The Best Show on WFMU

* annoying

GQ! It's strange to read this when you were packing t shirts with the guy in East Orange, NJ in 1998.

http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2013/12/goodbye-to-major-tom-the-gq-exit-interview-with-the-best-show-on-wfmus-tom-scharpling.html

― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, December 11, 2013 3:58 PM

OK, so Dr. M is NOT Spike, then

* loves John Wesley Shipp
* is black

The prosecution rests.

Wurster's on a live WTF episode up today.

Nice, will check that. Fogelnest files also had a great best show special last week.

The WTF ep was mostly about his drumming which was weird since the end of the Best Show was obviously the impetus for having him on. The Fogelnest Files episode was great.

The end of the Best Show wasn't announced until months after that episode was taped - he's usually wayyyy behind on the live eps.

Oh well then I guess it was just the impetus for him finally getting the episode up.

That Fogelnest Files episode was cheap fun-- I'm totally OK to listen to two dudes just run through favorite Best Show clips for an hour. FWIW the Fogelnest Files with Gary the Squirrel and Andy Kindler is A++, basically just Gary ragging on Jake and Andy rather than Mike.

wait a second, I just figured out who this Spike persona is -- that guy has been phoning NYC radio shows for at least 30 years. He's still not me.

My voice is not queeny, either.

RIP Weirdos Exposed.

My theory now is that Dr Morbs is Fred from Honolulu....getting warmer?

I wonder how the final episode will go down. Tom has seemed pretty uncomfortable with the eulogizing in recent shows, and lots of regulars have already said their goodbyes. I'm sad to see it go - but it feels like time.

I wonder how the final episode will go down. Tom has seemed pretty uncomfortable with the eulogizing in recent shows, and lots of regulars have already said their goodbyes. I'm sad to see it go - but it feels like time.

Spike/Morb, @LaurieFromMiami, Philly Boy Roy, …

Trying to catch up through the last few weeks before tomorrow; happy to hear Fredricks call in, a little bummed that we'll probably never hear from him again and the last thing he was talking about were "frequencies." :/

Really doubt Spike will be on the last show, I think he missed his chance. My guess is no calls at all, don't think Tom wants to risk additional eulogizing. Maybe even just three hours of Scharpling and Wurster wrapping up Newbridge.

think Paul F Tompkins will call in?

Getting misty eyed already....I really hope they leave the archives up

wfmu site is saying they will

that's good, thanks

I'd rather pay for a real (downloadable, mobile accessible) archive.

We're doing best show bingo at a bar!

Bad Company on the first call!

the callers took a nosedive like a month or two ago, it's weird, all of a sudden one loser after another

AP Mike's revenge.

PHILLY BOY ROY IN STUDIO!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWmMVDXxowk

jesus christ this call is brilliant

well actual tears in my eyes now

ugh yeah

The Fripp/Tony Levin shit was top shelf

Huey Lewis heartbeat sample in the sound collage still manages to freak me out a little.

yeah, this is completely gutwrenching

The final collage:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/4f11de6bee9de1c6da870a51dff62884/tumblr_mxzju3Qzs71r39bvko1_1280.jpg

:-(

Great fakeout there.

yeah huge lol as soon as i recognized the tom waits, i knew something was up

A very enjoyable and emotional finale

yeah the collage was amazing

tom was p emotional

played one of my all time fav quotes:

"You might not like Mr.Bungle musically, but you gotta respect what they're doing"

I took photos of TS turning pink while singing Bad Co or some other '70s warhorse at the fundraising finale a few years ago, and they're pretty scary.

Apparently Spike called in to the "Talking Best" aftershow on Redundancy Radio (another WFMU program). Haven't listened yet.

Ended up going to a listening party w/ a friend last night; sound was too muffled to hear much of the collage / Comedy Jams, all the more frustrating since you could hear random snippets of calls.

A+ ending, was also interesting to hear the hows and whys of those first few years.

A dude from Polica wore a homemade "Best Show for Life" t-shirt on Jimmy Kimmel last night.

Had been wondering about that Pink Floyd bit in one of the sound collages, this was new to me and awesome:

It's a phone conversation between two guys named Derek and Kurt. Kurt made and recorded the call during which he knew just the right questions to ask to get Derek to say some of the greatest things I've ever heard. Based on references made I've been able to determine that the call is from 1993. I first heard it sometime in the late 90s/early 00s. The call was the equivalent of "Rock, Rot & Rule" among touring metal bands of that time.

The entire call is nearly 45 minutes. I cut it up into individual tracks as there are a few times that Derek puts Kurt on hold for a couple of minutes. I uploaded the call to my Google Drive. Have at it!

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bw-_rbWKUrXSZnd0T1pxbVlpLTQ&usp=sharing

Gilly one-noting you into the fuckin ground IMO

I'm sorry to do this m@tt but I believe it was TROWER who was one-noting you to the ground

Hahaha iirc Gilly landed the helicopter directly on my fucking face.

Hey JRN... no worries, don't want to slight Grower!

It seems that the Friends of Tom message board on the FMU site has disappeared...which sucks.