WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from December 30, 2017

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	11:00am Listener Baby: Busta Move, Baby. Hit us with everything you've got today. This one needs to hurt. And a sincere good morning to all out there. Happy New Year!
	11:01am Frank Above: Greetings from Sick Bay.
	11:02am clarke: ahhhh - finally worked my last weekend for a while..
	11:02am clarke: you illin' frank????
	11:04am Frank Above: Yeah, the weather and holiday madness caught up to me :(
	11:04am clarke: just a wild guess, would it be that chest bug that is going around brooklyn??
	11:05am Listener Baby: Repent, Frank.
	11:06am Frank Above: I actually didn't know there was a bug going around, but yeah. Very irritated lower respiratory action and I'm pretty achy too.
	11:06am clarke: one thang for shure - it is witch's boobie on the east coast!!
	11:07am Frank Above: Seriously. Every time I start thinking about moving north, we get a week like this to remind me that would be a very foolish move on my part.
	11:08am clarke: hey, i had the thing last spring - sad to inform you: IT NEVER LEAVES!! it is going to go on for a while... i suggest not taking decongestant....
	11:09am Frank Above: I never take medicine. It only delays the body fighting off the bugs.
	11:09am clarke: .. instead try: cayenne and lemon in some apple cider vinegar with some warm water
	11:09am Listener Baby: Frank, you have one week to recover. Need I remind you what goes on in 7 days?
	11:09am Frank Above: I'm just miserable for 2-3 days and then I start feeling better.
	11:10am Frank Above: That's my goal Baby. Thankfully, see my last post. That's usually how long I'm out of commission.
	11:10am clarke: well if it is the same thing - it goes on and on. and on.
	11:10am Listener Baby: We are counting on you.
	11:11am clarke: what happens in 7 days?
	11:11am Frank Above: Thanks Clarke, I'll give it a go. I typically just drown myself in liquids and sweat my ass off to mitigate the healing process. It usually works.
	11:11am Mikey_B: willie to cypress -> nice
	11:11am clarke: other than another fab shelley show, that is...
	11:11am Listener Baby: World ending, Clarke
	11:12am Ken From Hyde Park: This show is already going insane in the membrane!
	11:12am Mayor Frank: Well, Cypress Hill gets a hi Michael and 'FMUers. 8 in Andover, MA and snow on the way, hey!
	11:13am Frank Above: Is JD singing this song?
	11:13am clarke: it always was Baby!!!
	11:13am Morgan: I remember this from the Groove Tube
	11:14am clarke: MS - how hard is it snowing at studio??
	11:15am clarke: flol!!
	11:16am Michael Shelley: very light - but steady
	11:16am Listener Baby: Baby, did you just say "Piss Stain"??
	11:16am clarke: i believe that is the first time i have heard those words together on ze radio
	11:17am Listener Baby: We would have also accepted Skid Mark.
	11:18am Michael Shelley: MUST READ: www.openculture.com...
	11:20am clarke: wow - how illiterate!! and bongo feets!!!!
	11:21am glenn: i missed piss stain. were you talking about trump?
	11:22am Listener Baby: If only every band did that, we'd be in better shape. I like "piss stain", but I knew those weren't your words, Baby. It's just doesn't reflect you higher education and upbringing.
	11:23am Pedro in Arlington VA: I share your mood Mike but maybe, just maybe we saw rock bottom and avoided it when one of the most historically backward states in America refused to elect a credibly accused pedophile lunatic to the Senate. Of course African American women deserve most of the credit. Bless all who work for decency.
	11:23am Michael Shelley: Transcript Next to the SEX-PISTOLS rock and roll and that hall of fame is a piss stain. Your museum. Urine in wine. Were not coming. Were not your monkey and so what? Fame at $25,000 if we paid for a table, or $15000 to squeak up in the gallery, goes to a non-profit organisation selling us a load of old famous. Congradulations. If you voted for us, hope you noted your reasons. Your anonymous as judges, but your still music industry people. Were not coming. Your not paying attention. Outside the shit-stem is a real SEX PISTOL
	11:24am clarke: i was referring to lydon - not shelley, btw
	11:25am Hackensack Slim: Hey, I have fond memories of my Grandfather calling me Knucklehead. (As in Knucklehead Smith, Paul Winchell's dummy) Happy New Year, Mike.
	11:26am Listener Baby: I think we could all agree that Hank Williams Jr, is a dummy. For real.
	11:27am clarke: yessssss!!!!!
	11:28am clarke: oh - youtube hank williams "drunk stage banter" for some entertaining minutes
	11:29am clarke: velvet underground
	11:30am Ochre Ogre: Most played band... Yo La Tengo?
	11:31am glenn: quit facebook. you'll be a hundred thousand times happier and more productive.
	11:32am Dean: I stopped going to movies after the premier of the first Star Wars. Despised it that much.
	11:33am Doc Rock: She Pays The Rent = Hand Of Fate!
	11:33am Robbie White: LOVE the Fab Faux
	11:34am Greg from ZONE 5: With the sizable exception of Finn and New Girl's side story I LOOOVED the new Star Wars!
