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A stormy petrel of unbalanced mental potentialities....

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2022/01/05

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 - "Stew Meat Blues" [0:24:18] Adrian Rollini - "Small Fry (Take 1)" [0:31:47] Ruth Etting - "Now I'm in Love" [0:34:18] The Brox Sisters - "Tie Me to Your

He's the answer to your prayers. And the answer is,...

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/12/29

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" [0:20:29] Gus Bodenheim - "Radio Announcer of the Year Award Victory Speech Pt. 2" [0:28:00] Old South Quartette - "Pussy Cat Rag" [0:30:24] Arthur Fields and

Blink and you're passé! from Dec 21, 2021

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/12/29

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 & Roy Eldridge - "Let Me Off Uptown" [0:16:42] Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra - "Blue Blazes" [0:19:44] Martha Copeland - "The Pawn Shop Blues"

Codger: "You throw one piece of equipment at the...

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/12/29

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?" [0:16:37] Lil Johnson - "New Shave 'Em Dry" [0:19:49] Gus Bodenheim - "Sly Weasel Medi-Spirits™" [0:25:33] Mary Lou Williams - "D.D.T."

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You keep forgetting he's still alive. from Dec 7, 2021

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/12/15

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 Tympany Five - "No Sale" [0:20:26] Rege Cordic and Company - "Omicron Visits Earth" [0:27:45] Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - "Don't You Worry 'Bout that

He'll steal anything that isn't nailed down. And...

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/12/01

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 - "Cheese and Crackers" [0:21:54] Gus Bodenheim - "The Maxwell Bodenheim Diaries, Part 1" [0:28:40] Wilmoth Houdini - "Rum and Coca-Cola - Parts 1 and 2"

"The Codger's brain is a sepulcher furnished with a...

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/12/01

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 Diddy" [0:27:19] Helen Kane - "That's Why I'm Happy" [0:30:20] Robert and Raymond - "Mr. Trace, Keener Than Most Persons" [0:32:43] Slim Gaillard Trio -

Knew Gatsby when he was just "pretty good." from Nov...

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/11/03

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 Spivey - "One Hour Mama" [0:23:37] Gorni Kramer - "China Boy" [0:28:58] Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra - "Tidal Wave" [0:31:35] Blind Blake - "Champagne

Empathied out since 1931. from Oct 5, 2021

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/10/20

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 - "Where Were You? Where Was I?" [0:19:41] Palmer McAbee - "McAbee's Railroad" [0:22:35] Milt Herth - "Swamp Fire" [0:25:49] Betty Boop - "Bimbo's Express"

Gus Bodenheim sits in Courtney's chair, fills his...

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/10/20

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 Weed - "Whoops a Doodle" [0:17:55] Cliff Edwards - "A Great Big Bunch of You" [0:20:07] Vaughn Monroe - "Sound Off (The Duckworth Chant)" [0:23:11] Duke

His cynicism is not cheap! from Oct 19, 2021

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/10/20

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 Scott - "Rainbow Trout" [0:28:33] Harry "the Hipster" Gibson - "What's His Story" [0:31:17] Vaughn De Leath - "Looking at the World Thru Rose-Coloured

His very existence affirms Faulkner's observation...

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/09/29

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 Southern Singers - "Be Ready" [0:21:45] Gus Bodenheim - "EschewTube™" [0:29:48] Hank Williams - "Everything's Okay" [0:31:23] Walter Gross -

"The Codger never sees a good quality in a man and...

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/09/22

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 demos [0:15:43] Bix Beiderbecke & His Gang - "Louisiana" - Okeh 41173 [0:18:55] Gus Bodenheim - "Gus Delivers an Apology but Refuses to Resign" -

Claims the 21st is the worst century he's ever lived...

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/09/22

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" [0:21:36] The Trix Sisters - "Ready for the River" [0:24:24] Gus Bodenheim - "Old Codger Non-Discrimination Policy" [0:30:49] Lord Kitchener - "Kitch's

"The Codger is a dark little archaic personage—hard,...

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/09/22

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 the Last of the Red Hot Mamas" [0:18:30] Roy Smeck - "Ukulele Bounce" [0:24:26] Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra - "Boyd Meets Stravinsky" [0:26:25] The Brox

Hubris is his other middle name. from Sep 7, 2021

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/09/22

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] Helen Kane - "Me and the Man in the Moon" [0:23:55] Slim & Slam (Slim Gaillard and Slam Stewart) - "I Got Rhythm" [0:26:28] Elizabeth Welch - "Solomon"

Recently spent a week in Arkansas to get his liver...

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/09/22

John Ouwerx - "Serenade to a Wealthy Widow" Fats Waller and His Rhythm - "The Henderson Stomp" [0:02:22] Gus Bodenheim - "The Forgotten Gershwin" [0:08:26] Lil Johnson - "Hottest Gal in Town" [0:11:06] Reginald Foresythe and His Orchestra - "Lament for Congo (A Hymn to Darkness No. 2)" [0:13:48] The Brox Sisters - "Bring on the Pepper" [0:16:33] Alma Gluck, The Victor Orchestra & Walter B. Rogers - "Have You Seen But a Whyte Lillie Grow?" [0:19:42] Bo Carter - "My Pencil Won't Write No More"

Once asked what to feed babies, he recommended suntan...

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/09/22

Fred Elizalde - "Melancholy Weeps" Reginald Foresythe and His Orchestra - "Volcanic (Eruption for Orchestra)" [0:02:23] Bo Carter - "Ram Rod Daddy" [0:09:40] Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang - "Penn Beach Blues" [0:12:23] Lothar Perl - "Crazy Top" [0:15:07] Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon - "Down at Jasper's Bar-B-Que" [0:16:55] Gus Bodenheim - "Delbarton Leftover Takeout™" [0:22:19] Lil Johnson - "Sam, the Hot Dog Man" [0:24:11] Sophie Tucker - "My Pet" [0:26:57] Fats Waller & Ada Brown - "That Ain't Right"

Laura Cantrell hosts while Courtney is off being a...

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/09/01

Eubie Blake - "Charleston Rag" [0:00:00] Georgia White - "The Stuff Is Here" [0:05:59] Ida Cox - "Lonesome Blues" [0:06:44] Valaida Snow - "Lonesome Road" [0:11:31] Sol Hoopii - "Hana Hana Hawaii" [0:15:16] Madame Riviere's Hawaiians - "Fort Street" [0:19:08] Sol K. Bright & His Hollywaiians - "Hawaiian Cowboy" [0:21:43] Bob Wills with the McKinney Sisters - "Hawaiian War Chant" [0:33:48] Lily May Ledford, Rosalie and Bella Allen - "Gypsy Davy" [0:34:22] Hoagy Carmichael - "Rogue River Valley"

His excuses make the labyrinth seem like the shortest...

Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU ·

2021/08/04

Cyril Scott - "Danse Negre" - HMV B2895 Whistlin' Alex Moore - "Heart Wrecked Blues" - Columbia ‎14518-D Bix Beiderbecke & His Gang - "Margie" - B71142 Cyril Diaz & His Orchestra - "Shake U-Pam-Pa-Lam Calypso" - Kay R45/500 Helen Kane - "I Wanna Be Loved By You" - Victor 21684 King Oliver and His Dixie Syncopators - "Someday Sweetheart" - Vocalion 1059 Reginald Foresythe Orchestra - "Bit" - Columbia DO-1213 Gus Bodenheim - "Old Codger Updated Terms of Service" - Delbarton Fine Products Joe Venuti

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