WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from May 17, 2025

Listener comments!
	11:00am Listener Baby: McBaby
	♥ 11:00am luca: gm ichibans
	♥ 11:01am Frank In Queens: HEY NOW!
	11:01am Listener Baby: Car Scar Mart Fart
	♥ 11:01am Squints: ok then. hey HEY hey now. #getbusyliving
	♥ 11:01am luca: are we watching Poker Face folks? ep. 3 blew me away last night.
	11:01am luker duker: Good job Mike
	♥ 11:02am Handy Haversack: Hey now, Michael and all!
	11:04am wenzo: Howdeee
	11:04am greg g: Morning Michael and All!
	11:05am OnTheTrain: number one-ers pow pow pow
	11:05am OnTheTrain: who do ya love ? Mike obviously
	♥ 11:05am Handy Haversack: "Whom," Ronnie. "Whom."
	♥ 11:06am drr: ↳ luca @11:01 No, but watched the finale of Andor last night.
	♥ 11:06am egould: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:05 Ha! That’s technically correct. And technically correct is the best kind of correct.
	♥ 11:07am luca: ↳ drr @11:06 i need to get into that since i heard it was Rogue One adjacent and that’s the only SW thing i’ve liked since the OGs.
	♥ 11:07am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, gang!
	11:07am Bob: Good morning
	11:07am clarke: hey now...
	11:08am Cooh John: Good morning Michael and #1ers.
	♥ 11:08am Artie: Greetings, Michaelodians!
	11:08am clarke: ↳ Bob @11:07 hello bob.
	♥ 11:08am drr: ↳ luca @11:01 Do I have to watch Poker Face next? I don't usually watch TV shows unless people are still talking about them years later, like The Wire, but I did like that Natasha Lyonne in "But I'm A Cheerleader".
	♥ 11:08am luca: FA Cup final who ya got
	♥ 11:09am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:07 Herrrrrre comes a regular.
	♥ 11:09am luca: ↳ drr @11:08 it’s pretty essential imo. she’s brilliant in it. and guest stars galore.
	11:09am Bob: ↳ luca @11:01 No but I tried the Last of Us on Clatke’s recommendation and it hooked me. Not generally my thing either.
	11:10am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:09 how-do suh?
	♥ 11:11am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Later" by "Rufus Jagneaux" Slater got grief for saying "Check you later" in Dazed and Confused, but this validates him.
	♥ 11:11am Squints: ↳ Bob @11:09 mmmmm, clatkes.
	11:11am LiXiviated Life: Been watching old SNL episodes Originals from 1975. and working my way up I saw The Band play on SNL recently. It was a Time Machine
	♥ 11:11am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:10 I do, suh. I do nicely.
	11:11am ledzeppelinsucks: Saw Kurt Bloch new band ‘NO 3’ at Darrell’s Tavern last night. They are good. The Mistons and Suprr Powrr were there.
	11:11am clarke: ↳ Bob @11:09 it is a good series! i like Pokerface, too.
	♥ 11:11am PaulRobeson1925: ↳ Song: "Who Do You Love?" by "Ronnie Hawkins And The Hawks" The Doors perform this song admirably
	11:12am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:11 this is most pleasing.
	♥ 11:12am Handy Haversack: ↳ luca @11:07 It's the best Star Wars since Empire, hands down. A hundred times better than Rogue One. Just incredibly satisfying TV. The only downside is knowing that whatever Disney does next with Star Wars is going to suck.
	♥ 11:12am drr: ↳ luca @11:07 It was very good. I wanted to wath it becuase it was created by Tony Gilroy, the guy who made the movie "Michael Clayton". He's got a skill for making bureaucracy interesting, gripping even. One of the plots is about the office politics of being a young Imperial striver, and it's great. Also lots of cool spacecrafts flying around.
	11:13am clarke: @Handy - you should direct your grammatical suggestions to mister bo diddley. i didn't think so.
	♥ 11:14am Handy Haversack: ↳ clarke @11:13 Can I find him in a shack among the evergreens?
	11:14am clarke: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:14 if he ain't in the desert.
	♥ 11:15am Hughie Considine: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:14 He's the guy with the cobra skin for a necktie. Y'can't miss him.
	11:17am jg: Among the three great unique voices in the Band, Richards was the most soulful.
	♥ 11:17am Squints: ↳ drr @11:12 The one Gilroy brother I haven't met. The other two were classmates at college.
	11:18am clarke: gilroy was here.
	11:18am Gerry from Miami: Yo, SQUINTS! Got a tip for you. Google "don't die t-shirt" for a wide variety of t-shirts that express your philosophy of life.
	♥ 11:19am drr: ↳ Squints @11:17 That's wild! There are a couple more Gilroys in the credits (Dan is one I remember) writing and directing episodes.
	11:19am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:15 are you still living out the horror flick Crawlspace??
	11:19am Bob: ↳ jg @11:17 Makes me cry
	♥ 11:19am Squints: ↳ Gerry from Miami @11:18 Pulling m'self up by the scruff of the neck. #getbusyliving. As opposed to the other thing.
	♥ 11:20am Hughie Considine: Haha! Yes, I just subdued Klaus Kinski in some homemade cordage. Actually we are over the hump -- now we wait for insurance claims to be approved and all that fun stuff.
	11:21am clarke: doo doo popularity??
	♥ 11:21am Montmaster J: ↳ drr @11:12 Love Michael Clayton...need to check out Andor.
	11:22am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:20 let klaus house-sit for you, when you go to ireland!
	11:22am Cooh John: My CRS may be acting up but I thought The Flintstones may have been on twice a week.🤷‍♂️
	11:22am johnk77: billy payne on the history of richard manuel's steinway https://billpaynecreative.com/writing/richard-manuel/
	♥ 11:23am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "The Ballad Of Batman" by "Campers, The" This is far more ambitious than the other famous ballad of Batman, in which Robin lays an egg.
