WFMU: Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael: Playlist from February 20, 2015

Listener comments!
	11:57am βrian: Pepto-Bismol, yo.
	12:01pm ndbob: afternoon UM and everyone!
	12:02pm glenn: willy wonka goes west?
	12:03pm Doug Schulkind: I've got my bikini on. Rub a little of that coconut oil on my back, wouldya, Uncle Michael.
	12:03pm βrian: That's gotta be Jimmy Durante, no?
	12:04pm Gary: Hall Monitor!
	12:05pm tikk: red five standing by
	12:06pm Uncle Michael: Yes, Brian. Hi everyone...welcome!
	12:07pm kat330: Nice GIFt for us!
	12:07pm still b/p: Zimmy Durante.
	12:08pm redkayak: Sure do miss the '60's. Yeesh!
	12:08pm glenn: why isn't he playing guitar or busting up burning boards? honestly, a little effort would go a long way.
	12:10pm Parq: Doug, you realize that we can never, ever un-see that image.
	12:12pm kat330: This captures how self-conscious Dylan was on camera.
	12:12pm Uncle Michael: Here's the full text to Bob's speech: www.rollingstone.com...
	12:15pm Doug Schulkind: @parq Which image, the flaming guitar guy, or Uncle Michael rubbing coconut oil into my supple flesh?
	12:17pm kat330: Oooh, stream interjected on Mr. Lowe.
	12:17pm Doug Schulkind: Just a quick blip. You're back and unmolested.
	12:18pm Gary: I heard that too
	12:18pm kat330: In the Nick of time, too.
	12:22pm glenn: will we be hearing anything from real?
	12:22pm Uncle Michael: Yep.
	12:22pm glenn: like iris dement maybe?
	12:23pm GeesyCreesy: I'm dropping from the stream frequently today. Hopefully no one else is having that issue.
	12:24pm chromaphone: Lovin this Dylan speech
	12:27pm kat330: Overcooked? Well, raw onions can cause gastric trouble for some.
	12:28pm ndbob: Indeed kat:)
	12:28pm Parq: Just read the Dylan speech. Thought provoking, but I'm not backing off anything I've said about the Christmas album.
	12:28pm kat330: I can't get past the music to get to the lyrics -- sorry, but country twang ain't my thing (got my overfill w/ my dad's rural radio station as a kid).
	12:30pm Santos L Halper: Howdy UM! Read that speech last week, ol' Bob was pretty rough on Tom, but overall great. Growing up I mostly associated him as a reference in a Robin Wms riff and shilling for dog chow on TV IIRC. Thanks for playing him today.
	12:31pm chromaphone: Psyched to check out more BL Riley. Always loved Red Hot.
	🛒 12:34pm Brian in UK: I read somewhere that Dylan has recorded more covers off Harry Smith's anthology than anyone else. Likes to keeps it real you might say.
	12:36pm kat330: I do like Freedy though!
	12:36pm chromaphone: Seems like Hall did for coffee what Red Simpson did for trucks :)
	12:36pm Parq: Given all that Zimmie's done and been through, it strikes me as reasonable for him to tell all of his detractors to get off his lawn.
	12:36pm kat330: Lots of local airplay for his "Bad Reputation."
	12:37pm Uncle Michael: Tom has his share of truck songs too.
	12:38pm Uncle Michael: I remember Freedy as a restaurant worker in lawrence, KS.
	12:39pm Spaniel: Oh man, Little Bitty, nice! Enjoying this one.
	12:39pm kat330: Hope you gave him some good tips.
	12:41pm Uncle Michael: He was washing dishes and bussing tables. Baking too, maybe.
	12:41pm kat330: @Parq: When I first read the speech and linked to the AARP interview, I was more interested in whom he thanked for his success, which, after all, was rather meteoric and easy compared to most artists.
	12:43pm kat330: He mentioned Baez almost as an afterthought, but man, he sure rode her coattails and owes her big time.
	12:43pm Parq: I'm a reasonable person and I accept that the world is constantly changing, but I am just not ready to accept that it's possible to use "Bob Dylan" and "AARP interview" in the same sentence.
	12:43pm Doug Schulkind: I am enjoying this immensely.
	12:44pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Doug. So am I.
	12:47pm kat330: @Parq: BTW, I know have little pots underneath both dripping taps. We have one of those low faucet heads in the kitchen -- what I'd give for a tall gooseneck!-- so can't fit anything substantial there, and the bathroom oval basin is even worse. But I'm collecting for recycling! I foresee lots of pasta in coming days.
	12:47pm ndbob: my first concert was Dylan - Baltimore Civic Center 1966
	🛒 12:47pm Brian in UK: John Train do a great version of Mama on Mesapotamia Blues. Recommended.
	12:48pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Brian. I didn't come across that.
	12:49pm doctorjazz: Hey all, sounding good today! Hello in there, John Prine, comes to mind after this...
