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Favoriting March 27, 2019: "All I care about is my hair and fingernails. Everything else is just affectation." — Penn Jillette

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Lee Morgan  Davisamba   Favoriting The Rajah  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Something  Out on Death Row   Favoriting Outlandish Poetica  0:06:06 (Pop-up)
Theon Cross  Candace of Meroe   Favoriting Fyah  0:13:29 (Pop-up)
Mast (ft. Makaya McCraven & Jonah Levine)  Let's Cool One   Favoriting Thelonious Sphere Monk  0:19:20 (Pop-up)
 
The Womb  Freak Flag Fly   Favoriting Flee the Scene  0:26:23 (Pop-up)
The Piggies  She Ran Away   Favoriting Something to Chew On  0:28:58 (Pop-up)
Field Music  Let's Write a Book   Favoriting Measure  0:33:10 (Pop-up)
The Stroppies  My Style, My Substance   Favoriting Whoosh  0:36:31 (Pop-up)
Art Circus  Disappear   Favoriting Art Circus  0:39:35 (Pop-up)
Crumb  Part III   Favoriting Jinx  0:42:38 (Pop-up)
 
Stanton Moore  Tang the Hump   Favoriting Flyin' the Koop  0:50:07 (Pop-up)
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp  Blow   Favoriting Sauvage Formes  0:55:44 (Pop-up)
Arizona Amp and Alternator  The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys   Favoriting Arizona Amp and Alternator  1:01:17 (Pop-up)
Eerie Wanda  Magnetic Woman   Favoriting Pet Town  1:05:24 (Pop-up)
Victor Wooten  The Lesson   Favoriting Palmystery  1:08:30 (Pop-up)
 
Fontana Mix  The Feeling House   Favoriting The Noise Spiral  1:18:55 (Pop-up)
Peter Bibby  Hippies   Favoriting Grand Champion  1:22:22 (Pop-up)
Old Maybe  Dianetics / Ugly Love Me   Favoriting Piggity Pink  1:26:20 (Pop-up)
The Smittens  Cats for Cats   Favoriting Cats for Cats  1:29:52 (Pop-up)
Earlimart  Teeth   Favoriting Hymn and Her  1:32:34 (Pop-up)
Richie Havens  Indian Rope Man   Favoriting Richard P. Havens, 1983  1:36:54 (Pop-up)
 
Medicine  Defective   Favoriting Shot Forth Self Living  1:42:47 (Pop-up)
Paul Revere & the Raiders  Don't Take It So Hard   Favoriting The Legend of Paul Revere  1:46:37 (Pop-up)
Pageants  Cacti for Clothes   Favoriting Cacti for Clothes  1:49:24 (Pop-up)
Kait Dunton  Old Devil Moon   Favoriting Old Devil Moon (EP)  1:53:39 (Pop-up)
Sunwatchers  New Dad Blues   Favoriting Illegal Moves  2:00:14 (Pop-up)
Dark Blue  Different World   Favoriting Victory is Rated  2:06:14 (Pop-up)
Wings  Medicine Jar   Favoriting Venus and Mars  2:11:41 (Pop-up)
 
Reuben Wilson  Loft Funk   Favoriting Fun House  2:18:47 (Pop-up)
Phillip Johnston & the Transparent Quartet  The Damnation of Faust   Favoriting The Merry Frolics of Satan: The George Méliès Project  2:27:21 (Pop-up)
Beat Circus  Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came   Favoriting These Wicked Things  2:33:28 (Pop-up)
Captain Beefheart  Zig Zag Wanderer   Favoriting The Buddha Years  2:35:56 (Pop-up)
 
Balancing Act  She Doesn't Work Here   Favoriting Curtains  2:42:14 (Pop-up)
Sara Evans  Dreams   Favoriting The Barker Family Band (EP)  2:44:59 (Pop-up)
Tristen  Eager for Your Love   Favoriting Charlatans at the Garden Gate  2:49:07 (Pop-up)
Melanie  Lovin' Baby Girl   Favoriting Candles in the Rain  2:52:47 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Listening Out There:

[Like]
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AnAnonymousParty:

Guy sees donkey in VR goggles, says "nice ass". Girl misunderstands.
  3:03pm
John from Florham Park:

Hello fellow Irwin listeners
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βrian:

Virtually clever, that.
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Haiku Henry:

Hello Irwin and all.
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Phillippe Bastille:

Hi Irwin and everyone else
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Spankyflop:

Good afternoon all.
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queems:

what a jam
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Listening Out There:

Great tuba. Not many bandleaders that play tuba out there, eh?
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Greetings, Irwin and virtual listeners.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 3:20pm
Phillippe Bastille:

Hey Queems, were you listening to Irwin's remixes last week when you were driving across New Mexico? I was wondering if you thought the aliens had arrived and taken over your radio
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Fredericks:

Mast is one impressive outfit. I've liked everything I've heard by them. Everything I've heard by them has been curated by Mr. Chusid.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:24pm
zopa:

Irwin, do you ever play a song more than one in your show?
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Yes:

flashbacks
  3:25pm
Matt in Peapack:

Nice
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Kat in Chicago:

The talkover music sounds strangely familiar, I just can't place it :)
  3:26pm
djsheilab:

Tuned in just in time for your new bed music!
  3:28pm
John in Bklyn:

The customer is always right, except in this case.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
Irwin:

Thank you again, Sheila! MWAH!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
Gord:

@djsheilab — Admit it — you tuned in today half expecting to hear more John Mayer, didn't you?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:32pm
Irwin:

BEST TALKOVER BED.
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βrian:

Is there such a thing as futon music?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 3:42pm
Alison Porchnik:

sleeping bag and a bed roll music
  3:43pm
John from Florham Park:

@DJsheliab you are enjoying tormenting Irwin:)
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βrian:

Now, hammock music I could sway to.
  3:51pm
John in Bklyn:

I truly miss the torture that was Incorrect Music!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...loogit the pixels on that one...
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Devin B.:

Love this Orchestre Tout Puissant...
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Phillippe Bastille:

Lovin the Blow
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queems:

this is one of my favorite songs. interesting take on it
  4:05pm
John in Bklyn:

@queems Yes! The vocals sound like Beck in one channel and Frank Zappa in the other.
  4:05pm
John Delorean:

@Phillippe: Amen, brother.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:06pm
Irwin:

'Twas Howe Gelb.
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Sigurður:

I'm wondering how many misread 'affectation as 'affection'.
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Carmichael:

Nice vibe there, Wanda.
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Carmichael:

Hey now, the Wooten clan is from my hometown.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:11pm
AnAnonymousParty:

Woot!
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AnAnonymousParty:

Always love some Flecktones, either together, or in pieces.
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Fredericks:

I recognized Victor's sound immediately.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:20pm
Phillippe Bastille:

All the good toys have DeWalt written on the side of them
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Ike:

I love just about any song called "Hippies", or about hippies, because hippies are funny.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:26pm
AnAnonymousParty:

All my good toys have Gibson and Marshall written on them.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- from Neal's Heavy Concept Album...
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James Douglas:

Irwin, Beware, Andy is secretly taping you for an episode of his latest fail on TBS, Misery Index. Your misery will likely be palpable.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hippies :
www.facebook.com...
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rsj:

i hope that's not replacing tussle
  4:43pm
brian in New Orleans:

Richie!.....He's my dad in law.

I'll stream this for Bekah later.

thx!

Great Guy...He is missed.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:44pm
Irwin:

Brian - Agreed. Such an amazing, soulful vocalist. Singular voice, no one sounds like him.
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Listening Out There:

I liked Richie Havens' version of Here Comes the Sun...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Never dialed it in.
1st performer @ Woodstock before they had stuff up for the electric acts.
...Went to see the film in my callow youth - on more acid than I understood...RichieHavens melted me - in public - from the opener
...speaking of gawdam hippies...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Raiders sounding like Archies. Huh.
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Listening Out There:

Anyone know if Hal Blaine played on the Paul Revere?
  4:51pm
Brian in New Orleans:

He was very genuine and caring. I wish I got to know him more. He was planning on moving here with us in New Orleans...Funny thing is ...he lived in Jersey City! Near Fmu DJ Scott if I remember Scott Correctly
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Irwin:

Always thought PR&R played their own instruments. Good musicians and terrific vocalists.
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Listening Out There:

Thought so too, but amongst the recent obits I saw that Blaine played on a track of theirs...
  4:53pm
Brian in New Orleans:

it is also true he made up the final version of "Freedom" when he opened Woodstock ....The next band "Groundhogs"? were stuck in traffic LOL ...He kept being asked to go back onstage. His ashes are spread over the grounds where Woodstock was.
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Listening Out There:

Here's one. Not the one I heard, but it's one o' them: bestclassicbands.com...
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Listening Out There:

Ah. Found it. Blaine also played on "Kicks."
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- & great rekkids, Raiders.
Hal is somewhere on three Albums in my Top20 Ever: 'Forever Changes', 'Pet Sounds Sessions', bYRdS' debut...If not more!
They say 35,000+ tracks !! Astronomical.
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mb:

Irwin
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Listening Out There:

Paul Revere was a fun band indeed. I liked Fang.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- & it finally dawned on me what a Blaine fan Keith Moon was. Significantly.
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Irwin:

RRN63 - Is it true Keith didn't use a hi-hat? Early on, anyway?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Dennis Diken said that's overstated ? - ?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...he was no Funkster like Bonzo...more Wagnerian...
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qe1`3:

The Sunwatchers seem to be everywhere lately. Might just be where I hang out. Whatever the reason, I am fine with it.
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Irwin:

Keith was of the bash-anything-that's-in-reach school of drumming.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

In the Who doc 'Amazing Journey' - guy says that when Keith went to the solo - he'd change to the other bass pedal: apparently the equivalent of a gittarist flipping the gittar over...Not a conventional human being.
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qe1`3:

My name changed. I am fine with it.
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Guido from Cologne:

Great cover art:
f4.bcbits.com...
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qe1`3:

Irwin do hear any Keith Moon in Grant Hart's drumming with Husker Du?
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Irwin:

Keith was one of those all-too-common drummers who took solos while the other musicians were playing.
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Irwin:

That said, I admired his style.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Well - ask Townshend how he felt about that...
I wonder what Du might've sounded like w/out Who...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...since we both acknowledge MitchMitchell so much - I'll just let that pass...
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qe1`3:

Guido from Cologne: Jeez, that is something. Electric Kool-aid Juggalo?
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Guido from Cologne:

I think it's a fun idea to leave time-keeping to the others while surf-swirling and it was part of the very special dynamics.
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Woah, Jimmy McCulloch's Wings song.
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qe1`3:

Lemmy said he considered Entwhistle a lead guitarist.
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qe1`3:

Wish more Wings songs sounded like this.
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Guido from Cologne:

a lead-bassist
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

TheWho were kinda inside-out. Yeah.
& Rawk w/out the Roll, mostly.
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Irwin:

Reuben with some smokin' BBQ beats.
  5:20pm
John from Florham Park:

I once asked someone why would The Who smash all their stuff during their concerts, they told me that it was cheaper stuff not the expensive stuff they use in the studios
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Mr. Pumpy:

Hi, Irwin. Great show today...as per usual. Long live Joe Frank!
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CJ@Shawnee OH:

Corned beef hash. Hold the corned beef :0
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

They were reportedly half a million dollars (pounds?) in debt before 'Tommy'. Townshend always said he intended them to self-destruct as his sort of Art School concept...until kids told him his songs spoke for them...& the checks came in...
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common:

Good day
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Little Danny:

Another tasteful, gorgeous Melvin Sparks solo
  5:27pm
C’villeBrian:

Very cool groove. Thank you Irwin.
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Mr. Pumpy:

The bass drum sound on that Reuben Wilson track was really pumping my cajones!
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Listening Out There:

Ha! Johnston's gone from a Microscopic band to a Transparent one. 'Course, he is down in Australia now, right?
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Ken From Hyde Park:

They're referring to the band Faust or some other Faust?
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Listening Out There:

...a bagpipe break, no less...
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Jeff Moore:

Oh, yeah – Johnson and now WFMU Drummer-stream DJ Dave Sewelson were both linchpins of the Micros.

I trust everyone has been listening to Dave's excellent show? He has amazing musical guests – with whom he talks, plays selected recorded pieces, and usually blows live.

www.wfmu.org...
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KevinfromBayRidge:

Almost time for the Captain!
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Mr. Pumpy:

Van Vliet!
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Guido from Cologne:

Not the best mono mix of Zig Zag Wanderer.
Where is the voice?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:39pm
KevinfromBayRidge:

Oops...Meant Always!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Don't think the Captain needed ArtSchool...
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Mr. Pumpy:

@ Little Danny...I was fortunate enough to catch Melvin Sparks at The Stanhope house about 20 years back. It was insane! Long live Sparks!
  5:48pm
Andrea in Jersey City:

Hi!
  5:50pm
ed:

why do people feel a need to cover songs done much better by the original artist?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:52pm
Irwin:

Maybe Sara just loves the song so much she wanted to sing a version. Honor the songwriter.
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zpulpa:

@ed, cuz they have a good, fun, powerful time doing so and can share that song with their own fans, friends, whatever, maybe? idk
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:53pm
Irwin:

Are any Beatles covers better than the originals?
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Phillippe Bastille:

Nice set Irwin. Loved the whole show, actually, even the bed music. Thank you for putting this together.
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zpulpa:

it seems like Irwin's shows act as the invisible quotation marks around the word Better..
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

a.) Singing it anyway.
b.) Show they can.
c.) Occasionally show other aspects of it.
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Undead83:

This was a powerful show, indeed
  5:57pm
ed:

I was just curious. At least Sara didn't do it in that super slow wispy/wimpy singing style way that sooo many other singers have been doing to covers lately.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

e.) Acknowledge connection.
f.) Spotlight composition by separating it from a particular performance...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...there is no d.) ...
Thx IC !
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G:

d. Give people something to gripe about
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Irwin:

Amen.
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