WFMU: Bob Brainen: Playlist from May 17, 2025

Listener comments!
	♥ 10:34am RobbieWhite: good morning Bob
	11:00am Bob Brainen: Good morning, RobbieWhite of WOWD
	🥁 ♥ 11:01am Soule: Good morning, Bob and everyone else here!
	🥁 ♥ 11:01am duke: Hi Bob
	🥁 ♥ 11:01am (Mr) Bill: On, let's get it!
	♥ 11:01am Andrew in Toronto: Good morning, Bob, and all other streamers!
	11:02am Bob Brainen: Morning, Soule
	♥ 11:02am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Soule @11:01 Greetings, Soule!
	11:02am Bob Brainen: Hi, duke
	11:03am Bob Brainen: Hey, (Mr) Bill
	🥁 ♥ 11:03am listener james from westwood: Morning, Bob and all!
	🥁 ♥ 11:03am Soule: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:02 Greetin's, Andrew!
	11:03am Bob Brainen: Andrew in Toronto, good morning
	11:04am Bob Brainen: Good morning, listener james from westwood
	11:04am SmokinJ: Howdy bb & friends! 8-)
	11:05am Bob Brainen: Howdy, SmokinJ
	♥ 11:07am Rich in Wading River: ↳ Song: "Metal" by "The Beths" Good morning! Why does every song I hear from The Beths sound like it should be a hit?
	🥁 ♥ 11:07am PAULS: Morning, Bob! hello everyone
	🥁 ♥ 11:07am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Metal" by "The Beths" Like this group a whole lot! Hi Bob, Saturday Streamers!
	11:08am Bob Brainen: Hey, Rich in Wading River. Yup, they have the gift!
	♥ 11:08am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ doctorjazz @11:07 Hi there, doc!
	11:08am Bob Brainen: doctorjazz, glad to hear it
	♥ 11:08am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ PAULS @11:07 Greetings PAUlS!
	🥁 ♥ 11:08am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Ridin' Thumb" by "Seals & Crofts" Think they had Stevie Wonder in mind when they put this out...
	🥁 ♥ 11:09am (Mr) Bill: ↳ Song: "Metal" by "The Beths" While driving around Ithaca last weekend, I heard a song with a familiar sound, but couldn't identify the artist. It was The Beths. Have yet to hear anything from them I like less than a whole lot.
	🥁 ♥ 11:09am doctorjazz: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:08 Hey there Andrew!
	🥁 ♥ 11:10am (Mr) Bill: R.I.P. Johnny Rodriguez.
	11:11am Bob Brainen: ↳ (Mr) Bill @11:10 RIP
	🥁 ♥ 11:14am PAULS: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:08 Hey Andrew
	11:14am Bob Brainen: Morning, PAULS
	🥁 ♥ 11:16am Will thee SG OCNY: Good morning Bob Brainen and all!!!
	11:18am Bob Brainen: Morning to you, Will thee SG OCNY
	🥁 ♥ 11:25am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Three Wishes" by "Ornette Coleman and PrimeTime [... Cool track!
	🥁 ♥ 11:27am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Three Wishes" by "Ornette Coleman and PrimeTime [... GO JERRY)!
	🥁 ♥ 11:31am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Song: "🐸 🐸 🐸" by ""frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's R... 🐸🐸🐸
	11:31am David B: Greetings to you all! Great tracks, Bob!
	11:31am Uncle Monk: ↳ (Mr) Bill @11:09 Song so nice Bob played it twice last week. Morning stretching into afternoon all.
	11:34am Uncle Monk: Manga is Japanese comics.
	11:36am Uncle Monk: From the Chinese Manhua. Manhwa in Korean. All comics.
	11:39am Bob Brainen: And greetings to you, David B.
	🥁 ♥ 11:39am James Douglas: Good morning Bob! "Zed" actually does not mean zero in British English, it is the name for our letter "Z" over there. Loving the music!
	11:39am Bob Brainen: ↳ Uncle Monk @11:34 Hi, Uncle Monk. Ah, thanks for that.
	🥁 ♥ 11:39am Franco Twinkie: Hi Bob. Did I hear you right, you were talking about John Simon? Well, he hated Big Brother and constantly held up The Band as 'real musicians' to them while working on Cheap Thrills. It's true, Big Brother were primitives compared to the other groups in the San Francisco scene, but at this remove they had something the other bands lacked which was a whacked out punky energy that still sounds good to me.
	11:40am Bob Brainen: ↳ James Douglas @11:39 Hey James Douglas, interesting, thanks. X, Y, Zed.
	11:41am Bob Brainen: Hi Franco Twinkie, yeah, he didn't get them, but I can hear why.
	11:42am Uncle Monk: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:39 No problem. You even pronounced it correctly.
	♥ 11:47am chresti: Hi Bob and bobbers!
	🥁 ♥ 11:49am (Mr) Bill: ↳ Song: "Second Avenue" by "Art Garfunkel" No smiley suffices for how this song and recording make me feel. The release into the bridge--oh, my.
	11:50am Bob Brainen: Hi, chresti
	🥁 ♥ 11:51am Soule: ↳ Franco Twinkie @11:39 Franco T., I know I'm repeating myself, but John Simon's memoir, "Truth, Lies, and Hearsay," is a good read. He did a concert and book-plugging tour in 2018 when it came out, and put on a great show (at age eighty-something, I think).
	♥ 11:55am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Soule @11:51 Thanks for the tip.
	🥁 ♥ 11:59am duke: ↳ Song: "Ruby" by "Ray Charles" I don't usually like the ABC Paramount string and chorus arrangements on Ray's tunes, but this one is kind of nice.
	🥁 ♥ 12:07pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Iola" by "Ronald Shannon Jackson & The Decoding S... I was thinking this reminded me of Ornette before I checked who it was, then I saw, and realized it makes perfect sense. Part of the "harmelodic" school. Saw Jackson back in the day....
