Listener comments!

  3:39pm
: Hi spacebrother! 3:44pm
spacebrother:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:39

Hey! See you in 15 mins here.   3:47pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ spacebrother @3:44

You got it. 4:01pm
Leech: can't stop, won't staaaaph!!!   🎸 ♥ 4:01pm
Jay Current: We are all interested in "Stop Hitting Yourself," for that is where will be spending the next hour. 🎸 ♥ 4:01pm
Aitch: Wacky you say? 4:01pm
Peter Stenshoel: Hello spacebretheren and space sisteren!   4:01pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Peter Stenshoel @4:01

Hi Peter! 4:02pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @4:01

Hi, Andrew! Greg is an old pal of mine.   4:03pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Peter Stenshoel @4:02

No kidding.
Good guy! 4:04pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @4:03

Oddly, I only just found out he is WFMU! 4:04pm
spacebrother:

↳ Leech @4:01

Stop! You'll go blind! 4:04pm
spacebrother:

↳ Jay Current @4:01

You are with it.   4:05pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Peter Stenshoel @4:04

Wild! 4:05pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @4:05

It was Tony Coulter I found out by accident. One thing leads to another. 4:07pm
Peter Stenshoel: If I am not mistaken, our Post-Void Radio Theater's "Little City in Space" 13-episode national series aired on WFMU back in the day. 4:07pm
spacebrother:

↳ Peter Stenshoel @4:02

Since when? 1992? We met then I think.   4:08pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Peter Stenshoel @4:05

True. 4:08pm
spacebrother:

↳ Peter Stenshoel @4:07

<3<3<3 4:09pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ spacebrother @4:07

Whenever Stan Ridgway threw that first Space Party where we met. Maybe 1992-ish.   🎸 ♥ 4:10pm
Jay Current:

↳ Song: "Move A Your Caboose" by "David Arvedon"

Vestages of last week's hippie hate theme kind of drifting into this set 4:14pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ Song: "I've Never Been To Me" by "Charlene"

This is insane!! 4:14pm
spacebrother:

↳ Peter Stenshoel @4:09

So long ago and so fun. 4:15pm
spacebrother:

↳ Jay Current @4:10

There's a few today. 4:15pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ spacebrother @4:14

And it led to a lifetime of ventures and adventures. 🎸 ♥ 4:15pm
Bandit: Time to stop hitting myself 4:16pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ Bandit @4:15

Hey, there, Bandit! 🎸 ♥ 4:16pm
Bandit:

↳ Peter Stenshoel @4:16

Howdy 4:16pm
spacebrother:

↳ Peter Stenshoel @4:15

Enriched my life! Peter is a Secret Chief. 4:16pm
spacebrother:

↳ Bandit @4:15

Hey there! 4:17pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ spacebrother @4:16

Aw, garsh, Greg! 🎸 ♥ 4:17pm
Aitch:

↳ Song: "Baby Got Book" by "Dan Smith"

this is fun   4:17pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bandit @4:16

Howdy, Bandit!   🎸 ♥ 4:17pm
Jay Current:

↳ Song: "I've Never Been To Me" by "Charlene"

This song really captures the mood of that last wave of kitsch soft rock that ruled the adult contemporary charts until MTV, synths, and gated reverb took over everything. On a sidenote, the overwrought spoken word bit was actually not on the original 45 from the '70s - it was added for the hit '82 rerelease. 4:17pm
spacebrother:

↳ Aitch @4:17

Fairly competent christian rap! 4:18pm
spacebrother:

↳ Jay Current @4:17

I think it's better with the overdub.   🎸 ♥ 4:18pm
Jay Current:

↳ Bandit @4:15

I caught your polka show in the archives. (I was busy on Father's Day.) 4:18pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ spacebrother @4:17

Yep. Mentioning John Wesley was an early give-away. 4:19pm
Leech: and she gots good doctrine...lol 🎸 ♥ 4:19pm
Aitch:

↳ Jay Current @4:17

dreadful   🎸 ♥ 4:21pm
Jay Current:

↳ spacebrother @4:18

Must have been what made the difference - the original flopped on the charts, but this didn't. 🎸 ♥ 4:21pm
Bandit:

↳ Song: "I'm in Love With Margaret Thatcher" by "The Not S...

