WFMU: Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael: Playlist from May 22, 2015

Listener comments!
	11:56am Gary: Hola!
	11:59am Alex In Illinois: HI Gary
	11:59am ndbob: afternoon Gary and everyone!
	12:00pm Stevel: I've got your Hinky and will raise you 2.5 Dinkys. Your move.
	12:00pm Doug Schulkind: Classify! Classify!
	12:01pm Jeff Golick: Wait, there was homework?
	12:01pm SeanG: Let's do this
	12:01pm Dean: Are you kidding me? This show was almost a year ago?
	12:02pm Webhamster Henry: Uncle Michael is the Loss Leader Leader!
	12:03pm still b/p: Just for needley fun, can you pronounce that instead as "peripheally," like people do?
	12:03pm ndbob: what a great song - amazingly the original version of this song was by Julius LaRosa
	12:03pm Uncle Michael: Good day, alla youse.
	12:04pm Dean: Peripheally nucular...
	12:04pm paul b: This morning as I was listening to Morning Edition on my Local (WAMU) NPR station. They did a story about how all the grocery stores in Detroit were closing, and reflexively I thought: Someone should open a Hinky Dinky -- "put saving in your shopping cart"...
	12:06pm Uncle Michael: hell of a good idea!
	12:06pm Dean: Sun Ra's birthday today. Woulda been (perhaps is) 101.
	12:07pm Uncle Michael: There actually is a Hinky Dinky shopping cart that I'm trying to get my hands on.
	12:07pm Jeff Golick: ...or arrival day, Dean, as he might have it.
	12:08pm Dean: Correct, Jeff. I figure we're more likely to get a shout-out from Sheriff John if we call it a birthday.
	🛒 12:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - & Morriseey's B-Day - how's that for a pair of Living Myths?
	12:12pm Dean: Or Smyths, as the case may be.
	12:13pm Wilson K: Man this track has been getting some play on Drummer.
	🛒 12:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: *Morrissey - spelled right - since it's Morrissey.
	12:13pm Uncle Michael: Really?
	12:14pm Wilson K: Is it gonna come with the obligatory "Say what you will about Joni Mitchell, but..?" :)
	12:14pm Wilson K: Yeah I head it on Nazario
	12:15pm doctorjazz: Hi all! Think Joni is great! There are those rumors...
	12:17pm V Priceless: Hey Uncle M and all
	12:17pm Parq: Hah -- thought that sounded like Tiny Tim. Let me repeat what I've said before about what an underrated musical treasure he was.
	12:18pm still b/p: Rats...on rateyourmusic.com, "You must be logged in to view the full-size cover art."
	12:19pm Doug Schulkind: Liking this very much.
	12:19pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Doug!
	12:19pm Parq: As a college kid, I worshiped the ground Joni walked on. I'm much less enamored of her these days, but I give props and them some for the stunning contralto remake of "Both Sides" that is used in the move "Love Actually".
	12:24pm efd: It took a minute to sink in, but I used a different version of this bed music song as the intro to my Ticket Giveaway Segment up until a few months ago.
	🛒 12:26pm KevinfromBayRidge: Allo Hinky Dinky Land. Gotta leave & lose these leaders! Hope you had a great 55, Unc.
	12:27pm Dean: Is this the same John Sebastian who wrote "Sheep May Safely Graze" in the Hunting Cantata?
	12:27pm Uncle Michael: That's where I know it from, Evan...thanks!
	12:27pm Uncle Michael: Thanks Kevin, I did!
	12:28pm doctorjazz: I think many of the left of center female vocalists came out of Joni.
	🛒 12:28pm Brian in UK: Buddy Emmons?
	12:28pm efd: You're welcome! And belated Hinky Birthday wishes from me as well!
	12:29pm Uncle Michael: Thanks Evan. You guys are going to have to google these good questions and report!
	12:30pm Uncle Michael: Yes...Rod/SMALL Faces...sorta.
	12:32pm bobdc: A nice hand for Ronny Wood, sliding all over the stereo separation.
	12:32pm Uncle Michael: definitely headphone material
	🛒 12:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...wondering if there are any Steve Marriott-Rod duets...
	12:35pm Uncle Michael: I don't think they overlapped, Rev. Anyone know?
	🛒 12:38pm Brian in UK: Would be surprised as SM went on to Humble Pie; but who knows somewhere in a vault.
	12:38pm PKNY: I found a page of the WB loss leaders that someone compiled, figured I'd share --> www.dustbury.com...
	12:39pm Uncle Michael: PKNY, follow that link to my 2014 show above the gif and that and other links are there.
	🛒 12:39pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...all the things that must've happened of which no record was made...ne'ermind...Greeney on wah-wah oh my...
	12:41pm Gary: Nice crazy mix of stuff so far
	12:42pm Uncle Michael: crazy mix is the rule around here, Gary
	12:43pm PKNY: @Uncle - ahhh, sorry for being redundant! Looking through the list, I have "Limo" which I bought purely for Eddie Hazel's version of "California Dreamin", and "Pumping Vinyl" just for the cover.
	12:43pm Doug Schulkind: Every Friday, I comfort myself with thoughts of taking a nap after my show, and every Friday those thoughts get squershed by the can't-take-your-ears-off-it power of the Hinky and the Dinky.
	12:44pm Uncle Michael: aww...I'm sorry, Doug (heh)
	12:47pm Alex In Illinois: Yes. I hear it. But I hear a little bit of "Pusher Man" in this Punch Bowl number too.
	12:48pm coelacanth: olá UM & Dinkies! this show's been exquisite.
	12:50pm Alex In Illinois: "Lost Leaders" or "Loss Leaders"?
