He doesn’t choose the lesser of two evils; he chooses the one he hasn’t tried before. (Codger fills for Antique Phono Hour, 8-9pm Eastern) from Jun 14, 2016

Web player: : http://podplayer.net/#/?id=16759758
Episode: http://podcast.wfmu.org/kdb/mp3jump2010.mp3/0:8:4/0/OC/oc160614.mp3

Wynonie Harris – “Grandma Plays the Numbers” George Formby – “It’s a Grand and Healthy Life” Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – “The New East St. Louis Toodle-oo” Bea Foote – “Try and Get It” Bobby Gordon & His Rhythm – “Lady from St. Paul” Fletcher Henderson & Connie’s Inn Orchestra – “Radio Rhythm” Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys – “Serenade to a Wealthy Widow” Moondog – “Wildwood” Peter Van Woerden – “Bomb Attack” Roy Smeck – “Shuffle Off to Buffalo” Noel Coward – “Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun” Sophie Tucker – “Life Begins at Forty” The Old Codger – “He’s A Devil In His Own Hometown (live!)” Little Son Joe – “Black Rat Swing” The Brox Sisters – “Pretty Cinderella” Butterbeans & Susie – “Kiss Me Sweet” Wilmoth Houdini – “Good Night Ladies and Gents” http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/66841

Aliases I’ve never used.

Stig Gorgonsdottir (Or Gorgonnson, really)

Dena Vakkeret

Muddy Duncan

Pocahontas

Bert Cloudcukoolander

Thomas Dent Mutter on being a gentleman –

“A gentleman,” says he, “is but a gentle man—no more, no less: a diamond polished that was a diamond in the rough; a gentleman is gentle; a gentleman is modest; a gentleman is courteous; a gentleman is generous; a gentleman is slow to take offence, as being one that never gives it; a gentleman is slow to surmise evil, as being one that never thinks it; a gentleman goes armed only by a consciousness of right; a gentleman subjects his appetites; a gentleman refines his tastes; a gentleman subdues his feelings; a gentleman controls his speech; and finally, a gentleman deems every other better than himself.”

The statue got me high

The statue got me high
The statue got me high
The monument of granite sent a beam into my eye
The statue made me die
The statue made me die
It took my hand it killed me and it turned me to the sky

The stone it called to me
(And now I see the things the stone has shown to me)
A rock that spoke a word
(An animated mineral it can be heard)

And though I once preferred a human being’s company
They pale before the monolith that towers over me

The statue got me high
The statue got me high
The truth is where the sculptor’s chisel chipped away the lie
The statue made me fry
The statue made me fry
My coat contained a furnace where there used to be a guy

The stone it called to me
(And now I see the things the stone has shown to me)
A rock that spoke a word
(An animated mineral it can be heard)

And as the screaming fire engine siren filled the air
The evidence had vanished from my charred and smoking chair
And what they found was just a statue
Standing where the statue got me high
And what they found was just a statue
Standing where the statue got me high

And now it is your turn
(Your turn to hear the stone and then your turn to burn)
The stone it calls to you
(You can’t refuse to do the things it tells you to)

And as the screaming fire engine siren fills the air
The evidence will vanish from your charred and smoking chair
And what they found was just a statue
Standing where the statue got me high
And what they’ll find is just a statue
Standing where the statue got you high

The statue got me high
The statue got me high
The monument of granite sent a beam into my eye
The statue made me die
The statue made me die
It took my hand it killed me and it turned me to the sky

The stone it called to me
(And now I see the things the stone has shown to me)
A rock that spoke a word
(An animated mineral it can be heard)

And though I once preferred a human being’s company
They pale before the monolith that towers over me

The statue got me high
The statue got me high
The truth is where the sculptor’s chisel chipped away the lie
The statue made me fry
The statue made me fry
My coat contained a furnace where there used to be a guy

The stone it called to me
(And now I see the things the stone has shown to me)
A rock that spoke a word
(An animated mineral it can be heard)

And as the screaming fire engine siren filled the air
The evidence had vanished from my charred and smoking chair
And what they found was just a statue
Standing where the statue got me high
And what they found was just a statue
Standing where the statue got me high

And now it is your turn
(Your turn to hear the stone and then your turn to burn)
The stone it calls to you
(You can’t refuse to do the things it tells you to)

And as the screaming fire engine siren fills the air
The evidence will vanish from your charred and smoking chair
And what they found was just a statue
Standing where the statue got me high
And what they’ll find is just a statue
Standing where the statue got you high