	12:49pm kat330: * s.b. "now" not "know" @ndbob: Hey, I bet that was the same tour I saw him in Louisville! Also saw him on the Rolling Thunder tour in Cambridge, MA, and again here at the Horseshoe Casino a few years ago.
	12:51pm redkayak: Excellent set....
	12:51pm Parq: "Can You Believe This Town" should also be mentioned in this discussion.
	12:56pm ndbob: @kat I only saw him that one time - but what a way to start my concertgoing!
	12:57pm Uncle Michael: A great song, Parq!
	12:58pm kat330: Leaps and bounds over mine: Sonny & Cher (though I went for Peter & Gordon and headliners Herman's Hermits ;). S&C got a mention in his speech (or interview?? I'm conflating the info now, and it was the first day it appeared in the NYer I read all that).
	1:02pm ndbob: @kat Sonny and Cher was my second concert - same tour maybe? with Len Barry, the Changing Times, etc
	1:04pm Webhamster Henry: Thanks for this little trip to Harper Valley, Covers and Answer Tunes department.
	1:04pm kat330: Those other acts don't ring a bell. This would have been '65 I think.
	1:05pm Uncle Michael: Glad you're diggin' it, Henry.
	1:05pm ndbob: Hmm I think it was 1966 for me
	1:08pm Uncle Michael: I think the Wilhelm Scream was Sheb's best work.
	1:09pm kat330: One of the best songs about hypocrisy ever written.
	1:10pm Parq: Looki-hy'h.
	1:11pm kat330: So much better (for me) as a blues song.
	1:12pm Doug Schulkind: Pretty Totally Awesome
	1:14pm kat330: It's My Party and Judy's Turn to Cry is a nice pair, speaking of Lesley Gore. Oh, we weren't? Sorry.
	1:14pm northguineahills: I was introduced to the Wilhelm scream via Disney's Goofy.
	1:18pm kat330: @UM: Dylan's very literal in his early ballads about real, specific people, Medgar Evers and Hattie Carroll come to mind.
	1:18pm kat330: Hurricane Carter, u.s.w.
	1:19pm Uncle Michael: I agree, writing about historical events that he wasn't personally present for, he's literal.
	1:20pm Doug Schulkind: I gotta up and run to work. Will devour the rest on archive. Thanks Michael Uncle!
	1:21pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Doug!
	1:22pm redkayak: This is awesome....
	1:23pm Uncle Michael: I'm glad it's working for you, redkayak.
	1:26pm kat330: I need to use my hands for something productive aussi. Thanks, UM, and later all! May your hearts -- and pipes -- run freely and have a warm, safe weekend!
	1:27pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Kat...have a productive afternoon. Stay warm.
	1:27pm Parq: "Sarah" was pretty darn specific, but I guess that's an exception that proves the rule.
	1:32pm northguineahills: I never heard Porter Wagoner and Dolly together, nice!
	1:35pm Uncle Michael: They recorded tons together, NGH...over a 7 year span.
	1:37pm still b/p: Check out the Youtubes for Dolly and Porter together on his show.
	1:40pm Parq: What a marriage that must have been. I wouldn't have been their cleaning person for CEO-level pay.
	1:43pm still b/p: But you mighta got the wardrobe discards!
	1:47pm tate: tuning in for the rest of the show
	1:50pm Uncle Michael: Glad to see ya, Tate.
	1:55pm chromaphone: Most of these tunes seem cooked just right. Thanks for this rebuttal show UM!
	1:56pm Uncle Michael: It's my pleasure. if you'd have asked if I ever imagined a three-hour Tom T. tribute, I'd have bet against it.
	1:59pm chromaphone: I wonder if it's as simple as Dylan really doesn't like overly happy/sentimental songs and that was his competition of sorts.
	2:02pm Jeff Golick: S'up.
	2:05pm northguineahills: It's diseased lung Jeff!
	2:05pm Uncle Michael: Jeff G!
	2:06pm hyde: awwwww, man. I was driving my rig for the last couple hours and I seem to have missed a LOT of music that would have fit that time on the road.
	2:07pm Uncle Michael: you're a trucker, hyde? I didn't know that! I have something form you in the next set.
	2:09pm hyde: heh, I'm a poseur. My "rig" is a Honda Civic! But I do like truckin' songs.
	2:10pm Uncle Michael: pfft! fool me once, make the pie higher!
	2:10pm Andrew Waterloo: There seems to be a thing with the whole post-war era where happy pop music is seen as a deliberate distraction for a society filled with ills.
	2:10pm Alex In Illinois: She took the dog? Gee, take the house or the furniture, but taking the dog? That's harsh!
	2:13pm Uncle Michael: I'll play some more unhappy songs, Andrew.
	2:14pm Andrew Waterloo: I need warm songs Uncle Michael
	2:15pm Uncle Michael: This won't git it.
	2:15pm Lane Steelpicker: Dangit. So focused on truck repair and motels I forgot about this show.
	2:15pm chromaphone: I would think Dylan would be a heavy metal fan since he is so into bad boys. Maybe he could do his versions of Motley Crue songs on a future album...