	11:34am Elias Kirtz: That movie..it just had absolutely nothing compelling about it. You could see they were trying to "tell a story"..but it just fell completely flat. Formulaic? Is that the word?
	11:35am Ken From Hyde Park: I rented Miss Sharon Jones! from the library and I felt it was a nice documentary. I don't care for any of the movies in the movie houses.
	11:36am clarke: NO SEQUELS!!
	11:36am Listener Baby: Did they take that dude away?
	11:37am clarke: would not think it was the beatles because of the beatles ban 'fmu had
	11:38am Tommy in Neversink: Hey , I've heard of them
	11:38am Dean: Come to think of it, Uncle Michael opened yesterday's show with a late Beatles tune.
	11:38am Mayor Frank: !! I was thinking this year is best summed up by that Pastor T.L. Barrett choir song out of Chicago - Like a Ship (Without a Sail).
	11:38am Listener Baby: New Years Eve. Going to see Ray Charles, with Blossom Dearie opening up.
	11:39am Frank Above: Don't really have a tradition. I watch, or attempt to watch the NHL Winter Classic, but that's about it. Actually, my brother won tickets to this year's game at Citi Field, and I was considering going at first, but I'm in no condition to stand out in the bitter cold for several hours on Monday.
	11:39am Adrian in London: @Ken Yeah, it was a good film, wasn't't it? Saw it the other week
	11:40am clarke: no frank - that would be a bad idea!!
	11:40am Frank Above: I think it would be a terrible idea even if I wasn't sick!
	11:41am clarke: ha ha ha
	11:41am Frank Above: And besides, I hate the Rangers and the Sabres are terrible, so I'm not going to freeze my ass off so I can see the Rangers win.
	11:41am Michael Shelley: call 347-601-4266 - leave a 3 minute message
	11:43am Ochre Ogre: New Years resolution: listen to FMU a lot more, slacked off there for awhile.
	11:43am Gaylord Fields: Liverpool slum kid makes good — congrats to Sir Richard!
	11:44am clarke: my res: finally get out my solo album!!!! or bust!!
	11:47am clarke: which may or may not be called; Urine In Wine
	11:49am clarke: gotta get this record out
	11:50am clarke: truth!!
	11:50am Ochre Ogre: See, listening just reminded me of Joe Simon!!
	11:50am clarke: what's this 'we' stuff - ain't no one here but me
	11:52am clarke: obviously hal on drums
	11:54am Listener Baby: I was just going to say that it sure sounds like Dennis on drums.
	11:54am paul: The Monkey Speaks His Mind
	11:54am clarke: no dennis is a little more sloshy than hal
	11:55am clarke: could be dennis on tympani tho
	11:56am clarke: keep in mind that hal played drums on most of the beach boys stuff in the studio
	11:57am clarke: oddly hal and denny were BEST FRIENDS
	11:58am Listener Baby: Seems the sound of it all was coming from someone who didn't really know how to strike drums. Also, I was getting a real open handed feel from that track. IE. Hitting the hi hat with left hand. But Hal was so good, he could probably do anything. I'm sure we will never know.
	11:59am clarke: nah - i would use that track to illustrate what hal blaine did
	12:00pm paul: Netherlands or holland
	12:01pm Listener Baby: Baby, this track should be considered, if you get my drift.
	12:01pm clarke: who are you seeing NYE baby??
	12:02pm Listener Baby: My pillow.
	12:02pm clarke: ha ha ha - special pillow
	12:03pm Listener Baby: It's a Ray Charles pillow.
	12:03pm clarke: very special!
	12:03pm Michael Shelley: thanks Paul - I do know that... just brain freeze
	12:05pm clarke: okay - so as implied in the lydon letter - do the bands being inducted get CHARGED to sit at the ceremony??
	12:06pm Your Ace From Exchange Place: That ID sounds like Bronx Carol Z.
	12:06pm paul: You're welcome. And geography always kill me on crosswords. :)
	12:07pm johnk77: very proud here in mott haven that was my lovely wife doing the station id:>
	12:07pm clarke: anybody else cookin' black-eyed peas for NY's?
	12:08pm Your Ace From Exchange Place: I was right! Howdy johnk77!
	12:08pm clarke: (a southern tradition)
	12:09pm johnk77: @yourace has a very bright future in 2018!
	12:11pm Your Ace From Exchange Place: @johnk77 Looking forward! Cautiously.
	12:12pm Listener Baby: Back to the Monkey's Uncle subject. I would direct folks to this. smileysmile.net...
	12:13pm Mailman Tom: Hooray for black and white movies, and that includes silent movies, too
	12:14pm clarke: f'n corndogs
	12:14pm Listener Baby: I helped with the remixes, re-release for CD. For better or for worse. BTW this song is F-ingAmazing.
	12:14pm Nachurall: Michael, have you ever interviewed Mike Watt?
	12:14pm Mayor Frank: This gets me every time. #scientistrock
	12:15pm clarke: the only problem with mike watt interview is that most of his best stories are unsuitable for airplay
	12:17pm WFMU listener WADE: What about drummer George Hurley? He was my first drummer idol. He's a really good drummer.
	12:17pm clarke: for instance: watt's story on the tale of how dino, jr's Start Choppin' was named
	12:19pm clarke: taint nice to talk like ^
