time I was old enough to go though.
	5:54pm Juli: Nice.
	5:55pm Morphe': Penny Arcade (born Susana Carmen Ventura, July 15, 1950) is an American performance artist, actress, and playwright based in New York City.
	5:55pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Morphe' @5:53 that was nikki minaj
	5:55pm Christina Ginger: ↳ McGroovey @5:52 Never underestimate early March in Western NY.
	👻 5:56pm rx scabin: ↳ Christina Ginger @5:54 It was always dumpy. That was its charm.
	👻 5:56pm Frank In Queens: Great show Todd!
	👻 5:57pm rx scabin: ↳ Morphe' @5:55 Oh, the bar.
	5:57pm dday: ↳ McGroovey @5:52 We had a real crapfest up here in The Poconos (Shohola,PA) last night, sleet/snow/ice/rain but it will warm up & melt lost of it so you should be OK heading north
	5:57pm Morphe': ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:55 Kylie Minogue ... nikki minaj ... Billy Jack ... a post- post- modernist collage ...
	5:57pm DjLorraine: I loved the interview and songs. Thanks
	5:58pm Richard Whig: lovely! ♥️
	5:58pm DJ Gummie: Great show, Todd. Glad I could make it.
	5:58pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Morphe' @5:57 yes
	5:58pm LCBD: That was a wonderful interview, Todd! Bravo!
	5:58pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Todd. A wonderful show today!
	5:58pm Richard Whig: looking forward to the Todd o phonic speed skating team!!
	5:58pm Juli: I think I am done on Social Media for awhile::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I can finally begin my life lol
	5:59pm Mike Sin: Man, great interview and show today!
	5:59pm tom tom the pipers son: thx topt
	5:59pm McGroovey: ↳ rx scabin @5:51 That's a bit before my time. I grew up closer to Syracuse, and I started college in Albany a week after my 18th birthday, so I couldn't go to clubs in Rochester. I lived in Albany until 1988. I'm high school, we listened to Rochester radio (WCMF, WSAY). I could have gone to stadium concerts in Rochester, but I never did. Later on, I lived in Rochester for a couple years, from late 2000 until mid-2003. I worked in Rochester, and I spent most weekends in NYC and Hoboken, but I went out to see as much local Rochester music as I could. There was and is a lot of it.
	5:59pm Fredericks: ↳ Morphe' @5:55 I shook Penny's hand.
	5:59pm Christina Ginger: Thanks, Todd!
	5:59pm PaulRobeson1923: We’re doing it LiVe!!! Thanks Todd O!! And Rod A!!! Oh!
	5:59pm Morphe': Thanks again TopT !!!!
	5:59pm dday: ↳ Juli @5:58 I gave up on it a few years ago. Much happier now :)
	5:59pm Van Winkle ;-): Adios amigos... And there I was thinking that was my "oops" issue with the play/pause button... ;-)
	5:59pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @5:44 Good question!! Who knows what was masquerading as acid back then, depending on when Handy was in high school. I remember, c. 1977, ingesting blotters with greenish, gray disks printed on them. It had some psychoactive effect but surely was not what it pretended to be.
	5:59pm Juli: Oh man Its the last minute sorry lol!~!!! Thanks it was a great show I listened!~!
	6:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ TopT ~
	6:00pm McGroovey: ↳ Christina Ginger @5:55 True But tomorrow will be OK. Upstate NY Winters remind a guy to take days as they come
	6:01pm Juli: ↳ dday @5:59 Yes I have much to do!
	6:02pm Juli: We have much to do All of us
	12:46pm J.R.: Chris White Zombies birthday 3/7/1943 80 years young!
	5:26am NeldaPeyton: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @4:40 I absolutely support the opinion that it's better to ask essay writing experts in this. That's why I usually buy essays online cheap essaykeeper.com and thus alleviate my agony. Since this particular assignment is usually time-consuming.

