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Favoriting September 30, 2022: Joe Bussard, we've loved you madly


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Artist Track Album Label Year Approx. start time

Music behind DJ:
Sarah Webster Fabio 

Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues   Favoriting

Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues 

Folkways 

1976 

0:00:00 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
ECD 

In Tempo   Favoriting

Major Force: The Original Art-Form 

Mo' Wax 

1990 

0:04:04 (Pop-up)
 
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Buell H. Kazee  East Virginia   Favoriting b/w Darling Cora  Brunswick  1927  0:07:38 (Pop-up)
The Stripling Brothers  Wolves Howling   Favoriting b/w Big Eyed Rabbit   Vocalion  1929  0:10:23 (Pop-up)
Dennis McGee  Mon Chèr Bébe Creole [My Creole Sweet Mama]   Favoriting b/w Madame Young Donnez Moi Vôtre Plús Jole Blonde  Vocalion  1929  0:13:43 (Pop-up)
Clarence Ashley  Little Sadie   Favoriting b/w Naomi Wise  Columbia  1930  0:16:30 (Pop-up)
Roland Cauley & Lake Howard  Grey Eagle   Favoriting b/w Medley: Darling Nelly Gray and Little Brown Jug  Melotone  1934  0:19:15 (Pop-up)
Blue Sky Boys  Turn Your Radio On   Favoriting b/w Kneel at the Cross  Bluebird  1940  0:21:54 (Pop-up)
Jimmie Rodgers  Looking for a New Mama   Favoriting b/w Gambling Barroom Blues  Bluebird  1931  0:24:51 (Pop-up)
 
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Music behind DJ:
Dennis McGee & Sady Courville 

Happy [Happy One-Step]   Favoriting

b/w Courville & McGee Waltz 

Vocalion 

1929 

1:15:14 (Pop-up)
Rev. F.W. McGee  Death May Be Your Pay Check   Favoriting b/w Sin Is to Blame for It All  Victor  1928  0:37:53 (Pop-up)
Long Cleve Reed & Little Harvey Hull - The Down Home Boys  Original Stack O' Lee Blues   Favoriting b/w Mama You Don't Know How  Black Patti  1927  0:41:07 (Pop-up)
Blind Roosevelt Graves and His Brother  New York Blues   Favoriting b/w Guitar Boogie  Paramount  1929  0:43:49 (Pop-up)
Jesse Stone & His Blue Serenaders  Starvation Blues   Favoriting b/w Boot to Boot  Okeh  1927  0:47:02 (Pop-up)
Sonny Greer & His Memphis Men  Beggar's Blues   Favoriting b/w Saturday Night Function  Columbia  1929  0:50:08 (Pop-up)
Beale Street Sheiks  Its a Good Thing   Favoriting b/w You Shall  Paramount  1927  0:53:22 (Pop-up)
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra  New Goofy Dust Rag   Favoriting b/w Kansas City Squabble  Victor  1929  0:56:20 (Pop-up)
Blind Willie Johnson  Dark Was the Night Cold Was the Ground   Favoriting b/w It's Nobody's Fault But Mine  Columbis  1928  0:58:59 (Pop-up)
 
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Music behind DJ:
Fats Waller 

I'm a Hundred Percent for You   Favoriting

b/w You Fit Into the Picture 

Victor 

1935 

1:15:04 (Pop-up)
 
From FONOTONE RECORDS: FREDERICK, MARYLAND (1956-1969)
Joe Bussard & Oscar Myers  The Flight of Astronaut John Glenn   Favoriting b/w Ragtime Annie  Fonotone  1962  1:11:04 (Pop-up)
Sunny Side Sacred Singers  Power in the Blood   Favoriting Fonotone Records: Frederick, Maryland (1956-19969)  Dust-to-Digital    1:14:19 (Pop-up)
Tennessee Mess Arounders  I Love You Mamma   Favoriting b/w Orange Blossom Special  Fonotone  1962  1:16:12 (Pop-up)
The West Maryland Highballers  Sourwood Mountain   Favoriting Original and Traditional Country Music  Biograph  1963  1:19:06 (Pop-up)
Georgia Jokers  Hannah Open the Door   Favoriting b/w All on Account of Somebody  Fonotone  1964  1:22:26 (Pop-up)
Jolly Joe's Jug Band  Love Old Memphis   Favoriting b/w Talking About Sadie Green  Fonotone  1964  1:25:18 (Pop-up)
Possum Holler Boys  Up Jumped the Devil   Favoriting b/w Sweet Heaven When I Die  Fonotone  1964  1:28:37 (Pop-up)
Back Alley Boys  Alley Strut   Favoriting b/w Alley Blues  Fonotone  1967  1:30:54 (Pop-up)
Joe Bussard & Bud Taylor  Sow Good Seeds   Favoriting Fonotone Records: Frederick, Maryland (1956-19969)  Dust-to-Digital    1:33:55 (Pop-up)
 
