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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Okay, I checked into WFMU to check that "The Old Codger" had his latest regular (every other week) show December 11, 2007-Playlist. Hmm. 78 minutes? Well, it appears there is abot 11 minutes of previous show and 7 minutes of next show included in file/stream.
-Tim
December 11, 2007:
He's been skinning local roadkill for stew all day.
Artist Track
Ukulele Ike - Halfway to Heaven
Django Reinhardt - Exactly Like You
Henry Burr - She's Everybody's Sweetheart, But Nobody's Gal
The Duncan Sisters - Bull-Frog Patrol
Jo Ann Lear - Recipe for Love
Wingy Manone and His Orchestra - Black Coffee
The Roaring Lion - Rhumba Dance
Butterbeans and Susie - I'll Put You Under the Jail
William K. Henderson - Hello, World
Ethel Waters - Shake That Thing
Bessie Smith - Worn Out Papa Blues
Lolabelle Pancake - Black Panty Hose
Louis Armstrong - Swing That Music
The Williams Sisters - Sam, The Old Accordion Man
Whispering Jack Smith - Crazy Rhythm
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Okay, I checked into WFMU to check that "The Old Codger" had his latest regular (every other week) show November 27, 2007-Playlist. Hmm. 78 minutes? Well, it appears there is abot 11 minutes of previous show and 7 minutes of next show included in file/stream.
-Tim
November 27, 2007:
He just got the results of his blood test. It's RED. And HOT.
Artist Track
Louis Jordan and His Tympani 5 - Beware
Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra - Tell Me
The Revelers - Oh, Miss Hannah
The Farber Sisters - How'd You Like to Be My Daddy
Elton Britt and Rosa Lee Allen - Tennessee Yodel Polka
Louis Prima and His Orchestra - Let's Swing It
Sophie Tucker - Egyptian Ella
Ethel Waters - Shake That Thing
Bessie Smith - Sinful Blues
Dizzy Gillespie - Oop-Bop-Sh'bam
Dorothy Shay, The Park Avenue Hillbilly - Say That We're Sweethearts Again
The Mills Brothers - Smoke Rings
Brox Sisters - Lay Me Down to Sleep in Carolina
Whispering Jack Smith - Baby Face
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d I've found that making a phone request is a good way to get it into The Capn's Treasure Chest segment! Happy Birthday, welcome to the Fart Club!
--dang
--- Bill H
How do we get those songs into here? I have not put my ears onto them in ages and I am an old fart.
Ha!!!! 65 today :)
Bill
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Happy Birthday, Bill!
--- Bill H
Tim
How do we get those songs into here? I have not put my ears onto them in ages and I am an old fart.
Ha!!!! 65 today :)
Bill
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Tim
How do we get those songs into here? I have not put my ears onto them in ages and I am an old fart.
Ha!!!! 65 today :)
Bill
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Okay, I checked into WFMU to check that "The Old Codger" had his latest regular (every other week) show November 13, 2007-Playlist. Hmm. 78 minutes? Well, it appears there is abot 11 minutes of previous show and 7 minutes of next show included in file/stream.
-Tim
November 13, 2007: Thomas Wolfe on the Codger (1926):
"a nervous ugly man, swollen with petty tyranny"
Artist Track
Helen Kane - That's My Weakness Now
Willie "The Lion" Smith and His Cubs - Honeymoonin' on a Dime
Art Gentry and His Orchestra - Three Little Fishes
The Revelers - Dinah
The Happiness Boys - A Gay Caballero
Sophie Tucker - It's Human Nature to Complain
"Tennessee" Ernie Ford - Philadelphia Lawyer
The Brox Sisters - I'm Lonely Without You
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - Papa's in Bed With His Britches On
Tex Williams - With Men Who Know Tobacco Best, It's Women Two to One
Alma Gluck - Lo, Here the Gentle Lark
Geeshie Wiley - Skinny Legs Blues
Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra - Boyd Meets Stravinsky
Butterbeans and Susie - If You Can't Bring It, You've Got to Send It
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d A quick update - I sent a short note of appreciation over to the Old Codge at his WFMU e-mail address, and received a response from the previously-mentioned Irwin Chusid. So, while The Codge" may be a somewhat enigmatic character (and should remain so), it's probably safe to assume that Mr. Chusid is acting in the role of caretaker to the old boy.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Okay, I checked into WFMU to check that "The Old Codger" had his second regular (every other week) show October 30, 2007-Playlist. Hmm. 78 minutes? Well, it appears there is abot 11 minutes of previous show and 7 minutes of next show included in file/stream.
