WFMU RADIO: Give The Drummer Some 02/10/17

Listener comments!

8:54am Stanley:

Great. I'm in the right place at the right time, for a change.
And in keeping with the weather over where you are, it's snowing here in Edinburgh.
Joy.

8:57am Doug Schulkind:

From one 'Burgh to another, good day!

8:57am Andy in Etobicoke:

Good morning Doug and similar givers.

Squirrel Hill Posse represent!

8:58am Doug Schulkind:

The squirrels are ready to race, Andy in Etobicoke!

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8:59am listener james from westwood:

I always find myself wanting to play the video game that goes off in my head to this bed music.

9:01am Doug Schulkind:

The last video game I played was Pong, Listener James, but not in bed.

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9:02am doctorjazz:

Hey all, here from the Woof Moo morning show, fun today, ready for some Drumming!

9:07am Mr C:

I bring my baggage to the Drummer every Friday..16 coaches long..

9:09am Doug Schulkind:

@doctorjazz
Have you been listening to the morning show tryouts? Any favorites thus far?

The train's been waiting in the station for you, Mr C. Clamber aboard and let's rickety-roll!

9:11am Doug Schulkind:

Boy, it sure sounds like Al and pals are having fun!

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9:11am duke:

Good morning all and sundry

9:13am Doug Schulkind:

I've never liked sundry'd tomatoes, duke. Never.

9:13am Stanley:

I've been thinking about these morning show tryouts and intend to give a lot of consideration to my feedback. It's been a very mixed bag andI'm not sure we've got a ($400.000) winning formula, yet.

9:17am Doug Schulkind:

I just hope WFMU doesn't rush into it. It's maybe the most important decision the station has made in 25 years.

9:21am Lore:

Love this Hambone Willie Newbern tune, many thanks to the drummer.

9:22am Doug Schulkind:

Let me dust off your cushion, Lore. And here's a mint julep!

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9:22am listener james from westwood:

Was wondering how the new host would handle the marathon (prob. 2018; throwing them right into 17's would be cruel). Guessing they'll have different MCs over that fortnight, maybe even more than one per shift, but man, 30 hours of fundraising (plus whatever else if they already have a non-drive-time airshift) . . . that's rough.

9:24am Webhamster Henry:

So where are the autoharps?

9:24am Doug Schulkind:

If I was living back in NYC, I would have tried out for sure. What a dreamboat job that would be.

@Webhamster Henry
Never ever enough autoharps!

9:26am Alex In Illinois:

Tat last song about Arkansas, reminds me of a book of Ozark folk tails collected in Missouri by Vance Randolph. Some of them had derogatory references to people for Arkansas.

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9:27am doctorjazz:

My long winded take on The Morning Show is: there are 2 different things the DJ brings to the morning show, his music selection and his (they're all male) patter/shtick/personality. Personally, I find the outrageous shtick fun on a once a week show (say, Toddo-Phonic Todd), not sure I'd love it on a daily, morning schedule. It gets ironic, which can get old quickly (to me, of course), but is fun in small doses. As far as music, as a Drummer Stream addict, I personally go for the widest range of music that the DJ can bring to the show. Some DJ's mine a particular musical area in great depth, but don't stray too far from that area. Which, again, is fine weekly, love to go into depth with them, but, on a daily show, I'd prefer someone that can get into the wider musical world, different genres, countries, decades, etc.
My $0.02, of course...

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9:29am doctorjazz:

I so far really liked Dan Carlisle, Jim The Poet today, and Joe Belock's shows. I also really liked Matt Warwick's morning shows-he is big on shtick, of course, but he has me laughing out loud sometimes (could be dangerous on the drive), and has the funkiest bed music. And he can venture all sorts of places musically.

9:31am Webhamster Henry:

I like DA the DJ's take, it sounds exactly like the reverb-y and oversaturated AM radio of my youth, but he needs a co-host, I think.
But I haven't heard the whole spectrum of morning folks - it's a little early for me.
Drive time radio should be like a sonnet - with features appearing at regular times of the show, which is very like a clock itself.

