WFMU: Irwin Chusid: Playlist from August 20, 2014

Listener comments!
	👻 3:00pm rrg: Post cards?
	3:02pm Robert: Awright, Irwin mashing up "Space Oddity" with his theme!
	👻 3:02pm rrg: You might be a rocket man, and you might not be.
	3:02pm common: hello rocket man irwin.
	3:03pm Phillip In Brooklyn: Afternoon Irwin
	3:03pm Sem Chumbo: I dig junk pix. And rocketman.
	3:03pm Mike East: I'd like to think Irwin is doing this without realizing his mic is on.
	3:03pm SueAdynamo: :-D
	3:04pm Phillip In Brooklyn: Been waiting all week fir this episode of Joe Frank
	3:04pm Robert: Now try mashing up the rocket with the theme from "Man from UNCLE", which is what I think is the same tune as "Yes I Can".
	3:04pm common: Ha! mike east! yep!
	👻 3:05pm chris: I like that idea, Mike East! Howdy, Rocket Man, All!
	3:05pm common: chris!
	3:09pm Alison Porchnik: This is giving me waking nightmares.
	3:09pm Ike: I'm not sure which character that was. My understanding is that in ye olden days of yore, before I came to NJ & discovered FMU, Ol' Pal Irwin had a whole range of identities, not just Gordon but various others. In my imagination, there are like 30 or 40 of them, ranging from filthy hippies to snobby country-club Republicans.
	3:20pm Irwin: Ike, that was Evan "Spunk" Spizzerinktum.
	3:23pm Ike: Heh. Thanks Irwin. BTW, another new Marco Benevento song is even getting spins on another station locally, the one that mostly just plays predictable indie pop and such for 6 hrs. Mon.-Fri. mornings.
	3:25pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: IrwinAlterI.D.s: ...smooth Jazzbo...nerdy eccentric OutsiderMusic archivist...arch Author & sophisticate raconteur...
	3:29pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...should deffo have a TV Show like yesterday...
	3:31pm common: love this stones record
	3:31pm holland oats: who's singing this one, bill?
	3:31pm Woo: In Another Land! Is the ONLY Wyman lead vocal track in the history of the Stones?
	3:32pm Irwin: My fave RS album too. It's a Brian Jones-fest.
	3:33pm berbo: I didn't like this album at all when I bought it. I was expecting a Rolling Stones album! I have come to adore it.
	3:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...stuff is often sung by the writer...imagine Mick&Keef was a Union that had steep dues...
	3:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Stones shooda done more acid!; they was gettin' busted then too for a distraction...
	3:35pm braveness23: Oh, I like pickles from the jar too!
	3:35pm Ike: (Re: the competition: I meant "predictable" in a good way, like M&Ms. I must admit, my tastes are less wide-ranging or arcane when I am stumbling around, woozy, in danger of tipping face-first into the cereal bowl.)
	3:36pm Woo: Good God, my favorite Tiny Tim track too! What a show.
	👻 3:37pm rrg: That's why we're here.
	3:37pm braveness23: you have a favorite Tiny Tim song?
	3:39pm Listener 102365: I just realized the influence Tiny tim must have had on the Mael Bros.
	3:41pm Woo: I won the God Bless Tiny Tim LP in a radio contest when it came out. I no longer have it. It was stolen and sold to buy drugs.
	3:44pm berbo: Purists will tell that it all went downhill after 12x5
	3:45pm Irwin: I stopped listening to the Stones after they kicked Syd out of the band.
	3:48pm P-90: Good Afternoon and Thanks for the Tiny Tim, Irwin. We don't hear enough TT on WFMU these days; a rare oversight, but an oversight nonetheless.
	3:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ringo - Genius.
	3:49pm holland oats: oh boy
	3:50pm fleep: I rd th nws tdy, o boy.
	3:51pm ccrides: Rde, daddy..!..ride!!!!...:)O(:..
	3:51pm Dean: I stopped listening to the Beatles after they kicked Pete out of the band.
	3:52pm Parq: And now we'd like to introduce you to part of the act you've known for all these years.
	3:53pm P-90: I stopped listening to the Beatles when they kicked "Silver" out of the band name.
	3:55pm jillydg: What is your bed music Irwin? Love it.
	3:55pm common: revrab: i was just talking about "The Magic Christian" today. my friend asked me how Ringo's acting was. Great, I said.
