WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from February 20, 2021

Listener comments!
	11:00am Listener Baby: Dreams you'd like to sell. Have you any? If not, I’d settle for some Grey Poupon.
	11:01am Frank In Queens: Badly indeed. Hey now.
	11:01am clarke: hey: NOW!!!!
	11:02am Dennis Diken: You go, Mikey!
	11:02am Handy Haversack: Michael and the Shellegamers! Happy days, friends. Hey, Baby, Frank, clarke. Glad to be here with you all.
	11:02am Mister Dobalina: Coming over from listening to Double Dip Recess, what a great show, just like this one!
	11:02am HyperDose: Who is still sleeping? GET UP!!
	11:02am clarke: The Voice!!!
	11:02am Hoboken Jack: Hey Michael, Ruth, Dennis, Frank, Baby, everybody. Let's do this!!
	11:03am Listener Baby: Is that a Pork Roll, Egg and Cheese? On a Kaiser Bun? I sure hope so.
	11:03am Montmaster J: Q=pure joy!
	11:03am Ciggy: Michael's a bad boy!
	11:03am davefromtoronto: cool tune - who is this???
	11:03am Mister Dobalina: Gosh, I haven't had Taylor ham in a while...but, oh boy, american cheese on that sandwich...oh no!
	11:03am pinto bean: Happy saturday...and the sun is out
	11:03am Moe: Great tune!
	11:03am Handy Haversack: Morning, Jack! This NRBQ sure sounds like a number one hit to me!
	11:03am Ruth Booth: Jack!
	11:03am Frank In Queens: Hi Jack, Handy, Baby, clarke, Michael, and the rest.
	11:04am Andrew in Toronto: @dave from Toronto. NRBQ
	11:04am Listener Baby: Hello friends!
	11:04am Corey: Morning Michael and listeners!
	11:04am Squints: ok then
	11:04am Hoboken Jack: How do, Handy? Feeling lucky (cards-wise)?
	11:04am Pauly from Clifton: Good morning, Michael, Ruth, folks! That sure is a great-looking pork roll, egg, and cheese!
	11:05am clarke: howdy ya'll! and breakfast sammy!!
	11:05am Dennis Diken: Hark! Hal Blaine!
	11:05am pinto bean: Agree with the NRBQ...Here Comes Terry!
	11:05am Listener Bop Monroe: greetings from sunny-ish Tannersville DJ MS! pow pow pow!
	11:06am Handy Haversack: New pledge season! All our #1s went away. But the good news in the 2021 Premiums are up: wfmu.org... Marathon time is coming! Jack, here's hoping! I talked big and now Todd expects the large sandwich at 2nd Street Bakery with the poker winnings after the pandemic!
	11:06am Rick from SC: Ya can't get a TEC down here light that. One reason to miss Jersey
	11:07am Peter Horvath: Good morning Michael from Highland Park New Jersey home of the Band-Aid
	11:08am Hoboken Jack: Hey Peter!
	11:09am Peter Horvath: Ahoy Jack!
	11:10am Joe W.: The 5th Dimension albums are very underrated. Great harmonies, production, song selection and.....stereo separation!
	11:11am Kpx: Morning we're listening to the Michael shilley show, with Ruth in the booth.Taylor ham, egg, and cheese for everyone.
	11:12am Listener Bop Monroe: everything i know about the king cake baby learned from 'Sportsy Talk'
	11:13am clarke: the original was a ring, but it got changed to a plastic tiny baby - if you get the baby you have to buy the next cake. but, all that's over now - it's lent (whatever that means).
	11:13am Dean from Old Bridge: It’s a small plastic baby. King cakes are weird.
	11:14am Lizardner Dave !: Cochon Butcher makes a peanut butter and banana King Cake with a little plastic Elvis Presley in it.
	11:14am Handy Haversack: Listener Mariano sent us a bottle of Ojén and Peychaud's bitters, and Kate and I had Jeudi Gras cocktails in his honor! And then I adapted to the complete lack of Benedictine in north Brooklyn and subbed Ojén for it in a couple of Vieux Carrés yesterday, which worked pretty well!
	11:14am Dennis Diken: Hey Jack!
	11:15am Listener Baby: For a life long West-Coaster. Is there a difference between Taylor Ham and Pork Roll? Or are they one and the same?
	11:15am davefromtoronto: check out their album "needles and pinatas"
	11:15am phat: I'll let Gaylord decide, but i can't figure if this is fake Beatles or not. It's close!
	11:15am Handy Haversack: North Jersey vs. South Jersey nomenclature, Listener Baby.
	11:16am Ed From Jersey City: It’s not just Brazilian Beatles, it’s Brazilian Ringo-on-vocals Beatles.
	11:16am Dennis Diken: No sax solo edit??
	11:16am clarke: what's up with Mariano?? his computer on the fritz??
	11:16am Listener Baby: Thanks Handy.
	11:17am Handy Haversack: I predict XTC! clarke, he's just working a ton. He's popped up here and there.
	11:17am Doug in JC: Gooood morning
	11:17am Hughie Considine: Andy's Twitter feed is a major turn-off. He's cranky and a little paranoid.
	11:17am clarke: oh good!
	11:17am Listener Baby: Remember we saw Andy P walking down the street in NYC?
	11:18am Dean from Old Bridge: As North Jersey transplant..I still call it Taylor Ham in “central jersey” because the term pork roll invites any number of sub-par generic brands
	11:18am yerfriendpaul: Such a great song
	11:19am Ross T.: Sweet memories inducing XTC tune and yep about the bass player....
	11:20am davefromtoronto: i heard an interview with andy p and he said the band would break into the munsters theme when they saw rundgren approaching the studio.
	11:20am Hughie Considine: XTC famously quit touring, but they were a ferocious live act as YouTube videos clearly show.
	11:21am Hughie Considine: Andy also complained about the size of Rundgren's forehead.
	11:22am phat: I've been shaving my head again.
	11:22am Montmaster J: re: Haircuts...I look like Steve Bannon :(. not proud.
	11:22am WaffleMix: Taylor Ham is a brand of pork roll, and Central Jersey I think goes both ways which is the beauty of CJ (not quotes plz)
	11:22am clarke: while i have musical hair i have never seen the show.
	11:23am Listener Bop Monroe: happy birthday Abie-baby!
	11:23am Hughie Considine: We had the off-Broadway soundtrack, so of course I coveted the Broadway version, with all the curse words.
	11:23am paul: "Don't Call Me Whitey" Sly & TFS
	11:23am Dean: Hair OST, one of the first LPs I bought, c.'68. Buddy of mine at the time, 8 or 9YO, saw the show in LA.
	11:23am Ross T.: As kids we listened to the song that said "I've got my ass!' and we'd crack up.
	11:23am Hughie Considine: "Answer my weary query/Timothy Leary..."
	11:23am spodiodi: good morning, Michael Shelley and everyone!
	11:24am Rick from SC: Just saw the email from Joe re: Swag Yay!
	11:24am phat: @Montmaster J do you look painfully hungover all the time?
	11:24am Hughie Considine: @Ross T: "Ain't Got No" -- Nina Simone covered it.
	11:27am Zephyr: Two sides to every story but I'm going with Todd's version of what transpired. Seems Andy P was in true self-sabotage and blame Todd mode. Todd was invested enough to exercise some authority on what happened to the material and good things happened for album/single (which he was of course "blamed" for)...Kinda sad story. What happens when you produce a record for a mental case.
	11:27am Andrew Hollywood: hot stuff, Michael
	11:29am davefromtoronto: andy p also said todd r was a genius engineer but a terrible producer...
	11:29am clarke: andy partridge has often stated that the 'hatred' was over-stated. he does claim that making the album was NOT enjoyable, but lauds the results.
	11:29am Kpx: Let me see, they would play the munsters theme, and there was a complaint about Todd's huge forehead . To me that would equal big Head Todd and the monsters.
	11:29am DJ Johnny Cool: Twitty's version of C'est Ci Bon is a hoot!
	11:29am myron feld: I saw "Hair" on Broadway in1969. I remember my older sister standing at the big "Let The Sunshine In" finale, holding up the peace sign with tears streaming down her face. 10-yr-old me just dug the naked chicks.
	11:31am Squints: I'll be real disappointed if I show called Lupin doesn't feature a character called Denis Moore.
	11:31am myron feld: Also one of my favorite cast recordings, if not the #1.
	11:31am Handy Haversack: Has anyone watched Rami, from Hulu? Set in N. Jersey. Pretty good stuff.
	11:31am joe mulligan: I saw Nomadland last night and it was very good. you can see it on Hulu for free if you have the spotify/hulu combo promo
	11:31am Hoboken Jack: Hi Spodi!
	11:31am clarke: righto Squints!!!
	11:31am Squints: So when they gave in to Todd, was it a bittersweet surrender?
	11:32am phat: @Squints haha
	11:32am Kpx: @MS: maybe it would be apropos to play something by big Head Todd and the Monsters.
	11:32am Handy Haversack: Yo, spodi! Yes, The Wire is so great, and I agree with your assessment, MS. And The Deuce was excellent. Wish it lasted longer.
	11:32am Moammar: "Lupin" est comme ci comme ca. "Bureau des Legendes" .. sublime. A mon avis.
	11:32am howdy: Wire better!
	11:32am wenzo llc.: you MADE donuts?!! Im impressed!!
	11:33am andy fuchs: the wire was awesome..
	11:33am Squints: I get a lot of grief from some hppish friends, but I don't mind BHT&theMs. And I quite happily bellow along with all the Hootie hits.
	11:33am clarke: The Wire - i never believed the protagonist was a cop (when he was in The Affair, i never believed he was a writer)
	11:33am spodiodi: hola, Jack! Handy! The Wire was the best TV show ever made, in my little opinion
	11:34am clarke: oh we're doing this?? MovieTime, Frank!!
	11:34am Mister Dobalina: The 42nd street area is still pretty bad, you just have to know where to go!
	11:34am common: Hungry. Hello all!
	11:34am Mister Dobalina: Looks like rice pudding or tapioca pudding.
	11:34am George in WO: The Wire is the bomb! Ever check out The Corner? By the same folks, but hard to find.
	11:35am HyperDose: hahaha "made from...haaam?"
	11:35am clarke: re-watching Casablanca is, indeed, impressive. the more you watch it, the more nuance you get.