9:31am melinda:

howdy!

9:32am Webhamster Henry:

That said, whoever it it should play the Daily Steinski News Remix if Mr. Stein can keep it up !

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9:33am doctorjazz:

It comes down to personal taste, of course...I found the AM radio patter cute, but think it would wear over time (the remixes, including the news, were great, agreed).

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9:34am doctorjazz:

I'd hate to be making the final decision. They are all fine DJs

9:34am Doug Schulkind:

Great cover art for this one: img.discogs.com...

9:34am Stanley:

Great to hear your daughter is a vegetablarian. I love it when young people take a principled position.
Talking of bacon, I'm in a similar position and have to sneak out once a week for my fix (shades on, collar turned up etc).

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9:34am listener james from westwood:

@WebHenry: Excellent metaphor. And not just 'coz I majored in English.

9:35am annie:

ok, i made it!!... is it legal to voice our opinions on the mrning show? really, i'd go with glenn jones.. so far. LOVED hearing billyjam, but it could get old. i hope ken puts out a survey, i'd fill it out. wonder what kind of study group is collected.

9:35am Doug Schulkind:

@Webhamster Henry
Steinski sent me his new mix yesterday. It will appear in our 5th set today...

9:35am Doug Schulkind:

Good morning, melinda! Good morning, annie!

9:36am Stanley:

Steinski - hooray!

9:38am Doug Schulkind:

Greetings, Alex in Illinois. And to Alex in Arkansas, we apologize.

9:40am Stanley:

@Webhamster Henry - I agree with you on the regular feature thing. I think that's how success is built, creating a rapport with the audience around familiar shared enjoyments.

9:42am Doug Schulkind:

Doing a show like "the morning show" on WFMU is tough thing to pull off. Hard not to alienate some portion of the audience. The absolutely must-have element it must feature, in my opinion, is a freeform musical perspective. That is a deal maker/breaker in my estimation.

9:42am Stanley:

It might sound formulaic but if it's a good formula. It certainly worked on the BBC morning shows, over the years. (Terry Wogan, Steve Wright etc)

9:43am melinda:

I haven't kept up with the DJ tryouts lately, but liked all that I've heard for different reasons. Since I'm not an early morning (before 8:30) listener my concern is (selfishly) whether or not a favorite DJ might have to abandon their regular slot, and also what is best for the station (attracting more listeners and pledge $$). I thought Clay Pigeon was great, also liked Dan Carlisle, Glen Jones, impressed by the playlists of some I haven't caught up with yet. @Henry: yes to regular feature.

9:44am Webhamster Henry:

@Listener James: I have a BA in Computer Science/English!

WBAI used to play old radio serials (15 minutes apiece) in the morning and that was excellent! Some were also newly produced too:
"Our Life
Together Among the Works of Art," an
original radio serial written by- Jessica
Raimi. Six starving writers sit around a
kitchen table talking about life, love,
landlords and writers' block.

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9:48am listener james from westwood:

@Henry: A mighty blend! Humanities and STEM!

9:48am Doug Schulkind:

Honestly, I think Ken Freedman would be the obvious choice for the morning show. He is a simply brilliant radiomaker. Unfortunately, he is also a brilliant and essential station manager. Hard to see how he could do both.

9:49am melinda:

@Doug: Ken was a favorite too but yeah, can't do both.

9:49am Webhamster Henry:

His shows were a little toned down for the morning, but there is but one Ken, and I'd hate for him to be as ubiquitous as Alan Chartock on WAMC.

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9:50am listener james from westwood:

If anyone on the morning shows manages to put something like that together, something that keeps people from leaving their cars when they've reached work, that would be amazing. And I've loved it when FMU DJs have aired old serials. I drove out of listening range one early morning while listening to one and it KILLED ME not knowing how it ended. Sadly, no pulling over on a highway!

