WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from July 4, 2020

Listener comments!
	11:00am Frank In Queens: Nice looking cake!
	11:00am Listener Baby: May we be independent very soon! Hola Brother Baby! Good morning excellent citizens. Keep your heads up high, and let the music move you.
	11:01am Listener Baby: Hey Baby!
	11:02am Michael Shelley: Tres Leches - the kid made it
	11:02am Frank In Queens: Nice kickoff tune.
	11:02am Corey: Good morning Michael and listeners! Happy 4th. Let freeform ring.
	11:04am Baja Joe: Happy fourth Mike. I posted this very same tune on my FB music page, RTOTD. One of my favorite X tunes. Have a great holiday.
	11:04am Chop Scott: Good Morning Michael!
	11:04am Joe B: X - this is their best album, start to finish.
	11:05am mlsgrrl: I checked this l.p. out from my public library as a teenager cause I thought X was a cool band name. Good find.
	11:05am egould310: Good tune to start the show. Maybe a little too literal, but John Doe and Exene will always get an exemption. Happy Independence Day, from Seattle!
	11:06am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Thot X was forgotten for a minute.
	11:08am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Here's a great example of Garage single.
	11:09am Frank In Queens: Dave indeed.
	11:09am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...some more tuneful than others... Dave Alvin
	11:14am Listener Bop Monroe: Greetings from Tannersville. Great start to a wild 4th!
	11:15am clarke: pitter patter - let's get at 'er!!
	11:17am egould310: I love your interviews Michael; but they’re not always good for my morning run. So when I hear 2 hours of number 1 hits coming, I get excited. Now the question is, should I jog to the duck pond? Or to Huskie Stadium?
	11:19am Joe B: surf's up in the Twin Cities!
	11:20am clarke: i'm in a Soma
	11:20am Hughie Considine: Have given much thought to ultimate Fourth of July songs. X is right up there, as is Galaxie 500, Aimee Mann, and the Boss. Oh, and Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies.
	11:20am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yay MidWest Surfz!
	11:22am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Monster' by Steppenwolf - but only if covered by a great trashy band...
	11:23am Frank In Queens: I don't....
	11:23am clarke: if you remember them...
	11:24am clarke: sound city drums
	11:24am Hughie Considine: This came out shortly after Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell -- the era was ripe for interpolations of radio DJs in pop songs.
	11:25am Somm Ben: Thank you, Michael. I've got these tunes on in the shop, making the holiday shift all the better
	11:25am Greg from ZONE 5: Happy 4th, Michael & all! I will be celebrating by not leaving the house.
	11:26am clarke: slow to the game, i finally read about how robin couldn't stand bun e. and their final blow-up was over some long stand in vegas bun wanted to do but robin did NOT.
	11:29am Michael Shelley: Somm - what shop?
	11:29am vertual: uhh it's station manager Ken and the hazmat reoport..
	11:30am Michael in Montclair: Good Morning Michael and everyone!
	11:32am paul: Why does every Bob Dylan impression sound the same, but they don't really sound like Dylan.
	11:33am clarke: i'm freakin' out.
	11:33am Michael Shelley: true
	11:33am clarke: Mouse & The Traps?? hmm.
	11:36am paul: Mark Knopfler (sp?) came close.
	11:37am clarke: it used to just be a field of dirt.
	11:41am Jett: "Smack Dab In The Middle" was a duet by George Jones and Johnny Paycheck released around 1979, Is that the version you played?
	11:42am Listener Baby: Working. Always working.
	11:42am Frank In Queens: Oh, lemon pie is good!
	11:42am clarke: plans are same as EVERY day - recording away.
	11:42am Kennedy: Thankful for independence in radio. All stations are not created equal
	11:42am ledzeppelinsucks: going to the Swinomish Res to buy unsafe and insane fireworks
	11:42am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I didn't get my soylent green.
	11:43am Hughie Considine: Ah, Lemon Pie, the nickname Bruce Willis called his girlfriend in Pulp Fiction.
	11:43am myron feld: Woodchucks
	11:43am Pedro in Arlington: Next July 4th should be a whole lot better for two reasons.
	11:43am Frank In Queens: Plans? Homemade black bean burgers, potato wedges, salad from our garden and probably a couple of beers. Maybe we'll finally put those coasters to good use.
	11:43am Jett: I love lemon pie! You must be in a very rural location.
	11:44am Frank In Queens: Oh, and music, of course!
	11:44am clarke: rhetorically asking: what is the 'use' of shooting fireworks before it gets dark?? no patience.
	11:44am Hughie Considine: Mrs. Shelley - aiding and abetting!
	11:45am clarke: sounds great frank - no leaf blowers!!
	11:45am Listener Baby: Saw "Her" yesterday. Very interesting! Terrific look.
	11:46am Frank In Queens: Been on a John Sayles kick this week. Matewan, Eight Men Out, Brother From Another Planet. Waiting for Lonestar to come from Netflix. Yes, I still get discs in the mail from Netflix...
	11:46am Hughie Considine: My fireworks story is that my buddy shot off an M80 at the Zeppelin show at MSG in 1977, and Robert Plant went to the mic and said, "Booo.." I mean, who else can say they've been booed by Led Zep? It's a weird claim to fame but I like it.
	11:46am Frank In Queens: @clarke, no second-hand smoke either! The neighbors seem to be out or away for the holiday.
	11:47am Greg from ZONE 5: Watched "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion" which was GREAT. Though I don't know that it would make a great Shelley Family Movie Night.
	11:47am clarke: now "they" are saying that smoke from fireworks causes breathing problem in young children.
	11:47am Michael Shelley: Jett - fixed! THX
	11:48am clarke: i have not seen those sayles flicks in a long while, sounds like something good to re-visit
	11:48am ledzeppelinsucks: this is the dreaded day in ICU and emergency venues. kids with blown off faces and fingers will be arriving within hours.
	11:49am clarke: 8 Men Out leaves one feeling a little slimey
	11:49am Frank In Queens: Looking for a way to watch The Return Of The Secaucus Seven, but it does not seem to be available anywhere.
	11:50am Bootsie: Eurovision... blah blah Fire Saga wan't the worst silly movie I've seen. It had a couple moments. And "Jaja Ding Dong" stuck in my head for two days. Mainly I'm wondering how Heather Graham has not aged a DAY since Austin powers.
	11:50am clarke: hmm... have you tried 123Movies - for streaming, that is
	11:51am Jimmy Wipper: Michael, did you watch 63 Up? I didn’t realize it was out until we heard you mention it. We loved it (like all of the 7 Up series).
