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Favoriting November 21, 2020: I'll Give It Away

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Bill Fox  I'll Give It Away   Favoriting
Denny Laine  Say You Don't Mind   Favoriting
Jim Lauderdale & Ralph Stanley  Fly, Lovebird Fly   Favoriting
Della Reese  Brand New Day   Favoriting
Jackson do Pandeiro  Vamos Chegar Pra Lá   Favoriting
Paul McCartney And Elvis Costello  Twenty Fine Fingers   Favoriting
Bootiques, The  Did You Get Your Fun   Favoriting
Bystanders, The  My Way Of Thinking   Favoriting
Sturgill Simpson  Railroad Of Sin   Favoriting
Coasters, The  Three Cool Cats (takes 11 & 12)   Favoriting
Dr. Feelgood  One Weekend   Favoriting
Stumps, The  My Generation   Favoriting
Young Men, The  A Young Man's Problem   Favoriting
Willie Nelson  Three Days   Favoriting
George Smith  Yes Baby   Favoriting
Mighty Sparrow  Russian Satelite   Favoriting
Queers, The  Born To Do Dishes   Favoriting
Rami And The Reliables  New Rochelle   Favoriting
Fountains Of Wayne  Strapped For Cash   Favoriting
Tom Petty  I Need To Know   Favoriting
Floyd Dakil Four, The  Kitty Kitty   Favoriting
Ronny And The Daytonas  Little G.T.O.   Favoriting
Pokey LaFarge  Ain't Comin' Home   Favoriting
Johnny Nash  What Kind Of Love Is This?   Favoriting
Dynatones, The  The Bottom End   Favoriting
Cyclones  I'm In Heaven   Favoriting
They Might Be Giants  Twisting   Favoriting
They Might Be Giants  Erase   Favoriting
Happy Confusion  The Singer Sings The Song (and the Gambler Gambles On)   Favoriting
Manfred Mann  Fox On The Run   Favoriting
Cleverlys, The  500 MIles   Favoriting
Joe Tex  Go Home And Do It   Favoriting
Los Straitjackets  I Feel Fine   Favoriting
NRBQ  It Feels Good   Favoriting
Julia Lee  When You're Smiling   Favoriting
Mike Francesa  Vince Lombardi   Favoriting

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CLICK HERE (if you dare) to watch "The Black Connection"

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CLICK HERE for a NY Times piece on the lp "Casino Royale"

CLICK HERE to find how how you can make a guitar amp out of an old radio

The Boston public library are currently digitizing 100,000 vinyl LPs for anyone to listen to online, CLICK HERE to browse

CLICK HERE to hear Michael's new 30 minute mix for the debut installment of Lagniappe Radio

CLICK HERE for The Fab Four Archivist's "Replacing Ringo? The Story Behind Bernard Purdie and The Beatles"

CLICK HERE for a great piece called "Bernard Purdie ... did he really record with The Beatles?"

CLICK HERE for the multi part fascinating documentary about Dream Theater's search for a new drummer

CLICK HERE for info on the Top 100 Most Expensive Cassettes on Discogs

CLICK HERE for The Liner Notes Project

CLICK HERE to hear the new number one hit from Juniper

CLICK HERE for the old switcheroo: A new episode of the Casey's Musical Dustbin Radio podcast where Michael Shelley is the interview subject.

CLICK HERE to hear Laura Cantrell interviewed on the Stereo Hysteria podcast

CLICK HERE to read "How the Beach Boys’ Lost Late-Sixties Gems Got a Second Life "

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Sonny Curtis Please Kill Me!

CLICK HERE to find out what happened when Jonathan Richman moved to Maine in 1981

CLICK HERE to read Michael's recent interview Lou Reed archivist Don Fleming on the Please Kill Me website!

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis' interview & performance on Fresh Air

CLICK HERE Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis LIVE & unplugged at Paste studios!

CLICK HERE for info on the new compilation "Back Patio Bliss" produced by listener Baby!

CLICK HERE for a free download of the new album "Matt Gets Blue" from Matt Lucas

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CLICK HERE for an interesting short film about R. Stevie Moore

CLICK HERE for info on Copyright Termination Experts

CLICK HERE to read Michael Shelley's comic "Oh No, It's Tinnitus!"

CLICK HERE for very funny excerpts from a notebook where record store clerks logged "anytime we got a dopey phone call, boneheaded comment, or generally batshit customer experience"

CLICK HERE for Quincy Jones on Paul "the worst bass player I ever heard" McCartney, Michael "stole a lot of stuff" Jackson, Astrology, and who killed Kennedy!