	12:51pm Webhamster Henry: I may be a Dinky, but my family was in Food Fair/Pantry Pride. We need s scion of Piggly Wiggly or Korvettes or something in here.
	12:51pm still b/p: Los Leaders...it's a Spanish outfit.
	12:52pm pacific standard simon: Two in the hinky, one in the dinky.
	12:53pm Uncle Michael: Loss, Alex. It's a marketing term. Lose money on something to get 'em in the door...make your money on the cart-full of goodies.
	12:53pm coelacanth: ("loss") ...and Thank you for mentioning an alternative to gurgle!
	12:54pm Dean: You make up the loss in volume.
	12:55pm johnk77: The Whole Burbank Catalog is good
	12:57pm coelacanth: Yay!
	12:57pm Mike S.: Great show Uncle Michael! I was wondering when you were going to get around to doing a sequel to the previous Loss Leaders show.
	12:57pm Stevel: Weird. I get back to my desk and you play Alice. Nice~!
	12:58pm Uncle Michael: Mr. Nice Guy...that's me!
	12:59pm Uncle Michael: This is one chooglin' fuckin' record.
	12:59pm johnk77: if the company lost $ it might become a promotional expense possibly recoupable from artists
	12:59pm still b/p: Anything by Alice from early to mid-70s reminds me of 8-tracks and van rides.
	12:59pm johnk77: if the company lost $ it might become a promotional expense possibly recoupable from artists
	1:00pm pacific standard simon: I did download all of the Loss Leaders from that blogger, and tried to listen to them all in order. Found my interest waning somewhere around the mid-70s, and eventually skipped ahead to Troublemakers.
	1:00pm Stanley: Can I say I like Rod Stewart and we still be friends?
	1:01pm listener james from westwood: How do, UM and all!! Just got in. I hate offsite freelance gigs w/ no Wi-Fi.
	1:01pm Uncle Michael: Yes, Stanley...of course.
	1:02pm coelacanth: when i was little and perusing the loss leaders adverts,Alice Cooper,Zappa,& only a handful of others i'd ever heard of. so i never ordered any. i guess i didn't know yet how adventurous my musical tastes would be. 'too bad. i'd still have them,probably.
	1:02pm Uncle Michael: me too, Simon...me too. Anyone recognize the voice-over talent?
	1:02pm Dean: Best I can find of a Marriott/Stewart connection is an article from July 1978 in NME describing an appearance by Marriott, under the pseudonym Matt Vinyl, with a band dubbed Blind Drunk at a London pub. "The repertoire included The Meters' 'Cissy Strut' with Stevie on keyboard, and Muddy Waters' 'I'm Ready,' retitled 'I'm Giddy' and dedicated to Rod Stewart."
	1:02pm johnk77: the alice track straight up midwestern rocknroll
	1:03pm Uncle Michael: I played the Humble Pie "I'm Ready" last week!
	1:05pm pacific standard simon: The Hit Sounds of Merrie Melodies DOES NOT appear on that bloggers site, however. I've never heard of it -- what's the story on this one?
	1:06pm bobdc: I just decided that I like Paul a lot more without Peter or Mary.
	1:06pm Dominick: Paul Stookey?!!
	1:06pm Dean: Grain of salt: the article goes on to describe a similar surprise appearance by Alex Harvey. It claims he was, at the time in 1978, 104 years old. But there are photos, so it's probably legit. Another Hinky Dinky coinkidinky: the article above this piece on the page of NME is, "What Is this Thing Called Doll by Doll."
	1:06pm Uncle Michael: I think I'll 'spain on mic.
	1:06pm Stevel: coelacanth: Likewise. I knew those adverts backwards and forwards. I'd perk up on the ones I knew, but never went for it.
	1:07pm Uncle Michael: Yes, Dom!
	1:08pm coelacanth: Rod had 4 Excellent solo albums,in my opinion. and was great prior to those...and his voice was killer. ...it was a big loss for me when he went lame- then "disco".
	1:09pm pacific standard simon: I looked it up. Also found a download link on another site, but it's a Megaupload link, so that's no good.
	1:09pm ndbob: I remember the Merry Melodies comp
	1:09pm pacific standard simon: Not the same, Bob.
	1:10pm Dean: He likes the streets of Balti more than what?
	1:10pm Dominick: Talkin' 'bout Stan Cornyn with an associate, he reminded me that WB owned the back page of Billboard throughout the '70's. You would check out the WB ad before even looking at the front page.
	1:12pm Stanley: Ah ha Rod talk. I remember seeing him in The Faces and they were the most amazing live act you could imagine. Bottle of whisky in one hand, mike stand in the other.
	1:12pm V Priceless: Dennis Dunaway autobio drops June 9 - promises to be chock-full of great Alice Cooper Group adventures, for those interested.
	1:14pm Mike East: I like "Tonight I'm Yours" the album. It gets played at my house pretty often.
	1:14pm Stevel: V Priceless: Definitely interested. Thanks!
	1:15pm coelacanth: Stanley -i would've loved that show! alas,i was barely a zygote then. Hey V! ...i am interested! i yam!
	1:15pm ndbob: @simon What's the difference?
	1:17pm pacific standard simon: LOONEY TUNES AND MERRIE MELODIES is a 3 record set that IS a part of the Loss Leader series.
	1:19pm V Priceless: hey Fish! Stevel! DD's a funny guy - the book promises to be a riot!
	1:20pm Mike S.: I have three of these albums - Hard Goods, Troublemakers, and unfortunately I can't recall the name of the third.
	1:20pm ndbob: ah ty simon
	1:20pm pacific standard simon: Damn! The same site that has The Hit Sounds of Merrie Melodies also has Alternatives -- both dead Megaupload links!