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9:50am doctorjazz:

I really enjoyed the morning shows Ken did during his prolonged run. I think he got sick during it, seemed to be much for him to do. It was definitely toned down from the Wednesday show he does.

9:51am Stanley:

I agree with you, Doug. So it's must that the DJ has a wide knowledge and excellent taste in music (a la WFMU freeform ethic) and if you could marry that with presentation skills, an amiable and outgoing personality, and a free-flowing, feature laden and (not to forget - humorous) show, I think we've got it.

Not much to ask, is it?

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9:51am listener james from westwood:

I would not be too sad if we had a 2-week cycle of 5 DJs, much like the tryouts, but it sounds like they're bent on a single person.
@Doug: I'm glad Ken set the tone for the tryouts. He was great. We need cloning.

9:53am melinda:

So far the ones I've heard all meet the freeform requirement, though they have different takes on freeform.

9:54am Webhamster Henry:

Something else that WFMU brings to the air is lots and lots of music in foreign languages. I'd like that to stay in the Mix.
I also can listen to Clay Pigeon without stop, especially if he's interviewing someone, but also his amazing songs.

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9:54am listener james from westwood:

I felt like Jonesy was talking directly to me during his show. That makes a difference, no disrespect to the other contenders.

9:55am Stanley:

Listener James - I think we'll need to find a large core following, folks that only listen to the radio in the morning or in their cars, for instance, that will become avid followers and dig deep when it comes to marathon time. I don't think a rota will do that.

9:55am Doug Schulkind:

Glen Jones is a genius.

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9:56am Brian in UK:

Hello Doug.

Cloning of the station manager is a scary but pragmatic solution.

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9:57am listener james from westwood:

@Stanley: True that.
@Henry: Yes, that is something we had with the simulcast behind Nachum; that world focus. In more than one way the tryout roster is less diverse.

9:58am annie:

i could almost tolerate ken, too; though i feel it would be a burden for him to sustain that energy over a long period. one thing that would change, i think, woud be there would be fewer off-color comments and edgy jokes.. i prefer to not hear them. (i love you ken, but it's just not up my alley.)

9:59am melinda:

I don't listen to Glen Jones on Sundays due to schedule but I agree he has that special DJ quality.

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10:00am doctorjazz:

I didn't recall Clay Pigeon (been a while already), so I went back to his playlist to refresh my memory. Oh yeah, I'll put him on the short list, great shows!

10:02am Stanley:

melinda - 'special DJ quality'. I think that's a must. I regard most of the deejays on WFMU more as presenters. The morning show needs an attention grabbing DJ to compete with all the other stuff on the dial.

10:03am Stanley:

Greets, Brian.

10:04am melinda:

@Stanley: yeah, it's a tall order to fill.

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10:05am doctorjazz:

The Lang/Johnson duets are fabulous!

10:07am Doug Schulkind:

@doctorjazz
Oh yes indeed they are. Meticulous and gorgeous.

10:08am Doug Schulkind:

About an 107% of me wishes that WFMU's new morning show would be hosted by a non-white and/or non-dude deejay.

10:12am Jeff Golick:

(Squiggy enters) Hello.

10:12am Doug Schulkind:

Hello, Brian in UK! Almost missed ya!

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10:13am doctorjazz:

Agreed, but the competition doesn't include any DJ's of that persuasion (no applicants, Ken posted somewhere when asked).

10:13am Flash Strap:

Hi all! Hi Doug!

10:14am Webhamster Henry:

@Doug I had an idea that it should be a South Asian version of JM in the AM, but keeping that non commercial might be difficult!

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10:14am listener james from westwood:

Doug, add to that my 200%.

10:15am melinda:

I love this cover!

10:16am Doug Schulkind:

Coming up next, one of the most punch-you-in-the-stomach songs I've ever heard. In a GOOD way.

10:16am melinda:

@Doug: I think there is a female DJ on the list.

10:16am Webhamster Henry:

One of the great things about WFMU is its great female DJ staff!

10:17am Doug Schulkind:

Give the Drummer Radio will be adding a woman DJ in about two months. New to come...