To each their own I guess 4:21pm
spacebrother:

↳ Jay Current @4:21

It wasn't its time. 4:22pm
spacebrother:

↳ Bandit @4:21

I took it as irony. 🎸 ♥ 4:23pm
Bandit:

↳ spacebrother @4:22

You know, idk why that didn't cross my mind   4:23pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Bandit @4:23

Bandit!   🎸 ♥ 4:24pm
Jay Current:

↳ Song: "Baby Got Book" by "Dan Smith"

This makes me wonder, has MC Skat Kat ever made this show? 4:24pm
spacebrother:

↳ Jay Current @4:24

Not yet!   🎸 ♥ 4:26pm
Jay Current:

↳ spacebrother @4:24

It's an absolute relic of it's era. 4:26pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ Song: "Monster" by "Fred Schneider and the Shake Society"

This reminds me of a song I wrote that I never recorded called "Big Pair of Pants."   🎸 ♥ 4:26pm
Jay Current:

↳ Jay Current @4:26

His LP that is. ♥ 4:26pm
David Shortell:

↳ Song: "I'm in Love With Margaret Thatcher" by "The Not S...

I wonder if this was inspired by Carol Burnett's 1957 breakout hit "I Made A Fool Of Myself Over John Foster Dulles".
pbs.org... 4:26pm
spacebrother:

↳ Peter Stenshoel @4:26

I wish you had! 🎸 ♥ 4:27pm
Herbie: Hi SpaceBro! 4:28pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ David Shortell @4:26

David, my late Aunt Blanche once actually said, "I wouldn't walk across the street to see Carol Burnett." I was flabbergasted. ♥ 4:30pm
Feldy: Hiya Greg and all! 4:31pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ Song: "An Open Letter To My Teenage Son" by "Victor Lund...

Oh, those woe begotten glue sniffers! 4:32pm
spacebrother:

↳ Herbie @4:27

Hey there! 4:32pm
spacebrother:

↳ David Shortell @4:26

Maybe. I've played that one! Classic. 4:33pm
spacebrother:

↳ Feldy @4:30

Welcome back! ♥ 4:34pm
Feldy: Jeez that was a harsh ending! LOL 4:34pm
Leech:

↳ Song: "An Open Letter To My Teenage Son" by "Victor Lund...

gonna play this at 8am on the 4th of July - when I crack my first beer. 4:35pm
spacebrother:

↳ Leech @4:34

This would be appropriate and maybe the start of a tradition. 4:36pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ Feldy @4:34

Hey, but at least his mother will still love him because..."SHE is a WOMAN." ♥ 4:36pm
David Shortell:

↳ Song: "A Teenager's Open Letter To His Father" by "Rober...

This is just one of several "answer records" made in reaction to Victor Lundberg.
rateyourmusic.com... 4:36pm
spacebrother:

↳ Peter Stenshoel @4:36

So WEAK! Good thing his dad was there! 4:37pm
spacebrother:

↳ David Shortell @4:36

You could almost fill up a show with them, yes.   4:39pm
Andrew in Toronto:

↳ spacebrother @4:37

spacebrother,
thanks! 🎸 ♥ 4:39pm
WR: Hello Space Brother and folks. Have been listening while wrapping up the work day. 4:39pm
Leech: Letters to Dad from your hirsute son. That's today's theme.

Damn hippies.

