Alma Gluck & the Victor Orchestra - "La Colomba" [0:00:00]
Tammy Faye Bodenheim - "Blue Skirt Waltz" [0:02:27]
Gus Bodenheim - "Beyond Water™" [0:08:09]
Nick and His Creole Serenaders - "Salee Dame #1" [0:09:41]
Wilmoth Houdini - "Uncle Joe, Gimmie Mo" [0:13:07]
Sophie Tucker (with Ted Shapiro) - "Extraordinary Man" [0:16:16]
Marion Harris - "We Love It" [0:18:19]
Flip the Frog - "The Office Boy (1932)" [0:25:26]
Big Jay McNeeley - "Insect Ball" [0:31:57]
Adrian & His Tap Room Gang - "Got a Need for You" [0:34:27]
Euneeda Bodenheim - "Whimsy While You Work (Winetta's Whimsy Shed™)" [0:39:32]
Bruz Fletcher - "It (Peter Lillie Daisy)" [0:40:59]
Mary Lou Williams - "Zonky" [0:43:42]
Lani McIntyre & His Orchestra ft. Hal Aloma - "Holo Holo Kaa" [0:46:38]
commercial - "R. G. Dunn Cigars" [0:49:25]
Helen Kane - "Button Up Your Overcoat" [0:50:26]
Hartman's Heartbreakers - "Oh Sweet Daddy, Oh Pshaw!" [0:53:26]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/99691

His New Year's resolution—same as last year's—is to change the sheets. Only this time, HE'LL DO IT! from Dec 31, 2020

The Old Codger: playing 78 RPM records like they're going out of style!

Comedy

Music

Harry "the Hipster" Gibson - "The Baby and the Pup"
Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers - "Preachin' Blues" [0:02:25]
Bo Carter - "Beans" [0:08:46]
The Whoopee Makers - "Rush Inn Blues" [0:11:24]
Butterbeans & Susie - "Get Yourself a Monkey Man, Make Him Strut His Stuff" [0:14:25]
Jabbo Smith - "Till Times Get Better" [0:17:53]
Raymond Scott & The Sophisticators - "Farewell Blues" [0:20:32]
Una Mae Carlisle - "Throw It Out Your Mind" [0:26:46]
Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters - "Ham Beats All Meat" [0:29:04]
Clara Smith - "My Good for Nuthin' Man" [0:31:47]
Gus Bodenheim - "Beyond Mouse" [0:36:52]
Sophie Tucker - "Oh! You Have No Idea" [0:38:51]
Lil McClintock - "Don't Think I'm Santa Claus" [0:41:23]
Willard Robison and His Deep River Orchestra - "Harlem Blues" [0:44:28]
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - "Look Out" [0:51:19]
Henry "Ragtime Texas" Thomas - "Fishing Blues" [0:59:19]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138536

His intellect reminds you of flies that swarm around garbage in summer and delight in what they can discover. from Apr 17, 2024

Dodo Marmarosa Trio - "Trade Winds"
Don Byas - "I Don't Know Why" [0:02:58]
Euneeda Bodenheim - "Euneeda This" [0:10:13]
Herm "Sonny" Blount - "Old Man River" [0:12:25]
Vaughn De Leath - "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" [0:15:23]
Slim Gaillard Quartette - "Jumpin' at the Record Shop" [0:18:59]
Marion Abernathy - "Ja-Hoosey Baby" [0:22:04]
Jack McVea & His Door Openers - "Richard Gets Hitched" [0:24:42]
Gus Bodenheim - "Gus — Betrayed!" [0:32:32]
Vaughn de Leath - "Bridgeport by the Sea" [0:37:12]
George Formby - "It's a Grand and Healthy Life" [0:39:00]
Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 - "Look Out" [0:45:02]
Viviane Greene - "He's the Man (He's Tall & Cool)" [0:47:33]
The Brox Sisters - "I'm Lonely Without You" [0:50:14]
Henry Burr - "After the Ball" [0:53:13]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/116169

