Sat 10/10 - the 2nd installment of The Story Of My Perfect Pop Song Jimmi Accardi tells the story behind The Laughing Dogs 1979 smash "Reason For Love" 11am-1pm - 91.1 FM, 90.1 FM, 91.9 & streaming & eventually archived at www.wfmu.org/michael - or wait for the podcast! @wfmu.bsky.social
This Halloween - a live broadcast from WFMU's Monty Hall - A LISTENER BAKE OFF! Join me and celebrity judges & a live performance from Beauty w/ special guest Steve Goulding! FREE coffee & cake AND free admission - doors 10:30am! just 3 minutes from the Exchange Place Path stop @wfmu.bsky.social
SATURDAY - the debut of a new regular segment: "The Story Of My Perfect Pop Song" Gerald Emerick of Quincy, tells the story behind their '80 smash "Turn The Other Way Around" 10/3 11am-1pm - 91.1 FM, 90.1 FM, 91.9 or on the podcast & eventually archived at: wfmu.org/michael @wfmu.bsky.social
This week a podcast-only interview with Tape Op Magazine's Larry Crane His new book "Making Music: Conversations With Record Producers" sparked some conversation about different ways of making interesting records Anywhere you get your podcasts - or the WFMU archive: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
Sat. 8/15 11am-1pm Colin Blunstone returns to discuss The Zombies, his solo career & his upcoming US tour. 91.1 FM, 90.1 FM, 91.9 and easy to find on the internet or the handy WFMU app! @wfmu.bsky.social
This Sat. (8/8) my guest on will be drummer extraordinaire Steve Goulding - live in the studio chatting and spinning some records. Tune in 11am-1pm! wfmu.org/michael
I've got a new short story in the lovely new Summer issue of Swing Magazine. It's a story called "AAA Best" about a recently divorced woman in the midst of a never ending house renovation. This issue is 180+ pages of poetry, comics, fiction & nonfiction and you can get it at: www.porchtn.org/swing
My daughter has won a grant to do research while circumnavigating the globe the summer. She's an entertaining and insightful writer - here's today's post - which I recommend! junipercircumnavigates.substack.com/p/on-airports
On Airports
Join me as I travel around the world in 70 days.
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Sorry to hear about the passing of Soul music great Clarence Carter. In tribute we've re-podcasted our 2007 chat. It's lighthearted & Clarence comes off as a sweetheart - I wish it was many times longer than it is... wherever you get your podcasts @wfmu.bsky.social #clarencecarter
ON SATURDAYS SHOW I'll be WORLD PREMIERING a new recording from Nick Lowe! Recorded especially for a WFMU fundraising cd project. You can get more info on the project, and pledge to get your copy at: wfmu.org/magicbag TUNE IN 11am-1pm @wfmu.bsky.social
The 2026 WFMU fundraiser is here As a thank you gift to folks who pledge I've put together a cd of 21 cover songs, all recorded EXCLUSIVELY FOR THIS PROJECT. wfmu.org/magicbag for liner notes, artwork, K-Tel style video & the full lineup AND to pledge and get your copy @wfmu.bsky.social
Michael Shelley's Magic Bag - Radio Show Favorites, Performed By Radio Show Favorites
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Join me & guests including #NickLowe, #JDMcPherson, #RobbieFulks, #GregTownson, Ronnie D'Addario, Wyatt Funderburk, Don Fleming & Greg Calbi who will all be discussing holiday plans & picking a favorite holiday record! Tune in 12/20 11am-1pm - 91.1, 90.1, 91.9 & wfmu.org/michael @wfmu.bsky.social
Steve Cropper might be the best ensemble guitar player ever. Here's our @wfmu.bsky.social interview from 2022 - it's just over an hour and cover's a lot of ground. APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/.../steve....... SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/episode/7nfi.... Or wherever you get your podcasts!
