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Favoriting July 9, 2020: Michael fills in for Pseu's Thing With A Hook

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Artist Track
Explorers Club, The  Any Little Way   Favoriting
Donovan  The Way   Favoriting
Squeeze  Albatross   Favoriting
Gaz Coombes  Caught By The Fuzz (Live at Maida Vale)   Favoriting
Elliott Smith  Ballad of Big Nothing   Favoriting
Frank Bango  Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been?   Favoriting
Jon Brion  I Believe She's Lying   Favoriting
Aimee Mann  Freeway   Favoriting
Baby Lemonade  Backofavan   Favoriting
Jason Faulkner  Afraid To Be Himself   Favoriting

Music behind DJ:
Bo Diddley 

Bo's Bounce   Favoriting
Bill Nelson  Acceleration   Favoriting
Looper & Francis MacDonald  Mondo 77   Favoriting
Cornershop  Brim Full of Asha   Favoriting
Jeevas, The  Ghost (Cowboys In The Movies) aka The Bike That I Ride   Favoriting
Alex Chilton  Just To See You   Favoriting
Cargoe  Feel Alright   Favoriting
Devin Hill  Stars   Favoriting
Plimsouls, The  A Million Miles Away   Favoriting

Music behind DJ:
Sly and The Family Stone 

Feathers   Favoriting
Green  I Play The Records   Favoriting
Leopards, The  I Wonder If I'll Ever See You Again   Favoriting
Cucumbers, The  Who Betrays Me?   Favoriting
Mark Johnson  Precious Love   Favoriting
Rick Derringer  Something Warm   Favoriting
Electric Soft Parade, The  Summertime In My Heart   Favoriting
Monkees, The  You Bring The Summer   Favoriting
POP 4  Einstein and Sunshine   Favoriting

Music behind DJ:
Byrds, The 

Stranger In A Strange Land [Instrumental Backing Track]   Favoriting
Mama Sonic  Ella   Favoriting
Booze, The  Can't Stand Losing You   Favoriting
Kurt Baker  She Can Do It All   Favoriting
Radio Days  Why Don't You Love Me Anymore?   Favoriting
Mark Bacino  Awake   Favoriting
Ken Sharp  I Wanna Be David Cassidy   Favoriting
Rufus Wainwright  Instant Pleasure   Favoriting
Neighbors, The  Valerie   Favoriting

Music behind DJ:
Pharcyde 

Otha Fish   Favoriting
Keys, The  I Don't Want To Cry   Favoriting
Joe Jackson  Look Sharp   Favoriting
Ian Lloyd  Slip Away   Favoriting
Bram Tchaikovsky  Girl Of My Dreams   Favoriting
Sinceros, The  Take Me To Your Leader   Favoriting
Clash, The  Train In Vain   Favoriting
Buzzcocks, The  You Say You Don't Love Me   Favoriting

Music behind DJ:
Electric Light Orchestra 

Telephone Line   Favoriting
Pretenders  The Buzz   Favoriting
Brendan Benson  Richest Man   Favoriting
London Souls  When I'm With You   Favoriting
Lemon Twigs, The  The One   Favoriting
Faith Healer  Sufferin' Creature   Favoriting

Music behind DJ:
Queen 

Crazy Little Thing Called Love   Favoriting
William Shatner  Common People (feat. Joe Jackson)   Favoriting
Bay City Rollers  Rock And Roll Love Letter   Favoriting
Bruce Springsteen  Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own   Favoriting
Adam Schlesinger  Something Happened (Demo)   Favoriting

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CLICK HERE to find how how to submit music to Michael for airplay consideration

CLICK HERE for Fountains Of Wayne Live from the Artists Den

CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

CLICK HERE to watch "Andrew Bird's Live From The Great Room feat. Jonathan Richman"

CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag

CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel

CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s

CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to hear from the amazing Bob Washington, the voice of K-Tel

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

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 for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

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 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 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 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

CLICK HERE then click "Random Video"

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 garbage. 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 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.

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


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Listener comments!

