WFMU: Music Only I Care About with Miss Mei: Playlist from June 18, 2024

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	1:02pm Mr Fab: Attention, K-Mart shoppers...
	1:03pm WR: Pausing my online shopping to connect to the stream. Elegance? Charming.
	1:03pm David The Splatter: ↳ Mr Fab @1:02 Which way to Layaway?
	1:07pm Mr Fab: The shelves are empty, the store went out of business years ago. You just walk - or waltz? - down the aisles.
	1:07pm Mr Fab: ↳ David The Splatter @1:03 Feel free to get down on the floor and lay away wherever you like
	1:07pm wenzo: 👍
	1:09pm WR: Stating specifically that I will not go down a rabbit hole of finding out more about that 3M cartridge format. I won't. I can't, need to pay bills, review medical charges pending, decide if I am going to the concert tonight or watch it online. I... I... Maybe I should lay over here.
	1:10pm Mr Fab: ↳ WR @1:09 Too late! en.wikipedia.org... 24 hours on one cartridge - that's a helluva mixtape.
	1:10pm Herb: 👋👋👋
	1:12pm David The Splatter: Whoopsie, fell down the rabbit hole... wfmu.org...
	1:12pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:10 some of the largest cartridges ever !
	1:12pm Herb: ↳ David The Splatter @1:03 I never really understood layaway. I worked at Kmart and they had a layaway dept. Why not just wait until you had the $$ - then buy?
	1:15pm Mr Fab: ↳ Herb @1:12 So you can have it NOW! That gerbil from the pet dept, those Hush Puppy shoes, that shiny polyester shirt can be yours TODAY!
	1:15pm David The Splatter: ↳ Herb @1:12 It's like, "buy now, pay later", except you don't get it until you've paid for it all. If you wait until you have all the money, that couch or that washer/dryer might be sold out.
	1:17pm David The Splatter: ↳ Mr Fab @1:15 Considering they don't let you have the pet gerbil until it's paid off, I don't want to know what condition he's in after a few months.
	1:18pm Herb: ↳ David The Splatter @1:15 So basically you're leaving a deposit. But everything there was in mass stock except for maybe a rare occasion or you wanted a shirt they had in XXXXL.
	1:19pm David The Splatter: ↳ Herb @1:18 Yeah. Some families (like mine) couldn't afford the whole thing in one go.
	1:20pm WR: ↳ Mr Fab @1:10 Thanks for doing the digging.
	1:21pm Herb: ↳ David The Splatter @1:19 I wonder how long they'd hold stuff. In mine I don't think it was even a option. I heard a lot of "NO" as a kid.
	1:21pm Mr Fab: Ah, I thought the point was you could get it right away. But OK, when next season's fashions come in, you can still get that shirt with the giant wingspan collar that had been removed. It will be waiting for you.
	1:22pm Miss Mei: The only thing the Cantata tapes are missing are the in-between ads talking about Martha Stewart's product line.
	1:22pm Miss Mei: Speaking of Martha Stewart, my brother works in film and TV and has done work with her - she is very unpleasant to work with.
	1:23pm Herb: ↳ David The Splatter @1:19 I could see where it would come in handy with items in demand.
	1:23pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @1:22 That's what happens when you're friends with Snoop Dogg - she's keepin it gangsta.
	1:24pm Miss Mei: Someone as chill and laid back as Snoop palling around with Martha Stewart is so funny to me. She was very grumpy and not personable at all.
	1:25pm David The Splatter: ↳ Herb @1:21 6 months, I think, but this was in the 80s. I worked a brief stint at Kmart in '98 and layaway was nothing as I remember it.
	1:25pm Miss Mei: She got annoyed at my brother for adjusting her microphone, which is literally part of his job.
	1:25pm Herb: ↳ Miss Mei @1:22 I see where Martha has a wine called 19 crimes. Ha!
	1:26pm Herb: ↳ David The Splatter @1:25 I worked there in HS. 82-83