	🥁 ♥ 12:07pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Soule @11:51 I don't doubt it. For a trained musician been paid to work with stoned hippies had to be a trial. But just the other day on WFMU I heard something by Big Brother recorded live at The Fillmore I had never heard before. I was stunned at the ragged energy.
	🥁 ♥ 12:09pm Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Song: "🐸 🐸 🐸" by ""frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's R... 🐸🐸🐸
	🥁 ♥ 12:13pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Song Of Bernadette" by "Jennifer Warnes" This album is also terrific sounding-for a long time after it came out, it was played (and played) by audio dealers at their stores or at Audio Shows to demo their equipment...
	12:16pm Erik in VT: ↳ doctorjazz @12:07 Hi doctorjazz 👋 , love this period of Ronald Shannon Jackson… strong run of albums. Regret never experiencing alive in-concert. Curious, what year/time period (ballpark) when you saw him & with what personnel? How was the band dynamics & was he a compelling presence? Thanks.
	12:19pm Bob Brainen: Hey, Erik in VT
	🥁 ♥ 12:24pm doctorjazz: ↳ Erik in VT @12:16 My memory for exact dates is not too good, but it was when those Decoding Society albums came out. It was as expected, very intense, bubbling music.
	🥁 ♥ 12:28pm SecretSquirrel: Happy Saturday, Bob 'n' all! Keep on keepin' on with Ravel, Ronald, jennifeR waRnes, Ray chaRles, aRt gaRfunkel, oRnette, and tom aRdolino
	12:28pm Erik in VT: ↳ Bob Brainen @12:19 Hello Bob & as always a hearty thank you for all the years of music & good vibes 😊.
	12:29pm Bob Brainen: Happy Saturday to you, SecretSquirrel
	12:30pm A.J. MACHETE: Hey, Bob and distinguished music aficionates. Hey Bob, something you've played a few times from the magic jukebox: the tape where (I think it's) Tom brings a beer to a church rehearsal and the pastor starts yelling at him. I hope that's on your agenda today, but if not, what is the loose title of thatso I can maybe look it up in the archives; it's hilarious. Thanks much.
	12:33pm Bob Brainen: ↳ A.J. MACHETE @12:30 Hey, A.J. Machete. Oh that's from Tom's archival album called Unknown Brain. I'll try to play it, probably next week.
	12:49pm A.J. MACHETE: The classic Tube Bar tape.
	🥁 ♥ 1:08pm Mxter Baba: Greetings, Bob and Brainensteins!
	1:11pm Bob Brainen: Greetings to you, Mxter Baba
	1:11pm Erik in VT: ↳ Song: "Home Before Dark" by "Nora Guthrie" Wow, that was lovely. Need to look this up, yet apparently from a various artist compilation(?). Is this Woody’s daughter? Not much else ever released under her name(?!).
	🥁 ♥ 1:16pm Mxter Baba: ↳ Song: "Hog Hollerin'" by "unknown" yeah! my mama did hog calls for kitties!
	1:17pm Bob Brainen: ↳ Erik in VT @1:11 Yes, his daughter, t's her only single, I'm pretty sure.
	1:20pm Bob Brainen: ↳ Mxter Baba @1:16 Very cool! My Dad would whistle 3 notes for our dog Tanny. She'd come a runnin' no matter where she was or what she was doing. I still remember those 3 notes, the sound of them. Precious memory.
	1:22pm Erik in VT: ↳ Bob Brainen @1:17 ✅ ok, thanks. Discogs shows that there was one 7” single (from 1967) Aside w/ “Emily’s illness” & the Bside /“home before dark” 👍
	🥁 ♥ 1:25pm Mxter Baba: ↳ Bob Brainen @1:20 wow, that’s so sweet
	♥ 1:31pm A.J. MACHETE: ↳ Song: ""The way That I Want To Touch You"" by ""Michael ... I'm reminded of Max & Kate (I think that's what their names were) of Greasy Kids Stuff.
	1:37pm JoeChrisMorris: just been enjoying the show. Thanks again Bob take 4 ofTime has told me has just been released, from the forthcoming box set : nickdrake.lnk.to...
	1:37pm JoeChrisMorris: ↳ Song: "Fotheringay (home demo)" by "Sandy Denny" I think this is my favorite Sandy song, though I havent the Fotheringay box (yet!
	1:39pm Bob Brainen: Thanks, JoeChrismorris! I'll play it next show.
	🥁 ♥ 1:48pm Mxter Baba: ↳ Song: "Sora" by "Onilu" can’t resist moving along to this
	1:51pm Uncle Monk: ↳ JoeChrisMorris @1:37 Is this box set available somewhere other than Amazon?
	🥁 ♥ 1:55pm PAULS: Thanks for another terrific show, Bob! great weekend everybody
	1:55pm JoeChrisMorris: ↳ Bob Brainen @1:39 Fotheringay? Is there really a box? I thought they lasted for one album because Joe Boyd didn't like them!
	🥁 ♥ 1:56pm doctorjazz: Thanks Bob!
	1:56pm JoeChrisMorris: ↳ Uncle Monk @1:51 Dude, its gonna be gone five minutes after release in July
	1:57pm JoeChrisMorris: ↳ Bob Brainen @1:39 the sound quality on what I've heard from this box (Strange face, etc) sounds superb. Glad they got John Wood (engineer on Nick Drakes albums) to help with these old tapes that Beverley Martyn had!
	1:57pm JoeChrisMorris: ↳ PAULS @1:55 back at ya. Smoke the bud
	🥁 ♥ 1:58pm (Mr) Bill: Thanks a million billion centillion, Bob. Hear you next week....
	🥁 ♥ 1:59pm PAULS: ↳ JoeChrisMorris @1:57 way ahead of you! ;)
	1:59pm Bob Brainen: This just in: Dave Sewelson is off today. Check out something from Dave's fab archive: wfmu.org...
	2:01pm JoeChrisMorris: ↳ Bob Brainen @1:59 help help I'm being repressed! Thanks for the show Bob - gonna give it another play and relax:
	♥ 3:30pm Andrew in Toronto: What an inspired show! Thanks, Bob!