	11:52am Jett: That Steve Alaimo track sounds so Box Tops like.
	11:52am clarke: i think you're drunk.
	11:52am Michael Shelley: JW - 63 was great -very moving
	11:52am Frank In Queens: @clarke, I enjoyed it. If Comiskey wasn't such a cheap bastard, the players wouldn't have been on the take.
	11:53am clarke: oh i think the film is great
	11:53am Jimmy Wipper: Everyone needs to see the whole 7 Up series. It is very moving.
	11:53am Michael Shelley: JETT - Chilton did a solo cover of that tune
	11:53am clarke: i meant it was very effective.
	11:54am DG: F/Queens: yes, all those early Sayles movies are great. Can't speak of the later ones, don't think I've seen any since "Lone Star." And Secaucus 7 was no doubt the "inspiration" for "The Big Chill" (that's too bad it's not available). Hughie C: that summer I think Fleetwood Mac, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd & ELP all played the Garden. When I saw ELP then, Alison Steele came out to say "Keith, Carl & Greg wanted me to talk to you about the firecrackers"----apparently it had been a big problem all summer. She told us to cool it, & despite that, I think one (maybe a small one) went off while Greg Lake was singing, and he stopped the song to say it was dangerous & you're stupid for doing it (or words to that effect). I also heard the reason P. Floyd did the "Wall" shows at Nassau Coliseum instead of MSG was because they were annoyed by all the firecrackers the last time they played there.
	11:55am Frank In Queens: @DG, yeah nothing he's done after Lone Star seems to grab my interest. But I said the same thing about Bogdanovich after Saint Jack, and I was pleasantly surprised by some of his later movies.
	11:56am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Everybody wants to be part of the show ...just thot you needed me to comment again...
	11:56am myron feld: What service is 63 Up on? We love the series and have to see that one.
	11:56am paul: Watched "The Weird World of Blowfly." Not family viewing.
	11:56am Hughie Considine: Thanks DG, interesting historical perspective. That era was just crazy. The night before the Zep show I saw,Dave Marsh, writing in Newsday, said Zeppelin’s entrance was greeted by “an assault of fireworks that made the Garden seem like Da Nang.” On the final night, an explosive blew up and injured Jimmy P's hand.
	11:56am clarke: YES. all those supposed "loser" bogdanovich films are deece
	11:57am Jimmy Wipper: Clarke, for 4th of July I’m going to play “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” on the kazoo while drinking a glass of water.
	11:57am Jett: ok, thanks for that info on the Alaimo track @Michael Shelley was I correct on the George Jones track, is that the version you played, or a different one?
	11:58am clarke: @Jimmy W - ha ha ha.. i've been trying to let u know that i love that latest costello album!! a return to 'form'
	11:58am Michael Shelley: JETT - different songs completely
	11:58am Frank In Queens: Great Nick Lowe b-side.
	11:58am Michael Shelley: I thought you played that Les Paul
	11:59am Jett: What was that version of the Jones song from???
	12:00pm Greg from ZONE 5: Ted Leo played this at the Matador Records 21st birthday dealie in Vegas. A highlight in a weekend of highlights.
	12:00pm Jett: Nick Lowe always so consistently great!
	12:00pm clarke: your friends told you that.
	12:01pm DG: Great Nick Lowe track---finally got this on an import, "The Wilderness Years" which has a bunch of b-sides, demos, etc. Maybe some of these tracks are bonus cuts on other NL albums.
	12:01pm Jimmy Wipper: I agree about Costello! I hear they make those Les Pauls in other countries. We need the jobs!
	12:02pm clarke: yes, it is what EC should have been doing all along!!!
	12:03pm Joe B: ho-dad is a non-surfer who hangs out with the surfers, doesn't necessarily ave to be a greaser
	12:03pm clarke: they said i won, btw.
	12:03pm DG: Hughie C.: Geez, that sounds insane. I don't know how they didn't arrest people for that. Saw Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers on another July 4th ('80 I think), don't think there was any trouble at the Palladium (as it was then known) but when we drove back it was like driving thru 'Nam.
	12:03pm Michael Shelley: JETT his 1989 lp "It Don't Get any Better Than This"
	12:03pm Greg from ZONE 5: @Joe B: Then what is a gremmy? Is a gremmy a noob?
	12:03pm Joe B: so, there actually can't be a goofy foot ho-dad
	12:04pm clarke: ho-dad is the surfer version of saying "nerd", basically
	12:04pm Jimmy Wipper: I heard that Wheat Germ is the artist of the month.
	12:04pm Joe B: @clarke - i wouldn't agree with that. could be their dealer
	12:05pm Greg from ZONE 5: A goofy footer ho-dad is strictly theoretical.
	12:05pm Jett: Ty Michael, That ho dad song reminds me of 77 Sunset Strip, and the spinoff shows
	12:05pm Joe B: I guess it would be like playing air guitar with your opposite hand
	12:05pm WR: Sounded like Smothers Brothers doing the hodad routine.
	12:06pm clarke: that's not what my friends have told me.
	12:06pm Hughie Considine: @DG, I think it's just that this kind of dangerous thing was nevertheless tolerated -- until it wasn't. People bought tickets to see their favorite band, rolled up a ton of joints and stocked up on fireworks. Crazy!
	12:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Dad gotta make a dollar like anybody - c'mon now...
	12:07pm Hughie Considine: Fantastic book about the dark side of the surfing ethos: "Tapping the Source" by Kem Nunn.
	12:07pm ?: Billboard magazine, May 25, 1963, on Shean and Jenkins' 45: "Two very funny sides that could attract play and sales. First up is a clever take-off on radio and TV commercials, with a nutty, jazz-oriented backing. Flip is somewhat on the surf kick with a sort of beatnik poetry narrative. Funny material, well carried off."
	12:11pm Dean: ^Me. Dave Edmunds covered that Johnnie Allan tune.
	12:11pm Michael Shelley: ? - great - thanks
	12:11pm Farmer Rye in Santa Cruz: hey all ! thanks michael !
	12:11pm Hams: someday!
	12:13pm clarke: Frank - if yer still around: http://123movie.fm/watch/yd6LeEZx-return-of-the-secaucus-seven.html
	12:13pm phat: I'm so glad you coined "arranger rock." Someone should write a book.
	12:13pm Frank In Queens: THanks Clarke!
