Too Tuff To Break.
"I would have also paired up George Jones and a ticket refund counter." -- Tom, adding some visuals to the surreal "We Go Together" video montage
"Okay, write down your predilection and then you'll tell me what it is after I say what it is." -- Marky Ramone, challenging Tom to guess his big announcement
"You didn't say nothin' about the 1/8th notes on the high hat, how fast they are." -- Marky Ramone, lamenting an omission in Tom's critique of his drumming
"You do Marky Ramone's throat lozenges, you have the crystal-clear voice of Marky Ramone." -- Marky Ramone, promoting the latest product in his signature series
"You're just diggin' it deepah and deepah and deepah. And I'm gonna play hardah and hardah and hardah on your head." -- Marky Ramone, vowing to deliver a 2B beating for Tom's supposed insults
"He looked like he was turning into The Hulk. Like a Caucasian Hulk." -- Tom on Roger Clemens' transformation into a 'roid-raging monster at his landmark Congressional hearing
"You know, I don't hate Spike, but, I mean, I don't want to be considered an "us" with Spike." -- ROY '08 candidate Steve from North Hollywood, distancing himself from a less desirable member of The Best Showverse
"Jerky Boys, though? Really? The Jerky Boys. The Jerky Boys. I can't even expound on it. The Jerky Boys." -- Tom, digesting the rough comparison to the phone prank duo
"Oh, I just pulled up that site. Oh my God. He's not even a kid." -- Martin from Edison, getting his first honest-to-blob peak at the self-proclaimed Voice of the People
"Willy Wonka. That guy had some problems. First of all, how did that stuff clear inspections? Got those Oompa-Loompas, were they wearing gloves?" -- Tom, questioning the sanitation standards at the famous candy facory
"This guy looks like he ate The Gorch. That's how big that guy is." -- Tom, assessing the Brimsteadian girth of The Kid from Brooklyn
"The singer from The Smiths, you thought he was whiny?" -- Tom, trying to comprehend Lisa from Brooklyn's issues with Morrissey
"I keep thinking the bad guys will win in the end and take it all away, but somehow it all seems to keep working." -- Tom Scharpling, rejoicing in The New York Times
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Dust - "Pull Away/So Many Times"
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The Black Hollies - "Bruised Tangerines"
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The Dirtbombs - "I Hear The Sirens"
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CoCoComa - "Go Ahead"
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The Makes Nice - "When It's All Gone"
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The Poster Children - "Jeremy Straight"
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Psycho and the Birds - "Hybertech Green"
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Atlas Sound - "River Card"
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Now is the time for us to gather together and celebrate those things that we like and think are fun:
The Best Show is back for another Tuesday night installment, and its host, Tom Scharpling, is playing with the Big Boys. This isn't sandlot. Tom's not partaking in recreational kickball with coke-addled hipsters in McCarren Park. He joined the big leagues of professional radio broadcasting, although he did get pushed into the super-secret submarine studio for the final show before the two-week 2008 WFMU FUNdraising marathon. The station, nearing its 50th anniversary in April, hopes to raise enough monies to keep bringing it for another year and embark on some exciting new projects: building a booster FM antenna, a Free Music Archive to combat RIAA mongrels, and producing Dungeon Justice and Doo-Wop Chamber with Spike & Montgomery Davies (Wednesday from 8:00 to 8:35 p.m. starting in June). The bottom line: WFMU and The Best Show have a lot riding on this. I