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For All of Your LIC Radio Needs…

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It feels a little inappropriate that I should be starting this site. After all, LIC Radio was Walker’s baby. He brought together a community both of listeners and broadcasters that has been a source of light-hearted diversion in good times, and a source of comfort and connection in dark times. Yeah, I know I might be making it sound too significant for a platform that used to host a segment called “Fart of the Week,” but sometimes you need to get your head into the gutter in order to gaze at the stars. In any event, a while back a friend hit me with a “hey, what’s that song” kind of query, and asked if there was some kind of way I could post the playlists from the shows. Hence this blog. It may lack bells and whistles, and not nearly enough pornography to justify any use of bandwidth, but if you listen to a show (at least one of the “You Know Who…” segments) and want to know what that song was or who that artist was, it’s here. And if you didn’t listen to the show, there’s a link t...
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You Know Who... Is Full of Snot

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  Chick Corea Photo by Denis Williams I got hit hard with something this weekend, and I still feel sick as a dog. However, with Brett co-hosting today, I figured I could power through.   So what happened today? Brett’s picks went from the amusing to the random, to the highly questionable. Thinking about it after the fact, I don’t know what possessed up to play “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah,” and contrary to what we said during the show, I don’t think it is good idea to try to revive the word “satisfactual.” (I mean, Van Morrison can try if he wants.)   In any event, we had a good time. I don’t know about the people out in radioland. There was plenty to like, though. I would say that this episode is worth listening to in for nothing other than the live Atomic Rooster, hearing Sting cover Squeeze, and a killer recording of Johnny Winter doing his version of Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited.”   I also think I may have introduced Brett to one of his new favorite bands (Barclay James H...
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You Know Who... Wants His Regular Mic

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  Deep Thoughts Records Northampton, MA Back after a week off. I had to take a quick trip up to Massachusetts to go through my late uncle’s stuff. He was quite the hoarder, but I’m not one to talk. I frequently say uncle Rod, who lost his hearing to an infection at the age of two, would put my record collection to shame if he had hearing.   Every time I go to the Pioneer Valley, I hit some of the record shops in Amherst and Northampton, and even though it wasn’t financially prudent to do so this time, it was an inevitability. (I wasn’t that bad. I spent less than a hundred bucks.)   Long story short, I know that I have been taking quite a bit of time going through my vinyl acquisitions from the last several months for gems to share, and now I have even more. Today I was able to conquer a good chunk of it, and it made for a pretty good first act. It was definitely varied, with tunes from albums that I had been seeking for years, along with tracks from random albums picked ...
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You Know Who... Is Hungry for Power

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Tony Williams Photo by Jan Persson I had tentatively been amassing recordings all week for this show, but it wasn’t until this morning that I was certain that I could do it. You know, computer issues and whatnot. Not to go too much into it, but after over a week of it being temperamental, today it seemed like it was finally willing to take a charge. In any event, I leaned a little harder on the “leftovers and backburners” folder, but the show must go on. And yeah, I started the show with Tony Williams again. Big whoop. Wanna fight about it?   Click here to check it out: LIC Radio 6/29/2026     The New Tony Williams Lifetime "Fred" (Allan Holdsworth) Gabe & Walkers, Iowa City, IA, 3/3/76 Studio version released on Believe It   (Columbia, 1975)     Men at Work “Be Good Johnny“ (Colin Hay, Greg Ham) From Business as Usual   (Columbia, 1981)     Bonzo Dog Band "Sport (The Odd Boy)" (Vivian Stanshall) From Keynsham   (Liberty, 1969) ...
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You Know Who... Is Hip!

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Tony Williams Photo by Paul Bergen Whatever combination of meds, tequila, and cheap rosé I was on today, I think it was by far the best batch of psycho-babble that I’ve ever allowed to stream out of me. Maybe I won’t feel that way tomorrow.   There was some good music too.   Click here to check it out: LIC Radio 6/22/2026     Tony Williams “Life of the Party” (Tony Williams) New Morning, Paris, FR, 6/22/88 Studio version released on Foreign Intrigue   (Blue Note, 1985)     The Romantics “I’m Hip” (Coz Canler, Jimmy Marinos, Wally Palmar, Mike Skill) From In Heat   (Nemperor, 1983)     Rod Stewart “You’re Insane” (Rod Stewart, Phil Chen) From Foot Loose & Fancy Free   (Riva, Warner Bros., 1977)     Michael Stanley Richard Thompson Band “I Feel So Good” (Richard Thompson) Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 3/20/94 Studio version released on Rumor and Sigh   (Capitol, 1991)   Michael Stanley Band “Calcutta Auc...
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You Know Who... Gives Blood

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James Blood Ulmer 1940-2026 Photo by Franz Schellekens Today Brett and I provided wonderful examples of the fallibility of human memory. I was forgetting songs from albums that I owned and for some reason I thought that The Posies’ “Open Every Window” was a cover of a Burt Bacharach and Hal David tune. Maybe I was thinking about “Look Out Any Window,” except that was a Bruce Hornsby song. Well, never mind. Brett had some impressive brain farts too, but appropriately I cannot recall them right now.   I know that I have been on a James Blood Ulmer kick lately, but that is only because I have stumbled onto a bunch of his recordings recently, and also that he fucking rules. That said, I had to recognize his passing on June 3 rd , news that strangely was not made public for almost a week.   Brett’s segment focused (if you can say that it was focused) on quirky pop forms: folk pop, sunshine pop, power pop, etc. We talked a bit about the phenomenon of Italian songs being rewritten as...
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