WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from January 23, 2021

Listener comments!
	11:00am Listener Baby: Еј сега!
	11:00am Handy Haversack: Saturday greetings, Michael and all the Shellegamers! That's some nice coasting, Jack!
	11:01am clarke: hey. now.
	11:01am Frank In Queens: Hey now!
	11:01am Docrock: Good morning Michael and everyone listening. Cold this morning here in Da Bronx.
	11:02am clarke: what did you think of Sanjay's Piece, michael?
	11:02am Handy Haversack: Hey there, Listener Baby, clarke, Frank. Hope the week treated you well.
	11:03am GC in Baltimore: Ok this song is stealing a melody from Neil Sedaka Laughter in the Rain, or vice versa
	11:03am Dominick: Hello all
	11:03am Dennis Diken: Go, Mikey!
	11:03am Michael Shelley: Good morning pals.
	11:04am Listener Baby: Right as rain Handy. And it just might rain today. Hopefully add to our whopping .9 of an inch.
	11:05am Hoboken Jack: Thanks, Handy! Hello Michael, Ruth, Baby, Frank, Dennis, all! Just me or does it seem like a kinder, gentler messageboard this week?
	11:05am Listener Baby: For the year.
	11:05am Frank In Queens: It's a Kinks Kovers show!
	11:05am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ray Davies - neither Dylan overmuch nor TheBeatles. But Up There. You think 'Mother's Little Helper' was Kinks stylee ??
	11:06am clarke: them grapes git thirsty!! dreary in the crescent city, here.
	11:06am Dominick: Ray - the finest
	11:06am Todd-o-phonic Todd: Off to a dandy start...
	11:07am Cacophone Jeff: OMG! That was Deke Dickerson! Supercool!
	11:07am Handy Haversack: Rev Rab! Glad to see you! Had you lost the internet connect again? Cold and bright here, Listener Baby. Not super cold, but just enough to make doing things outside less than pleasant. Hey, Ruth in the Ruth Booth!
	11:07am Dennis Diken: Howdy Jack!
	11:08am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Proposition: If Townshend invented Power Pop (he coined the term) - Ray invented Smart Pop. Which sounds like popcorn. & it's Saturday. Handy yeah.
	11:09am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: FlyingSawcerrRawk'n'Roll !!
	11:09am clarke: The Who got its start FROM The Kinks - by ALL admissions!
	11:10am MFlynn: Chores are done and time for #1 Hits! Hi Michael & everyone!!
	11:10am Joe B: sounding great!
	11:10am clarke: nice Coasters jack!!
	11:11am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Seems to me that there's no Morrisey or Steve Merritt as we know them w/out Kinks...
	11:13am Pedro in Arlington: Would like your movie critic take on the inauguration if you watched, Michael.
	11:14am Dennis Diken: I believe Billy Lee Riley played harmonica on Beach Boys Today! version of “Help Me, Ronda”
	11:14am MFlynn: The Quebe Sisters did a great job on this across the alley tune a few years ago.
	11:14am clarke: ah, the Mills Brothers - just happened across an episode of Antiques Roadshow where someone had the Mills Bros guitar that is featured on several album covers - an archtop single cutaway - $22,000
	11:15am Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Dennis DIken: Harmonica Beach Boysmania!
	11:15am Hoboken Jack: Thanks, Clarke! Hi TOPT, Joe, MFlynn!
	11:16am Todd-o-phonic Todd: My Friend Jack!
	11:16am MFlynn: Good morning Jack!!!
	11:16am myron feld: Does anyone listen to this #1 program (and station) via Sonos and the TuneIn app? It's not coming through, but other (lesser) stations are.
	11:17am ledzeppelinsucks: I was in Arlington yesterday on my way to the 1000000 watt vlf Navy radio base. Bigfoot lives there.
	11:17am clarke: bev bevan sued to get the name ELO
	11:17am WallCharger: yes my iTunes app took about a minute to load but streaming now
	11:17am Hoboken Jack: FYI, the stream was down but is a-ok now. My clock radio filled in acceptably.
	11:17am Joe W.: Under appreciated Jeff Lynne/Brian Wilson song-Let It Shine on Brian’s first solo album.
	11:18am Joe B: It was Lynne's choice to bill it that way
	11:19am Todd-o-phonic Todd: A bargain at twice the price.
	11:19am Listener Baby: Jack!!
	11:19am clarke: lynne also seemed to have a huge falling out with richard tandy, at some point??
	11:20am Joe B: Bevan had to call his band ELO Part II, then later The Orchestra
	11:20am Handy Haversack: Sheena stream had been coming in fine, but it took a little bit for the main stream to come in when I switched over (via the 128k MP3 stream through VLC).
	11:20am Corey: Good morning Michael and listeners! I swear, but I think my computer auto-click liked this song.
	11:20am DJ Johnny Cool: The Tune In stream is down.
	11:20am artbrau: streams FUBARed. web, tunein. all no bueno. ios app slow to buffer.
	11:21am Frank In Queens: Streaming from iTunes with no issues.
	11:21am clarke: you at the office, Frank?
	11:22am Joe B: Tandy is on the 2019 album. if there was any fallout, couldn't have been too bad.
	11:22am artbrau: now where did I put that dad-gum FM radio?
	11:22am Frank In Queens: Nah, no Sat OT for the foreseeable future.
	11:22am Doug in JC: Stream wasn't loading in itunes during Bob's show but I switched to the phone app and it's working fine
	11:23am Listener Baby: RH interview top 5 ever. So amazing.
	11:23am clarke: the foreseeable future......ah hahhhhhh
	11:24am spodiodi: all 4 streams down? appears to be so in vlc (iTunes works?) will try
	11:25am Handy Haversack: VLC is working for me, spodi. Also: hey, spodi, Doug, Corey!
	11:25am Listener Robert: My friend and housemate here buys Dinty Moore stew from Dollar General and loves it. I feel almost insulted since I do the regular cooking here, but his excuse is that he burned out his taste buds with drugs long ago and salts his food a lot.
	11:26am spodiodi: hi Handy. hmmm. weird shrugs
	11:26am clarke: what is shakin' at the Above/Low abode and treasury parlour??
	11:27am HyperDose: AAC and MP3 streams not working for me either. The last AAC backup is working for now
	11:27am -Ken: We're having a major stream outage at the moment. Hang in there folks, working on it.
	11:27am Doug in JC: Working backup stream here, apparently: stream2.wfmu.org...
	11:28am ?: AND.....Bernie showed up on the WFMU webpage!! Hahahaha DD
	11:28am spodiodi: right on, Ken. hangin. thank you
	11:28am Doug in JC: Hey Handy, good morning!
	11:28am Hughie Considine: Apparently, Bon Jovi got trolled ruthlessly for looking like Bea Arthur.
	11:28am Frank In Queens: clarke, Nuthin. Days blending into one another. The only thing that indicates a weekend to me is the alarm not going off in the morning. Shit is getting stale, man.
	11:28am artbrau: If you need any help, Ken, I have a hammer you can borrow.
	11:29am Dennis in RI: AND.....Bernie showed up on the WFMU webpage!! Hahahaha DD
	11:29am Corey: Morning Handy! Rare sunny winter day in Michigan. Bird feeders are blowing up.
	11:29am ledzepoelinsucks: Larry King 'I’m fascinated with all forms of music. My musical tastes go back to [Frank] Sinatra and Ella [Fitzgerald]....'
	11:29am HyperDose: Thanks Ken, tell those Party Girls to settle down and stop knocking cables loose!
	11:30am spodiodi: Bernie's Mittens could be causing stream interference
	11:30am clarke: RIP Hank Aaron - what a guy!! @frank - i hear ya, but there may be a light at the end of the tunnel - it may be a speeding freight train coming, but its a light!
	11:30am JG: MOVIES- I gotta recommend this one. If you have TCM on Demand , watch "The Incident" Martin Sheen's first movie. Great performance as sadistic crazed street thug. But his partner is even scarier. Tony Musanti. Incredibly frightening performance. Stark Black and white photography. Awesome riveting intense movie
	11:31am ?: Hello !
	11:31am Frank In Queens: clarke, I know. Ms. Low got her shots, so that's half the battle right there. I hope to get my dose sometime in the next month, but we shall see. That'll at least open up a few more options in passing the time.
	11:32am Listener Baby: Baby. Your favorite character in Silicon Valley?
	11:32am clarke: i saw part of The Incident but stopped because i am queer about watching something i haven't seen from the beginning. it looks GREAT.
	11:33am clarke: speaking of TCM, the line-up tonight is insanely GREAT, including the noir edition
	11:34am Montmaster J: Greetings from the (freezing) Mont. @clarke yeah, Hank Aaron..305 lifetime hitter too. Couldn't get much traction from my younger colleagues when discussing his career ;(
	11:34am clarke: HOBOKEN?!?!? (bugs bunny/mel blanc voice)
	11:35am Frank In Queens: The only bad thing about Fios is that there is NO TCM in HD. But I'll be watching the Hives concert this evening.
	11:35am P-90: Adjective of the Week: Hobokeny
	11:35am Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Frank In Queens: Do you get MeTV with Fios?
	11:36am clarke: u don't need HD to watch most of the films in b&w - i think it brings out too many shadows??
	11:36am Frank In Queens: @Todd, indeed!
	11:36am HyperDose: I remember cable. Feels like a lifetime ago
	11:37am Frank In Queens: @clarke, with my set up, SD programming looks atrocious no matter what it is.
	11:37am Cate: Hey Mike, the husband sets an alarm to listen every week, we call it Shelley Saturday, just a fun, creative, smart show, he thinks so too but is a shy fan. Thank you! Cate and Tim, Chico CA (also,is it my imagination, or do you, like most everyone else, sound like a weight has been lifted since the election?)
	11:37am Hughie Considine: From a deli owner, that's a rave...