	12:19pm DG: "were not selling out" says the man who did this: http://www.openculture.com/2013/07/john-rottens-cordial-letter-to-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame.html
	12:20pm Tom: I think Sublime sampled “punk rock saved our lives ” from the Minute Men, History Lesson part II
	12:20pm DG: Oops, sorry! Wrong link, meant to post this: http://www.openculture.com/2013/07/never-mind-the-bollocks-heres-john-lydon-in-a-butter-commercial.html
	12:22pm clarke: geo hurley = superior human being!
	12:24pm Frank Above: Thigh Highs. Nice!
	12:24pm clarke: frank - did you disappear in a coughing fit?? there you are
	12:25pm Frank Above: I'm here. It takes awhile to muster up the strength to type a comment out ;)
	12:26pm clarke: JSG!!!!
	12:26pm St Joe: those lyrics tho. life changing
	12:28pm clarke: 90%
	12:28pm Listener Baby: Where do this folks go to the bathroom? How does that all work?
	12:28pm Listener Baby: Those
	12:28pm clarke: passed-out
	12:29pm Frank Above: You[re right. As much as those commercials you see on retro TV channels make catheters seem fun and exciting, putting one in so I can stand outside in the cold for 12+ hours is not really my thing either.
	12:29pm clarke: frank - if you are couch-bound might i suggest the bbc series Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond
	12:30pm Mark: The Elvis C version of this would be a great counterpoint.
	12:30pm St Joe: Times sq. in 1984. like a cartoon of sardines in the can. plus pick-pockets
	12:31pm Frank Above: Not sure I got it in me to watch anything right now. Eyes are closing from time to time. But thanks for the suggestion. Maybe in a couple of days.
	12:31pm clarke: one year at the dick clark thing - Cheap Trick was on there and it was f'n brilliant!!
	12:33pm clarke: the show is pretty good and informative - but as a period piece it is spot-on - sets, design, etc
	12:34pm St Joe: private property would be a restraining order today
	12:36pm DG: Was just NEAR Times Sq. in '81 or so & it was a nightmare....we were on line for MTV's New Year's party (a friend got us on "the list" supposedly) and all those drunken people kept coming up to us, asking what we were doing (MTV wasn't in NYC yet, so they thought MTV was some new drug we were waiting for)...and this was 9:30 or so. We never got in to the party (MTV overbooked), so we walked down 8th or 7th Avenue back to Penn, braving hordes of screaming idiots, to go back on the LIRR with more yelling, rowdy kids (I think a fight or two broke out). Fun! If you go to Times Sq. you deserve whatever you get.
	12:37pm Doc Rock: 63 Yrs. Young. I Have Never Stood In Times Sq. On NYE. The Closest I Ever Came, Was Walking Thru The Crowd From 6th Ave. To Some SMALL Theater On 43rd St. To See The Keith Richards Band w/ Opening Act Pearl Jam!!! No Joke!!!!
	12:38pm BronwynB: I like the implication here that men don’t eat cheese
	12:41pm Michael Shelley: THIS JUST IN FROM LISTENER KEN Little-known amazing fact. Parking is good right on 42nd St starting at 7 pm. Best block, between Ninth and Tenth Avenues.
	12:41pm clarke: snow check MS?? signed, cheese-eater
	12:41pm Listener Baby: @Doc Rock are you named such after Ween?
	12:43pm a: this is our New Year's tradition. I go up to visit my college roommate of 30 years ago in Western Massachusetts with my kids. in fact, we are listening to the show right now on our way.
	12:44pm Listener Baby: With a bunch of Paul Revere
	12:44pm Michael Shelley: still light - not sticking to roads that I can see
	12:45pm clarke: trying to gauge when it will hit out on cape...
	12:47pm clarke: bongo HANDS!!
	12:48pm johnk77: great show selecter @michaelshelley according to weather app Dark Sky snow should stop around the end of michael's show
	12:48pm clarke: i have a sweet-spot for songs that reference other songs or bands
	12:51pm clarke: i am on drums on this
	12:51pm Michael Shelley: I'll be trying to beat it home!
	12:52pm Hoboken Jack: Hello Bronwyn, hello all! Have heard nothing about that new Squeeze album, any good?
	12:52pm clarke: and bg vox too
	12:52pm Doc Rock: Weened on Rock but not named by Ween!
	12:54pm clarke: but not on this
	12:54pm Listener Baby: Got it! It's a favorite song of mine.
	12:54pm Geoff in Ottawa: "Be Here Now." Incredible.
	12:55pm dale: great - now i have to clicky star michael buble.
	12:55pm clarke: danke! u think what mike is talking about is "entitlement"?
	12:56pm Mayor Frank: Bublé can croon!
	12:56pm DG: Wow, this is Michael Buble? I thought it was some power-pop record!
	12:57pm Geoff in Ottawa: Do not trust anyone who does not like Michael Buble!
	12:57pm dale: ha ha - harry harrison as redone by the darndest things kids say project.
	12:58pm clarke: this might be my fave NY tradition!
	12:58pm Mayor Frank: These are really good wishes!
	12:59pm dale: this totally could have been in 'happy new year, charlie brown'
	12:59pm DG: And that was Graham Parker on vocals for that Incredible Casuals song, wasn't it?
	12:59pm clarke: johnny spampinato
	1:00pm Greg from ZONE 5: Happy New Year, Michael!
	1:01pm clarke: cheers all