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10:18am listener james from westwood:

It's something I watch w/ each schedule change.

10:18am Webhamster Henry:

Billy Jam & Sammus was a pretty good show, she did an on-air rap!

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10:18am listener james from westwood:

@Doug: Excellent to hear.

10:19am Webhamster Henry:

* archive: www.wfmu.org...

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10:19am doctorjazz:

Tal Farlow took me a bit to penetrate, he's pretty amazing, though (I think the problem with jazz guitar lies in the technical difficulty of the instrument, I tried learning jazz guitar at one point, failed miserably. The technical demands lead players to get metronomic, scale and chord fixated, and often only other guitarists "get" them. Also, pre-Hendrix, the tonal palatte was fairly fixed, no boxes to get the guitar to wail, volume fixed pretty much as well, didn't allow for textural variation and "cries" the way a sax does).

10:19am Little Danny:

Wow, that Farlow version of "Flamingo" was ace! G'mornin' Doug and all

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10:21am βrian:

Until the new DJ is on board, you all can just change your pronouns.

10:22am sinner:

I can play like that.

10:22am mauri:

heyyy just got back from skiing on the lake. saw the sunset when i got to the open and fullmoon rising when coming back.

10:22am Doug Schulkind:

@doctorjazz
By Jah, I think you've articulated a big part of why I find jazz guitar so hard to warm up to. It requires such technical virtuosity that it's hard to hear beyond the proficiency. And it's hard(er) to play the instrument beyond its narrow confines. Not saying that it can't be done, obviously, but...

Good morning, Mr. Keep Me Up Late Listening to Radio When I Should Be Preparing!

10:24am Doug Schulkind:

Sorry about the dead air! My wireless mouse has been dropped so many times that it loses its connection with the slightest jiggle.

Do I go out any buy myself another mouse? Noooooooo.

What a bozo.

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Greetings, sinner! Groovings, mauri!

10:24am Flash Strap:

this is great!

10:25am Doug Schulkind:

Takes great to know great, Flash Strap!

10:25am Doug Schulkind:

Oliver Lake is on alto sax here.

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10:29am Brian in UK:

It is blooming cold outside these four walls when dog walking. A strong easterly wind.

This J B ULmer takes me back.

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10:29am doctorjazz:

We're getting into Post-Hendrix guitar, much more fluid. Love Ulmer, what a unique approach to his axe.

10:31am annie:

it's just the oppostie with me doug, i live the jazz guitar; and i can do jazz piano, too. that jazz sax/clarinet only make sense to me if i can hear actual melodies or tunes, rambling notes hurt my sense of rhythm.

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10:31am Brian in UK:

Too many people play electric guitar badly to compensate for those who play it majestically.
There I writ it.

10:32am melinda:

I don't see the steel drum Jackson 5 cover on the playlist, was that the stream coming through earlier?

10:33am melinda:

Oh, it was Marty's show. Weird, 'cause I didn't touch a thing.

10:35am Flash Strap:

fun fact about that steel drum Jackson 5, if it's the one I'm thinking of: Van Dyke Parks produced it

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10:36am listener james from westwood:

@mauri: That sounds perfectly lovely! I've only walked out onto a frozen lake once, in Boy Scouts. Bitter cold winter made the ice on an upstate NY lake thick enough to support a car. Was weird looking back from the center of the lake to land without being on an inner tube.

10:37am Doug Schulkind:

Even weirder, melinda, I played Michael (Gregory) Jackson.

10:38am melinda:

Evan it's the Esso Trinidad Steel Band from 1971. Marty has played it before and I read up on it then but forgot the history, except that there was sponsorship by the Esso company.

10:38am Kris Holmes:

morning everyone

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10:38am βrian:

I remember getting a good mile or more out on the ice of Lake Champlain.

