Michael Shelley:
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from September 28, 2019
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September 28, 2019: There Is Still No One Like You
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| Redd Kross |
There's No One Like You
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| Barry and The Remains |
Why Do I Cry?
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| Laura Cantrell |
California Rose
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| Lowell Fulson |
What The Heck
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| Irene Kral |
Wonderful Life
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| Cactus Blossoms, The |
I'm Calling You
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| Randy Newman |
Last Night I Had A Dream
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| Bernie Hayes |
Tribute to a Black Woman (pt. 1)
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| Greg Townson |
We'll Meet Again
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| Little John And The Sherwoods |
Rag Bag
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| Carl Perkins |
Mean Martha
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| Bobby "Blue" Bland |
That's The Way Love Is
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| Jose Feliciano |
Sabor A Mi
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| Badfinger |
No Matter What
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| Honeybus |
Delighted To See You
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| Buddy Alan And Don Rich |
I'm On The Road To Memphis
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| Betty Everett |
Hands Off
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| Squeeze |
It's So Dirty
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| Turtles, The |
Tie Me Down
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| Moon Mullican |
Tokyo Boogie
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| Willie Clayton |
That Wall
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| Chris Montez |
Little White Lies
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| Jonathan Richman and Modern Lovers |
New Kind Of Neighborhood
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| Johnny Neel And Shapes of Soul |
Talking About People
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| Kenny Parchman |
Treat Me Right
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| Swamp Dogg |
These Are Not My People
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| Beat, The |
Working Too Hard
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| Two Of Clubs, The |
Heart
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| Motel Mirrors |
The Best Mistake I'd Ever Make Again
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| Down Beats |
Over My Room
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| Freddie Fender |
No Esta Aqui
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| Emitt Rhodes |
With My Face On The Floor
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| Hondells, The |
A Guy Without Wheels
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| Wilburn Brothers, The |
Blue Blue Day
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| Cats and The Fiddle |
Nuts To You
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| Robbie Fulks |
Seventies Jesus
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| Bay City Rollers |
Rock And Roll Love Letter
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| Roger C. Reale & Rue Morgue |
Please Believe Me
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| Mr. Rodgers |
Interviews A Bass Player
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CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project
CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper
CLICK HERE to hear a lovely short BBC radio piece where Nick Lowe talk about Fatback Louisiana USA by Tennessee Ernie Ford and Harlan County by Jim Ford
CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.
CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast
CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "
CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis on the Please Kill Me website!
CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981
CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!
CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air
CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!
CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!
CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas
CLICK HERE for the program MP3 Tag
CLICK HERE to test if you hear Yanny or Laurel
CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore
CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts
CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"
CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"
CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!
CLICK HERE for "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"
CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world
CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves
CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court
CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression
CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography
CLICK HERE to listen to/download 1000s of digitized 78s
CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU
CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds
CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"
CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"
CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it
CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"
CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "
CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"
CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"
CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"
CLICK HERE to hear from the amazing Bob Washington, the voice of K-Tel
CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman
CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson
CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then CLICK HERE to have a listen & decide for yourself
CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"
CLICK HERE for detailed Pet Sounds credits
CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show
CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms
CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"
CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall
CLICK HERE to see Michael Shelley get interviewed on a NJ public access TV show "Destination Montclair"
CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"
CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"
CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015
CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good
CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie
CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch
CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"
CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?
CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!
CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour
CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club
CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"
CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to
CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions
CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010
CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"
CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and
CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar
CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion
CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350
CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"
CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"
CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload
CLICK HERE for Gay Robot
CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research
CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)
CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing
CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"
CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen
CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe & Lost Straightjjackets live!
CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years
CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman
CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"
CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse
CLICK HERE for The K-Tel Story
CLICK HERE for Ock TV
CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"
CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.
CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?