	11:35am Hughie Considine: Here's Andy on Todd: "He'd ask you how you were going to do the vocals and you would stand in front of the mic and do one run through to clear you throat and he'd say, 'That was crap. I'll come down and record me singing it and you can have me in your headphones to sing along to.' I just thought it was so insulting."
	11:35am Frank In Queens: Busy movie week due to the weather: Upside Down: The Creation Records Story, Color Me Obsessed, Wait Until Dark, Charade, and The Long Good Friday.
	11:35am Hoboken Jack: The Wire at its best (for me, seasons 2 and 4) is perhaps the best tv ever, but overall I'd say Sopranos is the better show. The Deuce worthwhile just for Franco's dual performance, and two brief appearances by Jersey City's own Wyldlife.
	11:35am Doug in JC: "Repeat my mantra: hammmmmmm"
	11:35am Mister Dobalina: Let's just say it's made from miscellaneous pork parts.
	11:36am wenzo llc.: i agree with that although I stopped watching sopranos 2/3 of the way through. and I went to college in Bmore so that may bias me. I think one of the best things about The Wire is that it was intentionally planned to be 5 seasons long so it has a nice arch as opposed to most shows which just keep going & inevitably have crazier & crazier plot twists & go down hill after a while
	11:36am clarke: arkin arkin arkin!!! the bestest!!
	11:36am pp: got your Taylor ham and got your Swift ham, but how about Taylor Swift ham?
	11:36am Handy Haversack: Yeah, hard to argue, spodi. Dominic West is the weakest part, though, and foregrounding his story is an unfortunate choice. Maybe a necessity? But the show would have been better as a true ensemble. We watched Silence of the Lambs for Valentines Day. Hard to go wrong!
	11:36am P-90: Absolutely! The Sopranos is sensational fun, very well done. But The Wire is really ABOUT things, real things in real life. So it’s not as glossy or melodramatically rewarding, it’s but ultimately “better” in that way Michael spoke of.
	11:36am Montmaster J: We are watching the Bureau....French spy show. Really good. Highly recommend.
	11:36am spodiodi: was going to say, Jonsey and X-Ray Burns were often all over the Taylor Ham thing. rip. nice pic, btw
	11:36am Greg from ZONE 5: And "Salt, pepper, ketchup" is correctly pronounced as one word. "You wan salpeppaketchup?"
	11:36am Hubig Pie: Oh, it's everybody's favorite Pork roll condiment- tzatziki
	11:36am Hughie Considine: If Taylor ham is saltier then regular ham, country ham is in a salt class of its own.
	11:36am Hoboken Jack: Yo Greg!
	11:36am Moammar: Gotta be Jimi. That's such a Jimi phrase at the beginning there.
	11:37am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Jack!
	11:37am Listener Baby: I’m just as God made me, Baby.
	11:37am Dominick: Not one note more than needed. Perfection
	11:37am Frank In Queens: Clarke, he was great in Dark. Too bad he doesn't care for having to play the villain.
	11:37am davefromtoronto: anyone seen "the harder they come" with jimmy cliff? it was surprisingly good. it's on kanopy.
	11:37am Moammar: @Montmaster J: It's the best thing we've seen in ages. I have been proselytizing for this show.
	11:37am JG: it is.
	11:38am Montmaster J: Weren't you pissed about the Sopranos ending? I thought it hung around too long-although at it's peak was great.
	11:38am Hoboken Jack: Hughie -- a friend in Asheville NC gifted me with some country ham. I love ham, I love salt, but that was... too much for this northern boy.
	11:38am Listener Bop Monroe: 'alexa send more pills' - XrayB
	11:38am Kpx: It's specifically the mix of spices that go into Taylor ham that sets it apart from ordinary pork roll. So there's definitely a difference. When you order pork roll you won't get that spicy taste that you get in Taylor ham. So to baby listener and everyone else, there you go.
	11:38am spodiodi: i've never watched an entire episode of Sporanos (i don't really get the appeal)
	11:39am Andrew in Toronto: The Den is a great jam!!!
	11:39am wenzo llc.: @davefromtoronto only once about 20 years ago but the soundtrack was my favorite album when I was about 12(thanks dad)
	11:39am Squints: She Of The Big Brown Eyes has been on a Brit mysteries binge during the lockdown. It's mildly amusing how the theme to every third Brit show, mystery or comedy, is either a dire cover or really cheesy knockoff of some pop or rock record. Case in point: "New Tricks," whose theme shamelessly rips off the Wilburys' "End Of The Line."
	11:39am HyperDose: Denny's Den is THE place to be Wednesday afternoons!
	11:40am joe mulligan: anyone seen "Soul" yet? i don't have disney but really would like to see the movie
	11:40am Joe W.: The Den is fantastic!
	11:41am Listener Bop Monroe: 'soul' was better than expected
	11:41am Michael Shelley: Joe - we saw it -good!
	11:41am phat: This Bell Sound sure is nice.
	11:41am Ross T.: Sweet!
	11:41am spodiodi: we're rounding 3rd on Foyle's War
	11:41am Listener Baby: Agree @ Joe W. It’s don’t miss, every week.
	11:42am Handy Haversack: The Sopranos never quite managed to stop romanticizing and falling in love with its subject. It showed the sociopathy and violence but also valorized and glamorized it. It was a tall task, sure, but to me that keeps it from greatness, no matter how well done it is. MS, I have been making a ton of recipes from that site where you got the chiles rellenos recipe! Salsa, salsa verde, actual homemade enchilada sauce -- it's brand-new territory for me! Thanks for the lead.
	11:42am Mike Sin: Such a great album from Dennis D!
	11:42am davefromtoronto: wenzo yeah i knew the soundtrack forever before i saw the movie. super lo-fi but worth a viewing.
	11:42am JG: @Joe for a moment I thought you meant "Mr. Soul" on ch 13 on Monday. Supposedly about a Back Variety show on ch 13 in the late 60's. Never saw the tv show but clips of the doc look great. Stevie wonder, James Brown, others...
	11:43am Eddy in Australia: The Harder They Come is a good film - subtitles required, though. Just watched Class Action Park - oof!
	11:43am Montmaster J: @moammar....yes! great show. We are loving it.
	11:43am Hughie Considine: @Hoboken Jack -- I know! I was my wife's aunts house for Xmas and I said, oh, ham, that looks good....had to run out of the room.
	11:43am bbob: Mr. Soul is worth a watch as well!
	11:43am Andres: Yes, Dennis twice in the last three days! Let’s up that percentage!
	11:43am bbob: Love this Bell Sound track!
	11:43am JG: Black
	11:43am phat: Definitely a great mix. I love mixing music almost more than performing it. I need to do that more.
	11:44am Dennis Diken: Thanks for the spin Mikey & props, pals. “Standing In That Line” is one of 2 tracks on Late Music that is sung by my collaborator Pete Dibella. It was recorded & mixed on 4track cassette.
	11:44am Squints: I really wanted to like "Vinyl." I was fully on board with Bobby Cannavale chewing scenery because you know that when signing up. But it got stupid by about episode four.
	11:44am Hoboken Jack: Howdy, Mike Sin! Also love The Den. My movie picks for the week; new -- Nomadland. Vintage -- The Pawnbroker. Amazing performance by Rod Steiger.
	11:44am gf2002: Was that a tip of the hat to the "Salt Lake City" intro riff? Great track, Dennis! Love the reverb.
	11:44am Dennis Diken: ...hey...this sounds familiar too...
	11:45am davefromtoronto: eddy too true i forgot how hard it was to decipher the patois.
	11:45am clarke: dibella = fantastic voice!! Mont: The Bureau is really good, indeed!! Eddy!!! happy summer mate!!
	11:46am phat: I was just thinking, yesterday, that The Smithereens got me through some really rough times.
	11:46am Andrew Hollywood: do you know how to play that song, Dennis?
	11:46am Mike Sin: I have to second a recommendation for “Upside Down: The Creation Records Story” — I really enjoyed the story and the pacing.
	11:46am Squints: Was watching some videos of the Rascals, both performance and interviews, yesterday. And just visiually, wow, I would be completely unsurpirsed to learn <bows, crosses> Pat DiNizio and Felix Cavaliere were related. They aren't, SFIAK, but, wow.
	11:46am phat: 4 track cassette! Nice!
	11:47am Handy Haversack: We finally watched A Band Called Death. If you're like us at all, have tissues on hand. But that was a great documentary about a great band. That should really go in the WFMU On Demand line-up!
	11:47am Dominick: Only the mastering and audio restoration facilities are being closed at the Capitol tower. The recording studios are still open.
	11:47am Eddy in Australia: Hey Clarke, happy Mardi Gras!
	11:48am Frank In Queens: The Death doc is great!
	11:48am clarke: MG is over - and it didn't even really happen, but thnx!! next year.
	11:50am phat: Sounds like the tape is saturating, especially on those snare hits.
	11:50am davefromtoronto: btw eddy in A did you ever see the legendary aussie move "wake in fright?"
	11:50am clarke: don't hear hiss - sounds like saturation to me.
	11:50am Handy Haversack: Right, Frank!? What a story, and what great dudes. Not a dry eye.
	11:50am phat: But I'm using crappy speakers.
	11:50am davefromtoronto: movie! sorry
	11:51am egould310: Agree with phat and clarke.
	11:51am PigeonsAndRust: Sounds like it's saturated. I think they recorded it a bit too hot.
	11:52am Frank In Queens: Indeed Handy. And I had the pleasure of seeming them play at Damrosch Park in 2010.
	11:52am Hughie Considine: I agree that it's nice not having a sociopathic criminal in office.
	11:52am Eddy in Australia: @Dave Gotta confess, no, but it’s a favourite of a few American friends. I’ll add it to the list
	11:52am Ross T.: My God Normal Presidenting is such a relief.
	11:52am HyperDose: @Handy sounds like a Searching for Sugar Man-esque story. I'm in!
	11:53am clarke: never too hot, Pigeons!!
	11:53am wenzo llc.: for sure... big collective sigh of relief. and we're gonna stop helping the Suadis bomb Yemen supposedly so that's great
	11:53am Pedro in Arlington: Stay healthy, President Joe.
	11:54am Gaylord Fields: @phat: I vote yes, Fake Beatles.
	11:54am Eddy in Australia: @Frank I think the Gories played that day, too?
	11:54am Ross T.: I really liked "Searching for Sugarman" and it was a sweet tale of redemption etc. Only problem I had was the music left me unmoved!
	11:54am egould310: Drums on the right channel. Bass on the left channel.