	3:56pm Alison Porchnik: This is "the best of what [high school jazz bands] can be."
	3:56pm Irwin: The last one? Can -- "Give the Drummer Some"
	3:56pm Rectitude: Hi all... @SemC i have a feeling that this JoeF episode is going to be more surreal then it has been.
	4:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @common: - never seen it - but I'm sure he's as good as what he was given...I always refer to Tim Riley's book 'Tell Me Why' on Beatles' tracks & musicianship; Ringo was perfect combination of steady simplicity, fluid adaptability & imagination for what would be required in that band. Okay - another roll here or there mighta been good...Reading the books & hearing the few tracks w/ Pete Best still in - he was stiff - altho' prob. driving & important @ an early stage (...& deffo dumped unceremoniously)...
	4:02pm Alison Porchnik: It was Joe Frank's birthday yesterday, or the day before. BTW.
	👻 4:03pm βrian: If it were made up, it wouldn't be on the internets!
	4:03pm P-90: The Magic Christian: An absolute must-see. It was Python before there was Python. A unique film in some ways, absolutely inseparable from its time. @RevRab if you haven't seen it, you have a real treat waiting for you.
	4:04pm Dean: "Magic Christian": one of the few movies I've ever seen in a theater. I met Pete Best in uptown Whittier long ago.
	4:05pm P-90: @Dean: Whittier, California?
	4:05pm Dean: @P-90: The very.
	4:05pm Robert: Last I recall of Joe Frank's opinion on the prospects of new episodes was the fundraising marathon here close to the turn of the century, wherein he said that the restrictions needed to air them had become so severe that he no longer considered it worthwhile, but that he would come back if the tide turned on that score.
	4:06pm P-90: Does Pete live around there now?
	4:06pm northguineahills: Seen this before (car accident, in real life). (Had to give a statement to the police)
	4:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Born: Aug 19, 1938 (age 76) · Strasbourg, France - Ha ! A ♌Leo...Happy B-Day Joe ! ...I've seen the scene that's a Psychedelic era send-up of the old guy in the train scene in HardDay'sNight...& somewhere (?) Ringo plays a Pope that slides in on a throne to Excommunicate someone ??...Oh - 'Lisztomania' I think...
	4:09pm βrian: Huis clos, baby.
	4:11pm P-90: Not surprising Joe's a Leo. He certainly does everything his own way. And he's the writer, the sole performer, the "protagonist", all spotlights on him alone...
	4:12pm Dean: I'm going to guess he might have been living in Southern California in the '80s, when I saw him. He was at a street festival of some sort, a featured guest, which suggests he was nearby and available. No idea what he's up to these days.
	4:12pm common: you should definately see it, revrab! hiiiilarious.
	4:13pm dc waters: Boy, when it rains for Joe, it sure pours.
	4:13pm Lizardner Dave: So the stories ARE obviously autobiographical. Huh. Did not see that coming.
	4:14pm P-90: @Dean: Thanks, interesting.-Sorry, at first glance I thought you had seen him there "not" long ago
	4:14pm nate: is this acid jazz background music a 30 second loop or a real song?
	4:15pm P-90: nate: these are all loops made from real songs
	4:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& Year of the Tiger ('38) - committed, paradoxical & fascinating...
	4:19pm βrian: Because Joni Mitchell.
	4:21pm Dean: Believe me, P-90, in many respects I wish those days were not so long ago. In still others, I'm glad they are.
	4:24pm P-90: SEE? Need any more proof that Joe's material is 100% autobiographical?
	4:30pm ?: Anyone else looses the stream?
	4:30pm Irwin: These programs have made me a Judith Owen fan. She does the background vocals. Almost makes scat-singing bearable.
	4:30pm P-90: "...slightly hard of hearing from working in radio for years..."
	4:31pm braveness23: I'm starting to think that not all of what he is saying is true...
	4:33pm jan: Joe Frank- he was awarded a MacArthur grant for scenarios such as the women standing on a ladder with her nipples spraying milk onto the pavement?
	4:35pm MikeY: The Beginning of this show sounded like my life the last two years. then the story got a out there.
	4:35pm βrian: Love that squeak refrain.
	4:35pm P-90: @jan: Yes, not all MacArthur Grant winners are quite as talented and original as Joe.
