WFMU: Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie: Playlist from October 1, 2020

Listener comments!
	5:55am People Like Us: Herro
	9:27am Charlie: Hewwo
	11:14am People Like Us: cooee
	11:37am Katya Oddio: Ahoy-hoy
	1:52pm Charlie: Callooh! Callay!
	2:56pm Michael: Ah, Charles how wonderful. And hello all.
	3:00pm listener james from westwood: Now this is a welcome way to launch October!
	3:02pm Roberto: CHARLEIIEIEIEEIIEIEIEIEIEIIE
	3:02pm Charlie: Well, hey there, Michael and ljfw! and Katya and People Like Us, here before, maybe now, or perhaps later:)
	3:03pm People Like Us: here!
	3:04pm Michael 98145: aussi
	3:05pm Brian in UK: All present & correct, & reporting for listening ecstasy.
	3:05pm Charlie: Hola, compañeros! PLU & M98145, & Brian:)
	3:06pm βrian: Hello from the isthmus. It's turned sunny out.
	3:08pm Charlie: hey there, βrian, thanks for dropping by.
	3:08pm Doug Schulkind: Busy Doing Nothing = Bunny, I got shindig
	3:09pm Gaylord Fields: Hi, Charlie! My prize for finding you here is that I can listen to you.
	3:09pm unpopularfred: Hi Charlie, grateful for the surprise program
	3:09pm Charlie: Shindig? I got Bunny!
	3:09pm Charlie: Hi Gaylord! and unpopfred too!
	3:10pm Brian in UK: Just about dark by 7pm here. Boo Hiss. Doug, you can get cream for that.
	3:11pm βrian: Bigwig was a bunny, I recall.
	3:11pm Erica: Hello. I'm Erica.
	3:11pm Charlie: Howdy, Erica. Nice ta meetcha:)
	3:12pm Erica: I am aware that Testify is not on this week but I'm tuning in anyway.
	3:12pm Little Danny: Ready, steady, go Charlie!
	3:14pm People Like Us: oooh nice
	3:14pm Charlie: Thank you, Erica. I will testify in my own way:) Hi Danny!
	3:14pm Michael 98145: Oh, my. I had forgotten about the FMA.
	3:16pm Charlie: Well, Michael 98145, it had gone away for a while, but it is now accessible again.
	3:18pm Michael 98145: Cool. Plus, jonivoid.bandcamp.com, formerly known as Johnny_Ripper
	3:21pm Charlie: ah, thanks
	3:22pm Doug Schulkind: Hey there Erica and everyone. We've got an bonus radio treat for you right after Charlie! MATT FIVEASH, host of WFMU's Weekly World Blues, is returning to his radio roots to do some freeform shows on the Drummer Stream. Matt will be revisiting his old stomping grounds every Thursday in October. His show will be airing 5-7pm (ET). His playlist will be right over here: wfmu.org...
	3:22pm listener james from westwood: Since this program began, blue skies have returned over New Jersey. The power of Nothing compels you!
	3:23pm Michael 98145: and the fog is starting to lift over here on the left coast
	3:24pm People Like Us: oh hi
	3:24pm coelacanth∅: greetings Charlie and busy bees
	3:24pm Listening Out There: Vicki, will you autograph this playlist?
	3:25pm schmutz: nothing better than a day off snuggled with the cat and listening to my favorite radio program(!)
	3:25pm Matt Fiveash: Charlie! You? Me? What the hell year is this anyway
	3:25pm People Like Us: People Like Us
	3:26pm Erica: Is this avant garde music? I never listened to this show before that's why I ask.
	3:26pm βrian: Are they hemming or are they hawing?
	3:26pm Michael 98145: Yay! PLU
	3:27pm Charlie: Matt! We've entered a time warp.
	3:27pm KevinfromBayRidge: Howdy Charlie & all. YOU ARE the Elusive Butterfly of WFMU. Great to hearya!
	3:27pm listener james from westwood: @Erica, People Like Us has actually been a cross-program smash on the station over time. Totally in character for Busy Doing Nothing, though!
	3:28pm Charlie: Erica, it's the now sound of today?
	3:28pm People Like Us: avant retard
	3:29pm Charlie: hiya, coelacanth∅, LOT, schmutz, Kevin:)
	3:29pm Irene: This set reminds me of the time I edited a Joey Ramone interview and strung together all the times he said “Ya know what I mean?”
	3:29pm Gaylord Fields: @Erica: It's what George Harrison calls "avant-garde a clue" music.
	3:29pm Erica: I meant i heard a lot of experimental music before just now.
	3:30pm People Like Us: ha ha hi Gaylord
	3:30pm People Like Us: avant hard
	3:30pm Gaylord Fields: Hiiiii PLU!!! xx
	3:30pm coelacanth∅: (just as both Vicki and Charlie have been cross-wfmu station smashes over the years)
	3:30pm Charlie: yuk yuk:)
	3:31pm Listening Out There: Today, we're finding out how many WFMU DJs fit on a single playlist...
	3:31pm People Like Us: many more!
	3:31pm People Like Us: ohhh yeahhh
	3:31pm coelacanth∅: i've witness up to about 8
	3:32pm βrian: I like the undulation of this water bed music.
	3:32pm Gaylord Fields: @Listening Out There: You say that as if you would prefer us WFMU DJs to either have jobs or start doing our jobs.
	3:32pm coelacanth∅: Gaylord did George really say that? sounds like him!
	3:33pm People Like Us: I just painted a wall yellow, that was like work
	3:33pm Irene: Oh, hi Charlie!
	3:33pm Listening Out There: @Gaylord: DFs already do great jobs, DJ'ing. Besides, there are no longer any phone booths to be crammed into.
