WFMU: Denny's Den with Dennis Diken: Playlist from February 23, 2022

Listener comments!
	1:59pm DA the DJ: Greetings!
	♥ 2:01pm duke: Hello Denny and all
	♥ 2:01pm LesleyK: Hey DA!
	2:01pm DA the DJ: Hi LesleyK!
	2:01pm Joe W.: Hi everyone!
	2:01pm Jon Graboff: Hey Dave!
	2:02pm DA the DJ: Hey Jon... How's it going?
	♥ 2:02pm Andrew in Toronto: Hi there DA and all other listeners!
	2:03pm Jon Graboff: Great! This is bringing back memories of the Beat Rodeo backing up Phil Sloan at Manatobas!
	2:03pm DA the DJ: Hi Andrew.
	2:03pm Patti K: Hey all, ready to spend a couple hours enjoying music and this fine warm NJ weather.
	♥ 2:03pm myron feld: Hello DA and DAnizens!
	♥ 2:03pm Woo: Hello!
	2:03pm DA the DJ: Hi everyone.
	2:04pm DA the DJ: Hey Jon - He was great.
	2:04pm Dennis Diken: Hey DA! Thanks so much for filling in today (TAST). PF Sloan - yeah! Off and running! Hey Denizens!
	2:04pm DA the DJ: Hey Dennis!
	♥ 2:05pm LesleyK: Hey Dennis!
	2:05pm Nezrok: Hey Dave!
	2:05pm Jon Graboff: Slaon was a totally odd fellow but so much fun backing him up on all these great songs!
	♥ 2:05pm Gaylord Fields: Hello dere, DA! Thanks for keeping the Den open today!
	2:05pm DA the DJ: Hi Nezrok.
	2:05pm DA the DJ: Hi Gaylord.
	2:05pm Nezrok: HeyDD. Happy (almost) Birthday!
	2:06pm DA the DJ: He sang with such conviction Jon.
	2:06pm Jon Graboff: the day after tomorrow, let's all wish Dennis a happy birthday!
	2:07pm DA the DJ: Happy birthday Dennis!
	2:07pm Dennis Diken: Hey LesleyK- great drop in! Thanks for the shout out! Hey Nezrok- thanks, pal!
	♥ 2:07pm LesleyK: Happy almost bday Dennis!
	2:07pm DA the DJ: Likewise LesleyK.
	♥ 2:07pm Gaylord Fields: I hope you have the best of all birthdays, Dennis!
	♥ 2:08pm MOM WHIG: Hi Denny, DA the DJ, Lesley, Joe, Jon, Andrew in T, Patti, Woo, Nezrok, Gaylord,
	2:08pm DA the DJ: Hi MOM WHIG.
	♥ 2:09pm Andrew in Toronto: Hey there MOM WHIG!
	♥ 2:09pm MOM WHIG: So good to see all of you here
	♥ 2:10pm myron feld: hi MOM!
	2:10pm Dennis Diken: Hey MOM WHIG! @Nezrok - see what you started? Thanks ‘Yon Denizens’!!
	♥ 2:10pm Gaylord Fields: Hi, Mom Whig!
	♥ 2:10pm LesleyK: Thanks Dennis and DA! glad you could listen and glad you enjoyed it! And nice to meet you on Saturday in person DA!
	2:10pm Jon Graboff: Why can't record labels still have names like "Del-Val"?
	2:11pm DA the DJ: Great meeting you Lesley.
	♥ 2:11pm MOM WHIG: Birthday Cake there?
	2:11pm DA the DJ: Why can't they Jon?
	♥ 2:12pm MOM WHIG: hi there Duke did not see you
	♥ 2:12pm LesleyK: Hi Mom Whig, Gaylord and all!
	♥ 2:13pm MOM WHIG: Patti K - same temps here in VA-DC today - tomorrow it's to drop to 38 YUNK!
	♥ 2:13pm Andrew in Toronto: Happy almost Birthday Dennis!
	♥ 2:14pm MOM WHIG: 72 & sunny here now
	2:14pm Dennis Diken: Thanks Andrew In Toronto!
	2:15pm Patti K: Here too Mom Whig, enjoying it while we can!
	♥ 2:16pm Gaylord Fields: Hi, LesleyK!
	♥ 2:17pm LesleyK: Gaylord..I'm still thinking about that sock story. 😁
	2:17pm Alex Miller: Kevin Ayers!
	♥ 2:18pm MOM WHIG: Hi there Alex Miller
	2:18pm Patti K: Richard Barone does a wonderful version of that VU tune
	2:19pm Alex Miller: Listening from the Adirondack Mountains, upstate NY (who knew you must be a math-whiz to post!)
	♥ 2:21pm Gaylord Fields: @LesleyK: I swear it's all true! I even remember that he was looking for all cotton black socks.
	♥ 2:21pm Gaylord Fields: (Paul Simonon of the Clash, whom I helped find socks when I worked in the Macy's sock dept. early '80s)
	2:23pm Jon Graboff: Gaylord. That IS some brush with celebrity! Did you close the deal on a pair of socks?
	2:23pm Nezrok: Alex - I got a couple wrong already.
	♥ 2:24pm LesleyK: Wish I was sock shopping there that same day (but I was not in NYC back then)
	2:26pm Dennis Diken: Forgive me if someone else already asked re PS’s socks - did he choose black becuz other colors may have…clashed…with his attire? (ouch)
	♥ 2:26pm LesleyK: Ha ha Dennis ..
	2:26pm Dennis Diken: Lovin’ this Domino track!
	2:27pm Jon Graboff: remind me to tell you about my brief phone conversations with Fats sometime! And Dennis, cut it out!
