WFMU: Michael Shelley: Playlist from August 8, 2020

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	11:00am Frank In Queens: Hey now!
	11:01am Michael Shelley: HEY NOW!
	11:01am clarke: hey NOW!!
	11:02am Listener Baby: Baby, been think about this for days now. You have our attention. And good morning friends. Plus, a chocolatey, peanuty, good morning to Baby Ruth.
	11:02am Listener John from NJ: Hello everybody!
	11:02am Your Ace From Exchange Place: Good morning!
	11:02am clarke: BABY!!
	11:03am Ciggy: Goon Squad was the name of my softball team.
	11:03am Ryan Mack: Hello Michael Shelley and radio folks.
	11:03am clarke: 'allo bruce!!
	11:03am Montmaster J: Hey!!! Who is that playing guitar?
	11:04am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Shelleys & Ruth & all! It's a good day to stay home and listen to the radio.
	11:04am Pauly from Clifton: Good morning, Michael, Skeleton Crew, fellow listeners!
	11:04am clarke: frank - i failed in seeing The Show Of The Year, but guessing someone will eventually post it somewhere.
	11:05am Squints59: hey HEY hey.
	11:05am Frank In Queens: clarke - yeah, I have a feeling it's going to surface eventually.
	11:05am Handy Haversack: Hey there, everyone! Michael, all, glad to be here! Ahhh, love "Next Time Around"!
	11:05am Michael Shelley: Definitely E.C. on gtr
	11:06am Montmaster J: oh....huh...I've never heard him play like that...or my memory sucks!
	11:06am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Mercy ! What a great band !
	11:07am Michael Shelley: Monty - it is quite good!
	11:07am Listener Baby: Clarke!
	11:08am clarke: YASS!!!
	11:08am KWilde: Hey Now! Great opening
	11:08am Toothgrinder Tom: Blame it on Cain.
	11:09am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Man those records meant a lot.
	11:09am Listener Baby: Anyone else got Red on Brown on the message board? I can't read a word of it.
	11:09am ?: I have red on brown, but it's not unreadable.
	11:10am clarke: and... this is NOT April 1st!!!
	11:10am Handy Haversack: Yeah, Listener Baby, same here, though I can read it OK.
	11:10am paul: Same here, baby.
	11:10am Pauly from Clifton: @LB, I have red and brown too, but readable.
	11:10am Michael Shelley: Can anybody guess the message board color theme
	11:10am Michael K: IbMePdErRoIoAmL !
	11:10am Listener Baby: Okay. Glasses really helped. Thanks gang.
	11:11am clarke: u have to have EC glasses to read the fine print
	11:11am Listener Baby: Blood and chocolate. Very proud of you, Baby
	11:12am Listener Baby: So I can blame you?
	11:12am Michael Shelley: WINNER!
	11:12am Corey: Good morning Michael and listeners!
	11:13am Colin in Durham, England: I just got into Imperial Bedrooms last week thanks to someone playing Shabby Doll either on here or BBC 6. Must have played it on repeat for 3 days I loved it
	11:13am clarke: worse!
	11:14am Colin in Durham, England: I thought I got into it when I was like 19 and reading Brett Easton Ellis but it’s turned out I knew nothing
	11:15am Handy Haversack: Blood and chocolate? I hope you're satisfied with what you've done, Michael.
	11:15am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I like colors & usually have little problem until contrast is like black on blue or something - ymmv. Mutual Bass respect even McCartney & Thomas I have heard.
	11:16am CTEmpress: ALLL HAIL YOU AND BRUCE!!!
	11:16am HeyThatsTim: Okay, I can barely see anything now.
	11:16am yerfriendpaul: I’m in heaven! So great!! Can’t wait for the interview
	11:16am CTEmpress: The love of STAX and Motown are dripping on this and YEA color change!!!
	11:18am yerfriendpaul: One of the best insults ever on this tune! I’d like to be your funeral director!
	11:19am Handy Haversack: See? We asked for water, and he gave us rosé wine. Hey, yerfriendpaul! Happy Saturday to you.
	11:19am Jeezy: Yeah, just as Stew Copeland is probs the best white, rock drummer of his generation, I think it's quite plausible that Bruce was the best white rock bassist of his. Amitrite?
