The Old Codger: playing 78 RPM records like they're going out of style!
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His intellect reminds you of flies that swarm around garbage in summer and delight in what they can discover. from Apr 17, 2024
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 Scot…
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James P. Johnson - "Blue Turning Gray Over You" [0:00:00] Bessie Smith (with Eddie Lang) - "Kitchen Man" [0:08:42] Gus Bodenheim - "Bodenheim History Month III - Moe Levy Bodenheim" [0:08:45] Cannon's Jug Stompers - "Walk Right In" [0:11:15] Blind Willie Johnson - "God Moves on the Water" [0:14:28] Walter Page & His Original Blue Devils - "Blue Dev…
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Money donated during this hour funds the Codger's "infrastructure" needs (whiskey, cigars, Chinese takeout, rare 78rpm discs). Booker T. Bodenheim co-hosts. from Mar 8, 2022
Fletcher Henderson - "Queer Notions" Slim Gaillard - "Potato Chips" [0:03:14] Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - "Jack the Bellboy" [0:11:34] Euneeda Bodenheim - "Give to the Old Codger Today!" [0:14:06] Ruth Etting - "Keep Sweeping Cobwebs off the Moon" [0:15:32] Sheila B - "The Ladies Review Courtney T. Edison" [0:18:34] Sophie Tucker - "I'm the La…
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Ruth Etting - "Shine on Harvest Moon" Van & Schenck - "Get Out and Get Under the Moon" [0:02:36] DJ Fablio - "Please Pledge for the Old Codger" [0:12:58] Sophie Tucker - "I Ain't Taking Orders from No One" [0:14:02] Gerald Wiggins - "S'posin'" [0:16:57] Curly Weaver & Blind Willie McTell - "Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More" [0:20:57] George Formby - "I…
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Says that much of what he hears on WFMU reminds him of "large stones being thrown into a dump-cart." from Feb 22, 2022
Little Jack Little - "Three O'Clock in the Morning" Trio Servando Diaz - "Param Pan Pin" [0:02:43] Euneeda Bodenheim - "The Old Codger Mailbag" [0:10:20] Gertrude Lawrence - "Experiment" [0:12:40] Howard McGhee Sextet - "Midnight at Minton's" [0:15:20] Carl Kress & Dick McDonough - "Chicken a La Swing" [0:18:20] Ruth Etting - "Now I'm in Love" [0:2…
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Gus Bodenheim - "Old Codger Non-Discrimination Policy" [0:00:00] Dodo Marmarosa Trio - "Bopmatism" [0:01:36] Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang - "Handful of Riffs" [0:08:32] Beryl Booker (p), Mary Osborne (g), and June Rotenberg (b) - "Low Ceiling" [0:11:22] Jack McVea - "Groove Juice" [0:14:37] Eddie Walters - "Makin' Whoopee" [0:17:28] Dusty Fletcher -…
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He secretly wants to ruin everything worthwhile until the rest of the world is as ugly as his soul. from Jan 11, 2022
Romeo Nelson - "Head Rag Hop" [0:00:00] Coot Grant and Kid Wesley Wilson - "Get Off with Me" [0:04:47] Gus Bodenheim - "Gus Bodenheim's Literary Finessence" [0:11:02] Robert Lee McCoy - "Next-Door Neighbor" [0:14:01] Fats Waller & His Buddies - "Harlem Fuss" [0:16:57] Ruth Etting - "There Ain't No Maybe in My Baby's Eyes" [0:20:10] Trio Matamoros -…
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Bix Beiderbecke - "In a Mist" Coot Grant and Kid Wilson - "Rasslin' 'Til the Wagon Comes" [0:02:41] Gus Bodenheim - "Codgertopia™" [0:09:28] Earl Hines - "Child of a Disordered Brain" [0:11:47] Lonnie Johnson - "I'm Just Dumb" [0:14:37] Sidney Bechet - "Blue Horizon" [0:17:34] Ruth Etting - "Together We Two" [0:22:03] Dick McDonough - "Dick Bernste…
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Regal Jazz Band - "Get Out and Get Under the Moon" - unknown 78 rpm disc Lionel Hampton & His Just Jazz All Stars & Oscar Peterson - "It's a Blue World" - Lionel Hampton & His Just Jazz All Stars & Oscar Peterson 78 [0:02:34] Euneeda Bodenheim - "The Old Codger Mailbag" - Missives from Our Saintly Listeners [0:09:50] Coot Grant and Kid Wilson - "Ha…