	1:21pm Uncle Michael: I should have said "Southern Rock." This is not Southern Rock, in any case.
	1:23pm Alex In Illinois: Thanks for the explanation Uncle Michael. I had heard of the idea of having one item priced to sell at a loss to bring the customer in the door, because the customer will likely make up for it in other purchases, but I did not know the term. I thought of it as bait but without the switch.
	1:24pm coelacanth: Mike E, i don't know what frame of mind i'd have to be in to like that album through & through, but i'm sure it has some gems. i feel like every album from smiler on might.
	1:24pm Uncle Michael: Your weekly supermarket ad is loaded with loss leaders.
	1:24pm ...---...: got any Elvin Bishop?
	1:25pm Uncle Michael: There's Elvin on the records but not on today's show. He was on the July show, I believe.
	1:25pm efd: I'm pretty sure it was the Loss Leaders series itself that prompted me to look up the phrase as a yout'.
	1:26pm Uncle Michael: a callow yout'?
	1:27pm coelacanth: Damn. i've been listening to Allman Bros lately...and this song is good - from their last good album.(but not great...after the soul had died.) ....but prior to brothers and sisters,they were fucking fantastic!
	1:30pm Uncle Michael: I find gems through most ABB eras...even the Toler Brothers era.
	1:31pm Evan in NC: Hi, all. Sounds like I picked a greasy set to tune in on. Love it. @coelacanth: heard the Skydog box set? sublime.
	1:32pm coelacanth: Oh my. Evan i did not know! i have to check that out.
	1:33pm Uncle Michael: I never saw ABB till '92 and I saw a bunch of amazing live shows with Warren and/or Derek in the band.
	1:34pm efd: Ha, there's been a Hydra single in my 45 box that I bring to my Show for the past few weeks now.
	1:36pm Uncle Michael: well, play it!
	1:40pm coelacanth: i must confess ignorance to any Allman band material since the early 80s. -the change away from blues & toward "southern rock" started immediately after Duane's passing- then solidified after Berry's passing; and i lost interest. ....i'm not totally closed though.
	1:42pm Uncle Michael: They came out the other end as possibly the best jam band ever. They smoked my gourd pretty regularly.
	1:45pm pacific standard simon: Hey, good news, Michael -- I found a new job only a block away from my old job. Still get to walk to work! Doesn't start for a week and a half, but that's what unemployment insurance is for.
	1:45pm Uncle Michael: Great news. Baking?
	1:46pm ndbob: Great Simon!
	1:46pm pacific standard simon: Yep, almost the same duties as before. Cleaner kitchen, too.
	1:49pm Uncle Michael: I'm so glad that for all the great food we don't have in this area, we have one freaking great bakery.
	1:53pm pacific standard simon: I wish there was just one Chinese restaurant around here -- even a mediocre one. We do have bad Thai and meh Japanese and OK Mexican (just don't order the margarita!) -- but no Chinese.
	1:55pm Uncle Michael: I'll bet your less than mediocre Chinese is 5x better than our best.
	1:55pm coelacanth: i'd better get back to work! Great program Michael- Thanks! later on,y'all
	1:55pm Uncle Michael: Thanks for hanging out, coelacanth.
	1:57pm pacific standard simon: I may have to learn to DIY. Either that, or take the boat into Seattle.
	1:57pm Jeff Golick: Holy cow, an ECM Loss Leader. Was ECM distributed by Warner Bros.?
	1:57pm doctorjazz: Avant Reggae, great stuff!
	1:58pm Uncle Michael: Yes, in the U.S., Jeff.
	1:58pm pacific standard simon: Yep, and so was Sire -- hence the presence of the Ramones in the series.
	1:59pm ...---...: more like Jazz-Lypso
	2:00pm pacific standard simon: Steve Reich doesn't do anything for me, but THIS I like.
	2:11pm Mike Sin: Lunchin' out in the sun in NYC and tuning in. Enjoying the show!
	2:11pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Mike!
	2:15pm Jeff Golick: Lyrically, this Lovecraft seems to be the product of one those fridge poetry magnet kits. And it works.
	2:16pm Uncle Michael: I think their twin lead vocals obscured a multitude of sins.
	2:19pm johnk77: Sire Records went with Warners at least partly on the basis of WEA distribution which at the time was very strong in North America
	2:23pm efd: Another in the list of songs I'd play on my show if I could!
	2:24pm Uncle Michael: I feel your pain, Evan.
	2:24pm Uncle Michael: Freddie Mercury really shoulda fronted AC/DC.
	2:25pm efd: There's a reporter on one of the local newsradio stations here named Glenn Schuck, and for a while when ever I'd hear him wrapping up a report with "I'm Glenn Schuck" I'd say to myself "he just don't give a fuck."
	2:29pm pacific standard simon: I like bands that have two lead singers, male & female.
	2:31pm Uncle Michael: Donnie & Marie?
	2:31pm Deam: David & Bowie
	🛒 2:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ('Jack the Ripper' by Link Wray)
	2:32pm pacific standard simon: Uhhhhh... X, Jefferson Airplane, Amon Duul II...
	2:33pm Uncle Michael: Is everyone mounting their metal stallions?
	2:35pm Artie @ the shore: Does this Sea Pegasus count? Cuz it's pretty sweet.
	🛒 2:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I call stuff between Psychedelia & Metal 'Flower Metal'...it's a real converstaion killer...
	2:36pm Uncle Michael: Like Hawkwind?
	🛒 2:37pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: (...as is ☿Rx Mercury Retrograde spelling...)
	🛒 2:38pm Brian in UK: Got to cut out. Nice one, Uncle.
	🛒 2:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @UM: ....barely !...
	2:39pm Uncle Michael: See ya, Brian. Thanks!