CLICK HERE for optical illusions
CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work
CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill
CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"
CLICK HERE for the story of Be Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and how he says his record label ripped him off
CLICK HERE to read about a recent Jerry Lewis show
CLICK HERE for the new release of 5 Style 1996 live on WFMU
CLICK HERE for proof that Michael Nesmith is a nut
CLICK HERE to see some wise asses I'm a fan of
CLICK HERE to hear Bernard Prurdie talk about all kinds of things - including saying "Ringo's not on anything"
CLICK HERE for a laugh
CLICK HERE for Ronee Blakley singing "Tapedeck in His Tractor" from "Nashville"
CLICK HERE to play the web Theremin
CLICK HERE to see drummer Joff from the band Bucky so some drawings of old people
CLICK HERE for wrong from the get go NPR blog "The Worst Songs Of All Time?"
CLICK HERE to see why the cowardly anonymous culture of the internet drives me even more crazy then art does
CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes
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CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!
CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website
CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers
CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine
CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.
CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.
CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!
CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!
CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios
Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version.
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Sat. 9/28/19 11:00am
Listener Baby:
He prefers his apples crisp, not mealy. His pens organized. His reading glasses, on his person. His movies, good. When he is not bettering your lives on Saturday morning, he crafts high energy, teenage Pop Rock. You might know him as Michael Shelley. Those who really know and love him, know him as "Bones" Good morning!! |
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Sat. 9/28/19 11:08am
Mister Dobalina:
I would sure love to lose my blues. |
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Sat. 9/28/19 11:23am
Listener Baby:
From the Album, Randy Does Steppenwolf |
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Sat. 9/28/19 11:30am
fullmetalmonkey:
Lol “you don’t know who I think I am” | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 11:37am
Hackensack Slim:
Maybe the lawyer who turned you down can atone by representing the guy from LJ and the SW's. |
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Sat. 9/28/19 11:46am
Joe R.:
I'm going to that White Album show on Wednesday—what's throwing me is the presence of Christoper Cross and Jason Scheff from Chicago in the band as well | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 11:50am
jmd:
Whoa, slide whistle and kazoo all in one song. |
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Sat. 9/28/19 11:55am
Miss V:
Hello from the library reference desk in Brooklyn NYC! |
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Sat. 9/28/19 11:57am
Barkevious Shabazz:
GREAT Squeeze track. |
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Sat. 9/28/19 11:59am
fullmetalmonkey:
I can’t make coffee in 5 minutes. | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:02pm
clarke:
oogly woog oogly!!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:04pm
clarke:
i won to-day!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:05pm
clarke:
clav fan here! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:06pm
clarke:
also a fan of the Bongo Feets!!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:08pm
clarke:
biker weekend on the cape | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:09pm
clarke:
a noble bongoe efforte!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:12pm
GListener MW:
one of my favorites from Richman | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:12pm
clarke:
i don't know about the meaning of the lyrics, but sounds like JR is trying to do a down'east maine accent - and we know from MS that JR spent some time in maine | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:13pm
fullmetalmonkey:
State of mind | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:13pm
clarke:
when the down'east guy gives directions in maine it can be like that | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:14pm
Melissa Jean:
I dunno seems simple to me: "underground culture" |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:14pm
clarke:
i lost the game. | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:15pm
nostrangerer:
JR song great and seems like was singing about what we want but not quite there yet ... |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:15pm
Melissa Jean:
everyone in the underground is a neighbor |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:15pm
clarke:
but, here is a strange factoid: jonathan richman grew up in a neighborhood with john felice of the real kids | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:16pm
nostrangerer:
And I think that you know that but asking us to think about it as well. |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:16pm
clarke:
YES!! DEAD ON! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:16pm
Bill in W.O.:
The directions the guy gives in "New Kind of Neighborhood" are the reason men won't ask for directions. Neighborhood was the theme for a Garmin commercial that never aired. |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:18pm
Ross T.:
Yes I heard the Maine accent too and yes he lived pretty anonymously there for a while -- but I think you have it Michael as much as we can interpret any song's meaning -- it's about the search. For that frozen idyllic memory of what could be perhaps or even the meaning of life, the spiritual longing etc. Of course Jonathan's greatness always puts humor and bemusement into the mix. |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:19pm
SeanG:
jim lauderdale is awesome | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:19pm
clarke:
you must've talked to someone in the news department...THE ROCKTOBER IS COMING!!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:21pm
Ross T.:
Kinda like "Surfin' to Harlem!" |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:22pm
clarke:
nerves!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:24pm
clarke:
another steve barri is NEEDED!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:25pm
clarke:
baldwins are cool - but BIG!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:26pm
Diezel Tea:
Random check in during the middle of moving. Always listening, naturally. Love from Armenia.)) | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:26pm
clarke:
super-rare are the Baldwin combo organs that have REALLY cool sounds!! hard to find. | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:27pm
Listener Baby:
I have to ask.. Did you plug it in and listen to the organ at the dudes house? |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:27pm
clarke:
citay in the skyyyy!!! i am moving too - or rather packing to move. | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:28pm
clarke:
BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:28pm
Corey:
Great version of Heart! |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:28pm
Listener Baby:
Hi Clarke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:28pm
clarke:
the cat would have peed on MS | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:29pm
clarke:
how them vines?!?!> | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:30pm
Michael Shelley:
i did NOT - but still would have bought it |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:31pm
Listener Baby:
okay then. |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:32pm
Listener Baby:
Did you at least sniff it? |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:32pm
clarke:
i was in a band that bought old organs and cut the bottom parts (speakers, non-essentials) off and just used the top part through an amp. then Nord started making cool sounds easier!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:34pm
Michael Shelley:
The whole basement smelled like cat pee... |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:34pm
Listener Baby:
Always sniff your organs!!!!! |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:35pm
clarke:
dang!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:35pm
clarke:
Baby went 'there'. | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:37pm
clarke:
still the greatest slash most-disturbing interviews in the shelley oevre | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:39pm
Listener Baby:
Agree Clarke. Still gives me nightmares. |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:40pm
clarke:
oops is it oeuvre?? i think oui | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:41pm
clarke:
and yet - it is a great and probing conversation!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:42pm
clarke:
i mean, just to get the guy to open up about some dark stuff!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:44pm
clarke:
nuts to me!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:45pm
clarke:
don't go there Baby...! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:46pm
Midtown Man:
Cats and the Fiddle remind me of the Mills Brothers with a bit more acoustic instrumentation | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:47pm
clarke:
hopefully the cat did not pee on the fiddle | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:49pm
clarke:
MS - who does/did Steve Goulding play with usually? great drummah!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:51pm
Michael Shelley:
Juniper |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:51pm
Michael Shelley:
Also - Mekons |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:51pm
clarke:
before juniper (i know: there was NOTHING before Juniper!!) | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:52pm
clarke:
ahhh - then i have seen him! indeed. didn't know if it was the same one. | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:52pm
Pedro in Arlington:
Wasn't Seventies Jesus Nick Lowe? |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:55pm
clarke:
btw - any Juniper tshirts or swag in the works?? i'll take three!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:55pm
Corey:
Thanks for a great show Michael! My two week old boy, Clifton, seemed to be on board too (albeit with semi-regular rocking) |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:56pm
DG:
Steve Goulding was the drummer in the Rumour (Graham Parker's band), also played on Elvis's "Watching the Detectives", among others. | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:56pm
clarke:
I'LL BUY THE GODDAM STAMPS!! | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:57pm
Michael Shelley:
"I knew The Bride" "So It Goes" "Heart OIf The City" |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:57pm
DG:
Aah, yes, the famous National Lampoon Mr. Rogers bit, featuring two former SNL guys: Bill Murray (as the bass player) & some Spinal Tap guy as Mr. R. | |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:57pm
Michael Shelley:
I LOve tHe Sound of Breaking Glass |
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Sat. 9/28/19 12:58pm
clarke:
ever get the feeling you've been... FEETED?!? | |
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