Killed by Desk

65 Dave “The Spazz” Abramson - Broadcast Engineer ( Sea Monkeys / The Yams / The Shemps)

Episode Summary

Title: 65 Dave “The Spazz” Abramson - Broadcast Engineer ( Sea Monkeys / The Yams / The Shemps) Description: You may know Dave from his time fronting the NYC punk legends Sea Monkeys, or from his long-running WFMU radio show “Music to Spazz By”, but few people know about Dave’s career as a broadcast engineer for a variety of radio stations. We find out what a broadcast engineer does (including how to get the ‘NPR voice’), polling strangers on the telephone, speaking with Jerry Lewis about long-dead actors, dressing up as a duck for early jobs and how his career’s turning point came from breaking his car key in the ignition. Lots of esoteric music, film, television and pop-culture references in this one, so grab your grandpa for reference sake and dig in! For Full Length Episodes And Merchandise Go To https://www.patreon.com/killedbydesk Follow: Killed By Desk Insta: @killedbydeskpodcast Twitter: @killedbydesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/killedbydesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/killedbydesk Links: Music to Spazz by https://wfmu.org/playlists/MS https://vimeo.com/320469169 https://www.instagram.com/p/CMCo88jFnZX/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CKpL7VHFOXp/ Steve Allen Rider https://www.instagram.com/p/CX_Q-wkrxwJ/ Master Control https://www.instagram.com/p/CP8lN6FjJbE/ Sea Monkeys Secret Sign LP - A masterpiece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-nz_ZQNACM Vs Bigfoot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waPLimZQTCA Video - Directed by BF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbxjZWMQu5g Bad Haircut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEbSlODyQAI Bowery to Bagdad - Includes Chunnel “by Steve Allen” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl5haAtjnX4 Not Uncle Floyd Version…Food Emporium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgtKU0qSwQo&t=1s Pizzaface 10” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLoOkKA4zVk&t=11s https://www.instagram.com/p/CWtHqe0lR48/ Wide Awake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-4ysD_rdcc Nipseyland/Sammy P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVPMrh9ndA0 Live in Ape City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcfvgrcW4uk Theme Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JqpZ1IHwOs All the records you should track down https://www.discogs.com/artist/251897-Sea-Monkeys The Yams “Drunk when I met ya is my My Way! … thanks to Jesse Cannon” https://youtu.be/V5nidC11Zy8?t=1114 Andy Maltz and the Little Killers https://youtu.be/V5nidC11Zy8?t=1656 Morris Levy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCdMCWzmMXQ Shemps Ver 2.5 https://youtu.be/V5nidC11Zy8?t=1840 How to speak NPR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSTqKi7Wuq4 Al Cooper https://youtu.be/0yU2DgmfhmE?t=63 William Bendix Brooklyn https://youtu.be/-gWpUJq4pWg?t=83 WFMU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiDaLizpI2c Datsun B210 https://youtu.be/42PFEMjJ634?t=90 Webbtenial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_T-JcsS33g Murder Most Foul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NbQkyvbw18 ISDN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIYc-U9WRYw Dicky Dee’s - David Wilentz neglected hot dog stop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxO1OnWo0sw Body Heat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRUeZzNN0ns Jane Meadows vs Audrey Meadows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ7ct6synKs Video Assist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m216eMmPjBU Harold LLoyd Vs Buster Keaton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stuLoOXkutI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqzWurPE01Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frYIj2FGmMA Sherlock Jr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZuqWxITq38 Sam convinces Steve Allen he wrote Sea Monkey’s Chunnel https://www.instagram.com/p/CYBujznrbRB/