Todd-o-phonic Todd: Playlist from March 4, 2023

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March 4, 2023: I Talked With A Zombie

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	New	Approx. start time
The Easybeats	Goin' Out Of My Mind	Volume 3	Parlophone (Australia)		LP
The Creation	Painter Man "Painter Man" by "The Creation"		Planet		45	produced by my former guest Shel Talmy		0:04:32 (Pop-up)
Billy Tibbals	Best Day I Ever Had		Silver Arrow	2023	MP3			0:05:37 (Pop-up)
Olivia Jean	Trouble "Trouble" by "Olivia Jean"	Raving Ghost	Third Man	2023	LP	LP out 5/5	*	0:07:51 (Pop-up)
Jeff Dahl Group	I'm In Love With The GTO's		Dog Meat		45			0:10:58 (Pop-up)
Outtacontroller	Less Is More "Less Is More" by "Outtacontroller"		Jarama 45 RPM Records	2023	MP3		*	0:14:54 (Pop-up)
Dirty Fences	Colleen "Colleen" by "Dirty Fences"		Obey Records		45			0:16:48 (Pop-up)
Tee Vee Repairmann	Out Of Order "Out Of Order" by "Tee Vee Repairmann"	What's On TV?	Total Punk	2023	LP		*	0:19:30 (Pop-up)
New York Dolls	Human Being "Human Being" by "New York Dolls"	In Too Much Too Soon	Mercury		LP			0:21:46 (Pop-up)
Slander Tongue	Way To Go "Way To Go" by "Slander Tongue"	Monochrome	Alien Snatch Records	2023	LP		*	0:27:37 (Pop-up)

The Zombies	Summertime (demo) "Summertime (demo)" by "The Zombies"	Zombie Heaven	Big Beat		CD box set			0:32:00 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	I'm Going Home "I'm Going Home" by "The Zombies"	Zombies R&B	Big Beat		EP	Gene Vincent cover...staple of early live sets		0:34:28 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	The Way I Feel Inside	The Zombies	Varèse Sarabande		LP			0:36:06 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	Tell Her No "Tell Her No" by "The Zombies"		Parrot		45			0:37:34 (Pop-up)
Dusty Springfield	If It Don't Work Out	Everything's Coming Up Dusty	Philips		LP	written by Rod Argent specifically for Dusty.		0:39:45 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	Whenever You're Ready (demo)	Zombie Heaven	Big Beat		CD box set			0:42:22 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	Is This The Dream "Is This The Dream" by "The Zombies"		Parrot		45			0:44:57 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	Walking In The Sun "Walking In The Sun" by "The Zombies"	R.I.P.	Varèse Sarabande		LP			0:47:41 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	Remember When I Loved Her		Parrot		45			0:50:15 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	Beechwood Park "Beechwood Park" by "The Zombies"	Odessey & Oracle	Date		LP			0:52:13 (Pop-up)

Rod and Todd Pt. 1 "Rod and Todd Pt. 1"
The Zombies	This Will Be Our Year	Odessey And Oracle	Date		LP			1:25:52 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	I Want Her, She Wants Me	Odessey & Oracle (Revisited)	Absolute		CD			1:27:50 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	Care Of Cell 44 "Care Of Cell 44" by "The Zombies"	Odessey & Oracle	Date		LP			1:30:42 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	Brief Candles "Brief Candles" by "The Zombies"	Odessey & Oracle	Date		LP			1:34:35 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	Imagine The Swan "Imagine The Swan" by "The Zombies"		Date		45			1:38:13 (Pop-up)
Rod Argent & Chris White	I Could Spend The Day	Into The Afterlife	Big Beat		CD			1:41:17 (Pop-up)
Argent	Hold Your Head Up "Hold Your Head Up" by "Argent"		Epic		45			1:43:52 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	Dropped Reeling & Stupid	Different Game	Cooking Vinyl	2023	LP			1:47:24 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	Time Of The Season "Time Of The Season" by "The Zombies"		Date		45			1:51:01 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	Love You While I Can "Love You While I Can" by "The Zombies"	Different Game	Cooking Vinyl	2023	LP	album out on 3/31!	*	1:54:35 (Pop-up)

Rod and Todd Pt. 2 "Rod and Todd Pt. 2"
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	I Want You Back Again	Live At The Fillmore, 1997	Warner Records	2022	CD box set		*	2:37:41 (Pop-up)
The Low Spirits	Outta Sight "Outta Sight" by "The Low Spirits"		State Records		45			2:40:51 (Pop-up)
The Bad Seeds	A Taste Of The Same		J-Beck		45			2:43:44 (Pop-up)
Wild Billy Childish & CTMF	Failure Not Success	Failure Not Success	Damaged Goods	2023	LP		*	2:46:30 (Pop-up)
Beat Happening	Black Candy "Black Candy" by "Beat Happening"	Black Candy	K		LP			2:49:30 (Pop-up)

Shanna Polley	Brooklyn Blues "Brooklyn Blues" by "Shanna Polley"				MP3	written by Milton "Mickey" Meshirer in 1947...this song is making its radio debut today!		2:59:23 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 3:00pm Will thee Sound Guy: Good Afternoon Todd-o-Phonic Todd and all!!!
	👻 3:01pm rx scabin: Good afternoon, Todd and Everyone.
	3:02pm Joe B: YEAH!
	3:02pm Vivi: 💥💥💥
	3:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: The essentially flawless Zombies.
	3:03pm medson: Hola TOPT and all. Blazin' outta the gate
	3:03pm flashback: hi all
	3:03pm Van Winkle ;-): Greetings Todd et al from above the 49th on another taking things "easy" Sat afternoon...
	3:04pm Richard Whig: this light be my fave easys track....possibly cuz ya can only get it in 45 on a kiwi release!
	3:04pm flashback: and a special greetings to our host todd
	3:04pm Creature Boy: Easybeats are pound for pound the best band EVER
	3:04pm freddie meduza // gbg sweden: good evening people!
	3:05pm freddie meduza // gbg sweden: good day! for you
	👻 3:05pm Karl Ward: YES
	3:05pm Cheree July: No Becky. You're not late at all. We just started.
	3:05pm Creature Boy: That includes the Creation
	3:06pm elkeno: "I Talked With A Zombie " haha
	3:07pm David Shortell: Has Rod Argent ever heard the song "Rod Argent" by the Ergs? youtube.com...