	11:38am clarke: ha ha, frank. well i watch most of what i watch on my laptop
	11:39am Michael Shelley: makes a nice sandwich
	11:39am spodiodi: canhear the stream again via tunes. hallelujah
	11:39am spodiodi: itunes*
	11:39am clarke: if MeTV didn't have commercials (or as MANY!)!!
	11:40am Hoboken Jack: Hi Spodes!!
	11:40am McGroovey: Speaking of weight on shoulders, there are pro-Navalny/anti-Putin protests going on all over Russia now.
	11:41am Joe W.: Love this song!
	11:41am Hoboken Jack: I've concluded many a mix tape/CD with this one.
	11:41am spodiodi: hi Jack! looking very Hobokeny today! ;)
	11:42am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: A weight has been moved not to say evicted if not eliminated.
	11:42am Handy Haversack: Behind on the chat as I'm making breakfast, but yes, clarke, RIP Hammering Hank. I met him a couple of times. What a fantastic person.
	11:42am spodiodi: aloha, RevRabbit! (you've been scarce. good to see ya)
	11:42am Juke Joint Jonny: Acme brand Siren Whistle on the chorus. Sign of excellence
	11:43am Listener Schned: Satin Doll is Billy Strayhorn's lyric- p.s. thanks for the jelly shout-out on that earlier show!
	11:43am P-90: Stream is uninterrupted and sounding fine on the IOS app.
	11:43am clarke: guess MovieTime has accidentally already started: this week i saw the latest Liam Neeson vehicle - it is more typical of his usual character - but he's so solid as an actor.
	11:44am P-90: Thurl!
	11:44am clarke: why is it called The Wilhelm Scream??
	11:44am Hughie Considine: How many great Jack songs are there from the late '60s? "My Friend Jack Eats Sugar Lumps," "Grocer Jack" from "Teenage Opera," "Happy Jack." Truly it was a fine time for Jacks.
	11:45am Listener Baby: Thursday Thurl was 6’5”
	11:45am clarke: not for Terry Jacks!
	11:45am Frank In Queens: Only one movie this week, De Palma's "Carrie".
	11:46am P-90: Unfortunately the rock opera “Saucy Jack” remains unfinished
	11:46am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hullo spodi ! Likewise.
	11:46am Hoboken Jack: Good morning, McGroove
	11:46am clarke: wow! i haven't seen Carrie since it was in the theater - how does it stand up??
	11:46am DJ Johnny Cool: Icky Renrut!
	11:47am -Ken: Folks who were connected to our streams before the recent outage are still connected. But many new connections are not working at the moment. But as Doug in JC reports, this backup stream is working well: stream2.wfmu.org...
	11:47am Montmaster J: I remember when Larry King asked McCartney if he was a good guitarist and Paul said..."I'm great, Larry". Such a funny exchange.
	11:47am JG: @Clarke, try to get ahold of The Incident from the beginning. Worth a watch. very well done and acted.
	11:48am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Buddy Guy-ish ?
	11:48am clarke: it pays to keep the stream on ALL NIGHT LONG!
	11:48am HyperDose: Bookmarked, thanks!
	11:48am Frank In Queens: @clarke, I still like it. I'm not a big horror fan, but I like that one.
	11:49am Hughie Considine: Yea, it would take a few years for things to get good for Terry Jacks.
	11:49am clarke: de palma films haven't held up well for me, with some recent views
	11:49am paul: Thank you, Ken!
	11:49am Hughie Considine: Richard Hell's memoir is well worth seeking out.
	11:49am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Too sensitive for Horrors - but I dig Stephen King's mind.
	11:49am P-90: Todd does get a lot of good “gets”
	11:50am spodiodi: \m/ Richard Hell
	11:50am clarke: there are a few decent cuts on that Terry Jacks album - i don't like his cover of seasons in the sun, howevs.
	11:52am Frank In Queens: @clarke, I can't say any of the De Palma films I've seen recently have ranked in my faves of all times, but I can appreciate his approach to film making. He borrows from Hitch a bit too much sometimes, but other than that, I've liked his 70s films.
	11:53am Listener Baby: Bill Sym super nice fellow.
	11:53am clarke: well, hitch-borrows speak well of a director - it's everything else that doesn't hold up over time
	11:53am Dennis: Beatles? Eagles? “The Beatles were great - The Eagles were good.” - B. Wilson
	11:54am ledzeppelinsucks: Larry King united the surviving Beatles with Yoko Ono and one of John Lennon's kids on stage. He persuaded Heather Mills to take her leg off.
	11:54am clarke: the one that holds up best (for me) is the most hitch-borrowed: Body Double
	11:55am Frank In Queens: @clarke, I haven't seen that one yet.
	11:55am spodiodi: got that 7SD feelin'
	11:55am ?: No stream up here..
	11:55am Handy Haversack: Can't believe I got through, love the show.
	11:55am McGroovey: @edzeppelinsucks That sounds awesome. But YouTube or it didn't happen.
	11:55am Montmaster J: Blow Out is very good.
	11:55am spodiodi: ahah Handy
	11:56am clarke: yeah, Blow Out was ok, when i saw it long ago - will have to re-visit
	11:56am David Shortell: I've never dared see BDP's "The Bonfire of the Vanities", reputed to be the worst film of its decade. Great novel though.
	11:56am gf2002: The Lost opened a run of East Coast shows on the Beach Boys' spring '66 tour. Cool to hear them on the radio. Any chance of spinning some Fifth Estate? :)
	11:57am Listener Baby: According to the web, a 13 year old Bonnie Raitt was on school bus.
	11:58am Frank In Queens: Yeah, I liked Blow Out too. I should say I've enjoyed the De Palma pre-Scarface films I've seen.
	11:58am clarke: if you are referring to the Bonfire with hanks in it - it is godawful
	11:59am gf2002: Blow Out is fantastic, a favorite of mine from that era - Made even better by the on-location filming in Philly circa 1980. Travolta is fantastic in that role, I think the film got pushed aside in part due to the disco backlash and Travolta's image at the time.
	11:59am clarke: i have never seen Dressed To Kill - but find angie dickinson pretty fascinating
	12:00pm clarke: other than being a complete borrow from Blow Up but sounds instead of visuals
	12:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Wull I'm sure this eelektrik geetar is just a Novelty after all...
	12:00pm Montmaster J: Blow Up and Blow Out....good double feature.
	12:01pm Frank In Queens: I liked Dressed To Kill.
	12:01pm Listener Baby: Smoking
	12:02pm gf2002: Speaking of DePalma, we just watched The Black Dahlia a few weekends ago. It is seriously one of the most confusing and scattershot films I've ever seen, if it weren't for the period costumes and set design it would be a total mess. And that's a review from someone who ranks the original Point Blank as one of my favorite films.
	12:02pm David Shortell: I've also never forgiven BDP for his atrocious remake of the great 1932 Howard Hawks film "Scarface".
	12:03pm spodiodi: repulsive electric twangers! (What is THAT?! A TWISTED SISTER PIN!? ON YOUR UNIFORM!?)
	12:03pm Frank Zaatar: Charliie Starr, blind Upstate New Yorki guitar hero, used to play solo electric gigs (real loud) where he would play Mama Don't Allow, playing all the instrumental parts. Talk about your one man band.
	12:03pm clarke: well, the good news is that i knew to NOT watch the Scarface re-make (or ANY re-make, for that matter)
	12:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Got me thinking Bobby Radcliff...
	12:03pm Hubig Pie: Gross lust and shocking brutality on display in to-nites noir offering - Born to Kill
	12:04pm clarke: indeed, Hubig!! going to tune in fo'sho'!!!
	12:05pm DJ Johnny Cool: Born To Kill - Lawrence Tierney at his nasty best!
	12:05pm McGroovey: I saw the Scarface remake when it came out I didn't like it as much as the original, but I didn't hate it. But I did hate all the excessive gore.
	12:05pm Frank In Queens: I have an aversion to Scarface due to growing up in the era of the douchebag worship of Tony Montana.
	12:05pm gf2002: Born To Kill is great noir - Elisha Cook almost steals the movie. "Sam!"
	12:06pm paul: Lawrence Tierney aka Alton Benes?
	12:06pm DJ Johnny Cool: I met Tierney. Grumpy old bastard. I was in awe.
	12:06pm clarke: elisha almost steals EVERY movie he is IN
	12:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Mendes Brazil '66 conveys a certain sort of 1960s happiness - plastic flowers but somehow with substance... Everything was on fire of course...
	12:08pm clarke: i think that one of the earlier films on TCM tonight is Charles Laughton's only directing endeavour: Night Of The Hunter - if anyone has not seen this - it is a MUST!!!
	12:08pm Sir Gorney Weaver: Bass solo - righteous!
	12:08pm Joe B: great kenny howes track!
	12:09pm clarke: YES - great music goin' on here!
	12:09pm Frank In Queens: Night Of The Hunter is amazing.
	12:10pm P-90: Almost a “doo-wop-skiffle” version of a trad folk song
	12:10pm clarke: keep talkin' preacher!!
	12:10pm David Shortell: Laughton never directed another movie besides "Night Of The Hunter". Sadly, it flopped.
	12:11pm clarke: everyone associated with Night said that laughton was GREAT and a natural at directing. including MITCHUM!!
	12:12pm Hughie Considine: This song is so weirdly wonderful
	12:12pm gf2002: Watch for "The Hoodlum", another classic noir with Lawrence Tierney and his brother Edward playing...brothers!
	12:13pm paul: Night Of The Hunter is in my top 10.
	12:13pm Hughie Considine: I don't think anyone had a "gravel" lyric of note since Love, until FOW's "Denise"
	12:13pm clarke: poor Love~~ elektra decided to give all their promo money to the Doors - ugh. poor choice.
	12:13pm Listener Baby: I love that Love let their fantastic, yet wobbly drummer play on just about every thing.