Bob Brainen: Playlist from May 17, 2025

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May 17, 2025: A freeform show including "About An Hour With...Tom Ardolino's Magic Jukebox"

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments Images New Approx. start time

Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience 1961 / 1966 0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)

The Beths Metal "Metal" by "The Beths" 2025 brand new single * 0:02:29 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Seals & Crofts Ridin' Thumb "Ridin' Thumb" by "Seals & Crofts" Down Home 1970 0:07:14 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band Claudy Banks No Roses 1971 0:11:01 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Vera Hall Mama Gonna Buy You A Little Lap Dog Hush Little Baby Don't You Cry 1959 / 2025 VAR; Alan Lomax digital comp. * 0:15:34 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Johnson Brothers feat. Plas Mellow Woman Blues Jump 'n Shout: New Orleans Blues & Rhythm 1949 / 2000 VAR 0:17:11 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Columbia Orchestra Heart Beats: Theme For Andrew Glesgow TV, Anime & Manga New Age Soundtracks 1984-1993 2025 VAR * 0:19:58 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Serge Chaloff Pumpernickel "Pumpernickel" by "Serge Chaloff" The Birth Of Bop 1947 / 2022 VAR 0:22:07 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Ornette Coleman and PrimeTime [w/Jerry Garcia] Three Wishes Virgin Beauty 1989 0:24:35 (MP3 | Pop-up)

P. Thomas Escape From The Camp "Escape From The Camp" by "P. Thomas" Z Patrol / Eye For An Eye 1959-1975 1960s / 2001 VAR 0:28:59 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"
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Candidate Barrel Of Fear "Barrel Of Fear" by "Candidate" Nuada 2002 0:38:41 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Jennifer Warnes Song Of Bernadette Famous Blue Raincoat (The Songs of Leonard Cohen) 1986 0:43:12 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Art Garfunkel Second Avenue "Second Avenue" by "Art Garfunkel" 1974 Columbia single 0:47:11 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Maurice Ravel Movement Two from Sonatine Ravel Plays Ravel 1913 / 1965 0:49:54 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Montage She's Alone "She's Alone" by "Montage" Montage 1969 / 2001 0:52:46 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Ray Charles Ruby "Ruby" by "Ray Charles" 1961 ABC Paramount single 0:55:38 (MP3 | Pop-up)

