Listener comments!

  ♥ 3:01pm
: Good afternoon!   3:02pm
ChrisB.: Miss Laura! What a pleasant surprise! ♥ 3:02pm
Ken From Hyde Park: Sweet! ♥ 3:02pm
Hoboken Jack: Thanks so much for filling in, Laura! Such a treat! ♥ 3:02pm
KevinfromBayRidge: No offense to TOPT, but WOW!!! ♥ 3:03pm
rx "rexy" scabin: Good afternoon, Laura and Everyone. This is what I need. ♥ 3:03pm
Hoboken Jack:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @3:02

Hello HP Ken! Last day to wear your spring pants. ♥ 3:03pm
Webhamster Henry: Hi Laura! 3:03pm
morphe': We do like our regulars, but Specials are Special !!!
Thanks LC.. ♥ 3:03pm
Hoboken Jack:

↳ KevinfromBayRidge @3:02

Right?? Hey Kevin!! ♥ 3:05pm
KevinfromBayRidge:

↳ Hoboken Jack @3:03

Hey Mr Silbert....Didn't see you as I ran past the SawMill this week!   3:06pm
MR C: Welcome home Laura! ♥ 3:06pm
Hoboken Jack:

↳ KevinfromBayRidge @3:05

We need to make a plan with the People's Champ!   3:07pm
N'Lo: What a wonderful voice and show open Laura! So glad you have you as part of this weekend!! ♥ 3:07pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Hoboken Jack @3:03

It is for a fact! ♥ 3:08pm
KevinfromBayRidge:

↳ Hoboken Jack @3:06

Agreed...We'll have to work it around his swimming schedule. 3:08pm
morphe':

↳ Song: "Deep River" by "Paul Robeson"

The US government took his passport away...

www.nypl.org...

♥ 3:08pm
Corey: Hello Laura and listeners! What a treat! Nice to be here with you all.   3:09pm
John:

↳ morphe' @3:08

Well . . . he was a Communist. He thought Stalin was cool. ♥ 3:12pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ morphe' @3:08

"The land of the free," until it isn't.   ♥ 3:12pm
Bruce S.: that Radio Thrift Shop Vibe! Welcomr Laura!   ♥ 3:13pm
audiocarp:

↳ morphe' @3:08

It’s a bit odd for the state dept to takeaway the passport of a USbirn citizen. This issue went all the way to the Supreme Court   ♥ 3:14pm
audiocarp: Not clear if this happened under Truman or Ike   ♥ 3:15pm
Bruce S.: Charlie Chaplin took a trip to Europe and was refused readmitence to the United States, he lived out the rest of his life in europe   3:16pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @3:02

Hi, Ken!   3:17pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Hoboken Jack @3:03

Hi, Jack! ♥ 3:19pm
Hoboken Jack:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:17

Hey Andrew!   3:20pm
N'Lo: What a set DJ Laura! Snap, crackle and pop, I forgot how much I love your show. I’m going back into the archives this week! ♥ 3:21pm
steveo: We were just discussing the Tallahatchee bridge this week at dinner with our teenager; ;; great to hear you, Laura!   3:21pm
needlz: Ugh, such UTTER JOY hearing the Proprietress on the Airwaves again…I can’t think of a better way to Celebrate the Solstice 🌞🌞Gaaaahhhh!!!! I miss you soooo much 💖   3:21pm
Sheldon Kay: Hey now Laura
Great to hear you today
Keep rocking and play something from the cruise if you get time
Wheee   ♥ 3:21pm
audiocarp:

↳ Song: "John Henry" by "Josh White"

Very nice geetar on this one ♥ 3:22pm
Handy Haversack: I had a bunch of new records to listen to, but a Laura Cantrell fill-in is too cool to miss!   3:25pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Handy Haversack @3:22

You can email me at:
[email protected]   ♥ 3:25pm
Bruce S.: wow Laura, Great Story   3:26pm
greg g: I’m with ya Handy! Afternoon Laura and All!! Hope the Saturday is moving along nicely for everyone. 3:27pm
morphe':

↳ John @3:09

John .. I agree .. and I am not an apologist .. I am anti Soviet and Anti American ... Not sure what people knew or not as the Communist organizations in the us delflected a lot of truth ..

