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Favoriting December 28, 2015: Better Than Silence

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Laddio Bolocko  How About This For My Hair? Part A   Favoriting Live and Unreleased 1997-2000  No Quarter  2015  CD    *   0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Spaceheads  A Short Ride on the Arrow of Time   Favoriting A Short Ride on the Arrow of Time  Electric Brass  2015  CD    *   0:08:52 (Pop-up)
John Gibbs & The U.S. Steel Orchestra  J'ouvert   Favoriting 12" single  Em  2015  12"  Lord Echo re-edit of 1978 hit    0:14:24 (Pop-up)
Gérard Vincent  Gérard Vincent par Gérard Vincent   Favoriting Chébran: French Boogie 1981-1985  Born Bad  2015  CD  From 1982  *   0:20:39 (Pop-up)
Symbol-8  Call Me   Favoriting Disco Love Vol. 4  BBE  2015  CD  From 1978  *   0:24:22 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Clark  Soul   Favoriting Funk Power: Rare Funk & Jazz Volume One  Sweetback  1995  LP  From 1968    0:28:17 (Pop-up)
The Surveyors  Hello! Y'All   Favoriting Funk Power: Rare Funk & Jazz Volume One  Sweetback  1995  LP  From 1969    0:31:01 (Pop-up)
 
The Critics  Without You   Favoriting Greater Manchester Punk 1977-81  Vinyl Revival  2015  CD    *   0:40:23 (Pop-up)
Buzzcocks  Moving Away from the Pulsebeat   Favoriting Beating Hearts  Burning Airlines/NMC  2000  CD  Manchester, Apollo, 1978    0:43:19 (Pop-up)
Woodentops  Well Well Well   Favoriting 12" single  Rough Trade  1985  12"      0:47:36 (Pop-up)
Experimental Products  Feeling Left Out   Favoriting Yet Another Piece of Future Landfill: Choking on Cufflinks 2004 Premium  WFMU  2004  CD-R  From 1982    0:52:01 (Pop-up)
Zombi  Mission Creep   Favoriting Shape Shift  Relapse  2015  CD    *   0:57:42 (Pop-up)
Lil Bub  Good Job   Favoriting Science & Magic  Joyful Noise  2015  CD  "magical space cat"  *   1:00:39 (Pop-up)
 
Khwanta Fasawang  Lam Phaen Motorsai Tham Saeb   Favoriting Lam Phaen Motorsai Tham Saep: The Best of Lam Phaen Sister No. 1  Em  2015  CD  From 1984  *   1:12:24 (Pop-up)
Khwanta Fasawang  Lam Phaen Nai Khon Bo Mi Ongsa   Favoriting Lam Phaen Motorsai Tham Saep: The Best of Lam Phaen Sister No. 1  Em  2015  CD    *   1:18:20 (Pop-up)
Kathy Young and the Innocents  Magic Is the Night   Favoriting More Lipstick, Powder & Paint: A Decade of Girls 1953-1962  Fantastic Voyage  2015  CD  From 1961  *   1:21:37 (Pop-up)
Damon and Naomi  It's Over   Favoriting Fortune  20/20/20  2015  CD      1:23:44 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row
The Orlons  The Wah-Watusi   Favoriting single  Cameo  1962  45      1:29:39 (Pop-up)
Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s  Doing It to Death   Favoriting single  People  1973  45      1:31:47 (Pop-up)
Mud  Rocket   Favoriting single  RAK  1974  45      1:36:47 (Pop-up)
Merilee Rush  That Kind of Woman   Favoriting single  Bell  1968  45      1:40:56 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Briscoe & the Little Beavers  I Only Feel This Way When I'm With You   Favoriting single  Pi Kappa  1975  45      1:43:33 (Pop-up)
Woodhead Monroe  Mumbo Jumbo   Favoriting single  Oval  1980  45      1:47:04 (Pop-up)
Our Daughter's Wedding  Airline   Favoriting single  Design  1980  45      1:50:51 (Pop-up)
Van Halen  Could This Be Magic?   Favoriting single  Warner Bros.  1980  45      1:54:20 (Pop-up)
Stereolab  Lo Boob Oscillator   Favoriting single  Sub Pop  1993  45      1:57:21 (Pop-up)
 
