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Favoriting October 14, 2023: Broadcasting Live From The WFMU Record Fair!

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Artist Track
Brook Benton  Hit Record   Favoriting
Bull Moose Jackson  Big Ten-Inch Record   Favoriting
Foundations  Build Me Up Buttercup   Favoriting
Free  Alright Now   Favoriting
Outsiders, The  Time Wont Let Me   Favoriting
Selector, The  On My Radio   Favoriting
War  Why Can’t We Be Friends   Favoriting
Lee Michaels  Do You Know What I Mean?   Favoriting
Earl Jean  I’m Into Something Good   Favoriting
Die Doraus Und Die Marinas  Fred From Jupiter   Favoriting
Johnnie Allan  Promised land   Favoriting
Rolling Stones, The  Tumbling Dice   Favoriting
Flash and the Pan  Hey St Peter   Favoriting
Billy Preston  Will It Go Round In Circles   Favoriting
Andy Kim  Rock Me Gently   Favoriting
Todd Rundgren  We Gotta Get You A Woman   Favoriting
Captain & Tennille  Love Will Keep Us Together   Favoriting
ELO  Sweet Talkin Woman   Favoriting
Bo Diddley  You Can’t Judge A Book By The Cover   Favoriting
Looking Glass  Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne   Favoriting
Natalie Cole  This Will Be   Favoriting
Clique, The  Superman   Favoriting
Isley Brothers, The  It's Your Thing   Favoriting
Bram Tchaikovsky  Girl Of My Dreams   Favoriting
Revelons, The  The Way (You Touch My Hand)   Favoriting

CLICK HERE to help Paul find his bass

CLICK HERE for an assortment of Wrecking Crew AFM union contracts

CLICK HERE for 20+ gigabytes of sound effects from the USC Sound Effects Library

CLICK HERE for Armstrong's 1954 catalog, featuring spectacular mid-century linoleum, rug, and wall tile designs

CLICK HERE for The 50 Worst Decisions in Music History

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE for Michael Shelley's appearance on the Finding Favorites podcast where he discusses WFMU, NRBQ, Nancy & road food

CLICK HERE for The Beatles Sorter (1200 choice decision game takes an hour)

CLICK HERE for The Beatles & The Butcher - The Story of The 'Yesterday & Today' Album

CLICK HERE for the Radio & Broadcasting History site with archives of British music mags from the 60's

CLICK HERE for Beatle Novelty Records on YouTube

CLICK HERE for a free download of the book "Our time is now : A farandole of Jonathan Richman songs"

CLICK HERE for The 100 Most Lost Songs of All

CLICK HERE for a million dollar guitar

CLICK HERE for The Herman Cain Award

CLICK HERE for a pricing strategy consultant's look at how much Mike Love pays Brother Records INC. for the right to tour as The Beach Boys

CLICK HERE for five hours of live Stones, well chosen to spotlight Charlie

CLICK HERE to read the lawsuit "Brother Records Inc. vs Jardine"

CLICK HERE for the six part documentary of the making of Elvis Costello's "Spanish Model"

CLICK HERE for Margaret's Granola Recipe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

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

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

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

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

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

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

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

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

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

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

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

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

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

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

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

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

CLICK HERE for a laugh

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

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

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

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

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

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

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

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

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

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for info on The Steve Keene Art Book

CLICK HERE for "Remembering Adam Schlesinger"

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

CLICK HERE to point to your pointer

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to see if you can Spot The Troll

CLICK HERE for the (highly recommended) Chrome Music Lab

CLICK HERE for a short documentary on The Liverbirds

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

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

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

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

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

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

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

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

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for optical illusions

CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

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

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

CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show

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

CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut

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

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

CLICK HERE for a laugh

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

CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin

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

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

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

CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

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

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

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

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

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

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

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

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36am
Handy Haversack:

Well, hey now! I'm leaving here in ten minutes to head to Record Fair. See you there, MS and Number Ones!
Avatar 10:56am
Listener Baby:

Baby. It’s just not fair that I’m not at the Record Fair. Hope it’s a rock show. Good morning everybody!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:00am
Will thee Sound Guy:

Good morning Michael Shelley and all!!!
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:02am
Squints:

ok then.

hey HEY hey now.
  11:02am
ledzeppelinsucks:

Too cloudy in Mount Battle NV .
  11:02am
ShelbyG:

Hi from UK 🇬🇧 wish I could enjoy the fair 1st hand!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:02am
prof.fuzz:

morning y'all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:02am
prof.fuzz:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:36
happy trails!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:03am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...my people were Fair & had Vinyl in their hair...
  11:03am
rx "rexy" scabin:

Good morning, Michael and Everyone.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:04am
Squints:

I want a hit record.