	2:40pm Guido from Cologne: Hello Michael and everyne! Love the show. Missed to take this Walker Brothers at last week's flee marked. Was a mistake.
	2:42pm Uncle Michael: I think that even thought the Walkers regrouped a couple of times just for the money...it bore fruit each time.
	2:51pm ndbob: excellent show UM!
	2:53pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Bob.
	2:57pm Jeff Golick: Outstanding, as ever, UM. Thanks for the ongoing Loss Leader edumacation.
	2:57pm efd: hey, it's Wendy's dad!
	2:57pm Uncle Michael: Thanks for being here with ears, Jeff.
	2:57pm Uncle Michael: It is.
	2:57pm pacific standard simon: The plastic dog goes W(t)F.
	2:59pm Dean: Another M/F lead singers band!
	🛒 2:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...me droogs loved it right right - Thx UM !
	2:59pm Uncle Michael: yes!
	3:01pm Uncle Michael: All I need is a pint today.
	3:01pm Stanley: UM - U do it again!
	3:02pm Uncle Michael: I do what I can, Stanley...thanks.
	3:05pm listener james from westwood: It's a holiday weekend, UM, go for a quart—you've earned it. Thanks, Michael, and have a safe and fun weekend, all, be it two days in length or three!
	3:07pm Uncle Michael: Thanks everyone! Till next time...

Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael: Playlist from May 22, 2015

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May 22, 2015: SPECIAL: Loss Leaders Revisited!

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We're revisiting THIS show from July 18, 2014.

Artist	Track	Album	Approx. start time
Uncle Michael	Hinky Dinky Time Open		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Randy Newman	I Think It's Going To Rain Today	Some Of Our Best Friends Are (Warner Bros. - 1968)	0:03:20 (Pop-up)
Van Dyke Parks	Donovan's Colours "Donovan's Colours" by "Van Dyke Parks"	Some Of Our Best Friends Are (Warner Bros. - 1968)	0:06:13 (Pop-up)
The Collectors	What Is Love "What Is Love" by "The Collectors"	Some Of Our Best Friends Are (Warner Bros. - 1968)	0:09:46 (Pop-up)
Joni Mitchell	Night In The City "Night In The City" by "Joni Mitchell"	Some Of Our Best Friends Are (Warner Bros. - 1968)	0:13:25 (Pop-up)
Tiny Tim	Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life	Some Of Our Best Friends Are (Warner Bros. - 1968)	0:15:46 (Pop-up)
The Graham Bond Organization	Neighbour Neighbour	Alternatives (Warner Bros. - 1970)	0:18:22 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Mandingo	Black Rite "Black Rite" by "Mandingo"	single (b-side to Medicine Man) (EMI - 1973) (From: The Sound Gallery Volume One)	0:21:18 (Pop-up)
John Sebastian	Rainbows All Over Your Blues	Alternatives (Warner Bros. - 1970)	0:27:07 (Pop-up)
Small Faces	Around The Plynth "Around The Plynth" by "Small Faces"	Alternatives (Warner Bros. - 1970)	0:29:23 (Pop-up)
Jeffrey Cain	Mr. Governor "Mr. Governor" by "Jeffrey Cain"	Non-Dairy Creamer (Warner Bros. - 1971)	0:35:16 (Pop-up)
Peter Green	Hidden Depth "Hidden Depth" by "Peter Green"	Non-Dairy Creamer (Warner Bros. - 1971)	0:37:48 (Pop-up)
Tony Joe White	Five Summers For Jimmy	Non-Dairy Creamer (Warner Bros. - 1971)	0:42:38 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Alan Parker	Punch Bowl "Punch Bowl" by "Alan Parker"	Afro Rock (KPM - 1973) (From: The Sound Gallery Volume One)	0:46:15 (Pop-up)
Zephyr	Going Back To Colorado "Going Back To Colorado" by "Zephyr"	Non-Dairy Creamer (Warner Bros. - 1971)	0:51:57 (Pop-up)
Jackie Lomax	A Hundred Mountains "A Hundred Mountains" by "Jackie Lomax"	Together (Warner Bros. - 1971)	0:54:36 (Pop-up)
Alice Cooper	Long Way To Go "Long Way To Go" by "Alice Cooper"	Together (Warner Bros. - 1971)	0:57:58 (Pop-up)
Frankie & Johnny	Life Line "Life Line" by "Frankie & Johnny"	The Hit Sounds of Merrie Melodies (Warner Bros. - 1973)	1:01:01 (Pop-up)
Paul Stookey	Funky Monkey Pt. 1 (Pt. 2 Is Up To You)	The Hit Sounds of Merrie Melodies (Warner Bros. - 1973)	1:05:59 (Pop-up)
Graham Parsons	The Streets of Baltimore	The Hit Sounds of Merrie Melodies (Warner Bros. - 1973)	1:09:24 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Neil Richardson	The Riviera Affair (Prestige Production)	Impact and Action, Vol. II (KPM - 1970) (From: The Sound Gallery Volume One)	1:12:23 (Pop-up)
Percy Sledge	Walkin' In The Sun "Walkin' In The Sun" by "Percy Sledge"	Peaches (Capricorn - 1974)	1:20:39 (Pop-up)
The Allman Brothers Band	Come And Go Blues	Peaches (Capricorn - 1974)	1:23:47 (Pop-up)
James Montgomery Band	I'm Funky But I'm Clean	Peaches (Capricorn - 1974)	1:28:33 (Pop-up)
Hydra	Glitter Queen "Glitter Queen" by "Hydra"	Peaches (Capricorn - 1974)	1:32:29 (Pop-up)