	3:07pm Richard Whig: creature boy makes a strong case!!!
	3:07pm Cali4nyaStreamin': We saw the Zombies at The Fillmore {San Francisco} a few years back
	3:07pm bobobob Fabtriplasticland: I see the bass player from the band called Pulp has passed
	3:08pm Aaron Working In Newark: Good afternoon!
	3:09pm bobobob: zombies walk too slow to walk with them ..pick up the pace
	3:09pm Cheree July: Somebody should call Don Gumbolles.😆🤣😂
	3:10pm flashback: i went to the record store( i still call it that) a few years ago and got a cd of oddsey and oricle by the zombies. i remembered buying it when it was new. then noticed it was the 50th anniversery edition. yikes
	3:10pm bobob plasticland: seem the Zombies at Masquerade in Atlanta a few years back ..great Great show...not an oldies band at all
	3:11pm Joe B: ↳ Song: "Trouble" by "Olivia Jean" this sounds great, looking forward to the LP
	3:11pm Joey!: Stevie Marriott guest vocals on The Easybeats, "Good Times"!
	👻 3:12pm Tony in Durham NC: Music to hang levolor blinds to...
	3:12pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "Painter Man" by "The Creation" I missed Painter Man, and now it's playing in my head. So now I have Painter Man and Trouble playing at the same time, in true schizophic lo-fi sound.
	3:12pm Cali4nyaStreamin': wow. great stuff. is this new/current/recent etc.?
	3:12pm Cali4nyaStreamin': 2023?
	👻 3:13pm Tony in Durham NC: Is Sachem H.S. Guy in the house? The EARS concert from '77 is up on youtube (audio only)
	👻 3:15pm John L: ↳ Tony in Durham NC @3:13 Thanks!
	3:17pm San Pedro Girl: Hi Todd and listeners!
	3:19pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ San Pedro Girl @3:17 I'm looking forward to the Rod Argent interview. :-)
	3:19pm Cali4nyaStreamin': Halifax, Nova Scottia?
	3:19pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Good afternoon worshipers of good music!
	3:19pm HyperDose: ↳ Song: "Less Is More" by "Outtacontroller" That was filthy good 🤩
	3:20pm Vivi: Saturday worship 🙏🏻
	3:20pm Cali4nyaStreamin': Cheers and thanks a lot for this show. I needed this right now
	3:24pm medson: ↳ Song: "Out Of Order" by "Tee Vee Repairmann" Great album
	👻 3:25pm rx scabin: Dinner is prepped, and I am drinking a Martini.
	👻 3:26pm Hoboken Jack: Hello TOPT, Joe, Medson Man, HyperD, McGroove, Karl, Will, every rocker!
	👻 3:26pm rx scabin: mrs. scabin is snoozing in the other room, recovering from radiation which ends next Friday.
	3:27pm HyperDose: See, Jack knows Saturday's are for the rockers too!
	3:27pm DJ Gummie: Todd, Sorry I’m late!! Hi Friends!!
	3:27pm SamTheRam: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:19 Excited for today's Service
	3:27pm medson: ↳ DJ Gummie @3:27 hi there
	3:28pm DouglasInDallas: Wazzup fellow glisteners. This party loud enough? People around me can hear it through my earbuds LOL
	3:29pm DJ Gummie: ↳ medson @3:27 Medson! Thanks for bringing a bonafide smoke show yesterday!
	3:29pm freddie meduza // gbg sweden: human being, a m a z i n g tune!
	3:32pm PaulRobeson1923: Todd O’ Phonic Babyy
	3:35pm Bluesman: Mind outage? TOPT - inquiring minds want to know!
	👻 3:36pm Tony in Durham NC: ↳ John L @3:15 Hey John, here are the lins www.youtube.com... www.youtube.com...
	👻 3:36pm rx scabin: Very groovy.
	3:36pm DouglasInDallas: This Summertime demo is one sexy jam...
	3:36pm Creature Boy: Who whudda thunk a little beat group from the 60s would make a winning bid for a definitive version of Summertime?
	👻 3:37pm Tony in Durham NC: One of my favorite versions of Summertime is by The Zombies, had it on one of their cassettes for years
	3:37pm Cooh John: Hi Todd and Todd-o-philes. If I collected different versions of a song, it would be "Summertime".
	3:39pm DouglasInDallas: This Way I Feel Inside sounds like Nico singing...
	3:39pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Creature Boy @3:36 The Buckinghams (Chicago) did TheZombies' 'You Make Me Feel Good' - & 'Summertime' (clearly after TheZombies' version) on their first album. I like those tbh ! Whole album in fact.
	3:39pm Creature Boy: Joe McGasco ( ha spelling idk 😄) did a whole set of different summertime versions
	3:40pm Creature Boy: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @3:39 That's a great album. I have it in stereo & mono
	3:40pm dug: I fcking love this radio station. do you forgive me for checking out 36 hrs of wayne shorter on wkcr? man was that sht the bomb, though.
	3:41pm Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜: Heyo. Gotta go get in the shower; haircut in a hour...