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Music behind DJ:
Feature Staff Band with Al Terry 

City Hall Rag   Favoriting

b/w Open Strings 

Feature 

1953 

1:54:09 (Pop-up)
Mali Obomsawin  Wawasint8da   Favoriting Sweet Tooth  Out of Your Head  2022  1:43:37 (Pop-up)
Garrett List A-1 Band  You Are More Beautiful Than the Sky and the Sea   Favoriting Fire & Ice  Lovely  1982  1:48:15 (Pop-up)
Jeanne Lee  Jamaica   Favoriting Conspiracy  Earthforms  1974  1:54:59 (Pop-up)
Michael Garrick Sextet with Norma Winstone  The Heart Is a Lotus   Favoriting The Heart Is a Lotus  Argo  1970  2:00:59 (Pop-up)
Dane Belany  Imagination   Favoriting Motivations  Sahara  1975  2:09:10 (Pop-up)
 
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Music behind DJ:
Lee Morgan 

The Sidewinder   Favoriting

The Sidewinder 

Blue Note 

1963 

2:14:25 (Pop-up)
African Tempo's Band  African Baby   Favoriting African Baby  Feathers  1977  2:21:39 (Pop-up)
Imo Brothers International Band  Onwe Ndidi Nwe Nmeri   Favoriting Uwa Ekwe Nmeta  Afrodisia  1982  2:31:53 (Pop-up)
Agwa Brothers Band  Ndi Nwere Ego   Favoriting Ndi Nwere Ego  Ephraimike  1986  2:40:46 (Pop-up)
Rogana Ottah & His Black Heroes International  Let Them Say   Favoriting Who Knows Tomorrow  Supremedisk  1986  2:48:58 (Pop-up)
 
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Music behind DJ:
John Lee Hooker 

Stand By   Favoriting

I Feel Good 

Jewel 

1970 

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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
Doug Schulkind:

Some Joe Bussard resources:

VIDEO/FILM
youtu.be...

youtu.be...

youtu.be...

www.mustrad.org.uk...

ORAL HISTORY OF FONOTONE RECORDS
www.thewire.co.uk...

ARTICLES
dustandgrooves.com...

dusttodigital.substack.com...

washingtoncitypaper.com...

COMPILATIONS
dust-digital.com...

dust-digital.com...

www.oldhatrecords.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54am
KimSorise:

Oh, dang. What incredible legacies he helped to preserve and share - not to mention his own.

Good Morning, Doug and Drummers.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:58am
Uncle Michael:

Good morning. I can't wait to hear this Joe Bussard tribute.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:24am
Doug Schulkind:

Good morning, Sister Kim! Good morning, Uncle Michael!
Avatar 🥁 8:45am
PAULS:

Frederick, MD, represent! RIP Joe and good morning drumminati of all stripes
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:50am
Doug Schulkind:

@PAULS
The entire basement of Joe's home on Cherry Hill Lane in Frederick should be preserved in the Smithsonian.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:55am
listener james from westwood:

Would I be wrong in guessing my first exposure to Bussard would've been through Secret Museum of the Air? If it wasn't, it was still WFMU, via the documentary shown at the Record Fair one year. Either way, another reason why FMU is so bloody important to music.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:57am
adamdoesit:

Good morning, Doug and drummers. I had a good run, but the virus caught up with me a week ago tomorrow. I'm thankful I didn't pass it to my loved ones, though I don't know how. They say to think positive, but I'd rather test negative. I got them stochastic pandemic blues. But, Bussards not buzzards. Let's get a groove on.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:57am
Doug Schulkind:

@listener james from westwood
Probably not Joe Bussard with the Secret Museum. The record collector behind that amazing stash of international 78s is Pat Conte. The documentary you are referring to is Desperate Man Blues. Incredible incredible incredible!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59am
Doug Schulkind:

@adamdoesit
Oh no! So sorry. Hope things are and stay mild. We've had COVID run through my house twice, and I've steered clear so far. I realize it's only a matter of time. Keep well, Sir!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:59am
Brian in UK:

Hello Doug & Friday Folk.

This show might till be still running next Friday.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:00am
listener james from westwood:

Aha! I knew Conte was the core; couldn't recall if Bussard was ever brought into that show as another collector. Thanks!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:00am
listener james from westwood:

And underscore in triplicate on Desperate Man Blues. Bloody amazing.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:01am
listener james from westwood:

@adamdoesit: Argh, bloody hell; sorry you got hit!
  9:01am
Irene:

So glad you’re paying tribute to Joe today, Doug! Good morning all!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:02am
Brian in UK:

adandoesit. Snap. Lili & I both tested positive last week. She is Neg now. I will retest tomorrow. First two days are for sleeping then a slow increase of energy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02am
Doug Schulkind:

@Brian in UK
I'd love to work my way through Mr. Bussard's 15,000-25,000 78s.