BIG NEWS for fiction fans (especially in the U.K.): my story, “The Story of Emma the Human Toothpick,” is in the new issue (#20) of Shooter Literary Magazine. Get your copy at finer U.K. book sellers, or here: shooterlitmag.com
Shooter Literary Magazine
Short fiction, non-fiction and poetry
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This week's on @wfmu.bsky.social: Probyn Gregory - who for 20+ years was a member of The Brian Wilson Band! 11am-1pm wfmu.org/michael
Two weeks ago we held a coffee cake bake off It was close, but judges picked listeners Michelle & Alan's "Dark & Stormy" as the #1 overall It features a crumb topping, an inner cinnamon-espresso-chocolate ribbon & brown-butter-rum-glaze The recipe www.michaelshelley.net/food/ @wfmu.bsky.social
SATURDAY (10/25) my @wfmu.bsky.social guest will be the wildly talented Mike Viola! 11am-1pm - 91.1 in the NY/NJ metro area; 90.1 in the Hudson Valley, western NJ, and northeast Penn; 91.9 in Rockland County, NY; and on the Internet at www.wfmu.org Recorded @magicdoorrecording.bsky.social !
TOMORROW - IT'S BACK! - Join me Saturday Roctober 18th for the 2nd annual WFMU LISTENER COFFEE CAKE BAKE OFF A live broadcast from Monty Hall w/ baked goods, coffee, celebrity judges & a live performance from Kurt Baker! Doors at 10:30 - 43 Montgomery St, Jersey City
LAST CHANCE TO GET A COPY of this future collectors item - this issue includes my story "A Milo Baughman"
Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · 12mo agoHere are the last 5 copies I've got of Issue 19! Get it solo for a tenner or part of the eras bundle with Issue 18 for just $20. Could really use some cash to make Issue 20 next month. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page... www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
This (the jukebox at Lucky 7 Tavern in Jersey City, NJ) makes me happy.
Saturday @ronsexsmith.bsky.social returns to the show to discuss his new lp, his current tour (stopping @outpostintheburbs.bsky.social Sept. 12th), and a few nagging questions about how he's maintained writing such good songs for so long. Tune in to WFMU Sat 8/6, 11am-1pm www.wfmu.org
Greg Calbi, one of the world's premier mastering engineers, joins me this week we'll spend the whole two hours listening to some of the 7,000+ projects he's worked on, and hearing the stories and getting the behind-the-scenes perspective. Tune in to WFMU Sat July 26th, 11am-1pm @wfmu.bsky.social
I’ve got a story in the next issue of Stanchion It is about a Brooklyn bartender who drives to Maine to visit him mother in hospice, but it’s not as dark as it sounds. You can get a copy here: shorturl.at/1nGR7 @stanchion.bsky.social
Stanchion Magazine Issue 19 | Stanchion
The dawn of a new era for Stanchion Magazine has arrived. Issue 19 will be packed with 22 brilliant pieces of prose and poetry, and the black and white photography you've come to expect, but now all t...
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A band from Spain, Back to The Hills, just released a cover of a song I wrote, "We Invented Love." W/ a few changes in the lyrics: "Fireflies in mayonnaise jars" becomes "Fireflies in Mary's yard" - which may be an improvement. It's here: shorturl.at/Y0Ook original version here: shorturl.at/HU3eH
Sorry to hear that Lalo Schifrin passed away. We've just podcast our 2007 @wfmu.bsky.social chat here: tinyurl.com/3p3kh5cy or here: tinyurl.com/ye9h5pn4 or any place you like to get your podcasts. Lalo comes off as sharp, funny, insightful & charming. His body of work is pretty mind-blowing.
90 year old studio musician legend Carol Kaye has been in the news lately - for saying she's not interested in her RRHOF induction - so today we have re-podcasted our 2007 conversation... (wherever you get your podcasts) Also, you can read our 2020 chat is here: pleasekillme.com/carol-kaye/
Saturday's guest will be Steve Nieve! Elvis Costello's keyboardist for 48 years! I have many questions... so this will be 2 hours of interview and related music. He's got a new release and tour www.stevenieve.com @wfmu.bsky.social Sat June 14th, 11am-1pm - 91.1, 90.1, 91.9 & www.wfmu.org/michael
Sat's show I welcome Pearl Harbour to chat about the new Pearl Harbour & The Explosions reissue (which includes a #NickLowe cover) Sat 11am-1pm - 91.1 FM in the NY/NJ metro area; 90.1 FM in the Hudson Valley, western NJ, and N.E. Pennsylvania; at 91.9 in Rockland County, & www.wfmu.org/michael
