WFMU: Irwin Chusid: Playlist from January 1, 2014

Listener comments!
	3:00pm ...: Happy New Year, Irwin!
	3:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Leeee...
	3:06pm Laura L: Quiet day... HNY, Irwin.
	3:10pm JakeGould: Wow! This “Crash Course in Science” is great! Thanks!
	3:10pm YETI BOB: YETIS WORLDWIDE WISH FOR MORE SURREALISM IN 2014!!
	3:11pm Irwin: Hi, Laura. Happy fresh 365-day continuum.
	3:17pm Droll: It is very quiet here. I hope that's a good omen -- let 2014 be the year of listening instead of yammering on Twitbook about the lint you just found in your belly button!
	3:26pm dale: please mr. kennedy sounds like it came off 'a mighty wind'
	3:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...give you a persimmon ? Surely it's mango here...
	3:29pm glenn: i admit to a grudging admiration for the talents of j. timberlake.
	3:31pm dale: he's talented and he hasn't done anything really stupid. that's a winning combination in hollywood
	3:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...he sure f'd up MySpace - or is that considered the + column...
	3:34pm dale: oh, i didn't know. i just meant he wasn't caught getting out of a limo with no underpants on or beating a woman.
	3:35pm glenn: or beating a woman with no underpants.
	3:36pm dale: or beating a woman with underpants
	3:37pm Ike: But Dale, most limos have no underpants on them.
	3:37pm Droll: Ike, OVERSHARE!
	3:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& a stretch limo would need...
	3:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...nevermind...
	3:39pm glenn: english limos have boots and bonnets.
	3:39pm dale: GIANT underpants. remember all the things that pee wee could do with them?
	3:42pm fleep: A Hummer limo goes commando
	3:42pm dale: i think it's wonderful now that we are all trying to get together
	3:43pm glenn: any limo going commando ain't getting no hummer.
	3:46pm Droll: Actually lots of cars wear bras, and they make "Truck Nuts" for rear bumpers... Not sure I've ever seen a vehicle with both, but I'm sure they're out there.
	3:46pm glenn: For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H. L. Mencken
	3:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...if you're going to box her w/out boxers, you'd better make it brief... ...if you get out of the limo w/out your waistband getting snapped - then it's a great relief...
	3:50pm dale: were we discussing dion a couple of weeks ago irwin? or del shannon? this is the stuff you just don't hear that is so tasty...
	3:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - yeah.
	3:51pm ?: @RevoRavit: i know u color,,,!!!!! (ps i like u erwin n u music is good,,,!!_)
	4:01pm Mike: The whole family is loving the James Kochalka track here in Wellington NZ.
	4:01pm LovecraftDude888: Oh joy, another snowstorm coming Thur.-Friday here in NY. Woopee! Happy New Year ya'll. I'm having to keep the audio low at my new apt., which sorta sucks.
	4:02pm Ike: Ha ha, presumably not a coincidental choice of Kochalka.
	4:04pm nestor: happy new year to the hottest voice in radio.
	4:05pm Irwin: Hey, Nestor! Got snow?
	4:05pm autumn: play some amanda right away for the feline fans.
	4:06pm dk: for what it's worth, i'm pretty sure the events joe describes in "an enterprising man" are entirely factual. i know a guy who knows a guy who went to the ski resort.
	4:06pm Droll: Are the Joe Frank stories real?!?! They're as real as the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus and the sasquatch that feed on them! They're as real as reality TV! Are these stories real?!?!
	4:06pm dale: lovecraftdude - my snow shoes and x-country skis are thankful
	4:06pm nestor: 'sno, I don't
	4:07pm new year's resolution center: new year's resolutions are for pussies. just do stuff.
	4:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...nowadays of course Joe would just Twitter this stuff as it happened - or just webcast...
	4:08pm dale: ira glass used to work for joe frank and probably made much more from the formula - he STOLE.
	4:09pm LovecraftDude888: har, yeah. I'm just hoping I can get the car out Friday, or not. My resolution was to buy Shure headphones so my retarded new neighbors don't go off hearing the home theater action. So much for apartments and loudness.
	4:10pm Droll: Ira Glass has had to retract episodes due to problems with factual correctness -- Joe Frank never has! Is it real!?! Guffaw!!
	4:10pm LovecraftDude888: Man I heard Llewyn Davis wasn't too keen. I saw Nebraska with my hero Bruce Dern which was pretty good.
	4:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I can imagine Joe as a Jewish Messiah @ the head of a roundtable of Disciples who all go off & tell~do their own version of it - kinda like (happened to) Freud...
	4:11pm dale: don't you want those $200 dr. dre beats headphones all the kids are wearin'?
	4:12pm LovecraftDude888: Ha, some DJ shop guy was trying to push those on me I'm like I don't feel like blowing $500 for the Beats Pros thank you. I settled for Shure 550s. So far so good.
	4:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I mean - you would, wouldn't you...
	4:15pm Robert: Joe Frank was interviewed briefly and answered phone questions as part of WFMU's spring fundraising marathon some time during the aughts IIRC. He regretted that FCC regs on cursing & content had cramped his style and that he was therefore no longer producing for the air, but hoped that would be a temporary condition.
	4:17pm glenn: please. mick jagger's an upper class twit with a degree from the london school of economics. he's no rebel.
	4:18pm JakeGould: Apropos to me being day-off obsessed with “Crash Course in Science” apparently they are around and still perform. They are on Facebook. www.facebook.com...
	4:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - & said as much in 'Street Fighting Man'. It's only Rock'n'Roll.
	4:20pm JakeGould: Apropos to headphones, my $30 Panasonic RP-HTX7 headphones work fine for me. Best cheap “cans” headphones around.
	4:25pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...jeepers what a writer...
	4:26pm glenn: i have audio technica headphones. 75$ from long & mcquade. they sound great, and they're super comfy.
	4:26pm Andrew Waterloo: @Jake, Panasonic is always good for dynamic range + cheap
	4:26pm Tome: got like 5 pairs of cans,, but still love my reliable & most important COMFY AKG240's ..... gotta be approaching 30 years old now my original set..
	4:26pm LovecraftDude888: I think I have a pair of those somewhere! The Shures I ended up with to have a heavy duty pair with as much solid bass as possible, and a long cord for HTheater sometimes. So far so good. Then there are things like the Beyerdynamics at $600 haha!
	4:27pm LovecraftDude888: AKGs are great, too. I settled on Shure almost got ATs, also. The Shures were calling to me.
	4:27pm Mike East: trying out my new bose cans today for the first time. so far, so good. They're more expensive than what I asked my wife for for xmas, but she lost the piece of paper that I wrote "Sony MDR7506" on.
	4:28pm dale: when i was a kid i had a pair of koss. not great but when you're a teenager listening to moody blues or renaissance or genesis it was all good.
	4:29pm glenn: huh. maybe if i lose pieces of paper my g.f. will buy me the new lee hazlewood box set.
	4:29pm so little time...: ...so little moral fiber
	4:29pm Mike East: I've broken atleast two pairs of koss portapros
	4:29pm LovecraftDude888: Mike, ok I had a pair of those Sonys a few years back, and were not super impressed with them. Too clinical by far. Great for pro uses but not so much for pleasure listening. I thought. So far the Shures 550s I got are 2000x better.
	4:30pm LovecraftDude888: I prob. had Koss years ago for Walkmans, yep. They were fine for the time.