Michael Shelley: Playlist from December 30, 2017

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Nikki Lane	Jackpot "Jackpot" by "Nikki Lane"
Levon And The Hawks	What A Party "What A Party" by "Levon And The Hawks"
Willie Nelson	Take My Word "Take My Word" by "Willie Nelson"
Cypress Hill	Hits From The Bong "Hits From The Bong" by "Cypress Hill"
Clark Terry	Mumbles "Mumbles" by "Clark Terry"
Modern Lovers, The	Modern World "Modern World" by "Modern Lovers, The"
Who, The	Legal Matter "Legal Matter" by "Who, The"
Bocephus	Meter Reader Maid "Meter Reader Maid" by "Bocephus"
Timmy Thomas	Whole Lotta Shaking Going On
Lyres, The	She Pays The Rent "She Pays The Rent" by "Lyres, The"
Beatles, The	I Wanna Be Your Man "I Wanna Be Your Man" by "Beatles, The"
Ferlin Husky	The Police Files "The Police Files" by "Ferlin Husky"
Joe Simon	What Makes A Man Feel Good?
Owen Gray	Candita "Candita" by "Owen Gray"
Green	Gotta Get A Record Out "Gotta Get A Record Out" by "Green"
Annette and the Beach Boys	The Monkey's Uncle
Spade Cooley	Cowbell Polka "Cowbell Polka" by "Spade Cooley"
Arthur Alexander	Everyday I Have To Cry
Kik, The	Simona "Simona" by "Kik, The"
Standells, The	Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
Little Jimmy Dickens	Blackeyed Joe's
Doris Duke	Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You
Chico Marx	Everyone Says I Love You
Minutemen, The	History Lesson Part II
Miss Ludella Black	My Boyfriend's Band
Los Yorsy's (sic)	Un Hombre Respetable
Carlisles, The	T'aint Nice "T'aint Nice" by "Carlisles, The"
Jake Jackson	Life Gets Hard "Life Gets Hard" by "Jake Jackson"
Thigh Highs, The	Girls "Girls" by "Thigh Highs, The"
Jay Sherman-Godfrey	Bad Party "Bad Party" by "Jay Sherman-Godfrey"
Tony Colton & The Big Boss Band	I Stand Accused
Johnnie and Jack	Private Property
Clarence Carter	I Smell a Rat "I Smell a Rat" by "Clarence Carter"
Dakota Stanton	They All Laughed "They All Laughed" by "Dakota Stanton"
Monkees, The	She Makes Me Laugh "She Makes Me Laugh" by "Monkees, The"
Shapes Of Things, The	So Mystifying
Squeeze	Albatross "Albatross" by "Squeeze"
Queers, The	Girl About Town "Girl About Town" by "Queers, The"
Incredible Casuals, The	Be Here Now
Michael Bublé	Hollywood "Hollywood" by "Michael Bublé"
Juniper	May You Always "May You Always" by "Juniper"