	4:36pm Neg-guh-tor: Joe loves listing things.
	4:37pm βrian: Get your cramp on.
	4:43pm dc waters: This appears to be a cautionary tale about taking LSD.
	4:44pm Lizardner Dave: I forgot to ask: how's the vacuuming going?
	4:46pm fred: @jan: I'm not that much into Joe Frank, but he keeps alive a treasured radio form. Maybe you would like Sherwin Sleeves better: atomsmotion.com No guarantee there, but I love it as a form that's pretty much made for radio
	4:47pm holland oats: thx irwin, i was looking for a new catch phrase
	4:48pm dc waters: Judith Owen can often be heard on "Le Show." Natch, since she's Shearer's wife. Nepotism is very alive and well in radio.
	4:48pm holland oats: ack i got bumped to drummer stream! swamp gas!
	👻 4:49pm rrg: Judith Owen has worked a lot with Richard Thompson. I love her work on (in particular) his "1000 Years of Popular Music" album and tour.
	4:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @fred: I never heard of that !...NewHampshuh eh - ?!...
	4:49pm jan: @fred: Frank has a great voice with dramatic solemnity, his descriptions are vivid, the backing tracks engaging, but the implausibility is excessive. I'll check that link later.
	4:51pm P-90: @dc waters: Plus, she's right at hand, I believe he does all his shows at home in New Orleans
	4:51pm dc waters: Though perhaps not as popular as cronyism or payola in one form or another.
	4:52pm dc waters: @P-90: She's not live on his show. At least I've never heard her live, and I haven't missed an episode in a couple of decades now. Besides, he airs from NOLA and London and L.A. He's been in London for the past several weeks (doing a play there).
	4:53pm njdevil: the narration is great, but the background track is totally annoying and lame
	4:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: rrg: That was great - 'course, I think Thompson is generally; he said Playboy asked for a list - but he knew they really meant 100 Years - so they rejected him - & he went ahead w/ it himself...
	4:58pm dc waters: Everybody onto the rink.
	4:58pm ottovonbqe: Great episode, especially the K2 story. Not bothered by the excessive implausibility.
	4:59pm Dean: Take that, Rick Wakeman!
	👻 5:00pm chris: Ladies choice, skate backwards! ottovonbqe, I totally agree. Some of Frank's best, in my mind.
	5:00pm njdevil: the implausibility was great actually, but the track was revolting
	5:00pm fred: @RRN63: I heard about it from X.Ray Burns, when he did a solo show while Glen Jones was on vacation. Totally sealed for me that he's why I can listen to that show. That Sherwin Sleeves show can be meh or great, but when it's great, it's really something to remember. And yeah, it's supposed to happen in New Hampshire
	5:01pm rsj: one of my old favorite mr franks...JAM is another really good one, the one when that guy is asked to hold mr swagart's pants while he does his thing...the spiritual journey on the circle line
	5:01pm MysticDigger: The music behind Joe Frank was by MC 900 Feet Jesus... and they were a fuck'in great band.
	5:02pm dc waters: Korla Pandit must be an anagram of Data Link Pro, or Adaptor Link.
	5:03pm Listener 102365: I think it's so groovy now…
	5:03pm Dean: Pork dial tan
	5:03pm Irwin: Lee Morgan on trumpet w/Hank Mobley.
	5:04pm Dean: Prandial TKO
	5:06pm P-90: Hmm. it says the Rachid Taha song that was used for the backing track in the first half of that JF episode was co-written by the one and only Steve Hillage.
	5:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...dork pan tail ? ...wish HeartsO'Space were simply a stream - but that's Integrity for ya I guess...
	5:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I think Stephen Hill (HOS)...lobotomy has a few complications, sry...
	5:11pm Dean: Mega-wow! Here's Taha w/ Hillage and Giraudy, aka System 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9cweXMV3O0
	5:13pm Irwin: Chelsea Wilson is a jazz DJ on Australia's PBS free-form radio. chelseawilson.com.au...
	👻 5:16pm chris: Nice find, Irwin. Love the pop, over-production juxtaposed with with funky soulful vocals. The organ and horns really bring it home for me.
	5:16pm Alison Porchnik: This is the cheeriest song about death I've heard in a long time.
	5:17pm Irwin: Yes, it's a celebration of death!
	5:17pm dc waters: Parade on after all.