	♥ 2:27pm LesleyK: Gaylord...you said that Johnny Ramone wuz also shopping for socks there?
	2:27pm DA the DJ: It's a cool one.
	♥ 2:28pm PaulRobeson1920: Warm greetings from Huntington NY! Hii all
	♥ 2:28pm LesleyK: The punk rock sock shop at Macy's
	♥ 2:28pm MOM WHIG: PaulR1920 they there
	♥ 2:29pm PaulRobeson1920: Hey Mom Whig
	♥ 2:29pm Gaylord Fields: @LesleyK: Yes, he was, totally coincidentally. He was with a woman, and the sales clerk behind the counter was helping him, which left me to attend to Paul (who would have been my preference, if I had to choose).
	♥ 2:29pm myron feld: Another English punk rock haberdashery tale: when I worked at Manic Panic, I sold a pair of bowling shoes to Buzzcocks drummer John Maher.
	♥ 2:29pm MOM WHIG: hi there myron feld
	♥ 2:30pm myron feld: hi MOM WHIG!
	♥ 2:30pm LesleyK: Oh yeah Paul S is def the best choice...if one had to choose. Ha!
	♥ 2:30pm Gaylord Fields: @myron feld: Look at us, dressing all the heroes of British punk! What a great club you and I are in!
	♥ 2:31pm LesleyK: Wow bowling shoes...that's funny
	2:31pm Jon Graboff: bowling shoes: the ultimate ironic accessory!
	♥ 2:34pm Gaylord Fields: I also helped slightly less punky singer Beverly Sills (shopping for her husband), character actor Jack Gilford (looking specifically for Burlington dress socks, but we only had them in white athletic style) and Calvert DeForest — the guy who played Larry "Bud" Melman on Letterman (very short and kinda odd).
	♥ 2:34pm myron feld: @Gaylord: highly exclusive!
	♥ 2:34pm LesleyK: I told Capt. Sensible where to buy soy milk in my hood a few years ago. I ran into him and Dave Vanian at my local diner. True story.
	2:34pm Jon Graboff: Jack Gilford… the best!
	♥ 2:35pm LesleyK: Wow Gaylord, that's awesome
	♥ 2:35pm myron feld: We could only find the left shoe, so I told him I'd deliver the right one when they played Emerald City in Cherry Hill, and I kept my word.
	2:36pm Gene C: I know Gilford did stage, screen, radio, and movies to great acclaim, but he first came into my life as the candy store owner gent in Cracker Jack TV commercials.
	♥ 2:36pm LesleyK: Enjoying the tunes DA!
	♥ 2:37pm Gaylord Fields: @We should open our own shop! @LesleyK: Very cool! Love our punk rock encounters! @Jon Graboff: I was taken aback seeing Gilford, because he was iconic to me. But Paul S was the only one of the group where I let on that I knew who they were.
	♥ 2:37pm Michael Shelley: Afternoon all. Graboff - just mixing a track w/ youse - nice to see you here!
	2:37pm DA the DJ: Thanks LesleyK.
	2:38pm Jon Graboff: MS: well geez, send me the track to listen too when you finish!
	2:38pm DA the DJ: Hi Michael.
	♥ 2:39pm Gaylord Fields: Breaking my "leave celebs alone" rule, when I went up to Arnold Stang at an Upper East Side diner in the early 90s, he wished me a happy new year!
	♥ 2:40pm Gaylord Fields: @myron feld: That "opening our own shop" comment was directed at you.
	2:40pm DA the DJ: No rules apply when it's Stang.
	2:40pm Jon Graboff: Jack Gilford's facial imitation of oat meal coming to a boil has to be on youtube somewhere. Totally worth searching out!
	2:41pm Gene C: Celebs like Arnold Stang are a whole 'nother rule book.
	♥ 2:41pm myron feld: @Gaylord: Oh, I knew that. Our club is so exclusive, names are optional.
	♥ 2:41pm LesleyK: Punk rock sock and bowling shoe shop
	♥ 2:42pm myron feld: What else does one need?
	2:43pm Gene C: To NOT say hi to Al "Grandpa" Lewis or Larry Storch on the street is downright rude. It's positively creepy to NOT acknowledge them in person.
	♥ 2:43pm Gaylord Fields: @Gene C: Arnold Stang is my favorite celeb sighting ever! I was not going to let that go unheeded! @LesleyK @myron feld: But we sell only one bowling shoe. What's more punk rock than mismatched footwear?
	♥ 2:44pm Gaylord Fields: My friend lived a block away from Al Lewis' Italian restaurant in the Village, so I'd see him pretty regularly just talking to folks on the street, and of course I'd say hi too.
	2:45pm Nezrok: Lot of money behind this Spanky track.
	2:45pm DA the DJ: I heard the sauce was a little acidic.
	2:46pm DA the DJ: @Nezrok - nice arrangement... right?
	♥ 2:46pm Gaylord Fields: @Da: Yeah, the food there was mezzo-mezzo, but that's not why I went.
	2:47pm Nezrok: Real nice!
	2:47pm DA the DJ: I wished I'd made the effort. It would be worth the Alka-Seltzer.
	♥ 2:48pm LesleyK: Yes only one bowling shoe. I wish I met grandpa Munster
	2:48pm Nezrok: sounds like they sampled the Hammond from Good Vibes.
	2:49pm DA the DJ: They'd need a Mellotron for that back then.
	♥ 2:49pm Michael Shelley: I once saw Eddie Deezen at Canter's and asked him about "I Want To Hold Your Hand." He's kind of like Arnold Stang's son.
	2:50pm Jon Graboff: Ya think "the Gang" recouped on that recording? Ha
	♥ 2:50pm myron feld: Deezen! That's a #1 sighting, Michael.