	4:30pm Andrew Waterloo: I have a cheap set of Shures and a spiral extension cable
	4:30pm Tome: ..... for me I don't think I have such or ever had those "golden ears" and I am still bit of an audio "snob",, but spending more then $200 ,, oh ok tops MAYBE $300 on a pair of headphones, if your source & amp are only marginal is crazy ...
	4:30pm LovecraftDude888: I saw some place had a Sansui TV up the other day, this DJ shop, and I was like...how is Sansui still around?
	4:30pm dale: lee hazlewood box what now?
	4:30pm Tome: And Happy New Year Irwin and all in radio , "streaming" land !
	4:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...working @ a thriftstore - got a pair of totally fine condition Bose for almost nothing. They say though that Bose stuff has a kind of bulit-in EQ bias as part of the deal - so not good for Mixing...
	4:31pm LovecraftDude888: Tome..I agree it's absurd. I also saw the what was it..$1200 pair of shures, or Beyers, or whatever? Craziness.
	4:32pm glenn: expensive-ass headphones. baybloorradio.com...
	4:32pm LovecraftDude888: Bose are yeah consumer-oriented phones not for Pro. use for the most part, mixing etc. I have Klipsch ImageOnes too for the iPod those are great.
	4:33pm Dr. Goot: "Sony MDR7506"
	4:33pm LovecraftDude888: Right, the Grados and such are over the top. Egads. I'm not that obsessed!
	4:33pm Tome: I just laugh at those with Dr. dre. 300+ headphones and IPad nano.. for example,, and their speakers at home are not even $300 !!
	4:34pm Tome: ...will not put a sock in audio snob mode.. and enjoy most important the Tunes !
	4:34pm glenn: dale - lightintheattic.net...
	👻 4:35pm Alison Porchnik: In Hungary they say that if you hear the cymbalom on New Year's Day you'll have 12 months of good luck. Or maybe that was 12 months of goulash.
	4:35pm JakeGould: There are two iPods that had amazing sound: The 2nd generation iPod Shuffle (the clip-on one) and the iPod Video (5th Generation Classic). Those have great DA converters.
	4:35pm LovecraftDude888: yeah that's absurd. Not worth spending $1500 unless you're pushing some high end equipment. So sillee I called some audiophile shop here for a job and they HAVE NONE. they are barely afloat...only due to home installations! Scary.
	4:36pm Mike East: damn, I should have set up the cymbalom...I had some pork paprikash yesterday.
	4:36pm LovecraftDude888: I think I have the 5th Gen. ipod Classic. I believe. It sounds pretty good.
	4:37pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...on the other hand - one good Component can help a System I reckon - if the stereo's average but you can get good speakers - why not...
	4:38pm Dr. Goot: Digging the Vishnu, thanks!
	4:38pm JakeGould: So what about in-ear headphones? They all basically suck but are being sold as if they are amazing.
	4:38pm LovecraftDude888: Those Bowers and Wilkins are supp. great, but very pricey. I found it's also comfort and build as well as sound. The drivers are crucial.
	4:38pm Droll: Thousand Island Park is just the usual corner park with Miracle WHip, ketchup, and pickle relish. Delicious on Mahavisnu.
	4:39pm LovecraftDude888: in-ear...er, some are quite good but I'm not a huge fan of earbuds in general.
	👻 4:39pm Alison Porchnik: Dudes, nothing beats eating paprikash when you're listening to the Mahavishnu Orchestra with Sony MDR7506s.
	4:39pm Tome: ..been falling asleep for many years with AKG 240's == comfort most important or the cans are not worth beer cans...
	4:40pm Droll: Long-term in-ear use is bad, I strongly recommend against sustained use of a compression driver sealing your ear canal.
	4:40pm northguineahills: For some reason, I dug the Moskowitz/Mahavishnu Orchestra back to back did me nicely.
	4:40pm LovecraftDude888: I saw the Motorhead 'phones..look good..sound bad!
	4:41pm Ike: Sony Walkman MP3 players are an excellent value. I have the NWZ-E465. Better than most iPods and good FM reception too. Not popular; I'm surprised they still make them.
	4:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - seriously - who gives Mahavishnu due props these days...
	👻 4:42pm Alison Porchnik: Goulash goes far better with the Dr. Dres, though. They're worth it just for that. Unless you're digging Procol Harum, in which case the Shures are your best bet.
	4:43pm LovecraftDude888: I had one of those Sonys few years back but died on me..ditto for one or two of the Sandisk ones. Then invested in Ipod.
	4:43pm LovecraftDude888: I know Droll, I'm trying to keep the volume levels down now even with the new phones. I like it dynamic but not really loud.
	4:44pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - re comfort - for starters - ears are not round... - in my limited experience (>cheap<) - Sony stuff has some good functionalities - but not durable...
	4:44pm glenn: does anybody know who george boldt was? his wife invented thousand island dressing, and here's his "summer house". www.boldtcastle.com...
	4:45pm Ike: The iPods I've owned haven't lived long, LCD888.
	4:45pm LovecraftDude888: I just moved and the walls, as always, paper thin, neighbors bitching about me watching ALIEN in 5.1 the other day heehee so had to cut all volumess wayyy down on regular speakers. Ah well. They don't like chestbursters?! loud!
	4:45pm Irwin: At last my audiogeek demographic has emerged from the closet.
	4:46pm LovecraftDude888: Had my iPod for 4 yrs. already or so. I'm praying it lasts. I don't use it tons really.
	4:46pm dale: i've tried to change the batteries in two ipods. ended up throwing them both out. you need to be miniaturized like in fantastic voyage to not destroy those.
	4:46pm LovecraftDude888: Also watched Gene Hackman in Night Moves...didn't sound good but good film, or..ok.
	4:46pm Droll: Irwin, Look at your audience! You may as well play test tones!
	4:47pm Ike: Uh oh, Droll@4:40, I use earbuds all day at work. I wish I could wear my ancient Sony MDR-V6s instead, but cans are not comfortable when combined with glasses, which I must wear.
	4:47pm Tome: I like my nano but the Sony I seen for a lot less @ 16G > bhpho.to... < a lot less for the 4 & 8G,, only I question is the battery life & life expectancy ..
	4:48pm LovecraftDude888: you should see the guys that show up at that Audiophile shop over here..geesh. If you aren't spending $20,000 on a Macintosh amp you're a loser.
	4:49pm LovecraftDude888: I never had the dosh for that nonsense. I once worked at an infamous electronics store in LI (ok, Crazy Eddies!) years ago...highest end was harman kardon. Or...Karmon hardon?
	4:51pm LovecraftDude888: I had no idea Grado was in Brooklyn that's interesting. I've heard they're very good.
	4:52pm dale: KRACO and craig, baby! realistic if you're feeling spendy.
	4:52pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...the laser vinyl record turntable we discussed in the Stochastic comments a few weeks ago is something I fantasize about...
	4:53pm glenn: grado makes super super high end cartridges, individually hand carved from ebony, i think.
	4:53pm Dr. Goot: Vintage Sony - i69.photobucket.com...
	4:53pm JakeGould: Nice “Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters” track.
	4:54pm JakeGould: @Ike I use cheap plain earbuds at work. But the in-canal things seem like a problem waiting to be called out on.