	3:43pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...had a moment once ...was just lying back listening to early Zombies ...& I was sort of hallucinating colored geometric shapes & things ...it was just so aesthetically perfect or ideal I was seeing Platonic archetypes or something. That's some kind of Musics that is... Ymmv. :)
	3:44pm Creature Boy: ↳ Song: "If It Don't Work Out" by "Dusty Springfield" I almost forgot about Dustys version!
	👻 3:47pm rx scabin: Apparently, I need to go deeper into the Zombies' catalog.
	3:48pm HyperDose: ↳ Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜 @3:41 Treat yo self!
	3:49pm Creature Boy: I'm a proud owner of the Begin Here LP
	3:51pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Creature Boy @3:49 That is something to be proud of for sure.
	3:54pm tom tom the pipers son: colin blundstone's voice is so distinctive, almost stylized , but never would anybody say its an affectation
	3:55pm chair: are the Zombies protopunk? I think so
	3:55pm McGroovey: ↳ rx scabin @3:47 I need to get R.I.P., apparently.
	3:57pm PaulRobeson1923: ↳ Song: "Beechwood Park" by "The Zombies" A++ / no scale can measure Rockin’ this hard
	3:57pm Ciggy: ↳ Song: "Tell Her No" by "The Zombies" My brother told me he couldn't stand his girlfriend anymore, (I think he was afraid of her) so he had his band play 'Tell Her No' as she was walking up our neighborhood street in 1966. So cruel.
	4:01pm McGroovey: I saw the Zombies ...at The Beacon, was it? Around '99-2000? With Love?, was it?, and... Who was the other band? My biggest three memories of the show were that Colin Blunstone's voice was amazing, the Zombies were amazing, and Rod Argent and his keyboards occupied the right half of the stage, and the whole rest of the band occupied the left half, which looked ummm weird.
	4:03pm Joe B: I always find it interesting when the main songwriter of a band is not the lead singer - Zombies, Beau Brummels, Left Banke etc
	4:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...did TheZombies & ManfredMann steal each other's mascots & stuff ? :D ...
	4:06pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Joe B @4:03 veddy interesting...
	4:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Joe B @4:03 Marginally TheWho ...TheBeatles famously, the main Writer is almost always the Singer...
	4:09pm tom tom the pipers son: ther was a football player named crazy legs hirsch.... how about crazy fingers argent?
	4:09pm Chad From Philly: Was just parked behind a car with a WFMU bumper sticker in Pittsburgh, I told the occupants that I was listening to the TOPT show and they were too, how cool is that?
	4:15pm David Watts: this is a super cool interview!
	4:16pm Doug in MP: Sad news... RIP legendary musician/producer/photographer SPOT
	4:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Whereas Sgt.Pepper & the PinkFloyd debut album 'Piper @ the Gates of Dawn' were famously recorded @ the same time early '67 in dif studios in Abbey Road - MOJO Magazine said the first thing recorded in #2 after Pepper was when TheZombies walked in - & saw the Engineers taking apart the four-track machines TheBeatles had linked to get more tracks ...& said - stop ! Keep those linked a minute ! & then they did 'Odessey & Oracle' sessions. Quite a little family of Albums in time & space.
	4:17pm David Watts: I saw zombies at Austin psych fest 2014 and rod argent looked like an absolute stud!
	4:18pm dug: todd --> you are the wind beneath my wings. this inteview is amazing
	👻 4:19pm rx scabin: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @3:19 Any recommendations for books about the Zombies or by Rod Argent?
	4:20pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ rx scabin @4:19 The liner notes to Zombie Heaven is the first thing that comes to mind.They are fantastic.
	4:20pm Joe B: this is great Todd!
	4:20pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Joe B @4:20 Thanks Champ!!!
	4:21pm McGroovey: ↳ Chad From Philly @4:09 Ultra-
	4:26pm Brian from Charlottesville: Great interview, TOPT
	4:28pm Handy Haversack: Hey, Todd and all. Been enjoying this talk.
	4:29pm PaulRobeson1923: ↳ Song: "This Will Be Our Year" by "The Zombies" Good Storyy
	👻 4:30pm Tommy in Neversink: The quality of the Zombie's music was head a shoulders above most bands at the time especially the rest of the British Invasions bands but they never reached their potential. They should have been much bigger. Not sure if it was poor management , production or marketing or what
	4:31pm Phin The Hyooman: Agree with the others: this is a wonderful interview, Todd.
	👻 4:32pm Tommy in Neversink: TT you always ask the right questions
	4:32pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: Thank you all for your kind words!
	4:34pm flashback: this is from the zombie album i got when i was 18 in 1969
	4:35pm Cali4nyaStreamin': I have forgotten the "Hold Your Head Up" lyric clarification he stated at the concert a few years back. Ask him for me please if you have the time
	4:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: The TopT Interviews are truly a Thing all their own.
	4:36pm Van Winkle ;-): So romantic..."and then you can tell me about your prison stay".. followed by those beautiful soaring crescendos...
	4:36pm San Pedro Girl: TOPT, you always ask great questions. And, RA is a great interviewee. I love his point about song meaning. Before he actually quoted Dylan, I immediately thought of that very statement made by BD. Fans always seem to need to know, "What a song means?" ...nothing in particular...and/or whatever it means to you, the listener."