	5:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...vaguely GeorgeHarrison-ish...
	5:22pm Irwin: twin spin for Group Image today on fmu
	5:23pm dc waters: Twinsday.
	5:28pm DJ Stashu: Haysi Fantayzee two weeks in a row! :) I like it.
	5:29pm steve: is this the band we were instructed to ask Brian Turner about?
	5:30pm Dean: I often confuse HF with Kajagoogoo.
	5:34pm bobdoesthings: Im looking forward to Joe's show tomorrow!
	5:36pm Listener 102365: Baby Gramps palindrome song is great
	5:38pm Irwin: babygramps.com
	5:45pm Utopiast: What is special about Joe's show manana, Bob?
	5:47pm bobdoesthings: @utopiast - it's gonna be all southern rock from the 70s! (with the exception of Free Bird)
	5:47pm Utopiast: Sounds great. Thanks. Will tune in.
	5:47pm Laura L: It's been a whistle while you work kinda day...thanks for "Traelfgulerne siger farvel," Irwin!
	5:48pm Dean: Green Grass & High Tides, live or studio, is virtually guaranteed.
	5:48pm Irwin: thx to rrg for coming thru w/some Gramps.
	5:48pm P-90: That Southern Rock special is gonna kick righteous butt
	5:49pm Irwin: We gotta watch that Grandma Lo-Fi flick, LL. Think it's online.
	5:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...this upbeat two-step & her cute voice er puttin' lust in muh heart...
	👻 5:54pm rrg: Oh, my.
	5:54pm bobdoesthings: hahahahahahaah
	5:54pm dale: i miss the anal magic.
	5:55pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...okay - that's cooled me right out - Thx...
	5:55pm Dean: That Baby Gramps reeked of Tom Waits and Hisao Shinagawa.
	5:56pm Alison Porchnik: I don't want to live in a world where behaving horribly is rewarded with fame and adulation. See ya.
	👻 5:56pm rrg: This was PRODUCED. You can HEAR it.
	5:57pm Irwin: The label lost a hundred grand on this fiasco.
	5:58pm Laura L: It is good to be bad when you are good at being bad.
	5:58pm Dean: A hundred grand pianos?
	5:58pm Listener 102365: One of the funniest things Andy B said was about Kenny G. To Ken F, "You tell me what kind of conceptual art he does and I'll tell you how much money his father has."
	5:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I don't like Syd covers...
	5:59pm dale: a hundred grand candy bar, maybe.
	5:59pm P-90: Up to 150 grand now?
	6:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - Thx Mr. I.C.

Irwin Chusid: Playlist from August 20, 2014

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August 20, 2014: THE WORLD'S GONNA END AND WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!! But not necessarily in that order.

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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)
Harry Merry	Dye-Vid! Dye-Vid! (Please Play 'Changes')	Harry Merry on Soundcloud	0:04:44 (Pop-up)
Xenia Rubinos	Ultima "Ultima" by "Xenia Rubinos"	Magic Trix	0:08:06 (Pop-up)

Marco Benevento	If I Get to See You At All	Swift	0:15:10 (Pop-up)
Thelonious Monk	Caravan "Caravan" by "Thelonious Monk"	Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington	0:19:03 (Pop-up)
Pell Mell	Revival "Revival" by "Pell Mell"	Interstate	0:25:01 (Pop-up)
The Rolling Stones	In Another Land	Their Satanic Majesties Request	0:29:36 (Pop-up)
Courtney Barnett	Pickles from the Jar	A Milk! Records Compilation: A Pair of Pears (With Shadows)	0:32:32 (Pop-up)
Tiny Tim	Ever Since You Told Me That You Loved Me (I'm a Nut)	God Bless Tiny tim	0:35:07 (Pop-up)

Peter Schilling	Das Prinzip Mensch	Das Prinzip Mensch	0:43:35 (Pop-up)
Btles	A Dy n Lf "A Dy n Lf" by "Btles"	St Pprs Lnly Hrt Clnd	0:46:50 (Pop-up)
Muirlands Jr HS Jazz Rock Ensemble	Chunga's Revenge (comp. Zappa)	Muirlands Jazz Rock Ensemble (thx to Pea Hicks)	0:50:58 (Pop-up)