	3:34pm Michael 98145: i just brewed some coffee
	3:34pm Gaylord Fields: @coelacanth∅: That was his reported response to Paul wanting to include "Carnival of Light" on one of the Anthology CDs.
	3:36pm listener james from westwood: Oh, that horn break!
	3:37pm coelacanth∅: i never heard (/read) that; but what's most interesting to me right now is that i've always assumed Paul was just holding out on the carnival of light.
	3:38pm Gaylord Fields: @Listening Out There: This past Saturday, a friend and I visited the last two actual old-school phone booth in NYC, and made up a song about each one on the spot and sang it to each of them. How WFMU is that (and by "WFMU" I mean deranged, of course)?
	3:39pm coelacanth∅: i'd like Paul to release an album of "experimental" tracks. i doubt that's the only one he did.
	3:40pm Roberto: Akiko! Another great artist about whom I probably would not know without Charlie's influence.
	3:41pm Charlie: coela-- everything paul does is experimental;)
	3:41pm Erica: The little Prince is very relaxing.
	3:41pm Little Danny: I feel like there must be some homemade MP3 compilation of Paul's experimental recordings floating around on the 'net. If not it should be done.
	3:42pm Charlie: Hi Roberto! Yup, I love Akiko Yano.
	3:42pm Gaylord Fields: @coelacanth∅: In the '60s, Paul had vague plans to release an album of his more outré tape loops, etc., and call it "Paul McCartney Goes Too Far" — and then "Two Virgins" came about.
	3:42pm Listening Out There: @Gaylord: You gonna be broadcasting those songs next Sunday?
	3:43pm Michael: Lovely!
	3:43pm Charlie: Going back to Erica's question, all music is organized sound, or vice versa. Pop music can be very strange from a purely aural standpoint. and if you listen to any avant stuff a few times, it starts to sound normal.
	3:44pm coelacanth∅: Danny there are countless "fake" ones. a few years ago i jacked all of them on youboob that were remotely interesting. i have 11 fake carnivals of light at this point
	3:44pm Charlie: Gaylord-- I'll bet Paul's would've been more listenable.
	3:44pm Gaylord Fields: @Listening Out There: You must not listen to my show. :) My personal life is never even mildly alluded to on my own program (just here on Charlie's chat board).
	3:45pm Listening Out There: @Gaylord: I listen to (and like!) your show. My suggestions was just, oh, a challenge of sorts...
	3:45pm Little Danny: @coela: fascinating info, thanks.
	3:46pm listener james from westwood: Ahhhhhh, no mistaking Luscious Jackson.
	3:46pm coelacanth∅: Gaylord -that makes sense. and wonderwall music even before that then. . . .poor excuse in my opinion! should've got it out.
	3:47pm Michael 98145: Oh, love Juana
	3:48pm coelacanth∅: "
	3:48pm Little Danny: ❤️❤️ Juana Molina ❤️❤️
	3:48pm Little Danny: Just concurring I see.
	3:48pm Gaylord Fields: @Charlie: People who've heard "Carnival of Light" say it's a bit of a formless mess — i.e., likely more listenable than "Two Virgins" or "Electronic Sound"! @Listening Out There: I know you were just ribbing me, kind friend, but there's way too much actual good music by other people that I can't even fathom playing something that self-indulgent within my precious two-hour allotment.
	3:49pm Charlie: today is Juana Molina's birthday! (and also a friend of mine, born one year before Juana)
	3:49pm Michael 98145: i bemoan folks who never listen to music
	3:50pm wendy del formaggio: [rushes into the room] Charlie! Hi!
	3:50pm Michael 98145: HBD, Juana
	3:52pm northguineahills: former Argentine sitcom actor, that later became an amazing musician.
	3:53pm Charlie: Wendy! Where's your tardy slip? (just kidding) Welcome!
	3:53pm KevinfromBayRidge: Maybe my fave Cream song. Never hear this on Classic Rock!
	3:53pm Michael 98145: Agreed
	3:55pm wendy del formaggio: Charlie! I’ll ask my boss to sign the slip. Or not. Probably not.
	3:55pm coelacanth∅: Danny, some of those "carnival of lights" are very well-researched, and some effort made creating them. over the years, apparently (Gaylord probably knows about how) a few details of the original's contents leaked out and some folks took voice samples of Paul and John to stick in there -or did a fairly good job simulating their voices speaking certain phrases.
	3:55pm Gaylord Fields: @coelacanth∅: Paul is heavily invested in people knowing precisely that he was the tape-loop-making, Stockhausen-enjoying, Berio-palling-around-with, sonically adventurous Beatle. And yes, Paul, Ringo, Yoko all OK'd "Carnival" for Anthology, but George put the kibosh on it.
	3:56pm Roberto: Jack Bruce flexing his classically trained chops on that one.
	3:57pm Little Danny: I like that it's accreting others' splicing handiwork, coela.
	3:57pm Gaylord Fields: @Danny @coel: I would not be surprised if some of those "Carnival" outfakes come close to the real thing — or even if they're better. I like a few of the ones I've heard.
	3:58pm Roberto: Fiveash o'clock
	3:58pm βrian: Are you saying Matt follows you like a puppy?
	3:58pm Little Danny: Hi Charlie, thank you.
	3:59pm coelacanth∅: Gaylord -George being "my favorite beatle", disappoints me on that one. ...unless it really is that bad!
	4:00pm jan: Great sounds today!
	4:00pm βrian: Persian pop would be pomegranate, yes?
	4:00pm wendy del formaggio: Ahem. I know Danny. Wish him a happy birthday from me.
	4:01pm Erica: Happy birthday Little Danny!
