Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU Podcast
1) 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:...Show More
2) He's an evolutionary dead end. from May 31, 2022
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 Lone...Show More
3) An insatiable vulture snacking on the carcasses of the musical dead. from May 24, 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 Blue...Show More
4) "God knows what I've done. Let's just move on." from May 17, 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 ...Show More
5) He fishes on his side. You fish on your side. And no one fishes in the middle. from May 10, 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" -...Show More
6) Has the curiosity of flies that swarm around garbage in summer and delight in what they can discover. from May 3, 2022
Willie "The Lion" Smith & His Cubs - "Harlem Joys" Kitty Gray & Her Wampus Cats with Oscar "Buddy" Woods - "Baton Rouge Rag" [0:02:33] Bob & Ray - "Members of the Audience Write a Song" [0:08:08] Lani...Show More
7) Suggests you go find your own wormhole. from Apr 26, 2022
Fats Waller - "The London Suite, Pt. 6: Whitechapel" Pete Johnson - "Death Ray Boogie" [0:03:20] Gus Bodenheim - "OCNN+ (The Expanded Old Codger News Network)" [0:09:02] Bo Carter - "Same Thing the Ca...Show More
8) Radio needs him as nature needs mosquitoes. from Apr 19, 2022
Fats Waller - "London Suite Pt. 4: Bond Street" Fats Waller - "London Suite Pt. 5: Limehouse" [0:03:40] Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons - "Boogie Woogie Man" [0:08:51] Gus Bodenheim - "Apologia for This ...Show More
9) If he had two ice creams, you can go to Hell. from Apr 12, 2022
Fats Waller - "London Suite - Pt. 1 Piccadilly" [0:00:00] Fats Waller - "London Suite - Pt. 2 Chelsea" [0:02:23] Mississippi Sheiks - "Sales Tax" [0:09:42] Sophie Tucker - "Max from the Income Tax" [0...Show More
10) Smoked metaphors and pickled syntax. from Apr 5, 2022
Dodo Marmarosa Trio - "Mellow Mood" Robert Wilkins - "Rolling Stone" [0:02:59] Gus Bodenheim - "An Open Letter to the Ladies" [0:10:57] Barney Kessel's All-Stars - "Slick Chick" [0:13:30] George Formb...Show More