	11:54am HyperDose: @Gaylord Your DJ premium is quite enticing :)
	11:54am clarke: i'd hate to take a bite outta you, Fields!!
	11:55am JG: Never knew Elvis changed the title of this
	11:56am Hughie Considine: Moby certainly changed the title.
	11:56am phat: @Gaylord Fields I'll mark that down!
	11:56am Frank In Queens: @eddy, yep! Along with Mitch Ryder, ? & The Mysterians, The Velvettes, Dennis Coffey, and few more.
	11:57am Dennis Diken: @phat - thanks, it means a lot! @andrew In Hollywood - yes, we still play it occasionally. re: "Crazy Mixed Up Kid" - we cut it Aprii '85 at the Record Plant in NYC, same session as the tracks for "Blood & Roses," "Behind The Wall Of Sleep," "Cigarette" and "Alone At Midnight". we weren't signed yet, self-produced. Don Dixon helped us finish them later. we recorded the Green Thoughts album at the Capitol Tower in December '87 and roamed the building at nite. our assistant had keys to every room - including the echo chamber beneath the parking lot! Man, that was fun!
	11:57am Geoffrey in Ottawa: Got a haircut this morning. Feels great.
	11:58am morphe': X-Ray Burns would be (and might still now be???) eyeing that Taylor Ham sandwich .... !!!!
	11:58am Marley P. Dogg: This song is a tongue twister
	11:59am clarke: wow, Dennis!! one of the holy grails, fo' sho'!!
	11:59am Eddy in Australia: @Frank Those Lincoln Center lineups were amazing
	11:59am tim from Champaign (now washington): Does Dan from Mudhoney play in the Tripwires?
	12:00pm Greg from ZONE 5: Very Strokesy
	12:00pm andy fuchs: A little trivia @Dennisdiken, Les Paul reputedly designed those echo chambers !! Hope you are well my friend:)
	12:00pm gf2002: @Ross T. Same here, great film but the music didn't hit me in the gut like I thought it would. I saw Rodriguez when he opened for Brian Wilson in '15, and while he was very good, the emotion others feel from his music didn't hit me the same way.
	12:00pm Frank In Queens: @Eddy, yeah there was at least one good free show per summer, but usually there were more.
	12:02pm Geoffrey in Ottawa: This donut shop is two blocks from my house and there is a lineup a block long every Saturday/Sunday morning. For good reason, but still...suzyq.ca
	12:02pm βrian: I don't think I've had a doughnut in the past decade. I don't really think of them.
	12:02pm Handy Haversack: Ruth, were there any Peter Pan dougnuts left for you from our delivery on Wednesday? Greenpoint's Peter Pan, MS: best doughnuts in the city!
	12:03pm Montmaster J: Mrs. Montmaster says raised....not close.
	12:03pm P-90: Why am I now craving a lavender and bacon donut?
	12:03pm Eddy in Australia: Federal Donuts, Philly!
	12:03pm Hughie Considine: This is one of the greatest beginnings of a story I've heard in a while...
	12:03pm Frank In Queens: I can't remember the last donut I had.
	12:03pm HyperDose: Les was a mastermind. One of my biggest regrets is never going to see him play at the Iridium when I was frequenting the city for school.
	12:03pm Gaylord Fields: Michael, I’ll bring you over to the baked donut side, anonymous DJ/roller derby queen be damned!
	12:03pm Listener Baby: Henry Gibson, related to Matt Malloy? No?
	12:03pm Squints: Once in a great while I'll have an old-fashioned donut or cruller from Dunkies. I don't go in for fancy.
	12:03pm Davis: I haven’t had Taylor Ham in years but I always liked it as a kid. I remember getting on the boardwalk in Atlantic City in the late 50’s and it was available in grocery stores in Virginia. It available for order but I’m really surprised at how expensive it is.
	12:03pm Mister Dobalina: Mom & pop donuts, exist.
	12:03pm Matt Clarke: Hey Michael n all!
	12:03pm Hughie Considine: Henry Gibson would have been a great Twin Peaks character.
	12:04pm Greg from ZONE 5: You can't just "yadda yadda" hanging out at Robert Altman's house!
	12:04pm wenzo llc.: I live next to a legendary almost 100 year old donut shop(dutch girl) & Ive never had one cause a the dang stupid celiac disease consarn it! Sometimes I go in there to breath in some flour, buy my co-workers donuts & get a cup of coffee
	12:04pm Bill in W.O.: Henry Gibson, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Sock it to me.
	12:04pm Ruth Booth: @Handy Nope!
	12:04pm βrian: We bought a jelly doughnut for 7YrOld last week at what's said to be the best shop in town. She gave it a resounding "meh."
	12:04pm common: Fabulous!
	12:04pm R2: Need to hear more of this Altman story, Michael. (Today's Altman's birthday.)
	12:04pm Frank In Queens: Hi Matt!
	12:04pm Uncle Michael: Sounds like sped up Don McLean!
	12:04pm dale: had no idea he sang, as it were.
	12:05pm Handy Haversack: Gah, sorry, Ruth! Some hungry Skeletons down at the Magic Factory! We'll make another delivery during Marathon!
	12:05pm Ruth Booth: Ha Ha, Gaylord!
	12:05pm John L: Henry Gibson was on an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show. On it he read his poem "Keep-A Goin," which he later adapted for Altman's "Nashville."
	12:06pm Andres: When you are next in Hamilton, Ontario please head to Grandad’s Donuts. Old school, non-boutique, fresh not frozen, in house, at prices for the people! Tim Horton’s is only good for okay coffee.
	12:06pm Hubig Pie: Henry Gibson read poetry whilst holding a large sunflower
	12:06pm phat: @Dennis Diken no, thank you! Also, tell Mike Mesaros he's one of the reasons I play bass and that I'll start practicing again!
	12:06pm Bill in W.O.: Another Henry Gibson song for later/after youtu.be...
	12:06pm Eddy in Australia: @Handy What’s your go-to at PP? I love their sour cream but they often sold out
	12:07pm Hughie Considine: Michael, if you have any other stories featuring Laugh-In regulars, please bring it on.
	12:07pm Andrew in Toronto: @Andres What`s happening with This Ain`t?
	12:07pm Cooh John: As soon as you said Henry Gibson, I saw him in my mind with a Nehru jacket, holding a flower and reading a poem on Laugh In.
	12:07pm Squints: This is like a chipper take on I Won't Be Home No More.
	12:07pm phat: I need a donut now. I think I still have a day old here
	12:08pm Mister Dobalina: Dough Doughnuts in nYc looks like a legit shop, but I can't bring myself to pay $5 for a donut.
	12:08pm βrian: @Cooh John: "Verrry interesting."
	12:08pm Hughie Considine: I was an agent's assistant at ICM and I arranged for the delivery of a deli plate for Judy Carne. That is a true story.
	12:09pm Handy Haversack: @Eddy, I usually just have a Honey Dipped (I'm not much a dessertarian). We brought two mixed dozen to the station last week. I also really like having a little cone of coffee at the counter at PP -- or, you know, did like it.
	12:09pm P-90: Henry Gibson also notable for his performance as Adolph Eichmann in the movie adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s “Mother Night” (also with Nick Nolte, Alan Arkin, John Goodman).
	12:09pm βrian: I overdid it once, long ago, with fresh cider doughnuts.
	12:09pm Mister Dobalina: The neighborhood red tailed hawk just flew by my window.
	12:10pm dale: gibson's wiki page doesn't mention his albums. something for you to do for posterity michael.
	12:10pm Hubig Pie: Verrry interesting was Arte Johnson's nazi soldier shtick
	12:11pm gf2002: I saw Chris Scruggs backing Mike Nesmith in concert - fantastic. Chris all but stole the show.
	12:12pm clarke: Party Favors!!!
	12:12pm Hughie Considine: @P-90, and he played the neo-Nazi in Animal House. Well, he did have a very Aryan look, but I wonder why the poem-reading Henry Gibson ended up playing Nazis.
	12:12pm Eddy in Australia: @Handy Cone?
	12:12pm Squints: Blues Bruddahs, not Aminal House.
	12:13pm Mister Dobalina: I saw Trixie Whitley, Chris Whitley's daughter, play.. she's good.
	12:13pm Handy Haversack: @Eddy, a disposable plastic cone in a resusable plastic holder. PP used to serve its coffee that way at the counter.
	12:14pm clarke: yes, it's Tommy & Joey
	12:15pm Dennis Diken: @clarke - yes indeed! @ Andy fuchs - thanks for info. didn't Les have an echo chamber built into the side of a hill outside his Mahwah, NJ house? @phat - will do, that's wonderful and Mike is one of the best bassists on the orb, for sure. I've known him since third grade!
	12:15pm Eddy in Australia: @Handy Oh! I don’t remember those. Do they still employ sullen young Polish girls?
	12:16pm HyperDose: The knock-off Chinese rolling paper companies ship their counterfeit "hemp" cones with plastic straws. Shameful!
	12:16pm DG: Squints: We liked "New Tricks" a lot too, until 13 (here in NY) kept showing the same episodes over & over, & left out a bunch of later shows (may not have even shown the last season) so you couldn't figure out what was going on (as far as characters leaving...I think only one of the original four was left by the end). The theme does sound a bit like the Wilburys, & it's sung by Dennis Waterman, who plays Gerry, and the guy who wrote it, Mike Moran, is on a couple of G. Harrison albums.
	12:16pm french yak: Tommy on drums, Al on everything else. Joey's not on Party Favors
	12:17pm Handy Haversack: Ha, you know it, Eddy! But they are also very sweet and working super hard during this rough time and doing a commendable job keeping that place running. It's a neighborhood treasure.
	12:19pm clarke: but, joey did play on the short tour Al did for the album.
	12:19pm Andres: Andrew in Toronto: I’m in Guelph but last time I drove by there the marquee said Goodbye/Closed or something sad like that.
	12:20pm Michael Shelley: Eddy - up late or early?
	12:20pm french yak: @Clarke- cool, wish I'd seen that tour!
	12:21pm Eddy in Australia: @Handy Hey, I didn’t say I don’t like them! I hope PP survives
	12:21pm Handy Haversack: We have to get to the pet-food and human-food stores and might not make it back before the end. Thanks, Michael! Great stuff today as always. Thanks, Ruth! See you at Rex's or Todd's. Great hanging out, Shellegamers! Have good weeks!
	12:21pm clarke: i caught them in nashville - an afternoon showcase!! joey was living in nashville and al was shortly to move to nashville.
