WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from July 18, 2020

Listener comments!
	♥ 11:00am Frank In Queens: Where is everybody?
	11:01am clarke: they're all in love
	♥ 11:01am Listener Baby: Ha!! Hi Frank. Baby.. No woman in my life has EVER hooked me up with a waffle cone.. Should I be concerned? Good morning all!
	♥ 11:01am skid: Good morning Michael and everyone!
	♥ 11:02am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Shelleys & Ruth & all!
	11:02am clarke: a bit hungover this morn, Frank?
	♥ 11:02am Michael Shelley: I'm here!
	♥ 11:02am Michael Shelley: Those are Clarke's Tubulators!
	♥ 11:03am Handy Haversack: I'm here! Happy Saturdays, Michael, Shelleys, Shelle Gamers. Hey, Frank, Greg.
	11:03am clarke: hah - the one that says "Bad" just had a low battery, and i left the tape on there - from like the 1900's. it is BAD!!
	♥ 11:04am Handy Haversack: That shelfie is so good -- it's a crime!
	♥ 11:04am Michael Shelley: What do they do?
	♥ 11:05am Squints59: This Quincy number is delightfully retrocious. Is this a Kurt Baker project or is that just an eerie similarity?
	11:05am clarke: they were designed to give an analog sound to transistor amps - warmer. but, if you put them thru a tube amp - uh, look out.
	♥ 11:06am Frank In Queens: Hi Baby, Hi Handy, Hi Michael, Hi All!
	♥ 11:06am Squints59: I can't hear this without seeing Sidney Poitier dancing with Judy Geeson.
	11:06am clarke: basically, like a tube-screamer - BUT, if you put two together. insane break-up.
	♥ 11:06am Frank In Queens: @clarke: Nah, the show was over by 7:30 so plenty of time to recover for the morning.
	11:07am clarke: how was??
	11:08am clarke: i will probably watch it later, today.
	11:08am gf2002: Arion Tubulator twins! I bought an Arion analog delay in '92 used for 20 bucks and it's still one of my favorite pedals for classic tape delay.
	11:08am clarke: will have to seek out the arion delay - i am certainly happy with their product.
	11:09am KWilde: Good morning folks!
	♥ 11:09am Frank In Queens: @clarke, pretty fantastic. Lots of new stuff, deep cuts, and neglected classics. Doug played the hollow body he uses in Bambi Kino and the tone was great.
	11:09am clarke: we need ze baloney!!
	♥ 11:09am Corey: Good morning Michael and listeners! Fierce little storm just broke, time for clear skies and #1 hits.
	♥ 11:10am Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): Hello, Michael and WFMU folx! And the very Scruggs himself!
	11:10am clarke: saw the rehearsal photo of the hollow-body - "looked" awesome!!
	♥ 11:11am Frank In Queens: Apparently he doesn't like to tour with it, so as this was a one-off gig, he used it for this show.
	11:12am clarke: yeah - it would be a little dangerous to bring that out on the road - with caterwauling singer, etc.
	♥ 11:12am Frank In Queens: The black Les Paul is just way more durable.
	11:13am clarke: old black.
	11:14am gf2002: Arion pedals used to be the sleepers to find on the cheap, but people found out how good they can sound (and can be modded) and the prices shot up! I have the Arion digital reverb too, nice sounds.
	♥ 11:14am Hoboken Jack: First things first: Frank wins!!! Hello Michael, Ruth, Greg, Baby, Handy, all.
	11:14am clarke: are you implying that percy mayfield had a conservative lifestyle?? NOOOOOOO>
	11:16am clarke: i jokingly blame Michael Shelley for this pandemic as he got folks into ordering chinese effects pedals, just before all this...hmm...
	11:16am Ruth Booth: Hi Jack!
	11:16am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: WHO is the mystery lazy Producer - ?!???
	♥ 11:17am Handy Haversack: Hey there, Jack!
	11:19am Puzzler: Hi Michael - acrostic puzzle in tomorrow's Sunday NY Times Magazine section was created by Nick Lowe
	11:22am clarke: genius.
	♥ 11:22am Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): Where'm i goin'?
	11:22am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Went too long with just an acoustic - now I can't reckon pedals @ all (?!?) - just amp gain & wah for tone control & I'm in orbit. I hope I'm not a one trick pony... but wouldn't be the worst accusation leveled @ me. Tis GOOD to hear the Saturday block on FMU.
	♥ 11:23am Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): Never too old to rock n' roll, kids! Happy birthday, Courtney!
	♥ 11:24am Handy Haversack: Hey, Granny ST!
	11:24am clarke: i do not claim to be any kind of expert on effects pedals. i like them. but, if you are playing acoustic, live (whatev that means, these days), i highly recommend the Baggs pre-amp pedal!!
	11:25am Baby: For all of you lovers of the best, and only the best https://linktr.ee/junipersongs
	11:26am clarke: BaBy!!
	11:27am Baby: Hi Clarke!
	11:27am clarke: seems like about time for the first troll to come creeping along, here - hope i didn't jinx it.
	11:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Cheers - I mean I didn't have electric guitar @ all for years ! ...Now I do & I'm all feedback & wah. Tubrscreamer maybe I could relate to... Whotoonz !
	11:28am clarke: ah!
	11:30am clarke: Soup Greens are GO
	11:31am clarke: did you parents kick you out and make you go outside - after american bandstand, that is?
	♥ 11:31am Frank In Queens: Saturday mornings are still cartoon time for me. Check out "Cartoon Cocktail Party" on FB. Livestreams classic cartoons on Sat mornings from 9-11 EST.
	11:31am clarke: excellence, Frank.
	♥ 11:32am Frank In Queens: Great way to wake up, and a good lead in to Michael's show.
	11:32am clarke: tex avery can git the blood goin'
	♥ 11:33am Hoboken Jack: Hi Juniper! What's this blog I've been hearing about?
	♥ 11:34am Frank In Queens: I bought the Warner Archives blu-ray of Tex Avery cartoons Vol. 1. Still genius after all these years.
	♥ 11:34am Goyim in the AM: My wife's comment about the Cattanooga Cats: "this kinda sounds like a Juniper song".
	11:34am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: If no Bugs Bunny - how ya gonna know about Classical music...Carl Stalling - Marx Bros. ...cross-dressing...well I guess kids are good there...
	11:34am clarke: you said a mouthfull thar, billy boy!!
	♥ 11:34am Pedro in Arlington: OK, I'll get the "no politics" crowd boiling. Despite some success on the trade front, Franklin Pierce was a failed president, antagonizing the abolitionists and drinking too much. GO!
	11:34am phat: Holy moly. This Catanooga Cats...
	11:35am KWilde: Take a Message to Mary
	11:35am gf2002: RotoToms...Hal Blaine drumming on the Cats song? He had the first set.
	♥ 11:36am Frank In Queens: I much prefer Benjamin Franklin Pierce, myself.
	11:36am clarke: it was probably blaine, indeed. he did a lot of those late 60's/early 70's cartoon soundtracks
	11:36am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I knew Michigan J. Frog. Michigan J. Frog was a friend of mine. You Sir are no Michigan J. Frog.
	11:37am clarke: franklin pierce you are no james buchanan!!
	11:38am juniper: Hi Jack! Its a blog where I interview authors weekly! the-juniper-journals.webnode.com Thanks for asking!
	♥ 11:39am Frank In Queens: Am I the only one who can hear Paul Revere & The Raiders doing this number?
	11:40am clarke: nah. too respectable.
	11:40am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Party : m.facebook.com...
	♥ 11:40am Frank In Queens: That's the one Rev!
	♥ 11:40am Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): Pierce needed a new stylist. That hair! Goodness!
	11:40am Cooh John: Love the new bumper. Waiting to hear the rest of them.
	♥ 11:41am Frank In Queens: Granny, apparently Americans don't care about the President's hair style....
	11:41am clarke: shoulda gotten jackson's stylist - va va voom!!
	♥ 11:42am Frank In Queens: Any relation to Riff Randle?
	11:43am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...baboon signaling - hair on end & an orange buttocks...
	11:43am clarke: Cat Piss Studios is OPEN!!
	♥ 11:44am Frank In Queens: Ah, different spellings!
	♥ 11:45am Michael Shelley: GAIN STRUCTURRRR
	♥ 11:45am Pedro in Arlington: And don't get me started on William Jennings Bryan! Nominated 3 times. Did the Dems have no other candidates? Then he defended Spazz's monkey on trial. GO!
	♥ 11:46am Handy Haversack: Juniper, that website is fantastic! Do you know Word bookstore in JC? The other branch of that store is in our neighborhood in Brooklyn. I'm going to send your blog to a teacher friend of mine whose students might really appreciate it. Have you read China Miéville's _Un Lun Dun_? You might enjoy. Great work! The family Shelley is on fire these days!