	2:15pm Uncle Michael: I know how you love Tom T., Lane. Welcome!
	2:16pm still b/p: Paper Roses, Artificial Flowers, Artificial Rose...which is more poignant?
	2:16pm Lane Steelpicker: Are there Winged Slippers today? That and How I Got to Memphis are good songs
	2:17pm Uncle Michael: One of those!
	2:17pm Lane Steelpicker: Heh. I'll be nice.
	2:19pm Lane Steelpicker: PEDABRO on a Cal Smith song?
	2:20pm Uncle Michael: You're the expert.
	2:20pm Lane Steelpicker: I know you like Hamster, Clarkson and May. Hammond was right to mock the sheep wee.
	2:22pm Uncle Michael: I still don't know what that means. I think I missed something.
	2:24pm hyde: this show is goin' great since i got in. looking forward to going back to hear what i missed...
	2:28pm Uncle Michael: Thank you, hyde.
	2:28pm Alex In Illinois: I've enjoyed being convinced that Bob Dylan has Tom T. Hall a little wrong. Uncle Michael, you are like Tom T. Hall's lawyer/advocate, but instead having to make people endure a court proceeding, it's mostly done letting the music speak for itself. Maybe if someone else in the music field needs a reputation defended, they will hire you.
	2:28pm Lane Steelpicker: They mentioned the new diesel emissions control system to eliminate NOx from diesels. In the presence of a catalyst, Diesel Exhaust Fluid (65% urea, distilled from sheep urine) turns NOx into N² and water. But our catalytic reactor messed up. I may not like Hall's voice, attitude or fists, but I like his voice and especially his writing. Except this one (Clayton Delaney) and I Love. He wrote much good. But also much schlock. And some schlock au gratin
	🛒 2:30pm Brian in UK: Big Ron?
	2:31pm Uncle Michael: Is there more than one, Brian?
	2:31pm Lane Steelpicker: Alex, I don't think Zimmy did him wrong. He wrote many good, much cheese. And I've promised to be good, but I have experienced him firsthand. Cliff's Notes version: excluding schoolyard bullies, I've had ONE fight in my life and The Storyteller hit me first.
	2:32pm Uncle Michael: I never said he wasn't a bastard.
	2:32pm Lane Steelpicker: Heh.
	2:34pm Uncle Michael: It's not that this is the best version of this song but how can I not play Scott singing Tom T. I ask you.
	2:36pm Lane Steelpicker: Much better version than John R.
	2:37pm Uncle Michael: Old Joe couldn't hold onto a job.
	2:38pm Lane Steelpicker: Made me laugh. A LOT of those companies don't exist anymore.
	2:39pm Uncle Michael: I kept listening for Old Dominion.
	2:40pm still b/p: I never saw an entire episode of Ironside. Never.
	🛒 2:41pm Brian in UK: Real eye opener, Uncle. Kitchen calls. Have a good weekend.
	2:41pm Uncle Michael: That can still be corrected.
	2:41pm Uncle Michael: See ya, Brian. Take care.
	2:43pm Uncle Michael: This song slays me.
	2:43pm Alex In Illinois: @Lane: In any case, Uncle Michael presented a view that seemed different from what Dylan was suggesting. I am certainly not claiming to know much about Hall on my own. Tom T. Hall hit you? Wow. I think that is the first thing anyone other than Uncle Michael mentioned about Hall's character. I was comparing Uncle Michael to a lawyer because a laywer does not need to like everything about his client, or even have to like his client at all. But I think Uncle Michael was presenting the whole thing well.
	2:44pm Lane Steelpicker: I shall play Pimp the Prine/Wiseman. I love The Voice With the Heart.
	2:45pm Lane Steelpicker: It's a very good show, Alex. I'll shoot you an email thing...
	2:46pm still b/p: Apparently It was A Very Good Year on Strawberry Farms.
	2:49pm Lane Steelpicker: So will you take up for Merle, too?
	2:49pm Uncle Michael: Bob walked his Merle nonsense back and Merle spoke up too.
	2:52pm hyde: yeah, the Merle thing really took me aback. Merle Haggard is soooo great.
	2:53pm Uncle Michael: The best.
	2:54pm Lane Steelpicker: Indeed. I noticed that. Good thing he didn't take after Hiram.
	2:54pm Santos L Halper: I love...Hinky Dinky Time, WFMU and Merle. (And scoring Bob D tix, which i just did : ) Have a great weekend y'all!
	2:55pm hyde: really great stuff, UM. thanks much!
	2:55pm Uncle Michael: Thanks Santos! good score! See you soon.
	2:56pm Uncle Michael: Thank you, hyde.
	2:56pm Andrew Waterloo: Great show Uncle Micheal
	2:58pm Uncle Michael: Thanks very much everyone. have a great week. See you all next time.
	2:58pm ndbob: excellent show UM! - quite intriguing
	3:02pm Lizardner Dave: Great show. Can I request "I Like Beer" as an encore next week?