	11:19am dymphnite: Ridiculously beautiful song.
	11:20am Jeezy: Michael, I hope you get into some of the "unpleasantness" with EC.... haha
	11:20am PaulRobeson1920: Summer seasons greetings ya’ll! Warm hellos! Opportunity
	11:20am myron feld: @Jeezy:Almost. Pete Thomas is the best rock drummer of his generation, white, black or polka dot.
	11:20am PaulRobeson1920: Ooo 1980 is a party year!
	11:21am yerfriendpaul: Hey Handy! Happy Saturday to you sir! Isn’t this great?
	11:22am clarke: if you could just find it in your heart to play a little Stinkfinger....
	11:23am Jeezy: @myron...I dunno bout that... Who was more distinctive than Copeland? Thomas is a genius but cmon... Also... you get those black funk dudes in the mix and the field really opens up...
	11:23am clarke: (i heard they were the featured artist)
	11:23am Handy Haversack: Totally, Paul. And a nice surprise! We weren't able to listen last weekend, so I didn't know what was coming!
	11:23am Michael K: Digging this, Michael. Thank you!
	11:24am Squints59: One of my sneakily favorite EC numbers here.
	11:24am mariano: Hey MS, everyone. "Watch Your Step" and "Watching the Detectives" have yummy bass lines too.
	11:24am clarke: one of my fave moments on the costello tv show is when stewart copeland bows down to steve goulding for his drumming on Watching The Detectives
	11:24am Carole: I love that you are playing all these great Elvis songs. If you only knew you are honoring and memorializing my husband. THANK YOU Mike Shelley.
	11:25am JOFF: PARTY GIRL has a quite crazy, even emotive, bass part on it AND is an amazing song!!
	11:25am clarke: mariano in the marigny - howdey
	11:25am dano59: EC praised Bruce's bass figures closing "Shabby Doll"...
	11:25am Greg from ZONE 5: Takes me back to listening to my "Best of EC&TA" cassette tape when I was a kid.
	11:25am Handy Haversack: Hey, Mariano. It's been hours!
	11:26am mariano: Heya clarke and Handy!
	11:27am clarke: hey man!!!!
	11:27am Frank In Queens: Lipstick Vogue probably falls into the "excuse for a bass solo" category of songs, but it is a damn fine bit of playing from Mr. Thomas.
	11:27am clarke: still haven't gotten to kenner seafood, but will get there.
	11:27am yerfriendpaul: Michael you have no idea what a gift you’re giving to us today! Thank you
	11:28am Colin in Durham, England: Stockton’s horrible lol
	11:29am mariano: Mmm, Kenner Seafood. There's also Charles Seafood in Harahan, they have those royal red shrimp and $6/doz oysters on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
	11:29am clarke: gotta git thar too!
	11:31am PaulRobeson1920: Practicing all day, thats the spirit! Nice
	11:33am Ross T.: Learning your instrument -- how very un-punk rock! The Attractions were all so good.
	11:33am clarke: window of opportunity
	11:34am Michael Shelley: Pete vs stewart copeland... Pete much more versatile while still maintaining personal style - Stewart mainly does one thing...
	11:35am PaulRobeson1920: 10,000 hours a Masterful performer!
	11:37am PaulRobeson1920: Hahahahaaa
	11:38am Michael Shelley: SHIPload
	11:38am yerfriendpaul: Ha ha
	11:38am Frank In Queens: @Michael, that's obviously what he said. What else could it possibly be?
	11:39am PaulRobeson1920: Yessir! competence and skill!as opposed to the empty kardashian images! Right on
	11:41am clarke: damn!
	11:41am clarke: er, ship!!
	11:41am PaulRobeson1920: Vivaldi
	11:51am PaulRobeson1920: Sounds like The Doors In 67’
	11:52am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Had me @ Beatles, WHO, Peter Green - but everything about this Interview is incredible.
	11:56am James in ATL: What a terrific interview! Thanks so much, Michael. I can't wait to read Rough Notes now.
	12:00pm Tommy in Neversink: Thomas is a Macca level bass player
	12:01pm PaulRobeson1920: Very cool teamwork
	12:02pm Tommy in Neversink: Get Happy......in my top ten best albums ever
	12:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: So Elvis never changed much when he worked with him I guess - would be my question - as he seems to be quite different now from the late 70s guy who called Ray Charles a "stupid blind [n-word]" - reportedly just to tick off annoying Yanks @ some dive...