CLICK HERE for a map, with audio links, to whatever the #1 song is in 3000 places around the world

CLICK HERE for a step-by-step guide to repairing damaged record sleeves

CLICK HERE for testimony given by Taylor Swift in Colorado district court

CLICK HERE for the animated guide to compression

CLICK HERE to check out drummer Jim Gordon's discography

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CLICK HERE to watch Robbie Fulks cover NRBQ at FMU

CLICK HERE for selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds

CLICK HERE for an interview with Brian Wilson where he says "Mike Love is probably the greatest lyric writer in the world. I think he’s my favorite lyric writer. He just wrote a lot of good songs"

CLICK HERE for "Student Group Apologizes for Playing ‘Transphobic’ and ‘Problematic’ Lou Reed Song"

CLICK HERE to see how Steve Keene does it

CLICK HERE for 28:46 of "NRBQ & Friends"

CLICK HERE for "Marty Stuart: The Story of Clarence White & The Parsons/White StringBender "

CLICK HERE to find out "How the Nashville Number System revolutionized recording sessions"

CLICK HERE for the 1988 piece "Who Does Chuck Berry Think He Is?"

CLICK HERE Cheap Trick on "Live At Daryl's House"

CLICK HERE to hear from the amazing Bob Washington, the voice of K-Tel

CLICK HERE to listen to a new interview with Jonathan Richman

CLICK HERE for an interesting piece about a journalist trying to interview Brian Wilson

CLICK HERE to read the report on Kippington Lodge's 1967 BBC audition - Includes phrases "painful" & "tone deaf" then

CLICK HERE for "The Truth of the Flamin' Groovies' Story is Stranger Than Fiction"

CLICK HERE for a piece on how they come up with radio ratings & Delilha's radio show

CLICK HERE for a great documentary about The Cactus Blossoms

CLICK HERE for "Rob Freeman Recording The Ramones"

CLICK HERE to see The Michael Shelley Band live at WFMU's Monty Hall

CLICK HERE if you have the stomach to read Rolling Stone's ridiculous "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time"

CLICK HERE to go "Inside the Strange, Hidden World of Offstage Touring Musicians"

CLICK HERE to watch The Cactus Blossoms live at WFMU April 18, 2015

CLICK HERE to watch James Hunter sing "Somethings Calling" live at WFMU Dec 7, 2015 - just so so so good

CLICK HERE for a nice piece on former guest on this show (and the drummer for The Beatles) Bernard Purdie

CLICK HERE to test your sense of pitch

CLICK HERE for Wilton Felder's so good isolated bass on "I Want You Back"

CLICK HERE to find out "Why Do All Records Sound the Same?

CLICK HERE for a cover of a Michael Shelley song!

CLICK HERE for The Cactus Blossoms on The 30 Minute Music Hour

CLICK HERE for a documentary and discussion of The Columbia House Record Club

CLICK HERE to test yourself and find out "How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?"

CLICK HERE for an article about Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with files of the isolated tracks to listen to

CLICK HERE to see actual AFM contracts for some legendary recording sessions

CLICK HERE to read Carol Kaye review of the book "The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret" or CLICK HERE to read Carol's review of The Hoover Linx Cordless Stick Vacuum Cleaner, BH50010

CLICK HERE to see part one of a short behind the scenes film about Brian Wilson's new album "No Pier Pressure"

CLICK HERE for Brian Wilson's new song "The Right Time" (feat. Al Jardine) live on SoundStage. and

CLICK HERE for "Wild Honey" feat. Blondie Chaplin & Ricky Fataar

CLICK HERE for a great 2012 Rolling Stone piece about the 2012 Beach Boys reunion

CLICK HERE for a great piece on Better Records, whcih sells old lp pressings that sell for astronomical prices, e.g: The Police’s Synchronicity: $350

CLICK HERE for "It Sure Seems Like Neil Young’s Pono Player Is Bullshit"

CLICK HERE for "Why Cds May Actually Sound Better Than Vinyl"

CLICK HERE to create never ending always changing loops of a music files you upload

CLICK HERE for Gay Robot

CLICK HERE for PopSpots: exact locations of album cover photos and other visuals of pop history - tracked down with an obsessive level of research

CLICK HERE for 1971 tapes of Bob Dylan getting rightfully testy with A.J. Weberman (who used to go through and sell Dylan's garbage)

CLICK HERE for "Mind-Blowing Six Song Country Mashup" - which, if it is real, is pretty mind blowing

CLICK HEREfor the answer to the question "Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?"