	12:13pm Joe B: that is the original. johnny is johnny bristol, who produced the Supremes version
	12:14pm clarke: u got it!!
	12:16pm gene sculatti: Crikey: "Precious Love" is insanely great!
	12:17pm clarke: @frank - hope you have adblock - and just keep going thru the pop-ups - you shall be rewarded.
	12:17pm Rich from Red Hook: Huge long time fan of your show and all things wfmu. Don't joke about losing an eye! Almost lost one this week biking with my 15 year old daughter. She's a little jealous I don't have a show she can be on.
	12:17pm Frank In Queens: Hahaha, could've used that warning 2 minutes ago Clarke!
	12:18pm Jett: You just said Cynthia Mann and Barry Weil
	12:18pm clarke: so solly!!
	12:18pm Frank In Queens: No worries, I eventually found the gold.
	12:18pm Joe B: yes, Eric Burdon rejected Kicks
	12:18pm clarke: adblock plus is FREE with google chrome.
	12:19pm myron feld: @Hughie re: Tapping The Source — so good! I read it when I moved to Los Angeles and was really spooked.
	12:19pm Ross T.: These kids today...with their pants on the ground and no "kick me" signs on their backs....
	12:19pm Frank Zaatar: So when did Paul Revere pick it up? THat's the version I always heard but this is better.
	12:20pm Hughie Considine: @Myron, yeah, unforgettable and sinister!
	12:20pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Burdon tripping too hard I wouldn't be surprised...
	12:21pm zivilars: 2020 is the most shitty year imaginable, except for Neil Young fans
	12:21pm Hughie Considine: Neil's recent letter to Trump is fantastic. “Your mindless destruction of our shared natural resources, our environment, and our relationships with friends around the world is unforgivable.… Our first black president was a better man than you are.”
	12:21pm Joe B: thanks for the shoutout!
	12:21pm Joe B: good catch!
	12:22pm Jett: Is it just me, or does "Will To Love" by Neil Young sound a lot like Space Oddity by David Bowie? @Michael Shelley
	12:22pm Joe B: levon helm on the drums for that Neil tune
	12:22pm clarke: it's just you.
	12:23pm listener 126464: Uncle Floyd smiles
	12:23pm Michael Shelley: The drums are SO SO SO good on that!
	12:23pm DG: I think that's Levon Helm on that "new" Neil Young track.
	12:23pm DG: Sorry! posted my comment before I saw Joe B's comment.
	12:23pm Jim: Yes, I caught the Uncle Floyd reference as well - nice.
	12:24pm Joe B: @Frank Z - Mann & Weil immediately offered it to the Raiders as soon as the Animals passed. Their producer had asked them for something similar to 'we gotta get out of this place,' so they got one.
	12:24pm clarke: at least having writer's block has caused some archival releases!!
	12:24pm Hughie Considine: Well, thematically, Neil's song imagines the journey of a salmon upstream, and Bowie's charts the intergalactic journey of Major Tom, so there are some similarities...
	12:24pm Jimmy Wipper: Speaking of “Levon” Elton John is streaming a fantastic solo show from 1976 on his YouTube page for the weekend only.
	12:24pm listener 126464: Mugsy too
	12:25pm Dean: Earth Quake has a decent cover of "Kicks" on Leveled.
	12:25pm clarke: pre-Benny & The Jets? i'm in.
	12:25pm PaulRobeson1920: They put the last clean shirt on brother jimmy todayy
	12:26pm Jimmy Wipper: It’s 1976 but he plays lots of stuff from his first few records.
	12:26pm clarke: this is most...
	12:27pm Frank Zaatar: Thanks, Joe. When I was growing up I thought of the Paul Revere version as kind of a guilty pleasure. If Burden had picked it up I wouldn't have had to feel so guilty.
	12:27pm clarke: actually i meant pre- phil freedom - ouch!
	12:28pm clarke: our most modest container
	12:29pm clarke: for the record, i am cool with Benny & The Jets - although it is one of the most over-played
	12:29pm Dennis Diken: diggin'!
	12:30pm Joe B: @Frank - yeah great point. the animals never recorded it, they immediately tossed it for the anti-drug lyrics. would have been cool to hear them give it a shot
	12:30pm Jimmy Wipper: It’s also really cool because it’s a solo show. So he picks some really obscure tracks. youtu.be...
	12:30pm clarke: then the animals did san fran nights, ha ha
	12:32pm clarke: danke - will check it later
	12:32pm Ross T.: Even the cops grooved with us...down in Monterey....
	12:33pm Andres: Hello Michael and all! Tuned in but late to the board. -Saw the picture of the cake and thought I think instead of a genoise that would be better as a tres leches and sure enough...! -John Sayles is great and one not mentioned yet is our family favourite, beautiful and magical, The Secret of Roan Inish. Quiet adoration when viewing every single time.
	12:34pm Frank Zaatar: Heavens above, he's on a street called Love.
	12:35pm clarke: this show is great tunes for the imaginary bbq we'd all be having if...
	12:35pm ?: are you all ready to find out why Trump is President? and what has been going on behind the scenes? WHY you have ALL been trained to hate the man? Redirect the anger folks. CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN Clinton Foundation Epstein's pedo girlfriend and WW sex trafficker of young people is just the start. Pedos in high places will be exposed. It is boomerang time so please prepare yourselves and enjoy the show. Happy 4th! BOOM!
	12:35pm Candy-O'67: Hey Michael! Thanks for a fantastic show every week and thanks for playing the Belfuries! A little slice of home in ATX!
	12:36pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: You wanna find the truth in life don't pass Music by.
	12:36pm Ross T.: Saw Eric Burdon with his Sun Secrets band in the mid-70s. Cheesy but magnificent.
	12:36pm SeanG: this song sounds good
	12:37pm clarke: it's raining in new orleans.
	12:37pm Candy-O'67: Sorry to hear that, Clarke. It's a beautiful day here in Austin
	12:38pm Michael Shelley: PIZZAGATE!!!!
	12:38pm phat: Preston Love! Some Omaha love.
	12:38pm clarke: cool ade is good for indoors.
	12:38pm DG: I heard that "Kicks" was written as a sort of warning to fellow songwriter Gerry Goffin, who had his own problems with various substances. And I wouldn't write off PR & the Raiders---their greatest hits album rocks, & sounds like they may have inspired the Attractions, among others. (I guess some people didn't take them seriously because of those silly outfits.)
