WFMU: Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael: Playlist from July 3, 2015

Listener comments!
	12:04pm ndbob: afternoon UM and everyone!
	12:04pm duke: Hinky Dinky Hello
	12:04pm Uncle Michael: No sound...better reboot.
	12:04pm Mike East: is not the hinky dinky open...technical difficulties?
	12:05pm Mike East: ctrl alt delete!
	12:05pm Uncle Michael: The stream isn't getting the audio.
	12:05pm Doug Schulkind: The wild capybaras of Topeka have gnawed through the cables again. Hold on for Zookeeper Michael!
	12:06pm Uncle Michael: Don't worry...I'll play the whole show.
	12:09pm Uncle Michael: better?
	12:09pm Doug Schulkind: Like butter!
	12:09pm Kris Holmes: tuned in :-)
	12:12pm Lane Steelpicker: Dang. Still have two hours of driving left and it starts already. RazzenFrazzen flat tires
	12:12pm Uncle Michael: You in California now, Kris?
	12:13pm Uncle Michael: Hi Bob, duke, Mike, Doug, and Lane!
	12:14pm Kris Holmes: yep, melting in Palm Springs, til the end of the month.
	12:14pm Uncle Michael: Sorry to hear it, Lane.
	12:14pm Uncle Michael: Then where?
	12:14pm pim: g'afternoon fellas
	12:15pm Uncle Michael: Howdy, pim.
	12:16pm Kris Holmes: back to NZ (for a couple of months at least)
	12:17pm Uncle Michael: Careful with the fireworks, temporary American!
	12:18pm pim: all good, weather just fine in bright brasilia, sluggish afterlunch mood, fine music. so on, really
	12:22pm Kris Holmes: yeah, this is two years in a row now i'll have been in california to celebrate the great Battle of the 4th of July with traditional fireworks & alcohol :-)
	12:23pm Uncle Michael: The two go hand in missing-finger glove.
	12:24pm Lane Steelpicker: Bobby Bloom sounds like a cross between Lightfoot and Richard Thompson
	12:24pm rf: Sure this has been asked and answered many times, but could you please provide the name and artist of the "zing zang zoo" song sampled in your intro? Thanks for a great show!
	🛒 12:27pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Them melancholic Beach Boys. Ah. Ah.
	12:36pm rf: neat, I'll look in the archives. Thanks!
	12:37pm Uncle Michael: Let me know if it's not in there!
	🛒 12:39pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Interesting - Nick Cave puts this Cash more in Minor key all the way thru it seems.
	12:40pm Uncle Michael: I haven't heard Cave do it.
	🛒 12:43pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Kicking Against the Pricks' album - all covers - real good.
	12:44pm Uncle Michael: Thanks for the tip.
	12:59pm Mike East: I hated fireworks when I was a kid cuz they were too loud. I'm curious to see if my 2 year old will like them this year. She LOVES the fireworks at the end of Annie, but the reality of the noise of them may freak her out.
	1:01pm βrian: Go to the box store and buy a large package of dense foam ear plugs. Life savers.
	1:03pm Uncle Michael: That's a pretty good idea.
	1:04pm Uncle Michael: Something about Hobby Lobby? What?
	1:06pm rf: i heard that too! my inky dinky song's all over the archives, can't wait to listen. thanks
	🛒 1:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ✔ earplugs ✔ glasses for old age near-sightedness ...got anything for sulphur smoke??...
	1:08pm Uncle Michael: my pleasure
	1:23pm ndbob: I'm here UM:)
	1:24pm Mike East: I'm here, had to go pull an upright bass for a max weinberg order. now its time for lunch. keep doin' what yer doin', Uncle.
	1:24pm Uncle Michael: Good. I was getting lonely!
	1:24pm Lane Steelpicker: I'm up to my elbows in traffic
	1:26pm Mike East: this song reminds me of when I was a kid, my best friend bit holes in his bologna to make it look like a face and sang, "I'm Mr. Balonely..."
	1:26pm Uncle Michael: I like it!
	1:38pm Uncle Michael: This oughta clear the comment room.
	1:38pm Mike East: one of the first songs I learned on bass
	1:38pm Mike East: in 8th grade
	1:40pm Uncle Michael: This might be the last "rock" sax solo that didn't suck.
	1:42pm pim: still with you michael!
	🛒 1:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Okay: Pink Floyd went from being an eccentric painter's band, to an architectural student drop-out's band, to a male model's band. The only thing wrong w/ 'Dark Side' is over-exposure - a victim of its' own - perhaps a little misunderstood? - greatness.
	1:46pm duke: Rabbit is right. The only thing wrong with Dark Side is overexposure. It was played to death.
	🛒 1:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& that it's become iconic - graphically even - in the wrong ways. But so have The Misfits. 'Money' still relevant? Much?
	1:49pm pim: the issue with anything by pink floyd's second phase was self exposing its own ideas, becoming perhaps memorable, however unbearable after the very first listens. ummagumma was a great album.
	1:49pm Mike East: Dark Side was an important record in my musical upbringing. Its in the category with a lot of other great music that I don't NEED to listen to ever again cuz its all stored in my brain. However, I don't mind hearing it, when I do, and I do like hearing songs like that in a new context such as on this program.