@listener james from westwood
I could surely be wrong. I am not familiar with Joe B having international recordings in his collection.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02am
Webhamster Henry:

Hi Friday Morning people!
Avatar 9:02am
TDK60:

Good morning, Doug.
  9:03am
Irene:

Hope you’re feeling better, adamdoesit!
Avatar 🥁 9:03am
PAULS:

Gettin' mighty crowded! get well soon, adamdoesit
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Webhamster Henry:

Both Pat Conte and Richie "Citizen Kafka" Schulberg have/had massive 78 collections.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:04am
Gina Bacon:

Morning, Doug & Fridaypeople!
  9:04am
Irene:

And UKBrian too. The Covid keeps whipping through.😿
Avatar 🥁 9:06am
PAULS:

When is everyone gonna wake up? COVID is actually The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:07am
adamdoesit:

Thanks, Doug, listener james in westwood, BiUK, Irene, PAULS (and ugh, BiUK). It's getting better all the time. PAULS, you're not wrong.
Avatar 9:07am
TDK60:

Good luck adamdoesit, Brian in UK, with the virus. / Never heard of Bussard. I have a musician cousin living in Frederick too, should ask if he knows about him. Oh, died in '86? Collection still there?
Avatar 🥁 9:08am
PAULS:

WAS 86, TDK60. Died this week
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:08am
Brian in UK:

TDK60, thanks, he died on Monday aged 86.
Avatar 9:09am
TDK60:

Oh, thanks for clarification Pauls, Brian.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09am
fred:

Tough month for Dust-to-digital, it started with Art Rosenbaum, and ended with Joe Bussard
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09am
Doug Schulkind:

Good morning, Irene Trudel! Gina Bacon (from the town Joe Bussard called "Trashville")!, Webhamster Henry*! TDK60! fred!


*Listen for Joe Bussard on autoharp. Coming up!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:09am
Brian in UK:

I guess that he ploughed the same furrow as Harry Smith & then some.
Avatar 🥁 9:10am
PAULS:

dark holler! wihuuuuuu! I can hear why this was a favorite of JB's
  9:11am
Listener Gregory:

Good banjo to all who believe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
Doug Schulkind:

@PAULS
Soon, we're going to hear Joe performing in one of his many informal groups, the Possum Holler Boys.
Avatar 🥁 9:11am
PAULS:

Trashville. Heh.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am
Doug Schulkind:

@Listener Gregory
Praises unto the father, the son and the holy clawhammerer.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am
Doug Schulkind:

Nice faint harmonic on that guitar (played by Ira Stripling).
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:13am
Brian in UK:

Joe Bussard's comment that Country stopped in 1954 & Rock 'n Roll is a cancer are strong words.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:13am
dutchtheo:

Howdy, Doug and Basement drummers!
  9:14am
MHLee:

Howdy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14am
Doug Schulkind:

Sady Courville on fiddle here with Dennis McGee.

Descend the stairs with me, dutchtheo! Howdy back, MHLee! How was your show this morning?
  9:17am
MHLee:

Clarence Ashley was a huge influence to the most influential bluegrass players. I also think he has one of the oldest recordings of House of the Rising Sun irc
  9:18am
Listener Gregory:

This is a real classic and never grows old, IMHO.
  9:18am
KWilde:

Good Morning! Looking forward to this tribute
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18am
Doug Schulkind:

Amanda Petrusich devotes a chapter in her book Do Not Sell at Any Price to Joe.
  9:19am
MHLee:

@Doug Schulkind I always enjoy putting together MWRA. Today it was neo-vaudeville mostly from the 1960s to today
Avatar 🥁 9:20am
PAULS:

I love this fiddle style! It's like the strings are greased up...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21am
Webhamster Henry:

If you like this material, you should listen to Derek Piotr's Dust on the Decks on Mondays, right after Techtonic at 7PM www.wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21am
Doug Schulkind:

@MHLee
Sadly I'll never get to hear you live as I am hard at work on last-minute show prep.
  9:22am
Andy S.:

Glad I remembered to tune in this morning! Thank you, Joe Bussard, for your passion, your knowledge, and your generosity (but I'm glad you were not my dad).
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:22am
listener james from westwood:

Oooh, this sweet Blue Sky Boys track.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22am
Gina Bacon:

This is a beauty.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23am
Doug Schulkind:

@Andy S
Yes, yes, yes, and definitely yes!
  9:23am
MHLee:

I've always liked this one. John Harford did an excellent version. My high school bluegrass band (about a decade before I was involved) open for him at Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:24am
listener james from westwood:

@Doug: Petrusich was one of the first non-FMU people I thought of when I heard this news. Imagine she'll write more on the topic but maybe not soon, seeing as she's suffered a hard loss of her own.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24am
Doug Schulkind:

Following this gorgeous number we'll hear from Joe's favorite singer.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25am
Little Danny:

hello doug hello old-timers
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25am
Doug Schulkind:

@listener james from westwood
We have a houseguest here in Pittsburgh who last night moderated a Zoom panel featuring Amanda P and the music writer Will Hermes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:26am
Doug Schulkind:

Sweet to see you, Little Danny!
  9:28am
MHLee:

I think you could argue by '48 that country music was in crisis. By the time Hillbilly was not being used as a descriptor we already had some electric boogies slipping in... of course the decade prior Western music had been cleaned up for the movies.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29am
alanr:

Hola to all the familiars!
  9:29am
MHLee:

Still I think some like the Louvin Brothers and some others kept much more traditional style.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:31am
listener james from westwood:

@Doug: Oh no kidding? Glad she's able to keep touch with music writing. That's a good sign.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am
Gina Bacon:

Thanks for this tribute, and all of those resources, Doug!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:33am
Uncle Michael:

I'd love to learn more about who/how these shellacs were cleaned up for digitizing. They sound pristine and I'm certain that many of them wouldn't sound that way if you just dropped the stylus on the physical media. These have been lovingly restored.
  9:33am
BillfromRockTavern:

Good morning Doug . Super enjoying this tribute! What is going to happen to all those precious 78s?
Avatar 🥁 9:34am
PAULS:

I know Will Hermes a little from NPR daze, he's up in New Paltz
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:34am
chresti:

Good morning Doug and drummers!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:34am
Uncle Michael:

I scrub 78s with a brush and Dawn.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:34am
Little Danny:

that 78 cleaning scene is legendary amongst ocd-addled record collectors love you joe!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:35am
Artie:

Lovely set. Always enjoy hearing the ur-Cocaine Blues in Little Sadie.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:36am
holland oats:

drumma! peoples! buzzards!
  9:37am
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A solid piece about Joe in the Washington Post from June. He talks about the future of the collection. Only met the man once, a few years ago at a record store in Maryland. He was everything you'd imagine. And gave out an invite to the house in Frederick to a total stranger. Should have taken him up on it. https://wapo.st/3rkXojq
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38am
Pedro in Arlington:

Sorry. Didn't mean to be anonymous.

A solid piece about Joe in the Washington Post from June. He talks about the future of the collection. Only met the man once, a few years ago at a record store in Maryland. He was everything you'd imagine. And gave out an invite to the house in Frederick to a total stranger. Should have taken him up on it. wapo.st...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:38am
Artie:

@UM: Most likely little used, but are you aware of the Eliza 3D imaging and virtual stylus project? All praise the Archivists of the world!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:39am
Artie:

And now would seem an appropriate time to mention the fine Music Memory project: musicmemory.org
Avatar 🥁 9:39am
PAULS:

Hey -- I'm startin' ta feeeel the spirit!
  9:40am
Irene:

Hey Uncle Michael! Hope you’re doing better. As for cleaning up the sound of records, a good washing is absolutely the first step. But software to further clean the sound has come a long way. I recommend iZotope, which if used the right way can work wonders.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:40am
Doug Schulkind:

Howdy-do, BillfromRock Tavern! (Say hello to the marvelous Maggie!), chresti! Artie! holland oats? HOLLAND OATS!!

And hello, Question Mark! Here's an obit in the Washington Post by Joe Heim (he wrote that piece back in June): www.washingtonpost.com...
Avatar 🥁 9:41am
PAULS:

Death May Be Your Paycheck -- reminds me of the classic Father Guido Sarducci "life is a job" routine
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:41am
Doug Schulkind:

Haha! Pedro in Arlington pulls of his cloak!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:42am
Artie:

@Pedro: Wow. I’ve never met Joe, but have run into Marshall Wyatt of Old Hat a few times at shows here in Raleigh. Royalty.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:44am
Pedro in Arlington:

I did manage to get Joe's autograph on one of the rarer CD compilations he made possible. He was pleased to see a copy still around. www.allmusic.com...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:46am
Brian in UK:

Doug, no mention of our Durban correspondent. Did I miss something?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:46am
Doug Schulkind:

Yup. Down in the Basement. A PERFECT title for compilation of tunes from Joe Bussard's collection.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:47am
Doug Schulkind:

@Brian in UK
Oh! Thanks for reminding me. I will mention during my next talkie-talk.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:48am
Zipperhead7:

Douglas and Drumedaries! Just back from a walk with Zipperdawg. He's excited. His favorite instrument is harmonica, being part coonhound and all. The cats preferred cool jazz with marimbas
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:49am
Doug Schulkind:

Big love to the whole Zipperfamily!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52am
Doug Schulkind:

Boy is Wellman Braud slapping his bass upside the head with this Ellington small group!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:52am
Artie:

Top quote from the WaPo piece: “Well, yeah, but that’s records,” he says, laughing again.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52am
Doug Schulkind:

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington on piano here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53am
Doug Schulkind:

@Artie
Joe was always always laughing.
Avatar 🥁 9:53am
PAULS:

That bass better burp soon
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am
Rich in Washington:

Top o' the mornin', Doug!
Howdy everyone!
  9:55am
MHLee:

Hi Rich
  9:55am
Andy S.:

"The records filled every inch of the shelves he had built for them in the 1960s. They were kept in identical green paper sleeves and arranged in an order only he knew — and never divulged." (Joe Heim, Washington Post, 9/29/2022)
Avatar 🥁 9:56am
PAULS:

Hey I just wanted to say FREE SHAKIRA! and farewell, Trevor Noah, we hardly knew ya.

ok, I feel better now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56am
Rich in Washington:

Hi MHLee!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56am
Doug Schulkind:

Beale Street Sheiks: Frank Stokes on guitar and singing. Dan Shane on second guitar.