	12:23pm Sketch: That out of tune guitar is always such an easy way to spot a Joe Gibbs record!
	12:23pm DG: And (sorry, seeing these posts later) "Vinyl" had so much potential & they blew it....could've done a bunch of stories on '70s music, graft, the birth of punk, disco, etc. & yet every episode was Bobby C. doing coke and/or someone getting beaten up. I think Scorsese & co. were so in love with the violence & the hedonism they didn't care about the other aspects of that era....I don't know what they thought they were trying to do.
	12:24pm P-90: One of the better plane-high-jacking-novelty dub songs imo.
	12:25pm Squints: That guitar lick makes this my favorite Joan Jett number ever. Numbah. One.
	12:25pm andy fuchs: Hey Dennis, I think Les did actually. I'll ask Gene Paul next time we speak, but I think so...
	12:27pm Michael Shelley: Gene mastered my 2nd lp - say Hi for me!
	12:27pm clarke: i recall reading how the type of laquer les paul used on the walls was also used by norman petty - many, many coats of lacquer on the echo chamber walls!!
	12:28pm Jimmy Wipper: Just about every day for the last 2 weeks we've had nothing but a cold, miserable rain every day. It's finally a sunny Saturday morning and today's show is the perfect soundtrack!
	12:28pm clarke: WIPPPPPAAAAAAHHHHH!!!
	12:29pm clarke: how's thangs on Uzzle St??
	12:29pm phat: @Dennis Diken he sure is, original, too, especially for when you guys came up. When you tour again, come to Nebraska, I'll buy you guys dinner. There are some good venues here still.
	12:29pm Eddy in Australia: Aussie Mike? Please, no!
	12:29pm Jimmy Wipper: Uzzle Street is still flooded but drying out.
	12:31pm clarke: sun = good!
	12:31pm Kotzwinkled: Blood harmony! Cactus Blossoms also kings of harmonizing.
	12:31pm Jimmy Wipper: Indeed it is.
	12:31pm Cooh John: Artie Johnson, Brian!
	12:31pm Michael Shelley: Amagram?
	12:32pm Dennis Diken: @phat - thanks! we'd love to come back to Nebraska!
	12:32pm KWilde: Good Morning Mr Wipper!
	12:32pm Jimmy Wipper: It's 9 o'clock in San Francisco.
	12:32pm dk50b: @Hughie Considine assume you mean Henry Gibson was the head of the Illinois Nazis in The Blues Brothers. Was trying to recall Nazis in Animal House, only when Otter describes the Omegas that beat him as Hitler Youth. The Nazi march in The Blues Brothers is based on the 1978 Supreme Court ruling allowing the Nation Socialist Party of America to march in Skokie, home to a large Jewish population including many holocaust survivors.
	12:33pm Jimmy Wipper: Mr. Wilde!
	12:33pm βrian: Hah, that's right. They look so similar to me.
	12:34pm dk50b: @Squints sorry missed your comment
	12:34pm Cooh John: How is "Mother Night", P-90? Looks like a great cast.
	12:35pm clarke: oooooo - Mother Night is superbly acted - but depressing as hell.
	12:36pm Squints: dk50b: Nae harm. More the merrier. We're not piling on. More a gentle, "Was Percy Sledge who sang dat perticular toon."
	12:37pm phat: @Dennis Diken I think you'd do well here, probably better in Omaha than Lincoln, but we could find a venue in Lincoln. I still know some of the bookers here, too. I'd love to see you at the Zoo Bar, but it's way too small. Do you remember where you played in Nebraska? I'm sorry I missed you when that happened.
	12:37pm clarke: but, i think i mean Night, Mother with anne bancroft. are we talking same flick here?
	12:38pm DJ Johnny Cool: Sly yodeling? How high was he?
	12:38pm egould310: Souldeling?
	12:38pm Michael Shelley: so high
	12:39pm phat: @Michael Shelley lol. I think you're right.
	12:39pm kwatts: I'm digging that plucky bass.
	12:39pm Mister Dobalina: Hate to admit it, but I went downstairs and got a donut from D&D.
	12:40pm Hughie Considine: @dk50b yes, I mixed up those two films. Didn't realize the march in Blues Bros was based on the notorious Skokie march, which ended up as a TV movie starring Danny Kaye in one of his later roles.
	12:41pm spodiodi: Handy, lol at your v-day flick. hope you had a nice Chianti (i just learned about the secret joke in that line, btw... mildly interesting/amusing trivia www.independent.co.uk... )
	12:42pm Squints: Except for that little baroque-pop number at the end (which I don't mind but not what I bought it for), I love that whole All Over The Place record. Especially Dover Beach, which is kinda Crazy Horse lite.
	12:42pm Dennis Diken: @phat - we've played Omaha several times, including Peony Park for a few dates, some other places too? can't recall offhand. thanks!
	12:42pm Andrew Hollywood: According to the internet encyclopedia, Sly once called Jim Ford "the baddest white man on the planet."
	12:42pm alanpartlow: @Michael Shelly Ha! I worked at a "Music of Your Life" station in Florida in 1985. It was exactly as you described it.
	12:43pm Mailman Tom: I saw the Bangles perform live 4 times!
	12:43pm Davis: Good song! made me think of “the bangles girl” by Robbie Fulks which I haven’t heard in a long time
	12:43pm phat: @Hughie Considine I remember the ads for that Danny Kaye TV movie. For some reason it ran a lot on WGN, if I recall correctly. I've never actually watched the show. But everytime I see the word "Skokie" I picture an angry Danny Kaye in a crowd.
	12:44pm johnk77: sly showed up in the miles davis american masters doc on pbs
	12:44pm Hoboken Jack: Steve is definitely not a lame-o!
	12:45pm phat: @Dennis Diken ah, Peony Park... I really have no idea why I missed you guys, probably broke or working.
	12:45pm Michael Shelley: you still got it!
	12:45pm Dennis Diken: @phat - yeah, we had some good shows there, great audiences!
	12:49pm Montmaster J: Just saw the Sunshine Boys on TCM at 6....might have to check it out.
	12:50pm Hughie Considine: haha, @phat. Now I'll do the same.
	12:50pm clarke: i too have never seen that.
	12:50pm James in ATL: Really great show today! Thanks, Michael!
	12:51pm P-90: The “Mother Night” movie is excellent. Definitely worth checking out. But: yes it’s unsparingly faithful to the desolate darkness of Vonnegut’s original. So: maybe best to watch when one is in a generally good mood, like not already suicidal... Also: for all you Les Paul lacquer fanatics, that’s the same stuff he used many coats of on the wooden “diffusing panels” he built for the home studio in Mahwah. He loved that stuff.
	12:52pm phat: This Trevor Blendour has a hell of a chorus. I'm such a sucker.
	12:52pm clarke: veru eenteresting schtuff here!! but: stoopid!!
	12:54pm Dennis Diken: great show Mikey! as per...
	12:54pm Larry O: Milly small! The singer of the first international reggae hits – my boy lollipop!
	12:54pm clarke: P-90: any idea what the lacquer WAS?? is it still being made??
	12:54pm Hughie Considine: "Ooh" in the title is almost always a good sign.
	12:56pm gf2002: I need some gas money
	12:57pm Steve from Dunwoody: All I can think of now is getting NRBQ into the so'call RnR Hall of Fame. When and where is the demonstration? How can I help?
	12:57pm spodiodi: Thanks for the good tunes and vibes, Michael Shelley! Thanks, Ruth! see you all
	12:57pm Frank In Queens: Nice show! Thanks Michael!
	12:57pm Steve from Dunwoody: *so-called
	12:57pm dk50b: Michael assume you're referring to good old WVOX/WRTN. Visited their studio with a substitute teacher who was into broadcasting. He also took a few of us up to Armonk one evening to demonstrate his portable shortwave. We had a blast. Imagine teacher in his 50s even suggesting such a thing now. books.google.com...
	12:58pm gf2002: And those guys were singing about gas money when it was 25-30 cents a gallon
	12:58pm clarke: you're right!!
	12:58pm ledzeppelinsucks: That was delightful.
	12:58pm Davis: Speaking of lacquer, I never realized it was an organic material until I read this. https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/content/edward-d-melillo
	12:58pm egould310: Thanks, Mike. Good tunes and fun commentary. Listen to ya’ next week.
	12:58pm Mister Dobalina: Ya, yellow sun of hitch.
	12:58pm Mike W: Oh wow, Tube Bar inspiration!?
	12:59pm Frank In Queens: Wow, this is like an alternate universe Tube Bar tape.
	12:59pm wenzo llc.: LOLOLOL
	12:59pm Hoboken Jack: Thanks Michael and Ruth!! The show went by too quickly!!
	12:59pm CalZone!: all the LJN Haters! love it!
	12:59pm clarke: uh huhhhh... good nite!
	1:00pm Mister Dobalina: Never cheated with M.S.
	1:00pm JohnEBGood: Get off my phone! Reminds me of good old Tom : )
	1:00pm ledzeppelinsucks: Mother was enraged after me keeping change after .25 gas.
	1:00pm Ross T.: Attaboy!
	1:01pm dk50b: Guessing that was people who rightly despised Bob Grant calling his WMCA show
	1:01pm Andres: Waiter? More coffee, please.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
NRBQ	I Want You Bad "I Want You Bad" by "NRBQ"
5th Dimension, The	Good News "Good News" by "5th Dimension, The"
Herb And Kay	We Did "We Did" by "Herb And Kay"
Blazer Boy	New Orleans Twist "New Orleans Twist" by "Blazer Boy"
Golden Boys, The	Alguém Na Multidão
XTC	Earn Enough For Us "Earn Enough For Us" by "XTC"
James Rado And Company	Manchester England
Flying Machine, The	Maybe We've Been Loving Too Long
Conway Twitty	My Baby Left Me "My Baby Left Me" by "Conway Twitty"
Don Covay	Mercy, Mercy "Mercy, Mercy" by "Don Covay"
Dennis Diken with Bell Sound	Standing In That Line
Smithereens, The	Crazy Mixed Up Kid
Ventures, The	Like You've Never Known Before
Jim Ford	It Takes Two (To Make One)
Johnnie Taylor	I Could Never Be President
Golden Gate Quartet	God's Gonna Cut You Down
Tripwires, The	Be All End All "Be All End All" by "Tripwires, The"
Henry Gibson	Bluebird "Bluebird" by "Henry Gibson"
Chris Scruggs	Country Star "Country Star" by "Chris Scruggs"
Emitt Slay Trio	My Kind Of Woman "My Kind Of Woman" by "Emitt Slay Trio"
Al Anderson	I Got Your Number "I Got Your Number" by "Al Anderson"
Honeybus	I Can't Let Maggie Go "I Can't Let Maggie Go" by "Honeybus"
Joe Maphis and Merle Travis	Lil' Liza Jane
Johnny Johnson And The Bandwagon	People Got to Be Free
Joe Gibbs	Hijacked "Hijacked" by "Joe Gibbs"
Joan Jett And The Blackhearts	Fake Friends
Les Ingenues	Oui Monsieur "Oui Monsieur" by "Les Ingenues"
Everly Brothers, The	Nice Guy (take 4)
Bill Carslile	A Mouse Been Messing Around
Sly Stone	Spaced Cowboy "Spaced Cowboy" by "Sly Stone"
Bangles, The	James "James" by "Bangles, The"
Steve Alaimo	Everyday I Have To Cry
Billy Taylor	I Wish I Knew "I Wish I Knew" by "Billy Taylor"
Trevor Blendour	Carly Please "Carly Please" by "Trevor Blendour"
Millie Small & Jackie Edwards	Ooh Ooh
Rip Chords, The	Gas Money "Gas Money" by "Rip Chords, The"
Long John Nebel	You're Right! "You're Right!" by "Long John Nebel"

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Listener comments!