	11:23am red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: I appreciate the Squints philosophy ✌️✌️
	11:24am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:23 got a Royal Guardsmen sound, too.
	♥ 11:24am Montmaster J: The running gag on Batman of celebrities sticking their heads out the window as Batman and Robin climb up the side of building is hysterical...
	♥ 11:24am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:22 It would surely be a case of Mad Klaus Wrecked His House.
	♥ 11:24am Squints: ↳ drr @11:19 Yeah. The twins Dan and John are the brothers with whom I was acquainted a long time ago.
	♥ 11:24am egould: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:23 Are you a “Commissioner broke his leg” or a “Joker got away” guy?
	11:24am KWilde: Usually a duet
	11:25am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:24 goffrier agrees.
	♥ 11:25am Montmaster J: www.youtube.com...
	♥ 11:25am Squints: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:20 So, you moved some rope?
	11:25am Gerry from Miami: Michael, there was a scorching series on network TV in the summer of 1966, based on the best-selling novel, PEYTON PLACE, by Grace Metalious. A night-time soap opera that aired 3 or 4 times a week in prime time.
	11:26am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:25 to lyman.
	♥ 11:26am Hughie Considine: ↳ egould @11:24 Joker got away sings much better! The episode where Commissioner Gordon gets hypnotized really showcases Neil Hamilton's range.
	11:26am Cooh John: With the cheesy technique of tilting the camera 90°, Contrasted J.
	♥ 11:26am Hughie Considine: ↳ Squints @11:25 Wet rope. The worst kind.
	♥ 11:26am Squints: ↳ Cooh John @11:22 I though the big deal about The Flintstones was that it was essentially the first prime-time cartoon. (May well have been on twice a week. Don't recall.) I think Jonny Quest ran in prime time for year, although I kinna swear to that, ach.
	♥ 11:27am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:25 I used to go ape for that song.
	11:27am Scott in Denver: Just give me Bugs Bunny.
	11:28am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:27 so did ron klaus!
	♥ 11:28am Squints: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:26 Neil Hamilton was a leading man for like a cup of coffee in the late 1920s, maybe early 1930s, I believe.
	11:29am clarke: i don't think Johnny Quest was on in prime time. pretty sure just saturday mornings.
	♥ 11:31am Hughie Considine: ↳ Squints @11:28 Just looked up his wiki -- he led an interesting life. From hardscrabble Lynn, Mass.
	11:31am clarke: hmm. i am a Leonard fan, but Get Shorty never grabbed me. yet.
	11:31am Dash: Batman was on Tuesday and Thursdays.
	11:31am wenzo: The movie’s 30
	11:31am Cooh John: Squints, I remember Jonny Quest in prime time.
	♥ 11:32am Squints: ↳ Dash @11:31 Wasn't so much about popularity -- although it had it, at first -- as necessary to the cliffhanger structure of the episodes.
	11:32am clarke: Baby is our president?
	♥ 11:32am PaulRobeson1925: Ooooowagaaaaa awwwoooggaaa
	♥ 11:32am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:31 I have to completely concur. My No. 1 Elmore Leonard is "City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit."
	11:33am Gerry from Miami: @SQUINTS. I can only remember "THE FLINTSTONES" airing once a week on Friday nights at 7:30 Eastern. Back when "prime time" started at 7:30, later changed to 8.
	11:33am Stevel: Preach!
	11:33am wenzo: Just watched the Boss’s lil’ speech at his concert in the UK. Good stuff.
	♥ 11:34am Dano59: ↳ Song: "Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own" by "Bruce Springsteen" this even sounded great on a bootleg LP ca. 1986
	11:34am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:32 that's a short story, right?
	11:34am Mr. Jones: I just want to condense two topics and discuss the great Elmore Leonard authored Flintstone Episodes.
	♥ 11:35am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:34 It's a novel from 1980 when he was really on a roll and starting to get known.
	11:36am TimG: Sigh, just sigh
	11:36am wenzo: @Mr. Jones are those a thing?!
	11:36am Cooh John: We are all screaming @ 47.
	11:36am Mr. Jones: ↳ Song: "Shake It Off" by "Screaming Females" Great Tiny Desk version of this on the interwebs.
	11:36am Bob: ↳ Song: "Shake It Off" by "Screaming Females" Parody?
	♥ 11:37am Kotzwinkled: My 3 old daughter just said THIS IS MY SONG! I don't think she's heard this version before though lol. AVClub Undercover series spawned some incredible covers. Look up Sharon Van Etten and Shearwater doing "Stop Dragging My Heart Around."
	11:37am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:35 ah, they melded that into the Justified series.
	11:37am Gerry from Miami: SQUINTS. and don't forget that one of the sponsors of "THE FLINTSTONES" was Winston cigarettes. Not a great role model for the kiddies!
	♥ 11:37am egould: I watched ‘52 Pick-up’ last weekend. Nice little piece of neo-noir, with a hilarious ending. Elmore Leonard is a good writing man.
	11:37am Michael Shelley: ↳ Bob @11:36 great song - great version
	11:37am Cooh John: I always wondered when Taylor Swift would be played on WFMU. This suffices.🎶
	11:37am TimG: Impeach The President by Honeydrippers is appropriate
	♥ 11:38am Hughie Considine: ↳ Mr. Jones @11:34 He most certainly would have changed the tone of the show with all those pesky rules of his.
	11:38am clarke: ↳ egould @11:37 that is a good one! scheider i have come to respect more, lately.
	11:38am Paul: More $ for Taylor.
	♥ 11:38am Dano59: ↳ clarke @11:34 to answer your Q. on Fogerty late in last week's second hour, I have the Blue Ridge Rangers' first, without Fogerty's name on the cover. i've heard the second one, not as good. I was a huge fan of most of his '70s and '80s solo records.