Big Blood  Time Stands Still   Favoriting Double Days II  Dontrusttheruin  2015  CD      2:13:18 (Pop-up)
Colleen  Soul Alphabet   Favoriting Captain of None  Thrill Jockey  2015  CD      2:20:19 (Pop-up)
Anna Von Hausswolff  En ensam vandrare   Favoriting The Miraculous  Pomperipossa / Other Music  2015  CD    *   2:25:35 (Pop-up)
Midnight Doctors  Life and Light Apart   Favoriting Through a Screen and Into a Hole  Ourodisc  2015  CD    *   2:28:40 (Pop-up)
Tindersticks  Goodbye Joe   Favoriting The Something Rain  Constellation  2012  CD      2:32:17 (Pop-up)
Bing & Ruth  Broad Channel   Favoriting City Lake  RVNG Intl.  2015  CD    *   2:34:57 (Pop-up)
Pulse Emitter  Forest   Favoriting Planetary Scale Synth Hypnosis  Metal Postcard  2015  CD  From 2011  *   2:40:52 (Pop-up)
K. Leimer  Porcelain   Favoriting Tape-Recordings 1977-1980  Vinyl on Demand  2015  LP    *   2:49:12 (Pop-up)
Bill Fay  World of Life   Favoriting Who Is the Sender?  Dead Oceans  2015  CD      2:52:04 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:03am
annie:

good morning, joe!!
Avatar 9:03am
V Priceless:

Mornin' Joe! Hope your holiday was swell! All the best in '16!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:05am
doctorjazz:

Hey all, back to work after 4 day weekend, a bit of a shock, this music feels about right!
  9:07am
Claw!:

Good morning, amigos y amigas!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:09am
Ken From Hyde Park:

"But I don't want to pay all those bills!"
  9:10am
Neil, Wild:

Hi Joe. Hey all. Happy frickin' Monday. Sigh.
Avatar 9:14am
Joe McG:

Good morning, friends, and here we are on Monday after a holiday. Let's make the best of it.
  9:18am
KP:

Happy Monday, Joe
Avatar 9:18am
redkayak:

Good morning all :)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:32am
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe. Apologies, thought that I had emailed you last week. Looks like I did not. Thank you.
Avatar 9:41am
Joe McG:

No worries, Brian! You're very welcome!
Avatar 9:43am
bobdoesthings:

hi
Avatar 9:44am
Joe McG:

Hey, bob
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:50am
Mike East:

Good morning, Joe and listeners!
Avatar 9:51am
Joe McG:

Howdy, Mike
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:51am
Brian in UK:

Joe, just got this book out of the library. Thoroughly recommend it. He would be an interesting guest!!
us.macmillan.com...
Avatar 9:52am
Ear Hammer:

Goooooooooooooood Morning Jooooeeeeee -- Let's make the best of this week indeed!
Avatar 9:53am
Joe McG:

@Brian: Good idea! @EH: Happy Monday! :) I'm going to try like hell!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:57am
Liz Berg:

Oooh, loving Experimental Products! Thanks Joe and Michael Goodstein!
Avatar 9:58am
Joe McG:

@Liz: What a great comp! Just discovered it recently! Thanks, Michael Goodstein!
Avatar 10:00am
bobdoesthings:

I feel like I should be playing lazer tag
Avatar 10:01am
Joe McG:

You should be, bob
Avatar 10:01am
bobdoesthings:

we all should.. listener meetup lazer tag?!
  10:04am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning Joe
Avatar 10:12am
bobdoesthings:

"i hate cars."
  10:13am
Trash Boat:

Latest Taylor Swift break up hit.
Avatar 10:13am
Joe McG:

Hey, Greg!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14am
geegee vindaloo:

fond memories of touring around Thailand on a Honda Cub, waiting out monsoon rains under a shelter with Thai moto riders.
  10:15am
John:

I hate motorsai that run through the BQE at 2:00am
  10:16am
pygmylunch:

Dangit motorsai
  10:17am
DaveinPA:

rotfl
  10:17am
suea:

i laughed at "slapped to death" too
  10:17am
pygmylunch:

Fickle eel man is honestly the worst
Avatar 10:18am
ottovonbqe:

Finding that I like Thai music but can't stand ironic readings of the lyrics : (
Avatar 10:19am
Joe McG:

@otto: What irony? These are great lyrics!
Avatar 10:19am
bobdoesthings:

<3 khwanta fasawang
  10:22am
Neil, Wild:

@Joe-can you please play some Dirty Beaches?
Avatar 10:24am
Joe McG:

I'd like to, Neil, but I haven't listened to the CD yet so I don't know any of the songs or if I like them.
  10:28am
Neil, Wild:

@Joe-its SO GOOD please try some soon...its like ambient noise loops with musicality imbued into it...so so so good. With a little bit of hip hop for good measure. Wow.
  10:28am
riff randell:

Oh no I missed Lil Bub.....
  10:30am
pygmylunch:

@riff It's okay, Lil Bub is eternal.
Avatar 10:30am
Joe McG:

@Neil: I'll give it a go, Neil! Hi, Riff!
  10:32am
Neil, Wild:

@Joe-I think "Stateless" might be a good place to start...that is what I heard here on FMU...
Avatar 10:33am
BrandonECannon:

but what did my dj speak over!?
Avatar 10:34am
Joe McG:

@Brandon: Art Van Damme, the one and only.
  10:35am
Neil, Wild:

@Joe-the track that I heard was "Displaced" from "Stateless"...wow its like a soundtrack of a shipwreck...
  10:36am
riff randell:

Is it still summer time in NYC?
Avatar 10:36am
Joe McG:

Thanks for the recommendations, Neil. I believe Scott Williams had DB on his show a year or two ago, but I might be wrong about that.
Avatar 10:38am
Joe McG:

@riff: Yep, pretty durn balmy here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42am
Scott Williams:

You are correct, Joe! DB was on my show twice ('12 and '13), both sessions are on the FMA: freemusicarchive.org...
Avatar 10:43am
Joe McG:

Great! Thanks, Scott. Check out those FMA sets, Neil!
  10:49am
Neil, Wild:

@Joe-what is FMA?
Avatar 10:49am
Cecile:

A ska version of "play misty for me"
Avatar 10:50am
Cecile:

you just know he's gonna get obsessed pretty soon.
Avatar 10:50am
Joe McG:

@Neil: It's our sister site where you can download free music, many times live sets from radio shows. Click on Scott's link above to get there.
Avatar 10:55am
Cecile:

yeah!
  10:56am
Polyus:

Edward? Thank you.
  10:58am
StuBot:

thanks for playing VH Women and Children first. I have never heard that played on the radio ever, always been a favorite of mine.
Avatar 11:01am
Joe McG:

My pleasure, StuBot.
  11:01am
Listener Alexandra:

My favorite Stereolab song! Thanks, Joe :-)
Avatar 11:01am
Chris from DC:

Stereolab had a couple of perfect singles didn't they?
  11:03am
riff randell:

Was listening to Refried Ectoplasm all OVER Christmas x
Avatar 11:03am
Joe McG:

My pleasure, Alex!
  11:08am
StuBot:

Could this be Magic... of course, my mistake. I remember putting that on a mix tape for my HS gf in 1982...
Avatar 11:13am
Cecile:

Joe, I thought of you when I was watching Penguins of Madagascar and Peter Stormare voiced the part of the soft-hearted polar bear. (This movie is surprisingly good and fun).
  11:14am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Just crossed the border into South Carolina. Rain, chicken shops, fireworks, WFMU
Avatar 11:14am
Joe McG:

Oh, yes, Peter is so talented. It was nice to have him on the show to talk about Ramases.
Avatar 11:15am
Chris from DC:

Big Blood!
Avatar 11:15am
Joe McG:

@Greg: Buy some fireworks and chicken for me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:15am
Mike East:

@Cecile - thanks for the recommend...I'm gonna check that out for sure.
Avatar 11:17am
Cecile:

He was just lovely. It's one of those movies where the best voice is cast whether it be well-known (Benedict Cumberbatch, John Malkovich, Stormare) or known for other things (the penguins are voiced by Madagasar's producers).
Avatar 11:22am
Ear Hammer:

This is v v v v pretty. It's Andrew Bird minus Andrew Bird.
Avatar 11:23am
bobdoesthings:

yehh,. went to go clicky star.. but was already clicky-ed!
Avatar 11:25am
Cecile:

Colleen's first name is Cecile!
Avatar 11:27am
Cecile:

"Colleen is French multi-instrumentalist Cecile Schott"
  11:27am
AS from MP:

holiday shutdown at work allows me live, terrestrial access to Surface Noise! One good thing about this twisted holiday period! Happy Everything, Joe, keep on keeping us entertained in '16.
  11:29am
Ike:

Stormare was totally wasted in a couple of guest shots as a stock villain on Arrow. Sometimes that show is good, but... not those episodes.
Avatar 11:29am
Joe McG:

Many thanks, AS from MP! I'm happy whenever people hear the show, live or on archive. Thanks for saying hello!
Avatar 11:30am
Carmichael:

Heya Joe and fellow post-holiday depressants.
Avatar 11:30am
Joe McG:

@EH: Ha ha, so right! @Cecile: Wow, two Ceciles! @Ike: I think he gets tired of playing the bad guy. He's sweet as pie.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:30am
Mike East:

I go back and forth with whether I like that show or not too, Ike. Definitely has some lulls.
Avatar 11:31am
Cecile:

How did you like the Arrow/Flash crossover, Ike? I thought it was pretty swell. I have to go back and figure out how Laurel Lance somehow manages to not be dead weight - I missed those episodes.
Avatar 11:31am
Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Sorry, just tuning in now. Any chance you could play "Rocket" again? Hate to have missed it!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:31am
Mike Sin:

I have some time off from work, so I'm quite happy to listen to your show live and loud through the broadcast signal! I miss hearing this great show in real time. I hope Joe and all listeners here are having a happy and healthy holiday week.
Avatar 11:33am
Joe McG:

@Todd: Oops! "The Ladies" on the B is also good! :) @MS: Many thanks, Mike! Happy new year to you.
Avatar 11:33am
Cecile:

Joe, do you have any Portico Quartet? They should fit this mood.
Avatar 11:36am
Joe McG:

@Cecile: We might, but I have to be honest with you, I'm not feeling up to a dash into the library. For some reason I got up at 4 a.m. and couldn't go back to sleep today.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:36am
maestroso:

This 2015 set is great.
Avatar 11:36am
Cecile:

that's fine. Still, you might want to check them out.
Avatar 11:36am
Carmichael:

This ambient stuff fits my Monday morning like a glove. Especially after a hard partying week.
Avatar 11:38am
Joe McG:

@Cecile: I definitely will, thanks for the recommendation! I've gotten two recommendations for music to check out today. Does anyone else have any 2015 favorites that you think I might like?
  11:38am
AS from MP:

Yes, what Mike Sin said: archives are great, live in the moment is greater still. Happy holiday week to Mike, always look forward to his air time.
Avatar 11:40am
Cecile:

I thought the Horrendous album was great if you like Finnish death metal.
Avatar 11:41am
Cecile:

Symphony for the Devil by Mamuthones was also excellent.
Avatar 11:41am
Joe McG:

@Cecile: Ha ha! I think you may have mistaken me for Chris M.
Avatar 11:42am
Cecile:

The Nicholas Jaar single Nymphs II is great minimal techno.

Well, Joe, some of the guitar on there is pretty damn lyrical once you get past the hrarrrrrr part.
Avatar 11:44am
Cecile:

At times it sounded like they had drafted Buck Dharma to play for them.
Avatar 11:44am
Joe McG:

@Cecile: I find it personally difficult to get past the hrarrrr part. I know that's my problem.
Avatar 11:45am
Cecile:

It all evens out. I'm not the biggest Big BLood fan, either.
Avatar 11:47am
V Priceless:

digging the ambient groove...fine stuff, Joe! Kinda reminiscent of "Music from The Hearts of Space", which was always a fave here.
Avatar 11:48am
Joe McG:

@VP: I'm feeling at home here, at long last. Sometimes it's hard to tell what music is going to work for you on a certain day.
Avatar 11:54am
Claw!:

Tanks, Joe! Swell show.
Have a great week, All!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:55am
Mike East:

yeah, great show this morning, Joe. Can't believe its already over. Hope you can get some rest!
Avatar 11:55am
Joe McG:

Thanks, Claw! And thanks everyone who listened and commented today. Happy new year!
Avatar 11:56am
bobdoesthings:

thanks joe!happy new year
Avatar 11:57am
V Priceless:

Cheers Joe! You Rock! Thank you and Happy '16!
  11:57am
Neil, Wild:

Awesome show, Joe!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:58am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Happy Kwanzaa!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:58am
Brian in UK:

Happy New Year everyone.
Avatar 11:59am
V Priceless:

@ Joe: more superb, late-nite deep space music, if you are so inclined: www.discogs.com...
  1:53pm
Greg from ZONE 5:

Hey Joe-Just outside of Atlanta en route to Jackson, MS. Have a happy new year!
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