	1:50pm Goyim in the AM: The biggest problem with Pink Floyd and other prog bands is folks not wanting to associate with non-discerning Pink Floyd and Prog fans. The Floyd at their worst is garbage (to say nothing of the worst of Yes, Genesis, King Crimson) and the best has always been transcendent genius. But how can you be a, say, Yes fan if that means liking Drama or Union, even if you adore (as I do) Close to the Edge?
	1:54pm Goyim in the AM: I dig what I dig and make no secret of it -- but I live in Europe, where DUDES are FANS (especially prog fans), and saying you a lot of King Crimson an awful lot can get you trapped in some boring monologues.
	1:54pm Uncle Michael: Great comments! (what is the worst of King Crimson)
	1:55pm ndbob: I saw Pink Floyd play not long after Dark Side came out - not my favorite music but still memorable
	1:55pm Goyim in the AM: The worst of King Crimson is one song per album (except Red), with the ratio getting worse after THRAAK.
	1:56pm Uncle Michael: Yeah, I don't love all of KC but there's always something from KC that I love at least some of the time.
	1:56pm Lane Steelpicker: I like Dayna. Slacker introduced her to us
	1:57pm Goyim in the AM: Edit for legibility: "saying you LIKE a lot of King Crimson..."
	🛒 1:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: King Crimson garbage? Some maybe not their best - but they never had an MTV phase. 'The Wall' is great, but somewhat lugubrious & over-blown (& even more over-exposed) - but even this feeds back into its' theme. 'Dark Side' - in itself - I don't find much reason to critique. 'Exposes themselves' is close to the point... Citing 'Ummagumma' makes the point there is more to it than Syd & Post-Syd Floyd - there's between Syd & Pre-DarkSide Floyd too. Blixa Bargeld makes the point that Floyd has been been critical in bringing the masses up to speed w/ the Avant Guarde, & should get cred for it.
	2:00pm Goyim in the AM: KC's MTV phase: www.youtube.com... I find most of the double trio and later stuff unlikable and unlistenable. But even then there are moments.
	2:04pm melinda: Great show Uncle M! Hate to leave but will catch the rest on archive.
	2:04pm Uncle Michael: There's a prog continuum wherein, many yes and floyd fans can't hang with kc...who can't hang with can or neu!
	2:06pm Uncle Michael: thanks, melinda! This might be the most misogynistic song ever...I'm shining a light on it's cringy-ness.
	2:07pm Goyim in the AM: "Don't Think That I'm a Violent Guy (But You Better Not Misfile My Marillion Bootlegs Again)"
	2:09pm duke: I can see why she was waving goodbye to Garland Green on the flip of that song.
	🛒 2:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Syd was @ the top-level Creative Geniuses - but Waters being an architectural student had a good side: amazingly well-constructed albums. Crimson making videos & using Belew's Pop aptitudes doesn't qualify as an 'MTV period' in the Genesis (or even Yes - who @ least weren't to bad @ it) sense. Well said UM re 'Prog Continuum'; I'm still getting used to the idea that people categorize Styx &/or Kansas as 'Prog'! Conclusion: Good & poop, innovators & formulaics like any other Genre...
	2:11pm Joel: And the can and neul fans think gentle giant should be playing a renaissance fair and they all laugh at starcastle fans who in turn feel Kansas is AOR, thank you very much
	2:14pm Guido from Cologne: Hi Michael. Killer track!
	2:14pm Goyim in the AM: Yeah, that way lies madness, and that's before you get to the prog fan/Zappatista crossover.
	2:14pm Uncle Michael: It's a prog mess!
	2:14pm Guido from Cologne: FirstNice is best.
	2:15pm Uncle Michael: It's good that we have Steve Wilson to sort out prog for us.
	2:17pm Guido from Cologne: You know David o'List mimed Syd Barrett on a common tour with the Floyd. Curly hair + Telecaster = Syd
	🛒 2:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Since Prog emphasizes / values Musicianship & Neal Big Heavy Concepts - over Songwriting &/or the short simple adrenaline ruch, &/or more 'direct' sentiments - then in these directions will the Genres strengths & weaknesses tend to lie. I maintain however that the Ramones are Art Rock too: Pop Art of the highest & most brilliant & in fact well-informed & aware order - to rank w/ Mickey Mouse & the Tomato Soup can. Highly & specifically designed...
	2:20pm Alex In Illinois: Hi. I 've actually been listening since the start of give the Drummer some--listening on my phone while outside, my computer when indoors. So I have been an audience member the whole time, though not participating in the comments. But, I need to take off now. See you all!
	2:21pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Alex! See ya.
	2:28pm Guido from Cologne: Mad River!
	2:29pm Goyim in the AM: Yeah, Rev, I'm not sure I agree -- at least in the music that I love that is called prog, that's not always the case. There's often insanely whistlable melodies and heavily rocking riffs, and sometimes the parts are played with wild imperfection. I do agree that what you're describing is what is generically meant by prog -- so maybe that's the difference between me, a dude who likes a lot of prog stuff, and a prog fan, who needs the musicianship and big concepts to feel on board.