New Pink Floyd ft. Jaimie Sharkey	If I Send You an Ohm ...	The Mona Lisa on Drugs	0:55:46 (Pop-up)

Korla Pandit	The Magnetic Theme / The Way You Look Tonight	Exotica 2000	1:55:01 (Pop-up)

Hank Mobley	Recado Bossa Nova "Recado Bossa Nova" by "Hank Mobley"	Dippin'	2:02:22 (Pop-up)
Chelsea Wilson	Through With Lovin' You	I Hope You'll Be Very Unhappy Without Me	2:10:09 (Pop-up)
Doug Gillard	Ready for Death "Ready for Death" by "Doug Gillard"	Parade On	2:14:38 (Pop-up)
Sampleman	Meadow Meal (Faust cover)	Machine Music	2:18:11 (Pop-up)
Group Image	Grew Up All Wrong "Grew Up All Wrong" by "Group Image"	A Mouth in the Clouds	2:20:33 (Pop-up)
Haysi Fantayzee	John Wayne Is Big Leggy (Groovy Long version)	Battle Hymns for Children Singing	2:23:11 (Pop-up)

Heligoland	Isn't It Sad "Isn't It Sad" by "Heligoland"	Heligoland	2:36:45 (Pop-up)
Sigrídur Níelsdóttir	Maranatha / Trækfuglerne siger farvel / Hundeliv i Brasilien	Grandma Lo-Fi	2:40:48 (Pop-up)
Baby Gramps	Two Bit Song "Two Bit Song" by "Baby Gramps"	live at WFMU	2:47:14 (Pop-up)
Skeeter Davis	We Need a Lot More of Jesus (And A Lot Less Rock and Roll)	It's Hard to be a Woman	2:50:12 (Pop-up)
Irwin and Kenny G	Piano Man "Piano Man" by "Irwin and Kenny G"	Behaving Horribly with Kenny G and Irwin	2:52:52 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 3:00pm rrg: Post cards?
	3:02pm Robert: Awright, Irwin mashing up "Space Oddity" with his theme!
	👻 3:02pm rrg: You might be a rocket man, and you might not be.
	3:02pm common: hello rocket man irwin.
	3:03pm Phillip In Brooklyn: Afternoon Irwin
	3:03pm Sem Chumbo: I dig junk pix. And rocketman.
	3:03pm Mike East: I'd like to think Irwin is doing this without realizing his mic is on.
	3:03pm SueAdynamo: :-D
	3:04pm Phillip In Brooklyn: Been waiting all week fir this episode of Joe Frank
	3:04pm Robert: Now try mashing up the rocket with the theme from "Man from UNCLE", which is what I think is the same tune as "Yes I Can".
	3:04pm common: Ha! mike east! yep!
	👻 3:05pm chris: I like that idea, Mike East! Howdy, Rocket Man, All!
	3:05pm common: chris!
	3:09pm Alison Porchnik: This is giving me waking nightmares.
	3:09pm Ike: I'm not sure which character that was. My understanding is that in ye olden days of yore, before I came to NJ & discovered FMU, Ol' Pal Irwin had a whole range of identities, not just Gordon but various others. In my imagination, there are like 30 or 40 of them, ranging from filthy hippies to snobby country-club Republicans.
	3:20pm Irwin: Ike, that was Evan "Spunk" Spizzerinktum.
	3:23pm Ike: Heh. Thanks Irwin. BTW, another new Marco Benevento song is even getting spins on another station locally, the one that mostly just plays predictable indie pop and such for 6 hrs. Mon.-Fri. mornings.
	3:25pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: IrwinAlterI.D.s: ...smooth Jazzbo...nerdy eccentric OutsiderMusic archivist...arch Author & sophisticate raconteur...
	3:29pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...should deffo have a TV Show like yesterday...
	3:31pm common: love this stones record
	3:31pm holland oats: who's singing this one, bill?
	3:31pm Woo: In Another Land! Is the ONLY Wyman lead vocal track in the history of the Stones?
	3:32pm Irwin: My fave RS album too. It's a Brian Jones-fest.
	3:33pm berbo: I didn't like this album at all when I bought it. I was expecting a Rolling Stones album! I have come to adore it.
	3:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...stuff is often sung by the writer...imagine Mick&Keef was a Union that had steep dues...
	3:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Stones shooda done more acid!; they was gettin' busted then too for a distraction...
	3:35pm braveness23: Oh, I like pickles from the jar too!
