Latest Codger Podcast Episodes
His intellect reminds you of flies that swarm around garbage in summer and delight in what they can discover. from Apr 17, 2024
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - April 18, 2024 02:32 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsHarry "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" [0:11:24] Butterbeans & Susie - "Get Yourself a Monkey Man, Make Him Strut His Stuff" [0:14:25] ...
He's an evolutionary dead end. from May 31, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - June 01, 2022 00:50 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsDodo 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 Lonesome Tonight?" [0:15:23] Slim Gaillard Quartette - "Jumpin' at the Record Shop" [0:18:59] ...
An insatiable vulture snacking on the carcasses of the musical dead. from May 24, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - May 25, 2022 00:14 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsRube 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 Blues" [0:11:27] Sol K. Bright & His Hollywaiians - "Heat Wave" [0:14:49] Slim Gaillard Quarte...
"God knows what I've done. Let's just move on." from May 17, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - May 18, 2022 00:24 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsJess 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 Non Sequitur [0:09:18] The Milt Herth Trio - "Jersey Bounce" - Odeon 78 286061-A [0:12:16] ...
He fishes on his side. You fish on your side. And no one fishes in the middle. from May 10, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - May 11, 2022 00:52 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsHoward 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" - Gus Bodenheim's Commercial Scams [0:10:01] Bud Powell's Modernists - "Wail" - Blue Note 156...
Has the curiosity of flies that swarm around garbage in summer and delight in what they can discover. from May 3, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - May 04, 2022 00:14 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsWillie "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 McIntyre & His Orchestra ft. Hal Aloma - "Holo Holo Kaa" [0:11:01] Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang...
Suggests you go find your own wormhole. from Apr 26, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - April 27, 2022 00:11 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsFats 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 Cats Fight About" [0:12:00] Earl "Fatha" Hines - "Whirl in a Whirl" [0:15:27] Helen Kane - "...
Radio needs him as nature needs mosquitoes. from Apr 19, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - April 20, 2022 00:13 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsFats 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 Week's Absence" [0:12:29] Dave Bartholomew - "Ay Cubanos" [0:13:43] Jazz Gillum & His Boys...
If he had two ice creams, you can go to Hell. from Apr 12, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - April 13, 2022 00:18 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsFats 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" [0:12:48] Blind Willie Johnson (with Willie B. Harris) - "Lord I Just Can't Keep from Crying"...
Smoked metaphors and pickled syntax. from Apr 5, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - April 06, 2022 00:39 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsDodo 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 Formby - "Springtime's Here Again" [0:16:18] Jim & Bob (The Genial Hawaiians) - "The Song of th...
Projected to reach Peak Anger by 2030. from Mar 29, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - March 30, 2022 01:41 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsJames P. Johnson - "Blue Turning Gray Over You" [0:00:00] Bessie Smith (with Eddie Lang) - "Kitchen Man" [0:08:42] Gus Bodenheim - "Bodenheim History Month III - Moe Levy Bodenheim" [0:08:45] Cannon's Jug Stompers - "Walk Right In" [0:11:15] Blind Willie Johnson - "God Moves on the Water" [...
Money donated during this hour funds the Codger's "infrastructure" needs (whiskey, cigars, Chinese takeout, rare 78rpm discs). Booker T. Bodenheim co-hosts. from Mar 8, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - March 30, 2022 00:29 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsFletcher Henderson - "Queer Notions" Slim Gaillard - "Potato Chips" [0:03:14] Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - "Jack the Bellboy" [0:11:34] Euneeda Bodenheim - "Give to the Old Codger Today!" [0:14:06] Ruth Etting - "Keep Sweeping Cobwebs off the Moon" [0:15:32] Sheila B - "The Ladies Revi...
Courtney faces off against his nemesis, DJ Fablio! from Mar 15, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - March 30, 2022 00:28 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsRuth Etting - "Shine on Harvest Moon" Van & Schenck - "Get Out and Get Under the Moon" [0:02:36] DJ Fablio - "Please Pledge for the Old Codger" [0:12:58] Sophie Tucker - "I Ain't Taking Orders from No One" [0:14:02] Gerald Wiggins - "S'posin'" [0:16:57] Curly Weaver & Blind Willie McTell -...
"Everything that's wrong with a human stuffed into one man." — Eli Vardens from Mar 22, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - March 23, 2022 01:10 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsKing Nawahi's Hawaiians - "Tickling the Strings" Dixie Rhythm Kings - "The Chant" [0:03:00] Gus Bodenheim - "Bodenheim History Month II - Music" [0:09:53] Gerald Wiggins - "Wiggin' with Wig" [0:12:43] The Ticklers - "Healing in the Balm Yard" [0:16:04] Florence Brady - "Sunshine" [0:18:56]...
Everybody deserves a 22nd chance! from Mar 1, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - March 02, 2022 02:01 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsRube Bloom - "Soliloquy" Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Trio - "Clawin' the Frets" [0:02:38] Gus Bodenheim - "Bodenheim History Month, ep. 1" [0:09:04] Reginald Foresythe and His Orchestra - "The Duke Insists" [0:11:48] Henry Thomas - "Bull Doze Blues" [0:14:36] Dodo Marmarosa Trio - "Dodo's B...
