(TV) WFMU / A Few Qs / Shout-out to Scott Simpson

["Leo Casey" <LeoCasey@comcast.net>]

Below is my mysteriously missing post to List that I originally sent at
10a.m/ today.

 

Dennis,

 

I didn't get home until very late Monday evening, but I listened on WFMU to
a recording/archive of that show of you and host Dave Hill on Tuesday
afternoon.

 

I realize you wrote and recorded "Grand Central" many years ago (I still
have the cd-r copy of it you sent me in circa 2003), but I'm curious about a
few things:

 

1) Who did the music behind you on that particular story/recording? (I
thought they were very good? 

 

2) How many takes did it usually require to get a 10-minute piece like
"Grand Central" completed? I.e., if you made a mistake/vocal-slipup while
recording could you salvage most of the earlier part and then later edit
different pieces together to get a seamless result? Or were you able to do
it perfectly on the first take? (Obviously, no retakes in a live

performance!)

 

3) Going back to the band/music on "Grand Central": it seems to me that
getting the right tempo is very important to your performance(s)/stories. I
thought the tempo on "Grand Central was faster, and fit and propelled the
material/story perfectly.

 

I definitely hear a Jim Carroll (of "Catholic Boy) milieu in your work.  

 

'Funniest' segment for me was the store manager hanging the vomit soaked
dollar bills from your cash register on a make-shift clothes-line in his
office out to dry. It put a whole new spin on the phrase "money laundering".

 

Leo

 

PS: I wanted to give a shout-out to Scott Simpson (whose plane is probably
flying over the Arctic Circle right about now). He was nice enough to put 4
of his Velvet Underground recordings on his Drop-Box to help ease the
musical pain of losing 19 of my rare Velvet Underground bootlegs during my
recent out-board hard drive failure.

 

-----Original Message-----

From: tv-owner@obbard.com [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com] On Behalf Of Dennis D

Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 12:51 PM

To: tv@obbard.com

Subject: Re: Stumped / RE: (TV) OT Dennis D on the radio. WFMU. 10:45PM on
Monday.

 

Thanks Bob, I realize my stories aren't for everyone but people that have
heard them seem to find them interesting. Lucky for me. :) Dave Hill is a
great interviewer and wants me back soon.

 

 

Dennis: Much enjoyed hearing you & your stories on WFMU.  Perhaps dope-

related stories aren't every listener's cup-a-tea, or story-genre-of-choice

,but I like an entertaining story, including a good dope story, & yours are

good! Glad you're a survivor who lived to tell the tale.-Bob

      From: Dennis D <dend@nyc.rr.com>

To: tv@obbard.com

Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 3:05 AM

Subject: Re: Stumped / RE: (TV) OT Dennis D on the radio. WFMU. 10:45PM on

Monday.

 

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/62848

 

Link to the archive of Dave Hill's show from last night. It went really

well. Dave's a great interviewer.

 

I'm on tonight, Monday night, not Tuesday night, Leo. I will be on the Dave

Hill show.

 

 

 

I spent about half-hour on WFMU's web-page to do a dry-run for Tues. night

at 10:45pm, but could find no workable links (or ways) for listening to the

radio station live.

 

 

 

All I could find were numerous archived shows/podcasts.  Might I be do

ing

something wrong ? All I could get was a file downloaded to me named:

wfmu.pls.

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: tv-owner@obbard.com [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com] On Behalf Of Joe

Hartley

Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 8:49 AM

To: tv@obbard.com

Subject: Re: (TV) OT Dennis D on the radio. WFMU. 10:45PM on Monday.

 

 

 

On Mon, 28 Sep 2015 05:53:30 -0400

 

"Dennis D" <dend@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

 

 

 

> I am going to be on the radio tomorrow night. The station is WFMU and it

can

 

> be heard on the net. It is Dave Hill's Show and I

 

> am supposed to be on at about 10:45PM. There should be some mention of

 

> Television on my part. I'll plug my upcoming Boston

 

> Gig with Television I would think. But who knows.

 

 

 

>>Cool beans!  I'll try and listen tonight.

 

 


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