Hey everybody! Jeff Klingman here, welcoming you to old home week. As the extremely loyal and die-hard among you may remember, I used to do a bit of blogging round these parts (and will soon again, as MS Songs of the Year season is soon upon us). Anyway…I return now to alert you to an exciting development for a key component of the site’s rich history. Professor David Klein, whose heady ruminations on numerically bent pop music are still found here under the “Numerology” header, has collected, expanded, and cleaned up his maniacal ramblings for company, turning them into a svelte and engaging book-type fella! The first installment of Klein’s magnum opus, If 6 Was 9 (and Other Assorted Number Songs), will be available to occupy Shelf Street early next year. Vol. 1 seeks to definitively identify the finest musical standard bearer of each integer, spanning the gulf from “The Number One Song in Heaven” to “Peng! 33″ with a full calculator’s worth of delightful digressions.

To ease the wait, we give you a little refresher course on the project via DJ Rick Cornell of WCOM in North Carolina. Dave and Rick recently took to the air to shoot the shit about the book, spin some digit-heavy tracks, and generally prime the pump for the wellspring of inspiration to come. We’ve helpfully embedded their conversation below. Ignore it at your peril…

WCOM, North Carolina – David Klein interview