Kitty Wells	I've Been Loving You Too Long	Peaches (Capricorn - 1974)	1:36:31 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: John Gregory	Jaguar "Jaguar" by "John Gregory"	A Man For All Seasons (United Artists - 1974) (From: The Sound Gallery Volume One)	1:38:47 (Pop-up)
Codona	Codona "Codona" by "Codona"	Music With 58 Musicians, Volume One (Warner Bros./ECM - 1980)	1:42:03 (Pop-up)
Steve Reich and Musicians	Excerpt From Music For 18 Musicians	Music With 58 Musicians, Volume One (Warner Bros./ECM - 1980)	1:48:04 (Pop-up)
Art Ensemble Of Chicago	JA "JA" by "Art Ensemble Of Chicago"	Music With 58 Musicians, Volume One (Warner Bros./ECM - 1980)	1:54:33 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Mandingo	The Headhunter "The Headhunter" by "Mandingo"	Mandingo III (EMI - 1974) (From: The Sound Gallery Volume One)	2:03:06 (Pop-up)
The Paley Brothers	Come Out And Play	The Paley Brothers (Sire - 1978) (From: DIY: Come Out And Play: American Power Pop I (1975-78))	2:06:32 (Pop-up)
Don Fardon	Belfast Boy "Belfast Boy" by "Don Fardon"	single (b/w Echoes Of The Cheers) (Young Blood - 1970) (From: Smith/Harris/Colton)	2:09:00 (Pop-up)
The Carpenters	All I Can Do "All I Can Do" by "The Carpenters"	Offering (A&M - 1969) (From: The Essential Collection (1965-1970))	2:11:11 (Pop-up)
H.P. Lovecraft	Country Boy & Bleeker Street	H.P. Lovecraft (Philips - 1967)	2:12:59 (Pop-up)
The Nels Cline Singers	Floored "Floored" by "The Nels Cline Singers"	Initiate (Cryptogramaphone - 2010)	2:15:34 (Pop-up)
Googoosh	Song for Googoosh "Song for Googoosh" by "Googoosh"	unk. (unk. - unk.) (From: Persian Funk)	2:20:34 (Pop-up)
The Darkness	Black Shuck "Black Shuck" by "The Darkness"	Permission To Land (Atlantic - 2003)	2:23:23 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Brian Bennett	Boogie Juice "Boogie Juice" by "Brian Bennett"	Amusement (KPM - 1976) (From: The Sound Gallery Volume One)	2:26:40 (Pop-up)
Aart Brouwer	Hé Pssst "Hé Pssst" by "Aart Brouwer"	single (b-side to Vies) (Phillips - 1963) (From: Biet-Het (Vol 1))	2:30:37 (Pop-up)
Frijid Pink Rainbow Rider	Rainbow Rider	Earth Omen (Lion - 1972)	2:33:02 (Pop-up)
The Walker Brothers	Inside of You	Lines (GTO - 1976) (From: Everything Under the Sun)	2:35:46 (Pop-up)
Dave Baby Cortez	Organ Shout "Organ Shout" by "Dave Baby Cortez"	Happy Organ (Chess - 1963)	2:39:26 (Pop-up)
Skip James	Devil Got My Woman "Devil Got My Woman" by "Skip James"	Devil Got My Woman (Vanguard - 1968) (From: ABC of the Blues)	2:42:04 (Pop-up)
The Four Knights	In the Chapel in the Moonlight	single (b/w Easy Street) (Capitol - 1954)	2:45:02 (Pop-up)
The Mills Brothers	Nobody's Sweetheart	single (b-side to Tiger rag) (Brunswick - 1931) (From: Chronological Vol.1 (1931-1932))	2:47:53 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Loss Concertium	Music to Drive By	The Loss Concertium (Studio 2 Stereo - 1971) (From: The Sound Gallery Volume One)	2:50:21 (Pop-up)
Neil Young	Borrowed Tune "Borrowed Tune" by "Neil Young"	Tonight's the Night (Reprise - 1975)	2:53:47 (Pop-up)
Mike Melvoin	Lady Jane "Lady Jane" by "Mike Melvoin"	The Plastic Cow Goes Moooooog (Dot - 1970)	2:56:58 (Pop-up)
Paul McCartney & Wings	Band on the Run	Band on the Run (Apple - 1973)	2:59:58 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Fleetwood Mac	Albatross "Albatross" by "Fleetwood Mac"	single (b/w Jigsaw Puzzle Blues) (Blue Horizon - 1968)	3:04:56 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	11:56am Gary: Hola!
	11:59am Alex In Illinois: HI Gary
	11:59am ndbob: afternoon Gary and everyone!
	12:00pm Stevel: I've got your Hinky and will raise you 2.5 Dinkys. Your move.
	12:00pm Doug Schulkind: Classify! Classify!
	12:01pm Jeff Golick: Wait, there was homework?
	12:01pm SeanG: Let's do this
	12:01pm Dean: Are you kidding me? This show was almost a year ago?
	12:02pm Webhamster Henry: Uncle Michael is the Loss Leader Leader!
	12:03pm still b/p: Just for needley fun, can you pronounce that instead as "peripheally," like people do?
	12:03pm ndbob: what a great song - amazingly the original version of this song was by Julius LaRosa
	12:03pm Uncle Michael: Good day, alla youse.
	12:04pm Dean: Peripheally nucular...
	12:04pm paul b: This morning as I was listening to Morning Edition on my Local (WAMU) NPR station. They did a story about how all the grocery stores in Detroit were closing, and reflexively I thought: Someone should open a Hinky Dinky -- "put saving in your shopping cart"...
	12:06pm Uncle Michael: hell of a good idea!
	12:06pm Dean: Sun Ra's birthday today. Woulda been (perhaps is) 101.
