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April 8, 2017: Guest: Keith Colley
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CLICK HERE to listen to "Musicians fighting Spotify are ‘so f-cking dumb,’ music industry pundit Bob Lefsetz says"
CLICK HERE to read a Mike Love sympathetic piece titled "Beach Boys seek to overcome discord with new wave of Love"
CLICK HERE to listen to a new NPR interview with Brian Wilson
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 to have a listen & decide for yourself
CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"
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CLICK HERE to see the March 25th Hot 100 chart - when Happy Together was number one!!
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CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show
CLICK HERE to see a Thought Leader gives a talk on Thought Leadership
CLICK HERE to find out Why Classic Rock Isn’t What It Used To Be
CLICK HERE to find out Why You Can’t Get a Ticket to the NBA Finals … … and every other major event on the planet
CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms
CLICK HERE to hear "How Music Taste Evolved"
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CLICK HERE for Ringo's isolated drums from "Oh Darling"
CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell in a BBC interview with some woman with a lot of plastic surgery
CLICK HERE to see some paintings by Jonathan Richman
CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"
CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall
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CLICK HERE to see Michael Shelley get interviewed on a NJ public access TV show "Destination Montclair"
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 info on the new, all instrumental, Michael Shelley album
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 for The K-Tel Story
CLICK HERE for Ock TV
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 film excerpt "Session Men - Memphis"
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 for the website of the guy who shot Bigfoot
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
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CLICK HERE for a grammar test
CLICK HERE for Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee
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 gargbage. 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 STAX at The White House
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.
I love THESE Beach Boy videos!
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.
Listener comments! | |
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![]() Moooooar phony phone callzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Sat. 4/8/17 11:01am
groucho:
hello. can I have an mp3 of this Michael business please? |
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![]() Elvis! Oh, a wise guy, eh? |
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![]() Oh this is good! |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:03am
Jimmy Wipper:
Hahahahahaha. | |
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![]() That was no accident! |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:04am
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Lame. | |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:05am
Clarke:
and the mirth nevah stops!!! | |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:06am
Clarke:
no. i won. rocktobaaah. | |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:08am
Jimmy Wipper:
Someone told me we all won! | |
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![]() that elvis costello song reminds me of my high school boyfriend. he loved that song & I couldn't stand elvis' voice. anyway, thanks indeed for that throwback that really caught me off guard |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:12am
Clarke:
most of us won ! | |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:19am
Andrea and James:
What a sweet song, thanks | |
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![]() ...expecting to slide into 'Pulling Mussels from a Shell' - but doesn't...this Science of #1 Pops... |
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Sat. 4/8/17 11:23am
Johnny_A:
The Knickerbockers do a great version of this tune! |
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Sat. 4/8/17 11:23am
glenn:
for some reason, my local grocery store has great music. i walked in there the other day to hear the knickerbocker's version of one track mind. |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:24am
Todd:
Please play a David Peel song. He was so important to the history of punk on the Lower East Side. He just died and was as influential as the Ramones | |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:24am
Clarke:
grocery stores have stepped up on their music | |
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![]() A groggy Baby to one and all. |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:26am
Clarke:
babyyyyyy!! | |
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![]() Sleepy Baby. |
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![]() ouch! Tough night? |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:27am
Clarke:
they are all tough MS! | |
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![]() Hi Baby. Hi Clarke. Not like me to miss part of my fav show. Got a new bed, and I think I needed it. |
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![]() Hi Frank! |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:28am
Clarke:
baby is on west coast (i believe) - i could not function at such an early hour... | |
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![]() As west as you get. |
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![]() The Pope Smokes Dope David Peel? Dead? Oh, man :-/ |
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![]() Pat Byrne is airing a David Peel show tonight at 9PM if you're able to tune in for that or on the archives later on. |