Says that much of what he hears on WFMU reminds him of "large stones being thrown into a dump-cart." from Feb 22, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - February 23, 2022 02:56 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsLittle Jack Little - "Three O'Clock in the Morning" Trio Servando Diaz - "Param Pan Pin" [0:02:43] Euneeda Bodenheim - "The Old Codger Mailbag" [0:10:20] Gertrude Lawrence - "Experiment" [0:12:40] Howard McGhee Sextet - "Midnight at Minton's" [0:15:20] Carl Kress & Dick McDonough - "Chicke...
An hour listening to The Old Codger Show is 12 minutes well-spent. from Feb 15, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - February 23, 2022 02:56 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsGus Bodenheim - "Old Codger Non-Discrimination Policy" [0:00:00] Dodo Marmarosa Trio - "Bopmatism" [0:01:36] Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang - "Handful of Riffs" [0:08:32] Beryl Booker (p), Mary Osborne (g), and June Rotenberg (b) - "Low Ceiling" [0:11:22] Jack McVea - "Groove Juice" [0:14:37] ...
There are forms of bowel cancer that have higher approval ratings than the Codger. from Feb 8, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - February 09, 2022 01:51 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsEarl "Fatha" Hines - "Glad Rag Doll" Mississippi Sheiks - "Stop and Listen Blues" [0:02:50] Gus Bodenheim - "Sly Weasel Medi-Spirits™" [0:10:43] Ruth Etting - "So Is Your Old Lady" [0:12:46] Wilmoth Houdini with the Lionel Belasco Orchestra - "Caroline" [0:15:49] Louis Jordan and His Tympa...
A distended gasbag of terribleness. from Feb 1, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - February 02, 2022 01:23 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsGeorge Gershwin - "Preludes for Piano: 1. (Allegro ben ritmato e deciso); 2. (Andante con moto e poco rubato); 3. (Agitato)" - Gershwin: Preludes for Piano [0:00:00] Gus Bodenheim - "Sly Weasel — It's Codgerlicious!" - Sly Weasel Hit-of-the-Week [0:08:43] Nick Lucas - "Teasing the Frets" - Br...
He secretly wants to ruin everything worthwhile until the rest of the world is as ugly as his soul. from Jan 11, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - January 26, 2022 01:52 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsRomeo Nelson - "Head Rag Hop" [0:00:00] Coot Grant and Kid Wesley Wilson - "Get Off with Me" [0:04:47] Gus Bodenheim - "Gus Bodenheim's Literary Finessence" [0:11:02] Robert Lee McCoy - "Next-Door Neighbor" [0:14:01] Fats Waller & His Buddies - "Harlem Fuss" [0:16:57] Ruth Etting - "There ...
Descended from some of the great rope and lamppost artists of the world. from Jan 18, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - January 26, 2022 01:52 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsBix Beiderbecke - "In a Mist" Coot Grant and Kid Wilson - "Rasslin' 'Til the Wagon Comes" [0:02:41] Gus Bodenheim - "Codgertopia™" [0:09:28] Earl Hines - "Child of a Disordered Brain" [0:11:47] Lonnie Johnson - "I'm Just Dumb" [0:14:37] Sidney Bechet - "Blue Horizon" [0:17:34] Ruth Etting...
So old his blood type was discontinued. from Jan 25, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - January 26, 2022 01:50 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsRegal Jazz Band - "Get Out and Get Under the Moon" - unknown 78 rpm disc Lionel Hampton & His Just Jazz All Stars & Oscar Peterson - "It's a Blue World" - Lionel Hampton & His Just Jazz All Stars & Oscar Peterson 78 [0:02:34] Euneeda Bodenheim - "The Old Codger Mailbag" - Missives from Our Sa...
A stormy petrel of unbalanced mental potentialities. from Jan 4, 2022
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - January 05, 2022 04:05 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsGene 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 Th...
He's the answer to your prayers. And the answer is, "NO!" from Dec 14, 2021
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - December 29, 2021 02:39 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsFats 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 Ger...
Blink and you're passé! from Dec 21, 2021
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - December 29, 2021 02:38 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsJoe 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 - "Bea...
Codger: "You throw one piece of equipment at the station manager and suddenly you're branded 'difficult to work with'." from Dec 28, 2021
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - December 29, 2021 02:37 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsJabbo 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 D...
You keep forgetting he's still alive. from Dec 7, 2021
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - December 15, 2021 01:29 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsVaughn 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 - "Sere...
He'll steal anything that isn't nailed down. And anything he can pry loose isn't nailed down. from Nov 23, 2021
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - December 01, 2021 02:40 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsGus 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 Min...
"The Codger's brain is a sepulcher furnished with a load of broken and discarnate bones." - Joseph Glanvill from Nov 30, 2021
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - December 01, 2021 01:14 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsJames 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 Paci...
This program may be shut down pending an internal review of repeated violations of established protocols which led to a most unfortunate incident. from Nov 16, 2021
Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison | WFMU - November 17, 2021 02:03 ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsJoe Venuti & His Blue Four - "Really Blue" - B-4866 Duke Ellington & His Harlem Footwarmers - "Rockin' in Rhythm" - R-924 [0:02:14] Gus Bodenheim - "The Delbarton Smart Shanty™" - Gus Bodenheim's Commercial Scams [0:10:37] Brew Moore - "Blue Brew" - Brew Blows Blues [0:13:10] Bill Broonzy -...
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