	12:04pm Ross T.: Get Happy top ten any day
	12:05pm Ross T.: Alcohol and mood changers affect one's temperament.
	12:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - especially on some mad tour...
	12:08pm juan: Ross T and Tommy I couldn't agree more. Get Happy was a revelation to me when I got and it has remained that way. - What a wonderful interview. Thank you Michael
	12:10pm mariano: Yeah I've read that the "Radio Radio" SNL thing was planned and they'd never been forbidden by Lorne Michaels from playing it. Was Michaels got pissed off at was the suggestion that he'd forbidden it. At least that's what I've read.
	12:10pm mariano: *What Michaels got pissed off at...
	12:11pm BEAVO: The band knew, not Lorne Michaels and the SNL staff
	12:11pm vertual: Such a great interview- learning so much.
	12:14pm Handy Haversack: I wonder what might have been different if Cait O'Riordan hadn't left the Pogues for EC.
	12:14pm Ross T.: The best of "Trust" is also his peak but start to finish "Get Happy" is all cylinders, summer of life, mountaintop....
	12:17pm myron feld: Uh oh, I use a pick....
	12:17pm Ross T.: BTW Michael I was to leave the house a half hour ago and I'm still here...not complaining!
	12:18pm Frank In Queens: That's right Bruce! NO PICKS!!!
	12:18pm Handy Haversack: Kate uses a pick.
	12:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Very interesting : Macca - pick Entwistle - taps Jameson - thumb
	12:20pm Frank In Queens: Entwistle used a pick plenty in the early days. It was in the 70s that he pretty much only used fingers, and then when he started using active basses, then tapping began.
	12:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Stills ! Forgot that part...
	12:21pm myron feld: And Bonnie Bramlett
	12:22pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Thx Frank ...'My Generation' - that's a pick...
	12:22pm myron feld: @Frank: what is an active bass?
	12:23pm Michael Shelley: has a battery
	12:23pm Frank In Queens: @myron, active electronics as opposed to passive electronics.
	12:23pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I mean I'm guessing...
	12:23pm myron feld: thank you
	12:25pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Active Bass more than just the pickups? - like bridge sensors maybe? Or no - just a preamp?
	12:26pm Pedro in Arlington: The sound on Armed Forces still haunts 40 plus years later.
	12:26pm Handy Haversack: Doesn't even have a trout farm!
	12:27pm Frank In Queens: I'm not a total gearhead, but I'm pretty sure that an active bass has a built-in battery powered pre-amp which gives the instrument a much "bigger" sound. It makes it easier to get a full sound when only "tapping" the strings instead of plucking them. I'm personally not a fan of the sound of active basses.
	12:30pm Listener Baby: Active pickups require a 9 volt battery to generate a magnetic field. Passive magnets, like a stray pickup, are always “on”
	12:30pm Greg from ZONE 5: I like the cut of Bruce's jib.
	12:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Thanks - appreciated. Alembic all into that...
	12:31pm Ross T.: I'd rather share a cab with Bruce than Declan I suspect
	12:33pm mariano: To me it depends on the song. Sometimes pick, sometimes fingers.
	12:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: That reaction to change - exactly what Declan said about RubberSoul.
	12:33pm Frank Zaatar: Beyond Belief: The best opening bass line in history.
	12:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Incredible sound!
	12:33pm Greg from ZONE 5: Beyond Belief: hands down favorite EC song.
	12:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ah. Revolver's engineer.
	12:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: .... !
	12:36pm Handy Haversack: He means Berlin, right?
	12:37pm Greg from ZONE 5: YES! I always felt like "Man Out of Time" was bookended by an early Pavement song.
	12:37pm Baja Joe: Really enjoying this interview. Very informative.
	12:38pm Michael Shelley: GZ5 - lol
	12:42pm BEAVO: King of America one of his best.
	12:43pm Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Shelleys & Ruth & all! It's a good day to go outside and listen to the show on my smartphone.
	12:43pm Handy Haversack: I love Blood and Chocolate, yeah.