	1:28pm David The Splatter: ↳ Herb @1:26 It must vary by store, then. I can only go by hazy memory.
	1:29pm Miss Mei: Fun fact, K-Mart is alive and well in Australia. But it's technically a different company. They still use one of K-Mart's early logos (pre 1990s if I recall)
	1:32pm David The Splatter: ↳ Miss Mei @1:29 Yep... en.wikipedia.org...
	1:35pm Miss Mei: ↳ David The Splatter @1:32 One of my close friends (and eventual musical collaborator hopefully) lives in Australia and was shocked to hear how poorly Kmart is in the US.
	1:37pm Herb: ↳ Miss Mei @1:35 I think our old local Kmart is now an Amazon distribution center
	1:39pm David The Splatter: ↳ Miss Mei @1:35 The Kmart near where I live was parceled after it closed. Part of it is a trampoline park and the other half is an Ollie's Discount.
	1:41pm David The Splatter: ↳ David The Splatter @1:39 It's a like a whole, "Where Are They Now?", but for old Kmarts.
	1:52pm Mr Fab: the low-fi sound makes it all the more dreamy. Elegance, indeed! I float down the aisle, gracefully spinning as I hold aloft my newly-discovered treasure: the exact kind of fabric softener I need in my suburban paradise.
	1:53pm WR: Several youtube vid playing some of the cartridges. Found this 8 minute one that focuses on how the 3M Contata works. youtu.be...
	2:01pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:52 For enhanced experience, listen while walking around a store.
	2:10pm David The Splatter: ↳ WR @1:53 Wow! I didn't realize how big those cartridges were until I saw them in that guy's hand.
	2:15pm David The Splatter: ↳ Miss Mei @2:01 It can be any store, right? Not just Kmart, but Woolworth's or Ames or Montgomery Ward?
	2:16pm Mr Fab: ↳ David The Splatter @2:15 I bet they play this music in the tea rooms of department stores when they have their fashion shows.
	2:17pm WR: ↳ Mr Fab @1:52 low-fi, yes, surely the 1-7/8 IPS combined with really how often did someone clean the playback tape head made for floating and wowing (or as you put it, dreamy) sounds.
	2:20pm Miss Mei: ↳ David The Splatter @2:15 Aaah, I remember using Woolworths brand crayons when I was a small child. Woolworths went out of business when I was about 3 years old though.
	2:33pm WR: ↳ Miss Mei @2:20 There are related in name only Woolworth chains in Australia and South Africa. In Europe, a German subsidiary that spun off in 1998, after US stores closing in 1997, still active.
	2:40pm Mr Fab: Woolworths closed that long ago?! Dang, I remember buying crates I wanted to use to keep records in. Cheap plastic that broke easily. But I recall they had a lunch counter. I discovered last year that a Bloomingdales that I had never been to even tho I've lived near it for 12 years has a nice little restaurant. And plenty of customers. Bringing classy back!
	2:40pm David The Splatter: ↳ WR @2:33 Now I'm trying to look up old department store chains that might still be alive in Europe or somewhere outside the States.
	2:41pm Herb: ↳ David The Splatter @2:40 Zodys, Fedco, Gemco? Probably not.
	2:42pm David The Splatter: ↳ Mr Fab @2:40 I remember they closed up the Harvest House restaurants at the end of the 80s (again, I think), but the last Woolworth I went to was at a mall around 1996, 97, maybe.
	2:43pm Herb: ↳ Mr Fab @2:40 There was also Woolco which may have been a regional Woolworths.
	2:58pm David The Splatter: This has been wonderful. I've got the episode clicky-starred, I want to play this again over the weekend while I clear out a few crates of personal stuff. Thanks again, Miss Mei!
	3:00pm Miss Mei: thanks all!
	3:00pm Herbie: 👋👋👋
	3:01pm Mr Fab: Much thx, Miss mei! there will be a blue-light special on crazy rock n roll, so stay tuned for herbie.
	5:52am laurapanic: looking at the archive....I have Kmart and Woolworths and love them both.