NRBQ You're So Beautiful "You're So Beautiful" by "NRBQ" Diggin' Uncle Q 1987 Live album 0:59:37 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Ronald Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society Iola Man Dance 1982 1:04:05 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"
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1:09:25 (MP3 | Pop-up)

"About An Hour With...Tom Ardolino's Magic Jukebox"

Tom Ardolino Intro "Intro" by "Tom Ardolino" 1:19:29 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Dickie Do & The Dont's The Big M "The Big M" by "Dickie Do & The Dont's" 1:19:31 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Johnny Otis Orch. w/Johnny Guitar Watson Head Hunter 1:22:35 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Herbie Duncan Hot Lips Baby "Hot Lips Baby" by "Herbie Duncan" 1:25:38 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Fabian Lilly Lou "Lilly Lou" by "Fabian" 1:27:55 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Billy May & Baxter Interview on "WBAX" 1:30:11 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Red Foley Milk Bucket Boogie "Milk Bucket Boogie" by "Red Foley" 1:31:53 (MP3 | Pop-up)

unknown Babe Malloy's Drive-In Ad 1:34:38 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Harper Nobody's Angel "Nobody's Angel" by "Harper" 1:35:50 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Cymbals My Brave Face "My Brave Face" by "Cymbals" 1:38:14 (MP3 | Pop-up)

unknown W.R.I.T.Station I.D. "W.R.I.T.Station I.D." by "unknown" 1:42:45 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Phil Spector [Darlene Love} Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home - backing track 1:43:24 (MP3 | Pop-up)

unknown Steel Guitar Heaven "Steel Guitar Heaven" by "unknown" record intentionally played at lower speed and off-center 1:46:05 (MP3 | Pop-up)

unknown Tube Bar-1 "Tube Bar-1" by "unknown" 1:48:03 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"
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1:48:39 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Nora Guthrie Home Before Dark "Home Before Dark" by "Nora Guthrie" 1:56:43 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Little Walter Crazy Mixed Up World 1:59:23 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Johnny Carroll and his Hot Rocks Crazy Crazy Lovin' 2:01:28 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Herbie Nichols Trio S'Crazy Pad "S'Crazy Pad" by "Herbie Nichols Trio" 2:03:18 (MP3 | Pop-up)

"Michael & Nerissa" "The way That I Want To Touch You" home recording by 2 kids 2:07:27 (MP3 | Pop-up)

unknown Wildroot Hair Product Ad "Wildroot Hair Product Ad" by "unknown" 2:10:40 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Cymbals Do You Believe In Magic "Do You Believe In Magic" by "Cymbals" 2:11:28 (MP3 | Pop-up)

unknown Hog Hollerin' "Hog Hollerin'" by "unknown" 2:14:43 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Sakerock All-Stars Nanabyousyu "Nanabyousyu" by "Sakerock All-Stars" 2:16:27 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Stan Getz & Astrid Gilberto MacLean's Toothpaste Ad 2:18:52 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Biggie Ratt Escape "Escape" by "Biggie Ratt" 2:20:01 (MP3 | Pop-up)

unknown Perlman Lift Bras & Girdles - Bottoms Up Ad 2:22:10 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Miss Rosemary The Talking Record For Girls 2:24:13 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Shades Of Joy Andy's Dream "Andy's Dream" by "Shades Of Joy" 2:25:04 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"
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Sandy Denny Fotheringay (home demo) The Notes And The Words: A Collection Of Demos And Rarities 1967 / 2012 2:35:35 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Jackie Wilson & Linda Hopkins Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho 1963 2:37:40 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Pete Brown Blue Skies "Blue Skies" by "Pete Brown" World Jam Session 1944 / 1977 2:40:02 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Jupiter & Okwess Ndanda "Ndanda" by "Jupiter & Okwess" Ekoya 2025 * 2:42:41 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Onilu Sora "Sora" by "Onilu" Onilu 2025 Joe Chambers, Kevin Diehl, Chad Taylor * 2:45:19 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Dolly Cooper Ay La Bah "Ay La Bah" by "Dolly Cooper" 1955 Modern label 2:50:43 (MP3 | Pop-up)

Randy Newman Country Boy "Country Boy" by "Randy Newman" 1962 His first single, Dot label 2:53:31 (MP3 | Pop-up)