	2:51pm Listener Robert: For those of us for whom you're just voices, which is which in the picture? I have a guess, but could be wrong.
	2:52pm Jon Graboff: When someone posts that they saw Sam Chalpin on the street… then I'll be seriously impressed!
	2:53pm Jon Graboff: That said, seeing Stang is pretty epic!
	♥ 2:53pm Michael Shelley: Diken (L) Amels (R)
	2:54pm Gene C: This "Last Night" is ferocious.
	♥ 2:56pm Gaylord Fields: I once got on an elevator at 30 Rock when I used to work at NBC, and as the door closed, a voice bellowed, "Please hold the door!" I press Open, and it's Tony Randall on the other side! So I quipped, "If I had known it was you…" and he chuckled amiably.
	2:56pm Dennis Diken: Hey Gaylord - I met Stang too! He (very) reluctantly took a picture. Did you get one??
	♥ 2:57pm LesleyK: Can't go wrong w the Kinks
	♥ 2:59pm Gaylord Fields: @Dennis: Another great club to be in! This was pre-cellphones, but I did get a handshake and those new year's wishes from him! Then I left him to his soup and sandwich.
	♥ 3:00pm myron feld: Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop has one of the best lines: "Man, I'm glad I'm single!"
	♥ 3:03pm MOM WHIG: Thanks DA the DJ for a Great show today - gonna take off for now
	3:03pm DA the DJ: Bye MOM WHIG - Thanks for tuning in.
	♥ 3:04pm myron feld: bye MOM!
	3:04pm Dennis Diken: @Gaylord - I been carrying a camera since ‘87. It came in handy quite a few times, like when we ran into Alan Funt at LAX. “oh, aren’t you boys nice…” and Pops Staples at Memphis airport…John Glenn in Ohio…wish I had it on me in ‘74 when I met Stymie & Spanky!
	3:05pm Dennis Diken: See you later MOM WHIG!
	♥ 3:14pm Gaylord Fields: @Dennis: You are a smart fella, but I already knew that.
	3:17pm Jon Graboff: Wrap It Up… serious groove and pocket man.
	3:17pm Dennis Diken: I also said hello to Victor Borge at a Burger King at the airport in Detroit but didn’t bug him for a snap
	3:19pm Dennis Diken: @Jon G - ya think?
	3:23pm Jon Graboff: DA: bringing Sloan back around. Nice
	♥ 3:24pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Celebrity selfies in the wild...
	♥ 3:24pm PaulRobeson1920: Get the message, hang, up, the, phone
	3:27pm DA The DJ: Hard to avoid the PF.
	3:29pm Dennis Diken: serious Blaine/Osborne action on that Monkees track
	3:30pm Jon Graboff: Dennis: yes, I suspected that Micky Dolenz wasn't playing drums on that track!
	3:35pm Nezrok: powerful psych track
	3:36pm DA The DJ: Bay Area Who.
	3:38pm Jon Graboff: This Savages track underscores the idea that properly tuned guitars are over rated!
	3:41pm DA The DJ: Lol
	3:41pm Nezrok: Good description.
	♥ 3:41pm PaulRobeson1920: Crazy good show. Groovy I’m at my Grandpa’s rn & Grandpa is very hard of hearing and can’t hear this music… I once played the Loving Spoonful for him and he said, “turn this off. LOL His preference is big band, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman
	♥ 3:42pm WLSClark: DANG! I forgot to listen to this show. Glad I am catching end at least. It take awhile before I remember shows that are new to me.
	♥ 3:44pm WLSClark: Cool to see Iowa legend Steve Ellis was played today!
	3:46pm DA The DJ: Speaking of Lovin’ Spoonful.
	♥ 3:47pm LesleyK: uh oh, well i guess Grandpa can't hear this anyways?!
	3:47pm Listener Robert: I flew with Herbert Hoover, but the Secret Service kept us out of the front section that he had to himself. I've met various other politicians. I met Buster Crabbe at Grossinger's, but was too young to get swimming lessons from him. Mother might've had me say hello to some musicians when I was very young; I did say hello to Sha Na Na before they were big, and were playing my high school. Jean Shepherd I met and talked to at WPRB. That impressed my date, but I think I put Shep off. I was the mover behind the scenes in Howard Stern's run for governor, but wasn't in close touch with him. Said hello to Jimmy Dean when our friend Norman Levine (trumpeter Norman King) at brunch spotted him at another table. My friend Bob Blumetti got to meet a lot more celebs working at Barnes & Noble.
	♥ 3:47pm PaulRobeson1920: We’re Eating Blueberries and Strawberry's right now!
	♥ 3:48pm LesleyK: thanks DA! great show! bye all!
	♥ 3:48pm WLSClark: Happy Birthday, Dennis
	3:48pm Jon Graboff: Thanks DA! You're a peach!
	♥ 3:49pm PaulRobeson1920: @LesleyK: you really have to project your voice to converse. “GRANDPA! WOULD YOU LIKE SOME COFFE?!” “HERE, PIECE OF APPLE!”
	3:49pm Dennis Diken: I was pretty good pals with Bud Abbott, Jr.
	3:49pm DA The DJ: Bye LeslieK
	♥ 3:49pm Andrew in Toronto: Thanks for a great show DA!!
	♥ 3:49pm LesleyK: happy birthday DENNIS!
	3:49pm ChrisB.: Another great show, DA!
	3:49pm Gene C: Dennis, two words: Borge King
	3:49pm Joe W.: Great show DA! Happy Birthday Dennis.
	♥ 3:50pm LesleyK: (almost birthday)
	♥ 3:50pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks for hosting the Den, DA! And happy upcoming birthday, Dennis — and remember to heed Stymie's advice and stay away from those artichokes!