	4:54pm LovecraftDude888: Good lord. yeah I've heard Grado's stuff is keen. But not cheap. They make a headphone amp of human bone..just kidding. carved out of solid butter...as one XTC video had andy partridge saying about someone local on mural. Nevermind.
	4:55pm dale: i have 70s marantz and kenwood and 90s NAD. the kenwood needs a new power supply or something - it hums really loud when you turn it on now. power caps?
	4:56pm Ike: @Tome, 30 hrs. battery life is about right for MP3s on that, but as w/most MP3 players, it declines a bit if you press buttons a lot or switch it on and off a lot, as I do. (They used to claim 40 or 50 hours, def. a stretch.) Oddly, FM listening eats more power than playing MP3s.
	4:56pm Ken: Wow, so THAT was the famous Dave Van Ronk version of Both Sides Now! Before I knew who it was, I thought you were playing some outsider artist. THAT was Joni Mitchell's favorite version?
	4:57pm LovecraftDude888: OH Marantz..yeeha. I had a good Kenwood bookself system but had to chuck it it died.
	4:57pm Ken: And sorry, just to stay on topic, I got a pair of Bose bluetooth headphones from Santa. Great to be released from the bondage of headphone wires.
	4:57pm LovecraftDude888: but, I'm still waiting for the GREEDO headphones! did they shoot first? oh boy.
	4:58pm LovecraftDude888: that's bookshelf! goshdarnit
	4:58pm northguineahills: @Ken: I thought it was an Incredible String Band outtake before I looked on the playlist.
	4:58pm Robert: Had to listen to that version of "Clouds" to really get the restatement of Plato's cave.
	4:59pm JakeGould: This is where Grado is located? In Sunset Park over a grocery? goo.gl...
	5:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I got these Brinkman brand speakers from Britain - they're cermaic - not wood - woofer faces up in a sorta small toilet bowl dome - & the tweeter down - & in the middle reflecting is a sorta double-cone of brass...
	5:00pm dale: bluetooth stuff was everywhere this year. i picked up a little speaker so i could listen to podcasts working outside without phones. not great sounding but good enough.
	5:02pm Ken: The Coen Brothers used two details from Van Ronk's life - he was a merchant marine, and he was offered one of the roles in Peter, Paul and Mary by Albert Grossman. But I agree, the character in that movie had no resemblance to Van Ronk.
	5:02pm JakeGould: Kind of shocked how crappy Bluetooth speakers are a thing now.
	5:03pm LovecraftDude888: Ha yeah Grado is in Sunset Park, a goof! I had no idea. Well, very nice kit, but too rich for moi. That head amp is $500! yikes.
	5:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I get the impression it's like Todd Hayne's Music/Rawk movies - 'Velvet Goldmine', 'I'm Not There'...Impressions...much much better than some crap 'Dramatization' (a good Doc is fine)...
	5:05pm Dr. Goot: blogs.villagevoice.com...
	5:05pm Irwin: BTW, Ken -- I really enjoyed the film, while agreeing w/your assessment that you don't really care about most of the characters. It's just a great Coen brothers outing. I dug the performances and thought the music was terrif.
	5:06pm JakeGould: “Inside Llewyn Davis” is great. It’s clear they used the framework of the Dave Van Ronk bio for the setting & some items, but it’s definitely not about Dave Van Ronk in any way. True parallel universe.
	5:07pm JakeGould: This article in the Village Voice by Dave Van Ronk’s ex-wife explains the differences well. www.villagevoice.com...
	5:07pm glenn: i saw him play in toronto in the fall of '84. he was drunk, nasty and brilliant.
	5:07pm LovecraftDude888: didn't realize it was inspired mainly by Van Ronk, now I'm more intrigued to see this. thought perhaps by Tim Buckley or someone. I dunno. Did I mention I met Joe Boyd back in May? That was a thrill.
	5:08pm JakeGould: “ Two wonderful scenes do relate specifically to David, though. In one, Llewyn Davis asks Mel, the owner of the record company that released his first album, for royalties, telling the man he doesn't even own an overcoat.”
	5:08pm JakeGould: “In another scene, Davis says (perhaps sarcastically) to someone in the seaman's union, "You won't give me my papers because I'm a communist?" The man mutters, "Shachtmanite." That's a political reference that almost no one in the world will get -- but to me, who hung around but didn't join a small socialist sect known as the Shachtmanites, it's very, very funny.”
	5:09pm glenn: joe boyd's book is pretty good, although i wish it was more detailed.
	5:09pm Parq: I haven't seen the flik or read the book, but that's my favorite version of "Both Sides Now" too. You should check into his version of "That Song About the Midway" from the "Sunday Street" album, all of which is wonderful.
	5:10pm glenn: funny, i've been in 3 unions, and i've never met more conservative people.
	5:10pm LovecraftDude888: yeah got Joe to sign one of those. It does seem a bit breezy his book...maybe he'll write some more? But the live thing I saw him do reading with Robyn H. doing the music was sick!
	5:11pm Ken: I didn't like "Inside Llewyn Davis" at all, and I love the Coen Brothers. I felt like it was a squandered opportunity to explore a vibrant musical scene. Almost every character in the movie came off as a complete loser.
	5:12pm glenn: they ARE complete losers.
	5:12pm LovecraftDude888: Yikes, Ken. I loved No Country F. Old Men but my mom hated it! Too violent and "pointless" for her. I thought it rocked! "Put it in your pocket...it's your lucky quarter"
	5:12pm Irwin: Ken: Yes, every character screamed LOSER. But it was an entertaining portrait of losers. Didn't you at least like the cat?
	5:12pm Parq: The ultimate Union Democrat was Daley, a stone right winger on every issue except unions. Most of his constituents were the same way -- I know my dad was. Jimmy Cagney was, too, or so it seems from his autobio.
	5:13pm JakeGould: So you liked “The Ladykillers” and “The Man Who Wasn't There?” I can’t think that “Inside Llewyn Davis” is worse than those turds.
	5:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - okay - reading Van Ronk's ex's opinion @ that Link puts Ken's opinion in context...Then again, the Coen's did Ulysses in Old Weird America in 'O Brother'...
	5:14pm glenn: i love the coen brothers too, but i hate a couple of their movies, notably barton fink, which everybody loves, and i love miller's crossing, which nobody even seems to know exists.
	5:14pm LovecraftDude888: I love Big Liebowski even though it's like, a good "bad" movie. in a sense. It's a goof.
	5:14pm Ken: Jake, those are two Coen movies I missed! I guess I was lucky.
	5:15pm JakeGould: “Big Liebowski” is the best. I hate the frat-boy/dude-bro culture that has grown up around that film, but remember just loving it right when it came out.
	5:15pm LovecraftDude888: Miller's Crossing is really good. Barton Fink..used to hate it, now kinda dig it. Sort of.
	5:15pm glenn: blood simple still rocks, though.
	5:16pm JakeGould: Well, Ken… If you think all of the characters in “Inside Llewyn Davis” are losers, then what about Scorsese films like “Raging Bull” or “Taxi Driver?” I mean those are films about mental cases & the mental cases around them.
	5:16pm glenn: maybe it's that i just don't like john turturro.
	5:16pm LovecraftDude888: aye, Blood Simple rawks. I need to rescreen that soon a candidate for the new Idiot Box I got.
	5:16pm JakeGould: Also, yes, “The Ladykillers” and “The Man Who Wasn't There” are utter shit.