	12:38pm Frank In Queens: Andres, that's one movie of Sayles that definitely sticks out as something I wouldn't be interested in. Then again, I formed that opinion when I was 16 years old working at Blockbuster Video, so maybe I should just give it a go.
	12:39pm PaulRobeson1920: Happy July 4th Everybody! and Remember the Civil War 1861-1865 is America’s Second revolution. Fought to destroy the “Right of property in man” to hold his children and their children forever. When the Civil War commenced the “Fire eating secessionists” were denying the humanity of the enslaved, a radical departure from the founders who understood the “persons held as property” were indeed Human Beings.
	12:39pm Dean: How come the scandal over lead in Flint, MI, drinking water wasn't called Watergate?
	12:40pm Jimmy Wipper: Speaking of kool aid, ? is clearly drinking it.
	12:40pm Michael Shelley: HA!
	12:40pm Ross T.: Paul Revere and the Raiders created about 5 or 6 masterpieces. Terry Melcher, Mark Lindsey, and Drake Levin worth singling out.
	12:40pm clarke: and i aint
	12:41pm Frank Zaatar: Actually, I think it was Mark Linday's voice that put me off. I had the same reaction to Mickey Dolenz. I did like their instrumentation.
	12:41pm Joe B: @DG - cool, did not know that. I met Fang once in Las Vegas! definitely a highlight for me! also met Mark Lindsay at the WTC
	12:41pm Dean: Untamed Youth?
	12:42pm clarke: c'mon - EVERY thing the raiders did was fantastic. yes, even solo and later stuff!!
	12:42pm Frank Zaatar: Lindsay
	12:42pm PaulRobeson1920: @Rev Rabbit Speaking the truth about music! youtu.be... Paul Robeson's -Ballad for Americans 1949
	12:42pm Frank In Queens: Aw man, I miss my Rochester friends and family...
	12:42pm SeanG: hey Joe B! wearing my 3 Chord Monte shirt right now ROCKNROLL
	12:42pm clarke: oh, Rochester!!!!!
	12:43pm Joe B: @Ross - yes, Drake played on all the records while he was in the band while some other members were replaced in the studio
	12:43pm Candy-O'67: In agreement, Clarke! Love PR & the Raiders!
	12:43pm Joe B: @Sean - nice!
	12:44pm clarke: true fact: the raiders was the reason i got a cd-player, back when. they put out a box-set, i caved.
	12:45pm SeanG: the people's champ! :-D
	12:45pm Ross T.: That's right Joe -- and that is some smoldering mid-60s guitar work. Mark Lindsay did co-write some of the great hits. And the other Raiders though not on the records were fun in the visuals.
	12:46pm clarke: does "driving across the country" automatically imply east coast to west coast?? or from north to south, does that count?
	12:47pm Michael Shelley: that sort of counts...
	12:47pm clarke: ok
	12:47pm vertual: My mid-life crisis is going on 30 years
	12:47pm Joe B: the Raiders could all play on stage from their pre-hit years as a club act/bar band. then the later lineups with Weller and keith allison obviously could play anything
	12:47pm Dean: All about the hypotenuse: NE to SW, or NW to SE.
	12:49pm clarke: clorets!!!
	12:51pm PaulRobeson1920: Marlena Shaw knows
	12:54pm Dean: Billboard reviewed this album on p. 62 of its Feb. 19, 1977, issue. Featured on the same page: Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick, A Man and a Woman; Neil Diamond, Love at the Greek; and Fleetwood Mac, Rumours.
	12:55pm clarke: gain structure
	12:55pm Dean: Oops, nope. The 1977 review was of the studio album.
	12:56pm clarke: A Man And A Woman?? completely wrong era
	12:57pm Andres: Frank In Queens - My younger self also rolled my eyes when I saw the trailers. Thankfully got over myself and years later when I was going through the children's section at my local library took the time to look at the details and realized it was John Sayles and deserved a viewing.
	12:57pm clarke: charles edward -- always good on the fourth
	12:57pm Montmaster J: Was cool when the Q closed out with this last time we saw them. Perfect.
	12:58pm Andres: Thank you, Michael! Happy Fourth from here in Canada to all our southern neighbours!
	12:58pm Joe B: thanks Michael
	12:59pm Frank In Queens: I'll put it on the list Andres. Thanks for the recommendation.
	12:59pm radioronan: Thanks Michael!
	12:59pm listener 126464: Thanks Michael and associates, FMU crew.
	12:59pm clarke: okay, here's everyone's gift for the 4th: for some laughs check out MindHorn!!!! have a fifth on the fourth!!
	12:59pm Dean: Donutgate!
	1:00pm PaulRobeson1920: Paul Robeson helped made it possible for the great Chuck Berry to earn a living.
	1:00pm clarke: leadgate!!
	1:00pm P-90: Are we sure “Shomokin” isn’t a made-up place?
	1:00pm paul: Shamokin in the boys room.
	1:00pm PaulRobeson1920: Great show! Thank you
	1:00pm Frank In Queens: Thanks Michael! Enjoy the weekend all!
	1:00pm Greg from ZONE 5: Thanks, Shelleys!
	1:01pm P-90: Lucky thing those cops were watching Channel 16 News.
	1:01pm clarke: i won!!
	1:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY MS
	1:02pm paul: congrats
	1:05pm clarke: no. i won.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
X	Fourth Of July "Fourth Of July" by "X"
Johnny Fortune	Don Stole My Girl "Don Stole My Girl" by "Johnny Fortune"
Wanda Jackson	Let's Have A Party "Let's Have A Party" by "Wanda Jackson"
Gino Washington	Do The Frog "Do The Frog" by "Gino Washington"
Peggy Lee	I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
Yolks, The	I'm Going Down "I'm Going Down" by "Yolks, The"
Trashmen, The	King of the Surf "King of the Surf" by "Trashmen, The"
Baby Washington	Think About the Good Times
Cheap Trick	On The Radio "On The Radio" by "Cheap Trick"
Communication Aggregation	Freak Out USA
George Jones	Smack Dab "Smack Dab" by "George Jones"
Lee Dorsey	Four Corners "Four Corners" by "Lee Dorsey"
Johnathan Richman	The Beach "The Beach" by "Johnathan Richman"
Steve Alaimo	Nobody's Fool "Nobody's Fool" by "Steve Alaimo"
Wayne Cochran	Cindy Marie "Cindy Marie" by "Wayne Cochran"
Leroy Washington	Learn To Treat Me Better
Gladiators, The	Sweet Soul Music "Sweet Soul Music" by "Gladiators, The"
Nick Lowe	I Love My Label "I Love My Label" by "Nick Lowe"
Shean and Jenkins	Goofy Footer Ho-Dad
Nelson Riddle	Holy Flypaper "Holy Flypaper" by "Nelson Riddle"
Johnnie Allan	Promised Land "Promised Land" by "Johnnie Allan"
Johnny and Jackey	Someday We'll Be Together
Mark Johnson	Precious Love "Precious Love" by "Mark Johnson"
Del Shannon	Kicks "Kicks" by "Del Shannon"
Neil Young	Try "Try" by "Neil Young"
Rufus Thomas	Last Clean Shirt "Last Clean Shirt" by "Rufus Thomas"
Enoch Light and the Light Brigade	Swamp Fire
Yo La Tengo	Well You Better No "Well You Better No" by "Yo La Tengo"
Black Diamonds, The	See The Way "See The Way" by "Black Diamonds, The"
Bellfuries, The	Why Do You Haunt Me?