'Cause I "gotta have a home."
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:04am
Will thee Sound Guy:

↳ ShelbyG @11:02
hi ShelbyG, it's been a while... hope all is well across the pond!
  11:05am
ledzeppelinsucks:

I mean Battle Mountain NV .
  11:05am
Mr. Jones:

So dirty
  11:05am
Listener Baby:

Don’t work blue, Baby.
  11:06am
davefromtoronto:

↳ Song: "Big Ten-Inch Record" by "Bull Moose Jackson"
what a clever way to get around whatever that radio censor board is called.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:06am
Will thee Sound Guy:

↳ Song: "Big Ten-Inch Record" by "Bull Moose Jackson"
such a timeless gem 💎
  11:06am
Greg g:

Have a great time at the record fair Handy!! Morning Michael and All!!
  11:07am
Greg g:

Bucci!!!
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WinksFMU:

It's about time someone covered that Aerosmith classic!
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Deano de los Muertos:

B B B B U C C I
  11:07am
Glistener MW:

Happy Record Fair weekend, all! I hope everyone can take a new 10”… home into their record collection.
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luka:

B U C C I
P R O M I S E
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Frank In Queens:

HEY NOW!!! Happy Record Fair Weekend!
  11:10am
Mr. Jones:

↳ Song: "Build Me Up Buttercup" by "Foundations"
You can always build up on a good foundation
  11:11am
davefromtoronto:

↳ Song: "Build Me Up Buttercup" by "Foundations"
that tune always delivers!
  11:12am
ShelbyG:

I listened to this already today. I love Paul Rodgers voice. I need some Bad Company.
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happymaan:

Hey ya Michael and Bucci!
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Will thee Sound Guy:

haven't left yet... still a bunch to do.. we're going down there a bit later to the record fair
  11:13am
ShelbyG:

Hi Will! Life is wonderful overr here. I’m home ♥️
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prof.fuzz:

↳ Song: "Alright Now" by "Free"
"baby itsa all-white cow..."
  11:14am
SeanG:

dat bass
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Will thee Sound Guy:

↳ ShelbyG @11:13
that's awesome, great to hear that you're doing well!
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love2laf:

↳ ShelbyG @11:13
So good to hear, nice to see you on the accu!

Hello record fair, this is as close as I can get to it. Hello accu friends.
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drr:

Let's move, before they raise the parking rates. Ow!
  11:16am
ShelbyG:

@l2l: hiyeeee!
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PerroCaliente:

I LOVE YOU BUCCI
  11:17am
ShelbyG:

BUCCI♥️
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McGroovey:

Mike from Brooklyn!
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McGroovey:

Greetings from a Wegmans parking lot in Webster, NY.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Hello! I must make the trek to the Record Fair one year.
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drr:

It's been so long since I went to a record fair....I think at the last one I attended I caught a cold by shaking hands with Rudy Ray Moore. Worth it, I guess.
  11:19am
ShelbyG:

Time won’t let meeeeeeeeee
  11:20am
Bob:

Happy fair day! Don’t eat too many corn dogs
  11:23am
Marne:

Omg michael... this song. LOVE the Selecter.
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PerroCaliente:

The screaming females version of this tune is also very good!
  11:23am
ShelbyG:

@Marne: 👍🏼
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Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ ShelbyG @11:19
Hi, ShelbyG. Glad to hear you're doing well. Life is good here as well.
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Will thee Sound Guy:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @11:19
You're probably like an hour from me... the knock down center is like 1.5 hours from me... MTA Hudson Line probably is 2 hours from P'ok, then you still need to do subways... we're driving. I hope we can park somewhere close...
  11:25am
ShelbyG:

@Ken 🥳
  11:25am
ledzeppelinsucks:

Can see it at summit west of Battle Mountain. Brake check area.
  11:26am
ShelbyG:

I’m loving this vicariously. I love you, my friends!
  11:29am
ShelbyG:

wink wink 😉
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happymaan:

I was hoping that intro would be played.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Morning all
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Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Will thee Sound Guy @11:25
Yeah, I usually drive to the Croton-Harmon station and take the train from there. Years ago, I had an apartment near the Pough train station and would take the train from there. I'd take a shuttle bus from GCT to the airports and leave my car home while on vacation.
  11:31am
ShelbyG:

Vinyl up & down is lovely 🥰
  11:32am
Cooh John:

Hello Michael and #1ers. Good to see you, ShelbyG.
  11:32am
ShelbyG:

Hi Cooh 👋🏼
  11:33am
rx "rexy" scabin:

@McGroovey the place to be if you cannot be at the Record Fair.
  11:33am
ShelbyG:

I’m drinking booze. Its 4:30 here. Plenty o’ beer.
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Will thee Sound Guy:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @11:30
croton has way more trains... you can catch express trains too
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Joey!:

Mike, some Humble Pie please!!!
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Squints:

Booz (beer) will be later when I'm at the pub watching rugby.
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Hughie Considine:

Somewhere in Queens there's a Leo Sayer album just dying to be taken home.
  11:35am
ShelbyG:

Humble Pie!!! I concur 👍🏼
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Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Will thee Sound Guy @11:34
For sure. North of Croton, the late trains are all locals.
  11:37am
ShelbyG:

@joey: have double album Live at the Filmore - f’n Marriott!
  11:37am
davefromtoronto:

↳ Song: "I’m Into Something Good" by "Earl Jean"
i need booze after that!
  11:39am
ShelbyG:

Ha HA! I love this 😂
  11:39am
Bob:

I suspect food truck cleanliness is better than the average restaurant. Definitely right about the high price
  11:40am
Officer Pupp:

I haven’t heard this in YEARS! (How have I even heard this at all?!)
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Squints:

↳ Song: "Fred From Jupiter" by "Die Doraus Und Die Marinas"
Did he play rock and roll music through the horn in his head?
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "Fred From Jupiter" by "Die Doraus Und Die Marinas"
I have this as "Fred Vom Jupiter"
  11:41am
Ronnie:

SOund Like they Listened to Joe Jackson's Steppin' Out
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Ramona:

Knock Down Center is the promise land 😁
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drr:

yeah! Johnnie Allan! Taxi to the terminal gate!
  11:44am
Barbie:

Anyone know where to park?
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NotARealDoctor:

↳ Song: "Promised land" by "Johnnie Allan"
Norfolk, VA mentioned! I've been summoned!
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Ramona:

Singles Going Steady and a live remote! ❤️❤️❤️
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PatrickMC:

The deuce is still wild
  11:47am
tonyb:

Charlie sounds good in Mono.
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PerroCaliente:

BUCCIIIIII
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Squints:

↳ tonyb @11:47
Charlie's good every which way.
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Squints:

Yeah, Bucci.

Law Of Conservation of Ahhhs (Rs) at work. All dropped Rs must reappear someplace else.
  11:50am
Layet Johnson:

Go Bucci!! Working all night and all morning.
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nycmusicnerd:

Greetings fellow nerds...and congratulations to anyone who was actually able to get to the Record Fair. I was foiled by the MTA. L train isn't running. The ENTIRE weekend.
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Ramona:

↳ Barbie @11:44
The Knock Down center website says there is plenty of street parking in the neighborhood. I'm guessing that's not the case?
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Ramona:

↳ nycmusicnerd @11:50
Thank you for that fyi!!!
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Hughie Considine:

I don't believe I've ever heard Sun Ra on the Shelley show.
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nycmusicnerd:

↳ Ramona @11:51
*sigh* Yeah I found out the hard way. Got all the way to 14th & 8th on the C train. Then I saw everything taped off. Then I saw the signs.
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PatrickMC:

BQE a disaster today. Beware
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prof.fuzz:

↳ nycmusicnerd @11:53
damn...
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Bob Barth:

Mike you got to cue up "sad trumpet" when bucci hits a clunker
  11:56am
tonyb:

Joe McGasko: You holding it down @ the WFMU merch table?
  11:56am
Scott Williams:

L train is running, just not from 8th Ave or 6th Ave. Catch it from Union Sq and points east
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nycmusicnerd:

↳ prof.fuzz @11:54
At the moment I'm sitting in a pastry shop nursing my sorrows with a chocolate croissant. In about 5 minutes I will make my way to Village Revival Records, where hopefully Jamal will have the cure for my FOMO.
  11:58am
Eric the Hat:

Ahahahaha! “If you wanna drink, you don’t even have to look at any of these records.”
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nycmusicnerd:

↳ Scott Williams @11:56
Too late. By the time I get there it'll be time to turn around and go home.
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WinksFMU:

↳ Song: "Hey St Peter" by "Flash and the Pan"
Would sit in my college dorm room with friends listening to this Aussie band. Great album.
  12:03pm
clarke:

howdy folks..
hey nowww.
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Squints:

↳ clarke @12:03
clahhhkeeeeeeee.
  12:04pm
clarke:

GGSq
  12:04pm
Bob:

↳ clarke @12:03
Hey Clarke. I shared your Replacements story with several people this week. Delight all around
  12:04pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

@clarke good afternoon. Is the eclipse visible from where you are?
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Squints:

So many of these songs are getting added as they play to the beach day playlist for next August's bike trip.
  12:04pm
clarke:

↳ Bob @12:04
there is probably more, ha ha.
  12:05pm
clarke:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @12:04
cloudy in new orleans.
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prof.fuzz:

the solar eclipse is starting here!
  12:06pm
Bob:

The only time I saw Billy do that song was when he was in the Band briefly. That was weird.
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PatrickMC:

Andy Kimm!
  12:06pm
clarke:

the calls are coming from inside the house!!
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prof.fuzz:

↳ clarke @12:06
collect call from little miss solar eclipse...
  12:07pm
clarke:

↳ prof.fuzz @12:06
i refuse charges.
  12:07pm
clarke:

i won the Rocktobah, tho.
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prof.fuzz:

↳ clarke @12:07
good call. she's a bad trip.
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PatrickMC:

↳ Song: "Rock Me Gently" by "Andy Kim"
More clavinet
  12:08pm
Cooh John:

Nice selection of #1 hits. Takes me back to when I listened on my portable AM transistor radio.
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_Ike_:

↳ Song: "Rock Me Gently" by "Andy Kim"
The representative who’s running against Menendez for Senate?!
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PerroCaliente:

COBRA CLUBBB
  12:10pm
clarke:

wonder what the nearest L stop is for me? canal street??
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KevinfromBayRidge:

↳ nycmusicnerd @11:58
Hello NYCMN and all. I'd love to attempt the journey but the transit gods have conspired to make the trip an odyssey.
  12:11pm
clarke:

rock us gently, MS!!
  12:12pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "We Gotta Get You A Woman" by "Todd Rundgren"
very top shelf, rightcheer.
  12:12pm
adam:

my mom liked Chauncey Howell because he would break out the Yiddish once in a while
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Ken From Hyde Park:

MTA official statement on the L train: new.mta.info...
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_Ike_:

↳ KevinfromBayRidge @12:11
From Bay Ridge, it should be easy! Last I checked, the R train is running EXPRESS across the bridge to Manhattan all weekend! Then grab the L at Union Sq.!
  12:14pm
Wanda:

Todd!! Went to my high school! XO
  12:14pm
clarke:

they may be stupid
but they sure are fun
  12:15pm
Billybob:

I wish I still collected records. EJ Korvettes, the Englishtown flea market, Reckless Records and Amoeba in SF...that was one of my fave hobbies back in the 70s, 80s, 90s
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KevinfromBayRidge:

↳ _Ike_ @12:13
thanks.
  12:15pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

Mic
  12:16pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

Nope.
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PatrickMC:

↳ Song: "Love Will Keep Us Together" by "Captain & Tennille"
You're really hitting that musicradio77 sweet spot today
  12:17pm
clarke:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @12:15
the "sun" just came out here.. well, the clouds are broken.
  12:17pm
davefromtoronto:

michael i hope you didn't forget to bring your 45 of "Love Me Two Times"
  12:17pm
Mr. Jones:

↳ Song: "Love Will Keep Us Together" by "Captain & Tennille"
Tennille ultimately mutineed
  12:18pm
clarke:

the cap'n went down with the ship
  12:18pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

@clarke good. It is like night here.
  12:18pm
clarke:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @12:18
wow!
  12:20pm
Mr. Jones:

Unpeeled butcher is also called "2nd state"
  12:20pm
clarke:

greatest hits -- NOT an album!
  12:21pm
Glistener MW:

I refer to any LP not bearing John Peel’s signature as “unPeel’d”.
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Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @12:20
But it's SIGNED!
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prof.fuzz:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:21
"vandalized"
  12:21pm
Bob:

I tried listening to that artists united against apartheid album recently. It might be worse than apartheid
  12:21pm
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:21
by hank aaron!
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Joe B:

Jimmy Nichols was the fillin drummer
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Hughie Considine:

↳ clarke @12:21
I'd buy that for a dollar.
  12:22pm
clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:22
yessir!
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Hughie Considine:

Billy Nichols LP is a total gem and a must-have for the discerning vinyl maniac.
  12:23pm
Glistener MW:

The soundboard says: “BUCCINADAS”.
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Hughie Considine:

Wow, a kinder, gentler G.G. Allin ...
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McGroovey:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @12:18
I'm in Rochester, going to see New Math & 1.4.5 tonight. Are you?
  12:24pm
clarke:

↳ McGroovey @12:24
oh roooochesterrrr!!~
  12:25pm
clarke:

Knocktobah
  12:25pm
dana:

Love ELO
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Why's it called the Knockdown center?
  12:26pm
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:26
we could tell you...
  12:26pm
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Haha! Record fair washout.
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Bob Barth:

↳ Song: "Sweet Talkin Woman" by "ELO"
One of my ABSOLUTELY favorite bands of all time!!
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Squints:

↳ Song: "Sweet Talkin Woman" by "ELO"
I wish the sound on A New World Record was as punchy as on Out Of The Blue.
  12:27pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

@McGroovey I am not. Too many unfond memories. They used to put on a very good show, forty-five years ago. Make sure you pogo upfront for the full effect.
  12:27pm
ledzeppelinsucks:

Saw a clear onubstructed ring in Humboldt NV .
  12:27pm
Mr. Jones:

↳ Song: "Sweet Talkin Woman" by "ELO"
Insufficient dater?
  12:28pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

@ledzeppelinsucks excellent.
  12:28pm
clarke:

↳ Squints @12:27
i know!! but also, the sound off of a single just jumps out, sometimes!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @12:26
Oh no
  12:28pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

@clarke because of gloomy clouds.
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PatrickMC:

↳ Squints @12:27
1st LP I ever bought
  12:29pm
clarke:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @12:28
ah. the clouds have parted.
  12:29pm
Billybob:

It's nice hearing old top 40 stuff on FMU once in awhile
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McGroovey:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @12:27
Oh, I bet most of the audience will be over 55, so I'm not too worried. But I hear Abilene is a small place, so I hope that's not annoying. Never been there before.
  12:30pm
?:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knockdown_Center

“Named the Manhattan Door Factory, this company invented the "knock-down frame," a kind of door which allows contractors to build walls first and then install doors later.”
  12:31pm
?:

It is named for the Knock-Down door frame that was invented here in 1956 by Samuel Sklar and remains an industry standard to this day. The frame could be shipped in pieces — or “knocked down” — and installed into existing walls, revolutionizing the speed and efficiency of building construction.
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Joe B:

↳ Song: a song
Rutgers University's own!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Nice!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: a song
B-Side?
  12:32pm
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:32
now they have to kill you.
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PerroCaliente:

RU RAH RAH
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drr:

↳ Squints @12:27
Lifelong ELO fan (though I decided for a long time they were just a childhood thing, so it was great to listen to them again with new ears).
I *just* got a copy of "Time" and I can't believe I haven't even heard these songs! Would be worth it just for "Yours Truly, 2095".
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:32
Oh wait, this was an A-side, wasn't it? I didn't recognize it until the chorus.
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Joe B:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:32
no this was an a side. follow up to brandy, made the top 40
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @12:32
That's fine. I'm tired.
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Bob Barth:

↳ Song: a song
This just bleeds 70's. love it
  12:35pm
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:34
hey did you already go to kansas city?? how was yer bday??
  12:35pm
kym:

How did I get so far in life thinking this was a Josie Cotton original?!
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drr:

↳ clarke @12:35
importantly: did you get a crazy little woman?
  12:36pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:36
i DID.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @12:35
November. Still hoping for a crazy little woman
  12:37pm
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:36
then you're not tired yet!!
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Jimmy Wipper:

Mrs. Wipper: "Best Michael Shelley show ever!"
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drr:

↳ clarke @12:36
eclipse is happening!
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PatrickMC:

This totally tops Rex's yacht rock show
  12:40pm
clarke:

hmm.. the sunlight is paling. the lights are getting dim.
  12:40pm
Daybreak!:

I'll track you down
Even if you go 1,000,000 miles away.
The only way that's not creepy as if Tommy Lee Jones is saying it in the Fugitive.
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Bob Barth:

sexy
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PerroCaliente:

tasty!
  12:42pm
clarke:

↳ drr @12:38
went outside, but it just looks like a sunny day, now.
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Squints:

↳ Daybreak! @12:40
Don't get me started on Raspberries songs. Heh.
  12:43pm
clarke:

Appetite For Bucci.
  12:43pm
?:

chinese democracy is the best record of a generation
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PerroCaliente:

AW
  12:44pm
?:

100% MEN, BABY; MEN, MEN, MEN, MEN
  12:44pm
clarke:

ha ha ha what generation tho?
  12:45pm
?:

generation xxx
  12:45pm
clarke:

baby?... BABY!!!!!
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Squints:

↳ @12:45
"Where can I find 'White Lightning' by George Jones?"
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listener phat in Lincoln:

I am tired, though.
  12:46pm
clarke:

↳ Squints @12:46
in my record stacks.
  12:46pm
dday:

↳ @12:43
they finally finished that?
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Hughie Considine:

Michael, these bartenders are experts. They know exactly how many limes they'll need. Trust in them.
  12:47pm
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:46
are you quoting Chinatown?? nice!
  12:47pm
clarke:

↳ dday @12:46
NO!!
  12:48pm
dday:

↳ clarke @12:47
hee hee..things take time
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PatrickMC:

↳ Song: "It's Your Thing" by "Isley Brothers, The"
RIP Rudolph
  12:49pm
clarke:

↳ clarke @12:47
Mrs. Mulray.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Also, looks like I'll be in New Orleans first week of December.
  12:49pm
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:49
rockin' good news!!!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @12:49
Yes!
  12:50pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

@McGroovey there is a song in their show where you are supposed to throw money at them.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Charlotte in November, possibly, too.
  12:51pm
clarke:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:50
as of right now - i should be here.
  12:51pm
Records for Sale:

Bucci!
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Hubig Pie:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:47
Cuz they dialed 1-800-BAR-TEND and went to bar tending university.
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Hughie Considine:

I'm pretty sure Dave the Spazz spun some Della Reese recently. Dellaaaaaaa!!!!!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

This is good
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Oh no!
  12:52pm
clarke:

↳ Hubig Pie @12:51
wearin my hubig shirt, brah.
  12:52pm
clarke:

that skip was actually awesome!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ clarke @12:51
I'll keep you posted.
  12:52pm
clarke:

↳ Song: "Girl Of My Dreams" by "Bram Tchaikovsky"
yes, o sure!!
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Hubig Pie @12:51
It's the only credential you really need to tend bar.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Girl Of My Dreams" by "Bram Tchaikovsky"
The harmonies on the verses of this song are so goddamn good.
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Don Gorden:

Yo Mike , the funny thing about todays show is that all the tunes you played , were main stream radio when I was a kid , and I dig it
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clarke:

↳ Don Gorden @12:53
not bo diddley.
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McGroovey:

↳ clarke @12:44
You beat me to it. Yay was supposed to be my line.
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dday:

↳ clarke @12:52
funny how if you have vinyl that skips in a spot & you've listened to it repeatedly, when you hear it without the skip it sounds wrong
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dave wuz here:

loving these "carnival hits" now i want fried dough
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "Girl Of My Dreams" by "Bram Tchaikovsky"
I love this era of chiming melodic, slightly new wave informed pop ...
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McGroovey:

↳ McGroovey @12:54
*that was...
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clarke:

↳ dday @12:54
when i was drumming to records as a yout, i sometimes learned around the skips.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

"She didn't say nothing
But she looked pretty good to me" those second halves of the verses, specifically.
  12:55pm
clarke:

↳ McGroovey @12:54
YAY!!!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:54
Yes
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rx "rexy" scabin:

I saw them open for the Cars. Very good.
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dday:

↳ clarke @12:54
as a yung yute ? :) The advantage of not reading music. improvising around things including one's own mistakes
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clarke:

↳ dday @12:56
sometimes, my kick drum would make the records skip, too.
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clarke:

↳ Song: "The Way (You Touch My Hand)" by "Revelons, The"
THIS!!!!!
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Hughie Considine:

↳ Song: "The Way (You Touch My Hand)" by "Revelons, The"
First heard the cover of this by the Nomads on Bill Kelly's Sunday afternoon show full of "mindless teenage brain rot" -- and it was good.
  12:58pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

Good bye, Michael and Everyone. I am off to meet with a contractor. The phrase "good money after bad" keeps coming to mind.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:57
The only time any of my bands have been played on WFMU was Bill Kelly. Still miss that show.
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clarke:

↳ Hughie Considine @12:57
that nomads cover is one of the only ones i might say is better than original?? close call, tho.
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clarke:

↳ rx "rexy" scabin @12:58
l84 duuude!
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Hughie Considine:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:59
Awesome. He opened my eyes to many cool bands.
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clarke:

anyone get the feeling you been knocked down... good nite.
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DjLorraine:

BbbUCCI!!!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Have fun everyone!
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McGroovey:

↳ dday @12:54
My copy of A Wizard/A True Star (bought used in the early eighties, when it was impossible to find new) had a skip right at the beginning of Rock'N'Roll Pussy, and I didn't know it was a skip. I just thought it was one of Todd's not-infrequent sloppy edits.

Then, one day, like 5 years later, I played it and there was a pop, and suddenly 20 seconds of music I'd never heard before. With each subsequent play, the pop got quieter.
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dday:

↳ McGroovey @1:00
I sold my vinyl a few years back to Spike Priggen. I had a copy of AWATS, in great shape, original die cut cover, & Patti Smith "Star" band-aid poem included
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McGroovey:

↳ dday @1:02
My copy is missing the Patti Smith strip :-(
  1:04pm
clarke:

the chat is still on... what gives?? ..why i oughtta...
  1:05pm
dday:

↳ McGroovey @1:04
Only thing missing was the return postcard which i sent in so my name resides somewhere amoung thousands on the Todd poster included in the Todd double P that followed AWATS
  1:06pm
clarke:

↳ dday @1:05
that would be Between The Bars??
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clarke:

put a candle in the window.. THERE'S AN ECLIPSE!!
  1:09pm
clarke:

a total eclipse of the MIND!!
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dday:

↳ clarke @1:06
No. The postcard thing was in AWATS & the poster was included in the Todd "Todd" LP that had a photo one side with some lyrics & a gray scale type image of the Todd cover photo made up of all the names from the returned postcards on the other.

Spike got that as well but the I had cut out the photo side for a project. I was maybe 14 at the time
  1:10pm
clarke:

↳ dday @1:09
ahhh Todd. right.
  1:12pm
clarke:

↳ dday @1:09
was/am pals with spike.
  1:13pm
dday:

Link to the poster sides in question:
https://www.pinterest.jp/pin/55028426685941546/
  1:15pm
dday:

↳ clarke @1:12
Sold my collection to him after my heart attack in 2017.

fair price.

I think they reside in his "outlet" location. An antiques store in Coxscakie,NY
  1:16pm
clarke:

↳ dday @1:15
yipes on the heart troubles!! glad yer here - with records or without!
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dday:

↳ clarke @1:16
Thanks :)
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clarke:

↳ dday @1:15
i decided to let a younger friend of mine "curate" my record collection. i have acces, etc, and he loves having the vinyl. it's been working out great!!
  1:18pm
clarke:

↳ clarke @1:18
i keep about a hundred records at my little pad.
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