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CLICK HERE for info on an odd e-book "Nick Lowe: A Long Career That Never Gets Stale." It is 4 pages long and "sells" for $1.99. The same author has one about Dean Martin that was reviewed like this: "This pamphlet was complete gargbage. A sixth grader could have written a better essay. All of this author's works should be removed from Amazon."

CLICK HERE, but only if you have golden ears

CLICK HERE for some amazing RARE STAX MUSIC from tapes Robert Gordon pulled out of the debris when the STAX building was being torn down!

CLICK HERE for Ernie Bushmiller illustrated autobiography, on an amazing website

CLICK HERE for The Mills Brothers

CLICK HERE for James Jamerson & Gladys Knight going nuts on I Heard It Through The Grapevine

CLICK HERE for a nice piece about the the L.A. studio musicians who dominated the 70's sound.

I love THESE Beach Boy videos!

CLICK HERE for some classic Jerry. The whole clip is crazy - but 2:13 in is really off the charts nuts.

CLICK HERE for Paul Anka's famous post-gig turned into a short film!

CLICK HERE for an recent Montclair Times article on Michael Shelley!

CLICK HERE to read how Big Star's "September Gurls" was recorded at Ardent Studios

Apparently Bowie offered "Golden Years" to Elvis Presley - but The King declined. CLICK HERE former guest Stevie Riks nails the Elvis/Bowie duet version.