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![]() thx, KfHP. Appreciated. |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:32am
Stevel:
Last week's show didn't appeal to me, so I turned to something else, and here I am this week. | |
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![]() They kept listening because they couldn't risk missing a minute of Rex. |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:33am
Stevel:
ToT: Good point. | |
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![]() Baby. This is a bus ride out of Rome, but I really enjoyed it. en.wikipedia.org... |
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![]() The crank call thing - there's definitely harassment involved - & that bugs me...but humor is often transgressive. It's interesting & funny to hear pretenses punctured & people exposed for their pomposity, bigotry, hostility... Sociologically relevant... & I wasn't aware of it as a Genre itself & how it relates to touring bands & stuff... |
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![]() There's a great Bob Dobbs quote that applies to last week show. |
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![]() Also, if you don't go to the Pantheon, don't go to Rome. Greatest building I've ever been to or seen. |
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![]() ...there's an element of voyeurism to prank call tapes - something people think is private... |
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![]() And watch your bags and wallet!! |
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![]() I saw Million Dollar Quartet a few years ago on Broadway. I thought it was a real fun show. I especially liked watching the onstage rhythm section who had little to no lines. Also, we provided backline for those American Songbook Lincoln Center shows. I was really excited to see the Cactus Blossoms were playing it. One of several recent shows that I would have liked to catch if I weren't so busy with a million other things in my life right now. |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:42am
Clarke:
first of all - if you wanted to play chinese bells for two hours - YOU CAN! it's WFMU. 2ndly, the quality of the show was INCREDIBLY GREAT - the interviews were really good - something that is difficult to do with pranksters. i can testify that some fans were made even more loyal!! | |
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![]() Mike - I liked it - but in this production the drummer was the weak link - a good drummer, just not grasping the Sun style. In fact. on the night the Million $ Quartet actually happened - there was no drummer there. |
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![]() @Clarke: It was presented well - good point. |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:45am
Clarke:
many people don't know that DJ Fontana didn't even make the Sun scene until later - the drummer on early elvis songs (that have drums) is Johnny Bernaro | |
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![]() Interesting. Many 50s trax have boxes or suitcases w/ reverb or something instead of drums...an exposition of this would be informative... |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:51am
Clarke:
sometimes i use my snare case as a 'bass drum' - put a sm57 inside of it (cut a hole for it) | |
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![]() Illinois Pop? |
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![]() Drums killed rockabilly. |
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![]() For Rome, it's kind of fun to just spend a few hours walking down random streets and seeing what's there, avoiding scary areas, of course. You might want to have a fake wallet with a couple € in it. Keep your real valuables in an undershirt pocket or something. Some folks recommend keeping pictures of your passport and a file with your credit card web site & phone number info on a password-protected USB flash drive, just in case. |
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![]() I often go back to the Elvis Sun Session lp, and it is really spine tingling - and there are no drums at all. |
Sat. 4/8/17 11:59am
Clarke:
there are great drums on rockabilly - Sid King & His Five Strings?? wow. i think bernaro plays drums on one of those sun sessions of elvis -- will have to check | |
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![]() Johnny Burnette, anyone? |
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![]() Anyway, Never said there aren't great drummers in rockabilly, just that drums murdered the style. |
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Sat. 4/8/17 12:02pm
glenn:
it's bernero. |
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Sat. 4/8/17 12:02pm
glenn:
www.rockabilly.nl... |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:04pm
Clarke:
i am past the cold part - but the cough won't f'ing LEAVE!! also liverpool just made a nice comeback victory (i watch whilst listening) - so now i am completely here | |
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![]() hi all. i too was at the Zombies (and saw Michael for 3,4th time,?, but i introduced myself to him this night). and the Odessey portion was truly great (duh). my date, Jack Rabid, was in absolute ecstasy. and my shows seen since include Marissa Nadler, Weyes Blood / Julie Byrne, Miriam / Cut Worms / Saint Pe. two of these shows were at Monty Hall. |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:09pm
Clarke:
Falling INTO Love - good title | |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:13pm
Clarke:
700 songs. | |
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Sat. 4/8/17 12:16pm
Clarke:
did steve work in a small piano studio at the major studios?? what was his 'office'?? | |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:20pm
Clarke:
so he must've worked at home - with his wife | |
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![]() Is that Seals and Croft backing him on this? Sure sounds like it |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:27pm
Clarke:
dash croft is on tons of records anyway - being part of the wrecking crew | |
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![]() The fiddle sounds S&C-ish |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:29pm
Clarke:
good one!! | |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:31pm
Clarke:
baby - are you still in long beach - or moved to l.a.? | |
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![]() I never lived in LB. Grew up in LA. Now live in Paso Robles. 3.5 hours north of LA. |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:34pm
Clarke:
ah - on the beach?? | |
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![]() No. In wine country. 20 miles from ocean. |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:36pm
Clarke:
oh wow - cool. do you still do sound work? | |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:38pm
Clarke:
finding great records is slowly a dying 'art' - thrift stores are over. sadly. | |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:38pm
Sean T:
Michael, I became a big fan of Terry Baxter's orchestrated pop versions. My tag line for him is "10 times more obscure than Percy Faith, 1000 times hipper than Montovani. | |
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![]() yes, in a strange way. Our tasting room is secretly a recording studio. I bring acts from all over to perform. Dave Alvin Amy Rigby Cactus B's Big Sandy Chuck Prophert, and many more. We record all performances for soon to be released CD. |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:40pm
Sean T:
https://www.discogs.com/artist/1198946-Terry-Baxter-His-Orchestra-Chorus | |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:40pm
Clarke:
that's great, baby!! i did not know you were a vintner (sp?) | |
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![]() some would say so? |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:41pm
Clarke:
ha ha - back at me! | |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:45pm
Clarke:
i suppose i am fascinated by the "mid-level" hollywood writer -slash - session guys. the guys in the trenches, so to speak. who paid for their office space/studio? were they independent?? or part of a team with management, etc?? | |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:47pm
egould310:
Great interview Michael. And an excellent show as well. Greetings from Long Beach California. Thanks! | |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:47pm
Clarke:
one of my top 10 all-time songs...TR | |
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Sat. 4/8/17 12:48pm
glenn:
i wonder who leroy was. |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:48pm
Clarke:
what's going on in long beach, these days?? i can't recall the name of that music venue?? still there? | |
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Sat. 4/8/17 12:48pm
Jimmy Wipper:
I always thought it was very generous of Todd to get Leroy a woman before he gets himself one. |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:49pm
pp:
Todd rarely plays this song live. He did it recently with a Dutch orchestra which you can find on YouTube. | |
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![]() Bogarts. LBC is growing and become very hip and expensive. Still a lot of gang stuff very close by. |
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![]() Bogarts gone. |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:50pm
Clarke:
TR wrote this while he was still in the Nazz | |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:50pm
Nate:
GUH-ROOOOOOOOVY!!!! | |
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Sat. 4/8/17 12:51pm
Jimmy Wipper:
I just love this song! |
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![]() Just haven't is on a short list of songs from the last 20 years that was a huge hit, and a great song. Very few of these. |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:51pm
pp:
He hasn't played it much live perhaps because it ran afoul of feminists over the years due to a throwaway line in the song. | |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:51pm
Marc15:
I remember it was your show, Michael, that I first heard this great song | |
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Sat. 4/8/17 12:52pm
Jimmy Wipper:
Totally true, Baby. |
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![]() Happy is another that comes to mind. |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:52pm
SeanG:
I like this song. Michael, do you like John Hiatt? | |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:53pm
egould310:
Bogarts? Closed. It's A Nordstrom's Rack now :-P. Alex's Bar, The Pike bar, are decent venues that book some top notch acts. Otherwise, to see live music gotta go to LA or the Observatory in OC. | |
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Sat. 4/8/17 12:53pm
glenn:
i think royals is a great song, and obviously a huge hit. |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:53pm
Tennessee Jeb:
I like the Shelley version better | |
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![]() Royals?? |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:55pm
Clarke:
well, bogart's WAS in some sort of strip mall thing | |
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![]() "How 'bout them Royals?" |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:56pm
Clarke:
the royals are not winning.... | |
Sat. 4/8/17 12:57pm
Clarke:
most enjoyable ya'll....one day this cough will go away.. | |
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Sat. 4/8/17 12:57pm
glenn:
yeah, they suck. get ready for the fire sale. |
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![]() Bogart's felt like is was once an El Toritos or something similar? |
Sat. 4/8/17 3:18pm
Mark R:
VERY inspired opening song today! I just don't know where to begin . . . accidents will happen . . . I know what I've done. Inspired. | |
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![]() Man, Sugaree is a thing of beauty! Thanks Michael. |
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