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"frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"
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Listener comments!
	♥ 10:34am RobbieWhite: good morning Bob
	11:00am Bob Brainen: Good morning, RobbieWhite of WOWD
	🥁 ♥ 11:01am Soule: Good morning, Bob and everyone else here!
	🥁 ♥ 11:01am duke: Hi Bob
	🥁 ♥ 11:01am (Mr) Bill: On, let's get it!
	♥ 11:01am Andrew in Toronto: Good morning, Bob, and all other streamers!
	11:02am Bob Brainen: Morning, Soule
	♥ 11:02am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Soule @11:01 Greetings, Soule!
	11:02am Bob Brainen: Hi, duke
	11:03am Bob Brainen: Hey, (Mr) Bill
	🥁 ♥ 11:03am listener james from westwood: Morning, Bob and all!
	🥁 ♥ 11:03am Soule: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:02 Greetin's, Andrew!
	11:03am Bob Brainen: Andrew in Toronto, good morning
	11:04am Bob Brainen: Good morning, listener james from westwood
	11:04am SmokinJ: Howdy bb & friends! 8-)
	11:05am Bob Brainen: Howdy, SmokinJ
	♥ 11:07am Rich in Wading River: ↳ Song: "Metal" by "The Beths" Good morning! Why does every song I hear from The Beths sound like it should be a hit?
	🥁 ♥ 11:07am PAULS: Morning, Bob! hello everyone
	🥁 ♥ 11:07am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Metal" by "The Beths" Like this group a whole lot! Hi Bob, Saturday Streamers!
	11:08am Bob Brainen: Hey, Rich in Wading River. Yup, they have the gift!
	♥ 11:08am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ doctorjazz @11:07 Hi there, doc!
	11:08am Bob Brainen: doctorjazz, glad to hear it
	♥ 11:08am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ PAULS @11:07 Greetings PAUlS!
	🥁 ♥ 11:08am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Ridin' Thumb" by "Seals & Crofts" Think they had Stevie Wonder in mind when they put this out...
	🥁 ♥ 11:09am (Mr) Bill: ↳ Song: "Metal" by "The Beths" While driving around Ithaca last weekend, I heard a song with a familiar sound, but couldn't identify the artist. It was The Beths. Have yet to hear anything from them I like less than a whole lot.
	🥁 ♥ 11:09am doctorjazz: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:08 Hey there Andrew!
	🥁 ♥ 11:10am (Mr) Bill: R.I.P. Johnny Rodriguez.
	11:11am Bob Brainen: ↳ (Mr) Bill @11:10 RIP
	🥁 ♥ 11:14am PAULS: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @11:08 Hey Andrew
	11:14am Bob Brainen: Morning, PAULS
	🥁 ♥ 11:16am Will thee SG OCNY: Good morning Bob Brainen and all!!!
	11:18am Bob Brainen: Morning to you, Will thee SG OCNY
	🥁 ♥ 11:25am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Three Wishes" by "Ornette Coleman and PrimeTime [... Cool track!
	🥁 ♥ 11:27am doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Three Wishes" by "Ornette Coleman and PrimeTime [... GO JERRY)!
	🥁 ♥ 11:31am Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Song: "🐸 🐸 🐸" by ""frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's R... 🐸🐸🐸
	11:31am David B: Greetings to you all! Great tracks, Bob!
	11:31am Uncle Monk: ↳ (Mr) Bill @11:09 Song so nice Bob played it twice last week. Morning stretching into afternoon all.
	11:34am Uncle Monk: Manga is Japanese comics.
	11:36am Uncle Monk: From the Chinese Manhua. Manhwa in Korean. All comics.
	11:39am Bob Brainen: And greetings to you, David B.
	🥁 ♥ 11:39am James Douglas: Good morning Bob! "Zed" actually does not mean zero in British English, it is the name for our letter "Z" over there. Loving the music!