	♥ 11:47am Handy Haversack: Benjamin Franklin Pierce also drank too much sometimes. Really upset Radar that once.
	11:48am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Tell me you would've acted any differently than the monkey...
	11:48am Steve: Hey Michael, it's Mike RANDLE not Randall
	11:49am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Happy 81st (!) Dion.
	11:50am Cooh John: I thought the electorate could see through Trump by his concocted hairstyle alone. I was wrong.
	♥ 11:50am Frank In Queens: @Handy, that episode was just on this week.
	11:50am juniper: @Handy Haversack- Thank you so much! That is very kind of you! I don't know about Word book store or Un Lun Dun, but I am looking for new bookstores and books. I'll check it out!
	♥ 11:52am Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): Ha ha! Seek and ye shall find—there's an article about the US obsession with presidential hair!!!
	♥ 11:52am Michael Shelley: Steve - dont tell me, tell the kid...
	♥ 11:53am Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): and it's from Nat'l Geo!
	♥ 11:53am Handy Haversack: Oh, a couple of more recommendations, Juniper: Jo Walton, _Among Others_. In stock at Word Jersey City: www.wordbookstores.com... And Premee Mohammed, _Beneath the Rising_, which I bought at Word JC on March 15, which is just about the last normal thing we did! www.wordbookstores.com... The website strangehorizons.com has some excellent reviews and frequently covers YA material. I use it frequently for my books-to-get list.
	11:53am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I Like Spike
	♥ 11:54am Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): Apparently, Andrew Jackson's hair caused quite a stir!
	♥ 11:55am Bootsie: I get random interference stepping on the 91.9 signal here in Put Valley. Usually late mornings and/or late afternoon, but it's not consistent. Live stream to the rescue once again!
	11:56am P-90: Gotta love The Onion Song
	♥ 11:56am Heidee: Hi Michael, great show! Enjoy your muffins!
	♥ 11:57am Bootsie: I saw Nick with Los Straitjackets about a year ago. Great show! Digging this cover...
	11:57am bobsmart567: Hi, Michael. Can you recommend something good to watch on tv/YouTube, etc. thanks
	♥ 11:58am Handy Haversack: Green eggs and Quorn breakfast tacos just arrived!
	11:59am paul: No "g" in straitjackets. :)
	12:01pm juniper: @Handy These look amazing! Thank you so much. I always need new places to get some good books, especially reasonably priced ones.
	12:01pm clarke: no I in team.
	12:01pm paul: RIP, John Lewis.
	12:02pm clarke: tiem.
	12:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Carpe Tiem
	12:03pm Martinibomb: yay it's muichael shelley. Diggin the show today
	12:03pm clarke: which john lewis?
	12:05pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: (...Seize the Spelling...)
	12:05pm Martinibomb: I like the movie talk!
	12:05pm clarke: MINDHORN!!!!!!!!
	♥ 12:06pm Frank In Queens: I'm a fan of the movie talk segment as well.
	♥ 12:06pm suzyhotrod: You have to watch the Walter Mercado doc, heartwarming!
	♥ 12:06pm Hubig Pie: It's film noir nite on TCM- Maltese Falcon , High Sierra, Three Strangers.
	♥ 12:06pm Squints59: Tiem Has Come Today.
	♥ 12:07pm Greg from ZONE 5: Pete Davidson seems like a good guy, I just cannot stand to watch him do anything ever.
	♥ 12:07pm Frank In Queens: I'll pass on anything with Andy Samberg in it.
	♥ 12:07pm Frank In Queens: Big Chill on Channel 13 tonight.
	♥ 12:07pm Frank In Queens: I'll pass on most movies that have to do with Staten Island.
	♥ 12:07pm happymaan: Micheal, make sure to check out that show "Review"
	12:08pm clarke: HA HA HA
	♥ 12:08pm Squints59: "I wouldn't pass water over...."
	♥ 12:08pm Handy Haversack: We have been rewatching The Americans. Also: Cobra Kai. Glad to help, Juniper. Kate and I are constantly facing being crowded out of our apt. by the books in here. We donated more than 700 last year in a major purge, and you can't even tell anymore! Man's gotta have a code, Frank.
	12:08pm P-90: How could it be a cheap Andy Samburg straight-up rip-off of Groundhog Day and be “not a total disaster in every way”?
	♥ 12:10pm Frank In Queens: Excellent point, P-90. Ill go even further and ask how could anything involving Andy Samberg not be a total disaster in every way?
	12:10pm P-90: Correction: Michel said it was “not a total disaster in ANY way”
	12:11pm clarke: seemed like the drink would cover the cool logo
	12:11pm Eli: Wow. I thought "Neighborhood" was one of the best movies I saw last year. Go figure.
	♥ 12:12pm happymaan: Also check out, Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
	♥ 12:13pm happymaan: "For over 30 years, Marion Stokes obsessively and privately recorded American television news 24 hours a day filling 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing wars, talk shows and commercials that show us how television shaped the world of today."
	♥ 12:13pm happymaan: "everything is awesome" is the song in question
	12:13pm Dean: Thank you. SNL was funny for about twenty minutes into the first show of the first series. Thereafter, churning.
	12:13pm paul: Adam Sandler is much worse.
	12:13pm Patty D: That movie was good. Not that funny but definitely clever. It had a few laughs.
	12:14pm bobsmart567: Thanks for the reviews, Michael and Juniper. Pete Davidson is a doppelgänger for John cryer.
	♥ 12:14pm Montmaster J: We liked DEVS.
	12:14pm gf2002: Double feature: Bullitt and The Thomas Crown Affair. Then follow with Point Blank (1967). McQueen and Marvin.
	12:14pm Einstraus: Hot Rod!!! My name is Rod and I like to party
	♥ 12:14pm happymaan: Devs is great.
	12:14pm P-90: You gotta buy Cobra Kai for three bucks an episode or fourteen bucks a season.
	♥ 12:14pm Frank In Queens: I recommend exptv.org for some random, mind-bending visuals.
	♥ 12:15pm Fuzzy: Gee, this song is swell!
	12:15pm DG: Yes, Sandler is certainly worse than Samberg. I wasn't crazy about Andy S. either, but I'd recommend "Brooklyn Nine--Nine," a funny, sometimes too-nutty sitcom about cops (not sure how they're going to re--vamp that concept though). Problem is, it's been on too long, so the earlier seasons are much better. (And wow, have the Turtles heard this Explorers Club song??)
	12:15pm clarke: there can never be something TOO Turtles derivative!!!
	♥ 12:16pm myron feld: Sure is. Always steal from the best!
	12:16pm DG: The Explorers Club----erasing the line between rip-off and homage.
	12:16pm R2: Watch Svenghoolie every Saturday night at 8pm on METV. Old school classic horror movie host screening classic horror movies. THE WOLF MAN is tonight's movie. I think you and the family will get a kick out of it.
	12:16pm gf2002: SNL is unwatchable, and has been for years.
	12:16pm P-90: “Turtle-style Songs” is an open-source genre
	♥ 12:17pm Pedro in Arlington: Another plug for free movies on Kanopy, available through libraries. And two random good films on there: Big Fan and First Reformed. GO!
	12:17pm MFlynn: Thanks Michael for introducing me to The Explorers Club. Absolutely love these two new albums!
	12:17pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ow dare ye besmerch the staggering gravitas of Thee Turtles monumental pisstake to their label.
	12:17pm ?: "Uncut Gems' on Netflix is the best movie I've seen in awhile (even if you hate Adam Sandler). The Al Adamson documentary on Tubi is also highly recommended, if you're a fan of exploitation films.
	12:18pm gf2002: The chorus chords sound a little like Sagittarius "My World Fell Down"
	12:19pm P-90: I’m sure when the Boys hear a Turtles tribute like that they’re thrilled that they’re still recognized and appreciated.
	12:19pm DG: Is "Big Fan" the one w/Patton Oswalt? Saw that awhile ago on IFC (maybe) & thought it was pretty good---a character study on lonely, socially-challenged "fans."
	12:20pm davefromtoronto: there's a great doc on coney island on Kanopy. very interesting and disturbing.
	♥ 12:20pm Power Papi: Tubi is also running 'Danger 5', the best TV show ever: youtu.be...
	♥ 12:21pm Eddy in Australia: @Michael/Juniper Have you watched the Chinese film The Farewell yet?
	12:21pm lateforclass: pete Davisdons new movie is surprisingly great!
	12:21pm clarke: g'day mate!
	12:22pm paul: Adam Sandler and Jimmy Fallon do only one thing that's actually funny: imitate musicians
	♥ 12:22pm Frank In Queens: The "In Queens" household watched "Lone Star", "Mikey and Nicky", "Polyester" and "The Princess Bride" this week.
	♥ 12:22pm Greg from ZONE 5: The unspoken truth about SNL is that there have always been 1 or 2 good skits per episode. Always. Even when you go back and watch the early years you still have to wade through a ton of filler to get to the gold. Bottom line is that I would watch Kenan Thompson read the phone book. I hope he never leaves.