	5:17pm LovecraftDude888: I've seen Scarecrow a few times the past few years, that's a great great film!! Hackman and Pacino. total loserdom.
	5:18pm LovecraftDude888: Hackman goes "I can tear the ass out of an elephant." Thank you, Gene!
	5:18pm Ken: True Jake, but the difference is that I CARED about the characters in Scorcese films. Speaking of which, The Wolf of Wall Street has the GREATEST DRUG SCENE ever in the history of cinema.
	5:19pm glenn: the ladykillers is ten times better than the man who wasn't there. what about the hudsucker proxy?
	5:19pm LovecraftDude888: Dinnertime soon...supper. What about The Hyena of Bedford Ave.?
	5:20pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - that is - I can see Ken's point it doesn't do that Scene justice - but also that that probably isn't the Coen's objective ...different than the Haynes films like that ...ain't seen it - can't have an opinion yet...
	5:20pm JakeGould: Qualudes scene?
	5:21pm Ken: Yep, the Quaaludes scene! wow.
	5:22pm JakeGould: Okay, fair enough on the Scorsese assessment. But I can’t get myself to see “Wolf of Wall Street” because I just hat dealing with movies that are nearly 3 hours in length.
	5:22pm dale: i had a quaaludes scene once. but it was only a half. and not that much of a scene really
	5:24pm glenn: so, berlin alexanderplatz isn't in your future, jake?
	👻 5:24pm Alison Porchnik: Ken, better than the mountain of coke in Scarface?
	5:24pm Parq: Never saw "Hudsucker" and I confess that the chicken in me is reluctant to see "Miller". I liked looking at "Wasn't There", anyway, and thought "Ladykillers" was just mediocre -- which, in its own way is even worse than a movie that outright sucks.
	5:24pm JakeGould: But will see if I can do an early showing of it so I can leave the theater & do something else afterwards. 90 minute movies. That’s what I like.
	5:26pm Tome: not a Brad Pitt fan but saw "Snatch" other day first time was freaking funny as hell! as long as we're now talking movies? and NOT audio snob or what we should be music I am guessing for f sake !
	5:26pm Ken: Yeah, WAY better than anything in Scarface. But then again, I had a friend in High School whose nickname was "Quay," so maybe Im biased. Wold of Wall Street was worth three hours - I loved it. My daughter hated it though.
	5:30pm LovecraftDude888: nevermind that, if you can't deal with Millers Crossing don't see Only God Forgives...I did 2 weeks ago...not a good film really but it's over the top in a major way. Pretty violent.
	5:33pm LovecraftDude888: "wanna fight?" bad idea.
	5:34pm LovecraftDude888: Ballad of Amy was wrenching, dude. egads!
	5:35pm Ike: Agreed that Man Who Wasn't There is a terrible, terrible movie, one of the worst I've ever seen. My fave Coens flick is O Brother.
	5:35pm dale: they were counting on the carter kids cuteness factor lovecraft
	5:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...? - there's scenes showing people doing drugs - then scenes that convey what drugs are like - ??...I dunno - I'm not a film nut...
	5:36pm LovecraftDude888: right-o.
	5:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I do think Pacino portraying just being drunk in Scarface is a kind of genius...
	5:39pm LovecraftDude888: first you get the Grados, then you get the women...
	5:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...put your headphones on so you don't have to listen to them ??...
	5:42pm fleep: I'm shopping for a pair of world cancelling headphones.
	5:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...careful what you wish for...
	5:43pm glenn: A man comes home from a long day at work, plops down on the couch in front of the television and turns on the game. Without hesitation he tells his wife, “Get me a beer before it starts.” The wife sighs and gets him a beer. Fifteen minutes later he says, “Get me another beer before it starts.” She looks cross, but fetches another beer and slams it down next to him. He quickly finishes that beer and a few minutes later says, “Quick, get me another beer, it’s going to start any minute.” The wife is furious. She yells at him “Is that all you’re going to do tonight? Drink beer and sit in front of that TV? You’re nothing but a lazy, drunken, fat slob, and furthermore …” The man sighs and says, “It's started …”
	5:47pm Rick from SC: holy crap. I've haven't heard this in ages. Wasn't this Vanilla Bean?
	👻 5:47pm Alison Porchnik: My daily catechism for 2014.
	5:47pm LovecraftDude888: see ya guys for now..good chatting been fun! great show....back on later I think....Alison nice cat there!
	5:51pm Laura L: What better way to start a new year than with a Natural Disaster (excerpt). Thank you, brother.
	5:58pm dale: where the fuck is andy? all the jewish holidays are long over.
	5:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I dunno Irwin - there's a few tracks I didn't ☆ today !...
	5:59pm dale: my wife is offended by 'god ' damn. bitch!
	7:58pm Droll: Howdy Irwin, I'm so glad I came back for the last hour so I could re-enjoy "Slap me with your punishing rod" over 100 Buffalo Bills. Are you _sure_ those Joe Frank episodes aren't real? That scene sounds amazingly real to me. "LOUDER!" I hope you are enjoying your snow and went sledding or skitching or something fun!

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Artist	Track	Album	Approx. start time
Lee Morgan	Yes I Can, No You Can't (edit)	The Gigolo	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Boogarins	Lucifernandis "Lucifernandis" by "Boogarins"	As Plantas Que Curam	0:03:58 (Pop-up)
Crash Course in Science	Cardboard Lamb	Signals from Pier 13	0:07:46 (Pop-up)
Pinkunoizu	The Great Pacific Garbage Patch	The Drop	0:10:25 (Pop-up)

Jeffrey Lewis	See America Right "See America Right" by "Jeffrey Lewis"	Tallahassee Turns Ten	0:21:39 (Pop-up)
Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver	Please Mr. Kennedy	Inside Llewyn Davis (soundtrack)	0:26:12 (Pop-up)
Joanna Gruesome	Lemonade Grrrl "Lemonade Grrrl" by "Joanna Gruesome"	Weird Sister	0:27:46 (Pop-up)
Aileen Stanley	I Was Born in Michigan	Music Hall Favorites	0:29:38 (Pop-up)
Kings of Convenience	Misread "Misread" by "Kings of Convenience"	Riot on an Empty Street	0:31:52 (Pop-up)
Lee Morgan	Dee Lawd "Dee Lawd" by "Lee Morgan"	Taru	0:34:57 (Pop-up)

Robert Ellis	Two Cans of Paint "Two Cans of Paint" by "Robert Ellis"	Photographs	0:44:07 (Pop-up)
Dion and the Wanderers	Now "Now" by "Dion and the Wanderers"	Wonder Where I'm Bound (track prod. by Tom Wilson, 1966)	0:48:12 (Pop-up)
The Growlers	Humdrum Blues "Humdrum Blues" by "The Growlers"	Gilded Pleasures	0:50:57 (Pop-up)
James Kochalka Superstar	Justin Timberlake	Spread Your Evil Wings and Fly	0:54:30 (Pop-up)

Joseph Moskowitz	Wichojiu Adin Ia Na Dorogu (Strolling On My Way Alone)	The Art of the Cymbalom	1:31:22 (Pop-up)
Mahavishnu Orchestra	Thousand Island Park	Birds Of Fire	1:34:32 (Pop-up)

Miracles of Modern Science	Don't You See?	Meems	1:42:52 (Pop-up)
Serafina Steer	Skinny Dipping "Skinny Dipping" by "Serafina Steer"	The Moths Are Real	1:46:25 (Pop-up)
Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters	Clouds (From Both Sides Now)	A Chrestomathy	1:49:51 (Pop-up)
Jason Karaban & Garrison Starr	Low Road	unreleased recording	1:54:26 (Pop-up)

Eddie Harris	Why Don't You Quit "Why Don't You Quit" by "Eddie Harris"	Come on Down!	2:02:20 (Pop-up)
Faraquet	Sea Song "Sea Song" by "Faraquet"	The View From This Tower	2:09:10 (Pop-up)
Kandia Crazy Horse	So Many Enemies	Stampede	2:13:11 (Pop-up)
Gotye	Easy Way Out "Easy Way Out" by "Gotye"	Communion Records 7-inch single	2:17:24 (Pop-up)
Road	Space Ship Earth "Space Ship Earth" by "Road"	Road (produced by Tom Wilson)	2:19:29 (Pop-up)
Sébastien Tellier & Caroline Polachek	In the Crew of Tea Time	In the Crew of Tea Time (single)	2:22:31 (Pop-up)
Olivia Cornell & Amy Allison	The Ballad of Amy Winehouse	Olivia Cornell & Amy Allison	2:25:47 (Pop-up)

Daniel Wylie	Make a Sound "Make a Sound" by "Daniel Wylie"	Fake Your Own Death	2:33:14 (Pop-up)
The Shins	Red Rabbits "Red Rabbits" by "The Shins"	Wincing the Night Away	2:35:38 (Pop-up)
Bow Wow Wow	Go Wild in the Country	Love, Peace, & Harmony: The Best of Bow Wow Wow	2:40:03 (Pop-up)
Snow Patrol	Starfighter Pilot "Starfighter Pilot" by "Snow Patrol"	Songs for Polar Bears	2:42:43 (Pop-up)
Joe Frank	"Natural Disaster" excerpt	Natural Disaster	2:45:55 (Pop-up)
Cosmic Dennis Greenidge	Table Rock	Giant Man, Giant Plan	2:51:02 (Pop-up)
The Passionate & Objective Jokerfan	Jim Flora Made Great Album Covers	People Who Like These Songs Are Correct	2:52:57 (Pop-up)
Dragonette	Don't Be Funny "Don't Be Funny" by "Dragonette"	Fixin To Thrill	2:55:08 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:00pm ...: Happy New Year, Irwin!
	3:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Leeee...
	3:06pm Laura L: Quiet day... HNY, Irwin.
	3:10pm JakeGould: Wow! This “Crash Course in Science” is great! Thanks!
	3:10pm YETI BOB: YETIS WORLDWIDE WISH FOR MORE SURREALISM IN 2014!!
	3:11pm Irwin: Hi, Laura. Happy fresh 365-day continuum.
	3:17pm Droll: It is very quiet here. I hope that's a good omen -- let 2014 be the year of listening instead of yammering on Twitbook about the lint you just found in your belly button!
	3:26pm dale: please mr. kennedy sounds like it came off 'a mighty wind'
	3:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...give you a persimmon ? Surely it's mango here...
	3:29pm glenn: i admit to a grudging admiration for the talents of j. timberlake.
	3:31pm dale: he's talented and he hasn't done anything really stupid. that's a winning combination in hollywood
	3:32pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...he sure f'd up MySpace - or is that considered the + column...
	3:34pm dale: oh, i didn't know. i just meant he wasn't caught getting out of a limo with no underpants on or beating a woman.
	3:35pm glenn: or beating a woman with no underpants.
	3:36pm dale: or beating a woman with underpants
	3:37pm Ike: But Dale, most limos have no underpants on them.
	3:37pm Droll: Ike, OVERSHARE!
	3:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& a stretch limo would need...
	3:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...nevermind...
	3:39pm glenn: english limos have boots and bonnets.
	3:39pm dale: GIANT underpants. remember all the things that pee wee could do with them?
	3:42pm fleep: A Hummer limo goes commando
	3:42pm dale: i think it's wonderful now that we are all trying to get together
	3:43pm glenn: any limo going commando ain't getting no hummer.
	3:46pm Droll: Actually lots of cars wear bras, and they make "Truck Nuts" for rear bumpers... Not sure I've ever seen a vehicle with both, but I'm sure they're out there.
	3:46pm glenn: For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H. L. Mencken
	3:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...if you're going to box her w/out boxers, you'd better make it brief... ...if you get out of the limo w/out your waistband getting snapped - then it's a great relief...
	3:50pm dale: were we discussing dion a couple of weeks ago irwin? or del shannon? this is the stuff you just don't hear that is so tasty...
	3:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - yeah.
	3:51pm ?: @RevoRavit: i know u color,,,!!!!! (ps i like u erwin n u music is good,,,!!_)
	4:01pm Mike: The whole family is loving the James Kochalka track here in Wellington NZ.
	4:01pm LovecraftDude888: Oh joy, another snowstorm coming Thur.-Friday here in NY. Woopee! Happy New Year ya'll. I'm having to keep the audio low at my new apt., which sorta sucks.
	4:02pm Ike: Ha ha, presumably not a coincidental choice of Kochalka.
	4:04pm nestor: happy new year to the hottest voice in radio.
	4:05pm Irwin: Hey, Nestor! Got snow?
	4:05pm autumn: play some amanda right away for the feline fans.
	4:06pm dk: for what it's worth, i'm pretty sure the events joe describes in "an enterprising man" are entirely factual. i know a guy who knows a guy who went to the ski resort.
	4:06pm Droll: Are the Joe Frank stories real?!?! They're as real as the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus and the sasquatch that feed on them! They're as real as reality TV! Are these stories real?!?!
	4:06pm dale: lovecraftdude - my snow shoes and x-country skis are thankful
	4:06pm nestor: 'sno, I don't
	4:07pm new year's resolution center: new year's resolutions are for pussies. just do stuff.
	4:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...nowadays of course Joe would just Twitter this stuff as it happened - or just webcast...
	4:08pm dale: ira glass used to work for joe frank and probably made much more from the formula - he STOLE.
	4:09pm LovecraftDude888: har, yeah. I'm just hoping I can get the car out Friday, or not. My resolution was to buy Shure headphones so my retarded new neighbors don't go off hearing the home theater action. So much for apartments and loudness.
	4:10pm Droll: Ira Glass has had to retract episodes due to problems with factual correctness -- Joe Frank never has! Is it real!?! Guffaw!!
	4:10pm LovecraftDude888: Man I heard Llewyn Davis wasn't too keen. I saw Nebraska with my hero Bruce Dern which was pretty good.
	4:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I can imagine Joe as a Jewish Messiah @ the head of a roundtable of Disciples who all go off & tell~do their own version of it - kinda like (happened to) Freud...
	4:11pm dale: don't you want those $200 dr. dre beats headphones all the kids are wearin'?
	4:12pm LovecraftDude888: Ha, some DJ shop guy was trying to push those on me I'm like I don't feel like blowing $500 for the Beats Pros thank you. I settled for Shure 550s. So far so good.
	4:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I mean - you would, wouldn't you...
	4:15pm Robert: Joe Frank was interviewed briefly and answered phone questions as part of WFMU's spring fundraising marathon some time during the aughts IIRC. He regretted that FCC regs on cursing & content had cramped his style and that he was therefore no longer producing for the air, but hoped that would be a temporary condition.