	11:00am Listener Baby: Dreams you'd like to sell. Have you any? If not, I’d settle for some Grey Poupon.
	11:01am Frank In Queens: Badly indeed. Hey now.
	11:01am clarke: hey: NOW!!!!
	11:02am Dennis Diken: You go, Mikey!
	11:02am Handy Haversack: Michael and the Shellegamers! Happy days, friends. Hey, Baby, Frank, clarke. Glad to be here with you all.
	11:02am Mister Dobalina: Coming over from listening to Double Dip Recess, what a great show, just like this one!
	11:02am HyperDose: Who is still sleeping? GET UP!!
	11:02am clarke: The Voice!!!
	11:02am Hoboken Jack: Hey Michael, Ruth, Dennis, Frank, Baby, everybody. Let's do this!!
	11:03am Listener Baby: Is that a Pork Roll, Egg and Cheese? On a Kaiser Bun? I sure hope so.
	11:03am Montmaster J: Q=pure joy!
	11:03am Ciggy: Michael's a bad boy!
	11:03am davefromtoronto: cool tune - who is this???
	11:03am Mister Dobalina: Gosh, I haven't had Taylor ham in a while...but, oh boy, american cheese on that sandwich...oh no!
	11:03am pinto bean: Happy saturday...and the sun is out
	11:03am Moe: Great tune!
	11:03am Handy Haversack: Morning, Jack! This NRBQ sure sounds like a number one hit to me!
	11:03am Ruth Booth: Jack!
	11:03am Frank In Queens: Hi Jack, Handy, Baby, clarke, Michael, and the rest.
	11:04am Andrew in Toronto: @dave from Toronto. NRBQ
	11:04am Listener Baby: Hello friends!
	11:04am Corey: Morning Michael and listeners!
	11:04am Squints: ok then
	11:04am Hoboken Jack: How do, Handy? Feeling lucky (cards-wise)?
	11:04am Pauly from Clifton: Good morning, Michael, Ruth, folks! That sure is a great-looking pork roll, egg, and cheese!
	11:05am clarke: howdy ya'll! and breakfast sammy!!
	11:05am Dennis Diken: Hark! Hal Blaine!
	11:05am pinto bean: Agree with the NRBQ...Here Comes Terry!
	11:05am Listener Bop Monroe: greetings from sunny-ish Tannersville DJ MS! pow pow pow!
	11:06am Handy Haversack: New pledge season! All our #1s went away. But the good news in the 2021 Premiums are up: wfmu.org... Marathon time is coming! Jack, here's hoping! I talked big and now Todd expects the large sandwich at 2nd Street Bakery with the poker winnings after the pandemic!
	11:06am Rick from SC: Ya can't get a TEC down here light that. One reason to miss Jersey
	11:07am Peter Horvath: Good morning Michael from Highland Park New Jersey home of the Band-Aid
	11:08am Hoboken Jack: Hey Peter!
	11:09am Peter Horvath: Ahoy Jack!
	11:10am Joe W.: The 5th Dimension albums are very underrated. Great harmonies, production, song selection and.....stereo separation!
	11:11am Kpx: Morning we're listening to the Michael shilley show, with Ruth in the booth.Taylor ham, egg, and cheese for everyone.
	11:12am Listener Bop Monroe: everything i know about the king cake baby learned from 'Sportsy Talk'
	11:13am clarke: the original was a ring, but it got changed to a plastic tiny baby - if you get the baby you have to buy the next cake. but, all that's over now - it's lent (whatever that means).
	11:13am Dean from Old Bridge: It’s a small plastic baby. King cakes are weird.
	11:14am Lizardner Dave !: Cochon Butcher makes a peanut butter and banana King Cake with a little plastic Elvis Presley in it.
	11:14am Handy Haversack: Listener Mariano sent us a bottle of Ojén and Peychaud's bitters, and Kate and I had Jeudi Gras cocktails in his honor! And then I adapted to the complete lack of Benedictine in north Brooklyn and subbed Ojén for it in a couple of Vieux Carrés yesterday, which worked pretty well!
	11:14am Dennis Diken: Hey Jack!
	11:15am Listener Baby: For a life long West-Coaster. Is there a difference between Taylor Ham and Pork Roll? Or are they one and the same?
	11:15am davefromtoronto: check out their album "needles and pinatas"
	11:15am phat: I'll let Gaylord decide, but i can't figure if this is fake Beatles or not. It's close!
	11:15am Handy Haversack: North Jersey vs. South Jersey nomenclature, Listener Baby.
	11:16am Ed From Jersey City: It’s not just Brazilian Beatles, it’s Brazilian Ringo-on-vocals Beatles.
	11:16am Dennis Diken: No sax solo edit??
	11:16am clarke: what's up with Mariano?? his computer on the fritz??
	11:16am Listener Baby: Thanks Handy.
	11:17am Handy Haversack: I predict XTC! clarke, he's just working a ton. He's popped up here and there.
	11:17am Doug in JC: Gooood morning
	11:17am Hughie Considine: Andy's Twitter feed is a major turn-off. He's cranky and a little paranoid.
	11:17am clarke: oh good!
	11:17am Listener Baby: Remember we saw Andy P walking down the street in NYC?
	11:18am Dean from Old Bridge: As North Jersey transplant..I still call it Taylor Ham in “central jersey” because the term pork roll invites any number of sub-par generic brands
	11:18am yerfriendpaul: Such a great song
	11:19am Ross T.: Sweet memories inducing XTC tune and yep about the bass player....
	11:20am davefromtoronto: i heard an interview with andy p and he said the band would break into the munsters theme when they saw rundgren approaching the studio.
	11:20am Hughie Considine: XTC famously quit touring, but they were a ferocious live act as YouTube videos clearly show.
	11:21am Hughie Considine: Andy also complained about the size of Rundgren's forehead.
	11:22am phat: I've been shaving my head again.
	11:22am Montmaster J: re: Haircuts...I look like Steve Bannon :(. not proud.
	11:22am WaffleMix: Taylor Ham is a brand of pork roll, and Central Jersey I think goes both ways which is the beauty of CJ (not quotes plz)
	11:22am clarke: while i have musical hair i have never seen the show.
	11:23am Listener Bop Monroe: happy birthday Abie-baby!
	11:23am Hughie Considine: We had the off-Broadway soundtrack, so of course I coveted the Broadway version, with all the curse words.
	11:23am paul: "Don't Call Me Whitey" Sly & TFS
	11:23am Dean: Hair OST, one of the first LPs I bought, c.'68. Buddy of mine at the time, 8 or 9YO, saw the show in LA.
	11:23am Ross T.: As kids we listened to the song that said "I've got my ass!' and we'd crack up.
	11:23am Hughie Considine: "Answer my weary query/Timothy Leary..."
	11:23am spodiodi: good morning, Michael Shelley and everyone!
	11:24am Rick from SC: Just saw the email from Joe re: Swag Yay!
	11:24am phat: @Montmaster J do you look painfully hungover all the time?
	11:24am Hughie Considine: @Ross T: "Ain't Got No" -- Nina Simone covered it.
	11:27am Zephyr: Two sides to every story but I'm going with Todd's version of what transpired. Seems Andy P was in true self-sabotage and blame Todd mode. Todd was invested enough to exercise some authority on what happened to the material and good things happened for album/single (which he was of course "blamed" for)...Kinda sad story. What happens when you produce a record for a mental case.
	11:27am Andrew Hollywood: hot stuff, Michael
	11:29am davefromtoronto: andy p also said todd r was a genius engineer but a terrible producer...
	11:29am clarke: andy partridge has often stated that the 'hatred' was over-stated. he does claim that making the album was NOT enjoyable, but lauds the results.
	11:29am Kpx: Let me see, they would play the munsters theme, and there was a complaint about Todd's huge forehead . To me that would equal big Head Todd and the monsters.
	11:29am DJ Johnny Cool: Twitty's version of C'est Ci Bon is a hoot!
	11:29am myron feld: I saw "Hair" on Broadway in1969. I remember my older sister standing at the big "Let The Sunshine In" finale, holding up the peace sign with tears streaming down her face. 10-yr-old me just dug the naked chicks.
	11:31am Squints: I'll be real disappointed if I show called Lupin doesn't feature a character called Denis Moore.
	11:31am myron feld: Also one of my favorite cast recordings, if not the #1.
	11:31am Handy Haversack: Has anyone watched Rami, from Hulu? Set in N. Jersey. Pretty good stuff.
	11:31am joe mulligan: I saw Nomadland last night and it was very good. you can see it on Hulu for free if you have the spotify/hulu combo promo
	11:31am Hoboken Jack: Hi Spodi!
	11:31am clarke: righto Squints!!!
	11:31am Squints: So when they gave in to Todd, was it a bittersweet surrender?
	11:32am phat: @Squints haha
	11:32am Kpx: @MS: maybe it would be apropos to play something by big Head Todd and the Monsters.
	11:32am Handy Haversack: Yo, spodi! Yes, The Wire is so great, and I agree with your assessment, MS. And The Deuce was excellent. Wish it lasted longer.
	11:32am Moammar: "Lupin" est comme ci comme ca. "Bureau des Legendes" .. sublime. A mon avis.