10:40am still b/p:

On mouse casualties: I spilled tea onto and into mine on Wenesday and it mouses no more.
On the guitari technicali: I saw a gypsy jazz trio several years ago and the lead guitarist was so taken so often with his own fast runs and chops off the regular melodies and rhythms that the detours, accomplished though they may be, were tiresome.

10:40am Flash Strap:

to complicate things, Esso sponsored 2 steelbands, with the same name! but one of them, the better of the two imo, had a relationship with VDP, and I'm pretty sure he worked on that session

10:41am Doug Schulkind:

Howdy, Kris Holmes, βrian, and still b/p!

10:42am Doug Schulkind:

@still b/p
Some people disparage the pianist Art Tatum for that very reason. I am not one of those people, however.

10:44am Webhamster Henry:

It hasn't been cold enough recently, but many years ago I walked out over the middle of the Hudson river to watch the iceboats. It's pretty unforgettable.

10:45am Doug Schulkind:

Retroactively, Webhamster Henry: BE CAREFUL!

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10:45am doctorjazz:

It's sometimes hard to hear past the great technique to the musical thinking. I love Tatum too, and Oscar Peterson, but had difficulties with them at first. And, I fell for Jim Hall before I could appreciate Tal Farlow or Joe Pass (who are both great, but took me a bit to "get" them.

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10:46am βrian:

Oh fer a little espoir, these days!

10:47am Doug Schulkind:

I still haven't fallen in love with Oscar Peterson. There, I said it.

10:50am Stanley:

Guinea is one of the few places you find musicians genuinely heralding their president.

10:50am Stanley:

(as per the previous track)

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10:51am Brian in UK:

Conakry just sounds like a place to visit.

10:51am Alex In Illinois:

Okay, now if I recall correctly, I.K. Dairo (M.B.E.) & His Blue Spots are from Nigeria, and Mobuto Sese Seko was President of Zaire. I wander what they are singing about him.

10:52am Stanley:

Shit, I think now there's a band singing the praises of the Monser Mobutu.
I think I'll keep quiet.

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10:52am Brian in UK:

Alex was it called Angola in those days.

10:54am Stanley:

*Monster*

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10:54am Brian in UK:

Stanley, mentioning Guinea has got me all messed up for Sory Kandia Koyate.

10:55am Doug Schulkind:

@Stanley
Monster is right. I played that for historical context only. Not much pleasuretaking.

@Alex in Illinois
Often times bands/artists from one African nation would leave their home country for another for various reasons (political exile, for example). In return for support and diplomatic permissions, bands would perform praises to the heads of state in their adopted country. Not sure if that's the story with Dairo/Mobutu.

10:56am Alex In Illinois:

@ Brian in UK: is that meant as joke? I am pretty certain that Zaire and Angola were two separate countries existing on the same map at the same time.

10:56am Uncle Michael:

Mmm...cake.

10:57am Alex In Illinois:

vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net...

10:57am Doug Schulkind:

Wow, video of DeVos being physically block from entering a school in D.C. and being turned away — is the most glorious thing I've seen today.

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10:58am Brian in UK:

Ziglibithy, great name.

Alex, it is my memory playing games. Countries next to each other beginning with As & Zs

10:58am Flash Strap:

holy moly where you see this?

10:59am Doug Schulkind:

On the Twitter.

11:00am melinda:

Streams switched on me again and I heard Jean Michel Jarre, wondered why things went synthy.

11:00am Doug Schulkind:

Not sure if this link will work: twitter.com...

11:00am Uncle Michael:

By way of a clarification, today I will be playing an undetermined number of songs, all of which were released in 1970, and all of which appeared on the "top-100" charts (pop, r&b, or c&w) at some point. I will not be playing the top 100 charting song from 1970. "top-100-charting" is intended as an adjective. Also, I'm not doing six hours.

11:01am Doug Schulkind:

@melinda
How are you listening? Pop-up player? iTunes? Maybe try stopping and restarting?

11:01am Doug Schulkind:

Good morning brother Uncle!

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11:01am Sam Segal:

Greetings, @Doug and Dougians.