	12:07pm Uncle Michael: There actually is a Hinky Dinky shopping cart that I'm trying to get my hands on.
	12:07pm Jeff Golick: ...or arrival day, Dean, as he might have it.
	12:08pm Dean: Correct, Jeff. I figure we're more likely to get a shout-out from Sheriff John if we call it a birthday.
	🛒 12:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - & Morriseey's B-Day - how's that for a pair of Living Myths?
	12:12pm Dean: Or Smyths, as the case may be.
	12:13pm Wilson K: Man this track has been getting some play on Drummer.
	🛒 12:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: *Morrissey - spelled right - since it's Morrissey.
	12:13pm Uncle Michael: Really?
	12:14pm Wilson K: Is it gonna come with the obligatory "Say what you will about Joni Mitchell, but..?" :)
	12:14pm Wilson K: Yeah I head it on Nazario
	12:15pm doctorjazz: Hi all! Think Joni is great! There are those rumors...
	12:17pm V Priceless: Hey Uncle M and all
	12:17pm Parq: Hah -- thought that sounded like Tiny Tim. Let me repeat what I've said before about what an underrated musical treasure he was.
	12:18pm still b/p: Rats...on rateyourmusic.com, "You must be logged in to view the full-size cover art."
	12:19pm Doug Schulkind: Liking this very much.
	12:19pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Doug!
	12:19pm Parq: As a college kid, I worshiped the ground Joni walked on. I'm much less enamored of her these days, but I give props and them some for the stunning contralto remake of "Both Sides" that is used in the move "Love Actually".
	12:24pm efd: It took a minute to sink in, but I used a different version of this bed music song as the intro to my Ticket Giveaway Segment up until a few months ago.
	🛒 12:26pm KevinfromBayRidge: Allo Hinky Dinky Land. Gotta leave & lose these leaders! Hope you had a great 55, Unc.
	12:27pm Dean: Is this the same John Sebastian who wrote "Sheep May Safely Graze" in the Hunting Cantata?
	12:27pm Uncle Michael: That's where I know it from, Evan...thanks!
	12:27pm Uncle Michael: Thanks Kevin, I did!
	12:28pm doctorjazz: I think many of the left of center female vocalists came out of Joni.
	🛒 12:28pm Brian in UK: Buddy Emmons?
	12:28pm efd: You're welcome! And belated Hinky Birthday wishes from me as well!
	12:29pm Uncle Michael: Thanks Evan. You guys are going to have to google these good questions and report!
	12:30pm Uncle Michael: Yes...Rod/SMALL Faces...sorta.
	12:32pm bobdc: A nice hand for Ronny Wood, sliding all over the stereo separation.
	12:32pm Uncle Michael: definitely headphone material
	🛒 12:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...wondering if there are any Steve Marriott-Rod duets...
	12:35pm Uncle Michael: I don't think they overlapped, Rev. Anyone know?
	🛒 12:38pm Brian in UK: Would be surprised as SM went on to Humble Pie; but who knows somewhere in a vault.
	12:38pm PKNY: I found a page of the WB loss leaders that someone compiled, figured I'd share --> www.dustbury.com...
	12:39pm Uncle Michael: PKNY, follow that link to my 2014 show above the gif and that and other links are there.
	🛒 12:39pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...all the things that must've happened of which no record was made...ne'ermind...Greeney on wah-wah oh my...
	12:41pm Gary: Nice crazy mix of stuff so far
	12:42pm Uncle Michael: crazy mix is the rule around here, Gary
	12:43pm PKNY: @Uncle - ahhh, sorry for being redundant! Looking through the list, I have "Limo" which I bought purely for Eddie Hazel's version of "California Dreamin", and "Pumping Vinyl" just for the cover.
	12:43pm Doug Schulkind: Every Friday, I comfort myself with thoughts of taking a nap after my show, and every Friday those thoughts get squershed by the can't-take-your-ears-off-it power of the Hinky and the Dinky.
	12:44pm Uncle Michael: aww...I'm sorry, Doug (heh)
	12:47pm Alex In Illinois: Yes. I hear it. But I hear a little bit of "Pusher Man" in this Punch Bowl number too.
	12:48pm coelacanth: olá UM & Dinkies! this show's been exquisite.
	12:50pm Alex In Illinois: "Lost Leaders" or "Loss Leaders"?
	12:51pm Webhamster Henry: I may be a Dinky, but my family was in Food Fair/Pantry Pride. We need s scion of Piggly Wiggly or Korvettes or something in here.
	12:51pm still b/p: Los Leaders...it's a Spanish outfit.
	12:52pm pacific standard simon: Two in the hinky, one in the dinky.
	12:53pm Uncle Michael: Loss, Alex. It's a marketing term. Lose money on something to get 'em in the door...make your money on the cart-full of goodies.
	12:53pm coelacanth: ("loss") ...and Thank you for mentioning an alternative to gurgle!
	12:54pm Dean: You make up the loss in volume.
	12:55pm johnk77: The Whole Burbank Catalog is good
	12:57pm coelacanth: Yay!
	12:57pm Mike S.: Great show Uncle Michael! I was wondering when you were going to get around to doing a sequel to the previous Loss Leaders show.
	12:57pm Stevel: Weird. I get back to my desk and you play Alice. Nice~!
	12:58pm Uncle Michael: Mr. Nice Guy...that's me!
	12:59pm Uncle Michael: This is one chooglin' fuckin' record.
	12:59pm johnk77: if the company lost $ it might become a promotional expense possibly recoupable from artists
	12:59pm still b/p: Anything by Alice from early to mid-70s reminds me of 8-tracks and van rides.