	12:45pm BEAVO: How to be Dumb was about Bruce Thomas
	12:46pm BEAVO: Fictionalized HA
	12:47pm BEAVO: Must be a drag having to do interviews and only talk about your former boss that fired you
	12:47pm Ross T.: Interesting that so many bad feelings in bands years later are over money but not the case at all here.
	12:48pm Steve Harsh: Fantastic interview Michael, great stuff!
	12:48pm Tommy in Neversink: BEAVO.....but wouldn't it be odd not to talk about EC .
	12:49pm clarke: consider it a chance to get YOUR viewpoint said
	12:50pm BEAVO: Yes In his book the big wheel he never mentions Elvis by name only referring to him as the singer
	12:50pm clarke: but the hate is still palpable, here.
	12:51pm Stevel: Thanks so much for a great interview!
	12:52pm Handy Haversack: Ouch. "When you can fake sincerity, you've got it made."
	12:53pm mariano: He didn't refer to him as The Beloved Entertainer?
	12:53pm Ciggy: Love the honesty.
	12:54pm Hoboken Jack: Still on Team EC but this is fascinating. Thanks Michael, thanks Ruth!
	12:54pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Michael! Great interview today -- again! Thanks, Ruth! Be well, all.
	12:54pm Ross T.: Very informative and enjoyable interview -- thank you, Michael.
	12:54pm BEAVO: Ouch
	12:55pm mariano: Thank you Michael and Bruce, thank you Crew, bye everyone!
	12:56pm clarke: good stuff, that, MS!! AGAIN!!! HIGH Gain Structure!!!!!
	12:56pm Greg from ZONE 5: Enter The Dragon was Bruce Lee's "This Year's Model."
	12:56pm Corey: Really enjoyed the interview! Thanks Michael and Ruth in the booth! Take care all.
	12:57pm Jeezy: @Michael, I must disagree! I agree that the music of the Police is not as varied, but the actual drumming... no way! Show me elements of african grooves, afro-caribbean, and all that crazy cymbal/hi-hat play... Stewart was way more original.
	12:58pm yerfriendpaul: What a great interview!!!
	12:58pm BEAVO: Michael talks so fast he always clips off the end of his sentences
	12:58pm patrick321: What a great, entertaining interview Mike, thank you!
	12:58pm Frank In Queens: Great stuff Michael!
	12:58pm mariano: I love the drums in "Message in a Bottle."
	12:58pm paul: Still here, Bruce.
	12:58pm Colin in Durham, England: This came at a great time, just as I’ve spent weeks binge listening to Elvis C again. Excellent show thanks x
	12:58pm scott: We need a part 2 of that interview. Outstanding!
	12:59pm Ross T.: He's right though Pete is better
	12:59pm col mustard: Great interview. thanks to both of you.
	12:59pm phat: Shit. I missed the beginning! Thank god for archives.
	12:59pm Chud: Fantastic interview!
	12:59pm clarke: ah ha ha, ever get the feeling you've been gain structured? good nite.
	12:59pm Greg from ZONE 5: GTFO.
	1:00pm Listener Baby: One of the best interviews you've ever done, Baby. Mad skills, you got. I am with Bruce on B&C. Moments only. I've tried for years to into that record. I just can't do it. But again congrats to you, and thanks to BT!
	1:00pm bianca bob: Amazing conversation! Thank you both! Just delicious!
	1:00pm Jeezy: My understanding had been that once Bruce revealed the Attractions called Elvis's body, "The Pod" Elvis vowed they would never work together again.
	1:01pm Jeezy: I also agree with Bruce on B&C. Excellent album but not up to the classic era, or even King Of America.
	1:02pm CTEmpress: THIS!!!Thank you Michael, Bruce and yes DANGEROUS as hell xoxoxo
	1:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Mr. Thomas quite generous here - Mr. Shelley impressively knowledgeable & skillful interviewer. Wow.

Michael Shelley: Playlist from August 8, 2020

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August 8, 2020: Guest: Bruce Thomas, bassist of Elvis Costello And The Attractions

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
Elvis Costello And The Attractions	Blame It On Cain (live!)