	3:50pm Listener Robert: The celebrity I was most gratified to meet was Nobel winner Paul Berg. But a lot of my teachers at Columbia were Nobel laureates who I didn't realize at the time were big.
	3:50pm Dennis Diken: Thanks Joe W & LesleyK!
	3:51pm Jon Graboff: Might choke Artie!
	3:51pm DA The DJ: Thanks everyone.
	♥ 3:51pm PaulRobeson1920: HappPpY Almost BirthDAY, Dennis!
	♥ 3:51pm Gaylord Fields: My fave Four Seasons cut among many! You are bringing it home in style!
	3:51pm Dennis Diken: You got it, Gaylord! Thanks!
	3:52pm Dennis Diken: @PaulRobeson1920 - thanks!
	♥ 3:52pm Gaylord Fields: @Jon: Truer words were never spoken by someone in a derby!
	♥ 3:52pm myron feld: Great show, DA, thank you!
	3:52pm Dennis Diken: @Gaylord - indeed! One of the Seasons’ best!
	3:53pm Listener Robert: I got friendly with Robert Shea AND Robert Anton Wilson of "Illuminatus!" fame. I was a friend of Damon Lindelof before he was big.
	3:53pm Dennis Diken: Thanks DA for the great fill-in!
	3:53pm Jon Graboff: @Gaylord: or any kind of hat for that matter!
	♥ 3:54pm Gaylord Fields: No lie detected, Jon.
	3:54pm ChrisB.: @jon: I love your Christmas album! Just had to get that in there!
	♥ 3:55pm PaulRobeson1920: Thanks DA!
	3:55pm Jon Graboff: @ChrisB: DA AND DD on that rekkid and thanks!
	3:57pm Jon Graboff: anyone have a Leo Gorcey sighting to tell about?
	3:57pm Jon Graboff: or even Huntz Hall!
	3:58pm Dennis Diken: @Jon G - no, but Percy Helton’s nephew is a dear friend!
	3:58pm Jon Graboff: the page isn't updating. Who is this playing right now?
	3:59pm Jon Graboff: and how the hell do I get that rhythm guitar sound? amazing
	4:02pm Listener Robert: If I'd been there when Mr. Fields met Calvert DeForest, I'd've pointed and said, "That's Gaylord Fields!"
	4:14pm Listener Robert: I think many of you WFMU on-mic people and producers would be akin to Sig Sakowicz in the famous joke about him. Sig Sakowicz interviewed so many people that he became better connected and known than many of them, and the joke is about that phenomenon.

Denny's Den with Dennis Diken: Playlist from February 23, 2022

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Step into Denny’s Den to give yourself a little lift as you make your way through the busy day. Or take a break and make the world go away for a while. Dig on platters a-plenty, from The Chantels to Del Shannon, The Small Faces to Jimmy Reed. And so much more. Maybe some Basie and Kenton? Relax. You’ve earned it!

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February 23, 2022: DA the DJ fills in for Denny!

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Artist	Track	Album	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Music behind DJ:	"Starting soon"			Starting soon	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
P.F. Sloan	A Melody For You "A Melody For You" by "P.F. Sloan"		1966		0:00:10 (Pop-up)
The Grassroots	Depressed Feeling "Depressed Feeling" by "The Grassroots"		1967		0:03:01 (Pop-up)
The Spiders	Hitch Hike "Hitch Hike" by "The Spiders"		1965		0:05:30 (Pop-up)
Del Valians	That's Not Half Bad "That's Not Half Bad" by "Del Valians"				0:07:28 (Pop-up)
Steve Ellis & The Starfires	Pride of a Man		1995		0:10:41 (Pop-up)
kevin ayers & the whole world	Puis - Je?		1970		0:12:45 (Pop-up)
The Velvet Underground	I'll Be Your Mirror	The Velvet Underground & Nico			0:16:21 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Del Valians	That's Not Half Bad "That's Not Half Bad" by "Del Valians"				0:18:25 (Pop-up)
Manfred Mann	Sticks And Stones "Sticks And Stones" by "Manfred Mann"		1993		0:19:02 (Pop-up)
Grahame Bond	Water, Water "Water, Water" by "Grahame Bond"		1969		0:21:20 (Pop-up)
Fats Domino	If You Don't Know What Love Is				0:25:02 (Pop-up)
James Brown & The Blues Flames	Dancin' Little Thing				0:27:26 (Pop-up)
Julie Driscoll - Brian Auger and The Trinity	a Kind of love in		1967		0:29:44 (Pop-up)
The Clock-Work Orange	Image Of You		1968		0:32:08 (Pop-up)
Fabulous Farquahr	Night People "Night People" by "Fabulous Farquahr"		1969		0:34:49 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Byrds	Stranger In A Strange Land [Instrumental Backing Track]	Turn! Turn! Turn!	1965		0:37:13 (Pop-up)
The Orange Bicycle	Rennaissance Fair		1968		0:37:44 (Pop-up)
The Optic Nerve	What's Been Missing				0:40:43 (Pop-up)
Spanky and Our Gang	Lazy Day, Extended Version				0:44:08 (Pop-up)
Del Shannon	It's My Feeling "It's My Feeling" by "Del Shannon"		1995		0:49:55 (Pop-up)