	3:04pm tate: thanks for the good tunes...take care of yourself
	3:04pm hambone: um, what is that background music?
	3:04pm GeesyCreesy: Thanks, Uncle Michael. Best wishes for the MD visit.
	3:06pm Uncle Michael: That's Albatross by Fleetwood Mac, hambone. Thanks, Geesy!
	3:06pm hambone: great, thanks!
	3:07pm hambone: great show, too.
	6:00pm Lane Steelpicker: Listening to the archives to catch what I missed. That's totally Mrs. Johnny Wright, the Queen of Country Music, Kitty Wells, on high baritone on Hello Vietnam

Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael: Playlist from February 20, 2015

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Turning over the toy box and jamming together the gloriously mismatched musical Lincoln Logs, Legos and Tinker Toys from Tin Pan Alley pluggers, pickled egg tavern weepers, lockstep soul ensembles, skinny-tie power poppers, Eurotrash ravers, moontanned art school rockers, drunken soccer anthems and anything else that seems like a good idea at the time. There are no guilty pleasures.

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Artist	Track	Album	Approx. start time
Uncle Michael	Hinky Dinky Time Open		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Jimmy C. Newman	DJ For A Day "DJ For A Day" by "Jimmy C. Newman"	single (b/w The Mover) (Decca - 1964)	0:03:02 (Pop-up)
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood	Greenwich Village Folk Song Salesman	Nancy & Lee (Reprise - 1968)	0:05:18 (Pop-up)
Skeeter Davis	The California Uptight Band	I Love Flatt And Scruggs (RCA Victor - 1968)	0:07:40 (Pop-up)
Brotherhood	The Monkey That Became President (Part 1)	single (b/w The Monkey That Became President (Part 2)) (JB's - 1975) (From: Stop and Listen Vol. 2)	0:10:00 (Pop-up)
Nick Lowe	Shame On The Rain "Shame On The Rain" by "Nick Lowe"	The Old Magic (Yep Roc - 2011)	0:13:22 (Pop-up)
Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings	The Ballad of Forty Dollars	Heroes (single (b/w Field Of Diamonds) - 1986)	0:15:40 (Pop-up)
Tom T. Hall	Thank You, Connersville, Indiana	I Witness Life (Mercury - 1970)	0:18:32 (Pop-up)

Bobby Bare	The Waitress At Main Street Cafe	Where Have All The Seasons Gone (Mercury - 1971) (From: The Mercury Years)	0:26:20 (Pop-up)
R.B. Morris	Don't Forget the Coffee Billy Joe	Real: The Tom T. Hall Project (Sire - 1998)	0:29:47 (Pop-up)
Freedy Johnston	Coffee, Coffee, Coffee	Real: The Tom T. Hall Project (Sire - 1998)	0:33:03 (Pop-up)
Alan Jackson	Little Bitty "Little Bitty" by "Alan Jackson"	Everything I Love (Arista Nashville - 1996)	0:35:53 (Pop-up)
Johnny Wright	Hello Vietnam "Hello Vietnam" by "Johnny Wright"	single (b/w Mexico City) (Decca - 1965) (From: Full Metal Jacket - OST)	0:38:23 (Pop-up)
Drive-By Truckers	Mama Bake A Pie	The Fine Print: A Collection of Oddities & Rarities 2003-2008 (New West - 2009)	0:41:25 (Pop-up)
Tom T.Hall	America The Ugly "America The Ugly" by "Tom T.Hall"	I Witness Life (Mercury - 1970)	0:44:38 (Pop-up)

The Lettermen	Harper Valley P.T.A.	Put Your Head On My Shoulder (Capitol - 1968)	0:54:01 (Pop-up)
Effie Smith	Harper Valley PTA Gossip	single (b/w The Natural) (Eee cee - 1968) (From: Funky16Corners Blog)	0:57:39 (Pop-up)
Dee Mullins	Continuing Story Of Harper Valley, P.T.A.	single (b/w Satisfied Old Man) (SSS International - 1968)	1:01:07 (Pop-up)
Sheb Wooley (as Ben Colder)	Harper Valley P.T.A. (Later That Same Day)	single (b/w Folsom Prison Blues #1½) (MGM - 1968)	1:04:12 (Pop-up)
Clarence Carter	Harper Valley P.T.A.	The Dynamic Clarence Carter (Atlantic - 1969)	1:07:19 (Pop-up)

Ralph Stanley II	The Water Lily "The Water Lily" by "Ralph Stanley II"	Real: The Tom T. Hall Project (Sire - 1998)	1:16:06 (Pop-up)
Calexico	Tulsa Telephone Book "Tulsa Telephone Book" by "Calexico"	Real: The Tom T. Hall Project (Sire - 1998)	1:18:13 (Pop-up)
Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen	I Flew Over Our House Tonight	Live from Armadillo World HQ 1973 (Blue Label - 2007)	1:21:34 (Pop-up)
Jerry Lee Lewis	Shoeshine Man "Shoeshine Man" by "Jerry Lee Lewis"	unk. (Mercury - 1972) (From: Killer - The Mercury Years, 1963-1977)	1:26:42 (Pop-up)
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton	I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew	Just The Two Of Us (RCA Victor - 1968) (From: Just Between You And Me)	1:29:14 (Pop-up)
Tom T.Hall	Ode To Half A Pound Of Ground Round	100 Children (Mercury - 1970)	1:31:55 (Pop-up)

Tom T. Hall	A Week In A Country Jail	single (b/w Flat-Footin It) (Mercury - 1970) (From: Classic Country 1966-1969)	1:41:12 (Pop-up)
Dave Dudley	The Pool Shark "The Pool Shark" by "Dave Dudley"	single (b/w The Bigger They Come, The Harder They Fall) (Mercury - 1970)	1:44:11 (Pop-up)
Dick Curless	I Miss a Lot of Trains	A Tombstone Every Mile (Capitol - 1972)	1:47:02 (Pop-up)
Bobby Bare	(Margie's At ) The Lincoln Park Inn	The Real Thing (RCA Victor - 1969)	1:49:57 (Pop-up)
Tammy Wynette	I'm Not Ready Yet "I'm Not Ready Yet" by "Tammy Wynette"	Just Tammy (Epic - 1979)	1:53:10 (Pop-up)
Tom T. Hall	Salute To A Switchblade (single version)	single (b-side to That'll Be All Right With Me) (Mercury - 1970) (From: Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher)	1:56:35 (Pop-up)

Leo Kottke	Pamela Brown "Pamela Brown" by "Leo Kottke"	Ice Water (capitol - 1974) (From: The Best of Leo Kottke)	2:03:05 (Pop-up)
The Spinney Brothers	I Want My Dog Back	No Borders (Mountain Fever - 2013)	2:07:04 (Pop-up)
Jimmy C. Newman	Artificial Rose "Artificial Rose" by "Jimmy C. Newman"	single (b/w My Love For You) (Decca - 1965)	2:10:16 (Pop-up)
Mark Olson & the Creekdippers	It Sure Can Get Cold In Des Moines	Creekdipping For The First Time (Fargo - 2003)	2:12:57 (Pop-up)
Cal Smith	Homecoming "Homecoming" by "Cal Smith"	Country Hit Parade (Kapp - 1970) (From: Country Hit Parade)	2:16:22 (Pop-up)
Tom T.Hall	Girls In Saigon City "Girls In Saigon City" by "Tom T.Hall"	I Witness Life (Mercury - 1970)	2:19:41 (Pop-up)

Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson	The Year That Clayton Delaney Died	WWII (RCA - 1982)	2:25:39 (Pop-up)
Ron Sexsmith	Ships Go Out "Ships Go Out" by "Ron Sexsmith"	Real: The Tom T. Hall Project (Sire - 1998)	2:28:38 (Pop-up)
Scott Walker	That's How I Got to Memphis	Stretch (CBS - 1973)	2:31:10 (Pop-up)
Dave Dudley	There Ain't No Easy Run	Truck Drivin' Son Of A Gun (Mercury - 1968)	2:34:08 (Pop-up)
John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine	Standard Songs For Average People (Oh Boy - 2007)	2:36:49 (Pop-up)
Tom T. Hall	Strawberry Farms "Strawberry Farms" by "Tom T. Hall"	Ballad Of Forty Dollars (Mercury - 1969)	2:41:16 (Pop-up)

Tiny Tim	Back Pocket Money "Back Pocket Money" by "Tiny Tim"	single (b/w Act Naturally) (Yucca - 1965)	2:47:05 (Pop-up)
Rory Borealus	I Love "I Love" by "Rory Borealus"	Don't Forget To Wipe (the karaoke tapes) (n/a - unk.)	2:49:13 (Pop-up)
George Jones	Girl, You Sure Know How To Say Goodbye	Still The Same Ole Me (Epic - 1981)	2:51:07 (Pop-up)
The Stonemans	Hang Them All "Hang Them All" by "The Stonemans"	In All Honesty (RCA - 1970)	2:54:00 (Pop-up)
Tom T.Hall	I Hope It Rains At My Funeral	100 Children (Mercury - 1970)	2:56:27 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	11:57am βrian: Pepto-Bismol, yo.
	12:01pm ndbob: afternoon UM and everyone!
	12:02pm glenn: willy wonka goes west?
	12:03pm Doug Schulkind: I've got my bikini on. Rub a little of that coconut oil on my back, wouldya, Uncle Michael.
	12:03pm βrian: That's gotta be Jimmy Durante, no?
	12:04pm Gary: Hall Monitor!
	12:05pm tikk: red five standing by
	12:06pm Uncle Michael: Yes, Brian. Hi everyone...welcome!
	12:07pm kat330: Nice GIFt for us!
	12:07pm still b/p: Zimmy Durante.