	🛒 2:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Well - it's like saying Punk is boring because it's just three chords & barking vocals, or Classical is just people playing scales quickly & precisely. The key word is 'tends'. Once you have a Genre that can be @ all defined as a Form - then there are the possibilities of being 'Formulaic' - &/or of being Creative - &/or Relevant (however we define those!) - w/in that Form. & there are things that do not fall easily into one Genre &/or Form...
	🛒 2:36pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...a Post-Modern situation: 'all the Forms are known' as Neal Cassidy said - & you can choose from any - & not one you'd stake your life on...
	2:38pm P-90: Emerson was not a future founding member of Yes, but you hit the bullseye re: The Nice as a link between psychedelia and Prog.
	2:39pm Uncle Michael: I said Yes, didn't I? Oy.
	🛒 2:39pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: There are those tracks on every Freakbeat comp. that are Proto-Prog.
	2:41pm Goyim in the AM: Seems to me that if the folks who lead you to the definition of the genre are all better than the folks who follow that definition clearly, you may have goofed on the definition (i.e. what made good prog bands progressive in the upper case and lower case senses is not the formal stuff you posted that I originally objected to, even if that is what followers of the genre tend to see best).
	2:42pm Uncle Michael: People that stake their life on this or that form, so to speak...tend to look kind of mockable to me.
	🛒 2:43pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Or, analogy: Since Jazz was a blend of schooled European & soulful Blues - it's always a question of how that works: "That Jazz player is technically great - but he can't play no Blues, man"... ...Happily, Art is in the business of messing w/ Categorization...
	2:45pm Goyim in the AM: Look up any history of emo and you will find my old band there -- and the formalization of our work into what it has been formalized into is horrifying to all of us.
	🛒 2:46pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yeah Goyim. I find it harder & harder to define my tastes by Genre. 'It ain't what you do - it's the way that you do it.'
	2:46pm ndbob: @Goyim what's your band?
	2:46pm Uncle Michael: What band?
	2:48pm Goyim in the AM: I'm from Annapolis, MD. Not gonna out myself directly, but guess correctly and I'll confess! (Not Moss Icon).
	2:49pm ndbob: ah ok - thinking - I grew up in Baltimore....
	2:50pm Uncle Michael: The Hated? (wikipedia cheat)
	2:50pm Goyim in the AM: Yup.
	2:52pm Uncle Michael: I'm emo-unschooled.
	2:52pm P-90: In fact if there's ANY band that was the common ancestor of all that was Prog, it was The Nice. There maybe no style or genre of rock that gets more manngled and misrepresented than Prog when people try to talk about or classsify it. Or imitate it. One absolutely essential key to Prog is that was originally music made by English musicians who had come up in the pop scene in England, who loved catchy, danceable American pop songs and had schooled themselves in those styles hoping to make a living at it. After exploring the freedoms (and excesses) of psychedelic music, they went back to a more focussed or disciplined approach to song writing. Sorry, but Chris Squire's passing has got me a bit worked up about all this stuff again...
	2:53pm Goyim in the AM: Yins need emocated. Gotta go! Good show, Unc!
	🛒 2:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @UM: On the other hand (& there's always two): I used to define myself as an Eclectic against the Purists : I reasoned that all the Greatest had broad tastes & big ears (Wynton Marsalis: 'A Musician hears something good - whatever it is - & just wants to play it!') - but the socio-cultural conditions got so bad - I came to appreaciate the Purists who are totally focused & dedicated to one Type of music. They know what their own tastes are, they are knowledgeable - & they preserve it. It's hard to have Eclectic tastes & dig the best of every Genre if those Genres don't survive!...
	2:55pm Uncle Michael: See ya, Goyim!
	2:56pm Goyim in the AM: (Big reissue coming on a beloved reissue label if we stop fighting about songwriting credits, btw.)
	🛒 2:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Pet Sounds' is Prog.
	2:56pm duke: Thanks for the great show UM
	2:57pm Mike East: sure, I can appreciate genre purists, but man, they can be frustrating to talk to.
	2:58pm P-90: Pet Sounds IS Prog. Brian was turned on by what he heard coming from London, as they had been turned on by him.
	🛒 2:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @MikeE: Well - yeah.
	2:59pm ndbob: excellent show UM!
	2:59pm Guido from Cologne: Cheers
	🛒 3:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Love 'try whistling this' album by Neil Finn. Thx UM! Thx for blah blah All.
	3:00pm Uncle Michael: I'm not a musician, so playing just one thing isn't a consideration. Listening to just one thing isn't an option...
	3:01pm Uncle Michael: I'm grateful you all spent time listening to the show today. Thank you all.
	3:03pm Mike East: thanks for making it enjoyable, UM. Nice to have a slow friday that I can actually pay closer attention to what you do. Thanks for the interesting comments, all.
	3:04pm Uncle Michael: See you all in two weeks. Don't forget to check out Mayuko next week.
	3:06pm P-90: Thanks, Pufnstuf Dude! Also for the reminder about Mayuko. curious to hear what she's gonna do with her own show... Have a great Fourth!
	3:07pm Uncle Michael: Thanks...you too.
	🛒 3:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Another one ('Carnival') on 'Kicking Against Pricks' by Cave!...
	3:08pm Uncle Michael: Wow...that's two. The Seekers were from down under.
	🛒 3:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ah!