Elvis Costello And The Attractions	Next Time Around
Elvis Costello And The Attractions	The Loved One
Elvis Costello And The Attractions	Pretty Words
Elvis Costello And The Attractions	Beaten To The Punch
Elvis Costello And The Attractions	Opportunity
Elvis Costello And The Attractions	Tiny Steps
Elvis Costello And The Attractions	Everyday I Write the Book
Bruce Thomas	Interview "Interview" by "Bruce Thomas"
Elvis Costello And The Attractions	Lipstick Vogue

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Listener comments!
	11:00am Frank In Queens: Hey now!
	11:01am Michael Shelley: HEY NOW!
	11:01am clarke: hey NOW!!
	11:02am Listener Baby: Baby, been think about this for days now. You have our attention. And good morning friends. Plus, a chocolatey, peanuty, good morning to Baby Ruth.
	11:02am Listener John from NJ: Hello everybody!
	11:02am Your Ace From Exchange Place: Good morning!
	11:02am clarke: BABY!!
	11:03am Ciggy: Goon Squad was the name of my softball team.
	11:03am Ryan Mack: Hello Michael Shelley and radio folks.
	11:03am clarke: 'allo bruce!!
	11:03am Montmaster J: Hey!!! Who is that playing guitar?
	11:04am Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Shelleys & Ruth & all! It's a good day to stay home and listen to the radio.
	11:04am Pauly from Clifton: Good morning, Michael, Skeleton Crew, fellow listeners!
	11:04am clarke: frank - i failed in seeing The Show Of The Year, but guessing someone will eventually post it somewhere.
	11:05am Squints59: hey HEY hey.
	11:05am Frank In Queens: clarke - yeah, I have a feeling it's going to surface eventually.
	11:05am Handy Haversack: Hey there, everyone! Michael, all, glad to be here! Ahhh, love "Next Time Around"!
	11:05am Michael Shelley: Definitely E.C. on gtr
	11:06am Montmaster J: oh....huh...I've never heard him play like that...or my memory sucks!
	11:06am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Mercy ! What a great band !
	11:07am Michael Shelley: Monty - it is quite good!
	11:07am Listener Baby: Clarke!
	11:08am clarke: YASS!!!
	11:08am KWilde: Hey Now! Great opening
	11:08am Toothgrinder Tom: Blame it on Cain.
	11:09am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Man those records meant a lot.
	11:09am Listener Baby: Anyone else got Red on Brown on the message board? I can't read a word of it.
	11:09am ?: I have red on brown, but it's not unreadable.
	11:10am clarke: and... this is NOT April 1st!!!
	11:10am Handy Haversack: Yeah, Listener Baby, same here, though I can read it OK.
	11:10am paul: Same here, baby.
	11:10am Pauly from Clifton: @LB, I have red and brown too, but readable.
	11:10am Michael Shelley: Can anybody guess the message board color theme
	11:10am Michael K: IbMePdErRoIoAmL !
	11:10am Listener Baby: Okay. Glasses really helped. Thanks gang.
	11:11am clarke: u have to have EC glasses to read the fine print
	11:11am Listener Baby: Blood and chocolate. Very proud of you, Baby
	11:12am Listener Baby: So I can blame you?
	11:12am Michael Shelley: WINNER!
	11:12am Corey: Good morning Michael and listeners!
	11:13am Colin in Durham, England: I just got into Imperial Bedrooms last week thanks to someone playing Shabby Doll either on here or BBC 6. Must have played it on repeat for 3 days I loved it
	11:13am clarke: worse!
	11:14am Colin in Durham, England: I thought I got into it when I was like 19 and reading Brett Easton Ellis but it’s turned out I knew nothing
	11:15am Handy Haversack: Blood and chocolate? I hope you're satisfied with what you've done, Michael.
	11:15am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I like colors & usually have little problem until contrast is like black on blue or something - ymmv. Mutual Bass respect even McCartney & Thomas I have heard.
	11:16am CTEmpress: ALLL HAIL YOU AND BRUCE!!!
	11:16am HeyThatsTim: Okay, I can barely see anything now.
	11:16am yerfriendpaul: I’m in heaven! So great!! Can’t wait for the interview
	11:16am CTEmpress: The love of STAX and Motown are dripping on this and YEA color change!!!
	11:18am yerfriendpaul: One of the best insults ever on this tune! I’d like to be your funeral director!