	12:13pm TimG: Too many great songs in that era, so a lot of other great songs couldn’t crack the top 200 methinks. Que Vida!
	12:14pm Joe B: elektra 'decided' after love refused to tour or make promo appearances
	12:14pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Arthur Lee & Love to the bone. So was it that Arthur wouldn't tour outside California - or what ?? It's not like they never played Live...
	12:14pm Listener Baby: And everything
	12:15pm spodiodi: Steve Earl <3
	12:15pm clarke: yes, Joe, drug use was NOT timely for the Love-sters, either - their bass player held them back
	12:15pm spodiodi: e
	12:16pm clarke: yet - they gave jim morrison plenty of support? fuuuuuuuu......
	12:16pm GeoSinPhilly: I've never sat down to really check it, but it sounds like Richard Hell's "The Plan" was based on the Que Vida chords. A little Quine trick maybe?
	12:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hell - Johnny Echols on fb talks about spiking a bandmate with acid because he was 'uptight'. Such was the Scene...
	12:16pm SEAN: OMG I missed the Voidoids :(
	12:18pm clarke: ken forsi was the bass player for Love - he was so strung out that he was walking the sunset strip begging for a fix, etc. i guess seymour stein caught wind of this??
	12:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ted Hawkins <3
	12:19pm clarke: but, sadly, he was a really great bass player
	12:21pm Hoboken Jack: Sean, Richard Hell is coming up on Todd's show later, I imagine you'll get your fill.....
	12:21pm Joe B: why make all these excuses for love? there's no big conspiracy. they didn't have mass appeal to begin with, and they weren't interested in courting it.
	12:21pm Handy Haversack: Oh, wow. This song has a permanent place in the ol' Heartersack.
	12:22pm clarke: because their albums stand up SO much better than the band who got all the money
	12:22pm Marley P. Dogg: Ha - I totally forgot about this song
	12:22pm JimB: I remember Bob Brainen telling a story about Ted Hawkins giving a very dramatic performance of There Stands the Glass on the Venice Beach boardwalk.
	12:23pm gf2002: Cracker! This takes me back to living in Boston. Bought the album Kerosene Hat, the CD would skip through dozens of non-tracks and land on "Track 69" which was Euro Trash Girl. GREAT tune. Boston radio would play this all the time
	12:23pm David Shortell: @clarke In his book, Love's drummer Michael Stuart told how he roomed with Ken Forssi sometime after the original group's breakup. One day, Stuart came home to find that Forssi disappeared--along with every possession of Stuart's that could be hocked for drugs!
	12:24pm Handy Haversack: My first serious college girlfriend put this on a tape for me. She was from the South Shore.
	12:24pm ledzeppelinsucks: I saw Cracker in San Diego at Winters in 1991.
	12:24pm clarke: i need to read that book!!! thnx!!
	12:24pm Michael in Montclair: I’m laughing so hard now because I was singing Euro Trash Girl in my mind just minutes Michael started playing it.
	12:24pm spodiodi: man, i love Cracker
	12:25pm spodiodi: esp this song (having dated a couple of eurotrashgirls)
	12:25pm gf2002: One of the more painfully trendy bar/cafe/hangouts on Newbury Street would play this all the time with their outdoor speakers. I don't think the people wealthy enough to be hanging there to be seen ever got the irony of them playing the song.
	12:26pm clarke: rather than "making excuses" for Love i am making fun of their label
	12:26pm Montmaster J: Mikey....were you a fan of Camper?
	12:26pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hm. Well - Elektra was a quality sorta boutique Folk label got caught up in trying to cross over in the Rawk Era. Lok what happened with the MC5... The doors themselves hit a little bump or two themselves...tho' they sold records & tickets...
	12:27pm McGroovey: I never had a Eurotrash girlfriend. There were a couple thrift store girls. I'm married to one of them.
	12:27pm spodiodi: it was a revelation to learn pictures of matchstick men was a cover (thank you, Mary Wing!)
	12:28pm clarke: i will answer for micheal: he has pontificated about Camper a few times on his shew
	12:28pm SEAN: Thanks Hoboken Jack. I would have missed it if not for your comment here
	12:28pm Handy Haversack: Well, despite being only ten pages from the end of this excellent book, I put it down to listen to all of the Cracker song without the travails of Jens Munk getting in the way. It's like four times longer than your standard Shelley Number One!
	12:29pm Frank Zaatar: @GeoSinPhilly: Here's the source for Blank Generation. I think Tom Verlaine played it once interview on FMU: www.youtube.com...
	12:29pm Frank In Queens: I don't know Clarke, considering how popular The Doors STILL are, I think Elektra made an incredibly smart investment backing them.
	12:29pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& as a Hendrix fan - I think of how glibly we consider National Touring now as compared to what was barely being pioneered right then in the 1960s... I can well imagine Arthur not consenting to TV posturing - ha...
	12:30pm Joe B: elektra was successful in crossing over to rock. just because Love and the MC5 self-sabotaged isn't the label's fault. the doors, butterfield blues band etc did well
	12:30pm Greg from Brooklyn: Doesn’t guitar player from Counting Crows also play in Cracker?
	12:30pm clarke: had to open for Counting Crows on an entire leg of their tour - OUCH (guy who i was backing was on their label).
	12:30pm Frank In Queens: And Holzman signed Queen before he "retired".
	12:31pm Handy Haversack: According to SMKen, the Doors' popularity endures because of Morrison's ability so vividly convey how someone might WALK ON DOWN THAT HALL.
	12:31pm Michael Shelley: I interviewed Jac Holzman - and it was too dull to air - one of only 2 interviews I choose not to air
	12:31pm DG: One of CV Beethoven's members is now IN Counting Crows, so maybe they're friends or something....
	12:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Love the dours & NYC can sue me.
	12:32pm me: I don't want to bring the vibe down, but Jonathon King is a convicted predatory paedophile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_King#2001_trials
	12:32pm clarke: wow.
	12:32pm spodiodi: why they moved from CA to VA still makes me scratch my head
	12:32pm me: Loved that Cracker song tho'
	12:32pm Joe B: I'm not criticizing arthur lee for anything. but it is absurd to look at his career and blame elektra records for Love not being famous
	12:32pm Listener Baby: @Greg. Counting Cracker
	12:33pm Mister Dobalina: Joe The Man Belock in da house!
	12:33pm clarke: have you heard Forever Changes?????
	12:33pm Joe B: no clarke. never heard of it.
	12:34pm Mailman Tom: I saw Love perform at the Fillmore East in February 1970. They were categorized as an "Art Rock" band. I think their lyrics and their music went over most people's heads.
	12:34pm Kotzwinkled: Haha I officiated a wedding and made the groom do fake vows a la Looking Glass. "[bride's name] you're a fine girl. what a good wife you would be. your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea."
	12:36pm paul: Margie was on that bus with Bonnie Raitt.
	12:37pm Listener Baby: @Baby. It only takes one of those to get the job done. At least she had choices?
	12:37pm DG: Elektra also had The Stooges (& Jobriath!), so they did sign some more "uncommercial" acts. I think Love may've been done in by Lee & others' behavior, etc. but some of those songs should've been bigger hits than they were. And "Forever Changes" beats anything the Lizard King & Co. ever did, sorry (not that I dislike the Doors, but their macho/mystical-poetry-and-organ routine got old after awhile).
	12:38pm Ross T.: Someone should say something nice about the Doors. I think they kept getting better and their last two LPs in particular as they turned closer to the blues (or whatever) are tops. Of course I also love half of Da Capo, Forever Changes, and that last single. And then Arthur Lee closed that door. So to speak.
	12:38pm clarke: no justice. no piece.
	12:39pm Listener Baby: @DG. Perfectly said.
	12:39pm spodiodi: i like The Doors... but Jim Morrison
	12:39pm Hughie Considine: Whoever said about Love, "They should have been called Hate," had it right.
	12:40pm Frank In Queens: It's entirely possible to like The Doors and not be a member of the Cult Of Morrison.
	12:40pm paul: Love this song!
	12:40pm Marley P. Dogg: I feel like a fight is going to break out with mumbles
	12:40pm clarke: manzarek was a good enough sort - but their records very much PALE to Love's (except for side two of Da Capo!)!!!
	12:40pm Listener Baby: I can listen to The Doors for Dinsmore alone.
	12:40pm spodiodi: Charioteers, The What Did He Say (The Mumble Song) is my new fave. can't wait to play it for m'lady (who i'm constantly begging to speak to me clearly/enunciate/use diaphragm ) :D this is great
	12:40pm Frank In Queens: I don't know why it has to be a competition.
	12:41pm Mister Dobalina: Sorry, I'm sure this has been asked before, is it as simple to send a SASE to a get Shelley coaster?
	12:41pm Handy Haversack: Marley, them's fightin' mumbles!
	12:41pm Ross T.: Morrison -- a great baritone and some excellent and terrible lyrics and some good songs. Very bright but a terrible drunk. The leather pants are an unfortunate legacy.
	12:42pm clarke: i can't listen to the doors, any more. there was a time, tho.
	12:42pm smevvyk: Omg. Appropriating the mumbling to use as a ring tone. AMAZING tune.
	12:42pm Frank In Queens: Hi, Michael!
	12:42pm clarke: hi michael!!
	12:42pm Ross T.: And the other three Doors were terrific players with the sense and touch.
	12:42pm Frank In Queens: Oh yeah! Heaven Beats Iowa is a cross between The Cars and bubblegum.
	12:42pm spodiodi: smevvyk -- that's great :D
	12:42pm Hughie Considine: It's GBV
	12:43pm Frank In Queens: If only the last GBV record was as good as this Cub Scout Bowling Pins EP...
	12:43pm yerfriendpaul: Aww yeah! CSBP!!
	12:43pm Hubig Pie: The Doors - file under "Macho/mystical poetry and organ shtick"
	12:43pm clarke: mr. child nonwithstanding
	12:43pm Hoboken Jack: The sentence "Guided by Voices have a new album out" could be uttered at any time without actual knowledge and it would still be true.