11:02am melinda:

Yes, pop-up player. I'll try Itunes instead.

11:02am Uncle Michael:

She picked the wrong time to set foot in a public school for the first time in her life.

11:02am Carmichael:

Heya Doug and cyber hipsters. Happy Friday!

11:02am Doug Schulkind:

Sam "the Seagull Flies on Monday" Segal!

11:03am Doug Schulkind:

Rise and shine, Carmichael!

11:06am Jeff Golick:

DeVos is disgusting on so many levels. She will get her reward in the next life, no doubt.

11:06am Flash Strap:

man it wasn't even that many protesters... i weep at the simple beauty of her retreat

put on your iron shirt, and chase devos out of eart'

11:07am Doug Schulkind:

In a pond of scum, she is the shimmering surface.

11:10am Mr C:

Stax great William Bell will be singing Born Under a Bad Sign live on the Grammy's Sunday, a song he wrote! With Gary Clark Jr. on guitar..

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11:11am Brian in UK:

@Flash nice Max Romeo link.

Who sponsored The Desporadoes?

11:12am Doug Schulkind:

Thanks for the 411, Mr C. You are the man with the 411,000,000.

11:15am Parq:

Well, at least there'll be *something* on the Grammys this year that won't suck.

11:17am Doug Schulkind:

Parq it right here!

11:17am Carmichael:

And not a grizzly bear in sight!

11:17am Doug Schulkind:

Man, Laura Veirs still thrills me every damn time.

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11:18am doctorjazz:

The sad thing about DeVos is, she's maybe the least worrisome of the clowns being put in place, in terms of long term damage. And, she's quite bad...

11:19am sinner:

Standing up for this one. (Swamp Dogg)

11:19am Webhamster Henry:

@Uncle Michael! I have a sound bite for you: www.echonyc.com...

11:20am Doug Schulkind:

@doctorjazz
I agree with you. The Sec. of Education is largely a symbolic figurehead. But she can still do plenty of damage. Normalizing the demonization of public schools and their inhabitants.

I stand with you, sinner.

11:21am Flash Strap:

LOVE swamp dogg!

11:21am Carmichael:

No one can patriotize better than Swamp Dogg!

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11:22am Brian in UK:

If you cannot trust someones' hair colour, what can you trust about them?

11:22am Doug Schulkind:

Brother Jerry Williams Jr is still going strong, too. Bless him.

11:24am mauri:

Heres a pic tinyurl.com...

11:25am A Phlebotomist Writes:

From my experience, all the folks that I have bled are all the same color under the skin.

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11:25am Artie Haywire:

Oh lord, our country!

11:25am Webhamster Henry:

Van Peebles! I like "The Coolest Place In Town"!

11:25am Doug Schulkind:

Hey there Phlebby! How ya been?!

11:27am A Phlebotomist Writes:

Cool as the President's heart.

11:27am Doug Schulkind:

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America is this correct?
I’d better get right down to the job.
It’s true I don’t want to join the Army or turn lathes in precision parts factories, I’m nearsighted and psychopathic anyway.
America I’m putting my queer shoulder to the wheel.

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11:30am βrian:

Now if only we had the bouncing ball to go with the text.

11:32am Doug Schulkind:

Allen Ginsberg was a great American.

The premiere of a new mix by Steinski, next.

11:33am Webhamster Henry:

BirdBrain! www.youtube.com...

11:33am Flash Strap:

God Doug that was good to hear

11:34am El Thatchmo:

It's Winter in America: For Reelz!

11:35am Doug Schulkind:

You can just call me Doug, Flash Strap.

@El Thatchmo
That Gil Scott number got edited out for time...

11:36am Parq:

This is one of those things that are so obvious that it infuriates me to have to say them: Patriotism equals unquestioning fealty to the president and his staff only when the president is a Republican.

11:36am northguineahills:

Steinski's production techniques are instantly identifiable. Love it!

🥁

11:39am Brian in UK:

Chin up Mr DJ.