	11:19am Handy Haversack: See? We asked for water, and he gave us rosé wine. Hey, yerfriendpaul! Happy Saturday to you.
	11:19am Jeezy: Yeah, just as Stew Copeland is probs the best white, rock drummer of his generation, I think it's quite plausible that Bruce was the best white rock bassist of his. Amitrite?
	11:19am dymphnite: Ridiculously beautiful song.
	11:20am Jeezy: Michael, I hope you get into some of the "unpleasantness" with EC.... haha
	11:20am PaulRobeson1920: Summer seasons greetings ya’ll! Warm hellos! Opportunity
	11:20am myron feld: @Jeezy:Almost. Pete Thomas is the best rock drummer of his generation, white, black or polka dot.
	11:20am PaulRobeson1920: Ooo 1980 is a party year!
	11:21am yerfriendpaul: Hey Handy! Happy Saturday to you sir! Isn’t this great?
	11:22am clarke: if you could just find it in your heart to play a little Stinkfinger....
	11:23am Jeezy: @myron...I dunno bout that... Who was more distinctive than Copeland? Thomas is a genius but cmon... Also... you get those black funk dudes in the mix and the field really opens up...
	11:23am clarke: (i heard they were the featured artist)
	11:23am Handy Haversack: Totally, Paul. And a nice surprise! We weren't able to listen last weekend, so I didn't know what was coming!
	11:23am Michael K: Digging this, Michael. Thank you!
	11:24am Squints59: One of my sneakily favorite EC numbers here.
	11:24am mariano: Hey MS, everyone. "Watch Your Step" and "Watching the Detectives" have yummy bass lines too.
	11:24am clarke: one of my fave moments on the costello tv show is when stewart copeland bows down to steve goulding for his drumming on Watching The Detectives
	11:24am Carole: I love that you are playing all these great Elvis songs. If you only knew you are honoring and memorializing my husband. THANK YOU Mike Shelley.
	11:25am JOFF: PARTY GIRL has a quite crazy, even emotive, bass part on it AND is an amazing song!!
	11:25am clarke: mariano in the marigny - howdey
	11:25am dano59: EC praised Bruce's bass figures closing "Shabby Doll"...
	11:25am Greg from ZONE 5: Takes me back to listening to my "Best of EC&TA" cassette tape when I was a kid.
	11:25am Handy Haversack: Hey, Mariano. It's been hours!
	11:26am mariano: Heya clarke and Handy!
	11:27am clarke: hey man!!!!
	11:27am Frank In Queens: Lipstick Vogue probably falls into the "excuse for a bass solo" category of songs, but it is a damn fine bit of playing from Mr. Thomas.
	11:27am clarke: still haven't gotten to kenner seafood, but will get there.
	11:27am yerfriendpaul: Michael you have no idea what a gift you’re giving to us today! Thank you
	11:28am Colin in Durham, England: Stockton’s horrible lol
	11:29am mariano: Mmm, Kenner Seafood. There's also Charles Seafood in Harahan, they have those royal red shrimp and $6/doz oysters on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
	11:29am clarke: gotta git thar too!
	11:31am PaulRobeson1920: Practicing all day, thats the spirit! Nice
	11:33am Ross T.: Learning your instrument -- how very un-punk rock! The Attractions were all so good.
	11:33am clarke: window of opportunity
	11:34am Michael Shelley: Pete vs stewart copeland... Pete much more versatile while still maintaining personal style - Stewart mainly does one thing...
	11:35am PaulRobeson1920: 10,000 hours a Masterful performer!
	11:37am PaulRobeson1920: Hahahahaaa
	11:38am Michael Shelley: SHIPload
	11:38am yerfriendpaul: Ha ha
	11:38am Frank In Queens: @Michael, that's obviously what he said. What else could it possibly be?
	11:39am PaulRobeson1920: Yessir! competence and skill!as opposed to the empty kardashian images! Right on
	11:41am clarke: damn!
	11:41am clarke: er, ship!!
	11:41am PaulRobeson1920: Vivaldi
	11:51am PaulRobeson1920: Sounds like The Doors In 67’
	11:52am Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Had me @ Beatles, WHO, Peter Green - but everything about this Interview is incredible.
	11:56am James in ATL: What a terrific interview! Thanks so much, Michael. I can't wait to read Rough Notes now.