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Listener comments!
	11:00am Listener Baby: Busta Move, Baby. Hit us with everything you've got today. This one needs to hurt. And a sincere good morning to all out there. Happy New Year!
	11:01am Frank Above: Greetings from Sick Bay.
	11:02am clarke: ahhhh - finally worked my last weekend for a while..
	11:02am clarke: you illin' frank????
	11:04am Frank Above: Yeah, the weather and holiday madness caught up to me :(
	11:04am clarke: just a wild guess, would it be that chest bug that is going around brooklyn??
	11:05am Listener Baby: Repent, Frank.
	11:06am Frank Above: I actually didn't know there was a bug going around, but yeah. Very irritated lower respiratory action and I'm pretty achy too.
	11:06am clarke: one thang for shure - it is witch's boobie on the east coast!!
	11:07am Frank Above: Seriously. Every time I start thinking about moving north, we get a week like this to remind me that would be a very foolish move on my part.
	11:08am clarke: hey, i had the thing last spring - sad to inform you: IT NEVER LEAVES!! it is going to go on for a while... i suggest not taking decongestant....
	11:09am Frank Above: I never take medicine. It only delays the body fighting off the bugs.
	11:09am clarke: .. instead try: cayenne and lemon in some apple cider vinegar with some warm water
	11:09am Listener Baby: Frank, you have one week to recover. Need I remind you what goes on in 7 days?
	11:09am Frank Above: I'm just miserable for 2-3 days and then I start feeling better.
	11:10am Frank Above: That's my goal Baby. Thankfully, see my last post. That's usually how long I'm out of commission.
	11:10am clarke: well if it is the same thing - it goes on and on. and on.
	11:10am Listener Baby: We are counting on you.
	11:11am clarke: what happens in 7 days?
	11:11am Frank Above: Thanks Clarke, I'll give it a go. I typically just drown myself in liquids and sweat my ass off to mitigate the healing process. It usually works.
	11:11am Mikey_B: willie to cypress -> nice
	11:11am clarke: other than another fab shelley show, that is...
	11:11am Listener Baby: World ending, Clarke
	11:12am Ken From Hyde Park: This show is already going insane in the membrane!
	11:12am Mayor Frank: Well, Cypress Hill gets a hi Michael and 'FMUers. 8 in Andover, MA and snow on the way, hey!
	11:13am Frank Above: Is JD singing this song?
	11:13am clarke: it always was Baby!!!
	11:13am Morgan: I remember this from the Groove Tube
	11:14am clarke: MS - how hard is it snowing at studio??
	11:15am clarke: flol!!
	11:16am Michael Shelley: very light - but steady
	11:16am Listener Baby: Baby, did you just say "Piss Stain"??
	11:16am clarke: i believe that is the first time i have heard those words together on ze radio
	11:17am Listener Baby: We would have also accepted Skid Mark.
	11:18am Michael Shelley: MUST READ: www.openculture.com...
	11:20am clarke: wow - how illiterate!! and bongo feets!!!!
	11:21am glenn: i missed piss stain. were you talking about trump?
	11:22am Listener Baby: If only every band did that, we'd be in better shape. I like "piss stain", but I knew those weren't your words, Baby. It's just doesn't reflect you higher education and upbringing.
	11:23am Pedro in Arlington VA: I share your mood Mike but maybe, just maybe we saw rock bottom and avoided it when one of the most historically backward states in America refused to elect a credibly accused pedophile lunatic to the Senate. Of course African American women deserve most of the credit. Bless all who work for decency.
	11:23am Michael Shelley: Transcript Next to the SEX-PISTOLS rock and roll and that hall of fame is a piss stain. Your museum. Urine in wine. Were not coming. Were not your monkey and so what? Fame at $25,000 if we paid for a table, or $15000 to squeak up in the gallery, goes to a non-profit organisation selling us a load of old famous. Congradulations. If you voted for us, hope you noted your reasons. Your anonymous as judges, but your still music industry people. Were not coming. Your not paying attention. Outside the shit-stem is a real SEX PISTOL
	11:24am clarke: i was referring to lydon - not shelley, btw
	11:25am Hackensack Slim: Hey, I have fond memories of my Grandfather calling me Knucklehead. (As in Knucklehead Smith, Paul Winchell's dummy) Happy New Year, Mike.
	11:26am Listener Baby: I think we could all agree that Hank Williams Jr, is a dummy. For real.
	11:27am clarke: yessssss!!!!!
	11:28am clarke: oh - youtube hank williams "drunk stage banter" for some entertaining minutes
	11:29am clarke: velvet underground
	11:30am Ochre Ogre: Most played band... Yo La Tengo?
	11:31am glenn: quit facebook. you'll be a hundred thousand times happier and more productive.
	11:32am Dean: I stopped going to movies after the premier of the first Star Wars. Despised it that much.
	11:33am Doc Rock: She Pays The Rent = Hand Of Fate!
	11:33am Robbie White: LOVE the Fab Faux
	11:34am Greg from ZONE 5: With the sizable exception of Finn and New Girl's side story I LOOOVED the new Star Wars!