	👻 4:37pm Frank In Queens: Hey Todd!
	👻 4:37pm Tommy in Neversink: The FMU DJs are the BEST interviewers anywhere. They really know their stuff. When a Larry King or Charlie Rose or even Dan Rather interview musicians they tend to focus on the fame part and don't know a lot about the music part. Howard Stern is a little better but he tends to be a bit too tabloid and focused on the interpersonal relationships in bands
	4:38pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ San Pedro Girl @4:36 I think I may have told this on the air recently, but I was at a Brian Wilson Q&A in New Orleans and someone ask him what "Girl Don't Tell Me" was about and he replied..."That song is about NOTHING!".
	4:39pm dug: this is amazing
	4:40pm McGroovey: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @4:38 Nothing is great.
	4:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: & Poetry is simply not Prose. It's like asking someone who took all this time to make a Painting to reduce it to an Explanation in a few Words. If they wanted to Write an Essay - they coulda done that... & really Music & Lyrics that are Sung are another thing again from Poetry that's read or even recited... & so on.
	4:42pm miniteeny: Greatest hits!
	4:42pm Matt Fiveash: ↳ Song: "Imagine The Swan" by "The Zombies" Jones jukebox fave!
	4:43pm Mr C: Terrific interview. I used to work with original Zombie Paul Atkinson, at Columbia Records. Special guy!
	4:43pm herb.nyc: Oops, this is a guerrilla visit. Just to say (for 4th time this wk) this- Daniel “no @ needed” Blumin is mentioned below. I learned this from Maria Sherman (author, “larger than life”, about boy bands. and she graduated from nyu. she was also a dj there) NYC PREMIERE Friday MARCH 10, 5:30pm from @wnyu WNYU DOCUMENTARY: THE WORLD'S BEST RADIO STATION IN THE WORLD - NYC Premiere & Post-Screening Discussion with Christina Batte (@christina.batte), Jack Peterson (@ajaxlp), Maria Sherman (@mariasherm), Jenn Pelly (@jennpelly), and Daniel Blumin! Come hang out on March 10, 2023 at 5:30PM at 19 Washington Square North, free and open to all! Comments: herb.nyc- Holy sex & broadcasting, Batman!
	4:44pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Mr C @4:43 So I've heard about Paul, Joe. Thanks for the kudos!
	4:44pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @4:38 When asked to explain what his film or art meant, Andy Warhol often didn't answer. Or, he would reply, "It is about nothing." This always seemed to disappoint the questioner. Many people need to have things explained to them. To me, creative work, like a good joke, should not require explanation. If it does, it isn't very good.
	👻 4:44pm Tommy in Neversink: William Faulkner was being asked by numerous reporters at and event what this or that part of passage in one of his books meant. He just didn't respond. Then one ask him if he'd been fishing lately . He had a lot to say about that
	4:45pm PaulRobeson1923: I Don’t get Art
	👻 4:45pm Tommy in Neversink: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @4:45 Don't try to get it
	4:45pm Bluesman: Zombies Radio! All Zombies, All the Time!
	4:46pm elkeno: this one sounds a little like Robyn Hitchcock
	👻 4:46pm Frank In Queens: ↳ Song: "Hold Your Head Up" by "Argent" The Boss Groover is NOT afraid to play the hits!
	4:47pm joe mulligan: ↳ Song: "Hold Your Head Up" by "Argent" still have this 45 from my older sisters
	4:47pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ elkeno @4:46 It's Robyn's birthday! 70 years young!
	4:47pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "Hold Your Head Up" by "Argent" Well now, this sure reminds me of the AM top-40 when I was a kid.
	4:47pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Frank In Queens @4:46 Speaking of hits, did The Islanders win today?
	4:47pm McGroovey: ↳ elkeno @4:46 Or vice versa
	4:48pm Morphe': I do beleive Clay, yesterday - in his This Day in History segment - said Ted Argent got busted in NYC 19?? and had to pay a $200somethingish fine???
	4:48pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Morphe' @4:48 I thought that was David Lee Roth? Dimebag Dave?
	4:49pm mr_donutsu: A total elementary school anthem for me!
	4:49pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @4:45 Ok, PR1923! You don't have to get it. ;-)
	4:49pm Morphe': Just realized - mprobable Ted Nugent??? Do not pick me for the PubQuizz Team..
	4:50pm Joe B: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @4:47 Islanders win!
	👻 4:50pm Frank In Queens: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @4:47 YES! Big win against Detroit today. Finally in from the cold, settling into the Rod Ardent interview with a hot cuppa.
	4:50pm Alan in Marblehead: Great show today, Todd!
	4:51pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Frank In Queens @4:50 Boiling-hot, Texas-style gin and tonic!
	4:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ San Pedro Girl @4:44 Context can be illuminating - &/or interesting. But surely the value of the Creative is specifically that it communicates what our other more ordinary means are not doing. That is ...I benefit plenty from shining spotlights on Works from different angles - or - as was done here - learning of the circumstances of Creation. But to dissect or frame a living thing in concrete is usually fatal. A Symbol become too rigid becomes a mere Sign. & directing traffic is generally not the object of the Creative exercise...