Not sure ..

Only sureness was that Camus got ostracized in France/world for exposing the Stalin, etc atrocities ... Long Live Camus !!

♥ 3:28pm
rx "rexy" scabin: My living room rug was owned by Pete Seeger. 3:28pm
I'm with the banned:

↳ Song: "You Gave Me the Go-By" by "Hazel Scott"

Hi ! I learned about and listened to Hazel Scott when I was young 🌟 ✌   ♥ 3:30pm
audiocarp:

↳ Song: "East Virginia" by "Pete Seeger"

Didn’t know Seeger did this song, he’s kicking ass! ♥ 3:30pm
Hoboken Jack:

↳ Handy Haversack @3:22

Welcome back indoors, Handy! ♥ 3:30pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "East Virginia" by "Pete Seeger"

Pete is frailin' away!   3:30pm
BrooklynBoy: Huge Pete Seeger fan but can't recall hearing "East Virginia" Incredible song and performance!! ♥ 3:32pm
StringOFperils: Yay! Nice to hear some sweet John Hurt on the ray-dee-o   ♥ 3:33pm
Bruce S.:

↳ Song: "East Virginia" by "Pete Seeger"

it was good to hear pete seeger   3:35pm
Gary: Great to hear you Laura. ♥ 3:36pm
Webhamster Henry: Autoharp alert! (Mother Maybelle version) 3:37pm
Joe B: greetings Laura and everyone   ♥ 3:40pm
Bruce S.: I feel like i'm in the cotton fields! ♥ 3:41pm
rx "rexy" scabin: God Moves on the Water ♥ 3:44pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Hoboken Jack @3:30

I don't like it. It's full of vacuum cleaners! ♥ 3:45pm
Webhamster Henry: The Secret Museum of Mankind collections are out on bandcamp, just sayin' ♥ 3:47pm
chris_in_space: So good to be here with @laura and listeners. What a treat. ♥ 3:47pm
rx "rexy" scabin: That was interesting.   3:47pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ chris_in_space @3:47

Hi, chris! ♥ 3:47pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Webhamster Henry @3:45

WHHenry, any mine concerts the last week of June?   3:48pm
ChrisB.: The Compilation, “Hillbilly Music, Thank God!” from Capitol Records introduced me to a number of post war country acts. Compiled by Marshall Crenshaw, which enticed me to buy. ♥ 3:48pm
chris_in_space:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:47

What up, Andrew. West Queen West checkin' in here.   3:49pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ chris_in_space @3:48

No kidding!
I used to work in a record store across from The Horseshow way back in the late 80`s. ♥ 3:50pm
Hoboken Jack:

↳ ChrisB. @3:48

Me too, Chris! "I'll keep my arms around your neck as long as you can sign a check, I'll change your name from Miss Johnson to Mrs. Jones!" ♥ 3:50pm
chris_in_space:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:49

Kops?   ♥ 3:50pm
Bruce S.:

↳ Song: "If I Had A Hammer" by "Sam Cooke"

Sam gives Trini Lopes a run for his money ♥ 3:50pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Handy Haversack @3:47

well there's a Carolee Schneeman film fest as part of the Upstate Arts fest, but the music really starts in July. Hey Laura! Come up and play!
widowjanemine.com ♥ 3:50pm
chris_in_space:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:49

Oh sorry, missed the 80s ref. Ok, then, Driftwood?   3:52pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ chris_in_space @3:50

Vortex Records.
I worked at the mail one at Church and Dundas. ♥ 3:52pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

↳ Song: "If I Had A Hammer" by "Sam Cooke"

Church singing. Fabulous. ♥ 3:53pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "If I Had A Hammer" by "Sam Cooke"

K8 harmonizing as she cleans the bathroom. ♥ 3:54pm
chris_in_space:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:52

Ah cool. Dundas had some great shops bitd. Do you remember Jazz and Blues Centre near the Imperial Pub? ♥ 3:57pm
Hoboken Jack:

↳ Song: "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" by "Bruce Springs...