	4:17pm glenn: please. mick jagger's an upper class twit with a degree from the london school of economics. he's no rebel.
	4:18pm JakeGould: Apropos to me being day-off obsessed with “Crash Course in Science” apparently they are around and still perform. They are on Facebook. www.facebook.com...
	4:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - & said as much in 'Street Fighting Man'. It's only Rock'n'Roll.
	4:20pm JakeGould: Apropos to headphones, my $30 Panasonic RP-HTX7 headphones work fine for me. Best cheap “cans” headphones around.
	4:25pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...jeepers what a writer...
	4:26pm glenn: i have audio technica headphones. 75$ from long & mcquade. they sound great, and they're super comfy.
	4:26pm Andrew Waterloo: @Jake, Panasonic is always good for dynamic range + cheap
	4:26pm Tome: got like 5 pairs of cans,, but still love my reliable & most important COMFY AKG240's ..... gotta be approaching 30 years old now my original set..
	4:26pm LovecraftDude888: I think I have a pair of those somewhere! The Shures I ended up with to have a heavy duty pair with as much solid bass as possible, and a long cord for HTheater sometimes. So far so good. Then there are things like the Beyerdynamics at $600 haha!
	4:27pm LovecraftDude888: AKGs are great, too. I settled on Shure almost got ATs, also. The Shures were calling to me.
	4:27pm Mike East: trying out my new bose cans today for the first time. so far, so good. They're more expensive than what I asked my wife for for xmas, but she lost the piece of paper that I wrote "Sony MDR7506" on.
	4:28pm dale: when i was a kid i had a pair of koss. not great but when you're a teenager listening to moody blues or renaissance or genesis it was all good.
	4:29pm glenn: huh. maybe if i lose pieces of paper my g.f. will buy me the new lee hazlewood box set.
	4:29pm so little time...: ...so little moral fiber
	4:29pm Mike East: I've broken atleast two pairs of koss portapros
	4:29pm LovecraftDude888: Mike, ok I had a pair of those Sonys a few years back, and were not super impressed with them. Too clinical by far. Great for pro uses but not so much for pleasure listening. I thought. So far the Shures 550s I got are 2000x better.
	4:30pm LovecraftDude888: I prob. had Koss years ago for Walkmans, yep. They were fine for the time.
	4:30pm Andrew Waterloo: I have a cheap set of Shures and a spiral extension cable
	4:30pm Tome: ..... for me I don't think I have such or ever had those "golden ears" and I am still bit of an audio "snob",, but spending more then $200 ,, oh ok tops MAYBE $300 on a pair of headphones, if your source & amp are only marginal is crazy ...
	4:30pm LovecraftDude888: I saw some place had a Sansui TV up the other day, this DJ shop, and I was like...how is Sansui still around?
	4:30pm dale: lee hazlewood box what now?
	4:30pm Tome: And Happy New Year Irwin and all in radio , "streaming" land !
	4:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...working @ a thriftstore - got a pair of totally fine condition Bose for almost nothing. They say though that Bose stuff has a kind of bulit-in EQ bias as part of the deal - so not good for Mixing...
	4:31pm LovecraftDude888: Tome..I agree it's absurd. I also saw the what was it..$1200 pair of shures, or Beyers, or whatever? Craziness.
	4:32pm glenn: expensive-ass headphones. baybloorradio.com...
	4:32pm LovecraftDude888: Bose are yeah consumer-oriented phones not for Pro. use for the most part, mixing etc. I have Klipsch ImageOnes too for the iPod those are great.
	4:33pm Dr. Goot: "Sony MDR7506"
	4:33pm LovecraftDude888: Right, the Grados and such are over the top. Egads. I'm not that obsessed!
	4:33pm Tome: I just laugh at those with Dr. dre. 300+ headphones and IPad nano.. for example,, and their speakers at home are not even $300 !!
	4:34pm Tome: ...will not put a sock in audio snob mode.. and enjoy most important the Tunes !
	4:34pm glenn: dale - lightintheattic.net...
	👻 4:35pm Alison Porchnik: In Hungary they say that if you hear the cymbalom on New Year's Day you'll have 12 months of good luck. Or maybe that was 12 months of goulash.
	4:35pm JakeGould: There are two iPods that had amazing sound: The 2nd generation iPod Shuffle (the clip-on one) and the iPod Video (5th Generation Classic). Those have great DA converters.
	4:35pm LovecraftDude888: yeah that's absurd. Not worth spending $1500 unless you're pushing some high end equipment. So sillee I called some audiophile shop here for a job and they HAVE NONE. they are barely afloat...only due to home installations! Scary.
	4:36pm Mike East: damn, I should have set up the cymbalom...I had some pork paprikash yesterday.
	4:36pm LovecraftDude888: I think I have the 5th Gen. ipod Classic. I believe. It sounds pretty good.
	4:37pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...on the other hand - one good Component can help a System I reckon - if the stereo's average but you can get good speakers - why not...
	4:38pm Dr. Goot: Digging the Vishnu, thanks!
	4:38pm JakeGould: So what about in-ear headphones? They all basically suck but are being sold as if they are amazing.
	4:38pm LovecraftDude888: Those Bowers and Wilkins are supp. great, but very pricey. I found it's also comfort and build as well as sound. The drivers are crucial.
	4:38pm Droll: Thousand Island Park is just the usual corner park with Miracle WHip, ketchup, and pickle relish. Delicious on Mahavisnu.
	4:39pm LovecraftDude888: in-ear...er, some are quite good but I'm not a huge fan of earbuds in general.
	👻 4:39pm Alison Porchnik: Dudes, nothing beats eating paprikash when you're listening to the Mahavishnu Orchestra with Sony MDR7506s.
	4:39pm Tome: ..been falling asleep for many years with AKG 240's == comfort most important or the cans are not worth beer cans...
	4:40pm Droll: Long-term in-ear use is bad, I strongly recommend against sustained use of a compression driver sealing your ear canal.
	4:40pm northguineahills: For some reason, I dug the Moskowitz/Mahavishnu Orchestra back to back did me nicely.
	4:40pm LovecraftDude888: I saw the Motorhead 'phones..look good..sound bad!
	4:41pm Ike: Sony Walkman MP3 players are an excellent value. I have the NWZ-E465. Better than most iPods and good FM reception too. Not popular; I'm surprised they still make them.
	4:41pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - seriously - who gives Mahavishnu due props these days...
	👻 4:42pm Alison Porchnik: Goulash goes far better with the Dr. Dres, though. They're worth it just for that. Unless you're digging Procol Harum, in which case the Shures are your best bet.
	4:43pm LovecraftDude888: I had one of those Sonys few years back but died on me..ditto for one or two of the Sandisk ones. Then invested in Ipod.
	4:43pm LovecraftDude888: I know Droll, I'm trying to keep the volume levels down now even with the new phones. I like it dynamic but not really loud.
	4:44pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - re comfort - for starters - ears are not round... - in my limited experience (>cheap<) - Sony stuff has some good functionalities - but not durable...
	4:44pm glenn: does anybody know who george boldt was? his wife invented thousand island dressing, and here's his "summer house". www.boldtcastle.com...
	4:45pm Ike: The iPods I've owned haven't lived long, LCD888.