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Michael Shelley:

Good afternoon all Pseu fans! Honored to be here.
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Baby:

Baby’s Doohiky with a curved sharp pointy item.
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steveo:

whoa wait whoa when am i?
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myron feld:

Whoa! What a pleasant surprise!
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Webhamster Henry:

Hi Mike Is it Saturday already?
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myron feld:

And starting with a bang!
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Carmichael:

Mike's gilhoolie with a barb.
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Baja Joe:

Hi Mike!
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chris_in_space:

Well now, this is a treat! Welcome Michael, skel-crew, listeners! Let's do this!
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Webhamster Henry:

Can you play Pseu's theme song at least?
  12:02pm
Joe R.:

Did I click on an archive by mistake?
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steveo:

Michael, so my spouse was showing me this youtube video about how to get cat pee out of a mattress.........
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03pm
Power Papi:

Thursday is the new Saturday!
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Michael Shelley:

Wish I had her theme!
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Hughie Considine:

Wow, great to hear you, Michael. Plenty of hooks will follow! And hey, it's a different show so there's no reason for him to play Pseu's theme. I mean, come on, Michael's gonna do Michael.
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Alvy Singer:

It feels like Saturday in here. Welcome to Thursday Michael.
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deborah:

Great Donovan album!
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steveo:

:)
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Krys O.:

Good afternoon!
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Pedro in Arlington:

At least Mike doesn't have to reflect on yet another awful week as there are still three days to go. OK, 2.5.
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ratso:

Well this is nice! Hi Michael, et al.
  12:06pm
kpx:

Good morning, you've just timed warped ahead, to the Michael Shelley show. here on the fun 91.1, WFMU.
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Michael Shelley:

This will be an ALL POP SHOW - light on the mic breaks & no obnoxious in-between bumpers ever two seconds
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:07pm
Krys O.:

Gaz!
  12:07pm
Websie:

greetings Mike and rubbernecking Hookers
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KWilde:

Howdy Michael. Nice to see you. Looking forward to your spin on Pseu's great hooks
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YETI BOB:

Hi Michael! Nice set of links there. I'm going to have to watch Jonathan Richman at Andrew Bird's farmhouse!
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YETI BOB:

(I usually hear your show on weekends, when I'm not at my computer, so I've never seen this page before)
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Hughie Considine:

Frank Bango opened for Jonathan Richman in at least one recent tour.
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Gaylord Fields:

Hi, Michael! You gotta admit that Elliott Smith made the best fake Big Star songs this side of Teenage Fanclub!
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ratso:

@Gaylord, ha! you're not wrong.
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Michael Shelley:

If you steal, do it well and steal from the best.
  12:15pm
Baby:

Baby taking any requests today?
  12:15pm
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Thanks for playing this Jon Brion tune! This is the first time I've ever heard it on the radio, anywhere...
  12:16pm
MFlynn:

Michael, great that you’re on the air today!
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Michael Shelley:

BABY - try me
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Gordon FM:

Hello, my huckleberry friend!
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Gaylord Fields:

@ratso: And we are better off for those tributes/pastiches.

@Michael: a.k.a. The Nick Lowe Rule, said with total respect to that master artiste.
  12:18pm
Baby:

Wayne Hancock Thunderstorms and Neon Signs?
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Gaylord Fields:

@Gordon FM: Olá, meu amigo! Tudo bem?
  12:19pm
MFlynn:

If requests are at all possible Michael, would love to hear anything Nick Lowe, particularly from that great live show released recently.
  12:20pm
Rich Kemp:

A Jon Brion record must be followed by Aimee Mann. It's practically law.
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Michael Shelley:

Will do!
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Michael Shelley:

cousins
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Hughie Considine:

I think pfans of Pseu's show would dig some Bucky, @Michael
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Corey:

Afternoon Michael and everybody! Turning it up to the maximum shared speaker volume at work.
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Pedro in Arlington:

Aimee Mann predicted this all. youtu.be...
  12:26pm
Baby:

Nice LA set. Good stuff Baby!!
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Carmichael:

Ive been the only person at my work since March 18th. MAX VOLUME
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Gordon FM:

@Gaylord Olá! Espero que seu verão esteja indo bem. Eu tenho músicas novas para vc. :) Em breve.
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Woo:

Hey Bo Diddley
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Gordon FM:

Nice surprise to hear your show on a Thursday afternoon, Michael!
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Yes:

whoa ! it's michael! what a nice surprise
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juan:

