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So you like old crazy music, eh? Well, if I’m going to live here in your brain, I must do some housework. There are cobwebs all over the place in here. They must go. Very dusty too. Maybe if you laugh hard enough, it will all blow away and people will think you’re crazy. Feel free to talk back to me. I must keep you guessing and off balance. Please watch where you’re going…
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Flying Shelsons
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BEST DAY I EVER HAD
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This is Jay Wasco (from Johnny Skillsaw). Check out his website www.jaysmuseum.com to see his invention, the egotar (a bass and slide in one) and also check out "The Execution of Mr Met" (something Met fans have been clamoring for for years)
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Root Boy Slim Sex Change band
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BOOGIE TILL YOU PUKE
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Born Foster McKenzie III, was a fratmate of George W Bush at Yale [DKE]. Got thrown out by the future Pres and banned for life, which ended in his sleep in 1993 at age 48.
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Pale face
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BURN AND ROB [Electric Version]
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Learned to write songs from the expert, Daniel Johnston. Good friend and roomate of Beck. Collaborates with his long time girfriend and drummer Monica 'Mo' Samalot. Website is palefaceonline.com. New album released in April.
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Liz Phair and Material Issue
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BANANA SPLITS THEME
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Cartoon's Greatest Hits
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Theme from Hanna-Barbera's first live-action show from early 70s.
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1995
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Hugh Mility and Orchestra
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BE HUMBLE
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Horrible 45
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Actually is Tony Burello, author of "There's a New Sound (the Sound of Worms)". Irwin and I met his widow and daughter, who gave us this and other records to share with the WFMU crowd.
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Fugs
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BOOBSALOT
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Formed in 1964, with Tuli Kupferberg, Ed Sanders, Peter Stampfell and Steve Weber (of the Holy Modal Rounders) were larger-than-life figures in the NYC folk scene in the 60s and Anti-Woodstock in 1994
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Duke of Iron
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BIG BAMBOO
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Cecil Anderson of Trinidad found his way to NYC in 20s and became one of the biggest Calypso stars around. Appeared in 1957 film Calypso Joe with Angie Dickenson
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Rae Cox
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BASEBALL GIRL
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We've all gone to a movie or a game with someone like this. Otherwise no info available.
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Pink Holes
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BASEBALL PARK FUN
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Breakfast with the Holes
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Les Black's Legendary Black holes and the view of a baseball game from the eyes of a weird child. From Cleveland, where anything goes. Bandmate Bob Ritchey's (AKA Kurt Turd) mom was a member of the Pony Tails ("Born too Late")
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Firesign Theatre
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BEAR WHIZ BEER
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A classic. Go to eagletshirts.com for tee shirts (and where were the Firesign's lawyers while all this was going on?)
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Pumpkin Uglies
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BORIS THE SPIDER
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Rockin the Graveyard
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No info available
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Coasters
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BULL TICK WALTZ
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Atco #6251 [The P.T.A. (1/11/63) / Bull Tick Waltz (7/31/62)] Used to be Carl Gardner & Coasters, inducted into Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in 1987
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Stinky the Spuds
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BREAKFAST
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Stinky & the Spuds were from Westfield NJ and could really rock. I'm not sure this is them. Could I have written it down wrong? LIsteners?
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Rev Billy C Wirtz
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BERNIE THE TOASTER
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A real Reverend (First Church of Polyester Worship)from Aiken SC, now lives in Cocoa beach FL.
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Mystery Tour
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BALLAD OF PAUL
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A tour of all the clues about Paul's death. For more see ludix.com/moriarty/paul and you'll be convinced. So who's opening Citi Field then?
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Rick Schulman
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BALLAD OF GUMBY
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Green Album: a Tribute to Gumby and Pokey
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Gumby's story is pretty complicated. See Dorian Devins' interview with Art Clokey in "Best of LCD" from WFMU. Also try to catch 2007 film "Gumby Dharma"
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Leonard Nimoy
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BILBO BAGGINS
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Highly Illogical
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Mr Spock also sings, believe it or not. Oddly enough Nimoy was in a Man from U.N.C.L.E. episode with William Shatner in 1964 (Project Strigas Affair). Replaced Martin Landau in "Mission Impossible" (Landau was an early choice for Spock). "In Search of ..." reached low point with "In Search of Good Moo Goo Gai Pan"
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Gordons and Hank Jones Trio
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BEBOPPER
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Beat Generation [Rhino box set]
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Honey Gordon, George Gordon, George Gordon Jr and Richard Gordon. Hank Jones Trio was Hank Jones, Charles Mingus & Max Roach.
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Cordell Jackson
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BEBOPPER'S XMAS
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Cordell (7/15/23-10/14/04) was first woman to produce, engineer, arrange and promote music on her own label [Moon Records]. Appeared in a memorable Bud Light commercial where she interrupts Brian Setzer in the studio and shows him a thing or two about rock n roll. Find her on You Tube for a real treat.
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Louis Jordan
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BARNYARD BOOGIE
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Born in Brinkley AR (7/8/08-2/4/75). His father was leader of the Rabbit's Foot Minstrels, which gave career shoves to the likes of Bessie Smith, Butterbeans & Susie, Ma Rainey, Ida Cox, Big Joe Williams, Rufus Thomas, Brownie McGhee... Should I go on? The REAL father of Rock n Roll.
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Mike Toomey
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BABY I'M DEAD
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Mike is a stand up comedian from the Chicago area. When this song came out, some folks actuallly thought it was the King.
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