	11:39am Bob Brainen: ↳ Uncle Monk @11:34 Hi, Uncle Monk. Ah, thanks for that.
	🥁 ♥ 11:39am Franco Twinkie: Hi Bob. Did I hear you right, you were talking about John Simon? Well, he hated Big Brother and constantly held up The Band as 'real musicians' to them while working on Cheap Thrills. It's true, Big Brother were primitives compared to the other groups in the San Francisco scene, but at this remove they had something the other bands lacked which was a whacked out punky energy that still sounds good to me.
	11:40am Bob Brainen: ↳ James Douglas @11:39 Hey James Douglas, interesting, thanks. X, Y, Zed.
	11:41am Bob Brainen: Hi Franco Twinkie, yeah, he didn't get them, but I can hear why.
	11:42am Uncle Monk: ↳ Bob Brainen @11:39 No problem. You even pronounced it correctly.
	♥ 11:47am chresti: Hi Bob and bobbers!
	🥁 ♥ 11:49am (Mr) Bill: ↳ Song: "Second Avenue" by "Art Garfunkel" No smiley suffices for how this song and recording make me feel. The release into the bridge--oh, my.
	11:50am Bob Brainen: Hi, chresti
	🥁 ♥ 11:51am Soule: ↳ Franco Twinkie @11:39 Franco T., I know I'm repeating myself, but John Simon's memoir, "Truth, Lies, and Hearsay," is a good read. He did a concert and book-plugging tour in 2018 when it came out, and put on a great show (at age eighty-something, I think).
	♥ 11:55am Andrew in Toronto: ↳ Soule @11:51 Thanks for the tip.
	🥁 ♥ 11:59am duke: ↳ Song: "Ruby" by "Ray Charles" I don't usually like the ABC Paramount string and chorus arrangements on Ray's tunes, but this one is kind of nice.
	🥁 ♥ 12:07pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Iola" by "Ronald Shannon Jackson & The Decoding S... I was thinking this reminded me of Ornette before I checked who it was, then I saw, and realized it makes perfect sense. Part of the "harmelodic" school. Saw Jackson back in the day....
	🥁 ♥ 12:07pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ Soule @11:51 I don't doubt it. For a trained musician been paid to work with stoned hippies had to be a trial. But just the other day on WFMU I heard something by Big Brother recorded live at The Fillmore I had never heard before. I was stunned at the ragged energy.
	🥁 ♥ 12:09pm Will thee SG OCNY: ↳ Song: "🐸 🐸 🐸" by ""frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's R... 🐸🐸🐸
	🥁 ♥ 12:13pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Song Of Bernadette" by "Jennifer Warnes" This album is also terrific sounding-for a long time after it came out, it was played (and played) by audio dealers at their stores or at Audio Shows to demo their equipment...
	12:16pm Erik in VT: ↳ doctorjazz @12:07 Hi doctorjazz 👋 , love this period of Ronald Shannon Jackson… strong run of albums. Regret never experiencing alive in-concert. Curious, what year/time period (ballpark) when you saw him & with what personnel? How was the band dynamics & was he a compelling presence? Thanks.
	12:19pm Bob Brainen: Hey, Erik in VT
	🥁 ♥ 12:24pm doctorjazz: ↳ Erik in VT @12:16 My memory for exact dates is not too good, but it was when those Decoding Society albums came out. It was as expected, very intense, bubbling music.
	🥁 ♥ 12:28pm SecretSquirrel: Happy Saturday, Bob 'n' all! Keep on keepin' on with Ravel, Ronald, jennifeR waRnes, Ray chaRles, aRt gaRfunkel, oRnette, and tom aRdolino
	12:28pm Erik in VT: ↳ Bob Brainen @12:19 Hello Bob & as always a hearty thank you for all the years of music & good vibes 😊.
	12:29pm Bob Brainen: Happy Saturday to you, SecretSquirrel
