Listener comments!

Wed. 6/11/08 9:00pm G.:

Doesn't that dude whose email you quote get freeform? Obviously not.

Mr Emailer, you are not supposed to hear only what you are totally comfortable with here. If you need that sometimes, or all the time, try WCBS FM, or whatever other genre station can swaddle you.

You are supposed to hear some new things here, and some of them you say fantastic right off. Other specific acts or genres played here you may not get immediately, but let that go for now and see what happens if you hear them a few more times.

Some of the music I get and like the very most I was disappointed by or didn't "get" the first time -- maybe the first however many times -- I heard it, till at some point something clicked and I had access to it forever after.

Try being openminded (but not mushyheaded), dude -- you might gain something. Just a thought. :-)

Wed. 6/11/08 9:04pm john:

Been great hearing your show Wednesday nights; thanks for all the cool stuff. Oh, and a friend of mine who owns a record/rock art store has a huge Delaney and Bonnie and Friends poster in his window now. Who is that Clapton dude anyway?

Wed. 6/11/08 9:05pm C:

Just out of curiosity, what show was that emailer referring to?

Wed. 6/11/08 9:07pm Mark:

Hi John - Just tuned in - Akanni Animashaun and Copol = great! Thank you sir!

Wed. 6/11/08 9:12pm dave:

wow, i REALLY like this craig leon piece.

Wed. 6/11/08 9:14pm Mark:

Dave - Totally agree - beautiful. I really need to pick this up.

Wed. 6/11/08 9:21pm dave:

sadly, it doesn't look like that craig leon's been reissued.

YOU HEAR US, LABELS? GET ON THAT ALREADY.

Wed. 6/11/08 9:47pm sj:

come back soon for the love of heaven!

Wed. 6/11/08 9:50pm monica:

play some najee please!

Wed. 6/11/08 10:12pm Sister hairy Hymen:

what album is this from ? Play accidentally like a martyr?

Wed. 6/11/08 10:24pm Mark:

John - I missed what the backing music you are using during the breaks? Chain Reaction / Basic Chanel related? Thanks

Wed. 6/11/08 10:28pm Sister Hairy Hymen:

Nuns love WFMU!

Wed. 6/11/08 10:34pm monica:

It's Meli'sa (muh-LEE-suh). Hey John, time to bust out the Kashif and Freddie Jackson! John Allen=Vaughn Harper of WFMU! Quiet Storm meets Beard Rock on a Spirit Cruise around Manhattan.

Wed. 6/11/08 10:44pm slugluv1313:

aw man, had absolutely AWFUL day, hearing this Cheap Trick song right now is sooooooooooo NICE!!!!!!!!!

thanks so much John, for providing such *healing* vibes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wed. 6/11/08 10:46pm dave:

BEST.

Wed. 6/11/08 10:46pm dave:

SONG.

Wed. 6/11/08 10:46pm dave:

EVAH.

Wed. 6/11/08 10:54pm dave:

that's a W. gratz on finishing out a season perfectly.

Wed. 6/11/08 10:55pm Formerly Disgruntled:

hey John Allen - I have been feeling bad ever since you posted my age-old cisgruntled Email I sent you. You have it permanently at the top of your playlist. Anyway when I wrote that I was having a bad week - my girflfriend left to go back to Chicago, my dog had to be put down the same week, and I was in severe pain after major dental surgery. So then I heard your show and it made me feel more pain. Long story short _ am sorry for complaining. But based on toniight's show (first time I have tuned in since) it seems you did heed my words. You are playing music we can all relate to - none of the intellectual stuff - RIght on!

Fri. 6/13/08 8:23pm Ike:

I don't buy the above comment. Also, you were playing smooth jazz at around 9:22. Or it sounded like smooth jazz to me. Hmm. You seem to really fetishize the whole smooth jazz thing too which is obnoxious to us who don't even care. I liked it when you played Cheap Trick though. I like Joe Belock a lot.

No, wait. I'm getting Joe Belock confused with Bryce. I like Bryce a lot.

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