	3:12pm northguineahills: I get home in time for bonus Hinky Dinky Time!
	3:12pm Uncle Michael: Woo!
	3:13pm efd: Love this Hudson tune! In fact, I put it on my premium last year! Been enjoying the show, just not in front of the computer for most of it. Have a good weekend and enjoy Chicago next week!
	3:13pm Uncle Michael: Thanks Evan...when that show didn't bring you out of the weeds, I figured you were out and about for the holiday!
	3:14pm Mike East: yeah, music is the fucking best
	3:14pm northguineahills: I don't know why I've always dug the Swingle Singers, it makes no sense.
	3:15pm P-90: Bro! Music is indeed cool!
	3:16pm efd: It was hard to resist commenting during "Pilot Of The Airwaves" but I managed! :)
	3:19pm Uncle Michael: Thanks everyone! See you next time.
	3:19pm Uncle Michael: Congrats, EFD!

Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael: Playlist from July 3, 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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July 3, 2015: Oh, come on...it's not *that* bad.

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Artist	Track	Album
Uncle Michael	Hinky Dinky Time Open
Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant	Comin' On	single (b/w Pickin' the Chicken) (Capitol - 1952) (From: Stratosphere Boogie: The Flaming Guitars Of Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant)
Atomic Suplex	I'm On "I'm On" by "Atomic Suplex"	Bathroom Party (Crypt - 2011)
Charlie Dore	Pilot Of The Airwaves	single (b/w Falling) (Island - 1979)
Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra	Do You Wanna Jump, Children?	single (b/w Because of You) (Bluebird - 1939) (From: 1938-1939)
Bobby Bloom	Heavy Makes You Happy	single (b-side to Give 'Em A Hand) (Polydor - 1970)
The Beach Boys	Let Him Run Wild "Let Him Run Wild" by "The Beach Boys"	single (b-side to California Girls) (Capitol - 1965) (From: Today & Summer Days And Summer Nights (Capitol CDP 7 93694 2))
Paul Thorn	Mission Temple Fireworks Stand	Mission Temple Fireworks Stand (Narada/Perpetual Obscurity - 2001)
Music behind DJ: The Mar-Keys	Double Or Nothing "Double Or Nothing" by "The Mar-Keys"	single (b/w Knock On Wood) (Stax - 1969) (From: The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles 1968-1971, Vol 2)
Johnny Cash	The Folk Singer "The Folk Singer" by "Johnny Cash"	single (b-side to Folsom Prison Blues) (CBS - 1968) (From: Bootleg 2: From Memphis To Hollywood)
Merv Shiner	Protest "Protest" by "Merv Shiner"	single (b-side to Teach Your Children) (certron - 1970)
Dick Hyman	Both Sides Now "Both Sides Now" by "Dick Hyman"	The Age Of Electronicus (Command - 1969)
Vic Chesnutt	In My Way, Yes "In My Way, Yes" by "Vic Chesnutt"	Silver Lake (Sonic Rendezvous - 2003)
Leonard Nimoy	Maiden Wine "Maiden Wine" by "Leonard Nimoy"	The Touch of Leonard Nimoy (Dot - 1969)
Loudon Wainwright III	Revenge "Revenge" by "Loudon Wainwright III"	Fame And Wealth (Rounder - 1983)
Music behind DJ: Louis & Bebe Barron	Battle With The Invisible Monster	Forbidden Planet - OST (MGM - 1954)
Neil Diamond	Crunchy Granola Suite	Stones (MCA - 1971) (From: Play Me: The Complete Uni Studio Recordings...Plus)
Merry Macs	Ta Hu Wa Nu Wa (Hawaiian War Chant)	10" single (b/w Chopsticks) (Decca - 1939)
Sam Alama & His Hawaiians	Lepe Ulaula	10" single (b/w Kakuma O Kala) (Victor - 1935) (From: Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics: 1927-1938)
Les Baxter	Giant "Giant" by "Les Baxter"	single (b/w There's Never Been Anyone Else But You) (Capitol - 1956)
Nat Kendrick & The Swans	(Do The) Mashed Potatoes (Part 1)	single (b/w (Do The) Mashed Potatoes (Part 2)) (Dade - 1960)
Mike Shnnon & Les Chats Sauvages	The Kissing Twist	Derniers Baisers (Pathe - 1962)
Patti Smith	Pissing In A River "Pissing In A River" by "Patti Smith"	Radio Ethiopia (Arista - 1976)
Music behind DJ: Steve Gray	Running from Danger "Running from Danger" by "Steve Gray"	Action! (Amphonic - 1973)
Bobby Vinton	Mr. Lonely "Mr. Lonely" by "Bobby Vinton"	single (b/w It's Better To Have Loved) (Epic - 1964) (From: Bobby Vinton's Greatest Hits)
The Glitterhouse	Where Have You Been Hiding?	Color Blind (Dynovoice - 1968)
Pickettywitch	Waldo P. Emerson Jones	single (b/w Baby, I Won't Let You Down) (Janus - 1970) (From: Bubblegum Motherfucker - Vol 07)