	4:45pm LovecraftDude888: I just moved and the walls, as always, paper thin, neighbors bitching about me watching ALIEN in 5.1 the other day heehee so had to cut all volumess wayyy down on regular speakers. Ah well. They don't like chestbursters?! loud!
	4:45pm Irwin: At last my audiogeek demographic has emerged from the closet.
	4:46pm LovecraftDude888: Had my iPod for 4 yrs. already or so. I'm praying it lasts. I don't use it tons really.
	4:46pm dale: i've tried to change the batteries in two ipods. ended up throwing them both out. you need to be miniaturized like in fantastic voyage to not destroy those.
	4:46pm LovecraftDude888: Also watched Gene Hackman in Night Moves...didn't sound good but good film, or..ok.
	4:46pm Droll: Irwin, Look at your audience! You may as well play test tones!
	4:47pm Ike: Uh oh, Droll@4:40, I use earbuds all day at work. I wish I could wear my ancient Sony MDR-V6s instead, but cans are not comfortable when combined with glasses, which I must wear.
	4:47pm Tome: I like my nano but the Sony I seen for a lot less @ 16G > bhpho.to... < a lot less for the 4 & 8G,, only I question is the battery life & life expectancy ..
	4:48pm LovecraftDude888: you should see the guys that show up at that Audiophile shop over here..geesh. If you aren't spending $20,000 on a Macintosh amp you're a loser.
	4:49pm LovecraftDude888: I never had the dosh for that nonsense. I once worked at an infamous electronics store in LI (ok, Crazy Eddies!) years ago...highest end was harman kardon. Or...Karmon hardon?
	4:51pm LovecraftDude888: I had no idea Grado was in Brooklyn that's interesting. I've heard they're very good.
	4:52pm dale: KRACO and craig, baby! realistic if you're feeling spendy.
	4:52pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...the laser vinyl record turntable we discussed in the Stochastic comments a few weeks ago is something I fantasize about...
	4:53pm glenn: grado makes super super high end cartridges, individually hand carved from ebony, i think.
	4:53pm Dr. Goot: Vintage Sony - i69.photobucket.com...
	4:53pm JakeGould: Nice “Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters” track.
	4:54pm JakeGould: @Ike I use cheap plain earbuds at work. But the in-canal things seem like a problem waiting to be called out on.
	4:54pm LovecraftDude888: Good lord. yeah I've heard Grado's stuff is keen. But not cheap. They make a headphone amp of human bone..just kidding. carved out of solid butter...as one XTC video had andy partridge saying about someone local on mural. Nevermind.
	4:55pm dale: i have 70s marantz and kenwood and 90s NAD. the kenwood needs a new power supply or something - it hums really loud when you turn it on now. power caps?
	4:56pm Ike: @Tome, 30 hrs. battery life is about right for MP3s on that, but as w/most MP3 players, it declines a bit if you press buttons a lot or switch it on and off a lot, as I do. (They used to claim 40 or 50 hours, def. a stretch.) Oddly, FM listening eats more power than playing MP3s.
	4:56pm Ken: Wow, so THAT was the famous Dave Van Ronk version of Both Sides Now! Before I knew who it was, I thought you were playing some outsider artist. THAT was Joni Mitchell's favorite version?
	4:57pm LovecraftDude888: OH Marantz..yeeha. I had a good Kenwood bookself system but had to chuck it it died.
	4:57pm Ken: And sorry, just to stay on topic, I got a pair of Bose bluetooth headphones from Santa. Great to be released from the bondage of headphone wires.
	4:57pm LovecraftDude888: but, I'm still waiting for the GREEDO headphones! did they shoot first? oh boy.
	4:58pm LovecraftDude888: that's bookshelf! goshdarnit
	4:58pm northguineahills: @Ken: I thought it was an Incredible String Band outtake before I looked on the playlist.
	4:58pm Robert: Had to listen to that version of "Clouds" to really get the restatement of Plato's cave.
	4:59pm JakeGould: This is where Grado is located? In Sunset Park over a grocery? goo.gl...
	5:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I got these Brinkman brand speakers from Britain - they're cermaic - not wood - woofer faces up in a sorta small toilet bowl dome - & the tweeter down - & in the middle reflecting is a sorta double-cone of brass...
	5:00pm dale: bluetooth stuff was everywhere this year. i picked up a little speaker so i could listen to podcasts working outside without phones. not great sounding but good enough.
	5:02pm Ken: The Coen Brothers used two details from Van Ronk's life - he was a merchant marine, and he was offered one of the roles in Peter, Paul and Mary by Albert Grossman. But I agree, the character in that movie had no resemblance to Van Ronk.
	5:02pm JakeGould: Kind of shocked how crappy Bluetooth speakers are a thing now.
	5:03pm LovecraftDude888: Ha yeah Grado is in Sunset Park, a goof! I had no idea. Well, very nice kit, but too rich for moi. That head amp is $500! yikes.
	5:04pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I get the impression it's like Todd Hayne's Music/Rawk movies - 'Velvet Goldmine', 'I'm Not There'...Impressions...much much better than some crap 'Dramatization' (a good Doc is fine)...
	5:05pm Dr. Goot: blogs.villagevoice.com...
	5:05pm Irwin: BTW, Ken -- I really enjoyed the film, while agreeing w/your assessment that you don't really care about most of the characters. It's just a great Coen brothers outing. I dug the performances and thought the music was terrif.
	5:06pm JakeGould: “Inside Llewyn Davis” is great. It’s clear they used the framework of the Dave Van Ronk bio for the setting & some items, but it’s definitely not about Dave Van Ronk in any way. True parallel universe.
	5:07pm JakeGould: This article in the Village Voice by Dave Van Ronk’s ex-wife explains the differences well. www.villagevoice.com...
	5:07pm glenn: i saw him play in toronto in the fall of '84. he was drunk, nasty and brilliant.
	5:07pm LovecraftDude888: didn't realize it was inspired mainly by Van Ronk, now I'm more intrigued to see this. thought perhaps by Tim Buckley or someone. I dunno. Did I mention I met Joe Boyd back in May? That was a thrill.
	5:08pm JakeGould: “ Two wonderful scenes do relate specifically to David, though. In one, Llewyn Davis asks Mel, the owner of the record company that released his first album, for royalties, telling the man he doesn't even own an overcoat.”
	5:08pm JakeGould: “In another scene, Davis says (perhaps sarcastically) to someone in the seaman's union, "You won't give me my papers because I'm a communist?" The man mutters, "Shachtmanite." That's a political reference that almost no one in the world will get -- but to me, who hung around but didn't join a small socialist sect known as the Shachtmanites, it's very, very funny.”
	5:09pm glenn: joe boyd's book is pretty good, although i wish it was more detailed.
	5:09pm Parq: I haven't seen the flik or read the book, but that's my favorite version of "Both Sides Now" too. You should check into his version of "That Song About the Midway" from the "Sunday Street" album, all of which is wonderful.
	5:10pm glenn: funny, i've been in 3 unions, and i've never met more conservative people.
	5:10pm LovecraftDude888: yeah got Joe to sign one of those. It does seem a bit breezy his book...maybe he'll write some more? But the live thing I saw him do reading with Robyn H. doing the music was sick!
	5:11pm Ken: I didn't like "Inside Llewyn Davis" at all, and I love the Coen Brothers. I felt like it was a squandered opportunity to explore a vibrant musical scene. Almost every character in the movie came off as a complete loser.