	4:53pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "Dropped Reeling & Stupid" by "The Zombies" This sounds a tad like Steely Dan, except without the bits of Steely Dan that I hate.
	4:54pm Van Winkle ;-): It's the time...indeed...;-)
	4:54pm tadpoles: Thanks Todd for a neat afternoon spent with you and Rod Argent and some Zombies. Great stuff. Cheers.
	👻 4:54pm Frank In Queens: ↳ Handy Haversack @4:51 Still dry since the ball dropped, and although a hot toddy sounds good now, trying to get over this case of the sniffles before the marathon kicks into motion.
	4:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ McGroovey @4:53 That's interesting ...I think of TheZombies as an influence on say the doors with keyboard & Jazz elements. (Also Van & Them...) But a precursor to the Dan ...yerknow, probly !
	4:55pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @4:40 To paraphrase, Mark Twain put it well. If you want a message try Western Union.
	4:55pm tom tom the pipers son: always thought rod argent was a nom de plume as in rod "money" in french, but i was wrong.
	👻 4:56pm Tommy in Neversink: Isn't this the first keyboard solo in rock?
	4:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Tommy in Neversink @4:56 Well excluding JerryLee & LittleRichard ...'Runaway'...
	4:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ San Pedro Girl @4:55 Pithy fellow !
	4:58pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Frank In Queens @4:54 I think we're getting pollen already, too! March being the new May.
	4:59pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @4:54 I was thinking that it sounded like Steely Dan.
	4:59pm McGroovey: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @4:54 Sure, you're right. But I meant that this particular new song sounds Dan-ish. Influences can work in both directions.
	5:00pm Handy Haversack: ↳ San Pedro Girl @4:55 I had a HS teacher who used to say, "These works don't have messages; they have meanings. And the characters don't have lifestyles; they have lives. Unlike YOU people."
	5:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ↳ Handy Haversack @5:00 :D
	5:01pm Handy Haversack: YLT pledge-request link: pledge.wfmu.org...
	5:01pm PaulRobeson1923: ↳ San Pedro Girl @4:49 No, you don’t understand. I don’t get art!
	👻 5:02pm Frank In Queens: It gets real cutthroat around marathon time....
	5:02pm McGroovey: Sad Todd :(🥺
	5:02pm tom tom the pipers son: payola at fmu. call j edgar hoover
	5:02pm Dan from Delco: I requested Fly Eagles Fly last year and it was denied! I understand why.
	5:03pm Charbird: Charlie here from CA, hello everyone! Great show Todd! I miss Jersey and all my Jersey buddies!
	5:03pm DonJuanTijuana: Money talks TOPT
	5:03pm Joe B: Vee Vee rules!
	5:03pm Handy Haversack: ↳ Frank In Queens @5:02 Don't make Billy Jam put the needle on you, people!
	👻 5:03pm Frank In Queens: ROTATIONS: wfmu.org...
	5:05pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @5:01 Please excuse me. I guess I either didn't or don't understand. And, I don't have to.
	5:06pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Charbird @5:03 It was great to hang with you Charlie!
	5:07pm PaulRobeson1923: Oh gosh! I don’t get FaRts!
	5:07pm PaulRobeson1923: Art! Art! I mean art!
	5:09pm DouglasInDallas: Todd-o-phonic Todd ask Rod about the fake Zombies touring the US?
	5:09pm PaulRobeson1923: I love the way Rod tickles the keys and I can’t answer why
	5:10pm Ken From Hyde Park: Oh, cool! Rod and Todd but not stupid Flanders!
	5:10pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Handy Haversack @5:00 That is a bit condescending, especially coming from a HS teacher.
	5:11pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Ken From Hyde Park @5:10 good catch kfhp!
	5:11pm Van Winkle ;-): The "magic take" is what many of us seek & appreciate with our listening choices...
	5:12pm Christina Ginger: Better late than never, yet again.
	👻 5:13pm Frank In Queens: Zombie Heaven sounds fantastic. Highly recommended.
	5:13pm Christina Ginger: Alec Palao has done a ton of work on Rhino sets as well. Genius.
	5:14pm Handy Haversack: ↳ San Pedro Girl @5:10 Guess you had to be there. I thought it was a good point.
	5:14pm Fredericks: Oh, shit.
	5:15pm Bluesman: Zombie Heaven is a must-have if yer lacking Zombies music in yer collection! Alec Palao is a hero!
	5:15pm Van Winkle ;-): Oh merde!!! ;-) sometimes things do sound better in french...
	5:15pm San Pedro Girl: What a great story!
	5:15pm Joe B: ↳ Christina Ginger @5:13 agreed! the San Francisco box comes to mind
	5:18pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Joe B @5:15 YES! I believe he did work on Nuggets II as well.
	5:25pm Rick G: Great run of interviews on WFMU: Your terrific one with the amazing Toni Basil, Evan’s with the very sweet Dave Gahan, and today’s with the delightful Rod Argent. A 56 year happy marriage, friends with former band mates, sharp as hell. Really positive and informative radio!
	5:26pm a. burgess: what about yod crewsy and the fixers?
	5:26pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Rick G @5:25 Thanks Rick!