Donovan	Lay Of The Last Tinker "Lay Of The Last Tinker" by "Donovan"	For Little Ones (Epic - 1967)
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou	Azon De Ma Gnin	Kpevi Vol. 10 - T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Benin (Albarika Store - 1983)
Pink Floyd	Money "Money" by "Pink Floyd"	The Dark Side of the Moon (Harvest - 1973)
Music behind DJ: John Buzon Trio	Mr. Ghost Goes To Town	Inferno! (Liberty - 1959) (From: Ultra-Lounge Sampler)
Dayna Kurtz	Do I Love You "Do I Love You" by "Dayna Kurtz"	Secret Canon Vol. 1 (Kismet - 2012)
Billy Bragg	She's Got a New Spell	single (b/w Must I Paint You A Picture) (Go! Disc - 1988) (From: Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg)
Fontane Sisters	Hearts Of Stone "Hearts Of Stone" by "Fontane Sisters"	single (b/w Bless Your Heart) (Dot - 1954)
Elvis Presley	I've Got A Thing About You Baby	single (b-side to Take Good Care Of Her) (RCA Victor - 1974)
Garland Green	Don't Think That I'm A Violent Guy	single (b/w All She Did (Was Wave Goodbye At Me)) (Uni - 1969)
Music behind DJ: Harlow Wilcox & The Oakies	Groovy Grubworm	single (b/w Moose Trot) (Plantation - 1969)
The Nice	Azrial (Angel Of Death) "Azrial (Angel Of Death)" by "The Nice"	single (b-side to The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack) (Immediate - 1967) (From: Immediate - The Singles Collection)
Can	The Withoutlaw Man "The Withoutlaw Man" by "Can"	Rite Time (Mercury - 1989)
The Clingers	Gonna Have a Good Time	single (b/w And Now You Know Me) (Columbia - 1969) (From: What Good Is Up: USA Garage Greats 1965-1967)
The Angels	Eat City "Eat City" by "The Angels"	single (b/w Let Me In) (Epic - 1983)
E.C.F.	Drop Me Off "Drop Me Off" by "E.C.F."	Radio W.A.N.K. (EP) (New Future - 1983)
Mad River	Amphetamine Gazelle "Amphetamine Gazelle" by "Mad River"	single (b/w High All The Time) (Capitol - 1968)
Bread	Mother Freedom "Mother Freedom" by "Bread"	single (b/w Live In Your Love) (Elektra - 1971)
Music behind DJ: Louis & Bebe Barron	Battle With The Invisible Monster	Forbidden Planet - OST (MGM - 1954)
Mike Keneally	Cornbread Crumb "Cornbread Crumb" by "Mike Keneally"	You Must Be This Tall (Exowax - 2013)
The Dynamic Dial Tones	Boss "Boss" by "The Dynamic Dial Tones"	single (b-side to Blue Moon of Kentucky (Dick Haiman And The Dial Tones)) (Horizon Records Ltd. - unk.) (From: Lux and Ivy's Favorites Volume Seven)
Benny Goodman	Dinah "Dinah" by "Benny Goodman"	10" single (b/w Moon Glow) (Victor - 1936) (From: The Complete Small Combinations, Vols. 1-2 (1935-1937))
The J.B.'s	Sucker "Sucker" by "The J.B.'s"	Doing It To Death (People - 1973)
Music behind DJ: The Vampires of Dartmoore	Die Wasserleiche (The Soaked Body)	Dracula's Music Cabinet (Metronome - 1969)
Split Enz	History Never Repeats "History Never Repeats" by "Split Enz"	single (b/w Holy Smoke) (Mushroom - 1981)
The Insect Trust	Here And Gone So Soon	The Insect Trust (Capitol - 1968)
The Seekers	The Carnival Is Over "The Carnival Is Over" by "The Seekers"	single (b/w We Shall Not Be Moved) (Capitol - 1965) (From: The Seekers Complete)
Hudson	Leavin' It's Over "Leavin' It's Over" by "Hudson"	Hudson (Playboy - 1972) (From: SOTT 17 - 70's Poptorium!)
The Swingle Singers	Goodnight "Goodnight" by "The Swingle Singers"	Ticket To Ride (Primarily A Cappella - 2002)
Music behind DJ: Fleetwood Mac	Albatross "Albatross" by "Fleetwood Mac"	single (b/w Jigsaw Puzzle Blues) (Blue Horizon - 1968)

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Listener comments!
	12:04pm ndbob: afternoon UM and everyone!
	12:04pm duke: Hinky Dinky Hello
	12:04pm Uncle Michael: No sound...better reboot.
	12:04pm Mike East: is not the hinky dinky open...technical difficulties?
	12:05pm Mike East: ctrl alt delete!
	12:05pm Uncle Michael: The stream isn't getting the audio.
	12:05pm Doug Schulkind: The wild capybaras of Topeka have gnawed through the cables again. Hold on for Zookeeper Michael!
	12:06pm Uncle Michael: Don't worry...I'll play the whole show.
	12:09pm Uncle Michael: better?
	12:09pm Doug Schulkind: Like butter!
	12:09pm Kris Holmes: tuned in :-)
	12:12pm Lane Steelpicker: Dang. Still have two hours of driving left and it starts already. RazzenFrazzen flat tires
	12:12pm Uncle Michael: You in California now, Kris?