	12:43pm Marley P. Dogg: I wonder if Mumbles was related to Boomhauer on King of the Hill
	12:44pm Frank In Queens: Yes, Mr. Child is the hands down best track on Styles.
	12:44pm GListener MW: “Cub Scout Bowling Pins” is the most-endearing band name I’ll see all month. Great track too!!! Loving this
	12:44pm Ross T.: And no "hipster appeal" I suppose. All the more reason to like them I say!
	12:44pm Hoboken Jack: #TeamBoomhauer
	12:44pm Micheal: New GBV project sounds fantastic!
	12:44pm spodiodi: haha Jack
	12:44pm paul: Heaven beats Iowa in overtime!
	12:45pm Handy Haversack: #TmBmhsrhsr, Jack.
	12:45pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hardy anything compares to Forever Changes, after all - & the rest of their material reflects the weird exquisite L.A. balance of poetry, lounge, garage, folkrawk, psych & more they were. No doors - no Iggy, Alice, probably Ozzy, maybe even Bowie as we know them. Certainly no Bunnymen, Mazzy Star &tc. &tc. Well - Joe said it already...
	12:46pm gf2002: I love hearing GBV cover The Monkees
	12:46pm DG: I like a lot of the Doors' stuff, but they're one case in which the "myth" of Morrison has sort of overshadowed the quality of their material. I like most of their early albums, hits, etc. It's the same w/Nirvana....a good band (with only 3 albums!) whose fame is out of proportion to their actual talent, thanks to some kind of martyr/angelic-junkie myth.
	12:46pm Hoboken Jack: First heard Hutchinson here earlier in the pandemic, then watched his holiday livestream -- seems like a swell guy with a batch of great songs.
	12:46pm Pedro in Arlington: Fountains of Wayne's cover of "Better Things" sure could sum up this week, if you can. Thanks Mike.
	12:46pm Frank In Queens: gf2002, they were playing "Saturday's Child" live a few years ago.
	12:47pm Joe B: so what? no one is arguing against the merits of Forever Changes. This myth that it's Elektra's fault, that they chose to make the Doors a huge success at the expense of Love, is laughably not true.
	12:47pm Listener Baby: @DG. Perfectly said again.
	12:47pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Wow I am honestly shocked to learn that Love didn’t have hits. I guess because I grew up in LA and listened to alternate radio - they seemed major. Have their records, etc. Agree about the Doors - loved when I was 14, now ugh. Kotzwinkled that wedding is... wow.
	12:47pm Frank In Queens: Rock and roll fan fiction.
	12:48pm gf2002: @Frank Yes! That's a cover I love listening to if I need a smile. There are a few videos on YouTube of them playing it
	12:49pm Handy Haversack: Hey, Lizzie! Frank, I keep my R&RFanFic to stories of Marillion drinking with Lemmy.
	12:49pm Joe B: Elektra easily could have afforded to promote both bands, and would have loved both bands to have been huge. Love wasn't interested. So when the band doesn't give a shit, why should Elektra keep trying?
	12:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: DG & seen from the other direction - the myths actually obscure the work. I have a strong anti-populist (popularity) streak myself... & it's still true.
	12:50pm Hughie Considine: I like to imagine a world where Bruce Foxton went on to greater success than Paul Weller.
	12:50pm Frank In Queens: @Handy, I'd like to read your material some time.
	12:50pm clarke: not so much fan fiction - from an interview i read with seymour stein.
	12:50pm JG: You men eat your dinner Eat your pork and beans I eat more chicken any man ever ...
	12:50pm GListener MW: @Pedro — seconding that request for FoW’s “Better Things”! My favorite Kinks cover from my favorite NJ band
	12:50pm SEAN: A change will do you good
	12:51pm gf2002: A band or artist can't control the mythology that fans or writers put on their musical legacy, especially after a key member dies. If Love had done tours and appearances to promote their music the history may definitely have been different in terms of nationwide success. But they weren't interested.
	12:51pm Hubig Pie: No debatin" the greatness of this song
	12:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Once upon a time Love were among the Nuggets set in broad general regard - tho of course some knew better already. As Iggy said to The Ramones - not everybody is meant to be the big moneymakers...
	12:52pm spodiodi: Hubig speaks the truth
	12:52pm clarke: elektra - the same company that had the balls to tell Shoes "i don't hear a hit"
	12:52pm Ross T.: The first time I ever heard the term "politically correct" was a friend referring to Gang of Four. he was using it as a compliment.
	12:52pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: We are in fact talking about Arthur's mythiness...
	12:53pm Mike Sin: When ,listening to music that is too "popular" and surrounded by "myth," take the track out of context and pretend you've just discovered it on a comp or it was unreleased at the time. It will help with a new appreciation. Imagine if, say, "Break On Through" was cut by a band that disappeared a week after it was cut and it stayed in a vault for 30 years. Once released, it would be heralded as a major classic and WFMU would not stop playing it.
	12:53pm Joe B: shoes? well, they had no hits, so I guess they were right
	12:54pm Handy Haversack: Testify, Hubig! Blazer of a show today, MS! Really pumping out the hits. Thanks to you and to Ruth Booth in the Ruth Booth! Frank, Grendels on me next time! Be well, Shellegamers. See you around the clubhouse!
	12:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Schizzle - Myths are among Artists tools...
	12:54pm BVP: oh my, perfection.
	12:54pm gf2002: I've heard that Arthur Lee was also into very subliminal and at that time underground/trendy marketing. He started to walk around wearing one sandal and the other barefoot. He wanted people to recognize him as the guy with one sandal. "Who's that guy with one sandal?" "Oh, he's in that band". And that was one of his marketing ideas for promoting himself and his music, at least that's what I heard somewhere.
	12:55pm Dominick: A fave
	12:55pm spodiodi: thanks for another #1 saturday start, Michael Shelley! see yas
	12:55pm clarke: they are ALL fucking hits!
	12:55pm spodiodi: (and thank you, Ruth!)
	12:56pm Michael in Montclair: The bass intro to Damaged Goods sounds so similar to Bruce Foxton’s signature bass intros on numerous The Jam tracks.
	12:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Roof in thuh Boof !
	12:56pm Corey: You and me both, Nick! Been a long 10-11 months. Thanks Michael for the great show! Many clicked stars as usual. Thanks skeleton crew! Take care all.
	12:56pm MFlynn: Thank you Michael and Ruth too!
	12:56pm SEAN: I've been doing that one flip-flop thing at home. Not only didn't I not perplex a single consumer this past year, I think I F'd my back up.
	12:57pm Benoni: Saw Arthur Lee at the Warsaw in Greenpoint in the early 2000's. He could still sing incredibly. He still had it.
	12:57pm McGroovey: , the
	12:57pm Hoboken Jack: Hey Mike Sin! Thank you Michael, thank you Ruth, and thank YOU for being you. (Yes I'm talking to you.)
	12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY As Ever MS !
	12:58pm Handy Haversack: Jack's talking to me! Kate, Jack's talking to me!
	12:59pm Joe B: thanks Michael! thanks Ruth!
	12:59pm Frank In Queens: Nice show Michael, and nice board discussion today. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm about to put on The Soft Parade. See you all next week!
	12:59pm Frank In Queens: Followed by Four Sail ;)
	1:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...my teenage dotter was alone in a hotelroom with John Lennon for hours @ NIGHT...
	1:00pm ledzeppelinsucks: Valentine's Day will be the second annual event effected by Covid restrictions that some followed. St Patrick's Day will be the milestone that any bar had to acknowledge with deliberate stance.
	1:00pm Handy Haversack: I don't find the nature of those notes undesirable when they are thrown at me ...
	1:00pm clarke: you'll be ready for some todd-o-phonic after THAT
	1:00pm JG: Petitition the Lord w prayer...Petition the Lord..
	1:00pm Michael in Montclair: Thank You Michael and Ruth!
	1:01pm spodiodi: thanks, Darren!
	1:01pm Handy Haversack: Darren! Thanks to you!
	1:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...is that any way to behave - @ a Rawk'n"roll Concert ?! - Jeem
	1:01pm Ross T.: Thank you sir!
	5:54pm Bob: So the Groovies totally lifted Doctor Boogie from that Billy Lee Riley song. I love it still. Yeah, I'm here late. Talking to myself.

Michael Shelley: Playlist from January 23, 2021

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Artist	Track	Album
Deke Dickerson	Waterloo Sunset "Waterloo Sunset" by "Deke Dickerson"	Covid Songs
David Garrick	Dandy "Dandy" by "David Garrick"	A Boy Called David
Billy Lee Riley	Fine Little Mama "Fine Little Mama" by "Billy Lee Riley"	hot damm
Cosmic Rays, The	Somebody's in Love	45
Mills Brothers, The	Across The Alley From The Alamo	best
Jeff Lynne's ELO	Ain't It A Drag "Ain't It A Drag" by "Jeff Lynne's ELO"	Alone In the Universe
David John And The Mood	I Love To See You Strut	45
Faron Young	Last Night At A Party	45
Obie Plenty	Beef Stew "Beef Stew" by "Obie Plenty"	45
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers	Abdul And Cleopatra	Back In Your Life
Winfield Parker	She's So Pretty "She's So Pretty" by "Winfield Parker"	45
Coasters, The	Satin Doll "Satin Doll" by "Coasters, The"	One By one
Manfred Mann	My Name Is Jack "My Name Is Jack" by "Manfred Mann"	45
Sheb Wooley	Enchantment Of The Prarie	Rawhide
Icky Renrut	Ho Ho "Ho Ho" by "Icky Renrut"	45
Richard Hell & The Voidoids	Blank Generation	45
Lost, The	Changes "Changes" by "Lost, The"	The Lost Tapes
Sandy Nelson	Secret Agent Man "Secret Agent Man" by "Sandy Nelson"	45
Phil Baugh	One Man Band "One Man Band" by "Phil Baugh"	45
Rodger Collins	She's Looking Good	45
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66	One Note Samba	45
Kenny Howes	Thought You'd Never Go	The RIght Idea
Belmonts, The	Teen-Age Clementine	complete hits
Love	!Que Vida! "!Que Vida!" by "Love"	45
Steve Earle & The Dukes	I Don't Care	J.T.