	5:27pm stuntz: Great stuff, OP. Still can't believe the Zombies played Pupi Raia's birthday/hamburger bash a ways back.
	5:27pm Christina Ginger: I wear earplugs to the orchestra 😂
	5:29pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Handy Haversack @5:14 I guess. I had the high part all covered, was excellent at that. Attending classes is where I came up short.
	5:30pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Rick G @5:25 Well said!
	5:31pm Handy Haversack: ↳ San Pedro Girl @5:29 Yeah, I spent junior year dropping papers off in a friend's car so I could go drop acid and smoke cigarettes in peace!
	5:32pm Handy Haversack: Todd, thanks for this great conversation and fantastic tunes as well. Gotta go away from the keyboard so K8 can run her set before the gig tonight. Will be listening to the transistor at the other end of the apartment. Thanks! Later on, friends!
	5:32pm HyperDose: Bye Handy and K8!
	5:33pm DJ Gummie: Todd, Rod is a great interviewee. He’s so stoked about….everything! Love this.
	5:33pm Handy Haversack: See youse, HyperD!
	5:34pm Van Winkle ;-): Honest question...I see the pledge page for 2023 is up...does it matter if we get the ball rolling this week...or are we meant to hold off for the big marathon event?
	5:35pm dday: I guess I'm the outlier here as usual, but I loved Argent's "Nexus" LP. More proggy with longer compositions. Really great stuff in my book
	5:35pm HyperDose: ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @5:34 Hold off until marathon if you want to hear your name read on the air and have the chance to win prizes during the shows
	5:35pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @5:34 Good question. It doesn't matter when you pledge...but thanks for pledging!
	5:36pm Joe B: ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @5:34 either way works, it all goes in the same pot. but what hyperdose said - if the prizes tossed out during the shows are important to you, hold off. if not, pull the trigger now
	5:38pm Morphe': ↳ Van Winkle ;-) @5:34 Van Wink... - if ya don not care which dj gets credit, if ya wait until Wed 8 march 18:15 ET(NJ/NY Time) and can call = ya can "saok Andy" and he will equal yer donation... especially good if a big $$$###$$$
	5:39pm stuntz: Do you have video connections with your cavalacde of stars guests when you interview them or just audio? Just curious, OP.
	5:41pm chair: My FAVORITE ZOMBIES SONG!! was wondring if you were gonna play it
	5:41pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ stuntz @5:39 As of a couple of years ago, most (but not all) of the interviews are on Zoom w/video.
	👻 5:42pm Hoboken Jack: Very nice interview, thank you Todd!!
	5:43pm sufferwords: great chat- whipping post?
	👻 5:43pm rx scabin: Todd, your " mmm hum" is stellar.
	5:43pm Christina Ginger: ↳ Song: "Outta Sight" by "The Low Spirits" YES!
	5:44pm PaulRobeson1923: ↳ Handy Haversack @5:31 How do you know it was acid?
	5:44pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ rx scabin @5:43 I've worked on it for a long time.
	5:44pm McGroovey: ↳ Song: "Outta Sight" by "The Low Spirits" I have to go up to Rochester tomorrow for a week or so. I guess I need to find out who's playing at Lux and the Bug Jar!
	5:44pm efd: Another great interview! Thank you Todd (and Rod)!
	👻 5:45pm Frank In Queens: Great interview, Todd! And this Low Spirits 45 is in heavy rotation here in Queens.
	5:45pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ Handy Haversack @5:31 Nice cover! I attended one of those TP&TH shows at the Fillmore in '97. Good times! <3 <3
	5:45pm Christina Ginger: ↳ McGroovey @5:44 God, I hope it’s not too terrible weather-wise. I think they were supposed to get socked.
	5:46pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ San Pedro Girl @5:45 Oops! That was not meant for Handy.
	5:47pm Morphe': Thanks TopT and all !!!!!
	5:48pm McGroovey: ↳ Christina Ginger @5:45 I suppose I should check the weather.
	5:48pm Van Winkle ;-): Pledged...and DJ specified...I need to check out that Todd-O-Phonic Todd activity book...as soon as it's "off the press" ;-)
	5:49pm Greg g: Thanks Todd and Rod!!
	5:49pm dday: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @5:44 Hi Todd... I think your pal Jerry Balderson (JB) did an interview with Colin B. a bit ago when he was playing the area. homegrownradionnj.com archive if it exists
	👻 5:49pm rx scabin: ↳ McGroovey @5:44 You do.
	5:49pm joe mulligan: ↳ Song: "Failure Not Success" by "Wild Billy Childish & CTMF" whenever i hear of Billy Eilish...
	5:50pm Stuntz: Gotcha. Face to face conversations are always the best, OP.
	👻 5:50pm rx scabin: Thank you, Todd and Everyone.
	5:50pm joe mulligan: i wonder if she copped her name from billy
	5:51pm Todd-o-phonic Todd: ↳ joe mulligan @5:50 Kylie Minogue is actually a fan of Billy's.
	5:51pm medson: Great show as always Todd.
	5:51pm joe mulligan: ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @5:51 ha!!!!