	♥ 12:22pm Eddy in Australia: Hey Clarke!
	12:22pm P-90: The new Perry Mason series on HBO was very intriguing and entertaining for the first couple of episodes, then seemed to stall a little. Which is off because it’s a mystery and therefore has a built-in structure that should carry it along.
	12:23pm clarke: oh Frank - that reminds me - the Secaucus 7 is a real stinkeroo (for me)
	♥ 12:23pm Listener Baby: Numero uno!!
	12:23pm P-90: ^”which is ODD because...”^
	12:23pm kpx: Pseu says people are a captain obvious for saying stuff like that the explorers club sound like the turtles.
	12:23pm bobsmart567: The Quiet One (doc about Bill Wyman), really good. So is Once Were Brothers
	♥ 12:23pm Pedro in Arlington: Right @DG. It's got the elements of ludicrous sports fandom, sports radio, the NY to Philly thing and Oswalt is quite good. And in real life, he doesn't know anytging about sports.
	♥ 12:23pm Handy Haversack: Yeah, truth, Greg.
	♥ 12:24pm Nardo: I noticed someone mentioned Mindhorn which I believe is a neglected minor comic masterwork with the great Julian Barratt. Think it's still on Netflix. Watched American Masters Basquiat doc last night which was very good. Think it was originally released in 2017.
	12:24pm paul: Over the past 20 years, the female cast members have been the funny ones on SNL. But I would miss KT if he leaves.
	♥ 12:24pm Frank In Queens: @clarke: I thought it was ok. A very dialog driven indie film, and I kinda like that sort of thing. Reminded me on early Hal Hartley, although it obviously came a decade before. We're watching "The Big Chill" tonight for comparison.
	12:25pm Frank Zaatar: OK, another pop song that sounds better when a female soul singer sings it. Put Patty Drew on that playlist.
	♥ 12:25pm Handy Haversack: We were talking about rewatching some Hal Hartley golden greats, Frank, and seeing how they have held up. I anticipate quite well.
	12:25pm clarke: yeah - if you like the big chill you might like Secaucus 7. not my cuppa.
	♥ 12:25pm Hubig Pie: Charles Barkley said it best when hosting SNL- "We've got some good skits lined up for you, and the others, well we're gonna do 'em anyway
	12:26pm P-90: @Greg: yes, Kenan Thompson has indeed evolved into some kind of Comedy God, something no one could have predicted.
	♥ 12:26pm Eddy in Australia: That Trojan Records documentary on Kanopy - as recommended by Michael a few weeks ago - is excellent.
	♥ 12:26pm Frank In Queens: @Paul, I haven't watched SNL in years, but I can't think of the last male cast member that I haven't completely loathed.
	12:26pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: To be fair SNL cranks it out Live every single week for 40 years or something - what is comparable? Think everyone has a sense of the quality/quantity ratio...Now Uncle Floyd had me on the edge of muh damn seat I can tell you...
	♥ 12:27pm Frank In Queens: @clarke, I haven't seen "Big Chill" since I was a kid, so we'll see.
	♥ 12:27pm John from NP: Wait a minute, that wasn't Murph and the Magic Tones
	12:27pm paul: @Frank, Bill Hader was great.
	12:27pm Dennis Diken: yeah Mikey!
	♥ 12:28pm Frank In Queens: @Handy, I still LOVE those early Hartley films. All gold through Henry Fool.
	12:28pm gf2002: If SNL had anything on the level of those Gary Weis, Albert Brooks, and Tom Schiller short films and the musical guests from those first 5 years, I'd watch. But agreed - a lot of filler since season 1.
	12:28pm clarke: ha ha. i have real contempt for that flick. i will be waiting to hear your review. MindHorn is really great.
	12:28pm Sean T.: Hey Michael, on a conference call this morning so missed the first 84 minutes. Hoping you'll get it on the archive right away and give me another chance.
	♥ 12:28pm Handy Haversack: Barry was excellent if you like Bill Hader at all. Yeah, Frank, I got really excited to see The Floating Truth again! And Amateur!
	12:29pm clarke: i give bill hader thumbs up
	♥ 12:30pm Frank In Queens: @Paul, he falls into my loathed category. Sorry. KT is ok, I suppose.
	♥ 12:31pm Eddy in Australia: @Handy Agreed about Barry. Big thumbs-up.
	12:31pm clarke: perfect vocal on perfect tune
	♥ 12:31pm Michael Shelley: I liked Barry
	♥ 12:31pm Frank In Queens: @Handy, Metrograph did a Hartley retrospective early this year before the world went to shit, and we saw Amateur there. Was even better than I remembered it.
	12:31pm paul: You're a tough crowd, @Frank. :)
	♥ 12:31pm Frank In Queens: @Paul, with some things ;)
	♥ 12:31pm Montmaster J: We liked Barry as well. Good to see the Fonz again!
	♥ 12:32pm Michael Shelley: SNL is un-funny
	♥ 12:32pm Michael Shelley: negative funny?
	12:32pm paul: Guess I'll check out Barry.
	♥ 12:32pm Frank In Queens: Oh! i just thought of one. I like Tracy Morgan.
	12:32pm davefromtoronto: there's no excuse for the Explorer's Club - there's no honour or reward in basing a career on appropriating other bands style and sound.
	12:32pm annette: this part of penna have drive ins and the kids get to graduate together outdoors. so let's change these lyrics to...
	12:33pm annette: wHEN WE GRADUATE AT THE DRIVE IN
	12:33pm paul: I always thought Tracy was just a little off, mentally. But I loved his Brian Fellows character.
	12:33pm clarke: disagree dave - to me it is better to appropriate than to flat-out cover.
	♥ 12:33pm Greg from ZONE 5: Rushmore.
	12:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Well yeah - it kinda is. Has to be somebody who could absolutely Rawk a bitchen weekly Live Comedy & Music program...with such resources.
	♥ 12:34pm Frank In Queens: Tracy's appearances on Howard Stern are hilarious. Side-splittingly funny.
	♥ 12:34pm Handy Haversack: And BANG, I'm in Rushmore! We're heading out to get on the river. Great show, MS! Thanks to you and Juniper and Ruth Booth. Give my lunkish apologies to Rex! We'll be back for some Todd, I hope. Good talking with you all. Be well!
	♥ 12:35pm Frank In Queens: That he comes across as unhinged is part of the appeal for me.
	♥ 12:35pm Handy Haversack: Ha, Greg, exactly.
	♥ 12:35pm Frank In Queens: Have fun Handy!
	12:36pm davefromtoronto: clarke - to me both just show a lack of originality which is the most important element of art - music, painting whatever.
	12:36pm clarke: Asst Prod fergot the kinks
	12:38pm clarke: i can get on board widdat, dave, but i am so over covers, myself. i can appreciate someone who can meld many bands into one song, tho. it ain't just the Turtles in that EC song, btw.
	12:39pm Tim In SF: @Greg: Rushmore. Is that where the teacher does that huge complicated math equation and the kid gets the right answer? (in his dream)
	♥ 12:39pm Blues Mandinga: Ea!
	12:39pm DG: As far as "Secaucus 7" I think it was certainly "inspiration" for "The Big Chill" (which I didn't like much, but haven't seen since it came out). Sayles is a varied, gifted filmmaker but haven't seen anything of his in about 20 years (his films don't seem to play long, even here in the NYC area). Any of his films until the mid-90s or so is worth checking out, there's fantasy, union/labor-related dramas, teen-romance, etc.
	12:40pm clarke: i think what makes Explorer's Club exciting for me is how many different things they can squeeze into a 3-min tune. i value their 'songwriting'.
	12:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Originality is a virtue - if it's something that deserves to have an origin. But it's not the only virtue. I don't mind being reminded of The Turtles - or appreciating their skill in reproducing it - & they certainly aren't trying to put it over on us that they created it. On the contrary.
	♥ 12:41pm Squints59: All I want from a cover, whatever its arrangement, is simple joy in performing the song. Saw Blitzen Trapper open for the DBTs in March 2014 and they did a faithful job on Rocky Mountain Way. I loved it because (1) I wasn't looking for it and (2) they were so clearly having a ball doing it.
	♥ 12:41pm Frank In Queens: YEAH! HANG FIRE!!!!
	12:41pm SeanG: HangFire!
	12:41pm paul: Spoiler alert: The corpse at the beginning of The Big Chill is Kevin Costner.
	♥ 12:42pm Squints59: I thought Deer Tick's cover last year of Harry Jorgeson's Run Of The Mill was charming.
	♥ 12:42pm Greg from ZONE 5: @Tim: That's the one! Mark Mothersbaugh did the score, and that track is titled "The Hardest Geometry Problem in the World".
	♥ 12:42pm Squints59: paul, that's one way to get a rainout.