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Gene Rodgers - "Jukebox Boogie" Don Redman - "Chant of the Weed" [0:02:04] Gus Bodenheim - "EschewTube™" [0:10:17] Roger Etlens et son Ensemble - "Swing Guitare" [0:12:10] Mamie Smith - "Don't You Advertise Your Man" [0:14:41] Mary Lou Williams - "Easy Blues" [0:18:06] Eddie Cole & The Three Peppers - "I Like My Gravy" [0:21:50] Lucille Bogan - "St…
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Fats Waller - "Ain't Misbehavin' / Two Sleepy People (V-Disc)" Euneeda Bodenheim - "The Gamma Gourmet™ by Delbarton Nuclear" [0:08:44] Harry "the Hipster" Gibson - "Handsome Harry the Hipster" [0:11:07] Lizzie Miles - "My Man O'War" [0:13:49] Noël Coward - "Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans" [0:17:15] Tom Crowley Orchestra - "Doc O'Ligy" [0:20:…
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Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang - "The Wolf Wobble" Harry "the Hipster" Gibson - "Opus 12 Eee" [0:02:46] Gus Bodenheim - "N.E.B.U.C.H.A.D.N.E.Z.Z.A.R. (Part 1)" [0:09:10] Fats Waller and His Rhythm - "I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (And My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Me)" [0:11:00] Beans Hambone & El Morrow - "Beans" [0:14:08] Gene Krupa & His Orchestra with Anita O'Day &…
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Codger: "You throw one piece of equipment at the station manager and suddenly you're branded 'difficult to work with'." from Dec 28, 2021
Jabbo Smith - "Michigander Blues" Coot Grant and Kid Wilson - "Come on Coot, Do That Thing" [0:02:55] Euneeda Bodenheim - "Whimsy While You Work" [0:08:54] Victoria Spivey - "He Wants Too Much" [0:10:01] Benny Goodman Trio (with Gene Krupa & Teddy Wilson) - "Avalon" [0:13:23] Georgia Tom Dorsey & Kansas City Kitty - "How Can You Have the Blues?" [0…
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You keep forgetting he's still alive. from Dec 7, 2021
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Vaughn de Leath - "I Just Roll Along" [0:00:00] Red Norvo - "Tomboy" [0:02:50] Gus Bodenheim - "Radio Announcer of the Year Victory Speech" [0:08:13] Fats Waller and His Rhythm - "Have a Little Dream on Me" [0:10:55] Issie Ringold - "Be on Your Merry Way" [0:13:53] Django Reinhardt - "Serenade for a Wealthy Widow" [0:17:13] Louis Jordan & His Tympa…
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He'll steal anything that isn't nailed down. And anything he can pry loose isn't nailed down. from Nov 23, 2021
Gus Bodenheim - "Old Codger Updated Terms of Service" Dodo Marmarosa - "Dodo's Bounce" [0:01:38] The Georgia Browns - "Decatur Street 81" [0:03:22] Red Norvo - "Blues in E Flat" [0:11:06] Slim Gaillard - "Travelin' Blues" [0:14:13] Lecuona Cuban Boys - "Ay Si, Ay No" [0:16:48] Memphis Minnie - "Keep on Eatin'" [0:18:55] Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang - "C…
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"The Codger's brain is a sepulcher furnished with a load of broken and discarnate bones." - Joseph Glanvill from Nov 30, 2021
James P. Johnson - "Jersey Sweet" Cliff Edwards - "Hang On to Me" [0:02:30] Gus Bodenheim - "Rediscover Radium!" [0:08:25] Ruth Etting - "Lazy Day" [0:11:13] Fats Waller - "Sweet Sue, Just You" [0:14:21] Red Norvo - "Decca Stomp" [0:17:18] Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - "Texas and Pacific" [0:20:18] Julius Edison (The Older Codger) - "Diddy Wah …
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Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra - "Grand Canyon Suite: V. Cloudburst" [0:00:00] Gus Bodenheim - "A Tour Through My Library" [0:12:56] Ruth Etting & the Victor Young Orchestra - "Whose Honey Are You?" [0:15:27] Harry "the Hipster" Gibson - "Who's Goin' Steady with Who" [0:17:18] Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang - "Pretty Trix" [0:20:15] Victoria Spiv…