	12:08pm redkayak: Sure do miss the '60's. Yeesh!
	12:08pm glenn: why isn't he playing guitar or busting up burning boards? honestly, a little effort would go a long way.
	12:10pm Parq: Doug, you realize that we can never, ever un-see that image.
	12:12pm kat330: This captures how self-conscious Dylan was on camera.
	12:12pm Uncle Michael: Here's the full text to Bob's speech: www.rollingstone.com...
	12:15pm Doug Schulkind: @parq Which image, the flaming guitar guy, or Uncle Michael rubbing coconut oil into my supple flesh?
	12:17pm kat330: Oooh, stream interjected on Mr. Lowe.
	12:17pm Doug Schulkind: Just a quick blip. You're back and unmolested.
	12:18pm Gary: I heard that too
	12:18pm kat330: In the Nick of time, too.
	12:22pm glenn: will we be hearing anything from real?
	12:22pm Uncle Michael: Yep.
	12:22pm glenn: like iris dement maybe?
	12:23pm GeesyCreesy: I'm dropping from the stream frequently today. Hopefully no one else is having that issue.
	12:24pm chromaphone: Lovin this Dylan speech
	12:27pm kat330: Overcooked? Well, raw onions can cause gastric trouble for some.
	12:28pm ndbob: Indeed kat:)
	12:28pm Parq: Just read the Dylan speech. Thought provoking, but I'm not backing off anything I've said about the Christmas album.
	12:28pm kat330: I can't get past the music to get to the lyrics -- sorry, but country twang ain't my thing (got my overfill w/ my dad's rural radio station as a kid).
	12:30pm Santos L Halper: Howdy UM! Read that speech last week, ol' Bob was pretty rough on Tom, but overall great. Growing up I mostly associated him as a reference in a Robin Wms riff and shilling for dog chow on TV IIRC. Thanks for playing him today.
	12:31pm chromaphone: Psyched to check out more BL Riley. Always loved Red Hot.
	🛒 12:34pm Brian in UK: I read somewhere that Dylan has recorded more covers off Harry Smith's anthology than anyone else. Likes to keeps it real you might say.
	12:36pm kat330: I do like Freedy though!
	12:36pm chromaphone: Seems like Hall did for coffee what Red Simpson did for trucks :)
	12:36pm Parq: Given all that Zimmie's done and been through, it strikes me as reasonable for him to tell all of his detractors to get off his lawn.
	12:36pm kat330: Lots of local airplay for his "Bad Reputation."
	12:37pm Uncle Michael: Tom has his share of truck songs too.
	12:38pm Uncle Michael: I remember Freedy as a restaurant worker in lawrence, KS.
	12:39pm Spaniel: Oh man, Little Bitty, nice! Enjoying this one.
	12:39pm kat330: Hope you gave him some good tips.
	12:41pm Uncle Michael: He was washing dishes and bussing tables. Baking too, maybe.
	12:41pm kat330: @Parq: When I first read the speech and linked to the AARP interview, I was more interested in whom he thanked for his success, which, after all, was rather meteoric and easy compared to most artists.
	12:43pm kat330: He mentioned Baez almost as an afterthought, but man, he sure rode her coattails and owes her big time.
	12:43pm Parq: I'm a reasonable person and I accept that the world is constantly changing, but I am just not ready to accept that it's possible to use "Bob Dylan" and "AARP interview" in the same sentence.
	12:43pm Doug Schulkind: I am enjoying this immensely.
	12:44pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Doug. So am I.
	12:47pm kat330: @Parq: BTW, I know have little pots underneath both dripping taps. We have one of those low faucet heads in the kitchen -- what I'd give for a tall gooseneck!-- so can't fit anything substantial there, and the bathroom oval basin is even worse. But I'm collecting for recycling! I foresee lots of pasta in coming days.
	12:47pm ndbob: my first concert was Dylan - Baltimore Civic Center 1966
	🛒 12:47pm Brian in UK: John Train do a great version of Mama on Mesapotamia Blues. Recommended.
	12:48pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Brian. I didn't come across that.
	12:49pm doctorjazz: Hey all, sounding good today! Hello in there, John Prine, comes to mind after this...
	12:49pm kat330: * s.b. "now" not "know" @ndbob: Hey, I bet that was the same tour I saw him in Louisville! Also saw him on the Rolling Thunder tour in Cambridge, MA, and again here at the Horseshoe Casino a few years ago.
	12:51pm redkayak: Excellent set....
	12:51pm Parq: "Can You Believe This Town" should also be mentioned in this discussion.
	12:56pm ndbob: @kat I only saw him that one time - but what a way to start my concertgoing!
	12:57pm Uncle Michael: A great song, Parq!
	12:58pm kat330: Leaps and bounds over mine: Sonny & Cher (though I went for Peter & Gordon and headliners Herman's Hermits ;). S&C got a mention in his speech (or interview?? I'm conflating the info now, and it was the first day it appeared in the NYer I read all that).