@Rich in Washington
Speaking of tops, how yours feeling?

@Andy S
The mystical mojo of Joe's filing system is most appealing.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:56am
doctorjazz:

Hello Drummers!
  9:57am
bigplanetnoise:

Morning, Doug and Drummers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57am
Doug Schulkind:

Nice footage of Joe and his basement guest dancing all goofy to this number.

Speaking of goofy, HELLO DOCTORJAZZ!

And welcome aboard, Mr. Coffee!
Avatar 🥁 9:57am
PAULS:

stars have aligned with big planet good day!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:58am
Doug Schulkind:

@Artie
Another ur-Cocaine number for ya!
Avatar 9:59am
Listener Gregory:

If only Mr Bussard had stopped jazz at 1938, we wouldn't have had all that Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, etc. nonsense.
  10:00am
MHLee:

Excellent song
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:00am
Rich in Washington:

@Doug: Feelin' good! Going a bit bonkers from staying at home but that's OK.
Avatar 10:00am
TDK60:

Blind Willie Johnson, wordless tune that could say a few thousand words.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:01am
Zipperhead7:

Samuel Charters' notes for the Blind Willie Johnson CD reissue are some of the most depressing reading I've ever encountered
  10:01am
MHLee:

@Zipperhead7 I'll need to read em
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:02am
Doug Schulkind:

Keep mending, Rich! Glad to hear you're doing OK!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03am
Rich in Washington:

I'll be back on the radiola next week (knocks on simulated woodgrain veneer) but this week, Julie of Dark Night of the Soul fills in for me tonight.
Avatar 10:07am
TDK60:

'Dark Was the Night' is possibly one of the more elemental US recordings, to me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10am
Webhamster Henry:

I'll verify that Autoharp when it comes by.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12am
Doug Schulkind:

@Webhamster Henry
Autoharp coming up NEXT!
Avatar 🥁 10:12am
PAULS:

Doug - did I miss a Chris A update?
Avatar 10:13am
Listener Gregory:

"Having faith in God and the rights of men..." that will never steer you wrong!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13am
Doug Schulkind:

@Zipperhead7
I have my issues with Sam Charters.

@PAULS
Oh shit! I forgot again. Sorry, I'm a little distracted. I'll write myself a note for the next mic break.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:14am
Uncle Michael:

comnists
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17am
Doug Schulkind:

I choose to include the "Mamma" spelling as it appears on the original acetate's label: www.discogs.com...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:18am
doctorjazz:

The doctor said, "Give 'em jug band music, seems to make them feel just fine..."
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bobdc:

How long did he continue playing live gigs?
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Doug Schulkind:

I am NOT, however, including the errant possessive apostrophe in "Tennessee Mess Arounder's."
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TDK60:

Bussard played what instrument/s?
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Pedro in Arlington:

One more memory of that night Joe did his little deejay show at that record store in Silver Spring, MD: His daughter and the grandkids "suffered" for his art and deserved a lot of credit for Joe being able to be Joe. That was clear. Hopefully the collection remains complete and loved and will provide them with some good income for years to come.
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Doug Schulkind:

@bobdc
I don't know that answer to that.

This tune by the West Maryland Highballers is the one track in this set that was commercially released and not cut by Joe for Fonotone Records (and thus does not appear on the Dust-to-Digital box set of Fonotone tracks).
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doctorjazz:

These are GREAT!
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Listener Gregory:

They were real rapscallions, Doug. They even messed around with punctuation.
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Doug Schulkind:

Rapscallions and hip-hop shallots, eh, Listener Gregory?
  10:22am
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So great you are honoring Joe today! I once wrote to him after receiving the fonotone box set that I wondered if he could send me an Oriole records sleeve for a tattoo I was getting. Someone in the office sent me one, no charge. I'd like to think it was him but.... who knows. Much love for so many of the songs he collected.
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Zipperhead7:

Just outta curiosity, Doug -- do you think Charters made the mistake of fetishizing "authenticity?"
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Artie:

@UM et.al: Pardon my faulty memory, the project was IRENE (not Eliza). refs here: irene.lbl.gov physicstoday.scitation.org...
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Doug Schulkind:

@Zipperhead7
I felt that Charters had a really boneheaded and myopic view of "the blues" and the music's connection to Africa.
  10:26am
rw:

Mornin'
  10:26am
Stork:

Great show, Dougie! These are super sides!
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Doug Schulkind:

@Zippearhead7
Charters wrote about Ali Farka Touré and other African artists as playing a form of music that was the forerunner of American blues, whereas Touré was really more influenced by American blues. Charters' view discounted the possibility that African musicians could be open to external influences, too. A small-minded view in my estimation.
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Doug Schulkind:

Greetings, rw! Groovings, Stork!
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Zipperhead7:

Good point, Doug. It's a two-way street for sure. Always wondered how much James Brown influenced Fela, for example.
  10:30am
rw:

Doug, I didn't catch whether you were privy to any listening parties in Mr. Bussard's basement. By the way you were talking I got the feeling maybe you had.
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Artie:

Possum Holler Boys need to be credited for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang authorship.
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PAULS:

keep on struttin'!
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PAULS:

I'm a sucker for anything featuring brushes
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Doug Schulkind:

@Zipperhead7
Brown's influence on Fela was monumental. (Actually, his influence on Geraldo Pino was monumental and Pino's influence on Fela was huge.) I produced a WFMU marathon premium many years ago surveying James Brown's influence on musicians from around the world (mostly African). I called the collection "It's a James, James, James World."
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Doug Schulkind:

@Artie
No chit!
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PAULS:

lol Doug
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Mornin' Doug and Drummers!
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doctorjazz:

This sounds like an essential set (went to the link, sold out in physical media, but available as a download).
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PAULS:

Nice to see that funky knit mug of yours, Hopey!
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Doug Schulkind:

Great to see ya, Hopey Sockmonkey!
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Brian in UK:

Ah Butcher the Metaphor. You know what comes next!!!
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PAULS:

omg Doug, you are a serial metaphor murderer
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PAULS:

DFBIHS
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listener james from westwood:

Much love to Chris and his—those shows have been like the arrival of a joyous fleet each month.
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Franco Twinkie:

Heya Doug.
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Webhamster Henry:

I love those Chris A. segments - a little mini-show in the show.
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Listener Gregory:

The Abenaki also extend into Vermont, but they are not a federally recognized tribe. They are recognized by the state and are increasingly active with cultural activities.
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adamdoesit:

What listener james from westwood said. Chris A, I hope whatever it is gets better, and that you're back with us soon.
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Doug Schulkind:

Only a few metaphors were harmed during the making of this radio show.
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Doug Schulkind:

Hoping for the best for Chris and family. I know Chris would love to be back sharing his amazing record library with you all.

Hey hey, Franco Twinkie!
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Listener Gregory:

If you stick to murdering analogies, the metaphor lobby usually leaves you alone.
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doctorjazz:

Echoing Listener James and adamdoesit, hoping all goes well for Chris and his family, can't wait to hear him on the Drummer Stream again!
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Doug Schulkind:

@Listener Gregory
That comment is loaded.
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doctorjazz:

Speaking of "howYOUdoin", how are you feeling, @adamdoesit?
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Doug Schulkind:

Genie Sherman (on whom I have had a major crush for 40 years) on vocals here.
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Doug Schulkind:

The lyrics to this tune are translated from a Blaise Cendrars poem.
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Listener Gregory:

New fund-raising idea! "We will murder a metaphor at the top of the hour if we do not meet our goal. And this time it will be a metaphor you really love. Also, it will be an extended metaphor, and its death will be stretched across an entire paragraph. But click on the DONATE link, and the metaphor will be preserved... until the next pledge period."
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adamdoesit:

doc, thanks for asking. I feel better enough to return to life, but I'm still testing positive, so I keep it under wraps. Feeling a little (ok, a lot) stir crazy, and bummed to have missed some spectacular bike riding weather this week. Thankfully, my lovely wife is still in the clear, and was able to go see Tyshawn Sorey at the Park Ave Armory yesterday (albeit without me).
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Doug Schulkind:

@Listener Gregory
We should run that one up the flagpole and see if it floats.

@adamdoesit
Those Tyshawn Sorey shows at the Armory are taking on a legendary status. So many folks (I imagine your wife among them) are raving about them.
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doctorjazz:

Ah, missed that Sorey was playing (hard to keep up), glad you're feeling better!
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adamdoesit:

@Doug, she hasn't given me the download yet. I'll get thorugh the virus, but the suspense is killing me!
  10:56am
Ramblin' Ray:

Greetings Doug and fellow-earwiggers. Will time travel back to hear tribute sets i just missed.
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Listener Gregory:

Doug, let's cross that bridge at the road less traveled.
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doctorjazz:

That would be this show...?

www.armoryonpark.org...
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Doug Schulkind:

@adamdoesit
Twice we've done the same-house quarantine routine here. A bizarre choreography.