Love Pseu, but it's always great to hear your show Michael. Very nice opening set
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happymaan:

Hey Michael, great hearing on a Thursday!
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Joe B:

prefer reverse order for those who join a set in progress
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ratso:

I'd love it if you guys just back announced randomly. adds an element of challenge and mystery.
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Gaylord Fields:

@Gordon FM: Ótimo! Mal posso esperar!
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ron in S FL:

Bill Nelson! thanks Michael
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Krys O.:

If I recall correctly, John Narucki hated to go on mic to do his playlist, reverse or otherwise.
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dougseidel:

thanks for good show Micheal
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dougseidel:

coincides with my mood being super good
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WO Town Wick:

Digging the infectious bass and keyboards of this Mondo 77
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Woo:

I like the Mondo 77
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myron feld:

Brimful of Asha is as #1 as you can get
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Jennica:

@Michael Shelley - Where have you been all my life?
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steveo:

Funny myron, I was about to paste this: "originally reached number 60 on the UK Singles Chart in 1997. After a remixed version by Norman Cook became a radio and critical success, the song was re-released and reached number one on the UK chart"
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ratso:

I just heard this song on an episode of Friends. Lockdown made for weird lunchtimes.
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mariano:

Michael, pleasant surprise! Afternoon everyone.
  12:48pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

greetings from Tannersville.
cool sets for a blazing afternoon.
too hot to move... but tapping me feet!
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jmd:

Hey Michael. Nice to hear you on a different day!
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Gaylord Fields:

@GordonFM: Please email me about the best way and format to get music to me. Muito obrigado!
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Baja Joe:

Cool faster version of "Brim Full..." That's a record I wore down.
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dougseidel:

great snare sound on this alex chilton - wow
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Bill in W.O.:

Cornershop's record from this spring is quite good, a favorite so far this 2020. Michael, your description of Jon Brion made me think of Brad Jones.
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Alvy Singer:

@Listener Bop Monroe- You guys in the Pennsylvania Mountains aren't used to this kinda heat.
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Joe B:

yeah! memphis two for thursday!
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YETI BOB:

@Bill in W.O.: Cornershop is still making records? I have to look into this!
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Power Papi:

"Feel Alright'--the best song Big Star never recorded.
  12:55pm
kpx:

Hey Michael, I don't suppose there's a chance that you're going to play a song by this new and upcoming redhead teenage singer by the name of... Mmm, What was her name . ju...ju...niper JUNPER!, That Was it!. ever hear of her?.
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ratso:

Nice little write-up here from 2003 explaining the significance of the lyrics of Brimful of Asha: www.cornershop.com...
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Bill in W.O.:

@YETI B. Titled ENGLAND IS A GARDEN, FWIW.
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Listener Bop Monroe:

yep, got that right cuz we're in the NY catskills
:-)
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Steve:

Michael, can I ask you a question about Bo Diddley?
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ratso:

I think DJ's have played new Cornershop recently.
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Gaylord Fields:

@kpx: He's not allowed to, as per WFMU's conflict of interest policy.
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Joe B:

the new Cornershop made the rounds at FMU - Evan Clay, McGasko, Todd etc
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Joe B:

No. 1 hit from the Plimsouls!
  12:59pm
Steve:

Yeah, Plimsouls!
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prudy:

loving the Plimsouls...haven't heard this song in years...
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ratso:

Well you DID say ALL POP. dayum!
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Gaylord Fields:

@Joe B: Just a perfect song by every measure, including heartbeat rate.
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myron feld:

Super super #1 song here, and featured in "Valley Girl!"
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eastvanhalen:

Joining the "hey, Plimsouls!" chorus. This is so much fun.
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Woo:

I wish I was driving my car listening to this song.
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mariano:

Hey, from the "Valley Girl" soundtrack!
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Michael Shelley:

Steve - I will make a rare exception, what is your question?
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Joe B:

it's a slippery slope to all lower case playlist entries ...
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Steve:

Is it just me or was Bo Diddley's 'Bo's Bounce' way ahead of its' time in terms of innovation in how he manipulated his guitar on that track ?
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Hughie Considine:

The Sounds stickers are un-removable!! One time it looked OK -- on the Replacements' Tim, because same shade of pink.
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Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