	11:34am Elias Kirtz: That movie..it just had absolutely nothing compelling about it. You could see they were trying to "tell a story"..but it just fell completely flat. Formulaic? Is that the word?
	11:35am Ken From Hyde Park: I rented Miss Sharon Jones! from the library and I felt it was a nice documentary. I don't care for any of the movies in the movie houses.
	11:36am clarke: NO SEQUELS!!
	11:36am Listener Baby: Did they take that dude away?
	11:37am clarke: would not think it was the beatles because of the beatles ban 'fmu had
	11:38am Tommy in Neversink: Hey , I've heard of them
	11:38am Dean: Come to think of it, Uncle Michael opened yesterday's show with a late Beatles tune.
	11:38am Mayor Frank: !! I was thinking this year is best summed up by that Pastor T.L. Barrett choir song out of Chicago - Like a Ship (Without a Sail).
	11:38am Listener Baby: New Years Eve. Going to see Ray Charles, with Blossom Dearie opening up.
	11:39am Frank Above: Don't really have a tradition. I watch, or attempt to watch the NHL Winter Classic, but that's about it. Actually, my brother won tickets to this year's game at Citi Field, and I was considering going at first, but I'm in no condition to stand out in the bitter cold for several hours on Monday.
	11:39am Adrian in London: @Ken Yeah, it was a good film, wasn't't it? Saw it the other week
	11:40am clarke: no frank - that would be a bad idea!!
	11:40am Frank Above: I think it would be a terrible idea even if I wasn't sick!
	11:41am clarke: ha ha ha
	11:41am Frank Above: And besides, I hate the Rangers and the Sabres are terrible, so I'm not going to freeze my ass off so I can see the Rangers win.
	11:41am Michael Shelley: call 347-601-4266 - leave a 3 minute message
	11:43am Ochre Ogre: New Years resolution: listen to FMU a lot more, slacked off there for awhile.
	11:43am Gaylord Fields: Liverpool slum kid makes good — congrats to Sir Richard!
	11:44am clarke: my res: finally get out my solo album!!!! or bust!!
	11:47am clarke: which may or may not be called; Urine In Wine
	11:49am clarke: gotta get this record out
	11:50am clarke: truth!!
	11:50am Ochre Ogre: See, listening just reminded me of Joe Simon!!
	11:50am clarke: what's this 'we' stuff - ain't no one here but me
	11:52am clarke: obviously hal on drums
	11:54am Listener Baby: I was just going to say that it sure sounds like Dennis on drums.
	11:54am paul: The Monkey Speaks His Mind
	11:54am clarke: no dennis is a little more sloshy than hal
	11:55am clarke: could be dennis on tympani tho
	11:56am clarke: keep in mind that hal played drums on most of the beach boys stuff in the studio
	11:57am clarke: oddly hal and denny were BEST FRIENDS
	11:58am Listener Baby: Seems the sound of it all was coming from someone who didn't really know how to strike drums. Also, I was getting a real open handed feel from that track. IE. Hitting the hi hat with left hand. But Hal was so good, he could probably do anything. I'm sure we will never know.
	11:59am clarke: nah - i would use that track to illustrate what hal blaine did
	12:00pm paul: Netherlands or holland
	12:01pm Listener Baby: Baby, this track should be considered, if you get my drift.
	12:01pm clarke: who are you seeing NYE baby??
	12:02pm Listener Baby: My pillow.
	12:02pm clarke: ha ha ha - special pillow
	12:03pm Listener Baby: It's a Ray Charles pillow.
	12:03pm clarke: very special!
	12:03pm Michael Shelley: thanks Paul - I do know that... just brain freeze
	12:05pm clarke: okay - so as implied in the lydon letter - do the bands being inducted get CHARGED to sit at the ceremony??
	12:06pm Your Ace From Exchange Place: That ID sounds like Bronx Carol Z.
	12:06pm paul: You're welcome. And geography always kill me on crosswords. :)
	12:07pm johnk77: very proud here in mott haven that was my lovely wife doing the station id:>
	12:07pm clarke: anybody else cookin' black-eyed peas for NY's?
	12:08pm Your Ace From Exchange Place: I was right! Howdy johnk77!
	12:08pm clarke: (a southern tradition)
	12:09pm johnk77: @yourace has a very bright future in 2018!
	12:11pm Your Ace From Exchange Place: @johnk77 Looking forward! Cautiously.
	12:12pm Listener Baby: Back to the Monkey's Uncle subject. I would direct folks to this. smileysmile.net...
	12:13pm Mailman Tom: Hooray for black and white movies, and that includes silent movies, too
	12:14pm clarke: f'n corndogs
	12:14pm Listener Baby: I helped with the remixes, re-release for CD. For better or for worse. BTW this song is F-ingAmazing.
	12:14pm Nachurall: Michael, have you ever interviewed Mike Watt?
	12:14pm Mayor Frank: This gets me every time. #scientistrock
	12:15pm clarke: the only problem with mike watt interview is that most of his best stories are unsuitable for airplay
	12:17pm WFMU listener WADE: What about drummer George Hurley? He was my first drummer idol. He's a really good drummer.
	12:17pm clarke: for instance: watt's story on the tale of how dino, jr's Start Choppin' was named
	12:19pm clarke: taint nice to talk like ^