Music Only I Care About with Miss Mei: Playlist from June 18, 2024

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June 18, 2024: 3M Cantata Chillout Hour +1

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
3M Orchestra	Elegance, Track 2 "Elegance, Track 2" by "3M Orchestra"	Elegance EL236	3M	197X	Other

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Listener comments!
	1:02pm Mr Fab: Attention, K-Mart shoppers...
	1:03pm WR: Pausing my online shopping to connect to the stream. Elegance? Charming.
	1:03pm David The Splatter: ↳ Mr Fab @1:02 Which way to Layaway?
	1:07pm Mr Fab: The shelves are empty, the store went out of business years ago. You just walk - or waltz? - down the aisles.
	1:07pm Mr Fab: ↳ David The Splatter @1:03 Feel free to get down on the floor and lay away wherever you like
	1:07pm wenzo: 👍
	1:09pm WR: Stating specifically that I will not go down a rabbit hole of finding out more about that 3M cartridge format. I won't. I can't, need to pay bills, review medical charges pending, decide if I am going to the concert tonight or watch it online. I... I... Maybe I should lay over here.
	1:10pm Mr Fab: ↳ WR @1:09 Too late! en.wikipedia.org... 24 hours on one cartridge - that's a helluva mixtape.
	1:10pm Herb: 👋👋👋
	1:12pm David The Splatter: Whoopsie, fell down the rabbit hole... wfmu.org...
	1:12pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:10 some of the largest cartridges ever !
	1:12pm Herb: ↳ David The Splatter @1:03 I never really understood layaway. I worked at Kmart and they had a layaway dept. Why not just wait until you had the $$ - then buy?
	1:15pm Mr Fab: ↳ Herb @1:12 So you can have it NOW! That gerbil from the pet dept, those Hush Puppy shoes, that shiny polyester shirt can be yours TODAY!
	1:15pm David The Splatter: ↳ Herb @1:12 It's like, "buy now, pay later", except you don't get it until you've paid for it all. If you wait until you have all the money, that couch or that washer/dryer might be sold out.
	1:17pm David The Splatter: ↳ Mr Fab @1:15 Considering they don't let you have the pet gerbil until it's paid off, I don't want to know what condition he's in after a few months.
	1:18pm Herb: ↳ David The Splatter @1:15 So basically you're leaving a deposit. But everything there was in mass stock except for maybe a rare occasion or you wanted a shirt they had in XXXXL.
	1:19pm David The Splatter: ↳ Herb @1:18 Yeah. Some families (like mine) couldn't afford the whole thing in one go.
	1:20pm WR: ↳ Mr Fab @1:10 Thanks for doing the digging.
	1:21pm Herb: ↳ David The Splatter @1:19 I wonder how long they'd hold stuff. In mine I don't think it was even a option. I heard a lot of "NO" as a kid.
	1:21pm Mr Fab: Ah, I thought the point was you could get it right away. But OK, when next season's fashions come in, you can still get that shirt with the giant wingspan collar that had been removed. It will be waiting for you.
	1:22pm Miss Mei: The only thing the Cantata tapes are missing are the in-between ads talking about Martha Stewart's product line.
	1:22pm Miss Mei: Speaking of Martha Stewart, my brother works in film and TV and has done work with her - she is very unpleasant to work with.
	1:23pm Herb: ↳ David The Splatter @1:19 I could see where it would come in handy with items in demand.
	1:23pm Mr Fab: ↳ Miss Mei @1:22 That's what happens when you're friends with Snoop Dogg - she's keepin it gangsta.
	1:24pm Miss Mei: Someone as chill and laid back as Snoop palling around with Martha Stewart is so funny to me. She was very grumpy and not personable at all.
	1:25pm David The Splatter: ↳ Herb @1:21 6 months, I think, but this was in the 80s. I worked a brief stint at Kmart in '98 and layaway was nothing as I remember it.
	1:25pm Miss Mei: She got annoyed at my brother for adjusting her microphone, which is literally part of his job.
	1:25pm Herb: ↳ Miss Mei @1:22 I see where Martha has a wine called 19 crimes. Ha!