	3:35pm Ike: (Re: the competition: I meant "predictable" in a good way, like M&Ms. I must admit, my tastes are less wide-ranging or arcane when I am stumbling around, woozy, in danger of tipping face-first into the cereal bowl.)
	3:36pm Woo: Good God, my favorite Tiny Tim track too! What a show.
	👻 3:37pm rrg: That's why we're here.
	3:37pm braveness23: you have a favorite Tiny Tim song?
	3:39pm Listener 102365: I just realized the influence Tiny tim must have had on the Mael Bros.
	3:41pm Woo: I won the God Bless Tiny Tim LP in a radio contest when it came out. I no longer have it. It was stolen and sold to buy drugs.
	3:44pm berbo: Purists will tell that it all went downhill after 12x5
	3:45pm Irwin: I stopped listening to the Stones after they kicked Syd out of the band.
	3:48pm P-90: Good Afternoon and Thanks for the Tiny Tim, Irwin. We don't hear enough TT on WFMU these days; a rare oversight, but an oversight nonetheless.
	3:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ringo - Genius.
	3:49pm holland oats: oh boy
	3:50pm fleep: I rd th nws tdy, o boy.
	3:51pm ccrides: Rde, daddy..!..ride!!!!...:)O(:..
	3:51pm Dean: I stopped listening to the Beatles after they kicked Pete out of the band.
	3:52pm Parq: And now we'd like to introduce you to part of the act you've known for all these years.
	3:53pm P-90: I stopped listening to the Beatles when they kicked "Silver" out of the band name.
	3:55pm jillydg: What is your bed music Irwin? Love it.
	3:55pm common: revrab: i was just talking about "The Magic Christian" today. my friend asked me how Ringo's acting was. Great, I said.
	3:56pm Alison Porchnik: This is "the best of what [high school jazz bands] can be."
	3:56pm Irwin: The last one? Can -- "Give the Drummer Some"
	3:56pm Rectitude: Hi all... @SemC i have a feeling that this JoeF episode is going to be more surreal then it has been.
	4:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @common: - never seen it - but I'm sure he's as good as what he was given...I always refer to Tim Riley's book 'Tell Me Why' on Beatles' tracks & musicianship; Ringo was perfect combination of steady simplicity, fluid adaptability & imagination for what would be required in that band. Okay - another roll here or there mighta been good...Reading the books & hearing the few tracks w/ Pete Best still in - he was stiff - altho' prob. driving & important @ an early stage (...& deffo dumped unceremoniously)...
	4:02pm Alison Porchnik: It was Joe Frank's birthday yesterday, or the day before. BTW.
	👻 4:03pm βrian: If it were made up, it wouldn't be on the internets!
	4:03pm P-90: The Magic Christian: An absolute must-see. It was Python before there was Python. A unique film in some ways, absolutely inseparable from its time. @RevRab if you haven't seen it, you have a real treat waiting for you.
	4:04pm Dean: "Magic Christian": one of the few movies I've ever seen in a theater. I met Pete Best in uptown Whittier long ago.
	4:05pm P-90: @Dean: Whittier, California?
	4:05pm Dean: @P-90: The very.
	4:05pm Robert: Last I recall of Joe Frank's opinion on the prospects of new episodes was the fundraising marathon here close to the turn of the century, wherein he said that the restrictions needed to air them had become so severe that he no longer considered it worthwhile, but that he would come back if the tide turned on that score.
	4:06pm P-90: Does Pete live around there now?
	4:06pm northguineahills: Seen this before (car accident, in real life). (Had to give a statement to the police)
	4:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Born: Aug 19, 1938 (age 76) · Strasbourg, France - Ha ! A ♌Leo...Happy B-Day Joe ! ...I've seen the scene that's a Psychedelic era send-up of the old guy in the train scene in HardDay'sNight...& somewhere (?) Ringo plays a Pope that slides in on a throne to Excommunicate someone ??...Oh - 'Lisztomania' I think...
	4:09pm βrian: Huis clos, baby.
	4:11pm P-90: Not surprising Joe's a Leo. He certainly does everything his own way. And he's the writer, the sole performer, the "protagonist", all spotlights on him alone...
	4:12pm Dean: I'm going to guess he might have been living in Southern California in the '80s, when I saw him. He was at a street festival of some sort, a featured guest, which suggests he was nearby and available. No idea what he's up to these days.