	♥ 11:39am Dano59: ↳ TimG @11:37 playing that at my next DJ gig in a couple weeks
	11:40am clarke: ↳ Dano59 @11:38 the second one is good.
	♥ 11:40am JOE FROM DC: "Leave Me Alone" is one of the best things the Band/Canadian Squires ever did!
	11:40am Michael Shelley: ↳ Cooh John @11:37 Just checked - she's been played 31 times... HI JOHN!
	11:41am Michael Shelley: ↳ JOE FROM DC @11:40 YES
	♥ 11:41am Squints: ↳ Gerry from Miami @11:37 And then they tried to make up for it with the Fred and Barney PSAs about The Seven Warning Signs of Cancer.
	11:43am clarke: ↳ Song: "Never Say Goodbye" by "Bob Dylan" bueno!!
	11:43am Mr. Jones: ↳ wenzo @11:36 written under the pseudonym Elmore Schist, but only available in the Flinstones Multiverse edition. (just joshin')
	♥ 11:44am Corey: ↳ Song: "Never Say Goodbye" by "Bob Dylan" My wife and I got married to this one! First time hearing it on the radio. #1 in my heart and now #1 officially.
	11:44am Bob: This Dylan album should rank higher in general
	11:45am clarke: ↳ Bob @11:44 agree!
	♥ 11:45am John L: ↳ Song: "Never Say Goodbye" by "Bob Dylan" Planet Waves is one of my favorite Dylan LPs, and a bit underrated.
	♥ 11:46am Dano59: ↳ clarke @11:40 production disparities between the two got to me. Love for the Hoodoo album still eludes me as well
	♥ 11:46am John L: ↳ Bob @11:44 Yes! Love it.
	11:46am clarke: ↳ Dano59 @11:46 well put.
	♥ 11:47am Squints: G. G. Y.
	11:47am Mr. Jones: ↳ Song: "Signed Sealed Delivered" by "Bobby Byrd" WOW!
	11:47am clarke: ↳ Song: "Signed Sealed Delivered" by "Bobby Byrd" a bit of Messin With The Kid thrown in there.
	♥ 11:48am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:47 Which ain't no bad thing, I'ma tell you.
	♥ 11:48am listener phat in Lincoln: Brake pads acquired.
	♥ 11:48am egould: ↳ Song: "Signed Sealed Delivered" by "Bobby Byrd" The horns are pretty well in tune.
	11:48am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:48 nawsuh!
	11:48am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:48 what, no donuts??
	11:49am DG: Yeah, Planet Waves has some great songs on it but doesn't seem to be remembered now. Came out just when I was just getting into Dylan, reviewed it for my high school paper & saw a great show at the Nassau Coliseum on the Dylan/Band tour. No one seemed to notice the joke about "you changed your last name" in the lyrics either.
	♥ 11:49am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @11:48 That's next
	11:49am clarke: ↳ Song: "Alone Again, Naturally" by "Now Generation, The" the gilbert AND sullivan version
	11:51am Mr. Jones: ↳ Song: "Alone Again, Naturally" by "Now Generation, The" Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
	♥ 11:51am Squints: "Alone again, Mr. Lee? (Hey!)"
	11:51am clarke: ↳ Song: "I Don't Mind" by "Boys With The Perpetual Nervous... yes!
	♥ 11:52am Stevie Jay: Skeezix and I are here now. Ate a lot of bananas this morning. Sounds good so far.
	11:53am clarke: ↳ Song: "Vanishing Girl" by "Dukes Of Stratosphear, The" and YES!! good segue
	11:53am Michael Shelley: ↳ egould @11:48 medium in tune
	♥ 11:54am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:53 Seems like they had more fun making Dukes records than XTC records.
	11:55am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:54 i think that is absolutely true.
	11:58am clarke: i saw The Band with and without Robbie and richard definitely took more of the reins in the latter version - at least, for a while, there.
	♥ 11:59am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Where She At?" by "Z.Z. Hill" First discovered Z.Z. Hill on this very show, and it made a fan of me.
	12:02pm clarke: don't come close - i have some kind of bug.
	12:02pm Cooh John: Bravo! The best station ID.
	12:02pm Marie in Chicago: Howdy!
	♥ 12:03pm Hughie Considine: I always heard Johnny Ramone only played on Johnny Ramone type songs, i.e., not like this one.
	12:04pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: Johnny hated this one! 😁
	12:05pm clarke: monty MELNICK
	♥ 12:05pm Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Don't Come Close" by "Ramones" Road to Ruin was fourth.
	♥ 12:05pm GorillaFella: ↳ Song: "Don't Come Close" by "Ramones" The guitar melody on this reminds me a little of Let My Love Open the Door
	♥ 12:05pm Squints: So was that mostly Mickey Leigh?
	12:07pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Squints @12:05 I'd guess Ed Stasium... maybe Andy from the Dictators?
	♥ 12:07pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "Come and Get It" by "Magic Christians, The" Completely different engineering philosophy
	12:07pm clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:07 stasium most likely if it was an acoustic guitar
	12:08pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:05 indeed - always forget Leave Home
	12:08pm Scott in Denver: How does one become a "Magic Christian"?
	12:09pm clarke: ↳ Scott in Denver @12:08 u gotta see the movie - it ain't fun
	♥ 12:10pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Scott in Denver @12:08 If I remember correctly, it's giving away your fortune?
	12:10pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:10 and rolling in a load of poop!!
	12:10pm Scott in Denver: I think it involves mushrooms.
	♥ 12:11pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @12:10 I forgot about that.
	♥ 12:11pm common: ↳ Scott in Denver @12:08 you have to have "commonzensavvy"
	♥ 12:11pm Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @12:10 Call me a stodgy old traditionalist, but that's where I draw the line.
	♥ 12:12pm Jimmy Wipper: Marty Stuart's new instrumental album is one of the best albums of the year.