11:40am Doug Schulkind:

@northguineahills
Yes absolutely! He has a "sound" just like any great, original artist. Greetings!

11:41am Jeff Golick:

I would just like to thank @Webmaster Henry for reminding me of EchoNYC (link above)! We were so much younger then.

11:41am Doug Schulkind:

Double chin up, Brian?

Did I say GOOD MORNING to Jeff Golick? Good morning, Jeff Golick!

🥁

11:42am βrian:

"Love is not a pie."

11:42am Uncle Michael:

Top of the hour? You bet! Join me.

www.wfmu.org...

🥁

11:42am Artie Haywire:

But pie is love.

🥁

11:43am βrian:

Though it can involve pie, I'm sure.

11:43am Jeff Golick:

Oh, it's implied, @Doug. But thanks and back atcha.

11:43am Uncle Michael:

Cool bite, Henry! I wish I was playing that 1969 song in 1970.

🥁

11:43am βrian:

Mmmm, Pie!

11:45am JtotheK:

Digging this Modern Redcaps. Hi everyone.

11:45am Doug Schulkind:

I am all for Nella-Dodds AND Dodd-Frank!

11:45am Alex In Illinois:

Homer Simpson: Mmmm Floor pie!

11:46am Doug Schulkind:

@JtotheK
Help yourself to pie!

🥁

11:49am doctorjazz:

Great show, fun chat board today too (usually a good one in these parts; even had some time to post some today, enjoyed it). Off to UM...

11:50am Doug Schulkind:

Safe travels, doc!

11:50am Uncle Michael:

I'm going to miss watching the boughs bow.

11:51am annie:

just popping back in to thank you for another great show, doug!!

11:52am Doug Schulkind:

You are extremely welcome, annie!

11:53am GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO:

Uncle Michael's Hinky Dinky Time is a superduper radio show that will make you happy. Tune in and turn on! It's up next, here on the Drummer Stream:

Playlist: wfmu.org...

11:54am Jeff Golick:

I suppose The B.M. Movements would not be as good a name.
I am six years old.
I'll see myself out now.

11:55am Doug Schulkind:

You're a whizz at humor, Jeff.

11:56am Doug Schulkind:

COME ON EVERYBODY, SHIT AND PEE JOKES FOR THE NEXT FOUR MINUTES!!!!

11:56am Carmichael:

Finally, a chance for me to say "Ugh!"

11:57am Doug Schulkind:

That one didn't bowl me over, Carmichael.

11:58am Uncle Michael:

Thanks Uncle Dougle! Piss...out.

11:58am Carmichael:

I meant the song, not the movement ...

🥁

11:59am βrian:

The difference between a garbanzo and a chickpea?

11:59am Doug Schulkind:

Didn't mean to dump on you, Carmichael.

🥁

12:00pm βrian:

"The Drumpf wouldn'd pay $1000 to have a garbanzo on him."

12:00pm northguineahills:

Thanks Doug!

🥁

12:00pm listener james from westwood:

Many thanks, Doug, especially for the new Steinski; forward to him all our gratitude!

12:01pm Doug Schulkind:

Will do will do, Listener James!

12:02pm Flash Strap:

great show! great!

Theme Music: Sarah Webster Fabio	Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues	Jujus: Alchemy of the Blues (Folkways 1976)
ECD	In Tempo	Major Force: The Original Art-Form (Mo' Wax 1990)

Ernest Thompson	In the Baggage Coach Ahead	b/w The Little Rosewood Casket (Columbia 1924)
Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters	Black Eyed Susie	b/w Cluck Old Hen (Brunswick 1927)
Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters feat. Jackson Young [Ben Jarrell]	Jack of Diamonds	b/w Oran Campbell: That Bad Man Stacklee (Herwin 1927)
Red Mountain Trio	Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay	b/w Dixie (Columbia )
Bailey Brothers & the Happy Valley Boys	Rattlesnake Daddy	b/w Happy Valley Special (Rich-R-Tone 1947)
Hambone Willie Newbern	Way Down in Arkansas	b/w Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues (Okeh 1929)
Al & Hank	Answer to Red River	KSTP Sunset Valley Barn Dance (B.A.C.M. ca. 1940)
Elmo Linn	Heart Full of Love	b/w This Little World of Mine (Red Barn )