	12:00pm Tommy in Neversink: Thomas is a Macca level bass player
	12:01pm PaulRobeson1920: Very cool teamwork
	12:02pm Tommy in Neversink: Get Happy......in my top ten best albums ever
	12:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: So Elvis never changed much when he worked with him I guess - would be my question - as he seems to be quite different now from the late 70s guy who called Ray Charles a "stupid blind [n-word]" - reportedly just to tick off annoying Yanks @ some dive...
	12:04pm Ross T.: Get Happy top ten any day
	12:05pm Ross T.: Alcohol and mood changers affect one's temperament.
	12:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: - especially on some mad tour...
	12:08pm juan: Ross T and Tommy I couldn't agree more. Get Happy was a revelation to me when I got and it has remained that way. - What a wonderful interview. Thank you Michael
	12:10pm mariano: Yeah I've read that the "Radio Radio" SNL thing was planned and they'd never been forbidden by Lorne Michaels from playing it. Was Michaels got pissed off at was the suggestion that he'd forbidden it. At least that's what I've read.
	12:10pm mariano: *What Michaels got pissed off at...
	12:11pm BEAVO: The band knew, not Lorne Michaels and the SNL staff
	12:11pm vertual: Such a great interview- learning so much.
	12:14pm Handy Haversack: I wonder what might have been different if Cait O'Riordan hadn't left the Pogues for EC.
	12:14pm Ross T.: The best of "Trust" is also his peak but start to finish "Get Happy" is all cylinders, summer of life, mountaintop....
	12:17pm myron feld: Uh oh, I use a pick....
	12:17pm Ross T.: BTW Michael I was to leave the house a half hour ago and I'm still here...not complaining!
	12:18pm Frank In Queens: That's right Bruce! NO PICKS!!!
	12:18pm Handy Haversack: Kate uses a pick.
	12:19pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Very interesting : Macca - pick Entwistle - taps Jameson - thumb
	12:20pm Frank In Queens: Entwistle used a pick plenty in the early days. It was in the 70s that he pretty much only used fingers, and then when he started using active basses, then tapping began.
	12:21pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Stills ! Forgot that part...
	12:21pm myron feld: And Bonnie Bramlett
	12:22pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Thx Frank ...'My Generation' - that's a pick...
	12:22pm myron feld: @Frank: what is an active bass?
	12:23pm Michael Shelley: has a battery
	12:23pm Frank In Queens: @myron, active electronics as opposed to passive electronics.
	12:23pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I mean I'm guessing...
	12:23pm myron feld: thank you
	12:25pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Active Bass more than just the pickups? - like bridge sensors maybe? Or no - just a preamp?
	12:26pm Pedro in Arlington: The sound on Armed Forces still haunts 40 plus years later.
	12:26pm Handy Haversack: Doesn't even have a trout farm!
	12:27pm Frank In Queens: I'm not a total gearhead, but I'm pretty sure that an active bass has a built-in battery powered pre-amp which gives the instrument a much "bigger" sound. It makes it easier to get a full sound when only "tapping" the strings instead of plucking them. I'm personally not a fan of the sound of active basses.
	12:30pm Listener Baby: Active pickups require a 9 volt battery to generate a magnetic field. Passive magnets, like a stray pickup, are always “on”
	12:30pm Greg from ZONE 5: I like the cut of Bruce's jib.
	12:31pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Thanks - appreciated. Alembic all into that...
	12:31pm Ross T.: I'd rather share a cab with Bruce than Declan I suspect
	12:33pm mariano: To me it depends on the song. Sometimes pick, sometimes fingers.
	12:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: That reaction to change - exactly what Declan said about RubberSoul.
	12:33pm Frank Zaatar: Beyond Belief: The best opening bass line in history.
	12:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Incredible sound!
	12:33pm Greg from ZONE 5: Beyond Belief: hands down favorite EC song.
	12:34pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Ah. Revolver's engineer.
	12:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: .... !
	12:36pm Handy Haversack: He means Berlin, right?
	12:37pm Greg from ZONE 5: YES! I always felt like "Man Out of Time" was bookended by an early Pavement song.
	12:37pm Baja Joe: Really enjoying this interview. Very informative.