Ted Hawkins	Who Got My Natural Comb?	Watch Your Step
Cracker	Euro Trash Girl "Euro Trash Girl" by "Cracker"	Kerosene Hat
Jonathan King	Time And Motion "Time And Motion" by "Jonathan King"	45
Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams	I Wonder Why	Plastic Bouquet
Margie Hendrix	One Room Paradise "One Room Paradise" by "Margie Hendrix"	45
Charioteers, The	What Did He Say (The Mumble Song)	78
Cub Scout Bowling Pins	Heaven Beats Iowa	heaven beats iowa
Eric Hutchinson	Good Things Come To Those Who Wait	class of 98
Kurt Baker	New Direction "New Direction" by "Kurt Baker"	after party
Gang Of Four	Damaged Goods "Damaged Goods" by "Gang Of Four"	45
Nick Lowe	Lately I've Let Things Slide	Convincer
Now Generation, The	Alone Again, Naturally	For the Good Times
Not A Prude	Beatles In Cleveland 1964	none

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Listener comments!
	11:00am Listener Baby: Еј сега!
	11:00am Handy Haversack: Saturday greetings, Michael and all the Shellegamers! That's some nice coasting, Jack!
	11:01am clarke: hey. now.
	11:01am Frank In Queens: Hey now!
	11:01am Docrock: Good morning Michael and everyone listening. Cold this morning here in Da Bronx.
	11:02am clarke: what did you think of Sanjay's Piece, michael?
	11:02am Handy Haversack: Hey there, Listener Baby, clarke, Frank. Hope the week treated you well.
	11:03am GC in Baltimore: Ok this song is stealing a melody from Neil Sedaka Laughter in the Rain, or vice versa
	11:03am Dominick: Hello all
	11:03am Dennis Diken: Go, Mikey!
	11:03am Michael Shelley: Good morning pals.
	11:04am Listener Baby: Right as rain Handy. And it just might rain today. Hopefully add to our whopping .9 of an inch.
	11:05am Hoboken Jack: Thanks, Handy! Hello Michael, Ruth, Baby, Frank, Dennis, all! Just me or does it seem like a kinder, gentler messageboard this week?
	11:05am Listener Baby: For the year.
	11:05am Frank In Queens: It's a Kinks Kovers show!
	11:05am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ray Davies - neither Dylan overmuch nor TheBeatles. But Up There. You think 'Mother's Little Helper' was Kinks stylee ??
	11:06am clarke: them grapes git thirsty!! dreary in the crescent city, here.
	11:06am Dominick: Ray - the finest
	11:06am Todd-o-phonic Todd: Off to a dandy start...
	11:07am Cacophone Jeff: OMG! That was Deke Dickerson! Supercool!
	11:07am Handy Haversack: Rev Rab! Glad to see you! Had you lost the internet connect again? Cold and bright here, Listener Baby. Not super cold, but just enough to make doing things outside less than pleasant. Hey, Ruth in the Ruth Booth!
	11:07am Dennis Diken: Howdy Jack!
	11:08am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Proposition: If Townshend invented Power Pop (he coined the term) - Ray invented Smart Pop. Which sounds like popcorn. & it's Saturday. Handy yeah.
	11:09am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: FlyingSawcerrRawk'n'Roll !!
	11:09am clarke: The Who got its start FROM The Kinks - by ALL admissions!
	11:10am MFlynn: Chores are done and time for #1 Hits! Hi Michael & everyone!!
	11:10am Joe B: sounding great!
	11:10am clarke: nice Coasters jack!!
	11:11am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Seems to me that there's no Morrisey or Steve Merritt as we know them w/out Kinks...
	11:13am Pedro in Arlington: Would like your movie critic take on the inauguration if you watched, Michael.
	11:14am Dennis Diken: I believe Billy Lee Riley played harmonica on Beach Boys Today! version of “Help Me, Ronda”
	11:14am MFlynn: The Quebe Sisters did a great job on this across the alley tune a few years ago.
	11:14am clarke: ah, the Mills Brothers - just happened across an episode of Antiques Roadshow where someone had the Mills Bros guitar that is featured on several album covers - an archtop single cutaway - $22,000
	11:15am Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Dennis DIken: Harmonica Beach Boysmania!
	11:15am Hoboken Jack: Thanks, Clarke! Hi TOPT, Joe, MFlynn!
	11:16am Todd-o-phonic Todd: My Friend Jack!
	11:16am MFlynn: Good morning Jack!!!
	11:16am myron feld: Does anyone listen to this #1 program (and station) via Sonos and the TuneIn app? It's not coming through, but other (lesser) stations are.
	11:17am ledzeppelinsucks: I was in Arlington yesterday on my way to the 1000000 watt vlf Navy radio base. Bigfoot lives there.
	11:17am clarke: bev bevan sued to get the name ELO
	11:17am WallCharger: yes my iTunes app took about a minute to load but streaming now
	11:17am Hoboken Jack: FYI, the stream was down but is a-ok now. My clock radio filled in acceptably.
	11:17am Joe W.: Under appreciated Jeff Lynne/Brian Wilson song-Let It Shine on Brian’s first solo album.
	11:18am Joe B: It was Lynne's choice to bill it that way
	11:19am Todd-o-phonic Todd: A bargain at twice the price.
	11:19am Listener Baby: Jack!!
	11:19am clarke: lynne also seemed to have a huge falling out with richard tandy, at some point??
	11:20am Joe B: Bevan had to call his band ELO Part II, then later The Orchestra
	11:20am Handy Haversack: Sheena stream had been coming in fine, but it took a little bit for the main stream to come in when I switched over (via the 128k MP3 stream through VLC).
	11:20am Corey: Good morning Michael and listeners! I swear, but I think my computer auto-click liked this song.
	11:20am DJ Johnny Cool: The Tune In stream is down.
	11:20am artbrau: streams FUBARed. web, tunein. all no bueno. ios app slow to buffer.
	11:21am Frank In Queens: Streaming from iTunes with no issues.
	11:21am clarke: you at the office, Frank?
	11:22am Joe B: Tandy is on the 2019 album. if there was any fallout, couldn't have been too bad.
	11:22am artbrau: now where did I put that dad-gum FM radio?
	11:22am Frank In Queens: Nah, no Sat OT for the foreseeable future.
	11:22am Doug in JC: Stream wasn't loading in itunes during Bob's show but I switched to the phone app and it's working fine
	11:23am Listener Baby: RH interview top 5 ever. So amazing.
	11:23am clarke: the foreseeable future......ah hahhhhhh
	11:24am spodiodi: all 4 streams down? appears to be so in vlc (iTunes works?) will try
	11:25am Handy Haversack: VLC is working for me, spodi. Also: hey, spodi, Doug, Corey!
	11:25am Listener Robert: My friend and housemate here buys Dinty Moore stew from Dollar General and loves it. I feel almost insulted since I do the regular cooking here, but his excuse is that he burned out his taste buds with drugs long ago and salts his food a lot.
	11:26am spodiodi: hi Handy. hmmm. weird shrugs
	11:26am clarke: what is shakin' at the Above/Low abode and treasury parlour??
	11:27am HyperDose: AAC and MP3 streams not working for me either. The last AAC backup is working for now
	11:27am -Ken: We're having a major stream outage at the moment. Hang in there folks, working on it.
	11:27am Doug in JC: Working backup stream here, apparently: stream2.wfmu.org...
	11:28am ?: AND.....Bernie showed up on the WFMU webpage!! Hahahaha DD
	11:28am spodiodi: right on, Ken. hangin. thank you
	11:28am Doug in JC: Hey Handy, good morning!
	11:28am Hughie Considine: Apparently, Bon Jovi got trolled ruthlessly for looking like Bea Arthur.
	11:28am Frank In Queens: clarke, Nuthin. Days blending into one another. The only thing that indicates a weekend to me is the alarm not going off in the morning. Shit is getting stale, man.
	11:28am artbrau: If you need any help, Ken, I have a hammer you can borrow.
	11:29am Dennis in RI: AND.....Bernie showed up on the WFMU webpage!! Hahahaha DD
	11:29am Corey: Morning Handy! Rare sunny winter day in Michigan. Bird feeders are blowing up.
	11:29am ledzepoelinsucks: Larry King 'I’m fascinated with all forms of music. My musical tastes go back to [Frank] Sinatra and Ella [Fitzgerald]....'
	11:29am HyperDose: Thanks Ken, tell those Party Girls to settle down and stop knocking cables loose!
	11:30am spodiodi: Bernie's Mittens could be causing stream interference
	11:30am clarke: RIP Hank Aaron - what a guy!! @frank - i hear ya, but there may be a light at the end of the tunnel - it may be a speeding freight train coming, but its a light!
	11:30am JG: MOVIES- I gotta recommend this one. If you have TCM on Demand , watch "The Incident" Martin Sheen's first movie. Great performance as sadistic crazed street thug. But his partner is even scarier. Tony Musanti. Incredibly frightening performance. Stark Black and white photography. Awesome riveting intense movie
	11:31am ?: Hello !
	11:31am Frank In Queens: clarke, I know. Ms. Low got her shots, so that's half the battle right there. I hope to get my dose sometime in the next month, but we shall see. That'll at least open up a few more options in passing the time.
	11:32am Listener Baby: Baby. Your favorite character in Silicon Valley?
	11:32am clarke: i saw part of The Incident but stopped because i am queer about watching something i haven't seen from the beginning. it looks GREAT.
