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- 01 / 02 / 82 -

[beginning cut off] Theorizing on the Tripods, what else will be coming up on tonight's recap show, predicting what New Year's will be like in a rap taped in 1981, Mike won't be in tonight, Mike and Eric explain what "The Voice of Long Island" and 1981 meant to them, Professor Daryl Jone and his idea to automate grocery cart collection, calls to Iran during the hostage crisis, Campus Anxiety: trouble getting the car started and an invalid bumper sticker, another catchup edition of The Tripod Family, talking to people from the IBS convention in Washington DC, Eric's patriotic binge, the Guardian Angels are in the news, an interview with Curtis Sliwa, an excerpt of the Peter Tosh interview, the story of "The Good Boys," the news, Nixon resignation speech in dub, reports of a disco station in New York airing a similar version of Nixon's speech, The Adventures of Captain Chong: the diamond robbery, more Iran calls, a review of the career of Sidney Schreiber, Mike and Eric reminisce over Otis, more from Sidney Schreiber, the kidnapping and its aftermath, one more Sidney Schreiber report, Charles DiBango talks about a new sports league, the 706 area code, the return of Kirk Ward.

January 2
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- 01 / 09 / 82 -

A Led Zeppelin song carries special significance, both Mike and Eric are feeling sick tonight, this is the first live program of the year, Mike almost passed out at work, a rebroadcast of the classic July 11 incident, comments about Jerry Dallal's program last night, the Jerry Dallal intro with echo, a most annoying song, a funny recording from the phone company, Eric picked up a bunch of records in Brooklyn, The Kinks, The Clash, Joe Gibbs and the Professionals, a "dubbier" version, Mike doesn't want to stop dubbing, an expose on garbage removal on Long Island, a recording from the location of a famous pile of garbage in West Sayville, Mike has apple juice, recycling rules, Shel Silverstein, Arlo Guthrie, Mike plugs Eric in, how to reach Environmental Action of Stony Brook, Captain Kirk will be in later tonight, playing with sound effects, Van Manakas, Mike Cross, Roscoe Mitchell, Tom Buckner, Gerald Oshita, June Lodge, The Tripod Family: Howard rants and raves while trapped in the sewers and Boris continues to be struck dumb, Meredith Monk, Ann Landers excerpts, trying to find Howard Tripod's phone number in Alaska, Mike tries to engage an operator in conversation, trying to find Howard Tripod's phone number in Yellowknife, "National Radio Theater" promo, the news, a plane crash in Cutchogue, Album Side: The Roches, Mike and Steve Specht did the reggae show tonight, a Bad Brains single, Squeeze, The Beatles, an old Greek record at 78 rpm, a rebroadcast of Bill Mackenzie's live performance in the hallway, Eric doesn't know why he's wearing a jacket when he feels hot, Lothar and the Hand People, National Lampoon, Mike and Eric feel the effect of hypnotism, Klaatu.

January 9
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- 01 / 16 / 82 -

"Stardate," there's lots of snow on the ground after two storms in a row, Mike and Eric went to visit Tom Wheeler at WPKN last weekend, Eric's quest to get the Sunday Times, comparing local water towers, Mike's fascination with the different types of sand used on highways, Eric goes to look out the window, the other Stony Brook, funny names seen on the trip, how Howard Tripod was paged in a store, Eric tries to kill time while Mike is on the phone, the sound of seals, a listener explains why mailboxes face the other way in parts of Connecticut, major antitrust suits are settled, the Bald Hill Ski Bowl on Long Island has closed, Magic Sam, Honest Tom Pomposello, Bunky and Spunky: starting your own business, Susan Lynch, Mike Nock, Michael Franks, Black Slate, Lena Zavaroni, Eddie Jefferson, Eric's trick with a popular toy, Frank Sinatra, Dr. Gene Roogin answers questions, Sedition Ensemble, Tom Waits, The Tarney Spencer Band, The Tripod Family: reaction to the loss of the statue, Randy Vanwarmer, The Nails, Jim Carroll, references to Bob Duffy's show earlier in the day, the news, Album Side: Sham 69, an unusual Clash song, All Temperature Jeer, a distorted microphone check, playing a song backwards, playing with phones, calling a phone in the studio.

January 16
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- 01 / 23 / 82 -

[Regrettably, no known recording of this show exists. For those of you following the Tripod saga, you can hear the episode that aired during this show on the June 29, 1991 edition of "Brain Damage" at the 61 minute mark.]

- 01 / 30 / 82 -

"Stardate," Mike was in Rochester over the weekend, Eric has never been on an airplane and Mike has never been on a New York City bus, the station has new turntables, things to make fun of, black buttons, Mike's experience with a newscast in a restaurant, street signs that are spelled wrong, grammatical errors in the Three Village Herald, mail that gets misdelivered, weird postmarks, a funny telephone company error message, Stony Brook flubs, classes are about to begin again, a new traffic pattern because of the ice, Australian Almanac, "In Heaven There is No Beer," Barry Ragin's rendition of a Ronald Reagan speech, David Bowie, Society Today: dirty pictures, mellow voices, Richard Strauss, Bunky and Spunky's predictions for 1982, David Mallett, The Gathering, Honest Tom Pomposello, Roland Jeffries discusses the Department of Imperfection, Jean Luc Ponty, there's a new microphone stand in the studio, David Friesen, The Tripod Family: Pop continues to deal with the police, Bunky and Spunky: dorm safety, Dr. John, the news, Album Side: Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, Mike was sweeping a rug while the album side played, Kirk is coming up later, Cornell Campbell, music in dub, Eric returns with food, Mike's trick to make it look like he banged his head on a table.

January 30
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