	1:02pm ndbob: @kat Sonny and Cher was my second concert - same tour maybe? with Len Barry, the Changing Times, etc
	1:04pm Webhamster Henry: Thanks for this little trip to Harper Valley, Covers and Answer Tunes department.
	1:04pm kat330: Those other acts don't ring a bell. This would have been '65 I think.
	1:05pm Uncle Michael: Glad you're diggin' it, Henry.
	1:05pm ndbob: Hmm I think it was 1966 for me
	1:08pm Uncle Michael: I think the Wilhelm Scream was Sheb's best work.
	1:09pm kat330: One of the best songs about hypocrisy ever written.
	1:10pm Parq: Looki-hy'h.
	1:11pm kat330: So much better (for me) as a blues song.
	1:12pm Doug Schulkind: Pretty Totally Awesome
	1:14pm kat330: It's My Party and Judy's Turn to Cry is a nice pair, speaking of Lesley Gore. Oh, we weren't? Sorry.
	1:14pm northguineahills: I was introduced to the Wilhelm scream via Disney's Goofy.
	1:18pm kat330: @UM: Dylan's very literal in his early ballads about real, specific people, Medgar Evers and Hattie Carroll come to mind.
	1:18pm kat330: Hurricane Carter, u.s.w.
	1:19pm Uncle Michael: I agree, writing about historical events that he wasn't personally present for, he's literal.
	1:20pm Doug Schulkind: I gotta up and run to work. Will devour the rest on archive. Thanks Michael Uncle!
	1:21pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Doug!
	1:22pm redkayak: This is awesome....
	1:23pm Uncle Michael: I'm glad it's working for you, redkayak.
	1:26pm kat330: I need to use my hands for something productive aussi. Thanks, UM, and later all! May your hearts -- and pipes -- run freely and have a warm, safe weekend!
	1:27pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Kat...have a productive afternoon. Stay warm.
	1:27pm Parq: "Sarah" was pretty darn specific, but I guess that's an exception that proves the rule.
	1:32pm northguineahills: I never heard Porter Wagoner and Dolly together, nice!
	1:35pm Uncle Michael: They recorded tons together, NGH...over a 7 year span.
	1:37pm still b/p: Check out the Youtubes for Dolly and Porter together on his show.
	1:40pm Parq: What a marriage that must have been. I wouldn't have been their cleaning person for CEO-level pay.
	1:43pm still b/p: But you mighta got the wardrobe discards!
	1:47pm tate: tuning in for the rest of the show
	1:50pm Uncle Michael: Glad to see ya, Tate.
	1:55pm chromaphone: Most of these tunes seem cooked just right. Thanks for this rebuttal show UM!
	1:56pm Uncle Michael: It's my pleasure. if you'd have asked if I ever imagined a three-hour Tom T. tribute, I'd have bet against it.
	1:59pm chromaphone: I wonder if it's as simple as Dylan really doesn't like overly happy/sentimental songs and that was his competition of sorts.
	2:02pm Jeff Golick: S'up.
	2:05pm northguineahills: It's diseased lung Jeff!
	2:05pm Uncle Michael: Jeff G!
	2:06pm hyde: awwwww, man. I was driving my rig for the last couple hours and I seem to have missed a LOT of music that would have fit that time on the road.
	2:07pm Uncle Michael: you're a trucker, hyde? I didn't know that! I have something form you in the next set.
	2:09pm hyde: heh, I'm a poseur. My "rig" is a Honda Civic! But I do like truckin' songs.
	2:10pm Uncle Michael: pfft! fool me once, make the pie higher!
	2:10pm Andrew Waterloo: There seems to be a thing with the whole post-war era where happy pop music is seen as a deliberate distraction for a society filled with ills.
	2:10pm Alex In Illinois: She took the dog? Gee, take the house or the furniture, but taking the dog? That's harsh!
	2:13pm Uncle Michael: I'll play some more unhappy songs, Andrew.
	2:14pm Andrew Waterloo: I need warm songs Uncle Michael
	2:15pm Uncle Michael: This won't git it.
	2:15pm Lane Steelpicker: Dangit. So focused on truck repair and motels I forgot about this show.
	2:15pm chromaphone: I would think Dylan would be a heavy metal fan since he is so into bad boys. Maybe he could do his versions of Motley Crue songs on a future album...
	2:15pm Uncle Michael: I know how you love Tom T., Lane. Welcome!
	2:16pm still b/p: Paper Roses, Artificial Flowers, Artificial Rose...which is more poignant?
	2:16pm Lane Steelpicker: Are there Winged Slippers today? That and How I Got to Memphis are good songs
	2:17pm Uncle Michael: One of those!
	2:17pm Lane Steelpicker: Heh. I'll be nice.
	2:19pm Lane Steelpicker: PEDABRO on a Cal Smith song?
	2:20pm Uncle Michael: You're the expert.
	2:20pm Lane Steelpicker: I know you like Hamster, Clarkson and May. Hammond was right to mock the sheep wee.