	12:14pm clarke: ↳ Jimmy Wipper @12:12 WHIPPAAAAHHH!!!!
	12:14pm clarke: ↳ Jimmy Wipper @12:12 NO, i won!!
	♥ 12:15pm Jimmy Wipper: CLAAAAAAAAAAAARKE!!!!!!!
	12:15pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Jimmy Wipper @12:12 mmmmhmmmm
	12:15pm clarke: ↳ Jimmy Wipper @12:15 i think you're drunk!
	♥ 12:16pm Jimmy Wipper: ↳ clarke @12:15 Drunk on #1 Hits!
	♥ 12:16pm Squints: Mike Vitar was Benny The Jet Rodriguez in the best baseball documentary ever made.
	12:16pm Cooh John: Mr. Tudball agrees.
	12:17pm clarke: i guess not the Jon Blair from Jon & The Nightriders?? no suh.
	12:18pm clarke: ↳ clarke @12:17 written before the spelling appeared.
	12:19pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Jimmy Wipper @12:12 He plays kazoo while drinking a glass of water
	♥ 12:21pm Jimmy Wipper: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:19 He played a double shot of water!
	12:21pm clarke: up on Uzzle Street, they do it differnt.
	12:23pm bill hanke: ↳ Song: "Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)" by "Ban... not familiar w this version. where is it from? unbelievable!!!!
	12:25pm clarke: garth - wow!
	♥ 12:29pm JeremyB: Hope to see you at Porchfest!
	12:29pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Steven Lewis" this is cool!!
	12:30pm clarke: ↳ JeremyB @12:29 does richard thompson have a porch??
	♥ 12:30pm JeremyB: Meeting a friend for lunch at Veggie Heaven then seeing some bands!
	♥ 12:31pm JeremyB: montclairporchfest.org...
	♥ 12:31pm JeremyB: ↳ clarke @12:30 Lol
	12:31pm clarke: ↳ JeremyB @12:31 i would be hangin' out around there!
	♥ 12:31pm JeremyB: ↳ clarke @12:30 But Michael Shelley does!
	♥ 12:32pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Song: "Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)" by "Ban... Such a great, great song! Was driving when it was playing so I’m a little late chiming in. Loving this interview!
	12:32pm Michael Shelley: ↳ JeremyB @12:31 Fantastic restaurant
	♥ 12:32pm JeremyB: Alan six too!
	♥ 12:32pm JeremyB: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:32 Yeah! We usually go to the one I. DENVILLE
	12:34pm clarke: totally true: different times!!
	♥ 12:38pm Handy Haversack: Grand Marnier. Huh.
	12:39pm clarke: was Tony Mart's on the Boardwalk?
	♥ 12:40pm drr: @clarke: just FYI, my new band is playing our first show today/tonight. At a party in Destrehan.
	12:40pm clarke: ↳ drr @12:40 hey, i am kinda sick - but, hope the gig goes great!! say hey to the boyz!!
	12:42pm clarke: ↳ drr @12:40 also: last night was the first night of the year, when i went outside and it felt like it was daytime.
	♥ 12:45pm PaulRobeson1925: Alcohol has a degenerative quality. Harms the brain, organs and body. & yer moon
	♥ 12:45pm PaulRobeson1925: Mood* The drug alcohol is powerful
	12:47pm florida: don't be beating on my old friend , alcohol
	12:49pm Marie in Chicago: I'm enjoying the interview--sounds like alcoholism to me
	12:50pm clarke: but, of course, robbie was a natural leader and probably a bit over-bearing. robbie was hitting his peak in song-writing when richard was kinda fumbling. the timing of it all.
	♥ 12:51pm Christina Ginger: I heard the Rochester in Steven’s voice before I looked him up. Nuts.
	12:51pm clarke: totally agree Levon's Barn would have done richard some good!
	12:52pm clarke: ↳ Christina Ginger @12:51 hey!! i am enjoying your Substack!!!
	♥ 12:53pm Christina Ginger: ↳ clarke @12:52 Yay! I’m glad you’re digging it. Trying to provide all sorts of interesting content, even if you’re not in the city.
	12:54pm clarke: ↳ Christina Ginger @12:53 it's working!!!
	♥ 12:55pm Tommy in Neversink: Who is being discussed ?
	12:55pm clarke: was there a bit of a falling out between richard and danko?? (i need to read the book)
	♥ 12:55pm Tommy in Neversink: Ok, I got it now
	12:56pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Steven Lewis" really great, thanks fellas!
	♥ 12:56pm egould: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Steven Lewis" Thanks Michael. Thanks Steven.
	♥ 12:59pm quietlife: I’m looking forward to read the book, good interview, thanks!
	1:00pm Marie in Chicago: thanks!
	♥ 1:33pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Michael! Really interesting conversation. I learned a lot.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Band, The	King Harvest Has Surely Come
Ronnie Hawkins And The Hawks	Who Do You Love?
Rufus Jagneaux	Later "Later" by "Rufus Jagneaux"
Ben E. King	Si Senor "Si Senor" by "Ben E. King"
Jubalaries, The	Run Joe "Run Joe" by "Jubalaries, The"
Radio Days	Why Don't You Love Me Anymore?
Campers, The	The Ballad Of Batman
Freddie Hart	Loose Talk "Loose Talk" by "Freddie Hart"
Ted Hawkins	Watch Your Step "Watch Your Step" by "Ted Hawkins"
Bruce Springsteen	Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own
Screaming Females	Shake It Off "Shake It Off" by "Screaming Females"
Canadian Squires, The	Leave Me Alone
Bob Dylan	Never Say Goodbye "Never Say Goodbye" by "Bob Dylan"
Bobby Byrd	Signed Sealed Delivered
Now Generation, The	Alone Again, Naturally
Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness, The	I Don't Mind
Dukes Of Stratosphear, The	Vanishing Girl
Levon And The Hawks	Go Go Liza Jane
Z.Z. Hill	Where She At? "Where She At?" by "Z.Z. Hill"
Ramones	Don't Come Close "Don't Come Close" by "Ramones"
Magic Christians, The	Come and Get It
Jake Worthington Featuring Marty Stuart	I'm The One
Spencer Wiggins	Poor Man's Son "Poor Man's Son" by "Spencer Wiggins"
John Blair	O-o-h Child/Golden Slumbers
Explorers Club, The	California's Callin' Ya
Band, The	Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)
Steven Lewis	Interview "Interview" by "Steven Lewis"
Band, The	Saved "Saved" by "Band, The"

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

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

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

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CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does

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Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version

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Listener comments!