	11:33am clarke: speaking of TCM, the line-up tonight is insanely GREAT, including the noir edition
	11:34am Montmaster J: Greetings from the (freezing) Mont. @clarke yeah, Hank Aaron..305 lifetime hitter too. Couldn't get much traction from my younger colleagues when discussing his career ;(
	11:34am clarke: HOBOKEN?!?!? (bugs bunny/mel blanc voice)
	11:35am Frank In Queens: The only bad thing about Fios is that there is NO TCM in HD. But I'll be watching the Hives concert this evening.
	11:35am P-90: Adjective of the Week: Hobokeny
	11:35am Todd-o-phonic Todd: @Frank In Queens: Do you get MeTV with Fios?
	11:36am clarke: u don't need HD to watch most of the films in b&w - i think it brings out too many shadows??
	11:36am Frank In Queens: @Todd, indeed!
	11:36am HyperDose: I remember cable. Feels like a lifetime ago
	11:37am Frank In Queens: @clarke, with my set up, SD programming looks atrocious no matter what it is.
	11:37am Cate: Hey Mike, the husband sets an alarm to listen every week, we call it Shelley Saturday, just a fun, creative, smart show, he thinks so too but is a shy fan. Thank you! Cate and Tim, Chico CA (also,is it my imagination, or do you, like most everyone else, sound like a weight has been lifted since the election?)
	11:37am Hughie Considine: From a deli owner, that's a rave...
	11:38am clarke: ha ha, frank. well i watch most of what i watch on my laptop
	11:39am Michael Shelley: makes a nice sandwich
	11:39am spodiodi: canhear the stream again via tunes. hallelujah
	11:39am spodiodi: itunes*
	11:39am clarke: if MeTV didn't have commercials (or as MANY!)!!
	11:40am Hoboken Jack: Hi Spodes!!
	11:40am McGroovey: Speaking of weight on shoulders, there are pro-Navalny/anti-Putin protests going on all over Russia now.
	11:41am Joe W.: Love this song!
	11:41am Hoboken Jack: I've concluded many a mix tape/CD with this one.
	11:41am spodiodi: hi Jack! looking very Hobokeny today! ;)
	11:42am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: A weight has been moved not to say evicted if not eliminated.
	11:42am Handy Haversack: Behind on the chat as I'm making breakfast, but yes, clarke, RIP Hammering Hank. I met him a couple of times. What a fantastic person.
	11:42am spodiodi: aloha, RevRabbit! (you've been scarce. good to see ya)
	11:42am Juke Joint Jonny: Acme brand Siren Whistle on the chorus. Sign of excellence
	11:43am Listener Schned: Satin Doll is Billy Strayhorn's lyric- p.s. thanks for the jelly shout-out on that earlier show!
	11:43am P-90: Stream is uninterrupted and sounding fine on the IOS app.
	11:43am clarke: guess MovieTime has accidentally already started: this week i saw the latest Liam Neeson vehicle - it is more typical of his usual character - but he's so solid as an actor.
	11:44am P-90: Thurl!
	11:44am clarke: why is it called The Wilhelm Scream??
	11:44am Hughie Considine: How many great Jack songs are there from the late '60s? "My Friend Jack Eats Sugar Lumps," "Grocer Jack" from "Teenage Opera," "Happy Jack." Truly it was a fine time for Jacks.
	11:45am Listener Baby: Thursday Thurl was 6’5”
	11:45am clarke: not for Terry Jacks!
	11:45am Frank In Queens: Only one movie this week, De Palma's "Carrie".
	11:46am P-90: Unfortunately the rock opera “Saucy Jack” remains unfinished
	11:46am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hullo spodi ! Likewise.
	11:46am Hoboken Jack: Good morning, McGroove
	11:46am clarke: wow! i haven't seen Carrie since it was in the theater - how does it stand up??
	11:46am DJ Johnny Cool: Icky Renrut!
	11:47am -Ken: Folks who were connected to our streams before the recent outage are still connected. But many new connections are not working at the moment. But as Doug in JC reports, this backup stream is working well: stream2.wfmu.org...
	11:47am Montmaster J: I remember when Larry King asked McCartney if he was a good guitarist and Paul said..."I'm great, Larry". Such a funny exchange.
	11:47am JG: @Clarke, try to get ahold of The Incident from the beginning. Worth a watch. very well done and acted.
	11:48am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Buddy Guy-ish ?
	11:48am clarke: it pays to keep the stream on ALL NIGHT LONG!
	11:48am HyperDose: Bookmarked, thanks!
	11:48am Frank In Queens: @clarke, I still like it. I'm not a big horror fan, but I like that one.
	11:49am Hughie Considine: Yea, it would take a few years for things to get good for Terry Jacks.
	11:49am clarke: de palma films haven't held up well for me, with some recent views
	11:49am paul: Thank you, Ken!
	11:49am Hughie Considine: Richard Hell's memoir is well worth seeking out.
	11:49am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Too sensitive for Horrors - but I dig Stephen King's mind.
	11:49am P-90: Todd does get a lot of good “gets”
	11:50am spodiodi: \m/ Richard Hell
	11:50am clarke: there are a few decent cuts on that Terry Jacks album - i don't like his cover of seasons in the sun, howevs.
	11:52am Frank In Queens: @clarke, I can't say any of the De Palma films I've seen recently have ranked in my faves of all times, but I can appreciate his approach to film making. He borrows from Hitch a bit too much sometimes, but other than that, I've liked his 70s films.
	11:53am Listener Baby: Bill Sym super nice fellow.
	11:53am clarke: well, hitch-borrows speak well of a director - it's everything else that doesn't hold up over time
	11:53am Dennis: Beatles? Eagles? “The Beatles were great - The Eagles were good.” - B. Wilson
	11:54am ledzeppelinsucks: Larry King united the surviving Beatles with Yoko Ono and one of John Lennon's kids on stage. He persuaded Heather Mills to take her leg off.
	11:54am clarke: the one that holds up best (for me) is the most hitch-borrowed: Body Double
	11:55am Frank In Queens: @clarke, I haven't seen that one yet.
	11:55am spodiodi: got that 7SD feelin'
	11:55am ?: No stream up here..
	11:55am Handy Haversack: Can't believe I got through, love the show.
	11:55am McGroovey: @edzeppelinsucks That sounds awesome. But YouTube or it didn't happen.
	11:55am Montmaster J: Blow Out is very good.
	11:55am spodiodi: ahah Handy
	11:56am clarke: yeah, Blow Out was ok, when i saw it long ago - will have to re-visit
	11:56am David Shortell: I've never dared see BDP's "The Bonfire of the Vanities", reputed to be the worst film of its decade. Great novel though.
	11:56am gf2002: The Lost opened a run of East Coast shows on the Beach Boys' spring '66 tour. Cool to hear them on the radio. Any chance of spinning some Fifth Estate? :)
	11:57am Listener Baby: According to the web, a 13 year old Bonnie Raitt was on school bus.
	11:58am Frank In Queens: Yeah, I liked Blow Out too. I should say I've enjoyed the De Palma pre-Scarface films I've seen.
	11:58am clarke: if you are referring to the Bonfire with hanks in it - it is godawful
	11:59am gf2002: Blow Out is fantastic, a favorite of mine from that era - Made even better by the on-location filming in Philly circa 1980. Travolta is fantastic in that role, I think the film got pushed aside in part due to the disco backlash and Travolta's image at the time.
	11:59am clarke: i have never seen Dressed To Kill - but find angie dickinson pretty fascinating
	12:00pm clarke: other than being a complete borrow from Blow Up but sounds instead of visuals
	12:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Wull I'm sure this eelektrik geetar is just a Novelty after all...
	12:00pm Montmaster J: Blow Up and Blow Out....good double feature.
	12:01pm Frank In Queens: I liked Dressed To Kill.
	12:01pm Listener Baby: Smoking
	12:02pm gf2002: Speaking of DePalma, we just watched The Black Dahlia a few weekends ago. It is seriously one of the most confusing and scattershot films I've ever seen, if it weren't for the period costumes and set design it would be a total mess. And that's a review from someone who ranks the original Point Blank as one of my favorite films.
	12:02pm David Shortell: I've also never forgiven BDP for his atrocious remake of the great 1932 Howard Hawks film "Scarface".
	12:03pm spodiodi: repulsive electric twangers! (What is THAT?! A TWISTED SISTER PIN!? ON YOUR UNIFORM!?)
	12:03pm Frank Zaatar: Charliie Starr, blind Upstate New Yorki guitar hero, used to play solo electric gigs (real loud) where he would play Mama Don't Allow, playing all the instrumental parts. Talk about your one man band.
	12:03pm clarke: well, the good news is that i knew to NOT watch the Scarface re-make (or ANY re-make, for that matter)
	12:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Got me thinking Bobby Radcliff...
	12:03pm Hubig Pie: Gross lust and shocking brutality on display in to-nites noir offering - Born to Kill
	12:04pm clarke: indeed, Hubig!! going to tune in fo'sho'!!!
	12:05pm DJ Johnny Cool: Born To Kill - Lawrence Tierney at his nasty best!
	12:05pm McGroovey: I saw the Scarface remake when it came out I didn't like it as much as the original, but I didn't hate it. But I did hate all the excessive gore.
	12:05pm Frank In Queens: I have an aversion to Scarface due to growing up in the era of the douchebag worship of Tony Montana.
	12:05pm gf2002: Born To Kill is great noir - Elisha Cook almost steals the movie. "Sam!"
	12:06pm paul: Lawrence Tierney aka Alton Benes?
	12:06pm DJ Johnny Cool: I met Tierney. Grumpy old bastard. I was in awe.
	12:06pm clarke: elisha almost steals EVERY movie he is IN
	12:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Mendes Brazil '66 conveys a certain sort of 1960s happiness - plastic flowers but somehow with substance... Everything was on fire of course...