Preston Love	Cool Ade "Cool Ade" by "Preston Love"
Untamed Youth	Don Stole My Girl "Don Stole My Girl" by "Untamed Youth"
Greg Townson	100 Ways To Play Solitare
Marlena Shaw	Go Away Little Boy (live)
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Listener comments!
	11:00am Frank In Queens: Nice looking cake!
	11:00am Listener Baby: May we be independent very soon! Hola Brother Baby! Good morning excellent citizens. Keep your heads up high, and let the music move you.
	11:01am Listener Baby: Hey Baby!
	11:02am Michael Shelley: Tres Leches - the kid made it
	11:02am Frank In Queens: Nice kickoff tune.
	11:02am Corey: Good morning Michael and listeners! Happy 4th. Let freeform ring.
	11:04am Baja Joe: Happy fourth Mike. I posted this very same tune on my FB music page, RTOTD. One of my favorite X tunes. Have a great holiday.
	11:04am Chop Scott: Good Morning Michael!
	11:04am Joe B: X - this is their best album, start to finish.
	11:05am mlsgrrl: I checked this l.p. out from my public library as a teenager cause I thought X was a cool band name. Good find.
	11:05am egould310: Good tune to start the show. Maybe a little too literal, but John Doe and Exene will always get an exemption. Happy Independence Day, from Seattle!
	11:06am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Thot X was forgotten for a minute.
	11:08am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Here's a great example of Garage single.
	11:09am Frank In Queens: Dave indeed.
	11:09am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...some more tuneful than others... Dave Alvin
	11:14am Listener Bop Monroe: Greetings from Tannersville. Great start to a wild 4th!
	11:15am clarke: pitter patter - let's get at 'er!!
	11:17am egould310: I love your interviews Michael; but they’re not always good for my morning run. So when I hear 2 hours of number 1 hits coming, I get excited. Now the question is, should I jog to the duck pond? Or to Huskie Stadium?
	11:19am Joe B: surf's up in the Twin Cities!
	11:20am clarke: i'm in a Soma
	11:20am Hughie Considine: Have given much thought to ultimate Fourth of July songs. X is right up there, as is Galaxie 500, Aimee Mann, and the Boss. Oh, and Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies.
	11:20am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Yay MidWest Surfz!
	11:22am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: 'Monster' by Steppenwolf - but only if covered by a great trashy band...
	11:23am Frank In Queens: I don't....
	11:23am clarke: if you remember them...
	11:24am clarke: sound city drums
	11:24am Hughie Considine: This came out shortly after Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell -- the era was ripe for interpolations of radio DJs in pop songs.
	11:25am Somm Ben: Thank you, Michael. I've got these tunes on in the shop, making the holiday shift all the better
	11:25am Greg from ZONE 5: Happy 4th, Michael & all! I will be celebrating by not leaving the house.
	11:26am clarke: slow to the game, i finally read about how robin couldn't stand bun e. and their final blow-up was over some long stand in vegas bun wanted to do but robin did NOT.
	11:29am Michael Shelley: Somm - what shop?
	11:29am vertual: uhh it's station manager Ken and the hazmat reoport..
	11:30am Michael in Montclair: Good Morning Michael and everyone!
	11:32am paul: Why does every Bob Dylan impression sound the same, but they don't really sound like Dylan.
	11:33am clarke: i'm freakin' out.
	11:33am Michael Shelley: true
	11:33am clarke: Mouse & The Traps?? hmm.
	11:36am paul: Mark Knopfler (sp?) came close.
	11:37am clarke: it used to just be a field of dirt.
	11:41am Jett: "Smack Dab In The Middle" was a duet by George Jones and Johnny Paycheck released around 1979, Is that the version you played?
	11:42am Listener Baby: Working. Always working.
	11:42am Frank In Queens: Oh, lemon pie is good!
	11:42am clarke: plans are same as EVERY day - recording away.
	11:42am Kennedy: Thankful for independence in radio. All stations are not created equal
	11:42am ledzeppelinsucks: going to the Swinomish Res to buy unsafe and insane fireworks
	11:42am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I didn't get my soylent green.
	11:43am Hughie Considine: Ah, Lemon Pie, the nickname Bruce Willis called his girlfriend in Pulp Fiction.
	11:43am myron feld: Woodchucks
	11:43am Pedro in Arlington: Next July 4th should be a whole lot better for two reasons.
	11:43am Frank In Queens: Plans? Homemade black bean burgers, potato wedges, salad from our garden and probably a couple of beers. Maybe we'll finally put those coasters to good use.
	11:43am Jett: I love lemon pie! You must be in a very rural location.
	11:44am Frank In Queens: Oh, and music, of course!
	11:44am clarke: rhetorically asking: what is the 'use' of shooting fireworks before it gets dark?? no patience.
	11:44am Hughie Considine: Mrs. Shelley - aiding and abetting!
	11:45am clarke: sounds great frank - no leaf blowers!!
	11:45am Listener Baby: Saw "Her" yesterday. Very interesting! Terrific look.
	11:46am Frank In Queens: Been on a John Sayles kick this week. Matewan, Eight Men Out, Brother From Another Planet. Waiting for Lonestar to come from Netflix. Yes, I still get discs in the mail from Netflix...
	11:46am Hughie Considine: My fireworks story is that my buddy shot off an M80 at the Zeppelin show at MSG in 1977, and Robert Plant went to the mic and said, "Booo.." I mean, who else can say they've been booed by Led Zep? It's a weird claim to fame but I like it.