CLICK HERE to watch Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets or CLICK HERE to listen

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CLICK HERE for the genius school teacher who wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures for 40 years

CLICK HERE Foo Fighters with Rick Nielsen doing "Stiff Competition" on David Letterman

CLICK HERE for the preview of the new WFMU documentary "Sex And Broacasting"

CLICK HERE for a piece about mastering that says that sometimes mastering recordings makes them worse

CLICK HERE for The K-Tel Story

CLICK HERE for Ock TV

CLICK HERE to see "Triumph Watches The World Cup, Part 1"

CLICK HERE for something odd: on the website of session guitarist Jay Graydon (he plays the guitar solo on Steely Dan's "Peg") he lists playing guitar on Cheap Trick's studio version of "I Want You To Want Me" among his 1977 credits.

CLICK HERE for some audio Illusions - "Can You Trust Your Ears"?

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CLICK HERE for a short film of two craftsmen at work

CLICK HERE to play Name That Drum Fill

CLICK HERE to read "Phish Has Been a Band for Thirty Years Now and They Have Sucked the Whole Time" and then CLICK HERE to read "This Is What Happens When You Make Fun Of Phish On The Internet"

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CLICK HERE for a little background on the Buddy Rich tapes

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

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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.

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!

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Handy Haversack:

Happy Saturday, Michael and all the Shelle Gamers!

Oh wow, Suzie Q! Very nice!

I'm taking this show outside!
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Frank In Queens:

HEY NOW!!!!!!
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Listener Baby:

Make it all better, Baby.
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Frank In Queens:

Very nice Handy! Waiting for my beer delivery.
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Squints:

ok, then
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Frank In Queens:

Baby!
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Squints:

boo woo woo
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Listener Baby:

Hi My main man Frank!
  11:01am
clarke:

heyNOWWWWW
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:02am
Michael in Montclair:

Good Morning everyone!
  11:02am
egould310:

Pork butt.
  11:02am
clarke:

alabama OR atlanta
  11:03am
clarke:

THE FOX!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:03am
Handy Haversack:

I am going to deliver myself some beer as soon as I get this proofing job done, Frank!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:04am
Corey:

Morning Michael, crew, and listeners! Nice to join you all.
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Frank In Queens:

I went the delivery route, because the local options are getting stale.
  11:05am
Grab Em:

Is this the place with the Naughty By Nature sets?
  11:05am
clarke:

frank had beer delivered to the office.
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Frank In Queens:

No office or work at all until the 30th!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07am
Handy Haversack:

I hear you, Frank. I pretty much just get PBR around here as everything else is insanely pricey. But I do go for the fancy ciders at the fancy cider store.

Hey, Corey, clarke!
  11:07am
clarke:

that's good - except for the overtime
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Listener Baby:

Baby, we don't want Jupe, we need Jupe. Please summon the AP for if just few a moments. Throw us a bone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07am
Pedro in Arlington:

I now tune in to the show expecting positive breaking news on elections, impending Supreme Court retirements and various indictments.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:08am
Frank In Queens:

And Naughty By Nature!
  11:08am
clarke:

ain't a thang wrong with PBR!! or wasn't when i was a drinking man.
Avatar #1 Hit Supporter Hellraiser 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:09am
Frank In Queens:

clarke, OT is a rarity anyway, so luckily I don't rely on it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09am
Corey:

Hey Handy! Enjoy the PBR!
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Ross T.:

The warmth of 4 track analog....
  11:10am
clarke:

howza about the fine, extra-fine-fine, cuts that have been leaked from Fashions?? wow!!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning Shelleys and all!
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Frank In Queens:

Haven't heard them yet!
  11:12am
clarke:

Styles We Never Paid For - sounds like it is way above (already high) average!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12am
Handy Haversack:

I put out like nine stadium cups of seed in the various bird feeders back here yesterday, and it's almost all gone. These Greenpoint sparrows are out of control. Their rapaciousness knows no satiety!

Morning, Greg!