Jeremy Chatzky holding this track together on bass!! 🙂   3:57pm
Andrew in Toronto: Yes.
The owner used to drive me to Vortex sometimes.
I sure miss The Imperial. ♥ 3:57pm
The Butterman: Ooooooooo weeeeeeeeee, Laura is here and such a welcomed treat. Saturday morning ( afternoon) tradition! ♥ 3:58pm
chris_in_space:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:57

Amazing. No one seems to remember that shop. I still think about it when I pass by. ♥ 3:59pm
Handy Haversack: Laura, thanks for acknowledging Juneteenth.

Put this in my out-of-office response on my work e-mail for the holiday weekend:

exhibits.stanford.edu...

  4:00pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:57

Hal really was hooked up.
I used to own my own record store in Ottawa called Spinables.
We were open from 1989 until 2004. ♥ 4:00pm
Dave the Spazz: Sounding great, Laura!   ♥ 4:01pm
audiocarp:

↳ ChrisB. @3:48

That was a good compilation ♥ 4:02pm
Corey:

↳ Song: "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" by "Waylon Jennings"

So good! Look forward to pass on this to a musically likeminded friend. 4:03pm
morphe': Mi schedule is all wonky ... eating en Madrid and going to bed so Thanks LC ... Forwarded that you are on to many ... and will send to the archives... ♥ 4:03pm
chris_in_space:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @4:00

Wow! I lived there in the late-80s and do remember Spinables! How about Pierre at The Turning Point on Somerset near the Beer Store?   4:04pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ chris_in_space @4:03

Pierre got his record store start at my place.
Is Pierre still working there? ♥ 4:04pm
Webhamster Henry: Here's the link to the HV music fest: www.hudsonrivermusicfestival.com
I'll be at the Mine/museum though. ♥ 4:05pm
Webhamster Henry: Oh yeah airwave archive!   4:05pm
ChrisB.: I remember going to the Clearwater Festival on Sandy Hook back in the late 70’s.   4:06pm
johnk77: the pal was in the valley
open all day including soundcheck
back in last century ♥ 4:08pm
chris_in_space:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @4:04

No idea. So cool that you are a part of my personal hall of fame of old shops that I miss. ♥ 4:08pm
2/3 of the Perrin Family: so nice to hear you again on the airwaves, Laura. perfect soundtrack for a lovely afternoon.   4:08pm
johnk77: on lankershim
in north hollywood   4:10pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ chris_in_space @4:08

It`s wild, isn`t it?
I used to play WFMU in my record store.
Customers would freak! ♥ 4:13pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet" by "R...

I always hear "master's cocaine"in the chorus ♥ 4:13pm
chris_in_space:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @4:10

"Trust us, it's music."   4:14pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ chris_in_space @4:13

Exactly.
You can email me at:
[email protected] ♥ 4:15pm
chresti: Hi Laura and thrifty shoppers! 4:17pm
morphe':

↳ chris_in_space @4:13

T Shirt up in the SF Castro 30 years agon ..