Oh YAY, Ramblin' Ray's here!
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Doug Schulkind:

Please introduce yourself to the stellar young artist Mali Obomsawim: www.maliobomsawin.com...
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Doug Schulkind:

This magnificent LP from Jeanne Lee has blessedly been recently reissued: moved-by-sound.bandcamp.com...
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adamdoesit:

doc, yup, that's the one.

Doug, yeah, I can appreciate contemporary dance, but I'd rather do the good old twist.
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Artie:

Currently engaged in small-house two-person single-infection dance here. (Artie- SO+) It's weird talking through walls and texting back and forth over breakfast. Ian is here to help with the ventilation however.
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Doug Schulkind:

@Artie
Send Lisa my healingest vibes and tell the cats to be patient.
  11:02am
Marie:

working and lurking and loving the show. Hi Doug, hi all!
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Doug Schulkind:

Oh hey, Marie! So happy you're out there/in here!
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Doug Schulkind:

Shouldn't every radio show have autoharps and harpsichords?!?!
  11:06am
Mr C:

This record was on Argo??
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Doug Schulkind:

@Artie
Rain from Ian is due here tomorrow.

@Mr C
The British Argo. www.discogs.com...
  11:08am
Marie:

Doug, your show is a musical treasure, and there's no two ways about it.
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Doug Schulkind:

@Marie
Thank you! I'm gonna needlepoint that into a pillow!
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Uncle Michael:

Late to respond to Irene and Artie.

There are lots of tools for cleaning up surface noise. I have and use some. Izotope is good eats, but not my go-to. I'm more interested in how Bussard's records have been restored for release than how they *may* have been. I'd be curious to know. I'm also guessing (and that's all it is, a guess) that it wasn't done optically.

I'm thinking that preferred methods would be along the lines of the archive.org 4-stylus method, followed by a first pass in software, then a meticulous, manual cleanup of the pops and clicks that got through, then a touch of EQ...but hell...I have no real clue.
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Artie:

The cats do despise a closed door. Such eager little vectors. We're seeing a bit of light Ian rains ATM, but the winds haven't really started. It should all be fairly mild, probably more so up north.
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Doug Schulkind:

This Dane Belany record is a thousand percent new to me. A hundred thousand percent.
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Doug Schulkind:

My Drummer Stream comrade David Mittleman will be hosting a French Jazz special on his show on October 11. Maybe he'll include something from this.

twitter.com...
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Artie:

@UM: Yes, optical seems unlikely as well. Just thought it might be of interest. The fine folks at Dust-to-Digital might be able to shed some light on the matter. Perhaps worthy of the effort to produce an article on the subject?
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JtotheK:

hiya doug, hi everyone. enjoying the programme.
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Doug Schulkind:

Greetings, JtotheK!

Hey everyone, I blabbed so much extra during today's show that I left myself no time for a soul set. I'm going to save the sequence I had planned for next week and just extend this set of Nigerian tunes by about 10 minutes. Hope that doesn't get your nose hairs in a twist.
  11:25am
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Check out Ward Marston demonstrating how he optimizes transcriptions of old discs. Demo begins around the 4' point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JS2-e6gIjk

I subscribe to all of Marston's releases. He's a wizard.
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JtotheK:

Re: Joe B. - I couldn't find a link, but confirmed he was featured in Wax Poetics, Issue 8 (Spring 2004) - article 'Academic Archive Volume VII - In the Basement at 78 RPM' by Joe Allen.
  11:26am
Dean = ?:

Duh.
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Webhamster Henry:

Citizen Kafka used to run recordings through a system called SADIE that I bet has evolved over the last 30 years.
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Doug Schulkind:

@Uncle Michael
Check out this video of Joe showing you how he cleans his records: youtu.be...
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Doug Schulkind:

@Webhamster Henry
Joe Bussard ran his recordings through a system called "Little Sadie," amirite?!?!
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Doug Schulkind:

@Dean
Thanks for sharing that!
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Webhamster Henry:

I'm checking out some AI software that, i bet with proper training, could resynthesize higher than recorded quality audio for those who want to hear it that way. Not just splitting out the stems for remixing purposes, but actually regenning new audio taking into account the subtleties of the original.
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Listener Gregory:

@Webhamster, is this a deep learning system? They are great at reproducing or creating things that are like their training corpus, but they might have a problem if anything unexpected happens in the music.
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doctorjazz:

There are home components that are supposed to be good at "cleaning" up vinyl, here's one I've read about that's supposed to be very effective.
sweetvinyl.com
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doctorjazz:

I recall Phil Schapp used to have a record cleaning machine that used a turntable and vacuum that went in both directions, to get in deep into those dirty grooves.
  11:34am
Dean:

Been investigating Keith Monks machines. I had good experience with one decades ago.
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Doug Schulkind:

This plus spit is what I've used to clean my records for 40+ years: images.app.goo.gl...
  11:36am
Dean:

You should market your spit, Doug.
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Doug Schulkind:

@Dean
D5.
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PAULS:

D05! Works on hair, too!
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doctorjazz:

@PAULS, that's how I got my shiny dome...
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doctorjazz:

I have an old VPI vacuum record cleaner, noisy as all hell, but does the trick.
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adamdoesit:

Doug, do you lick the record, or the brush?