	4:02pm Gaylord Fields: @Coel: I just think George didn't think of it as a proper Beatles track, regardless of quality. And he's got a point there.
	4:02pm coelacanth∅: i saw luscious jackson at the first (?) "kroq disfunctional family picnic" c.1997. had never heard of them and they rocked as hard as any other band there.
	4:02pm Little Danny: @Erica: it's a different Danny that Charlie was referring to, Erica, but I still love you!
	4:04pm Erica: Oh sorry Little Danny. Happy birthday to the OTHER Danny then.
	4:04pm Doug Schulkind: Happy Little Danny Day!
	4:04pm βrian: @coel: I knew Vivian's sister back in the day.
	4:04pm Michael 98145: yes. i do like this.
	4:05pm Little Danny: @Doug: born Aries raised Libra!
	4:06pm coelacanth∅: yes Gaylord. ...then i wonder if he objected to "revolution 9". i for one am eternally Thankful for it's inclusion and even as a child was immediately intrigued by it. (and George's "electronic music" is a tough one)
	4:06pm Doug Schulkind: Little Danny will be hitting the airwaves with his own glorious radio show, The Cool Blue Flame. Be there (here). The program happens at 10pm (ET) sharp—like cheddar! wfmu.org...
	4:06pm βrian: They said of me, "Born in the basement and never brought up."
	4:06pm Charlie: Hi in there, Jan! Great to see you:)
	4:09pm Ruth Luwisch: Wallowing in the weird, wonderful state of Planet Nothing. Loving the cello on this piece!
	4:09pm Photocopy Cha Cha 2000: Hey hey! @coela @danny @gaylord: what I personally find insanely frustrating is that the UK laws re:copyright extension changed around 2013 (if I remember right). Therefore while they had to put out some digital copyright extension releases consisting of Beatles outtakes from 1963, to my knowledge not much has emerged later on. Had the law not changed, we might have been treated to some of that formless mess already. On the other hand, it could be argued that the piece was in fact released back then as it was used as background music at that Roundhouse event the name of which escapes me right now. Using this argument, there would be no legal obligation to re-release the music. A UK-based solicitor specializing in legal matters & music/media "might" know loads more than poor speculating me.
	4:10pm Charlie: Ruth! Hi:)
	4:13pm Michael 98145: Whoa. These gals know how to dress!
	4:13pm Gaylord Fields: @Photocopy Cha Cha 2000: You are correct in that if the UK hadn't changed its laws, "Carnival" would have been released in 2016 just to secure its copyright.
	4:14pm Michael 98145: Speaking of born in the basement
	4:16pm wendy del formaggio: Wow. I never heard this Pulsallama before. I love it!
	4:16pm βrian: I think the other Donald has Tourette's, too.
	4:16pm Erica: Sounds like a good song for a Halloween playlist.
	4:17pm Erica: That other Donald is a crybaby Brian.
	4:17pm Michael 98145: yes, that was choice
	4:18pm Roberto: The other Donald does not have Tourette's. He does have the devil living in his body, though.
	4:18pm Roberto: And not the cool, Heavy Metal type of devil, either.
	4:21pm Roberto: Just a fcking shtty *sshole devil.
	4:22pm βrian: Ok, Roberto. Uncle!
	4:23pm Sem: Hello, Charlie, and nothing doin's. Good to see you again.
	4:23pm Roberto: Heh. How was the kale today, βrian?
	4:24pm Charlie: Hi Sem!
	4:24pm βrian: It was, eh, healthful. And the kheer was deeeeelicious!
	4:26pm WR: An oldie but goodie from Mr. Partch!
	4:26pm Roberto: I'm not familiar with this kheer of which ye speak.
	4:28pm βrian: "In heaven there ain't no kheer, so let's eat it while we're here." en.wikipedia.org...
	4:28pm listener james from westwood: Superlative track here. What a voice!
	4:29pm Roberto: Thanks for the edification, βrian.
	4:29pm Charlie: agreed, james!
	4:31pm Doug Schulkind: That Gigli number never gets old. Wow. Was it Kenny G who used it as a opening theme?
	4:31pm Sem: Top hole spin.
	4:31pm wendy del formaggio: Daaaang. That was an awesome segue into the 4 Tops, Charlie. Very nice.
	4:32pm coelacanth∅: Gaylord & Cha Cha - maybe they were like "you know, if we don't change these laws Paul's going to release carnival of light. he's a knight, for God's sake. we must do something ...for the Love of England!"
	4:32pm Charlie: Yes, Doug, Kenny G (aka Kenneth Goldsmith) used it for some time as his opening numbah.
	4:33pm Roberto: See, now this is the proper usage of "reach out." Everyone uses it nowadays to mean "to contact, get in touch with, etc." and I can't friggin' stand it.
	4:33pm Doug Schulkind: I ran out and bought a Gigli collection the first time I heard that piece. Miraculous.
	4:33pm Michael 98145: Geez, great show.
	4:34pm Roberto: Like, I get auto-replies saying "thanks for reaching out." I didn't freakin' reach out. I sent you a friggin' email.
	4:34pm βrian: When I hear "reach out," I think of tentacles.
	4:34pm listener james from westwood: @Charlie, @Doug: Whoa, that must've been before he was using that Rod McKuen piece. Glad to have insights into FMU history!
	4:36pm Roberto: Same, βrian!
	4:36pm Gaylord Fields: @coelacanth∅: God Save The Queen — from a misguided acid-fueled pop group's sonic self-indulgence.
	4:41pm Roberto: Peter performed at my daughter's high school in 2014 as a distinguished alumnus.
	4:41pm Doug Schulkind: There's not a lot of FMU history that's escaped you, listener james from westwood!
