WFMU: Music Only I Care About with Miss Mei: Playlist from June 27, 2023

Listener comments!
	👻 12:20pm WR: The first 100,000 shoppers will receive a free flyer listing all the specials selected specially for the first 100,000 shoppers to purchase.
	12:35pm Otis: I found the blue light special!
	1:01pm MHLee: I arrive
	1:05pm MHLee: This tape would be quite desirable for someone making vaporwave i think
	1:12pm Miss Mei: Afternoon all <3
	1:18pm Krys O.: Hello!
	1:20pm Krys O.: We sang Laughter in the Rain in junior high choir. Very bizarre for youngsters.
	1:24pm MHLee: This feels very surreal but also like what my grandmother uses her television for
	1:26pm Krys O.: Lots o' 1974 hits.
	👻 1:27pm WR: ↳ Song: "Kmart May 1988 Reel to Reel" by "Tape-A-Thon" Tape-Athon is new to me. Ironically, "after my time" rather than before my time. Hah!
	1:30pm Mr Fab: Attention K-Mart shoppers! Spent a good deal of my childhood being dragged thru these polyester aisles by Mama Fab.
	1:31pm Miss Mei: ↳ WR @1:27 The oldest Tape-a-Thon media online is from Dec '74.
	1:31pm Mr Fab: At the time, I never gave any thought to the music, but now I find it quite lovely.
	1:33pm MHLee: We had a Kmart I have vague memories of existing
	1:33pm Krys O.: We had Caldor's and Korvette's in my hometown in Westchester County, NY in the 60s and 70s. Caldor's was the "Bloomingdale's of discounting" en.wikipedia.org...
	👻 1:37pm WR: Seems that Tape-Athon was around since the 50s. reel-reel.com...
	👻 1:39pm WR: some good detail: microchop.substack.com...
	1:40pm Mr Fab: ↳ Krys O. @1:33 looks like Caldor had 145 stores, and 22,000 employees. How do these places go out of business? Like K-mart, who are almost extinct now, but used to be all over.
	1:41pm Miss Mei: I got a leather jacket from Kmart that I gave to my GF. I miss Kmart, it was the place to be
	1:42pm MHLee: Classical Gas is so good
	1:44pm MHLee: We are grooving now
	1:44pm Mr Fab: Well, my sweet lord, if it ain't George Harrison's "What is Life."
	👻 1:50pm WR: Lots of Tape-Athon ephemera via a recorded sound museum: museumofmagneticsoundrecording.org... Surprised I didn't become aware of them during my 1970s life in radio and retail music biz.
	1:52pm Mr Fab: That announcer sounded like some random guy. Like, they grabbed the security guard and said, "Here, read this."
	1:53pm Mr Fab: What IS this tune?
	1:53pm Krys O.: ↳ Mr Fab @1:40 The answer at the time had to be Walmart.
	1:54pm Mr Fab: ↳ Krys O. @1:53 Oooh, yeah...
	👻 1:54pm WR: ↳ Mr Fab @1:53 Something from the back of my brain says "Summer of '42" Now will look to see if I can find a same.
	1:55pm Mr Fab: ↳ WR @1:54 Could be. Listening thru headphones, so I couldn't shazam.
	👻 1:58pm WR: ↳ Mr Fab @1:55 Quick listen to theme of "Summer of '42" theme (by Michel Legrand) and think I'm wrong. But there was some well known theme floating in there for a bit.
	1:59pm MHLee: I wonderwho much muzak has decreased in profits in the last couple decades
	2:01pm Mr Fab: ↳ MHLee @1:59 Maybe they moved into the lucrative hit-pop-song in-store music trend...
	2:04pm Krys O.: The songlist: archive.org...
	👻 2:07pm WR: ↳ Krys O. @2:04 Thank you! Krys!
	2:09pm Miss Georgia Peach: This is amazing
	2:11pm MHLee: Diamonds Are Forever might have been the theme
	2:14pm Mr Fab: So the best time to go shopping would have been the end of the month, when the tape was all warped from constant play and sounding kinda trippy.
	2:14pm Krys O.: When I was a bank teller in college during the early 80s, we had Muzak throughout our workday. The tempo started slowly during the morning and increased through the afternoon. It was the aural equivalent of No-Doz.
	👻 2:20pm WR: Catch you folks later, gotta go vote.
	2:21pm Krys O.: Take care, WR!
	2:21pm Otis: I do miss the 80s piped-in sounds. Today in the shops it's just top40 and throwbacks. Reminds me listening to this to read Joseph Lanza's Elevator Music book again.
	2:21pm Otis: Cheers WR!
	👻 2:26pm WR: Will be listening but writing my thanks, Miss Mei, for re-opening us to the sounds of shopping yesteryears.
	2:26pm Krys O.: ↳ Otis @2:21 Ooh, need that. I recall an extensive history on Beautiful Music stations online, but I haven't been able to locate it again.
	2:27pm Krys O.: Having said that, I think I just found it: www.percyfaith.info...
	2:28pm Mr Fab: ↳ Krys O. @2:27 Wow! Quite the in-depth examination. And that's only part 1.
	2:29pm Otis: ↳ Krys O. @2:26 Fantastic book and I am on my 3rd copy. Passed previous ones to friends over the years. Pulled it out and it will go well while playing Mauriat and Faith.
	2:29pm Otis: ↳ Krys O. @2:27 Fantastic!
	2:30pm Otis: Xanadu Muzak!
	2:35pm Mr Fab: ↳ Otis @2:21 I believe I first heard about that book in a "Twin Peaks" fanzine. Why they were reviewing it, I dunno, but seems appropriate for a book with "Surreal" in the sub-title.
	2:36pm Otis: Darn, was looking for shoulder pads on sale. Maybe next time.
	2:37pm Otis: I wish WFMU had a 5th stream and it was just like this. Beautiful Muzak all day.
	2:39pm MHLee: I used to have a vaporwave radio app where you could select different sorts of ambients
	2:39pm MHLee: Shopping mall music being one of them or some microgenre with a similar name
	2:42pm Otis: ↳ MHLee @2:39 That sounds nice.
	2:43pm Krys O.: HA! Money, Money, Money!
	2:45pm Otis: Last time I was in a K-Mart, late 80s maybe. Probably around the time of this music buying batteries probably or developing film (I recall one in the SF Bay area I could take my film into for processing).
	2:46pm Otis: Thanks Mei, off to get ready for top of the hour. Lovely reel today.
	2:47pm Krys O.: The last time I was in a Kmart was about ten years ago buying a gift for Toys for Tots.
	2:48pm Mr Fab: i wonder if any Muzak programmers ever used Devo's "EZ Listening" album.
	2:49pm Krys O.: ↳ Mr Fab @2:48 That's a great one.
	2:55pm Krys O.: Thanks, Mei!
	2:56pm Miss Mei: Thank you for listening today, all<3
	2:59pm Mr Fab: Thank you for shopping at WFMU!