Faceta	Bacturinha	Pastoril do Faceta
Cachimbinho & Geraldo Mousinho	Tudo de Hoje é Assim	Côcos e Emboladas (Beverly 1991)
Arnaldo Antunes, Edgard Scandurra & Toumani Diabaté	Ir, Mão	A Curva Da Cintura (Mais Um Discos 2012)
Ruban	Debandada Geral	b/w Tá Tudo Aí (Tapcar 1971)
Waldir Serrão	Pare e Pense	b/w A Qualquer Hora (CBS 1972)
Ton & Sergio	Vou Sair Do Cativeiro	b/w Jurema E Eu (Polydor )
Emílio Santiago	Bananeira	Emílio Santiago (CID 1975)
Iara Rennó feat. Tom Zé	Conversa	Macunaíma (SESC 2008)

Lonnie Johnson and Blind Willie Dunn	Have to Change Keys to Play These Blues	b/w Two Tone Stomp (Okeh 1928)
Teddy Bunn	Guitar in High	b/w Blues Without Words (Blue Note 1940)
The Cats & the Fiddle	Chant of the Rain	b/w I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water (Bluebird 1939)
Tal Farlow	Flamingo	Tal Farlow Quartet (Blue Note 1953)
Wes Montgomery	Twisted Blues	Goin' Out of My Head (Verve 1966)
Michael Gregory Jackson	A♭ B♭ 1-7-3°	Clarity (Bija 1976)
James Blood Ulmer	See-Through	Are You Glad to Be in America? (Rough Trade 1980)

Alick Nkhata	Game, Health, Independence, Josephine, Kaunda, Lusaka and Marriage	Zambia '64 (JCLP 1964)
E.C. Arinze	Lumumba Calypso	Nigeria Freedom Sounds! Calypso, Highlife, Juju & Apala: Popular Music and the Birth of Independent Nigeria 1960-63 (Soul Jazz )
Les Espoirs de Coronthie	Sekou Toure	Dunuya Igiri (self-released cassette 2004)
I.K. Dairo (M.B.E.) & His Blue Spots	President Mobutu	b/w Gongo Kinshasa (Decca 1971)
Ernesto Djédjé	Houphouet Boigny "Zeguehy"	Le Roi Du Ziglibithy (Badmos 1977)
Guelewar	President Jawara – Abdou Diouf	Halleli N'Dakarou (Teranga Beat 2011)

Tom T. Hall	America the Ugly	I Witness Life (Mercury 1970)
Laura Veirs	America	Warp & Weft (Raven Marching Band 2013)
Swamp Dogg	God Bless America (For What?)	Rat On! (Elektra 1971)
Melvin Van Peebles	Love, That's America	Watermelon Man (OST) (Beverly Hills 1970)
Allen Ginsberg	America	Howl and Other Poems (Fantasy 1956)
Steinski	Zinn Twain

Karen Starr	Big Man	b/w Get Off the Stage (RSVP 1965)
Judy Clay	Give Love to Save Love	b/w It Ain't Long Enough (Stax 1969)
The Modern Redcaps	Never Too Young (To Fall in Love)	b/w Golden Teardrops (Swan 1966)
Nella Dodds	I Just Gotta Have You	b/w Honey Boy (Wand 1966)
Tommy Youngblood	Tobacco Road	Pounds of Soul (Ace )
The D.M. Movements	Ooo Wee Baby	Movements 4 (Tramp )
The Mandatory Eight	Sucker Punch	Funk, Soul & Afro Rarities: An Introduction to ATA Records (Here & Now 2014)
Barbara & Brenda	Hurtin' Inside	b/w That's When You've Got Soul (Heidi 1964)

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	February 10, 2017 Winter in America
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