	4:42pm Roberto: Oh yeah, and I met him and his daughter in 1988 when they came to look at Wesleyan. She ended up at Yale. Lol in your face Wesleyan!
	4:43pm Erica: That Peter Paul and Mary song sounds familiar to me.
	4:43pm wendy del formaggio: “The waters of oblivion.” Someone read me the D.H. Lawrence poem today that includes those words and I couldn’t remember where I’d heard them before. Mystery solved.
	4:44pm Doug Schulkind: Noel Paul Stookey (Paul of PP&M) founded a fine community radio station in Blue Hill, Maine. I listen to it (WERU) when we're summer vacationing in the area.
	4:45pm Erica: I think I heard Too Much of Nothin' when I was younger but it's been years.
	4:48pm Little Danny: Instantly love this song.
	4:48pm Charlie: Wendy-- so that's where Bob Dylan (who wrote Too Much of Nothing) stole that line from!
	4:48pm Charlie: LD--This is a great album!
	4:49pm Little Danny: Thanks Charlie! Come back soon!
	4:50pm Roberto: Bai Charlie, great "seeing" you again!
	4:51pm wendy del formaggio: Charlie: I guess so! Unless Lawrence stole it from someone else...
	4:51pm KevinfromBayRidge: Thanks fer the Pop-In , Mr Lewis.
	4:52pm Irene: So nice to do nothing with you again, Charlie! Hope you’re back again soon.
	4:53pm Michael 98145: Thanks a bunch.
	4:54pm wendy del formaggio: Ruth Etting! To get us prepped for the Ol’ Codger!
	4:55pm Charlie: Hi Irene! Thanks everyone! Lovely to be here with you today:)
	4:55pm Matt Fiveash: Yay Charlie!
	4:56pm Charlie: wb, Matt!
	4:56pm Michael 98145: never too many cute gals
	4:56pm wendy del formaggio: Thank you, Charlie! Hope to see you on the radio again soon.
	4:57pm Doug Schulkind: Party in Matt Fiveash's cabin! Grab the Cutty Sark and dash over: wfmu.org...
	4:57pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks, Charlie! I await your next pop-up store full of freeform wares!
	4:57pm Bill W: Always great to hear you, Charlie.
	4:57pm Matt Fiveash: Your closing bed music is giving me this panicked feeling like I should be in studio C instead of at home!
	4:57pm schmutz: joy.thanks for another great one Charlie
	4:58pm unpopularfred: Thanks Charlie, always a pleasure
	4:58pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Charlie!
	4:58pm Photocopy Cha Cha 2000: My first visit to your place Charlie, would be nice if we met again, thanksssss.
	4:58pm listener james from westwood: Huge thanks, Charlie!
	4:58pm Erica: Well this was sure an interesting show Charlie.
	4:59pm Erica: Until we meet again.
	8:20pm Katya Oddio: Now that is a real Charlie show -- old favorites, new finds, lesser heard works from artists, Gelbart, PLU, and, of course, Tipsy's "Bunny Kick." Yay! Good to hear you. Thanks for the show.
	8:40pm Katya Oddio: PS: Pulsallama have just reissued that classic and a whole bunch more. So much cool in one band, and then Ann was so hot in The Hunger. The B-side of the 7" won my heart in the '80s. Still have it. daily.bandcamp.com...

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October 1, 2020: Reaching out

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still from Dawson City Frozen Time (d. Bill Morrison, 2016)

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Gelbart	The Three Forms of Him Who Speaks through Pyramids	Music for and against Egglike - a novel by Adi Gelbart (7-inch single)	Defekt	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Chet Baker	Bernie's Tune	Best of	Pacific Jazz	0:05:55 (Pop-up)
Nicolas Jaar	Variations "Variations" by "Nicolas Jaar"	Space Is Only Noise	Circus Company	0:08:48 (Pop-up)
johnny_ripper	Sans Toi "Sans Toi" by "johnny_ripper"	Don't	johnny_ripper	0:11:52 (Pop-up)
The Rip Off Artist	What Kind of Blue	blu tribunL (various artists)	Inflatabl Labl	0:14:32 (Pop-up)
Lunchbox	Rough Muffin "Rough Muffin" by "Lunchbox"	Anyways	The Agriculture	0:17:56 (Pop-up)
People Like Us	Dolly Pardon "Dolly Pardon" by "People Like Us"	Abridged Too Far	Discrepant	0:22:09 (Pop-up)
Dolly Mixture	Never Let It Go "Never Let It Go" by "Dolly Mixture"	Demonstration Tapes	Dead Good Dolly Platters	0:26:14 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Tipsy	Bunny Kick "Bunny Kick" by "Tipsy"	Uh-oh!	Asphodel
Mohammad Nouri	Biya Bar-e Safar Bandim	Pomegranates: Persian Pop, Funk, Folk, and Psych of The 60s and 70s (various artists)	Finders Keepers	0:33:53 (Pop-up)
Akiko Yano	Hoshi No Oujisama (The Little Prince)	Piano Nightly	Nonesuch	0:37:50 (Pop-up)
Luscious Jackson	Soothe Yourself "Soothe Yourself" by "Luscious Jackson"	Fever In Fever Out	Grand Royal	0:41:24 (Pop-up)
Juana Molina	Sin Guia, No "Sin Guia, No" by "Juana Molina"	Wed 21	Crammed Discs	0:45:28 (Pop-up)