I still can't figure out how I'd never seen Valley Girl until just a few years ago.
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Woo:

I have a couple of LPs that still have the department store price tag stapled to them.
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listener monica:

i am sooo loving your show !!
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mariano:

Bob Kildea was Belle & Sebastian's bass player I thought. 20 years ago at least. Met him a couple of times, nice guy.
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YETI BOB:

I was browsing used records and I found one with a Korvette's sticker on it. They had a weird system where the records didn't have prices - the stickers were color-coded with a letter ("E", "G", etc) and there was a chart hanging up that decoded the prices. Anyone else remember that?
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Pauly from Clifton:

Michael! What a treat to hear you on Thursday! I hope it's a double dose of the show this week.
  1:06pm
kpx:

@Gaylord, Hmm, well that's the way that cookie crumbles. speaking about cookies have you still been baking them. or was it some kind of donuts that I've seen people breaking your chops about. I forget why they were doing that?.
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Steve:

I remember that well, Yeti Bob. They had the best sale prices
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Gaylord Fields:

No baking anymore. Not enough people to eat them.
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Joe B:

Plimsouls were on Terre T's show, 2006: wfmu.org...
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Gaylord Fields:

@kpx: And why? People are weird.
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Michael Shelley:

THANKS, JOE! I knew it was in there somewhere...
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Michael Shelley:

STEVE = Bo was from another planet - possibly sent from the future.
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Joe B:

I saw the Plimsouls three times in 2006 alone and they were fantastic. Buyer beware - Eddie Munoz still plays under the Plimsouls banner but with a rotating cast of players/singers. It's usually really good but Peter Case is usually not involved. end public service announcement
  1:11pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

we had an EJKorvettes off the Belt Pkwy in Bklyn.
Did not know until after it closed the name referred to 'Eight Jewish Korean Vets'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Korvette

i got a nice bicycle but no records from them. '74.
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Carmichael:

This should be the Kinks, but it's not. So there.
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Rick from SC:

This Leopards song reminds me of the Kinks
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mariano:

Ahh, Cherry Blossom Clinic, sorely missed. Perfect Saturday afternoon show.
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jt:

The Leopards, "I Wonder If I'll Ever See You Again"
so nice!
Ray Davies cousin?
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Carmichael:

Rick, you owe my a pepsi.
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mariano:

That did sound like Ray Davies, didn't it?
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Hughie Considine:

The first Cukes LP was really fantastic.
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ratso:

@Yeti Bob, I think a few discount department stores used the letter system (maybe Two Guys?). This way they didn't have to relabel for price changes. just change the signs.

@Bop, didn't know that! good trivia.
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Hughie Considine:

Saw them at Maxwell's, with Ira the K behind the board.
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henry:

holy crap, i saw the Cucumbers at the 40 Watt in thel late 80s...
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Rick from SC:

Too funny
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doctorjazz:

Love this Cucumber track, have the vinyl somewhere at home.
Hi all!
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Woo:

Cucumbers is new to me and it is fantastic.
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Listener Bop Monroe:

....but it was an urban legend... sorry.
According to Korvette's founder, Eugene Ferkauf, who died on June 5, 2012, the name "E. J. Korvette" was coined as a combination of the initials of its founders (Eugene and Joe) and a re-spelling of the naval term corvette, a nimble sailing warship and later World War II sub-destroyer. The company's founding in 1948 (two years before the Korean War) disproves the urban legend that the name was an acronym for "Eight (or Eleven) Jewish Korean War Veterans".
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ratso:

well now i'm disappointed.
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kpx:

I just remembered seeing that color code pricing at Walmart.
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Joe B:

@woo - seek out the cucumbers' great cover of all shook up
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myron feld:

And I just remembered I saw the Plimsouls in 1982 at Beverly Hills High, in the gym with the floor that opens to reveal the swimming pool as seen in "It's A Wonderful Life."
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Krys O.:

@Yeti Bob: We did the same at Crazy Eddie's records. Having a letter/color code meant that we didn't have to relabel with sale prices, simply change the signs.
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Carmichael:

Rick sounds like Darryl and John.
  1:22pm
David:

The Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo Rick Derringer?
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doctorjazz:

Used to love going to Sounds, up those steps on St Marks.
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Krys O.:

The McCoys could have influenced Hall & Oates.
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Michael Shelley:

MYRON - who else on the bill
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Dennis Diken:

diggin' the show big time Mikey!
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Rick from SC:

I don't remember this Monkees tune, but it sure reminds me of later XTC
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ratso:

Yay, Monkees! great tune. Andy Partridge penned.
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Michael Shelley:

written by Andy Partridge! BINGO
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Tim In SF:

Chips and Root Beer? I'm in. Bring the summer on.
  1:28pm
kpx:

I hope this monkees tune becomes a regularly permanent played summer song.
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ratso:

Thanks for this awesome fill-in, Michael. Getting off the comments board to go sweat and mow. But this show in the headphones will make it bearable.
  1:30pm
Buddha of Suburbia:

Hi Michael Shelly and friends!
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myron feld:

@Michael Shelley -- I don't recall, sorry.
  1:31pm
Buddha of Suburbia:

Michael Shell"e"y
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Gordon FM:

@Gaylord Email Sent!
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efd:

I was just thinking, it's interesting (in a good way!) to hear this show vs. the Michael Shelley Show proper. Sounding good!
  1:35pm
queems:

i just got home from my stupid job so that’s cool
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Joe B:

Not sure if I should go looking for this:
In 2017, Derringer collaborated with the baseball players Tom Seaver and Gary Redus to release a version of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
  1:36pm
kpx:

Hey there Buddha!
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efd:

@Joe, that sounds like it could be... ungood.
  1:36pm
queems:

fyi if you’re thinking about driving to/from the city via gwb, reconsider
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David Shortell:

I guess naming that Byrds instrumental "Stranger In A Strange Land" was David Crosby's idea, considering that Heinlein novel inspired his rejected Byrds song (and accepted Jefferson Airplane song) "Triad".
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Joe B:

Crosby is the songwriter for that one
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David Shortell:

@efd
Double plus ungood, maybe?
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?:

the tests are contaminated with the virus world wide. hence the original "delay" in initial testing referred to as a "glitch" contaminated CDC tests. President of Tanzania tested vegetables/animals and got positives back because he knew the tests were comped and was showing it to the world who is blind with fear.. look it up!
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Listener Bop Monroe:

jonesy played a version of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" by Carly Simon this week with all the lyrics. Lets go Mets.
  1:40pm
BH:

(wouldn't the positive % be higher if the tests were contaminated?)
  1:43pm
Steve Harsh:

Kurt Baker has the most hooks, good call
  1:43pm
kpx:

this guy sounds a lot like Elvis Costello.
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queems:

question mark has their finger on the pulse of science
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Jennica:

@kpx: I had the exact same thought.
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Lizardner Dave 2:

@queems but do the rest of the Mysterians agree?
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queems:

@lizardner dave lololollololo
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RGD4music:

Enjoying the show today !!!!
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YETI BOB:

@?: My test and my wife's test came back negative. I guess we are not vegetables!
  1:49pm
kpx:

@Jennica, am I wrong or does this guy also sounds a lot like Elvis Costello.
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Michael Shelley:

@? - Why not post with your real name? I'm not sure I understand your point... Do you not belive more people have the virus this week than last?
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Woo:

Can we just dance? Let's just dance.
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Feldpausch:

I absolutely LOVE this Rufus Wainwright song. It's so hard to find
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BH:

pretty sure the argument for this not being a peak of infections involves "the testing wasn't plentiful enough to make April the peak"... but I suspect that some people aren't going to make *that* argument.
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Power Papi:

That Tanzanian president is a piece of work: www.theguardian.com...
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Listener Bop Monroe:

trust the science when the facts stare you in the facemask.
ignore the ignorant. let them eat bleach.