Del Shannon & The Royaltones	Pepsi Cola Commercial (1965)				0:52:06 (Pop-up)
Famous George	Last Night(instro) "Last Night(instro)" by "Famous George"				0:53:05 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Bowlegs	Hunky Twist!!! (instro) "Hunky Twist!!! (instro)" by "Bowlegs"				0:55:35 (Pop-up)
The Kinks	When I See That Girl of Mine	The Kink Kontroversy	1965		0:56:06 (Pop-up)
Buddy Holly	Peggy Sue Got Married				0:58:10 (Pop-up)
Little Anthony & The Imperials	Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop		2003		0:59:57 (Pop-up)
James Hunter	Chicken Switch "Chicken Switch" by "James Hunter"		2014		1:02:02 (Pop-up)
Flame?Out	Fun Girl "Fun Girl" by "Flame?Out"		1969		1:04:47 (Pop-up)
The Kingsmen	Genevieve "Genevieve" by "The Kingsmen"	On Campus	1965		1:07:29 (Pop-up)
The Blues Magoos	Great Shakes "Great Shakes" by "The Blues Magoos"	Great Shakes	1966		1:09:56 (Pop-up)
The Blues Magoos	Nikita The K - Radio Moscow - Blues Magoos Spoof by The Red Magoos	Promo	1967		1:10:54 (Pop-up)
Ikettes	The Biggest Players "The Biggest Players" by "Ikettes"	Peaches N Cream / The Biggest Players			1:11:54 (Pop-up)
Bill Robinson and The Quails	The Cow				1:13:42 (Pop-up)
Sam & Dave	Wrap It Up "Wrap It Up" by "Sam & Dave"		1968		1:16:38 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Phil Upchurch Combo	You Can't Sit Down (Part 2)				1:19:02 (Pop-up)
Jan & Dean	Girl, You're Blowing My Mind [Mono Mix]		1968		1:19:51 (Pop-up)
The Fantastic Baggys	This Little Woody (mono LP)		1964		1:22:15 (Pop-up)
Sagittarius	Get The Message "Get The Message" by "Sagittarius"	Present Tense	1967		1:23:55 (Pop-up)
The Monkees	You And I "You And I" by "The Monkees"		1969		1:26:38 (Pop-up)
SRC	Interval "Interval" by "SRC"		1968		1:28:49 (Pop-up)
Powder	Turn Another Page "Turn Another Page" by "Powder"		1968		1:33:57 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Jan and Dean	Rain Clouds Long Gone (originally Unissued stereo Instrumental)				1:36:36 (Pop-up)
The Savages	Roses Are Red My Love		1999		1:37:07 (Pop-up)
Thee Midniters	Jump Jive And Harmonize		1967		1:39:27 (Pop-up)
The Golden Earrings	Chunk Of Steel (mono 45)		1965		1:41:54 (Pop-up)
Mark & The Escorts	Get Your Baby "Get Your Baby" by "Mark & The Escorts"		1995		1:44:13 (Pop-up)
The Lovin' Spoonful	Barbara's Theme (From The Discotheque)		1967		1:46:09 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Lovin' Spoonful	Full Measure (instrumental version)		1966		1:47:34 (Pop-up)
The Beach Boys	That's Not Me "That's Not Me" by "The Beach Boys"	Pet Sounds	1966		1:48:15 (Pop-up)
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons	Huggin' My Pillow		1964		1:50:38 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	1:59pm DA the DJ: Greetings!
	♥ 2:01pm duke: Hello Denny and all
	♥ 2:01pm LesleyK: Hey DA!
	2:01pm DA the DJ: Hi LesleyK!
	2:01pm Joe W.: Hi everyone!
	2:01pm Jon Graboff: Hey Dave!
	2:02pm DA the DJ: Hey Jon... How's it going?
	♥ 2:02pm Andrew in Toronto: Hi there DA and all other listeners!
	2:03pm Jon Graboff: Great! This is bringing back memories of the Beat Rodeo backing up Phil Sloan at Manatobas!
	2:03pm DA the DJ: Hi Andrew.
	2:03pm Patti K: Hey all, ready to spend a couple hours enjoying music and this fine warm NJ weather.
	♥ 2:03pm myron feld: Hello DA and DAnizens!
	♥ 2:03pm Woo: Hello!
	2:03pm DA the DJ: Hi everyone.
	2:04pm DA the DJ: Hey Jon - He was great.
	2:04pm Dennis Diken: Hey DA! Thanks so much for filling in today (TAST). PF Sloan - yeah! Off and running! Hey Denizens!
	2:04pm DA the DJ: Hey Dennis!
	♥ 2:05pm LesleyK: Hey Dennis!
	2:05pm Nezrok: Hey Dave!
	2:05pm Jon Graboff: Slaon was a totally odd fellow but so much fun backing him up on all these great songs!
	♥ 2:05pm Gaylord Fields: Hello dere, DA! Thanks for keeping the Den open today!
	2:05pm DA the DJ: Hi Nezrok.
	2:05pm DA the DJ: Hi Gaylord.
	2:05pm Nezrok: HeyDD. Happy (almost) Birthday!
	2:06pm DA the DJ: He sang with such conviction Jon.
	2:06pm Jon Graboff: the day after tomorrow, let's all wish Dennis a happy birthday!
	2:07pm DA the DJ: Happy birthday Dennis!
	2:07pm Dennis Diken: Hey LesleyK- great drop in! Thanks for the shout out! Hey Nezrok- thanks, pal!
	♥ 2:07pm LesleyK: Happy almost bday Dennis!
	2:07pm DA the DJ: Likewise LesleyK.
	♥ 2:07pm Gaylord Fields: I hope you have the best of all birthdays, Dennis!
	♥ 2:08pm MOM WHIG: Hi Denny, DA the DJ, Lesley, Joe, Jon, Andrew in T, Patti, Woo, Nezrok, Gaylord,
	2:08pm DA the DJ: Hi MOM WHIG.