  🎸 ♥ 4:40pm
Jay Current: "Son, I told you that you were dead to me. Stop sending me all these letters." 4:40pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ WR @4:39

Yo, WR!! 4:40pm
spacebrother:

↳ WR @4:39

Hello! 4:41pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ Song: "Gotta Get To Your House" by "Ross Bagdasarian"

His pre-"Alvin & the Chipmunks" days? 4:42pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ Jay Current @4:40

They should end up in the Dead Letter Office. ♥ 4:42pm
coelacanth∅:

↳ Song: "A Letter To Dad" by "Every Father's Teenage Son"

what a fool. i would've disowned my father the moment he disowned me. "dad, you're a scumbag. bye!" 4:43pm
spacebrother:

↳ Peter Stenshoel @4:41

Pretty soon before the Chipmunks, I think. 4:43pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ coelacanth∅ @4:42

Hi, Coel!   🎸 ♥ 4:43pm
Jay Current: I wonder how many response songs there have been over the years, like is there a cyclical pattern to how many there are depending on what era it is? 4:43pm
spacebrother:

↳ coelacanth∅ @4:42

Yeah! ♥ 4:43pm
coelacanth∅:

↳ Peter Stenshoel @4:43

hi Peter! ♥ 4:44pm
coelacanth∅: ...hi Greg! ...'sorry so rude! 4:44pm
spacebrother:

↳ Jay Current @4:43

I have a playlist of answer songs. Will be show soon. 4:44pm
spacebrother:

↳ coelacanth∅ @4:44

NP Hi!   🎸 ♥ 4:46pm
Jay Current:

↳ spacebrother @4:44

Out of curiosity, how many times have you come across a response song more successful than an original? 4:46pm
Peter Stenshoel: I am going to have to plumb the archives of Sop Hitting Yourself, Greg. So much fun. 4:47pm
spacebrother:

↳ Jay Current @4:46

Not sure yet! Good research goal. 4:49pm
spacebrother:

↳ Song: "A Girl Named Harry" by "Joni Credit"

Speaking of answer songs...   🎸 ♥ 4:49pm
Jay Current:

↳ spacebrother @4:47

I know there are two versions of "Hot Rod Lincoln" that outcharted "Hot Rod Race." 4:50pm
spacebrother:

↳ Jay Current @4:49

Research advice #1. Thank you. ♥ 4:51pm
Hunterian:

↳ Song: "A Girl Named Harry" by "Joni Credit"

Answer songs are truly a lost art 4:52pm
spacebrother:

↳ Hunterian @4:51

True! There isn't really anything to react to anymore. The only "answer songs" now are parodies. 🎸 ♥ 4:53pm
Aitch:

↳ spacebrother @4:52

I think you have achieved sustained wacky 🎸 ♥ 4:54pm
Aitch:

↳ Peter Stenshoel @4:46

Careful, you might start hitting yourself 4:54pm
spacebrother:

↳ Aitch @4:53

GOOOOAAALLL! Thanks! 4:54pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ Song: "For Kids" by "P-Model"

Love me some P-Model! ♥ 4:54pm
Hunterian:

↳ spacebrother @4:52

Yeah, answer songs kind of got "dissplaced" by diss tracks, and it was all downhill from there 🎸 ♥ 4:54pm
Aitch:

↳ spacebrother @4:54

wacky world cup finalist 4:54pm
spacebrother:

↳ Peter Stenshoel @4:54

I should have known you would know these guys! 4:55pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ Aitch @4:54

A worthy consideration. 4:55pm
Peter Stenshoel:

↳ spacebrother @4:54

Rented the LP in Japan Record Rental shop.   🎸 ♥ 4:56pm
Jay Current:

↳ Hunterian @4:51

Do diss tracks count as answer songs? 🎸 ♥ 4:56pm
Aitch:

↳ Jay Current @4:56

diss'n'dat 🎸 ♥ 4:57pm
Aitch: Thanks for show ♥ 4:57pm
Hunterian:

↳ Jay Current @4:56

Not really, I was just stretching for the word play there—but I don't think they're entirely unrelated, either ♥ 4:59pm
Hunterian: Thanks DJ spacebrother! 4:59pm
Peter Stenshoel: Thanks for the show, Spacebrother!   🎸 ♥ 4:59pm
Jay Current:

↳ Hunterian @4:57

There were a few answer songs in the early 00s, but I'm not sure if there was much after. ♥ 4:59pm
coelacanth∅: Thanks spacebrother! 🎸 ♥ 5:00pm
WR: Thank you! 5:01pm
spacebrother: Thanks to all for being here and chatting too.