	12:08pm clarke: i think that one of the earlier films on TCM tonight is Charles Laughton's only directing endeavour: Night Of The Hunter - if anyone has not seen this - it is a MUST!!!
	12:08pm Sir Gorney Weaver: Bass solo - righteous!
	12:08pm Joe B: great kenny howes track!
	12:09pm clarke: YES - great music goin' on here!
	12:09pm Frank In Queens: Night Of The Hunter is amazing.
	12:10pm P-90: Almost a “doo-wop-skiffle” version of a trad folk song
	12:10pm clarke: keep talkin' preacher!!
	12:10pm David Shortell: Laughton never directed another movie besides "Night Of The Hunter". Sadly, it flopped.
	12:11pm clarke: everyone associated with Night said that laughton was GREAT and a natural at directing. including MITCHUM!!
	12:12pm Hughie Considine: This song is so weirdly wonderful
	12:12pm gf2002: Watch for "The Hoodlum", another classic noir with Lawrence Tierney and his brother Edward playing...brothers!
	12:13pm paul: Night Of The Hunter is in my top 10.
	12:13pm Hughie Considine: I don't think anyone had a "gravel" lyric of note since Love, until FOW's "Denise"
	12:13pm clarke: poor Love~~ elektra decided to give all their promo money to the Doors - ugh. poor choice.
	12:13pm Listener Baby: I love that Love let their fantastic, yet wobbly drummer play on just about every thing.
	12:13pm TimG: Too many great songs in that era, so a lot of other great songs couldn’t crack the top 200 methinks. Que Vida!
	12:14pm Joe B: elektra 'decided' after love refused to tour or make promo appearances
	12:14pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Arthur Lee & Love to the bone. So was it that Arthur wouldn't tour outside California - or what ?? It's not like they never played Live...
	12:14pm Listener Baby: And everything
	12:15pm spodiodi: Steve Earl <3
	12:15pm clarke: yes, Joe, drug use was NOT timely for the Love-sters, either - their bass player held them back
	12:15pm spodiodi: e
	12:16pm clarke: yet - they gave jim morrison plenty of support? fuuuuuuuu......
	12:16pm GeoSinPhilly: I've never sat down to really check it, but it sounds like Richard Hell's "The Plan" was based on the Que Vida chords. A little Quine trick maybe?
	12:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hell - Johnny Echols on fb talks about spiking a bandmate with acid because he was 'uptight'. Such was the Scene...
	12:16pm SEAN: OMG I missed the Voidoids :(
	12:18pm clarke: ken forsi was the bass player for Love - he was so strung out that he was walking the sunset strip begging for a fix, etc. i guess seymour stein caught wind of this??
	12:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ted Hawkins <3
	12:19pm clarke: but, sadly, he was a really great bass player
	12:21pm Hoboken Jack: Sean, Richard Hell is coming up on Todd's show later, I imagine you'll get your fill.....
	12:21pm Joe B: why make all these excuses for love? there's no big conspiracy. they didn't have mass appeal to begin with, and they weren't interested in courting it.
	12:21pm Handy Haversack: Oh, wow. This song has a permanent place in the ol' Heartersack.
	12:22pm clarke: because their albums stand up SO much better than the band who got all the money
	12:22pm Marley P. Dogg: Ha - I totally forgot about this song
	12:22pm JimB: I remember Bob Brainen telling a story about Ted Hawkins giving a very dramatic performance of There Stands the Glass on the Venice Beach boardwalk.
	12:23pm gf2002: Cracker! This takes me back to living in Boston. Bought the album Kerosene Hat, the CD would skip through dozens of non-tracks and land on "Track 69" which was Euro Trash Girl. GREAT tune. Boston radio would play this all the time
	12:23pm David Shortell: @clarke In his book, Love's drummer Michael Stuart told how he roomed with Ken Forssi sometime after the original group's breakup. One day, Stuart came home to find that Forssi disappeared--along with every possession of Stuart's that could be hocked for drugs!
	12:24pm Handy Haversack: My first serious college girlfriend put this on a tape for me. She was from the South Shore.
	12:24pm ledzeppelinsucks: I saw Cracker in San Diego at Winters in 1991.
	12:24pm clarke: i need to read that book!!! thnx!!
	12:24pm Michael in Montclair: I’m laughing so hard now because I was singing Euro Trash Girl in my mind just minutes Michael started playing it.
	12:24pm spodiodi: man, i love Cracker
	12:25pm spodiodi: esp this song (having dated a couple of eurotrashgirls)
	12:25pm gf2002: One of the more painfully trendy bar/cafe/hangouts on Newbury Street would play this all the time with their outdoor speakers. I don't think the people wealthy enough to be hanging there to be seen ever got the irony of them playing the song.
	12:26pm clarke: rather than "making excuses" for Love i am making fun of their label
	12:26pm Montmaster J: Mikey....were you a fan of Camper?
	12:26pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hm. Well - Elektra was a quality sorta boutique Folk label got caught up in trying to cross over in the Rawk Era. Lok what happened with the MC5... The doors themselves hit a little bump or two themselves...tho' they sold records & tickets...
	12:27pm McGroovey: I never had a Eurotrash girlfriend. There were a couple thrift store girls. I'm married to one of them.
	12:27pm spodiodi: it was a revelation to learn pictures of matchstick men was a cover (thank you, Mary Wing!)
	12:28pm clarke: i will answer for micheal: he has pontificated about Camper a few times on his shew
	12:28pm SEAN: Thanks Hoboken Jack. I would have missed it if not for your comment here
	12:28pm Handy Haversack: Well, despite being only ten pages from the end of this excellent book, I put it down to listen to all of the Cracker song without the travails of Jens Munk getting in the way. It's like four times longer than your standard Shelley Number One!
	12:29pm Frank Zaatar: @GeoSinPhilly: Here's the source for Blank Generation. I think Tom Verlaine played it once interview on FMU: www.youtube.com...
	12:29pm Frank In Queens: I don't know Clarke, considering how popular The Doors STILL are, I think Elektra made an incredibly smart investment backing them.
	12:29pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& as a Hendrix fan - I think of how glibly we consider National Touring now as compared to what was barely being pioneered right then in the 1960s... I can well imagine Arthur not consenting to TV posturing - ha...
	12:30pm Joe B: elektra was successful in crossing over to rock. just because Love and the MC5 self-sabotaged isn't the label's fault. the doors, butterfield blues band etc did well
	12:30pm Greg from Brooklyn: Doesn’t guitar player from Counting Crows also play in Cracker?
	12:30pm clarke: had to open for Counting Crows on an entire leg of their tour - OUCH (guy who i was backing was on their label).
	12:30pm Frank In Queens: And Holzman signed Queen before he "retired".
	12:31pm Handy Haversack: According to SMKen, the Doors' popularity endures because of Morrison's ability so vividly convey how someone might WALK ON DOWN THAT HALL.
	12:31pm Michael Shelley: I interviewed Jac Holzman - and it was too dull to air - one of only 2 interviews I choose not to air
	12:31pm DG: One of CV Beethoven's members is now IN Counting Crows, so maybe they're friends or something....
	12:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Love the dours & NYC can sue me.
	12:32pm me: I don't want to bring the vibe down, but Jonathon King is a convicted predatory paedophile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_King#2001_trials
	12:32pm clarke: wow.
	12:32pm spodiodi: why they moved from CA to VA still makes me scratch my head
	12:32pm me: Loved that Cracker song tho'
	12:32pm Joe B: I'm not criticizing arthur lee for anything. but it is absurd to look at his career and blame elektra records for Love not being famous
	12:32pm Listener Baby: @Greg. Counting Cracker
	12:33pm Mister Dobalina: Joe The Man Belock in da house!
	12:33pm clarke: have you heard Forever Changes?????
	12:33pm Joe B: no clarke. never heard of it.
	12:34pm Mailman Tom: I saw Love perform at the Fillmore East in February 1970. They were categorized as an "Art Rock" band. I think their lyrics and their music went over most people's heads.
	12:34pm Kotzwinkled: Haha I officiated a wedding and made the groom do fake vows a la Looking Glass. "[bride's name] you're a fine girl. what a good wife you would be. your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea."
	12:36pm paul: Margie was on that bus with Bonnie Raitt.
	12:37pm Listener Baby: @Baby. It only takes one of those to get the job done. At least she had choices?
	12:37pm DG: Elektra also had The Stooges (& Jobriath!), so they did sign some more "uncommercial" acts. I think Love may've been done in by Lee & others' behavior, etc. but some of those songs should've been bigger hits than they were. And "Forever Changes" beats anything the Lizard King & Co. ever did, sorry (not that I dislike the Doors, but their macho/mystical-poetry-and-organ routine got old after awhile).
	12:38pm Ross T.: Someone should say something nice about the Doors. I think they kept getting better and their last two LPs in particular as they turned closer to the blues (or whatever) are tops. Of course I also love half of Da Capo, Forever Changes, and that last single. And then Arthur Lee closed that door. So to speak.
	12:38pm clarke: no justice. no piece.
	12:39pm Listener Baby: @DG. Perfectly said.
	12:39pm spodiodi: i like The Doors... but Jim Morrison
	12:39pm Hughie Considine: Whoever said about Love, "They should have been called Hate," had it right.
	12:40pm Frank In Queens: It's entirely possible to like The Doors and not be a member of the Cult Of Morrison.
	12:40pm paul: Love this song!
	12:40pm Marley P. Dogg: I feel like a fight is going to break out with mumbles
	12:40pm clarke: manzarek was a good enough sort - but their records very much PALE to Love's (except for side two of Da Capo!)!!!
	12:40pm Listener Baby: I can listen to The Doors for Dinsmore alone.
	12:40pm spodiodi: Charioteers, The What Did He Say (The Mumble Song) is my new fave. can't wait to play it for m'lady (who i'm constantly begging to speak to me clearly/enunciate/use diaphragm ) :D this is great
	12:40pm Frank In Queens: I don't know why it has to be a competition.