	12:43pm DG: While SNL is hardly what it was, it's had occasional funny moments over the last few seasons (& yes, it has TOO MANY unfunny white boys doing self-indulgent "movies" which make me miss Albert Brooks & Tom Schiller even more). Every so often we'll tune in & be amazed at the quality, while other nights it's just a disaster (esp. the first show of the year). But yes---the musical guests are almost all teeny-bopper or rap-oriented & usually horrible, which makes me wonder how the hell Father John Misty snuck on a year or 2 ago.
	12:43pm clarke: it ain't a spoiler if it happens in the first 10 mins! @DG: i love all of Sayles other films - which is why Secaucus 7 was such a disappointment to me. say it ain't so, john.
	♥ 12:44pm Frank In Queens: @DG, I've heard both 7 and Chill are similar, which is why we're watching Chill tonight. We've been on a Sayles kick lately, having watched 7, Brother, Matewan, Eight Men, and Lone Star over the course of 2 weeks. We just got, Baby It's You from Netflix so that'll complete his early catalog for us. Later films have been recommended, but their descriptions don't seem that appealing to me.
	12:44pm davefromtoronto: hi clarke - and RRN63 - i was just gonna say that - i love the turtles but their success was based on doing other peoples tunes but filtering them their own unique sound. i don't find their covers as compelling as the obscure tunes they found and made their own.
	12:44pm paul: That was kind of tongue-in-cheek, Clarke.
	12:44pm kpx: they say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, which is fine if they do it justice. and I think they have. but just so long they have their own originality.
	♥ 12:45pm Frank In Queens: @clarke, it was his first film....
	12:45pm Tim In SF: @Greg: Thanks, gotta watch it again and listen to the music.
	♥ 12:46pm YETI BOB: The thing with the Arizona sun - I think I get it. If you were from Indiana you'd want to get away too.
	12:47pm clarke: well Citizen Kane was orson's first film. and, who do you think The Turtles were ripping off??
	12:47pm paul: Thought it was the California sun.
	12:48pm gf2002: Wait, isn't Andy Griffith "Lonesome Rhodes"?
	12:49pm scott: SNL has hosted some incredible live acts, must check out the Elvis Costello and Davis Bowie bits on youtube to start with. The rest is disposable packaging.
	♥ 12:49pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Good morning Michael, Clarke, Frank, Handy, everybody I haven’t got to yet.
	12:49pm clarke: he WAS and IS!! great film. powerful!
	12:49pm davefromtoronto: wouldn't "original imitation" qualify as an oxymoron?
	12:49pm gf2002: "A Face In The Crowd", a film made in the 50's that is as relevant today as it was then. Just like "Network"
	12:50pm Tim In SF: @DG: Albert Brooks in ...Lost in America or some title like that. He and his wife go off the grid and he gets a job at the mall selling hot dogs
	12:50pm clarke: the percentage of real music on SNL is VERY low
	12:51pm clarke: but... SNL has one of the greatest rock'n'roll moments i have EVER seen.......
	12:51pm paul: Lost in America is a classic!
	12:51pm clarke: ...wait for it...
	12:51pm Dean: Originality? Imitation? Bach, Handel, Telemann, Vivaldi. QED. And Led Zeppelin, so holds the Ninth Circuit, an outcome with which I agree. clarke is referring to Fear, I'm going to guess.
	♥ 12:52pm Frank In Queens: Hi Lizzie!
	12:52pm kpx: historically new sounds have been made buy those who filter others sounds. one influences the other and so it goes repeating itself.
	12:52pm clarke: The Replacements were insanely ON on SNL!! and they were literally falling apart at the time.
	12:52pm paul: Ashley Simpson?
	♥ 12:52pm Frank In Queens: @clarke, well sure, but it was almost all downhill after Kane. Sayles got way better after 7.
	♥ 12:52pm Eddy in Australia: @Clarke The Replacements?
	♥ 12:53pm Frank In Queens: @gf, LOVED A Face In The Crowd. Watched it a couple of months ago.
	12:53pm clarke: u got it!
	12:53pm paul: Fridays had some great musical guests.
	12:53pm clarke: i knew eddy would come thru.
	12:54pm DG: I think Fridays was the first show (in the U.S.) to have the Clash on.
	♥ 12:54pm Frank In Queens: Replacements on SNL was very Replacements.
	♥ 12:55pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Is there a station rule that this song has to be played every shift?
	12:55pm paul: DG, I think you're right.
	♥ 12:55pm Bootsie: If she mostly doesn't like Journey you totally have not failed.
	12:55pm davefromtoronto: kpx true but those artists turned it into their own unique sound. i've never heard anyone call the beach boys a "Four Freshmans" ripoff band.
	12:55pm scott: Eye of the Tiger too?
	12:56pm clarke: i have no problem with that
	♥ 12:56pm Eddy in Australia: @Michael What kind of parties are you letting The Kid go to?
	♥ 12:56pm Pedro in Arlington: Associate Producer just likes the last scene in the Sopranos.
	♥ 12:56pm Corey: Great show Michael! Nice soundtrack for chasing the kid around the house. Thanks Ruth for putting it on the air! Be well all.
	12:56pm paul: The Four Freshman were from Butler University, my alma mater.
	12:57pm clarke: the beach boys were a four freshman rip-off band that took it further.
	12:57pm P-90: What world do I find myself in where a Pretenders/Journey bill is NOT an obvious mismatch...?
	12:57pm gf2002: Neil Young on SNL with Steve Jordan on drums, 1989. One of the best performances I don't think anyone expected. I do miss GE Smith and his vintage guitar collection from the 80's SNL, that was one reason to watch
	12:57pm swk: Song is a ripper!
	♥ 12:58pm bobsmart567: Michael, we all know that you sing Don't Stop Believin' at full volume when you're in the car. You know every word by heart! :)
	12:58pm clarke: that was the band of the week last week.
	12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: SNL has been important enuff we're having this conversation - & frustrating enuff we're having this conversation - & has been for decades. Occasionally they're indispensable for Polical parody. Occasionally. There's just gotta be more creative people such resources could be used on - both for Comedy & for Music. & there should be more Music. Back in the day - Belushi & that sort made the Live thing more worthwhile..
	12:58pm davefromtoronto: clarke - exactly! brian took what he liked and turned into his own. but it is amazing how much you can hear the beach boys in the freshman.
	12:59pm clarke: fun show once again. ever get the feeling ya been Asst Prod'd
	♥ 12:59pm Frank In Queens: Speaking of loathing...
	♥ 12:59pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Juniper if you like scifi and fantasy stuff, tor.com has free stories and downloads.
	12:59pm davefromtoronto: sorryy i meant freshman in the beach boys...
	♥ 12:59pm listener 126464: he won the rocktober
	1:00pm clarke: i won the rocktobah
	♥ 1:00pm Frank In Queens: I always win Zeptember.
	♥ 1:00pm listener 126464: they told you?
	♥ 1:00pm skid: Thanks Michael! Great show! Bye everyone!
	♥ 1:01pm Frank In Queens: Great show Michael! Enjoy your weekend all!
	1:01pm clarke: your friends told you that.
	1:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: All # 1s !
	♥ 1:01pm Greg from ZONE 5: Thanks, Shelleys!
	♥ 1:01pm Frank In Queens: WHO TOLD YOU THAT????!!!
	1:03pm scott: How are are covers of a book related. Next 'Dune' may be the best? ...the covid? yep, just like the cancer.
	8:20pm AyyArr: I remember those ARION pedals from the late 80s.