Music Only I Care About with Miss Mei: Playlist from June 27, 2023

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June 27, 2023: 100,000 K-Mart shoppers can't be wrong

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Tape-A-Thon	Kmart May 1988 Reel to Reel	Kmart May 1988 Reel to Reel	Tape-A-Thon	1988	Reel tape

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Listener comments!
	👻 12:20pm WR: The first 100,000 shoppers will receive a free flyer listing all the specials selected specially for the first 100,000 shoppers to purchase.
	12:35pm Otis: I found the blue light special!
	1:01pm MHLee: I arrive
	1:05pm MHLee: This tape would be quite desirable for someone making vaporwave i think
	1:12pm Miss Mei: Afternoon all <3
	1:18pm Krys O.: Hello!
	1:20pm Krys O.: We sang Laughter in the Rain in junior high choir. Very bizarre for youngsters.
	1:24pm MHLee: This feels very surreal but also like what my grandmother uses her television for
	1:26pm Krys O.: Lots o' 1974 hits.
	👻 1:27pm WR: ↳ Song: "Kmart May 1988 Reel to Reel" by "Tape-A-Thon" Tape-Athon is new to me. Ironically, "after my time" rather than before my time. Hah!
	1:30pm Mr Fab: Attention K-Mart shoppers! Spent a good deal of my childhood being dragged thru these polyester aisles by Mama Fab.
	1:31pm Miss Mei: ↳ WR @1:27 The oldest Tape-a-Thon media online is from Dec '74.
	1:31pm Mr Fab: At the time, I never gave any thought to the music, but now I find it quite lovely.
	1:33pm MHLee: We had a Kmart I have vague memories of existing
	1:33pm Krys O.: We had Caldor's and Korvette's in my hometown in Westchester County, NY in the 60s and 70s. Caldor's was the "Bloomingdale's of discounting" en.wikipedia.org...
	👻 1:37pm WR: Seems that Tape-Athon was around since the 50s. reel-reel.com...
	👻 1:39pm WR: some good detail: microchop.substack.com...
	1:40pm Mr Fab: ↳ Krys O. @1:33 looks like Caldor had 145 stores, and 22,000 employees. How do these places go out of business? Like K-mart, who are almost extinct now, but used to be all over.
	1:41pm Miss Mei: I got a leather jacket from Kmart that I gave to my GF. I miss Kmart, it was the place to be
	1:42pm MHLee: Classical Gas is so good
	1:44pm MHLee: We are grooving now
	1:44pm Mr Fab: Well, my sweet lord, if it ain't George Harrison's "What is Life."
	👻 1:50pm WR: Lots of Tape-Athon ephemera via a recorded sound museum: museumofmagneticsoundrecording.org... Surprised I didn't become aware of them during my 1970s life in radio and retail music biz.
	1:52pm Mr Fab: That announcer sounded like some random guy. Like, they grabbed the security guard and said, "Here, read this."
	1:53pm Mr Fab: What IS this tune?
	1:53pm Krys O.: ↳ Mr Fab @1:40 The answer at the time had to be Walmart.
	1:54pm Mr Fab: ↳ Krys O. @1:53 Oooh, yeah...
	👻 1:54pm WR: ↳ Mr Fab @1:53 Something from the back of my brain says "Summer of '42" Now will look to see if I can find a same.
	1:55pm Mr Fab: ↳ WR @1:54 Could be. Listening thru headphones, so I couldn't shazam.
	👻 1:58pm WR: ↳ Mr Fab @1:55 Quick listen to theme of "Summer of '42" theme (by Michel Legrand) and think I'm wrong. But there was some well known theme floating in there for a bit.