Cream	As You Said "As You Said" by "Cream"	Wheels of Fire	Atco	0:50:12 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Sad Rockets	Extra Medium "Extra Medium" by "Sad Rockets"	Transition	Matador
Boogarins	Sombrou ou Dúvida "Sombrou ou Dúvida" by "Boogarins"	Sombrou Dúvida	OAR	0:58:50 (Pop-up)
Unwoman	Kids (MGMT cover) "Kids (MGMT cover)" by "Unwoman"	Lemniscate- Uncovered Volume 2	Unwoman	1:03:06 (Pop-up)
Lido Pimienta	Te Queria "Te Queria" by "Lido Pimienta"	Miss Colombia	Anti-	1:07:46 (Pop-up)
Pulsallama	The Devil Lives in My Husband's Body	7-inch single	Y Records	1:11:49 (Pop-up)
John Williams (voc: Francis Bebey)	Engome	The Magic Box	Sony Classical	1:15:01 (Pop-up)
Other Music	Compulsive Behavior "Compulsive Behavior" by "Other Music"	Incidents Out of Context	Flying Fish	1:19:26 (Pop-up)
Harry Partch	The Rose, from Eleven Intrusions	Music of John Cage and Harry Partch	New World	1:22:42 (Pop-up)
Beniamino Gigli	Mi par d'udir ancora (from Bizet's Les Pecheur de Perles)	Historical Recordings 1927-1951	Gala	1:24:29 (Pop-up)
Four Tops	Reach Out I'll Be There	7-inch single (originally)	Motown	1:28:06 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Las Comadrejas	Oaxacatelas "Oaxacatelas" by "Las Comadrejas"	We Are Ugly, But We Have the Music	Comad	1:31:11 (Pop-up)
Peter, Paul & Mary	Too Much of Nothin'	Best of	Warner Bros.	1:37:45 (Pop-up)
TV Girl	Laura "Laura" by "TV Girl"	Lonely Women	TV Girl	1:40:14 (Pop-up)
Halcali	Giri Giri Surf Rider "Giri Giri Surf Rider" by "Halcali"	Bacon	For Life Records	1:43:39 (Pop-up)
Mexican Institute of Sound	El Microfono	Piñata	Nacional	1:48:26 (Pop-up)
Ruth Etting	At Sundown "At Sundown" by "Ruth Etting"	78 (originally)	Columbia	1:51:40 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Johnny Beecher	Sax Fifth Avenue "Sax Fifth Avenue" by "Johnny Beecher"	45 played at 33	Warner Bros.	1:54:36 (Pop-up)

another still from Dawson City Frozen Time

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Listener comments!
	5:55am People Like Us: Herro
	9:27am Charlie: Hewwo
	11:14am People Like Us: cooee
	11:37am Katya Oddio: Ahoy-hoy
	1:52pm Charlie: Callooh! Callay!
	2:56pm Michael: Ah, Charles how wonderful. And hello all.
	3:00pm listener james from westwood: Now this is a welcome way to launch October!
	3:02pm Roberto: CHARLEIIEIEIEEIIEIEIEIEIEIIE
	3:02pm Charlie: Well, hey there, Michael and ljfw! and Katya and People Like Us, here before, maybe now, or perhaps later:)
	3:03pm People Like Us: here!
	3:04pm Michael 98145: aussi
	3:05pm Brian in UK: All present & correct, & reporting for listening ecstasy.
	3:05pm Charlie: Hola, compañeros! PLU & M98145, & Brian:)
	3:06pm βrian: Hello from the isthmus. It's turned sunny out.
	3:08pm Charlie: hey there, βrian, thanks for dropping by.
	3:08pm Doug Schulkind: Busy Doing Nothing = Bunny, I got shindig
	3:09pm Gaylord Fields: Hi, Charlie! My prize for finding you here is that I can listen to you.
	3:09pm unpopularfred: Hi Charlie, grateful for the surprise program
	3:09pm Charlie: Shindig? I got Bunny!
	3:09pm Charlie: Hi Gaylord! and unpopfred too!
	3:10pm Brian in UK: Just about dark by 7pm here. Boo Hiss. Doug, you can get cream for that.
	3:11pm βrian: Bigwig was a bunny, I recall.
	3:11pm Erica: Hello. I'm Erica.
	3:11pm Charlie: Howdy, Erica. Nice ta meetcha:)
	3:12pm Erica: I am aware that Testify is not on this week but I'm tuning in anyway.
	3:12pm Little Danny: Ready, steady, go Charlie!
	3:14pm People Like Us: oooh nice
	3:14pm Charlie: Thank you, Erica. I will testify in my own way:) Hi Danny!
	3:14pm Michael 98145: Oh, my. I had forgotten about the FMA.
	3:16pm Charlie: Well, Michael 98145, it had gone away for a while, but it is now accessible again.
	3:18pm Michael 98145: Cool. Plus, jonivoid.bandcamp.com, formerly known as Johnny_Ripper
	3:21pm Charlie: ah, thanks
	3:22pm Doug Schulkind: Hey there Erica and everyone. We've got an bonus radio treat for you right after Charlie! MATT FIVEASH, host of WFMU's Weekly World Blues, is returning to his radio roots to do some freeform shows on the Drummer Stream. Matt will be revisiting his old stomping grounds every Thursday in October. His show will be airing 5-7pm (ET). His playlist will be right over here: wfmu.org...
	3:22pm listener james from westwood: Since this program began, blue skies have returned over New Jersey. The power of Nothing compels you!
	3:23pm Michael 98145: and the fog is starting to lift over here on the left coast
	3:24pm People Like Us: oh hi
	3:24pm coelacanth∅: greetings Charlie and busy bees
	3:24pm Listening Out There: Vicki, will you autograph this playlist?
	3:25pm schmutz: nothing better than a day off snuggled with the cat and listening to my favorite radio program(!)