	12:13pm Uncle Michael: Hi Bob, duke, Mike, Doug, and Lane!
	12:14pm Kris Holmes: yep, melting in Palm Springs, til the end of the month.
	12:14pm Uncle Michael: Sorry to hear it, Lane.
	12:14pm Uncle Michael: Then where?
	12:14pm pim: g'afternoon fellas
	12:15pm Uncle Michael: Howdy, pim.
	12:16pm Kris Holmes: back to NZ (for a couple of months at least)
	12:17pm Uncle Michael: Careful with the fireworks, temporary American!
	12:18pm pim: all good, weather just fine in bright brasilia, sluggish afterlunch mood, fine music. so on, really
	12:22pm Kris Holmes: yeah, this is two years in a row now i'll have been in california to celebrate the great Battle of the 4th of July with traditional fireworks & alcohol :-)
	12:23pm Uncle Michael: The two go hand in missing-finger glove.
	12:24pm Lane Steelpicker: Bobby Bloom sounds like a cross between Lightfoot and Richard Thompson
	12:24pm rf: Sure this has been asked and answered many times, but could you please provide the name and artist of the "zing zang zoo" song sampled in your intro? Thanks for a great show!
	🛒 12:27pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Them melancholic Beach Boys. Ah. Ah.
	12:36pm rf: neat, I'll look in the archives. Thanks!
	12:37pm Uncle Michael: Let me know if it's not in there!
	🛒 12:39pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Interesting - Nick Cave puts this Cash more in Minor key all the way thru it seems.
	12:40pm Uncle Michael: I haven't heard Cave do it.
	🛒 12:43pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Kicking Against the Pricks' album - all covers - real good.
	12:44pm Uncle Michael: Thanks for the tip.
	12:59pm Mike East: I hated fireworks when I was a kid cuz they were too loud. I'm curious to see if my 2 year old will like them this year. She LOVES the fireworks at the end of Annie, but the reality of the noise of them may freak her out.
	1:01pm βrian: Go to the box store and buy a large package of dense foam ear plugs. Life savers.
	1:03pm Uncle Michael: That's a pretty good idea.
	1:04pm Uncle Michael: Something about Hobby Lobby? What?
	1:06pm rf: i heard that too! my inky dinky song's all over the archives, can't wait to listen. thanks
	🛒 1:08pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ✔ earplugs ✔ glasses for old age near-sightedness ...got anything for sulphur smoke??...
	1:08pm Uncle Michael: my pleasure
	1:23pm ndbob: I'm here UM:)
	1:24pm Mike East: I'm here, had to go pull an upright bass for a max weinberg order. now its time for lunch. keep doin' what yer doin', Uncle.
	1:24pm Uncle Michael: Good. I was getting lonely!
	1:24pm Lane Steelpicker: I'm up to my elbows in traffic
	1:26pm Mike East: this song reminds me of when I was a kid, my best friend bit holes in his bologna to make it look like a face and sang, "I'm Mr. Balonely..."
	1:26pm Uncle Michael: I like it!
	1:38pm Uncle Michael: This oughta clear the comment room.
	1:38pm Mike East: one of the first songs I learned on bass
	1:38pm Mike East: in 8th grade
	1:40pm Uncle Michael: This might be the last "rock" sax solo that didn't suck.
	1:42pm pim: still with you michael!
	🛒 1:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Okay: Pink Floyd went from being an eccentric painter's band, to an architectural student drop-out's band, to a male model's band. The only thing wrong w/ 'Dark Side' is over-exposure - a victim of its' own - perhaps a little misunderstood? - greatness.
	1:46pm duke: Rabbit is right. The only thing wrong with Dark Side is overexposure. It was played to death.
	🛒 1:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& that it's become iconic - graphically even - in the wrong ways. But so have The Misfits. 'Money' still relevant? Much?
	1:49pm pim: the issue with anything by pink floyd's second phase was self exposing its own ideas, becoming perhaps memorable, however unbearable after the very first listens. ummagumma was a great album.
	1:49pm Mike East: Dark Side was an important record in my musical upbringing. Its in the category with a lot of other great music that I don't NEED to listen to ever again cuz its all stored in my brain. However, I don't mind hearing it, when I do, and I do like hearing songs like that in a new context such as on this program.
	1:50pm Goyim in the AM: The biggest problem with Pink Floyd and other prog bands is folks not wanting to associate with non-discerning Pink Floyd and Prog fans. The Floyd at their worst is garbage (to say nothing of the worst of Yes, Genesis, King Crimson) and the best has always been transcendent genius. But how can you be a, say, Yes fan if that means liking Drama or Union, even if you adore (as I do) Close to the Edge?
	1:54pm Goyim in the AM: I dig what I dig and make no secret of it -- but I live in Europe, where DUDES are FANS (especially prog fans), and saying you a lot of King Crimson an awful lot can get you trapped in some boring monologues.
	1:54pm Uncle Michael: Great comments! (what is the worst of King Crimson)
	1:55pm ndbob: I saw Pink Floyd play not long after Dark Side came out - not my favorite music but still memorable
	1:55pm Goyim in the AM: The worst of King Crimson is one song per album (except Red), with the ratio getting worse after THRAAK.