	12:59pm johnk77: if the company lost $ it might become a promotional expense possibly recoupable from artists
	1:00pm pacific standard simon: I did download all of the Loss Leaders from that blogger, and tried to listen to them all in order. Found my interest waning somewhere around the mid-70s, and eventually skipped ahead to Troublemakers.
	1:00pm Stanley: Can I say I like Rod Stewart and we still be friends?
	1:01pm listener james from westwood: How do, UM and all!! Just got in. I hate offsite freelance gigs w/ no Wi-Fi.
	1:01pm Uncle Michael: Yes, Stanley...of course.
	1:02pm coelacanth: when i was little and perusing the loss leaders adverts,Alice Cooper,Zappa,& only a handful of others i'd ever heard of. so i never ordered any. i guess i didn't know yet how adventurous my musical tastes would be. 'too bad. i'd still have them,probably.
	1:02pm Uncle Michael: me too, Simon...me too. Anyone recognize the voice-over talent?
	1:02pm Dean: Best I can find of a Marriott/Stewart connection is an article from July 1978 in NME describing an appearance by Marriott, under the pseudonym Matt Vinyl, with a band dubbed Blind Drunk at a London pub. "The repertoire included The Meters' 'Cissy Strut' with Stevie on keyboard, and Muddy Waters' 'I'm Ready,' retitled 'I'm Giddy' and dedicated to Rod Stewart."
	1:02pm johnk77: the alice track straight up midwestern rocknroll
	1:03pm Uncle Michael: I played the Humble Pie "I'm Ready" last week!
	1:05pm pacific standard simon: The Hit Sounds of Merrie Melodies DOES NOT appear on that bloggers site, however. I've never heard of it -- what's the story on this one?
	1:06pm bobdc: I just decided that I like Paul a lot more without Peter or Mary.
	1:06pm Dominick: Paul Stookey?!!
	1:06pm Dean: Grain of salt: the article goes on to describe a similar surprise appearance by Alex Harvey. It claims he was, at the time in 1978, 104 years old. But there are photos, so it's probably legit. Another Hinky Dinky coinkidinky: the article above this piece on the page of NME is, "What Is this Thing Called Doll by Doll."
	1:06pm Uncle Michael: I think I'll 'spain on mic.
	1:06pm Stevel: coelacanth: Likewise. I knew those adverts backwards and forwards. I'd perk up on the ones I knew, but never went for it.
	1:07pm Uncle Michael: Yes, Dom!
	1:08pm coelacanth: Rod had 4 Excellent solo albums,in my opinion. and was great prior to those...and his voice was killer. ...it was a big loss for me when he went lame- then "disco".
	1:09pm pacific standard simon: I looked it up. Also found a download link on another site, but it's a Megaupload link, so that's no good.
	1:09pm ndbob: I remember the Merry Melodies comp
	1:09pm pacific standard simon: Not the same, Bob.
	1:10pm Dean: He likes the streets of Balti more than what?
	1:10pm Dominick: Talkin' 'bout Stan Cornyn with an associate, he reminded me that WB owned the back page of Billboard throughout the '70's. You would check out the WB ad before even looking at the front page.
	1:12pm Stanley: Ah ha Rod talk. I remember seeing him in The Faces and they were the most amazing live act you could imagine. Bottle of whisky in one hand, mike stand in the other.
	1:12pm V Priceless: Dennis Dunaway autobio drops June 9 - promises to be chock-full of great Alice Cooper Group adventures, for those interested.
	1:14pm Mike East: I like "Tonight I'm Yours" the album. It gets played at my house pretty often.
	1:14pm Stevel: V Priceless: Definitely interested. Thanks!
	1:15pm coelacanth: Stanley -i would've loved that show! alas,i was barely a zygote then. Hey V! ...i am interested! i yam!
	1:15pm ndbob: @simon What's the difference?
	1:17pm pacific standard simon: LOONEY TUNES AND MERRIE MELODIES is a 3 record set that IS a part of the Loss Leader series.
	1:19pm V Priceless: hey Fish! Stevel! DD's a funny guy - the book promises to be a riot!
	1:20pm Mike S.: I have three of these albums - Hard Goods, Troublemakers, and unfortunately I can't recall the name of the third.
	1:20pm ndbob: ah ty simon
	1:20pm pacific standard simon: Damn! The same site that has The Hit Sounds of Merrie Melodies also has Alternatives -- both dead Megaupload links!
	1:21pm Uncle Michael: I should have said "Southern Rock." This is not Southern Rock, in any case.
	1:23pm Alex In Illinois: Thanks for the explanation Uncle Michael. I had heard of the idea of having one item priced to sell at a loss to bring the customer in the door, because the customer will likely make up for it in other purchases, but I did not know the term. I thought of it as bait but without the switch.
	1:24pm coelacanth: Mike E, i don't know what frame of mind i'd have to be in to like that album through & through, but i'm sure it has some gems. i feel like every album from smiler on might.
	1:24pm Uncle Michael: Your weekly supermarket ad is loaded with loss leaders.
	1:24pm ...---...: got any Elvin Bishop?
	1:25pm Uncle Michael: There's Elvin on the records but not on today's show. He was on the July show, I believe.
	1:25pm efd: I'm pretty sure it was the Loss Leaders series itself that prompted me to look up the phrase as a yout'.
	1:26pm Uncle Michael: a callow yout'?
	1:27pm coelacanth: Damn. i've been listening to Allman Bros lately...and this song is good - from their last good album.(but not great...after the soul had died.) ....but prior to brothers and sisters,they were fucking fantastic!
	1:30pm Uncle Michael: I find gems through most ABB eras...even the Toler Brothers era.
	1:31pm Evan in NC: Hi, all. Sounds like I picked a greasy set to tune in on. Love it. @coelacanth: heard the Skydog box set? sublime.