	11:00am Listener Baby: McBaby
	♥ 11:00am luca: gm ichibans
	♥ 11:01am Frank In Queens: HEY NOW!
	11:01am Listener Baby: Car Scar Mart Fart
	♥ 11:01am Squints: ok then. hey HEY hey now. #getbusyliving
	♥ 11:01am luca: are we watching Poker Face folks? ep. 3 blew me away last night.
	11:01am luker duker: Good job Mike
	♥ 11:02am Handy Haversack: Hey now, Michael and all!
	11:04am wenzo: Howdeee
	11:04am greg g: Morning Michael and All!
	11:05am OnTheTrain: number one-ers pow pow pow
	11:05am OnTheTrain: who do ya love ? Mike obviously
	♥ 11:05am Handy Haversack: "Whom," Ronnie. "Whom."
	♥ 11:06am drr: ↳ luca @11:01 No, but watched the finale of Andor last night.
	♥ 11:06am egould: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:05 Ha! That’s technically correct. And technically correct is the best kind of correct.
	♥ 11:07am luca: ↳ drr @11:06 i need to get into that since i heard it was Rogue One adjacent and that’s the only SW thing i’ve liked since the OGs.
	♥ 11:07am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, gang!
	11:07am Bob: Good morning
	11:07am clarke: hey now...
	11:08am Cooh John: Good morning Michael and #1ers.
	♥ 11:08am Artie: Greetings, Michaelodians!
	11:08am clarke: ↳ Bob @11:07 hello bob.
	♥ 11:08am drr: ↳ luca @11:01 Do I have to watch Poker Face next? I don't usually watch TV shows unless people are still talking about them years later, like The Wire, but I did like that Natasha Lyonne in "But I'm A Cheerleader".
	♥ 11:08am luca: FA Cup final who ya got
	♥ 11:09am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:07 Herrrrrre comes a regular.
	♥ 11:09am luca: ↳ drr @11:08 it’s pretty essential imo. she’s brilliant in it. and guest stars galore.
	11:09am Bob: ↳ luca @11:01 No but I tried the Last of Us on Clatke’s recommendation and it hooked me. Not generally my thing either.
	11:10am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:09 how-do suh?
	♥ 11:11am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Later" by "Rufus Jagneaux" Slater got grief for saying "Check you later" in Dazed and Confused, but this validates him.
	♥ 11:11am Squints: ↳ Bob @11:09 mmmmm, clatkes.
	11:11am LiXiviated Life: Been watching old SNL episodes Originals from 1975. and working my way up I saw The Band play on SNL recently. It was a Time Machine
	♥ 11:11am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:10 I do, suh. I do nicely.
	11:11am ledzeppelinsucks: Saw Kurt Bloch new band ‘NO 3’ at Darrell’s Tavern last night. They are good. The Mistons and Suprr Powrr were there.
	11:11am clarke: ↳ Bob @11:09 it is a good series! i like Pokerface, too.
	♥ 11:11am PaulRobeson1925: ↳ Song: "Who Do You Love?" by "Ronnie Hawkins And The Hawks" The Doors perform this song admirably
	11:12am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:11 this is most pleasing.
	♥ 11:12am Handy Haversack: ↳ luca @11:07 It's the best Star Wars since Empire, hands down. A hundred times better than Rogue One. Just incredibly satisfying TV. The only downside is knowing that whatever Disney does next with Star Wars is going to suck.
	♥ 11:12am drr: ↳ luca @11:07 It was very good. I wanted to wath it becuase it was created by Tony Gilroy, the guy who made the movie "Michael Clayton". He's got a skill for making bureaucracy interesting, gripping even. One of the plots is about the office politics of being a young Imperial striver, and it's great. Also lots of cool spacecrafts flying around.
	11:13am clarke: @Handy - you should direct your grammatical suggestions to mister bo diddley. i didn't think so.
	♥ 11:14am Handy Haversack: ↳ clarke @11:13 Can I find him in a shack among the evergreens?
	11:14am clarke: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:14 if he ain't in the desert.
	♥ 11:15am Hughie Considine: ↳ Handy Haversack @11:14 He's the guy with the cobra skin for a necktie. Y'can't miss him.
	11:17am jg: Among the three great unique voices in the Band, Richards was the most soulful.
	♥ 11:17am Squints: ↳ drr @11:12 The one Gilroy brother I haven't met. The other two were classmates at college.
	11:18am clarke: gilroy was here.
	11:18am Gerry from Miami: Yo, SQUINTS! Got a tip for you. Google "don't die t-shirt" for a wide variety of t-shirts that express your philosophy of life.
	♥ 11:19am drr: ↳ Squints @11:17 That's wild! There are a couple more Gilroys in the credits (Dan is one I remember) writing and directing episodes.
	11:19am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:15 are you still living out the horror flick Crawlspace??
	11:19am Bob: ↳ jg @11:17 Makes me cry
	♥ 11:19am Squints: ↳ Gerry from Miami @11:18 Pulling m'self up by the scruff of the neck. #getbusyliving. As opposed to the other thing.
	♥ 11:20am Hughie Considine: Haha! Yes, I just subdued Klaus Kinski in some homemade cordage. Actually we are over the hump -- now we wait for insurance claims to be approved and all that fun stuff.