He's an evolutionary dead end. from May 31, 2022

Rube Bloom - "That Futuristic Rag" [0:00:00]
Dodo Marmarosa - "Tone Paintings I" [0:02:46]
Gus Bodenheim - "A Bodenheim Birthday Bulletin" [0:08:23]
Charlie Johnson's Paradise Ten - "Hot-Tempered Blues" [0:11:27]
Sol K. Bright & His Hollywaiians - "Heat Wave" [0:14:49]
Slim Gaillard Quartet - "Scotchin' with the Soda" [0:17:53]
Penny Malone - "I Couldn't Say Yes" [0:20:33]
Chick Endor with Fred Elizalde - "Following You Around" [0:22:40]
Horace Henderson & His Orch. (voc: Viola Jefferson) - "Oh Boy, I'm in the Groove" [0:29:24]
Gregor & His Gregorians - "Gregorology" [0:32:08]
Tau Moe's Hawaiian Jazzites - "U Like, Noa Like" [0:34:44]
William Bock - "The Civil War" [0:37:57]
George Formby - "Easy-Going Chap" [0:41:42]
Bud Freeman & His Summa Cum Laude Orchestra - "The Eel" [0:48:28]
Miles Davis-Charlie Parker - "Half-Nelson" [0:50:53]
Gus Bodenheim - "Gross, But … Bars™" [0:53:38]
Fred Elizalde - "I've Got the World on a String" [0:55:19]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/115850

An insatiable vulture snacking on the carcasses of the musical dead. from May 24, 2022

Jess Stacy - "In the Dark — Flashes" - Odeon OR 2233
Dodo Marmarosa - "Tone Paintings II" - private recording, Hollywood, 1947 [0:02:59]
Gus Bodenheim - "The Art of the Non Sequitur" - The Art of the Non Sequitur [0:09:18]
The Milt Herth Trio - "Jersey Bounce" - Odeon 78 286061-A [0:12:16]
Eric Siday - "Paraphrase (Dinah)" - Columbia test pressing [0:14:58]
Valaida Snow with Billy Mason & His Orchestra - "You Bring Out the Savage in Me" - Parlophone F-140 [0:18:00]
Django Reinhardt - "Improvisation #1" - HMV B-8587 [0:21:19]
Howard Jacobs - "Down in the Forest" - Columbia FB 1260 [0:24:09]
The Williams Sisters - "Sam, The Old Accordion Man" - Victor 20452 [0:30:19]
Bob & Ray - "Widen Your Horizons — How to Brush Your Hair" - The Old Codger Show feature spot [0:33:32]
Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra - "Choo Choo" - Okeh W404434 [0:37:00]
Elsie Carlisle with Ambrose and His Orchestra - "Pu-leeze! Mister Hemingway" - Regal Zonophone MR-769 [0:39:57]
Euneeda Bodenheim - "The Delbarton Følelslange™" - Euneeda Bodenheim 73 rpm disc [0:46:08]
Sophie Tucker - "I Know That My Baby Is Cheating on Me" - Columbia 4995 [0:48:27]
The Savoy Havana Band: Reg Batten, dir. [vocal: Ramon Newton] - "Masculine Women! Feminine Men!" - HMV 5027 [0:51:01]
Vladimir Selinski - "Professor Visits Harlem" - Brunswick 8095 [0:53:38]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/115626

"God knows what I've done. Let's just move on." from May 17, 2022

Howard McGhee Sextet - "Up in Dodo's Room" - Dial 1010 [0:00:00]
Horace Henderson & His Orchestra - "Kitty on Toast" - Vocation 5433 [0:03:16]
Gus Bodenheim - "OCNN+ Extends Bodenheim History Month" - Gus Bodenheim's Commercial Scams [0:10:01]
Bud Powell's Modernists - "Wail" - Blue Note 1567-B [0:11:55]
Andrew Aiona & His Novelty Four - "That Lovin' Hula" - Columbia 1788 D [0:14:51]
Fats Waller - "Lonesome Road (Pipe Organ)" - Victor 78 [0:18:13]
Swan & Lee - "Fishy Little Thing" - Okeh 8732 [0:20:59]
Tiny Grimes Quartet - "Groovin' with Grimes" - Savoy SJL 2208 [0:31:33]
Clarence Williams & James P. Johnson - "I've Found a New Baby" - Columbia 14502 [0:34:12]
Thore Jederby's Septet - "Bix Idé" - Scala 395 [0:37:03]
The Sunshine Boys - "Do Something" - Columbia 5524 [0:40:07]
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight - "Didn't It Rain" - Decca 48054-A [0:46:31]
Mills' Ten Black Berries (Duke Ellington & His Orch.) - "Black and Tan Fantasy" - Columbia Records UK Test Pressing [0:48:36]
Gus Bodenheim - "Gus Bodenheim's Literary Finessence" - Gustatory Indulgences [0:51:50]
Pigmeat Pete & Catjuice Charlie - "You'se My Friend" - Columbia 14640 [0:55:24]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/115292

His New Year's resolution—same as last year's—is to change the sheets. Only this time, HE'LL DO IT! from Dec 31, 2020

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