	11:32am howdy: Wire better!
	11:32am wenzo llc.: you MADE donuts?!! Im impressed!!
	11:33am andy fuchs: the wire was awesome..
	11:33am Squints: I get a lot of grief from some hppish friends, but I don't mind BHT&theMs. And I quite happily bellow along with all the Hootie hits.
	11:33am clarke: The Wire - i never believed the protagonist was a cop (when he was in The Affair, i never believed he was a writer)
	11:33am spodiodi: hola, Jack! Handy! The Wire was the best TV show ever made, in my little opinion
	11:34am clarke: oh we're doing this?? MovieTime, Frank!!
	11:34am Mister Dobalina: The 42nd street area is still pretty bad, you just have to know where to go!
	11:34am common: Hungry. Hello all!
	11:34am Mister Dobalina: Looks like rice pudding or tapioca pudding.
	11:34am George in WO: The Wire is the bomb! Ever check out The Corner? By the same folks, but hard to find.
	11:35am HyperDose: hahaha "made from...haaam?"
	11:35am clarke: re-watching Casablanca is, indeed, impressive. the more you watch it, the more nuance you get.
	11:35am Hughie Considine: Here's Andy on Todd: "He'd ask you how you were going to do the vocals and you would stand in front of the mic and do one run through to clear you throat and he'd say, 'That was crap. I'll come down and record me singing it and you can have me in your headphones to sing along to.' I just thought it was so insulting."
	11:35am Frank In Queens: Busy movie week due to the weather: Upside Down: The Creation Records Story, Color Me Obsessed, Wait Until Dark, Charade, and The Long Good Friday.
	11:35am Hoboken Jack: The Wire at its best (for me, seasons 2 and 4) is perhaps the best tv ever, but overall I'd say Sopranos is the better show. The Deuce worthwhile just for Franco's dual performance, and two brief appearances by Jersey City's own Wyldlife.
	11:35am Doug in JC: "Repeat my mantra: hammmmmmm"
	11:35am Mister Dobalina: Let's just say it's made from miscellaneous pork parts.
	11:36am wenzo llc.: i agree with that although I stopped watching sopranos 2/3 of the way through. and I went to college in Bmore so that may bias me. I think one of the best things about The Wire is that it was intentionally planned to be 5 seasons long so it has a nice arch as opposed to most shows which just keep going & inevitably have crazier & crazier plot twists & go down hill after a while
	11:36am clarke: arkin arkin arkin!!! the bestest!!
	11:36am pp: got your Taylor ham and got your Swift ham, but how about Taylor Swift ham?
	11:36am Handy Haversack: Yeah, hard to argue, spodi. Dominic West is the weakest part, though, and foregrounding his story is an unfortunate choice. Maybe a necessity? But the show would have been better as a true ensemble. We watched Silence of the Lambs for Valentines Day. Hard to go wrong!
	11:36am P-90: Absolutely! The Sopranos is sensational fun, very well done. But The Wire is really ABOUT things, real things in real life. So it’s not as glossy or melodramatically rewarding, it’s but ultimately “better” in that way Michael spoke of.
	11:36am Montmaster J: We are watching the Bureau....French spy show. Really good. Highly recommend.
	11:36am spodiodi: was going to say, Jonsey and X-Ray Burns were often all over the Taylor Ham thing. rip. nice pic, btw
	11:36am Greg from ZONE 5: And "Salt, pepper, ketchup" is correctly pronounced as one word. "You wan salpeppaketchup?"
	11:36am Hubig Pie: Oh, it's everybody's favorite Pork roll condiment- tzatziki
	11:36am Hughie Considine: If Taylor ham is saltier then regular ham, country ham is in a salt class of its own.
	11:36am Hoboken Jack: Yo Greg!
	11:36am Moammar: Gotta be Jimi. That's such a Jimi phrase at the beginning there.
	11:37am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Jack!
	11:37am Listener Baby: I’m just as God made me, Baby.
	11:37am Dominick: Not one note more than needed. Perfection
	11:37am Frank In Queens: Clarke, he was great in Dark. Too bad he doesn't care for having to play the villain.
	11:37am davefromtoronto: anyone seen "the harder they come" with jimmy cliff? it was surprisingly good. it's on kanopy.
	11:37am Moammar: @Montmaster J: It's the best thing we've seen in ages. I have been proselytizing for this show.
	11:37am JG: it is.
	11:38am Montmaster J: Weren't you pissed about the Sopranos ending? I thought it hung around too long-although at it's peak was great.
	11:38am Hoboken Jack: Hughie -- a friend in Asheville NC gifted me with some country ham. I love ham, I love salt, but that was... too much for this northern boy.
	11:38am Listener Bop Monroe: 'alexa send more pills' - XrayB
	11:38am Kpx: It's specifically the mix of spices that go into Taylor ham that sets it apart from ordinary pork roll. So there's definitely a difference. When you order pork roll you won't get that spicy taste that you get in Taylor ham. So to baby listener and everyone else, there you go.
	11:38am spodiodi: i've never watched an entire episode of Sporanos (i don't really get the appeal)
	11:39am Andrew in Toronto: The Den is a great jam!!!
	11:39am wenzo llc.: @davefromtoronto only once about 20 years ago but the soundtrack was my favorite album when I was about 12(thanks dad)
	11:39am Squints: She Of The Big Brown Eyes has been on a Brit mysteries binge during the lockdown. It's mildly amusing how the theme to every third Brit show, mystery or comedy, is either a dire cover or really cheesy knockoff of some pop or rock record. Case in point: "New Tricks," whose theme shamelessly rips off the Wilburys' "End Of The Line."
	11:39am HyperDose: Denny's Den is THE place to be Wednesday afternoons!
	11:40am joe mulligan: anyone seen "Soul" yet? i don't have disney but really would like to see the movie
	11:40am Joe W.: The Den is fantastic!
	11:41am Listener Bop Monroe: 'soul' was better than expected
	11:41am Michael Shelley: Joe - we saw it -good!
	11:41am phat: This Bell Sound sure is nice.
	11:41am Ross T.: Sweet!
	11:41am spodiodi: we're rounding 3rd on Foyle's War
	11:41am Listener Baby: Agree @ Joe W. It’s don’t miss, every week.
	11:42am Handy Haversack: The Sopranos never quite managed to stop romanticizing and falling in love with its subject. It showed the sociopathy and violence but also valorized and glamorized it. It was a tall task, sure, but to me that keeps it from greatness, no matter how well done it is. MS, I have been making a ton of recipes from that site where you got the chiles rellenos recipe! Salsa, salsa verde, actual homemade enchilada sauce -- it's brand-new territory for me! Thanks for the lead.
	11:42am Mike Sin: Such a great album from Dennis D!
	11:42am davefromtoronto: wenzo yeah i knew the soundtrack forever before i saw the movie. super lo-fi but worth a viewing.
	11:42am JG: @Joe for a moment I thought you meant "Mr. Soul" on ch 13 on Monday. Supposedly about a Back Variety show on ch 13 in the late 60's. Never saw the tv show but clips of the doc look great. Stevie wonder, James Brown, others...
	11:43am Eddy in Australia: The Harder They Come is a good film - subtitles required, though. Just watched Class Action Park - oof!
	11:43am Montmaster J: @moammar....yes! great show. We are loving it.
	11:43am Hughie Considine: @Hoboken Jack -- I know! I was my wife's aunts house for Xmas and I said, oh, ham, that looks good....had to run out of the room.
	11:43am bbob: Mr. Soul is worth a watch as well!
	11:43am Andres: Yes, Dennis twice in the last three days! Let’s up that percentage!
	11:43am bbob: Love this Bell Sound track!
	11:43am JG: Black
	11:43am phat: Definitely a great mix. I love mixing music almost more than performing it. I need to do that more.
	11:44am Dennis Diken: Thanks for the spin Mikey & props, pals. “Standing In That Line” is one of 2 tracks on Late Music that is sung by my collaborator Pete Dibella. It was recorded & mixed on 4track cassette.
	11:44am Squints: I really wanted to like "Vinyl." I was fully on board with Bobby Cannavale chewing scenery because you know that when signing up. But it got stupid by about episode four.
	11:44am Hoboken Jack: Howdy, Mike Sin! Also love The Den. My movie picks for the week; new -- Nomadland. Vintage -- The Pawnbroker. Amazing performance by Rod Steiger.
	11:44am gf2002: Was that a tip of the hat to the "Salt Lake City" intro riff? Great track, Dennis! Love the reverb.
	11:44am Dennis Diken: ...hey...this sounds familiar too...
	11:45am davefromtoronto: eddy too true i forgot how hard it was to decipher the patois.
	11:45am clarke: dibella = fantastic voice!! Mont: The Bureau is really good, indeed!! Eddy!!! happy summer mate!!
	11:46am phat: I was just thinking, yesterday, that The Smithereens got me through some really rough times.
	11:46am Andrew Hollywood: do you know how to play that song, Dennis?
	11:46am Mike Sin: I have to second a recommendation for “Upside Down: The Creation Records Story” — I really enjoyed the story and the pacing.
	11:46am Squints: Was watching some videos of the Rascals, both performance and interviews, yesterday. And just visiually, wow, I would be completely unsurpirsed to learn <bows, crosses> Pat DiNizio and Felix Cavaliere were related. They aren't, SFIAK, but, wow.
	11:46am phat: 4 track cassette! Nice!
	11:47am Handy Haversack: We finally watched A Band Called Death. If you're like us at all, have tissues on hand. But that was a great documentary about a great band. That should really go in the WFMU On Demand line-up!
	11:47am Dominick: Only the mastering and audio restoration facilities are being closed at the Capitol tower. The recording studios are still open.
	11:47am Eddy in Australia: Hey Clarke, happy Mardi Gras!
	11:48am Frank In Queens: The Death doc is great!
	11:48am clarke: MG is over - and it didn't even really happen, but thnx!! next year.
	11:50am phat: Sounds like the tape is saturating, especially on those snare hits.
	11:50am davefromtoronto: btw eddy in A did you ever see the legendary aussie move "wake in fright?"
	11:50am clarke: don't hear hiss - sounds like saturation to me.
	11:50am Handy Haversack: Right, Frank!? What a story, and what great dudes. Not a dry eye.
	11:50am phat: But I'm using crappy speakers.
	11:50am davefromtoronto: movie! sorry
	11:51am egould310: Agree with phat and clarke.