	12:41pm Mister Dobalina: Sorry, I'm sure this has been asked before, is it as simple to send a SASE to a get Shelley coaster?
	12:41pm Handy Haversack: Marley, them's fightin' mumbles!
	12:41pm Ross T.: Morrison -- a great baritone and some excellent and terrible lyrics and some good songs. Very bright but a terrible drunk. The leather pants are an unfortunate legacy.
	12:42pm clarke: i can't listen to the doors, any more. there was a time, tho.
	12:42pm smevvyk: Omg. Appropriating the mumbling to use as a ring tone. AMAZING tune.
	12:42pm Frank In Queens: Hi, Michael!
	12:42pm clarke: hi michael!!
	12:42pm Ross T.: And the other three Doors were terrific players with the sense and touch.
	12:42pm Frank In Queens: Oh yeah! Heaven Beats Iowa is a cross between The Cars and bubblegum.
	12:42pm spodiodi: smevvyk -- that's great :D
	12:42pm Hughie Considine: It's GBV
	12:43pm Frank In Queens: If only the last GBV record was as good as this Cub Scout Bowling Pins EP...
	12:43pm yerfriendpaul: Aww yeah! CSBP!!
	12:43pm Hubig Pie: The Doors - file under "Macho/mystical poetry and organ shtick"
	12:43pm clarke: mr. child nonwithstanding
	12:43pm Hoboken Jack: The sentence "Guided by Voices have a new album out" could be uttered at any time without actual knowledge and it would still be true.
	12:43pm Marley P. Dogg: I wonder if Mumbles was related to Boomhauer on King of the Hill
	12:44pm Frank In Queens: Yes, Mr. Child is the hands down best track on Styles.
	12:44pm GListener MW: “Cub Scout Bowling Pins” is the most-endearing band name I’ll see all month. Great track too!!! Loving this
	12:44pm Ross T.: And no "hipster appeal" I suppose. All the more reason to like them I say!
	12:44pm Hoboken Jack: #TeamBoomhauer
	12:44pm Micheal: New GBV project sounds fantastic!
	12:44pm spodiodi: haha Jack
	12:44pm paul: Heaven beats Iowa in overtime!
	12:45pm Handy Haversack: #TmBmhsrhsr, Jack.
	12:45pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Hardy anything compares to Forever Changes, after all - & the rest of their material reflects the weird exquisite L.A. balance of poetry, lounge, garage, folkrawk, psych & more they were. No doors - no Iggy, Alice, probably Ozzy, maybe even Bowie as we know them. Certainly no Bunnymen, Mazzy Star &tc. &tc. Well - Joe said it already...
	12:46pm gf2002: I love hearing GBV cover The Monkees
	12:46pm DG: I like a lot of the Doors' stuff, but they're one case in which the "myth" of Morrison has sort of overshadowed the quality of their material. I like most of their early albums, hits, etc. It's the same w/Nirvana....a good band (with only 3 albums!) whose fame is out of proportion to their actual talent, thanks to some kind of martyr/angelic-junkie myth.
	12:46pm Hoboken Jack: First heard Hutchinson here earlier in the pandemic, then watched his holiday livestream -- seems like a swell guy with a batch of great songs.
	12:46pm Pedro in Arlington: Fountains of Wayne's cover of "Better Things" sure could sum up this week, if you can. Thanks Mike.
	12:46pm Frank In Queens: gf2002, they were playing "Saturday's Child" live a few years ago.
	12:47pm Joe B: so what? no one is arguing against the merits of Forever Changes. This myth that it's Elektra's fault, that they chose to make the Doors a huge success at the expense of Love, is laughably not true.
	12:47pm Listener Baby: @DG. Perfectly said again.
	12:47pm Sweet Corn Lizzie: Wow I am honestly shocked to learn that Love didn’t have hits. I guess because I grew up in LA and listened to alternate radio - they seemed major. Have their records, etc. Agree about the Doors - loved when I was 14, now ugh. Kotzwinkled that wedding is... wow.
	12:47pm Frank In Queens: Rock and roll fan fiction.
	12:48pm gf2002: @Frank Yes! That's a cover I love listening to if I need a smile. There are a few videos on YouTube of them playing it
	12:49pm Handy Haversack: Hey, Lizzie! Frank, I keep my R&RFanFic to stories of Marillion drinking with Lemmy.
	12:49pm Joe B: Elektra easily could have afforded to promote both bands, and would have loved both bands to have been huge. Love wasn't interested. So when the band doesn't give a shit, why should Elektra keep trying?
	12:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: DG & seen from the other direction - the myths actually obscure the work. I have a strong anti-populist (popularity) streak myself... & it's still true.
	12:50pm Hughie Considine: I like to imagine a world where Bruce Foxton went on to greater success than Paul Weller.
	12:50pm Frank In Queens: @Handy, I'd like to read your material some time.
	12:50pm clarke: not so much fan fiction - from an interview i read with seymour stein.
	12:50pm JG: You men eat your dinner Eat your pork and beans I eat more chicken any man ever ...
	12:50pm GListener MW: @Pedro — seconding that request for FoW’s “Better Things”! My favorite Kinks cover from my favorite NJ band
	12:50pm SEAN: A change will do you good
	12:51pm gf2002: A band or artist can't control the mythology that fans or writers put on their musical legacy, especially after a key member dies. If Love had done tours and appearances to promote their music the history may definitely have been different in terms of nationwide success. But they weren't interested.
	12:51pm Hubig Pie: No debatin" the greatness of this song
	12:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Once upon a time Love were among the Nuggets set in broad general regard - tho of course some knew better already. As Iggy said to The Ramones - not everybody is meant to be the big moneymakers...
	12:52pm spodiodi: Hubig speaks the truth
	12:52pm clarke: elektra - the same company that had the balls to tell Shoes "i don't hear a hit"
	12:52pm Ross T.: The first time I ever heard the term "politically correct" was a friend referring to Gang of Four. he was using it as a compliment.
	12:52pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: We are in fact talking about Arthur's mythiness...
	12:53pm Mike Sin: When ,listening to music that is too "popular" and surrounded by "myth," take the track out of context and pretend you've just discovered it on a comp or it was unreleased at the time. It will help with a new appreciation. Imagine if, say, "Break On Through" was cut by a band that disappeared a week after it was cut and it stayed in a vault for 30 years. Once released, it would be heralded as a major classic and WFMU would not stop playing it.
	12:53pm Joe B: shoes? well, they had no hits, so I guess they were right
	12:54pm Handy Haversack: Testify, Hubig! Blazer of a show today, MS! Really pumping out the hits. Thanks to you and to Ruth Booth in the Ruth Booth! Frank, Grendels on me next time! Be well, Shellegamers. See you around the clubhouse!
	12:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Schizzle - Myths are among Artists tools...
	12:54pm BVP: oh my, perfection.
	12:54pm gf2002: I've heard that Arthur Lee was also into very subliminal and at that time underground/trendy marketing. He started to walk around wearing one sandal and the other barefoot. He wanted people to recognize him as the guy with one sandal. "Who's that guy with one sandal?" "Oh, he's in that band". And that was one of his marketing ideas for promoting himself and his music, at least that's what I heard somewhere.
	12:55pm Dominick: A fave
	12:55pm spodiodi: thanks for another #1 saturday start, Michael Shelley! see yas
	12:55pm clarke: they are ALL fucking hits!
	12:55pm spodiodi: (and thank you, Ruth!)
	12:56pm Michael in Montclair: The bass intro to Damaged Goods sounds so similar to Bruce Foxton’s signature bass intros on numerous The Jam tracks.
	12:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Roof in thuh Boof !
	12:56pm Corey: You and me both, Nick! Been a long 10-11 months. Thanks Michael for the great show! Many clicked stars as usual. Thanks skeleton crew! Take care all.
	12:56pm MFlynn: Thank you Michael and Ruth too!
	12:56pm SEAN: I've been doing that one flip-flop thing at home. Not only didn't I not perplex a single consumer this past year, I think I F'd my back up.
	12:57pm Benoni: Saw Arthur Lee at the Warsaw in Greenpoint in the early 2000's. He could still sing incredibly. He still had it.
	12:57pm McGroovey: , the
	12:57pm Hoboken Jack: Hey Mike Sin! Thank you Michael, thank you Ruth, and thank YOU for being you. (Yes I'm talking to you.)
	12:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY As Ever MS !
	12:58pm Handy Haversack: Jack's talking to me! Kate, Jack's talking to me!
	12:59pm Joe B: thanks Michael! thanks Ruth!
	12:59pm Frank In Queens: Nice show Michael, and nice board discussion today. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm about to put on The Soft Parade. See you all next week!
	12:59pm Frank In Queens: Followed by Four Sail ;)
	1:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...my teenage dotter was alone in a hotelroom with John Lennon for hours @ NIGHT...
	1:00pm ledzeppelinsucks: Valentine's Day will be the second annual event effected by Covid restrictions that some followed. St Patrick's Day will be the milestone that any bar had to acknowledge with deliberate stance.
	1:00pm Handy Haversack: I don't find the nature of those notes undesirable when they are thrown at me ...
	1:00pm clarke: you'll be ready for some todd-o-phonic after THAT
	1:00pm JG: Petitition the Lord w prayer...Petition the Lord..
	1:00pm Michael in Montclair: Thank You Michael and Ruth!
	1:01pm spodiodi: thanks, Darren!
	1:01pm Handy Haversack: Darren! Thanks to you!
	1:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...is that any way to behave - @ a Rawk'n"roll Concert ?! - Jeem
	1:01pm Ross T.: Thank you sir!
	5:54pm Bob: So the Groovies totally lifted Doctor Boogie from that Billy Lee Riley song. I love it still. Yeah, I'm here late. Talking to myself.

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