	11:21am clarke: doo doo popularity??
	♥ 11:21am Montmaster J: ↳ drr @11:12 Love Michael Clayton...need to check out Andor.
	11:22am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:20 let klaus house-sit for you, when you go to ireland!
	11:22am Cooh John: My CRS may be acting up but I thought The Flintstones may have been on twice a week.🤷‍♂️
	11:22am johnk77: billy payne on the history of richard manuel's steinway https://billpaynecreative.com/writing/richard-manuel/
	♥ 11:23am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "The Ballad Of Batman" by "Campers, The" This is far more ambitious than the other famous ballad of Batman, in which Robin lays an egg.
	11:23am red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: I appreciate the Squints philosophy ✌️✌️
	11:24am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:23 got a Royal Guardsmen sound, too.
	♥ 11:24am Montmaster J: The running gag on Batman of celebrities sticking their heads out the window as Batman and Robin climb up the side of building is hysterical...
	♥ 11:24am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:22 It would surely be a case of Mad Klaus Wrecked His House.
	♥ 11:24am Squints: ↳ drr @11:19 Yeah. The twins Dan and John are the brothers with whom I was acquainted a long time ago.
	♥ 11:24am egould: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:23 Are you a “Commissioner broke his leg” or a “Joker got away” guy?
	11:24am KWilde: Usually a duet
	11:25am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:24 goffrier agrees.
	♥ 11:25am Montmaster J: www.youtube.com...
	♥ 11:25am Squints: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:20 So, you moved some rope?
	11:25am Gerry from Miami: Michael, there was a scorching series on network TV in the summer of 1966, based on the best-selling novel, PEYTON PLACE, by Grace Metalious. A night-time soap opera that aired 3 or 4 times a week in prime time.
	11:26am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:25 to lyman.
	♥ 11:26am Hughie Considine: ↳ egould @11:24 Joker got away sings much better! The episode where Commissioner Gordon gets hypnotized really showcases Neil Hamilton's range.
	11:26am Cooh John: With the cheesy technique of tilting the camera 90°, Contrasted J.
	♥ 11:26am Hughie Considine: ↳ Squints @11:25 Wet rope. The worst kind.
	♥ 11:26am Squints: ↳ Cooh John @11:22 I though the big deal about The Flintstones was that it was essentially the first prime-time cartoon. (May well have been on twice a week. Don't recall.) I think Jonny Quest ran in prime time for year, although I kinna swear to that, ach.
	♥ 11:27am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:25 I used to go ape for that song.
	11:27am Scott in Denver: Just give me Bugs Bunny.
	11:28am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:27 so did ron klaus!
	♥ 11:28am Squints: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:26 Neil Hamilton was a leading man for like a cup of coffee in the late 1920s, maybe early 1930s, I believe.
	11:29am clarke: i don't think Johnny Quest was on in prime time. pretty sure just saturday mornings.
	♥ 11:31am Hughie Considine: ↳ Squints @11:28 Just looked up his wiki -- he led an interesting life. From hardscrabble Lynn, Mass.
	11:31am clarke: hmm. i am a Leonard fan, but Get Shorty never grabbed me. yet.
	11:31am Dash: Batman was on Tuesday and Thursdays.
	11:31am wenzo: The movie’s 30
	11:31am Cooh John: Squints, I remember Jonny Quest in prime time.
	♥ 11:32am Squints: ↳ Dash @11:31 Wasn't so much about popularity -- although it had it, at first -- as necessary to the cliffhanger structure of the episodes.
	11:32am clarke: Baby is our president?
	♥ 11:32am PaulRobeson1925: Ooooowagaaaaa awwwoooggaaa
	♥ 11:32am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:31 I have to completely concur. My No. 1 Elmore Leonard is "City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit."
	11:33am Gerry from Miami: @SQUINTS. I can only remember "THE FLINTSTONES" airing once a week on Friday nights at 7:30 Eastern. Back when "prime time" started at 7:30, later changed to 8.
	11:33am Stevel: Preach!
	11:33am wenzo: Just watched the Boss’s lil’ speech at his concert in the UK. Good stuff.
	♥ 11:34am Dano59: ↳ Song: "Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own" by "Bruce Springsteen" this even sounded great on a bootleg LP ca. 1986
	11:34am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:32 that's a short story, right?
	11:34am Mr. Jones: I just want to condense two topics and discuss the great Elmore Leonard authored Flintstone Episodes.
	♥ 11:35am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:34 It's a novel from 1980 when he was really on a roll and starting to get known.
	11:36am TimG: Sigh, just sigh
	11:36am wenzo: @Mr. Jones are those a thing?!
	11:36am Cooh John: We are all screaming @ 47.
	11:36am Mr. Jones: ↳ Song: "Shake It Off" by "Screaming Females" Great Tiny Desk version of this on the interwebs.
	11:36am Bob: ↳ Song: "Shake It Off" by "Screaming Females" Parody?
	♥ 11:37am Kotzwinkled: My 3 old daughter just said THIS IS MY SONG! I don't think she's heard this version before though lol. AVClub Undercover series spawned some incredible covers. Look up Sharon Van Etten and Shearwater doing "Stop Dragging My Heart Around."
	11:37am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:35 ah, they melded that into the Justified series.
	11:37am Gerry from Miami: SQUINTS. and don't forget that one of the sponsors of "THE FLINTSTONES" was Winston cigarettes. Not a great role model for the kiddies!
	♥ 11:37am egould: I watched ‘52 Pick-up’ last weekend. Nice little piece of neo-noir, with a hilarious ending. Elmore Leonard is a good writing man.
	11:37am Michael Shelley: ↳ Bob @11:36 great song - great version
	11:37am Cooh John: I always wondered when Taylor Swift would be played on WFMU. This suffices.🎶
	11:37am TimG: Impeach The President by Honeydrippers is appropriate
	♥ 11:38am Hughie Considine: ↳ Mr. Jones @11:34 He most certainly would have changed the tone of the show with all those pesky rules of his.