	11:46am Frank In Queens: @clarke, no second-hand smoke either! The neighbors seem to be out or away for the holiday.
	11:47am Greg from ZONE 5: Watched "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion" which was GREAT. Though I don't know that it would make a great Shelley Family Movie Night.
	11:47am clarke: now "they" are saying that smoke from fireworks causes breathing problem in young children.
	11:47am Michael Shelley: Jett - fixed! THX
	11:48am clarke: i have not seen those sayles flicks in a long while, sounds like something good to re-visit
	11:48am ledzeppelinsucks: this is the dreaded day in ICU and emergency venues. kids with blown off faces and fingers will be arriving within hours.
	11:49am clarke: 8 Men Out leaves one feeling a little slimey
	11:49am Frank In Queens: Looking for a way to watch The Return Of The Secaucus Seven, but it does not seem to be available anywhere.
	11:50am Bootsie: Eurovision... blah blah Fire Saga wan't the worst silly movie I've seen. It had a couple moments. And "Jaja Ding Dong" stuck in my head for two days. Mainly I'm wondering how Heather Graham has not aged a DAY since Austin powers.
	11:50am clarke: hmm... have you tried 123Movies - for streaming, that is
	11:51am Jimmy Wipper: Michael, did you watch 63 Up? I didn’t realize it was out until we heard you mention it. We loved it (like all of the 7 Up series).
	11:52am Jett: That Steve Alaimo track sounds so Box Tops like.
	11:52am clarke: i think you're drunk.
	11:52am Michael Shelley: JW - 63 was great -very moving
	11:52am Frank In Queens: @clarke, I enjoyed it. If Comiskey wasn't such a cheap bastard, the players wouldn't have been on the take.
	11:53am clarke: oh i think the film is great
	11:53am Jimmy Wipper: Everyone needs to see the whole 7 Up series. It is very moving.
	11:53am Michael Shelley: JETT - Chilton did a solo cover of that tune
	11:53am clarke: i meant it was very effective.
	11:54am DG: F/Queens: yes, all those early Sayles movies are great. Can't speak of the later ones, don't think I've seen any since "Lone Star." And Secaucus 7 was no doubt the "inspiration" for "The Big Chill" (that's too bad it's not available). Hughie C: that summer I think Fleetwood Mac, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd & ELP all played the Garden. When I saw ELP then, Alison Steele came out to say "Keith, Carl & Greg wanted me to talk to you about the firecrackers"----apparently it had been a big problem all summer. She told us to cool it, & despite that, I think one (maybe a small one) went off while Greg Lake was singing, and he stopped the song to say it was dangerous & you're stupid for doing it (or words to that effect). I also heard the reason P. Floyd did the "Wall" shows at Nassau Coliseum instead of MSG was because they were annoyed by all the firecrackers the last time they played there.
	11:55am Frank In Queens: @DG, yeah nothing he's done after Lone Star seems to grab my interest. But I said the same thing about Bogdanovich after Saint Jack, and I was pleasantly surprised by some of his later movies.
	11:56am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Everybody wants to be part of the show ...just thot you needed me to comment again...
	11:56am myron feld: What service is 63 Up on? We love the series and have to see that one.
	11:56am paul: Watched "The Weird World of Blowfly." Not family viewing.
	11:56am Hughie Considine: Thanks DG, interesting historical perspective. That era was just crazy. The night before the Zep show I saw,Dave Marsh, writing in Newsday, said Zeppelin’s entrance was greeted by “an assault of fireworks that made the Garden seem like Da Nang.” On the final night, an explosive blew up and injured Jimmy P's hand.
	11:56am clarke: YES. all those supposed "loser" bogdanovich films are deece
	11:57am Jimmy Wipper: Clarke, for 4th of July I’m going to play “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” on the kazoo while drinking a glass of water.
	11:57am Jett: ok, thanks for that info on the Alaimo track @Michael Shelley was I correct on the George Jones track, is that the version you played, or a different one?
	11:58am clarke: @Jimmy W - ha ha ha.. i've been trying to let u know that i love that latest costello album!! a return to 'form'
	11:58am Michael Shelley: JETT - different songs completely
	11:58am Frank In Queens: Great Nick Lowe b-side.
	11:58am Michael Shelley: I thought you played that Les Paul
	11:59am Jett: What was that version of the Jones song from???
	12:00pm Greg from ZONE 5: Ted Leo played this at the Matador Records 21st birthday dealie in Vegas. A highlight in a weekend of highlights.
	12:00pm Jett: Nick Lowe always so consistently great!
	12:00pm clarke: your friends told you that.
	12:01pm DG: Great Nick Lowe track---finally got this on an import, "The Wilderness Years" which has a bunch of b-sides, demos, etc. Maybe some of these tracks are bonus cuts on other NL albums.
	12:01pm Jimmy Wipper: I agree about Costello! I hear they make those Les Pauls in other countries. We need the jobs!
	12:02pm clarke: yes, it is what EC should have been doing all along!!!
	12:03pm Joe B: ho-dad is a non-surfer who hangs out with the surfers, doesn't necessarily ave to be a greaser
	12:03pm clarke: they said i won, btw.
	12:03pm DG: Hughie C.: Geez, that sounds insane. I don't know how they didn't arrest people for that. Saw Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers on another July 4th ('80 I think), don't think there was any trouble at the Palladium (as it was then known) but when we drove back it was like driving thru 'Nam.
	12:03pm Michael Shelley: JETT his 1989 lp "It Don't Get any Better Than This"
	12:03pm Greg from ZONE 5: @Joe B: Then what is a gremmy? Is a gremmy a noob?
	12:03pm Joe B: so, there actually can't be a goofy foot ho-dad
	12:04pm clarke: ho-dad is the surfer version of saying "nerd", basically
	12:04pm Jimmy Wipper: I heard that Wheat Germ is the artist of the month.
	12:04pm Joe B: @clarke - i wouldn't agree with that. could be their dealer
	12:05pm Greg from ZONE 5: A goofy footer ho-dad is strictly theoretical.
	12:05pm Jett: Ty Michael, That ho dad song reminds me of 77 Sunset Strip, and the spinoff shows
	12:05pm Joe B: I guess it would be like playing air guitar with your opposite hand
	12:05pm WR: Sounded like Smothers Brothers doing the hodad routine.
	12:06pm clarke: that's not what my friends have told me.
	12:06pm Hughie Considine: @DG, I think it's just that this kind of dangerous thing was nevertheless tolerated -- until it wasn't. People bought tickets to see their favorite band, rolled up a ton of joints and stocked up on fireworks. Crazy!