	3:25pm Matt Fiveash: Charlie! You? Me? What the hell year is this anyway
	3:25pm People Like Us: People Like Us
	3:26pm Erica: Is this avant garde music? I never listened to this show before that's why I ask.
	3:26pm βrian: Are they hemming or are they hawing?
	3:26pm Michael 98145: Yay! PLU
	3:27pm Charlie: Matt! We've entered a time warp.
	3:27pm KevinfromBayRidge: Howdy Charlie & all. YOU ARE the Elusive Butterfly of WFMU. Great to hearya!
	3:27pm listener james from westwood: @Erica, People Like Us has actually been a cross-program smash on the station over time. Totally in character for Busy Doing Nothing, though!
	3:28pm Charlie: Erica, it's the now sound of today?
	3:28pm People Like Us: avant retard
	3:29pm Charlie: hiya, coelacanth∅, LOT, schmutz, Kevin:)
	3:29pm Irene: This set reminds me of the time I edited a Joey Ramone interview and strung together all the times he said “Ya know what I mean?”
	3:29pm Gaylord Fields: @Erica: It's what George Harrison calls "avant-garde a clue" music.
	3:29pm Erica: I meant i heard a lot of experimental music before just now.
	3:30pm People Like Us: ha ha hi Gaylord
	3:30pm People Like Us: avant hard
	3:30pm Gaylord Fields: Hiiiii PLU!!! xx
	3:30pm coelacanth∅: (just as both Vicki and Charlie have been cross-wfmu station smashes over the years)
	3:30pm Charlie: yuk yuk:)
	3:31pm Listening Out There: Today, we're finding out how many WFMU DJs fit on a single playlist...
	3:31pm People Like Us: many more!
	3:31pm People Like Us: ohhh yeahhh
	3:31pm coelacanth∅: i've witness up to about 8
	3:32pm βrian: I like the undulation of this water bed music.
	3:32pm Gaylord Fields: @Listening Out There: You say that as if you would prefer us WFMU DJs to either have jobs or start doing our jobs.
	3:32pm coelacanth∅: Gaylord did George really say that? sounds like him!
	3:33pm People Like Us: I just painted a wall yellow, that was like work
	3:33pm Irene: Oh, hi Charlie!
	3:33pm Listening Out There: @Gaylord: DFs already do great jobs, DJ'ing. Besides, there are no longer any phone booths to be crammed into.
	3:34pm Michael 98145: i just brewed some coffee
	3:34pm Gaylord Fields: @coelacanth∅: That was his reported response to Paul wanting to include "Carnival of Light" on one of the Anthology CDs.
	3:36pm listener james from westwood: Oh, that horn break!
	3:37pm coelacanth∅: i never heard (/read) that; but what's most interesting to me right now is that i've always assumed Paul was just holding out on the carnival of light.
	3:38pm Gaylord Fields: @Listening Out There: This past Saturday, a friend and I visited the last two actual old-school phone booth in NYC, and made up a song about each one on the spot and sang it to each of them. How WFMU is that (and by "WFMU" I mean deranged, of course)?
	3:39pm coelacanth∅: i'd like Paul to release an album of "experimental" tracks. i doubt that's the only one he did.
	3:40pm Roberto: Akiko! Another great artist about whom I probably would not know without Charlie's influence.
	3:41pm Charlie: coela-- everything paul does is experimental;)
	3:41pm Erica: The little Prince is very relaxing.
	3:41pm Little Danny: I feel like there must be some homemade MP3 compilation of Paul's experimental recordings floating around on the 'net. If not it should be done.
	3:42pm Charlie: Hi Roberto! Yup, I love Akiko Yano.
	3:42pm Gaylord Fields: @coelacanth∅: In the '60s, Paul had vague plans to release an album of his more outré tape loops, etc., and call it "Paul McCartney Goes Too Far" — and then "Two Virgins" came about.
	3:42pm Listening Out There: @Gaylord: You gonna be broadcasting those songs next Sunday?
	3:43pm Michael: Lovely!
	3:43pm Charlie: Going back to Erica's question, all music is organized sound, or vice versa. Pop music can be very strange from a purely aural standpoint. and if you listen to any avant stuff a few times, it starts to sound normal.
	3:44pm coelacanth∅: Danny there are countless "fake" ones. a few years ago i jacked all of them on youboob that were remotely interesting. i have 11 fake carnivals of light at this point
	3:44pm Charlie: Gaylord-- I'll bet Paul's would've been more listenable.
	3:44pm Gaylord Fields: @Listening Out There: You must not listen to my show. :) My personal life is never even mildly alluded to on my own program (just here on Charlie's chat board).
	3:45pm Listening Out There: @Gaylord: I listen to (and like!) your show. My suggestions was just, oh, a challenge of sorts...
	3:45pm Little Danny: @coela: fascinating info, thanks.
	3:46pm listener james from westwood: Ahhhhhh, no mistaking Luscious Jackson.
	3:46pm coelacanth∅: Gaylord -that makes sense. and wonderwall music even before that then. . . .poor excuse in my opinion! should've got it out.
	3:47pm Michael 98145: Oh, love Juana
	3:48pm coelacanth∅: "
	3:48pm Little Danny: ❤️❤️ Juana Molina ❤️❤️
	3:48pm Little Danny: Just concurring I see.
	3:48pm Gaylord Fields: @Charlie: People who've heard "Carnival of Light" say it's a bit of a formless mess — i.e., likely more listenable than "Two Virgins" or "Electronic Sound"! @Listening Out There: I know you were just ribbing me, kind friend, but there's way too much actual good music by other people that I can't even fathom playing something that self-indulgent within my precious two-hour allotment.