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July 18, 2020: Turn The Other Way Round

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Quincy	Turn The Other Way Around "Turn The Other Way Around" by "Quincy"
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders	It's Getting Harder All The Time
Flatt and Scruggs	One More Night "One More Night" by "Flatt and Scruggs"
Percy Mayfield	Diggin the Moonglow
Dinah Washington	Destination Moon
Nick Lowe	Halfway to Paradise "Halfway to Paradise" by "Nick Lowe"
Beach Boys, The	Slip on Through "Slip on Through" by "Beach Boys, The"
Carmol Taylor	Too Young To Rock And Roll
Leroy Washington	Long Hair, Knock Knees, and Bow Legs
Queers, The	The Kids Are Alright "The Kids Are Alright" by "Queers, The"
Soup Greens, The	That's Too Bad "That's Too Bad" by "Soup Greens, The"
Catanooga Cats, The	Wait A Minute For Country
Logan Ledger	(I'm Gonna Get Over This) Some Day
Dean and Jean	She's Too Respectable
Mel Brown	Greasy Spoon "Greasy Spoon" by "Mel Brown"
Mike Randle	Revo "Revo" by "Mike Randle"
P.F. Sloan	I'd Have to Be Outta My Mind
Roy Hogsed	Cocaine Blues "Cocaine Blues" by "Roy Hogsed"
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	The Onion Song
Los Straitjackets	Venus "Venus" by "Los Straitjackets"
Jane and Dean	I Found A Girl "I Found A Girl" by "Jane and Dean"
Sid King and the Five Strings	Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
Bull Moose Jackson	Nosy Joe "Nosy Joe" by "Bull Moose Jackson"
Explorers Club, The	Ruby "Ruby" by "Explorers Club, The"
Dorothy Berry	Crying On My Pillow
Bloodshot Bill	One and Own "One and Own" by "Bloodshot Bill"
Patti Drew	Midnight Confession "Midnight Confession" by "Patti Drew"
Drifters, The	Quando Quando Quando
Rami And The Reliables	Planes Over Lawrence
NRBQ	Rain at the Drive-In "Rain at the Drive-In" by "NRBQ"
Kinks, The	Nothing In The World Can Stop Me Worrying About That Girl
Neil Young	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces	Searching For My Baby
Rolling Stones, The	Hang Fire "Hang Fire" by "Rolling Stones, The"
Rivieras, The	Arizona Sun "Arizona Sun" by "Rivieras, The"
Lonesome Rhodes	Nothin But Heartaches Here
Freddy King	Now I've Got a Woman "Now I've Got a Woman" by "Freddy King"
Brendan Benson	Richest Man "Richest Man" by "Brendan Benson"
Pretenders, The	Didn't Want To Be This Lonely
Mike Francesa	18 From Schenectady
Ringo Angel	Ringo Passes the Brown Bowl

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Listener comments!
	♥ 11:00am Frank In Queens: Where is everybody?
	11:01am clarke: they're all in love
	♥ 11:01am Listener Baby: Ha!! Hi Frank. Baby.. No woman in my life has EVER hooked me up with a waffle cone.. Should I be concerned? Good morning all!
	♥ 11:01am skid: Good morning Michael and everyone!
	♥ 11:02am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Shelleys & Ruth & all!
	11:02am clarke: a bit hungover this morn, Frank?
	♥ 11:02am Michael Shelley: I'm here!
	♥ 11:02am Michael Shelley: Those are Clarke's Tubulators!
	♥ 11:03am Handy Haversack: I'm here! Happy Saturdays, Michael, Shelleys, Shelle Gamers. Hey, Frank, Greg.
	11:03am clarke: hah - the one that says "Bad" just had a low battery, and i left the tape on there - from like the 1900's. it is BAD!!
	♥ 11:04am Handy Haversack: That shelfie is so good -- it's a crime!
	♥ 11:04am Michael Shelley: What do they do?
	♥ 11:05am Squints59: This Quincy number is delightfully retrocious. Is this a Kurt Baker project or is that just an eerie similarity?
	11:05am clarke: they were designed to give an analog sound to transistor amps - warmer. but, if you put them thru a tube amp - uh, look out.
	♥ 11:06am Frank In Queens: Hi Baby, Hi Handy, Hi Michael, Hi All!
	♥ 11:06am Squints59: I can't hear this without seeing Sidney Poitier dancing with Judy Geeson.
	11:06am clarke: basically, like a tube-screamer - BUT, if you put two together. insane break-up.
	♥ 11:06am Frank In Queens: @clarke: Nah, the show was over by 7:30 so plenty of time to recover for the morning.
	11:07am clarke: how was??
	11:08am clarke: i will probably watch it later, today.
	11:08am gf2002: Arion Tubulator twins! I bought an Arion analog delay in '92 used for 20 bucks and it's still one of my favorite pedals for classic tape delay.
	11:08am clarke: will have to seek out the arion delay - i am certainly happy with their product.
	11:09am KWilde: Good morning folks!
	♥ 11:09am Frank In Queens: @clarke, pretty fantastic. Lots of new stuff, deep cuts, and neglected classics. Doug played the hollow body he uses in Bambi Kino and the tone was great.
	11:09am clarke: we need ze baloney!!
	♥ 11:09am Corey: Good morning Michael and listeners! Fierce little storm just broke, time for clear skies and #1 hits.
	♥ 11:10am Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): Hello, Michael and WFMU folx! And the very Scruggs himself!
	11:10am clarke: saw the rehearsal photo of the hollow-body - "looked" awesome!!
	♥ 11:11am Frank In Queens: Apparently he doesn't like to tour with it, so as this was a one-off gig, he used it for this show.
	11:12am clarke: yeah - it would be a little dangerous to bring that out on the road - with caterwauling singer, etc.
	♥ 11:12am Frank In Queens: The black Les Paul is just way more durable.
	11:13am clarke: old black.
	11:14am gf2002: Arion pedals used to be the sleepers to find on the cheap, but people found out how good they can sound (and can be modded) and the prices shot up! I have the Arion digital reverb too, nice sounds.
	♥ 11:14am Hoboken Jack: First things first: Frank wins!!! Hello Michael, Ruth, Greg, Baby, Handy, all.
	11:14am clarke: are you implying that percy mayfield had a conservative lifestyle?? NOOOOOOO>
	11:16am clarke: i jokingly blame Michael Shelley for this pandemic as he got folks into ordering chinese effects pedals, just before all this...hmm...
	11:16am Ruth Booth: Hi Jack!
	11:16am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: WHO is the mystery lazy Producer - ?!???
	♥ 11:17am Handy Haversack: Hey there, Jack!
	11:19am Puzzler: Hi Michael - acrostic puzzle in tomorrow's Sunday NY Times Magazine section was created by Nick Lowe
	11:22am clarke: genius.
	♥ 11:22am Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): Where'm i goin'?
	11:22am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Went too long with just an acoustic - now I can't reckon pedals @ all (?!?) - just amp gain & wah for tone control & I'm in orbit. I hope I'm not a one trick pony... but wouldn't be the worst accusation leveled @ me. Tis GOOD to hear the Saturday block on FMU.
	♥ 11:23am Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): Never too old to rock n' roll, kids! Happy birthday, Courtney!
	♥ 11:24am Handy Haversack: Hey, Granny ST!
	11:24am clarke: i do not claim to be any kind of expert on effects pedals. i like them. but, if you are playing acoustic, live (whatev that means, these days), i highly recommend the Baggs pre-amp pedal!!
	11:25am Baby: For all of you lovers of the best, and only the best https://linktr.ee/junipersongs
	11:26am clarke: BaBy!!
	11:27am Baby: Hi Clarke!
	11:27am clarke: seems like about time for the first troll to come creeping along, here - hope i didn't jinx it.
	11:27am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Cheers - I mean I didn't have electric guitar @ all for years ! ...Now I do & I'm all feedback & wah. Tubrscreamer maybe I could relate to... Whotoonz !
	11:28am clarke: ah!
	11:30am clarke: Soup Greens are GO
	11:31am clarke: did you parents kick you out and make you go outside - after american bandstand, that is?
	♥ 11:31am Frank In Queens: Saturday mornings are still cartoon time for me. Check out "Cartoon Cocktail Party" on FB. Livestreams classic cartoons on Sat mornings from 9-11 EST.
	11:31am clarke: excellence, Frank.
	♥ 11:32am Frank In Queens: Great way to wake up, and a good lead in to Michael's show.
	11:32am clarke: tex avery can git the blood goin'
	♥ 11:33am Hoboken Jack: Hi Juniper! What's this blog I've been hearing about?
	♥ 11:34am Frank In Queens: I bought the Warner Archives blu-ray of Tex Avery cartoons Vol. 1. Still genius after all these years.
	♥ 11:34am Goyim in the AM: My wife's comment about the Cattanooga Cats: "this kinda sounds like a Juniper song".
	11:34am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: If no Bugs Bunny - how ya gonna know about Classical music...Carl Stalling - Marx Bros. ...cross-dressing...well I guess kids are good there...
	11:34am clarke: you said a mouthfull thar, billy boy!!
	♥ 11:34am Pedro in Arlington: OK, I'll get the "no politics" crowd boiling. Despite some success on the trade front, Franklin Pierce was a failed president, antagonizing the abolitionists and drinking too much. GO!
	11:34am phat: Holy moly. This Catanooga Cats...
	11:35am KWilde: Take a Message to Mary
	11:35am gf2002: RotoToms...Hal Blaine drumming on the Cats song? He had the first set.
	♥ 11:36am Frank In Queens: I much prefer Benjamin Franklin Pierce, myself.
	11:36am clarke: it was probably blaine, indeed. he did a lot of those late 60's/early 70's cartoon soundtracks
	11:36am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I knew Michigan J. Frog. Michigan J. Frog was a friend of mine. You Sir are no Michigan J. Frog.
	11:37am clarke: franklin pierce you are no james buchanan!!
	11:38am juniper: Hi Jack! Its a blog where I interview authors weekly! the-juniper-journals.webnode.com Thanks for asking!
	♥ 11:39am Frank In Queens: Am I the only one who can hear Paul Revere & The Raiders doing this number?
	11:40am clarke: nah. too respectable.