	11:38am clarke: ↳ egould @11:37 that is a good one! scheider i have come to respect more, lately.
	11:38am Paul: More $ for Taylor.
	♥ 11:38am Dano59: ↳ clarke @11:34 to answer your Q. on Fogerty late in last week's second hour, I have the Blue Ridge Rangers' first, without Fogerty's name on the cover. i've heard the second one, not as good. I was a huge fan of most of his '70s and '80s solo records.
	♥ 11:39am Dano59: ↳ TimG @11:37 playing that at my next DJ gig in a couple weeks
	11:40am clarke: ↳ Dano59 @11:38 the second one is good.
	♥ 11:40am JOE FROM DC: "Leave Me Alone" is one of the best things the Band/Canadian Squires ever did!
	11:40am Michael Shelley: ↳ Cooh John @11:37 Just checked - she's been played 31 times... HI JOHN!
	11:41am Michael Shelley: ↳ JOE FROM DC @11:40 YES
	♥ 11:41am Squints: ↳ Gerry from Miami @11:37 And then they tried to make up for it with the Fred and Barney PSAs about The Seven Warning Signs of Cancer.
	11:43am clarke: ↳ Song: "Never Say Goodbye" by "Bob Dylan" bueno!!
	11:43am Mr. Jones: ↳ wenzo @11:36 written under the pseudonym Elmore Schist, but only available in the Flinstones Multiverse edition. (just joshin')
	♥ 11:44am Corey: ↳ Song: "Never Say Goodbye" by "Bob Dylan" My wife and I got married to this one! First time hearing it on the radio. #1 in my heart and now #1 officially.
	11:44am Bob: This Dylan album should rank higher in general
	11:45am clarke: ↳ Bob @11:44 agree!
	♥ 11:45am John L: ↳ Song: "Never Say Goodbye" by "Bob Dylan" Planet Waves is one of my favorite Dylan LPs, and a bit underrated.
	♥ 11:46am Dano59: ↳ clarke @11:40 production disparities between the two got to me. Love for the Hoodoo album still eludes me as well
	♥ 11:46am John L: ↳ Bob @11:44 Yes! Love it.
	11:46am clarke: ↳ Dano59 @11:46 well put.
	♥ 11:47am Squints: G. G. Y.
	11:47am Mr. Jones: ↳ Song: "Signed Sealed Delivered" by "Bobby Byrd" WOW!
	11:47am clarke: ↳ Song: "Signed Sealed Delivered" by "Bobby Byrd" a bit of Messin With The Kid thrown in there.
	♥ 11:48am Squints: ↳ clarke @11:47 Which ain't no bad thing, I'ma tell you.
	♥ 11:48am listener phat in Lincoln: Brake pads acquired.
	♥ 11:48am egould: ↳ Song: "Signed Sealed Delivered" by "Bobby Byrd" The horns are pretty well in tune.
	11:48am clarke: ↳ Squints @11:48 nawsuh!
	11:48am clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @11:48 what, no donuts??
	11:49am DG: Yeah, Planet Waves has some great songs on it but doesn't seem to be remembered now. Came out just when I was just getting into Dylan, reviewed it for my high school paper & saw a great show at the Nassau Coliseum on the Dylan/Band tour. No one seemed to notice the joke about "you changed your last name" in the lyrics either.
	♥ 11:49am listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @11:48 That's next
	11:49am clarke: ↳ Song: "Alone Again, Naturally" by "Now Generation, The" the gilbert AND sullivan version
	11:51am Mr. Jones: ↳ Song: "Alone Again, Naturally" by "Now Generation, The" Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
	♥ 11:51am Squints: "Alone again, Mr. Lee? (Hey!)"
	11:51am clarke: ↳ Song: "I Don't Mind" by "Boys With The Perpetual Nervous... yes!
	♥ 11:52am Stevie Jay: Skeezix and I are here now. Ate a lot of bananas this morning. Sounds good so far.
	11:53am clarke: ↳ Song: "Vanishing Girl" by "Dukes Of Stratosphear, The" and YES!! good segue
	11:53am Michael Shelley: ↳ egould @11:48 medium in tune
	♥ 11:54am Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @11:53 Seems like they had more fun making Dukes records than XTC records.
	11:55am clarke: ↳ Hughie Considine @11:54 i think that is absolutely true.
	11:58am clarke: i saw The Band with and without Robbie and richard definitely took more of the reins in the latter version - at least, for a while, there.
	♥ 11:59am Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Where She At?" by "Z.Z. Hill" First discovered Z.Z. Hill on this very show, and it made a fan of me.
	12:02pm clarke: don't come close - i have some kind of bug.
	12:02pm Cooh John: Bravo! The best station ID.
	12:02pm Marie in Chicago: Howdy!
	♥ 12:03pm Hughie Considine: I always heard Johnny Ramone only played on Johnny Ramone type songs, i.e., not like this one.
	12:04pm red_door_what_for in ypsilanti: Johnny hated this one! 😁
	12:05pm clarke: monty MELNICK
	♥ 12:05pm Hughie Considine: ↳ Song: "Don't Come Close" by "Ramones" Road to Ruin was fourth.
	♥ 12:05pm GorillaFella: ↳ Song: "Don't Come Close" by "Ramones" The guitar melody on this reminds me a little of Let My Love Open the Door
	♥ 12:05pm Squints: So was that mostly Mickey Leigh?
	12:07pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Squints @12:05 I'd guess Ed Stasium... maybe Andy from the Dictators?
	♥ 12:07pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Song: "Come and Get It" by "Magic Christians, The" Completely different engineering philosophy
	12:07pm clarke: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:07 stasium most likely if it was an acoustic guitar
	12:08pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Hughie Considine @12:05 indeed - always forget Leave Home
	12:08pm Scott in Denver: How does one become a "Magic Christian"?