	♥ 2:09pm Andrew in Toronto: Hey there MOM WHIG!
	♥ 2:09pm MOM WHIG: So good to see all of you here
	♥ 2:10pm myron feld: hi MOM!
	2:10pm Dennis Diken: Hey MOM WHIG! @Nezrok - see what you started? Thanks ‘Yon Denizens’!!
	♥ 2:10pm Gaylord Fields: Hi, Mom Whig!
	♥ 2:10pm LesleyK: Thanks Dennis and DA! glad you could listen and glad you enjoyed it! And nice to meet you on Saturday in person DA!
	2:10pm Jon Graboff: Why can't record labels still have names like "Del-Val"?
	2:11pm DA the DJ: Great meeting you Lesley.
	♥ 2:11pm MOM WHIG: Birthday Cake there?
	2:11pm DA the DJ: Why can't they Jon?
	♥ 2:12pm MOM WHIG: hi there Duke did not see you
	♥ 2:12pm LesleyK: Hi Mom Whig, Gaylord and all!
	♥ 2:13pm MOM WHIG: Patti K - same temps here in VA-DC today - tomorrow it's to drop to 38 YUNK!
	♥ 2:13pm Andrew in Toronto: Happy almost Birthday Dennis!
	♥ 2:14pm MOM WHIG: 72 & sunny here now
	2:14pm Dennis Diken: Thanks Andrew In Toronto!
	2:15pm Patti K: Here too Mom Whig, enjoying it while we can!
	♥ 2:16pm Gaylord Fields: Hi, LesleyK!
	♥ 2:17pm LesleyK: Gaylord..I'm still thinking about that sock story. 😁
	2:17pm Alex Miller: Kevin Ayers!
	♥ 2:18pm MOM WHIG: Hi there Alex Miller
	2:18pm Patti K: Richard Barone does a wonderful version of that VU tune
	2:19pm Alex Miller: Listening from the Adirondack Mountains, upstate NY (who knew you must be a math-whiz to post!)
	♥ 2:21pm Gaylord Fields: @LesleyK: I swear it's all true! I even remember that he was looking for all cotton black socks.
	♥ 2:21pm Gaylord Fields: (Paul Simonon of the Clash, whom I helped find socks when I worked in the Macy's sock dept. early '80s)
	2:23pm Jon Graboff: Gaylord. That IS some brush with celebrity! Did you close the deal on a pair of socks?
	2:23pm Nezrok: Alex - I got a couple wrong already.
	♥ 2:24pm LesleyK: Wish I was sock shopping there that same day (but I was not in NYC back then)
	2:26pm Dennis Diken: Forgive me if someone else already asked re PS’s socks - did he choose black becuz other colors may have…clashed…with his attire? (ouch)
	♥ 2:26pm LesleyK: Ha ha Dennis ..
	2:26pm Dennis Diken: Lovin’ this Domino track!
	2:27pm Jon Graboff: remind me to tell you about my brief phone conversations with Fats sometime! And Dennis, cut it out!
	♥ 2:27pm LesleyK: Gaylord...you said that Johnny Ramone wuz also shopping for socks there?
	2:27pm DA the DJ: It's a cool one.
	♥ 2:28pm PaulRobeson1920: Warm greetings from Huntington NY! Hii all
	♥ 2:28pm LesleyK: The punk rock sock shop at Macy's
	♥ 2:28pm MOM WHIG: PaulR1920 they there
	♥ 2:29pm PaulRobeson1920: Hey Mom Whig
	♥ 2:29pm Gaylord Fields: @LesleyK: Yes, he was, totally coincidentally. He was with a woman, and the sales clerk behind the counter was helping him, which left me to attend to Paul (who would have been my preference, if I had to choose).
	♥ 2:29pm myron feld: Another English punk rock haberdashery tale: when I worked at Manic Panic, I sold a pair of bowling shoes to Buzzcocks drummer John Maher.
	♥ 2:29pm MOM WHIG: hi there myron feld
	♥ 2:30pm myron feld: hi MOM WHIG!
	♥ 2:30pm LesleyK: Oh yeah Paul S is def the best choice...if one had to choose. Ha!
	♥ 2:30pm Gaylord Fields: @myron feld: Look at us, dressing all the heroes of British punk! What a great club you and I are in!
	♥ 2:31pm LesleyK: Wow bowling shoes...that's funny
	2:31pm Jon Graboff: bowling shoes: the ultimate ironic accessory!
	♥ 2:34pm Gaylord Fields: I also helped slightly less punky singer Beverly Sills (shopping for her husband), character actor Jack Gilford (looking specifically for Burlington dress socks, but we only had them in white athletic style) and Calvert DeForest — the guy who played Larry "Bud" Melman on Letterman (very short and kinda odd).
	♥ 2:34pm myron feld: @Gaylord: highly exclusive!
	♥ 2:34pm LesleyK: I told Capt. Sensible where to buy soy milk in my hood a few years ago. I ran into him and Dave Vanian at my local diner. True story.
	2:34pm Jon Graboff: Jack Gilford… the best!
	♥ 2:35pm LesleyK: Wow Gaylord, that's awesome
	♥ 2:35pm myron feld: We could only find the left shoe, so I told him I'd deliver the right one when they played Emerald City in Cherry Hill, and I kept my word.
	2:36pm Gene C: I know Gilford did stage, screen, radio, and movies to great acclaim, but he first came into my life as the candy store owner gent in Cracker Jack TV commercials.
	♥ 2:36pm LesleyK: Enjoying the tunes DA!
	♥ 2:37pm Gaylord Fields: @We should open our own shop! @LesleyK: Very cool! Love our punk rock encounters! @Jon Graboff: I was taken aback seeing Gilford, because he was iconic to me. But Paul S was the only one of the group where I let on that I knew who they were.