	3:49pm Charlie: today is Juana Molina's birthday! (and also a friend of mine, born one year before Juana)
	3:49pm Michael 98145: i bemoan folks who never listen to music
	3:50pm wendy del formaggio: [rushes into the room] Charlie! Hi!
	3:50pm Michael 98145: HBD, Juana
	3:52pm northguineahills: former Argentine sitcom actor, that later became an amazing musician.
	3:53pm Charlie: Wendy! Where's your tardy slip? (just kidding) Welcome!
	3:53pm KevinfromBayRidge: Maybe my fave Cream song. Never hear this on Classic Rock!
	3:53pm Michael 98145: Agreed
	3:55pm wendy del formaggio: Charlie! I’ll ask my boss to sign the slip. Or not. Probably not.
	3:55pm coelacanth∅: Danny, some of those "carnival of lights" are very well-researched, and some effort made creating them. over the years, apparently (Gaylord probably knows about how) a few details of the original's contents leaked out and some folks took voice samples of Paul and John to stick in there -or did a fairly good job simulating their voices speaking certain phrases.
	3:55pm Gaylord Fields: @coelacanth∅: Paul is heavily invested in people knowing precisely that he was the tape-loop-making, Stockhausen-enjoying, Berio-palling-around-with, sonically adventurous Beatle. And yes, Paul, Ringo, Yoko all OK'd "Carnival" for Anthology, but George put the kibosh on it.
	3:56pm Roberto: Jack Bruce flexing his classically trained chops on that one.
	3:57pm Little Danny: I like that it's accreting others' splicing handiwork, coela.
	3:57pm Gaylord Fields: @Danny @coel: I would not be surprised if some of those "Carnival" outfakes come close to the real thing — or even if they're better. I like a few of the ones I've heard.
	3:58pm Roberto: Fiveash o'clock
	3:58pm βrian: Are you saying Matt follows you like a puppy?
	3:58pm Little Danny: Hi Charlie, thank you.
	3:59pm coelacanth∅: Gaylord -George being "my favorite beatle", disappoints me on that one. ...unless it really is that bad!
	4:00pm jan: Great sounds today!
	4:00pm βrian: Persian pop would be pomegranate, yes?
	4:00pm wendy del formaggio: Ahem. I know Danny. Wish him a happy birthday from me.
	4:01pm Erica: Happy birthday Little Danny!
	4:02pm Gaylord Fields: @Coel: I just think George didn't think of it as a proper Beatles track, regardless of quality. And he's got a point there.
	4:02pm coelacanth∅: i saw luscious jackson at the first (?) "kroq disfunctional family picnic" c.1997. had never heard of them and they rocked as hard as any other band there.
	4:02pm Little Danny: @Erica: it's a different Danny that Charlie was referring to, Erica, but I still love you!
	4:04pm Erica: Oh sorry Little Danny. Happy birthday to the OTHER Danny then.
	4:04pm Doug Schulkind: Happy Little Danny Day!
	4:04pm βrian: @coel: I knew Vivian's sister back in the day.
	4:04pm Michael 98145: yes. i do like this.
	4:05pm Little Danny: @Doug: born Aries raised Libra!
	4:06pm coelacanth∅: yes Gaylord. ...then i wonder if he objected to "revolution 9". i for one am eternally Thankful for it's inclusion and even as a child was immediately intrigued by it. (and George's "electronic music" is a tough one)
	4:06pm Doug Schulkind: Little Danny will be hitting the airwaves with his own glorious radio show, The Cool Blue Flame. Be there (here). The program happens at 10pm (ET) sharp—like cheddar! wfmu.org...
	4:06pm βrian: They said of me, "Born in the basement and never brought up."
	4:06pm Charlie: Hi in there, Jan! Great to see you:)
	4:09pm Ruth Luwisch: Wallowing in the weird, wonderful state of Planet Nothing. Loving the cello on this piece!
	4:09pm Photocopy Cha Cha 2000: Hey hey! @coela @danny @gaylord: what I personally find insanely frustrating is that the UK laws re:copyright extension changed around 2013 (if I remember right). Therefore while they had to put out some digital copyright extension releases consisting of Beatles outtakes from 1963, to my knowledge not much has emerged later on. Had the law not changed, we might have been treated to some of that formless mess already. On the other hand, it could be argued that the piece was in fact released back then as it was used as background music at that Roundhouse event the name of which escapes me right now. Using this argument, there would be no legal obligation to re-release the music. A UK-based solicitor specializing in legal matters & music/media "might" know loads more than poor speculating me.
	4:10pm Charlie: Ruth! Hi:)
	4:13pm Michael 98145: Whoa. These gals know how to dress!
	4:13pm Gaylord Fields: @Photocopy Cha Cha 2000: You are correct in that if the UK hadn't changed its laws, "Carnival" would have been released in 2016 just to secure its copyright.
	4:14pm Michael 98145: Speaking of born in the basement
	4:16pm wendy del formaggio: Wow. I never heard this Pulsallama before. I love it!
	4:16pm βrian: I think the other Donald has Tourette's, too.
	4:16pm Erica: Sounds like a good song for a Halloween playlist.
	4:17pm Erica: That other Donald is a crybaby Brian.
	4:17pm Michael 98145: yes, that was choice
	4:18pm Roberto: The other Donald does not have Tourette's. He does have the devil living in his body, though.
	4:18pm Roberto: And not the cool, Heavy Metal type of devil, either.
	4:21pm Roberto: Just a fcking shtty *sshole devil.
	4:22pm βrian: Ok, Roberto. Uncle!
	4:23pm Sem: Hello, Charlie, and nothing doin's. Good to see you again.
	4:23pm Roberto: Heh. How was the kale today, βrian?