	11:51am PigeonsAndRust: Sounds like it's saturated. I think they recorded it a bit too hot.
	11:52am Frank In Queens: Indeed Handy. And I had the pleasure of seeming them play at Damrosch Park in 2010.
	11:52am Hughie Considine: I agree that it's nice not having a sociopathic criminal in office.
	11:52am Eddy in Australia: @Dave Gotta confess, no, but it’s a favourite of a few American friends. I’ll add it to the list
	11:52am Ross T.: My God Normal Presidenting is such a relief.
	11:52am HyperDose: @Handy sounds like a Searching for Sugar Man-esque story. I'm in!
	11:53am clarke: never too hot, Pigeons!!
	11:53am wenzo llc.: for sure... big collective sigh of relief. and we're gonna stop helping the Suadis bomb Yemen supposedly so that's great
	11:53am Pedro in Arlington: Stay healthy, President Joe.
	11:54am Gaylord Fields: @phat: I vote yes, Fake Beatles.
	11:54am Eddy in Australia: @Frank I think the Gories played that day, too?
	11:54am Ross T.: I really liked "Searching for Sugarman" and it was a sweet tale of redemption etc. Only problem I had was the music left me unmoved!
	11:54am egould310: Drums on the right channel. Bass on the left channel.
	11:54am HyperDose: @Gaylord Your DJ premium is quite enticing :)
	11:54am clarke: i'd hate to take a bite outta you, Fields!!
	11:55am JG: Never knew Elvis changed the title of this
	11:56am Hughie Considine: Moby certainly changed the title.
	11:56am phat: @Gaylord Fields I'll mark that down!
	11:56am Frank In Queens: @eddy, yep! Along with Mitch Ryder, ? & The Mysterians, The Velvettes, Dennis Coffey, and few more.
	11:57am Dennis Diken: @phat - thanks, it means a lot! @andrew In Hollywood - yes, we still play it occasionally. re: "Crazy Mixed Up Kid" - we cut it Aprii '85 at the Record Plant in NYC, same session as the tracks for "Blood & Roses," "Behind The Wall Of Sleep," "Cigarette" and "Alone At Midnight". we weren't signed yet, self-produced. Don Dixon helped us finish them later. we recorded the Green Thoughts album at the Capitol Tower in December '87 and roamed the building at nite. our assistant had keys to every room - including the echo chamber beneath the parking lot! Man, that was fun!
	11:57am Geoffrey in Ottawa: Got a haircut this morning. Feels great.
	11:58am morphe': X-Ray Burns would be (and might still now be???) eyeing that Taylor Ham sandwich .... !!!!
	11:58am Marley P. Dogg: This song is a tongue twister
	11:59am clarke: wow, Dennis!! one of the holy grails, fo' sho'!!
	11:59am Eddy in Australia: @Frank Those Lincoln Center lineups were amazing
	11:59am tim from Champaign (now washington): Does Dan from Mudhoney play in the Tripwires?
	12:00pm Greg from ZONE 5: Very Strokesy
	12:00pm andy fuchs: A little trivia @Dennisdiken, Les Paul reputedly designed those echo chambers !! Hope you are well my friend:)
	12:00pm gf2002: @Ross T. Same here, great film but the music didn't hit me in the gut like I thought it would. I saw Rodriguez when he opened for Brian Wilson in '15, and while he was very good, the emotion others feel from his music didn't hit me the same way.
	12:00pm Frank In Queens: @Eddy, yeah there was at least one good free show per summer, but usually there were more.
	12:02pm Geoffrey in Ottawa: This donut shop is two blocks from my house and there is a lineup a block long every Saturday/Sunday morning. For good reason, but still...suzyq.ca
	12:02pm βrian: I don't think I've had a doughnut in the past decade. I don't really think of them.
	12:02pm Handy Haversack: Ruth, were there any Peter Pan dougnuts left for you from our delivery on Wednesday? Greenpoint's Peter Pan, MS: best doughnuts in the city!
	12:03pm Montmaster J: Mrs. Montmaster says raised....not close.
	12:03pm P-90: Why am I now craving a lavender and bacon donut?
	12:03pm Eddy in Australia: Federal Donuts, Philly!
	12:03pm Hughie Considine: This is one of the greatest beginnings of a story I've heard in a while...
	12:03pm Frank In Queens: I can't remember the last donut I had.
	12:03pm HyperDose: Les was a mastermind. One of my biggest regrets is never going to see him play at the Iridium when I was frequenting the city for school.
	12:03pm Gaylord Fields: Michael, I’ll bring you over to the baked donut side, anonymous DJ/roller derby queen be damned!
	12:03pm Listener Baby: Henry Gibson, related to Matt Malloy? No?
	12:03pm Squints: Once in a great while I'll have an old-fashioned donut or cruller from Dunkies. I don't go in for fancy.
	12:03pm Davis: I haven’t had Taylor Ham in years but I always liked it as a kid. I remember getting on the boardwalk in Atlantic City in the late 50’s and it was available in grocery stores in Virginia. It available for order but I’m really surprised at how expensive it is.
	12:03pm Mister Dobalina: Mom & pop donuts, exist.
	12:03pm Matt Clarke: Hey Michael n all!
	12:03pm Hughie Considine: Henry Gibson would have been a great Twin Peaks character.
	12:04pm Greg from ZONE 5: You can't just "yadda yadda" hanging out at Robert Altman's house!
	12:04pm wenzo llc.: I live next to a legendary almost 100 year old donut shop(dutch girl) & Ive never had one cause a the dang stupid celiac disease consarn it! Sometimes I go in there to breath in some flour, buy my co-workers donuts & get a cup of coffee
	12:04pm Bill in W.O.: Henry Gibson, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Sock it to me.
	12:04pm Ruth Booth: @Handy Nope!
	12:04pm βrian: We bought a jelly doughnut for 7YrOld last week at what's said to be the best shop in town. She gave it a resounding "meh."
	12:04pm common: Fabulous!
	12:04pm R2: Need to hear more of this Altman story, Michael. (Today's Altman's birthday.)
	12:04pm Frank In Queens: Hi Matt!
	12:04pm Uncle Michael: Sounds like sped up Don McLean!
	12:04pm dale: had no idea he sang, as it were.
	12:05pm Handy Haversack: Gah, sorry, Ruth! Some hungry Skeletons down at the Magic Factory! We'll make another delivery during Marathon!
	12:05pm Ruth Booth: Ha Ha, Gaylord!
	12:05pm John L: Henry Gibson was on an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show. On it he read his poem "Keep-A Goin," which he later adapted for Altman's "Nashville."
	12:06pm Andres: When you are next in Hamilton, Ontario please head to Grandad’s Donuts. Old school, non-boutique, fresh not frozen, in house, at prices for the people! Tim Horton’s is only good for okay coffee.
	12:06pm Hubig Pie: Henry Gibson read poetry whilst holding a large sunflower
	12:06pm phat: @Dennis Diken no, thank you! Also, tell Mike Mesaros he's one of the reasons I play bass and that I'll start practicing again!
	12:06pm Bill in W.O.: Another Henry Gibson song for later/after youtu.be...
	12:06pm Eddy in Australia: @Handy What’s your go-to at PP? I love their sour cream but they often sold out
	12:07pm Hughie Considine: Michael, if you have any other stories featuring Laugh-In regulars, please bring it on.
	12:07pm Andrew in Toronto: @Andres What`s happening with This Ain`t?
	12:07pm Cooh John: As soon as you said Henry Gibson, I saw him in my mind with a Nehru jacket, holding a flower and reading a poem on Laugh In.
	12:07pm Squints: This is like a chipper take on I Won't Be Home No More.
	12:07pm phat: I need a donut now. I think I still have a day old here
	12:08pm Mister Dobalina: Dough Doughnuts in nYc looks like a legit shop, but I can't bring myself to pay $5 for a donut.
	12:08pm βrian: @Cooh John: "Verrry interesting."
	12:08pm Hughie Considine: I was an agent's assistant at ICM and I arranged for the delivery of a deli plate for Judy Carne. That is a true story.
	12:09pm Handy Haversack: @Eddy, I usually just have a Honey Dipped (I'm not much a dessertarian). We brought two mixed dozen to the station last week. I also really like having a little cone of coffee at the counter at PP -- or, you know, did like it.
	12:09pm P-90: Henry Gibson also notable for his performance as Adolph Eichmann in the movie adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s “Mother Night” (also with Nick Nolte, Alan Arkin, John Goodman).
	12:09pm βrian: I overdid it once, long ago, with fresh cider doughnuts.
	12:09pm Mister Dobalina: The neighborhood red tailed hawk just flew by my window.
	12:10pm dale: gibson's wiki page doesn't mention his albums. something for you to do for posterity michael.
	12:10pm Hubig Pie: Verrry interesting was Arte Johnson's nazi soldier shtick
	12:11pm gf2002: I saw Chris Scruggs backing Mike Nesmith in concert - fantastic. Chris all but stole the show.
	12:12pm clarke: Party Favors!!!
	12:12pm Hughie Considine: @P-90, and he played the neo-Nazi in Animal House. Well, he did have a very Aryan look, but I wonder why the poem-reading Henry Gibson ended up playing Nazis.
	12:12pm Eddy in Australia: @Handy Cone?
	12:12pm Squints: Blues Bruddahs, not Aminal House.
	12:13pm Mister Dobalina: I saw Trixie Whitley, Chris Whitley's daughter, play.. she's good.
	12:13pm Handy Haversack: @Eddy, a disposable plastic cone in a resusable plastic holder. PP used to serve its coffee that way at the counter.
	12:14pm clarke: yes, it's Tommy & Joey
	12:15pm Dennis Diken: @clarke - yes indeed! @ Andy fuchs - thanks for info. didn't Les have an echo chamber built into the side of a hill outside his Mahwah, NJ house? @phat - will do, that's wonderful and Mike is one of the best bassists on the orb, for sure. I've known him since third grade!
	12:15pm Eddy in Australia: @Handy Oh! I don’t remember those. Do they still employ sullen young Polish girls?
	12:16pm HyperDose: The knock-off Chinese rolling paper companies ship their counterfeit "hemp" cones with plastic straws. Shameful!
	12:16pm DG: Squints: We liked "New Tricks" a lot too, until 13 (here in NY) kept showing the same episodes over & over, & left out a bunch of later shows (may not have even shown the last season) so you couldn't figure out what was going on (as far as characters leaving...I think only one of the original four was left by the end). The theme does sound a bit like the Wilburys, & it's sung by Dennis Waterman, who plays Gerry, and the guy who wrote it, Mike Moran, is on a couple of G. Harrison albums.