	2:22pm Uncle Michael: I still don't know what that means. I think I missed something.
	2:24pm hyde: this show is goin' great since i got in. looking forward to going back to hear what i missed...
	2:28pm Uncle Michael: Thank you, hyde.
	2:28pm Alex In Illinois: I've enjoyed being convinced that Bob Dylan has Tom T. Hall a little wrong. Uncle Michael, you are like Tom T. Hall's lawyer/advocate, but instead having to make people endure a court proceeding, it's mostly done letting the music speak for itself. Maybe if someone else in the music field needs a reputation defended, they will hire you.
	2:28pm Lane Steelpicker: They mentioned the new diesel emissions control system to eliminate NOx from diesels. In the presence of a catalyst, Diesel Exhaust Fluid (65% urea, distilled from sheep urine) turns NOx into N² and water. But our catalytic reactor messed up. I may not like Hall's voice, attitude or fists, but I like his voice and especially his writing. Except this one (Clayton Delaney) and I Love. He wrote much good. But also much schlock. And some schlock au gratin
	🛒 2:30pm Brian in UK: Big Ron?
	2:31pm Uncle Michael: Is there more than one, Brian?
	2:31pm Lane Steelpicker: Alex, I don't think Zimmy did him wrong. He wrote many good, much cheese. And I've promised to be good, but I have experienced him firsthand. Cliff's Notes version: excluding schoolyard bullies, I've had ONE fight in my life and The Storyteller hit me first.
	2:32pm Uncle Michael: I never said he wasn't a bastard.
	2:32pm Lane Steelpicker: Heh.
	2:34pm Uncle Michael: It's not that this is the best version of this song but how can I not play Scott singing Tom T. I ask you.
	2:36pm Lane Steelpicker: Much better version than John R.
	2:37pm Uncle Michael: Old Joe couldn't hold onto a job.
	2:38pm Lane Steelpicker: Made me laugh. A LOT of those companies don't exist anymore.
	2:39pm Uncle Michael: I kept listening for Old Dominion.
	2:40pm still b/p: I never saw an entire episode of Ironside. Never.
	🛒 2:41pm Brian in UK: Real eye opener, Uncle. Kitchen calls. Have a good weekend.
	2:41pm Uncle Michael: That can still be corrected.
	2:41pm Uncle Michael: See ya, Brian. Take care.
	2:43pm Uncle Michael: This song slays me.
	2:43pm Alex In Illinois: @Lane: In any case, Uncle Michael presented a view that seemed different from what Dylan was suggesting. I am certainly not claiming to know much about Hall on my own. Tom T. Hall hit you? Wow. I think that is the first thing anyone other than Uncle Michael mentioned about Hall's character. I was comparing Uncle Michael to a lawyer because a laywer does not need to like everything about his client, or even have to like his client at all. But I think Uncle Michael was presenting the whole thing well.
	2:44pm Lane Steelpicker: I shall play Pimp the Prine/Wiseman. I love The Voice With the Heart.
	2:45pm Lane Steelpicker: It's a very good show, Alex. I'll shoot you an email thing...
	2:46pm still b/p: Apparently It was A Very Good Year on Strawberry Farms.
	2:49pm Lane Steelpicker: So will you take up for Merle, too?
	2:49pm Uncle Michael: Bob walked his Merle nonsense back and Merle spoke up too.
	2:52pm hyde: yeah, the Merle thing really took me aback. Merle Haggard is soooo great.
	2:53pm Uncle Michael: The best.
	2:54pm Lane Steelpicker: Indeed. I noticed that. Good thing he didn't take after Hiram.
	2:54pm Santos L Halper: I love...Hinky Dinky Time, WFMU and Merle. (And scoring Bob D tix, which i just did : ) Have a great weekend y'all!
	2:55pm hyde: really great stuff, UM. thanks much!
	2:55pm Uncle Michael: Thanks Santos! good score! See you soon.
	2:56pm Uncle Michael: Thank you, hyde.
	2:56pm Andrew Waterloo: Great show Uncle Micheal
	2:58pm Uncle Michael: Thanks very much everyone. have a great week. See you all next time.
	2:58pm ndbob: excellent show UM! - quite intriguing
	3:02pm Lizardner Dave: Great show. Can I request "I Like Beer" as an encore next week?
	3:04pm tate: thanks for the good tunes...take care of yourself
	3:04pm hambone: um, what is that background music?
	3:04pm GeesyCreesy: Thanks, Uncle Michael. Best wishes for the MD visit.
	3:06pm Uncle Michael: That's Albatross by Fleetwood Mac, hambone. Thanks, Geesy!
	3:06pm hambone: great, thanks!
	3:07pm hambone: great show, too.
	6:00pm Lane Steelpicker: Listening to the archives to catch what I missed. That's totally Mrs. Johnny Wright, the Queen of Country Music, Kitty Wells, on high baritone on Hello Vietnam

Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael: Playlist from February 20, 2015

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