[no graphic ..just words}

"LET GO OF MY EARS
I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING"

  4:19pm
johnk77: buddy emmons the bud of shobud ♥ 4:19pm
rx "rexy" scabin: JFC ♥ 4:21pm
listener 126464: Nice to be hearing The Radio Thrift Shop! ♥ 4:24pm
pgalub: Alright, Laura.   4:24pm
Skeets: What a treat on a glorious day !! Wonderful show !! No surprise coming from the lovely Ms. Cantrell!!! 4:27pm
Joe B: buckaroos rockin' the vox organ! ♥ 4:30pm
JimB: First time hearing a banjo solo to JBG! ♥ 4:30pm
Sweet Corn Lizzie: Great stuff today! Thanks 4:31pm
morphe': What did BillyJoe throw from the bridge ?" and then himself? 4:34pm
Joe B: I will admit to learning this song from The Long Ryders version   4:35pm
Xangoir: Longtime listener to the show - it seems like many years have passed btwn   4:35pm
johnk77: here is a link to the colorful & sordid
palomino backstory
https://lamag.com/music/the-palomino-an-oral-history-2/   4:38pm
Skeets: Hanging here with 3 enjoying !! ♥ 4:38pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

↳ Song: "Don't Let Her Know" by "Gram Parsons & Emmylou Ha...

I know. But that guitar.   4:39pm
Xangoir: According to Google it was 2005 she was a regular DJ which was my formative WFMU years …. Wow time flies   4:39pm
Two Chord Tony: My dish towel was owned by Laura Cantrell. Thanks, Laura!   4:40pm
william hooker: Beautiful music,,Congratulations!!!!OM 4:45pm
morphe':

↳ Song: "Don't Let Her Know" by "Gram Parsons & Emmylou Ha...

There was a "country" band that Played in a bar on the corner of 69 St and 4th Ave en Bklyn = 1972-73???? [including Pedasteele Git] Fairly bad, but one night Seamus Ward yelled:"The drunker we get ... the better ye sound." They went on strike and refused to play until Seamus would apoligized and he then did and the bad music continued .. ♥ 4:48pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:16

Hi, Andrew.   4:49pm
Andrew in Toronto: Hi, Ken. ♥ 4:49pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ morphe' @4:45

Did you ever see Greg Garing's Alphabet City Opera or Bob the Sherriff of Good Times at 9C back around 199-2001? ♥ 4:50pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ Handy Haversack @4:49

*1999-2001 4:51pm
morphe':

↳ Handy Haversack @4:49

Was so bad was good??? Or was good? ♥ 4:51pm
Hoboken Jack:

↳ Joe B @4:34

Hey there Joe! Were your ears burning from me Sawmill exchange with Kevin above? ♥ 4:52pm
Dan S: I'd love to hear someone say, someday, "I joined the Air Force thanks to a WFMU show." 🤣 ♥ 4:52pm
Hoboken Jack:

↳ listener 126464 @4:21

Good day, 126464!   4:52pm
mb: Hey Laura - There are a bunch of these "Country Music time" shows to listen / download at archive dot org. ♥ 4:53pm
Handy Haversack:

↳ morphe' @4:51

GG's band was excellent. I still have CD. 4:54pm
Joe B:

↳ ChrisB. @4:05

going to the breeders at count basie tomorrow? 4:55pm
Joe B:

↳ Hoboken Jack @4:51

ah missed it, willcheck it 4:55pm
Joe B: as high as gordon was ... ! 4:57pm
morphe':

↳ Handy Haversack @4:53

I was talking '72-73 .. when I was but 13 Y/O... They were fairly bad but all we had except Van Morrison, Dylan, etc cover bands.... 4:59pm
morphe': Thanks Laura and all !!! ♥ 5:03pm
chris_in_space: I knew I missed the Thrift Shop, but this show is tonic for my soul today. ♥ 5:03pm
coelacanth∅: Hey, Laura Cantrell! ♥ 5:04pm
Joey!: Hey Laura!! Joey here!!! ♥ 5:04pm
Hoboken Jack:

↳ Song: "Shine on Me" by "The Jordanaires"

I remember when I got suckered by a Country Music Time broadcast and accidentally enlisted. ♥ 5:04pm
Ken From Hyde Park: All well and good to join the Air Force, but the Drone Force is going to be the future of combat. ♥ 5:06pm
listener 126464:

↳ Hoboken Jack @4:52

Likewise, Jack! ♥ 5:07pm
Handy Haversack: That elicited a hail of "Sure do!" and "Sure are!" from K8. We're going to go see Joan as Police Woman at Joe's Pub.