	4:12pm common: you should definately see it, revrab! hiiiilarious.
	4:13pm dc waters: Boy, when it rains for Joe, it sure pours.
	4:13pm Lizardner Dave: So the stories ARE obviously autobiographical. Huh. Did not see that coming.
	4:14pm P-90: @Dean: Thanks, interesting.-Sorry, at first glance I thought you had seen him there "not" long ago
	4:14pm nate: is this acid jazz background music a 30 second loop or a real song?
	4:15pm P-90: nate: these are all loops made from real songs
	4:16pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& Year of the Tiger ('38) - committed, paradoxical & fascinating...
	4:19pm βrian: Because Joni Mitchell.
	4:21pm Dean: Believe me, P-90, in many respects I wish those days were not so long ago. In still others, I'm glad they are.
	4:24pm P-90: SEE? Need any more proof that Joe's material is 100% autobiographical?
	4:30pm ?: Anyone else looses the stream?
	4:30pm Irwin: These programs have made me a Judith Owen fan. She does the background vocals. Almost makes scat-singing bearable.
	4:30pm P-90: "...slightly hard of hearing from working in radio for years..."
	4:31pm braveness23: I'm starting to think that not all of what he is saying is true...
	4:33pm jan: Joe Frank- he was awarded a MacArthur grant for scenarios such as the women standing on a ladder with her nipples spraying milk onto the pavement?
	4:35pm MikeY: The Beginning of this show sounded like my life the last two years. then the story got a out there.
	4:35pm βrian: Love that squeak refrain.
	4:35pm P-90: @jan: Yes, not all MacArthur Grant winners are quite as talented and original as Joe.
	4:36pm Neg-guh-tor: Joe loves listing things.
	4:37pm βrian: Get your cramp on.
	4:43pm dc waters: This appears to be a cautionary tale about taking LSD.
	4:44pm Lizardner Dave: I forgot to ask: how's the vacuuming going?
	4:46pm fred: @jan: I'm not that much into Joe Frank, but he keeps alive a treasured radio form. Maybe you would like Sherwin Sleeves better: atomsmotion.com No guarantee there, but I love it as a form that's pretty much made for radio
	4:47pm holland oats: thx irwin, i was looking for a new catch phrase
	4:48pm dc waters: Judith Owen can often be heard on "Le Show." Natch, since she's Shearer's wife. Nepotism is very alive and well in radio.
	4:48pm holland oats: ack i got bumped to drummer stream! swamp gas!
	👻 4:49pm rrg: Judith Owen has worked a lot with Richard Thompson. I love her work on (in particular) his "1000 Years of Popular Music" album and tour.
	4:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @fred: I never heard of that !...NewHampshuh eh - ?!...
	4:49pm jan: @fred: Frank has a great voice with dramatic solemnity, his descriptions are vivid, the backing tracks engaging, but the implausibility is excessive. I'll check that link later.
	4:51pm P-90: @dc waters: Plus, she's right at hand, I believe he does all his shows at home in New Orleans
	4:51pm dc waters: Though perhaps not as popular as cronyism or payola in one form or another.
	4:52pm dc waters: @P-90: She's not live on his show. At least I've never heard her live, and I haven't missed an episode in a couple of decades now. Besides, he airs from NOLA and London and L.A. He's been in London for the past several weeks (doing a play there).
	4:53pm njdevil: the narration is great, but the background track is totally annoying and lame
	4:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: rrg: That was great - 'course, I think Thompson is generally; he said Playboy asked for a list - but he knew they really meant 100 Years - so they rejected him - & he went ahead w/ it himself...
	4:58pm dc waters: Everybody onto the rink.
	4:58pm ottovonbqe: Great episode, especially the K2 story. Not bothered by the excessive implausibility.
	4:59pm Dean: Take that, Rick Wakeman!
	👻 5:00pm chris: Ladies choice, skate backwards! ottovonbqe, I totally agree. Some of Frank's best, in my mind.