	4:24pm Charlie: Hi Sem!
	4:24pm βrian: It was, eh, healthful. And the kheer was deeeeelicious!
	4:26pm WR: An oldie but goodie from Mr. Partch!
	4:26pm Roberto: I'm not familiar with this kheer of which ye speak.
	4:28pm βrian: "In heaven there ain't no kheer, so let's eat it while we're here." en.wikipedia.org...
	4:28pm listener james from westwood: Superlative track here. What a voice!
	4:29pm Roberto: Thanks for the edification, βrian.
	4:29pm Charlie: agreed, james!
	4:31pm Doug Schulkind: That Gigli number never gets old. Wow. Was it Kenny G who used it as a opening theme?
	4:31pm Sem: Top hole spin.
	4:31pm wendy del formaggio: Daaaang. That was an awesome segue into the 4 Tops, Charlie. Very nice.
	4:32pm coelacanth∅: Gaylord & Cha Cha - maybe they were like "you know, if we don't change these laws Paul's going to release carnival of light. he's a knight, for God's sake. we must do something ...for the Love of England!"
	4:32pm Charlie: Yes, Doug, Kenny G (aka Kenneth Goldsmith) used it for some time as his opening numbah.
	4:33pm Roberto: See, now this is the proper usage of "reach out." Everyone uses it nowadays to mean "to contact, get in touch with, etc." and I can't friggin' stand it.
	4:33pm Doug Schulkind: I ran out and bought a Gigli collection the first time I heard that piece. Miraculous.
	4:33pm Michael 98145: Geez, great show.
	4:34pm Roberto: Like, I get auto-replies saying "thanks for reaching out." I didn't freakin' reach out. I sent you a friggin' email.
	4:34pm βrian: When I hear "reach out," I think of tentacles.
	4:34pm listener james from westwood: @Charlie, @Doug: Whoa, that must've been before he was using that Rod McKuen piece. Glad to have insights into FMU history!
	4:36pm Roberto: Same, βrian!
	4:36pm Gaylord Fields: @coelacanth∅: God Save The Queen — from a misguided acid-fueled pop group's sonic self-indulgence.
	4:41pm Roberto: Peter performed at my daughter's high school in 2014 as a distinguished alumnus.
	4:41pm Doug Schulkind: There's not a lot of FMU history that's escaped you, listener james from westwood!
	4:42pm Roberto: Oh yeah, and I met him and his daughter in 1988 when they came to look at Wesleyan. She ended up at Yale. Lol in your face Wesleyan!
	4:43pm Erica: That Peter Paul and Mary song sounds familiar to me.
	4:43pm wendy del formaggio: “The waters of oblivion.” Someone read me the D.H. Lawrence poem today that includes those words and I couldn’t remember where I’d heard them before. Mystery solved.
	4:44pm Doug Schulkind: Noel Paul Stookey (Paul of PP&M) founded a fine community radio station in Blue Hill, Maine. I listen to it (WERU) when we're summer vacationing in the area.
	4:45pm Erica: I think I heard Too Much of Nothin' when I was younger but it's been years.
	4:48pm Little Danny: Instantly love this song.
	4:48pm Charlie: Wendy-- so that's where Bob Dylan (who wrote Too Much of Nothing) stole that line from!
	4:48pm Charlie: LD--This is a great album!
	4:49pm Little Danny: Thanks Charlie! Come back soon!
	4:50pm Roberto: Bai Charlie, great "seeing" you again!
	4:51pm wendy del formaggio: Charlie: I guess so! Unless Lawrence stole it from someone else...
	4:51pm KevinfromBayRidge: Thanks fer the Pop-In , Mr Lewis.
	4:52pm Irene: So nice to do nothing with you again, Charlie! Hope you’re back again soon.
	4:53pm Michael 98145: Thanks a bunch.
	4:54pm wendy del formaggio: Ruth Etting! To get us prepped for the Ol’ Codger!
	4:55pm Charlie: Hi Irene! Thanks everyone! Lovely to be here with you today:)
	4:55pm Matt Fiveash: Yay Charlie!
	4:56pm Charlie: wb, Matt!
	4:56pm Michael 98145: never too many cute gals
	4:56pm wendy del formaggio: Thank you, Charlie! Hope to see you on the radio again soon.
	4:57pm Doug Schulkind: Party in Matt Fiveash's cabin! Grab the Cutty Sark and dash over: wfmu.org...
	4:57pm Gaylord Fields: Thanks, Charlie! I await your next pop-up store full of freeform wares!
	4:57pm Bill W: Always great to hear you, Charlie.
	4:57pm Matt Fiveash: Your closing bed music is giving me this panicked feeling like I should be in studio C instead of at home!
	4:57pm schmutz: joy.thanks for another great one Charlie
	4:58pm unpopularfred: Thanks Charlie, always a pleasure
	4:58pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Charlie!
	4:58pm Photocopy Cha Cha 2000: My first visit to your place Charlie, would be nice if we met again, thanksssss.
	4:58pm listener james from westwood: Huge thanks, Charlie!
	4:58pm Erica: Well this was sure an interesting show Charlie.
	4:59pm Erica: Until we meet again.
	8:20pm Katya Oddio: Now that is a real Charlie show -- old favorites, new finds, lesser heard works from artists, Gelbart, PLU, and, of course, Tipsy's "Bunny Kick." Yay! Good to hear you. Thanks for the show.
	8:40pm Katya Oddio: PS: Pulsallama have just reissued that classic and a whole bunch more. So much cool in one band, and then Ann was so hot in The Hunger. The B-side of the 7" won my heart in the '80s. Still have it. daily.bandcamp.com...

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