	1:56pm Uncle Michael: Yeah, I don't love all of KC but there's always something from KC that I love at least some of the time.
	1:56pm Lane Steelpicker: I like Dayna. Slacker introduced her to us
	1:57pm Goyim in the AM: Edit for legibility: "saying you LIKE a lot of King Crimson..."
	🛒 1:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: King Crimson garbage? Some maybe not their best - but they never had an MTV phase. 'The Wall' is great, but somewhat lugubrious & over-blown (& even more over-exposed) - but even this feeds back into its' theme. 'Dark Side' - in itself - I don't find much reason to critique. 'Exposes themselves' is close to the point... Citing 'Ummagumma' makes the point there is more to it than Syd & Post-Syd Floyd - there's between Syd & Pre-DarkSide Floyd too. Blixa Bargeld makes the point that Floyd has been been critical in bringing the masses up to speed w/ the Avant Guarde, & should get cred for it.
	2:00pm Goyim in the AM: KC's MTV phase: www.youtube.com... I find most of the double trio and later stuff unlikable and unlistenable. But even then there are moments.
	2:04pm melinda: Great show Uncle M! Hate to leave but will catch the rest on archive.
	2:04pm Uncle Michael: There's a prog continuum wherein, many yes and floyd fans can't hang with kc...who can't hang with can or neu!
	2:06pm Uncle Michael: thanks, melinda! This might be the most misogynistic song ever...I'm shining a light on it's cringy-ness.
	2:07pm Goyim in the AM: "Don't Think That I'm a Violent Guy (But You Better Not Misfile My Marillion Bootlegs Again)"
	2:09pm duke: I can see why she was waving goodbye to Garland Green on the flip of that song.
	🛒 2:09pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Syd was @ the top-level Creative Geniuses - but Waters being an architectural student had a good side: amazingly well-constructed albums. Crimson making videos & using Belew's Pop aptitudes doesn't qualify as an 'MTV period' in the Genesis (or even Yes - who @ least weren't to bad @ it) sense. Well said UM re 'Prog Continuum'; I'm still getting used to the idea that people categorize Styx &/or Kansas as 'Prog'! Conclusion: Good & poop, innovators & formulaics like any other Genre...
	2:11pm Joel: And the can and neul fans think gentle giant should be playing a renaissance fair and they all laugh at starcastle fans who in turn feel Kansas is AOR, thank you very much
	2:14pm Guido from Cologne: Hi Michael. Killer track!
	2:14pm Goyim in the AM: Yeah, that way lies madness, and that's before you get to the prog fan/Zappatista crossover.
	2:14pm Uncle Michael: It's a prog mess!
	2:14pm Guido from Cologne: FirstNice is best.
	2:15pm Uncle Michael: It's good that we have Steve Wilson to sort out prog for us.
	2:17pm Guido from Cologne: You know David o'List mimed Syd Barrett on a common tour with the Floyd. Curly hair + Telecaster = Syd
	🛒 2:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Since Prog emphasizes / values Musicianship & Neal Big Heavy Concepts - over Songwriting &/or the short simple adrenaline ruch, &/or more 'direct' sentiments - then in these directions will the Genres strengths & weaknesses tend to lie. I maintain however that the Ramones are Art Rock too: Pop Art of the highest & most brilliant & in fact well-informed & aware order - to rank w/ Mickey Mouse & the Tomato Soup can. Highly & specifically designed...
	2:20pm Alex In Illinois: Hi. I 've actually been listening since the start of give the Drummer some--listening on my phone while outside, my computer when indoors. So I have been an audience member the whole time, though not participating in the comments. But, I need to take off now. See you all!
	2:21pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Alex! See ya.
	2:28pm Guido from Cologne: Mad River!
	2:29pm Goyim in the AM: Yeah, Rev, I'm not sure I agree -- at least in the music that I love that is called prog, that's not always the case. There's often insanely whistlable melodies and heavily rocking riffs, and sometimes the parts are played with wild imperfection. I do agree that what you're describing is what is generically meant by prog -- so maybe that's the difference between me, a dude who likes a lot of prog stuff, and a prog fan, who needs the musicianship and big concepts to feel on board.
	🛒 2:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Well - it's like saying Punk is boring because it's just three chords & barking vocals, or Classical is just people playing scales quickly & precisely. The key word is 'tends'. Once you have a Genre that can be @ all defined as a Form - then there are the possibilities of being 'Formulaic' - &/or of being Creative - &/or Relevant (however we define those!) - w/in that Form. & there are things that do not fall easily into one Genre &/or Form...
	🛒 2:36pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...a Post-Modern situation: 'all the Forms are known' as Neal Cassidy said - & you can choose from any - & not one you'd stake your life on...
	2:38pm P-90: Emerson was not a future founding member of Yes, but you hit the bullseye re: The Nice as a link between psychedelia and Prog.
	2:39pm Uncle Michael: I said Yes, didn't I? Oy.
	🛒 2:39pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: There are those tracks on every Freakbeat comp. that are Proto-Prog.
	2:41pm Goyim in the AM: Seems to me that if the folks who lead you to the definition of the genre are all better than the folks who follow that definition clearly, you may have goofed on the definition (i.e. what made good prog bands progressive in the upper case and lower case senses is not the formal stuff you posted that I originally objected to, even if that is what followers of the genre tend to see best).