-Tim
October 30, 2007: So old, his social security number's only three digits
Artist Track
Red Nichols and Wingy Mannone - Bug-A-Boo
Tom Crowley Orchestra - Doc O'ligy
Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) - Nobody But You!
Louis Jordan - At the Swing Cats' Ball
Ruth Etting - But I Do, You Know I Do!
The Milt Herth Trio (O'Neil Spencer - vocal) - Josephine
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - Paradiddle
Betty Boop, Bimbo, and Friends - Wanna Be A Member?
Helen Kane - That's My Weakness Now
Butterbeans & Susie - Cold Storage Papa (Mama's a Little Too Warm For You)
The Ponce Sisters - So At Last It's Come to This
Count of Monte Cristo - Fan Me Saga Boy
Louis Jordan - You're My Meat
Sophie Tucker - I Ain't Takin' Orders From No One
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Yea, I caught the new show, pretty funny/weird/obscure stuff. But still no idea as to who he might be, eh? I figured that being as he was broadcasting from a New Jersey radio station, one of you Jersey guys might know something about him.
The "Codg" plays a lot of old calypso and Raymond Scott music, as does one of their other sometimes-DJ's, Irwin Chusid. There are several other parallels as well, making me wonder if they're not one-and-the-same guy?
I'm just trying to learn a little about the real guy, not eviscerate the charm from his on-air persona. Whoever he is, he's funny, and to any enthusiast of unconventional music, worth a listen.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d That was a great show. I had never heard alot of these old tracks. Is there any was to add him onto The Mad Music Archive?
Steven
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d great show........thanks.....
Okay, I checked into WFMU to check that "The Old Codger" had his first regular (every other week) show October 16, 2007-Playlist. Hmm. 78 minutes?
-Tim
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Okay, I checked into WFMU to check that "The Old Codger" had his first regular (every other week) show October 16, 2007-Playlist. Hmm. 78 minutes?
-Tim
October 16, 2007: Mean and stingy are his GOOD qualities
Artist Track
Sophie Tucker - Last of the Red Hot Mamas
Julia Lee and Her Boyfriends - Ugly Papa
Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell - Barrelhouse Woman No. 2
Milt Herth Trio - The Dipsy Doodle
Wilmoth Houdini - I Need a Man
Blind Blake - Good-Bye Mama Moan
The Ponce Sisters - Fit As a Fiddle
Roy Smeck - 12th Street Rag
Butterbeans and Susie - Get Yourself a Monkey Man, Make Him Strut His Stuff
Sophie Tucker - Ain't Women Wonderful?
Nat King Cole Trio - Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You?
Black Bottom McPhail with Scrapper Blackwell - Whiskey Man Blues
Fanny Watson - You Can't Get Lovin'
Blind Blake - Sweet Papa Low Down
Duncan Sisters - Black and Blue Blues
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d WFMU plays lots of music that is unavailable most places. For example, Tony Coulter played Automatic Pilot on at least two of his WFMU shows without any prompting from me (or to my knowledge anyone else) - he discovered us on his own! Most shows broadcast over the last 7 years or so are available for listening in their entirety, mostly with realaudio.
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d Yes, I enjoy listening to "The Old Codger"'s shows too. I got a good number of CD-Rs of his shows that have been put to mp3 format. He has been doing the show since 1990, so I would guess it is someone playing the part. But don't let that destroy the enjoyment of listening to him. It makes for fun radio.
Now I gotta check and see if something new has come out.
Okay, I checked The Old Codger's playlists at WFMU and found the last show to listen to as an mp3 is June 24, 2007.
For those not familiar, The Old Codger likes old records, but not that Big Band pap. He recommends cleaning your Tommy Dorsey records with turpentine and brillo pads.
-Tim
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fjrigjwwe9r2threads:MessageText fiogf49gjkf0d I hope I'm not stepping on any toes here by asking about the host of another podcast, but I figure that considering all that's been written here about Dr. Demento, perhaps I could squeeze in a question about one of my other favorite internet DJ's, "The Old Codger"
I've already Googled his name, and most of the references come back to (not surprisingly) WFMU. But what's REALLY going on over there? Is his name really Courtney T. Edison, or is that a stage name (or whatever the equivalent is for DJ's)? Is he really at war with the station management, and "David Numengarden" in particular? Or is HE in fact, a station manager?
He says he's got 51,000 78 RPM records, which would seem to rival even the legendary Dr. Demento. Surely, anybody with a collection that large can't be unknown to the record-collecting community.
I know there are a lot of "true believers" in old and/or novelty music and it's supporters on this site. I hope somebody can give me a little inside information about this guy...
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