	1:26pm Herb: ↳ David The Splatter @1:25 I worked there in HS. 82-83
	1:28pm David The Splatter: ↳ Herb @1:26 It must vary by store, then. I can only go by hazy memory.
	1:29pm Miss Mei: Fun fact, K-Mart is alive and well in Australia. But it's technically a different company. They still use one of K-Mart's early logos (pre 1990s if I recall)
	1:32pm David The Splatter: ↳ Miss Mei @1:29 Yep... en.wikipedia.org...
	1:35pm Miss Mei: ↳ David The Splatter @1:32 One of my close friends (and eventual musical collaborator hopefully) lives in Australia and was shocked to hear how poorly Kmart is in the US.
	1:37pm Herb: ↳ Miss Mei @1:35 I think our old local Kmart is now an Amazon distribution center
	1:39pm David The Splatter: ↳ Miss Mei @1:35 The Kmart near where I live was parceled after it closed. Part of it is a trampoline park and the other half is an Ollie's Discount.
	1:41pm David The Splatter: ↳ David The Splatter @1:39 It's a like a whole, "Where Are They Now?", but for old Kmarts.
	1:52pm Mr Fab: the low-fi sound makes it all the more dreamy. Elegance, indeed! I float down the aisle, gracefully spinning as I hold aloft my newly-discovered treasure: the exact kind of fabric softener I need in my suburban paradise.
	1:53pm WR: Several youtube vid playing some of the cartridges. Found this 8 minute one that focuses on how the 3M Contata works. youtu.be...
	2:01pm Miss Mei: ↳ Mr Fab @1:52 For enhanced experience, listen while walking around a store.
	2:10pm David The Splatter: ↳ WR @1:53 Wow! I didn't realize how big those cartridges were until I saw them in that guy's hand.
	2:15pm David The Splatter: ↳ Miss Mei @2:01 It can be any store, right? Not just Kmart, but Woolworth's or Ames or Montgomery Ward?
	2:16pm Mr Fab: ↳ David The Splatter @2:15 I bet they play this music in the tea rooms of department stores when they have their fashion shows.
	2:17pm WR: ↳ Mr Fab @1:52 low-fi, yes, surely the 1-7/8 IPS combined with really how often did someone clean the playback tape head made for floating and wowing (or as you put it, dreamy) sounds.
	2:20pm Miss Mei: ↳ David The Splatter @2:15 Aaah, I remember using Woolworths brand crayons when I was a small child. Woolworths went out of business when I was about 3 years old though.
	2:33pm WR: ↳ Miss Mei @2:20 There are related in name only Woolworth chains in Australia and South Africa. In Europe, a German subsidiary that spun off in 1998, after US stores closing in 1997, still active.
	2:40pm Mr Fab: Woolworths closed that long ago?! Dang, I remember buying crates I wanted to use to keep records in. Cheap plastic that broke easily. But I recall they had a lunch counter. I discovered last year that a Bloomingdales that I had never been to even tho I've lived near it for 12 years has a nice little restaurant. And plenty of customers. Bringing classy back!
	2:40pm David The Splatter: ↳ WR @2:33 Now I'm trying to look up old department store chains that might still be alive in Europe or somewhere outside the States.
	2:41pm Herb: ↳ David The Splatter @2:40 Zodys, Fedco, Gemco? Probably not.
	2:42pm David The Splatter: ↳ Mr Fab @2:40 I remember they closed up the Harvest House restaurants at the end of the 80s (again, I think), but the last Woolworth I went to was at a mall around 1996, 97, maybe.
	2:43pm Herb: ↳ Mr Fab @2:40 There was also Woolco which may have been a regional Woolworths.
	2:58pm David The Splatter: This has been wonderful. I've got the episode clicky-starred, I want to play this again over the weekend while I clear out a few crates of personal stuff. Thanks again, Miss Mei!
	3:00pm Miss Mei: thanks all!
	3:00pm Herbie: 👋👋👋
	3:01pm Mr Fab: Much thx, Miss mei! there will be a blue-light special on crazy rock n roll, so stay tuned for herbie.
	5:52am laurapanic: looking at the archive....I have Kmart and Woolworths and love them both.

Music Only I Care About with Miss Mei: Playlist from June 18, 2024

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