Corey, in Oceana County, it comes in thirty-packs! Alas, not in Brooklyn.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:13am
steveo:

THE 1250 WATT FLAMETHROWER WFMU
  11:13am
clarke:

there's some extry pixie dust up in thar!
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Ross T.:

Do your thing -- that's the answer!
  11:14am
Dennis Diken:

Hey Mikey & everyone! diggin’ the noise!
  11:15am
clarke:

DD!!
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Hams:

mr. tambourine man!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:17am
spodiodi:

good morning, Michael Shelley and gang!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:18am
spodiodi:

that pooch is adorable!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

@Handy: Here on WFMU, the gourmand metamorphosizes into the voluptuary! Read an interesting bird book recently and it turns out sparrows are kinda dicks.
  11:20am
McGroovey:

Sounds like Squeeze, to my ear.
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Ross T.:

The animal kingdom is a close second to humanity for dickdom.
  11:20am
clarke:

ramon & declan
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Handy Haversack:

Greg, I have spent the pandemic back here observing sparrow society. It's like always having The Sopranos on. They are tough little bastards and very much enjoy pointing it out to all comers! I am really going to miss them when Sleet Season drives me inside.

Morning, spodi!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21am
Handy Haversack:

(And there's a slate-colored junco back here right now!)
  11:22am
Frank Zaatar:

What we've got here are the best disciples of Buddy Holly of their respective generations.
  11:22am
clarke:

...and a failure to communicate
Avatar 11:23am
Mailman Tom:

Hey Abbott!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:23am
DjLorraine:

@ McGroovey i thought the same thing. Morning @Spodiodi.
Suzy Q is showing her edible skeleton crew. I always enjoy the coaster pictures.
  11:25am
clarke:

don't want to stir the controversy stick, at this point in 'events'; however, i am one of the slightly disappointed listeners to the Steve Greenburg blog.
  11:27am
clarke:

i had rather high expectations seeing that he borrowed the title of my favorite Chris Bell song (guitar version, not steel drum) - and then, doesn't seem to get IT - the whole Big Star thang.
  11:28am
Sean:

My backyard trap just caught Snagglepuss.

#CougarRoastThanksgiving
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:29am
Matt Clarke:

Hello Michael n all
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Squints:

Roasted. Stuffed, even.
  11:30am
clarke:

and (to me) the Big Star thang is: SOUL. it added soul to pop in a way that (some) pop doesn't seem to get
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:30am
Hoboken Jack:

Hey Michael, Ruth, Frank, Matt, Greg, Dennis, Baby, Handy, McGroove, one and all!!
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Listener Baby:

Good morning Jack!
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Corey:

Man this Coasters track is kinda blowing my mind.
  11:31am
Sean:

Always with the sax solos!
  11:32am
clarke:

yeah, speaking of soul!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32am
Handy Haversack:

Hey, Jack!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:33am
Dennis Diken:

thanks for the props Mikey - and the dedication! hadn't heard that fine Bootiques track before (delightful!) nor did I know of any Costello offspring's musical offerings!! (I did know Bud Abbott, Jr, RIP – good guy, not a musician but a music fan). when it comes to record-making young Ms. Costello is not a “baa-aad girl”! sounds like Jim Troxel on drums…
  11:34am
clarke:

those coasters have a forcefield around them
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:34am
Handy Haversack:

Bagpipe can do that, too. The drooling sets in immediately, though.
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Frank In Queens:

Hi Jack! Hi Matt!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:35am
spodiodi:

hi Handy, Jack, Matt!
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Frank In Queens:

I want to see Oil City Confidential so badly.
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Ross T.:

@clarke -- it's the Memphis factor
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:37am
Handy Haversack:

OK, we watched /Vampires vs. the Bronx/ last night. Drop everything and watch it with your loved ones the minute your WFMU listening day is over, everyone!
  11:37am
clarke:

the rest of the nola boyz don't seem to be awake, yet. the funny thing about paul prudhomme is that he was not even the best cook in his own family!!
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myron feld:

What service/source did you watch Oil City Confidential on, please?
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Frank In Queens:

This week was Thief, Forty Guns, and the In Laws.
  11:40am
clarke:

we talking the Thief with treat williams?
  11:40am
phat:

I need to watch Oil City Confidential, definitely.
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Listener Baby:

Do it again!!
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Ross T.:

Cool how they put the bongos in there.
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Frank Zaatar:

This version has the whininess missing in The Who's version.
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myron feld:

Michael, I believe you spoke of seeing the Derek Del Gaudio "In And Of Itself" show a couple years ago. We saw and loved it. The film version is now available for rental. tickets.ifccenter.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:43am
Corey:

@Handy Thanks for the tip! It's on the docket for Saturday night escape movie.
  11:44am
clarke:

courtesy of tcm i re-visited both Maltese Falcon AND The Big Sleep this week. still amazing!
  11:44am
Sean:

"Forty Guns" is like 85% hysterical subtext. Or at least I like to view it that way.
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Handy Haversack:

Thrills, chills, and feelz, Corey!
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Blues Mandinga:

Ea!
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spodiodi:

Handy, on what service did you watch it?
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Be Now Homeboy:

Montclair in the house..
Trinity place I sit looking out my window :)
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Geoffrey in Ottawa:

I got a quote for one tree last week: $720 with a 10% winter discount available. They won't be taking the stump.
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Hoboken Jack:

What's this about stumps? #toosoon
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Geoffrey in Ottawa:

One place said, Get back to us in February. We're full.
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Handy Haversack:

Assigned male or female, not born. Just saying.

Spod, I think it's from Netflix?

Zing, Jack!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:48am
spodiodi:

never mind, Handy, got it! ^ just found it, thanks for the tip!
yep thanks
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Michael Shelley:

jack for the win
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spodiodi:

that was pretty funny (late props, but it did make me lol)
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Tennessee Jeb:

Good stuff Michael
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Geoffrey in Ottawa:

Currently reading Ribowsky's Little Richard bio. Am I the only one who finds it odd that he doesn't even reference Charles White's book in the bibliography?
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Frank In Queens:

Sean, Forty Guns is very funny. Clarke, Thief with James Caan.
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Frank Zaatar:

"The Sahara Forest? Don't you mean that Sahara Desert?"
"NOW it's the Sahara Desert."
(Old Borscht Belt joke.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:54am
Handy Haversack:

Broadcasting from home, everyone! The cats are onto us!
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Niall:

Having some much fun with this set!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:56am
steveo:

i was just thinking the same thing about country when you were playing willie
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Listener Baby:

And horrible George Throgood
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Hoboken Jack:

There's a joint U.S./European satellite launching momentarily -- will monitor sea level increase and climate change.
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Moammar:

In "Ghost World," the idea of a terrible bar band Blueshammer never fails to make me laugh.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58am
Pedro in Arlington:

American monkeys came back and some later worked with Spazz. Laika was a girl.
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Listener Baby:

@Moammar. Perhaps the greatest scene in any movie ever made.
  12:00pm
clarke:

that Thief is good
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Handy Haversack:

Yeah, I worked as a dishwasher.
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Frank In Queens:

Most movies with Treat are exactly the opposite.
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Hubig Pie:

TCM is playing Dr. Strangelove for the 3rd in the last 2 weeks this afternoon. 2nite they showin' Kiss Me Deadly.
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steveo:

i had a great career running dish machines, starting at $3.67 an hour at the old folks home, and onward at the college dining hall. pretty quick on the old dishbelt too
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clarke:

yes, but i like Prince Of The City
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spodiodi:

butts... putz... love it
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smevvyk:

Omg. Shoved out the door with a bus pass the summer after I turned 14 to wash dishes at a restaurant and came the second night with a pair of rubber gloves to avoid scalding and the dudes in the kitchen immediately named me Professor Pussy Gloves.
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Ross T.:

This my anthem.
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Hubig Pie:

<edit> 3rd time
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phat:

Boy, have I done a lot of dishes. I was a TERRIBLE line cook, though. Glad I ended up waiting tables and bartending.
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Marci:

Lucky me - my husband loves doing dishes - his first job in high school
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Handy Haversack:

I was pretty good at line cook but much happier once I got out on the floor waiting tables. My dad was a waiter, too.
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smevvyk:

The ‘Professor’ seemed to be on account of I wore these huge 80s glasses that would slip down my nose in the damp.
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phat:

When I do get around to washing dishes in my kitchen, though, I get them done very fast.
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Tim In SF:

Having waited tables in SF for over 35 years I can tell you that the hardest working employees in the restaurant business are the DISHWASHERS.
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Listener Baby:

I made $4.10 mixing live shows by the likes of Etta James, Charlie Haden, The Heath Brothers, Zoot Sims, Tal Farlow, and countless others.
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adam:

my sister lives in 'new rock city' I'll have to play this for her
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Bootsie:

This is great!
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Montmaster J:

In the kitchen of that small restaurant (le carre de choux) the chef would sometimes serreptitiously put the super sharp cuinsiart blade in the sink...I don't know how I kept all my fingers!
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Ross T.:

You're right about people leaving you alone while you're washing being the big perk. As a manager I would would sometimes take it upon myself to wash glasses. plates whatever. 10 - 15 minutes of peace.
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Michael Shelley:

She liked to drink wine out of a measuring cup
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Handy Haversack:

My first night washing dishes I got a clam fork jammed in between my thumb and forefinger and was assured roundly that it was best to get it out the way early.
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Montmaster J:

Yeah...I liked her....I NEVER drank the Heinkeins
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Corey:

Washed dishes and bussed for my first jobs too. Front of the house/back of the house differences an early education in social inequality. On the plus side generally good camaraderie in the back of the house.
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Tim In SF:

@Ross...sometimes the dishwasher wouldn't show up and the chef would spend the entire shift in the dish pit. I think he liked the zen break of not being on the line for a night.
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spodiodi:

i swear i was just thinking about tp. cheers, michael shelley!
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myron feld:

Best Tom Petty song.
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Ross T.:

@Corey like actors and techies.
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spodiodi:

i worked in the dishroom at a retirement condo type place. it was fun... unless you were on pots (isolated and hard work)
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spodiodi:

a guy named joel was on pots most of the time. he was usually angry and strong as an ox
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Corey:

@Ross T. For sure!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks for the space tip, Jack. www.nasa.gov is streaming it live. About four minutes to lift-off.
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Handy Haversack:

Corey, in Ann Arbor I got a job waiting tables at that brewpub. There was an annual staff trip to Founders after Art Fair -- except they didn't invite the kitchen! So I refused to go and instead went to party in a Metropark with the BOH staff, and that was it -- I was back in the BOH family the rest of the time I worked there.
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Ross T.:

Creative types/food and beverage workers -- that's us!
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Montmaster J:

I've taken that advice to heart for years.
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Handy Haversack:

My dad waited tables in the Village in the fifties. They moved out of the city/Jersey in like '65, I think. When I came up here for the first time for school in 1993, there were still places in the Village where all had to do was mention my dad's name and I was good for a free drink or even a meal!
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luka:

in college i washed dishes in the kitchen of the food court at Watterson Towers which at the time (and still may be?) the largest dorm in the US? i want to say it was dreadful, but i actually look back on it kind of fondly. got to scavenge a lot of meals.
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Handy Haversack:

^all *I had to do.
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McGroovey:

I washed dishes at the governor's mansion in Albany when I was in college. That was an extreme front-of-house/back-of-house split. The only people from the front who came to visit us were the Butler (nice Irish guy) and Chris Cuomo. This was when Mario Cuomo was governor, Andrew newly married to Caroline Kennedy, and Chris C was a pleasant, happygolucky teenager. Oh, and daughter Madeline was also going to SUNY Albany, though I only crossed paths with her on campus a couple times in passing.
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spodiodi:

nice, Handy. not surprised he was as likeable as you are
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Mister Dobalina:

MySpace...hehehe. Could have been GeoCities..
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clarke:

notable dish-washer: Alex Chilton. washed dishes at Commander's Palace in the 80's - told me he loved it!
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Moammar:

Them bongos!
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Handy Haversack:

Oh jeez -- thanks, spodi. That's might nice of you to say!
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Hubig Pie:

Front of the house is self control
Back of the house be rock 'n' roll
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Handy Haversack:

^mighty*

OK, full disclosure: my fingers are pretty cold for typing. There's never any sun back here.
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Ross T.:

That's right about Alex Chilton! For a few years washed dishes and played no music. Think he also trimmed trees.
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Mister Dobalina:

Is the Number One Hit's membership card still available?
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spodiodi:

also on the dark side of the house (where my desk is... it's going to be a long winter.) have 3 heaters at my ready, but still about to search for some gloves i can work on online
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louie astoria:

love those hanna-barberra bongos! don't ever stop!!!
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clarke:

yeah but alex HATED trimming trees!
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Ciggy:

I was an under-age dishwasher in the late 60s at The Balalaika on Bronx River Road in Yonkers, NY for $10 on Friday nights.
I felt sorry for my friend Albie who had to clean the Pots. Very Hot & Steamy.
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Ross T.:

Tree trimming is nasty work.
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Michael Shelley:

yeah for sure - but hard to get to the station to pick up the mail... but send your sase and our staff will get to it when this is all over...
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Sean:

produced by Gumby
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Corey:

@Handy That's exactly the kind of nonsense I'm talking about! Good for you. At Farm Club everyone works a farm shift once a month to try to break that habit. Harder to address the tipped versus wage differences especially during the flush summer season.
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Tim In SF:

Anthony Bourdain talked about "dishwasher syndrome": any available moment to get away from foaming sauces to spend a few carefree moments washing dishes.
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myron feld:

Yeah, those BG vocals are pretty awful.
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Handy Haversack:

That's a good policy, Corey. I would happily work a farm shift right now if I could get to Western Michigan!
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clarke:

actually, it was chet atkins that started the bad background "singers"
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Mister Dobalina:

Thanks for the info, M.S.. also, I see that you have a MySpace page that is still active, how neat is that?
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Mister Dobalina:

Are those photos of your executive producer, back in her younger days? The photo of the baby in a plane seat with her bottle is super cute.
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Corey:

@Handy A lot of kneeling on the cold ground and pulling weeds, but it's pretty meditative.
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Handy Haversack:

Strum and Thrum is on its way to me as we speak!
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clarke:

dour people to stereotype
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clarke:

it ain't a stereotype if one lives up to it.
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Squints:

Sounds like Cyclones have been listening to Juniper.
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spodiodi:

hear that, Squints
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spodiodi:

tmbg! yeah!
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Handy Haversack:

YEAH! What a set!
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Greg from ZONE 5:

Easily in my top 3 TMBG songs.
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Michael Shelley:

Mr D. = wow, that's the kid. Amazed that's still up. (if you can get past the pop ups)
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spodiodi:

i just referenced this on Joe B or TOPT's show when they played young fresh fellows
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paul:

I bought a compilation in the 80s called Sturm & Twang! German bands, I think.
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Squints:

Roccccking you like ein hurrican.
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paul:

One of the bands was called Ostzonensuppenwurfelmachenkrebs.
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Ed From Jersey City:

A great dishwasher is to a kitchen what a great drummer is to a band or a great catcher is to a baseball team. It all starts there.
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Hoboken Jack:

Was thrilled to learn my buddy Marc Seligman (also of The Vines of Hoboken) played bass in the Cyclones!
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Hoboken Jack:

Rare double shot here on the Shelley program.
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spodiodi:

doubleplus good
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spodiodi:

cool.
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clarke:

you hear more than one song by an artist these days and one thinks that someone has gone to the wrong side of the grass.
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Frank In Queens:

I remember the days of plugging multiple instruments into an amp.
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Squints:

There was a Mundanes I remember opened for the Ramones in Hartford in like 1980, maybe 1979. Song title I remember is It's Friday Night And I Want To Go To The Disco (But My Friends Tell Me It's Wrong).
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spodiodi:

yeah, topt played Gear Summer 2013 1 week ago. nice nice nice. twisting has been on my mind since. thanks, MS! and for the doubleshot and story
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Dean:

My band, four members, shared one tiny amp when we played the Masque a couple times. The first time we opened for Sunset Bombers, The Knack's Doug Feiger's earlier band. Feiger would not let us use any of their equipment. The second time we opened for Levi & the Rockats. They did let us use their gear.
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Montmaster J:

The Mundanes were nice to us! I think they were bemused. There were two 14 year olds in that room.
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spodiodi:

before anyone had proper amps, we were molesting old stereo equipment to be used as amps
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spodiodi:

so much electrical tape, rca cables, and hinky cables in general
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Ross T.:

Best harp sound I ever got was through an old KLH system....
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Sean:

I just bought the M.M. on 45. Great tune!
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spodiodi:

you are killin it today, MS!
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Micheal:

The Mundanes started in Providence before locating to NY. In addition to John Linnell, they had a great drummer, Kevin Tooley, who has had a long career.
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Moammar:

The Country Gentleman version of "Fox on the Run" kills me every time. My vote for best version of this one, by far.
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Squints:

I remember them saying at the time they was from Providence.
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Squints:

Pousette Dart Band used to cover this that bluegrass way (with a beat) in 1978.
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spodiodi:

dat twang
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spodiodi:

dat fiddle
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Squints:

dose bongos
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Frank In Queens:

This is very reminiscent of Hayseed Dixie.
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spodiodi:

this is pretty funny/enjoyable
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Stevel:

Five hun-derd miles!
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spodiodi:

dat pickin
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Mike Sin:

Completely enjoying today's show. In the early '80s, I had a Marantz stereo that had stereo mic inputs. You could record onto one of the channels while playing a LP and record it onto cassette. You could basically overdub your own backing vocals or tuba onto one of the channels of, say, a Rolling Stones' track.
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spodiodi:

haha Stevel
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spodiodi:

clever cover
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Steve:

Love the Cleverlys covers of hip hop hits.
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Michael Shelley:

lol mike
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Cooh John:

Yee haw!
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clarke:

if you happened to have a tuba
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spodiodi:

eets naht a tuba!
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Chop Scott:

Great show Michael--Cheers!
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paul:

Reminds me of the Gourds' Gin & Juice.
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Handy Haversack:

That "or tuba" is a brilliant aside, Mike Sin.
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Frank In Queens:

I have this amazing image of a young Mike Sin blowing into a tuba in my mind.
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Squints:

hah, spodes.
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Handy Haversack:

If your mind had stereo mic inputs, Frank, he could overdub your thoughts!
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Steve:

Saw the Cleverlys here in Bluffton. Funniest show ever!
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Mister Dobalina:

I trying being a busboy many years ago, I hated it. & I also have lots of friends who have worked/work in the service industry, super respect for them.
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Micheal:

Everyone should work as a dishwasher at least once in their lifetime.
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Frank In Queens:

Handy, my thoughts are always the basic tracks.
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Squints:

The groove on the Joe Tex thang is NUTS.
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spodiodi:

i liked the camaraderie among restaurant workers, and even after i moved on to other work, i'd enjoy hanging out after hours with those of my friends who were still slingin and servin hash... good times
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Cooh John:

I'z a dishwasher before.
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clarke:

i MUCH would have rathered to wash dishes as i, too, did NOT have the busboy gene
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Squints:

Less filling. Tastes great. Both.
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listener 126464:

dishwasher box checked
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Listener Bop Monroe:

the Busboys were a great band!

greetings from cloudy Tannersville Mr. MS and all.
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egould310:

The Who is the correct answer, anyway.
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Ross T.:

Stones vs Beatles well the answer of course is...the Kinks!
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pottybear:

Kinks
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paul:

Dave Clark 5
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phat:

https://images.app.goo.gl/283TAck2rBsGwwTG8
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Ken From Hyde Park:

How about the 2005 movie "Waiting..."? www.imdb.com... Seemed a bit far-fetched and contrived to me, but somewhat funny.
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Ross T.:

Or the Flamin' Groovies.
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Squints:

egould310: Like Boogie's answer in Diner. Except even "Presley" was wrong. the correct answer was and is always "DiMucci."
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Gaylord Fields:

Two more great songs about dishwashing: www.youtube.com...
www.youtube.com...
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spodiodi:

whynotboth, indeed
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Corey:

Thanks for the great show Michael! Hit after hit after hit. Enjoy your Saturday all.
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clarke:

so...there's no guest today???
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Sean:

I don't even remember what the question was but yes, DiMucci, definitely!
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Ross T.:

Or NRBQ.
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Sweet Corn Lizzie:

Teeth are tiny timebombs in your head
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Handy Haversack:

Great show, MS! A real home run!

Speedy recovery to assoc. prod.!

Great chatting, all. Have good Saturdays. Until next time!
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spodiodi:

i've had one root canal, and the guy who did it was talking about golf when he BROKE my tooth... joy. now i wear a (broken) crown
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clarke:

OUCH!!!
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Ross T.:

There's a bum note in this song as I recall. There it was.
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listener 126464:

Thanks Michael, thanks Ruth.
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spodiodi:

to your wife, MS, and to your show! thank you! great one today. i'm flying high now
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spodiodi:

thanks, Ruth!
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Dennis Diken:

Jolly good show Mikey!
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clarke:

The REAL Voice!!
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spodiodi:

when i dither/vacillate/equivocate, well ya know i'm gunna be the one...
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Frank In Queens:

Beatles, Kinks, and Who over the Stones for sure. But of course, the Stones are also amazing.
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Ross T.:

Of course they're all great.
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radioronan:

Thanks Michael..thanks skeleton crew!
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clarke:

nice'a'show!!
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Montmaster J:

Happy Birthday Molly!
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Frank In Queens:

Great show Michael and everyone. Enjoy the holiday, preferably not in large groups.
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