	11:40am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Party : m.facebook.com...
	♥ 11:40am Frank In Queens: That's the one Rev!
	♥ 11:40am Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): Pierce needed a new stylist. That hair! Goodness!
	11:40am Cooh John: Love the new bumper. Waiting to hear the rest of them.
	♥ 11:41am Frank In Queens: Granny, apparently Americans don't care about the President's hair style....
	11:41am clarke: shoulda gotten jackson's stylist - va va voom!!
	♥ 11:42am Frank In Queens: Any relation to Riff Randle?
	11:43am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...baboon signaling - hair on end & an orange buttocks...
	11:43am clarke: Cat Piss Studios is OPEN!!
	♥ 11:44am Frank In Queens: Ah, different spellings!
	♥ 11:45am Michael Shelley: GAIN STRUCTURRRR
	♥ 11:45am Pedro in Arlington: And don't get me started on William Jennings Bryan! Nominated 3 times. Did the Dems have no other candidates? Then he defended Spazz's monkey on trial. GO!
	♥ 11:46am Handy Haversack: Juniper, that website is fantastic! Do you know Word bookstore in JC? The other branch of that store is in our neighborhood in Brooklyn. I'm going to send your blog to a teacher friend of mine whose students might really appreciate it. Have you read China Miéville's _Un Lun Dun_? You might enjoy. Great work! The family Shelley is on fire these days!
	♥ 11:47am Handy Haversack: Benjamin Franklin Pierce also drank too much sometimes. Really upset Radar that once.
	11:48am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Tell me you would've acted any differently than the monkey...
	11:48am Steve: Hey Michael, it's Mike RANDLE not Randall
	11:49am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Happy 81st (!) Dion.
	11:50am Cooh John: I thought the electorate could see through Trump by his concocted hairstyle alone. I was wrong.
	♥ 11:50am Frank In Queens: @Handy, that episode was just on this week.
	11:50am juniper: @Handy Haversack- Thank you so much! That is very kind of you! I don't know about Word book store or Un Lun Dun, but I am looking for new bookstores and books. I'll check it out!
	♥ 11:52am Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): Ha ha! Seek and ye shall find—there's an article about the US obsession with presidential hair!!!
	♥ 11:52am Michael Shelley: Steve - dont tell me, tell the kid...
	♥ 11:53am Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): and it's from Nat'l Geo!
	♥ 11:53am Handy Haversack: Oh, a couple of more recommendations, Juniper: Jo Walton, _Among Others_. In stock at Word Jersey City: www.wordbookstores.com... And Premee Mohammed, _Beneath the Rising_, which I bought at Word JC on March 15, which is just about the last normal thing we did! www.wordbookstores.com... The website strangehorizons.com has some excellent reviews and frequently covers YA material. I use it frequently for my books-to-get list.
	11:53am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I Like Spike
	♥ 11:54am Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em): Apparently, Andrew Jackson's hair caused quite a stir!
	♥ 11:55am Bootsie: I get random interference stepping on the 91.9 signal here in Put Valley. Usually late mornings and/or late afternoon, but it's not consistent. Live stream to the rescue once again!
	11:56am P-90: Gotta love The Onion Song
	♥ 11:56am Heidee: Hi Michael, great show! Enjoy your muffins!
	♥ 11:57am Bootsie: I saw Nick with Los Straitjackets about a year ago. Great show! Digging this cover...
	11:57am bobsmart567: Hi, Michael. Can you recommend something good to watch on tv/YouTube, etc. thanks
	♥ 11:58am Handy Haversack: Green eggs and Quorn breakfast tacos just arrived!
	11:59am paul: No "g" in straitjackets. :)
	12:01pm juniper: @Handy These look amazing! Thank you so much. I always need new places to get some good books, especially reasonably priced ones.
	12:01pm clarke: no I in team.
	12:01pm paul: RIP, John Lewis.
	12:02pm clarke: tiem.
	12:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Carpe Tiem
	12:03pm Martinibomb: yay it's muichael shelley. Diggin the show today
	12:03pm clarke: which john lewis?
	12:05pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: (...Seize the Spelling...)
	12:05pm Martinibomb: I like the movie talk!
	12:05pm clarke: MINDHORN!!!!!!!!
	♥ 12:06pm Frank In Queens: I'm a fan of the movie talk segment as well.
	♥ 12:06pm suzyhotrod: You have to watch the Walter Mercado doc, heartwarming!
	♥ 12:06pm Hubig Pie: It's film noir nite on TCM- Maltese Falcon , High Sierra, Three Strangers.
	♥ 12:06pm Squints59: Tiem Has Come Today.
	♥ 12:07pm Greg from ZONE 5: Pete Davidson seems like a good guy, I just cannot stand to watch him do anything ever.
	♥ 12:07pm Frank In Queens: I'll pass on anything with Andy Samberg in it.
	♥ 12:07pm Frank In Queens: Big Chill on Channel 13 tonight.
	♥ 12:07pm Frank In Queens: I'll pass on most movies that have to do with Staten Island.
	♥ 12:07pm happymaan: Micheal, make sure to check out that show "Review"
	12:08pm clarke: HA HA HA
	♥ 12:08pm Squints59: "I wouldn't pass water over...."
	♥ 12:08pm Handy Haversack: We have been rewatching The Americans. Also: Cobra Kai. Glad to help, Juniper. Kate and I are constantly facing being crowded out of our apt. by the books in here. We donated more than 700 last year in a major purge, and you can't even tell anymore! Man's gotta have a code, Frank.
	12:08pm P-90: How could it be a cheap Andy Samburg straight-up rip-off of Groundhog Day and be “not a total disaster in every way”?
	♥ 12:10pm Frank In Queens: Excellent point, P-90. Ill go even further and ask how could anything involving Andy Samberg not be a total disaster in every way?
	12:10pm P-90: Correction: Michel said it was “not a total disaster in ANY way”
	12:11pm clarke: seemed like the drink would cover the cool logo
	12:11pm Eli: Wow. I thought "Neighborhood" was one of the best movies I saw last year. Go figure.
	♥ 12:12pm happymaan: Also check out, Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
	♥ 12:13pm happymaan: "For over 30 years, Marion Stokes obsessively and privately recorded American television news 24 hours a day filling 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing wars, talk shows and commercials that show us how television shaped the world of today."
	♥ 12:13pm happymaan: "everything is awesome" is the song in question
	12:13pm Dean: Thank you. SNL was funny for about twenty minutes into the first show of the first series. Thereafter, churning.
	12:13pm paul: Adam Sandler is much worse.
	12:13pm Patty D: That movie was good. Not that funny but definitely clever. It had a few laughs.
	12:14pm bobsmart567: Thanks for the reviews, Michael and Juniper. Pete Davidson is a doppelgänger for John cryer.
	♥ 12:14pm Montmaster J: We liked DEVS.
	12:14pm gf2002: Double feature: Bullitt and The Thomas Crown Affair. Then follow with Point Blank (1967). McQueen and Marvin.
	12:14pm Einstraus: Hot Rod!!! My name is Rod and I like to party
	♥ 12:14pm happymaan: Devs is great.
	12:14pm P-90: You gotta buy Cobra Kai for three bucks an episode or fourteen bucks a season.
	♥ 12:14pm Frank In Queens: I recommend exptv.org for some random, mind-bending visuals.
	♥ 12:15pm Fuzzy: Gee, this song is swell!
	12:15pm DG: Yes, Sandler is certainly worse than Samberg. I wasn't crazy about Andy S. either, but I'd recommend "Brooklyn Nine--Nine," a funny, sometimes too-nutty sitcom about cops (not sure how they're going to re--vamp that concept though). Problem is, it's been on too long, so the earlier seasons are much better. (And wow, have the Turtles heard this Explorers Club song??)
	12:15pm clarke: there can never be something TOO Turtles derivative!!!
	♥ 12:16pm myron feld: Sure is. Always steal from the best!
	12:16pm DG: The Explorers Club----erasing the line between rip-off and homage.
	12:16pm R2: Watch Svenghoolie every Saturday night at 8pm on METV. Old school classic horror movie host screening classic horror movies. THE WOLF MAN is tonight's movie. I think you and the family will get a kick out of it.
	12:16pm gf2002: SNL is unwatchable, and has been for years.
	12:16pm P-90: “Turtle-style Songs” is an open-source genre
	♥ 12:17pm Pedro in Arlington: Another plug for free movies on Kanopy, available through libraries. And two random good films on there: Big Fan and First Reformed. GO!
	12:17pm MFlynn: Thanks Michael for introducing me to The Explorers Club. Absolutely love these two new albums!
	12:17pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ow dare ye besmerch the staggering gravitas of Thee Turtles monumental pisstake to their label.
	12:17pm ?: "Uncut Gems' on Netflix is the best movie I've seen in awhile (even if you hate Adam Sandler). The Al Adamson documentary on Tubi is also highly recommended, if you're a fan of exploitation films.