	👻 5:51pm rx scabin: ↳ McGroovey @5:44 Do you remember the Penny Arcade? There is a story in the latest Granta where it is mentioned.
	5:52pm Morphe': ↳ joe mulligan @5:49 In the 80s in Brixton, my friend's door in their squat had a big sticker on it: When I hear the name Jesus, I reach for the shotgun There were a lot of Carib 7th Day Adventis and other early Saturday morn loons
	5:52pm Cali4nyaStreamin': what a great line "walkin' the streets in my mother's dress"
	5:52pm McGroovey: ↳ McGroovey @5:48 Sunday in Rochester: "Overcast [duh... It's winter in Rochester]. A few flurries or snow showers possible [so, not REALLY snowing]. High 41⁰ [almost springlike!]. Winds west 10-20mph." I remember when winter was winter.
	5:53pm Morphe': ↳ Todd-o-phonic Todd @5:51 Yes but is Kylie Minogue's Brother's friend with the gigantic Covid shot balls a fan???
	5:54pm Christina Ginger: ↳ rx scabin @5:51 Ha, I went to a few shows at the Penny Arcade. It was kinda dumpy by the time I was old enough to go though.
	5:54pm Juli: Nice.
	5:55pm Morphe': Penny Arcade (born Susana Carmen Ventura, July 15, 1950) is an American performance artist, actress, and playwright based in New York City.
	5:55pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Morphe' @5:53 that was nikki minaj
	5:55pm Christina Ginger: ↳ McGroovey @5:52 Never underestimate early March in Western NY.
	👻 5:56pm rx scabin: ↳ Christina Ginger @5:54 It was always dumpy. That was its charm.
	👻 5:56pm Frank In Queens: Great show Todd!
	👻 5:57pm rx scabin: ↳ Morphe' @5:55 Oh, the bar.
	5:57pm dday: ↳ McGroovey @5:52 We had a real crapfest up here in The Poconos (Shohola,PA) last night, sleet/snow/ice/rain but it will warm up & melt lost of it so you should be OK heading north
	5:57pm Morphe': ↳ tom tom the pipers son @5:55 Kylie Minogue ... nikki minaj ... Billy Jack ... a post- post- modernist collage ...
	5:57pm DjLorraine: I loved the interview and songs. Thanks
	5:58pm Richard Whig: lovely! ♥️
	5:58pm DJ Gummie: Great show, Todd. Glad I could make it.
	5:58pm tom tom the pipers son: ↳ Morphe' @5:57 yes
	5:58pm LCBD: That was a wonderful interview, Todd! Bravo!
	5:58pm Ken From Hyde Park: Thanks, Todd. A wonderful show today!
	5:58pm Richard Whig: looking forward to the Todd o phonic speed skating team!!
	5:58pm Juli: I think I am done on Social Media for awhile::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I can finally begin my life lol
	5:59pm Mike Sin: Man, great interview and show today!
	5:59pm tom tom the pipers son: thx topt
	5:59pm McGroovey: ↳ rx scabin @5:51 That's a bit before my time. I grew up closer to Syracuse, and I started college in Albany a week after my 18th birthday, so I couldn't go to clubs in Rochester. I lived in Albany until 1988. I'm high school, we listened to Rochester radio (WCMF, WSAY). I could have gone to stadium concerts in Rochester, but I never did. Later on, I lived in Rochester for a couple years, from late 2000 until mid-2003. I worked in Rochester, and I spent most weekends in NYC and Hoboken, but I went out to see as much local Rochester music as I could. There was and is a lot of it.
	5:59pm Fredericks: ↳ Morphe' @5:55 I shook Penny's hand.
	5:59pm Christina Ginger: Thanks, Todd!
	5:59pm PaulRobeson1923: We’re doing it LiVe!!! Thanks Todd O!! And Rod A!!! Oh!
	5:59pm Morphe': Thanks again TopT !!!!
	5:59pm dday: ↳ Juli @5:58 I gave up on it a few years ago. Much happier now :)
	5:59pm Van Winkle ;-): Adios amigos... And there I was thinking that was my "oops" issue with the play/pause button... ;-)
	5:59pm San Pedro Girl: ↳ PaulRobeson1923 @5:44 Good question!! Who knows what was masquerading as acid back then, depending on when Handy was in high school. I remember, c. 1977, ingesting blotters with greenish, gray disks printed on them. It had some psychoactive effect but surely was not what it pretended to be.
	5:59pm Juli: Oh man Its the last minute sorry lol!~!!! Thanks it was a great show I listened!~!
	6:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ~ TY Always DJ TopT ~
	6:00pm McGroovey: ↳ Christina Ginger @5:55 True But tomorrow will be OK. Upstate NY Winters remind a guy to take days as they come
	6:01pm Juli: ↳ dday @5:59 Yes I have much to do!
	6:02pm Juli: We have much to do All of us
	12:46pm J.R.: Chris White Zombies birthday 3/7/1943 80 years young!
	5:26am NeldaPeyton: ↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @4:40 I absolutely support the opinion that it's better to ask essay writing experts in this. That's why I usually buy essays online cheap essaykeeper.com and thus alleviate my agony. Since this particular assignment is usually time-consuming.

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