Listener comments!

🪕 ♥ 9:01am
: Good morning, Cricket and all ☀️☀️ 🪕 ♥ 9:01am
chresti: Morning cricket and errbody! 🪕 ♥ 9:01am
john_zilla: good morning Cricket and wfmu world 🪕 ♥ 9:02am
Deano de los Muertos: Morning, Cricket and folx 🦗 ♥ 9:03am
Krüll Sagan: Criketeers! hello to one and all! ♥ 9:03am
Krüll Sagan: GGG, j-zilla, DEANO, chrestikiiiins! 🪕 ♥ 9:04am
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ Krüll Sagan @9:03

heya Krull ♥ 9:06am
cricket: good morning, everybody! 🪕 9:06am
Don in Tampere: Hi CRicket and all! I get to listen to about 40 minutes today before I have to go host at pethaus.   9:10am
Cooh John: Hello cricket and cricketeers. Looking forward to Sham. 🪕 ♥ 9:11am
Dan S: Good morning, cricket, fellow songsters! ♥ 9:12am
Cemetery Dave: Mornin; all. ♥ 9:15am
Listener Bop Monroe:

↳ Song: "Partially Dancing" by "Vilhelm Bromander & Fredri...

Greetings from really gorgeous out Tannersville DJCricket and all.
this is really nice.
heading uphill to Selena's for pancakes and bacon. L8tr all! ♥ 9:27am
AbeSomething: These vocals call The Garbage and Flowers to mind in the loveliest way. ♥ 9:28am
cricket:

↳ AbeSomething @9:27

intriguing comparison, I really need to listen to more of TG&F's stuff! 🪕 ♥ 9:30am
Eric the Hat: Morning cricket, folks. Happy Saturnday. Getting ready to host a memorial barbecue in honor of my baby brother, Aaron, who woulda turned 40 yesterday. 🪕 ♥ 9:30am
Dan S:

↳ Song: "Wintering Grounds" by "Magic Tuber Stringband"

Great segue. Beautiful songs. ♥ 9:31am
AbeSomething:

↳ cricket @9:28

I recommend their "The Deep Niche” LP, if you do decide to listen to more. 🪕 ♥ 9:31am
Eric the Hat: Help my mom* host... ♥ 9:32am
cricket:

↳ Eric the Hat @9:30

I'm so sorry for your loss 🪕 ♥ 9:34am
Eric the Hat: Hey man. I appreciate it. It was brutal. Hit and run over Thanksgiving last year. But today we celebrate. 🪕 ♥ 9:35am
Eric the Hat: It's bringing the family together 🪕 ♥ 9:37am
Yes: morning all 🪕 ♥ 9:37am
Dan S:

↳ Song: "Cowboy and the Stranger" by "Terry Allen"

Well, this is different. 🪕 ♥ 9:39am
Yes: one of us   9:42am
Dan and Kate in mpls: Magic tuber stringband is touring now! 😊 ♥ 9:42am
greg g:

↳ Eric the Hat @9:30

Yes, very sorry for your loss Eric. I hope the memorial goes as well as possible and that you and family celebrate your brother Aaron's life with his spirit with you. Take care 9:43am
DJ Out-Regis: Good morning Cricket and every one listening ! 🪕 ♥ 9:45am
Deano de los Muertos: First I’m hearing of it, but I like the song   9:48am
greg g: Morning Cricket and Everyone! Hope the Saturday is going well. 🪕 ♥ 9:52am
Handy Haversack:

↳ Song: "Sun Flecks" by "Pefkin"

Voice almost sounds like Meg Baird ... and the album title does as well!

Morning, cricket and all.

9:53am
Sequoia: I get the caffeine withdrawal! It can take a while to really recover from not having it. But, speaking from the other side, I can tell you it is worth it. While I do always miss caffeine, overall, my energy is without it is much higher and more steady. Very consistent level of energy and I also sleep more deeply. If you are trying to get off it, good luck to you! ♥ 9:57am
cricket:

↳ Sequoia @9:53

I really appreciate this! It would be great to not depend on it so heavily... One day I'll manage it haha. Will keep your words in mind, for sure 9:59am
Sequoia:

↳ cricket @9:57

The thing is, caffeine feels so good. It’s such an amazing, powerful substance. It is to be respected for sure. Just another beautiful gift from the earth. 🪕 ♥ 10:01am
melinda: Morning Cricket and friends! 🪕 ♥ 10:01am
Handy Haversack:

↳ cricket @9:57

I stopped drinking coffee during the pandemic and have not gone back since. Don't miss it in the slightest. I dunno. I just lost interest in it, I guess -- I suppose my coffee routines were tied to my work routines. At any rate, I think I had a few cups in 2022 and then maybe one on NYE 2024? And that's it since 2020. Seemed like not a big deal, but I also wasn't really following a goal. Just kind of did it. 10:05am
High_Quality_Fun:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:01

coffee helps me have great poopies in the morning - no matter how much I might want to quit, great poopies are not anything I'm willing to sacrifice! ♥ 10:06am
cricket:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:01

your note about it being tied to your work routines really resonates with me - I didn't even become a daily caffeine drinker until I started a job entailing pretty grueling 12 hour shifts in my 20s, & even after leaving that place, the habit remains :[ ♥ 10:06am
Roberto:

↳ Handy Haversack @10:01

KAWFEE 🪕 ♥ 10:06am
melinda: I quit caffeine for many months, maybe even a year or more (it's a blur and I don't trust my memory) but was only able to do it with ashwagandha which ended up being a worse cost-benefit and I've been back on caffeine for the last 9 or so years. I remember the exact moment I started up again and it was the 2nd time I came to the FMU studio to volunteer for marathon! 10:08am
High_Quality_Fun:

↳ cricket @10:06

it may started because of work routines, but it remains because of poopies routines 🪕 ♥ 10:10am
melinda:

↳ High_Quality_Fun @10:08

Great poopies are important. 10:10am
DJ Out-Regis: When I quit coffee, the first two days were awful. I had horrific headaches. Drinking water was the key to weathering that storm. After a week, I was fine. After week two, I was bursting with new energy. I was off for about seven months. That first cup of relapse coffee was extremely powerful. My heart was racing. I won’t lie, it was an amazing feeling. 10:11am
High_Quality_Fun:

↳ melinda @10:10

when I was young I didn't care much about the quality of my poopies, but after hitting middle age, great poopies are a big highlight of my life and I have no shame about that 🪕 ♥ 10:11am
melinda:

↳ Dan and Kate in mpls @9:42

They are going to be in my town exactly when I'm going to be at the festival where I saw them last year but didn't stay for the whole set because it was late. 10:12am
DJ Out-Regis:

↳ High_Quality_Fun @10:11

Definitely a highlight to the day of a middle aged person ! ♥ 10:12am
common: hello 🪕 ♥ 10:14am
luca: hey gmgm 10:14am
High_Quality_Fun:

↳ DJ Out-Regis @10:12

during that 7 month hiatus, did your poopies quality suffer? sure bursting with energy is great, but the poopies.... 10:16am
DJ Out-Regis: Total opposite. Your entire system becomes calm, stable, and timely. 10:17am
DJ Out-Regis: SHAM !
Right on ♥ 10:26am
cricket: "I Want to Be Golden" is from Field of Vision Expanded: shamtunes.bandcamp.com...

"Darkened Wood" & "Horizontal Comfort" are from Machine Simple: shamtunes.bandcamp.com...

The rest of the tracks are currently unreleased

🪕 ♥ 10:28am
Handy Haversack:

↳ DJ Out-Regis @10:10

Yeah, my office does a St. Patrick's Day party, and the HR fellow makes Irish coffee. I'd forgotten about it. Since I hate whipped cream and Bailey's AND the taste of Jameson, I'd always just had Jameson and coffee. Having four of those in 2022 had me ready to punch out the sun!

This year, I just had Jameson and water and dealt with the taste.

  10:29am
judy from croton: This Sham
Wonderful 10:30am
DJ Out-Regis: I haven’t had a drop of booze in close to two years. Quitting was
one of the greatest decisions. I feel amazing. ♥ 10:31am
cricket: there's something so special about the sound of acoustic guitar & upright bass together... 10:32am
DJ Out-Regis: It sounds amazing. Thanks for making this happen.   10:35am
judy from croton: Combined with interesting lyrics, unexpected chords, warm and unassuming vocals, yes   10:35am
JimmyTallow: Really digging these guys 🪕 ♥ 10:37am
Brian D: My, this live set is lovely. 10:38am
High_Quality_Fun:

↳ DJ Out-Regis @10:16

this is very much like jazz, but nothing like jazz, love it ♥ 10:39am
cricket:

↳ Song: "In Ordinary Fashion (Live on WFMU)" by "Sham"

ha - that lyric, "Shane sat drinking stimulants," is very relevant to our caffeine discussion today! ♥ 10:39am
Cemetery Dave: This is all quite beautiful.   🪕 ♥ 10:40am
owenm:

↳ Song: "In Ordinary Fashion (Live on WFMU)" by "Sham"

This was thoroughly delicious. Thank you! 🪕 ♥ 10:42am
Eric the Hat:

↳ greg g @9:42

Thank you. It's a blast so far! Very cathartic for mom, having all the activity. ♥ 10:46am
cricket:

↳ Song: "Interview on WFMU" by "Sham"

("Dave" being Dave Portner, aka Avey Tare!)   10:51am
Paul: Great potential- No offense -but could you intermingle some covers from the ISB just for the joy of it …. You are well suited for it and seem almost descended from their same world. 🪕 ♥ 10:53am
Triple G: Thanks, Cricket!

And cheers to the live session: thanks, Sham, Dave, & Todd

  10:56am
egould: Thanks cricket! ♥ 10:56am
greg g:

↳ Eric the Hat @10:42

You're welcome Eric. & glad to hear. ♥ 10:56am
cricket: Thanks so much, everybody! ♥ 10:56am
greg g: Thanks Cricket and enjoy the weekend everyone. ♥ 10:57am
greg g: Always time for the Television Personalities 🪕 ♥ 10:58am
Handy Haversack: Thanks, cricket! 10:59am
High_Quality_Fun: thanks everyone, best wishes to all for great music and great poopies!!! 🪕 ♥ 11:04am
Deano de los Muertos: Thanks, Cricket