	12:18pm gf2002: The chorus chords sound a little like Sagittarius "My World Fell Down"
	12:19pm P-90: I’m sure when the Boys hear a Turtles tribute like that they’re thrilled that they’re still recognized and appreciated.
	12:19pm DG: Is "Big Fan" the one w/Patton Oswalt? Saw that awhile ago on IFC (maybe) & thought it was pretty good---a character study on lonely, socially-challenged "fans."
	12:20pm davefromtoronto: there's a great doc on coney island on Kanopy. very interesting and disturbing.
	♥ 12:20pm Power Papi: Tubi is also running 'Danger 5', the best TV show ever: youtu.be...
	♥ 12:21pm Eddy in Australia: @Michael/Juniper Have you watched the Chinese film The Farewell yet?
	12:21pm lateforclass: pete Davisdons new movie is surprisingly great!
	12:21pm clarke: g'day mate!
	12:22pm paul: Adam Sandler and Jimmy Fallon do only one thing that's actually funny: imitate musicians
	♥ 12:22pm Frank In Queens: The "In Queens" household watched "Lone Star", "Mikey and Nicky", "Polyester" and "The Princess Bride" this week.
	♥ 12:22pm Greg from ZONE 5: The unspoken truth about SNL is that there have always been 1 or 2 good skits per episode. Always. Even when you go back and watch the early years you still have to wade through a ton of filler to get to the gold. Bottom line is that I would watch Kenan Thompson read the phone book. I hope he never leaves.
	♥ 12:22pm Eddy in Australia: Hey Clarke!
	12:22pm P-90: The new Perry Mason series on HBO was very intriguing and entertaining for the first couple of episodes, then seemed to stall a little. Which is off because it’s a mystery and therefore has a built-in structure that should carry it along.
	12:23pm clarke: oh Frank - that reminds me - the Secaucus 7 is a real stinkeroo (for me)
	♥ 12:23pm Listener Baby: Numero uno!!
	12:23pm P-90: ^”which is ODD because...”^
	12:23pm kpx: Pseu says people are a captain obvious for saying stuff like that the explorers club sound like the turtles.
	12:23pm bobsmart567: The Quiet One (doc about Bill Wyman), really good. So is Once Were Brothers
	♥ 12:23pm Pedro in Arlington: Right @DG. It's got the elements of ludicrous sports fandom, sports radio, the NY to Philly thing and Oswalt is quite good. And in real life, he doesn't know anytging about sports.
	♥ 12:23pm Handy Haversack: Yeah, truth, Greg.
	♥ 12:24pm Nardo: I noticed someone mentioned Mindhorn which I believe is a neglected minor comic masterwork with the great Julian Barratt. Think it's still on Netflix. Watched American Masters Basquiat doc last night which was very good. Think it was originally released in 2017.
	12:24pm paul: Over the past 20 years, the female cast members have been the funny ones on SNL. But I would miss KT if he leaves.
	♥ 12:24pm Frank In Queens: @clarke: I thought it was ok. A very dialog driven indie film, and I kinda like that sort of thing. Reminded me on early Hal Hartley, although it obviously came a decade before. We're watching "The Big Chill" tonight for comparison.
	12:25pm Frank Zaatar: OK, another pop song that sounds better when a female soul singer sings it. Put Patty Drew on that playlist.
	♥ 12:25pm Handy Haversack: We were talking about rewatching some Hal Hartley golden greats, Frank, and seeing how they have held up. I anticipate quite well.
	12:25pm clarke: yeah - if you like the big chill you might like Secaucus 7. not my cuppa.
	♥ 12:25pm Hubig Pie: Charles Barkley said it best when hosting SNL- "We've got some good skits lined up for you, and the others, well we're gonna do 'em anyway
	12:26pm P-90: @Greg: yes, Kenan Thompson has indeed evolved into some kind of Comedy God, something no one could have predicted.
	♥ 12:26pm Eddy in Australia: That Trojan Records documentary on Kanopy - as recommended by Michael a few weeks ago - is excellent.
	♥ 12:26pm Frank In Queens: @Paul, I haven't watched SNL in years, but I can't think of the last male cast member that I haven't completely loathed.
	12:26pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: To be fair SNL cranks it out Live every single week for 40 years or something - what is comparable? Think everyone has a sense of the quality/quantity ratio...Now Uncle Floyd had me on the edge of muh damn seat I can tell you...
	♥ 12:27pm Frank In Queens: @clarke, I haven't seen "Big Chill" since I was a kid, so we'll see.
	♥ 12:27pm John from NP: Wait a minute, that wasn't Murph and the Magic Tones
	12:27pm paul: @Frank, Bill Hader was great.
	12:27pm Dennis Diken: yeah Mikey!
	♥ 12:28pm Frank In Queens: @Handy, I still LOVE those early Hartley films. All gold through Henry Fool.
	12:28pm gf2002: If SNL had anything on the level of those Gary Weis, Albert Brooks, and Tom Schiller short films and the musical guests from those first 5 years, I'd watch. But agreed - a lot of filler since season 1.
	12:28pm clarke: ha ha. i have real contempt for that flick. i will be waiting to hear your review. MindHorn is really great.
	12:28pm Sean T.: Hey Michael, on a conference call this morning so missed the first 84 minutes. Hoping you'll get it on the archive right away and give me another chance.
	♥ 12:28pm Handy Haversack: Barry was excellent if you like Bill Hader at all. Yeah, Frank, I got really excited to see The Floating Truth again! And Amateur!
	12:29pm clarke: i give bill hader thumbs up
	♥ 12:30pm Frank In Queens: @Paul, he falls into my loathed category. Sorry. KT is ok, I suppose.
	♥ 12:31pm Eddy in Australia: @Handy Agreed about Barry. Big thumbs-up.
	12:31pm clarke: perfect vocal on perfect tune
	♥ 12:31pm Michael Shelley: I liked Barry
	♥ 12:31pm Frank In Queens: @Handy, Metrograph did a Hartley retrospective early this year before the world went to shit, and we saw Amateur there. Was even better than I remembered it.
	12:31pm paul: You're a tough crowd, @Frank. :)
	♥ 12:31pm Frank In Queens: @Paul, with some things ;)
	♥ 12:31pm Montmaster J: We liked Barry as well. Good to see the Fonz again!
	♥ 12:32pm Michael Shelley: SNL is un-funny
	♥ 12:32pm Michael Shelley: negative funny?
	12:32pm paul: Guess I'll check out Barry.
	♥ 12:32pm Frank In Queens: Oh! i just thought of one. I like Tracy Morgan.
	12:32pm davefromtoronto: there's no excuse for the Explorer's Club - there's no honour or reward in basing a career on appropriating other bands style and sound.
	12:32pm annette: this part of penna have drive ins and the kids get to graduate together outdoors. so let's change these lyrics to...
	12:33pm annette: wHEN WE GRADUATE AT THE DRIVE IN
	12:33pm paul: I always thought Tracy was just a little off, mentally. But I loved his Brian Fellows character.
	12:33pm clarke: disagree dave - to me it is better to appropriate than to flat-out cover.
	♥ 12:33pm Greg from ZONE 5: Rushmore.
	12:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Well yeah - it kinda is. Has to be somebody who could absolutely Rawk a bitchen weekly Live Comedy & Music program...with such resources.
	♥ 12:34pm Frank In Queens: Tracy's appearances on Howard Stern are hilarious. Side-splittingly funny.
	♥ 12:34pm Handy Haversack: And BANG, I'm in Rushmore! We're heading out to get on the river. Great show, MS! Thanks to you and Juniper and Ruth Booth. Give my lunkish apologies to Rex! We'll be back for some Todd, I hope. Good talking with you all. Be well!
	♥ 12:35pm Frank In Queens: That he comes across as unhinged is part of the appeal for me.
	♥ 12:35pm Handy Haversack: Ha, Greg, exactly.
	♥ 12:35pm Frank In Queens: Have fun Handy!
	12:36pm davefromtoronto: clarke - to me both just show a lack of originality which is the most important element of art - music, painting whatever.
	12:36pm clarke: Asst Prod fergot the kinks
	12:38pm clarke: i can get on board widdat, dave, but i am so over covers, myself. i can appreciate someone who can meld many bands into one song, tho. it ain't just the Turtles in that EC song, btw.
	12:39pm Tim In SF: @Greg: Rushmore. Is that where the teacher does that huge complicated math equation and the kid gets the right answer? (in his dream)
	♥ 12:39pm Blues Mandinga: Ea!
	12:39pm DG: As far as "Secaucus 7" I think it was certainly "inspiration" for "The Big Chill" (which I didn't like much, but haven't seen since it came out). Sayles is a varied, gifted filmmaker but haven't seen anything of his in about 20 years (his films don't seem to play long, even here in the NYC area). Any of his films until the mid-90s or so is worth checking out, there's fantasy, union/labor-related dramas, teen-romance, etc.