	1:59pm MHLee: I wonderwho much muzak has decreased in profits in the last couple decades
	2:01pm Mr Fab: ↳ MHLee @1:59 Maybe they moved into the lucrative hit-pop-song in-store music trend...
	2:04pm Krys O.: The songlist: archive.org...
	👻 2:07pm WR: ↳ Krys O. @2:04 Thank you! Krys!
	2:09pm Miss Georgia Peach: This is amazing
	2:11pm MHLee: Diamonds Are Forever might have been the theme
	2:14pm Mr Fab: So the best time to go shopping would have been the end of the month, when the tape was all warped from constant play and sounding kinda trippy.
	2:14pm Krys O.: When I was a bank teller in college during the early 80s, we had Muzak throughout our workday. The tempo started slowly during the morning and increased through the afternoon. It was the aural equivalent of No-Doz.
	👻 2:20pm WR: Catch you folks later, gotta go vote.
	2:21pm Krys O.: Take care, WR!
	2:21pm Otis: I do miss the 80s piped-in sounds. Today in the shops it's just top40 and throwbacks. Reminds me listening to this to read Joseph Lanza's Elevator Music book again.
	2:21pm Otis: Cheers WR!
	👻 2:26pm WR: Will be listening but writing my thanks, Miss Mei, for re-opening us to the sounds of shopping yesteryears.
	2:26pm Krys O.: ↳ Otis @2:21 Ooh, need that. I recall an extensive history on Beautiful Music stations online, but I haven't been able to locate it again.
	2:27pm Krys O.: Having said that, I think I just found it: www.percyfaith.info...
	2:28pm Mr Fab: ↳ Krys O. @2:27 Wow! Quite the in-depth examination. And that's only part 1.
	2:29pm Otis: ↳ Krys O. @2:26 Fantastic book and I am on my 3rd copy. Passed previous ones to friends over the years. Pulled it out and it will go well while playing Mauriat and Faith.
	2:29pm Otis: ↳ Krys O. @2:27 Fantastic!
	2:30pm Otis: Xanadu Muzak!
	2:35pm Mr Fab: ↳ Otis @2:21 I believe I first heard about that book in a "Twin Peaks" fanzine. Why they were reviewing it, I dunno, but seems appropriate for a book with "Surreal" in the sub-title.
	2:36pm Otis: Darn, was looking for shoulder pads on sale. Maybe next time.
	2:37pm Otis: I wish WFMU had a 5th stream and it was just like this. Beautiful Muzak all day.
	2:39pm MHLee: I used to have a vaporwave radio app where you could select different sorts of ambients
	2:39pm MHLee: Shopping mall music being one of them or some microgenre with a similar name
	2:42pm Otis: ↳ MHLee @2:39 That sounds nice.
	2:43pm Krys O.: HA! Money, Money, Money!
	2:45pm Otis: Last time I was in a K-Mart, late 80s maybe. Probably around the time of this music buying batteries probably or developing film (I recall one in the SF Bay area I could take my film into for processing).
	2:46pm Otis: Thanks Mei, off to get ready for top of the hour. Lovely reel today.
	2:47pm Krys O.: The last time I was in a Kmart was about ten years ago buying a gift for Toys for Tots.
	2:48pm Mr Fab: i wonder if any Muzak programmers ever used Devo's "EZ Listening" album.
	2:49pm Krys O.: ↳ Mr Fab @2:48 That's a great one.
	2:55pm Krys O.: Thanks, Mei!
	2:56pm Miss Mei: Thank you for listening today, all<3
	2:59pm Mr Fab: Thank you for shopping at WFMU!

Music Only I Care About with Miss Mei: Playlist from June 27, 2023

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