	12:19pm DG: "were not selling out" says the man who did this: http://www.openculture.com/2013/07/john-rottens-cordial-letter-to-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame.html
	12:20pm Tom: I think Sublime sampled “punk rock saved our lives ” from the Minute Men, History Lesson part II
	12:20pm DG: Oops, sorry! Wrong link, meant to post this: http://www.openculture.com/2013/07/never-mind-the-bollocks-heres-john-lydon-in-a-butter-commercial.html
	12:22pm clarke: geo hurley = superior human being!
	12:24pm Frank Above: Thigh Highs. Nice!
	12:24pm clarke: frank - did you disappear in a coughing fit?? there you are
	12:25pm Frank Above: I'm here. It takes awhile to muster up the strength to type a comment out ;)
	12:26pm clarke: JSG!!!!
	12:26pm St Joe: those lyrics tho. life changing
	12:28pm clarke: 90%
	12:28pm Listener Baby: Where do this folks go to the bathroom? How does that all work?
	12:28pm Listener Baby: Those
	12:28pm clarke: passed-out
	12:29pm Frank Above: You[re right. As much as those commercials you see on retro TV channels make catheters seem fun and exciting, putting one in so I can stand outside in the cold for 12+ hours is not really my thing either.
	12:29pm clarke: frank - if you are couch-bound might i suggest the bbc series Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond
	12:30pm Mark: The Elvis C version of this would be a great counterpoint.
	12:30pm St Joe: Times sq. in 1984. like a cartoon of sardines in the can. plus pick-pockets
	12:31pm Frank Above: Not sure I got it in me to watch anything right now. Eyes are closing from time to time. But thanks for the suggestion. Maybe in a couple of days.
	12:31pm clarke: one year at the dick clark thing - Cheap Trick was on there and it was f'n brilliant!!
	12:33pm clarke: the show is pretty good and informative - but as a period piece it is spot-on - sets, design, etc
	12:34pm St Joe: private property would be a restraining order today
	12:36pm DG: Was just NEAR Times Sq. in '81 or so & it was a nightmare....we were on line for MTV's New Year's party (a friend got us on "the list" supposedly) and all those drunken people kept coming up to us, asking what we were doing (MTV wasn't in NYC yet, so they thought MTV was some new drug we were waiting for)...and this was 9:30 or so. We never got in to the party (MTV overbooked), so we walked down 8th or 7th Avenue back to Penn, braving hordes of screaming idiots, to go back on the LIRR with more yelling, rowdy kids (I think a fight or two broke out). Fun! If you go to Times Sq. you deserve whatever you get.
	12:37pm Doc Rock: 63 Yrs. Young. I Have Never Stood In Times Sq. On NYE. The Closest I Ever Came, Was Walking Thru The Crowd From 6th Ave. To Some SMALL Theater On 43rd St. To See The Keith Richards Band w/ Opening Act Pearl Jam!!! No Joke!!!!
	12:38pm BronwynB: I like the implication here that men don’t eat cheese
	12:41pm Michael Shelley: THIS JUST IN FROM LISTENER KEN Little-known amazing fact. Parking is good right on 42nd St starting at 7 pm. Best block, between Ninth and Tenth Avenues.
	12:41pm clarke: snow check MS?? signed, cheese-eater
	12:41pm Listener Baby: @Doc Rock are you named such after Ween?
	12:43pm a: this is our New Year's tradition. I go up to visit my college roommate of 30 years ago in Western Massachusetts with my kids. in fact, we are listening to the show right now on our way.
	12:44pm Listener Baby: With a bunch of Paul Revere
	12:44pm Michael Shelley: still light - not sticking to roads that I can see
	12:45pm clarke: trying to gauge when it will hit out on cape...
	12:47pm clarke: bongo HANDS!!
	12:48pm johnk77: great show selecter @michaelshelley according to weather app Dark Sky snow should stop around the end of michael's show
	12:48pm clarke: i have a sweet-spot for songs that reference other songs or bands
	12:51pm clarke: i am on drums on this
	12:51pm Michael Shelley: I'll be trying to beat it home!
	12:52pm Hoboken Jack: Hello Bronwyn, hello all! Have heard nothing about that new Squeeze album, any good?
	12:52pm clarke: and bg vox too
	12:52pm Doc Rock: Weened on Rock but not named by Ween!
	12:54pm clarke: but not on this
	12:54pm Listener Baby: Got it! It's a favorite song of mine.
	12:54pm Geoff in Ottawa: "Be Here Now." Incredible.
	12:55pm dale: great - now i have to clicky star michael buble.
	12:55pm clarke: danke! u think what mike is talking about is "entitlement"?
	12:56pm Mayor Frank: Bublé can croon!
	12:56pm DG: Wow, this is Michael Buble? I thought it was some power-pop record!
	12:57pm Geoff in Ottawa: Do not trust anyone who does not like Michael Buble!
	12:57pm dale: ha ha - harry harrison as redone by the darndest things kids say project.
	12:58pm clarke: this might be my fave NY tradition!
	12:58pm Mayor Frank: These are really good wishes!
	12:59pm dale: this totally could have been in 'happy new year, charlie brown'
	12:59pm DG: And that was Graham Parker on vocals for that Incredible Casuals song, wasn't it?
	12:59pm clarke: johnny spampinato
	1:00pm Greg from ZONE 5: Happy New Year, Michael!
	1:01pm clarke: cheers all

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