	12:30pm A.J. MACHETE: Hey, Bob and distinguished music aficionates. Hey Bob, something you've played a few times from the magic jukebox: the tape where (I think it's) Tom brings a beer to a church rehearsal and the pastor starts yelling at him. I hope that's on your agenda today, but if not, what is the loose title of thatso I can maybe look it up in the archives; it's hilarious. Thanks much.
	12:33pm Bob Brainen: ↳ A.J. MACHETE @12:30 Hey, A.J. Machete. Oh that's from Tom's archival album called Unknown Brain. I'll try to play it, probably next week.
	12:49pm A.J. MACHETE: The classic Tube Bar tape.
	🥁 ♥ 1:08pm Mxter Baba: Greetings, Bob and Brainensteins!
	1:11pm Bob Brainen: Greetings to you, Mxter Baba
	1:11pm Erik in VT: ↳ Song: "Home Before Dark" by "Nora Guthrie" Wow, that was lovely. Need to look this up, yet apparently from a various artist compilation(?). Is this Woody’s daughter? Not much else ever released under her name(?!).
	🥁 ♥ 1:16pm Mxter Baba: ↳ Song: "Hog Hollerin'" by "unknown" yeah! my mama did hog calls for kitties!
	1:17pm Bob Brainen: ↳ Erik in VT @1:11 Yes, his daughter, t's her only single, I'm pretty sure.
	1:20pm Bob Brainen: ↳ Mxter Baba @1:16 Very cool! My Dad would whistle 3 notes for our dog Tanny. She'd come a runnin' no matter where she was or what she was doing. I still remember those 3 notes, the sound of them. Precious memory.
	1:22pm Erik in VT: ↳ Bob Brainen @1:17 ✅ ok, thanks. Discogs shows that there was one 7” single (from 1967) Aside w/ “Emily’s illness” & the Bside /“home before dark” 👍
	🥁 ♥ 1:25pm Mxter Baba: ↳ Bob Brainen @1:20 wow, that’s so sweet
	♥ 1:31pm A.J. MACHETE: ↳ Song: ""The way That I Want To Touch You"" by ""Michael ... I'm reminded of Max & Kate (I think that's what their names were) of Greasy Kids Stuff.
	1:37pm JoeChrisMorris: just been enjoying the show. Thanks again Bob take 4 ofTime has told me has just been released, from the forthcoming box set : nickdrake.lnk.to...
	1:37pm JoeChrisMorris: ↳ Song: "Fotheringay (home demo)" by "Sandy Denny" I think this is my favorite Sandy song, though I havent the Fotheringay box (yet!
	1:39pm Bob Brainen: Thanks, JoeChrismorris! I'll play it next show.
	🥁 ♥ 1:48pm Mxter Baba: ↳ Song: "Sora" by "Onilu" can’t resist moving along to this
	1:51pm Uncle Monk: ↳ JoeChrisMorris @1:37 Is this box set available somewhere other than Amazon?
	🥁 ♥ 1:55pm PAULS: Thanks for another terrific show, Bob! great weekend everybody
	1:55pm JoeChrisMorris: ↳ Bob Brainen @1:39 Fotheringay? Is there really a box? I thought they lasted for one album because Joe Boyd didn't like them!
	🥁 ♥ 1:56pm doctorjazz: Thanks Bob!
	1:56pm JoeChrisMorris: ↳ Uncle Monk @1:51 Dude, its gonna be gone five minutes after release in July
	1:57pm JoeChrisMorris: ↳ Bob Brainen @1:39 the sound quality on what I've heard from this box (Strange face, etc) sounds superb. Glad they got John Wood (engineer on Nick Drakes albums) to help with these old tapes that Beverley Martyn had!
	1:57pm JoeChrisMorris: ↳ PAULS @1:55 back at ya. Smoke the bud
	🥁 ♥ 1:58pm (Mr) Bill: Thanks a million billion centillion, Bob. Hear you next week....
	🥁 ♥ 1:59pm PAULS: ↳ JoeChrisMorris @1:57 way ahead of you! ;)
	1:59pm Bob Brainen: This just in: Dave Sewelson is off today. Check out something from Dave's fab archive: wfmu.org...
	2:01pm JoeChrisMorris: ↳ Bob Brainen @1:59 help help I'm being repressed! Thanks for the show Bob - gonna give it another play and relax:
	♥ 3:30pm Andrew in Toronto: What an inspired show! Thanks, Bob!