	12:40pm clarke: i think what makes Explorer's Club exciting for me is how many different things they can squeeze into a 3-min tune. i value their 'songwriting'.
	12:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Originality is a virtue - if it's something that deserves to have an origin. But it's not the only virtue. I don't mind being reminded of The Turtles - or appreciating their skill in reproducing it - & they certainly aren't trying to put it over on us that they created it. On the contrary.
	♥ 12:41pm Squints59: All I want from a cover, whatever its arrangement, is simple joy in performing the song. Saw Blitzen Trapper open for the DBTs in March 2014 and they did a faithful job on Rocky Mountain Way. I loved it because (1) I wasn't looking for it and (2) they were so clearly having a ball doing it.
	♥ 12:41pm Frank In Queens: YEAH! HANG FIRE!!!!
	12:41pm SeanG: HangFire!
	12:41pm paul: Spoiler alert: The corpse at the beginning of The Big Chill is Kevin Costner.
	♥ 12:42pm Squints59: I thought Deer Tick's cover last year of Harry Jorgeson's Run Of The Mill was charming.
	♥ 12:42pm Greg from ZONE 5: @Tim: That's the one! Mark Mothersbaugh did the score, and that track is titled "The Hardest Geometry Problem in the World".
	♥ 12:42pm Squints59: paul, that's one way to get a rainout.
	12:43pm DG: While SNL is hardly what it was, it's had occasional funny moments over the last few seasons (& yes, it has TOO MANY unfunny white boys doing self-indulgent "movies" which make me miss Albert Brooks & Tom Schiller even more). Every so often we'll tune in & be amazed at the quality, while other nights it's just a disaster (esp. the first show of the year). But yes---the musical guests are almost all teeny-bopper or rap-oriented & usually horrible, which makes me wonder how the hell Father John Misty snuck on a year or 2 ago.
	12:43pm clarke: it ain't a spoiler if it happens in the first 10 mins! @DG: i love all of Sayles other films - which is why Secaucus 7 was such a disappointment to me. say it ain't so, john.
	♥ 12:44pm Frank In Queens: @DG, I've heard both 7 and Chill are similar, which is why we're watching Chill tonight. We've been on a Sayles kick lately, having watched 7, Brother, Matewan, Eight Men, and Lone Star over the course of 2 weeks. We just got, Baby It's You from Netflix so that'll complete his early catalog for us. Later films have been recommended, but their descriptions don't seem that appealing to me.
	12:44pm davefromtoronto: hi clarke - and RRN63 - i was just gonna say that - i love the turtles but their success was based on doing other peoples tunes but filtering them their own unique sound. i don't find their covers as compelling as the obscure tunes they found and made their own.
	12:44pm paul: That was kind of tongue-in-cheek, Clarke.
	12:44pm kpx: they say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, which is fine if they do it justice. and I think they have. but just so long they have their own originality.
	♥ 12:45pm Frank In Queens: @clarke, it was his first film....
	12:45pm Tim In SF: @Greg: Thanks, gotta watch it again and listen to the music.
	♥ 12:46pm YETI BOB: The thing with the Arizona sun - I think I get it. If you were from Indiana you'd want to get away too.
	12:47pm clarke: well Citizen Kane was orson's first film. and, who do you think The Turtles were ripping off??
	12:47pm paul: Thought it was the California sun.
	12:48pm gf2002: Wait, isn't Andy Griffith "Lonesome Rhodes"?
	12:49pm scott: SNL has hosted some incredible live acts, must check out the Elvis Costello and Davis Bowie bits on youtube to start with. The rest is disposable packaging.
	♥ 12:49pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Good morning Michael, Clarke, Frank, Handy, everybody I haven’t got to yet.
	12:49pm clarke: he WAS and IS!! great film. powerful!
	12:49pm davefromtoronto: wouldn't "original imitation" qualify as an oxymoron?
	12:49pm gf2002: "A Face In The Crowd", a film made in the 50's that is as relevant today as it was then. Just like "Network"
	12:50pm Tim In SF: @DG: Albert Brooks in ...Lost in America or some title like that. He and his wife go off the grid and he gets a job at the mall selling hot dogs
	12:50pm clarke: the percentage of real music on SNL is VERY low
	12:51pm clarke: but... SNL has one of the greatest rock'n'roll moments i have EVER seen.......
	12:51pm paul: Lost in America is a classic!
	12:51pm clarke: ...wait for it...
	12:51pm Dean: Originality? Imitation? Bach, Handel, Telemann, Vivaldi. QED. And Led Zeppelin, so holds the Ninth Circuit, an outcome with which I agree. clarke is referring to Fear, I'm going to guess.
	♥ 12:52pm Frank In Queens: Hi Lizzie!
	12:52pm kpx: historically new sounds have been made buy those who filter others sounds. one influences the other and so it goes repeating itself.
	12:52pm clarke: The Replacements were insanely ON on SNL!! and they were literally falling apart at the time.
	12:52pm paul: Ashley Simpson?
	♥ 12:52pm Frank In Queens: @clarke, well sure, but it was almost all downhill after Kane. Sayles got way better after 7.
	♥ 12:52pm Eddy in Australia: @Clarke The Replacements?
	♥ 12:53pm Frank In Queens: @gf, LOVED A Face In The Crowd. Watched it a couple of months ago.
	12:53pm clarke: u got it!
	12:53pm paul: Fridays had some great musical guests.
	12:53pm clarke: i knew eddy would come thru.
	12:54pm DG: I think Fridays was the first show (in the U.S.) to have the Clash on.
	♥ 12:54pm Frank In Queens: Replacements on SNL was very Replacements.
	♥ 12:55pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Is there a station rule that this song has to be played every shift?
	12:55pm paul: DG, I think you're right.
	♥ 12:55pm Bootsie: If she mostly doesn't like Journey you totally have not failed.
	12:55pm davefromtoronto: kpx true but those artists turned it into their own unique sound. i've never heard anyone call the beach boys a "Four Freshmans" ripoff band.
	12:55pm scott: Eye of the Tiger too?
	12:56pm clarke: i have no problem with that
	♥ 12:56pm Eddy in Australia: @Michael What kind of parties are you letting The Kid go to?
	♥ 12:56pm Pedro in Arlington: Associate Producer just likes the last scene in the Sopranos.
	♥ 12:56pm Corey: Great show Michael! Nice soundtrack for chasing the kid around the house. Thanks Ruth for putting it on the air! Be well all.
	12:56pm paul: The Four Freshman were from Butler University, my alma mater.
	12:57pm clarke: the beach boys were a four freshman rip-off band that took it further.
	12:57pm P-90: What world do I find myself in where a Pretenders/Journey bill is NOT an obvious mismatch...?
	12:57pm gf2002: Neil Young on SNL with Steve Jordan on drums, 1989. One of the best performances I don't think anyone expected. I do miss GE Smith and his vintage guitar collection from the 80's SNL, that was one reason to watch
	12:57pm swk: Song is a ripper!
	♥ 12:58pm bobsmart567: Michael, we all know that you sing Don't Stop Believin' at full volume when you're in the car. You know every word by heart! :)
	12:58pm clarke: that was the band of the week last week.
	12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: SNL has been important enuff we're having this conversation - & frustrating enuff we're having this conversation - & has been for decades. Occasionally they're indispensable for Polical parody. Occasionally. There's just gotta be more creative people such resources could be used on - both for Comedy & for Music. & there should be more Music. Back in the day - Belushi & that sort made the Live thing more worthwhile..
	12:58pm davefromtoronto: clarke - exactly! brian took what he liked and turned into his own. but it is amazing how much you can hear the beach boys in the freshman.
	12:59pm clarke: fun show once again. ever get the feeling ya been Asst Prod'd
	♥ 12:59pm Frank In Queens: Speaking of loathing...
	♥ 12:59pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Juniper if you like scifi and fantasy stuff, tor.com has free stories and downloads.
	12:59pm davefromtoronto: sorryy i meant freshman in the beach boys...
	♥ 12:59pm listener 126464: he won the rocktober
	1:00pm clarke: i won the rocktobah
	♥ 1:00pm Frank In Queens: I always win Zeptember.
	♥ 1:00pm listener 126464: they told you?
	♥ 1:00pm skid: Thanks Michael! Great show! Bye everyone!
	♥ 1:01pm Frank In Queens: Great show Michael! Enjoy your weekend all!
	1:01pm clarke: your friends told you that.
	1:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: All # 1s !
	♥ 1:01pm Greg from ZONE 5: Thanks, Shelleys!
	♥ 1:01pm Frank In Queens: WHO TOLD YOU THAT????!!!
	1:03pm scott: How are are covers of a book related. Next 'Dune' may be the best? ...the covid? yep, just like the cancer.
	8:20pm AyyArr: I remember those ARION pedals from the late 80s.

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