	5:12pm glenn: they ARE complete losers.
	5:12pm LovecraftDude888: Yikes, Ken. I loved No Country F. Old Men but my mom hated it! Too violent and "pointless" for her. I thought it rocked! "Put it in your pocket...it's your lucky quarter"
	5:12pm Irwin: Ken: Yes, every character screamed LOSER. But it was an entertaining portrait of losers. Didn't you at least like the cat?
	5:12pm Parq: The ultimate Union Democrat was Daley, a stone right winger on every issue except unions. Most of his constituents were the same way -- I know my dad was. Jimmy Cagney was, too, or so it seems from his autobio.
	5:13pm JakeGould: So you liked “The Ladykillers” and “The Man Who Wasn't There?” I can’t think that “Inside Llewyn Davis” is worse than those turds.
	5:13pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - okay - reading Van Ronk's ex's opinion @ that Link puts Ken's opinion in context...Then again, the Coen's did Ulysses in Old Weird America in 'O Brother'...
	5:14pm glenn: i love the coen brothers too, but i hate a couple of their movies, notably barton fink, which everybody loves, and i love miller's crossing, which nobody even seems to know exists.
	5:14pm LovecraftDude888: I love Big Liebowski even though it's like, a good "bad" movie. in a sense. It's a goof.
	5:14pm Ken: Jake, those are two Coen movies I missed! I guess I was lucky.
	5:15pm JakeGould: “Big Liebowski” is the best. I hate the frat-boy/dude-bro culture that has grown up around that film, but remember just loving it right when it came out.
	5:15pm LovecraftDude888: Miller's Crossing is really good. Barton Fink..used to hate it, now kinda dig it. Sort of.
	5:15pm glenn: blood simple still rocks, though.
	5:16pm JakeGould: Well, Ken… If you think all of the characters in “Inside Llewyn Davis” are losers, then what about Scorsese films like “Raging Bull” or “Taxi Driver?” I mean those are films about mental cases & the mental cases around them.
	5:16pm glenn: maybe it's that i just don't like john turturro.
	5:16pm LovecraftDude888: aye, Blood Simple rawks. I need to rescreen that soon a candidate for the new Idiot Box I got.
	5:16pm JakeGould: Also, yes, “The Ladykillers” and “The Man Who Wasn't There” are utter shit.
	5:17pm LovecraftDude888: I've seen Scarecrow a few times the past few years, that's a great great film!! Hackman and Pacino. total loserdom.
	5:18pm LovecraftDude888: Hackman goes "I can tear the ass out of an elephant." Thank you, Gene!
	5:18pm Ken: True Jake, but the difference is that I CARED about the characters in Scorcese films. Speaking of which, The Wolf of Wall Street has the GREATEST DRUG SCENE ever in the history of cinema.
	5:19pm glenn: the ladykillers is ten times better than the man who wasn't there. what about the hudsucker proxy?
	5:19pm LovecraftDude888: Dinnertime soon...supper. What about The Hyena of Bedford Ave.?
	5:20pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - that is - I can see Ken's point it doesn't do that Scene justice - but also that that probably isn't the Coen's objective ...different than the Haynes films like that ...ain't seen it - can't have an opinion yet...
	5:20pm JakeGould: Qualudes scene?
	5:21pm Ken: Yep, the Quaaludes scene! wow.
	5:22pm JakeGould: Okay, fair enough on the Scorsese assessment. But I can’t get myself to see “Wolf of Wall Street” because I just hat dealing with movies that are nearly 3 hours in length.
	5:22pm dale: i had a quaaludes scene once. but it was only a half. and not that much of a scene really
	5:24pm glenn: so, berlin alexanderplatz isn't in your future, jake?
	👻 5:24pm Alison Porchnik: Ken, better than the mountain of coke in Scarface?
	5:24pm Parq: Never saw "Hudsucker" and I confess that the chicken in me is reluctant to see "Miller". I liked looking at "Wasn't There", anyway, and thought "Ladykillers" was just mediocre -- which, in its own way is even worse than a movie that outright sucks.
	5:24pm JakeGould: But will see if I can do an early showing of it so I can leave the theater & do something else afterwards. 90 minute movies. That’s what I like.
	5:26pm Tome: not a Brad Pitt fan but saw "Snatch" other day first time was freaking funny as hell! as long as we're now talking movies? and NOT audio snob or what we should be music I am guessing for f sake !
	5:26pm Ken: Yeah, WAY better than anything in Scarface. But then again, I had a friend in High School whose nickname was "Quay," so maybe Im biased. Wold of Wall Street was worth three hours - I loved it. My daughter hated it though.
	5:30pm LovecraftDude888: nevermind that, if you can't deal with Millers Crossing don't see Only God Forgives...I did 2 weeks ago...not a good film really but it's over the top in a major way. Pretty violent.
	5:33pm LovecraftDude888: "wanna fight?" bad idea.
	5:34pm LovecraftDude888: Ballad of Amy was wrenching, dude. egads!
	5:35pm Ike: Agreed that Man Who Wasn't There is a terrible, terrible movie, one of the worst I've ever seen. My fave Coens flick is O Brother.
	5:35pm dale: they were counting on the carter kids cuteness factor lovecraft
	5:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...? - there's scenes showing people doing drugs - then scenes that convey what drugs are like - ??...I dunno - I'm not a film nut...
	5:36pm LovecraftDude888: right-o.
	5:38pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I do think Pacino portraying just being drunk in Scarface is a kind of genius...
	5:39pm LovecraftDude888: first you get the Grados, then you get the women...
	5:40pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...put your headphones on so you don't have to listen to them ??...
	5:42pm fleep: I'm shopping for a pair of world cancelling headphones.
	5:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...careful what you wish for...
	5:43pm glenn: A man comes home from a long day at work, plops down on the couch in front of the television and turns on the game. Without hesitation he tells his wife, “Get me a beer before it starts.” The wife sighs and gets him a beer. Fifteen minutes later he says, “Get me another beer before it starts.” She looks cross, but fetches another beer and slams it down next to him. He quickly finishes that beer and a few minutes later says, “Quick, get me another beer, it’s going to start any minute.” The wife is furious. She yells at him “Is that all you’re going to do tonight? Drink beer and sit in front of that TV? You’re nothing but a lazy, drunken, fat slob, and furthermore …” The man sighs and says, “It's started …”
	5:47pm Rick from SC: holy crap. I've haven't heard this in ages. Wasn't this Vanilla Bean?
	👻 5:47pm Alison Porchnik: My daily catechism for 2014.
	5:47pm LovecraftDude888: see ya guys for now..good chatting been fun! great show....back on later I think....Alison nice cat there!
	5:51pm Laura L: What better way to start a new year than with a Natural Disaster (excerpt). Thank you, brother.
	5:58pm dale: where the fuck is andy? all the jewish holidays are long over.
	5:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I dunno Irwin - there's a few tracks I didn't ☆ today !...
	5:59pm dale: my wife is offended by 'god ' damn. bitch!
	7:58pm Droll: Howdy Irwin, I'm so glad I came back for the last hour so I could re-enjoy "Slap me with your punishing rod" over 100 Buffalo Bills. Are you _sure_ those Joe Frank episodes aren't real? That scene sounds amazingly real to me. "LOUDER!" I hope you are enjoying your snow and went sledding or skitching or something fun!

Irwin Chusid: Playlist from January 1, 2014

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