	12:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Dad gotta make a dollar like anybody - c'mon now...
	12:07pm Hughie Considine: Fantastic book about the dark side of the surfing ethos: "Tapping the Source" by Kem Nunn.
	12:07pm ?: Billboard magazine, May 25, 1963, on Shean and Jenkins' 45: "Two very funny sides that could attract play and sales. First up is a clever take-off on radio and TV commercials, with a nutty, jazz-oriented backing. Flip is somewhat on the surf kick with a sort of beatnik poetry narrative. Funny material, well carried off."
	12:11pm Dean: ^Me. Dave Edmunds covered that Johnnie Allan tune.
	12:11pm Michael Shelley: ? - great - thanks
	12:11pm Farmer Rye in Santa Cruz: hey all ! thanks michael !
	12:11pm Hams: someday!
	12:13pm clarke: Frank - if yer still around: http://123movie.fm/watch/yd6LeEZx-return-of-the-secaucus-seven.html
	12:13pm phat: I'm so glad you coined "arranger rock." Someone should write a book.
	12:13pm Frank In Queens: THanks Clarke!
	12:13pm Joe B: that is the original. johnny is johnny bristol, who produced the Supremes version
	12:14pm clarke: u got it!!
	12:16pm gene sculatti: Crikey: "Precious Love" is insanely great!
	12:17pm clarke: @frank - hope you have adblock - and just keep going thru the pop-ups - you shall be rewarded.
	12:17pm Rich from Red Hook: Huge long time fan of your show and all things wfmu. Don't joke about losing an eye! Almost lost one this week biking with my 15 year old daughter. She's a little jealous I don't have a show she can be on.
	12:17pm Frank In Queens: Hahaha, could've used that warning 2 minutes ago Clarke!
	12:18pm Jett: You just said Cynthia Mann and Barry Weil
	12:18pm clarke: so solly!!
	12:18pm Frank In Queens: No worries, I eventually found the gold.
	12:18pm Joe B: yes, Eric Burdon rejected Kicks
	12:18pm clarke: adblock plus is FREE with google chrome.
	12:19pm myron feld: @Hughie re: Tapping The Source — so good! I read it when I moved to Los Angeles and was really spooked.
	12:19pm Ross T.: These kids today...with their pants on the ground and no "kick me" signs on their backs....
	12:19pm Frank Zaatar: So when did Paul Revere pick it up? THat's the version I always heard but this is better.
	12:20pm Hughie Considine: @Myron, yeah, unforgettable and sinister!
	12:20pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Burdon tripping too hard I wouldn't be surprised...
	12:21pm zivilars: 2020 is the most shitty year imaginable, except for Neil Young fans
	12:21pm Hughie Considine: Neil's recent letter to Trump is fantastic. “Your mindless destruction of our shared natural resources, our environment, and our relationships with friends around the world is unforgivable.… Our first black president was a better man than you are.”
	12:21pm Joe B: thanks for the shoutout!
	12:21pm Joe B: good catch!
	12:22pm Jett: Is it just me, or does "Will To Love" by Neil Young sound a lot like Space Oddity by David Bowie? @Michael Shelley
	12:22pm Joe B: levon helm on the drums for that Neil tune
	12:22pm clarke: it's just you.
	12:23pm listener 126464: Uncle Floyd smiles
	12:23pm Michael Shelley: The drums are SO SO SO good on that!
	12:23pm DG: I think that's Levon Helm on that "new" Neil Young track.
	12:23pm DG: Sorry! posted my comment before I saw Joe B's comment.
	12:23pm Jim: Yes, I caught the Uncle Floyd reference as well - nice.
	12:24pm Joe B: @Frank Z - Mann & Weil immediately offered it to the Raiders as soon as the Animals passed. Their producer had asked them for something similar to 'we gotta get out of this place,' so they got one.
	12:24pm clarke: at least having writer's block has caused some archival releases!!
	12:24pm Hughie Considine: Well, thematically, Neil's song imagines the journey of a salmon upstream, and Bowie's charts the intergalactic journey of Major Tom, so there are some similarities...
	12:24pm Jimmy Wipper: Speaking of “Levon” Elton John is streaming a fantastic solo show from 1976 on his YouTube page for the weekend only.
	12:24pm listener 126464: Mugsy too
	12:25pm Dean: Earth Quake has a decent cover of "Kicks" on Leveled.
	12:25pm clarke: pre-Benny & The Jets? i'm in.
	12:25pm PaulRobeson1920: They put the last clean shirt on brother jimmy todayy
	12:26pm Jimmy Wipper: It’s 1976 but he plays lots of stuff from his first few records.
	12:26pm clarke: this is most...
	12:27pm Frank Zaatar: Thanks, Joe. When I was growing up I thought of the Paul Revere version as kind of a guilty pleasure. If Burden had picked it up I wouldn't have had to feel so guilty.
	12:27pm clarke: actually i meant pre- phil freedom - ouch!
	12:28pm clarke: our most modest container
	12:29pm clarke: for the record, i am cool with Benny & The Jets - although it is one of the most over-played
	12:29pm Dennis Diken: diggin'!
	12:30pm Joe B: @Frank - yeah great point. the animals never recorded it, they immediately tossed it for the anti-drug lyrics. would have been cool to hear them give it a shot
	12:30pm Jimmy Wipper: It’s also really cool because it’s a solo show. So he picks some really obscure tracks. youtu.be...
	12:30pm clarke: then the animals did san fran nights, ha ha
	12:32pm clarke: danke - will check it later
	12:32pm Ross T.: Even the cops grooved with us...down in Monterey....
	12:33pm Andres: Hello Michael and all! Tuned in but late to the board. -Saw the picture of the cake and thought I think instead of a genoise that would be better as a tres leches and sure enough...! -John Sayles is great and one not mentioned yet is our family favourite, beautiful and magical, The Secret of Roan Inish. Quiet adoration when viewing every single time.
	12:34pm Frank Zaatar: Heavens above, he's on a street called Love.
	12:35pm clarke: this show is great tunes for the imaginary bbq we'd all be having if...
	12:35pm ?: are you all ready to find out why Trump is President? and what has been going on behind the scenes? WHY you have ALL been trained to hate the man? Redirect the anger folks. CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN Clinton Foundation Epstein's pedo girlfriend and WW sex trafficker of young people is just the start. Pedos in high places will be exposed. It is boomerang time so please prepare yourselves and enjoy the show. Happy 4th! BOOM!