	2:42pm Uncle Michael: People that stake their life on this or that form, so to speak...tend to look kind of mockable to me.
	🛒 2:43pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Or, analogy: Since Jazz was a blend of schooled European & soulful Blues - it's always a question of how that works: "That Jazz player is technically great - but he can't play no Blues, man"... ...Happily, Art is in the business of messing w/ Categorization...
	2:45pm Goyim in the AM: Look up any history of emo and you will find my old band there -- and the formalization of our work into what it has been formalized into is horrifying to all of us.
	🛒 2:46pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yeah Goyim. I find it harder & harder to define my tastes by Genre. 'It ain't what you do - it's the way that you do it.'
	2:46pm ndbob: @Goyim what's your band?
	2:46pm Uncle Michael: What band?
	2:48pm Goyim in the AM: I'm from Annapolis, MD. Not gonna out myself directly, but guess correctly and I'll confess! (Not Moss Icon).
	2:49pm ndbob: ah ok - thinking - I grew up in Baltimore....
	2:50pm Uncle Michael: The Hated? (wikipedia cheat)
	2:50pm Goyim in the AM: Yup.
	2:52pm Uncle Michael: I'm emo-unschooled.
	2:52pm P-90: In fact if there's ANY band that was the common ancestor of all that was Prog, it was The Nice. There maybe no style or genre of rock that gets more manngled and misrepresented than Prog when people try to talk about or classsify it. Or imitate it. One absolutely essential key to Prog is that was originally music made by English musicians who had come up in the pop scene in England, who loved catchy, danceable American pop songs and had schooled themselves in those styles hoping to make a living at it. After exploring the freedoms (and excesses) of psychedelic music, they went back to a more focussed or disciplined approach to song writing. Sorry, but Chris Squire's passing has got me a bit worked up about all this stuff again...
	2:53pm Goyim in the AM: Yins need emocated. Gotta go! Good show, Unc!
	🛒 2:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @UM: On the other hand (& there's always two): I used to define myself as an Eclectic against the Purists : I reasoned that all the Greatest had broad tastes & big ears (Wynton Marsalis: 'A Musician hears something good - whatever it is - & just wants to play it!') - but the socio-cultural conditions got so bad - I came to appreaciate the Purists who are totally focused & dedicated to one Type of music. They know what their own tastes are, they are knowledgeable - & they preserve it. It's hard to have Eclectic tastes & dig the best of every Genre if those Genres don't survive!...
	2:55pm Uncle Michael: See ya, Goyim!
	2:56pm Goyim in the AM: (Big reissue coming on a beloved reissue label if we stop fighting about songwriting credits, btw.)
	🛒 2:56pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Pet Sounds' is Prog.
	2:56pm duke: Thanks for the great show UM
	2:57pm Mike East: sure, I can appreciate genre purists, but man, they can be frustrating to talk to.
	2:58pm P-90: Pet Sounds IS Prog. Brian was turned on by what he heard coming from London, as they had been turned on by him.
	🛒 2:58pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @MikeE: Well - yeah.
	2:59pm ndbob: excellent show UM!
	2:59pm Guido from Cologne: Cheers
	🛒 3:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Love 'try whistling this' album by Neil Finn. Thx UM! Thx for blah blah All.
	3:00pm Uncle Michael: I'm not a musician, so playing just one thing isn't a consideration. Listening to just one thing isn't an option...
	3:01pm Uncle Michael: I'm grateful you all spent time listening to the show today. Thank you all.
	3:03pm Mike East: thanks for making it enjoyable, UM. Nice to have a slow friday that I can actually pay closer attention to what you do. Thanks for the interesting comments, all.
	3:04pm Uncle Michael: See you all in two weeks. Don't forget to check out Mayuko next week.
	3:06pm P-90: Thanks, Pufnstuf Dude! Also for the reminder about Mayuko. curious to hear what she's gonna do with her own show... Have a great Fourth!
	3:07pm Uncle Michael: Thanks...you too.
	🛒 3:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Another one ('Carnival') on 'Kicking Against Pricks' by Cave!...
	3:08pm Uncle Michael: Wow...that's two. The Seekers were from down under.
	🛒 3:10pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ah!
	3:12pm northguineahills: I get home in time for bonus Hinky Dinky Time!
	3:12pm Uncle Michael: Woo!
	3:13pm efd: Love this Hudson tune! In fact, I put it on my premium last year! Been enjoying the show, just not in front of the computer for most of it. Have a good weekend and enjoy Chicago next week!
	3:13pm Uncle Michael: Thanks Evan...when that show didn't bring you out of the weeds, I figured you were out and about for the holiday!
	3:14pm Mike East: yeah, music is the fucking best
	3:14pm northguineahills: I don't know why I've always dug the Swingle Singers, it makes no sense.
	3:15pm P-90: Bro! Music is indeed cool!
	3:16pm efd: It was hard to resist commenting during "Pilot Of The Airwaves" but I managed! :)
	3:19pm Uncle Michael: Thanks everyone! See you next time.
	3:19pm Uncle Michael: Congrats, EFD!

Hinky Dinky Time with Uncle Michael: Playlist from July 3, 2015

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