Had a great night of music and WMFUery last night at the Basic show at Union Pool.

♥ 5:10pm
fred:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @5:04

A few years ago I got stopped in the street by a couple who noticed my LC T-shirt. That doesn't happen often ♥ 5:12pm
fred:

↳ fred @5:10

Oops, wrong click replying to Ken there ♥ 5:16pm
rx "rexy" scabin:

↳ Song: "Shield and Sword" by "Lizzie No"

Oh. ♥ 5:16pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ fred @5:12

I was wracking my brain trying to think of what band plays drone music and is known by LC. That's evidently our thrift shop proprietress. I get it now.   5:20pm
ChrisB.: @JoeB. Can’t make that Breeders show. Going to see Scott Mc Caughey at Schoolhouse in Metuchen Thursday. ♥ 5:23pm
rx "rexy" scabin: Kort! ♥ 5:27pm
rx "rexy" scabin: My goodness. ♥ 5:30pm
rx "rexy" scabin: Well. ♥ 5:30pm
chris_in_space:

↳ Song: "A Special Day" by "KORT"

Really diggin’ this set.   5:31pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ chris_in_space @5:30

Did you write my email address down?   5:32pm
Johnny Staten Island: Hi can you please post the insta for the honky tonk queens joint. Thank you ♥ 5:34pm
chris_in_space:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @5:31

Yes. Will drop you a line.   5:36pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ chris_in_space @5:34

Fantastic.   5:38pm
g: sounds like lou reed and moe tucker go to nashville. ♥ 5:38pm
Barney Grubbs: www.gottscheerhall.com
@gotscheerhall ♥ 5:39pm
chris_in_space:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @5:36

Done   5:40pm
Andrew in Toronto: Thanks! 5:43pm
morphe':

↳ Song: "Masks Off" by "Jesse Welles"

Wait ????? Somebody lived here first ??? And now must prove citizenship?? ♥ 5:48pm
rx "rexy" scabin: Thank you, Laura and Everyone. ♥ 5:50pm
The Butterman: Pleasure to hear your beautiful voice, Laura. Come back soon! ♥ 5:50pm
fred:

↳ morphe' @5:43

You guys' mask politics are confusing. You all seem to agree that mask-wearing is a mark of authoritarianism, but for incompatible reasons ♥ 5:50pm
pgalub: Hoping this somehow involves Fozzy the Bear. Waka! Waka! ♥ 5:50pm
Hoboken Jack:

↳ Song: "Waka Waka Waka" by "Swam Dogg (featuring Gary US ...

Who wrote this, Fozzie Bear? ♥ 5:51pm
Hoboken Jack:

↳ pgalub @5:50

Jinx buy me a Coke PEEEEEEETE   5:51pm
tranewreck: Thank you Laura ♥ 5:52pm
radioronan: Saw Swamp the other night - so great! Thanks for the Radio Thrift Shop pop-up, Laura. Hope the doors open again, soon! Cheers y'all!   5:52pm
Everett S Neely: “Sounds good” Laura   5:53pm
P-90: oopsie ♥ 5:56pm
Hoboken Jack: Thank you so much, Laura! Loved the Airwave Archive and all your music choices. Have a wonderful time in Croton! ♥ 5:56pm
Ken From Hyde Park: Thank you, Laura.   5:57pm
rx "rexy" scabin.: My. ♥ 5:58pm
pgalub: Jinx JAAAAACK!! ♥ 5:58pm
Handy Haversack: Thanks, Laura! What a wonderful treat!

Sing out "danger," everyone!

♥ 5:59pm
mattymatt: thx Laura!   5:59pm
P-90: Thanks, Laura!
Much obliged ♥ 6:01pm
rx "rexy" scabin: Thank you, Laura and Everyone. My oh my, and so forth.