New Discwasher brushes ain't what they used to be. Got a Groovewasher brush, which is supposed to bring back that lovin' feeling. It's better, but not as powerful a cleaner as nostalgia.
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Doug Schulkind:

@adamdoesit
I spit directly onto the Discwasher. Then I spread the spit down its length using a pen cap or something.
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Doug Schulkind:

I've spit so much over the years cleaning off my records, I'd be surprised if you fine folks didn't feel a fine mist while listening to Give the Drummer Some.
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Doug Schulkind:

Speaking of filthy records, UNCLE MICHAEL IS NEXT! Tune into today Hinky Dinky Time and welcome our good Uncle back with open ears.

HINKY DINKY PLAYLIST: wfmu.org...
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Listener Gregory:

Doug, that is why I still wear a mask.
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adamdoesit:

Wow, talk about record porn. And, never mind writing your initials on the label -- you can prove it's yours with DNA analysis!
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Doug Schulkind:

@Listener Gregory
I've always claimed to have the smartest listeners.
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Doug Schulkind:

And speaking further of filthy records, Jeff Golick is doing a special on D:O Radio on October 9:

On this special program, D:O Radio will present a feast for the ear and eye. Musical selections on this show will all come from LPs whose covers feature unclothed individuals—at least top front. The resulting playlist will be mildly NSFW, and almost certainly in bad taste. As Elvis sang, "Stop, look and listen!"

This is not an April Fool's joke.
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Zipperhead7:

Apologies if I've told this story here before, but several years ago I took a first pressing of "Freak Out" into a store to sell. The clerk took one of the records out of the sleeve, and as he looked at it a long skein of drool ran out of his mouth and puddled on the record. Ewwww . . .
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Doug Schulkind:

Long Skein of Drool was the name of my first band in high school
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adamdoesit:

There it is.
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Listener Gregory:

Have to head out now. As always, Doug, your show is a real gold mine, and each song is a shining star. We thank you for your service—and spit.
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PAULS:

OMG I went to high school with Doug and I wanted in LSD SO BAD!! But I was so nervous at the audition I just couldn't work up enough saliva.
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Stanley:

This set is doing it for me.
Sweet Mother.
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Doug Schulkind:

@Listener Gregory
Happy travels, Sir!
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Doug Schulkind:

@Stanley
Great. Now I wanna hear Prince Nico Mbarga.
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Artie:

Hipsters just called 'em The Loogie Spiders
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Zipperhead7:

Thanks, PAULS. I just spit coffee all over my laptop
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Dean:

Let's see, then, next weekend's D:O will feature Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, John & Yoko, Herbie Mann...
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Doug Schulkind:

Sweet Mother: www.discogs.com...
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Dave in Vermont:

haven't tuned in in a while. Thanks, Doug.
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PAULS:

Glad I could help, ZippH7! Gotta keep those precious bodily fluids replenished and shit....
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Doug Schulkind:

@Dean
I've been trying to unsee that Herbie Mann record jacket for decades.

Hey there, Dave in Vermont! Nice to see ya!
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adamdoesit:

Thanks for the tunes, Doug. Soul set or no, you lightened this heavy heart. Til next time, don't just say it when you can play it and spray it.
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Uncle Michael:

Good thing you missed my last show, Doug.
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PAULS:

This is one long spit take of a chat session
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Uncle Michael:

Thanks for the music, Brother Doug. See you all in the next room.
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Webhamster Henry:

@Doug so.. for that D:O show it's not just the destination that's out.
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Doug Schulkind:

@adamdoesit
Happy to lighten and enlighten. Feel better soon, Pops.

@Uncle Michael
There is absolutely nothing good about missing your show.
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Doug Schulkind:

@Webhamster Henry
Destination Let It All Hang Out
  11:57am
KWilde:

Great show Doug!
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Doug Schulkind:

Thanks so much, KWilde!
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doctorjazz:

Great show (as usual), thanks Doug!
  11:58am
Dean:

This talk about record covers reminds me of a mystery that has nagged me for years. I recall seeing in my friend's record store c.'99 a CD with a cover depicting a dock or jetty (or spit?). Two or three people are on the dock. They're about to throw into the water an individual rolled into a carpet. Sound familiar, anybody?
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Rich in Washington:

Thanks, Brothuh Doug! See you on the radio next week!
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PAULS:

Nooooooooo! always too soon. thanks Doug! great set, til next week. O's out of it but the pressure is off, so...
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Zipperhead7:

Fanx, Doug and co.! Se y'all next week!
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chresti:

Thanks Doug!
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listener james from westwood:

Many thanks, Doug!
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Doug Schulkind:

Thank you, ljfw! chresti! Zipperhead7! PAULS! Rich in Washington! And everyone! I love you all and see you next week!
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