	12:38pm Michael Shelley: GZ5 - lol
	12:42pm BEAVO: King of America one of his best.
	12:43pm Greg from ZONE 5: Morning, Shelleys & Ruth & all! It's a good day to go outside and listen to the show on my smartphone.
	12:43pm Handy Haversack: I love Blood and Chocolate, yeah.
	12:45pm BEAVO: How to be Dumb was about Bruce Thomas
	12:46pm BEAVO: Fictionalized HA
	12:47pm BEAVO: Must be a drag having to do interviews and only talk about your former boss that fired you
	12:47pm Ross T.: Interesting that so many bad feelings in bands years later are over money but not the case at all here.
	12:48pm Steve Harsh: Fantastic interview Michael, great stuff!
	12:48pm Tommy in Neversink: BEAVO.....but wouldn't it be odd not to talk about EC .
	12:49pm clarke: consider it a chance to get YOUR viewpoint said
	12:50pm BEAVO: Yes In his book the big wheel he never mentions Elvis by name only referring to him as the singer
	12:50pm clarke: but the hate is still palpable, here.
	12:51pm Stevel: Thanks so much for a great interview!
	12:52pm Handy Haversack: Ouch. "When you can fake sincerity, you've got it made."
	12:53pm mariano: He didn't refer to him as The Beloved Entertainer?
	12:53pm Ciggy: Love the honesty.
	12:54pm Hoboken Jack: Still on Team EC but this is fascinating. Thanks Michael, thanks Ruth!
	12:54pm Handy Haversack: Thanks, Michael! Great interview today -- again! Thanks, Ruth! Be well, all.
	12:54pm Ross T.: Very informative and enjoyable interview -- thank you, Michael.
	12:54pm BEAVO: Ouch
	12:55pm mariano: Thank you Michael and Bruce, thank you Crew, bye everyone!
	12:56pm clarke: good stuff, that, MS!! AGAIN!!! HIGH Gain Structure!!!!!
	12:56pm Greg from ZONE 5: Enter The Dragon was Bruce Lee's "This Year's Model."
	12:56pm Corey: Really enjoyed the interview! Thanks Michael and Ruth in the booth! Take care all.
	12:57pm Jeezy: @Michael, I must disagree! I agree that the music of the Police is not as varied, but the actual drumming... no way! Show me elements of african grooves, afro-caribbean, and all that crazy cymbal/hi-hat play... Stewart was way more original.
	12:58pm yerfriendpaul: What a great interview!!!
	12:58pm BEAVO: Michael talks so fast he always clips off the end of his sentences
	12:58pm patrick321: What a great, entertaining interview Mike, thank you!
	12:58pm Frank In Queens: Great stuff Michael!
	12:58pm mariano: I love the drums in "Message in a Bottle."
	12:58pm paul: Still here, Bruce.
	12:58pm Colin in Durham, England: This came at a great time, just as I’ve spent weeks binge listening to Elvis C again. Excellent show thanks x
	12:58pm scott: We need a part 2 of that interview. Outstanding!
	12:59pm Ross T.: He's right though Pete is better
	12:59pm col mustard: Great interview. thanks to both of you.
	12:59pm phat: Shit. I missed the beginning! Thank god for archives.
	12:59pm Chud: Fantastic interview!
	12:59pm clarke: ah ha ha, ever get the feeling you've been gain structured? good nite.
	12:59pm Greg from ZONE 5: GTFO.
	1:00pm Listener Baby: One of the best interviews you've ever done, Baby. Mad skills, you got. I am with Bruce on B&C. Moments only. I've tried for years to into that record. I just can't do it. But again congrats to you, and thanks to BT!
	1:00pm bianca bob: Amazing conversation! Thank you both! Just delicious!
	1:00pm Jeezy: My understanding had been that once Bruce revealed the Attractions called Elvis's body, "The Pod" Elvis vowed they would never work together again.
	1:01pm Jeezy: I also agree with Bruce on B&C. Excellent album but not up to the classic era, or even King Of America.
	1:02pm CTEmpress: THIS!!!Thank you Michael, Bruce and yes DANGEROUS as hell xoxoxo
	1:02pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Mr. Thomas quite generous here - Mr. Shelley impressively knowledgeable & skillful interviewer. Wow.

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