	12:16pm french yak: Tommy on drums, Al on everything else. Joey's not on Party Favors
	12:17pm Handy Haversack: Ha, you know it, Eddy! But they are also very sweet and working super hard during this rough time and doing a commendable job keeping that place running. It's a neighborhood treasure.
	12:19pm clarke: but, joey did play on the short tour Al did for the album.
	12:19pm Andres: Andrew in Toronto: I’m in Guelph but last time I drove by there the marquee said Goodbye/Closed or something sad like that.
	12:20pm Michael Shelley: Eddy - up late or early?
	12:20pm french yak: @Clarke- cool, wish I'd seen that tour!
	12:21pm Eddy in Australia: @Handy Hey, I didn’t say I don’t like them! I hope PP survives
	12:21pm Handy Haversack: We have to get to the pet-food and human-food stores and might not make it back before the end. Thanks, Michael! Great stuff today as always. Thanks, Ruth! See you at Rex's or Todd's. Great hanging out, Shellegamers! Have good weeks!
	12:21pm clarke: i caught them in nashville - an afternoon showcase!! joey was living in nashville and al was shortly to move to nashville.
	12:23pm Sketch: That out of tune guitar is always such an easy way to spot a Joe Gibbs record!
	12:23pm DG: And (sorry, seeing these posts later) "Vinyl" had so much potential & they blew it....could've done a bunch of stories on '70s music, graft, the birth of punk, disco, etc. & yet every episode was Bobby C. doing coke and/or someone getting beaten up. I think Scorsese & co. were so in love with the violence & the hedonism they didn't care about the other aspects of that era....I don't know what they thought they were trying to do.
	12:24pm P-90: One of the better plane-high-jacking-novelty dub songs imo.
	12:25pm Squints: That guitar lick makes this my favorite Joan Jett number ever. Numbah. One.
	12:25pm andy fuchs: Hey Dennis, I think Les did actually. I'll ask Gene Paul next time we speak, but I think so...
	12:27pm Michael Shelley: Gene mastered my 2nd lp - say Hi for me!
	12:27pm clarke: i recall reading how the type of laquer les paul used on the walls was also used by norman petty - many, many coats of lacquer on the echo chamber walls!!
	12:28pm Jimmy Wipper: Just about every day for the last 2 weeks we've had nothing but a cold, miserable rain every day. It's finally a sunny Saturday morning and today's show is the perfect soundtrack!
	12:28pm clarke: WIPPPPPAAAAAAHHHHH!!!
	12:29pm clarke: how's thangs on Uzzle St??
	12:29pm phat: @Dennis Diken he sure is, original, too, especially for when you guys came up. When you tour again, come to Nebraska, I'll buy you guys dinner. There are some good venues here still.
	12:29pm Eddy in Australia: Aussie Mike? Please, no!
	12:29pm Jimmy Wipper: Uzzle Street is still flooded but drying out.
	12:31pm clarke: sun = good!
	12:31pm Kotzwinkled: Blood harmony! Cactus Blossoms also kings of harmonizing.
	12:31pm Jimmy Wipper: Indeed it is.
	12:31pm Cooh John: Artie Johnson, Brian!
	12:31pm Michael Shelley: Amagram?
	12:32pm Dennis Diken: @phat - thanks! we'd love to come back to Nebraska!
	12:32pm KWilde: Good Morning Mr Wipper!
	12:32pm Jimmy Wipper: It's 9 o'clock in San Francisco.
	12:32pm dk50b: @Hughie Considine assume you mean Henry Gibson was the head of the Illinois Nazis in The Blues Brothers. Was trying to recall Nazis in Animal House, only when Otter describes the Omegas that beat him as Hitler Youth. The Nazi march in The Blues Brothers is based on the 1978 Supreme Court ruling allowing the Nation Socialist Party of America to march in Skokie, home to a large Jewish population including many holocaust survivors.
	12:33pm Jimmy Wipper: Mr. Wilde!
	12:33pm βrian: Hah, that's right. They look so similar to me.
	12:34pm dk50b: @Squints sorry missed your comment
	12:34pm Cooh John: How is "Mother Night", P-90? Looks like a great cast.
	12:35pm clarke: oooooo - Mother Night is superbly acted - but depressing as hell.
	12:36pm Squints: dk50b: Nae harm. More the merrier. We're not piling on. More a gentle, "Was Percy Sledge who sang dat perticular toon."
	12:37pm phat: @Dennis Diken I think you'd do well here, probably better in Omaha than Lincoln, but we could find a venue in Lincoln. I still know some of the bookers here, too. I'd love to see you at the Zoo Bar, but it's way too small. Do you remember where you played in Nebraska? I'm sorry I missed you when that happened.
	12:37pm clarke: but, i think i mean Night, Mother with anne bancroft. are we talking same flick here?
	12:38pm DJ Johnny Cool: Sly yodeling? How high was he?
	12:38pm egould310: Souldeling?
	12:38pm Michael Shelley: so high
	12:39pm phat: @Michael Shelley lol. I think you're right.
	12:39pm kwatts: I'm digging that plucky bass.
	12:39pm Mister Dobalina: Hate to admit it, but I went downstairs and got a donut from D&D.
	12:40pm Hughie Considine: @dk50b yes, I mixed up those two films. Didn't realize the march in Blues Bros was based on the notorious Skokie march, which ended up as a TV movie starring Danny Kaye in one of his later roles.
	12:41pm spodiodi: Handy, lol at your v-day flick. hope you had a nice Chianti (i just learned about the secret joke in that line, btw... mildly interesting/amusing trivia www.independent.co.uk... )
	12:42pm Squints: Except for that little baroque-pop number at the end (which I don't mind but not what I bought it for), I love that whole All Over The Place record. Especially Dover Beach, which is kinda Crazy Horse lite.
	12:42pm Dennis Diken: @phat - we've played Omaha several times, including Peony Park for a few dates, some other places too? can't recall offhand. thanks!
	12:42pm Andrew Hollywood: According to the internet encyclopedia, Sly once called Jim Ford "the baddest white man on the planet."
	12:42pm alanpartlow: @Michael Shelly Ha! I worked at a "Music of Your Life" station in Florida in 1985. It was exactly as you described it.
	12:43pm Mailman Tom: I saw the Bangles perform live 4 times!
	12:43pm Davis: Good song! made me think of “the bangles girl” by Robbie Fulks which I haven’t heard in a long time
	12:43pm phat: @Hughie Considine I remember the ads for that Danny Kaye TV movie. For some reason it ran a lot on WGN, if I recall correctly. I've never actually watched the show. But everytime I see the word "Skokie" I picture an angry Danny Kaye in a crowd.
	12:44pm johnk77: sly showed up in the miles davis american masters doc on pbs
	12:44pm Hoboken Jack: Steve is definitely not a lame-o!
	12:45pm phat: @Dennis Diken ah, Peony Park... I really have no idea why I missed you guys, probably broke or working.
	12:45pm Michael Shelley: you still got it!
	12:45pm Dennis Diken: @phat - yeah, we had some good shows there, great audiences!
	12:49pm Montmaster J: Just saw the Sunshine Boys on TCM at 6....might have to check it out.
	12:50pm Hughie Considine: haha, @phat. Now I'll do the same.
	12:50pm clarke: i too have never seen that.
	12:50pm James in ATL: Really great show today! Thanks, Michael!
	12:51pm P-90: The “Mother Night” movie is excellent. Definitely worth checking out. But: yes it’s unsparingly faithful to the desolate darkness of Vonnegut’s original. So: maybe best to watch when one is in a generally good mood, like not already suicidal... Also: for all you Les Paul lacquer fanatics, that’s the same stuff he used many coats of on the wooden “diffusing panels” he built for the home studio in Mahwah. He loved that stuff.
	12:52pm phat: This Trevor Blendour has a hell of a chorus. I'm such a sucker.
	12:52pm clarke: veru eenteresting schtuff here!! but: stoopid!!
	12:54pm Dennis Diken: great show Mikey! as per...
	12:54pm Larry O: Milly small! The singer of the first international reggae hits – my boy lollipop!
	12:54pm clarke: P-90: any idea what the lacquer WAS?? is it still being made??
	12:54pm Hughie Considine: "Ooh" in the title is almost always a good sign.
	12:56pm gf2002: I need some gas money
	12:57pm Steve from Dunwoody: All I can think of now is getting NRBQ into the so'call RnR Hall of Fame. When and where is the demonstration? How can I help?
	12:57pm spodiodi: Thanks for the good tunes and vibes, Michael Shelley! Thanks, Ruth! see you all
	12:57pm Frank In Queens: Nice show! Thanks Michael!
	12:57pm Steve from Dunwoody: *so-called
	12:57pm dk50b: Michael assume you're referring to good old WVOX/WRTN. Visited their studio with a substitute teacher who was into broadcasting. He also took a few of us up to Armonk one evening to demonstrate his portable shortwave. We had a blast. Imagine teacher in his 50s even suggesting such a thing now. books.google.com...
	12:58pm gf2002: And those guys were singing about gas money when it was 25-30 cents a gallon
	12:58pm clarke: you're right!!
	12:58pm ledzeppelinsucks: That was delightful.
	12:58pm Davis: Speaking of lacquer, I never realized it was an organic material until I read this. https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/content/edward-d-melillo
	12:58pm egould310: Thanks, Mike. Good tunes and fun commentary. Listen to ya’ next week.
	12:58pm Mister Dobalina: Ya, yellow sun of hitch.
	12:58pm Mike W: Oh wow, Tube Bar inspiration!?
	12:59pm Frank In Queens: Wow, this is like an alternate universe Tube Bar tape.
	12:59pm wenzo llc.: LOLOLOL
	12:59pm Hoboken Jack: Thanks Michael and Ruth!! The show went by too quickly!!
	12:59pm CalZone!: all the LJN Haters! love it!
	12:59pm clarke: uh huhhhh... good nite!
	1:00pm Mister Dobalina: Never cheated with M.S.
	1:00pm JohnEBGood: Get off my phone! Reminds me of good old Tom : )
	1:00pm ledzeppelinsucks: Mother was enraged after me keeping change after .25 gas.
	1:00pm Ross T.: Attaboy!
	1:01pm dk50b: Guessing that was people who rightly despised Bob Grant calling his WMCA show
	1:01pm Andres: Waiter? More coffee, please.

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