...sorry, wont go there again.
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Joe McG:

Wow, the same guy who wrote that Rufus Wainwright song wrote Taylor Dayne's big hits! Nice to hear you today, Michael!
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Montmaster J:

Hey! Wish I had tuned in earlier!
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Power Papi:

Seltzer? Is that what you call Club Soda back East?
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Jennica:

@Power Papi - It can also be a tonic.
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βrian:

I always knew it as just "soda."
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Joe B:

Yes, Kurt Baker Band played on Three Chord Monte in 2015, and the Kurt Baker Combo on Todd-o-phonic Todd show in 2018
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kpx:

Mark Bacino not quite as much as kurt Baker, but still very Costello.
  2:02pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

club soda has salts, seltzer (2 cents plain) is just CO2 & water.
i LOVE seltzer.
  2:03pm
BH:

I suspect "the tests we've bought for America are actually wildly inaccurate" isn't exactly a winning argument for the people running things
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Peter:

Adam Sandler movie you're thinking of is Big Daddy
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deborah:

Fun song; don't remember ever hearing it.
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Gaylord Fields:

"I Don't Wanna Cry" is on my short list of favorite power pop tunes ever ever. Love love love every single thing about it, including the Wings/Joe Jackson connection!
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Tim In SF:

Lookin'Sharp
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eastvanhalen:

Joe! I love this guy.
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Faux Jean:

Hey, loving this show. Thank you. Also, this is a happy coincidence as I heard Sue play “I’m Sticking with My Henry” a few weeks back, which I loved and played for my son, Henry, and then proceeded down a Michael Shelley rabbit hole.
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Montmaster J:

Saw Joe at Town Hall last year.....really good show, great band. He's also really funny.
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Carmichael:

Look Sharp and I'm the Man were 2 great LPs.
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Hughie Considine:

I think the first single off Look Sharp was "Got the Time," which got a lot of airplay on WPIX in NYC -- that Graham Maby bass line jis ust absolutely lapel-grabbing.
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Carmichael:

The bass is always more of a lead with Jackson.
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Peter from Dover NJ:

Hello everyone. Listener Bop Monroe, I love seltzer too. Got tired of recycling plastic bottles tho. Great show, Michael.
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Hughie Considine:

Dang, here's another WPIX classic. Ric Ocasek produced, I think
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deborah:

@Feldpausch Love anything by Rufus Wainright who is so underplayed.
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Power Papi:

Mike is killing it today.
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

Hey everybody
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Krys O.:

@queems: A finger on the pulse of vegetables.
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Krys O.:

Nice blast from the past with the Ian Lloyd. Thanks!
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Montmaster J:

Hey Mike, remember when we saw Marshall Crenshaw (with Graham Maby and Kenny Aronoff) somewhere...and Joe was in the audience? Good times.
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Woo:

Is this the singer from Stories?
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Michael Shelley:

Bottom Line - great show!
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Bootsie:

This Ian Lloyd is new to me... and I am LOVING it!
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Montmaster J:

Yes!!!!
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Krys O.:

@Woo: yup
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Krys O.:

And now Bram! YES!
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eastvanhalen:

Ohhhhhh, I haven't heard this Bram in a while.
  2:14pm
Frank Zaatar:

Wow, somehow I'm working at my day job in 1979 and listening to WNEW. I wish I could afford Fiorucci--oh well, back to Manic Panic.
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Hughie Considine:

That's three in a row from the golden age of the late '70s not quite defined era I love so much. If "Starry Eyes" by the Records comes on, I'll plotz.
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Gaylord Fields:

Bram is another WPIX hit (and actual chart hit, too).
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Carmichael:

Bram! Wow, it's been a LONG time. This was also an incredible album.
  2:14pm
Steve Harsh:

1979 - the year that changed my life
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Krys O.:

Or some Motors, Hughie.
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Montmaster J:

Or What I like about You
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Carmichael:

I think The Records are coming up soon. Or The Vapors.
  2:16pm
Steve Harsh:

It could only be The Records
  2:16pm
Steve:

Been a long time since I heard this fab Bram Tchaikovsky hit !
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Hughie Considine:

Airport! @Krys O
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Carmichael:

Or The Motels.
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Krys O.:

@Hughie: A fab gear Motors song!
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myron feld:

more WPIX! Is Joe from Chicago there?
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Bootsie:

What a great set!
  2:18pm
Steve:

I think this Sinceros hit was on a New Wave comp double LP back then ?
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efd:

omg, the Sinceros!!
  2:19pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

good gosh, it's WPIX-FM & i'm dancing (BY MYSELF hint hint) at Webster Hall on a monday nite. look, there's pete townsend!
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efd:

oh jeez, and I missed "Slip Away" and "Look Sharp." Now I'm mad.
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Hughie Considine:

To be sure, @Krys O - "Love and Loneliness" too!
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Krys O.:

Having high school flashbacks.
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Montmaster J:

I'm 14 again.
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Hughie Considine:

@Michael, can you tell that you're killing it?
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eastvanhalen:

Oh, Mick Jones, what have you wrought
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Krys O.:

Used to go to the Ritz on a regular basis and Joe Jackson was always there towering above the crowd.
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listener 126464:

PIX Penthouse Party
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eastvanhalen:

Volume up.
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Bootsie:

ヽ(´▽`)/
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myron feld:

I strongly recommend Viv Albertine's (the subject of this song) book "Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys" and the followup "To Throw Away Unopened."
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eastvanhalen:

Work break, living room dance party.
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Power Papi:

ok, I'm dead.
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eastvanhalen:

Me too
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Bootsie:

***INCOHERENT SCREAMING***
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Krys O.:

Yes, Viv Albertine is still amazing as is Vivien Goldman.
  2:23pm
sufferwords:

ah the true sounds of summer
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eastvanhalen:

Why yes, I wrote "I don't want to live in a dream I want something real" on my bedroom wall when I was a teenage punk
  2:23pm
Steve Harsh:

Not just Buzzcocks, but THAT Buzzcocks. Such a fine selection.
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Hughie Considine:

Recently read "Brave New World" and hadn't realized the phrase "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" comes from Huxley's book.
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eastvanhalen:

In sharpie
  2:27pm
johnk77:

outstanding work @mikeshelley
joe jackson liked to go out
in the eighties in nyc
he came by s.o.b.'s
quite often
i was told he then lived on
king street
nice guy/very tall
pro-cigarette smoking
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efd:

jeez, I was living on 5th Avenue in Park Slope around that time (maybe) - early '90s.
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Hughie Considine:

At least Joe didn't say, "Don't you know who I am? I'm the man!"
  2:29pm
BH:

"Would you say that Joe Jackson was Stepping Out after you told him he couldn't smoke in your bar"

*audience shakes their heads quietly*
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Gaylord Fields:

@Hughie: But he did say to Michael, "Me, babe, steppin' out!"
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Gaylord Fields:

@BH: Jinx!
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Krys O.:

I read that Joe Jackson moved to Berlin for a while.
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Michael Shelley:

EFD - did you ever encounter a standoffish bartender with great music playing?
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Joe B:

the NYC no smoking law was circa 2002/2003
  2:32pm
johnk77:

chrissie another
big tobacco user
in the 80s
she would allow
hashish to be mixed in
whilst smoking
w/the crew;>
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Mike Sin:

Late to the party here, but a nice surprise finding a Michael Shelley fill in!
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patrick321:

I lived on King / 6th Ave corner from 79-96. JJ came into the bar/bistro place under my apt often. Really kept to himself so I never spoke to him.
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efd:

@Michael not that I recall, but then I've never been much of a bar-goer.
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Carmichael:

That's a British thing, johnk77.
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Woo:

2020 Pretenders sound great.
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efd:

Also I'm alarmed to realize it was a lot closer to 30 years ago than 20 when I was living there
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Montmaster J:

@Krys....yeah I think he moved there so he could smoke. For real.
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Hughie Considine:

@Gaylord, as Joe's about to leave, a high school senior glides in on rollerblades and she lights up a cigarette. A vein on Joe's head begins to throb.
And Michael says, "Don't you know that it's different for girls?"
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Michael Shelley:

I worked there 1994ish to 2000ish - Wildgirl got me the job!
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dk50b:

Train in Vain was meant to be a free flexi-disc giveaway from NME. Was written and recorded at end of London Calling sessions, NME deal collapsed, so decided to tack onto London Calling. Since cover art/track listing was done too late to include there. First Clash song to break US top 30. web.archive.org...
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efd:

ah, I was on to Bay Ridge by that point. Where on 5th? I was between 3rd and 4th Streets.
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Pseu Braun:

Great job, Michael! Listening from home, PC dead... Hope to be up and running next week. Thanks for taking the load off and providing the hooks!
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Joycek:

I remember Joe playing on SNL in the mid-80s. Producers told him he had a 3 minute slot so he and the band stopped abruptly in the middle of a song and he sneered "3 minutes!" Cut to commercial.
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Pseu Braun:

HAHA Thanks for the Twigs!
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dk50b:

Michael assume you've heard The Rabies sizzling cover of Somebody Got Murdered
  2:43pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

sorry EFD but Bay Ridge begins at 69th St.
3/4th St'd be Park Slope, a cool place either way.
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Gaylord Fields:

@Hughie: Haha! JJ/MS fanfic!
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efd:

@Listener Bop I know, I moved from Park Slope to Bay Ridge
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deborah:

Fabulous show, Michael! Thank you.
  2:46pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

re-read. my bad.
(we were 81st off off Ridge Blvd.)
3 Jolly Pidgeons is still there!
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Jennica:

I was at that bar.
  2:47pm
johnk77:

thanks again selecter
with all this commentary
i feel the need to go
into the backyard
for a non-tobacco
herbal blessing
after the show is over
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efd:

@Listener Bop not sure I ever went in there, but I remember passing that spot often! I was at 3rd Ave and 100th St, then 72nd St just off Shore Road
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Bootsie:

The Shat!
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Brian in New Orleans:

Oh shit!
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dk50b:

Chrissie Hynde's hard to understand politics might mean the title isn't aimed at the obvious targets
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

Our cat is named The Common People but not after the song.
  2:49pm
Rocky Mountains:

Hell yes, Shatner’s the shit.
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Krys O.:

Shatner is nearly 90!
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Bootsie:

@Krys and still sharp as a tack!
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Listener Baby:

Wow Baby. You said so, and you did. Pop Phasers on Stun!
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Steve Harsh:

Really great show Michael, many thanks. Catch you Saturday
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dk50b:

Shatner not the most tolerant person per George Takei, but hey that was perfectly acceptable then
  2:52pm
Rocky Mountains:

Great show, regular listener of both your programs. Pseu plays Juniper regularly, please play some Juniper!
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Krys O.:

@Bootsie: Indeed. I follow him on Twitter.
  2:52pm
Listener Bop Monroe:

Cap'n Catheter

EFD that liquor store is still at 100/3rd too!
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efd:

wow, good for them!
  2:52pm
Listener Robert:

I sure hope that's not a true story. It would mean some lady made a single awkward statement, had it taken badly, and got an awful rebuke.
  2:53pm
Jeff formerly from Rahway:

Fab power pop today Michael this show is a real treat today!!!
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Power Papi:

Mike makes my jeans explode!!
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Krys O.:

My sis lived in Park Slope in the early 80s and I used to hang out there and in Cobble Hill during my days at Upsala.
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Gaylord Fields:

@Rocky Mountains: Michael can't play Juniper's songs, because of WFMU's conflict-of-interest rules.
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listener 126464:

Thanks Michael and FMU crew.
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Michael Shelley:

dk50b - I have the CBGB board tape! who re you?
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Krys O.:

Thanks, Michael!
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patrick321:

Great show Michael, thx!
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Michael Shelley:

THIS WAS SO FUN! Thanks all for the love, support, help & comments!
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Hughie Considine:

Really loved this show today! Be well, all.
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Bootsie:

Excellent surprise show!
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efd:

Great show Michael!
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Jennica:

Thank you Michael Shelley.
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ifeelfatnsassy:

Guess I'll just have to spin my Juniper record later today for my fix of those hooks...
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Pedro in Arlington:

You better not call in sick on Saturday, Mike. That would happen at an old job I had. Fill in, get time and a half. Then call in sick for your own shift.
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Montmaster J:

Thanks Michael! Great show.
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Listener Bop Monroe:

that was a real quick 3 hours sittin under the fans.
great fill in!
thank you Mr S and all the rest!!
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PNX:

The last three hours have been an absolute pleasure. Thanks, Michael!
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eastvanhalen:

This has been awfully good. Thanks Michael!
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McGroovey:

Just turned the radio on. I missed it! I'll listen in the archives.
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βrian:

It was real, quick, and really quick.
Thanks, Michael.
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Rocky Mountains:

@ Gaylord Fields, ahh... of course WFMU would have good policy that way! Thanks for the info!
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