	12:35pm Candy-O'67: Hey Michael! Thanks for a fantastic show every week and thanks for playing the Belfuries! A little slice of home in ATX!
	12:36pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: You wanna find the truth in life don't pass Music by.
	12:36pm Ross T.: Saw Eric Burdon with his Sun Secrets band in the mid-70s. Cheesy but magnificent.
	12:36pm SeanG: this song sounds good
	12:37pm clarke: it's raining in new orleans.
	12:37pm Candy-O'67: Sorry to hear that, Clarke. It's a beautiful day here in Austin
	12:38pm Michael Shelley: PIZZAGATE!!!!
	12:38pm phat: Preston Love! Some Omaha love.
	12:38pm clarke: cool ade is good for indoors.
	12:38pm DG: I heard that "Kicks" was written as a sort of warning to fellow songwriter Gerry Goffin, who had his own problems with various substances. And I wouldn't write off PR & the Raiders---their greatest hits album rocks, & sounds like they may have inspired the Attractions, among others. (I guess some people didn't take them seriously because of those silly outfits.)
	12:38pm Frank In Queens: Andres, that's one movie of Sayles that definitely sticks out as something I wouldn't be interested in. Then again, I formed that opinion when I was 16 years old working at Blockbuster Video, so maybe I should just give it a go.
	12:39pm PaulRobeson1920: Happy July 4th Everybody! and Remember the Civil War 1861-1865 is America’s Second revolution. Fought to destroy the “Right of property in man” to hold his children and their children forever. When the Civil War commenced the “Fire eating secessionists” were denying the humanity of the enslaved, a radical departure from the founders who understood the “persons held as property” were indeed Human Beings.
	12:39pm Dean: How come the scandal over lead in Flint, MI, drinking water wasn't called Watergate?
	12:40pm Jimmy Wipper: Speaking of kool aid, ? is clearly drinking it.
	12:40pm Michael Shelley: HA!
	12:40pm Ross T.: Paul Revere and the Raiders created about 5 or 6 masterpieces. Terry Melcher, Mark Lindsey, and Drake Levin worth singling out.
	12:40pm clarke: and i aint
	12:41pm Frank Zaatar: Actually, I think it was Mark Linday's voice that put me off. I had the same reaction to Mickey Dolenz. I did like their instrumentation.
	12:41pm Joe B: @DG - cool, did not know that. I met Fang once in Las Vegas! definitely a highlight for me! also met Mark Lindsay at the WTC
	12:41pm Dean: Untamed Youth?
	12:42pm clarke: c'mon - EVERY thing the raiders did was fantastic. yes, even solo and later stuff!!
	12:42pm Frank Zaatar: Lindsay
	12:42pm PaulRobeson1920: @Rev Rabbit Speaking the truth about music! youtu.be... Paul Robeson's -Ballad for Americans 1949
	12:42pm Frank In Queens: Aw man, I miss my Rochester friends and family...
	12:42pm SeanG: hey Joe B! wearing my 3 Chord Monte shirt right now ROCKNROLL
	12:42pm clarke: oh, Rochester!!!!!
	12:43pm Joe B: @Ross - yes, Drake played on all the records while he was in the band while some other members were replaced in the studio
	12:43pm Candy-O'67: In agreement, Clarke! Love PR & the Raiders!
	12:43pm Joe B: @Sean - nice!
	12:44pm clarke: true fact: the raiders was the reason i got a cd-player, back when. they put out a box-set, i caved.
	12:45pm SeanG: the people's champ! :-D
	12:45pm Ross T.: That's right Joe -- and that is some smoldering mid-60s guitar work. Mark Lindsay did co-write some of the great hits. And the other Raiders though not on the records were fun in the visuals.
	12:46pm clarke: does "driving across the country" automatically imply east coast to west coast?? or from north to south, does that count?
	12:47pm Michael Shelley: that sort of counts...
	12:47pm clarke: ok
	12:47pm vertual: My mid-life crisis is going on 30 years
	12:47pm Joe B: the Raiders could all play on stage from their pre-hit years as a club act/bar band. then the later lineups with Weller and keith allison obviously could play anything
	12:47pm Dean: All about the hypotenuse: NE to SW, or NW to SE.
	12:49pm clarke: clorets!!!
	12:51pm PaulRobeson1920: Marlena Shaw knows
	12:54pm Dean: Billboard reviewed this album on p. 62 of its Feb. 19, 1977, issue. Featured on the same page: Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick, A Man and a Woman; Neil Diamond, Love at the Greek; and Fleetwood Mac, Rumours.
	12:55pm clarke: gain structure
	12:55pm Dean: Oops, nope. The 1977 review was of the studio album.
	12:56pm clarke: A Man And A Woman?? completely wrong era
	12:57pm Andres: Frank In Queens - My younger self also rolled my eyes when I saw the trailers. Thankfully got over myself and years later when I was going through the children's section at my local library took the time to look at the details and realized it was John Sayles and deserved a viewing.
	12:57pm clarke: charles edward -- always good on the fourth
	12:57pm Montmaster J: Was cool when the Q closed out with this last time we saw them. Perfect.
	12:58pm Andres: Thank you, Michael! Happy Fourth from here in Canada to all our southern neighbours!
	12:58pm Joe B: thanks Michael
	12:59pm Frank In Queens: I'll put it on the list Andres. Thanks for the recommendation.
	12:59pm radioronan: Thanks Michael!
	12:59pm listener 126464: Thanks Michael and associates, FMU crew.
	12:59pm clarke: okay, here's everyone's gift for the 4th: for some laughs check out MindHorn!!!! have a fifth on the fourth!!
	12:59pm Dean: Donutgate!
	1:00pm PaulRobeson1920: Paul Robeson helped made it possible for the great Chuck Berry to earn a living.
	1:00pm clarke: leadgate!!
	1:00pm P-90: Are we sure “Shomokin” isn’t a made-up place?
	1:00pm paul: Shamokin in the boys room.
	1:00pm PaulRobeson1920: Great show! Thank you
	1:00pm Frank In Queens: Thanks Michael! Enjoy the weekend all!
	1:00pm Greg from ZONE 5: Thanks, Shelleys!
	1:01pm P-90: Lucky thing those cops were watching Channel 16 News.
	1:01pm clarke: i won!!
	1:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: TY MS
	1:02pm paul: congrats
	1:05pm clarke: no. i won.

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