S/D: The Turtles

that is amazing that your dad was in the leaves.

dim memories of a syndicated flo & eddie radio show that was picked up by my beloved wlir in the 70s. they would only play the songs until the first appearance of the hook, which meant they could fit in a lot of songs. i remember one episode that was centered around the beau brummels. a quick search pulled this up:

https://archive.org/details/TurningTheTables061FloEddieByTheFiresidePt1Jul82017

Beloved WLIR? Oh right of course. Did you read Richard Neer’s book FM, TSF?

i have not read that book but thanks for the tip. wlir is known -- if it's known at all -- for being one of the first on the new wave tip. there was even a documentary called "dare to be different." but they were great even before that, with weekly live concert broadcasts, first from their own studios, then later from local venues like the calderone and my father's place. the concerts from their ultrasonic studios are legendary.

Right. Although in the pre-New Wave days and even after I seem to recall an element of Southern Rock as well. Feel like I can hear Larry the Duck Dunn saying something about Molly Hatchett in my head whilst riding an express bus to Jones Beach.

But yeah, there’s that one live Big Star album recorded there in 1974, for example.

a couple classic little feat performances, lou reed, dr john, incredible string band, holy modal rounders, gentle giant, frampton...they were all over the place.

I liked the old WLIR and the New Wave WLIR but my um, first love was the year and change of New Wave WPIX.

oh yeah that was a good one too. meg griffin!

Right. And Joe from Chicago, Joe Piasek, I think, her husband at the time maybe. Along with Dan Neer, Richard’s brother. Some of these people would migrate back and forth to and from the next spot on the dial at WNEW.

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

I should probably take this stuff over to the Lou Reed WPIX thread.

Heh, found this book about The Clash I never heard about until yesterday that mentions all those people which I probably have to read.

Howard Kaylan’s autobiography is a fun read- basically the exact opposite of Mike Love’s. I recall there being good Zappa stories in it.

i swear to god this song is the songwriter (al nichol) clocking a trans woman and being shitty about it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc2QWTeLAQw

al don't knock it till you've tried it, that's all i got to say about that

More like the TERF-les on that particular number

does really bring to light how much transphobia is fundamentally rooted in patriarchy, though. al nichol makes a pretty poor excuse for a radical feminist!