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Hank Levine & His Orchestra w/ Timothy Leary	Image, Part One / The Psychedelic Experience			1961 / 1966			0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Beths	Metal "Metal" by "The Beths"			2025	brand new single	*	0:02:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Seals & Crofts	Ridin' Thumb "Ridin' Thumb" by "Seals & Crofts"	Down Home		1970			0:07:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band	Claudy Banks	No Roses		1971			0:11:01 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Vera Hall	Mama Gonna Buy You A Little Lap Dog	Hush Little Baby Don't You Cry		1959 / 2025	VAR; Alan Lomax digital comp.	*	0:15:34 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Johnson Brothers feat. Plas	Mellow Woman Blues	Jump 'n Shout: New Orleans Blues & Rhythm		1949 / 2000	VAR		0:17:11 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Columbia Orchestra	Heart Beats: Theme For Andrew Glesgow	TV, Anime & Manga New Age Soundtracks 1984-1993		2025	VAR	*	0:19:58 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Serge Chaloff	Pumpernickel "Pumpernickel" by "Serge Chaloff"	The Birth Of Bop		1947 / 2022	VAR		0:22:07 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Ornette Coleman and PrimeTime [w/Jerry Garcia]	Three Wishes	Virgin Beauty		1989			0:24:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
P. Thomas	Escape From The Camp "Escape From The Camp" by "P. Thomas"	Z Patrol / Eye For An Eye 1959-1975		1960s / 2001	VAR		0:28:59 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"	🐸 🐸 🐸						0:30:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Candidate	Barrel Of Fear "Barrel Of Fear" by "Candidate"	Nuada		2002			0:38:41 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jennifer Warnes	Song Of Bernadette	Famous Blue Raincoat (The Songs of Leonard Cohen)		1986			0:43:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Art Garfunkel	Second Avenue "Second Avenue" by "Art Garfunkel"			1974	Columbia single		0:47:11 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Maurice Ravel	Movement Two from Sonatine	Ravel Plays Ravel		1913 / 1965			0:49:54 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Montage	She's Alone "She's Alone" by "Montage"	Montage		1969 / 2001			0:52:46 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Ray Charles	Ruby "Ruby" by "Ray Charles"			1961	ABC Paramount single		0:55:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
NRBQ	You're So Beautiful "You're So Beautiful" by "NRBQ"	Diggin' Uncle Q		1987	Live album		0:59:37 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Ronald Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society	Iola	Man Dance		1982			1:04:05 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"	🐸 🐸 🐸	🐸 🐸 🐸					1:09:25 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
"About An Hour With...Tom Ardolino's Magic Jukebox"
Tom Ardolino	Intro "Intro" by "Tom Ardolino"						1:19:29 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Dickie Do & The Dont's	The Big M "The Big M" by "Dickie Do & The Dont's"						1:19:31 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Johnny Otis Orch. w/Johnny Guitar Watson	Head Hunter						1:22:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Herbie Duncan	Hot Lips Baby "Hot Lips Baby" by "Herbie Duncan"						1:25:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Fabian	Lilly Lou "Lilly Lou" by "Fabian"						1:27:55 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Billy May & Baxter	Interview on "WBAX"						1:30:11 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Red Foley	Milk Bucket Boogie "Milk Bucket Boogie" by "Red Foley"						1:31:53 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
unknown	Babe Malloy's Drive-In Ad						1:34:38 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Harper	Nobody's Angel "Nobody's Angel" by "Harper"						1:35:50 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Cymbals	My Brave Face "My Brave Face" by "Cymbals"						1:38:14 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
unknown	W.R.I.T.Station I.D. "W.R.I.T.Station I.D." by "unknown"						1:42:45 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Phil Spector [Darlene Love}	Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home - backing track						1:43:24 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
unknown	Steel Guitar Heaven "Steel Guitar Heaven" by "unknown"				record intentionally played at lower speed and off-center		1:46:05 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
unknown	Tube Bar-1 "Tube Bar-1" by "unknown"						1:48:03 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"	🐸 🐸 🐸	🐸 🐸 🐸			🐸 🐸 🐸		1:48:39 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Nora Guthrie	Home Before Dark "Home Before Dark" by "Nora Guthrie"						1:56:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Little Walter	Crazy Mixed Up World						1:59:23 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Johnny Carroll and his Hot Rocks	Crazy Crazy Lovin'						2:01:28 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Herbie Nichols Trio	S'Crazy Pad "S'Crazy Pad" by "Herbie Nichols Trio"						2:03:18 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
"Michael & Nerissa"	"The way That I Want To Touch You"				home recording by 2 kids		2:07:27 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
unknown	Wildroot Hair Product Ad "Wildroot Hair Product Ad" by "unknown"						2:10:40 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Cymbals	Do You Believe In Magic "Do You Believe In Magic" by "Cymbals"						2:11:28 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
unknown	Hog Hollerin' "Hog Hollerin'" by "unknown"						2:14:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sakerock All-Stars	Nanabyousyu "Nanabyousyu" by "Sakerock All-Stars"						2:16:27 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Stan Getz & Astrid Gilberto	MacLean's Toothpaste Ad						2:18:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Biggie Ratt	Escape "Escape" by "Biggie Ratt"						2:20:01 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
unknown	Perlman Lift Bras & Girdles - Bottoms Up Ad						2:22:10 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Miss Rosemary	The Talking Record For Girls						2:24:13 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Shades Of Joy	Andy's Dream "Andy's Dream" by "Shades Of Joy"						2:25:04 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"	🐸 🐸 🐸	🐸 🐸 🐸	🐸 🐸 🐸		🐸 🐸 🐸		2:27:22 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Sandy Denny	Fotheringay (home demo)	The Notes And The Words: A Collection Of Demos And Rarities		1967 / 2012			2:35:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jackie Wilson & Linda Hopkins	Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho			1963			2:37:40 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Pete Brown	Blue Skies "Blue Skies" by "Pete Brown"	World Jam Session		1944 / 1977			2:40:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jupiter & Okwess	Ndanda "Ndanda" by "Jupiter & Okwess"	Ekoya		2025		*	2:42:41 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Onilu	Sora "Sora" by "Onilu"	Onilu		2025	Joe Chambers, Kevin Diehl, Chad Taylor	*	2:45:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Dolly Cooper	Ay La Bah "Ay La Bah" by "Dolly Cooper"		1955		Modern label		2:50:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Randy Newman	Country Boy "Country Boy" by "Randy Newman"			1962	His first single, Dot label		2:53:31 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: "frogs and more frogs" @ Joe Bauer's Ranch"	🐸 🐸 🐸	🐸 🐸 🐸	🐸 🐸 🐸	🐸 🐸 🐸	🐸 🐸 🐸		2:55:28 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
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Bob Brainen: Playlist from May 17, 2025

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