	1:32pm coelacanth: Oh my. Evan i did not know! i have to check that out.
	1:33pm Uncle Michael: I never saw ABB till '92 and I saw a bunch of amazing live shows with Warren and/or Derek in the band.
	1:34pm efd: Ha, there's been a Hydra single in my 45 box that I bring to my Show for the past few weeks now.
	1:36pm Uncle Michael: well, play it!
	1:40pm coelacanth: i must confess ignorance to any Allman band material since the early 80s. -the change away from blues & toward "southern rock" started immediately after Duane's passing- then solidified after Berry's passing; and i lost interest. ....i'm not totally closed though.
	1:42pm Uncle Michael: They came out the other end as possibly the best jam band ever. They smoked my gourd pretty regularly.
	1:45pm pacific standard simon: Hey, good news, Michael -- I found a new job only a block away from my old job. Still get to walk to work! Doesn't start for a week and a half, but that's what unemployment insurance is for.
	1:45pm Uncle Michael: Great news. Baking?
	1:46pm ndbob: Great Simon!
	1:46pm pacific standard simon: Yep, almost the same duties as before. Cleaner kitchen, too.
	1:49pm Uncle Michael: I'm so glad that for all the great food we don't have in this area, we have one freaking great bakery.
	1:53pm pacific standard simon: I wish there was just one Chinese restaurant around here -- even a mediocre one. We do have bad Thai and meh Japanese and OK Mexican (just don't order the margarita!) -- but no Chinese.
	1:55pm Uncle Michael: I'll bet your less than mediocre Chinese is 5x better than our best.
	1:55pm coelacanth: i'd better get back to work! Great program Michael- Thanks! later on,y'all
	1:55pm Uncle Michael: Thanks for hanging out, coelacanth.
	1:57pm pacific standard simon: I may have to learn to DIY. Either that, or take the boat into Seattle.
	1:57pm Jeff Golick: Holy cow, an ECM Loss Leader. Was ECM distributed by Warner Bros.?
	1:57pm doctorjazz: Avant Reggae, great stuff!
	1:58pm Uncle Michael: Yes, in the U.S., Jeff.
	1:58pm pacific standard simon: Yep, and so was Sire -- hence the presence of the Ramones in the series.
	1:59pm ...---...: more like Jazz-Lypso
	2:00pm pacific standard simon: Steve Reich doesn't do anything for me, but THIS I like.
	2:11pm Mike Sin: Lunchin' out in the sun in NYC and tuning in. Enjoying the show!
	2:11pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Mike!
	2:15pm Jeff Golick: Lyrically, this Lovecraft seems to be the product of one those fridge poetry magnet kits. And it works.
	2:16pm Uncle Michael: I think their twin lead vocals obscured a multitude of sins.
	2:19pm johnk77: Sire Records went with Warners at least partly on the basis of WEA distribution which at the time was very strong in North America
	2:23pm efd: Another in the list of songs I'd play on my show if I could!
	2:24pm Uncle Michael: I feel your pain, Evan.
	2:24pm Uncle Michael: Freddie Mercury really shoulda fronted AC/DC.
	2:25pm efd: There's a reporter on one of the local newsradio stations here named Glenn Schuck, and for a while when ever I'd hear him wrapping up a report with "I'm Glenn Schuck" I'd say to myself "he just don't give a fuck."
	2:29pm pacific standard simon: I like bands that have two lead singers, male & female.
	2:31pm Uncle Michael: Donnie & Marie?
	2:31pm Deam: David & Bowie
	🛒 2:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ('Jack the Ripper' by Link Wray)
	2:32pm pacific standard simon: Uhhhhh... X, Jefferson Airplane, Amon Duul II...
	2:33pm Uncle Michael: Is everyone mounting their metal stallions?
	2:35pm Artie @ the shore: Does this Sea Pegasus count? Cuz it's pretty sweet.
	🛒 2:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I call stuff between Psychedelia & Metal 'Flower Metal'...it's a real converstaion killer...
	2:36pm Uncle Michael: Like Hawkwind?
	🛒 2:37pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: (...as is ☿Rx Mercury Retrograde spelling...)
	🛒 2:38pm Brian in UK: Got to cut out. Nice one, Uncle.
	🛒 2:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @UM: ....barely !...
	2:39pm Uncle Michael: See ya, Brian. Thanks!
	2:40pm Guido from Cologne: Hello Michael and everyne! Love the show. Missed to take this Walker Brothers at last week's flee marked. Was a mistake.
	2:42pm Uncle Michael: I think that even thought the Walkers regrouped a couple of times just for the money...it bore fruit each time.
	2:51pm ndbob: excellent show UM!
	2:53pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Bob.
	2:57pm Jeff Golick: Outstanding, as ever, UM. Thanks for the ongoing Loss Leader edumacation.
	2:57pm efd: hey, it's Wendy's dad!
	2:57pm Uncle Michael: Thanks for being here with ears, Jeff.
	2:57pm Uncle Michael: It is.
	2:57pm pacific standard simon: The plastic dog goes W(t)F.
	2:59pm Dean: Another M/F lead singers band!
	🛒 2:59pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...me droogs loved it right right - Thx UM !
	2:59pm Uncle Michael: yes!
	3:01pm Uncle Michael: All I need is a pint today.
	3:01pm Stanley: UM - U do it again!
	3:02pm Uncle Michael: I do what I can, Stanley...thanks.
	3:05pm listener james from westwood: It's a holiday weekend, UM, go for a quart—you've earned it. Thanks, Michael, and have a safe and fun weekend, all, be it two days in length or three!
	3:07pm Uncle Michael: Thanks everyone! Till next time...

Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael: Playlist from May 22, 2015

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