	♥ 2:37pm Michael Shelley: Afternoon all. Graboff - just mixing a track w/ youse - nice to see you here!
	2:37pm DA the DJ: Thanks LesleyK.
	2:38pm Jon Graboff: MS: well geez, send me the track to listen too when you finish!
	2:38pm DA the DJ: Hi Michael.
	♥ 2:39pm Gaylord Fields: Breaking my "leave celebs alone" rule, when I went up to Arnold Stang at an Upper East Side diner in the early 90s, he wished me a happy new year!
	♥ 2:40pm Gaylord Fields: @myron feld: That "opening our own shop" comment was directed at you.
	2:40pm DA the DJ: No rules apply when it's Stang.
	2:40pm Jon Graboff: Jack Gilford's facial imitation of oat meal coming to a boil has to be on youtube somewhere. Totally worth searching out!
	2:41pm Gene C: Celebs like Arnold Stang are a whole 'nother rule book.
	♥ 2:41pm myron feld: @Gaylord: Oh, I knew that. Our club is so exclusive, names are optional.
	♥ 2:41pm LesleyK: Punk rock sock and bowling shoe shop
	♥ 2:42pm myron feld: What else does one need?
	2:43pm Gene C: To NOT say hi to Al "Grandpa" Lewis or Larry Storch on the street is downright rude. It's positively creepy to NOT acknowledge them in person.
	♥ 2:43pm Gaylord Fields: @Gene C: Arnold Stang is my favorite celeb sighting ever! I was not going to let that go unheeded! @LesleyK @myron feld: But we sell only one bowling shoe. What's more punk rock than mismatched footwear?
	♥ 2:44pm Gaylord Fields: My friend lived a block away from Al Lewis' Italian restaurant in the Village, so I'd see him pretty regularly just talking to folks on the street, and of course I'd say hi too.
	2:45pm Nezrok: Lot of money behind this Spanky track.
	2:45pm DA the DJ: I heard the sauce was a little acidic.
	2:46pm DA the DJ: @Nezrok - nice arrangement... right?
	♥ 2:46pm Gaylord Fields: @Da: Yeah, the food there was mezzo-mezzo, but that's not why I went.
	2:47pm Nezrok: Real nice!
	2:47pm DA the DJ: I wished I'd made the effort. It would be worth the Alka-Seltzer.
	♥ 2:48pm LesleyK: Yes only one bowling shoe. I wish I met grandpa Munster
	2:48pm Nezrok: sounds like they sampled the Hammond from Good Vibes.
	2:49pm DA the DJ: They'd need a Mellotron for that back then.
	♥ 2:49pm Michael Shelley: I once saw Eddie Deezen at Canter's and asked him about "I Want To Hold Your Hand." He's kind of like Arnold Stang's son.
	2:50pm Jon Graboff: Ya think "the Gang" recouped on that recording? Ha
	♥ 2:50pm myron feld: Deezen! That's a #1 sighting, Michael.
	2:51pm Listener Robert: For those of us for whom you're just voices, which is which in the picture? I have a guess, but could be wrong.
	2:52pm Jon Graboff: When someone posts that they saw Sam Chalpin on the street… then I'll be seriously impressed!
	2:53pm Jon Graboff: That said, seeing Stang is pretty epic!
	♥ 2:53pm Michael Shelley: Diken (L) Amels (R)
	2:54pm Gene C: This "Last Night" is ferocious.
	♥ 2:56pm Gaylord Fields: I once got on an elevator at 30 Rock when I used to work at NBC, and as the door closed, a voice bellowed, "Please hold the door!" I press Open, and it's Tony Randall on the other side! So I quipped, "If I had known it was you…" and he chuckled amiably.
	2:56pm Dennis Diken: Hey Gaylord - I met Stang too! He (very) reluctantly took a picture. Did you get one??
	♥ 2:57pm LesleyK: Can't go wrong w the Kinks
	♥ 2:59pm Gaylord Fields: @Dennis: Another great club to be in! This was pre-cellphones, but I did get a handshake and those new year's wishes from him! Then I left him to his soup and sandwich.
	♥ 3:00pm myron feld: Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop has one of the best lines: "Man, I'm glad I'm single!"
	♥ 3:03pm MOM WHIG: Thanks DA the DJ for a Great show today - gonna take off for now
	3:03pm DA the DJ: Bye MOM WHIG - Thanks for tuning in.
	♥ 3:04pm myron feld: bye MOM!
	3:04pm Dennis Diken: @Gaylord - I been carrying a camera since ‘87. It came in handy quite a few times, like when we ran into Alan Funt at LAX. “oh, aren’t you boys nice…” and Pops Staples at Memphis airport…John Glenn in Ohio…wish I had it on me in ‘74 when I met Stymie & Spanky!
	3:05pm Dennis Diken: See you later MOM WHIG!
	♥ 3:14pm Gaylord Fields: @Dennis: You are a smart fella, but I already knew that.
	3:17pm Jon Graboff: Wrap It Up… serious groove and pocket man.
	3:17pm Dennis Diken: I also said hello to Victor Borge at a Burger King at the airport in Detroit but didn’t bug him for a snap
	3:19pm Dennis Diken: @Jon G - ya think?
	3:23pm Jon Graboff: DA: bringing Sloan back around. Nice
	♥ 3:24pm Glynis GirlGroupGirl: Celebrity selfies in the wild...
	♥ 3:24pm PaulRobeson1920: Get the message, hang, up, the, phone
	3:27pm DA The DJ: Hard to avoid the PF.