	12:09pm clarke: ↳ Scott in Denver @12:08 u gotta see the movie - it ain't fun
	♥ 12:10pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ Scott in Denver @12:08 If I remember correctly, it's giving away your fortune?
	12:10pm clarke: ↳ listener phat in Lincoln @12:10 and rolling in a load of poop!!
	12:10pm Scott in Denver: I think it involves mushrooms.
	♥ 12:11pm listener phat in Lincoln: ↳ clarke @12:10 I forgot about that.
	♥ 12:11pm common: ↳ Scott in Denver @12:08 you have to have "commonzensavvy"
	♥ 12:11pm Hughie Considine: ↳ clarke @12:10 Call me a stodgy old traditionalist, but that's where I draw the line.
	♥ 12:12pm Jimmy Wipper: Marty Stuart's new instrumental album is one of the best albums of the year.
	12:14pm clarke: ↳ Jimmy Wipper @12:12 WHIPPAAAAHHH!!!!
	12:14pm clarke: ↳ Jimmy Wipper @12:12 NO, i won!!
	♥ 12:15pm Jimmy Wipper: CLAAAAAAAAAAAARKE!!!!!!!
	12:15pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Jimmy Wipper @12:12 mmmmhmmmm
	12:15pm clarke: ↳ Jimmy Wipper @12:15 i think you're drunk!
	♥ 12:16pm Jimmy Wipper: ↳ clarke @12:15 Drunk on #1 Hits!
	♥ 12:16pm Squints: Mike Vitar was Benny The Jet Rodriguez in the best baseball documentary ever made.
	12:16pm Cooh John: Mr. Tudball agrees.
	12:17pm clarke: i guess not the Jon Blair from Jon & The Nightriders?? no suh.
	12:18pm clarke: ↳ clarke @12:17 written before the spelling appeared.
	12:19pm Michael Shelley: ↳ Jimmy Wipper @12:12 He plays kazoo while drinking a glass of water
	♥ 12:21pm Jimmy Wipper: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:19 He played a double shot of water!
	12:21pm clarke: up on Uzzle Street, they do it differnt.
	12:23pm bill hanke: ↳ Song: "Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)" by "Ban... not familiar w this version. where is it from? unbelievable!!!!
	12:25pm clarke: garth - wow!
	♥ 12:29pm JeremyB: Hope to see you at Porchfest!
	12:29pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Steven Lewis" this is cool!!
	12:30pm clarke: ↳ JeremyB @12:29 does richard thompson have a porch??
	♥ 12:30pm JeremyB: Meeting a friend for lunch at Veggie Heaven then seeing some bands!
	♥ 12:31pm JeremyB: montclairporchfest.org...
	♥ 12:31pm JeremyB: ↳ clarke @12:30 Lol
	12:31pm clarke: ↳ JeremyB @12:31 i would be hangin' out around there!
	♥ 12:31pm JeremyB: ↳ clarke @12:30 But Michael Shelley does!
	♥ 12:32pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Song: "Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)" by "Ban... Such a great, great song! Was driving when it was playing so I’m a little late chiming in. Loving this interview!
	12:32pm Michael Shelley: ↳ JeremyB @12:31 Fantastic restaurant
	♥ 12:32pm JeremyB: Alan six too!
	♥ 12:32pm JeremyB: ↳ Michael Shelley @12:32 Yeah! We usually go to the one I. DENVILLE
	12:34pm clarke: totally true: different times!!
	♥ 12:38pm Handy Haversack: Grand Marnier. Huh.
	12:39pm clarke: was Tony Mart's on the Boardwalk?
	♥ 12:40pm drr: @clarke: just FYI, my new band is playing our first show today/tonight. At a party in Destrehan.
	12:40pm clarke: ↳ drr @12:40 hey, i am kinda sick - but, hope the gig goes great!! say hey to the boyz!!
	12:42pm clarke: ↳ drr @12:40 also: last night was the first night of the year, when i went outside and it felt like it was daytime.
	♥ 12:45pm PaulRobeson1925: Alcohol has a degenerative quality. Harms the brain, organs and body. & yer moon
	♥ 12:45pm PaulRobeson1925: Mood* The drug alcohol is powerful
	12:47pm florida: don't be beating on my old friend , alcohol
	12:49pm Marie in Chicago: I'm enjoying the interview--sounds like alcoholism to me
	12:50pm clarke: but, of course, robbie was a natural leader and probably a bit over-bearing. robbie was hitting his peak in song-writing when richard was kinda fumbling. the timing of it all.
	♥ 12:51pm Christina Ginger: I heard the Rochester in Steven’s voice before I looked him up. Nuts.
	12:51pm clarke: totally agree Levon's Barn would have done richard some good!
	12:52pm clarke: ↳ Christina Ginger @12:51 hey!! i am enjoying your Substack!!!
	♥ 12:53pm Christina Ginger: ↳ clarke @12:52 Yay! I’m glad you’re digging it. Trying to provide all sorts of interesting content, even if you’re not in the city.
	12:54pm clarke: ↳ Christina Ginger @12:53 it's working!!!
	♥ 12:55pm Tommy in Neversink: Who is being discussed ?
	12:55pm clarke: was there a bit of a falling out between richard and danko?? (i need to read the book)
	♥ 12:55pm Tommy in Neversink: Ok, I got it now
	12:56pm clarke: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Steven Lewis" really great, thanks fellas!
	♥ 12:56pm egould: ↳ Song: "Interview" by "Steven Lewis" Thanks Michael. Thanks Steven.
	♥ 12:59pm quietlife: I’m looking forward to read the book, good interview, thanks!
	1:00pm Marie in Chicago: thanks!
	♥ 1:33pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Michael! Really interesting conversation. I learned a lot.

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