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“Stiff,” words and music by Ken Cormier. *** Subscribe to The Benjy Section.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2019
  • Length: 09:58
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There are so many songs by men focused on "how many women they have" that I strung them together in numerical progressions of 2, 4, 7, 13, 16, 32, ...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2016
  • Length: 02:52:29
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I do a card trick on radio. Without cards. Without anything tricky. And it I did have cards, it wouldn't have improved the trick. "Oh yeah, a...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:53:03
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Ranting and raving like a motivational speaker for musicians... Oh quit being a big baby waa waa and just try listening for ten minutes. Nope, i...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2015
  • Length: 02:44:54
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of uncludign cover songs by bands that probably really did play garages as opposed to the ...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2015
  • Length: 02:53:58
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Before rock and roll became a formula for celebrity. Before rock and roll became a formula for making money. Before rock and roll itself became a...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2015
  • Length: 02:54:41
Caption: Jamie In Puka Shell Necklace, Credit: Andy Kerr (Amsterdam)
Since I got kicked out of the last club for skating on the tab, tonight we are broadcasting live from a different music club here in New Orleans. I...

  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 02:51:16
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Finally get a second microphone for proper interviews but a pissed Ernie K-Doe dunks it into a pitcher of beer, brains me with it, then tosses it o...

  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 02:54:38
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Jamie is visited by the Officer Duane Williams of the dreaded FCC police who is checking whether Jamie's sober to drunk listenership ratio is high ...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2015
  • Length: 02:56:56
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Between the usual "music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of..." will be a mass hypnotism performed by me with the help of some f...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 02:56:24
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Starting the show with a spotlight on Vince Taylor who many have cited as the real life prototype for David Bowie's wacky character, Ziggy Stardust...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Length: 02:55:06
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of but who influenced the rock and rollers that everyone has heard. Collector's music for...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2014
  • Length: 02:52:08
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of from a radio studio in the WWOZ bathroom. Plus market testing my new pledge drive prem...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2014
  • Length: 02:52:22
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The music created just before the first rock and roll song is the music that created America's most lasting cultural impact. Collector's music bec...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 02:48:11
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Bassist Dave Holland started his performing career in London. One night, he received word that a visiting musician from the states wanted to hire ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 09:46
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Interview with rhythm guitar player from the Grateful Dead. Ranges from stories about The Reverend Gary Davis to Garcia's addictions.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:49
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"Music you've never heard and can't fathom a good reason why not." A highlight of the night are a handful of melodic songs of Bo Diddley that don...

Bought by Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:50:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of from the 1950s to 1970s when teenagers reached across the separation line of a segregat...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:59:07
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It's Sherlock Holmes Vs. The Beatles in one of the great detectives most bizarre cases.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Aug 08, 2013
  • Length: 15:36
  • Purchases: 1
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Featuring New Orleans musicians you know playing their music that you've never heard before with the headliner, Rudy Ray Moore. When Moore as the ...

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: Jun 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:55:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mark Blasco, Credit: MJ
Mark Blasco talks about his approach to writing songs inspired by S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:00

  • Added: Oct 03, 2007
  • Length: :30