	5:00pm njdevil: the implausibility was great actually, but the track was revolting
	5:00pm fred: @RRN63: I heard about it from X.Ray Burns, when he did a solo show while Glen Jones was on vacation. Totally sealed for me that he's why I can listen to that show. That Sherwin Sleeves show can be meh or great, but when it's great, it's really something to remember. And yeah, it's supposed to happen in New Hampshire
	5:01pm rsj: one of my old favorite mr franks...JAM is another really good one, the one when that guy is asked to hold mr swagart's pants while he does his thing...the spiritual journey on the circle line
	5:01pm MysticDigger: The music behind Joe Frank was by MC 900 Feet Jesus... and they were a fuck'in great band.
	5:02pm dc waters: Korla Pandit must be an anagram of Data Link Pro, or Adaptor Link.
	5:03pm Listener 102365: I think it's so groovy now…
	5:03pm Dean: Pork dial tan
	5:03pm Irwin: Lee Morgan on trumpet w/Hank Mobley.
	5:04pm Dean: Prandial TKO
	5:06pm P-90: Hmm. it says the Rachid Taha song that was used for the backing track in the first half of that JF episode was co-written by the one and only Steve Hillage.
	5:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...dork pan tail ? ...wish HeartsO'Space were simply a stream - but that's Integrity for ya I guess...
	5:11pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I think Stephen Hill (HOS)...lobotomy has a few complications, sry...
	5:11pm Dean: Mega-wow! Here's Taha w/ Hillage and Giraudy, aka System 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9cweXMV3O0
	5:13pm Irwin: Chelsea Wilson is a jazz DJ on Australia's PBS free-form radio. chelseawilson.com.au...
	👻 5:16pm chris: Nice find, Irwin. Love the pop, over-production juxtaposed with with funky soulful vocals. The organ and horns really bring it home for me.
	5:16pm Alison Porchnik: This is the cheeriest song about death I've heard in a long time.
	5:17pm Irwin: Yes, it's a celebration of death!
	5:17pm dc waters: Parade on after all.
	5:18pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...vaguely GeorgeHarrison-ish...
	5:22pm Irwin: twin spin for Group Image today on fmu
	5:23pm dc waters: Twinsday.
	5:28pm DJ Stashu: Haysi Fantayzee two weeks in a row! :) I like it.
	5:29pm steve: is this the band we were instructed to ask Brian Turner about?
	5:30pm Dean: I often confuse HF with Kajagoogoo.
	5:34pm bobdoesthings: Im looking forward to Joe's show tomorrow!
	5:36pm Listener 102365: Baby Gramps palindrome song is great
	5:38pm Irwin: babygramps.com
	5:45pm Utopiast: What is special about Joe's show manana, Bob?
	5:47pm bobdoesthings: @utopiast - it's gonna be all southern rock from the 70s! (with the exception of Free Bird)
	5:47pm Utopiast: Sounds great. Thanks. Will tune in.
	5:47pm Laura L: It's been a whistle while you work kinda day...thanks for "Traelfgulerne siger farvel," Irwin!
	5:48pm Dean: Green Grass & High Tides, live or studio, is virtually guaranteed.
	5:48pm Irwin: thx to rrg for coming thru w/some Gramps.
	5:48pm P-90: That Southern Rock special is gonna kick righteous butt
	5:49pm Irwin: We gotta watch that Grandma Lo-Fi flick, LL. Think it's online.
	5:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...this upbeat two-step & her cute voice er puttin' lust in muh heart...
	👻 5:54pm rrg: Oh, my.
	5:54pm bobdoesthings: hahahahahahaah
	5:54pm dale: i miss the anal magic.
	5:55pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...okay - that's cooled me right out - Thx...
	5:55pm Dean: That Baby Gramps reeked of Tom Waits and Hisao Shinagawa.
	5:56pm Alison Porchnik: I don't want to live in a world where behaving horribly is rewarded with fame and adulation. See ya.
	👻 5:56pm rrg: This was PRODUCED. You can HEAR it.
	5:57pm Irwin: The label lost a hundred grand on this fiasco.
	5:58pm Laura L: It is good to be bad when you are good at being bad.
	5:58pm Dean: A hundred grand pianos?
	5:58pm Listener 102365: One of the funniest things Andy B said was about Kenny G. To Ken F, "You tell me what kind of conceptual art he does and I'll tell you how much money his father has."
	5:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I don't like Syd covers...
	5:59pm dale: a hundred grand candy bar, maybe.
	5:59pm P-90: Up to 150 grand now?
	6:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - Thx Mr. I.C.

Irwin Chusid: Playlist from August 20, 2014

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