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George Gershwin - "Clap Yo' Hands" Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra - "Breakin' in a New Pair of Shoes" [0:02:22] Wilmoth Houdini - "The Calypso Way" [0:09:22] Lil Johnson - "My Stove's in Good Condition" [0:11:52] Reginald Foresythe and His Orchestra - "Burlesque" [0:14:47] Gus Bodenheim - "The Delbarton Clown Car™" [0:18:01] Polly Walker - "Wh…
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Gus Bodenheim sits in Courtney's chair, fills his shoes, and depletes his whiskey. from Oct 12, 2021
Sister O.M. Terrell - "God's Little Birds" [0:00:00] Will Glahe Orchestra - "Krazy Kat" [0:02:32] Gus Bodenheim - "mic break 1" [0:05:25] Erroll Garner - "Skylark" [0:07:23] Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - "Hop-Scotch Polka (Scotch Hot)" [0:10:35] Eva Taylor - "My Man is on the Make" [0:13:17] Gus Bodenheim - "mic break 2" [0:16:00] Buddy We…
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Percy Grainger - "Pagodes (Debussy, from "Estampes")" Hadda Brooks - "Boogie Celeste" [0:04:15] Gus Bodenheim - "Reads the Mailbag" [0:11:09] Blind Willie Dunn & Lonnie Johnson - "Deep Minor Rhythm" [0:13:50] Sammy Price - "Just Jivin' Around" [0:17:06] The Mills Brothers - "Bugle Call Rag" [0:19:59] Maxine Sullivan - "Molly Malone" [0:21:59] Cyril…
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His very existence affirms Faulkner's observation that "The past is never dead. It's not even past." from Sep 28, 2021
George Gershwin - "Someone to Watch Over Me" [0:00:00] Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra - "The Mooche" [0:02:42] Mississippi John Hurt - "Ain't No Tellin'" [0:09:56] Milt Herth Quartet - "Egyptian Ella" [0:12:57] Clarence "Pinetop" Smith - "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" [0:15:36] Nan Blakstone - "You Can't Find a Place to Do It" [0:19:10] Four…
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"The Codger never sees a good quality in a man and never fails to see bad ones. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness, blind to light, always mousing for vermin and never seeing noble game." — H.W ...
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang - "Doing Things" - Victor 21561 Ruth Etting - "I Want to Meander in the Meadow" - Columbia 1883-D [0:03:01] George Formby - "Swimmin' with the Wimmin" - Decca F-3666 [0:10:10] Jimmie Rodgers - "Pistol Packin' Papa" - Victor 22554 [0:12:57] Noël Coward - "Poor Little Rich Girl" - The Old Codger's Secret Stash of Noel Coward d…
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Fred Elizalde - "Pianotrope" Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang - "Runnin' Ragged (Bamboozlin' the Bassoon)" [0:02:38] Nadia, Ken & the Old Codger - "On the Fuzzy Glove Hour Aug 11, 2021" [0:07:58] The Brox Sisters - "Sweetest Little Rose in Tennessee" [0:15:56] Butterbeans & Susie - "I Got Your Bath Water On" [0:18:55] Ruth Etting - "Cigarettes, Cigars" [0:2…
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"The Codger is a dark little archaic personage—hard, compact, unscrupulous, imitative, and neatly vulgar." — H.G. Wells from Aug 24, 2021
Fred Elizalde - "Brandy and Soda" Joséphine Baker - "I'm Feelin' Like a Million" [0:02:33] Euneeda Bodenheim - "The Delbarton Følelslange™" [0:08:33] Bo Carter - "Your Biscuits Are Big Enough for Me" [0:10:37] Prince Partridge - "Choosing a Career" [0:12:47] Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra - "Goin' Out the Back Way" [0:15:38] Sophie Tucker - "I'm t…
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Arthur Schutt - "Piano Puzzle" [0:00:00] Fats Waller - "Imagine My Surprise" [0:02:21] Sophie Tucker - "Red Hot Mama" [0:09:03] The Happiness Boys - "Wimmin ... AAAH!" [0:11:13] Reginald Foresythe & Arthur Young - "Tiger Rag" [0:14:23] Ruth Etting - "My Blackbirds are Bluebirds Now" [0:16:53] Gus Bodenheim - "Delbarton Money Laundromat™" [0:21:45] …
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