	3:29pm Dennis Diken: serious Blaine/Osborne action on that Monkees track
	3:30pm Jon Graboff: Dennis: yes, I suspected that Micky Dolenz wasn't playing drums on that track!
	3:35pm Nezrok: powerful psych track
	3:36pm DA The DJ: Bay Area Who.
	3:38pm Jon Graboff: This Savages track underscores the idea that properly tuned guitars are over rated!
	3:41pm DA The DJ: Lol
	3:41pm Nezrok: Good description.
	♥ 3:41pm PaulRobeson1920: Crazy good show. Groovy I’m at my Grandpa’s rn & Grandpa is very hard of hearing and can’t hear this music… I once played the Loving Spoonful for him and he said, “turn this off. LOL His preference is big band, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman
	♥ 3:42pm WLSClark: DANG! I forgot to listen to this show. Glad I am catching end at least. It take awhile before I remember shows that are new to me.
	♥ 3:44pm WLSClark: Cool to see Iowa legend Steve Ellis was played today!
	3:46pm DA The DJ: Speaking of Lovin’ Spoonful.
	♥ 3:47pm LesleyK: uh oh, well i guess Grandpa can't hear this anyways?!
	3:47pm Listener Robert: I flew with Herbert Hoover, but the Secret Service kept us out of the front section that he had to himself. I've met various other politicians. I met Buster Crabbe at Grossinger's, but was too young to get swimming lessons from him. Mother might've had me say hello to some musicians when I was very young; I did say hello to Sha Na Na before they were big, and were playing my high school. Jean Shepherd I met and talked to at WPRB. That impressed my date, but I think I put Shep off. I was the mover behind the scenes in Howard Stern's run for governor, but wasn't in close touch with him. Said hello to Jimmy Dean when our friend Norman Levine (trumpeter Norman King) at brunch spotted him at another table. My friend Bob Blumetti got to meet a lot more celebs working at Barnes & Noble.
	♥ 3:47pm PaulRobeson1920: We’re Eating Blueberries and Strawberry's right now!
	♥ 3:48pm LesleyK: thanks DA! great show! bye all!
	♥ 3:48pm WLSClark: Happy Birthday, Dennis
	3:48pm Jon Graboff: Thanks DA! You're a peach!
	♥ 3:49pm PaulRobeson1920: @LesleyK: you really have to project your voice to converse. “GRANDPA! WOULD YOU LIKE SOME COFFE?!” “HERE, PIECE OF APPLE!”
	3:49pm Dennis Diken: I was pretty good pals with Bud Abbott, Jr.
	3:49pm DA The DJ: Bye LeslieK
	♥ 3:49pm Andrew in Toronto: Thanks for a great show DA!!
	♥ 3:49pm LesleyK: happy birthday DENNIS!
	3:49pm ChrisB.: Another great show, DA!
	3:49pm Gene C: Dennis, two words: Borge King
	3:49pm Joe W.: Great show DA! Happy Birthday Dennis.
	♥ 3:50pm LesleyK: (almost birthday)
	♥ 3:50pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks for hosting the Den, DA! And happy upcoming birthday, Dennis — and remember to heed Stymie's advice and stay away from those artichokes!
	3:50pm Listener Robert: The celebrity I was most gratified to meet was Nobel winner Paul Berg. But a lot of my teachers at Columbia were Nobel laureates who I didn't realize at the time were big.
	3:50pm Dennis Diken: Thanks Joe W & LesleyK!
	3:51pm Jon Graboff: Might choke Artie!
	3:51pm DA The DJ: Thanks everyone.
	♥ 3:51pm PaulRobeson1920: HappPpY Almost BirthDAY, Dennis!
	♥ 3:51pm Gaylord Fields: My fave Four Seasons cut among many! You are bringing it home in style!
	3:51pm Dennis Diken: You got it, Gaylord! Thanks!
	3:52pm Dennis Diken: @PaulRobeson1920 - thanks!
	♥ 3:52pm Gaylord Fields: @Jon: Truer words were never spoken by someone in a derby!
	♥ 3:52pm myron feld: Great show, DA, thank you!
	3:52pm Dennis Diken: @Gaylord - indeed! One of the Seasons’ best!
	3:53pm Listener Robert: I got friendly with Robert Shea AND Robert Anton Wilson of "Illuminatus!" fame. I was a friend of Damon Lindelof before he was big.
	3:53pm Dennis Diken: Thanks DA for the great fill-in!
	3:53pm Jon Graboff: @Gaylord: or any kind of hat for that matter!
	♥ 3:54pm Gaylord Fields: No lie detected, Jon.
	3:54pm ChrisB.: @jon: I love your Christmas album! Just had to get that in there!
	♥ 3:55pm PaulRobeson1920: Thanks DA!
	3:55pm Jon Graboff: @ChrisB: DA AND DD on that rekkid and thanks!
	3:57pm Jon Graboff: anyone have a Leo Gorcey sighting to tell about?
	3:57pm Jon Graboff: or even Huntz Hall!
	3:58pm Dennis Diken: @Jon G - no, but Percy Helton’s nephew is a dear friend!
	3:58pm Jon Graboff: the page isn't updating. Who is this playing right now?
	3:59pm Jon Graboff: and how the hell do I get that rhythm guitar sound? amazing
	4:02pm Listener Robert: If I'd been there when Mr. Fields met Calvert DeForest, I'd've pointed and said, "That's Gaylord Fields!"
	4:14pm Listener Robert: I think many of you WFMU on-mic people and producers would be akin to Sig Sakowicz in the famous joke about him. Sig Sakowicz interviewed so many people that he became better connected and known than many of them, and the joke is about that phenomenon.

Denny's Den with Dennis Diken: Playlist from February 23, 2022

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